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User Alert!

Your host has begun renovation of some of the rooms in MarkTime RadioWorld. The nearest thing to a current aircheck list here right now is in the " By-State" list. Before you go there, however, please read the stuff following this here blurb, even if parts of it will not jibe with the changes I have already made. Sorry for the confusion! Any questions, please see me at the usual e-mail address!

MarkTime, 6/11/99



Get Your Red-Hot Chicago Market Airchecks Here!

Airchecks R Us

The Web version of the collection list is moving along, well at least about as well as the print version. For those of you who have checked here in the past, I have modified it slightly, to fit into the space limitations of Angelfire's "free" web-pages, to have cross-reference lists by station call-sign and by state/province/country, and to make those latter two lists easier to produce using info from the first one. I am trying to build up the "state" list to where it has at least one aircheck from each US state...in theory this is possible, as I have been to 49 states (check out my Travel pages!) and I have recorded Hawaii from California, but I have to track down some of the tapes yet (if I still have them?).

As always, though, I prefer to swap current airchecks. As such, these collection lists are meant only to supplement normal trading. In no way does this or any other collection list imply a desire only for old or otherwise previously-recorded or out-of-market airchecks. If I had a choice between receiving and choosing stations from an AM, FM and TV tape-able list or from an archive list, I will choose the station list at least 7 times out of ten, and always on the first few trades.

In any event, all I do is trade tapes...no recordings are sold here, even in those few instances where I have the rights to sell copies.


When making requests, PLEASE keep it simple! As explained below, each tape is assigned an index number. Please do give that, the side letter (if given, and you want only one side of the tape), and perhaps also the station call-sign involved...not necessary, but go ahead if you're worried about asking for or receiving the wrong tape. Anything else is just clutter.


How to read the collection charts...

THE STOCK INDEX

One letter-number combo is assigned to each specific cassette. The cassettes are sorted into the following groups:
Axxx - AIRCHECKS
Radio recordings in the "permanent" collection. In order only by when I typed them in and assigned them index numbers.
[Subset A-XXxx]
...were assigned the two-letter/two-number code under the previous indexing system, mostly prior to 1994
Mxxx - MUSIC
Albums, CDs, custom-mix cassettes. Will be on a separate list, to be available only by special request for now.
(HELP!!! I can use some help IDing song titles and/or artists...let me know if you can, via real-mail or eek-mail, and I will send some samples on cassette. Thanks!)
Txxx - TEMPORARY
Most of these airchecks will not make the permanent collection, and the cassettes will be recycled as I take future trips. I will only be certain of holding any of these tapes for 21 days from the date atop the page, unless otherwise noted. If you want to hear a tape but still owe me tapes or otherwise can't receive the tape write away, let me know anyway and I'll try to hold on to it a bit longer!
Xxxx - BITS
Sound effects, commercials, legal IDs and such. Full-content lists, if available at all, are sent only by special request
Zxxx - SPOKEN-WORD
Including radio plays, comedy, found-sound, Audio-Zines, Over The Edge, and tape-letters

For the "permanent" aircheck tape collection, the Tape Index numbers will appear on all three lists.

"Thanks" to space limitations on these "free" web-pages, all the info for each tape can not show up on every list. Much, though alas not all, of the infoit is on the main list, for now anyway. Also appearing on all 3 lists are:

CALL-SIGN
The radio (or TV) station call-sign, when known/there is one. As often as possible, the call listed is the same one assigned by the FCC, CRTC or equivalent licensing body elsewhere. Thus, none of the "-AM" or "call-hyphen-frequency" nonsense here. "-FM" is noted, but ONLY when it is truly part of the FM station's call-sign. Same deal with TV. Call-signs in (parentheses) are unofficial, they being unlicensed, aka "Pirate" radio stations

RECORDING DATE(s)
Again, when broadcast or recording date is known.


Other information appearing on just the Main list and on the By-Call list

TAKING SIDES

"A" or "a" means the recording listed is on side A of the cassette; "B" or "b" means the recording is on side "B". Where no side letter is listed, then one recording covers the entire cassette. All sides are 45 minutes and unedited unless noted, here or elsewhere.

