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Great stuff as always Ellis. Hard to believe that WFIL was radio station of the year in 1971.

I purchased a reel to reel tape player and it came with an original recording from Saturday, Nov. 23rd, 1963 and was a football game between Oklahoma and Nebraska . All the advertising was somber and wouldn't play out of respect for the dead president and the new president LBJ. Oswald was still alive and nobody knew anything yet.

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I vividly remember this. It was so crazy

I wish this station was still around.

I remember when this was on the radio and television 📺

I heard the FM static and was tempted to move my phone for better reception! Thanks for posting

This aircheck has been around for years. Here it is again.

Ah the days when stations signed off the air and people loved their country (or state).. New Jersey is a beautiful state. It's too bad the state has been ruined by the people who are in control of it.

I don’t know how you have the time to post great air checks day after day. Thanks Ellis!

This add campaign for Budweiser was well done. There are other commercials with the "Where there's life, there's Bud." Those TV commercials are here on YT and worth seeking. The music on them are even better than this. The title of one here on YT is "Budweiser Heat On The Beach." Advertising back in the those days had many commercials with great music. I remember many of them and have found some here. If you can find old TV shows with original commercials, the commercials are the icing on the cake for nostalgia.

awesomes Ellis noice m8.

I was a fan of Hoyle Dempsey and Fizz on the morning show a few years later, after WAPE moved to FM.

awesomes a lil off frequency on am i lovee that am staticyness too the lispyness on that radio goodness

Thanks, Ellis, Grease definitely had his schtick, the character bits like old-time radio skits. And yes, he took over mornings at DC-101 after Howard Stern left for New York in '82. And one night that winter, either late '82 or early '83, Grease made a promotional appearance in a mall at Bailey's Crossroad in Northern Virginia, I think that was the location but it was a surreal scene in that it was in the late evening, few people were there, but there was the Greaseman and I enjoyed a short conversation with him, quite friendly and likely making observations to use when he got behind the mike and got into his crazy on-air persona. 😀

Great one. He's so funny. Thanks.

I blame Opie and Anthony for this we would still have rock on that station if weren’t for to keep my words clean that stupid stunt did like there CBS fm bash before that should’ve stick to that making fun of other stations

Thumbs up for your comedy style of making fun of the station and calling them out for being cheap

Jerry was a dear friend. I knew him personally! When I was a Marine in Nam he sent me records. The other Marines not only didn't know the music, they wondered if I was a white guy. Many were from the south and had no idea how us Philadelphians are. They actually loved the music. It was not played on Armed Forces Radio.

Could u correct the title, please?

A good friend of mine worked at LG on the afternoon drive show in the mid eighties.

What a great find! I was in middle and high school during the 80s in Roanoke and still live here. Loved hearing these air checks! Takes me back for sure!

Ellis..you the man! I live for these old school tapes

Been through here a few times i love my city so rich in history

he never said why he quit

Thanks for sharing this great air check! Brings back lots of memories for when my family lived in St. Louis and my Dad worked at WIL (‘62-‘64). Great rock station with DJ giants!

I love the guy saying the numbers

Don Imus was an absolute icon. Never, ever forget that !

Fortunate timing for Brucie because if this show had aired the next night it would likely have been cut short to make way for President Nixon's resignation speech.

What is the song playing at 12:25 ? Shazam didn't recognize it.

the static on this one, is unbearable too.

Did the alcoholic beverages come with the stateroom?

too bad the audio downright sucks, on this video and most of your Dan vids, or I'd use it on my channel.

what is reason he passed away?

RIP Bob Charger

there has got to be a way to get the music that was played from frankie,vy i9f anyone knows how please let me know there all my jams

Man! I used to LOVE this station when it was on. It played a bit of everything. Oldies (Beatles, Elvis, Walk Away Renee, etc). The newer acts at the time with their current hits, = (Alan Parsons, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, etc). Used to love hearing Wyny, W Y N Y New York. Forgive me but I hardly remember the personalities or DJ’s now. Except of course Dan Daniel’s, who I listened to years after WYNY signed off on WCBSFM 101. I do remember that “Size nine” bit. Used to love the TV/radio commercials that advertised this station at the time which parodied other music formats. “I love your arms so much I want to break them off!” Country: “I want to marry my horse, but I can’t get a bridal suite”. Good, good station but nothing’s forever but I sure appreciated it while it was on.

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I remember him announcing cartoons on channel 48!

Bob passed away yesterday, 8/2/2024

Love this ❤

Great video. Many thanks

Ellis - Nice selection of lots of classic jingles - even a couple I may have mixed in my TM days!!! I may just have to do some uploading again!!!!

Wonderful aircheck. Any ideas of the track before Junior's "Too late" at 6:45? It's a tough one. It sounds like Dee Edwards, Miki Howard, or Angela Winbush but it's not; it has the nice saxophone opening with the ending to follow. Those pipes!

Wow that station had too many commercials, even more than Portland's KISN

The golden age of Top 40 radio. I noticed a couple of instances when Bob gave the wrong time.

@4:47 Borden Frosted Shakes...I FORGOT THOSE...followed by The Illusion on Jeff Barry's Steed Records! The commercials here were "a real gas"!😄 I especially liked the 7Up (9:25) and Tab commercial with Dayton's cheeky quip @ 15:40!😝 Enjoyed this check! 🌟

Amazing that you heard new rhythmic music on BLS, KTU, Kiss, Z100, and WPLJ! KTU switched to K-Rock but Hot 103 signed on just one year later. Kiss and Z100 ruled the 80s, but BLS and PLJ were also strong aiming just a little bit older demographically. Artists like Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Culture Club played on all these stations.

Dan left us six years ago-Still miss him!