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But KBOX was pretty amazing for having only 500 watts at night at 1480. One of our four chime tones that we played whenever we announced what time it was in the 1970's. C-K-S-L of-a-TownLONNN-DONNN!! While at age 20 I had only about 10% of an idea of how to actually be an effective PM drive personality, I had loads of freedom, encouragement from Bobby Rich, inspiration from all my peers and energy to spare. of great Top 40 stations. For the same reason, these stations became the first rock stations in NYC. 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! 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. The men who did it both wanted to make lots of money but also great radio. Use our service to find it! And I wont pretend to be as up on some of the other legendary calls as many of my radio brethren. And this is only a partial listing. Comments: I hate to call this 'sloppy', but there are numerous pauses between elements in this format. Owned and operated by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting. Oh, yeah-the aforementioned WMAQ Chicago (during its AC format from circa 1972 to 1975); and KMPC Los Angeles (which like WIP in Philly, transitioned gradually from MOR to soft rock from well into the early 70s to about 1976. I also had stnts at WTIC-FM Hartford and WDOT Burlington! After PD Cagle left in late 1983/early 1984 and the jocks Bill Lee, Jack Armstrong, Mark McKay left I switched to KMEL/KITS on FM. 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. Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. This station has a major-market sound in a small market. They had a very strong signal at night and played all the latest hits!! Doug Limerick, you might remember, was later a news reader for the ABC Information Network. A Top-40 jock named Eddie Haskell?!? Yes, you were the last DJ on Wins, and , yes,Out in the Street (pun intended?) Bob Walker20-20Traffic,BillMurvinonSmith's&TapeCitySpot. CONDUCTOR: William Boughton. KOIL Omaha was the first Top Forty station thanks to Todd Storzdont they deserve a mention? Storz and McLendon traded PDs, air talent, and promotion ideas. For the first time ever, these digitally remastered are now available to terrestrial radio. 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. ); WGH and WNOR Norfolk, VA (the former licensed to nearby Newport News); WGLI Babylon, Long Island, NY (one of the first rock n roll stations not only ever, but also in suburban New York City in general (if not THE first suburban-NYC station of its kind); WYNG Goldsboro, NC (was it also Top 40 under its previous callsign WGOL, I wonder? KOMA (along with handful of other legendary stations including 890 WLS, Chicago; 1090 KAAY, Little Rock; 1060 WNOE, New Orleans; 770 WABC, New York; 800 CKLW, Windsor/Detroit; and 1100 WKYC, Cleveland) could be heard on car radios, in homes, and everywhere a kid could tune in. Ya just cant ignore a station that spawned Jay Thomas, The Greaseman, and Hoyle Dempsey, as well as having a swimming pool where you could dive in OUTSIDE and surface INSIDE in the lobby! David Amen to WKIX 850 AM/96.1 FM The Giant of the South with a healthy share of PAMS jingles! Well said, Buddy.. Ask most any of themit was the greatest experience of their careers. We held a three-week online poll asking readers what they think are or were the best Top 40s, and here are the results: Not bad company for my first dream station that I ever worked for to be in. Barq's RootBeers. 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). The Last Contest was born here. Readers Top 10 Top 40s. All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. This fun song is still fondly remembered by many today. just wanted to list my name as the author of the preceding post. 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." From well into the early 70s through the mid-70s, it underwent an MOR-to-soft rock transition not unlike what WIP Philadelphia underwent a half-decade earlier-and-change, tops. Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. Locally owned by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting, the station operates at 100,000 watts and serves the city of New Orleans and the Gulf South. It was my good fortune to program KIOA in those days. (Shit, KJR was the KISN of *Washington State* **AS IT WAS**!) Outstanding tunes !!!!!! !, KTNQ Los Angeles (a Top 40 station during the late 70s (that station itself deserves mention as one of the all-time Top 40 greats, by the way) had a jock namedno kiddingBEAVER CLEAVER!! What you guys have done is incredible, if only Radio today was like it was in its heyday of top 40 with those stations you mentioned. You wont remember but at the 1969 Billboard convention, you were PD of KSTT and I asked you a bunch of questions. KIIS/Los Angeles. 