Old 1963 Radio Recording I found

[@bikecopjoe]

when I was young, I used to record the radio every Saturday just to get the week's top hits on Reel to reel. Nothing like the 1960s and those fast talking, yelling, screaming and entertaining DJs. Radio today is too much talk. Thanks for posting this. I love it.

[@heroknaderi]

This is so Rich and cool I love it. The Good Old Days.

[@Bing6813]

In my Teen years , I lived about 1 mile from the WMEX Transmitter , which was on West Squantum st. in No. Quincy --it was a blast to go there and listen to the Station and talk with the Station technician , especially in the evenings when Woo Woo could be heard off Mike , talking with the techs who manned the transmitter

[@caula1815]

Good times, right?

[@Stormdesk]

And watching the engineers adjust the pattern for the tides.

[@4kane]

Stuff like that is gold! So cool, when you come across an old reel. It's like a buried treasure, finding out what's on there.

[@JetSetDiva]

This is golden stuff. Thanks for uploading!!

[@AudioMobil]

I imediately recognized Arnie Ginsburg on WMEX. I never heard him on the air because I live in Germany and I was born in 1978 but I'm a great fan of the classic Cruisin' series, Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg was featured on the 1961 Show. I'd like to here the complete show, this is truly a piece of radio history that should be saved in full length. I really love hearing 50s and 60s airchecks. Sometimes I wish I could have been at the adventure car hop back then and get a record with my order! :-)

[@sashd3636]

I looooooove this! Ever since I watched American Graffiti for the first time the other day, I have been obsessed with finding old radio broadcasts that weren't radio shows. Thanks so much for uploading, quality is great for me :)

[@joshb202007]

Wish you had more. I love hearing how things were this is gold!

[@1863year]

Did dj'ing in the 60's at Orlando AFB ......greatest time of my life - thanks....

[@sacredcowmusicjukebox]

Nice recording. Listened and heard the long play for Bobby Vee who died today. Grew up listening to your music. Thanks for the music, Bobby. Rest In Peace...

[@bobn.5173]

This is great my parents used to take me to adventure CarHop in Medford when I was twelve great memories, thanks!!

[@colinmccauley3301]

I was in Korea in 1963 but I listened to Arnie Ginsburg mostly on my car radio (when I got my license in 1958 at the Brighton Court House) at Richard's Drive in Carfeteria on Memorial Drive in Cambridge after spending an hour or two at the Resy in Brighton, next to Boston College and the Cleveland Circle reservoir - WMEX originally started out in Medford with its station on the Malden side of Wellington Circle, next to the Malden River, another not easily forgotten DJ then was Dave Maynard at WMEX, in the late 40's and early 50's and Larry Welch, the Voice of the Turtle on WCOP in Boston - Arnie Ginsburg was the king of the night time radio in the Boston area and there was Symphony Sid who used to be on radio in the late afternoon on WORL(?) in Boston, started off with Spiritual music and then went to Jazz and Latin American music, never forget the hours I spent listening to him on my screened in back porch in Medford at the end of Fountain Street next to Gillis Stadium which was between Fulton St and Brookview Road and the Fellsway and my parish, St. Francis of Assisi Church - sorry for going on for so long but WOW what memories flooded my senses when I heard Arnie Ginsburg's voice - can't thank you enough for posting this recording, keep 'em coming

[@caroltenge5147]

Its all over. such a shame.

[@ChrisCanary]

Back then, I would listen to Woo Woo at night on my transistor radio under my pillow. Fall asleep and wake up with a dead radio battery

[@oldhippiefromthe60s]

Bruce Bradley are and I are very good friends. I just spoke with him last week on his birthday "78 yrs' he is doing well and sounds "GREAT" he is a 1 of a kind and the absolute BEST" radio personality that has ever broadcast either as a dj or talk show host.

[@monkeeman1966]

There's a great Arnie Ginsburg aircheck from December 1965 out there for people to buy or trade! I have two commercials from WMEX aircheck posted here on you tube.

[@tnridge]

I love this old radio....I am 57 years old and I had a Am Transistor radio back in 1968....and I use to listen to wls chicago...I can still hear that..and the wolfman jack

[@trustmeimblack1620]

Right. Wolfman Jack is on every night on KWVF out of Guerneville, CA. Everybody can listen online, and they even have an app for your phone.

[@pcno2832]

I heard Wolfman Jack doing an oldies show on XM radio about 10 years ago and just assumed it was live, but it turned out he died in 1995. With oldies being played, who would know the difference?

