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Date (YYYY/MM/DD) Start Time Disk Jockey Duration (min) Scoped/Unscoped Location
Pre-1960
1945/06/21   Breakfast Club with Don McNeill 15 Unscoped 1521/HD
1945/06/22   Breakfast Club with Don McNeill 14 Unscoped 1521/HD
1945/06/23   Breakfast Club with Don McNeill 14 Unscoped 1521/HD
1945/06/24   Breakfast Club with Don McNeill 11 Unscoped 1521/HD

1960

1960/06/07 01:00 Bob Hale 29 Unscoped 2286/HD
1960/06/07 20:00 Gene Taylor 29 Unscoped 2286/HD
1960/06/07 23:00 Dick Biondi 29 Unscoped 588/HD
1961
1961-1963 ------ various clips (Ron Riley, Gene Taylor, Stan the Record Man) 19 Scoped 1677/HD

1962

1962/03/09 23:00 Dick Biondi 58 Unscoped 2116/HD
1962/03/10 21:00 Dick Biondi 56 Unscoped 2115/HD
1962/05/02 21:00 Dick Biondi (Second anniversary of WLS's rock format.) 57 Unscoped CD367/HD
1962/05/29 08:16 Mort Crowley 29 Unscoped 2281HD
1962/07/10 08:14 Mort Crowley 29 Unscoped 2281HD
1962/09/02 22:05 Dick Biondi 51 Unscoped 2114/CD457/HD
1962/12/04 21:00 Dick Biondi 52 Unscoped CD1300/HD
1963
1963/04/06 19:05 Bob Hale 61 Unscoped 589/HD
1963/05/02   Dick Biondi (Third anniversary of WLS's rock format) 41 Partly 591/HD
1964
1964/07/24 22:03 Ron Riley (substituting for Art Roberts) 31 Unscoped 2038/HD
1965
1965/01/24 20:00 Ron Riley (British Billboard Program) 30 Unscoped 1891/HD
1965/01/28 16:00 Dex Card 29 Unscoped CD1208/HD
1965/02/21 20:00 Ron Riley (British Billboard Program) 30 Unscoped 290/1891/HD
1966
1966/01/01 19:00 Ron Riley 102 Unscoped (except for newscasts) 1867-1868/HD
1966/01/01 21:00 Art Roberts 108 Unscoped (except for newscasts) 1869-1870/HD
1966/08/02 22:00 Art Roberts (some dx) 58 Unscoped 1866/HD
1966/09/05 23:02 Art Roberts 47 Unscoped CD1562/HD2
1966/09/09 09:03 Clark Weber 44 Unscoped CD1879/HD2
1966/11/06 ------ Ron Riley (some dx, fair quality, but listenable) 55 Commercials only 2225/HD

