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.
It looks like you are fortunate to have good original materials. What A/D process do you use?
I record from the original source to Audacity. Original sources have included reel to reel tapes, cassettes, VCR and 8 Track Tapes There are also a few air checks that I recorded digitally off an internet radio stream.
Could I please talk to you in person, I have some info about the WRIT recording as well as some other items of interest. This is a friendly request! If you could email me off line with your phone number and time availability I would be happy to call you, or if you want to call me I can give you mine as well. I’m from Milwaukee born and raised and still here. Hope to hear from you soon! Thank-you, Gary
Thanks I will get back to you soon.
You can send me an email to the same address that I’m sending this message from, I hope I didn’t miss any thing you tried to send me.
Thanks, Gary
I was honored to work with Tom at WGRQ-FM (QFM-97) in Buffalo. He remains one of the quality personalities (YES – he IS
worthy of that label) I encountered in 50+ years in radio. It doesn’t hurt that Tom was key to convincing a Chicago Program Director that I was worth checking out for a new station in the Windy City. Thanks to that recommendation I was among (amongst?) the first to staff what became a legend – WLUP, The Loop. Thank you, Tom!