Mason Lee Dixon
worked at WAKY twice: 1969-1972 and in the late '70s. On this page you can download
Mason Dixon
airchecks from the Big 79. All airchecks are in MP3 format and are arranged chronologically (when dates are
available).
Mason's cooking fine in '69! Download It!
1:37 - 573 KB
Here's a bit of Mason's on-air poetry. Download It!
6:39 - 2340 KB
Mason does overnights on
9/17/71. Download It!
3:09 - 1110 KB
It's a "Name It and Claim It
Weekend" on WAKY with Mace in the Fall of '71. Download It!
5:25 - 1908 KB
MLD interprets what Don McLean's
"American Pie" really means this late 1971 aircheck. Download It!
4:49 - 1697 KB
The finals of WAKY's Amateur
Contest with Mason Lee in 1972 Download It!
2:47 - 981 KB
This aircheck was recorded on
June 8, 1972 and includes plenty of unscoped commercials. Download It!
8:53 - 3124 KB
Here's the first part of Mason's
last show (September 11 and 12, 1972) recorded from an in-station feed on a
WAKY "skimmer" reel. Quality is excellent, although as with all skimmers, the
recording was started when Mason turned on his microphone, and stopped when
the microphone was turned off.
There is some duplication with the recordings
below. Download It!
29:38 - 10,422 KB
Here's the last part of Mason's
final show in 1972 at the Big 79, recorded off a conventional AM radio by a
listener. You hear the last few breaks of music programming, then nearly all
of the final "Mason Dixon Line" talk show -- which went into overtime