CUTS and/or LENGTH
When the tape contents are edited ("scoped"), and/or where there is more than one station or date on a side of a tape, the cuts are numbered. This is strictly for my personal reference and to deal with an anomoly in the Microsoft Quirks for Windows spreadsheet data sorting...without a sequence number, when I set up cross-reference lists (by date, location, etc) it would otherwise mess with the order of items listed on such mixed-bag tapes.

I should, by the way, remind one and all that custom-made "cherry-picked" tapes are not possible...please ask for no less than one side of a tape. As such, there is no need to mention those cut numbers you want!?

Also in this slot is noted any tape length besides the standard 45-minute side and 90-minute complete tape. Not that this is of any real importance, but some folks are very concerned for some reason, to the point where it even affects whether they will or will not request a tape?!?!?!?!?

PROGRAMMING NOTES
Program name (if any, and when known), music or other programming type, DJ (when either famous or one I like lots) and other glop. Also note that if part of a multi-tape set, the series title/tape number will be mentioned here


Other information appears only on the main list:

TAPE SOURCE (when known) The vast majority of the tapes on this list were recorded by me personally. When the tape came from someone else's collection, however, it is only fair to mention the original source, when known, or at least as far back as can be determined. Only deliberate exception would be that the sources do not wish to be identified.

I especially want to make note of tapes that come from another person's personal collection, so you may have a chance at an earlier-generation dub direct from the source, and also because I find stocking of one's tape collection with dubs from other people then turning around and copying them for others as if they were their own tapes to be one of the lowest forms of radio geek-dumb. (And that's pretty darn low!)


Other information appears only on the By-State/Province list:

STATE
State or province, including when a bunch of scoped 'checks are from the same state/province. Outside US and Canada, may note the country here, space permitting

CITY
This will not always be noted. When it is, it is by City-of-License (and ONLY that city), or originating city when a "pirate". For mixed-bag tapes, a radio/TV market will be noted if most of the samples are from that area.


Some of the folks whose tapes are here include:

Rac
Bob "Rac Cooney" Nelson, Beverly MA
(e-mail)
Don-O
Don Fields, Manhattan Beach, CA
PB
Phil Boersma, Spring Lake MI
PC
Addison Belmont III, Chicago IL
MoFo
MoFo Outreach Ministry, Box 21104, Seattle WA 98111
$2 for real-mail catalog of their many recordings!! For real-mail-phobes, try their e-mail to get the current web-site URL.
BG
Bob Gilmore, Shelton CT
GCG
George C Greene, Akron OH
WTK
WT Koltek, Louisville OH


Also available, a list of stations I can tape from home or work, and of other Chicago-market stations. All things considered, I prefer receiving current airchecks, of stations I choose from your home market, over all else. Please send lists of stations you can get, on AM and on FM...no discrimination here! Please be sure to include stations between 88.1 and 91.9MHz, too often the best stations in too many markets these days.


Take Care, and Good Trading! - MaS


Other Radio-Related Poop

[Note: Most of the rest of this was more or less torn whole from my former radio page on GeoCities...please have patience until I have cleaned up some of the text, and added the pictures to the Angelfire server...thanks! MaS 12/27/98]


Hi, I'm MarkTime, and I collect tapes!

(chorus of 12-steppers) Hello, MarkTime!

I am also into traveling (2200 US counties and counting, hi), so I often combine my hobbies by bringing along one or more portable radio/recorders to tape stations on the road. On this page, I will be listing for trade some of the airchecks I have made. If any appeal to you, please contact me to initiate a deal.

I would actually prefer to trade CURRENT airchecks...that is, stations I can record from the Chicago area in return for stations I want to hear (if any) from your home area. This should normally be so much easier than tracking down pre-recorded tapes, plus means much less wear and tear on the dubbing deck, but after all these years it still amazes me how many folks insist on only sending me "file" tapes from some other market even when there are several stations I want to hear from where they live? I do not wish to seem like I am encouraging such behavior, but to supplement my preferred trading, and because I do have the following tapes, I will use this valuable GeoCities space to share the airchecks with others.

