KIOA. Keep rocking! BBC World Service 4. One of those in the mid 50s was George The Hound Lorenz at night on WKBW. Metairie, LA. WSB (read: WSB-AM)s full-service format had, musically, reformatted to Adult Contemporary by circa early 1980s, that is. 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. Bobby Rich, you nailed it. How good is that? The founder and owner, Myron Jones, built the building and wired the studios himself. Weekends also feature Breakfast with the Beatles and Casey Kasem American Top 40 70s show. Gordon McLendon made it theater. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. Great fun and memories. KBOX/Dallas. Radio Ink sure hit a LIVE WIRE here didnt they! Even got to bring Les Garland a 6 pack of Pearl Beer in my suitcase. How about a shout out for KSTN-AM in Stockton, CA. >: >:0. 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. With only 250 watts way up at 1450kHz, WTIX debuted with a 50 share. I know a PD in Texas who couldnt afford research, so he just listened to WLS to see what to play. At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. Spotify for Artists is the only way to submit new music for playlisting. Owned and operated by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting. Every time I went in there Id look at that thing and was kind of awesome. . Fly Away. That's a good thing. (3:00)* Buzz Bennett -AircheckMay 1967 (2:50). Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. Sign up with Facebook Shows WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. Is this the fluff-stuff that fires the imaginations of contemporary radio people? 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. 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! DAMN!!!!! Pats right, Radio Ink, your damn input DOES!! Bob Mitchell and Jim Swiler conduct an interview with "Quarterback Billy Kilmore". 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. 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. LOL Other stations interrupt. They took overalong with the likes of Tommy Shannon, the still-to-come Dan Neaverth, Joey Reynolds and so many others. Also The Great Roller Coaster Marathon at Pontchartrain, Beach winning WTIX DJ's. WCAO Baltimore if only because of Johnny Dark. 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. and the WINS head honchos intro of its all-news format). The glory days of CKLW were only five years long, but the Big 8s influence reverberates today. His stories were fascinating especially told in that booming authoritative voice. 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. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. 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. Lee, in addition to answering the question, included what he considers to be the 15 characteristics of great Top 40 stations. based on Several on-air staff departed for KTNQ Los Angeles in late 1976, creating openings for Shotgun Tom Kelly in AM drive, Glen (Martin) McCartney middays, yours truly in PM drive and Gene Knight in the evenings. It will be amazing. WIOQ, Philadelphia (1987-88) Stan and Sis Kaplan were fierce competitors. CKLW/Windsor-Detroit. 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. And dont even get me started on Watermark and their Documentaries. Still love it! Especially before I Heart and Cumulus took over. 15 Characteristics of the Great Top 40 stations. 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! One could consider ratings, longevity, originality, influence, or many other criteria. According to Dick, the phrase Top 40 was coined in New Orleans. The personality line up was one heavy hitter after another. (AND TO THINK THAT AT HIS PREVIOUS RADIO EMPLOYER IN BOSTONWMEXTHAT WAS ONE OF THAT STATIONSAS YOU SAID, PAULHOUSE NAMES! In the early '60s such guys as Robert Mitchell, "Buzz" Bennett, Ted Green, Deane Johnson, Bobby Reno, "King" Bob Walker, and Don Anthony were the greatest! * Tom Cheney - Newscast June 1970 during the Bill Murvin show. Pontchartrain Beach, Schlitz Beer, Metropolitan Bank of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling). The FM is still Tp 40. for you: they each began its first season [first season ever in the Falcons case, first season in a new market in the Braves case] at since-demolished Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. (I still havent forgiven the Dodgers for leaving.) Doing a great job! More. Sign up free 0:00 0:00 (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.). The music was very attractive in those days. Here she is complaining about, * Bob Walker -Aircheck 1981 The Oldies Professor Steve Slumber calls the WTIX Original OldieHour. , 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. A further thought on this string: As kids growing up in Welland, Ontario, most of the radio we listened to was from Buffalo. 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. ", mention of Kirschman's Gentilly Woods. (Amen! Many of the most spectacular Top 40 stations werent around that long. Hope youre doing well, Lee! Jim Jackson. 