… We havin’ fun now? …
[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Mike Miles]
In January 1982, KLRZ-FM moved to from Provo to Salt Lake City as Color Radio. On February 8, 1985, they announced their new format as Z-95, and this aircheck was made shortly thereafter.
This exhibit is an edited mix of two sides of a 90 minute cassette. Three songs and a couple of commercial announcements were removed. The late Jay Stone was top-drawer talent, and here he is in PM drive, but maybe not as happy as he would like to be.
There is one embarrasing moment of DEAD AIR, about which Jay quips, “I love those short naps”. Could have been a technical issue, or operator error. It would have been nice to hear more of Jay, but this was 1985, and the iPod format was everywhere. There are lots of music-to-music segues, but at least, a few infrequently “whispered” IDs.
REELRADIO contributor Eric Rhoads owned KLRZ-FM at this time.