The Bob Jones Collection
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Bob Jones started in radio working for KCUB and KHOS in Tucson. He writes:
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The Lee Dorsey Coca-Cola spot is sweet, as are the acapellas!
Jefferson K. is actually Shadoe Stevens, and not the well-known WKBW Program Director.
Strange though, that this aircheck opens with a promo for the upcoming KIKX version of The War Of The Worlds on Halloween  a special introduced by Jefferson Kaye at WKBW.
8 of 9 reportable music performances in this exhibit have been restored by REELRADIO.
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
Larry McKay offers A Grand A Day From Krizz  and check out the Casey Kasem KRIZ Is Number One promo at 41:55. This was the last hour for the
third Day of Larry McKay on KRIZ, from April 1971, as recorded by contributor Bob Jones.
Even though Larry jump-starts a jingle at one point, and has “his thing up too high”,
the production quality on KRIZ in 1971 was very high. Lots of Arizona themed
PAMS jingles, short stop sets and a couple of really great oldies. It’s interesting
to remember that “oldies” in 1971 encompassed an amazing variety of popular music, typified
by Connie Francis, Gene Pitney and Dion performances in this unscoped
treasure.
This is a great listen, it is unscoped, REELRADIO pays the music fees for each play, but
it’s a nice escape to the number one music station in Phoenix, AZ. in April, 1971.
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
The Duke of Louisville, Bill Bailey, (WKLO, WAKY) is heard in this rare aircheck of WLS/Chicago, from August 1, 1969. Contributor Bob Jones writes that when he recorded this, he didn’t realize Bailey had only been on The Big 89 for a few days. Bailey left WKLO in Louisville for WLS, and returned to WAKY in Louisville after Chicago.
If you never heard WLS during the day in 1969, you may be surprised at the heavily “adult” focus of this morning show. The fidelity is very narrowband, but the quality of performers here is outstanding. In addition to the distinctive voice of The Duke, this aircheck includes complete features from ABC Radio veterans Howard Cosell, Paul Harvey, and Lyle Dean.
Bill Bailey suffered a stroke in 2004 and was partially paralyzed until his death on January 14, 2012.
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
Dick Wilson and newsman Clare Lynn are featured on the
legendary Florida Top 40 WLCY (Tampa-St. Petersburg) in Summer
(July?) 1966. There’s a nice dose of ubiquitous reverb, and along with creative and liberal use of PAMS jingles, two Prince Foods spots by master satirist Stan Freburg are included.
And if that isn’t enough, you’ll hear all of the authentic 1966 EBS Test (although I did edit “The Tone” to save delicate ears.)
This is a ‘scoped, composite aircheck. The second portion (from another day) includes a Flurble contest. I’m not sure what a Flurble was; if it was anything like a Furby, these guys were decades ahead of their time.
[Description by contributor Bob Jones]
The Tiger Twins, Tom and Paul Collins, were the 12M – 6AM jocks at WQXI, Atlanta, in the mid ’60’s. I recorded this when I lived on Ponce de Leon near Decatur, Ga. I took an earphone jack from a transistor radio, cut off the end that goes in the ear and and wired it to a phono jack, which I plugged into the input of my Akai reel deck (circa 1961).
Lots of “go-go” jingles on this one, very typical WQXI. I never realized how many timechecks and weather forecasts they gave when they had nothing else to say. In addition to a newscast with stories about the Ku Klux Klan and the Vietnam war, this ‘check also includes the Mayor of Atlanta describing “the big responsibility a radio station owes to the community in which it serves.”
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
Pat Hughes (d. 1969), an early Top 40 performer on KBOX in Dallas is heard doing morning drive on Atlanta’s WQXI in 1968. Bob Jones says he recorded this one on a Wollensak when he lived near Shallowford Road and I-85 in Chamblee, GA.
Included: TM Productions “The Beat Goes On”, the 1969 model year “It’s a Goin’ Thing” campaign theme for Ford Motor Company, Newsman Bob Neil, and a healthy commercial load.
With the unscoped update of this aircheck in 2002, we are treated to a few of the rare and seldom-heard R&B singles that defined generations of Southeast Top 40.
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
In 1969, Chuck Buell was the fast-talking, hip & friendly early-evening dude on legendary WLS. This aircheck features a typically polished performance by Buell (and a ballsy bulletin from Jeffrey Hendrix), plus, lots of 1969 memorabilia.
It’s the John Rook PAMS acapella era, and you’ll hear a bushel of familiar classic commercial themes for Pepsi and Coke, the late Al Hirt for Miller Beer and a fabulous Hamms beer jingle that we hadn’t heard in years – and more. Contributor Bob Jones recorded this in Rantoul, Illinois at Chanute AFB, while he was in technical school.
Chuck Buell went on to KFRC, KIMN, KHTR, and in 1999, he was at KBZT in San Diego. Visit Chuck at www.chuckbuell.com.