WLS Airchecks #1 - 1975 Montage, December 31, 1975

[@riceymartin2203]

1958 songs at 3:40 Bird Dog; The Purple People Eater; Great Balls of Fire; Splish Splash; Return to Me; April Love; Do You Wanna Dance?; Peggy Sue; Book of Love; The Stroll; Secretly; Tom Dooley 1959 songs at 4:35 Tragedy; Mr. Blue; Come Softly to Me; Donna; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; 16 Candles; Put Your Head on My Shoulder

[@mooseriddle]

this aircheck brings back of my grandmother fussing at me for changing the radio station on the stereo to WLS!!

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I was at Chanute AFB in Rantoul in '75, and listened to WLS everyday.

[@edwardwaldron7813]

I lived in northern Indiana we would have the bus driver put this station on man great times

[@drogers1287]

Grew up near Paducah KY listening to WLS from the age of ten in 1969 and wound up in radio myself somehow in 1977 off and on til 2007. What a ride and it all started listening to WLS for most of the 70's. Thank you WLS.

[@billkex]

This is the COMPLETE montage I remember. There are many edited/chopped up versions on KZbin. Thanks for posting this.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

31 Dec 75, great time great music great memories at Camp LeJeune North Carolina, Semper Fi

[@kellyhogan8180]

Though many of us didn't realize it at the time, those of us that lived thru these years grew up in the greatest age of AM radio. 50000 watt powerhouses like WLS, KOMA,, WOAI and many others across the US and Canada, broadcasted the soundtrack of our lives.

[@rickpetroske891]

How true Kelly . Windsor / Detroit CKLW THE BIG AM 800 . They always gave heavy play rotation to Burton Cummings & the Guess Who . Way cool era to grow up in .

[@MissRobbiOKC]

Awesome!!!!! My gosh, back in 1975'ish my boyfriend and I lived in Duncan, OK...we loved tuning into WLS every night after about 8 pm. We could hear it clearly. John "Records" Landecker was a favorite of ours. We were thrilled when we called in a few times and got to speak to him. Thanks so much....very cool!!

[@joeferguson2606]

John "Records" Landecker was the king

[@rickpetroske891]

Listening to am radio at night back in this era . WLS ,WCFL, WABC, WLW, WOWO, CKLW to name a few 50,000 watt stations . All those great DJ's on the airwaves and those am radio hits . Kind of our internet of the day . John Records was a Chicago radio legend . Almost forgot to mention Larry Lujack another big name from the air chair of WLS !

[@pinguinobc]

I used to listen to these montages on New Year's every year when I was growing up in the 70s. I see I wasn't the only one to record them on cassettes!

[@bigmac965]

BRAVO! Great piece of production! Took me through time!

[@phillipparmelee6311]

Fantastic journey through the years musically! Having a hard time pulling myself back into 2018. :)

[@garynowak9897]

Loved it❤️ I grew up in south central Missouri and listened to WLS 890 a.m. almost every night. Thanks for the great memories !

[@brendaleake]

OMG the memories, I would have been 10 & 1/2 in the 5th grade at Jean McNair school in Winnebago, IL (Rockford). but doubt I heard this broadcast as I'm sure I was probably asleep!

[@dianameynart3582]

I used to record these as a kid I started in 1974-1989 thank you for sharing !!!

[@kellyhogan8180]

If you still have those recordings, it would be great to hear them

[@jamespfitz]

I have NYE 87/88, with the countdown, the night Ricky Nelson died.

[@huntershingleton4136]

Does anyone know what the instrumental is playing right after the 7 up commercial?!! It sounds like David Gilmore era Pink Floyd but I can’t find it anywhere!

[@StevenWeyhrich]

It's only one note (two?) so I cannot be completely certain, but I believe is the beginning of a K-Tell (or similar) commercial offering a top hits album, including Captain and Tenille's "Love Will Keep Us Together". That note sounds to me like the start of that song.

[@jamespfitz]

Judging from the tail of the tape your music tastes evolved just like mine.

[@darrylletts6462]

The only out of sequence tunes I heard were Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop and Mule Skinner Blues in 1961 instead of 1960.

[@joeferguson2606]

John records Landecker was king... boogie check, boogie check ooh aah!

[@jamespfitz]

Somewhere I have a cassette with the countdown with the news that Ricky Nelson had died..'87?

[@ApartmentKing66]

New Year's Eve 1985.

[@instantcharma6912]

..............do I remind you of wild hickory nuts? 19:50

[@StevenWeyhrich]

Let me make this PERFECTLY clear...

[@luisreyes1963]

This sure brings back memories when i used to listen to WLS radio on New Year's Eve. I must admit though, the decline of American music began before 1975 ended with the advent of the dreaded music genre known as...Disco. 😩

[@billguill1859]

Unfortunately, they didn't keep the years' songs "together," i.e., all of 1958 songs, then 1959, etc., instead skipping all over the place. Their description at the beginning of the segment made it sound they were going to do it that way, and then they didn't.

[@jamespfitz]

Yes, that's "unfortunate". 🙄

[@dianameynart3582]

I was born Sept 19 1966

[@joeferguson2606]

july 1 1965

[@stu63]

March 1963

[@jeanoboyle2439]

January 22 1965

[@ApartmentKing66]

You and I are practically twins, Diana...Oct 2 '66

[@jeanoboyle2439]

Whoever slapped this together must've really loved The Fleetwoods … : - D

[@lrabbitt]

LOL.