{"id":18474,"date":"2015-08-05T01:12:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T08:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=18474"},"modified":"2015-08-08T16:27:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T23:27:58","slug":"ross-brittain-wiin-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/ross-brittain-wiin-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Brittain – Rare Radio Jock Who Sounded Great from the Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ross<\/a>This has become my week for sharing rare, early radio airchecks of a couple of great jocks who \u2014 at least temporarily \u2014 hung up their headphones on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

One was John Landecker<\/a><\/strong>.
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The other was Ross Brittain<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 (Z93\/Atlanta, WABC\/New York, Z-100\/New York, WOGL\/Philadelphia \u2014 and 1\/2 of the ’80s defining Z Morning Zoo with Scott Shannon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a brief, extremely rare recording from Ross’s first radio job, at WIIN\/Atlanta\u2026a job he landed while still attending college.<\/span><\/p>\n

This aircheck is extraordinary for two reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. It includes what probably is the best “station sign-off” in radio history.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. It was his first radio job, he still was in college\u2026yet Ross already was a great air personality. Compare his voice, style and delivery on this recording to what he did roughly a decade later at Z-100\u2026or to what he did until last Friday at WOGL. <\/span><\/p>\n

All the other great radio talents I know sounded not-so-good during the first couple of years of their careers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps they sounded better than many other beginners, but it took even the great ones a while to discover how to crack a mic and simply allow their genuine personalities to travel across the airwaves.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you hear an early aircheck of any of those other guys the common reaction is, “Oh, my god. I can’t believe he ever sounded like that.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

With this recording, however, the reaction of people who know his work is, “Sure, that’s Ross Brittain.” <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The way he identified the station’s effective radiated power? Even at the beginning, he knew how to present “the basics” without sacrificing his show’s entertainment value.<\/span><\/p>\n

He came out of the chute sounding not like a “DJ” but instead like someone who was totally comfortable and at home behind a radio microphone.<\/span><\/p>\n