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WNEW-FM 102.7: 1978
PROMOTION: 1978 Calendar
1978 (published Fall 1977)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
WNEW-FM printed calendars each year, which were sold to listeners with the proceeds going to charity. This is the complete 1978 calendar. (Click each image for larger versions)
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale celebrating Elvis Presley [scoped-stereo]
Sunday, January 8, 1978
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
About five months after Elvis Presley died (on August 16, 1977), Pete dedicated a show to Elvis and his music. This show features interviews and tracks Elvis from his early years on Sun Records through his big hits on RCA Records.
Pt.1(32:05)
Pt.2(29:02)
AIRCHECK: Dave Herman [scoped-stereo]
Monday, January 23, 1978 (22:46)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
A segment of Dave's show from early 1978 featuring an "Old, New, Borrowed and Blue" set from Susan Tullipano, significant other of contributor Ken Tullipano.
AIRCHECK: Dave Herman
February, 1978 (04:23)
Dave Herman in his morning slot. While he plays music that would be expected on a progressive rock station, note the track he plays (at 2:56) of a very classic performer...one whom you would never hear on a Classic Rock station today and IMO, one of the things that made progressive rock stations, when they still had freedom and imagination and respected their audience, special.
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale [scoped-stereo]
Monday, February 6, 1978 (19:23)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Here's Pete Fornatale in his weekday 10am to 2pm shift on a day that gave New York City a giant snowstorm. A nice set of easy-going music suitable for the morning.
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa [scoped-stereo]
Sunday, February 12, 1978
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Vin Scelsa with an interesting mix of dynamic music.
Pt1 (26:57)
Pt2 (19:37)
AIRCHECK: Richard Neer [scoped-stereo]
Sunday, February 12, 1978 (8:55)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Here's a bit of Richard Neer, who followed Vin Scelsa on this day.
AIRCHECK: Dave Herman [scoped-stereo]
Tuesday, February 14, 1978
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Dave Herman does his thing on Valentine's Day, 1978. Note the opening track. Think it would be played on any rock station today? This aircheck also features Robin Sagon.
Pt1 (29:08)
Pt2 (24:34)
AIRCHECK: Scott Muni w/ guest Jerry Garcia [stereo]
circa March 17, 1978 (28:34)
A bit of Jerry with Scott Muni in a very loose show.
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa's 3rd Annual Easter Show w/ Steve Goodman [slightly scoped-stereo]
Sunday, March 26, 1978 (57:55)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Vin's guests for this pre-recorded live-in-the-studio show were Steve Goodman and David Amram, who spend most of the show performing songs. This was a wonderful way to spend Easter.
Part 2 includes a spot for the Allan Freed movie biography, "American Hot Wax".
Pt1 (26:13)
Pt2 (31:42)
AIRCHECK: Dennis Elsas with Mel Brooks [scoped-stereo]
Monday, March 27, 1978 (68:06)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Dennis interviews the great Mel Brooks. Mel talks about the making of "Blazing Saddles", "The Producers", "Young Frankenstein" and "High Anxiety" as well as his days writing for Sid Ceaser and performing "The 2000 Year Old Man" with Carl Reiner. He also voices a spot for the Bottom Line (at the beginning of part two) that's quite funny.
This interview takes up 90 minutes of airtime. That would never happen today on commercial radio because PDs would feel that it was "breaking format" and that there'd be tune-out. They would rather play the same burnt-out track for the ten-thousandth time than do something a bit different and IMO, that's why radio is suffering today. It would also never happen because VIPs don't want to devote more than 10-15 minutes to an interview and all they want to do is plug their latest effort. So this is another example of both radio and the guest having great respect for the audience.
Pt1 (22:24)
Pt2 (22:01)
Pt3 (23:41)
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale's "Best of Movie Rock" [scoped-stereo]
Monday, April 3, 1978
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
April 3, 1978 was Oscar night so Pete dedicated the show to rock music in movies. This included early Alan Freed movies, "Blackboard Jungle", the Elvis films, the Beatles movies and the Merseybeat copycats and the eventual evolution of rock songs being used as themes for all kinds of movies. Those included songs by the Beach Boys, John Sebastian and others.
Pt1 (25:20)
Pt2 (21.57)
PROMOTION: "Beatles A to Z"
April 24, 1978
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
WNEW-FM promotes Dennis Elsas' nightly show which will play "Beatles A to Z" for a week and promotes a simulcast of the audio for Ringo Starr's NBC special of April 26, 1978.
LIVE CONCERT: Garland Jeffreys Live at the Bottom Line [stereo]
Tuesday, May 18, 1978 (77:46)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
The great Garland Jeffreys performs a great set at the Bottom Line nightclub as broadcast live on WNEW-FM
AIRCHECK: Alison Steele [scoped-stereo]
Tuesday, May 18, 1978
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Just a bit of Alison Steele from just after the Bottom Line show above. Alison had just returned from eight days off, due to an illness.
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale Welcomes Summer [scoped-stereo]
Sunday, June 18, 1978 (44:28)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Pete Fornatale plays great songs of Summer
Pt1(22:34)
Pt2(21:44)
AIRCHECK: Dennis Elsas: Best of British Rock [stereo]
Tuesday, July 4, 1978
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
A great aircheck of Dennis Elsas playing British Rock. But he doesn't just play the usual tracks - there's lots of rare audio of live performances from the Ed Sullivan Show, Tops of the Pops and other shows.
And we hear the beginning of Alison Steel's show about 8 minutes into Part 3 where she creates incredible moods and theatre of the mind.
Part 1 (71:08)
Part 2 (72:55)
Part 3 (41:33)
IMAGE: Alison Steele
Radio Guide - July, 1978
Radio Guide was a great improvement over FM Guide, but it didn't last very long. The full article is posted on on General Radio History page.