[@SiriusXAim]

Damn right! I still record radio on tapes for personal archive, Feel that frustration ALL the time!

[@stratocat9999]

Sounds like what you've found is an air check, which is why the songs are clipped. A very cool find, as there are very few examples of Top 40 AM radio back then. Radio was a different animal back then, in that the DJ was as much a part of the show as the records being played. Cheers!

[@Mr5thWave]

June 21, 1963

[@johnsampson1096]

WMEX had a poor signal as the pattern sent the waves up the coast and out to sea! I lived in Weymouth, Ma about six miles from the Transmitter on West Squantum St in North Quincy. New York stations came in louder at night! That transmitter facility seemed spooky at times. It was housed in a rustic brick building on a swamp with catwalks that looked like a rollercoaster leading to the three tower directional array. Mac Richmond was eccentric, but could get great radio talent like Arnie, Mel Miller and Larry Justice to name a few.....Great aircheck!

[@WAQWBrentwood]

Who the hell downvotes this?!?

[@staticmunk7777]

id love ot listen to them all no matter how staticy or clear they are they are awesome to listen too

[@A1mikesmusic]

I expect a lot are lost recordings I bet even the BBC haven't even got !! This is a gold mine of lovely memories. I can appreciate this as I used to be a boy recording music such as this on my tape recorder, many hours spent and if it weren't for people such as these some of these priceless recordings could be lost forever, and the modern generation would lose out on our musical heritage. Complete with Djs who are long gone and although we might read about, but never heard before now as the original recordings have been long wiped due to space in the archives, others deteriorated through fire, flood or old age.

[@stevejohnson1321]

Arnie just celebrated his 90th birthday in the past few days. Turns out his niece married someone from my graduating class, and I never knew.. I never heard WMEX because of the highly-directional signal, but I did hear Arnie in later years when his program got syndicated. Interestingly, WMEX transmitter got moved to Waltham MA circa 1981 -- still difficult getting the signal in many locales, and their programming is very different today.

[@ryan9570]

when I was in college, I knew one of the nighttime producers at WMEX and he'd let me into the station at night. the signal was sometimes so marginal that you could actually hear adjacent channel WKBW l520 out of Buffalo NY on the studio air monitor speakers. WMEX at the time was 5,000 watts day and night with a north-south directional signal (to protect WLAC in Nashville). in l969 the power was increased to 50,000 watts daytime but still used the limited 5kw pattern at night.

[@BrianBattles]

That looks like the Sharp reel to reel recorder I had in 1970

[@bob4analog]

This is Awesome! Radio the way I remember it!

[@openmind1966]

CoolDudeClem: WAHOO! Thanks for sharing this wonderfully historic recording. Venture Car Hops...must have been something to go to...good food, music, and service..

[@robertpattinson2065]

I love it,radio was way better and more entertaining than now

[@markusziman363]

This is great! thanks for posting. I'm interested in these kinds of recordings, buy cassettes or copies, thanks

[@MichaelSalmons64]

fantastic. actually this is very good quality compared to a lot of airchecks I've heard from the era. Thanks for sharing!

[@porters92]

Reminds me of Chicago's WCFL in the mid '60s that fought and lost the Top 40 battle to WLS in the end

[@paulgreen6302]

Good hearing the old jingles.wot a load waffle play the music.

[@CoolDudeClem]

There's an un-edited version of this elsewhere on my channel.

[@craigkopcho7394]

It is a skimmer tape used by announcers to rerecord their breaks. The tape started to roll when the microphone was switched on.

[@williamhelms9942]

Arnie Ginsberg Good Night Train Show WMEX 1510 Boston, Massachusetts June 21,1963 I was born on February 12, 1964, definitely a whiiile ago huh! lol!

[@milfordcivic6755]

June 1963, Wmex Boston. Thanks!

[@rendysetiawan3435]

That great radio, Give me permission to take this video bro

[@JimPigMuseumOfSound]

What a Time Capsule !

[@cantstopsinging]

Wow, I am from Boston area originally, wmex Boston... AM Radio....this is early 60's..summer of 63?

[@faithrada]

OMG Adventure Car Hop LOL I was 15! Back then it was WMEX's Arnie Ginsberg VS WBZ's Juicy Brucey Bradley ..who used to do remote broadcasts from Paragon Park? in the summer. He used to have Hunts where people would have to bring in the wildest objects.. like Crazy Feet... to win a prize. Gawd I hated Sunday nights when rock and roll went off the air.

