Lets see here, who did WAYS Charlotte create that we remember? Classic Rock Country Oldies Pop RnB 30 tune ins AM 1410 - 30Kbps Concord - North Carolina , United States - English Suggest an update Get the live Radio Widget One of those in the mid 50s was George The Hound Lorenz at night on WKBW. Though I grew up and lived my whole life in Philadelphia, for Top 40, my all-time favorite station was WABC. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. (3:00), June 1970 during the Bill Murvin show. I cant believe the PNW was left off of everybodys list. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. Best radio station without question. WRKO-FM/98.5 (R-KO, The Shy But Friendly Robot) should get some honorable mention. The aforementioned call letters are at least said to have originally stood for I Believe in God.. (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. This was a tough assignment because so many great stations had to be left out. I was in college at the time and walking down the hall of the dorm all you heard was the Big 8 in Bowling Green, Ohio, I went to a birthday party in my city not long ago. Would Randy Michaels be the same who worked afternoons on WJET? Special thanks to treasured mentors Jhani Kaye, Bill Gardner and Dr. Select a playlist such as Watch Later, or a. His wife did the music. The Greatest Hits On Earth! At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. Whats easy to forget (especially if all the history happened before ones time) is that top 40 stations had strong loyalties akin to ball teams. (Jesus!, to leave out some of the Top 40 stations in any major city and yet mention WABC, WLS, CKLW or even Z-100, your input has gotta the hell motherfuckin suck SHIT!). KOIL Omaha was the first Top Forty station thanks to Todd Storzdont they deserve a mention? (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.). 90.7. WABC was the Yankees of the group. For a 15 year-old growing up in East Texas, the best station in the country was WNOE in New Orleans. History-making in so many ways, and still great today. Or certainly brought FM into the 1970s! Great Stuff and why I got into radio for a few years full time and a couple of decades, part~time. By the way, I have since heard, on the Rock Radio Scrapbook website, an composite aircheck of WINS last day as a Top 40 station (complete with [a] then-weekly Sunday night/Monday morning transmitter-maintenance sign-off followed by [a reinserted recording of] the National Anthem, [b] the then-weekly Monday-at-sunrise sign-on [with the prior or shortly-subsequent SSB edited out?] ABCs $50,000 Button? WBEB Philadelphia (What did it change its nickname from B101.1 again?) 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. Buzz Bennett showing up the first day with a German shepherd and a sledgehammer to knock the NBC logo off the lobby wall set the tone. reconsider your sources. Lee, see my comment from May 22, 2018 at 4:05 PM. Save peace in the world. Lou Saint . Galliano - Scott Shannon and other PDs stole from Y107 every time they came to Film House to cut a TV spot. The official Facebook page of 94.3 WTIX-FM New Orleans, playing the greatest hits of all time. Keep on keeping on. Radio Bollerwagen 2. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? WJET-FM debuted at number one. Your right Guy. Fly Away. Its easy to pick the ones you loved, but its also unfair to think those are the only ones. WABC didnt lose its stranglehold until like 1979. Barq's RootBeers. Watch the video below! That was the prelude My brother Lacy Neff loved what he did and was very very proud of his station and co workers. I also agree with Randy Michaels that KFRC overall became a better station than KHJ for the reasons he mentioned. Was in college there in the mid 60s. Great call letters, too. (3:00)* Buzz Bennett -AircheckMay 1967 (2:50). I would say, with certainty, that it was The Big 8 that stirred my interest and music, and then, eventually, a radio career of my own. Incidentally, almost all of us had been previously on WKDU, which shared time with us on 91.7 FM. 