RUSH LIMBAUGH ( Jeff Christy) EARLY RADIO AIRCHECKS PITTSBURGH (1971 and 1974) HQ

RUSH LIMBAUGH (Jeff Christy) EARLY RADIO AIRCHECKS PITTSBURGH (1971 and 1974)
(As Jeff Christy) 1971 WIXZ, 1360 and 1974 KQV, 14K

[@stephaniefisher2241]

I listened to Rush for a few short days back in '88 or '89. I instantly knew he was right. Through 30 years, he never failed. Ups and downs, he consistently told us the truth. God knows, I still cry for the loss of this man. May God hold him and let him know he was loved, respected and made a huge mark on millions of lives. Love you Rushi!

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

I miss him so much.

[@wheelinthesky300]

This Christy guy has a future in radio.

[@christopherlovessports786]

This guy won't last 3 months in radio

[@cheynneautumn]

The country isn't the same without President Trump and the radio isn't the same without Rush Limbaugh. Two great patriots taken from America when we need them the most!

[@mikefromuniontown3809]

a tune from the general era had the appropriate chorus: "and YOU LEFT me just when I needed you most" and They BOTH has "left" us all ....this sux!

[@mdwayne741]

Rush was meant to be on the radio ...amazing early material. I miss hearing him on the radio now.

[@rustyyates421]

He lived the American dream to the max! He paid his dues and never wavered from his beliefs and had the time of his life. He gave the credit to God . He echoed what his listeners already thought.

[@richardsherburne6889]

God didn't appreciate the hate and lies that Rush spread.

[@rustyyates421]

@@richardsherburne6889Rush never lied about anything. That's the world you live in. I wouldn't be speaking for God if I were you. Especially when you are lying. God plainly tells us not to take His name in vain. Most people think that is meant as not putting God's name in front of a curse word, but that command from God has a deeper meaning. Taking God's name in vain is when a person invokes the name of God and associates it with a falsehood in His name. Rush Limbaugh was a great great person. If you are going to speak disparaging about him, you need to leave. If I wanted your opinion, I would have asked you for it.

[@thefish5861]

@@richardsherburne6889 You don’t know the first thing about Rush. Go away little man.

[@shape5685]

Very nice words Rusty, Thank you.

[@deputydog1995]

@@rustyyates421 " If you are going to speak disparaging about him, you need to leave..." That sums up Rush pretty well... he never let dissenting voices onto his show.

[@MrRacket991]

Even as a kid he had tremendous chops. Born to be on the radio...

[@svtrader]

Who knew he could parlay that into a political grift for 30+ years.

[@rcobb5081]

Rush Limbaugh... the fastest 3 decades in radio history.

[@dw8773]

Nice... and Amen.

[@timdailey2690]

Ditto!!

[@stephaniefisher2241]

Is it wrong that I've mourned him more than my father? Nope, Rush was there for 30 years and he was right!

[@rcobb5081]

@@stephaniefisher2241 It was too fast. It was like a vapor, the time we listened to Rush.

[@Obladgolated]

Well said my friend!

[@CityBoyFloyd]

This is remarkable. Rush. I miss you

[@moonbeamskies3346]

This is amazing to hear an apolitical Rush, and to hear FM radio from that era.

[@lloydalvey4038]

Rush is the best there ever was or ever will be.

[@dmotzing]

Jeff Christy Radio Network; sounds familiar! Geez I’m going to miss that love able fuzz ball! Really miss him.

[@LEAST3]

Started listening to Rush in 1980s while in military, he is missed bigtime.

[@deterrumeversor8680]

Never heard early Rush. Thanks for posting👍

[@blackrazer22]

Me either. He looks so young in the picture.

[@tomgates316]

Early talk show material was left leaning. He went right during mid Reagan mid 1st term as Dems lined up against him.

[@atreyuprincipalh4043]

This Great Man can never be Replaced..God bless You Sir,RiP

[@user-qn3sq3pi9p]

I listened To Rush As Jeff Christy When I got Out Of The Navy in 1972 In McKeesport

[@keiththomas3141]

I used to walk by the radio station during my lunch break and I'd see Rush doing his thing behind the microphone way back then.

[@drebaugh]

Wow, what a cool memory to have.

[@nonroadusr]

When I tuned into WBCK Battle Creek MI a Month ago and heard Kathryn open the radio show I instantly knew that Rush had passed away. I immediately put on My Stand Up For Betsy Ross t=shirt and I've not taken it off since, I think I need to through it in the washer soon. RIP Rush, I miss You :-( I live in England by the way.

