The Jay Marks Collection
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Jay Marks (JMCIGARS@aol.com) of Chicago grew up in Monroe, Louisiana where he started in radio in 1967, at the age of 15. There are some very impressive stations on Jay's resume: WJDX, Jackson, MS; KTSA, San Antonio, TX.; KULF, Houston, TX.; Y-100, Miami, FL., and WMAQ, Chicago. Jay has been doing full-time voice-over (for clients that include Lipton, Miller High Life, Sears, Kellogg's, 7-11 Stores and Chevrolet) since 1978. Mr. Marks has offered some airchecks from his collection that qualify as genuine, undisputed, 100% Classics. Jay started contributing to REELRADIO in 1996 — he is a CHARTER CONTRIBUTOR. The Repository was astounded and continues to be very, very grateful to Jay for sharing these incredibly rare and wonderful recordings. Thank you, Jay! |
[Description by Uncle Ricky. Audio exhibit CONTRIBUTED by Jay Marks]
This ‘scoped exhibit of Robert W. Morgan on WIND demonstrates Morgan’s quick wit. After a classic intro to Sonny & Cher, he accidentally starts it again, and recovers immediately with a seamless quip into the new song. Later on, he fits the call letters in, one at a time, in the opening seconds of a spot.
Comments of others more familiar with Morgan’s work in Chicago are welcomed. He seemed to be a great match for a friendly-sounding radio station, very stylish for 1971. Morgan was always comfortable with an “older” format, as he demonstrated later at KMPC.
He grew up with Top 40 radio, just like his audience.
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[Description by Uncle Ricky for contributor Jay Marks] Hank Hammer continues with the 8PM hour of his show from Sunday, December 20, 1964, which is a bit more seasonal and spiritual than the previous hour. Joining Hank is Mel Squires of the Houston JayCees, and his 18-month-old daughter, Stephanie. We have to wonder where Stephanie is today. Jerry Rice is featured again with Radio Authority news headlines. Lots more PAMS jingles in this hour, too! COMMENTS FOR PART TWO, HANK HAMMER KNUZ HOUSTON DECEMBER 20, 1964 ©2008-2013 The Jay Marks Collection and REELRADIO, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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[Description by Uncle Ricky. Audio exhibit RECORDED and CONTRIBUTED by Jay Marks]
Steve Lundy, (Jack Foshee) passed away in Houston, Texas in April 1999. He was born November 3, 1942, in Tyler, Texas. This excellent recording of Lundy includes some gentle reverb throughout, and begins with one set from PD Bill Young.
Both Brad Messer and Richard Fulghum are heard with news, complete with newsbugs and dramatic stagings. The production on this station was exceptional and exciting. There are PAMS jingles, classic presentation elements and Lundy even uses a ptboing time-tone. What is most notable is how much apparent “freedom” Lundy has within this formatted and structured radio station.
And there is so much more in this hour, in music, memories and magic! It’s a bit gritty, but an absolute joy to hear this authentic, unscoped hour of this GIANT Houston Top 40 radio station from July of 1966.
You are not licensed to copy this exhibit for sale or trade.
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[Description by Uncle Ricky. Audio exhibit RECORDED and CONTRIBUTED by Jay Marks]
Steve Lundy, (Jack Foshee) passed away in Houston, Texas in April 1999. He was born November 3, 1942, in Tyler, Texas. This excellent recording of Lundy includes some gentle reverb throughout, and begins with one set from PD Bill Young.
Both Brad Messer and Richard Fulghum are heard with news, complete with newsbugs and dramatic stagings. The production on this station was exceptional and exciting. There are PAMS jingles, classic presentation elements and Lundy even uses a ptboing time-tone. What is most notable is how much apparent “freedom” Lundy has within this formatted and structured radio station.
And there is so much more in this hour, in music, memories and magic! It’s a bit gritty, but an absolute joy to hear this authentic, unscoped hour of this GIANT Houston Top 40 radio station from July of 1966.
You are not licensed to copy this exhibit for sale or trade.
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[Description by Uncle Ricky, Contributed and RECORDED by Jay Marks] REELRADIO is lucky to know Jay Marks! And, we are happy young Jay spent some Christmas vacations in Houston, Texas, because he recorded many significant McLendon Top 40 airchecks. This one has been shared and traded for years, but our exhibit features restored musical performances. As always, we’ve tried to make the restorations “fit†the sound of the original recording. We’ve noted the awesome “Christmas chimes†running behind the jock on KILT in December 1966, but here, they’re behind the jock, the Miller Beer spot, and somehow, gone by the end of the recording. Lee Randall is finishing up with his PM drive substitute performance for Chuck Dunaway, and he’ll be back at midnight, for a couple weeks or so, overnight. Didn’t Lee Randall become a famous consultant, or something? And why was KILT offering a Holiday Greeting to KTHT, whatever that was? This hour features the TOP TEN of the KILT 40 STAR SURVEY, with a report from LOU’s RECORD SHOP at the end. That report presumably confirms the validity of the KILT 40 STAR SURVEY. We don’t know if that was actually Lou providing the report, but we remember radio when a “live and free-willed person†was behind the microphone. What a Christmas Gift that was! If we only knew, then… ©2011 REELRADIO, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Roger Barkley, best remembered for his partnership in Los Angeles with Al Lohman, was Program Director of KIMN in Denver, a Top 40 pioneer.
This rare peek at the past from September, 1960, complete with a spot for “atomic age homes” that include fallout shelters, demonstrates that Barkley was no stranger to the rigid formatics of early Top 40. With filter, reverb and time effects, it’s a long way from the mature, low-key comedy of his later years at KFI.
Lohman and Barkley stopped working together in 1986. Most recently, Roger Barkley was teamed with Ken Minyard at KABC in Los Angeles. Barkley was taken by cancer on December 21, 1997, at the age of 61.
[Original aircheck by California Aircheck. Music restoration by Jay Marks]