Aircheck Radio Magazine

Stories from radio — then and now.

Station histories, personality profiles, ordinary radio careers, forgotten moments, recollections, and reporting on the medium itself.

Mar 27, 2020

The Nightbird Who Gave New York a Midnight Soul “The flutter of wings, the shadow across the moon, the sounds..

Mar 26, 2020

The Voice That Made Cleveland Rock “Cleveland, it’s time to rock and roll!” If you grew up in Cleveland during..

Mar 24, 2020

The Louisville Top 40 Giant That Refused to Go Down Without a Fight “You could hear it before you even..

Mar 22, 2020

Miami-Fort Lauderdale: A Radio Battleground Like No Other (1960s-1980s) “Radio wasn’t just background noise in South Florida—it was a way..

Mar 21, 2020

Max Kinkel from CKLW to New York Radio Stardom Max Kinkel, affectionately known as “Super Max,” is a name that..

Mar 20, 2020

The Great Twin Cities Radio Wars of the 1970s: When Stations Fought for Every Last Listener By Mark Miller There..