Historical Radio
Station Audio Clips
(Station ID's, Jingles, Etc.)
By Chad Hauris, Retro Electronics and Audio Lab,
Midland, TX. 12/31/05, updated 5/26/07
I have recorded hours and
hours of jingles and station ID's over the years on to reel-to-reel
tape...most of them are for stations which do not exist anymore due to
format changes. Some files are stored on our other radio audio clip site...you can visit its web page at nipper.freeshell.org
KENTUCKY
WIEL, 1400 AM,
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
These were recorded when I moved from Ohio to Texas in 1999 and
traveled through Elizabethtown. There is the legal ID plus two jingles.
OHIO
WAKR, Akron, 1590 AM.
Westwood One Adult Standards format.
Legal ID and news
clip, summer 2003
WJMP, Kent, 1520 AM.
WJMP had a country format as WKNT in the mid-80's. They then switched
to oldies as "Jumpin' Oldies" WJMP in the late 80's. Through the 90's
the station aired TV audio from a
low power TV station, WAOH.
It may have had a talk or sports format in the 90's at one time too. In
2003 the station aired the Music Of Your Life adult standards network.
It then changed to liberal talk and I think is now a sports format.
WJMP legal ID and
sign-off, 2003
WSAI, Cincinnati, 1530 AM
Legal ID and news;
jingle.
Adult standards format from 2003.
OKLAHOMA
KOMA, 1520 AM, Oklahoma City, OK
This station changed from oldies to talk in 2003 and changed call
letters to KOKC.
Usually the station was simulcast on 92.5 FM but there were a few
programs which were broadcast on the AM station only. These legal ID's
are from 2001.
Rare KOMA (AM)
only legal ID jingle. KOMA, Oklahoma City.
KOMA
simulcast legal ID jingle. KOMA, AM&FM, Oklahoma City
KVOO, 1170 AM,
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Recorded in 2001, with two jingles. At this time, the station was a
classic country format, but is now a talk format as KFAQ. Here is a web page with memories
of KVOO.
TEXAS
KCRS,
AM 550, Midland,
TX.
News/Talk
KCRS Legal ID
during Metropolitan Opera, 2000. KCRS still aired the Met Opera up
through 2002 or so. Here is Jesse Grimes giving the ID and weather.
KCRS Yucca Theatre
Spot For "It Happened To Jane", 1959.
KGEE, Monahans, TX,
99.9 FM
Changed format to contemporary Christian in 2004. Changed format to
rock and call letters to KBAT in 2005. KGEE calls now on 97.3 FM in
Pecos, TX.
KGEE
Weather Jingle Recorded off-air by Chad Hauris in 2000.
KJBC, 1150 AM, Midland, TX.
Changed format to Catholic religious in 2000.
Goin'
Back To Yesterday Jingle This jingle was recorded off-air by John
Southwell in 1984. MP3 format.
Bluegrass
Concert Promo and Sign-off, 2000 Recorded off-air by Chad Hauris,
2000. The Ralph Stanley concert spoken of was promoted by John
Southwell.
3 KJBC
Jingles Includes "1150", "The Mighty 1150" and "Tall Country from
the Tall City...KJBC!" Recorded off air by Chad Hauris, 1999 or 2000.
There is some noise in the recording.
KLBO,
1330 AM, Monahans, Texas
KLBO had a country format in the mid-90's but was running a talk format
featuring programs from "IE America" in the late 90's.
Legal ID from
1999, with 25 hz cue tone and USA news sounder
Around 2001, the station changed to oldies with the "Radio Free Texas"
slogan. It changed format to Spanish religious for a short time around
2005 but has now changed back to oldies.
Legal ID from
2001, with "Be-Doop" tones and TSN (Texas State Network) news sounder
Archive.org
for KLBO web site. The web site has gone defunct.
KRIG/KRIL, 1410 AM,
Odessa, TX.
Was originally KRIG. Had top 40 format until around 1983,
changed to "News-Talk KRIG". Then changed call letters to KRIL sometime
in the mid 80's, and had a variety talk/easy listening/classical
format. Was sold to Cumulus Broadcasting in around 2000-2001 and
simulcasted with KMND, Midland with a Talk format. It then changed to
Sports in about 2002-2003. Was ESPN Sports until spring 2007, when it changed to classic country "Real Country".
KRIG Top-40 Aircheck from 1982 (2 meg file, 11.025 khz mp3 file)
Features Mark Allen and James Whitmire on a Saturday morning in 1982,
5:30-8 AM. The editing is not the greatest in this file as it appears
to have been recorded directly in the studio and some parts of the commercials are missing.
KRIG talk montage,
early 1980's (around 1983-84)
KRIL Legal ID and NBC News sounder, from around 1986.
KRLD, 1080 AM, Dallas, TX.
This clip is from a music program KRLD broadcast in 2001 about American
music in wartime. I recorded this on a Tascam 3030 reel to reel machine
and still have the reel but can't remember details of the program.
KRLD music
clip,
legal ID and CBS news tone
KYXX, 920 AM, Odessa,
Texas.
I believe this station started out as KECK in the 50's.
Was then KYXX with country format until mid 80's, then changed to
Religious format as KENT. Kept religious format but changed call
letters to KFLB in around 2002.
KYXX, 92, Texas
Country Jingle From 1978. Also has DJ identifying the date and time
and giving weather.
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Here are some very good links for radio station audio clips:
Tophour.net
Boston Radio Archives Audio
Collection
ReelRadio Top 40 Radio Collection
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