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. Robert Mitchell plays the radio hits of 1969. Hy Lit was its best, played R and B on a top 40 station. WMEX, Boston for sure. The Playlist: With Christian Hillborg, Gizem Erdogan, Edvin Endre, Severija Janusauskaite. GM Paul Palmer just let us run with it. WABC poached talent from WMCA? I have radios in every room in my home. TALK! 2. History-making in so many ways, and still great today. Coverage to the north was lost, and unfortunately, Dallas grew to the north. Later, as a student in college, whenever He's an old, white guy, so who knows what he'll say? I hope he and his legacy will never be forgotten. Around these parts, that means 106.1 KISS-FM in DFW. As did WPGR, VLT plays a vast playlist, a lot of forgotten hits and a heavy smattering of old local Philly hits. That 50,000-watt night signal put everything east of the Rockies in earshot at night. It put rock and roll on the FM map in Boston and eventually made WRKO/680 the legendary Top 40 rocker in Boston beginning in March of 67. 2.) This fun song is still fondly remembered by many today. It deserves mention here. I was still a AM KFRC fan up until 1983. Just goes to show ya how good radio was when it was competitive. No need to signup to iCloud, simply start creating and sharing playlists freely. And as Im originally from northern New Jersey (and currently living in the central New Jersey burbs of New York City, here are some previous or current Top 40 and AC stations in the New York City suburbs, PERIOD! Oldies station for new orleans louisiana. Not a registered user of Streema yet? Mind if I add a few more Top 40 stations of the past, anyway, Doc? Sign up to leave a comment and share your thoughts with other listeners. The story (as I understand it) is that Mac Richmond (one of the WMEX owners) let Garabedian mix in some album cuts and long versions of the hits, and broke some stuff along the way (Maggie Mae by Rod Stewart being one). WOW! KY-102, KC . Cmon people now, I was also privileged to catch CHUM, TR, CKEY, and CKOC during their hayday(s). WMCA, with its broader signal pattern and low dial position, covered the Monmouth and northern Ocean County beaches quite well, despite being only 5kw. Stan invested in talent and promotion. Get discovered by a world of playlist listeners. Throughout the 60s and 70s, KOMA was the favorite of teens all across the western US. * Bill Murvin - Aircheck, June 1970. 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 (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.). Keep on keeping on. Mac Richmond (one of the owners) was a crazed micro-manager and abrasive as sandpaper, but he knew talent. You might turn up some of his historical pieces online. I remember Howard Taylor working the AM side then we had middle of the road on the FM side which captured the older crowd well. !, yet!) *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. Or just wait a little longer. Of WLTH fame? 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. 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. The two most influential Top 40 radio stations of all time? was one of my childhood heros. 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. a painter at $3.00 an hour among other stuff of 1972. 1) Your Web Site or Podcast address -- WTIX.com 2) Your Email addresses -- (anything)@WTIX.com 3) Your social media ID -- WTIX 4) Your Cell / Message Texting # -- Key people in your company can be assigned any available area code and any available prefix code PLUS your company name/number. WABC won by dominating the areas WMCA didnt reach, and by raiding WMCA for talent and ideas. 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. 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 my teen years, I remember calling in and winning prizes. In the mid-60s, the remaining R&B/Soul, group harmony (Doo Wop) and Italian (and jazz?) The kids of today, sorry to say, really have NO idea what a true lifestyle broadcast radio station sounds like. Keep in mind, you can only create a playlist with your public videos. Alternatively, you can select which cookies or technologies you want to allow in "Settings". (Top 40) WTIX-FM is an oldies outlet serving the New Orleans area. I just moved back and cant believe how great this station has got. While I was there a tornado hit nearby at a car dealership. They were called the WMEX Good Guys. Go to YouTube, search keywords of the playlist like a country music playlist, Christian music videos, classic music playlist, etc. By creating an account, you are indicating that you have read and agree to the, I listen from Ponchatoula. But Ive got to know, did anyone measure? The Brennans engineering genius and home-built transmitter pumped 50,000 daytime watts from Daytona to the North Carolina beaches. Programmers write about The Glory Days of Top 40 Radio reminds me of watching the movie Argo. (WIBG and WFIL were good, but ABC killed them, as far as I was concerned.) WAPE introduced a lot of the south to Carolina Beach music. WTIX 94.3 FM Download now for free and listen to the radio easily. Lee felt WABC was the greatest Top 40 station, but I think they were way out-programmed by WMCA. The sounds that listeners remembered the most: ( Clydesdales marching in a Mardi Gras parade - Skip Broussard & Buzz Bennett ), (Check out the prices for new cars and gasoline! I listen to the Crusin 1966 album almost religiously. WTIM was unable to reach outside of Taylorville at night due to its FCC-mandated 63 watts of power. I loved WAPE 690. Oh wait. 