John Landecker

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John Records Landecker

Born	March 28, 1947 (1947-03-28) (age 61) Michigan
Show	Into the Seventies
Station(s)	Nationwide, via United Stations
Time slot	Sunday, 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM Eastern
Country	United States

John Records Landecker (born March 28, 1947) is an Oldies disc jockey best known for creating "Boogie Check," "Americana Panorama," and satirical songs and bits based on current events such as "Make a Date with the Watergate," and "Press My Conference." He currently hosts the syndicated Into the Seventies weekend radio program which he has hosted since July 2007.^{[citation needed]}

"Boogie Check" was a hilarious feature, the last thing Landecker did each night for about two minutes. A string of brief telephone calls was put on the air in rapid succession. Don R. Vaughan, Ph.D. in Mass Communication at Miss. State University, who is a radio historian, recalls a myriad quips from "Boogie Check."

Landecker began his radio career while in high school at a station in Ann Arbor, Michigan(WOIA). He attended Michigan State University, working at stations in Lansing (WILS) and Philadelphia (WIBG, now WNTP) before becoming the evening jock on the 50,000 watt WLS 890 which broadcast from Chicago, Illinois in 1972 [1]. The powerful WLS clear channel signal reached across 38 states after sundown, giving Landecker ratings that are unheard of in this day. In 1981 Landecker left Chicago for a stint on CFTR 680 in Toronto, Ontario. Landecker returned to Chicago radio in 1984 on rocker WLUP 97.9 and WAGO (now WCKG) 105.9. Landecker returned to WLS in 1985 and remained there until WLS switched to an all-talk format in 1989. After spending time in Cleveland at WPHR, 107.9 (now WENZ), he returned to Chicago in 1993, beginning a ten year run on Magic 104.3 WJMK where he was the morning drive D.J. until 2003. While on WJMK, his show received the Achievement in Radio award of "Best Morning Show in Chicago" in 1997, and Radio and Records Award of "Best Oldies Morning Show in America" in 2001 and 2002. In 2006 Landecker started on True Oldies 94.7 WZZN in Chicago where he was the weekday afternoon D.J. from 3-7pm until October 10, 2007. Landecker is working on a joint venture with former WLS colleague Turi Ryder for newstalk radio. In his spare time John enjoys rebuilding Swiss clocks and smoking his own bacon. [2]

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Questioned throughout his career about the origin of his middle name, it was not, as most assumed, a stage name. His mother's maiden name was Records and was given to him at birth. "Records truly is my middle name" was a saying Landecker frequently used on the air.
When at WILS Radio (Lansing, MI), John would intro his show using a megaphone to simulate an old-time barker's voice. Called the "Radio Leviathan," John talked over openings in the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."