AIRCHECK: John Prine live at the Bottom Line [stereo]
Wednesday, July 11, 1978 (46:34)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
I had forgotton just how entertaining John Prine could be. He's practically doing standup in this live show. Back from the days when WNEW-FM played very diverse music.
AIRCHECK: WNEW-FM presenting Harry Chapin Live in Central Park [excerpts-stereo]
Wednesday, August 23, 1978 (76:17)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
This recording contains excerpts from Chapin's live concert in Central Park to benefit World Hunger Year. Scott Muni does the introduction. Alison Steele has to take over at the end when the connection to the studio is lost.
AIRCHECK: Alison Steele [stereo]
Wednesday, August 23, 1978 (22:29)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
This is Alison just after the Chapin concert above.
AIRCHECK: WNEW-FM at the Meatloaf Concert - Nassau Coliseum [stereo]
Friday, September 1, 1978 (61:00)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
This is a large segment of the live broadcast of the Meatloaf concert which also featured Todd Rundgren. We also hear from DJ's Pete Fornatale at the concert and Alison Steele back in the studio.
LIVE CONCERT: Dion Live at the Bottom Line [stereo]
Monday, September 11, 1978 (73:03)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
This is a really terrific and well recorded concert by Dion. We also hear from DJ's Tom Morrera, Dennis Elsas and Pete Fornatale at the concert and Alison Steele back in the studio.
PROMOTION: Bruce Springsteen concert
Tuesday, September 19, 1978
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
WNEW-FM promotes a live broadcast of a Bruce Springsteen concert from the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey.
AIRCHECK: WNEW-FM at the Bruce Springsteen Concert - Capitol Theatre [scoped-stereo]
Tuesday, September 19, 1978
Contributed by Dan McCue
WNEW-FM frequently featured live broadcasts of concerts, sometimes only broadcasting live from backstage and sometimes broadcasting the entire live concert. As per the above poster, in September of 1978, they broadcast an entire Bruce Springsteen concert from the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey.
WNEW-FM's tight association with Springsteen goes back to Bruce's groundbreaking appearance at the Bottom Line in August of 1975.
While this recording took place at a Bruce concert and it is at the Capitol in Passaic, we don't know with 100% certainty that it was the September 19, 1978 concert, but we believe it is. This features Richard Neer and Pat Dawson along with promoter John Scher. They play an interview that Vin Scelsa conducted with Bruce and the E-Street Band that was recorded a few days before at Bruce's concert at the Palladium Theatre.
This Capitol concert was broadcast over a network of progressive rock stations of which WNEW-FM was the lead station.
November 23, 1978: Charity Concert at Madison Square Garden with Foreigner
AIRCHECK: Alison Steele's Biographies in Contemporary Music: Renaissance [stereo]
circa October, 1978 (59:13)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Alison had a syndicated series of Rock biographies. On this date, she played the Renaissance episode during her regular show and also provided some World Series score updates.
LIVE CONCERT: Santana live at the Bottom Line [stereo]
Monday, October 16, 1978 (93:24)
Contributed by Brian L. Wolfsohn
A great recording of Santana, aired live from the Bottom Line, with introductions from Dennis Elsas, Richard Neer and Scott Muni. Live concerts today, if a radio station would broadcast them at all, would be interrupted by 20 minutes of commercials per hour. Coca-Cola sponsored the radio broadcast, but got nothing but a few tag lines. Total class by everyone! It was events like this that made radio very special to the audience. And they wonder why so many people have abandoned radio today.
Pt1 (54:30)
Pt2 (38:54)
LIVE CONCERT: The Mark-Almond Band live at the Bottom Line [stereo]
Monday, November 6, 1978 (78:00)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
A great recording of the Mark-Almond band with terrific fidelity, aired live from the Bottom Line, with introductions from Scott Muni. The band was formed by Jon Mark and Johnny Almond, both formerly with John Mayall. Between 1970 and 1996, the band issued 9 original albums and 3 compilatons. Almond died in 2009 from cancer.
AIRCHECK: Alison Steele [scoped-stereo]
Wednesday, December 6, 1978 (30:21)
Contributed by David DiSanzo
Here's a nice Alison Steele aircheck that begins with the end of the Dennis Elsas show and includes news with Andy Fisher.
December 1978: Charity Holiday Concert with the Cate Brothers, Todd Rundgren and Levon Helm & the RCO Allstars
WNEW-FM 102.7: 1979
PROMOTION: 1979 Calendar
1979 (published Fall 1978)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
WNEW-FM printed a calendar each year, which were sold to listeners with the proceeds going to charity. This is the complete 1979 calendar. (Click each image for larger versions).
We don't know who picked the events included in the calendars, but they demonstrated a complete respect for the audience. The calendars included the birthdays of historical and literary figures, musicians who would never be played on WNEW-FM and even D.J.'s who had left the station and moved to competitors. What station would treat their listeners with such respect today?
For example, January includes the birthdays of Betsy Ross, FDR, Virginia Woolf and Benjamin Franklin and the death of Stephen Foster.March includes Lawrence Welk and J.S. Bach. May includes Thomas Pynchon and Mel Brooks as well as the date of Jonathan Schwartz' last show. June includes Zach's last show date.
L-R: unknown, Dennis Elsas, Alison Steele, Richard Neer, Scott Muni, Dave Herman, Pete Fornatale, Vin Scelsa
This photo from WNEW-FM's 1979 calendar reinforces the image of WNEW-FM as a rock station for adults. It's therefore welcoming all those who "graduated" from listening to top-40 stations, especially AM stations.
WNEW-FM produced and sold these calendars each year with the proceeds going to charity. It was a great promotion that garnered station and air personality loyality while also doing some good.
LIVE CONCERT: George Thorogood & the Destroyers Live at the Bottom Line [stereo]
Tuesday, January 16, 1979 (94:13)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
A terrific concert that was broadcast live from the Bottom Line.