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. You mean that Lee Abrams guy who came to Toronto in 1977 to work his Superstar Format Magic against CHUM-FM? * Bill Murvin - Aircheck, June 1970. Tix has been a big part in my life. Oh-two soft rock stations I meant to name-check (I list those among the greatest AC stations of all time, as well): WSB and WSB-FM Atlanta (WSBs full-service format had, musically, reformatted to Adult Contemporary by circa early 1980s). WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. Your contributions to the Seattle music scene and radio are undeniable. between songs, and a 20-20 news summary of what was known at that moment by, Hazel Belle was one of our regular call-in "characters." During the party, the dj there played the Doobie Bros Listen to the Music. An error happened posting the review, sorry! Using the actual TV show theme song "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" and splicing the banjo on the beginning over and over, a similar fun song was born that spotlighted the WTIX DJ's of 1962 instead of the Clampett family. What else can I say? WMCA/New York. Heres a shout out to them. Bob Martz was probably one of the most funny guys along with the likes of John Garry, Larry Obrien, Bob Kelly, Don Williams (and of course myself Rick Allen, I just had to toot my own horn didnt I? Just consider the staff: Ken Dowe (& Granny Emma), mornings; Michael Spears (PD), middays; Beau Weaver, middays; Kevin McCarthy, afternoon drive; Tommy Kramer, nights; Christopher Haze (that would be me), late nights; Jim White and Nick Alexander, overnights. Hello Lee Roberts! Even that 50,000 watt blowtorch signal was so strong that it easily penetrated into my bedroomdown in the basement! Your input sucks! Longtime morning man Lacy Neff passing was big news last June. I went into Houston, i couldnt turn off KILT. Also playlists are working with VLC Media Player. Thats a fact. Y100 Miami crushed it late 70s 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. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. Bobby Rich, you nailed it. Including two that are in The National Radio Hall Of Fame. 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. WKVQ (15Q)/Knoxville. Id say most folks who heard KNUS during its brief glory years would tell you it belongs on the list. While I was there a tornado hit nearby at a car dealership. We had a blast in HOU. KLIF was the first and best. Some of their former personnel are at WVLT, 92.1 in Vineland, NJ. so he can cook for us. RKOs WOR-FM. Keep in mind, you can only create a playlist with your public videos. Rock Popular 1. The reason is KHJ, Drakes first RKO project, was huge news and sent Top 40 radio on a new trajectory that would eventually affect virtually every station in the format. WMEX went on the auction block on this past December 15, 2017. WEEL/1310 and WEAM/1390 were great in DC/Northern Virginia in the late 70s/early 80s, so easy to ping-pong between them (WEAM had slightly better music, WEEL had slightly better personalities!). His KFRC was better. (3/30/2018 @11:15p: ) Third Floor Stan and Sis Kaplan were fierce competitors. I would agree with how great WRKO was. For help or assistance please contact us at 1-877-480-3201 or 1-717-338-2824 (TTY) or you may submit requests online via e-support. Tap the three-dot icon on the right of the video or press and hold on the video. @Phil Dirt As a latecomer (1976) to the game, but well aware of the history, the key here is knowing and targeting your market, tailoring everything and everyone to it. You patiently answered them for this 17 year old radio freak. Over at 89 WLS, during those years, we had John Records Landecker, Larry Lujack, Tom Kent, Steve King, Jerry Kay and so many more. The Black Crowes 1675327253. all Air Talent/Music Driven Top-40s , and oh yeah all live people 24/7, when radio was fun to do and to listen to. THAT Lee Abrams guy? 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. Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 1675325920. WMGQ Magic 98.3 New Brunswick, NJ (WCTCs sister station) Keep rocking! When WNBC went CHR in the 70s, that ranked up there, too. As we were next to WIFI on the dial, people were tuning us in by accident and said they liked us better! * Bill Murvin -Bernie Dumas Buick Spot November1969 (:32), * Gene Phillips - Aircheck June 1962. Michael Green, Robert Mitchell & Bob Walker. Pentatonix (PTX) 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. station lost me. Quixie in Dixie. 1. BTW, I was honored that I got to meet you at the CKLW Fifty Year celebration in Detroit in july. Come on, no KOMA, Oklahoma City! KFRC was a good station, but anyone whos honest it was strictly second-tier and never (especially during AM Top 40s most dominant era) had anything close to the production magic and genius of Boss Radio, Morgan and Steele were the most influential in the business. CD Signing Video May 16, 1972. During the summer I would break away and listen to WCCO AM for Twins baseball games. Its hard to fight for supremacy when you own the competition. Even with Bobbys departure for 99X New York and a format change in 1979, B100 kept me in flip flops, burgers and beers for 8 years, for which I am eternally grateful. Enjoy Music Playlist! It pre-dated WRKO (Now 6-8-0) on October 12th, 1966. (504) 454 9000. Larry Anderson, the PD at WGR Buffalo, listened to WJET driving back and forth to see family in Ohio. Paul in Asuncion, Paraguay, South America. While I was a devoted listener of the Big 89 for years before, thats when the (Top 40?) * Bob Walker -AircheckAugust 10, 1972 (11:46). Marc took The Outrageous FM to a 17 share, 500,000 cume in a market of less than a million at the time. WHK during the Johnny Holi-days was as good as radio ever got. 