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Posted by Media Reader <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Media+Reader' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 5, 2024, 12:11 pm

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Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 5, 2024, 2:41 pm, in reply to "rick kaempfer friday media blog"

Happy Birthday Dean Richards! Keep brining Mom Ann's spanakopita and other recipes for us on the WGN-TV AM show!

Happy Birthday Eddie V! My Dad is still upset at your Dad kissing my Mom's hand in 1975 when I met him at school! LOL.

I miss WWBZ The Blaze!

That WCFL Chicago - Larry O'Brien 04-08-70 air check was awesome. I never heard that jingle package before either - loved it.

RIP Uncle Wilbert!!!!!!! (which later ended up being Thelma's boyfriend on Good Times!)

Z

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Posted by John from Wisconsin <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=John+from+Wisconsin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 6, 2024, 12:25 pm, in reply to "Re: rick kaempfer friday media blog"

Z, Per the WCFL jingles:

https://www.jingles.org/TMPRODUCTIONSMASTERJINGLEPACKAGELIST1967-1990.htm

PHASE II WCFL/KILT/WCBM 1970 BREAKTHROUGH CONNECTOR PACKAGE. TM SHOTGUN IS FROM THIS PACKAGE.

On the aircheck, you hear "18 til 8" and there's what would be the TM shotgun! (Just drop the notes & HITBOUND" after WCFL! This is between Everly Bros "Bye Bye Love" & Creedednce Clearwater "Up Around the Bend" songs.

http://las-solanas.com/arsa/survey.php?sv=9683&ix=303&it=691&s1=-3&q=WCFL

While the aircheck says 4/08/70, the chart numbers given (above) on the aircheck are for 4/13/70.

Fantastic stuff!

In Milwaukee, we were lucky/blessed to have WLS WCFL WOKY WRIT and, as you all know, could go up/down the dial to hear the local, hometown radio station and THEIR Top40 sound.
(1340) W-RIT Milwaukee would have those same jingles in late 1970, and 920 WOKY Milwaukee, and later, "Super CFL" & "WMET" (under Gary Price) would have the TM Shotgun!

Too, Fred W. Barton and the teletype in the newscast. Hearing the DJ appearances/names and Barney Pip in the PSA at end of newscast.

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Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 9, 2024, 2:10 pm, in reply to "Re: rick kaempfer friday media blog"

Hi John,

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. This was some years before my time of cognition. It was a phenomenal air check. The good old days or newsrooms, jingles, hot hits from all genres, a distant memory. It is hard to believe that the US populace is not being dumbed down having no news. No engaging jocks. Etc....

Z

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Posted by John from Wisconsin <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=John+from+Wisconsin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 9, 2024, 6:06 pm, in reply to "Re: rick kaempfer friday media blog"

Question. Have never been in radio, but
Barney Pip, and Joel Sebastian, both at the end of their WCFL, WLS stays were tossed to overnights!
Pip, certainly a ratings getter in 1967, fresh from WOKY Milwaukee. Sebastian, a cool, even-tempered voice mid-days, mostly, from then co-owned 1270-WXYT Detroit.
Was overnights the last kick in the back end before showing them the door?

http://las-solanas.com/arsa/survey.php?sv=39454

http://las-solanas.com/arsa/survey.php?sv=21277

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Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 9, 2024, 6:33 pm, in reply to "Re: rick kaempfer friday media blog"

Back in that time period, the midnight shift was just as important as other shifts, being heard nation or worldwide at night!

Some jocks liked working midnights, so they could "daylight" at other jobs, hobbies, etc.

I have no proof, but it has been suggested, Barney Pip was on midnights because he suffered from maniac depression known today as Bi-polar. It allowed him to take more time off when necessary. He checked himself into the hospital twice, for extended stays. The 1st time the PD allowed him back with no issues. The 2nd PD (forgot his name) fired Barney.

There is no more midnight shift on most stations. They just terminate people on command!

Z

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Posted by Hunter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Hunter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 9, 2024, 7:37 pm, in reply to "Re: rick kaempfer friday media blog"

I wish to add to this discussion. I recall back in the 1990s, having an extended conversation with overnight DJ Mike Roberts of WTMX-FM/101.9 The Mix.

Before posting, I checked and his tenure lasted for 35 years before he was terminated.

I recall asking him if he had any interests beyond working overnights. Mike said he wanted to get into voice-over work.

I briefly worked overnights, and this was the station which management had chosen.

What I don't remember is if Mike's career with The Mix was always working the overnight shift.

I sometimes wonder about the longevity of DJs working overnight at the same station. This doesn't necessarily have to be in Chicago.

As WYTZZ95FM mentioned, many radio stations no longer use live talent overnights.

Finally, back in the day when 94.7 FM was WYTZ-FM (Z95), I was traveling to the airport very early in the morning for a trip to Los Angeles. The newsman commented to the female DJ on air about how much energy she had so early in the morning.

Her reply? "They pay me to have this energy so very early in the morning."

I'm surprised she made that statement on the air.

Brant Miller, now at NBC5, played a Bon Jovi song for me. Great memories of a once-great CHR station.

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Posted by John from Wisconsin <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=John+from+Wisconsin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 9, 2024, 8:39 pm, in reply to "Re: rick kaempfer friday media blog"

In my own case, in 72, I was a low seniority worker in a Milwaukee factory. (Read:3rd shift.) The radio might get cranked up at times.
"You can pick up Chicago?" (Loved the Rock of Chicago." Music-Radio, not so much. But that's me.}

I HATED 3RD. Lousy sleep. But, that was me. My mom (RIP) worked 3rd. Hated her bosses, as they were top heavy on 1st. My dad (RIP club, too) was 1st. Knew of many who loved 3rd. Just less pressure, I guess, and you had the whole day to yourself!
Bob Conway, of WBBM was on overnights. PM drive on "All News 67 WMAQ" and at WLS in 1979 doing a newscast in the evening.

Easily, and I mean easily, could call jocks, etc. in early 1970's.

One thing I'm convinced of. Consultants wrecked radio. They out-consulted each other. You can look at stations across US, Canada, Australia, Europe, etc. All look the same, same "funny" jocks in AM drive, now too, PM drive tag-teams, etc.
Same logos, playlists. The diatribe: get the app, like us on.....

There's still good stuff, but ya gotta look. At my age, I still LOVE the formatics of Top40/CHR.
There's an old pic of me at 27 or so laying around, with a pie chart/Hot Clock drawing in my hand. E-Gad! I needed a life then. Still do. LOL!

Thoroughly love the discussion and what I learn here, almost daily.

WLS Chicago 2 4 1972 Joel Sebastian 2 AM:

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Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 9, 2024, 8:39 pm, in reply to "Re: rick kaempfer friday media blog"

Hi Hunter, Mike Roberts was the Imaging guy on 101.9 for years. He did all his imaging work while running the overnight shift. Loved it, as it was quiet and he could work. When his tenure came to an end, it was sad and showed the changing winds of the industry.

For Z95, the newsman was probably Wayne Mesmer. (Awesome voice. Also the voice of the Blackhawks.) Look up "Wayne Mesmer shot in the neck" on Google. So happy he lived and recovered. The DJ was most likely Paul Barksy sidekick Kit Paraventi (let go by corporate boy and lackluster PD Ric Lippincot in 1987). She was a talented actress and voiceperson (sadly passed on in 2003) or Joanie Sciani that took her place.

Z95 made B96 better and vice versa. CapCities/ABC was in error pulling the plug on all their CHR's when they did early 90s. B96 had no competition, nor did Q101, the defect CHR's for most of the 90s.

Z

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