AIRCHECK: Meg Griffin [stereo]
Friday, Feb 9, 1979 (91:46)
contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud
A rare Meg Griffin aircheck of her sitting in for Richard Neer. Meg started doing fill-ins on WNEW-FM as far back as 1973. She's also been heard on WRNW in Briarcilff Manor, WBAI, WFUV, WLIR, WPIX-FM. K-Rock and WMMR in Phildelphia,. In 1982, she took over Dennis Elsas' spot at WNEW-FM when Elsas moved to weekends and stayed until 1984. She was also an air personality on Sirius Disorder and the Sirius Folk Town channel. After Alison Steele and along with Carol Miller, "Megless" is certainly one of the pioneers of female FM DJ's.
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale's Sunday Show [stereo]
Sunday, April 8, 1979 (41:08)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Pete celebrates Phil Ochs and plays a set of protest music, something we could use more of today.
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa [scoped - stereo]
Sunday, April 22, 1979
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
A typical bit of a Vin Scelsa show with hit music, obscure music, new music, old music, readings and letters.
April 29, 1979: Pete Larkin starts on WNEW-FM
AIRCHECK: Alison Steele's Biographies in Contemporary Music: Crosby, Stills & Nash [stereo]
circa 1979 (54:57)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Alison had a syndicated series of Rock biographies. On this date, she played the Crosby, Stills & Nash episode during her regular show.
AIRCHECK: Dennis Elsas w/ Scott Muni
Monday, April 30, 1979
link: Dennis Elsas w/Scott Muni (off-site)This was the last night broadcasting from the WNEW-FM studios at 565 Fifth Avenue before the move to 655 Third Avenue.
Once again, WNEW-FM demonstrated respect for the intelligence of its listeners by having a low-key, intelligent, reflective conversation describing memories about the studio without formatics or spots every 60 seconds.
This is another example of something you would never hear on a commercial rock station today, because of the fear of breaking format and the supposed resulting listener tune-out, even though it actually also served as a self-congratulatory promotion for the station. So the question becomes: Was this kind of programming wrong or have today's audiences become less intelligent, less patient and more hyperactive?
Some might say that such a conversation is "inside radio" and never should have been discussed on the air. But the move discussion was simply an excuse to brand the station as the rock station with the longest history and most credibility. Note that Elsas and Muni don't talk about all the great music they've played - they talk about all the artists who chose to visit the station. In addition, it humanized the air personalities by indicating that they were driven by the same kind of mixed emotions about the move as a listener might face when having to move their home, thereby creating an emotional link between the listeners and the jocks (and the station). This is why WNEW-FM had such high listener loyalty and resulting high advertising revenues even though it didn't always have market-leading ratings.
One might listen and think, "big deal, so they spoke about moving the studios for 15 minutes," but it wasn't that this one interview was so terrific--it was that this interview reflected the attitude of the station and the respect it had for the listeners (at least at this time.)
I believe that this is exactly the kind of thing stations should be doing today to provide differentiation and to compete with MP3 players and other alternative media.
Thanks to Dennis Elsas for making us aware of this interview.
May 22, 1979: Tom Morrera's first overnight show
LIVE CONCERT: John Hall Live at the Bottom Line [stereo]
Wednesday, June 27, 1979 (94:00)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
A particularly high fidelity recording of John Hall playing live at the Bottom Line with an exuberant introduction by Pete Fornatale.
Pt1 (61:50)
Pt2 (32:10)
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale [stereo]
Tuesday, July 17, 1979 (125:13)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Pete doing his brilliant thing. And there's even a newscast at about 58:00 in.
July 21, 1979: Pam Merly's first show
July 31, 1979: Free James Taylor Concert at the Sheep's Meadow in Central Park
August 31, 1979: Alison Steele's last show on WNEW-FM
September 23, 1979: First day of Fall Muse Rally broadcast
December 17, 1979: Christmas Concert with Hall & Oates and Ellen Foley at Avery Fisher Hall
December 18, 1979: Christmas Concert with The Outlaws, 38 Special and the Henry Paul Band at the Capitol Theatre
AIRCHECK: Richard Neer
December, 1979
Neer later wrote the book "FM: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio"
LIVE CONCERT: Garland Jeffries live at the Bottom Line [stereo]
Saturday, November 17, 1979 (77:46)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Here's another great live concert recorded at the Bottom Line in NYC featuring Garland Jeffries.
WNEW-FM 102.7: 1980
PHOTO: WNEW-FM DJs circa 1980
circa1980
Clockwise from 12:00: Pete Fornatale, Dennis Elsas, Richard Neer, Scott Muni, Vin Scelsa, Tom Morrera and Dave Herman in the WNEW-FM record library.
PROMOTION: 1980 Calendar
1980 (published Fall 1979)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
WNEW-FM printed a calendar each year, which were sold to listeners with the proceeds going to charity. This is the complete 1980 calendar. (Click each image for larger versions).
Unlike previous years, there were no photos of the DJ's shot especially for the calendar, probably a cost savings measure.
January 12, 1980: Jim Monaghan starts on WNEW-FM
MARKETING: WNEW-FM Subway Ad
circa early1980's
WNEW-FM used a number of slogans over the years, but the longest-lasting was probably "Where Rock Lives". Before this, they used "Built on Solid Rock". This was an ad used in the NYC Subway system, but I believe it was rare.
MARKETING: WNEW-FM T-Shirts
circa 1970's - 1980's
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
A variety of WNEW-FM promotional t-shirts from the 1970's and 1980's
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa [stereo]
circa May, 1980 (46:34)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Check out the nonsense going on in the hallway a few minutes into the show.
AIRCHECK: Scott Muni with Peter Wolf [scoped - stereo]
Thursday, May 1, 1980
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
This aircheck features WNEW-FM favorite Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band sitting in with Scott Muni and playing the role of disc jockey. Wolf had also been a DJ on WBCN in Boston.
Note that this was about a half year before WNEW-FM started instituting some controls over the playlist and we hear a very dynamic set of music: some rock, some blues, some oldies, some pop, and some doo wop along with some talk about the artists, radio and Alan Freed.
