… “Imus in the morning – wak wak!” and “53 WABC Degrees this mawhning”… …
[Description by Marty Johnson]
This is a real gem. Tom Kenny, former KEEL night guy who grew up in New Jersey in the 70’s, used to tape New York stations off the air from his home. This tape, complete with blank spots where he hit the “pause” button, was recorded off the air on Good Friday, 1974. I decided not to edit Tom’s tape in any way because it’s a true snapshot of NYC morning radio in the early 70’s.
You can hear some RF whistle on the WABC clip, along with audio processing that made the opening drum licks of Honky Tonk Women sound like cannon shots!