Episodes 193
Avg. Duration 2h
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Since Jun 2023
Latest Episode May 2025

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This Airchecks focuses on radio shows from old time radio to current shows written as plays or when a radio show was recorded. A showcase of radio programming that may have been lost over the decades if it hadn’t been recorded and preserved for future generations. In the radio and television industry, recordings of radio shows were fairly common anywhere from transcription discs for later replay or to make sure a commercial has been played on the air for the salesman to show their client. And sometimes it’s not just audio theatre, it can be music as well. Some items previously aired and some items that were never aired, but recorded. Airchecks is a three hour program that is uploaded into a podcast on Saturdays.

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ep122-060125-Final Episode

May 31, 2025 6h 5m Transcript

This is the final episode of Airchecks. Sorry, this is a long podcast (6 hours!), but this a brief look into my radio broadcast career from 1985-2003. Thank you for listening to the shows. This was…

Episode 121, April 26, 2025 - June 1st Hiatus Announcement / Jean Shepherd Marathon, Final Part

Apr 22, 2025 2h 57m Transcript

Just a little bit of a housekeeping note.  This will be the last episode of Airchecks until we are back on June 1, 2025 as we need to make some adjustments to the new radio station,  Purdy Spit Radio…

Episode 120, April 19, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Show Marathon, Part 14

Apr 16, 2025 3h 47m Transcript

In this episode of the Jean Shepherd Show Marathon, we will hear:From September 15, 1964,  A remote broadcast from the Disney exhibit and the I.  B.  M.  "People Wall" at the New York's World's Fair.…

Episode 119, April 12, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Show Marathon, Part 13

Apr 11, 2025 3h 32m Transcript

In this episode we listen to:From August 4, 1964, The Sultan of Zanzibar has failed his driver's license test.  The characteristics of the "Slobbus Americanus, " a portrait in great detail.  From…

Episode 118, April 5, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Show Marathon, Part 12

Apr 04, 2025 3h 37m Transcript

In this episode of the Jean Shepherd Marathon on Airchecks, we present:From February 5, 1964, The story of a kid who shot down an airliner with a .22 The myth of marrying a Japanese woman.  Americans…

Episode 117, March 29, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Marathon, Part 11

Mar 28, 2025 3h 4m Transcript

Welcome to Airchecks! Here is more of the Jean Shepherd Marathon on W O R in New York City. From December 19, 1963, Shepherd scats along with,  "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and "The Okeh Laughing…

Episode 116, March 22, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Show Marathon, Part 10

Mar 21, 2025 3h 2m Transcript

In this episode we feature:From April 26, 1963,  Graffiti,  Why Hud?  Life is not only a magazine,  it's a cereal!  "If you can't beat City Hall,  flood it! " Schwartz's father: a vice president and…

Episode 115, March 15, 2025, The Jean Shepherd Show Marathon, Part 9

Mar 14, 2025 2h 42m Transcript

Here is more of the Jean Shepherd Marathon on W O R in New York City.  From April 24, 1962,  The literati today discuss films,  not books.  Chicago chop suey joints.From,   September 19, 1962, here…

Episode 114, March 8, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Marathon, Part 8

Mar 07, 2025 3h 2m Transcript

In this episode of the Jean Shepherd Marathon:From February 15, 1962,  "The human race is. . . " First days are very important.  The first day at the steel mill,  a job gotten through a ham radio…

Episode 113, March 1, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Marathon, Part 7

Feb 28, 2025 3h 24m Transcript

In this episode of the Jean Shepherd Marathon:From February 27, 1961, Native rights,  a lady cab driver,  a beatnik asks for "vanilla, " a Manhattan tradition,  three thousand golf scores,  a matter…

Episode 112, February 22, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Marathon, Part 6

Feb 21, 2025 3h 13m Transcript

In this episode of the Jean Shepherd Marathon, we present:From September 11, 1960,  "Listen Baby, " air conditioned graves?  A reading from "Fu Manchu. " Shep mentions that "this is the last of the…

Episode 111, February 15, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Marathon, Part 5

Feb 14, 2025 2h 56m Transcript

In this Jean Shepherd Marthanon we will play:From September 3, 1960, The MONY sign,  Shep plans to make the first purchase at the new Paperbook Gallery.  Three hundred copies of "I Libertine" will be…

Episode 110, February 8, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Marathon, Part 4

Feb 07, 2025 4h 2m Transcript

In this Jean Shepherd marathon, we present:Shep talks about: the chain on the door, the steel mill and "Terry and The Pirates." Permanent protection from the elements. WOR is breaking in a new fifty…

Episode 109, February 1, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Marathon, Part 3

Jan 31, 2025 3h 51m Transcript

In this Jean Shepherd episode:The recording begins with Dwight Weist reading the WOR News. Grand Prix auto racing, fishing, air races, dance marathons. (June 25, 1960)The July 4th weekend, old…

Episode 108, January 25, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Marathon, Part 2

Jan 24, 2025 3h 25m Transcript

In part 2 of the Jean Shepherd Marathon, we will present:Coney Island: the man in the batting cage, a visit to Germany, the Cincinnati Human Fly, grandmother's eyeglasses, "Excelsior, You Fathead."…

Episode 107, January 18, 2025 - Jean Shepherd Marathon, Part 1

Jan 17, 2025 3h 50m Transcript

Aichecks is featuring a Jean Shepherd Marathon, where we play as many shows as we can from the late 1950s to 1977 on WOR in NYC. In this episode, you will hear:I, Libertine (a literary hoax)Shepherd…

Episode 106, January 11, 2025 - Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Part 2

Jan 10, 2025 3h 20m Transcript

This week on Airchecks, this is the final part of a two part series of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.

Episode 105, January 4, 2025 - Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Part 1

Jan 03, 2025 3h 3m Transcript

In this episode of Airchecks, we will be playing part one of two of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.

Episode 104, December 28, 2024 - New Year's Eve

Dec 27, 2024 2h 53m Transcript

This is the New Year's Eve Special. In this episode we feature:Abbott & CosetlloOur Miss BrooksThe Aldrich FamilyFather Knows BestHarold PearyThe Jack Benny Show

Episode 103, December 21, 2024 - Christmas Special

Dec 20, 2024 3h 43m Transcript

This is the Christmas Special of Airchecks! In this episode we feature:Hercules Poirot's Christmas (BBC, December 24, 1986)A Christmas Carol (Campbell's Playhouse, CBS, December 24, 1939)Marley's…

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