The Steve Dahl Audio Vault

We are doing a series of airchecks from June 13 – 15, 1978 when Steve Dahl was on WDAI-FM. We started with Steve Dahl & Company being on trial for murder. Not surprisingly, the verdict was guilty and they were scheduled to be executed. This is how it all turned out. To hear this series from the beginning go here.

Here is the segment from June 15, 1978. It is only 4 minutes long. Apparently, Art Neuvo did not die but the team is now psychosomatically blind from the trauma.

Once again you will hear that you must be 18 to call and can only call one time per month. Weird.

Enjoy!!

We are doing a series of airchecks from June 13 – 15, 1978 when Steve Dahl was on WDAI. Yesterday, Steve Dahl & Company were on trial for murder. Not surprisingly, the verdict was guilty. Today they will be executed. To hear yesterdays trial, go here.

I don’t know how many people that were listening to The Stever when he was on WDAI. These airchecks are a great example of what Steve was doing on the air before Garry became a sidekick. His morning show, “The Steve Dahl Rude Awakening” was totally character driven.

Here are the segments from June 14, 1978. There are 3 of them.
Enjoy!!

June 14, 1978, Part 1

June 14, 1978, Part 2

I found it interesting that when taking phone calls you had to be 18 to call and if you were not, you were promptly hung up on. Also, you could only call one time per month.

June 14, 1978, Part 3

Ok, the next several posts are real gems. Thanks to a friend of this site for providing it. I started listening to The Stever in the Fall of 1978. So this is the first time I have heard something that pre-dates my fandom.

Steve Dahl started on the Chicago airwaves at WDAI-FM on February 20, 1978.  He brought Steve Dahl & Company over from WABX in Detroit.  The name of the show was The Steve Dahl Rude Awakening.

The “& Company” part is the cast of characters that Steve brought with him.

This series of airchecks is from June 13 – 15, 1978; so Steve has been on the air in Chicago for about 4 months. The tape that this came from had music, news and commercials giving me only 15 minutes of audio for a 45 minute tape side. I had forgotten how structured the format was in the morning on WDAI. SD’s show starts and stops around music, news, weather, sports, traffic and commercials.

Here is Tuesday, June 13, 1978 on WDAI-FM. There are two parts below. Steve Dahl & Company are on trial for murder. This piece is totally character driven.

Enjoy!!

June 13, 1978, Part 1

I left a couple of spots and promos in this one. Question: There is a C&E Toyota spot at 10:15. Does one of the voices sound like it is Steve?

June 13, 1978, Part 2

I know this is a verdict spoiler, but check back tomorrow for the June 14 aircheck…The Execution of Steve Dahl & Company.