No need to sign-up! The Mets started out on WABC during its first 2 years until Rick Sklar kicked them off. Great stations produced great stars and huge ratings. LOL Other stations interrupt. 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. Thank you for still give g praise to him. Had the joy of being an RKO national sales rep for several of these outstanding radio stations: KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. WDHA Dover, NJ (since reformatted to (Album-Oriented) Rock The later 5kw night site used 12 towers to put a lobe over Dallas that also covered the mid cities and just reached Ft Worth. Presidential candidate / Alabama Governor George Wallace had just been shot. Speaking of flamethrowersyou could get WOWO in Sudbury Ontario! As are the respective lists of Top 40 *AND* Adult Contemporary stations that I listed above. Keep on rocking ! Oh!, SHIT! Mac Richmond did not wreck WMEX. Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. Stan was a sales animal, but like McLendon, Kaplan knew that advertisers spent money to reach listeners, not the other way around. Radio Bollerwagen 2. 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. Like Country 4. I agree with Steve above that WSGN was a great station under PD Jim Tabor. United States Oh wait. With only 250 watts way up at 1450kHz, WTIX debuted with a 50 share. I worked there later in time. Log In (Existing Digital Subscriptions Only), Pittman: Q4 Highest Revenue Quarter in History, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s, Chicago Bears Broadcasts Moving up the Dial Next Year, Former FEMA Execs Push To Save AM Radio in EVs. Still, WMGM had its legends, most notably Peter Tripp. Barq's RootBeers. @Phil Dirt The comments pour in, what a fun read, and Tribute to how good it all was. I also worked on 13/WAVZ New Haven, another great station. and I was glad to see CKLW made #1 on the readers poll, also mentioning engineer Ed Butterbaughs work on their signal was unbelievable, CKLW actually DID jump out of radios, like Ive never heard since. In March 1975, Bobby Rich (AKA Dr. KIOA. (The legendary album-oriented rocker went Top 40 the same year asin fact, two months prior towhat would become Z-100, and remained so until 1992, when it evolved into its current Hot Adult Contemporary format.). I went to the University of New Orleans for 4 years and fell in love with TIX. , Skip Wilkerson -Aircheck Morning Drive, March 16, 1965 (10:02), * Sy Jenkins - Aircheck 20/20 Newscast, with David Lawrence and Jon Reed 5/20/70 ( 8:38 ), Beatles Concert Ticket Contest- WTIX September 1964 (1:02), *Louise Harrison Caldwell WTIX Aircheck, August 5, 1964. More. I grew up in southern Oklahoma in the 50s and 60s and we didnt know it then but it was radio heaven. CKLW in late 60s and early 70s was like listening to a non-stop party. Redeem Now Buffering PAMS Series 27 The Jet Set - WTIX AH3RD 9 years ago Jingles 392 8 AH3RD 39 29 Report Follow AH3RD and others on SoundCloud. Chuck Blores clever contests, tight production, and a great pick of music made KEWB one of the very best Top 40 stations. They were as good as anything, anywhere. WHB and KXOK were among his best. None in major markets. One of the WTIX classic Time Chimes, New Orleans Radio Shrine All Rights Reserved, $25,000 Giveaway promo (Buzz Bennett voiceover), Bob Walker (TIX Original Oldie. It was the Top 40 station in San Francisco during the Summer of Love. ( How to play on VLC Media Player) Two legendary Top 40s that apparently didnt make the cut for these lists. * Robert Mitchell (with Jim Swiler) -Quarterback "BillyKilmore"November 1969 (1:17), * Robert Mitchell (with Katy Caraway) -Mardi Gras Phone CallsFebruary 28, 1980(5:18). Will ALWAYS love radio. Jerry Clifton blazed a huge trail when he turned WXLO FM into 99x. Another memory WMEX had the jocks names locked in like Fenway in the morning, Dan Donovan, Melvin X Melvin and so on. You mentioned Philly Top 40 station WFIL but not that same citys WIBG? Over at 89 WLS, during those years, we had John Records Landecker, Larry Lujack, Tom Kent, Steve King, Jerry Kay and so many more. Blowtorches 770 WABC and 1520 KOMA. Big Time. During the day we kistened to WKY (Oklahoma City) but when dusk came we had KOMA (Oklahoma City), WLS (Chicago), KLIF (Dallas), WNOE (New Orleans), and XERF out of Del Rio carryying Wolfman Jack. May 16, 1972. Others from that same summer (as we were on a long road trip from our home New Jersey, where WABCs tower stood outside my bedroom window): KMEN in San Bernardino and KCBQ in San Diego. So was WVAQ, I am the person that changed it from beautiful music to Top 40 in 1976. Chuck Blore used the name on the AM, 1150: KIIS=K115. Automation, consolidation and syndication killed the small-and-medium-market farm system that fed those