I collect airchecks of L.A.'s (mid-80s to present) Dance/CHR/Top 40 radio stations. Listed below is my current collection.

I am especially looking for Groove (KACD/KBCD), MARS (KSRF/KOCM), and B-100 (KIBB) airchecks.

Email me at salgarcia@hotmail.com if you would like to trade. Be sure to also check my tapables list. I can record for you any of the stations listed.

AIRCHECKS:

KACD/KBCD 103.1 Santa Monica/Newport Beach (defunct) 06/21/96 - 10/12/98
CLICK HERE for the Groove 103.1 memories page!

Last updated 01/04/02

GROOVE RADIO:
07/09/96 45min. Jockless. Early recording of Groove. Interesting songs! (not what you'd expect)
07/25/96 45min. 3:51pm. Sweedish Egil. First day of jocks on Groove Radio.
11/30/96 45min. "Night Grooves" with Jeff K.
12/96 45min. Holly Adams
Late 1996 or early 1997. 60 min. Christian B.
04/27/97 45min. "Groove Radio International" with Sweedish Egil
05/01/97 45min. Holly Adams
06/97 45min. Jeff K. Christian B.
06/21/97 90min. 1 year anniversary of Groove Radio on the air. Sweedish Egil and Tony B!
06/28/97 45min. "Pure Mix Weekend"

GROOVE 103.1:
09/25/97 90min. Switch from failed CHR/Top40 format back to Dance format.
11/23/97 90min. Christian B and a few minutes of Lucky Pierre's "Le Discotech"
12/97 45min. DJ Orland live in the mix.
12/97 45min. Dauna Montel mixing.
12/97 45min. Tony Armstead
12/97 45min. Holly Adams (regular programming) "The Groove".
Undated 1998 tape. 90 min. Sketch with Armand Van Helden mixing.
01/10/98 45min. Mohamed Moretta (and a little bit of Tony Armstead towards the end of the tape.)
02/01/98 70min. Latin Groove with Robert Isaac and Kiki Melendez.
04/03/98 2:30am 45min. "After Hours Groove Mix" with Special Ed. Awesome mixes!
04/09/98 45min. Christian B.
04/20/98(??) 90min. World Vibe with Sean Rubio.
05/23/98 90min. All Groove Mix Weekend. Sketch, Speedy K, Ron Thomas, and Special on this tape.
05/25/98 90min. All Groove Mix Weekend. Chris Cox. Mohamed Moretta.
06/08/98 12am 90min. "Return to Mars" with Christian B. "B-side Grooves" show also on this tape.
Mid 1998. Approx 45min. Various Groove 103.1 clips.
7/98 90min. World Vibe with Sean Rubio.
7/3/98 45min. Indepen'dance' mix weekend with Alex Tostado and DJ KC Alba.
7/4/98 90min. More Indepen'dance' mix weekend. Tony B! with Speedy K. on this tape.
07/11/98 90min. Mohamed Moretta
07/11/98 45min. Mohamed Moretta
07/12/98 45min. Rob Blair live from "House-a-Palooza" at Peppers.
08/98 12am 90min. "Return to Mars"
08/98 12am 90min. "Return to Mars" (another show from August)
09/04/98 45min. Labor Day mix weekend. Clips include Alex Tostado, with Chris Cox mixing and Mohamed Moretta with DJ Henry mixing live at Wings in West Covina.
09/05/98 45min. Labor Day mix weekend. Clips include Steve Foreplay mixing and Alex Tostado with DJ Pebo mixing.
09/06/98 90min. Labor Day mix weekend. Rob Blair, Speedy K., Lisa Axe, and Louis Love on this tape.
09/06/98 90min. More Labor Day mix weekend with Sean Rubio, Dauna Montel, and Rob Blair.
09/15/98 8pm. 45min. Alex Tostado's "Groove It or Lose It" followed by the "Top 8 and 8."
09/23/98 65min. Manon Henessey/Mohamed Moretta.
10/11/98 8pm 30min. Last "Latin Grooves" show hosted by Robert Issacs.
10/12/98 9am 30 min. Last morning show hosted by Joe "Boomer" Cervantez.
10/12/98 10:30am. 60 min. Christian B.
10/12/98  11:30am. 30 min. Last half-hour of Groove with sign-off. Christian B.

GROOVE SOUND CLIPS:

Numerous Groove Radio sound clip examples here

Listen the the voices of Groove: Christian B., Holly Adams, Sweedish Egil, Alex Tostado, Mohamed Moretta, Joe "Boomer" Cervantez, Rob Blair, Robert Issac, Tony Armstead, Special Ed., Lucky Pierre, Donna Montel, Jeff K.

Labor Day 1998
Labor Day 1998 clip 2

Groove Radio sound clip
Groove Radio Listener Line
Groove Radio - Pure Dance!
Groove 103.1 Station ID

KIBB 100.3 Los Angeles (defunct)

09/96 45min. Early, jockless tape of B-100.
6/24/97 45 min. 9pm.
6/27/97 90 min. 12am. "Rhythm Mix Friday Night."
6/28/97 90 min. 4:34pm.
6/28/97 45 min. 8pm. Dance Mixes.
11/17/97 90 min. 8:36pm. Weekend before KIBB became Mega100. No DJs are heard.

KIBB "The Rhythm of L.A" sound clip:

KIBB ID
KIBB Station ID

KSRF/KOCM 103.1 Santa Monica/Newport Beach (defunct)
CLICK HERE for the MARS-FM tribute website.