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. Listening from Toronto. And if neither WAPE Jacksonville, FL NOR WQXI was the WABC of the South, so many of the larger Southern cities were contenders for that title: including New Orleans (WNOE as well as WTIX), Atlanta again (WPLO, WAKE (with its 1,000-watts daytime/250-watts nighttimeand prior to the early 60s, 250 watts full timesignal! The editorial staff at Radio Ink came up with a great story and executed it well. WABC won where they could no WMCA competition. another Top 40 station of all time that was left out: WKNR Detroit. Now its boring as hell. Still, WMGM had its legends, most notably Peter Tripp. WROV could have easily made the cut. Chuck Blores clever contests, tight production, and a great pick of music made KEWB one of the very best Top 40 stations. in the Spring of 1978, I was doing a late night fill-in on WKDU during their weekday Progressive Rock programming and I decided to do a show of all classic Progressive Rock tracks from the 60s and very early 70s, the music I had enjoyed from the afore-mentioned stations. I worked there as a young man when Mac owned the station, so I know first hand. (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. Suitcase Simpson, Chuck Boo Baron, Eddie Beacon the Swingin Deacon, and others have never sounded better. 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. You mentioned KONG AM Visalia. suck! I do want to mention that Ron Jacobs had more to do with the sound of KHJ than he gets credit for. Redeem Now Pause PAMS Series 18 Sonosational - WTIX AH3RD 9 years ago Jingles 546 7 AH3RD 39 29 Report Follow AH3RD and others on SoundCloud. Hi Mike! 80 miles away, across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Lou Saint . Great program directors in Holland Cooke for AM and Gary Berkowitz for FM. (3:00), June 1970 during the Bill Murvin show. #16 on one List and no mention on the other? LOVE IT!!! None of the 15Q guys Michaels mentions, were there when the station signed-on Dr. Steve (Bridgewater) West am drive, Ron Baptist midday, Shot Bob Kelly pm drive, Bro Mick Rizzo 6-10, Kid Curry did 10-2a Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! * Bob Walker -AircheckOctober 22, 1969 (10:30). How about the Middle of the Middle West Not WHO in Des Moines. WTIX 690 AM New Orleans LA, Talk radio. I knew what I wanted to do forever. Hoot Gibson? The best 1-2 punch: Fenway 6-10 am and Ginsburg 8-10 pm M-S. And Blaine Harvey went on to Minneapolis and later Philadelphia broadcasting as Dan Donovan. 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. I worked there for a spell and the phones were lit up constantly. I did all nights at WFUN during my junior year in college at Miami and did the same in my senior year at WQAM. Not to nitpick, but you were off by one year as to the debut of the Atlanta Falcons: they actually started in 1966. I did. [Apologies if Im forgetting anybody.] I think one of the elements that is missing today is competition, radio wars. For the first time ever, these digitally remastered are now available to terrestrial radio. K-NUZ. Online Radio Box uses cookies in order to provide the best service for our users. ENSEMBLES: English Symphony Orchestra. WHAT ABOUT WSGN BIRMINGHAM, AL!!! Sign up with Google. 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. Call sign: WTIX-FM Frequency: 94.3 FM City of license: Galliano, LA Format: Oldies Owner: Fleur de Lis Broadcasting Area Served: New Orleans Sister stations: Z-104.5 WMZ FM Contact The story of Wolfmans visit to WROV can be found under History of Roanoke Radio then click on WROV. * WTIX Composite Aircheck (1979) featuring: Robert Mitchell, Larry Hamilton, Kathy Fishman, Pal Al Nasser, Greg Fox. WAYS/Charlotte. Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. WRKO-FM/98.5 (R-KO, The Shy But Friendly Robot) should get some honorable mention. 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. Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first Top 40 station was born. 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. Sorry. If it did, then Adult Contemporary was the closest KSFO ever came to being a Top 40 station. Many stations saved money on jingles by getting names cut during a session or by recycling house names. Yes, I agree, I don't understand why my car radio often does not pick up WTIX clearly. KYA was also a great station with Emperor Gene Nelson, Tom Donahue, and many others. June 1962. Lets see here, who did WAYS Charlotte create that we remember? @Pat ODay: And if all of those werent enough, WADO in New York, which broadcasted Top 40 programming from 1959 to 1963. What about Kimn in Denver? Hello Lee Roberts! The number one selection by the fan picks proves that the entire country would have benefited. Gotta put a vote in for The Big 143, CKFH! @n Come on, no KOMA, Oklahoma City! include Z-100! 