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Register here. WROV could have easily made the cut. I always thought of them as the WABC of the South. It was a very hip kind of top 40 that meshed well with Boston at that time. The Black Crowes 1675327253. Listening to Happy Hare or Shotgun Tom or Charlie and Harrigan, you wouldnt know the calls originally stood for CBS Quality.. How bout them Kardashians.? I was super stoked to see that B100 San Diego made the readers top 10. He hired major-market talent and they stayed. In my teen years, I remember calling in and winning prizes. Im still grateful for the opportunity when you hired me in New Have, CT all those years ago. Like a lot AM stations. The best years came in the early 70s when the Top 40 battle was between WDGY, True Don Bleus KDWB before he went to KHJ, Chuck Knapp and MG Kelly on KSTP and Rob Sherwood moving from KDWB to start up U100. reviews. I listen from Ponchatoula. WMCA, with its broader signal pattern and low dial position, covered the Monmouth and northern Ocean County beaches quite well, despite being only 5kw. WasntKXOL in Fort Worth Top 40 back in the day? Agree with Bill Wayland at one point 68 WRKO had an almost 60 share Teens. WABC didnt lose its stranglehold until like 1979. KCBQ/San Diego. In 1962, inspired by the success of the new CBS-TV show "The BeverlyHillbillies," WTIX created and recorded "The Ballad Of The TIX Tigers." Sorry. KIIS belongs on the list, no question. The Playlist: With Christian Hillborg, Gizem Erdogan, Edvin Endre, Severija Janusauskaite. Lock it in and rip the knob off.. The original KLIF night signal was only 1kw. The Big 8 will NEVER be forgotten! just wanted to list my name as the author of the preceding post. The music was very attractive in those days. Also, Randy Brown, who commented just before me, is right. (Re my comment posted same date @3:29p:) WEBE WEBE (pronounced WEE-bee) 108 Westport, CT (WICCs sister station) Now we know, it was CKLW! You can thank Rose Trombly for a great deal of CKLWs success. (Amen! ), WOR-FM/WXLO, WNBC, and WPLJ! That KB audio could also be heard as One of Americas TOO great radio stations. Pats right, Radio Ink, your damn input DOES!! Bart Prater (sp?) And while were on the subject of Midwestern 50 kay-dubba-you AM blowtorches, *(the Cleveland version of) KYW/WXYZ (Top 40)/WWWE (aka 3WE) (Adult Contemporary)* and *WGAR (Adult Contemporary-and probably Top 40 at one point)*, both in Cleveland! WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) Lee, see my comment from May 22, 2018 at 4:05 PM. please never go off air TIX !! And even without WABCs reach vs. that of WMCA in the equationforget the Yankees and the Dodgers or even Mets of NYC Top 40WABC was the proverbial 800-pound gorilla of NYC Top 40 radio. It could compete anywhere. Already a user? They were late in the AM game. My grandkids love the old music. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. Yes, it was a smaller market but, the 10kw daytime on 940 covered 90 of 99 counties in Iowa and at night with 5kw covered into Denver as well as WHO. There were so many great Personality AM powerhouses in the 50s-70s. *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. A list of 20 is too short. Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. The kids of today, sorry to say, really have NO idea what a true lifestyle broadcast radio station sounds like. History-making in so many ways, and still great today. Yes, you were the last DJ on Wins, and , yes,Out in the Street (pun intended?) Growing up in southern Minnesota from the late 1960s through the late 1970s, my friends and I listened to WDGY AM during the day and WLS AM after sunset. I now live in South Florida and have internet radio at home and in the car. Wiped out the used car lot, skipped over a gas station then wiped out the new car lot. Great stations produced great stars and huge ratings. Hi Rick, you are right about other stations and jocks wanting to sound like CKLW, The Big 8. , 4539 N. I-10 Service road Third FloorMetairie, LA. I went on to have a 40 year career thanks to that 50,000 watt monster. >: >:0. Of course we took him up on his offer. Breakfast with the Beatles features music by the fab four every Sunday afternoon. WTIX was a great station, but I felt WQAM was a better example of Storz. Love your show! The Mets started out on WABC during its first 2 years until Rick Sklar kicked them off. 70006USA. Pontchartrain Beach jingledonut and bed only -late 1960's (:42). Thats a fact. Smile on your brother. Now its boring as hell. Fly Away. It was a time that will live in our hearts forever. LOL Other stations interrupt. CKLW/Windsor-Detroit. Thats the real story so if WABC was great, WMCA was much more. After it sold to Stan and Sis Kaplan, WAPE was just amazing. Save peace in the world. When we went Top 40, we added Carl Lee. I worked there for a spell and the phones were lit up constantly. Re said posters comment posted September 6, 2018 at 2:34 pm: It really started in 1958 with Perry Allen, Russ The Moose Syracuse, Art Roberts and Dick Biondi. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. From 1966- thru 1976 they were a huge Atlanta powerhouse even with their highly directional 1KW at night at 790. Myron did, and because he had a TV station, he had to sell the AM to do it. I didnt see WIBG Wibbage 990 in Philadelphia. Mac was also a very nice guy, btw. Around these parts, that means 106.1 KISS-FM in DFW. WTIM was unable to reach outside of Taylorville at night due to its FCC-mandated 63 watts of power. They did the impossible and stayed there for years, despite the signal handicap. Lou Saint . 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. Led through the 60s by Program Directors Dean Johnson, Dale Wehba, and Perry Murphy, some of the best-remembered DJs spun the hits each day and night. Even got to bring Les Garland a 6 pack of Pearl Beer in my suitcase. This website uses cookies for analytics and personalization. Or you don't come in at all. Owned and operated by Audacy. WRKO, KLIF, KCBQ. Bobby Reno, a mainstay of New Orleans radio for 50 years whose career as a disc jockey began and ended at WTIX, where he was one of the more popular on-air personalities of the 1960s, died. Erie also had the talented Oogie Pringle who went from WJET to WRIE in Erie and then jumped to WNBC in NY. I worked with legends. 15. Donny Osmond was at #1, the TIX All-Stars basketball team was ready, toplay De La Salle, the time chime and the music that was on your radio. So, a small hat tip to WMGM as well. Mike Marshall (Frank Brodie) Burlington, ON, Great to see you comments Mike. Look, I am a total Drake disciple (and in my early years, I had the privilege of working for Gordon McLendontwice). I will always be thankful to those great PDs, Bill Holly, Dick Star, Charlie Murdock and Lee Sherwood. Two very prominent stations in the TOP 40 history book! I think one of the elements that is missing today was competition, radio wars. Fenway Park was in back of 70 Brookline Avenue. I like the mention of Big WAYS and WTIX as I lived in those cities and I used to hear WAPE. Like Country 4. His wife did the music. The one basic element that the great stations back then were built around was the great music of the time. 3036 Estate Aldersville Christiansted, VI 00820 Phone: 340-718-3339 Fax: 340-774-7092 KOMA interviewed the dealership owner and all he could talk about was that GD gas station was still standing amid all the rubble. (In other words, Uptempo MOR, Pop Adult, Rock MOR or whatever (at least soft rock hits-oriented) Adult Contemporary radio was called during most of the 70s.) Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. Tap Add to playlist, then tap Create a playlist. Photograph. Includes a 20-20 Newscast (by Bob Walker), a WTIX. Its hard to fight for supremacy when you own the competition. WFAS-FM Bronxville, NY (renamed WNBM Boom 103.9 and reformatted to Urban AC in the early 2010s) 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. I have to mention the station that I listened to every night growing up in Utah (and made me fall in love with radio) 1520 KOMA out of Oklahoma City. I was stationed at Whiteman AFB in Missouri in the 60s and loved WHB with DJ Johnny Dolan and others. I was listening to WSAI when JFK was assasinated, and when I first heard The Beatles. Mac Richmond brought Arnie Ginsburg to 1510 from WBOS-AM. Randys list is more insightful, but both of them left out WFIL, which some felt at the time was the best Top 40 station in the U.S. (around 1968-1970). Im proud to know people who worked thereand even at places like CKLW and KHJ. It produced a number of people including Mark Thompson who was part of the Mark & Brian show. Few stations have been able to achieve consistent success in ratings, and the conversion of ratings to revenue and cash flow, like KIIS. The McLendon format memos remain some of the best how-to handbooks for radio. WMCA was more like the Dodgers: deeply loved inside the boroughs. However, I likewise agree with Lee that KHJ should be at or near the top of the list. One other station I listened to was WSGA in Savannah, GA. Dont get screwed, get WAPEd!. For the first time ever, these digitally remastered are now available to terrestrial radio. Great