Radio Station Belt Buckles

Back in the 70s and 80s, belt buckles were a popular giveaway item at radio stations, I guess to hold up those wide belt jeans. Here are a few that survived, click to enlarge.

RTL was 208 Radio Luxembourg, from 1980. WSM Radio 65 is from the same time at the Nashville country station. WLAC was Top 40 in Nashville and featured the famous sun logo. WQXI was from the late 70s in Atlanta.

Did your favorite station give away belt buckles?

WKXI-FM Jackson Mississippi Survey October 16 1971

Wayne Edwards sends along this survey from the all-new WKXI-FM in Jackson, Mississippi, 1971. He's the jock on the bottom of each survey page. Wow! This is some hard-core soul. Click either image to enlarge.  UPDATE *** Listen to Wayne's aircheck from 1972 by clicking here.

Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame

There's a brand new organization celebrating and honoring the broadcasters and stations of Tennessee. The Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame was formed this year by Lee Dorman. Plans for the future include an awards banquet, exhibit space for Tennessee memorabilia, and induction of historic broadcasters to the Hall of Fame. Click here to visit the website.

 I'm the contact person for collecting airchecks, photos, and anything else for the museum.
 Let's kick off the fun with a lot of photos of Tennessee radio people in the studio! Click any image to enlarge.

Keith Bilbrey of WSM-AM, FM, TV, and Opry announcer.

Captain Midnight, Roger Schutt,  on WMAK, 1967.

Chappel Fisher of WSIX-FM, here at radio station WJXA, Oldies 96.3

"Dashing" Dave Hampton at Vanderbilt University radio station WRVU, 1971.

Hawk Harrelson of Y107, WYHY, in 1990.

Newsman Buddy Sadler with "Miss Fire Prevention", from WKDA-AM, 1969.

Charlie Daniels and Tom Bootle, WKDF-FM.

Dale Turner and Debbie "DJ" Jones, WKDA from 1978.

Hey, it's me! Nick Archer at WKQB (WLAC-FM), doing album rock in 1979.


Like Post Records, more to come....

WFIL Philadelphia Survey May 13 1968

Another WFIL survey from May 1968. Click to enlarge.

SM95 WSM-FM Nashville Rainbow Sticker 1982

Here's the second iconic sticker logo from SM95, WSM-FM Nashville in 1982. This appeared on all sorts of merchandise that the station sold and gave away, replacing all stuff with the old logo that you see Program Director Donna Brake selling below:

ADVERTISEMENT: A couple of years ago I set up a cafepress shop to sell SM95 swag. If you're into it, take a look:  http://www.cafepress.com/SM95

WIBG Philadelphia Survey July 31 1967

 

Mark Ford Aircheck from WINN Louisville KY 1961

Here's another aircheck from the radio career of David Ford. It's 1961 and David is Mark Ford on WINN radio Louisville Kentucky. The station is old time easy listening. Click here to hear the aircheck, and enjoy some vintage jingles, and fine voicework from David.

If you missed David's earlier posts, click here to catch up.