Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, Kim Stephens. WVAQ is a giant in North Central West Virginia. KISN in Portland? PLAYLIST lets you make playlists from your Apple Music library. Id say ask Dick Fatherley but hes gone now. Thanks again. Others I would rank very highly (not necessarily in order): Thank you, Lee and Thank you, Randy. In his undershirt he personally cooked, red beansand rice, along with corn bread for us. Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. Fewer than Five Full-Time Employees? Reading what so many U.S. 3.) Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Spotify for Artists is the only way to submit new music for playlisting. 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. CKLW was high on a pedestal in those days and people admired it. Montereys location was perfect, radio-wise: San Francisco all day, L.A. at night, including Wolfman Jack on The Mighty 1090 XERB. Oh wait. I have listened to this channel since I was a teenager! 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. At its prime, KISN was the king of Top 40 radio in this market. To coin a sound alike phrase from the late Bill Drake, AND THE TALENT JUST KEPT ON COMIN. WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. Those results are at the end of this article. I remember listening to tix as a teenag. Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. Im proud to know people who worked thereand even at places like CKLW and KHJ. It was a GREAT station to DX back then. But now,looking back, it was a different era, and AM rode the wave while it was there. 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. As did WPGR, VLT plays a vast playlist, a lot of forgotten hits and a heavy smattering of old local Philly hits. WEBE WEBE (pronounced WEE-bee) 108 Westport, CT (WICCs sister station) Heart 1675326183. He also did a live show from the afored mentioned WGR in Buffalo. 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.. (I still havent forgiven the Dodgers for leaving.) 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. This article and ensuing discussion brings back great memories of an era when radio was fun to listen to and fun to do. WWOZ 90.7 FM. Unfortunately from what I understand, you were not part of the team at the time IIRC. 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). 8. The crew that made Pappy Smith famous. Gene Chenalt was a gentleman who was always good to me. FTR I remember seeing this back when I was in the 8th grade on a movie reel. Jim Woods in the night time was the most exciting thing around. Great stations produced great stars and huge ratings. They were even the first station to carry the Atlanta Falcons when the team started in 1967. I was lucky to work with Randy for a long time (and regret that I didnt take better advantage of that connection as a petulant 20-something.). FM Station Information. Even got to bring Les Garland a 6 pack of Pearl Beer in my suitcase. And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . KSFO was MOR, not Top 40. Throughout the 60s and 70s, KOMA was the favorite of teens all across the western US. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation. ***HELL***!! The FCC wasnt amused, but the public was. Sgt. WMCA, with its broader signal pattern and low dial position, covered the Monmouth and northern Ocean County beaches quite well, despite being only 5kw. (3:56), for Sergio Mendez & Brazil '66 album & concert. 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. 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. KILT in Houston? Ed Ripley voiceover, featuring The Nerveless Nocks and the Poodle Express. During my formative teens I was highly inspired by several including: WNOE, WTIX, KOMA, KBOX, KLIF, KONO, KNUZ, KILT, KXOK and WHB. 2B Productions changed its name to Rowan-Cabarrus Radio, and Catawba students will train for journalism and communications careers on its three stations. KLIF was the first and best. @Phil Dirt Of course, Im referring to CKLW and KFRC. A tue rocker in its days. WKTQ (13Q)/Pittsburgh. (27:24). Dennis Williams Toledo. U of Ps WXPN also did a good job with that format. Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? The Greatest Hits On Earth! WPRO AM & FM Providence, RI were outstanding Top 40 stations. Southeast Nebraska And Northeast Kansas, Streams Live Local Sporting Events 0 vote From 690 to 94.3 Not a day goes by that Im not listening to tix. WTIX - April 8, 1972 Lou Saint. Its been fun reading everyones passions for their picks for the best Top 40 Station. 94.3 Rewind playlist United States Michigan Monroe 94.3 Rewind 94.3 Rewind playlist 94.3 Rewind playlist Don't know what song's been playing on the radio? Who pissed the furthest? 15 WLAC in Nashville, my choice for the best. Every single one of us is in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, every single one has gone on to stellar careers in our chosen branch of the business, most of us still going strong. Stan invested in talent and promotion. Presidential candidate / Alabama Governor George Wallace had just been shot. 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. So, a small hat tip to WMGM as well. Paul in Asuncion, Paraguay, South America. 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. LOL Other stations interrupt. B100 interns Dave Sniff and Tony Pepper went on to part time status. Great Music!!! 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." Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. My list would probably put KFRC #2, KCBQ #3 and CKLW #4. I lived in Buffalo and the Miami area and with kudos to WQAM and WFUN there was nothing like KB anywhere! It was the Top 40 station in San Francisco during the Summer of Love. And I wont pretend to be as up on some of the other legendary calls as many of my radio brethren. 