WABC was the biggest radio station in the USA during the 1960's & 70's during it's "Musicradio" days when they were a Top 40 formated station.
This video is from the WABC "Rewound" show from 2008. WABC "Rewound" was a unique radio show that aired just once a year - Memorial Day - From 1999 to 2008.
The show was unique in that it was actually a playback of authentic "air checks" from WABC's Musicradio days during the 1960's to early 1980's when playing Top 40 current pop music was it's format.
On Memorial Day from about 6 AM to 6 PM, WABC would play original air checks from their original DJ's, such as: Dan Ingram, Cousin Brucie, Bob "Bob-A-Loo" Lewis, Harry Harrison, Chuck Leonard, Ron Lundy, George Michael and others.
What was great was that since WABC is an AM station, you got to hear for the first time in decades the music played over AM on it's original radio station exactly the way you heard it if you were around in the 60's & 70's listening to WABC. It was a retro experience that would be hard to duplicate ever again!
The annual "Rewound" was a success, and drew a huge audience from the New York City area, however, it has not run since this last show on 2008 due to a number of factors.
This is an actual in studio video tour while the show was in progress. Everything was pre-recorded with the audio running off the station's hard drive using a software program called "Enco". The CD's shown at the end were there as backup in case or computer problems.
The show's producer is former WABC DJ, and current director of production Johnny Donovan, and co-producer Peter Kanze. The original air check tapes were carefully restored by Rob Frankel.
The DJ you hear on this video is the great late Chuck Leonard.
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