Monday, February 18, 2013

KPCS 89.3 Pasadena bumper sticker circa 1972

It was the highlight of 147 KXOA's Billy The Earl's radio career...but they didn't even give him a stinkin' bumper sticker for the 1972 Pee Green Ford Maverick back in 1972... but they only had about 3 listeners, so who the hell cares?

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

WILK Wilkes-Barre PA The Great 98 music survey 4-6-69

WILK (The Great 98) Wilkes-Barre PA actually had the balls to publish a Top 98 survey every week. You KNOW it contained a lot of crap...  Image courtesy of California Aircheck  http://californiaaircheck.com 

WABC New York 6-1-68 Music Power Survey Roby Yonge

Roby Yonge had a long 2-hour airshift on WABC back in 1968 - 1-3PM. This WABC Music Power Survey is from 6-1-68; they switched to this format earlier in 1968 from the old All American Survey   Image courtesy California Aircheck  http://californiaaircheck.com 

KHJ Los Angeles Thirty music survey 1972 Robert W. Morgan


KHJ was the big dog of Top 40 radio in Los Angeles in the early 70's. Here's issue #346 with KHJ's Robert W. Morgan on the cover. Image courtesy California Aircheck  http://californiaaircheck.com 

147KXOA's Billy The Earl drinks Pabst Blue Ribbon all night long

147KXOA's BillyThe Earl is giving away $14.99 sandwiches if you can guess how many Pabst Blue Ribbon beers he drinks between Midnight-6 every morning on The Giant X... live streaming at http://147kxoa.com  An extra gift if you also catch him belching during the show..

KFWB Los Angeles Fabulous Forty Survey 8-1-59


KFWB was the first big Top 40 station for Los Angeles back in the Fifties with Chuck Blore's "Color Radio" Top 40 format. Here's the 8-1-59 KFWB Fab Forty with pictures of the DJs on the cover. Images courtesy California Aircheck  http://californiaaircheck.com

WIBG Philadelphia 2-18-69 Big 30 music survey #41

WIBG and WFIL were the big Top 40 stations for Philadelphia back in the 60's. Here's a 1969 WIBG Big 30 survey. Image courtesy of CaliforniaAircheck  http://californiaaircheck.com 

CKY Winnipeg 1965 year-end music survey Top 50 of 1965


CKY was one of the big Top 40 stations for Winnipeg back in the 60's. Here's their "Happy Difference Hit-Line" year end chart for 1965 with the Top 50 of the year.  Image courtesy of California Aircheck  http://californiaaircheck.com