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. Already a user? My decades of respect for Lee Abrams has increased thanks to his 15 Characteristics of the Great Top 40 stations and his selections are 85% perfect. And not only live (as you also said), but LOCAL! (I still havent forgiven the Dodgers for leaving.) Login with Facebook Keep on rocking ! 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. Loved by everyone in all the western states! The last sentence should have read, And in Buffalo, the list of the greatest Adult Contemporary rockers of all time would have to include not only WGR, but also WBEN andparticularly circa mid-to-late 80sare you ready for this?WKBW.. The Brennans engineering genius and home-built transmitter pumped 50,000 daytime watts from Daytona to the North Carolina beaches. It pains me that the list was so short. And in Buffalo, the list of the greatest Adult Contemporary rockers of all time would have to include not only the aforementioned WGR, but also WBEN and-particularly circa mid-to-late 80s-are you ready for this?-WKBW. A real crew. WMGM had a better signal (broader pattern, full-size half-wave towers with 50kw) than either WMCA or WINS, and a good sound too, but I guess Storer didnt feel like competing when they bought the station and turned it back to WHN in 61. Jocks with a bit more rope. WMEX, Boston for sure. May 16, 1972. And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF!. (Thats 3 a.m. in Louisville. 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. Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. In the business since I was a kid - Tix was my station of choice when I could receive it over on the coast in Southeast Texas as a preteen! While I was a devoted listener of the Big 89 for years before, thats when the (Top 40?) WXYZ not only was in Detroit, but at last check had long been renamed WXYT. For a long time Id wondered what was in that box and theater of the mind. An error happened posting the comment, sorry! MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. (504) 454 9000. What a great list. Of course we took him up on his offer. For me, WLSs personality driven approach was magic. 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. Dont get screwed, get WAPEd!. Date of Recording: 1996 (Exact Date Unknown) Station: 94.3 WTIX-FM (KLEB-FM/KZZQ-FM/KBAU) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Format: Oldies Featured Air Personalities: Jay Douglas, Doug O'Brien (News) (WNBC/WINS) Contributor: Annonymous. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. And in Charleston, SC it was WTMA / 1250 for many years. Radio Ink is a registered trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. Agreed! WFAN 66 AM - 101.9 FM 3. I was fortunate to work on 99X iin my 20s! Even thought WCCO was not a music station, in the 60s and 70s, they would play softer top 40 hits during some of their programming. Morgantown? Possibly the first FM to knock off a big AM (WABC) in the Top 40 realm. Sandy Shore went all the way to Drake LA as Marc Elliot. Early Feb., 1980, the station management purged us all. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. I grew up in Northern VA. We had Major Top 40 AM competition! Storz owned WHB but invented the format at KOWH. Thats a shame. The Randy Michaels in Erie was in reality, Frank Bascik, who passed away in 1991. WTIX 690 AM New Orleans LA, Talk radio. Free IPTV Playlists. The equipment was ancient. Jet was truly a phenominal station. Throughout the 60s and 70s, KOMA was the favorite of teens all across the western US. Again, pardon the rambling, but New York City even had a PART-TIME Top 40 rocker in the early days of said format. reconsider your sources. Respectfully, though, I would not rank WCFL below WABC, much less rank them last, undeR WIXY?????? 56kbps New Orleans Talk Radio. It was a magical blend of personality, jingles, contests, and fun mixed with the greatest music that defined the era and continues to live today. It was one of the stations that the great Wolfman Jack did his show from. Storz didnt own KOIL. 