Today’s aircheck is from Chio The Hitman’s on Z100, New York, from 1993.
If you watch carefully, you will see a flashback to the days of grease pencils, razor blades, and reel-to-reel tape.
He creates and seamlessly blends callers and winners without digital editing. All while running his own board.
Notice how he sets up and draws the energy out of his winner, plays the edited piece, and promos forward to the next ticket giveaway.
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Jeff Lynn serves as Editor of Barrett Media’s Music Radio coverage. Prior to joining Barrett Media, Jeff spent time programming in Milwaukee, Omaha, Cleveland, Des Moines, and Madison for multiple radio groups, including iHeartMedia, Townsquare Media, NRG Media, and Entercom (now Audacy). He also worked as a Country Format Editor for All Access until the outlet shut down in August 2023.
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