WTNX (Mix 96) – Sharpville, PA/Youngstown, OH – July 1999
Recorded 16 years ago this month, this is a montage of WTNX during its days as a Modern AC. The station now has the call letters WAKZ with a CHR format, calling itself “95.9 Kiss-FM”....
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KHTS – simulcast of WFLZ (93-3 FLZ) – San Diego/Tampa – 8/1/96 – Tom Steele
From March to August 1996, as part of the preparation for what would eventually become “Channel 933″, KHTS 93.3 FM in San Diego simulcasted Mainstream CHR sister station WFLZ (93-3 FLZ) in Tampa. This...
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KAJM (Arizona Jamz 104.3/99.3) – Payson/Phoenix – Carolyn – 8/2/00
http://fmairchecks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/KAJM-Aug-2-2000.mp3 For as long as many people can remember, 104.3 FM-Payson, AZ and its translators across northern and central Arizona (including...
View ArticleWWGO (92.1 the Party) – Charleston, IL – 8/7/98 – Terry Dain
Rather unfocused, but fun to listen to, WWGO was one of several “Party” CHR stations found in mid-size and smaller markets throughout the Midwest and South in the mid to late 90’s. This sample was...
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WKIE/WKIF/WDEK (The New 92 Kiss-FM) – suburban Chicago – 8/9/99 – Luis 2Live...
http://fmairchecks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WKIE-WKIF-WDEK-Aug-9-1999.mp3 In November 1998, pure Mainstream CHR was heard on Chicagoland airwaves (for the first time in many years) with the...
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CKZZ (Z95.3) – Vancouver – 12 August 2005 – Nat & Drew
http://fmairchecks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/CKZZ-Aug-12-20051.mp3 Recorded 10 years ago today, this is a sample of the first incarnation of Z (pronounced “Zed”) 95.3 after a transition to Hot AC...
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WCBR (Cyber Radio 92-7) – Arlington Heights/Chicago, IL – 8/22/97 – Jammin’...
“Broadcasting from Chicago to the world…” http://fmairchecks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WCBR-Aug-22-1997.mp3 Cyber Radio 92-7 was a brokered Dance CHR format that aired on weekends from...
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WXYV (B102.7) – Baltimore – 8/18/99 – John Bouche
In 1997, Baltimore’s WXYV flipped from Urban “V103″ to Mainstream CHR as “102.7 XYV”. However, the station would be marred with inconsistancy for the next couple of years. The station would constantly...
View ArticleKHOP 104.1 – Modesto/Stockton, CA – 8-19-90 – Marco
Recorded 25 years ago this month, this is a sample of KHOP during a previous era as a Mainstream CHR (which is the format it currently holds as well.) According to the Modesto Radio Museum, the station...
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KMEL (106.1) – San Francisco – 8/25/84 – Marvelous Mark McKay
http://fmairchecks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/KMEL-Aug-25-1984.mp3 31 years ago yesterday, Rock-formatted KMEL “Camel 106” came to an end, replaced by what would become a legendary CHR station. At...
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WVKS (92.5 Kiss-FM) & WDRQ (93.1 DRQ) – Toledo, OH / Detroit, MI – 8/27/98 &...
Recorded 16 years ago this week, this is a montage of a pair of CHR stations that served neighboring Midwestern markets. At this time, Toledo’s WVKS (92.5 Kiss-FM) aired its “Club Kiss” (which was...
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KHOM (Mix 104.1) – New Orleans – 8/31/97
Recorded on this date 18 years ago – and serving “The Party Capital of the World” – Mix 104.1 offered one of the most diverse playlists I’ve ever heard on a CHR station. Reviewing the comments from an...
View ArticleKBFM (Hot B104) – McAllen, TX – 9/3/94 – A.C. Cruz
Here’s a montage of the Rio Grande Valley’s heritage CHR (now known as Wild 104, with a Rhythmic CHR format) from the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend 1994. The station offered a relatively diverse...
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KKFR (Power 92) – Phoenix – Labor Day ’96 Dance Party – Various Personalities
From 19 years ago this weekend, this is an extended sample of the “Labor Day Dance Party” on KKFR (Power 92) in Phoenix. It was presented in a “Top 250” format. Regrettably, I did not record the...
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WZPL (99 1/2, ZPL) – Indianapolis – 9/13/97 – Jason Addams
From its days as a Mainstream CHR, this is a sample of the “ZPL Hitzone” mixshow from a Saturday night in September 1997. This was a high-energy program broadcast live from an upscale beach-themed...
View ArticleKIOC (Hot 106) – Beaumont, TX – 9/14/97 – Steve Kelly
Recorded 18 years ago today, Hot 106 was one of the earliest examples of the Rhythmic AC format that I’ve encountered. However, per Wikipedia, this was a short-lived era; not long after this aircheck...
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KNHC (C89.5) – Seattle – 9/17/97
For more than 40 years, KNHC – owned by Seattle Public Schools and operated out of Nathan Hale High School – has been one of the best examples of non-commercial, student-run radio done right. For the...
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WXSS (103.7 Kiss-FM) – Milwaukee – 9/20/99
This is a sample of Milwaukee’s 103.7 Kiss-FM about a year and a half after its launch. The station represented one of the finest examples of Mainstream CHR I’ve ever heard, offering multiple hits...
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KKDL (106.7 KDL) – Dallas/Fort Worth – 9/23/02
Recorded 13 years ago today, this is a montage of a great-sounding but short-lived attempt at making the Dance format work in Dallas/Fort Worth, about a month after its debut. Please note that this...
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WZBZ (99.3) & WGBZ (105.5) – B105.5, The Buzz – Atlantic City, NJ – 9/28/99
In the Spring of 1998, 107.3 WZZP teased Southern New Jersey with a Rhythmic CHR format. With no promotion or publicity, this brand new signal garnered a 2 share (12+) in its first ratings book....
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