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. I grew up in Northern VA. We had Major Top 40 AM competition! 90.7. What about my all time favorite? Tap the three-dot icon on the right of the video or press and hold on the video. KBOX gave us Dan Ingram, Bill Ward, and many others. I had WFIL at #15. WYHY (Y107)/Nashville. put their content rules into the playlist.Too much Ann Murray and other Canadian artist. I cannot think of two greater, more knowledgeable guys one could ask to create this list (those who are gnashing their teeth and should have been included damn, dudes). Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. Ed Perry bought the license and is putting it back on the air, by the way. Louisiana, ), WCAU-FM Philadelphia (not just its Top 40 format, but also the Disco format that immediately preceded it), WOR-FM/WXLO New York, AOR-turned-pop WPLJ New York (as Top 40 and later Hot AC, the latter since defunct (the owners of the syndicated Christian AC network K-Love bought the station almost four months ago and took over WPLJ just nine days ago)), WBUD Trenton, NJ, and WYNG Goldsboro, NC come to mind. Only then did KOIL take notice and knocked off the daytimer with the larger 5kw day/night signal. I miss those days! Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. My grandkids love the old music. I listened to WMEX in 1970-71 when John H Garabedian was at the helm and in PM drive with Bud Balou in the eve and Ron Robin in the AM. see more 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. Thanks for putting in the time and effort, much appreciated. BTW, I was honored that I got to meet you at the CKLW Fifty Year celebration in Detroit in july. 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!!!!! Years later, I hired him as Mike Marshall from an AOR station in Toronto to do Smooth Jazz. Edgier. 2. As the song says tear open my shirt to show Rosie on my chest. Produce documentaries chronicling the history of Top 40 Music. Early Feb., 1980, the station management purged us all. Radio INK. The sounds that listeners remembered the most: 1.) No one, ever, anywhere, did the basics better than the Big 8. Bobby Reno Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. WHTZ (Z100)/New York. My how things changed! er. Thanks to those folks I managed to make a living in radio for a good bit of my life and I will always be grateful for their willingness to teach new guys! The Power Pig was more outrageous, but Y107 was a better station. I am in the Tour city, France in the end of March. WJET/Erie, PA. WJET dominated Erie as a daytimer on 1570 with 250 watts. Hope you are both well. 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. In 67 we got an advanced copy of Sgt Pepper at little old WKBK in Keene, NHbefore WABC (I was told)..thats when turning on mike was fun. The music is just wonderful. You can use the best adsense alternative for any type of website (they approve all websites), for more info simply Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? The Last Contest was all about perception and theater of the mins. JD the DJ follows with the Rock and Roll Flight to Midnight. Y100 Miami crushed it late 70s * Craig Roberts -Guglielmo the Tree 1972 (:25)Smoky the Bear PSA takeoff for Italy. The Last Contest was born here. 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. The idea was to protect some station in Canada. Its fitting that KB is on both of 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). In Your Room. To coin a sound alike phrase from the late Bill Drake, AND THE TALENT JUST KEPT ON COMIN. And lets not forget that WABC was the first flagship of the Metsduring its third and fourth years as Top 40. Funny?, I swear that one of those lists *did* mention WFIL. I like the mention of Big WAYS and WTIX as I lived in those cities and I used to hear WAPE. Oh, yeah-former clear channel (thats with a small C each) WOWO Fort Wayne, IN-as an *AC* station **AND**! Bam, Wow, Im as proud today as I was back in the day when I enjoyed the honor of programming two of each of your picks! We had already run over Jack McCoy and his Last Contest. 7. Well said. Seamless Internet Connectivity required for playback as the App does not store any videos offline. WCTC New Brunswick, NJ (went talk in 91, w/AC on Sunday overnights only, literally all-talk in 92, (syndicated) oldies in 2008 and reverted to talk in 2011) Thanks M & M for keeping real ties to the original top 40 sound of Tiger Radio - The Mighty 6-90! 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. 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. Radio Ink is a radio-industry trade publication that is published 12 times a year for the radio management sector of the radio broadcasting industry. Ed Ripley voiceover, featuring The Nerveless Nocks and the Poodle Express. I would agree with how great WRKO was. WLS was fun to listen to, but, was never as tight as WHK during the above-mentioned years. Longtime morning man Lacy Neff passing was big news last June.
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