The Repository is honored to feature this aircheck from Bob Green on “One of the Great Storz Stations”: WQAM, Miami, 1963. It’s STUFFED with hot production. You’ll note the station was using a wide variety of jingles, and mixing logos. (I get misty when I hear the PAMS “Wonderful WQAM” logo.) But why did Miami stations WFUN and WQAM both have “accent” reverb? (The jock pushed a button to kick it into LOUD – Was this a Miami Vice?)
Also, interesting that both Miami stations had that SPECIAL reverb – It must have been a combination of tape loop and chamber (chamber chamber). [Update, 2003: Since writing this description in 1996, I have learned that the Storz stations used an oil-dampened reverb designed for a Hammond Organ – it created a delay with a tape-type “slapback” effect.]
You’ll actually hear a jingle for the real time – 12:23 in Miami. (How many of these did they have, I wonder?) Zing! What a feeling with a Coke! Settle back with a Del Monte Fruit Juice Drink or a Libby’s Tomato juice, and a snack from the convenience food company formerly known as Prince. What were the real odds of winning with a Money Matchbook, anyway? Won-der-full..W-Q-A-M! This is top-down sound, for sure!