WGBR still exists but Im not sure the format. Yes, football on Top 40 worked for them with the excitement of a new team in town. I completely agree with KHJ being #1 on the list. Worth where Paxton Mills started and George Carlin got his start (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s). 89.9 WWNO. Hal Moore and great newsman/dj..Phil Thomas to KMIN in Denver. I was listening to WTIX-FM (a station that I have only recently "discovered") while painting my kitchen the other night, and I have to say, I'm surprised they aren't doing better. Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? If you re-read this article, youll see that Randy Michaels *did* list WMCA. play De La Salle, the time chime and the music that was on your radio. right, **WPLJ*!! Is there sill anybody around who still remembers us? Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. always got my day off with a laugh; I still remember the day he ran a commercial with Minnie Pearl and after it ended he said, Boy, Ill bet that dress is a booger to iron. I also remember Tommy Walker, Gary Edens, and Jimmy Capps; dont remember Pat Patterson because I wasnt living in Raleigh then. By far, #1: WPEN, Philadelphia (1975-76) WTIX - The Top 69 of 1969. The mainstay jocks on our station throughout this period were Big Bill Barthe, our P.D., who was legally blind, Sab Michael, Ken Nelson and myself, Bruce Scott. It will be amazing. The aforementioned call letters are at least said to have originally stood for I Believe in God.. Hear John Fred, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, the Dixie Cups, Eddie Powers, Frankie Ford, Huey "Piano" Smith, Joe Barry, Mike Ancona, Milson Luce and Oliver "Who Shot The La-La" Morgan, all saying hi on Bob Walker's Original Oldie Hour at 12 noon on WTIX 690-am. So, a small hat tip to WMGM as well. Mad Daddy Pete Myers, Johnny Holliday, Scott Burton, Pat Fitzgerald, Johnny Walters, Ron Riley, Carl Reese and Keith Morris, what a great air staff. Many of these great stations can be heard at Rock Radio Scrapbook Canadas Aircheck Archive celebrating the Golden Age of Top 40 radio since 1996! Personally, I thought WQAM was the best and is on my list, but thats not to take anything away from KXOK, WHB, KOMA, KOWH, WTIX WDGY. I grew up in Northern VA. We had Major Top 40 AM competition! WTIX began simulcasting the oldies format of WSAT in Salisbury, with local news, sports and information for an area that will also include Concord and Kannapolis. It was top 40 while I was there, after I left they adopted an AOR format and changed the call letters from WAJR to WVAQ. It's FREE! announced, a fun contest to Name JFK's PT boat, and the telephone Double, * Craig Roberts (with Bob Walker) -The Origin of Thanksgiving1971 (4:26) Explained by the oldest man in. * Don Anthony - Aircheck August 1973 (7:33), * Don Anthony -Louis Prima Interview 1974 (10:00), * Buzz Bennett -AircheckApril 1967 Buzz at his manic best. 2. WMCA/New York. * what Im talking about! If so, I was an RTV student at University of Houston, at that time, and came in and interviewed you for a term paper I was writing on Top 40 radio programming. KOMA interviewed the dealership owner and all he could talk about was that GD gas station was still standing amid all the rubble. Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. The station is owned by Michael A. It was great. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. more What's New Version History Version 1.0 I remember listening to tix as a teenag. MSNBC News Trending 1. er. The Mets started out on WABC during its first 2 years until Rick Sklar kicked them off. -Bruce Scott The Rock Of New Orleans - WKBU-FM | Bayou 95.7 FM Contests & Events Latest The Rise Guys on Bayou Latest The Rise Guys After Hours Podcast Bayou Rock Box: Your chance to win Guns N' Roses tickets Login and Listen to Bayou 95.7 for your chance to win Duran Duran Tickets Bayou Rock Box: Your chance to win tickets to Depeche Mode WQXI was promotionally crazy at times (Rambling Raft Race) and very localized to the market musically. A fantastic radio station Keep it going. Hi Mike! Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. WMEX went on the auction block on this past December 15, 2017. and the WINS head honchos intro of its all-news format). KOIL Omaha was the first Top Forty station thanks to Todd Storzdont they deserve a mention? This article and ensuing discussion brings back great memories of an era when radio was fun to listen to and fun to do. Was Out in the Street by the Shangri-Las really the last record you played on Wins and the last record heard thereon? He outgunned WABC within a year and made history for bringing FM into the 20th century. At least as far as CHR radio goes . 