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WHFS Frank Richards airchecks 1968 & 1969
Excerpts from Frank Richards shows on WHFS 12/16/68 and 3/10/69.
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WHFS airchecks Frank Richards 1968 & 1969
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Excerpts of 2 Frank Richards shows on WHFS from 1968 & 1969
WHFS Frank Richards 1968 & 1969
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Airchecks from 2 Frank Richards shows including a psychedelic music segment.
1960s AM Radio Airchecks from 540 to 1600 khz
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These are recordings made of AM broadcast band radio stations during the 1960s. In those days programming was "local-centric" with little syndication, and stations had individual personalities. The airchecks are presented in sequence by frequency across 107 AM channels from 540 to 1600 khz. Stations in 40 states, 6 Canadian provinces, and 9 countries are included.
This guy must have had a really top of the line reel to reel tape recorder (along with a really sensitive AM receiver!) to make recordings this clear. It sounds EXACTLY the way I remember AM receivers. Plus he must have kept the tapes in a cool, dry place all these years.
A wonderful collection of DX'ed IDs from the golden age of AM. BUT: Interrupted by irrelevand and unwelcome commercials EVERY. FOUR. MINUTES. Thanks for nothing TH-cam.
DZHP (1963-1975) DWXL (1975-1987) DZXL (1987-present)
KFAB in Omaha recorded the year i was born in the town I was born. Awesome. Great video. Miss radio station jingles.
I'm wondering how these were recorded. Must have had a reel-to-reel rolling next to the radio.
There really is a station called WAXX & it's in Chippewa Falls, WI. I saw a truck advertising it go down the street when I was a kid back in Chicago during the '60s.
6:19 Chicago Represent!!
Nice treat. 1610KHz from Anguilla often came in well here in New England. Also 1010KHz CFRB from Toronto, when it wasn't getting clobbered by WINS. 1250KHz WARE is a personal favorite. BCBDXing is a hobby easily enjoyed.
oh my gosh hearing that sweet staticyness of classic radio brings joyful happiness to my heart
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‼ Great Vintage Aircheck
WKBN at 570 is in Youngstown, Ohio, not Portsmouth. No 710?
Sadly, I have no recordings from 710. I used to frequently hear WOR, but somehow don't have any airchecks.
During the late 60's living in Boston at night I could only get as far West as Chicago. Living in LA during the 90's, got Albuquerque.. The reception you received was Amazing.. Could it be that there was less interference in the atmosphere then?
Probably less interference from other stations back then when there were a lot of truly clear channel operations. Also, I received signals from some of the most distant stations when closer ones were signed off for "maintenance", usually one night per week. My most distant catch was 1040 KHVH Honolulu, which I heard after WHO Des Moines had signe off. Unfortunately I don't have an air check recording of that one.
@@robertmcarthur7631 I am as well as other listeners are grateful for what you have posted. As a child fiddling with the radio at night, it gave me an other wordly feeling and it does even more so now hearing clips like this.
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My absolute record was set a few months ago, while in the city of Yekaterinburg (Russia), I caught a 2 megawatt radio station on 540 kHz, it broadcasts from Hungary (Kossuth radio), near Budapest (3700 Km). I caught this station on a copper coil wound on a ferrite rod, then I tried to catch it on a 20 m dipole and here is success, the signal is ± 15 decibels, but the signal from another antenna differs ± 2 decibels. It all depends on the time of day, at night is the best time to catch Long and medium waves, during the day you can't hear anything (unless the station is in the visible horizon, of course. In Russia, medium-wave radio stations do not function, only a VHF signal, no more than 100 km passes, and then if we listen to Russian radio on 999 kHz from Transnistria at night (The disputed territory between Moldova and the self-proclaimed republic)
Wow at 19:01 knx coming across America 👍👍
Looking for WANN in Annapolis, MD. Did you happen to record that one? Amazing collection. Thank you for posting.
Robert MC Arthur i got to DX the MW band and the fm band e skip my friend
Robert MC Arthur my hobbies are painting pictures 🖼 and listening to shortwave and ssb iam thinking 🤔 about getting my ham license
Robert mc Arthur this awesome Dxing the AM band in the 1960s
I love how some stations claimed they were broadcasting in "Color Radio" whatever that is, at a time when Color TV was coming out. Too funny. Thanks for compiling this collection of great recordings of DX catches, allowing us to hear things that were not only distant geographically then, but also distant in time now.
i know that is all the different kinds of static there is white noise and so on it is very beautiful to listen too im a static fanatic, hehe i always loved listening day and night pure happiness for me
I used to routinely listen to CKLW and CHML in the 1970s, The were fairly "easy catches" at night here in Pittsburgh, PA.
