WCMF was a wonderful station. They had begun as  part-time free form but were full time by the time of this air check from Aug 1972. I believe they also had a power increase around this time and that is when I began to listen in Toronto when the atmospherics allowed.

The DJ is Tom Teuber who also worked in Buffalo among other places. You will also hear “Unkle” Roger McCall on a few ads. He was newly arrived at the station from WPHD FM in Buffalo. The track selection is diverse and includes Pentangle,  Lindisfarne,  Brewer and Shipley, the comedy of the Firesign Theatre and more in this excellent example of progressive radio.

Audio used by kind permission from super air check collector Tom Konard who had the original recording taped. Check out his profile via Google from his start at WCFL in Chicago and beyond.

The popular Toronto radio team of Pete and Geets but not together. They were both together on CHUM FM and CFNY but not on these air checks.

The first clip is from CHUM FM from October 22, 1971 and the second clip is from CFNY from Dec 12, 1985.

The CHUM FM clip features Petre Griffin and David Pritchard as Pritchard has ended his show with the electronics  piece by Terry Riley  called “A Rainbow in Curved Air.”   Pritchard actually had an electronic music show on the early CFNY in 1977 which was called A Rainbow in Curved Air.  I heard the promo for the show so many times I can still remember it. Pete makes up a fake name for Riley.

The second clip features Geets Romo and Ted Woloshyn.  Pete was off.  You will also hear newsman Mike Stafford and Fred Patterson with sports.  A nice companion piece to a  longer 1983 air check with Pete and Geets that I have posted previously to the Radio Corner.

The third clip is an outro that I have used for webcasts  since the beginning which utilizes the Riley piece at the start. The the track has been embedded in my mind since the Pritchard promo and I have had the album for a long time.