Listed Mike Marshall as one of, if not THE Smoothest jock ever. By creating an account, you are indicating that you have read and agree to the, I listen from Ponchatoula. Funny?, I swear that one of those lists *did* mention WFIL. Getting it down to 20 was tough, unfair, and subjective. One other station I listened to was WSGA in Savannah, GA. Lee felt WABC was the greatest Top 40 station, but I think they were way out-programmed by WMCA. got a reply that he would love to have hired me but he needed someone who lived locally and could fill in on short notice. But, it was my child and teen years listening to CKLW that had the lasting impact on me. And if you dont know what I mean by that. THATS! 2. As I recall, the only other time baseball was on a rock station was in 1969 when WABC-FM supplemented WJRZ in broadcasting the Mets, and on the very end of that WJRZ contract when the station transitioned from country to become top-40 WWDJ. I think one of the elements that is missing today is competition, radio wars. Tap the three-dot icon on the right of the video or press and hold on the video. suck! I worked there later in time. I completely agree with KHJ being #1 on the list. Southeast Nebraska And Northeast Kansas, Streams Live Local Sporting Events 0 vote Great to see so many radio brethren on here. No one has said anything about the greatest radio promo of all timein my humble opinion that would be Jack McCoys The Last Contest! Which I heard on the also great KCBQ in San Diego with Mason Dixon! Better production. Never missed him, as he made R & B come alive. Scott Shannon in his prime. WAAM and WODA started to cooperate and eventually both taken over by Audre Bulova (of watch fame) and Milton Biowand renamed WNEW, which reintroduced DJs to New York. The "singer" is (WTIX DJ) Ed Ripley. 89.9 WWNO. Even though I was over my head, I was well aware I was standing in a historic spot. Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. Of WLTH fame? All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. He hired major-market talent and they stayed. I worked there for a spell and the phones were lit up constantly. it; THATTTS!! All the Top 40 stations that Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels each included, those that many posters, myself included, called them out for omittingincluding those that you mentioned in your own comment, plus WIFI Philadelphia (WIFI 92 (pronounced Wi-Fi 92 (Whod have thought, right? Lenny Kravitz 1675325726. I worked there as a young man when Mac owned the station, so I know first hand. include Z-100! Before voice tracking, I would listen on the weekends to hear the next hot jock! I cut my teeth at the same stastion as Super Max and Pat Holliday of Big 8 fame, WKNY in Kinsgston, NY. (Welland was kind of a suburb of Buffalo, just not as close as Tonawanda was.) Hows that for some entertaining teachers?! Enjoy Music Playlist! 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. . One of the WTIX classic Time Chimes, New Orleans Radio Shrine All Rights Reserved, $25,000 Giveaway promo (Buzz Bennett voiceover), Bob Walker (TIX Original Oldie. 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. Bobby thanks for your kind comments. He liked the name and had a jingle cut for WGR. Cmon people now, WFIL, Philadelphia (c. 1983) Great visit Great station!! So today I credit you guys and of course others back then, who made a shy teenage boy grab on to something called radio, and go for the ride of his life! Definitely a slick imaged station! About my Junior year in High School, i found WXLO in New York. CNN Unfortunately from what I understand, you were not part of the team at the time IIRC. you go, Phil; *THATS!!!!! WRKO were all slices from the Bill Drake pie. After sunset gone. Jim was replaced in Erie by the equally funny Jack Starr. U of Ps WXPN also did a good job with that format. And to THINK Uncle Lar (the late, great Larry Lujack) was on both LS *AND*!! ); WKIX Raleigh, NC. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. Most every market had two or three pretty good Top-40s back then; lucky if you can find one now. My grandkids love the old music. I was listening to WSAI when JFK was assasinated, and when I first heard The Beatles. !, *yeah*! Tap Add to playlist, then tap Create a playlist. Owned and operated by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting. KISN Portland?!? Some of the greatest talent came through Detroit Toledo Ohio. @Pat ODay: Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. Your right Guy. The Playlist: With Christian Hillborg, Gizem Erdogan, Edvin Endre, Severija Janusauskaite. And this is only a partial listing. Yes, you were the last DJ on Wins, and , yes,Out in the Street (pun intended?) WLS was the most influential station in the nation in the late 60s and early 70s. WAYS/Charlotte. Ask most any of themit was the greatest experience of their careers. Do you mean KFRC and *KYA* San Francisco? More Fats D! 