Collectors and Traders


Following are e-mail links to others who collect radio airchecks and jingles.

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Mail Lists for Aircheck Collector's

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Dan O'shannon is looking for anything from the cleveland area, primarily from the 1970's. He has same for trade.


Scott Ottesen has been, an avid collector and trader of airchecks for the last 25 years. Please visit his site: Scott's Radio Airchecks Scott's Airchecks


Greg Pattenaude - Interested in any NYC shows from the 60's (WABC, WMCA, WHN) plus any WNBC from 74-76 (Imus, Bob Vernon, Al Brady, etc.). Also any or all Poughkeepsie radio and Albany NY (WTRY, WPTR) from the 60's and 70's. Also looking for any airchecks of Barry Frank, radio personality in Eastern New York from the late 40s through the 60s (for Barry's daughter)
http://crisny.org/users/pattenag/index.html aircheck list.


Mike Perras Looking for jingles from Toronto's 1050 CHUM (70's) & also from the 70's anything from Windsor's Big 8 CKLW.(now WCFL would be a blast as well).


Jay Philpott all airchecks especially rock/top 40 formatted stations 1965 - 85.


David Pierce lives in Woodbridge, Virginia (USA) and can get all of the Washington, DC stations and most Richmond, VA stations (to see what I can exactly get go to his website at http://dlpdlp.tripod.com/pages/index.html ).


John Pierson is a collector of live radio programs like King Biscuit Flower Hour, BBC Rock Hour, NBC The Source, RKO Captured Live, Westwood One In Concert, Superstar Concert Series, to name a few, and is searching for collectors of the same material.


John Pizzi - interested in any PAMS or CRC jingles from the 60's; particularly WIBG or WFIL.


Albert Pleijsier - Has been collecting Jingles for the past 19 years and have many European stuff If you are interested in trading. Currently looking for the JAM-8 "Yours Truly instrumentals" Demo (1990). Also searching for Folders / Brochures from the Jingles company’s with Photos and information as TM, JAM, CRC and others of the early years (60’s, 70’s ).


Brian Rasmussen is interested in trading unscoped 1964-1971 Chicago airchecks, especially WLS and WCFL, for same.


Kal Raudoja collects surveys from 50s and early 60s, especially WHIL, WGH, CHED, WKBW, CKY. Many original surveys to sell, esp. CHUM and CKLW. Also collecting airchecks from 1950s and early 60s, esp. Toronto, Buffalo and Detroit. New web page dealing with all of the above at: http://home.istar.ca/~50sradio


Paul Richards is interested in collecting / trading top 40 airchecks from anywhere 1969 - 74; NYC 60's through today, also trades stickers, coverage maps, modern rock station tapes.


Chris Ridley has a large collection of British offshore and Irish pirate radio recordings, including Radio Caroline, Radio London, Radio Nova, Sunshine 101, Energy 103, Kiss FM, South Coast Radio and a large percentage of the smaller stations which broadcast throughout Ireland until they were outlawed in 1988. If you have recordings of British offshore or Irish pirate radio stations to swap, please send Chris an e-mail today!


John Rook, Rook Broadcasting, Inc. Programmer WLS, KFI, KABC


Rory Rorabaugh has the 1973 Anita Kerr - Bonneville Broadcast Consultants "Just Beautiful Music/The Difference Is The Music," instrumental and vocal signatures on CD. Includes most of the call letters sung by Anita Kerr for the Bonneville client stations and Bonneville O&O's. The original tape has deteriorated abit over 30 years, but overall the sound quality is good to very good. He is seeking to trade for the KIRO AM Anita Kerr jingles from 1970-1971 "Once in a Century, there's 71 ..." and the 1973 KIRO Radio Northwest sung by (Doug?) Kershaw on CD.


Eli Rosenbaum - Interested primarily in NYC radio of the 1960's and 1970's especially 77MusicRadio WABC, WNBC and WMCA, but also WPIX-FM, WXLO-FM (99X), and classical WQXR. Also looking for airchecks of '60's and 70's Philadelphia radio, especially ANYTHING with Joe Niagra. I have airchecks, surveys, etc. from NYC, Philadelphia, LA and most other major markets to trade, and I can tape anything in the Washington, DC and NYC areas.


Miles Rost is a Minnesota-based collector, who is looking for 60s-70s-80s Legal IDs from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Des Moines, Duluth, St. Cloud, Fargo, and other IDs in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, and Wisconsin. His collection includes many contemporary jingles from all over the country. Contact him for what he has. His Airchecks page will be up in the very near future.


Jeff Roteman, interested in anything related to KQV jingles, airchecks, memorabilia, surveys, etc.


Richard Rumick, Interested in WABC airchecks from the 60's, especially Dan Ingram (60's & 70's), also WINS airchecks from the Rock era. Also looking for Dick Biondi, WKBW, KRLA and WHOT. Will buy !


Timmy Ryan has a number of Irish tapes, (Dublin's FM104,Waterford's WLRFM,ABC,80'S to current).Also BBC RADIO ONE,CAPITAL RADIO and some Australian radio. Looking for Howard Stern, Mancow and whacky morning shows!