1967

1967/04/16 13:18 Bernie Allen 30 Unscoped 1954/HD
1967/04/16 14:10 Dex Card 45 Unscoped 1965/HD
1967/04/16 22:07 Art Roberts 62 Unscoped CD1209/HD
1967/04/23 03:10 Bernie Allen 42 Unscoped 1966/HD
1967/04/29 03:11 Bernie Allen 45 Unscoped 1966/HD
1967/05/01 00:56 Bernie Allen 30 Unscoped 1954/HD
1967/05/01 14:19 Dex Card 45 Unscoped 1965/HD
1967/05/02 22:47 Art Roberts (dx) 124 Unscoped HD
1967/05/04 20:59 Art Roberts (dx) 63 Unscoped HD2
1967/05/04 22:23 Art Roberts (dx) 63 Unscoped HD2
1967/08/18 21:00 Art Roberts 121 Unscoped 1863-1864/HD
1967/08/23 ------ Larry Lujack 3 Scoped 2061/HD
1967/08/24-25 23:45 Don Phillips 119 Unscoped 1892-1893/HD
1967/08/25 19:17 Ron Riley 31 Unscoped 2288/HD
1967/08/25 22:35 Art Roberts 56 Unscoped 1988/HD
1967/09/06 00:08 Jerry Kaye 64 Unscoped HD2
1967/12/10 18:33 Ron Riley 16 Unscoped HD2
1967/12/30 12:37 Bernie Allen 37 Unscoped 1955/HD
1967/12/30 14:08 Larry Lujack 39 Unscoped 1955/HD
1968
1968/--/--   Ron Riley and Clark Weber.  Oldies show recorded specially for broadcast in Vietnam. 31 Unscoped CD1879/HD2
1968/01/22 19:31 Ron Riley 61 Unscoped 1805/HD
1968/08/-- 11:27 Art Roberts 90 Unscoped 1871/HD
1968/08/13 13:03 Art Roberts 58 Unscoped 1803/HD
1968/08/22 13:11 Art Roberts 54 Unscoped 1872/HD
1968/12/29 16:00 Larry Lujack-Chuck Buell 185 Unscoped 1717-1718/HD
1968/12/31 23:56 Chuck Buell 91 Unscoped 1666/HD
1969
1969/01/02 19:17 Ron Riley 47 Unscoped CD1208/HD
1969/01/03 08:56 Clark Weber 47 Unscoped CD1207/HD
1969/01/04 10:43 Art Roberts 42 Unscoped 415/HD
1969/08/01 ------ Bill Bailey 28 Scoped 2038/HD
1970
1970/01/01   Larry Lujack, Chuck Buell, Art Roberts.  Top 89 of 1969. 349 Unscoped but not continuous CD490-495/HD
1970/01/21 16:11 Gary Gears 59 Unscoped 2167/HD
1970/08/05 17:00 Larry Lujack 55 Unscoped 2042/HD
1970/08/31 18:02 Larry Lujack substituting for Chuck Buell 28 Unscoped 2017/HD
1970/09/09 14:01 Larry Lujack 26 Unscoped 2046/HD
1970/09/19 20:03 Art Roberts 29 Unscoped 2017/HD
1970/09/26 17:25 Larry Lujack (last afternoon drive show before switching to morning drive) 28 Unscoped 2044/HD
1970/09/28 06:00 Larry Lujack (first morning drive show) 30 Unscoped 2044/HD
1970/09/28 16:00 Scotty Brink 59 Unscoped 1949/HD
1970/10/05 05:00 Larry Lujack 55 Unscoped CD1337/HD2
1970/10/14 06:00 Larry Lujack 89 Unscoped 164/HD
1970/10/17 07:59 Larry Lujack 27 Unscoped 2045/HD
1970/10/18 20:00 Jerry Kaye 30 Unscoped 1976/HD
1970/10/19 ------ Larry Lujack 11 Scoped HD
1970/10/19 21:04 Steve Lundy 27 Unscoped 2046/HD
1970/12/09 17:00 Scotty Brink 30 Unscoped 2041/HD
1971
1971/03/21 01:00 Gary Gears 25 Unscoped 2034/HD
1971/03/27 01:02 Gary Gears 25 Unscoped 1987/HD
1971/04/01 02:09 Gary Gears 55 Unscoped 2280/HD
1971/04/12 21:12 Joel Sebastian 19 Unscoped HD2
1971/04/15 12:05 Chuck Buell 24 Unscoped 2022/HD
1971/04/26   Larry Lujack 45 Unscoped 417/HD
1971/06/18 06:54 Fred Winston for Larry Lujack 45 Unscoped 1444/HD
1971/06/28 ------ Fred Winston for Larry Lujack 10 Scoped 106/HD
1971/08/04   Larry Lujack 92 Unscoped 683/HD
1971/09/06 13:46 Chuck Buell 27 Unscoped 1677/HD