larger-market stations. KNUS was a big deal when FM became commercially viable. At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! C-K-S-L of-a-TownLONNN-DONNN!! KBOX/Dallas. WTIX News Chief Jim, Swiler does a Signal 20 traffic report, and a 20-20 newscast with an update of the Apollo 11 astronauts who. I still carry a Kennedy half-dollar I got in some change our first night in Windsor, a constant reminder of the magic, good times and wonderful people we shared through most of 1972. How could this survey overlook two important Philadelphia stations: WIBG- an early giant from the late 50s thru mid 60s at a time when the local American Bandstand set the tone of the nation. Longtime morning man Lacy Neff passing was big news last June. Morgantown? His KFRC was better. Except for the late-Sunday evening religious (African-American Protestant church services) broadcasts, WADO had become all-Spanish and so remains (having switched its Spanish format from music or music/talk to all-talk circa the turn of the decade before last, dropping its aforementioned English-language religious daypart). Makes my Beer brewing on my deck a pleasure. Watch the video below! Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. 18. As a result, the signal to the Northwest started to die around Norristown, 5-10 miles away from the towers in Lafayette Hill, PA. WIBG started as a 25 watt station in a church in Elkins Park, PA, probably in the 1920s. KY-102, KC . This fun song is still fondly remembered by many today. David Bowie & Queen 1675326694. Classic Hits Classic Rock Oldies Pop RnB FM 94.3 - 64Kbps Galliano - Louisiana , United States - English Suggest an update Get the live Radio Widget Leave a comment Leave a review View comments View reviews Guest B100 really captured the San Diego sound. If youre so inclined, send me an email so we might get in touch. reviews. . I was lucky to work with Randy for a long time (and regret that I didnt take better advantage of that connection as a petulant 20-something.). 2B Productions changed its name to Rowan-Cabarrus Radio, and Catawba students will train for journalism and communications careers on its three stations. (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). But the signal was awful, the staff was expensive, and 15Q failed quickly. In the mid 7Os WLS was the greatest top 40 radio station of all time. When I went on leave to Cincinnati I always dialed in KXOK in St. Louis as I wen east on old Highway 40 in the pre I-70 days. You patiently answered them for this 17 year old radio freak. @n Wiped out the used car lot, skipped over a gas station then wiped out the new car lot. Back in the heyday of exciting Top 40 AMs, that meant I was sandwiched between two of the greatest 89 WLS to the west, and The Big 8 CKLW, to the east. Wonderful memories from my days of driving my 61 Chevy with the radio volume pegged listening to tunes during my Air Force hitch. The reason I know about some radio history is that I was kid of 9 or 10 when my friends from Kenner told us about their new favorite radio station back in either 1958 or 1959. A top 40 station in the Washington,DC area in the mid to late 60s had a DJ named Alan Afterhours. B100 interns Dave Sniff and Tony Pepper went on to part time status. Randy, get over yourself. And let us not forget the news department which was something to be reckoned with. Charlie Tuna, Dale Wehba, Don McGregor, Paul Miller, John David, Chuck Dann, J. Michael Wilson, Johnny Dark, Buddy Scott, John Ravencroft, and many others were among those who played the hits from the studios in Moore, Oklahoma. What a great list. Jim Woods in the night time was the most exciting thing around. As an engineer, I was lucky enough to work along side many of them, and even heard Humble Harve and Bill Drake cutting IDs and voice-overs in the early 70s. Fun. WAKY/Lousiville. Thanx for listening.. Z100 Pirate Radio, New York. 70006USA. And in Charleston, SC it was WTMA / 1250 for many years. Don Patrick, Dick Smythe, Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson and the chief himself Byron McGregor all grabbed your attention with their excellent delivery and news writing. From the early 60s to the mid 70s, WKIX was a powerhouse. I listed WTIX because they were the very first Top 40. Radio Ink is a registered trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. Posted on April 10, 2021 by IPTVMate. Readers Top 10 Top 40s. November1969, It's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. You might turn up some of his historical pieces online. reconsider your sources. With all do respect KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. New Orleans. 