Rock Radio Scrapbook

AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of January 11, 2015
Edition #817

Talent: NICK NICKSON
Station: WBBF Rochester, N.Y.
Date: January 28, 1963
Time: 26:58 (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.

(The Don Shuttleworth Collection)

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Talent: KEN GEIGER
Station: CJVI Victoria
Date: February 5, 1993
Time: 14:21

Ken Geiger is as smooth as silk in this example of how personality (and some tight production) can really make a format.

Enjoy Ken Geiger on CJVI Victoria here.

(Courtesy Ted Wendland, radiowest.ca)

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