Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. This is an aircheck of Beaker Street broadcast from KAAY 1090am in Little Rock hosted at the time by Stuart. Clifford left Beaker Street and KAAY in 1974. Some of the Beaker Street airchecks on this blog contain Beaker Theater episodes. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Beaker Street6-28-70 (47:09) 137. Beaker Street was an oblique reference to LSD. thank you Tyler I’ve got lost with some tunes .. have a nice week-end. By that time, FM had taken hold, and I was now listening to “underground” radio on Radio Free Madison, WIBA-FM from Madison, Wisconsin. The band released a 45-rpm record "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" which attracted the attention of Clyde Clifford and was placed in regular rotation on Beaker Street. During the 1960s in the United States, AM radio stations began broadcasting an underground format. Reply. I occasionally airchecked KAAY and years later I was glad I did. Browse all Children's radio shows, podcasts and mixes in BBC Sounds. The Doobie Brothers “Ukiah/ The Captain And Me”, 8. It's not but it was still very good and very early. Several Beaker Street hosts used the on-air name of Ken Knight, followed by Stuart McRae in the mid-1970s. When the program was discontinued in 1972, Clifford left. Among the more memorable details of this radio program were the interludes of eerie sound effects and a background of space music between songs. By that time, FM had taken hold, and I was now listening to “underground” radio on Radio Free Madison, WIBA-FM from Madison, Wisconsin. [1] Beaker Street attracted a legion of fans across the Midwest with its pioneering format, which featured long album cuts from rock artists who otherwise would not get commercial radio airplay outside of large cities with freeform or progressive rock stations. The strong nighttime signal of 50,000 watt, clear channel KAAY meant that it was possible to regularly listen to the station's nighttime programming in a wide area of the midwest and south. Clyde W. Clifford was the comptroller general of LIN Broadcasting. This strong broadcast signal enabled Beaker Street to deliver the music of the late 1960s counterculture to many smaller cities and towns in America, where such music could not otherwise be heard over the air waves. Beaker Street began on KAAY late in … During the run of Beaker Street, the Firesign Theatre actually made several live appearances on the show. Kocour Misa…as somebody that lived in Little Rock during the mid 1970s, I am well familiar with Clyde Clifford and his wonderful Beaker Street program that originally aired for many years on KAAY. His radio program Beaker Street liberated radio from the rules of commercial broadcasting and opened the doors to spontaneity and experimentation on air. [citation needed] Beaker Street began on Little Rock, Arkansas 50,000 watt AM radio station KAAY late in 1966 and ran through 1972. Replies. KAAY, Little Rock, Radio, Beaker Street, Aircheck. The Chambers Brothers “People Get Ready”, 9. Clyde from Beaker Street radio program introducing songs and short commentaries. Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford is one of the three radio programs usually cited as the "first" free-form underground type radio program. Beaker Street April 13-1971 pt2-2014-08-14-03-40-21 (73:30) 136. KAAY's late-night "footprint" gained fans as far west as Wyoming and Montana, north to the Dakotas and Manitoba and south as far as New Orleans and into Florida. Their late night program, called " Beaker Street " (and I still don't know where that name came from) and its host Clyde Clifford helped to pioneer the 'underground radio' sound of the day. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. This is submitted by Thomas Connelley of Carbondale, IL. In early 1967 Beaker Street was a staple for adherents to the burgeoning underground communities in the upper Mid-West especially in Des Moines, Iowa, where it was the only access to Dr. 100% Cotton White Tee ready to be tie-dyed They didn't really have to, but according to Clyde Clifford, A.J. The purpose of this study is to examine the Beaker Street program on Little Rock's KAAY AM-1090. The station's signal carried far and wide. Clyde Clifford - Interview with Jim Snowbarger (29:01) 135. The Rolling Stones “2000 Light Years From Home”. Actually, some FM stations were doing this at night, taking advantage of the stereo sound that FM had to offer. George was News Director and later Program Director/AM Drive team member. Incidental Music: Head “Cannabis Sativa” Check out: Arkansas Record and CD Exchange Rock City Outfitters (Beaker Street Merch) and, when in Little … The purpose of this study is to examine the Beaker Street program on Little Rock's KAAY AM-1090. Mountain “Taunta (Sammy’s Tune)> Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)”, 3. The program was influential for radio newbies like us because it demonstrated that radio didn’t need to be formulaic or dull. