C.R.M. Audio Page
Audio clips of classic Chicago radio!
(And sometimes, even classic Chicago TV audio...)
Airchecks, funny bits, vintage moments, songs, jingles, rarities, and so much more!
CHECK BACK OFTEN! New audio clips will be added approximately once or twice each week!
Please note: The audio quality has been improved as much as possible, but overall quality will vary from recording to recording. Some older recordings may contain weaker audio, minor tape hiss, or even vinyl record snaps & pops.
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Published on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 08:35
Here is yet another rare treat that can't be easily found elsewhere. It is from 1965 and features famed WCFL-AM jock Barney Pip having some fun singing (if you can call it that) the song "Let It All Hang Out." (Running time: 2:08)
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Published on Tuesday, 04 October 2011 10:29
Here is a very rare treat, not heard anywhere in many years... a collection of quick jingles from WKQX-FM from the very early 1980s. This is before it was known as "Q101" and way back from it was called "WKQX - Chicago 101." (Running time 0:28)
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Published on Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:52
"Energy 92.7 & 5" was the all-dance music station heard on WKIE-FM/WKIF-FM/WDEK-FM from January 2001 until January 2003. Here is a nice long aircheck of Jammin' Down JD from 9 years ago this week. (Running time: 22:32)
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Published on Saturday, 24 September 2011 14:44
This audio clip
(courtesy of Marty Zivin) was originally posted on the CRM Audio Page in the Spring of 2010, but with the salute to WSDM-FM happening this week, it seemed right to post it here once again. The following clip is a pair of jingles from Chicago's WSDM-FM 98 from around 1970. (Running time: 0:27)
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Published on Friday, 23 September 2011 00:00
Here is another treat from WSDM-FM, this one featuring an aircheck of the final broadcast for Yvonne Daniels, who was leaving the station after this show on June ist, 1973. She then went on to fame on WLS-AM.
(Audio clip courtesy of Greg Barman.) (Running time: 4:06)
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Published on Wednesday, 21 September 2011 08:04
Here is another treat from WSDM-FM, this one from near the end of its existence. This is an aircheck of the final broadcast for Danae Alexander, who was leaving the station after this show on June 24, 1974.
(Audio clip courtesy of Marty Zivin.) (Running time: 24:48)
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Published on Sunday, 18 September 2011 20:31
All this week, the CRM Audio page will be saluting WSDM-FM, with some rare audio & airchecks from the station at 97.9 FM for much of the 60s & 70s --
Smack
Dab in the
Middle of the your radio dial. This first audio clip
(courtesy of Greg Barman) is an overview of the station used in 1966 to attract advertisers. (Running time: 3:55)
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Published on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:05
With
the news that popular radio personality Freak has taken over at The Kat 105.5 this month, here is a Freak flashback
(Freakback?) to his early days at Rock 103.5. In addition to working weekends at the station, Freak did daily one-minute Rock Reports on WRCX-FM. Here is one of them from October 23, 1998, about one month from before the station flipped formats. (Running time: 1:00)
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Published on Sunday, 11 September 2011 11:38
With this being the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, here is an audio clip from that morning. This comes from WUSN-FM/US99.5, where you can hear the stunned reactions of morning show hosts John Howell & Trish Biondo, along with that of Brant Miller after the first plane hit the first building in New York, and then the second building soon after that. (Running time: 4:55)
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Published on Friday, 09 September 2011 16:24
With it being football season once again, here is an audio clip from July 25, 1985. This was just before the start of the Chicago Bears' historic Super Bowl winning season. WGCI-FM's morning man Bob Wall called and woke up the Bears Hall Of Fame Running Back, Walter Payton to wish him a happy birthday. (Audio clip courtesy of Harold Lee Rush.) Go Bears! (Running time: 1:52)
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Published on Tuesday, 06 September 2011 10:00
In 1971, WLS-AM briefly experimented with a new kind of jingle package called "Pop Tops" (as did a few other stations nationwide). "Pop Tops" would come on over the beginning instrumentals of songs (over the "tops" of the pop songs), with hired singers using some lyrics from the song and adding the station's ID. Here are five examples of this with the WLS jingle used in The Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye," Donny Osmond's "Sweet and Innocent," Ocean's "Put Your Hand in the Hand," Bread's "If" and Diana Ross' "Reach Out I'll Be There." (Running time: 1:47)
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Published on Saturday, 03 September 2011 08:56
Here is a whole day of airchecks, taken from 25 years ago this very day. It comes from September 3rd, 1986 from WBMX-FM. It features a long portion of the Dan Shannon/"Shannon in the Morning" morning show, as well as midday host Mike Love, afternoon host Marco Spoon and evening host Veronique.
(Running Time: 31:51)