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. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. And we cant forget the Top 40 version of KFI in between its two adult contemporary formats!, now, CAN we!!?!! Charlie Tuna! I am glad Dr. Don Rose got a mention at KFRC as I know he was huge out there in CA. It was a PERSONALITY driven format. Def Leppard 1675327016. KFRC and CKLW both had Bill Drake and Les Garland to thank for the edge, and the feel of those stations. Great contemporary music doesnt exist today. 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. Great jocks, a lot of personality, fun to listen to. Taking a chance on a record on-air from time to time and listening to their feedback, not just auditorium testing. 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. WAKY/Lousiville. and the WKNR Keener 13 crew. Surprised that WHBQ, Memphis didnt make someones list. (1:09) A brief clip of WTIX's "All Night Satellite. . 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. WABC carried the Yankees during its final years, and I vaguely remember WMCA caring one of the teams in its final rock/talk 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). No dispute. What a great business it was back then! How do we use Cookies. (P.S., Rockin Ron did a great Oldies Show Sunday nights on WBT, Charlotte). Create a SoundCloud account WAPE introduced a lot of the south to Carolina Beach music. Didnt happen, but the writing was on the wall. Pontchartrain Beach, Schlitz Beer, Metropolitan Bank of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling). I was super stoked to see that B100 San Diego made the readers top 10. Alan Sneed & Gary Adkins had my back Monday morning they got me to Vic Rumore Jim Bob, who was GM at KGN and their consultant, Mr.Green Kent Burkhart I was on the air Monday Nite I stayed there until Big WAYS came a calling which is another story for another time. We had some pretty good board ops who could incorporate the Wolfmans customs. Only then did KOIL take notice and knocked off the daytimer with the larger 5kw day/night signal. Im proud to know people who worked thereand even at places like CKLW and KHJ. WKBW/Buffalo. 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. I worked in Trenton, MO in 78 and thought that WDAF 61 Country was great Top 40 radio and how good country radio could be programmed. This list is bullit. KCBQ/San Diego. It was a crazy idea. WIOQ, Philadelphia (1987-88) Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. I am a DJ on a community station WRDV and my program is AM Classics so I really appreciate your website, Youre right: WIBG Philadelphia was started by a church in the Philly suburb of Elkins Park, PA in the 20s. Already a user? McClendon may have guessed wrong. The McLendon format memos remain some of the best how-to handbooks for radio. Sure, "oldies" obviously isn't everyone's niche, but the variety on this station is better than on any other station. Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. Nobody, and I mean nobody, listened to KLIF in Fort Worth. It was certainly an interesting assignment. 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. Frank Jolly did afternoons on KBOX and was great and a little crazy. A lot of people went to bed and woke up with the Good Guys at KIOA. WABC poached talent from WMCA? 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. Still, WMGM had its legends, most notably Peter Tripp. Johnny Holliday. It would be impossible to make a top 20 list that everyone would like, but these are great! While it was playing, some lady went up to the dj, grabbed his microphone, and sang the CKLW top of the hour ID jingle! 12. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. Id like to thank Randy. The Greatest Hits On Earth! Doug Limerick, you might remember, was later a news reader for the ABC Information Network. I remember in the late 50s and rarly 60s living in northern Illinois, we always tried to tune in to WBZ Boston that broadcast just a little higher on the dial than WLS in Chicago! about IRONY! The only WMCA personality who ever worked at Top 40 WABC was Harry Harrison, and he had already decided to leave WMCA when Rick Sklar called him to offer a job (just before they dropped everything that made them successful as the Good Guys due to a management change). 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!!!!! (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.) Holliday was also great as Baron of the Bay at KYA/SF. He was the inspiration for the song, W*O*L*D from Harry Chapin. WHB was added in 1954. CKLW was high on a pedestal in those days and people admired it. As we were next to WIFI on the dial, people were tuning us in by accident and said they liked us better! Michael Green, Robert Mitchell & Bob Walker. 