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. my radio hero Clyde Clifford, Beaker Street and the history of KAAY 1090AM KAAY: The Mighty 1090 Gave Arkansas to North America By Stephen Koch For a few magic years, for music fans throughout a figure-eight centered in Little Rock and stretching from Canada to Cuba, one radio station was king of the nighttime airwaves: KAAY-AM, The Mighty 1090. Lindsey), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beaker_Street&oldid=993200840, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2008, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 December 2020, at 09:23. Beaker Street 1-8-21. Beaker Street began on Little Rock, Arkansas 50,000 watt AM radio station KAAY late in 1966 and ran through 1972. "Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford was the first underground music program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station in the central US. ( Log Out /  The show's original announcer, Clyde Clifford, moved to FM in 1974[1] as the rise in popularity of FM radio began to impact the operations of many AM stations. "Beaker Street Memories A few reminiscences. Cuban radio stations were allowed to devote only about 20% of their time broadcasting music sung in English, so many young people used to listen to American radio stations as a response to that limitation, and the KAAY was one of the most popular. ARTxFM and KUHS present Clyde Clifford of Beaker Street, 1090 AM KAAY Little Rock 2016 Grassroots Radio Conference Keynote Address Low Key Arts Center Hot Springs, AR Saturday, October 8, 2016 This background is still in use today as a trademark of Beaker Street, although the need to mask transmitter sounds ended when the show left KAAY. While AM radio would play two or three minute blasts of pop music, Beaker Street, which was broadcast starting at midnight, broke the rules and aired lengthy album tracks to devoted listeners and insomniacs all over the mid-section of the country. Because the FCC required the station to employ a studio engineer at all … 36th show of the Arkansas Rocks Radio Network Era. The ever so popular Beaker Brothers hail from Eastern Iowa with deep roots in Blues, Jazz, Rock and original Jam Band music. What I needed to match up was the ominous swirling orchestration being used as the base of the production. Disc jockeys supported alternative points of view, while playing underground music. Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford was the first underground music program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station in the central US. Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford was the first underground music program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station in the central US. Tarter, Steve. Dale Seidenschwarz, aka Clyde Clifford, is the host of Beaker Street, a weekly freeform rock radio program.. Beaker Street, which first aired on clear channel KAAY AM 1090 in Little Rock, AR, from 1966 through 1972, was the first underground music program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station. KAAY (AM 1090) has been one of Arkansas’s most influential radio stations since it came into being on September 3, 1962. [1] During that time the show was also streamed live via the internet, from the Beaker street homepage. Ironically, the studio of The Point 94.1 FM is located in the same building (2400 Cottondale Lane in Little Rock, Arkansas) where Clyde Clifford broadcast the last hours of rock music programming on KAAY twenty-three years earlier. Black Sabbath “Children Of The Grave.”, 7. Hr 1 First on KKPT - Mar 9, 2008-2014-08-14-03-51-14 (51:05) 134. People now working in public media, who heard it back then, still talk about it today. Headstone co-founder Tom Tatman characterized Beaker Street as "the ultimate Midwestern underground radio program of the day." Beaker Street begin broadcasting from its new home at The Point 94.1 FM on Sunday March 9, 2008, continuing to occupy the 7:00pm-midnight time slot on Sunday evenings. The station tried to be as mysterious as possible, at one time even running a contest for listeners to try to guess how to spell Beaker, suggesting that it was spelled in some unconventional fashion.