WDNL Composite Aircheck 1978 0809

For more on the history of WDNL (D-102), Danville, IL, visit the Central Illinois On-Line Broadcast Museum at https://www.dougquick.com This is a WDNL (D-102) station “composite” aircheck featuring all of the weekday DJs from August 9, 1978. It begins with Doug Quick from 6-10 am, Bill “Boober” LaCombe from 10 am-3 pm, Mike James from 3 pm -7 pm, and Marc Phillips from 7 pm - Midnight. Reed Pence was the newscast anchor. The station used jingles from the 1977 WABC package offered by JAM Productions. The station was automated using a Harris System 90 analog automation unit with 4 reel-to-reel decks, 2 time announce card decks, 1 stereo jingle cart player, 1 mono newscast cart player, 1 mono talk track cart player, and 2 mono carousels for commercials. Except for the period from 6 to 8 am, when Doug was using the automation. Doug used the automation to play music and commercials as “live assist” from 6 am to 8:30 am and was on “talk-track from 8:30 to 10 am. Everyone else was on “talk-tracks” for the rest of the day. Of course, everyone had the option to go “live assist” at any time necessary. Newscasts were all pre-recorded, usually within 10 minutes of airing. When they weren’t recording, the DJs would turn their attention to other duties, like sales, commercial production, or station operations. Our GM, Joe Jackson, had a saying, “You can teach a jock to sell, but you can’t teach a salesperson how to jock.” That let staff members make more money because they did the work of two people at once, using automation as a tool, just as you would a cart machine for playing a commercial, or recorded music, for that matter. The station program director, Marc Phillips, produced and edited this for sales demo use to show how WDNL sounded and to attract out-of-market advertisers and ad agencies. This video/audio is posted for its historical significance and is linked to the broadcast history website, Central Illinois On-Line Broadcast Museum. Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Select Other WDNL Airchecks:    • WDNL 1981 0723 Doug Quick   Springfield Area Radio Stations:    • WDBR Recycled 1976 with Rich Styles      • WDBR Recycled 1973 with Rich Styles      • WDBR 1976 1003      • WCVS-AM April 1971 Steve West      • WDBR(FM) December 1972 Rich Styles      • WDBR(FM) December 1972 Rich Styles      • WNNS-98.7FM, Springfield, IL      • WDBR-Springfield, IL from June of 1976