Sylvester Samuels is interested in UNSCOPED quality airchecks from the UK especially 70's & 80's ILR/Pirate Stations or BBC shows featuring soul & R&B shows (presenters including but not limited to Robbie Vincent, Greg Edwards, Tony Blackburn etc.). Also seeking US R&B stations (pre 1988). Please send list or details of recordings
Atmosphere Productions


Marc Schoenitzer is looking for unscoped air checks from San Francisco Bay Area namely KFRC, KYA, KEWB, KOBY from the 1956-70 time period. He is also interested in Top 40 Playlists from these stations. He has many to trade from KFRC / KYA mostly 1968-72.


Bob Schultz, Interested in anything by Larry Lujack - WLS, WCFL, and anything from his early days in Boston and California. Also, anything from WLS in the 70s (Landecker, Sirott, Winston, etc.). Have over 500 airchecks to trade: Chicago, LA, NY, jingle packages, Programmer's Digest, etc.


Matt Seinberg has been collecting airchecks and trading since 1976, and has also worked in radio at WGLI, WNYG, and WAPP. He collects mostly 1970’s Top 40 stations, but his interests are quite wide…AOR, Progressive, Country, AC, Smooth Jazz. He will also trade for current airchecks from any market if someone doesn’t have anything else he wants.
His site is http://www.bigappleairchecks.com/.


Mike Shaveris looking for some generic stuff. No Call letters or IDs. In particular he's looking for clean "year identifiers", music stingers with sing-out; anything from 1955 to 1980, but he's open to other stuff anyone might have.


Stuart Sheacollects old baseball games on radio (up through the mid 1970s) and pop/rock radio from the 1960s through the early 1970s. He especially loves Chicago stations like WLS and WCFL, but he also has tapes of stations in other cities.


John Sheremeta is interested in unscoped air checks from the 60's and 70's from the following stations - CKLW, CHUM, CFTR, KHJ. Many air checks for trade.


Stephen E. Simon is looking for radio station surveys with singer Jane Morgan's (of Fascination fame) singles, EPs, or LPs listed during the 1960-1970 period only.


Tony Simon is looking for unscoped WQAM Miami from 1977 - 1980, or their actual switch from pop to country.


Andrew Skyrme has airchecks of Radio One, Radio Two, Radio Luxembourg and various other staions. His is only looking for British Airchecks and jingles.
His web address is Radio Legends


Steve Smith is interested in trading jingles, Top 40, rock, country and Houston airchecks and sweepers. Also interested in trading stickers, magnets, keychains and other radio goodies. Has a large number of items to trade. Lists of airchecks/jingles and stckers, etc. can be provided.


Steve McVie Solomon has over 900 volumes of tapes from 1975 to present to trade. Only interested in obtaining tapes of any "Hot Hits" airchecks from: WTIC-FM Hartford, CT 1977-79, WFBL Syracuse, NY 1979-80, WCAU-FM Philadelphia, PA 1981-2, WBBM-FM Chicago, IL 1982-4, WMAR-FM Baltimore, MD 1983-4, WHYT-FM Detroit, MI 1982-3, and maybe others that he doesn't know about.
SteveMcVie.com


Manfred Steinkrauss is looking for Studiotapes from the good old pirates, from old till new today!!! He has many hours from the pirates in SUPERB Studio-Quality. But I search many more, special from Caroline and RNI! He will swap any Offshore recording from the good old 60´s! Also RNI Recordings from 1970/71 special with Stevie Merike, Alan West, Roger"Twiggy"Day + Andy Archer and others! He has a big List from all "Pirates" to swop and wish to exchange recordings on cassette or new also on CD!!!! e-mail or write me a letter: SSS Manfred Steinkrauss, Deichweg 13, D-25980 Tinnum/Sylt-Ost, Germany


Chris Stelly interested in airchecks from the mid-1970s forward from the US and Canada in the CHR, Modern Rock/Alternative, and Modern AC formats (Especially 80's CHR and current Modern Rock). He is willing to trade anything from his list or anything he can tape off the air in Lafayette/Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Lists for both tapes and tapeables are available at Chris Stelly's Planet of the Tapes.


Udo Stiehl is looking for jingles from german radiostations.


Michael Stradford is looking for airchecks of Frankie Crocker during any of his 3 tours of duty at WBLS in New York and also WWRL in New York. He's also looking for airchecks of the Electrifying Mojo from WGPR, WJLB and WHYT, all in Detroit.


Chad Strausbaugh is looking for unscoped airchecks from the '50's, '60's and '70's Interested in all markets, but would love to find stuff from Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Also interested in current oldies and standards stations if they're good.


Dave Streip collects unscoped radio airchecks from 1960 - 1975 with an emphasis on L.A. radio, but will consider all offers for trades. He began collecting unscoped airchecks in the Summer of 2000, so he is very interested in trades with other collectors. Will provide list of airchecks available for trade.