Pt1(29:46)
Pt2(30:00)
AIRCHECK: Dennis Elsas - Tom Morrera [stereo]
Thursday, May 1, 1980 (92:32)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
We hear Dennis Elsas (with a bit of tomfoolery from Vin Scelsa) and then Tom Morrera. That places this show in the era just after Alison Steele left the station and before Dave Herman took the night shift. Vin Scelsa must have been just hanging out because in that era, he took Fornatale's slot on Fridays, not Thursdays.
When we think of the great jocks on WNEW-FM, Tom Morrera doesn't usually come first to mind, but he had a really terrific radio voice and personality.
AIRCHECK: Scott Muni [scoped - stereo]
circa Saturday, May 3, 1980
Contributed by Steve Ronzino
Scott Muni sounding in a good mood on this broadcast segment from the first week of May, 1980. We can't tell the exact date, but we know from the news item about hostages in the Iranian embassy in London that it's from that week.
Note Scott's remarks about the amount of mail he received when he asked the audience if they could listen to WNEW-FM in the office. Also note the promotion for the Bikeathon. WNEW-FM was community oriented as well as having incredible loyalty from its audience.
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale - Scott Muni [stereo]
Tuesday, May 6, 1980 (62:41)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
A nice set of music on a Tuesday in the days when the DJ's still had the freedom to play what they wanted.
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa [scoped - stereo]
Sunday, May 11, 1980
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
An almost complete "Here Comes Summer" show from Vin Scelsa. Part 2 features news with Mona Rivera.
Pt1(24:50)
Pt2(21:24)
Pt3(11:04)
Pt4(25:10)
Pt5(18:13)
August 15, 1980: WNEW-FM Music All Stars beat the Meat(loaf)
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale with Chevy Chase
Early September, 1980
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Four years after leaving Saturday Night Live after only one season, Chevy Chase recorded a satirical record album and appeared on Pete's show. This aircheck is from sometime between September 6th and September 12th.
Chase talks about SNL, his post-SNL career, the making of the record album and he even gets into the format change on New York's WRVR from a jazz station to a country station. Among the tracks played is Chase's response to Randy Newman's "Short People".
September 13, 1980: Free Elton John Central Park Concert
October 31, 1980: Zacherley does special Halloween show
PRESS: Pete Fornatale's Radio Love Affair
Good Times: November 4, 1980
“...I tend to be very protective toward this format, even though I'm a realist enough to look around me and see that the atmosphere has changed so pervasively.”
An article from the Good Times entertainment newspaper about Pete Fornatale and his 16 years on New York FM radio.
AIRCHECK: Scott Muni [stereo]
Tuesday, Nov 4, 1980 (91:48)
contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud
A rare Scott Muni aircheck, starting at about 3:15 that day. Interestingly, Muni mentions at the start of the show that in spite of not having a large news staff, they are going to present the election results, although there actually wouldn't be any results during Muni's show as it ended at 6pm before the polls closed. And Scott also gives us the news, weather and we hear Concert Happenings from Richard Neer. Wasn't radio great when it was full service?
Muni probably spoke less than other WNEW-FM DJ, but he still managed to convey a tremendous amount of personality and you always knew who you were listening to.
The 1980 Presidential election that year was between Jimmy Carter trying for a second term vs. Ronald Reagan. Reagan (obviously) won, in large measure becasue of the Arab oil embargo and because Iran still held American hostages. If you listened to WNEW-FM, you knew that. If it were today and you listened to music radio, you wouldn't.
December 3, 1980: WNEW-FM Holiday Concert with Charlie Daniels and Billy Burnett
December 8, 1980: WNEW-FM Holiday Concert with Ellen Shipley and the Marshall Tucker Band
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa reports John Lennon's Death
Monday, Dec 8, 1980 (7:38)
contributed by Anthony John on YouTube
The first few minutes of a very shaken Vin Scelsa reporting on Lennon's death.
AIRCHECK: "John Lennon: A Retrospective" [stereo]
Sunday, Tuesday, Dec 14, 1980 (92:53)
contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud
WNEW-FM presented this special show six days after Lennon was murdered in NYC, mainly comprising non-narrated Lennon tracks and interview segments.
AIRCHECK: WNEW-FM's “A Christmas Carol”
Thursday, December 25, 1980 (22:05)
In 1980, WNEW-FM put together some old-fashioned radio drama with a presentation of “A Christmas Carol” featuring the WNEW-FM airstaff, including Scott Muni, Andy Fisher, Pete Fornatale, Dennis Elsas, Dave Herman, Tom Morrera, Vin Scelsa, Richard Neer, Jim Monahan, Dave Larkin and others. Even for Christmas, this was a gutsy move. Would anyone "break format" to do that today? Not even satellite radio would do so.
WNEW-FM 102.7: 1981
PROMOTION: 1981 Calendar
1981 (published Fall 1980)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
WNEW-FM printed a calendar each year, which were sold to listeners with the proceeds going to charity, in this case for UNICEF. This is the complete 1981 calendar. (Click each image for larger versions).
The calendar was created by the Gianettino & Meredith ad agency. We don't know who picked the events included in the calendars, but even as late as 1980, they still demonstrated a complete respect for the audience. The calendars included the birthdays of historical and literary figures, musicians who would never be played on WNEW-FM and even D.J.'s who had left the station and moved to competitors. What station would treat their staff and their listeners with such respect today?
For example, January includes the birthdays of J.R.R. Tolkien, Richard Nixon and Lord Byron. June includes Garcia Lorca, W.B Yeats, Les Paul, Lena Horne, Stan Laurel and the Marquis de Sade.
