KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia 1982

[@phillysportsmedia2825]

Does anyone remember waking up listening to kyw waiting to hear if your school number would called! The days of being a kid!

[@ianbrown9400]

Sprang Productions I do! Mine was 572 Camden County.

[@horngal88]

Gloucester County 803!

[@dmlholdings1]

All public and parochial schools are.... OPEN!

[@phillysportsmedia2825]

@@dmlholdings1 are virtual just kidding lol

[@thomasgomes3266]

Yes i do since 76

[@BenJabituya]

The sound of the teletype machines at work in the background!

[@stevenikazy2943]

Harry Johnson had a great sound. I trained under him in 1990. So much copy back then. Nice to hear Bob Nelson again; one of the most distinctive voices ever in Philly radio.

[@DrewTechner]

Thanks for checking in, Steve!

[@bmasters1981]

This 40-year-old aircheck from KYW 1060 of Philly is far more enjoyable to listen to than even one minute of 106.3 WORD (WYRD) where I live (because it's actual news, and not just opinionated talk).

[@70sleftover]

Coincidentally, not only was there snow that evening to cause local travel worries, and an icy cold winter that year that complicated recovery efforts for the tragic plane crash into a bridge in Washington, DC, but this clip of that evening's news on KYW includes report of an incident at my local Kmart (35 years later it sits an empty store) that remains a part of township lore among longtime residents. The report notes injured shoppers and employees were taken to the nearby hospital that has also since closed. Our populated suburban township rarely made the local broadcast news but it took a disgruntled fired employee from not-very-nearby Germantown driving into the front doors of the local Kmart to garner the attention of news radio. Note the quiet calm that used to be KYW - the commercial breaks are fewer and so much more relaxed (and local) than you hear on the same station today. I think KYW Newsradio 1060 AM and the "Place to Relax" - WDVR/WEAZ (101FM) - were battling for no. 1 in the Phila. market back then.

[@paulydaku]

All public and parochial schools are CLOSED . Music to my ears as a kid in 1982 lol

[@gidzmobug2323]

Before the Internet.

[@mouchiecat1]

Yes!!!!!

[@epaddon]

Ultimately, the crash was caused by pilot incompetence. A failure to turn on the anti-ice system during the treacherous conditions and also engaging in other stunts that didn't follow the normal procedure.

[@imwithstupid480]

KYW News time 12:17 the marine forecast Manasquan to Cape Henlopen..........

[@davidpayne3628]

...from the Delaware to the Chesapeake Bay...

[@wmbrown6]

1010 WINS in New York, into the 1990's, had marine forecasts before the TOH. And it too was Group W.

[@davidlewis6670]

Where did WINS do their marine firecast??

[@DrewTechner]

KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia January 14, 1982. 09:46 news of the airplane crash in the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C.

[@richardburkard9839]

@ 2:05 Mr. Sports mispronounces the Edmonton goalie's name. It's really "Low." Can't help suspecting the teletype in the background was a continuous looping tape. I worked at a radio station in Oklahoma that did that.

[@kevindenelsbeck7444]

It was, and is dearly missed. ASMR for several generations of us.

[@gregorlandini4328]

This sports cast is awesome

[@Launchpad05]

I guess this station is the KDKA of Philadelphia.

[@70sleftover]

Both were Group W Westinghouse stations until about 1995.

[@ianbrown9400]

Execpt KDKA is a News and Talk station

[@LaserdiscOrganistAmericanOrgan]

Still sounds like it to this day!

[@wmbrown6]

The ~750 Hz, :00.5 duration TOH tone seemed to be a leftover from the station's days as an NBC affiliate, no?

[@wmbrown6]

Sound here more like ~787 Hz.