[@pattygimlin32]

You are awesome!

[@nonroadusr]

@@pattygimlin32 Thank You very much Patty :-)

[@philpaule472]

You can hear the development of some of the regular Rush bits in these early recordings

[@stpaulimdog]

Yea like the update theme.

[@timdailey2690]

Jeff Christie radio network 🎙

[@dlane5292]

Definitely!

[@stpaulimdog]

They just played the palm tree bit on his show. Epic.

[@dontransue9843]

God Bless Rush Limbaugh. 30 year veteran here, thanks for all the company.

[@richardsherburne6889]

God didn't appreciate Rush's hate and lies.

[@RavensShadowSpectre]

I feel like I'm going to be in mourning forever! Thanks so much for sharing this!!❤️❤️❤️

[@larryhinze537]

Glad you like, Raven!

[@drebaugh]

My Dad introduced me to Rush in 1989. He only had a 2 million listeners at that time. lol. God Bless You Rush Limbaugh

[@rick2340atyahoocom]

Same

[@skip123davis]

i happened to have been stationed in central kommiefornia when he was a local show, and listened to him while i worked. it wasn't illegal then - cuz nobody knew who he was. he moved to nueva york, and i became more discreet. he helped me through good and bad times, and sometimes just hearing his voice as i fell asleep helped me out. we're SO going to miss rush - he's indispensable, and irreplaceable.

[@bobbeaumont324]

Great compilation! God Bless Rush Limbaugh.

[@dobermanpac1064]

Talent returned to God✝️

[@TheBrianV]

That's very good....

[@ralphhollister251]

One of the greatest voices ever on radio.

[@hebertcentrone6804]

They should have a museum all about Rush with a replica of his studio and EIB golden microphone

[@nathandebartolo8330]

Put it in Branson, or Cape Girardeau.

[@fredthomson8145]

I told Bo Snerdly I was one of Rush's oldest listeners, one of the 57 that listened to him back then. Great memories. Rest in Peace Rush. Love you always

[@jnelchef]

This guy will never amount to anything. RIP El Rushbo.

[@tomthrower3245]

Yep... it will never work. ..

[@mikebetts2046]

Some of Rush's detractors like to refer to him as a 'failed disc jockey'..... the man who became the most popular radio talk-show host in the country (if not the world).

[@johnmoeller7458]

Nope, Limbaugh referred to himself as such in his early interviews in the early 90s to sell himself to the media as a man who struggled and didn't have anything handed to him. His dad owned the station and was later an investor and gave him a job at age 16.

[@mikebetts2046]

@@johnmoeller7458 "nope" is not a rebuttal to my statement. What you said may be true but it has little if anything to do with my comment. Just after his death, there were several news stories that were unfriendly and referred to him as a failed dj. They were not trying to quote Rush. They were trying to insult his legacy.

[@rockribbedco]

...and a "college drop out". Makes it that much more impressive if you ask me.

[@larryhinze537]

Radio treated all music jocks like crap. If not now, just wait your turn. You can have a bad GM, bad PD, bad ratings, not get along well with others, I was even overpaid a few times and got that tossed in my face a few times. Just have to have a tough skin. Back in the music jock days, jocks were a lot more dime a dozen than a talk show host, or music morning show host with a following.

[@burlingtonbill1]

@@larryhinze537 Glad to hear you say this, Larry. Even the best ones (The Real Don Steele, Robert W. Morgan, and too many others to name) moved on to other stations or higher-paying positions (PD, GM, etc.)

[@briguy4238]

Guess it really was the morning "Rush" hour

[@burlingtonbill1]

Good one !

[@richardneal6200]

70 years seemed to short

[@larryhinze537]

Yea...

[@Seekthetruth3000]

I wish he had stayed away from smoking.

[@burlingtonbill1]

@@Seekthetruth3000 Me three.

[@shape5685]

Thank God Rush never gave up on radio, Thank God!!

[@bobbyg9662]

Talent on loan from GOD! Loved that man!

[@80spodcastchannel]

Talent on loan from God !!!! God Bless You Rush....you were awesome

[@Fingolfin3423]

He still is. :D

[@timrichendollar6002]

I absolutely love and miss Rush thanks for sharing, I'd really like to hear more

[@larryhinze8658]

All I have!

[@MrJest2]

Man... Rush's future career and legacy aside, this really brought me back. A different time; a different world. The songs and businesses and movies of my teens....

[@BrianRenardDavis]

I was born In 1988 And Can Only Image the late 60s and early 70s.

