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Steve McVie & Big Apple Airchecks Present: Career Spotlight - Alton Irwin

Steve McVie & Big Apple Airchecks Present: Career Spotlight – Alton Irwin

Obituaries are never easy. That’s why we generally leave legacy writing to the professionals. Immediate family likely remembers a different legacy of their loved-one than those of us on the other side of a man’s public life. I did not know Alton Irwin personally. That is to say, I never met him in real life. We did, however, converse via email. In the early days of Airchexx.com, shortly after…

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John Willis on WZOU 94.5 Boston | July 1988

  Boston’s 94.5 WZOU came along in late 1984 from the ashes of Album Rocker turned Soft-AC WCOZ, and called itself 94-5 “The Zoo”. The station was in a Top 40 battle against crosstown rivals WHTT HitRadio 103 and WXKS-FM “Kiss 108“. Inevitably, it didn’t work and WZOU would eventually go Urban as WJMN– “Jammin’ 94-5”, the station remains to this day. This aircheck features heritage New England…

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Mark Sebastian, HitRadio 103 WHTT Boston | February 9 1985

Mark Sebastian, HitRadio 103 WHTT Boston | February 9 1985

  WHTT Announcement of HitRadio 103

By 1985, Boston had become a very competitive radio market. There were FOUR different CHR (Contemporary Hit Radio) stations in Beantown. Kiss 108, WXKS-FM was Top 40, with a Rhythmic lean. WROR 98.5 was a more Adult oriented CHR. There was the new WZOU 94.5, a mainstream straight ahead CHR. And finally, there was HitRadio 103 WHTT. It was a tightly formatted,…

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Alex Stone & The Boston Top 40 Countdown, HitRadio 103 WHTT Boston | July 8 1984

Alex Stone & The Boston Top 40 Countdown, HitRadio 103 WHTT Boston | July 8 1984

WHTT Announcement of HitRadio 103

  In the early 1980, many FM stations were ditching their older skewing, soft formats, for Top 40, or Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR). One of those stations was WEEI-FM. In 1982, the soft sounds on 103.3 FM were slowly being pushed out in favor of new music. It was done very gradually, with the idea of not alienating the audience that kept WEEI-FM so popular, but to…

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Chuck Buell, HitRadio 103.3 KHTR St. Louis | March 24, 1988

All-New! - Chuck Buell, HitRadio 103.3 KHTR St. Louis | March 24, 1988

Photo courtesy of wlshistory.com If you enjoy this aircheck, please consider a donation. Please use the PayPal link below this exhibit. Thank you.

“I got a special Chuck Buell 100 dollar bill that’s worth $103…

Curator’s Notes: For anyone who ever heard Chuck Buell on WLS, or maybe up in Canada… Chuck sounds GREAT in the morning! In fact, after hearing this aircheck for myself I wondered how come…

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Mark Sebastian & the 5 O'Clock Whistle - 103.3 WHTT Boston | March, 1985

All-New! - Mark Sebastian & the 5 O'Clock Whistle - 103.3 WHTT Boston | March, 1985

“Ok, I got the crew together now… I think we’re all set to go!”

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Curator’s Notes: This is a pristine recording that held up very well over the years. A donation from AircheckDownloads.com, this is over a year before the flip to Oldies as WODS and there couldn’t be a higher energy level anywhere than here at HitRadio 103 WHTT!

Notice during the promo about 4 1/2 minutes in, the…

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Rod West, 103.3 WEEI-FM Boston | January 15, 1983

All-New! Rod West on 103.3 WEEI-FM from 01/15/1983! Just before the call letter change to WHTT!

Station: 103.3 WEEI-FMBoston (Wikipedia) (Website) Format: CHR Branded: “103 FM“, “HitRadio” Ownership: (Then) – CBS (Now) – Entercom Featured Air Personality: Rod West Contributor: Steve West Airchexx #1610 [powerpress]

That’s what the guys in the snowplows are sayin’, I think we’re gonna make it!

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Liz Solar, 103.3 WODS Boston | 1987

Liz is in for Sandy Benson, and honestly, I can’t tell if her last name is Solar or something else.…

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