Monday, February 2, 2009

Jim Stagg - WCFL Chicago - Friday, March 18, 1966


Jim Stagg was the "afternoon drive" (the station's high-profile 3 to 6 p.m. slot) disc jockey at Chicago's Voice of Labor, WCFL. He interviewed nearly every major rock star of the 1960s, including Neil Diamond, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, The Monkees, and Simon & Garfunkel.

Stagg eschewed the flashy theatrics of other Top-40 radio hosts in favor a straightforward rock and roll show that kept the focus on the music.

Stagg rose to program director at WCFL - where he authorized the station to play The Beatles' controversial Ballad of John and Yoko.







Melvin X. Melvin - WMEX Boston - Sunday, January 31, 1965


A number of different announcers filled the shoes of Melvin X. Melvin on 1510 WMEX Boston through the years. The man behind this aircheck is J.J. Jeffrey, later of WLS in Chicago.








George Oxford - KDIA San Francisco - Friday, February 22, 1963



You may be familiar with the re-creation of a KSAN Jumpin' George Oxford (pictured) show from '55 on the CRUISIN' 1955 LP. THIS is the real thing, recorded off-the-air in '63 when G.O. was the morning host on 1310 KDIA

By this date, Oxford was no longer using the "Jumpin'" monicker, having lost the right to do so in a dispute with former employer
KSAN.