… Last Saturday, three daring WTIX disc jockeys set out to break the existing
roller-coaster riding record of 72 consecutive rides. The ordeal began at 2:45
Saturday afternoon, and was terminated at 7:15 by an attending physician …
Jay Marks writes: “I wish (this) aircheck was better quality, but whoever made it
apparently had the tuner slightly off and consequently, it’s a bit distorted.
Nevertheless, it’s still an interesting sample of what this Todd Storz station was doing at the time. It’s similar to KXOK of 1962, if not a bit grittier, but New Orleans radio has always been a bit wilder than St. Louis radio.
I’ve had this one since about 1967. My first station (KUZN in West Monroe,
Louisiana) had a Revere combination radio/tape recorder – Curt Lundgren wrote he had a similar machine. Probably, someone from KUZN was in (or near) New Orleans and decided to see what
WNOE’s competition was doing. KUZN’s main competition was WNOE’s sister
station, KNOE in Monroe. At this time, WTIX’s daytime power was 5000 watts.”
This aircheck is chock-full of all the wonderful Storz Top 40 enhancements, beginning with a classic, noisy newscast. It also includes a time tone we’ve not heard elsewhere – a short beep followed by a tremelo decay.