94.3 Rewind playlist United States Michigan Monroe 94.3 Rewind 94.3 Rewind playlist 94.3 Rewind playlist Don't know what song's been playing on the radio? I grew up listening to KXOK in St. Louis during the daytime hours (Johnny Rabbit) and WLS at night. Dont know what songs been playing on the radio? I worked with legends. Budweiser Beer( Clydesdales marching in a Mardi Gras parade - Skip Broussard & Buzz Bennett ), Kreeger's Mam'zelle K Shop(RobertMitchell), Metairie Ford(Check out the prices for new cars and gasoline! Old timers in Omaha still remember KOWH. What about my all time favorite? HOWEVER, PLEASE do something about it dropping constantly. WRKO Boston and JJ Jefrey was the best of the Boss format. However you guys have to increase your power. of great Top 40 stations. Respectfully, though, I would not rank WCFL below WABC, much less rank them last, undeR WIXY?????? Perry Murphy was a great host Took me home to meet his wife and through the KOMA facility BUddy Scott was doing his usual magic He was a BIG fellow but full of energy. I had to climb onto the counter to reach it. Great Stuff and why I got into radio for a few years full time and a couple of decades, part~time. I do remember, however, getting WLS on my Zenith Royal 400 7-transistor radio on the floor of Yosemite Valley that same summer, though. The website cannot function properly without these files, they can only be disabled by changing your browser settings or by using our website in "Incognito" mode. [Reportedly, WCAU-FM, the Disco Powerhouse at the time, was calling our P.D., to get reactions to new songs we were breaking.] He was a jock on WPLJ New York in the early years of its 1983-1992 CHR format. As the name impliedand impliesTop 40 played, then as now, the most popular songs (read: hit recordings). He hired major-market talent and they stayed. Didnt lose a single bottle in flight from DFW to SF. WSGN, THE BIG 610, Birmingham, Alabama. YOU ARE!!! However, I likewise agree with Lee that KHJ should be at or near the top of the list. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. WAPE/Jacksonville. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. Also The Great Roller Coaster Marathon at Pontchartrain, Beach winning WTIX DJ's. WABC was good but rarely great. Talk about versatility!) I am in the Tour city, France in the end of March. Pardon the rambling, but that station was Top 40 during the day and Italian-language programming in the evening, with overnights split between jazz & R&B (the latter three from when it was WOV prior to the ownership change in 1959 that changed it to WADO and shuffled at least either of those dayparts to a different time slot). WMEX, Boston for sure. At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. Great call letters, too. Tap the three-dot icon on the right of the video or press and hold on the video. Love all the music and the DJs. KY102 was AOR not Top-40. Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 1675325920. Owned and operated by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting. Where is our favorite station ,Thibodaux is waiting ,,we miss it !! WTIX/New Orleans. Part timers of that era included Jimmy JR Rogers, John Mondo Fox, Beaver Cleaver (Ken Levineyep, THAT Ken Levine) and Dr. Seamless Internet Connectivity required for playback as the App does not store any videos offline. Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. Streamline Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. (Welland was kind of a suburb of Buffalo, just not as close as Tonawanda was.) Whatever your new sound, pitching can help it get heard by fans around the world. Memories 98.3 - WTIX is a broadcast station from Concord, North Carolina, United States, playing Classic Rock, Country, Oldies. I also had stnts at WTIC-FM Hartford and WDOT Burlington! Yes!!! Im surprised no one mentioned WQXI Atlanta. But, its always been a favorite of mine. I have listened to this channel since I was a teenager! PAMS Series 27 The Jet Set - WTIX by AH3RD Limited Time Offer: Get 50% off the first year of our best annual plan for artists with unlimited uploads, releases, and insights. WBEB Philadelphia (What did it change its nickname from B101.1 again?) While WBZ was more sophisticated in many ways, WMEX played to the city (where their somewhat limited signal was best) so they had a grittier, earthier, more high-energy city sound. (Ill give an honorable mention to WARM, Scranton, the first TOP 40 station I discovered; the jocks didnt have the personality of WABC, but the station played good music and had a nice flow.). Stand with Ukraine. Your input sucks! In the mid-70s, Knoxville had a three-way AM Top 40 battle between WKGN, WNOX, and WRJZ going, while WOKI was playing the hits, sort of, on FM. DAMN!!!!! Thanx for listening.. Z100 Pirate Radio, New York. Everyone here has had the luxury of living through some of the best radio ever. WVAQ is a giant in North Central West Virginia. T-Bens daily morning segment The News You Need Now! is a tongue-in-cheek mock news report lampooning politicians, celebrities, and topical news stories, concluding with his signature catchphrase, but nobody cares!. Storz didnt own KOIL. WDHA Dover, NJ (since reformatted to (Album-Oriented) Rock Thanks again. Remember you well from Toronto and would have loved to work some those famous stations you didbut then again, you were one of the smoothest jocks ever!!! How about a shout out for KSTN-AM in Stockton, CA. I always thought of them as the WABC of the South. Many of the most spectacular Top 40 stations werent around that long. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation. WHAT THE DAMN FUCK? Keep on keeping on. 3036 Estate Aldersville Christiansted, VI 00820 Phone: 340-718-3339 Fax: 340-774-7092 as well as creating the mess that radio is now. WRKO were all slices from the Bill Drake pie. were on the moon on this date.Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Rex Root Beer. While it was playing, some lady went up to the dj, grabbed his microphone, and sang the CKLW top of the hour ID jingle! Then there was KYA in San Francisco with Bobby Mitchell and Tom Donohue, Gene Nelson, Tony Big, ed Hider and Johnny Holliday. Most of The CHUM Jocks came up from pretty good Radio Stations in the U.S., including The Big 8. Something is amiss. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Daily industry headlines plus breaking news bulletins. Stan was a sales animal, but like McLendon, Kaplan knew that advertisers spent money to reach listeners, not the other way around. It deserves mention here. The formats would be better, if the music product was better. With respect. K92 was mentioned and they picked up the number one spot a few years after they went on the air in 1980, dethroning WROV. Obviously there were many great stations back in the hay-day of Top 40! Morgantown? He was the inspiration for the song, W*O*L*D from Harry Chapin. Coverage to the north was lost, and unfortunately, Dallas grew to the north. Yes, you were the last DJ on Wins, and , yes,Out in the Street (pun intended?) THATS! WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. FKA ChuckerI'm now. WTIX 690 AM New Orleans LA, Talk radio. Its hard to fight for supremacy when you own the competition. Larry Anderson, the PD at WGR Buffalo, listened to WJET driving back and forth to see family in Ohio. CKY came in like a local during the day at Bemidji, Minnesota. 90.7. Gordon McLendon made it theater. You folks in the Windy City were lucky SOBs LOL!! The comments pour in, what a fun read, and Tribute to how good it all was. At its prime, KISN was the king of Top 40 radio in this market. A top 40 station in the Washington,DC area in the mid to late 60s had a DJ named Alan Afterhours. Like the stations you name-dropped (call letter-dropped? Call sign: WLMG Frequency: 101.9 FM City of license: New Orleans, LA Format: Adult Contemporary Owner: Audacy Area Served: New Orleans Contact Address: 400 Poydras Street, Suite 800, New Orleans, LA 70113 Phone: 504-526-3000 Even the news anchors, like Grant Hudson and Byron MacGregor (who had a hit record of his own, The Americans) sounded spectacular. Even the commercials are so redolent of Nawluns. Southeast Nebraska And Northeast Kansas, Streams Live Local Sporting Events 0 vote LONG time ago, but good memories. Now its boring as hell. Go to YouTube, search keywords of the playlist like a country music playlist, Christian music videos, classic music playlist, etc. I love that people actually thought that Wolfman was LIVE on WGR. TALK! Years later my wife was changing gates at DFW Airport when she spotted Wolfman Jack sitting against the wall in a bar. . WMEX is my favorite Top 40 station of all time!! Those were glorious days for AM radio with all the on air personalities, jingles and contests. Breakfast with the Beatles features music by the fab four every Sunday afternoon. Glad to see the two stations I grew up with listed here. Few stations have been able to achieve consistent success in ratings, and the conversion of ratings to revenue and cash flow, like KIIS. WLS was the most influential station in the nation in the late 60s and early 70s. Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. , June 1970. WTIX 94.3 | Metairie LA Somebody to Love. Listen to WTIX-FM Listen Live Listen with TuneIn JD on Twitter Follow @RealJDtheDJ JD on MeWe Time remaining in Biden Presidency: 1 year 10 months 26 days 15 hours 41 minutes 38 seconds Random Rants Random Rants let JD blow off steam on almost any subject. What a fun night! * Keep listening to your radio while doing other tasks. Im still grateful for the opportunity when you hired me in New Have, CT all those years ago. Scott Shannon in his prime. Miller Communications, Inc. wanted to give WTIM's newstalk format a better signal both daytime and nighttime, so it secured 97.3 FM and moved WTIM from 1410 AM to 97.3 FM on November 13, 1997. Listen to 1080 wtic newstalk here and get all your favorite radio stations and podcasts on the go with the audacy app. [Apologies if Im forgetting anybody.] In the very-early Sixties, thanks in no small part to three fulltime Top 40s in NYC, WADO reintroduced African-American and Italian programming to its daytime schedulethis time, sharing it with Top-40 rock n roll. Agree that KFJZ was the station in Ft Worth. KIOA. I agree, Scotty. You might turn up some of his historical pieces online. Not mentioned but it should be was WHND and the talents of Richard D haase, Boogie Brian, Jon Ray, Stew