Click each image for a large, readable version
Robin Sagon & Andy Fisher
LIVE CONCERT: Harry Chapin live at the Bottom Line [stereo]
Monday, January 19, 1981 (97:45)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
This is a fantastic concert by Harry Chapin, recorded at the Bottom Line nightclub. Concerts were broadcast by progressive radio stations when they trusted their audiences not to tune out just because there were multiple tracks by the same artist. And the audiences were more patient and willing to listen to a long broadcast by a single artist as well. We don't hear any hosts or commercials on this aircheck and I originally thought they might have been edited out, but Brian advises us that this is exactly as recorded. Amazing! If stations were brave enough to broadcast concerts today, there'd be at least 20 minutes of commercials per hour, completely destroying the flow of the performance. It wasn't that WNEW-FM under Metromedia didn't want to make money, but they balanced that need with an effort to provide a great experience and they actually cared about the quality of what they were broadcasting.
It's hard to believe that any commercial radio station today cares about anything except how many advertising dollars they can achieve, and they'll sacrifice the quality of the programming to do it.
But enough of the rant, here's a great performance by an artist who is brilliant at relating to the audience.
Pt 1
Pt 2
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa [scoped - stereo]
Wednesday, February 25, 1981 (62:00)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Vin Scelsa playing tracks that no one else would ever play and that you'll never hear on the radio again.
AIRCHECK: Scott Muni [stereo]
Firday, April 17, 1981 (19:07)
A bit of the Professor playing things from England, a few days before Easter in 1981. We also hear from Donna Fiducia.
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale [stereo]
Saturday, September 5, 1981 (46:33)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Pete celebrates Labor Day with a great show that still sounds contemporary today.
LIVE CONCERT: The Marshall Tucker Band [stereo]
Monday, September 7, 1981 (46:33)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
WNEW-FM mixed it up by broadcasting many concerts live. That would later be frowned upon by consultants and radio "geniuses" who felt that if a listener didn't like a particular group, they'd tune out for the hour (or more), but it put WNEW-FM at the center of the rock music culture and was crucial because it was something the listener couldn't listen to any other way - a lesson that modern radio won't seem to learn.
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa [scoped - stereo]
Monday, September 7, 1981 (32:23)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
A bit of Vin Scelsa's show fron Labor Day and the same night as the Marshall Tucker Band live concert. As usual, a nice diversity of tracks - first some live tracks and then some tracks about work.
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa "Election Day"[scoped - stereo]
Wednesday, November 4, 1981 (33:30)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Vin talks about Election Day and how guilty one should feel if they don't vote. And 1981 was not even a major election.
AIRCHECK: Scott Muni [scoped - stereo]
Thursday, November 5, 1981 (32:36)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Scott returns to the olden days of 1971. This aircheck also features a really interesting newscast from Robin Sagon and a news feature about Grand Funk Railroad.
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale [stereo]
Thursday, November 5, 1981 (91:26)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Pete doing his usual thing, plus a newscast
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale [stereo]
Saturday, November 7, 1981 (46:38)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Pete letting the music do the talking.
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale: Celebrating Lennon & Rick Springfield [scoped - stereo]
Tuesday, December 8, 1981 (76:00)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
One year after the death of John Lennon, Pete Fornatale interviews Rick Springfield in the studio and plays a series of interviews with John & Yoko conducted by the BBC.
Pt. 1
Pt. 2
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa [stereo]
Tuesday, December 8, 1981 (51:37)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Vin Scelsa's usual unique approach to everything.
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale [stereo]
Wednesday, December 9, 1981 (138:56)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Pete doing his thing with a wide variety of music.
AIRCHECK: Scott Muni [scoped - stereo]
Wednesday, December 9, 1981 (31:07)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
A rare Scott Muni aircheck with Scott doing his afternoon thing playing both old and new music. Some Stones, Hendrix, Creedence, U2, etc.
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa: Celebrating Lennon [scoped - stereo]
Wednesday, December 9, 1981 (57:24)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
One year after the death of John Lennon, Vin Scelsa remembers him with recordings by and about Lennon.
December 14, 1981: WNEW-FM Holiday Concert with Carla DeVito and Rick Springfield
December 17, 1981: WNEW-FM Holiday Concert with Novo Combo and Ian Hunter
WNEW-FM 102.7: 1982
PROMOTION: WNEW-FM Calendar
1982
WNEW-FM created a calendar every year, with the profits going to charity. This was the cover of the 1982 calendar. This year's calendar was produced by George Meredith of the Gianettino and Meredith ad agency and it was photographed by Bill Wagner. The theme of this year's calendar was lines from great songs.
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(L-R) Dan Neer, Vin Scelsa, Dave Herman, Scott Muni, Dennis Elsas, Pete Fornatale
Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
January 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
"You should've heard that jailhouse rock when Scott, Jim, Vin, Robin and Meg found the Key!"
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
February 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
"At the top of the Best Dressed list for 1982: Vin, Scott, Dennis, Tom, Richard, Dave and Pete."
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
March 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
"Checking out the airwaves from atop the World Trade Center, Scott, Dave,
Vin, Pete, Dennis and Tom were discovered by Deborah Harry and Chris Stein"
I Can See For Miles - The Who
April 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
"Richard, disguised as a mild-mannered DJ, has put Meg, Pete, Dan and Jim on hold.
But Ray Davies has his number"
Catch Me Now I'm Falling - The Kinks
May 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
"The toughest crowd in town is Scott, Dan, Robin, Dennis, Richard, Dave, Pete and Billy Joel"
Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel
June 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
"Susanne Fellini should know better than to go walking alone when Tom, Scott and Dave have a day off"
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
July 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
"Dennis loves saving listeners' lives, but Scott and Dave will have to fend for themselves. Wisely, Richard is staying clear of it all."
All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
August 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
"On a hot summer night, Tom and Dan caught Meg giving parking lessons to Meat Loaf."
Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
September 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
"It looks like Jim is learning a lesson from the Professor as Tom, Uncle Floyd, Vin and Meg study for finals at the Graduate School of Rock 'N' Roll"
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
October 1982
Contributed by Andy Fisher
"Around this time of year, Pete Fornatale really howls. Joan Jett loves it, but Andy Fisher (outraged patron),
Pete Larkin, Bernie Bernard, Jim Monaghan and Meg Griffin can't believe their eyes"
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon
November 1982
Contributed by Andy Fisher
"Will Vin, Pete and Dave be caught holding the bag when Scott, Dennis and Andy kick the door in?
Book 'em Dano!"
(L-R) Dan Neer, Dennis Elsas, Andy Fisher, Sott Muni, Pete Fornatale, Vin Scelsa, Dave Herman
Truckin' - Grateful Dead
December 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
"When Clarence Clemons drives the sleigh on the Best Road to Rock, nobody pouts!"
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen
PRESS: Scott Muni with Foreigner
Billboard: January 30, 1982
This photo was taken backstage at Madison Square Garden. This was still a time when radio was heavily involved in the concert scene and radio DJs frequently hosted concerts. Many can be heard on live concert recordings. This gave radio a cultural crediblity that it doesn't have today.
AIRCHECK: Murray the K Tribute [scoped - stereo]
Sunday, February 28, 1982 (Part 1: 24:46, Part 2: 23:51)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
“AHHHHH BEY...”
Murray the K had stints on WMCA, WINS, WOR-FM, WNBC and several other New York City radio stations, but he is best known for his tenure at WINS, his live shows at the Brooklyn Paramount and the Brooklyn Fox theatres, which he took over from Alan Freed; his self-proclaimed role as the "fifth Beatle" and for his pioneering work on the short-lived freeform WOR-FM.
Murray died on February 21, 1982 and a week later, WNEW-FM presented this tribute. Murray had never worked at WNEW-FM. Legend has it that an old dispute with William B. Williams kept him from moving to WNEW-FM when Scott Muni and Rosko moved from WOR-FM in the Fall of 1967. But every air personality at WNEW-FM was at least partially influenced by Murray the K.
This tribute is not the greatest production. It has some editing and logical flaws, but it was probably put together in a hurry. But having said that, the actualities and airchecks of Murray on this are quite wonderful and remind us what it was like when DJs were given the freedom and had the creativity to really entertain us.
Part 2 features Scott Muni, who tells us how he and Murray lived in the same NYC apartment building; Dave Herman, who owed his start in radio to Murray and who plays a long interview with Murray recorded around 1980, in which Murray talks about the legendary live progressive rock show he held at the RKO 58th Street theatre with The Who and many other groups; and comments from Pete Fornatale and Steve Leeds.
It's hard to believe that Murray left us 30 years ago as of February, 2012 and that he would have turned 90 if he were still with us.
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AIRCHECK: FM Magazine [scoped-stereo]
March 21, 1982 (37:15)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
We believe this show, which was produced by Earl Bailey and hosted by Robin Sagon, was broadcast on Sunday mornings. It's really too bad it was buried there because it was actually a pretty interesting show, but by 1982, WNEW-FM was less willing to break format during prime hours.
Part 1 is about the baby boomers. What's interesting is that the complaints expressed almost 35 years ago are exactly the same as those expressed today: that young people can't get jobs, that the existing jobs don't pay enough and that "this generation" will have to live worse than their parents did.
Part 2 has three segments: the first is about an organization dedicated to being "anti-preppie" (today it would be "anti-hipster"), the second is about the band, The Beat, and the third is about the Chicago City Limits comedy group.
Pt1(12:57)
Pt2(24:18)
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale [stereo]
Saturday April 10, 1982 (69:22)
“Tomorrow's Best Rock Today”
Pete Fornatale's weekend show from 1982 in the era when DJ's had a bit less freedom, but Pete makes it work and it's still a very diverse selection of music.
AIRCHECK: FM Magazine [scoped-stereo]
May, 1982 (49:04)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Here's another edition of WNEW-FM's "FM Magazine".
Part 1 is entitled "The Rocky Road of Rock & Roll" and is about the state of the business and how radio treated music way back in 1982. Substitute "web streaming", "sharing", "YouTube" and "downloading" for tape copying, and it could have been broadcast yesterday. What's really interesting is that radio programming today is using the exact same techniques it used back then. The music business itself was in trouble in 1982 as there was a big slowdown in music sales. (What would come to its rescue was the 1983 introduction of the CD for which consumers spent the next 10 years replacing their LP, cassette and 8-track cartridge collections.)
Part 2 is a retrospective analysis of the shootings of anti-war protesters at Kent State University in May of 1970.
Pt1(27:19)
Pt2(19:48)
AIRCHECK: WNEW-FM's Tribute to WABC [scoped - stereo]
Sunday, May 16, 1982 (67:31)
Contributed by Rich Barbato
“When I'm on the air, I know if the Lincoln Tunnel is crowded; I know if the guy in the tollbooth has a stomach ache; I know when Mayor Koch has a headache and I used to talk to him on the air; I know who was missing - I helped the police; I knew if a toothpaste tastes good, I'd tell people....you know that's what radio is: live and dynamic and they just didn't understand this.” -- Bruce Morrow
On May 10, 1982, WABC(AM) ended it's 22-year run as a music station. The station started playing hit pop music primarily geared towards young people on December 7, 1960. Herb Oscar Anderson, Charlie Greer and Scott Muni were there at the beginning, along with Farrell Smith, Jack Carney, Chuck Dunaway and Bill Owen. Dan Ingram would join in July of 1961, Bruce Morrow that August, Bob Lewis in June of '62 and Ron Lundy in 1965.
Considering that WABC and WNEW-FM were owned by different organizations and that top-40 radio was supposedly the "enemy" of progressive rock radio, it was incredible that WNEW-FM paid tribute to WABC. It reflects the maturity and integrity of the station (although it was broadcast on a Sunday night when relatively few people listened.)
This aircheck comprises a scoped version of the first 80 minutes of the two-hour broadcast. It was put together by WNEW-FM's news director, Earl Bailey and features interviews with program director Rick Sklar, Bruce Morrow, Herb Oscar Anderson, Scott Muni, Bob Lewis and Dan Ingram and also includes a number of great airchecks.