Mark Strickert - seeking current airchecks from many US and Canadian markets. Web pages at: http://www.angelfire.com/zine/forty2 and http://www.angelfire.com/zine/forty2/callhistory.html


Ron Tamm is interested in San Francisco area radio recordings, any era (eave as early as the 1920’s) up to the 80’s. He has many to trade, or would be willing to buy if necessary.
140 Linden Lane # 127, Mill Valley, CA 94941, phone: (415) 383-6216


James Thurman is interested in airchecks and station memorabilia from St. Louis stations KSLQ and KXOK for years 1971-78. Also, Tampa Bay stations WLCY (1963-77), WCWR (1968-72), and WILZ (1972-75). Email: jamesthurmancs@aol.com or phone (727)827-9141


Randy Tivens Radio station aircheck collector. Stages "Mini-aircheck conventions" twice a year. Now runs triple website rockinradio. A newservice, A forum, and an internet radio station.


Max Tollens is always looking for airchecks from NYC stations, particularly WNEW-FM, WPLJ, WAPP, WCBS-FM and of course WABC-AM and FM.


Alan Tolz is looking for airchecks of Jerry Williams. Jerry was a talk host on WKDN AM, Camden/Phila. (1954-1957), WMEX AM, Boston (1957-1965), WBBM AM, Chicago (1965-1968), WBZ AM, Boston (1968-1976), WTIC AM, Hartford (1976-77), WRC AM, Washington (1977-78), WWDB FM, Philadelphia (1978-1980), WNWS AM, Miami (1980-1981) and WRKO AM, Boston (1981-1997). Any media - reel, cassette or CD is acceptable.


Thomas H. Twine - interested in jingles/airchecks from the Top 40 reign of WGH, Newport News/Norfolk, VA.
Thomas H. Twine Home Page


Lex van Dijken -is looking for airchecks of the following stations: Z100 NY, Kiss FM 106.1 Dallas TX, Kiis FM 102.7 LA, Kiss FM 107.5 Memphis TN, WKTU 92.3 NY, WBBM (B-96) Chigago IL. Of course, he's looking for more, but these are at the top of his list. I have enough to trade or I'll cover the costs. I prefer unscoped airchecks, but scoped will do to. Email me if you can do something for me, thanks !! All the best, Lex van Dijken


Tony Waitekus is looking for music surveys from around the country


Dave Watts is from from jersey channel islands a small island near France. His interests are jingles and airchecks and sweepers and promos. He is particularly looking for sweepers by John B Wells, JJ Mc Kay, DOC Morgan and Brian James but is interested in any American stations sweepers. He has a huge collection to trade. He can swap on mini disc and cassette tape. He looks forward to hearing from you all.


Pete Weatherhead is looking for sources from which he can purchase recordings from the Chicago WLS station in years 1967-72. Interested in Fri/Sat nite shows 8:00pm-2:00am, playing all the current hits of that time. He's also looking for year end count downs from same years, same station.


Bruce Weaver is seeking to purchase items related to WKDA 1240 Nashville (1964), CKCK Regina (1964), KFLN Baker, MT (1965-1966) such as charts & air checks. Childhood memories...


Gareth Webb is from Wakefield in West Yorkshire England and collects Radio station Car stickers and Jingles.


Lori Weiner is particularly interested in the following Chicago market airchecks:
1970s-82 WLS, WCFL, WMET, WLUP, WDAI (rock format), WDHL, WXRT, WEFM
1980s WVVX ("Antidote Radio" new wave/punk show c. early 80s,
"RPM" heavy metal show, "Night People" after midnight show 1985-90)
WNUR (Northwestern University)
and WZRD (Northeastern University) punk broadcasts
Has LOTS to trade!


Alexander Wells is interested in LA, New York, Chicago, and WMEX Boston airchecks from the early 70's.


Ken Williamson concentrating on WABC stuff, especially surveys. Has surveys, airchecks, and jingles.


Pete Wilson has been collecting jingles for over 18 years and has a collection of over 500 tapes. He's particularly interested in JAM material. For a copy of his jingle list, just e-nail your list. Pete Wilson's Home Page


Rob Zerwekh Is mostly interested in Kansas and Missouri airchecks, but will entertain any offers from any local, format or time period. He's always on the look-out for interesting stations (especially in a time when a lot of them sound alike). Take a look at the list and see if anything interests you.
Rob Zerwekh


Gary Zimak - primary area of interest is Philadelphia airchecks, but I am interested in all markets. I'm always on the lookout for new trading contacts. In addition, I also collect Old Time Radio and Sports audio. His website is: http://www.homestead.com/gzimak1/gz_radio.html


Arnold Zlotnik is in search of high quality reel, d.a.t. or cd dubs of JOHNNY MANN JINGLES with and w/o DRAKE elements for a johnny mann tribute site . Unfortunately Johnny did not retain the old masters. Especially interested in WIBG, ORFM, also JOE CUFF and SUE ALLEN SINGERS. Please reply to: Arnold Zlotnik


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