In this exhibit we present a rare aircheck of Wayne Trout from around 2:45pm to 3:00pm on December 2nd, 1962. This recording also includes a “WSBA First News First” newscast featuring Charles Frederick.
WSBA – Wayne Trout Aircheck with Charles Frederick Newscast – December 4th, 1962
In this exhibit we present another WARM 103 Morning Show aircheck with Rick Sten. On this day, Rick’s morning show partner John London had the day off and Scott Johnson, a part-time WARM 103 jock was filling in. We have unfortunately learned that Scott Johnson passed away on December 24th 2021. This is a complete scoped aircheck of the WARM 103 Morning Show from that day.
WARM 103 Morning Show (Rick Sten & Scott Johnson) May 3rd, 2004 5:30-9:00am
In this exhibit, we present a brief aircheck of the Rick Sten Morning Show from April 12th, 2004. This was shortly after Kelly West departed the WARM 103 Morning Show. Rick is joined by his morning show partner, John London doing news.
WARM 103 Morning Show (Rick Sten & John London) April 12th, 2004
In this exhibit we present a rare aircheck of Ed Coles from around 11:43am to Noon on December 4th, 1962.
WSBA – Ed Coles Aircheck December 4th, 1962
Let’s go back in time to the Fall of 1993. WSBA was in full-service mode with music and information throughout the overnight hours. Let’s join Joe Winters as he entertains with some light favorites and informs with news, Accuweather, and even a WSBA Pet Patrol report.
WSBA-AM (Joe Winters) September 14th, 1993: Midnight – 5:30am
This brief aircheck has WSBA’s Dave Russell providing a sports update and the lead in to Ralph Lockwood’s morning program.
Today, you can hear Dave Russell doing afternoon drive at WARM 103.
WSBA-AM Dave Russell 5:30-6:00am September 14th, 1993
For almost 30 years Rush Limbaugh held the midday spot on WSBA Radio. On Monday, August 30th, 1993 the WSBA line-up was shifted to make way for the biggest thing in talk radio. Rush was already on the air in Harrisburg at WHP and in Baltimore on WCBM and was pulling some very impressive ratings. While both signals were audible but weak in the York and Adams County area and WSBA saw an opportunity to get a piece of his growing audience.
According to an article in the York Daily Record from August 24th, 1993, WSBA Operations Manager Jim Horn said that listeners had been asking for Rush for two years and following six months of contract negotiations with Limbaugh’s Excellence In Broadcasting Network they were able to finally bring the Limbaugh program to WSBA.
Limbaugh was an exciting radio personality who provided a top-40 approach to talk radio. His early programs were fast-paced, he used great bumper music and incorporated song parodies and other comedic bits throughout his show. However, his program was political and because of that the program was very polarizing.
Rush Limbaugh is the most exciting talk radio personality in the nation, probably the world. He is either loved or hated, depending on your political views, by practically everyone in the nation.
Jim Horn – WSBA Operations Manager (York Daily Record – August 24th, 1993)
WSBA would continue to air the Rush Limbaugh program until his death in 2021
After the Limbaugh program started airing, it didn’t take long before WSBA was stirring up the local news cycle with their new mid-day program. On September 9th, York Mayor William Althaus, a republican, wrote a letter to WSBA General Manager, Chris Huber (and copied to the York Daily Record) urging him “to reconsider airing this junk.” The York Daily Record made it front-page news on September 14th with the headline “Althaus to WSBA: Flush Rush Limbaugh.”
Here is an excerpt from Althaus’s letter:
I consider the viewpoint and tone of Limbaugh to be totally inconsistent with the compassion, open-mindedness and decency of your station and in deed the whole Susquehanna-Pfaltzgraff organization.
As I drove home to lunch yesterday, I turned on WSBA, as usual, and heard an appalling, mean spirited, unfair parody of the President of the United States. Limbaugh trades in cheap shots, anti-intellectualism, glib name-calling, and half-truths”
William Althaus (York Daily Record – September 14th, 1993)
Huber was not concerned about the Mayor’s remarks, stating that the station had received about one-hundred calls since announcing plans to being airing the program with a three-to-one pro-Limbaugh ratio.
WSBA talk host Jack Malloy took to the air that morning discussing the article and taking calls on Rush. Let’s step back in time to September 14th 1993 and listen to Jack discuss the article and the Mayor’s comments and take calls from the listeners of WSBA.
WSBA “The Jack Malloy Show” Flush Rush – September 14th 1993
