On February 15, 1998, when this aircheck first went online, we didn’t know much about Bill Wright. Since then, our honored guests have supplemented our limited knowledge via their COMMENTS, (below.) Mr. Wright himself actually left several comments. The original exhibit was ‘scoped and featured only the first half-hour. On October 14, 2012, we upgraded this exhibit to include the entire 8-9AM hour, unscoped. Contributor Tom Konard says this tape came from the Radio-TV Department at the University of Tennesee. Plough Broadcasting had donated the tapes, but the University didn’t want them! So, UT’s loss was Tom’s gain and it’s now our good fortune to listen. This early off-the-monitor aircheck is like traveling back 52 years for sixty rare and wonderful minutes. No question that the competition was listening to the Number One Station – listen as Bill awards a prize to an employee of WFIL! The “time tone” is about the “sweetest” I’ve ever heard; there are two WIBG jingles that I’ve never heard before. The scratches on that classic L&M cigarette spot were common in the days when spots were played from “electrical transcriptions.” If you can make it all the way to the Wibbage Weather Sound, you will have heard a remarkable piece of early 1960’s Philly Top 40 — and now, there’s another thirty minutes after that! Perhaps you will agree that this one is an exceptional exhibit – even if the University of Tennessee didn’t think so.