Band of Gold + Get Ready - WABC Radio - DJ Chuck Leonard

Original aircheck of radio station WABC in New York City.
Exact date not known, but was recorded sometime around May 1970.

The late Chuck Leonard was the DJ.

LOTS more info can be found about Radio Station WABC at the official MusicRadio web site:
http://www.musicradio77.com

This aircheck brings home everything this channel represents, which is that records during that time were made to sound their best in mono for broadcast on AM Top 40 radio. NOT in stereo, for pop music during that time was rare to hear on FM stereo radio.

This aircheck also allows you to hear EXACTLY how it sounded in 1970. Radio stations like WABC used lots of audio "processing" to make the music sound it's best when heard on either a car radio's 6 X 9 inch dashboard speaker, or from an AM Transistor Radio's tiny 3-1/2 inch speaker. As a result, these AM radio stations added reverb and then highly "compressed" the audio, which made it sound even louder. You can hear that in this aircheck!

To see the actual radio from which this aircheck was recorded, see my video of the song "In The Year 2525" posted here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBqlZBE9uYo

To see and hear the actual 45 RPM vinyl record of "Get Ready", click this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAyz0R-cadQ

This is the original mono mix as heard when this was a huge hit on AM Top 40 radio on stations like WABC New York.

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[burrexkeefers]

Radio does not sound like this anymore and never will again. That's too bad.

[soxbearshwks]

was stationed in SoCal. 64-65, when we had night duty, sometimes if i put the radio by

the window, i picked up WLS out of Chicago. the signal would go in and out.

1 night i heard Dick Biondi, was great listening to my hometown station.....

[pictureisup1]

@burrexkeefers Oh boy, Do I know that. I went to school for radio. If I had to do again today, I would not do it. Radio is not as good anymore.

[pictureisup1]

@Radiowild I did too. That was reason I wanted to be a on-air personality. I did have my own radio show, now I am in acting.

[gli7utubeo]

What a great song. Sigh...

[dermagrafa]

@LordPotts I only listened to WLS as a Teen was'nt a surfer..

[elamite66]

@dermagrafa I'm from NY but used to be able to get WLS at night and CKLA (I think) in Detroit actually across the river in Windsor Ontario, also KDKA in Pittsburgh and I forget Philly but Boston was WBZ andt WOWO in Fort Wayne and many others I remember hearing Ali beat Chuvallo in Montreal radio and would sometimes listen to out of town baseball and the NFL Bills on Buffalo radio and also Cleveland and Indianapolis but FM it doesn't travel so far I listened to Short Wave too world wide news

[elamite66]

I grew up to NY radio but I liked WMCA better and also WINS until by this time it had turned into the first 24 hour News Radio stations I also listened to the black AM stations WWRL, WNJR and WLIB until FM took precedence WCBS FM was I believe the first later it became an oldies station and WNEW FM became the number one Rock (as oppossed to Rock'n'Roll) station soon there were more WBLS FM became the top Black FM station the 45 and top 40 were in decline in the 70s C&W came to NY

[elamite66]

I grew up to NY radio but I liked WMCA better and also WINS until by this time it had turned into the first or one of the first 24 hour News Radio stations I also listened to the black AM stations WWRL, WNJR and WLIB until FM took precedence WCBS FM was I believe the first later it became an oldies station and WNEW FM became the number one Rock (as oppossed to Rock'n'Roll) station soon there were more WBLS FM became the premere Black FM station The day of the single and the top 40 was in decline

[Radiowild]

Grew up to WABC radio! How I miss those days!

[LordPotts]

I agree with you dermagrafa...except it was WCFL out of Chicago!