Nearly-complete index lists for the MarkTime AudioZines can be found by pointing the little hand (or equivalent) rye cheer.


Digital boom-boxes are back, so hide the women, children and sheep! Alas, they all have CD players built in (like I need another one??) now. The Sony CFD-S33 also has a timer function...the instructions for the timer only cover the radio and CD player, but it also works for tape recordings if you first put in a tape, hit "record" and "pause", follow all the instructions for the radio timer, turn off the power then release "pause".

CONSUMER ALERTS! The current generation of Sony and TDK cassettes lack any screws! The cassette shell is glued together, just like all the cheapo tapes from the 1970s, bleah! I had a problem with one that required transplanting the tape inside into a new shell, so had to literally rip the thing open by hand! Also, the current Fuji tapes have a nasty habit of jamming at the point where someone stopped a tape then mailed it or otherwise jostled the thing severely. It is always a good idea to rewind a tape ALL the way to the beginning before mailing it anyway, but especially for Fujis...even with the FF/rewind method of removing any kinks, it will just stop a bit further up the line for some reason?? Oh yeah, also just noted certain TDK D's have also been arriving without screws! Noticed this when one arrived jammed...TIP: PLEASE rewind tapes before mailing them, or they will jam up in transit. Thanks!

For those who wanted them, I have recovered 2 1/2 of my KHIP "K-Hip" tapes from 1985, and a couple good KFAT tapes! That link, by the way, is to Felton Pruitt, one of my faves from KFAT and KHIP. Haven't heard his current show yet, but should try to get down to Farmer City some Saturday morning soon! Also found a " K-Fat" fan's tribute page the other day.


This page last touched 2/1/99, or later if I forgot to change the date, :).

This page has transformed into general-purpose radio! For the aircheck freaks, this here link tapes, uh takes, you to the "permanent" collection, ha.

Or, check out those weird Spoken Word cassettes, and more. I prefer to send and receive tapes recorded directly off the radio, so of course I feature my "tape-able" list here. Not only that, it has AM and FM in the correct order, and (shocker!) I did not leave out any stations that I was too lazy to mention. This may be a sacrilige to typical Radio Geek-dumb types out there, though I can not imagine why? Worse yet, I prefer to send and receive tapes specifically requested by the receiver...blasphemous, right? More than a few ass-wipes out there hate it that I prefer to get what I like, even when they insist on specific things in return!?! Go figure....


In the meantime, perhaps you would like to read a "little" article I wrote recently, the CHICAGOLAND RADIO CALL-SIGN HISTORY. It's so big, the article now appears in 4 parts:

The Introduction Page is a good place to start. This includes the bibliography, and hopefully eventually links to other radio-history fan-sites. (I think there's one at "Old Radio", but don't quote me on that!)

Part One, right here, includes call-signs from KFKX to WHFC (or so).

The second section, Nearer to Here, runs from WHFH (more or less) up to and including WNUR.

As if that wasn't enough, there is a Part Three, which takes care of the rest, that is WNUS through WZVN.

I update the articles about once a month, as call-signs change (12/98 has been a busy month, 4 call switches!) and new/old info surfaces. Any help you can give will be appreciated, thanks!


More radio-related links to ponder

Negativland, the station their Over the Edge show originated from every Friday morning (KPFA), and Pacifica's New York outlet (WBAI), though that one does not carry Over The Edge or anything similar? Negativland fans and other believers in "Fair Use" will also enjoy the MoFo Outreach Ministry cassette catalog!


I'm a fan of a few radio personalities...some with web sites include:

Gary Burbank (kind of an old site...another place has slightly more recent fun from his most famous character, Earl Pitts.)

Art Bell has his moments, and just returned from some sort of "forced" absence (I smell publicity stunt!!), though I still get serious belly-aches chuckling over the Art Bell Parody Pages.

There are at least TWO fan sites devoted to radio humorist Jean Shepherd. Anybody have tapes of his old WOR show??

