… we’ll tell you when it’s time to roll over …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
Jim Tice counts down the All Time Top 200, interspersed with selections from the current WLPL Top 30, on June 13, 1970. As a service of the Even Tan Club, Tice provides reminders to turn every 15 minutes, but he doesn’t sound as comfortable with a five-minute newscast.
The first part of this two-parter includes hits #118 through #109, and because we’re hearing the lower-ranking “All Time” hits, there’s blessedly little burn-out.
WLPL was Baltimore’s first FM Top 40 station, but it’s not clear if they were broadcasting in stereo, or if it’s just the recording that was made in mono. In either event, the fidelity is very nice for a recording of this vintage. Unfortunately, WLPL didn’t have much in the way of jingles and production elements, both of which are exhausted within the first few minutes of this aircheck.