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. Listen To 103.3/95.9 Earth FM WRTH From Greenville And Get All Your Favorite Radio Stations On The Go With The Audacy App. WAPE/Jacksonville. That station was my LIFE as a kid. Starting briefly as a mixture of Top 40 and Rhythm (Rhythm and Rock) [plus a Jazz show hosted by Demetrius], we quickly evolved into the only non-commercial disco station in the country (with the exception of my popular Oldies show on Friday nights, throughout). [13] They were even the first station to carry the Atlanta Falcons when the team started in 1967. Many stations that are just average have lasted a long time. At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! November1969, It's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. !, yet!) WVLT, Vineland, NJ (for a long time and still currently, as far as I know) In my teen years, I remember calling in and winning prizes. The Last Contest was all about perception and theater of the mins. Posted on April 10, 2021 by IPTVMate. The sounds that listeners remembered the most: 1.) The Last Contest was born here. Mac Allen. I am fortunate enough to have an aircheck of that broadcast. WooWoo!!!!. Jeff Hurvitz Well said, Buddy.. Todd Storz had the first Top 40 station. In your TikTok app, go to your video that you want to use to create a playlist. WROV in Roanoke deserves a mention On the market for close to five years with more listeners than all other Roanoke stations Bert Levine, who owned the station, believed very much in developing personalities without exception all the personalities on the station became major celebrities in Western Virginia. The McLendon format memos remain some of the best how-to handbooks for radio. I remember listening to you! For a long time Id wondered what was in that box and theater of the mind. WPGR, 1540, also did a nice job during their stint as an Oldies station. so he can cook for us. WasntKXOL in Fort Worth Top 40 back in the day? GM Paul Palmer just let us run with it. Hi Rick, you are right about other stations and jocks wanting to sound like CKLW, The Big 8. 12. While I was there a tornado hit nearby at a car dealership. About the app Radio stations that might interest you Top 5 1. KYA was also a great station with Emperor Gene Nelson, Tom Donahue, and many others. His KFRC was better. Install the free Online Radio Box application for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! A great Top 40 station. (And!, heres some *trivia*!! KFM-BFM San Diego was, IIRC, the first major market FM Top 40 to be #1 in all demographics 12+ and all day parts, in Fall 1977. Even outside on the patio, and whats a drive without tix. (P.S., Rockin Ron did a great Oldies Show Sunday nights on WBT, Charlotte). I didnt see WIBG Wibbage 990 in Philadelphia. Ron Jacobs roasted you accurately years ago. Sign up to leave a comment and share your thoughts with other listeners. EVERYONE wanted to be like you guys, including me who at the time had a lot to learn. Sorry, I dont mean to monopolize the conversation, but another old Philly station/format warrants mention: An all-Progressive Rock format launched by WDAS-FM, Hyskis Underground. A good playlist and entertaining jocks. (WIBG and WFIL were good, but ABC killed them, as far as I was concerned.) And this is only a partial listing. @Radiovet KFRC/San Francisco. Agreed! I later worked with Jacobs on the KHJ book we put out together using his memos as a base(and yes he we had to redo the book over and over again til Ron thought it was perfect before it was released). He said I look outside and if I see lights then we give it a try. I will always be thankful to those great PDs, Bill Holly, Dick Star, Charlie Murdock and Lee Sherwood. Bill Drake and others refined it, but Top 40 was the child of Storz and McLendon. WTIX-FM is an oldies outlet serving the New Orleans area. KOWH was the original Storz station in Omaha, where Todds dad brewed Storz Beer, and KOWH was the first to focus on a tight list of the most popular songs, but KOWH leaned towards MOR and didnt really target a young audience. Lou Saint . 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. And the fired-up responses further support why great RADIO existed. ABCs $50,000 Button? Yes! When I grew up, I had a steady diet of WABC, WNBC, KB radio 15, CKLW and WOWO. A further thought on this string: As kids growing up in Welland, Ontario, most of the radio we listened to was from Buffalo. Hence the morning mans name FENWAY. Biggest problem was losing talent to bigger markets. Tix has been a big part in my life. It pains me that the list was so short. And John Teshwell, we all know what became of him. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. 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. WLS was vanilla in most respects, but it was consistently excellent. ); 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? Register here. The studios were in a former carriage house with a false front to make it look taller and a mirror at the end of the long single hallway to make it look bigger when you walked in. Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. In the mid-60s, the remaining R&B/Soul, group harmony (Doo Wop) and Italian (and jazz?) Paper Filing? You might turn up some of his historical pieces online. Dont know what songs been playing on the radio? With only a 1,000-watt night signal, KLIF routinely clocked more listeners than all other Dallas-Ft. Worth stations combined. Bob Martz was probably one of the most funny guys along with the likes of John Garry, Larry Obrien, Bob Kelly, Don Williams (and of course myself Rick Allen, I just had to toot my own horn didnt I? Great stations produced great stars and huge ratings. 