… and from now until 6, the biggest little show in radio! Where have I heard that before? …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
This hour was never broadcast! It was recorded to be presented following weekly transmitter maintenance, and it was intended to air from 5AM On Monday, March 15, 1971 until 6AM, when Clark Weber would begin the morning show. It opens with the National Anthem of The United States of America, since the station was re-starting after 5 hours of NO CARRIER. This, of course, was the thing to do, back when broadcasters respected the privilege of a federally-granted license to operate a really big radio transmitter.
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But, unlike many similar recordings, this one never aired. Contributor John Celarek says he received it from Tom Konard way back when. It’s a studio recording, all ready (with a 3-minute break for news) to be cued and played by a Chicago Federation of Labor Engineer, but on the Ides of March, they never got to it. According to COMMENTS (below), Christy was terminated after recording this show on Thursday, March 11.
Paul Christy was Program/Operations Manager at WCFL until this show – which was a fine show, nothing wrong with it. Christy’s real name was Paul Christides. He lost his life to Parkinson’s Disease at age 69, on June 4, 2007. Here, he sounds like a very sharp young jock – a programmer at heart who loved to get it right every time.