Whether we were perfecting our skills, or just having fun, MSU Student Radio provided the tools and the mentors to inspire us. In the beginning the tools were a little crude, a couple of turntables, a microphone, a mixing board, and tape cartridge machines that didn’t always fire when the buttons were pushed. It’s a far cry from today’s state of the art equipment at Impact 89 and The Fix. But whether you ride a beach bike or a ten speed racer, you still learn.Here are a few clips that represent the sounds students heard during the Campus Radio years.
- WBRS 9/67 Station ID – Walt Sorg (72 KB WAV) – “The station designed for the college mind.
- WMSN Hitbound Jingle (65 KB MP3) – Late 60?s Gwinnsound?
- WBRS 10/67 Donn Allen Show – Walt Sorg (6.8 MB MP3) – “Dumpy Donn” starts the term. James & Bobby Purify number 8 on the Brody Radio Survey. Bond a Month plan. Pick-a-Ride. Listen to the reverb.
- WMSN 2/68 Donn Allen Show – Walt Sorg (2.6 MB MP3) – Final show of the term, lots of topical political humor.
- WBRS Hitmaker Jingles – 1970
- WBRS 3/72 Kip Meyers Show – Kip Bohne (6.8 MB MP3) – The beat goes on. Last day of classes, exam week. We sure stole a lot of jingle beds. Listen for Mark Bashore and Steve Schram on a PIRGIM spot. Buy a deep dish pizza from the Brewery for a nickel.
- WBRS 3/72 Mark Westcott Show – Mark Westcott (1.4 MB MP3) – “Where a poor boy can come from the country to a big university and be perfectly obnoxious.” Featuring Harry Nilson’s “You’re Breaking My Heart”. And a new A&M Records release from America. Listen to that 60 Hz hum.
- WBRS Circa 1972 – Jazz Promo – Steve Schram (347 KB MP3) – Open your mind to Jazz on the weekend.
- WBRS 3/72 Rick Haglund Show – Rick Haglund (1.4 MB MP3) – “WBRS 82 – Put us On”. Straight ahead rock n roll. Harold Melvin, Jim Croche, Seals & Crofts, Stevie Wonder, MSU Volunteers.
- WEAK Circa 73 – Sunday Programs Promo – Gary Houston/Jeff Smith
- WMCD Station IDs – Jim Kerr (3MB MP3)
- WEAK Circa 74 – Jeff Smith (Frank Bonfiglio oldies spot at the lead-in)
- WMSN Circa 74/75 Chuck Goudie Show – Chuck Goudie (2.1 MB MP3) – Early phone interview.
- WMSN Circa 74/75 Chuck interviews Santa – Chuck Goudie (3.3 MB MP3) – Interviews a lecherous Santa Claus.
- WMSN Circa 74/75 Byron Macgregor Interview – Chuck Goudie (950 KB MP3) – Talks about the smash hit “The Americans” with CKLW’s greatest newsman.
- WMSN 5/75 MSN News – Dennis Kauff/Chuck Goudie (103 KB MP3) – Dennis hands the mantle to Chuck. The Hubbard Hall fire and Vice President Ford’s visit.
- WMSN 9/75 Morning Show – Scott Westerman (2.1 MB RM) – Typical show open. “Anyone found to be listening to this program will be expelled from this university.”
- WMSN 4/75 Artist Spotlight – Promo for the Final Program (The Eagles) Jeff Smith
- WMSN Circa 74 – Hockey Play by Play – Gary Mescher MSU vs Michigan
- WMSN Spartan Sportscene 1974 – Gary Mescher Spring term.
- WMSN Hockey Promo 1974 – Gary Mescher MSU vs Wisconsin.
- WMSN 1/81 Abrams Planetarium – Scott Wenzel (43 KB MP3) – A perennial PSA topic.
- WMSN 3/81 Night Train Jazz – Scott Wenzel (41 KB MP3) – Before we called it “smooth”.
- WLFT Production Cuts – 99 nuggets from 1987-88