[@thegreenberetlife0191]

Miss Rush!

[@pitchforker3304]

I always wondered what Rush was like as a radio DJ, that was great, thanks.

[@westrotter7847]

WE LOVE AND MISS YOU RUSH !!!! RUSH WALKS WITH THE CREATOR OF TRUTH !!!

[@BigMichael78]

RUSH was truly The Spirit of Radio!

[@BroamChomskey]

Thanks for posting this.. Great little treasure of a recording.

[@sdkerby]

Beautiful.

[@brucegordon7248]

I had no idea that Rush once had a radio gig in McKeesport, Pa. near Pittsburgh. Thanks to Larry Hinze for the post.

[@larryhinze537]

My pleasure, Bruce!

[@ItsMyCountryToo]

I listened to WIXZ as a child...in the early 70s.

[@SouthBaySteelers]

WIXZ was one of the AM stations we listened to as kids in Fayette County. WIXZ, 1360.

[@Fingolfin3423]

Rush is king. Always will be. Rest in peace, Rush. You were one of the good guys.

[@jameswest673]

Best friend I never met

[@bonniebrown9685]

This is really cool, thanks for sharing!!

[@michaeloblock9530]

I used to listen to Jeff Christy way back when I lived in Pittsburgh. Before he became known as Rush Limbaugh. He set the standards for talk radio.

[@michelebevans]

I listen to a lot of conservative radio but no one makes it as fun as he did

[@brianwilson7146]

Great post thank you!

[@a.d.b535]

He was very good on his game

[@lorben6735]

Truly talent on loan from God.

[@uhya-sure8280]

Thank you Larry for digging this up and posting -

[@joygladys8050]

Geez, he was the best!

[@westrotter7847]

I always pictured Rush sitting in on the signing of the Constitution with all of the founders !!! Love you Rush !!!!!!!❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@333ohmy]

Great find Larry!

[@larryhinze537]

I only steal the good stuff, Ron! LOL. Tossed a few checks he had out there and tried to do a bit of splicing and EQ'ing on them. Not a bad sound for the 70s in quality.

[@dlane5292]

Always wanted to hear something from his early days on radio. This is awesome! He thought BIG even back then! Followed him through most of his nationally syndicated show. What an awesome guy, who will be greatly missed!

[@waynedefebaugh5800]

Love it thank you

[@bagelj]

wow! I was just 4 years old in ‘71

[@timdailey2690]

Ditto

[@cindymcbride4106]

Thank you.

[@grampsradio]

I worked a board very similar to the one pictured here in my very first radio announcer job back in 1977.

[@paulradice3534]

Sure do miss that guy 👍

[@snapperco]

This is Solid Gold....

[@r3mdh]

I miss him. 💔

[@robertbaker4940]

His electric bill was $10-$12 dollars a month. Wow!

[@skip123davis]

that was pre-carter inflation

[@larryhinze537]

I would never pay that much...WISH!!

[@dlane5292]

I once paid 14 bucks in an apartment, & doing so naturally. Other units top, both sides, & behind were all keeping me warm or cool lol.

[@BlackAndWhiteBand]

I disagree with almost every single political point he has ever spewed out onto the airwaves. THAT SAID... he did more to save talk-radio from extinction than anyone before him. He deserves all the accolades in the world, along with Don Imus and Howard Stern, for being the greatest radio broadcaster ever .

[@dougthegreat1808]

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF RASCIST POS IMUS WAS?????? LOL.

[@Fingolfin3423]

@@dougthegreat1808 Please.

[@rushv825]

In remember him well in 70’s. His picture phone gag was hilarious.

[@TheBrianV]

The radio GOAT. RIP, Rush.

[@russellgay5337]

Rush mastered his craft even then; just a working-class guy, putting some pennies in the Beatles pockets and entertaining working class people on their drive to work on a cold December mornong; somewhere in heaven, even this is resonating. Listen to this and then listen to When I Die by The Mother Lode that Rush played. God bless you, RIP Rush.

[@allhope21]

The one and only Rushbo!

[@elmofeneken4364]

Rush is radio, AM radio AMerica Radio.

[@stevenclarke8773]

Evidently ,Rush had a sales job of some sort with the KC Royals for 5 years.What I wonder is ,what if the Royals would of offered him a broadcasting position with the team.i could totally see him doing pre and post games .He may even have been good at play by play .Rush could really have done any broadcasting work like possibly a television game show host.....

[@stpaulimdog]

He really did move to Florida!

[@larryhinze537]

Escape from NEW YORK!!