06/08/91 90min. Awesome Techno!
08/21/91 2pm. 60 min. Rachael Donohue
10/91 100min. MARS Top 30 countdown hosted by Sweedish Egil

MARS sound clips:

Sweedish Egil
Station ID
MARS jingle
Tony Largo's Mix Show jingle

KIIS 102.7 Los Angeles

4/16/99 60min. 11pm. Friday Night Mixes from club "Westend" hosted by Christian B. and DJ Steve Foreplay in the mix!
4/23/99 90min. 1am. Full Frequency hosted by Christian B.
5/7/99 90min. 11pm. Full Frequency hosted by Christian B.
5/8/99 90min. 10pm. Klub KIIS Mixes.
5/29/99 90min. 11pm. Klub KIIS Mixes.
6/4/99 120min. Saturday night "KlubKiis" Valentine and Jimmy Kim. Great mixes!
6/26/99 90min. 11pm. Friday Night Klub KIIS, with Christian B. in the mix
6/27/99 90min. Full Frequency hosted by Christian B.
7/17/99 90min. Full Frequency hosted by Christian B.
7/16/99 KlubKiis Mixes

KPWR 105.9 Los Angeles

04/21/87 30min. Morning show with Jay Thomas and Monica Brooks.
06/15/93 45min. Frank Lozano. Mainly R&B but a few freestyle songs are played.
1995 60min. "1985-1995 Ten Years of Flava" mixes with Richard Humpty Vision.
01/96 90min. 10th Anniversary show. Mixes of tunes from 1991 and 1992.

OTHER L.A. AREA AIRCHECKS (Including sign-offs, format switches, and debuts):

KIKF 94.3 "KIK-FM" New Country(defunct). 6/23/00. 11:00am. 45min. Second to last day of KIK. Signed off 6/24/00 and is now Soft Rock "Cool 94.3"

KCMG/KKBT 100.3/92.3 6/30/00. 90min. 5pm. KCMG "Mega 100" and "The Beat" 92.3 swap frequencies. Side A of this tape has The Beat moving to 100.3 and side B has Mega moving to 92.3.

KOCM/KSRF 103.1 09/07/92. 45min. 12pm. Sign-off of "Variety 103.1" (this was the format after MARS-FM) and the debut of KAJZ/KBJZ "JAZZ-FM".

KACD/KBCD 103.1 1/9/96. "CD 103.1" 45 minutes of the format that existed after "JAZZ-FM" and before "Groove Radio".

KACE 103.9/98.3 1/31/00 10:30pm. The last 90 minutes of R&B Oldies station KACE, which had been on the air for over 20 years. The sign-off occured at midnight on Jan 31. There is about 20 seconds of dead air, then the signal of X-103.9 from the Inland Empire is heard when KACE shut off its transmitter.
KACE 103.9/98.3 1/20/99, 3:30pm. J.J. Johnson.

KQLZ 100.3 "Pirate Radio." 03/17/89. 60min. Yes, the old Pirate Radio. This tape features the switch from KIQQ to KQLZ on March 17, 1989. The last two songs of KIQQ are heard then the switch happens at 5am.
KQLZ 100.3 "Pirate Radio." Morning show taped some time in 1991 with Scott Shannon.

KKBT 92.3 06/30/99. 90min. Frequency swap with Mega 100.3. See KCMG above.
KKBT 92.3 1989. 90 min. Sign off/switch from classical format KFAC to heartbeat sounding stunt for the new "KKBT 92 - Rock With a Beat."
KKBT 92.3 10/13/89. 8pm. 45 min. The original "Beat 92", a good but unfocused format. It soon changed to the Urban "92.3 The Beat" we know of today.

KMET 94.7 06/20/79. 45min. The "Mighty Met" Whoo-Ya! Cynthia Fox.
KMET 94.7 02/14.87. 60min. KMET becomes KTWV "The Wave." This tape includes the last few songs played as the legendary KMET. The official format and call letter change is announced and then the station becomes "The Wave."

(Click on Y-107's logo to see their defunct website)
KLYY 107.1 "Y-107" 7/98. "Lyphted" live featuring Sweeding Egil mixing some cool techno.
KLYY 107.1 "Y-107" 11/3/99 6:30pm. 90min.
KLYY 107.1 "Y-107" 12/12/99 10:15pm. 60min. Last night of Y-107. This tape features the show "The Chris Carter Mess," which was a "new music" show and also some off the wall rock songs. The station had fired its jocks on 12/7/99 and ran jockless until it signed off at 2am on 12/13/99. 107.1 signed on at 5pm on 12/15/99 as "Viva 107.1", a spanish CHR.

KNAC 105.5 "Pure Rock" Long Beach/Los Angeles. 02/15/95. Last 75 minutes including sign-off. KNAC lasted from 1986 to 1995 leaving a gaping hole on the FM dial for some good ass-kicking rock.

KRLA 1110AM (Oldies) Los Angeles 11pm. 11/21/98. 60 min. Last hour of legendary KRLA, including sign off. KRLA is now a "talk" station.

PIRATES:

104.7 5/28/99. 45 min. About 5 minutes of House Music and the rest of the tape is Spanish Rock. Strange stuff.
104.7 8/13/99. 60 min. Very wierd "Radio Clandestine" broadcast with two martian sounding female hosts. Wow!

100.7 2/29/00 90min. Very cool dance/underground pirate in the Hollywood area. This tape features trance and house.

LA RADIO LINKS:
Groove 103.1 Memories Board
L.A. Radio -- The Way It Was
100.3 Pirate Radio Tribute Website
94.7 KMET Memories Page