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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! *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. Now we know, it was CKLW! Playlist. Even outside on the patio, and whats a drive without tix. WTIX FM 94.3 Webplayer. Thanks for the great work you did there. Amen. I was still a AM KFRC fan up until 1983. Buy on. Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? 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. 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. as a Top 40 station. 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. WCBS-FM, New York (when they first launched, c. late 1980s into the 1990swent downhill since) Some stations have been amazing at times and just awful at others. I worked there for a spell and the phones were lit up constantly. KYNO deserved the inclusion, Doc. KFJZ 1270 was Fort Worths Top 40 station, headlined by Marky Baby, later known as Mark Stevens of the Stevens & Pruitt morning show on KFJZ-FM (Z-97) which morphed into The Eagle (KEGL) on the same frequency. Y100 Miami crushed it late 70s And during its last two years as a music station (continuing as a talk station almost a month-and-a-half into the latter of the two years), WABC was the Yankees flagship station. Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. And that news intro: With Morse code beeping in the background and plenty of slapback echo, the news opened with From around the universe, around the world, around the nation, around Texas, around Dallas, and around the corner from your house, this is K-B-O-X news.. Also, Randy Brown, who commented just before me, is right. (27:24). Hi Mike (Frank Brodie). Finally, a plug for WGH. One could consider ratings, longevity, originality, influence, or many other criteria. WRKO were all slices from the Bill Drake pie. 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. That rarely exists anymore. Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. About the app Radio stations that might interest you Top 5 1. You folks in the Windy City were lucky SOBs LOL!! WMCA, with its broader signal pattern and low dial position, covered the Monmouth and northern Ocean County beaches quite well, despite being only 5kw. 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. Much love Boomer, Late 1967As Paul Drew gave me my first look at the Big 8 control room, Tom Shannon was introducing Glen Campbells By The Time I Get To Phoenix. But KBOX was pretty amazing for having only 500 watts at night at 1480. Had a lot of fun working at TR, too, and enjoyed doing Smooth Jazz. Few stations have been able to achieve consistent success in ratings, and the conversion of ratings to revenue and cash flow, like KIIS. And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . 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! We had already run over Jack McCoy and his Last Contest. While I was there a tornado hit nearby at a car dealership. 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. And that was Mr Abrams #20. Hy Lit was its best, played R and B on a top 40 station. 1. Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. Amen! WABC won where they could no WMCA competition. 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. WDGY and WQAM were purchased in 1956, KOMA in 1958 and KXOK in 1960. Jerry Clifton blazed a huge trail when he turned WXLO FM into 99x. COMPOSER: Anton Arensky. 5. CKLW was high on a pedestal in those days and people admired it. But lets be honest, there were TONS of great Top 40 stations and narrowing it down to 10 or 20- or 40- is nearly impossible because of what appeals to the one making the choices. I agree, Scotty. Don Patrick, Dick Smythe, Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson and the chief himself Byron McGregor all grabbed your attention with their excellent delivery and news writing. WABC had 10 times more power. For me, WLSs personality driven approach was magic. KFRC/San Francisco. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. KBOX gave us Dan Ingram, Bill Ward, and many others. WLS and WCCO are now news talk stations. 15. Example: 1-XXX-XXX-9849 (WTIX) We should celebrate the greatness. You made radio come alive. So, a small hat tip to WMGM as well. I heard the audio, listened to stories. Lets see here, who did WAYS Charlotte create that we remember? I had the pleasure of listening to 4 of these stations back in the day, CKLW from 67 through 74/75 before that WING Dayton in the Mid to Late 60s, WFIL in my early Air Force Days before shipping off to Vietnam, while stationed at Dover AFB in 68/69, and on occasion WLS with and without Lujack[WCFL as well} back in the mid 70s. Coverage to the north was lost, and unfortunately, Dallas grew to the north. General manager and program director Michael Costello developed TIX FM and is committed to preserving the legacy that is WTIX. There are many other B100 alumni (hi Kathy Aunan!) All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. Bobby Rich, you nailed it. I also agree with Randy Michaels that KFRC overall became a better station than KHJ for the reasons he mentioned. When WNBC went CHR in the 70s, that ranked up there, too. I loved WAPE 690. But here we go. Is there sill anybody around who still remembers us? (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. 7. Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. Another memory WMEX had the jocks names locked in like Fenway in the morning, Dan Donovan, Melvin X Melvin and so on. Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Randy, if you ask *me*, you can name every single radio station that ever was or has been Top 40 and the list would *still* be too short. (Welland was kind of a suburb of Buffalo, just not as close as Tonawanda was.) 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. Wed 22.02 Thu 23.02 Fri 24.02 Sat 25.02 Sun 26.02 Mon 27.02 Tue 28.02 Recommended WBZ, WPTR, WRKO, WMEX..in the 60 led the way in our part of NE for those of us just coming in to the business. This station has a major-market sound in a small market. Thats how a Top 40 station owned the traffic image. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Mike has successfully managed to give WTIX a wonderful magic which I lovekeep it up! During my formative teens I was highly inspired by several including: WNOE, WTIX, KOMA, KBOX, KLIF, KONO, KNUZ, KILT, KXOK and WHB. When we went Top 40, we added Carl Lee. Alternatively, you can select which cookies or technologies you want to allow in "Settings". But now,looking back, it was a different era, and AM rode the wave while it was there. To coin a sound alike phrase from the late Bill Drake, AND THE TALENT JUST KEPT ON COMIN. We had some pretty good board ops who could incorporate the Wolfmans customs. Myron did, and because he had a TV station, he had to sell the AM to do it. WMEX had what they called House names. They didnt last long, but they were awesome. Poor Lee hadnt been paying attention. * Bill Murvin - Aircheck, June 1970. WTIX-FM - playlist by jamacco | Spotify Home Search Your Library Create Playlist Liked Songs Cookies Privacy Preview of Spotify Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. 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. 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. * Joe Hagler -AircheckSummer 1962 (2:07), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckJune 1969. MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. 20. The music was very attractive in those days. KOMA interviewed the dealership owner and all he could talk about was that GD gas station was still standing amid all the rubble. Nice comments, Jim. Seeing Lees List recognizing Big WAYS as a Top 20 Station and Randy Michaels actually listing 15Q, WAYS, and the Funky Monkey WAPE, gave me some warm fuzzies (1:09) A brief clip of WTIX's "All Night Satellite. Early Feb., 1980, the station management purged us all. TALK! include Z-100! It could compete anywhere. Johnny Holiday on WHK was awesome as well as when he was on 250 watt WRVM in Rochester in the fifties. Apparently all of the contributors didnt pay much attention. Sign up with Google. Weekends also feature Breakfast with the Beatles and Casey Kasem American Top 40 70s show. Both were top rated when AM Radio was King. I am glad Dr. Don Rose got a mention at KFRC as I know he was huge out there in CA. Fenway Park was in back of 70 Brookline Avenue. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. My all time favorite Oldies format stations were WPEN, from 1975-76 (great jocks, jingles, funny newscasters) and WIOQ, during its brief stint in that format, 1987-88, as I recall. Frequent updatesbetween songs, and a 20-20 news summary of what was known at that moment by, * Bob Walker -AircheckAugust 8, 1972 (9:52), Includes live spots for Godchaux's Bottoms Up Shop, 7-Up the Uncola, and an employment opportunity for. WTIX - March 25, 1972. He outgunned WABC within a year and made history for bringing FM into the 20th century. Mac Richmond did not wreck WMEX. Kudos to the very talented people at those stations who contributed to creating the well deserved legendary status that still exists. This fun song is still fondly remembered by many today. There were many good radio stations all over the USA radio map, like for me KACY, Ventura, KIST, Santa Barbara, KMBY Monterey, KDON Salinas. For a number of years Fenway was the morning man. He also did a live show from the afored mentioned WGR in Buffalo. Listen Here 1. LOL, Morgus' Experiment- House of Shock theme & experiment - '45 record released in1959(4:07), Pontchartrain Beach radio spot-WTIX 1962 (1:02). 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. The original KLIF night signal was only 1kw. WJET-FM debuted at number one. I knew several of the voices on the radio from back then! WABC poached talent from WMCA? What a great list. Didnt lose a single bottle in flight from DFW to SF. WEBE WEBE (pronounced WEE-bee) 108 Westport, CT (WICCs sister station) It was just too great a line not to steal. At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. It may be 1pm here but it is Noon Chime Time on my radio. Scott Shannon in his prime. Yes, I agree, I don't understand why my car radio often does not pick up WTIX clearly. Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. Wonderful memories from my days of driving my 61 Chevy with the radio volume pegged listening to tunes during my Air Force hitch. Toast. With only 250 watts way up at 1450kHz, WTIX debuted with a 50 share. I have to add to my list of rock stations in NYC carrying baseball. He was the inspiration for the song, W*O*L*D from Harry Chapin. ), all air talent/music driven Top 40 stations. ), 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. That was the prelude Especially before I Heart and Cumulus took over. on Saints QB Billy Kilmer). The Big 8 will NEVER be forgotten! The station may be offline, or you may need to update your browser. [Reportedly, WCAU-FM, the Disco Powerhouse at the time, was calling our P.D., to get reactions to new songs we were breaking.] WMCA killed WABC in the ratings from 1963-1965. Ron is one of the true radio savants (alongside Zapper, Dan Vallie, Bill Richards, Nick Bazoo, etc.). Pontchartrain Beach jingledonut and bed only -late 1960's (:42). By creating an account, you are indicating that you have read and agree to the, I listen from Ponchatoula. Radio Ink sure hit a LIVE WIRE here didnt they! Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first Top 40 station was born. 94 WIP Sportsradio 2. Even as a kid, I remember, by the mid-70s, WLS wasnt quite as exciting as CKLW, but still a wonderful experience. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (now Hot AC 94-3 The Point) You mean that Lee Abrams guy who came to Toronto in 1977 to work his Superstar Format Magic against CHUM-FM? In March 1975, Bobby Rich (AKA Dr. WTIX Back To The Beach CD Signing 17 Choice Oldies CD Signing Bob Walker, T-Ben Boudreaux, Engineer Tom Courtney, Michael in the Morning, and Terry Knight (l-r) at the WTIX-FM 17 Choices Oldies CD signing remote broadcast at Borders Books in Metairie, Louisiana on 12/10/05. The McLendon format memos remain some of the best how-to handbooks for radio. I agree: there were SCORES! I was stationed at Whiteman AFB in Missouri in the 60s and loved WHB with DJ Johnny Dolan and others. >: >:0. WHK during the Johnny Holi-days was as good as radio ever got. Thanks M & M for keeping real ties to the original top 40 sound of Tiger Radio - The Mighty 6-90! Thank you Randy Michaels for the 102 WVAQ mention! The reason I know about some radio history is that I was kid of 9 or 10 when my friends from Kenner told us about their new favorite radio station back in either 1958 or 1959. A real crew. But its been copied around the world just because its KIIS/Los Angeles. The website cannot function properly without these files, they can only be disabled by changing your browser settings or by using our website in "Incognito" mode. The Mets started out on WABC during its first 2 years until Rick Sklar kicked them off. Owned and operated by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting. That station is on my list of the greatest Adult Contemporary stations of all time as it is. It was a very hip kind of top 40 that meshed well with Boston at that time. WFAS-FM Bronxville, NY (renamed WNBM Boom 103.9 and reformatted to Urban AC in the early 2010s) see more Even the commercials are so redolent of Nawluns. WMEX, Boston for sure. Breakfast with the Beatles features music by the fab four every Sunday afternoon. WHB was added in 1954. And I wont pretend to be as up on some of the other legendary calls as many of my radio brethren. 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. Boy what trash we have now. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation. Yeah, Im biased, but KNUS belongs on the list. 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. WHB and KXOK were among his best. of great Top 40 stations. I love radio. You mentioned KONG AM Visalia. Bruce Bradley at WBZ told me at a record hop in 1963 NOT to go into Radio. Everything about KB was show business. 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! 18. (And!, heres some *trivia*!! (504) 454 9000. Outstanding tunes !!!!!! #16 on one List and no mention on the other? The "singer" is (WTIX DJ) Ed Ripley. WMEX went on the auction block on this past December 15, 2017. A Collection of Songs & Covers by the Greatest A Cappella Group Ever. Some of the greatest talent came through Detroit Toledo Ohio. And if you dont know what I mean by that. Enjoy Music Playlist! WMEX started in late 50s. Spotify for Artists is the only way to submit new music for playlisting. Hows that for some entertaining teachers?! At the time, the AM was still number one! There were no general-market oriented rock n roll stations in the early and probably even well into the mid-Fifties. Smile on your brother. During that same event KOMA lost power but had a generator I asked Perry how he knew when to cut back to utility power. Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. The aforementioned call letters are at least said to have originally stood for I Believe in God.. When I went on leave to Cincinnati I always dialed in KXOK in St. Louis as I wen east on old Highway 40 in the pre I-70 days. Paper Filing? We recommend to enable all cookies to guarantee the website properly work. 12. And as for the aforementioned KFI Los Angeles, that also belongs on the list of the greatest Top 40 stations of all time, as it was a Top 40 station from the mid- or late 70s to about the mid-80s. The announcers of WTIX 94.3 FM are all veteran broadcasters. We're streaming. WVAQ/Morgantown, WV. KSFO was MOR, not Top 40. Frank Jolly did afternoons on KBOX and was great and a little crazy. This list is bullit. The official Facebook page of 94.3 WTIX-FM New Orleans, playing the greatest hits of all time. Over at 89 WLS, during those years, we had John Records Landecker, Larry Lujack, Tom Kent, Steve King, Jerry Kay and so many more. 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