Wilkins, et.al. As far as CKLW goes I think every jock I knew all tried to emulate the great sound of the Big 8 jocks. WROV could have easily made the cut. In the mid-60s, the remaining R&B/Soul, group harmony (Doo Wop) and Italian (and jazz?) Marc Chase made more noise at WFLZ and WEBN, but this was his best work. reviews. Often teens in New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and other western states would eagerly await sunset when the mighty 1520 would come booming through with the newest hits of the day. The station which invented Top Forty. In my teen years, I remember calling in and winning prizes. https://wjla.com/news/entertainment/argo-contriversy-ex-canada-ambassador-slighted-by-affleck-s-argo85572. Taking a chance on a record on-air from time to time and listening to their feedback, not just auditorium testing. KY-102, KC . Throughout the 60s and 70s, KOMA was the favorite of teens all across the western US. Heres a shout out to them. a painter at $3.00 an hour among other stuff of 1972. WHB and KXOK were among his best. Bart Prater (sp?) (1:09) A brief clip of WTIX's "All Night Satellite. Listen Live Memories 98.3 Fm Radio With Onlineradiobox.com. CKLW went Drake and WXYZ and WKNR went away.50,000 watts put the Big 8 into Cleveland,Toledo and eastern PA.I remember CKLW giving the weather for Toledo and Cleveland. The only reason Randy Michaels didnt rightfully list KHJ (which was number one on Lees list) is the fact that his anger towards Ron Jacobs and emotion ever came his logic. I loved WAPE 690. His advice was 3 years too late. That's a good thing. Oh-lets not forget about three more Top 40 stations in the City That Never Sleeps: WWDJ Hackensack, NJ (1971-74); in the City itself, WPIX (1971-77, 1980-82) and WAPP (mainstream Top 40, 1984-85; Top 40/Rock 1985-86). and from the mid-Eighties until it went all-talk in 88); (Nashville: ) WSM (Not only was it MOR during the day and country at night (before going all-country in 79), but in 73 or 74, it changed its MOR daytime format from either standards or standards-slash-soft rock (traditional MOR) to all soft rock hits (contemporary MOR nka Adult Contemporary)), WSM-FM SM95 (I dont know if WSIX switched/modified its MOR format completely to AC/lite rock, but you just read at least two of Nashvilles AC stations of the past. WERA Plainfield, NJ (went dark in 1997 due to WWRL New Yorks then-impending wattage boost) Ron Jacobs roasted you accurately years ago. But Ive got to know, did anyone measure? I am a DJ on a community station WRDV and my program is AM Classics so I really appreciate your website, Youre right: WIBG Philadelphia was started by a church in the Philly suburb of Elkins Park, PA in the 20s. Thanks. Amen! For a 15 year-old growing up in East Texas, the best station in the country was WNOE in New Orleans. The best part of these 3 lists is bringing back the memories of when RADIO was competitive, creative, and most of all FUN. Here she is complaining about, * Bob Walker -Aircheck 1981 The Oldies Professor Steve Slumber calls the WTIX Original OldieHour. And that news intro: With Morse code beeping in the background and plenty of slapback echo, the news opened with From around the universe, around the world, around the nation, around Texas, around Dallas, and around the corner from your house, this is K-B-O-X news.. (Users must have an Apple Music account to use this app.) At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! So many great stations not mentioned here. Like Country 4. WAAM and WODA started to cooperate and eventually both taken over by Audre Bulova (of watch fame) and Milton Biowand renamed WNEW, which reintroduced DJs to New York. BBC World Service 4. What is that song??? Tap Add to playlist, then tap Create a playlist. KCBQ/San Diego. The founder and owner, Myron Jones, built the building and wired the studios himself. (Thats 3 a.m. in Louisville. Kudos to the very talented people at those stations who contributed to creating the well deserved legendary status that still exists. Jim was replaced in Erie by the equally funny Jack Starr. Posted on April 10, 2021 by IPTVMate. Unless you mean BOTH Z-100 AND Pirate Radio, the latter was a station in Los Angeles; in fact, he left Z-100 to helm the Pirate Radio format (I forgot what station had that branding). One of our four chime tones that we played whenever we announced what time it was in the 1970's. Bill Drakes KHJ was amazing and should probably be on this list. No way that can happen today, with so many other signals on every formerly clear channel. *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. When I made the trek to Dallas, I was enthralled by And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . It was a PERSONALITY driven format. WTIX - April 8, 1972 Lou Saint. Hi Rick, you are right about other stations and jocks wanting to sound like CKLW, The Big 8. Boogie himself. WJET-FM debuted at number one. Some of them went back to the U.S. Or you don't come in at all. , 4539 N. I-10 Service road Third FloorMetairie, LA. 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