visit Great station!! * Bob Walker -AircheckMay 16, 1972 (11:00). Marlene I am so sad to hear that Lacy is no longer with us. A Collection of Songs & Covers by the Greatest A Cappella Group Ever. As noted by one of the experts, it was KOWH. PAT ODAY! A real crew. * Joe Hagler -AircheckSummer 1962 (2:07), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckJune 1969. * Richard Fahey -Newscast6/5/62 (3:39), * Michael Green -Tape City Spot for Sergio Mendez & Brazil '66 album & concert. I am glad Dr. Don Rose got a mention at KFRC as I know he was huge out there in CA. The founder and owner, Myron Jones, built the building and wired the studios himself. Storz owned WHB but invented the format at KOWH. WDGY and WQAM were purchased in 1956, KOMA in 1958 and KXOK in 1960. 2. Im surprised nobodys talking about CHUM or CFTR and God bless the late Tom Rivers, one of the best jocks ever in Toronto, at the Big 8 Windsor/Detroit, or anywhere! Stan and Sis Kaplan were fierce competitors. Ron Jacobs roasted you accurately years ago. , June 1970. Come on, no KOMA, Oklahoma City! Thank you for still give g praise to him. While I was there a tornado hit nearby at a car dealership. None in major markets. It was fun reading about these different stations and what made them excel, and I wish we still had many of them. Also playlists are working with VLC Media Player. WTIX - May 20, 1972 Michael Green. contest promo, a rats in the city PSA, and a Donovan concert promo by Robert Mitchell. Presidential candidate / Alabama Governor George Wallace had just been shot. Those were some really good years on Twin Cities radio. I knew several of the voices on the radio from back then! Heart 1675326183. Robert Mitchell plays the radio hits of 1969. I couldnt stop laughing! . An error happened posting the review, sorry! Wed 22.02 Thu 23.02 Fri 24.02 Sat 25.02 Sun 26.02 Mon 27.02 Tue 28.02 Recommended There were some outstanding stations and many of the personalities became legends. They were king of radio, nevermind that they played beautiful music on Sundays..and had to sign off at sunset. In stereo! Biggest problem was losing talent to bigger markets. And for the very reason you namedthe stations that personally floated the proverbial boat of the person making the choicesnarrowing them down to any given number at least falls short of impossible. 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 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. Todd Storz introduced a tight pop music format on KOWH in 1953. Louis, WTIX/New Orleans and WQAM/Miami (or at least one of them) cant be taken seriously. (WIBG and WFIL were good, but ABC killed them, as far as I was concerned.) As we were next to WIFI on the dial, people were tuning us in by accident and said they liked us better! suck! MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. I have listened to this channel since I was a teenager! WMEX Boston should be on this list and one minor market station that sounded and programmed like a major market WAVZ New Haven, CT. For a number of years Fenway was the morning man. It kind of reminds me of the famous scene with Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti. In his undershirt he personally cooked, and rice, along with corn bread for us. RKOs WOR-FM. Located at the heart of an area exceptionally rich in heritage with the major Loire Valley castles all clo. I think one of the elements that is missing today is competition, radio wars. A doctors son financed the killer Top 40 15Q until the money ran out. Bobby thanks for your kind comments. Your input sucks! WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. WAYS/Charlotte. (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). Shortly thereafter, the Sunday time share that WADO had with religious/ethnic WHBI Newark, NJ was discontinued, and the former inherited (at the very least, some of) the latters Spanish programming, expanding WADOs Spanish daypart to Saturdays, and probably some of not all of the WHBIs Sunday religious programming during that day of the week. A little known fact is WADO (now a Spanish station) had a split-daypart format of Top 40, R&B, jazz and Italian from 59 through the early 60s, with Spanish being added in 61 or 62. WHTZ (Z100)/New York. For a 15 year-old growing up in East Texas, the best station in the country was WNOE in New Orleans. ABCs $50,000 Button? Radio Ink recruited two of the best programming minds in the business, Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels, to answer this question: What are the greatest Top 40 stations of all time? Heres how they stacked them up and your lively debate, comments