I have heard of Chinese years having names, I didn't know that was a "thing" in Cuba. I'm thrilled to find out that I was born in the "Year of Economic Planning"! 🤣
I tip my hat! Very nice!
WMCA 57 AND WABC ALSO GOOD RADIO CKLW /WWL NOLA 50,000watts
GREAT AIRCHECKS ACROSS AM
Addicted to radio at age 4. Knew all the Crosley calls by then. Thanks for your excellent DX checks. In the old days we would swap reels of airchecks for kicks. That was fun in my book
Awesome. This is priceless. Thanks so much.
G.O.A.T...Awesome air✅... retrospective retail shout-out on radio free Washington! 🎶🪔
This is a wonderful idea of a show, that's how radio has always felt to me.
This is a great channel. Thank you so much for it. I have a question. Do you know where I can get a copy of the full history of WLS broadcast that was produced by Jeff Davis of WLS. It’s trace WLS from its roots all the way up to where it switched in 60 to rock ‘n’ roll, and it went on into the rest of the music era of WLS. I’ve been trying to find it for a long time. I would also be interested in hearing old W CPO, radio checks From Cincinnati. WCPO was on 12:30 AM and they had an FM station two. 19:00
If I’m not mistaken there’s a recording of the history of WLS on TH-cam try searching for it. I definitely remember listening to the radio 📻 when I was younger when I was riding my grandpas car lol! Take care.
Amazing catches in LA (KNX, KFI,KPOP) San Fran with KNBR and Bakersfield and also KTAR in Phoenix. I don't think you could do it today with all this interference. Still love DXing
Thanks. I enjoyed dxing back then more than I do now. Talk radio and syndication drive me away.
The way things are going, if we live long enough to witness it, AM will keep dropping stations to where it might be like it was in the 30s/40s/50s. Even FM will die out. The young’uns have streaming now….
Excellent reception. I was especially impressed with the Washington to est Coast reception. Just of interest, I also started AM DXing as a hobby in the 1960's here in Australia.
Even the QRM sounded better back then. I have been collecting/repairing radios since I was 9. I am now 67 and I am still looking for a radio like the one in the Twilight Zone episode "Static".
I would like to get that radio, but only to hear broadcasts from the 1930s! Haha
beautiful sample source
“The Year of Economic Planning” sounds like a blast!
This is amazing!!!! The one station missing is WGY 810. Just amazing! You got my favorite all-time station - WMCA. That was Ed Baer doing "Nightwatch" that evening.
How did you pick up another station at 630 with WMAL in your backyard?
Back then, most stations left the air once a week for a few hours (usually Sunday night at midnight local time) to do "maintenance." I would often dx the broadcast band at those times.
Outstanding collection!! Thank you so much for uploading these. 73! De N1XV
Interesting that CKLW was owned by RKO General as far back as 1960.
I was an MW DXer in New York from 1965 to 1973. I got many of these, although your western ones are pretty amazing! I used the Grundig Satellit-6001 with a space magnet antenna. What did you use? I really miss the local personality of these stations, it made it fun and interesting to DX. Nowadays it's just syndicated shows which are the same everywhere.
I used a general coverage receiver, primarily a National NC-125. It was sensitive, but selectivity could have been better.
Stations must have been much more powerful in those days, or these came over on a very powerful receiver. I live in Northern New England, and it's hard to get anything from west of the Mississippi! However one night I received KMSP in Minneapolis/St.Paul and WHO in Des Moines. Once in Stone Mountain, Georgia I received KNX 1070 in Los Angeles!
I would venture to say, not having more power (in fact many AM’s have upgraded in the last 60 years), but rather less interference from co-frequency stations, + less electrical interference. Computers and modern stuff will mess up any AM signal.
i had a small battery AM radio you heard from everywhere in April 2011 when we didnt have power for most north alabama there was little to no interference BTW cousin brucie is back on WABC on Saturday nights hard find a good am radios anymore sadly and what's on even at night aside from Coast to Coast am its terrible
Wonderful compilation of airchecks. When am radio was enjoyable to listen to. 👍👍
Wow. Just wow. From a kid who DXd back in 1963.
Very Cool Bob!
Super
WCKR in Miami became 610 WIOD.
At 37:12, it's Wolfman Jack.
The days before the horrific noise, interference caused by all kinds of electronic gadgets that don't comply with the rules.
I go out in my backyard at 1am occasionally, with my zenith transoceanic royal 1000, with a non-directional long wire. I pick up the world! I’ve even gotten California.