Many thanks to Rory Francisco for contributing this aircheck and the detailed description below!
1998 was a great year for Top 40 music and Z100′s renaissance after their ill-fated “alternative” years (late 1993 to mid 1996). Z100 veteran Kid Kelly was hired back as the night DJ in the fall of 1997, replacing Lukas (who went to late nights at Z100 for a few months and then left to do mornings on KDND Sacramento). Kid isn’t quite as high energy as he was in 1990 (search YouTube for “Kid Kelly Z100″ for that incredible video aircheck) but still had very much the same sound as he did in Z100′s pre-alternative days.