Greg NesteroffAug 23, 20191 min readRadio air checks, 1999I was delighted to find in my disorganized storage locker last weekend a box of cassette tapes – one of which contained some radio...
Greg NesteroffDec 3, 20183 min readCapitol Records salutes CJAT, 1958On Sept. 29, 1958, CJAT Trail opened a new studio in the former post office at 1300 Cedar Ave. They also marked their 25th anniversary as...
Greg NesteroffNov 27, 20184 min readWonderful Town, Trail BCIn 1962-63, the American jingle house of Richard H. Ullman Associates produced a series of cheesy but oh-so-catchy songs to promote radio...
Greg NesteroffOct 1, 20184 min readMore Holy Grails of local historyA previous post enumerated historical finds I have made only to lose track of them or fail to document their discovery, to my everlasting...
Greg NesteroffSep 12, 20181 min readRadio air check: KBS and Sunshine Radio, July 1995Here are a couple of radio newscasts from the same day in July 1995. The first is Erica Waters reading the 8 a.m. news on the Kootenay...
Greg NesteroffAug 8, 20181 min readRadio aircheck: CKQR countdown, 1974Here’s a snippet of a countdown show on AM 1230 CKQR in 1974, recorded off air. This is an excerpt from a longer air check that I have...
Greg NesteroffAug 2, 20183 min readRadio aircheck: KC News, 1975Here’s a newscast that aired on KC Radio in Nelson and Creston on Jan. 21, 1975, read by Ray Zinck, who sent it to me quite a few years...