1971/12/31 17:07 Fred Winston 88 Unscoped 415/2117/HD
1972
1972/--/-- ------ Pams series 43 jingles 5 ------ HD
1972/01/29 19:59 John Landecker 61 Unscoped 1804/HD
1972/02/09 01:03 Joel Sebastian 57 Unscoped CD1884/HD2
1972/04/01 13:00 Chuck Buell 30 Unscoped 2040/HD
1972/04/03 08:59 Gary Gears 30 Unscoped 1976/2040/HD
1972/04/17 08:30 Larry Lujack 30 Unscoped 2363/HD
1972/04/17 09:00 Gary Gears 20 Unscoped 2363/HD
1972/10/09 01:36 Dick Sainte 78 Unscoped 2043/HD
1972/10/10 06:03 Charlie Van Dyke 122 Unscoped HD
1972/10/11 18:57 John Landecker 92 Unscoped 1950/HD
1972/10/11 21:00 Bill Bailey 90 Unscoped 1951/HD
1972/11/20 17:25 Bill Bailey (DX) 28 Unscoped HD2
1973
1973/07/26 07:50 Charlie Van Dyke 63 Unscoped HD2
1973/09/12 05:58 Fred Winston 58 Unscoped 2037/HD
1974
1974/03/12 20:29 John Landecker 88 Unscoped 559/HD
1974/03/25 07:00 John Landecker 58 Unscoped 1450/HD
1974/03/26 22:00 Steve King 84 Unscoped HD
1974/03/28 03:42 Yvonne Daniels 23 Unscoped 2111/HD
1974/03/31 01:00 Jim Kerr (mild DX) 29 Unscoped 2022/HD
1974/04/16 08:30 Fred Winston 92 Unscoped 730/HD
1974/04/18 16:53 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. 30 Unscoped HD
1974/04/18 17:29 Bob Sirott (begins six minutes after the above aircheck ends) 31 Unscoped HD
1974/05/12   John Landecker and Fred Winston interview Frank Zappa.  Part 1. 20 Unscoped CD1337/HD2
1974/05/19   John Landecker and Fred Winston interview Frank Zappa.  Part 2. 21 Unscoped CD1337/HD2
1974/06/08 ------ Bob Sirott 31 Scoped 2154/HD
1974/08/14 07:04 Fred Winston 157 Unscoped CD1779-1780/HD2
1974/08/26 12:00 J. J. Jeffrey 31 Unscoped 2034/HD
1974/09/04 ------ John Landecker 15 Scoped 591/HD
1974/10/14 23:58 Steve King 46 Unscoped 1952/HD
1974/10/15   Yvonne Daniels 46 Unscoped 1952/HD
1974/12/10 09:00 Fred Winston 30  Unscoped 2111/HD
1974/12/20 09:36 Fred Winston/J. J. Jeffrey 46 Unscoped 387/HD
1975
1975/04/19 23:59 Steve King 47 Unscoped 2181/HD
1975/05/03 08:00 Fred Winston 45 Unscoped 1807/HD
1975/05/03 11:00 J. J. Jeffrey 60 Unscoped CD1364/HD2
1975/05/04 10:00 Tommy Edwards 45 Unscoped 2151/HD
1975/06/08 11:00 Tommy Edwards 58 Unscoped 1830/HD
1975/06/12   John Landecker 62 Unscoped 1953/HD
1975/06/16 13:56 Bob Sirott 61 Unscoped 1956/HD
1975/06/17 03:58 Yvonne Daniels 62 Unscoped HD
1975/10/--   John Landecker 61 Unscoped 2039/HD
1975/11/22 13:45 J. J. Jeffrey (last show) 61 Unscoped 2009/HD
1976
1976/01/31 21:59 Jeff Davis 62 Unscoped 1986/HD
1976/03/12 08:59 Fred Winston 58 Unscoped 1747/1957/HD
1976/03/18 ------ Wolfman Jack 88 Partly 1721//HD
1976/05/02   John Landecker16th anniversary of WLS's rock format. 61 Unscoped 289/HD
1976/09/16 05:28 Larry Lujack 264 Unscoped 686/1234-1236/HD
1976/10/12 19:29 John Landecker 53 Unscoped 1958/HD
1976/12/02 04:41 Yvonne Daniels/Bob Sirott (subbing for Larry Lujack).  Seven-minute gap between 05:46 and 05:51. 123 Unscoped 2275-2276/HD
1976/12/12 ------ Yvonne Daniels/Bob Sirott (subbing for Larry Lujack) 30 Scoped 2277/HD

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