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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.
Howie the Hitman: From LG73’s Vancouver Airwaves to a Distinctive Voiceover Legacy By Morgan Rugby In the pulsating heart of Vancouver’s fashion district, where DJs jested that “the heels were high and the skirts were short,” CKLG AM 730—known as LG73—stood as a Top 40 titan from the 1960s to the 1990s. At its forefront was Howard Cogan, “Howie the Hitman,” whose bold voice and irreverent humor made him a […]
By Kelly Parker, Aircheck Radio Enthusiast In the heart of Jacksonville, Florida, a radio station once roared with a sound so powerful it echoed from Cape Canaveral to Cape Hatteras, captivating generations of listeners. WAPE, known as “The Big Ape,” was more than a radio station—it was a cultural cornerstone, a soundtrack to adolescence, and a beacon of community connection from its inception in 1958 through its AM heyday and […]
Jed The Fish: A Voice That Defined Los Angeles Radio April 14, 2025By Aircheck Radio We are deeply saddened to share the news that legendary Los Angeles radio personality Jed The Fish—born Edwin Jed Gould III—passed away this morning at the age of 69, following a brief battle with small-cell lung cancer. For generations of listeners in Southern California, Jed The Fish was more than a DJ—he was a defining […]
Radio Tribute Websites: Preserving the Legacy of Classic StationsBefore the rise of digital streaming, AM and FM radio stations were the pulse of music, news, and community engagement. Many iconic stations from the 1960s through the 1990s have since evolved or ceased operations. However, passionate enthusiasts and historians have created radio tribute websites to ensure their legacies endure.These online archives offer airchecks, jingles, photographs, and stories, capturing the essence of tuning in during radio’s golden eras. Below, we highlight some […]
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.