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 Getting it down to 20 was tough, unfair, and subjective. Thanks Randy for clarifying the Randy Michaels on WJET. Dennis Williams, Toledo,Oh. Except for the late-Sunday evening religious (African-American Protestant church services) broadcasts, WADO had become all-Spanish and so remains (having switched its Spanish format from music or music/talk to all-talk circa the turn of the decade before last, dropping its aforementioned English-language religious daypart). Re said posters comment posted September 6, 2018 at 2:34 pm: Another great station that should have made the list. Also playlists are working with VLC Media Player. Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. The idea was to protect some station in Canada. Oh, yeah-former clear channel (thats with a small C each) WOWO Fort Wayne, IN-as an *AC* station **AND**! Listen to WTIX-FM Listen Live Listen with TuneIn JD on Twitter Follow @RealJDtheDJ JD on MeWe Time remaining in Biden Presidency: 1 year 10 months 26 days 15 hours 41 minutes 38 seconds Random Rants Random Rants let JD blow off steam on almost any subject. For others, the hyper-high energy and tight production of talents like JoJo Kincaid was the Holy Grail. The best part of these 3 lists is bringing back the memories of when RADIO was competitive, creative, and most of all FUN. At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. Weekends also feature Breakfast with the Beatles and Casey Kasem American Top 40 70s show. 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. Rock Popular 1. 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. (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.). Do your next 20 stations in the comments! We had a blast in HOU. * Robert Mitchell (with Jim Swiler) -Quarterback "BillyKilmore"November 1969 (1:17), * Robert Mitchell (with Katy Caraway) -Mardi Gras Phone CallsFebruary 28, 1980(5:18). Plus, KHJ had The Real Don Steele, who made magic every day being a larger-than-life and unique personality within the Drake constraints. 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. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? 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? A doctors son financed the killer Top 40 15Q until the money ran out. 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. Like the stations you name-dropped (call letter-dropped? KB proved that great talent, not great equipment, make great radio. Fly Away. June 1962. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. And I agree that WQAM was a better example of the Storz sound. 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. 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). Outstanding tunes !!!!!! 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. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. Cant do it. November1969 (1:09). If you go by Abrams characteristics, CFL was heads and shoulders above the rest (plus they had Chickenmanand Lujackand King B, Jim Stagg (who traveled with the Beatles on tour), Biondi, Barney Pip, Jerry G Bishop, Joel Sebastion, Jim Runyon, Ken Draper as GM, a huuuge news department, and on and on). Thank you Randy Michaels for the 102 WVAQ mention! And they had some great ones Charlie Tuna, Machine Gun Kelly (at night!). . I went into Houston, i couldnt turn off KILT. Would Randy Michaels be the same who worked afternoons on WJET? Toast. Im still grateful for the opportunity when you hired me in New Have, CT all those years ago. He liked the name and had a jingle cut for WGR. While I was a devoted listener of the Big 89 for years before, thats when the (Top 40?) Years later, I hired him as Mike Marshall from an AOR station in Toronto to do Smooth Jazz. https://wjla.com/news/entertainment/argo-contriversy-ex-canada-ambassador-slighted-by-affleck-s-argo85572. Then 890, Chicago, 1520 KOMA, were the ones to listen to at night. I remember when ABC proposed Superadio in 1981, putting jocks from WABC, WLS and KQV on your small-town station. How about a shout out for KSTN-AM in Stockton, CA. 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. Station was located at 70 Brookline Avenue. WABC drove us home from Ft. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight. Your right Guy. Heres a shout out to them. WDGY and WQAM were purchased in 1956, KOMA in 1958 and KXOK in 1960. So many markets not mentioned. The original KLIF night signal was only 1kw. Metairie, LA. I could hardly go to sleep cause I was so revved up by that great music and Long John Silver. You mean that Lee Abrams guy who came to Toronto in 1977 to work his Superstar Format Magic against CHUM-FM? Taking a chance on a record on-air from time to time and listening to their feedback, not just auditorium testing. He brought me to 93Q in 87 as the night jock from B97 New Orleans. WAPE/Jacksonville. He was the inspiration for the song, W*O*L*D from Harry Chapin. FLEUR DE LIS BROADCASTING, INC. After M&M Hot Rod Glenn picks up the mid-day duties, Pal Al Nassar covers afternoon drive, and Jay Douglas a.k.a. Agree with Bill Wayland at one point 68 WRKO had an almost 60 share Teens. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home. Had the joy of being an RKO national sales rep for several of these outstanding radio stations: KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. PLEASE FIX THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE.I'm singing along at work and BAM the music goes out! Around these parts, that means 106.1 KISS-FM in DFW. We had some pretty good board ops who could incorporate the Wolfmans customs. WEPN-FM - ESPN New York 98.7 FM 5. HOWEVER, PLEASE do something about it dropping constantly. Those were some really good years on Twin Cities radio. CKLW definitely was THEE number one station in North America and Canada. 