The Sounds of Wilmington & Philadelphia Radio Station's
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| WCAU-AM, 1210, Philadelphia - Listen to Bill Corsair & His Rascals - Aired 1977 - The Bill Corsair Program was on midnight to 5:30 am with his 'Rascals' & Friday night 'Trivias'. This spot includes rascal 'Lt. Columbo'. (20 seconds) | WCAU-AM, 1210, Philadelphia - Listen to Bill Corsair & His Rascals - Erik Seidel reads a poem (1977). (2 min., 56 sec.) |
| WILM, 1450, Wilmington - Listen to NBC News & Information Service - Aired May, 1977 - WILM carried this NBC Network program when they first went all news. (36 seconds) View WILM Music Surveys | WCAU-AM, 1210, Philadelphia - Listen to Bill Corsair & His Rascals - Includes announcer Erik Seidel and rascal 'Murphy's Mom'. (1977) (1 min., 41 sec.) |
| WWDB, 96.5, Philadelphia - Listen to a News Spot - Aired in the 80's - WWDB went to all talk after playing all jazz for many years. It is now a Rock station. This spot is Alan Jay doing the news. (34 seconds) | WCAU-AM, 1210, Philadelphia - Listen to Bill Corsair & His Rascals - Lead-in to Bruce Bradley sitting in for Joel A. Spivack. (1977) (1 min., 46 sec.) |
| WILM, 1450, Wilmington - Listen to NBC News & Information Service - Aired May, 1977. Another spot from this collection. (44 seconds) | WILM, 1450, Wilmington - Listen to Bill Frank - Aired May, 1977 - Bill Frank was also a columnist with the News Journal. He earlier had a program broadcast from his home in Arden, DE. (3 seconds) |
| WCAU-FM, 98.1, Philadelphia - Listen to The Young Sound Theme - Aired 1977 - WCAU-FM simulcast with WCAU-AM until 6:00 pm then aired CBS's The Young Sound. The theme song is 'Music' by Tony Hatch (Tony also wrote "Downtown", etc.) (33 seconds) | WILM, 1450, Wilmington - Listen to a sports Break - Aired in the 70's (14 seconds) |
| WCAU-FM, 98.1, Philadelphia - Listen to a Sunday am spot - Aired in the 70's. This spot is the promo for the rock opera 'Superstar'. (16 seconds) | WPEN-AM, Philadelphia - Listen to a Station ID Spot (12 seconds) |
| WAMS, 1380, Wilmington - Listen to various clips - Aired in late 1950's - News, sports, "Mr. Lea" and a remote dance broadcast spot. Now a DELDOT station. (72 seconds) View WAMS Music Surveys | NBC RADIO NETWORK - Listen to the Monitor 'Sounder' - NBC ran Monitor during the weekends for 20 years from 1955 to 1975. (17 sec.) Visit the Monitor Radio Beacon WEB Site |
| NBC RADIO NETWORK - Listen to NBC News & Information Service, Various Sound Clips - NBC started this after Monitor Radio ended and was the beginning for many stations to start all-news including Wilmington's WILM, 1450. (95 seconds) | Radio Moscow - Anyone remember listening to Radio Moscow on short wave radio Oct. 4, 1957, when the USSR made the announcement about Sputnik? Listen to that announcement. Also includes the actual sound transmitted from Sputnik... (1 min., 30 sec.) |
| Wilton Homes Radio Commercial, 1970's - Listen to this commercial from the 1970's | Colonial Cheverlet Radio Commercial, 1970's - Listen to this commercial from the 1970's |
| Mitch Thomas was on WILM, 1450 radio, in the 1950's and into the 1960's. At one time he had a program sponsored by "Cooper Man Cooper", 212 Market Street. Listen to this 58 second sound clip of Mitch Thomas as he introduces Jimmy Smith and his Organ Trio in a live performance at the Jazz Corner of the Club 'Baby Grand', 9th & Poplar Streets in 1956. (This clip was provided by Bill Fisher). | Joe Mosbrook, WDEL News Director from 1961 to 1967, did a special news report from the WDEL News Room on the death of President Kennedy, November 22, 1963. Listen to this Special News Report recorded off the air that day. (90 seconds) (This clip was provided by Joe Mosbrook). |
| Joe Mosbrook, WDEL News Director from 1961 to 1967, as part of his 1963 Year-end Review, provided this clip of WDEL News Reporter Burke Hull reporting President Kennedy dedicating the Delaware-Maryland Turnpike on November 14, 1963. Listen to this news report from 1963 |
Revised:
January 8, 2008