WLS Airchecks - through 1976
| Date (YYYY/MM/DD) | Start Time | Disk Jockey | Duration (min) | Scoping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-1960 | ||||
| 1945/06/21 | Breakfast Club with Don McNeill | 15 | None | |
| 1945/06/22 | Breakfast Club with Don McNeill | 14 | None | |
| 1945/06/23 | Breakfast Club with Don McNeill | 14 | None | |
| 1945/06/24 | Breakfast Club with Don McNeill | 11 | None | |
| 1960 | ||||
| 1960/06/07 | 01:00 | Bob Hale | 29 | None |
| 20:00 | Gene Taylor | 29 | None | |
| 23:00 | Dick Biondi | 29 | None | |
| 1961 | ||||
| 1961-1963 | ------ | various clips (Ron Riley, Gene Taylor, Stan the Record Man) | 19 | Scoped |
| 1962 | ||||
| 1962/03/09 | 23:00 | Dick Biondi | 58 | None |
| 1962/03/10 | 21:00 | Dick Biondi | 56 | None |
| 1962/05/02 | 21:00 | Dick Biondi (Second anniversary of WLS's rock format.) | 57 | None |
| 1962/05/28 | 08:13 | Mort Crowley | 30 | None |
| 1962/05/29 | 08:16 | Mort Crowley | 29 | None |
| 1962/07/10 | 08:14 | Mort Crowley | 29 | None |
| 1962/09/02 | 22:05 | Dick Biondi | 51 | None |
| 1962/12/04 | 21:00 | Dick Biondi | 52 | None |
| 1963 | ||||
| 1963/04/06 | 19:05 | Bob Hale | 61 | None |
| 1963/05/02 | Dick Biondi (Third anniversary of WLS's rock format) | 41 | Partly | |
| 1964 | ||||
| 1964/07/24 | 22:03 | Ron Riley (substituting for Art Roberts) | 31 | None |
| 1965 | ||||
| 1965/01/24 | 20:00 | Ron Riley (British Billboard Program) | 30 | None |
| 1965/01/28 | 16:00 | Dex Card | 29 | None |
| 1965/02/21 | 20:00 | Ron Riley (British Billboard Program) | 30 | None |
| 1965/11/-- | 22:00 | Art Roberts. Featured is "guest teen DJ" Pat Lopeman, a 16-year-old high school junior who had won a contest to be a guest DJ. | 16 | None |
| 1966 | ||||
| 1966/01/01 | 19:00 | Ron Riley | 102 | None (except for newscasts) |
| 21:00 | Art Roberts | 108 | None (except for newscasts) | |
| 1966/08/02 | 22:00 | Art Roberts (some dx) | 58 | None |
| 1966/09/05 | 23:02 | Art Roberts | 47 | None |
| 1966/09/09 | 09:03 | Clark Weber | 44 | None |
| 1966/11/06 | ------ | Ron Riley (some dx, fair quality, but listenable) | 55 | Commercials only |
| 1967 | ||||
| 1967/04/16 | 13:18 | Bernie Allen | 30 | None |
| 14:10 | Dex Card | 45 | None | |
| 22:07 | Art Roberts | 62 | None | |
| 1967/04/23 | 03:10 | Bernie Allen | 42 | None |
| 1967/04/29 | 03:11 | Bernie Allen | 45 | None |
| 1967/05/01 | 00:56 | Bernie Allen | 30 | None |
| 14:19 | Dex Card | 45 | None | |
| 1967/05/02 | 22:47 | Art Roberts (dx) | 124 | None |
| 1967/05/04 | 20:59 | Art Roberts (dx) | 63 | None |
| 22:23 | Art Roberts (dx) | 63 | None | |
| 1967/08/18 | 21:00 | Art Roberts | 121 | None |
| 1967/08/23 | ------ | Larry Lujack | 3 | Scoped |
| 1967/08/24-25 | 23:45 | Don Phillips | 119 | None |
| 1967/08/25 | 19:17 | Ron Riley | 31 | None |
