Rock Radio Scrapbook

AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of January 10, 2016
Edition #867

Talent: MIKE COOPER
Station: CHUM Toronto
Date: July 4, 1975
Time: 25:02 (unscoped)

(Photo courtesy Sandee Bergin)

Mike Cooper arrived at CHUM from CHAM Hamilton in early 1974. The next year he set the radio world on fire by setting a world record for longest time on a Ferris wheel at the 1975 Canadian National Exhibition. It was one of two big stunts he would be remembered for at CHUM, the other being his infamous April Fools stunt in 1976.
 

Enjoy Mike Cooper on CHUM here.

Enjoy Mike Cooper on CHUM here.
 

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)
 

More 1975 airchecks here!

Talent: NICK NICKSON
Station: WBBF Rochester, N.Y.
Date: January 28, 1963
Time: 26:58/18:43 (unscoped)

"The Ole Professor" was a Rochester institution for 60 years.

Nick Nickson debuted in Rochester at WARC (now WROC) in 1947. He moved to WBBF in time to be the station's first afternoon drive announcer when the station went Top 40 in 1955. Nickson regularly commanded high ratings throughout his time on air at WBBF, which ended in 1967 when he went into management. He did promos and commercials at the station until his retirement in 2007.
 

Enjoy Nick Nickson on WBBF (UNSCOPED) here.

Enjoy Nick Nickson on WBBF (UNSCOPED) here.
 

Enjoy Nick Nickson on WBBF (UNSCOPED) here.

Enjoy Nick Nickson on WBBF (UNSCOPED) here.
 

(The Don Shuttleworth Collection)
 

More from The Best of Don Shuttleworth here!