Brings back memories of my dad, he had records like this was complete radio shows from various States from around the country, I'd sit a have a few stiff drinks and listen to him talk about his good times from when he was young, he was born in 1942, I sure miss him and I'll never forget spending them summer days out behind our house, we had a picnic table, and a little shed with a record player with speakers in the trees, man had the whole forest Rocking, Lol, glad I took time to do that now he's gone, miss you dad, my best friend, I'll see you on the other side buddy
I get it pal, my heart is with you! I miss my dad and the great times we spent together listening to all the great songs of the 50's and early 60's.......... Always with us......
@@aris95 No, sadly when he passed away I moved out of the house completely and moved in a small place and didn't have room but he had bout 500 to 600 vinyl records he keep in the music room and that old floor model record player. It was a killer model, had 4-way quadrophonic speakers sound good when a record was recorded using the 4-way process... The allegro speakers in that thing jammed out..
I was hired by Ron Lundy in 1965 and when he left for WABC I split and went back to Texas.I replaced George Michael's who was fired.I worked with Osborne,Clayton,DickMorgan,Dino Day and I followed Ron on the air.l loved St. Louis and speaking to Ron just a couple of months before he died he told me if he had not gone to WABC he would not have let me leave for Texas.worked with some great folks in my radio career but no one nicer than Lundy.miss him a lot.
You have special everlasting memories of working with a very talented man. You spoke to him months before he died also. That had to be sad. Did he know he was dying ? What kind of person was he off the air ?
Ron was a hero of mine, (I was just a fan, never worked in radio). The first time I ever heard him on WABC, we were headed back to NJ for a holiday and we had just passed Harrisburg, PA, headed NJ/NYC bound and upon our urging our father switched the station to WABC, Ron was still on, (so before 2pm) and he sounded great, like he had been doing it for over 1000 years, so easy and natural. Living at the time in Greensboro, N.C. I could easily detect his southern accent and guessed that he came from someplace like Oklahoma, (I was only off by a distance of Arkansas). I would have loved to have found that farm of his in Bruce, MS before his death and talked to him about Memphis, St. Louis and New York. He had a slightly different sound here on WIL, perhaps good for the day but a little forced, Still all in all, a hugh talent. Sorry for you that Dan Ingram got him to make the move to WABC, but I am sure that everything worked out for all concerned. Thanks for the post Randy.
I often listen to these great old air checks when I’m down and need a lift. I came across this one again the other day and realized it was about to be the 60th anniversary of this radio show. (I was 9 months old when this aired, BTW). I dropped it into the computer, carefully edited back in the tunes that had been cut, and worked in my garage while it played in real time on the date and exact time. A real time warp. I miss the simpler times in our land. Thanks for posting it!
LOVE the opening song here..."Drums Are My Beat" by Sandy Nelson...you'd never ever hear this song on an oldies station...You'd have to go back to 1962 to hear it.
Quite amazing to be able to hear this old of an aircheck from Ron Lundy! I grew up with him on WABC and heard him as a young adult on WCBS-FM in New York!
It amazes me how music changes from decade to decade. This is from 1962. Think how different music was in 1972. And how different from 72 was 82, 82 to 92 and so on. It's just very interesting to me.
Sometimes music takes a brand new course within the same decade..compare Ricky Nelson singing TRavelin man to Janis Joplin and Jimmy Hendrix later in the decade
I really enjoy the radio playlist from Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Love the way it has the old ads and the radio host in it. Definitely got me into these! They're such a vibe
That's why I love Tarantino movies, sometimes he really pulls songs from out of the depths. I was 3 years old on Feb 28 1962, wouldn't be 4 until November. My uncle bought me the latest cool thing for me when I was probably 5 or 6 - a TRANSISTOR RADIO! My Mom would get mad at me because I'd go through a set of batteries every other day listening to music. I have music on all the time and it started back then. This is almost a parody of WKRP lol with the reverb and banter. I grew up in Chicago so we listened to WLS 890, WCFL 1000, WJJD 1160, WMAQ 670 and of course, the 50,000 watt blowtorch, WGN 720. Sad those are all gone or non relevant now.
... incredible!!!!!! The more things change,the more they sty the same! Winning $1.43 cents doesn't seem like much,but it bought 4 and half gallons of gas. I'm turning on as many people as I can to these memories of the future... And the DJ's,,,sorrly missed!
The closest you get to anything like this nowadays is playing video games with retro radio soundtracks. Fallout, L.A. Noire, etc. Thanks for uploading though.
NO ! Gary Owens had an early time slot on WIL. Bob Osborne was on at night. It was the GO- show in the morning and the BO-show at night. Lundy, Big Dan Ingram, Gary Stevens...all ended up on WABC in The Big Apple. I was there and it was so much fun !
Skid,Robin Scott would end up at WABC as Bob Dayton and guess who replaced him after his Veterans day comment on WABC .None other than Ron Lundy.Gary Stevens would end up at WMCA in New York while King George Michael who Stevens replaced was brought in in 1966 to WFIL in Philadelphia by Jay Cook as he took his Boss Radio format from WHBQ in Memphis to Philadelphia as Drake came in to 560 WHBQ with his format for THE RKO station.WFIL with John Cook's BOSS RADIO format would end up being one of the late 60,s most dominant stations.George Michael would leave WFIL in 1974 and also become part of the WIL alumni association as he would replace BRUCE MORROW at 77 WABC.
Actually, Mike, it wasn't Veteran's Day, but the 20th anniversary of one of the bombs being dropped on Japan...I can't remember which, but it was either Aug 6 or Aug 9, and Dayton played "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby." Sounds like you already know the story.
The battle in the early 60's was between WIL and Storz' 630/KXOK, which did eventually win out; 1460/KIRL came along later in the 60's to keep KXOK honest, but only daytime. WIL went country, sold off the AM in the 90's and continues on FM. St. Louis was the #10 or #11 market at the time, but dominated by 50kw I-A, CBS-owned KMOX, which did play some music, mostly MOR, though when former WIL'er Jack Carney came back in the 70's, he got to play hits if they weren't too hard.
Gary Stevens would be New York bound in 1965 replacing B.Mitchell Reed who was heading back to LosAngeles in 1965.Gary would stay with The Straus Broadcasting Group thru mid 1969 when Lee Gray would replace him at 570 WMCA in New York!
Beer / cigarette ads, with only about 5 songs played in the hour. Mostly just noise. But l did listen when I was a teenager. Think every store they mentioned is gone now. Times marches on.
there's really something about hearing this that screams how different things were and that must be the horrible sound quality and the instrumental music. they used record from vinyl to radio
This world went away way too quickly. Seems the moment the PC (personal computer) came out, we started to obsess with self importance and embraced PC (political correctness). Lines in the sand no longer applied. Now we are addicted to SM and we are hell bent at destroying western civ at a most ‘woke’ accelerated pace. Those were the days my friends.
@@lisathuban8969 Spare me dearest. What does your research Wikipedia say about ‘woke’ now? Your lot enjoy redefining words, movements and terms when they offend your triggered fragile state of mind. A trans ‘anti Catholic hate group’ is now defined as simply a ‘protest group’. Pathetic. Oh wait... Research means opening a book. But I know you groupthinkers can’t be bothered to put in the work. Be more un’herd’ like. The air is so clear up here.