| 22:35 | Art Roberts | 56 | None | |
| 1967/08/26 | 18:29 | Ron Riley | 128 | None |
| 1967/08/28 | 06:15 | Clark Weber | 47 | None |
| 1967/09/01 | 19:10 | Ron Riley | 47 | None |
| 1967/09/06 | 00:08 | Jerry Kaye | 64 | None |
| 1967/12/10 | 18:33 | Ron Riley | 16 | None |
| 1967/12/30 | 12:37 | Bernie Allen | 37 | None |
| 14:08 | Larry Lujack | 39 | None | |
| 1968 | ||||
| 1968/--/-- | Ron Riley and Clark Weber. Oldies show recorded specially for broadcast in Vietnam. | 31 | None | |
| 1968/01/22 | 19:31 | Ron Riley | 61 | None |
| 1968/08/08 | 11:27 | Art Roberts | 90 | None |
| 1968/08/13 | 13:03 | Art Roberts | 58 | None |
| 1968/08/22 | 13:11 | Art Roberts | 54 | None |
| 1968/12/29 | 16:00 | Larry Lujack-Chuck Buell | 186 | None |
| 1968/12/31 | 23:56 | Chuck Buell | 91 | None |
| 1969 | ||||
| 1969/01/01 | 01:35 | Chuck Buell, Jerry Kaye. Continuation of 12/31/68 aircheck above. | 46 | None |
| 1969/01/02 | 19:17 | Ron Riley | 47 | None |
| 1969/01/03 | 08:56 | Clark Weber | 47 | None |
| 1969/01/04 | 10:43 | Art Roberts | 42 | None |
| 1969/08/01 | ------ | Bill Bailey | 28 | Scoped |
| 1969/09/01 | 10:02 | Kris Erik Stevens | 43 | None |
| 1970 | ||||
| 1970/01/01 | Larry Lujack, Chuck Buell, Art Roberts. Top 89 of 1969. | 349 | None but not continuous | |
| 1970/01/21 | 16:11 | Gary Gears | 59 | None |
| 1970/03/19 | 20:00 | Chuck Buell | 60 | None |
| 1970/08/05 | 17:00 | Larry Lujack | 55 | None |
| 1970/08/31 | 06:00 | Joel Sebastian substituting for Art Roberts | 30 | None |
| 18:02 | Larry Lujack substituting for Chuck Buell | 28 | None | |
| 19:00 | Kris Erik Stevens substituting for Chuck Buell | 30 | None | |
| 1970/09/01 | 10:07 | Scotty Brink | 21 | None |
| 1970/09/09 | 14:01 | Larry Lujack | 26 | None |
| 1970/09/19 | 20:03 | Art Roberts | 29 | None |
| 1970/09/26 | 17:25 | Larry Lujack (last afternoon drive show before switching to morning drive) | 28 | None |
| 1970/09/28 | 06:00 | Larry Lujack (first morning drive show) | 30 | None |
| 1970/09/28 | 16:00 | Scotty Brink | 59 | None |
| 1970/10/05 | 05:00 | Larry Lujack | 55 | None |
| 1970/10/14 | 06:00 | Larry Lujack | 89 | None |
| 1970/10/17 | 07:59 | Larry Lujack | 27 | None |
| 10:00 | Joel Sebastian | 30 | None | |
| 1970/10/18 | 20:00 | Jerry Kaye | 30 | None |
| 1970/10/19 | ------ | Larry Lujack | 11 | Scoped |
| 21:04 | Steve Lundy | 27 | None | |
| 1970/10/29 | 19:33 | Kris Erik Stevens | 41 | None |
| 1970/12/01 | 20:05 | Kris Erik Stevens | 48 | None |
| 1970/12/09 | 17:00 | Scotty Brink | 30 | None |
| 1971 | ||||
| 1971/03/21 | 01:00 | Gary Gears | 25 | None |
| 1971/03/22 | 16:00 | Fred Winston | 30 | None |
| 1971/03/27 | 01:02 | Gary Gears | 25 | None |
| 1971/04/01 | 02:09 | Gary Gears | 55 | None |
| 1971/04/12 | 21:12 | Joel Sebastian | 19 | None |
| 1971/04/13 | 15:00 | Fred Winston | 30 | None |
