Rock Radio Scrapbook

AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of April 26-May 3, 2015
Edition #832
 

Talent: DICK WILLIAMS
Station: CFPL London, Ont.
Date: July 6, 1964
Time: 42:03/59:35 (unscoped)

(WSAI chart, March 28, 1960)

Dick Williams chose Canada.

"The Tall One" could have spent his career in the more lucrative U.S. market. In fact, he did a stint in mornings at KDEO in San Diego in the early 1960s and also jocked at WING Dayton, Ohio and WSAI Cincinnati in a career that began in 1956 at CKCR Kitchener, Ont. But Williams stayed in London, Ont., after arriving there at CFPL in 1961. He remained on-air in London until 2006, also working in the Forest City at CJBK, Q 97.5 (CIQM) and Oldies 1410 (CKSL).

Williams' clever, fast-paced, humour-driven show on CFPL could easily have been a morning show. But it wasn't - it was at night. At that time, evening shows were prime time in radio and that's where the stars were. And Dick Williams was certainly a star.

Hear Dick Williams from July 6, 1964, Pt. 1 (UNSCOPED) here. (42:03)

Hear Dick Williams from July 6, 1964, Pt. 2 (UNSCOPED) here. (59:35)

(The Charlie Ritenburg Collection)

AIRCHECK RESTORATION BY CHARLIE RITENBURG

More 1964 airchecks here!

Talent: DALE DORMAN
Station: KBTR Denver
Date: November, 1966
Time: 6:31

Barry Manilow used the line "from Boston to Denver" in his 1975 hit "It's a Miracle."

With Dale Dorman, it was the other way around, as he went from Denver's KBTR in 1966 to a 44-year career in Boston beginning in 1968 (with a stop at KNBR San Francisco in between).

Enjoy Dale Dorman on KBTR here.

(The Dan O'Neil Collection)

More 1966 airchecks here!