play_arrow
AircheckRadio Aircheck Radio
play_arrow
Quid pro bros Vox
play_arrow
Miami-Fort Lauderdale Barry Wright
At Aircheck Radio, we celebrate and preserve unscoped airchecks—the full, unedited experience, just as listeners heard it back in the day. These recordings are invaluable audio time capsules, allowing you to…
✔ Hear legendary DJs in their prime, just as they entertained audiences decades ago.
✔ Experience the music, jingles, commercials, and station promotions that shaped the culture of their time.
✔ Revisit radio’s competitive and dynamic history, where each station fought to win over listeners.
Aircheck Radio is more than just a website—it’s a living, breathing tribute to the power of radio and the voices that shaped our musical and cultural history. But maintaining a vast online repository like this requires significant resources.
We are grateful to our corporate partners like Microsoft, Google, PayPal, Azure, and Amazon Web Services for helping offset some of our operational costs through grants. However, listener contributions remain crucial in ensuring that we can:
✅ Expand our collection with new airchecks from across North America.
✅ Improve the listening experience with better search, curation, and organization.
✅ Cover costs for transcribing, editing, and maintaining high-quality audio files.
Make a tax-deductible donation today and be part of preserving radio history for generations to come!
🔹 Donate now at AircheckRadio.us/donate
🔹 Upload your unscoped airchecks at AircheckRadio.us/upload
Thank you for keeping the magic of radio alive with us!
Aircheck Radio is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, dedicated to preserving the golden era of North American radio through our listener-supported online museum. We provide an immersive experience that transports visitors back to the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s—a time when radio personalities were household names and stations competed to be the #1 preset on your car radio.
As a nonprofit, we rely on listener support to keep AircheckRadio.us online, free, and continuously growing. Every donation helps cover the costs of web hosting, cloud storage, digitization, and streaming services, ensuring that these incredible audio recordings remain accessible for generations to come.
The Little Guy with a Big Dream: Chris Larko’s Radio Odyssey On the gritty south side of Fort Wayne, Indiana, where perseverance was as common as the hum of factory shifts, Christopher “Chris” Larko came of age with scant resources but an unquenchable thirst for the airwaves. Nurtured in a single-parent household by his devoted mother, Roberta Louise (Brodbeck) Larko, following his father's departure, Chris navigated the challenges of a […]
A Radio Icon's Decades-Long Journey Through the Airwaves In the pantheon of radio personalities who shaped the sound of Top 40 and beyond, few names evoke the raw energy and programming prowess quite like Bill Hennes. Known on-air as "Wild Willy" or "Wild Willy Mitchell," Hennes embodied the rebellious spirit of rock 'n' roll radio in the 1960s and '70s, transitioning from a high-octane DJ to a visionary program director […]
Fort Wayne’s Radio Legend and Voice of Connection Dead at Age 77 On August 22, 2025, Fort Wayne, Indiana, bid farewell to Ronald Lee Gregory, a radio icon whose warm voice, quick wit, and genuine love for broadcasting touched countless lives. Passing at age 77, Gregory left behind a 45-year legacy that defined Midwest radio. Known for his versatility—wearing hats as a host, mentor, ham radio enthusiast, and station owner—Gregory’s […]
In the kaleidoscope of radio broadcasting, where voices crackle through the airwaves and personalities shape cultural moments, one man has stood quietly behind the scenes, camera in hand, preserving the heartbeat of an industry. Art Vuolo, Jr., affectionately dubbed “Radio’s Best Friend,” has spent over five decades capturing the essence of radio through his lens, amassing an unparalleled archive of video airchecks, radio conventions, and special events. His contributions extend […]
Aircheck Radio thrives on the generosity of radio enthusiasts, collectors, former DJs, and industry professionals who share their treasured aircheck recordings with us. These unscoped airchecks—which include the DJ banter, commercials, jingles, station promotions, contests, and music—are invaluable. They preserve the true sound and spirit of radio as it was heard live, capturing the magic of the medium in a way that scoped airchecks (where the music is removed) simply cannot.
By contributing unscoped airchecks, you are:
✅ Helping preserve broadcast history for future generations.
✅ Providing a more immersive listening experience for those who remember these eras fondly.
✅ Ensuring legendary DJs and classic radio moments are never forgotten.
If you have unscoped airchecks, we invite you to share them with us. Your contributions will become part of our expanding online audio museum, keeping the rich history of radio alive.