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 No station was better about promoting, playing the hits, and focusing on the community. WCBS-FM, New York (when they first launched, c. late 1980s into the 1990swent downhill since) We had some pretty good board ops who could incorporate the Wolfmans customs. But, its always been a favorite of mine. a painter at $3.00 an hour among other stuff of 1972. Do you know the story why Bob Martz, John Garry andothers left WTOD for WOHO Jan 1964 then all back to WTOD by Nov 1965? Another station that is still around but with new ownership I believe. The only reason Randy Michaels didnt rightfully list KHJ (which was number one on Lees list) is the fact that his anger towards Ron Jacobs and emotion ever came his logic. 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! WTIX FM [Reportedly, WCAU-FM, the Disco Powerhouse at the time, was calling our P.D., to get reactions to new songs we were breaking.] Bobby thanks for your kind comments. I worked there for a spell and the phones were lit up constantly. Programmers write about The Glory Days of Top 40 Radio reminds me of watching the movie Argo. Boogie. love the music, feels like 60s again growing up in slidell. I also agree with Randy Michaels that KFRC overall became a better station than KHJ for the reasons he mentioned. WRAN Dover, NJ Dick worked weekends at WDAF Kansas City when I was Ops Manager there in 1977. I know a PD in Texas who couldnt afford research, so he just listened to WLS to see what to play. Stand with Ukraine. Something is amiss. Third Floor Even that 50,000 watt blowtorch signal was so strong that it easily penetrated into my bedroomdown in the basement! Buzz Bennett showing up the first day with a German shepherd and a sledgehammer to knock the NBC logo off the lobby wall set the tone. right, **WPLJ*!! 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. Not just morning drivers, but the whole day. 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. HOWEVER, PLEASE do something about it dropping constantly. I heard the audio, listened to stories. David Amen to WKIX 850 AM/96.1 FM The Giant of the South with a healthy share of PAMS jingles! Hi there! (Re my comment posted same date @3:29p:) Yes, football on Top 40 worked for them with the excitement of a new team in town. Ohas far as Adult Contemporary stations of the pastand the greatest such stations of all timeare concerned, Id be remiss if I omitted KMPC Los Angeles. WAPE introduced a lot of the south to Carolina Beach music. For the first time ever, these digitally remastered are now available to terrestrial radio. The idea was to protect some station in Canada. In 1962, inspired by the success of the new CBS-TV show "The BeverlyHillbillies," WTIX created and recorded "The Ballad Of The TIX Tigers." Possibly the first FM to knock off a big AM (WABC) in the Top 40 realm. WTIX - March 25, 1972. Have you heard it? Mike has successfully managed to give WTIX a wonderful magic which I lovekeep it up! WTIX began simulcasting the oldies format of WSAT in Salisbury, with local news, sports and information for an area that will also include Concord and Kannapolis. May 16, 1972. ***HELL***!! WABC drove us home from Ft. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight. Looks like they revised the list since you left your comment and replaced WHB with a lesser station. Also includes commercials for Pontchartrain Beach, the 1962 Ford Galaxy, Mexsana Powder, 7-Up Float, and amention of Kirschman's Gentilly Woods. 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. All the playlists are suitable with Kodi ! WGRC was purchased by Gordon McLendon and went Top 40 in 1958, debuting by playing Purple People Eater for a week. As noted by one of the experts, it was KOWH. I listen as often as possible! and the WINS head honchos intro of its all-news format). Throughout the 60s and 70s, KOMA was the favorite of teens all across the western US. Getting it down to 20 was tough, unfair, and subjective. Whats easy to forget (especially if all the history happened before ones time) is that top 40 stations had strong loyalties akin to ball teams. 18. I grew up in southern Oklahoma in the 50s and 60s and we didnt know it then but it was radio heaven. And let us not forget the news department which was something to be reckoned with. Who wants to play that crap? Budweiser Beer( Clydesdales marching in a Mardi Gras parade - Skip Broussard & Buzz Bennett ), Kreeger's Mam'zelle K Shop(RobertMitchell), Metairie Ford(Check out the prices for new cars and gasoline! But KBOX was pretty amazing for having only 500 watts at night at 1480. WMCA was more like the Dodgers: deeply loved inside the boroughs. 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. 5/5 Classic Hits Classic Rock Oldies Pop RnB FM 94.3 - 64Kbps Galliano - Louisiana , United States - English Suggest an update Get the live Radio Widget Leave a comment Leave a review View comments View reviews Guest Delighted to hear from you, Jim and Andy. WGR was a great station. And then Eddie Haskell took it to the #1 CHR nationally in certain demos.I was fortunate to be there on air then!!! The Marvelous Myth promo (Beatles), DH Holmes Yardley promotion, Sears (Dave Ralston), Expo '69 (not '67), Sergio Mendez concert (Michael Green), Bernie Dumas Buick (Bill Murvin), a bad Drive-In Movie ad, Metropolitan. All Top 40 radio leaned towards MOR in the early Fifties. 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. Jerry Clifton blazed a huge trail when he turned WXLO FM into 99x. This is the station all of the Super Q imitators wanted to be. the Mighty 1190, KLIF. Johnny Holliday. WEEL/1310 and WEAM/1390 were great in DC/Northern Virginia in the late 70s/early 80s, so easy to ping-pong between them (WEAM had slightly better music, WEEL had slightly better personalities!). WKMB Stirling, NJ (reformatted to country in 79; to black gospel/[mostly] African-American-oriented Christian talk/preaching/teaching out of Plainfield but still licensed to Stirling] in 2003; went dark in 2017) 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. 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