… great shirts for playing golf and shooting in the low 60’s like I do …
[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by John Celarek]Shades of the forthcoming iPod format are heard in this June 4, 1970 pre-recorded hour of Dick Biondi on WCFL. Why anyone would go directly from music to spots back then is a mystery, but maybe not if you consider that the program was pre-recorded, and the air version needed last-minute adjustments. We know for sure an entire 10-minute newscast is missing. This was not recorded off-the-air. Like so many airchecks of WCFL, Production Director Tom Konard of Aircheck Factory was the originator of this one.
Biondi is very much on format here otherwise  organized and flawless, respecting the music, as do all the airchecks of his amazing career. The advantage of pre-recorded material is generally high fidelity. This one is a bit unpredictable. Some of the contributed recording is fluttery, and most of this recording is a bit hissy (even after some gentle redux.) One song was replaced (from vinyl). There’s also some “tape travel” causing the high-end to swish in and out. (But not as much as the pale guy on the electric shaver spot
Overall, this is a pleasant hour with great spots, fabulous TM jingles, a few musical surprises and one of the original Top 40 jocks on a great American Top 40 radio station owned by a labor union!