Tapes Wanted

I can use trading CONTACTS (not just aircheck tapes) from various places, including but not limited to:

• Albuquerque-Santa Fe
• Chicago
• Denver-Boulder
• Detroit-Windsor
• Las Vegas
• Madison, WI
• Milwaukee
• Minneapolis-Saint Paul
• Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, CA
• Montréal
• New Orleans
• New York City
• Paducah/Murray, KY
• Philadelphia
• Phoenix
• Portland, OR
• Rochester, MN
• Saint Louis
• San Diego-Tijuana
• San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
• Seattle-Tacoma
• Toronto
• Washington DC

OTHER FRESH-CAUGHT TAPES

Specialty programming I seek:

"*" means I have some, if you want an "even" swap

• country oldies *
• standards * (inc. big band, swing)
• soft AC (the small-town, looooooong-playlist type only, or like any on the "old airchecks" list below)
• folk *
• bluegrass *
• comedy
• Dr. Demento
• ez listening/"Beautiful" *
• lounge *
• "Over the Edge" *
• unlicensed, "pirate" stations *

OLD (and prehaps new) AIRCHECKS

Old tapes I am looking for.  First, the stations, roughly in state/provincial order.  As in all cases, edited/scoped tapes are not wanted, except in very special circumstances and then only after my personal approval.  "*" means I have some, if you want an "even" swap

• KAVV, Benson AZ
• KBLX, Berkeley CA..."Quiet Storm" (especially 1980s)
• KPFA, Berkeley CA...esp. "Over the Edge" *, "La Onda Bahita" or "Puzzling Evidence". Any of the above for any date old or new, though check with me on "Over the Edge" in case I have the specific program
• KFAT, Gilroy CA...the great "K-Fat" (up to 1983) *
• KHIP, Hollister CA...from the "K-Hip" days (mid-1980s) *
• KNX-FM, Los Angeles...CBS "Soft Rock" or "Mellow Rock" (pre-1983)
• KWST, Los Angeles..."K-West 106" from 1981-82
• KROQ, Pasadena CA...prior to 1987 *
• KFOG, San Francisco...either as "beautiful" or as their early days with classic rock (up to 1985), especially M.Dung * or "10 at 10"
• KKCY, San Francisco...the "Eno" transition from KQAK (1985), or their eclectic AoR 1985-87 (especially with Bobby Dale) *
• KMPX, San Francisco...any music (up to 1982)
• KQAK, San Francisco..."Jaws" transition from KMPX (1982), Jed the Fish or Tim Bedore
• KSFO, San Francisco...personality/standards, esp. Don Sherwood *, Jim Lange and Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins *
• KLRS, Santa Cruz CA...early new age/smoothjazz "Colors 99" *
• WXDJ, Homestead FL...jazz-AC (1989-90) *
• WGBS, Miami...hit-AC (mid-late 70s), especially Arnie Morton
• WIOD, Miami..."Great Entertainers" days (1976-78), esp. Big Wilson, Bill Calder, Larry King
• WBUS, Miami Beach FL
• WWWL, Miami Beach FL *
• WFUN, South Miami FL...either hits or ez listening (early-mid 1970s)
• WAAF, Chicago...esp. Bob Drewes (1950s?)
• WBBM-FM, Chicago...CBS "Soft Rock" or "Mellow Rock" (up to 1981)
• WLOO, Chicago..."beautiful music" (up to 1988)
• WSDM, Chicago..."Station With the Girls" (up to 1976) *
• WVON, Cicero IL...Black/urban hits (up to 1977)
• WYEN, Des Plaines IL (1970s-early 80s)
• WBZ-FM, Boston...soft AC (1970s?)
• WEEI-FM, Boston...CBS "Soft Rock" or "Mellow Rock" (1970s)
• WEMU, Ypsilanti MI...esp. Sunday blues show
• WCCO-FM, Minneapolis...soft AC (1970s to mid-80s)
• KNXR, Rochester MN...ez-standards-etc *
• KMOX-FM, Saint Louis...CBS "Soft Rock" or "Mellow Rock" (1970s to 1981)
• WBAI, New York...esp. "Explorations" *
• WNBC, New York...full-serve AC, esp. Howard Stern (have some "somewhere")
• WRVR, New York...jazz or prior (1970s to ??)
• KJR, Seattle...hits (1979-80), esp. Gary Lockwood *
• KVI-FM, Seattle...AC-hits (1980-81?)
• CKNW, New Westminster BC...full-serve AC (up to 1987?), esp. Jack Kyle's late-night wackiness *
• CKFM, Toronto...soft AC (1970s to mid-80s) *

PEOPLE

Am also looking for any of the following personalities, from any station unless specified:

• Bobby Dale...KKCY *, any prior
• Stan Dale...WDAI Chicago, KSFO San Francisco, or any other
• Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins...ANY, especially New York, San Francisco or Chicago *
• Dave Dixon...WABX, WDET, or from Miami *
• Jerry G. Bishop...any Chicago (especially WMAQ) or San Diego *
• Bob "Emperor" Hudson...any LA or Boston, and some of the "Hudson & Landry" comedy bits (such as "Weird Kingdom", "Bird Calls", "Top 40 DJs")
• Gary Owens...any, but especially KFWB, KKGO, KMPC *, and 1150/LA
• Steve Dahl...especially KAFY, KROY, KPPC, Detroit, or WDAI
• Vin Scelsa (New York)*
• Robert O. Smith (Seattle or other)*
• "Sweet" Dick Whittington (Los Angeles)*