Rock Radio Scrapbook
Airchecks: 1987
Talent:
BOB MITCHELL
Station: WYYY Syracuse, N.Y.
Date: April 2, 1987
Time: 22:35
Now THIS is the way oldies radio should sound!
For 10 years, Bob Mitchell did the "Saturday Night Oldies Show" on Y94 in Syracuse, N.Y. - and he did it with class, passion and a tight, bright presentation that should be a model for oldies stations everywhere.
Everything on this aircheck works, from the fun PAMS jingles, to the contests, to the listener participation to the flawless production to the music. Mitchell himself is a gem - if we started an oldies station we'd seek out his on-air services immediately.
Mitchell, a veteran of more than 30 years of central New York radio, is these days occupied with - among other things - the 1490 WOLF Tribute Site. Check it out, but first enjoy this fabulous aircheck of Mitchell's Saturday Night Oldies Show.
You can hear it here.
(The Bob Mitchell Collection)
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Talent: RON ABLE
Station: CKY Winnipeg
Date: May 4, 1987
Time: 14:44
"Ron was a gentle giant." - Sharon Taylor, QX104 vice-president and manager
Ron Able was born in Montreal, but considered Winnipeg his adopted home. He had the good fortune to work in both.
Able was the first morning man of CKGM's Super '70s lineup in Montreal in 1970-71, later moving down the hall to CHOM-FM (the former CKGM-FM). He went to Halifax from 1971 to 1973 and then to CKVN-CFUN Vancouver in '73, returning to La Belle Province at CFOM Quebec City in the mid-'70s. In the 1980s, Able settled in Manitoba, first at CKY from the '80s to early '90s, then at CFQX Selkirk, Man. From 1997 to 2009, he co-hosted the morning show at CKXA (QX104 FM) Brandon, Man.
Able died February 13, 2009, less than a month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
Hear Able on CKY here.
(Courtesy Ted Wendland, radiowest.ca)
Be sure to visit radiowest.ca, a superb radio site hosted by Ted Wendland. Airchecks, jingles, photos, logos, history and forums - radiowest.ca has it all. Rock Radio Scrapbook says thanks Ted for sharing this aircheck.