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. It was a time that will live in our hearts forever. I was super stoked to see that B100 San Diego made the readers top 10. With Johnny Randolph as PD, WAKY played one black and one country record every quarter hour. Chuck Blore used the name on the AM, 1150: KIIS=K115. Cant do it. Wed 22.02 Thu 23.02 Fri 24.02 Sat 25.02 Sun 26.02 Mon 27.02 Tue 28.02 Recommended Somebody to Love. Heard hed make the production director Bill Mousis redo the promos over and over again. (And!, heres some *trivia*!! * Bill Murvin -Bernie Dumas Buick Spot November1969 (:32), * Gene Phillips - Aircheck June 1962. Had the joy of being an RKO national sales rep for several of these outstanding radio stations: KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. It was more than just the music. Between the two, I slightly favored CKLWwhich was really the work of a woman, Rosalie Trombley, who I believe was officially the Music Director. I worked there as a young man when Mac owned the station, so I know first hand. Talent like Ken Lowe (Steve Roddy), Rick Dees, Pat Patterson, Mike Reineri, Gary Edens, Tommy Walker, Eddie Weiss (Charlie Brown) with Jimmy Capps and Our Best To You in the late night hours and a terrific news team Joe Goodpasture, John Tesh, Doug Limerick, Bill Leslie, Mike Blackman. A further thought on this string: As kids growing up in Welland, Ontario, most of the radio we listened to was from Buffalo. The sounds that listeners remembered the most: 1.) With WEAF/WNBC, WABC/WCBS, WJZ/WABC and WOR all having network shows and WNEW having success with DJs, the baseball teams were stuck with the three remaining stations when they started broadcasting baseball in 1939the Dodgers on WHN/WMGM, the Yankees on WINS and the Giants on WMCA. If you re-read this article, youll see that Randy Michaels *did* list WMCA. @n ArkivMusic ITunes. It held the number one position from 1960 until 1977. 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. Nobody, and I mean nobody, listened to KLIF in Fort Worth. When it comes to Top-40 influence in its day, KOMA ranks up there and Ive met so many jocks over my career who say KOMA was a big influence on them. Dick Fatherly was my first source for the story that WTIX, then on 1450, was the first station to use the phrase Top-40. Listening to radio as a kid, hearing major talent in the major markets and locally here in Erie, PA, it inspired me to jump into the business at the age of 15. Bank Of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling), Dr. Pepper, Robo-Wash and more. How good is that? November1969 (1:09). He also did a live show from the afored mentioned WGR in Buffalo. I hope he and his legacy will never be forgotten. Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. What is that song??? And everyone remembers Yours Truly KOMA and the kissing tone. This was definitely an era where radio was fun. 5/5 After it sold to Stan and Sis Kaplan, WAPE was just amazing. Been listening for decades to WTIX. and the WINS head honchos intro of its all-news format). I grew up in southern Oklahoma in the 50s and 60s and we didnt know it then but it was radio heaven. 6. Hi Mike (Frank Brodie). Owned and operated by Audacy. WTIX - The Top 69 of 1969. Or certainly brought FM into the 1970s! WDGY and WQAM were purchased in 1956, KOMA in 1958 and KXOK in 1960. Not to nitpick, but you were off by one year as to the debut of the Atlanta Falcons: they actually started in 1966. Did you mention Willie B. Goode? Delighted to hear from you, Jim and Andy. 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. WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. Listening from Toronto. 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. he was a great talent and a class act! These full 3-hour length classic American Top 40 shows from 1970-1978, all in their original broadcast form. It worked! WMEX is my favorite Top 40 station of all time!! , June 1970. about IRONY! The DJ's he 'sings' about are: Ron Martin, David Nebel, Bill Baker, Ed Ripley, Bob Robin, Ted Green and Gene Phillips. As noted by one of the experts, it was KOWH. ", mention of Kirschman's Gentilly Woods. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. WHLW/WOBM-AM Lakewood, NJ, (Adult Contemporary) To me, radio was riveting in the 60s and 70s, and it fascinated me enough to get in to it, which I enjoyed for over 40 years. 