Here’s an aircheck of Wayne Moss on KAAY, doing afternoon
drive in 1972. Years ago I posted this
elsewhere, on a paywalled aircheck site, and I promised the owner that I wouldn’t
post it anywhere else. That site
recently went under and likely not coming back. So now I have posted it here -- on the site where it truly belongs!
I got this aircheck from a fellow I met in 1975 on my
first-ever fulltime radio job. It was
at WMYK(FM), licensed to Moyock NC but targeted toward the Norfolk VA
market. It broadcast from a few
trailers at the tower site, just south of the NC/VA state line. This guy was a guest of either the station
PD or owner and I dubbed the aircheck from him. He said he knew Wayne Moss and he regaled me with lots of KAAY
stories. The only one I remember was
how KAAY arranged for interns or part-timers to work for competing stations,
and learn about their upcoming promotions.
Then they would tip off KAAY so the Big K could counter them with
even bigger contests and promotions.
Young spies! Did KAAY really do
that? I don’t know, but it was a great
story.
About the aircheck – It covers just over one hour, telescoped from 3:27pm to
4:30pm on Tuesday, May 23, 1972.
There’s a heavy spotload, LOTS of commercials. Only once do you hear 2
songs back to back, at the top of the hour.
There are several political ads, with an Election Day coming up 1 week
later. Mary Donald has the news at :55
and :28. The big full sound of KAAY
really impressed me ever since I heard this aircheck.
Enjoy!
Greg Barman
(or download here)
Bogus story! Pat Walsh didn't need spies.
ReplyDeleteAnd as far as I know, none of the Little Rock stations had interns in those days.
ReplyDeleteI worked with Wayne at WONE AM, Dayton in 1966-67. He was a fun guy and a total pro. Later he was sales manager for WXLK FM (K92) in Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA. I visited with he and station owner, Aylett Coleman, when I was a sales rep for Birch/Scarborough Research.
ReplyDeleteThis is an old post but I'll give it a shot. It's been a long time since "Johnny Midnight". Matt James wasn't a great radio newsman so I tried TV for forty years and managed to scratch out a living. So good to see you name again.
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