Musicradio WABC Pictures of the Week for July, 2023

 

Week of July 4, 2023: 

 

Dan Ingram's Favorite Aircheck!

 

During the "Dan Ingram Electric Radio Theater" on Rewound Radio several years ago, Dan' son Chris sent me what he called "A Nifty Find".
It was a photo of a reel to reel tape box that contained a tape that Dan himself used to archive of some of his WABC airchecks.

The box had various notations written by Dan about the various shows on the tape.
Next to the June 12, 1964 aircheck Dan wrote "I finally got the sound together in this show".

I was amazed to read that because that is the very aircheck that I have touted for years as "The best Musicradio WABC aircheck ever".
Seeing that notation from Dan himself was like a "high five"!

Chris then offered to send me the tape box... which he did.
 
It's a piece of Dan Ingram and WABC history that means a lot to me...

Dan, in his own handwriting validating something I had been saying for decades.

 

Week of July 11, 2023:

 

Forty Six Years Ago This Week...

 

George Michael anchored the coverage on WABC:



George Michael, Steve O'Brien (and others)
July 13, 1977

 

 

Week of July 18, 2023: 

WABC Advertising Poster
(1979)

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(courtesy George Butch)

 

Week of July 25, 2023:

 

"Your Great Summer of Music" Frisbee!
(1979)


(courtesy Johnny Donovan)

WABC called the Summer of 1979 "Your Great Summer of Music and Prizes".
The station gave away lots of prizes if you were spotted listening to WABC.

From a historical perspective, this almost at the end of WABC referring to itself as "Musicradio".

Here's Harry Harrison on a Thursday morning giving away lots of prizes as part of that promotion!

Harry Harrison
August 9, 1979