Used to listen to landecker in early 70s, cruising around drinking beer, couldn't do it now days and get away with it, nothing like the 70s! That's for sure.
This is a superb performance from one of the greatest jocks of all time. He was undoubtedly the best night jock ever- bar none. I loved listening to him from Colorado, where the clear channel signal from LS would come in at dusk, and through the night. John worked at other big stations and did great work, but for my money nothing comes close to what he achieved from 6-10 pm on the big 89 in the 70s.
Depended on the market. I was an announcer at this time in a smallish market. I was close to low man on the totem pole, and in my case I was MORE likely to work holidays than the primetime announcers, who always got holidays off. By the way, my friends and I used to listen to WLS, WWL, and KAAY in Panama City, Florida when we were out cruising around at night. They came in better than our local low power AM stations, which had to compete with massively overpowered Radio Havana.
@@jamespfitz But Sunday wasn't a normal workday for him. I wonder if they found that the highway traffic on the night of Easter Sunday boosted their audience to the point where they wanted their A team on the air.
Used to listen to landecker in early 70s, cruising around drinking beer, couldn't do it now days and get away with it, nothing like the 70s! That's for sure.
Was listening to this stuff after the sun went down in Arkansas. My introduction to “cool radio.” Awesome memories.
Lose the quotation marks around Records because as John always says, "Records truly is my middle name."
When I was young,I thought it was his gimmick.
@@charlesbosse9669 No gimmick! Records truly is his middle name!
This is a superb performance from one of the greatest jocks of all time. He was undoubtedly the best night jock ever- bar none. I loved listening to him from Colorado, where the clear channel signal from LS would come in at dusk, and through the night. John worked at other big stations and did great work, but for my money nothing comes close to what he achieved from 6-10 pm on the big 89 in the 70s.
So true!
I corresponded with John in 1975 when I was in high school. He really is a stand-up guy.
remember fondly some of the songs from that moment in time! I was ten yrs old at the time this was on the air.
Killer aircheck!
Don Geronino brought me here. He used to rave about Landecker. As for why LD worked Easter Sunday the only conclusion I can draw is punishment.
No. In radio, you had your time to work and it didn’t matter what holiday it may have fallen on.
Used to be, lots of people thought other people needed them to do their jobs.
Blown out parents, tweaked out teens and peoples of all persuasions stay tuned for a boogular check.
JEFF DAVIS ON PHONE WCFL BIG 1O VOICE OF LABOR GREAT AIR-CHECK 5 STAR ROCK
Does anyone know any apps that play the original formats from WLS or WCFL from the 70’s ??? Music and all ??
Go to a site called reelradio. It's a treasure trove of old airchecks.
Paul Bertolino Thanks bro !!! 👍🏼
Reel Radio is great, but ya gotta pay a fee and you'll have to install the RealAudio player. Just wanted to let you know.
@@bob4analog thanks 🙏🏻
Wcflchicago.com just like being there. With Chickenman!
Uh… This is the best
man they made one of their main jocks work on Easter Sunday? Howard Stern and Steve Dahl are both spot on about how radio treated the talent
That's the way it was then: people did their jobs.
Depended on the market. I was an announcer at this time in a smallish market. I was close to low man on the totem pole, and in my case I was MORE likely to work holidays than the primetime announcers, who always got holidays off.
By the way, my friends and I used to listen to WLS, WWL, and KAAY in Panama City, Florida when we were out cruising around at night. They came in better than our local low power AM stations, which had to compete with massively overpowered Radio Havana.
This was probably the Monday after ... Landecker worked Monday to Saturday, like most weekday talent did on AM music stations in the '70s.
@@michaeldemenchuk6988 April 18 was Sunday. So the question persists as to why he was working that day.
@@jamespfitz But Sunday wasn't a normal workday for him. I wonder if they found that the highway traffic on the night of Easter Sunday boosted their audience to the point where they wanted their A team on the air.
I’m sorry, but this was disappointing for me.
That's what she said to me, too! 🤣
Id forgotten how many deodorant are acne commercials there were back then.....