Note: The audio quality improves a few minutes into the aircheck
Pt.1(25:06)
Pt.2(24:05)
Pt.3(18:20)
AIRCHECK: Dave Herman's First Last Morning Show [scoped - stereo]
Friday, May 21, 1982 (53:46)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Dave Herman started doing the morning show on WNEW-FM on May 22, 1972. That would last exactly ten years until May 21, 1982. This is that last morning show after which Dave would move to nights and later to the 10am spot. During the show, you'll hear Dave estimate that he played about 96,000 songs in those ten years. You'll also hear from Earl Bailey and Donna Fiducia.
Dave would return to the morning spot on November 12, 1986 and stay until 1991. And he'd even be back in that spot again after that. But that's another story.
Pt.1(28:33)
Pt.2(25:13)
AIRCHECK: Pete Fornatale on Dave Herman's last morning show [scoped - stereo]
Friday, May 21, 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
This short segment immediately followed the Dave Herman show above. Pete comments on how out of all the air personalities at WNEW-FM, he was closest to Dave because they saw each other every day.
LIVE CONCERT: Marshall Crenshaw Live at the Bottom Line [scoped-stereo]
Thursday, July 1, 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Marshall Crenshaw and band perform a great set at the Bottom Line nightclub as broadcast live on WNEW-FM with DJ introductions at the beginning.
AIRCHECK: Dennis Elsas [stereo]
Tuesday, July 13, 1982 (82:00)
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
Dennis Elsas sits in for Pete Fornatale, who was on vacation. He's followed by another unidentified DJ, who sounds a bit like Dave Herman, but I think it's someone else.
LIVE CONCERT: Gary (U.S.) Bonds Live at the Bottom Line [scoped-stereo]
Wednesday, July 21, 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Gary (U,S,) Bonds had eight charted hits on the pop charts and four charted hits on the R&B charts in the early 1960's with "A Quarter To Three" in 1961 topping the charts and going Gold.
In 1981, he was back on the scene after Bruce Springsteen took an interest and produced his "Dedication" LP and in 1982, produced his "On The Line" LP along with Little Steven.
AIRCHECK: Dennis Elsas [scoped - stereo]
October, 1982
Contributed by Brian Wolfsohn
About 90 airtime minutes of Dennis Elsas doing his usual thing.
PROMOTION: 15th Anniversary Napkin at the Bottom Line
October, 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Back in the days when radio stations were the core of the music culture, WNEW-FM advertised on napkins at the Bottom Line nightclub
AIRCHECK: Alison Steele [scoped - stereo]
15th Anniversary: Monday, October 18, 1982 (50:15)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
“I'll take you to undreamed of heights...”
Alison joined WNEW-FM on July 4th, 1966, a year-and-a-half before the station adopted a rock format. When the station went rock in October of 1967, she held down an afternoon slot for a short time before becoming the "Nightbird" and taking over the overnight slot which she held until 1972. When Zacherley left for WABC-FM, Steele moved up to the 10pm-2am slot, which she held until leaving the station around 1979.
In October of 1982, to celebrate WNEW-FM's 15th anniversary, she returned to the station for one night. And in this remarkable aircheck, you can see how a superb FM DJ didn't just play a bunch of progressive rock tracks - she set a mood for the evening and literally takes the listener to "another place".
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AIRCHECK: Dave Herman [scoped - stereo]
15th Anniversary: Monday, October 18, 1982 (9:59)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Turned out when Ken recorded the Alison Steele show above, he kept the tape running when it was over and picked up Dave Herman, recorded during the days when he was on at night. While not quite as engaged with the audience as he would later be as an amazing morning man, he plays a great selection of pumping rock.
AIRCHECK: Jonathan Schwartz [scoped - stereo]
15th Anniversary: Thursday, October 21, 1982 (Part 1 27:16, Part 2 13:45)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Here's another 15th Anniversary aircheck of terrific audio quality courtesy of the amazing Ken Tullipano, this time of Jonathan Schwartz.
The show was broadcast on October 21, 1982, but pretended to be a replay of a show originally broadcast on October 21, 1969, around the time of the station's second anniversary, but populated with 1982 spots.
That's confirmed by the fact that there's a spot for Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly", which was released in 1982. But several times during the show Schwartz announces that the date is October 21, 1969, so we were supposed to believe that the station simply played back an old Schwartz show for the anniversary, since Schwartz was no longer at WNEW-FM at this time. But Schwartz constantly repeats the date, giving away the bit.
During the show he reads a Joan Didion piece. (Can you imagine any rock jock reading a Joan Didion piece today?)
Among the highlights is another retelling of the "writing a letter to my girlfriend story". There's also a Crazy Eddie's spot with Dr. Jerry Carroll screaming in all his glory. Tracks include songs from Rhinoceros, The Incredible String Band, Carly Simon, Grace Slick and other stalwarts of the progressive rock era, but almost none of these tracks are those that you'd hear on a Classic Rock station today as progressive stations of the time went deeper. But that's not to say that by 1982, they weren't striving for mass market advertisers - there's a very prominent and noisy Burger King spot.
Part 2 features “Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation” by Tom Paxton, another track that would never get played today, except perhaps on WBAI. The show ends with Schwartz's usual theme and then we hear Mike Harrison, which continues in the next post.
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AIRCHECK: Mike Harrison [scoped - stereo]
15th Anniversary: Thursday, October 21, 1982 (14:45)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Continuing the 15th anniversary celebration with Mike Harrison who did mornings in 1971 after Pete Fornatale moved to 10-2pm and before Dave Herman's tenure as Morning Man.