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. Robert Mitchell plays the radio hits of 1969. If that sounds crazy, look at the ratings. WJET 1400. Thats a fact. (Re my comment posted same date @3:29p:) Of WLTH fame? Later, as a student in college, whenever Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. And would this surprise you? [Reportedly, WCAU-FM, the Disco Powerhouse at the time, was calling our P.D., to get reactions to new songs we were breaking.] WKVQ (15Q)/Knoxville. You might as well leave Larry Lujack out of your list of WLS jocks, yo! One night I decided to check out thatr box. KBOX and the Balaban stations trained Stan Kaplan. 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. 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. Thats the real story so if WABC was great, WMCA was much more. Jim Craig Professor, Broadcast Studies That station was my LIFE as a kid. How do we use Cookies. You can use the best adsense alternative for any type of website (they approve all websites), for more info simply Finally, a plug for WGH. From the early 60s to the mid 70s, WKIX was a powerhouse. (takeoff on Saints QB Billy Kilmer). (Thats three Drake stations in the top 4.) KNUS was a big deal when FM became commercially viable. RKOs WOR-FM. There were no general-market oriented rock n roll stations in the early and probably even well into the mid-Fifties. WRAN Dover, NJ I agree. What a great business it was back then! One other station I listened to was WSGA in Savannah, GA. Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. were on the moon on this date.Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Rex Root Beer. 6. The Storz stations ruled for many years. I grew up in southern Oklahoma in the 50s and 60s and we didnt know it then but it was radio heaven. November1969, It's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. Instead of debating was KB the greatest, on has a tendency to wonder what the other station is! Oh-lets not forget about three more Top 40 stations in the City That Never Sleeps: WWDJ Hackensack, NJ (1971-74); in the City itself, WPIX (1971-77, 1980-82) and WAPP (mainstream Top 40, 1984-85; Top 40/Rock 1985-86). My grandkids love the old music. 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. Reportedly with this approach and FM radios still uncommon in cars, WMEX was right up there with WRKO and actually beat them in some areas. They were as good as anything, anywhere. Redeem Now Buffering PAMS Series 27 The Jet Set - WTIX AH3RD 9 years ago Jingles 392 8 AH3RD 39 29 Report Follow AH3RD and others on SoundCloud. Though I grew up and lived my whole life in Philadelphia, for Top 40, my all-time favorite station was WABC. More Fats D! They lost the crown when WBBF went full time Top 40. In the mid- and late 60s WMCA soundly beat WABC, where the signals werent even close. The Mets started out on WABC during its first 2 years until Rick Sklar kicked them off. WasntKXOL in Fort Worth Top 40 back in the day? More. I worked there for a spell and the phones were lit up constantly. Oldies, needed now more then ever!!! Thank you I Heart, for ruining the industry. Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. Favorite part is the commercial for the Barracuda (or Baccaruda as the Plymouth man said). Myron did, and because he had a TV station, he had to sell the AM to do it. 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. 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? ABCs $50,000 Button? Imagine how the whole history of Boston radio would be changed if that happened. But any list that completely overlooks the Todd Storz stations, including WHB/Kansas City, KXOK/St. I worked there later in time. Login with Facebook Hear the audio that matters most to you. Often teens in New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and other western states would eagerly await sunset when the mighty 1520 would come booming through with the newest hits of the day. 5/5 Photograph. Old timers in Omaha still remember KOWH. Cmon people now, The sounds that listeners remembered the most: 1.) No mention of Pittsburgh area radio stations! Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. include Z-100! 2:22am 02/25/2023 Classical Through the Night (HD-2) The Brennans engineering genius and home-built transmitter pumped 50,000 daytime watts from Daytona to the North Carolina beaches. CD Signing Video Yes, I agree, I don't understand why my car radio often does not pick up WTIX clearly. Quixie in Dixie. 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? of THE PACIFIC MOTHERFUCKIN NORTHWEST!!! There were many good radio stations all over the USA radio map, like for me KACY, Ventura, KIST, Santa Barbara, KMBY Monterey, KDON Salinas. My God!, you namechecked KJR AND DIDNT THE HELL EVEN MENTION *PAT ODAY*?? Funny that nobody looked at the list and recalled Jeff Kayes often quoted positioning statement WKBW one of Americas two great radio stations!. Back in the heyday of exciting Top 40 AMs, that meant I was sandwiched between two of the greatest 89 WLS to the west, and The Big 8 CKLW, to the east. We recommend to enable all cookies to guarantee the website properly work. 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. With the good guys. CK had yourself Mike (did you know that? You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. The Playlist: With Christian Hillborg, Gizem Erdogan, Edvin Endre, Severija Janusauskaite. Many of these great stations can be heard at Rock Radio Scrapbook Canadas Aircheck Archive celebrating the Golden Age of Top 40 radio since 1996! Or certainly brought FM into the 1970s! Great to see so many radio brethren on here. And if all of those werent enough, WADO in New York, which broadcasted Top 40 programming from 1959 to 1963. 7. P.S. OR KQV and KDKA in Pittsburgh? Radio Bollerwagen 2. WOV was on 1130. a painter at $3.00 an hour among other stuff of 1972. I was stationed at Whiteman AFB in Missouri in the 60s and loved WHB with DJ Johnny Dolan and others. 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