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Weird Beard
was a popular WAKY nighttime DJ from 1966 through 1971. All Weird Beard
airchecks on this page are in downloadable MP3 format and are arranged chronologically (when dates are
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Before WINN, before WAKY...the future Weird Beard
paid some early radio dues at a station in Corydon, Indiana in
the mid '60s. Here's an
aircheck of Burt Markert playing "good music" at WPDF.
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It!
11:32 - 4060 KB |
This is early Weird Beard from November 25,
1966. Almost all
commercials are intact, plus there's a newscast from future
Courier-Journal columnist Byron Crawford.
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It!
17:05 - 6010 KB |
Here's Weird Beard in December, 1966.
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21:55 - 7532 KB |
Listen to WB on Fun Lovin' WAKY in 1967.
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16:03 - 5644 KB |
Here's a quickie aircheck of a
Weird Beard 1968 pre-recorded show close.
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It!
:28 - 162 KB |
Weird Beard rocks the Derby City in 1968.
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It!
18:04 - 6353 KB |
WB's "Message is Music" in 1968.
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It!
18:04 - 6353 KB |
Hear WB on a "Million Dollar Weekend" in 1968.
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It!
17:41 - 6217 KB |
Here's Weird Beard from August, 1968.
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5:57 - 2093 KB |
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This aircheck was recorded on
November 20, 1968 for Louisville native Mickey Lunsford who
was stationed on the USS Forrestal. The recording was
originally 3 hours. While we had to scope down the music,
almost all commercials and newscasts have been left intact.
Pictured below is one of the photos Weird Beard sent Mickey,
showing WB holding the original reels used to record the show.
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Download
Hour 1
31:53 - 11.210 KB |
Download
Hour 2
26:48 - 9422 KB |
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Hour 3
19:55 - 7006 KB |
This off-the-board recording is from early
'69
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4:03 - 1426 KB |
An off-the-board 'check from March 2,
1969
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It!
3:01 - 1064 KB |
Here's another off-the-board 'check -- this one
is from March 22,
1969.
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It!
11:24 - 4011 KB |
This is a scoped version of an entire WB show
from Spring of 1969.
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It!
37:16 - 13,104 KB |
This April 30, 1969 aircheck came right off the console.
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It!
34:10 - 12,013 KB |
Here's a
WB May 1969 aircheck.
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3:28 - 1219 KB |
WB from September 3, 1969
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It!
11:21 - 3995 KB |
Weird Beard plays the hits in
1969.
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It!
5:52 - 2062 KB |
Here's Weird in prime form in
1969.
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It!
3:01 - 1064 KB |
This
1969 WB check has all commercials intact.
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It!
31:59 - 11,247 KB |
WB plays the hits on WAKY in 1969.
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3:31 - 1238 KB |
WAKY's Weird Beard
plays 'em fine in '69.
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It!
3:48 - 1338 KB |
Weird Beard on WAKY on
February 10, 1970
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It!
8:44 - 3076 KB |
Weird Beard in early
'70 (commercials intact)
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It!
11:06 - 3904 KB |
Enjoy this off-the-board 'check of Weird Beard from Summer 1970.
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It!
6:47 - 2391 KB |
This was recorded during the 1970 "Battle Of The Giants"
competition.
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It!
7:06 - 2499 KB |
This '70 'check came straight from the board.
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It!
18:51 - 6629 KB |
January 1971 Off-The-Board Aircheck #1
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It!
15:43 - 5528 KB |
January 1971 Off-The-Board Aircheck #2
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10:25 - 3667 KB |
WB plays 100-in-a-row in 1971.
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9:08 - 3213 KB |
Weird Beard's final regular WAKY show
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20:56 - 7362 KB |
On April 1, 1972 -- over 6 months from the time he left
Louisville for Rochester -- Weird Beard returned to WAKY for a
special "April Fool's Day" show...and the last time Weird
Beard was live on WAKY to our knowledge. Johnny Randolph ran
the board as WB manned the mic.
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It!
19:57 - 7017 KB |
After WAKY, Weird Beard went to WBBF in
Rochester, NY as "Burt Michaels."
Here's how the former WB
sounded in December 1973.
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It!
9:16 - 3262 KB
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