Wacky both as radio personality ("Chickenman" and "Tooth Fairy") and as radio advertising talent, it's Dick Orkin...whose work has been featured in several of my "MarkTime AudioZines".

"Benton Harbor!!!"

A favorite from my Bay Area days was Jeff McNeal. The station prominently featured on his site, KYUU, was pretty good too.

North of here, there is the mildly humorous Michael Feldman.

You know Harry Shearer's voices on The Simpsons, and his face from Spinal Tap, Saturday Night Live some years back, and the occasional guest TV or movie appearance (The Truman Show??).

It may not show on her web-site yet, nor on her ill-fated talk show a couple years back, but Stephanie Miller is extremely funny. Her evening talk show on KABC is a refreshing antidote to the Rushes and Dr. Lauras of the airwaves. If you can only spare 10 minutes, check out her "Stand-Up News" from about 7:08 to 7:18 (Pacific Time) on KABC in Los Angeles.

Last, but hardly least, I have to bring up Firesign Theatre. I've been a small-time fan of theirs for years, however I was TOTALLY unaware of their "Mark Time" character until 1997, or a mere 7 years after I changed the name of my old "ABC/xyz" zine to "MarkTime"!?! Stranger coincidences I've never encountered!

Cool tools for radio in general...type in city, or latitude/longitude, and the engineering eggheads at M.I.T. will find every US station within a radius of your choosing. Careful, though...it seems to go by the center of downtown of whatever city you pick. For me, using Mount Prospect is more accurate than my actual city-of-license. For more specific info, by single station, or by frequency, call-sign, etc., your tax dollars are at work at the Federal Communications Commission (aka FCC, "Uncle Charlie", or "Those @#$%^&* Eeee-diots!").

Distance-Reception fans ("DX") have some clubs (but their deck is otherwise short, ha)...AM-DXers congregate at the International Radio Club of America and/or the National Radio Club. Fans of unlicensed "pirate" stations will go for the "ACE" (Ass'n of Clandestine Enthusiasts?), not to mention my own article on the subject!

General purpose radio hobby sites worth noting include the above-mentioned Tim Noonan pages, and a fellow Wisconsinite handles the DX midAMerica menagerie, even if he's too anal to give my site a reciprocating link!?! Bits of Boston-area radio and tapes occasionally sneak into Bob Nelson's pages...eek-write him for its current whereabouts.

For Chicago radio fans, the Low End pages are worth a look, for some useful tidbits on many of the area school stations.


For LA radio fans, see my new station list!



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Long as there's some room, some otherness from the "Trading can be fun, or frustrating" files:

Please Identify the station recorded, using a label on the cassette when possible. I really only need the station call-sign and the date recorded. Useful, but not necessary, are the frequency, time, and city-of-license. Not necessary AT ALL are the market, any multi/non-License cities, names of DJs, finishing time, or any other clutter.

If you have any labeling preferences, please let me know in advance of the next tape. Also any wants or not-wants for the recording itself (for instance, I prefer to have the legal ID, no edits of any program unless necessary to make the recording in the first place, and I avoid "morning drive" except when I want the specific DJ). I prefer unscoped (no editing) tapes, but I see no problem sending you any 'scoped tapes you request...unless I do not have the tape in 'scoped form. Unsolicited tapes sent to me are not guaranteed a reply...if I like the tape, I will respond in kind. To get what you want from me, you must send what I want, not what you want to send ("trading" means trading, eh? Amazing how many are unclear on the concept!)


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The Formal Link-Poop List

List #1 - radio airchecks
List #2 - spoken word, comedy, Negativland/Over The Edge
List #3 - legal ID, ad and sfx compilations [eventually]
Real Life (the non-radio stuff) starts here
Public Transit Fandom
Chicagoland radio market and/or tapeable list (Now on Angelfire!)
Chicagoland radio history pages, by call-sign
baseball-park page
Food and travel action starts here
My zine fandom shows here
More tapes (at a future time)
Try your hand at your own web site!

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