[@stpaulimdog]

@@larryhinze537 They just played the palm tree bit on his show. If I were you I'd include that in your search cues.

[@pattygimlin32]

I love and miss Rush, the Greatest of All Time! Rest in peace in the arms of the Lord, el Rusbo.

[@scottadair4962]

Da da lut, da da lut, da da lut. . . The trumpet fanfare.

[@alanknizek3877]

I can swear i've heard this voice in later years. Can't place it. Lol

[@sherri2441]

He should have never got chemo. Miss him

[@mwg911hk]

When he said 9 million watts i spitt my beer everywhere.

[@rushv825]

His on air talent was quite evident in his early days.

[@hubcityhotrod]

I can just see him driving to work in his rusty old Pontiac Lemans.

[@roypatterson7866]

Sounds Good!!!!

[@Phillyfan45]

“Now if you don’t have $100.00...hawk something...”

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

I miss you Rush.

[@TheBrianV]

His electric bill was 10-12 dollars per month. Later in life, in his Florida mansion, it was probably 10-12 dollars per minute!

[@loriknittle3021]

Wow he really looks like a young Jim morrison

[@djscott9207]

Because he is/was "Jimbo" (the Lizzard King who can do anything) and became "El Rushbo" for the man. He talked fast so nobody was the wiser. There are hints that come through. Way too many coincidences. Jim could do any accent. IQ = 149. He wanted to play the host at interviews while in the Doors. He could flip the script on anyone, and often did. He said in a 1969 interview with Howard at The Village Voice of NYC that while he enjoyed the Doors, he desired to play a role of a fat conservative who the nation would "love to hate" just like his band at the time. Very interesting and dynamic character. Extremely well read. No doubt he was a high value agent.

[@timbowabo]

Future million view video ...

[@larryhinze537]

Never know!

[@burlingtonbill1]

Big surprise to me -- he SOUNDS GREAT !! I personally had a brief career like Rush did - the DJ marketplace was intensely competitive, and you could be fired for virtually ANYTHING at ANY time. So I know how tough it was, and how POORLY paid, too. (It was mostly about flash, the great music & the chicks.) Rush's hero was Larry Lujack at WLS in Chicago, already a legend. The P.D. there was John Rook, who met Rush once and thought he was mediocre. Maybe he just didn't fit Rook's notion of what HE wanted at the Big 89? (Because I'd heard this, I'd formed a mental image of mediocrity, too, regardless of how great he turned out later as a Talk radio commentator.) Too bad we find all this out AFTER Rush is gone !!

[@rickvia8435]

John Landecker was probably my favorite at WLS. A DJ's life is definitely a labor of love. I ran the boards on a 500 watt daytimer - never opened a mic. I could sweep the floor, though.

[@burlingtonbill1]

@@rickvia8435 I hear ya, Rick. My fave at 'LS was Kris Eric Stevens, aka 'The Kid" (per Lujack). He has had a tremendous career as a voice-over artist after the jock gigs got old. Landecker was later; by then I was into FM.

[@shape5685]

What's really funny is that he actually did move to Florida.

[@larryhinze537]

Well...who wants to live in the liberal asshole of humanity NEW YORK? lol

[@billykeith9766]

What a gem!!!! If you have more please post them

[@larryhinze537]

That was it. Thanks.

[@beavercleaver7848]

He helped further prove that one's political party preference is irrevelent to one's hate of pop music radio DJs.

[@davidclay2339]

Let's us not forget he basically invented modern talk radio. It saved AM radio.

[@cabindweller8454]

He was correct. I did not think he would be as correct as he turned out to be by Obama's second administration.

[@djscott9207]

Jim Morrison was from Florida too and the biggest practical joker. Shocking.

[@josephanderson7237]

Pittsburgh Condors! Wow. When Pittsburgh had a pro BB team. Long time ago.

[@tomthrower3245]

The old ABA...

[@enfield06]

Rush understood radio. I never agreed with his politics and believe he did unbelievable damage to this country but he knew the medium.

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

Yeah explain the damage he did to the country.

[@gilraybaker826]

When he mentions Rick Nelson turning from an All-American Kid into a hippie, tell me your ears didn't shoot up in anticipation of him furthering "a phony baloney plastic banana good time rock and roller!"

[@CityBoyFloyd]

He was good. Flowed right out. Moved along the show. Lot of info he's throwing out.

[@ericprentice1269]

I had the matching pants

[@ROCK35377]

Irreplaceable.

[@skeeterham2857]

dit dit dit dittos Rush! dit dit dit ditos