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. 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. 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. Love your station. Was Out in the Street by the Shangri-Las really the last record you played on Wins and the last record heard thereon? I have to add to my list of rock stations in NYC carrying baseball. It was a time that will live in our hearts forever. Not to nitpick, but you were off by one year as to the debut of the Atlanta Falcons: they actually started in 1966. Fenway Park was in back of 70 Brookline Avenue. Some stations have been amazing at times and just awful at others. Mike has successfully managed to give WTIX a wonderful magic which I lovekeep it up! WTIX - April 8, 1972 Lou Saint. Randy lists his top stations, and also details why each station he picked was great in the Top 40 format. Storz didnt own KOIL. It would be impossible to make a top 20 list that everyone would like, but these are great! This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Apologies for any Ive forgotten WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky. I miss those days! Two very prominent stations in the TOP 40 history book! 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. NO way is it possible to please every jock and every station PD or group owner. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. Bill Drakes KHJ was amazing and should probably be on this list. WKBW went Top 40 in 1958 by stealing the PD and airstaff from WBNY, which was number one with only 250 watts. @Radiovet In stereo! please never go off air TIX !! Shows WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. WGBR still exists but Im not sure the format. Big Time. The Drake and Drew format there tore my ears off! Thanks again. You wont remember but at the 1969 Billboard convention, you were PD of KSTT and I asked you a bunch of questions. Toast. Hoot Gibson? ), WOR-FM/WXLO, WNBC, and WPLJ! He hired major-market talent and they stayed. WMEX is my favorite Top 40 station of all time!! Chuck Blores clever contests, tight production, and a great pick of music made KEWB one of the very best Top 40 stations. The music is just wonderful. Dick worked weekends at WDAF Kansas City when I was Ops Manager there in 1977. Reportedly with this approach and FM radios still uncommon in cars, WMEX was right up there with WRKO and actually beat them in some areas. Every time I went in there Id look at that thing and was kind of awesome. 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. I meant WKYC, not WXYZ. as well as creating the mess that radio is now. General manager and program director Michael Costello developed TIX FM and is committed to preserving the legacy that is WTIX. who contributed to that magic. Attention! MY GOD!, ANYdamnbody who the hell KNOWS A GODDAMN FUCKIN *THING* about Sixties and Seventies rock n roll radio KNOWS that KJR was one of the ALL-TIME GREATS in Top 40 radio AND IN RADIO, PERIOD!!!!! Ah, but Randy included the great WAPE!! KISN Portland?!? of THE PACIFIC MOTHERFUCKIN NORTHWEST!!! 40 share and better in the 60s. They lost the crown when WBBF went full time Top 40. WABC drove us home from Ft. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight. He liked the name and had a jingle cut for WGR. Dont know what songs been playing on the radio? Mind if I add a few more Top 40 stations of the past, anyway, Doc? 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.). Im referring to WPWT, 91.7 FM, in Philadelphia, from mid-1978 to early 1980, of which I was proudly a part. WMCA outgunned WABC and WINS both with terrific signals. I ended up racking up 25 years total. Robert Mitchell plays the radio hits of 1969. Todd Storz introduced a tight pop music format on KOWH in 1953. Boogie) devised an audacious plan to go head-to-head with market-owning KCBQ. B100 really captured the San Diego sound. No need to signup to iCloud, simply start creating and sharing playlists freely. The voice on the song is (WTIX DJ) Ed Ripley. WTIX FM 4539 n. i-10 service rd. Love all the music and the DJs. No one, ever, anywhere, did the basics better than the Big 8. Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first "Top 40" station was born. Better production. They were late in the AM game. 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