[@kelhard5632]

This is some pretty boss stuff! Quality isn't too bad, actually. The tape is still playable!!

[@5BGVO4]

great to hear "wimmex" again! Boston did not have a 24 hour top 40 station until l967 when WRKO came on. WMEX was all-talk from l0 pm to 6 am and WBZ was talk from 6-8 pm.

[@wind9885]

Holy crap. Never seen something this old.

[@FMRebs]

Thanks for sharing!

[@pcno2832]

This is so cool. WMEX used to have a weird transmitting pattern that followed the New England coastline, so my cousins in Winchester could get it easily, but out in Framingham, it was nowhere to be found. It was the strongest station, however, when we went on vacation off the coast of Maine. For years, I thought that Dave Mason's excellent version of "Only you know and I know." was a national hit, since top-40 WMEX had it in their rotation; only later did I learn that the less exciting Delaney & Bonnie version was actually bigger across the USA.

[@MrRETEROROB]

really wish the songs weren't scoped . still fun. wonder if anyone gave the Bobby Vee record back when their food came?

[@amberola1b]

it sucks that the tape ALWAYS runs out at the best parts

[@ralphbertolucci9302]

the WMEX call letters now live in New Hampsshire as an oldie station. You can hear it live at WMEX.org

[@altfactor]

Around 2014, WMEX was able to get its original call letters back.

[@mercuryoak2]

Ralph Bertolucci wmex was 1510 am radio in boston mass. arnie woo woo ginsburg was thr DJ for the Night train show.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

i love things like this

[@Lampshade51]

The amazing WMEX in Boston was bursting with talent during their long run as a Top 40 station (1957-1975....it is now WWZN) but the talent didn't stay long because the owner Mac Richmond was nuts!

[@tsj56]

The DJ at the top of the recording used the air name of Melvin X Melvin (per the boss), but was in reality Jim McKrell, later of TV and Movies. The jock after Arnie is using the name Fenway but is Ed Hider, who used his real name in NY, SF and LA and wrote TV comedy later.

[@mdmphd]

Are all of the songs included? If so, someone recorded from home. If not, it sounds like an air check, where the tape machine would go on when the mic was opened/on air. That way a station manager would sit with the jock and critique what went well and what didn't. I have a ton of these tapes - really need to get a reel to reel to capture them before they turn to rust.

[@Bones469]

Wow that AM is practically HiFi. This must have been before they cut the modulation down to 80% or whatever they did. The top end is so much better than today's broadcast AM. Almost sounds like 80s CQUAM.

[@spiritofecstasy8525]

Yep, this was the early 60's.

[@spiritofecstasy8525]

........Those first two (2) songs were hits in about 1962.

[@RichardVernadeau]

The reference to the election of Pope Paul VI is an exact date clue on this tape whereby you can give it an exact date.

[@CassetteMaster]

That's neat! And that deal with "wrapping boxes with typewriter ribbons?!" odd. Obviously for comedy purposes.

[@sexyeyes1969]

This is what i am looking for some old radio taped of pop radio in the 60,s.This is WMEX in Boston no longer there at that frequency.

[@CoolDudeClem]

All the songs are on the tape, but I thought I'd better not include them in the video so I wouldn't get into copyright problems, I don't know if any of them are WMG so I didn't want to take a chance and get it muted.

[@ryan9570]

Ird, actually you are right about the weak signal. what actually happened was a lot of new apartment building and MBTA station construction in North Quincy in the l970s which eroded the ground system of WMEX as the swamp began to fill up with gravel. In the early l980s, the transmitter was moved from West Squantum St. in North Quincy to a site in the Woburn area northwest of Boston. even with 50kw day and night by now, the coverage was worse than the old days of 5kw in North Quincy.

[@ycdtotv2001]

This is from WMEX in Boston, MA, The Big X.

[@Me97202]

Back when honking a horn was considered creative and entertaining.

[@mikepeguero1]

the radio was good back den

[@michaelcrowley8339]

Nice!

[@steveperry1344]

when i was a kid my mom took us to adventure car hop in saugus mass. we all got the ginsburger and said woo-woo with the order and got a free 45rpm record. i don't remember the song on the record but the singer was berry gordy.

[@jtal19]

So cool. I want to develop a site where people can upload all of their old recordings both audio and video. Where was this recorded?

[@viperbot5311]

👍

[@lorix9426]

Whats the site called

[@gelmann2]

Arnie "Woo Woo Ginsberg" ...."Let's Go" - The Routers, places it at 1962

[@ApartmentKing66]

Unless the song was a year old on this tape.

