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Sound artifacts; production, drop-ins, classic(?) airchecks, etc. |
The
Gary (Wayne) Blau Collection:
Early 1970s material unearthed for the 60th Anniversary Reunion in 2008:
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April 1973 aircheck "...upper 60s and lower 70s. I lost my place..." 3:40 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma.) |
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1972 5:18 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma. |
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1973 5:33 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma.) |
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September 1972 Includes WUVT-AM ID/Mutual Intro (Perfectly back-timed!),
WUVT Mutual News Close (Bob Ashcraft), and commercials for UltraBrite™,
Compoz™, and Mutual's "One Giant Step" Album. 5:03 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma. |
WUVT-AM
25th Anniversary Promos:
Courtesy of Gary (Wayne) Blau:
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Eddie Edwards, J.J. Justin, and the irrepressable Willard
Scott! (1:03) Legend has it that Mark Stein captured Willard's
greetings in an elevator at NBC in Washington. |
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Bob Raleigh, Columbus, Harv Moore, Jim Collins,
and Kevin James (1:00) |
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Larry Bly (:44) |
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Chuck Holloway (:49) |
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Bart Prater (:32) |
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Tom Crockett (:54) |
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Our very own Phil Beckman! (:43) |
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Billy Martin (:16) |
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John London (:38) |
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Newscaster Darryl Hozack (:20) |
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Jim Stanley (:44) |
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Jim Tyler Note the references to "Vepco" (Virginia
Power) and Reddy Kilowatt (Vepco's spokes-trademark). (:34) |
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Dave Hale (:18) |
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Terry Jordan (:19) (Obviously, having Phil on their staff gave us
a lot of influence there. Thanks to all!) |
The
Continuing Adventures of HOKIEMAN!:
Starring Jim Bigwood, Greg Bale, and a cast of thousands:
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Click here for the HOKIEMAN page! |
"Here are the nine promos I have in my collection. I believe this to be all of them. [I] apologize in advance for any crosstalk...don't know where it came from...Could be print-through, after all the tape is only 35 years old."Enjoy. I know the late 60's bunch will remember these."
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Long John Silver (:16) |
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Lee Stevens (:23) DC: "[Call sign] WEAM is now assigned somewhere in GA, my last recollection." (The WEAM call letters are now at 1580 AM in Columbus, GA and 100.7 FM in Buena Vista, GA.) |
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various (:29) |
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Bud Ballou (1 of 2) (:28) DC: "Has some crosstalk." |
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Bud Ballou (2 of 2) (:29) DC: "Again some crosstalk." |
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Jim Snyder (no music bed) (:18) |
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"Big Jack" Armstrong ("Your Leader") (:16) DC: "This one was phoned in; I remember when we did this one. The 'your leader' was from our local 'swipe file'." |
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(:32) DC: "I think this was done by the FM station and not the AM. Very generic and schmaltzy." |
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John Cigna (:38) DC: "I've saved the best for last. This is my favorite. (The WEAM promo is my second favorite as I grew up with WEAM playing on my radio. It always did better than WPGC until FM took over.)" (Cigna went on to superstardom at Westinghouse sister station KDKA Pittsburgh. He retired at the end of 2001.) |
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January 1967 aircheck "The next sound you hear will be that of Tiger Bob clearing his throat..." 4:34 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma.) |
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September 1967 airchecks "...a film on a packaging study of Falstaff Beer..." 5:53 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma.) |
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February 1968 - July 1968 airchecks "Take yer records and get outta here!" 6:00 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma.) |
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January 1967 aircheck "...7:45, 'Beat Ole Miss' Time at the Big 64..." 6:06 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma.) |
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circa 1968 1:06 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma.) |
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December 6, 1966 :53 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma.) |
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Commercials 1966 - 1968 1:50 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma.) |
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Commercials 1966 - 1968 1:39 (in RealAudio; Click here to download mp3, here for wma.) |
