Rock Radio Scrapbook
AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of
November 29, 2015
Edition #861
Talent: JOHNNY
BARRETT
Station: WKBW
Buffalo, N.Y.
Date: July
24, 1961
Time: 1:24:04 (unscoped)
It's a long aircheck from a long-ago time.
In 1961, Pittsburgh teenager Paul Carlson and some friends holed up in a Buffalo
hotel room to tape WKBW for 24 consecutive hours. The result was a marvellous
audio time capsule of one of North America's most popular Top 40 stations during
its formative time as a hit music station. The entire scoped recording is
available in our 24 Hours of
'KB section, but John Troll of Rewound
Radio has restored portions of it. Here's Part 1 of the Johnny Barrett show,
which began the 24-hour recording at 12:22 p.m. on July 24, 1961.
Enjoy
Johnny
Barrett on WKBW from July 24, 1961
here.
Enjoy
Johnny
Barrett on WKBW from July 24, 1961
here.
(The Russ Horton
Collection; restoration by John Troll)
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