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AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of February 22, 2015
Edition #823

Talent: DICK BARTLEY with SOLID GOLD SATURDAY NIGHT
Station: WBUF Buffalo, N.Y.
Date: June 7, 1986
Time: 46:10 (unscoped)
16:34 (scoped)

Making the oldies sound alive and fresh is a tricky business. One deejay who does it right is Dick Bartley.

Bartley, by then an 11-year veteran of the business, introduced Solid Gold Saturday Night to Chicago's WFYR in April 1980. The show went national via satellite in January 1982 on the RKO/United Stations Radio Networks. Bartley's show, America's first live nationally syndicated oldies program, soon became a weekend staple on many stations in the U.S. and Canada. His up-beat, personable style and his policy of playing some lesser-known hits made Solid Gold Saturday Night and Solid Gold Scrapbook a weekend staple.

Bartley moved to Westwood One in 1988 where he created, produced and hosted the Rock and Roll Oldies Show and New Gold on CD. In 1991, Bartley moved to the ABC Radio Networks where he continued his Saturday night show with Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits while also hosting American Gold. In 2009, Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits moved to the United Stations Radio Network where he introduced The Classic Countdown Show.

Bartley, who began his radio career at WMOD Lynchburg, Va., in 1969, was named to the Radio Hall of Fame in 2000. He joined WELK Charlottesville in 1973 and programmed and did middays at WBBM-FM Chicago beginning in 1975 before moving to WFYR in afternoon drive in 1978. He also did mornings at WNSR-FM New York in 1986.

To hear Solid Gold Saturday Night (UNSCOPED) click here.

To hear Solid Gold Saturday Night (SCOPED) click here.

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