and disagreements on how they did. And I agree that WQAM was a better example of the Storz sound. When I made the trek to Dallas, I was enthralled by Go to YouTube, search keywords of the playlist like a country music playlist, Christian music videos, classic music playlist, etc. Didnt your ass spin the Top 40 tunes on KJR? As far as CKLW goes I think every jock I knew all tried to emulate the great sound of the Big 8 jocks. Still, WMGM had its legends, most notably Peter Tripp. WLS and WCCO are now news talk stations. OR KQV and KDKA in Pittsburgh? of THE PACIFIC MOTHERFUCKIN NORTHWEST!!! In the end, it was 93Q that threw in the towel on the Top 40 formatbut then went on to become 93Q Country, eventually slaying the KIKK 96 longtime country behemoth. 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. WOW! I did all nights at WFUN during my junior year in college at Miami and did the same in my senior year at WQAM. Thanks M & M for keeping real ties to the original top 40 sound of Tiger Radio - The Mighty 6-90! GM Paul Palmer just let us run with it. And if all of those werent enough, WADO in New York, which broadcasted Top 40 programming from 1959 to 1963. Preferred radio stations and music genres, user's Favorites, stations reviews and many other services need your personal data processing. WTIX - March 25, 1972. * Bill Murvin -RC Cola SpotJuly 1969 (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. as a Top 40 station. KTKT In Tucson was as good as any big market station. Metairie, LA. Mac converted WMEX to sports and talkradioand WMEX was very successful with that format, both on ratings and revenue, until new owners bought the station a few years later. Sorry, I dont mean to monopolize the conversation, but another old Philly station/format warrants mention: An all-Progressive Rock format launched by WDAS-FM, Hyskis Underground. A good playlist and entertaining jocks. The station which invented Top Forty. Radio Ink sure hit a LIVE WIRE here didnt they! Whatever your new sound, pitching can help it get heard by fans around the world. The GOAT top Forty stations were in almost every market, major, large, medium and even many small markets. From a site south of Dallas they beamed north. another Top 40 station of all time that was left out: WKNR Detroit. Ed Perry bought the license and is putting it back on the air, by the way. Its city of license is Galliano, Louisiana. B100 really captured the San Diego sound. Keep on rocking ! The Randy Michaels in Erie was in reality, Frank Bascik, who passed away in 1991. Please click "I agree" to ensure that you'll have the best experience of using our website. With the big 50,000-watt signal and the relatively few rock-n-roll radio stations across the plains, KOMA was the main station for the hits. Drill 5. And if you dont know what I mean by that. I could hardly go to sleep cause I was so revved up by that great music and Long John Silver. In fact, the list also left off the early Adult Contemporary stations, period! Listen to 1080 wtic newstalk here and get all your favorite radio stations and podcasts on the go with the audacy app. Comments: I hate to call this 'sloppy', but there are numerous pauses between elements in this format. Worth where Paxton Mills started and George Carlin got his start (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s). And lets not forget that WABC was the first flagship of the Metsduring its third and fourth years as Top 40. as well as creating the mess that radio is now. Every single one of us is in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, every single one has gone on to stellar careers in our chosen branch of the business, most of us still going strong. I wouldnt leave out KEWB Oakland, where such notables as The Real Don Steele, Robert W. Morgan, and Casey Kasem played DJ before any of them became nationally known. Mike has successfully managed to give WTIX a wonderful magic which I lovekeep it up! Consider the voices who worked the window on Burnside at NW 10th Tom Murphy, The Real Don Steele, Roger Hart, Sam Holman, Dick Sainte, Mike OBrien, Tom Michaels, Roger W. Morgan, Dave Records Stone, and the all-night Preacher, Pat Pattee. He brought me to 93Q in 87 as the night jock from B97 New Orleans. I cant believe the PNW was left off of everybodys list. It would be impossible to make a top 20 list that everyone would like, but these are great! Great jocks, a lot of personality, fun to listen to. (3:13), * Bob Walker -Fats Domino PhoneInterview 1980 (5:51) Fats talks about his music, his upcoming shows at Bobby's Place, his upcoming movie with Clint Eastwood, and his new song in it, and he invites me and our Program Director Robert Mitchell over to his house next, weekso he can cook for us. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleanss Greatest Hits Station. In college I often drove at night and I could travel from Denver to Chicago tuned to KOMA listening to cmmercials for the Kearney Dragway in Nebraska, the commercial blarring out Be There, Be There, Saturday night.. WKMB Stirling, NJ (reformatted to country in 79; to black gospel/[mostly] African-American-oriented Christian talk/preaching/teaching out of Plainfield but still licensed to Stirling] in 2003; went dark in 2017) Still there as WNTP, Salem radio. been listening to TIX since the 70s. Like I said this was a tough assignment. They didnt last long, but they were awesome. love the music, feels like 60s again growing up in slidell. The Brennans engineering genius and home-built transmitter pumped 50,000 daytime watts from Daytona to the North Carolina beaches. I lived in Erie at that time and listened to Jet 14 and Randy Michaels, along with Frank Martin, Ronnie G (Seggi), Jim Conners, Jack OBrien, and Al Knight. CONDUCTOR: William Boughton. The comments pour in, what a fun read, and Tribute to how good it all was. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. Poor Lee hadnt been paying attention. When that station had to be sold or loose its license and it went to beautiful music WHN, the Yankees went to a non-rock stationWCBS. THANK YOU for the whole thing! And who could forget Arnie Ginsberg at night! Online Radio Box uses cookies in order to provide the best service for our users. Thank you Michael, Al JD , Hot Rod .Keep it going M & M . Only then did KOIL take notice and knocked off the daytimer with the larger 5kw day/night signal. Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. Didnt lose a single bottle in flight from DFW to SF. C-K-S-L of-a-TownLONNN-DONNN!! After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. An industry veteran thats been everywhere. During the party, the dj there played the Doobie Bros Listen to the Music. WABC was the Yankees of the group. 3. Starting briefly as a mixture of Top 40 and Rhythm (Rhythm and Rock) [plus a Jazz show hosted by Demetrius], we quickly evolved into the only non-commercial disco station in the country (with the exception of my popular Oldies show on Friday nights, throughout). Make a playlist from a video: 1. That station is on my list of the greatest Adult Contemporary stations of all time as it is. Jeff Hurvitz One of those in the mid 50s was George The Hound Lorenz at night on WKBW. Marc took The Outrageous FM to a 17 share, 500,000 cume in a market of less than a million at the time. Surprised that WHBQ, Memphis didnt make someones list. Some of their former personnel are at WVLT, 92.1 in Vineland, NJ. Many stations that are just average have lasted a long time. WFAS White Plains, NY (gold-based AC) Had a lot of fun working at TR, too, and enjoyed doing Smooth Jazz. WVAQ/Morgantown, WV. WTIX FM 4539 n. i-10 service rd. We had some pretty good board ops who could incorporate the Wolfmans customs. Gene Chenalt was a gentleman who was always good to me. FLEUR DE LIS BROADCASTING, INC. I completely understood but I was so happy to have heard back from him and that he liked my work. What is that song??? WEPN-FM - ESPN New York 98.7 FM 5. This list is bullit. Login with Google. Even though I was over my head, I was well aware I was standing in a historic spot. WCBS-FM, New York (when they first launched, c. late 1980s into the 1990swent downhill since) 19. !, your damn input sucks, Radio Ink! The Last Contest was all about perception and theater of the mins. The WAKY shout was created by Johnny and a group of girls he met out just after the bars closed. On the other had he sold the station for a then record price. CKLW was high on a pedestal in those days and people admired it. *The Fat Black Pussycat movie spot * The Beatles are coming to New Orleans Louise Harrison Caldwell (George's sister)reports on the Beatles and Ringo being nominated for President, of the United States * Dan Diamond adfor Tackle facemedication * Community Billboard * Name Dropper, Contest * 5 minute Charlie Ray newscast. Boogie himself. I worked (twice) at WKDA (am) and I think BOTH MAK and KDA were both great outlets. Blowtorches 770 WABC and 1520 KOMA. United States 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. Taking a chance on a record on-air from time to time and listening to their feedback, not just auditorium testing. When WNBC went CHR in the 70s, that ranked up there, too. 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