13. I was also working for Norman Petty in Clovis NM at the time. I think one of the elements that is missing today was competition, radio wars. But any list that completely overlooks the Todd Storz stations, including WHB/Kansas City, KXOK/St. When Metro Traffic came to Nashville, Marc put a Dumpster in the station parking lot and asked listeners to donate scrap metal so Y107 could buy a plane. Another station that is still around but with new ownership I believe. WTIX 94.3 FMs heritage call letters originate from the legendary Top 40 AM station WTIX 690 AM, The Mighty 690. WTIX 690 AM New Orleans dominated the airwaves from the 1950s into the 1980s as Americas first Top 40 radio station, and the FM station debuted initially as its sister station in 1995.Today TIX FM continues the legacy of the original TIX AM featuring the classic hits, heritage TIX jingles, and the famous Chime Time that rings when the personalities give the time on the air a feature that was also a staple of Musicradio WABC New York in its heyday. you played a song today between 10am and noon, the lyrics were You don't have to come home, you can rome because I don't love you and you don't love me. 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. That 50,000-watt night signal put everything east of the Rockies in earshot at night. [Apologies if Im forgetting anybody.] Id say ask Dick Fatherley but hes gone now. WMCA outgunned WABC and WINS both with terrific signals. I remember when ABC proposed Superadio in 1981, putting jocks from WABC, WLS and KQV on your small-town station. With respect. Plus, KHJ had The Real Don Steele, who made magic every day being a larger-than-life and unique personality within the Drake constraints. Well said, Buddy.. Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. Nolan B, Love Love TIX . I listened to CKLW from the early 60s to the mid-70s and it is a shame that more people could not have experienced the glory of an astounding presentation radio. WXYZ not only was in Detroit, but at last check had long been renamed WXYT. It was a crazy idea. (3:00)* Buzz Bennett -AircheckMay 1967 (2:50). Others I would rank very highly (not necessarily in order): Many stations saved money on jingles by getting names cut during a session or by recycling house names. Great jocks, a lot of personality, fun to listen to. When everyone in Top 40 was going to short jingles and less talk, KB hired big talent, played long jingles, and gave the jocks all the time they wanted if what they said was compelling. When I was a baby DJ at the Q, there was a reel tape box way up in a corner of the production studio marked The Last Contest. 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! I grew up in Goldsboro, NC, and there were a couple of stations that played top 40. KIIS/Los Angeles. Well said. Hi there! (Top 40) Listen To 103.3/95.9 Earth FM WRTH From Greenville And Get All Your Favorite Radio Stations On The Go With The Audacy App. I miss those days! Outstanding tunes !!!!!! SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - THE SOUND OF SILENCE, KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND - I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - MIDNIGHT RIDER, MIKE & THE MECHANICS - ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE, TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS - BREAKDOWN, NAKED EYES - ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME, HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS - I WANT A NEW DRUG, GEORGIA SATELLITES - KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF, JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU, MARVIN GAYE - I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL - DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND - SUNSPOT BABY, BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE - ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY, TEARS FOR FEARS - SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - SWEET TALKING WOMAN, BROWNSVILLE STATION - SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM, KATRINA & THE WAVES - WALKING ON SUNSHINE, JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND - ON THE DARK SIDE, MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - DANCING IN THE STREET, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND - YOU'LL ACCOMP'NY ME, RUPERT HOLMES - ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG), SPIRAL STARECASE - MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY, JOE JACKSON - IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM, REO SPEEDWAGON - CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING, ELTON JOHN - SATURDAY NIGHTS ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND - THE FIRE DOWN BELOW, ROLLING STONES - LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER, TAVARES - HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - DON'T BRING ME DOWN, THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND - THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA, DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES - I CAN'T GO FOR THAT, BILLY VERA AND THE BEATERS - AT THIS MOMENT, STING - IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE, LONDONBEAT - I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU, GLASS TIGER - DON'T FORGET ME WHEN I'M GONE, TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS - DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT, JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS - CRIMSON AND CLOVER, TEARS FOR FEARS - EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD, SCANDAL (FEATURING PATTY SMYTH) - THE WARRIOR, BARRY WHITE - YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING, MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS - DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON, JOHN LENNON - WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT, MEAT LOAF - PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT, SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE - DANCE TO THE MUSIC, DOOBIE BROTHERS - TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS, U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, TINA TURNER - WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT, TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS - MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE, JOE COCKER AND JENNIFER WARNES - UP WHERE WE BELONG, BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND - KATMANDU, JOHN PARR - ST. ELMO'S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION), DURAN DURAN - IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW, DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES - KISS ON MY LIST, SPINNERS - COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE, MEMBER PROGRAM - BRINGING MOTOWN TO OUR TOWN. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, Kim Stephens. Johnny Holiday on WHK was awesome as well as when he was on 250 watt WRVM in Rochester in the fifties. 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. They were called the WMEX Good Guys. Have you heard it? ! ran top of every hour. 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). Look, I am a total Drake disciple (and in my early years, I had the privilege of working for Gordon McLendontwice). The story of Today and his PD, the great Bill Stewart hoisting a few pops after work and watching the waitresses load the jukebox is priceless and will live on and on! My all time favorite Oldies format stations were WPEN, from 1975-76 (great jocks, jingles, funny newscasters) and WIOQ, during its brief stint in that format, 1987-88, as I recall. WEPN-FM - ESPN New York 98.7 FM 5. It was a GREAT station to DX back then. (Thats 3 a.m. in Louisville. I worked at WCOG Greensboro during the short lived revival of the station under PD Phil Valentine now doing talk in Nashville, TNit was a Mann Media owned station then which included WGLD, and WKIX Raleigh..The Flying Dutchman started out in Mornings, only to leave and Steve Early movin in thereafter!!! and other stations that came and went long after the latter two did away with Top 40,) Dallas (the Fort Worth station whose call letters escape me as well as the aforementioned KLIF and KBOX), Memphis (WHBQ and WMPS), Charlotte (WAYS, most notably), Norfolk (WGH and WNOR, especially the former), and so on. And of course this is just my opinion on the greatest talent in the Motor and Glass Cities. There are many other B100 alumni (hi Kathy Aunan!) I can still hear Roger Kleins growling delivery. Not long after you came on board in early 1972, WLS reduced its published chart to a Big 8 + 9 playlist. TIX also streams online. I arrived after that promotion but of course it was well documented. And over at the Lou Dickey flagship station WOHO, The late Swingin (Frank) Sweeny, Bobby Rich, Ben Gall, Tom Dean, Jungle Jim Williams, Craig Edwards, Irwin Young, Peter Trip, Gary Calvert, Earl Richards (me again), Gene Wurley, E. Alvin Davis, The Mojoman Sid Grubb, Buddy Carr, Sir Bernard J Quayle, Sam Holman, Don Armstrong, Ken R Deutch. WAPE/Jacksonville. With separate board ops for the jocks and the newsroom, intro times to the quarter second, including commercials, no station was ever tighter. His wife did the music. Bill Drake and others refined it, but Top 40 was the child of Storz and McLendon. All the Top 40 stations that Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels each included, those that many posters, myself included, called them out for omittingincluding those that you mentioned in your own comment, plus WIFI Philadelphia (WIFI 92 (pronounced Wi-Fi 92 (Whod have thought, right? I would agree with how great WRKO was. 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