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. When Gordon McLendon signed on KILT with 5,000 watts down at 610, it should have been endgame, but KNUZ bested KILT for a long time. Stand with Ukraine. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. 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. Heart 1675326183. And let us not forget the news department which was something to be reckoned with. It worked! 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. For a 15 year-old growing up in East Texas, the best station in the country was WNOE in New Orleans. None of the big-market owners did the smart thing and moved to FM in the 70s. 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. 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.. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleanss Greatest Hits Station. But the signal was awful, the staff was expensive, and 15Q failed quickly. Still have a bunch of it on my iPad! Delighted to hear from you, Jim and Andy. Online Radio Box uses cookies in order to provide the best service for our users. TiIX is the only station I listen to. Chuck Blores clever contests, tight production, and a great pick of music made KEWB one of the very best Top 40 stations. According to Dick, the phrase Top 40 was coined in New Orleans. You might turn up some of his historical pieces online. In my teen years, I remember calling in and winning prizes. In mid-1963, the remaining Top-40 pop rock programming was dropped in favor of even more Spanish programming and a primarily-Spanish format. I am surprised that WXLK K-92 didnt make the cut small market but Russ Brown and company had a major market sound that dominated the airways in 1980 and Beyond. Or you don't come in at all. Marlene I am so sad to hear that Lacy is no longer with us. (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. Even though I came later in the game to be involved with some of the biggest of those stations, I did make it to a couple. Todd Storz introduced a tight pop music format on KOWH in 1953. 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. announced, a fun contest to Name JFK's PT boat, and the telephone Double, election not long afterwards, Craig Roberts created "Vito Mufallato" who urged people to vote the. No credit card needed. WABC drove us home from Ft. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight. 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. To coin a sound alike phrase from the late Bill Drake, AND THE TALENT JUST KEPT ON COMIN. Great Music!!! WTIX - The Top 69 of 1969. I will always be thankful to those great PDs, Bill Holly, Dick Star, Charlie Murdock and Lee Sherwood. I do remember, however, getting WLS on my Zenith Royal 400 7-transistor radio on the floor of Yosemite Valley that same summer, though. Years later, I hired him as Mike Marshall from an AOR station in Toronto to do Smooth Jazz. Love those PAMS jingles and all of the hits mixed with crazy promotions. In that decade, it was an outstanding battle of the FM CHRs, 93Q/KKBQ and Power 104/KRBE. I remember listening to tix as a teenag. So was WVAQ, I am the person that changed it from beautiful music to Top 40 in 1976. A list of 20 is too short. If it did, then Adult Contemporary was the closest KSFO ever came to being a Top 40 station. I went on to have a 40 year career thanks to that 50,000 watt monster. Certainly those of us who worked there would say so. November1969 (1:09). I also agree with Randy Michaels that KFRC overall became a better station than KHJ for the reasons he mentioned. Dave Charles once called me smooth but I couldnt hold a candle to MM! In fact, owing to its location in New York City, it was the proverbial 800-lb gorilla of Top 40, period. I knew what I wanted to do forever. No need to signup to iCloud, simply start creating and sharing playlists freely. Rock n roll became so popular to the point of almost dominating the research charts that Top 40 became practically a rock n roll format from that point on. Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. User Rating 5 out of 5 stars based on 1 review Recommended Channels Near Metairie, USA KLZA Sunny 101.3 FM Falls City NE Falls City, NE USA, Adult Contemporary. KQV had the heritage and was owned by a company that knew something about Top 40, so 13Q was instant roadkill. It's FREE! Create a SoundCloud account 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.. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. That KB audio could also be heard as One of Americas TOO great radio stations. You patiently answered them for this 17 year old radio freak. Lets also at least have some hat tips toward the unmentioned above: WKIX in Raleigh (with Pat Patterson and other huge talents, and huge numbers too), WCOG in Greensboro, WTOB and WAIR in Winston-Salem, WIBG and WFIL in Philly, WMEX in Boston, WOLF in Syracuse, WPTR in Albany, WQXI in Atlanta, WQAM in Miami, XERB (Wolfman era) in Tijuana/San Diego/Coastal CA), WIL in St. Louis, KOMA in Oklahoma City (as big with skywave in the West as WKBW was in the East), KAAY in Little Rock (another skywave monster) WXYZ in Detroit, CKEY in Toronto, WMID in Atlantic City, WINS and WMGM in New York (which lost to WMCA and WABC, but still), WAPE (The Big Ape) in Jacksonville and the coast up to Hatteras, KFWB and KRLA in Los Angeles, KYNO in Fresto, KFRC and KSFO in San Francisco, KIMN in Denver, KLIF in Dallas, WSAI in Cincinnati, WING in Dayton, WITH in Baltimore, WEAM and WPGC in DC Okay, Ill stop there. Photograph. I can still hear those dulcet tones of yours. Somehow it seemed appropriate. 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. New Orleans. Randy lists his top stations, and also details why each station he picked was great in the Top 40 format. In this call, Louise talks about Ringo possibly being, nominated for President of the United Statesin the 1964 election in November. With respect. Only one mention of Super CFL Chicago?!?! I was still a AM KFRC fan up until 1983. Everything about KB was show business. And, plus, HOW can you even contemplate omitting New Yorks WINS (Thats where Murray the K made his mark, dontcha know that? Lets see here, who did WAYS Charlotte create that we remember? 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. WABC won by dominating the areas WMCA didnt reach, and by raiding WMCA for talent and ideas. 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! 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. of great Top 40 stations. Scott Shannon and other PDs stole from Y107 every time they came to Film House to cut a TV spot. 6. An error happened posting the comment, sorry! 1. 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. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. * Bob Walker -AircheckMay 16, 1972 (11:00). KIIS belongs on the list, no question. How good is that? Presidential candidate / Alabama Governor George Wallace had just been shot. 56kbps New Orleans Talk Radio. As are the respective lists of Top 40 *AND* Adult Contemporary stations that I listed above. One of our four chime tones that we played whenever we announced what time it was in the 1970's. announced, a fun contest to Name JFK's PT boat, and the telephone Double, * Craig Roberts (with Bob Walker) -The Origin of Thanksgiving1971 (4:26) Explained by the oldest man in. Blowtorches 770 WABC and 1520 KOMA. * Craig Roberts - Vito Mufallato 1972 (:55), WTIX Morning newsman Craig Roberts was also known for his comic relief bits on Robert Mitchell's, When The Godfather movie was riding high in popularity when released in 1972, and New Orleans staged, another election not long afterwards, Craig Roberts created "Vito Mufallato" who urged people to vote the, * Jim Swiler -Traffic Report November1969 (1:55), * Jim Swiler -20/20 NewscastJuly 22, 1969 (6:03). (Re my comment on 5/22/2018 @4:03 PM:) Thank you, Lee and Thank you, Randy. ALL-TIME BEST OLDIES STATIONS! Plus, KHJ had The Real Don Steele, who made magic every day being a larger-than-life and unique personality within the Drake constraints. Radio Bollerwagen 2. At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. That's a good thing. Radio INK. 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). and to see CKLW picked by the readers at #1!!! WHAT ABOUT WPGC Morningside, MD/Washington, DC!?! right, **WPLJ*!! Between the two, I slightly favored CKLWwhich was really the work of a woman, Rosalie Trombley, who I believe was officially the Music Director. Ryan reynolds, rob mcelhenney take a rare bite out of welsh history with '20 ways to make rarebit' cookbook. And lets not forget WHK in Cleveland who owned that City from 1959 to 1964 blowing every other station away. It may be 1pm here but it is Noon Chime Time on my radio. Also the WTIX 1969 Halloween House Decoration Contest, a Signal 20 traffic report by David Lawrence, a spot for the new Vanilla Fudge tape on sale at Tape City USA, and a full Coca Cola "It's The Real Thing", Cruise out on the lakefront once again with the sound of the real and classic WTIX 690 on a summertime, * Bob Walker -Aircheck April 1971 (1:23), * Bob Walker -Aircheck February 1972(12:08), Where were you in February 1972? From 690 to 94.3 Not a day goes by that Im not listening to tix. My point is whatever station you grew up listening to.. WHB and KXOK were among his best. What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. Two very prominent stations in the TOP 40 history book! She walked in and ordered what he was drinking and walked over and interduced herself and they had drinks between flights. 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