[1]. Still, I missed the unique Beaker Street format. Fifty-four years after it debuted on KAAY-AM, “Beaker Street” is back with the Arkansas Rocks network of stations its new home. Beaker Street began on KAAY late in 1966 and ran through the mid-1970's. At The Edge Of The Middle (Steve Morse, Jim Beard, Randy Brecker & Percy Jones) “Every Little Thing” (From the 5 disc collection “The Prog Box”), 4. He hosted a one hour version of his program Beaker Street, which aired progressive rock. "On the air: Tune into unexpected AM find in the p.m.", KAAY: The Mighty 1090 Gave Arkansas to North America", Cedar Falls Band to be Inducted into Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, KAAY Blog, hosted by former KAAY air personality Doc Holiday (aka A.J. For the most part, the "theater" radio dramas came from George J. Jennings' collection of old time radio shows. Host: Clyde Clifford. I grew up in Evanston IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. KAAY - 50,000 watts - 1090 - Little Rock 6-5-68 (13:24) 133. across the street at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and a pack of wandering musicians will be on hand to make sure you find your way. Beaker Street began airing on KAAY-AM in the Fall of 1966 from Midnight to 3:00 AM. Whatever the origin, it’s obvious the original was put together using several different sources of sound. (January 18, 2011) The radio program Beaker Street, which debuted 45 years ago playing progressive rock on Little Rock powerhouse KAAY-AM 1090 and had regular listeners around the country, could be coming to an end. Reply. In a 2011 interview with KUAR, Clifford said, "I started doing Beaker Street in late 1966 at KAAY and it … When KAAY was sold and converted from a rock music to a religious format in 1985, Clyde Clifford was invited back to handle the final hours of rock music programming on March 3, 1985. Dale Seidenschwarz, aka Clyde Clifford, was the prototype of the laid-back late-night radio DJ, known for the very long pauses in his speech. On May 15, the first show of the new Beaker Street aired, and the show has gotten more and more support as the weeks have passed. Aircheck of Beaker Street and Beaker Theater - 4/13/71. There's quite a bit of static and it's nearly inaudible in some spots, but that just adds to the mystery, doesn't it? The name of the show reflected the era in which it was created. [2] The stage name of Clyde Clifford continued a tradition at KAAY whereby the on-air personalities often fashioned a stage name from the names of the board of directors of LIN Broadcasting, the owners of KAAY. This audio clip is a 1973 recording of the legendary radio program "Beaker Street" on KAAY radio 1090 (Little Rock, Arkansas) containing material from the band BABY featuring John Mark Camp on Rhythm Originating in Little Rock in 1966, Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford was the first underground music program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station in the central US. The station's signal carried far and wide. Lindsey and others, there were unsure about how and what to do to promote "Beaker Street." KAAY’s current format is Christian talk radio and contemporary Christian music. Both have mostly good skip reception with some fading. Change ), Rock City Outfitters (Beaker Street Merch). "Beaker Street," hosted by Clyde Clifford, will air from 9 p.m.-midnight today on the Arkansas Rocks network of stations. “Beaker Street,” Clyde Clifford’s pioneering late-night radio show, is back on the air. The station's signal carried far and wide. This show presented non-mainstream programming. Clydes real name was Dale R. Seidenschwarz. This aircheck has surfaced before -- it was posted in September 2008 on the old AJ Lindsay KAAY Blog. As a result of a change in station programming format, the final Beaker Street on Magic 105 was broadcast February 17, 2008. Dale Seidenschwarz, aka Clyde Clifford, is the host of Beaker Street, a weekly freeform rock radio program.. Beaker Street, which first aired on clear channel KAAY AM 1090 in Little Rock, AR, from 1966 through 1972, was the first underground music program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station. What I needed to match up was the ominous swirling orchestration being used as the base of the production. George also provided the material for "The Breakfast Serial". During the 1960s in the United States, AM radio stations began broadcasting an underground format. Broadcasting from the transmitter site allowed a single employee, Clifford, to serve in the dual capacity of overnight broadcast engineer and as announcer. We have discussed Beaker Street Theater in passing. The album rock program is described by Clifford as a … This show presented non-mainstream programming. Despite the show's demise on KAAY, Beaker Street remained a fond memory for many fans. "Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford was the first underground music program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station in the central US. One example of the impact of Beaker Street can be seen in the evolution and success of the band Headstone, formed in 1969 by five students at the University of Northern Iowa. The Allman Brothers Band “Gambler’s Roll”, 3. Radio theater