Bill Adams Aircheck - WNOR AM 1230, Norfolk Virginia - August 26, 1966

[@XMIR10C]

Does anyone have any recordings of his time at CKXL with Tex? It was hilarious morning show 6-10 am daily around 1970 or so.

[@XMIR10C]

Tex was the voice you hear at about 12:40 or so. On CKXL, they would jabber for the whole 4 hours between the music, and throw in a bunch of weird sound effects.

[@cliffordmichael8415]

The reverb and compression were fabulous

[@hughconoly4029]

Love the reverb and the "Super Hit Survey" imagery.

[@doobrah]

Friday afternoon, late August, and 75°. Like I tell people who complain about the heat & humidity, it didn't use to be so bad in Nawfuk. Love that reverb!

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

The earliest Car I remember riding in was My Grandfather's 1962 Rambler!

[@cliffordmichael8415]

I was there on the air the weekend shift it brings back wonderful memories

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Whatever happened to Bill Adams? He was quite good!

[@pawthecowboycorgi]

I have been trying to find some audio from CKXL - not successful so far. My master said he is hilarious - all the voices and sound effects !!

[@pdizbon]

Cool hearing this but I have one wish, that people who post air checks would have them unscoped or at least leave the commercials 100% intact.

[@NTSC1080]

"Aircheck" recordings on tape, before the digital era, were usually made on a machine activated by the board mic, as a way for a DJ or newscaster to review their work. They are "scoped," or telescoped as the word is derived, at the time they are being made, since the music and commercials were not the primary focus. Sometimes, if illustrating the art of the segue, or a tight backtime, the air talent would leave the mic switch "on," providing a longer recorded passage between elements in the show. Another source of recordings comes from "logging" machines, found at the bigger radio stations. They ran a very slow tape speed, sometimes very narrow track, on big 10" open reels. Just enough audio quality if the lawyers needed to review anything.