TOP STREAM 44Kbps (10 Khz) Mark Rivers, WRKO Boston, April 1970 (18:04) . . . From Mel-Anny, Lay Down! . . . Description by Uncle Ricky
According to the notes submitted with this aircheck, Mark Rivers was the air name of
This is actually a composite aircheck. It starts at midnight, and then five minutes and 54 seconds later, it starts at midnight again (maybe the next day.) I lost track after that, completely baffled by the seemingly endless sequence of live spots for Dance Clubs. From this aircheck, it seems that WRKO either had a very aggressive "Club Special" spot package — or Boston was The Ultimate Place to Party. It sounds like WRKO had a piece of every hot club in the metro. Whatever, this is 1970 formula "Drake" done the overnight Boston way on the RKO mothership.
Our thanks to The John Rook Collection.
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