[@howieloso]

like the the Tape deck.!.what brand and year bought?

[@mercuryoak2]

wmex this was in 1510Am radio station boston Massachusetts. thats arnie woo woo ginsburg the dj of the time.

[@ghsgtnayhmd4792]

Have you thought of selling this?

[@scooterpinball]

I want a time machine

[@cosmokramer1987]

This was recorded in Boston before it became WWZN.

[@BruneGinger123]

The DJ mentions the election of Pope Paul VI. This puts a date on this recording. Here's what a grabbed from Wikipedia: Paul VI (Latin: Paulus PP. VI; Italian: Paolo VI), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (26 September 1897 - 6 August 1978), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it.

[@kofola1973]

WOO WOO on Wimex.

[@matthewblalock58]

did he say norwood? if so. that's cool because I live in norwood!!

[@abj99861]

ok.....woo woo Ginsberg......where;s my Bobby Vee 45. How did these guy wrangle 2 and 3 hours shifts.

[@deaneggenschwiller4560]

Back in the days, most DJ's only worked 3 hour shifts, with the exception of the overnight guy. Typically, the shifts were 12 Midnight-6 am, 6 am to 9 am, 9 am to noon, noon to 3 pm, 3 to 6 pm, 6 to 9 pm and 9 to midnight. Later, the shifts were extended to fall more in line with the "dayparts" listed in the Arbitron radio ratings. That way you could hold an individual DJ responsible for the ratings in their shifts.

[@paul1nz]

Definitely recorded in 1963, Pope Paul VI was elected in 1963. There is mention of this in the news preview.

[@bbsonjohn]

Upload all the audio before the tape dies and the voices gone forever.

[@DrBongos]

The Arnie Ginsberg show. WMEX 1510.

[@robertyglesias9673]

I used to record the Batman tv series with mine

[@spazzcat03]

I got tons of unscoped airchecks i'm willing to trade for WPGC , KRLA OR KHJ ! Just let me know .

[@ashenafi1629]

How u get this

[@CoolDudeClem]

I found this is a box of reel to reel tapes I got from a neighbor.

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[@DooDoo__]

what country was this from? aus? us? or gb?

[@CoolDudeClem]

I'm pretty sure it was recorded in the US, probably by someone who lived there for a while and then moved to the UK. As far as I know this tape was in with a whole bunch of tapes found in someone's attic.

[@cantstopsinging]

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

[@clemsonbloke]

The first DJ sounds kinda like Ron Lundy

[@wkat950]

Submit an MP3 of the whole tape unscoped to an aircheck collector. These tapes are becoming rarer and more and more sought-after. Never will we hear radio like this again

[@smokedsmoked]

hi have some reel reel from mid 60s i know what mean there getting scare to find with old commericals and djs do age lucky my father record all these oldies from long ago i am looking to find a radio jingle from detroit not sure of radio station but hear dracula and organs playing and bats making lot noise and and dracula saying bl bla is like halloween trippy having hard time finding them .

[@michaelcrowley8339]

Also... It is 1963, because that is the year that Paul the 6th became pope, just like the tape says.

[@rentslave]

It was so great in those days,having the ability to go out at night without an illegal alien taking your parking space.

[@inkey2]

WMEX......1510 on your AM dial

[@smokedsmoked]

hi can help find a radio jingle from i say 67 0r 68 is opening to radio show from detroit ok hear goes it has dracula and hear organ playing and bats and dracula saying bla blaa sorry that is all i can remember hope you can help me out .

[@Jdaminbf4]

Get in contact with that station or any am station in Detroit, they can find it for you.

[@muwinjijg9877]

they called him 'Woo Woo' Ginsberg because he was 'Woo-ish'

[@steelers6titles]

AM Top Forty, Power Radio format, aimed straight at teenagers. Gets on your nerves fairly quickly.

[@JordanPool13]

HOW YOU CLEAN YOUR HANDS AFTER WRAPPING PACKAGES IS YOUR PROBLEM BOY!

[@gautamshah1244]

Gautama

[@kimberblackkimberblack7310]

;)

[@SVT40AK47]

Wonder which direction our history would have taken if we would have stayed out of Vietnam and just kept tabs on Russia’s and China’s movements. Could we still be in happy times?

[@wind9885]

W.M.V.A.?

[@73_ford_maverick]

Beach boys

[@luigipopdrop2444]

Shut down

[@eascec8374]

*June 22, 1963*