… Love is a Battlefield, so make sure you’re protected …
[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Mike Miles]
Hopefully someone can identify the jock who opens this aircheck; we didn’t get
his name. But most of this exhibit is Dave Murphy on the 9PM Sunday shift at
KIIS (‘KISS’) FM in Los Angeles, probably in late September of 1983.
Murphy is another graduate of San Bernadino’s KFXM and KMEN who has been
successful in L.A. radio.
A variety of early ’80’s hit music (leaning urban) dominates this stereo selection (which sounds SWEET in broadband at 96kbps!) Whether you choose the ‘scoped or unscoped version, you’ll hear
John Houseman (d. 1988) for McDonalds. Houseman helped found
The Mercury Theatre with the great Orson Welles. I can’t help but wonder how many more Millions Sold were attributed to this campaign.
And whose is the smooth ID voice over the Prince record (12:06 unscoped, 1:07 ‘scoped)?
It’s nice to hear a strong ID that doesn’t growl. It’s clean and friendly. Kewl.
Finally, an aside to real-time programmers: Please note this successful radio station didn’t
play hits back to back without an ID (layover, jingle, jock) between or over them. If all your radio station does is play one hit after another, you are not a radio station, you might as well be an MP3 player.