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Radio air checks, 1999
I was delighted to find in my disorganized storage locker last weekend a box of cassette tapes – one of which contained some radio...
Greg Nesteroff
Aug 23, 20191 min read


Capitol Records salutes CJAT, 1958
On 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 Nesteroff
Dec 3, 20183 min read


Wonderful Town, Trail BC
In 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 Nesteroff
Nov 27, 20184 min read


More Holy Grails of local history
A previous post enumerated historical finds I have made only to lose track of them or fail to document their discovery, to my everlasting...
Greg Nesteroff
Oct 1, 20184 min read


Radio air check: KBS and Sunshine Radio, July 1995
Here 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 Nesteroff
Sep 12, 20181 min read


Radio aircheck: CKQR countdown, 1974
Here’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 Nesteroff
Aug 8, 20181 min read


Radio aircheck: KC News, 1975
Here’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...
Greg Nesteroff
Aug 2, 20183 min read
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