| 1971/04/15 | 12:05 | Chuck Buell | 24 | None |
| 1971/04/26 | 06:53 | Larry Lujack | 45 | None |
| 1971/05/03 | 07:00 | Larry Lujack | 95 | None |
| 1971/06/18 | 06:54 | Fred Winston for Larry Lujack | 45 | None |
| 1971/06/28 | 06:54 | Fred Winston for Larry Lujack | 40 | None |
| 1971/07/14 | 11:59 | Gary Gears for Chuck Buell | 61 | None |
| 1971/07/19 | 20:59 | J. J. Jeffrey | 30 | None |
| 1971/08/04 | 07:47 | Larry Lujack | 92 | None |
| 1971/08/14 | 07:00 | Larry Lujack | 75 | None |
| 1971/09/06 | 13:46 | Chuck Buell | 27 | None |
| 1971/09/23 | 07:03 | Larry Lujack | 56 | None |
| 1971/10/10 | 06:03 | Charlie Van Dyke | 122 | None |
| 1971/12/25 | 15:00 | Fred Winston | 142 | None |
| 18:03 | Kris Erik Stevens | 120 | None | |
| 1971/12/31 | 17:07 | Fred Winston | 88 | None |
| 1972 | ||||
| 1972/--/-- | ------ | Pams series 43 jingles | 5 | ------ |
| 1972/01/29 | 19:59 | John Landecker | 61 | None |
| 1972/02/02 | 01:01 | Joel Sebastian | 120 | None |
| 1972/02/09 | 01:03 | Joel Sebastian | 57 | None |
| 1972/04/01 | 13:00 | Chuck Buell | 30 | None |
| 1972/04/03 | 08:59 | Gary Gears | 30 | None |
| 1972/04/17 | 08:30 | Larry Lujack | 30 | None |
| 09:00 | Gary Gears | 20 | None | |
| 1972/10/09 | 01:36 | Dick Sainte | 78 | None |
| 1972/10/10 | 06:03 | Charlie Van Dyke | 122 | None |
| 1972/10/11 | 18:57 | John Landecker | 92 | None |
| 21:00 | Bill Bailey | 90 | None | |
| 1972/11/20 | 17:25 | Bill Bailey (DX) | 28 | None |
| 1973 | ||||
| 1973/07/26 | 07:50 | Charlie Van Dyke | 63 | None |
| 09:09 | Charlie Van Dyke | 50 | None | |
| 1973/09/12 | 05:58 | Fred Winston | 58 | None |
| 1974 | ||||
| 1974/03/12 | 20:29 | John Landecker | 88 | None |
| 1974/03/22 | 16:00 | Bob Sirott | 62 | None |
| 1974/03/25 | 19:00 | John Landecker | 58 | None |
| 1974/03/26 | 22:00 | Steve King | 84 | None |
| 1974/03/28 | 03:42 | Yvonne Daniels | 23 | None |
| 1974/03/31 | 01:00 | Jim Kerr (mild DX) | 29 | None |
| 1974/04/08 | 04:54 | Fred Winston (DX) | 32 | None |
| 1974/04/16 | 08:30 | Fred Winston | 92 | None |
| 16:53 | Bob Sirott. (5 minute gap at 17:25) | 63 | None | |
| 1974/04/18 | 16:53 | Bob Sirott. | 30 | None |
| 17:29 | Bob Sirott. Ends with a nice Howard Cosell "Speaking of Sports" segment discussing the ABA draft of NBA players and the apparent success of the upstart World Football League. Howard predicts that the league is "here to stay." It folded part way through its second (1975) season. (Begins six minutes after the above aircheck ends) | 31 | None | |
| 1974/05/12 | John Landecker and Fred Winston interview Frank Zappa. Part 1. | 20 | None | |
| 1974/05/19 | John Landecker and Fred Winston interview Frank Zappa. Part 2. | 21 | None | |
| 1974/06/08 | ------ | Bob Sirott | 31 | Scoped |
| 1974/08/14 | 07:04 | Fred Winston | 157 | None |