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. If youre THAT Johnny Holliday, werent you on WINS New York during the tail end of its Top 40 era (before flipping to (and pioneering) all-news radio in 1965? xmplaylist Recently played songs on XM Sirius radio Genre SiriusXM Hits 1 Pandora Now TikTok Radio The Pulse The Coffee House 70s on 7 80s on 8 90s on 9 Pop2K The 10s Spot PopRocks Pitbull's Globalization The Whitney Channel Mosaic The Blend The Bridge The Beatles Channel Bob Marley's Tuff Gong Elvis Radio E Street Radio Underground Garage I worked with legends. They only beat WLS in the ratings once, but that battle was David vs Goliath in signal and cash. Hi Mike! With just 250 watts on 1230, KNUZ was the longtime market leader in Houston. I agree with Steve above that WSGN was a great station under PD Jim Tabor. We are very proud of what WVAQ has meant to West Virginia over the years. 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). So many markets not mentioned. And, plus, HOW can you even contemplate omitting New Yorks WINS (Thats where Murray the K made his mark, dontcha know that? Ron Jacobs roasted you accurately years ago. The comments pour in, what a fun read, and Tribute to how good it all was. All the playlists are suitable with Kodi ! 90.7. 17. Two legendary Top 40s that apparently didnt make the cut for these lists. His KFRC was better. It kind of reminds me of the famous scene with Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti. Bobbys internet tribute to B100 streams now at http://www.B100.fm, featuring all the hits that fits, lots of fondly remembered mid-chart stiffs, and recent voice tracks from the surviving members of the B100 air staff. By far, #1: WPEN, Philadelphia (1975-76) It was overdubbed several times. However you guys have to increase your power. This is my favorite Top 40. Also The Great Roller Coaster Marathon at Pontchartrain, WTIX DJ's. 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. Thanks again. I did all nights at WFUN during my junior year in college at Miami and did the same in my senior year at WQAM. He brought me to 93Q in 87 as the night jock from B97 New Orleans. How about the Middle of the Middle West Not WHO in Des Moines. WTIX lives on thanks to Mike in the Morning Costello! Great call letters, too. 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. Login with Google. I am fortunate enough to have an aircheck of that broadcast. 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. No, but I was named for him. LOL Other stations interrupt. No one, ever, anywhere, did the basics better than the Big 8. 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. WLS and WCCO are now news talk stations. TALK! WKBW went Top 40 in 1958 by stealing the PD and airstaff from WBNY, which was number one with only 250 watts. Those two local stations, though, played the soundtrack for many folks pre-teen and teen years here in our area. Lee felt WABC was the greatest Top 40 station, but I think they were way out-programmed by WMCA. The best part of these 3 lists is bringing back the memories of when RADIO was competitive, creative, and most of all FUN. WEAM 1390..WPGC.1580.WEEL.1310 and one of my favorites WRCThe Great 98. At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. In my teen years, I remember calling in and winning prizes. But its been copied around the world just because its KIIS/Los Angeles. Never missed him, as he made R & B come alive. WHB was added in 1954. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Daily industry headlines plus breaking news bulletins. WVAQ is a multiple Marconi Award winner for good reason: It sounds great. WWDJ Hackensack, NJ carried Mets games during its first year or two as Top 40 (continuing its contract with the Mets that dated back to when it was country station WJRZ). IMNSHO I felt WLS hit their pinnacle right about 1981-2 when they segued to a Rock-40 format. Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first Top 40 station was born. ); WKIX Raleigh, NC. A top 40 station in the Washington,DC area in the mid to late 60s had a DJ named Alan Afterhours. Thanks. WTIX - March 25, 1972. CKLW was high on a pedestal in those days and people admired it. WooWoo!!!!. Well said. . Lives on thanks to Todd Storzdont they deserve a mention Somebody to love Top. 1. I hope he and his legacy will never be forgotten live in our area western us and wtix playlist. 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