Saturday Aircheck: WIFE 1310 AM In Indy From 1975, 1972

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WIFE 1310 AM was the top 40 giant of Indy for years. They changed their call letters to WIFE from the old WISH-AM around 1963 when purchased by the legendary Don Burden and were the only real rockers in town for several years. This allowed them to take a fairly conservative approach to top 40 radio, that'd capture both the kids and some adults. It seemed to work, as their numbers were huge well into the 1970's, by which time they were getting rock and roll competition from WNAP on the FM dial and, eventually, both WXLW and WNDE on AM.

WIFE remained a top 40 rocker until about 1980 when they switched to an adult contemporary format and then changed call letters and formats several times over the years.

A 'scoped aircheck of Dan Summers, followed by Stan Warren on WIFE 1310 AM Indianapolis. Recorded off the air on Sunday night, February 9th, 1975. Dan was a part-time weekend jock and his show was on Saturday and Sunday evenings. On Sunday, it followed American Top 40 with Casey Kasem, which ran from 7-10 PM. Stan Warren followed at midnight. Stan (Jack Holiday) had just arrived a couple of months earlier from another Star Station owned by Don Burden - KOIL, 1290 Omaha, NE, where he did middays. (Former overnight host Mike O'Brien has just left WIFE to jump to the overnight shift at cross-town top 40 1260 WNDE). The main jingle package WIFE used during that time was the William B. Tanner/Thunder Productions "Music People".



Airchecks of WIFE Radio. Indianapolis, recorded in early 1972 from Roger W. Morgan and Jim Fox shows