Mike returned to the station for a night in 1982 to help celebrate the 15th anniversary. As you'll hear from this aircheck, Mike liked to talk even more than Jonathan Schwartz did. But he does relate some interesting perspective on his time at the station and he plays some interesting, but now very obscure 1980's music. 1982 was about two years before the wide-spread commercial release of the CD format and note how he claims that no one is buying records. Sound familiar?
AIRCHECK: Rosko [scoped - stereo]
15th Anniversary: Monday, October 25, 1982 (43:33)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Rosko (Bill Mercer) left WNEW-FM in March of 1971 to move to France. He returned to the U.S. and joined the short-lived WQIV from November 1974 to August 1975 and then he eventually moved to 92.3 when it became Disco KTU.
But in October of 1982, to celebrate WNEW-FM's 15th anniversary, he returned to the station for one night. And while he opened the show with his usual, "Do you want to take a mind excursion?", it was dry -- without the bass riff that he usually used. Maybe he just forgot to bring the cart.
While he sounds a little out of practice (and he almost IDs 92.3 at least once), this aircheck still represents a lesson in one-to-one communications with the listener. Part 2 opens with Earl Bailey "interviewing" Rosko. Some of the other WNEW-FM jocks can be heard in some promo spots.
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AIRCHECK: Zacherley [scoped - stereo]
15th Anniversary: Thursday, October 28, 1982 (49:28)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
The incredible John Zacherley left WNEW-FM in mid-1971 to join WPLJ for a much bigger paycheck, but shortly after he got there, WPLJ went to a much tighter format and he lost the freedom to play what he wanted. Nevertheless, he stayed almost ten years, until they wanted to move him to weekends, leaving in 1980. In 1982, he returned to WNEW-FM to help celebrate its 15th anniversay and to celebrate Halloween, which was always a special day for the "cool ghoul".
This aircheck, representing two hours of air time, appears to be from Thursday, October 28th, starting at about 8pm, when Meg Griffin was supposed to be on. At the end of the aircheck you can hear Pete Larkin sitting in for Dave Herman, who was under the weather.
Since this was an anniversary celebration, Zach plays a lot of music from WNEW-FM's early days, including the usual suspects: Dylan, Santana, Traffic, John Mayall, etc. But there's also more esoteric material, like Sea Train, which evolved from the Blues Project. And out of all the songs in the Beatles catalog, he starts the set with the one that probably got the least airplay of all and it sounds great.
There's a funny moment when Zach gives the call letters as WPLJ. He also recalls that when he first joined WNEW-FM, there were virtually no spots (but his original air shift began at 6am, when that time was meaningless for FM, since there was no FM in cars and he later switched to 2am in the days when there still wasn't very many listeners.) And speaking of funny, there's even a Crazy Eddie spot near the end.
The audio quality of this aircheck is superb - we hope that comes across in the stream. Goes to show you how much better radio sounded when there was less processing. And even though you can hear the surface noise of the LPs, it's kind of soothing (as I've mentioned before). We thank Ken Tullipano for this wonderful and rare aircheck. The only thing that would have made it better is if we didn't have to scope it.
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VIDEO: WNEW-FM 1982
circa 1982 (13:37 + 11:56)
Posted by radprog on YouTube
I came across this on YouTube which appears to be a cinema verite documentary about WNEW-FM. I'm not sure of the original source, but at least some of it seems to be also included in the documentary "Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio" (see the media page), although even though this footage seems to be labeled "Airplay", the production credits seem different than the Airplay documentary from Travisty Productions.
This includes some great footage of Dan Neer, Pete Fornatale, Scott Muni, Dennis Elsas and others.
AIRCHECK: Vin Scelsa's Kazoo Band [scoped-stereo]
circa December, 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
This aircheck contains several excerpts of Vin Scelsa with "Rockin' Robin" and "Bayonne Butch" on the Kazoo, along with some music segments. The first segment starts with a McDonald's commercial. Bet Vin didn't like that much.
December 6, 1982: WNEW-FM Holiday Concert with Joe Piscopo, Gary U.S. Bonds, Psychedelicl Furs and Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul at Radio City Music Hall
CONCERT: Program from the December 1982 Holiday Benefit Concert
December 6, 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Fans saved a lot of WNEW-FM ephemera, but the Christmas concert programs are rare. Here's one from 1982
AIRCHECK: 1st Mixed Bag w/ Pete Fornatale [scoped-stereo]
Sunday, Dec. 26, 1982
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Pete had always said that things began to change for the worse at WNEW-FM after John Lennon's death in 1980. As the station got bigger and the revenue became more important, it became more formatted and commercialized. It played little blues or folk music. In late 1982, Pete decided to move to weekends where he had more freedom. He began a folk music oriented show on Sunday mornings and called it Mixed Bag, after the first Richie Havens album.
Thanks to Ken Tullipano, we have the very first edition of Mixed Bag. Pete presents the rationale for the show and plays a great body of music, especially appropriate for Sunday mornings.
Part 1 features a great mix of music. About 5:30 into Part 2, Pete conducts an interview with Don McLean, who also performs. This continues in Part 3.
Pt1(30:25)
Pt2(33:20)
Pt3(17:25)
AIRCHECK: FM Magazine [scoped-stereo]
circa 1982-1983 (49:04)
Contributed by Ken Tullipano
Not much is remembered about this show. We suspect it was broadcast on Sunday mornings as part of "public service". These particular editions were hosted by newscaster Robin Sagon. It was a strange mix of political interviews combined with relevant music, interviews with rock stars and public service warnings.
Part 1 features interviews with G. Gordon Liddy, who was the chief operative in the Nixon White House responsible for the Watergate break-in, and Timothy Leary, the Harvard based psychologist who was a strong proponent of the use of psychedelic drugs. This "odd couple" was touring together on the college lecture circuit.
Part 2 features an interview with Nick Lowe, who was promoting his "Nick the Knife" LP release. It also includes features about how not to get ripped off at a gas station and how to avoid being a victim of crime in NYC, which if one believes this report, was plagued with violent crime in the 1980s.
Pt1(21:47)
Pt2(27:17)
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