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 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!
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.
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
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.
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
... 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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
If radio stations still sound like this today, I’d definitely listen to it more often.
I agree! And, I would be in heaven with all the AM-only radios in my collection!
AMEN! All I listen to now is AM Talk Radio in the car! Love it.
Lundy's daughter is here in our town, married to a former mayor. Nice aircheck, BTW!
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
Do you still have your dad's recordings available, it would be very interesting to hear some clips here in youtube?
What a beautiful post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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 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!
Great story. Thanks for sharing.
@Gt Neal: I looked at the date and realized I was 6 weeks old when this came out. I miss the music I grew up to.
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.
fantastic story you got to work with amazing people
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.
What a great time you must have had at that time.... with that profession...
Are you the same Sweet Randy Robbins that was on briefly WFIL?
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.
you havent been listening to chucko and the great boss sound on WEAK FM 106.7 Weekends 7 to 9 for the rest of your life.
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Yeah, it IS a good one.
You never hear "Kaw-liga", by the 4 Preps or "Washington Square", by The Village Stompers, either.
Sandy Nelson is so underrated.
Used to listen to him all the time in those days. I was barely in my 30s then. Seems like yesterday to me now. Wow time flies my friend.🥹
Are you in your 90s now? Awesome!
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.
Very true, however music hasn’t changed much in the past 20 years.
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
@@johnbrown504beg to differ…much much change if you spend the time listening to
Have downloaded this. PLay it when I drive for ultimate vintage commute. On the 50's styles motorcycle, it feels even better.
Hey Sirius X....I assume you work at Sirius XM RADIO.(how do I get a show on the air there?) Please email me to tell me at: meetup8@aol.com
Don and Juan! What a great song ! And their little shoop tag at the end! Magic memories!
Love the quality of this, because so many are either or muffled or whatever. But this is really nice!
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.
This is a fantastic snapshot of pop radio in 1962! Thanks for posting it!
Ron eventually wound up on the flagship AM station in NYC...WABC
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
Crazy to think I’m listening to this 62 years to the date.
Excellent unscoped radio show. These are the absolute best!
As a New Jerseyite I remember Ron Lundy from WABC and later WCBS-FM. He sounds so much younger, and why not? He was still twentyish here.
I thought Ron Lundy was on WLS for a while.
Todays Date 2/28/2019. 57 years from today this was broadcasted!
Not to be a word nerd, Devin, but the past tense of "broadcast" is "broadcast." And it's 57 years "ago." 57 years "from today" is in the future.
Classic AM Radio with Reverb.
Lundy and Ingram two greatest DJ s of all time Thanks
robert okeefe I agree...miss them both... they were classic
the beard and Biondi were better....
Then there was the immortal Mort Crowley and the guests he did, knocking at his door.
No argument there.
And both were at WIL!
From the year I was born .
Me too. May 16. You?
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JC! $14.30 used to mean something. I’m just blown away by that!!!
... 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!
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.
Gary Stevens-Did Not Worked At WABC-New York.
Gary went to WMCA
Interesting how so MANY of the earlier-years smaller market talent wound up at the Big 3; WLS, WABC and KHJ. Guess we can't hold back real talent.
Great song and great harmonies!
Very cool.
October 11 2020
Thanks for posting!
it's good to hear these radio shows am stations playing music .now it's kzqz playing music
Sorry KZQZ is gone. ☹️
I recognize that voice growing up in New York City....50-60 years ago!
Mel Blanc doing radio commercials.
Yeah! He did TV and cartoons too!
Almost as good as getting into a DeLorean time machine to 2/28/62.
But you can do it! Sort of .. Click on Google Newspaper Archives and read old newspapers online.
That guy in the top left looks a little like the Fonz
I've been taking these old stations and boosting the audio a bit
beautiful
when djs spun their own music 😍
Those cold weather forecasts must have been before we had global warming!
6 days after I was born...
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!
Gary Stevens was the best !
Before he moved to 770 AM Radio NYC.
I couldn't wait to get off the bus and go up to my room and put on my transistor to our N.Y.C dj's.....
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.
That is the truth.My friends listened to Kx-OK,but I was a WIL-er.
And now you have the original Rabbitt on KMOX, even if he wasn’t the official Rabbitt.
Cant wait to get my sack full of 123 nickels. Absolutely Awesome.
Ron had a great career on WIL radio in St)Louis
Is that James Daly of Willoughby fame doing that spot for Camels?
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.
@31:50 love the jingle!
SPACE AUTOS? Sixty-one years later, and we still don't have them!
what is the first song played ?
Drums Are My Beat - Sandy Nelson
THIS INSTRUMENTAL WENT TO NUMBER 29 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT-100 CHART IN 1962.
Wow, a two minute song followed by five minutes of commercials. Terrible.
Ok assclown.
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.
Do You Have Any Radio Air Checks By Future TV Game Show Host Bob Barker From The Early 1950s?
Aiiii ammmorrr🐱🐱🐱🐱
Robin Scott... aka Bob Dayton!
makes me think of my friend Dave Marvin.
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
Thankfully these days are over.
I really like that
The one thing they could do to make this aircheck better is take off that rotten Twist if I never hear that again it will still be too soon!
same bob osborne that hosted Turner Movie Classics
No it isn't. He had the same name, but later worked for Robert Hyland at KMOX as program director and on-air personality.
Wonder what that last song was, sounds familiar
Neat!
Damn ... f***kin freezing in SL. Cruel!
Gary Stevens was great at WMCA NY
Oh I remember back in 1914👆 🛏 yawn ok bedtime 💤
Tik Tok equivalent in 1962. 😮
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.
oh gimme a break
@@yommish Great TV series! Loved it
Let me guess. You don't actually know what "woke" is. No, you don't.
@@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.
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a lot of talk ..
52:08-54:21
silence for some reason. use this if u wanna skip it
Don and Juan! What a great song ! And their little shoop tag at the end! Magic memories!