John W. "Dude" Walker
was a WAKY fixture between 1968 and 1974 except for a few months in '71 and
'72 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. At WAKY he worked PM drive, nights and
middays. On this page you can download Dude Walker
airchecks from the Super 79. All airchecks are in MP3 format and are arranged chronologically (when dates are
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Here's Dude on
a 1969 Million Dollar Weekend.
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5:59 - 2106 KB |
This '69 check
was recorded right off the board.
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14:00 - 4926 KB |
John W. is
sounding fine in '69.
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10:11 - 3581 KB |
Check out Dude from
late 1969.
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2:22 - 834 KB |
Here's Dude
cooking on the Super 79 in 1971.
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7:57 - 3581 KB |
Dude Walker
says goodbye to Weird Beard on September 30, 1971
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1:32 - 542 KB |
Dude Walker
plays the hits in 1973.
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1:38 - 576 KB |
Dude Walker
does middays in the Summer of 1973.
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2:24 - 847 KB |
This '73
aircheck features one of Len King's last WAKY newscasts.
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4:18 - 1531 KB |
Here's the
last part of Dude Walker's final show
before leaving
Louisville for CHUM in Toronto in December of 1973.
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3:13 - 1134 KB |
Before he was Dude Walker
at WAKY, he was Johnny Dark at WMPS in Memphis.
We thought
Dude Walker fans would enjoy this Johnny Dark WMPS aircheck
from early 1966,
recorded right off the board before the
processing.
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9:58 - 3509 KB |
Dude Walker
left WAKY in November 1971 to take a job as PD at WDXB in
Chattanooga.
Here's Dude doing PM Drive on WDXB in 1972.
Notice any similarities to WAKY?
(Luckily for Louisville, he
was back at WAKY later that year.)
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3:16 - 1153 KB
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