| 1974/08/26 | 12:00 | J. J. Jeffrey | 31 | None |
| 1974/09/04 | ------ | John Landecker | 15 | Scoped |
| 1974/10/14 | 23:58 | Steve King | 46 | None |
| 1974/10/15 | Yvonne Daniels | 46 | None | |
| 1974/12/10 | 09:00 | Fred Winston | 30 | None |
| 1974/12/20 | 09:36 | Fred Winston/J. J. Jeffrey | 46 | None |
| 10:21 | J. J. Jeffrey | 45 | None | |
| 1974/12/21 | 13:00 | Steve King | 25 | None |
| 1975 | ||||
| 1975/02/19 | 18:00 | John Landecker | 24 | None |
| 1975/03/18 | 22:58 | Steve King | 46 | None |
| 1975/03/29 | 00:55 | Jeff Davis (mild dx) | 31 | None |
| 1975/04/19 | 23:59 | Steve King | 47 | None |
| 1975/05/03 | 08:00 | Fred Winston | 45 | None |
| 11:00 | J. J. Jeffrey | 60 | None | |
| 1975/05/04 | 10:00 | Tommy Edwards | 45 | None |
| 1975/06/05 | 16:57 | Bob Sirott | 48 | None |
| 1975/06/08 | 11:00 | Tommy Edwards | 58 | None |
| 1975/06/12 | John Landecker | 62 | None | |
| 1975/06/16 | 13:56 | Bob Sirott | 61 | None |
| 1975/06/17 | 03:58 | Yvonne Daniels | 62 | None |
| 1975/07/12 | Yvonne Daniels | 46 | None | |
| 1975/09/08 | 11:45 | J. J. Jeffrey | 56 | None |
| 1975/10/-- | 18:02 | John Landecker | 64 | None |
| 1975/11/22 | 13:45 | J. J. Jeffrey (last show) | 61 | None |
| 1975/12/31 | 08:00 | Fred Winston | 53 | None |
| 1976 | ||||
| 1976/01/31 | 21:59 | Jeff Davis | 62 | None |
| 1976/03/07 | 08:59 | Fred Winston with Dick Sainte and Doug Dahlgren, who were recently fired from WCFL. | 60 | None |
| 1976/03/12 | 08:59 | Fred Winston | 58 | None |
| 1976/03/18 | ------ | Wolfman Jack | 88 | Partly |
| 1976/04/25 | John Landecker. "Music People" program featuring an interview with three of the four members of the rock group Queen. | 24 | None | |
| 1976/05/02 | 01:00 | Steve King. 16th anniversary of WLS's rock format. | 62 | None |
| 18:00 | John Landecker. 16th anniversary of WLS's rock format. | 159 | None | |
| 1976/09/14 | Bob Sirott with guest Larry Lujack, who was returning to WLS after a short stint with WCFL. | 37 | None | |
| 1976/09/16 | 05:28 | Larry Lujack. First day back at WLS after being at WCFL. | 264 | None |
| 1976/09/22 | 08:36 | Larry Lujack | 30 | None |
| 1976/09/30 | 08:04 | Larry Lujack | 25 | None |
| 1976/10/12 | 19:29 | John Landecker | 53 | None |
| 1976/11/-- | 16:55 | Bob Sirott with in-studio guest Dick Clark. Some dx. | 39 | None |
| 1976/11/15 | 06:59 | Larry Lujack | 63 | None |
| 1976/11/20 | 17:00 | Bob Sirott | 27 | None |
| 1976/12/02 | 04:41 | Yvonne Daniels/Bob Sirott (subbing for Larry Lujack). Seven-minute gap between 05:46 and 05:51. | 123 | None |
| 1976/12/12 | ------ | Yvonne Daniels/Bob Sirott (subbing for Larry Lujack) | 30 | Scoped |
| 1976/12/30 | 10:01 | Tommy Edwards | 97 | None |
| 1976/12/31 | 23:58 | Steve King. Rings in 1977 with aircheck beginning about two minutes to midnight. | 63 | None |