also made a comeback on Beaker Street, in half-hour or hour-long segments called Beaker Theatre; sometimes utilizing serious (and occasionally not-so serious) re-workings of old radio serial scripts, voiced by the Beaker Players; sometime playing the recordings of the comedy group Firesign Theatre, especially the "Nick Danger - Third Eye" series of skits. In early 1967 Beaker Street was a staple for adherents to the burgeoning underground communities in the upper Mid-West especially in Des Moines, Iowa, where it was the only access to Dr. Demento and … His name is Ray. Still, I missed the unique Beaker Street format. With a very few exceptions, there are some general criteria for a radio station to be linked on this page. This past New Year’s Eve, Arkansas Rocks brought Clyde Clifford out of retirement for an encore of Beaker Street, and the program was so well received that he was talked into reviving it on a regular once-a-week basis. 100% Cotton White Tee ready to be tie-dyed Here are two airchecks of Beaker Street. And while the big city rockers like WLS and WCFL provided no shortage of great listening, I was an active DX-er and was fascinated by that exotic station from Little Rock that … In the late 1970s, music sung in English was restricted by the Communist Government. Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” (The Live Adventures of Bloomfield and Kooper), 7. Beaker Street was revived years later with Clifford as the host and was broadcast Sunday nights on Magic 105 FM, then KKPT 94.1 FM; it ceased broadcast at midnight on February 6, 2011 but was revived again in 2020, being broadcast on the Arkansas Rocks network of classic rock stations. KAAY management didn't do a great deal to promote it. (Below is a Beaker Street aircheck compiled from 1970, before the "Head" album.) The first is Clyde Clifford from June 1, 1972. ( Log Out /  Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford was the first underground music program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station in the central US. By that time, FM had taken hold, and I was now listening to “underground” radio on Radio Free Madison, WIBA-FM from Madison, Wisconsin. (Below is a Beaker Street aircheck compiled from 1970, before the "Head" album.) Every Friday night at 9 p.m., listeners log into the Arkansas Rocks website and commune with the past for three hours of some really great music. Although Clyde Clifford (Dale Seidenschwarz) originated the concept of Beaker Street, the show continued for some years after Clifford left KAAY in 1974. In a 2011 interview with KUAR , Clifford said, “I started doing Beaker Street in late 1966 at KAAY and it was just kind of a nod toward all of the long-haired, weird music that was coming in from the west coast, and it just took off like a house of fire. Some of the Beaker Street airchecks on this blog contain Beaker Theater episodes. Here's the Wikipedia description of this epic radio program. In the early 1970s, the background music was changed to sounds from "Cannabis Sativa" by a band called Head. At the conclusion of this melancholy and somewhat emotional program, believed by many listeners to be the last Beaker Street, the final song played by Clifford was 'The Circle Game' by Joni Mitchell. Clyde Clifford currently DJ's Beaker Street on friday nights from 9pm until 12am US central time on the Arkansas Rocks network of radio stations and internet streams. “Beaker Street,” Clyde Clifford’s pioneering late-night radio show, is back on the air. The original background music, composed by Henry Mancini, came from the dream sequence in the movie Charade. Their late night program, called " Beaker Street " (and I still don't know where that name came from) and its host Clyde Clifford helped to pioneer the 'underground radio' sound of the day. These were also used on the morning drive time program and were known as "Breakfast Serial". Longtime Little Rock radio personality Tom Wood, currently at 94.9 TOM-FM, remembers listening to Beaker Street in the early ’70s when he was growing up in the suburbs of Chicago. The Midwest's underground station. KAAY - Beaker Street Radio intro's (5:39) 132. The influential program was launched as a money-saving maneuver. Years later, Clyde Clifford and Beaker Street returned to the airwaves every Sunday night from 7 p.m. until midnight Central Time, first on KZLR (KZ-95) and later on Magic 105.1 FM KMJX. KAAY also successfully brought a new musical format to mid-America on the program Beaker Street. For the Boomers however, this tee may cause you to fetch out your old moccasins, low rise bell bottoms. Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford was the first underground music program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station in the central US.
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