HeyJaredRetro Radio - Classic radio air checks from the 70s and 80s
Rewind your calendar by listening to Mike Weber on the radio between 1969 & 1986. It provides a memory reviving snapshot of the times. Most of these airchecks are "scoped", meaning that when the microphone was off, the tape stopped recording.
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April 1 1976 KCRG - Cedar Rapids, Iowa (opens the original)
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Welcome to "The Wake Up Service." This brief morning show sample features a promo for The Prize Machine .You may notice some production similarities to The Last Contest . Well... "similarities" as in the phasing of the VO and contestant montage. Our prizes were a bit less awe inspiring. The news sounder from American Contemporary News (ABC) and Howard Cosell are also part of this memory. Copyrighted material appears under the Fair Use Doctrine.
JULY 30 1984 WFLA - Tampa (opens the original)
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As Blair Broadcasting kept bouncing me between WFLA AM and FM this day I'm doing afternoon drive on WFLA AM. Complete with lightning static it features traffic with Gary McHenry. There was a collapse at the Sunshine Skyway new bridge construction. Copyrighted material appears under the Fair Use Doctrine.
April 1982 WQYK K99 - Tampa (opens the original)
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This has some various bits on different days that April, and then several breaks from around income tax day. At 22:15 you are treated to The Highway 19 Blues, a parody song I wrote and "sang". (well.. I tried) Highway 19 was the biggest traffic nightmare daily so it was appropriate for this afternoon drive shift. Copyrighted content appears under the Fair Use Doctrine.
March 25, 1981 WLCY - Tampa (opens the original)
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Mid-day show. It's sort of refreshing because not much was happening in news. There are clips of 1981 commercials and jingles. (Remember those?) The contest giveaways were tickets to the Gulf Coast Air Show at St. Pete Clearwater International airport. Fun fact: Back before the airline deregulation there used to be flights from St. Pete to Tampa! Copyrighted material appears under the Fair Use Doctrine.
July 12, 1984 WFLA-FM - Tampa (opens the original)
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A rare full show (6:00 - 10:00) morning aircheck featuring, Lee Hall with news, Tedd Webb spots and Gary McHenry traffic. The big news is of Geraldine Ferraro being nominated for VP. Sports has talk of MLB possibly coming to Tampa after selling back a large share of the Minnesota Twins. Tilapia (which we don't know how to pronounce) is introduced as an invasive fish in Florida. Classic 1984 commercials include 5 cent oysters at one restaurant and loud car spots. On air listener contests for Adve
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