University of New Orleans. 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. Oh!, SHIT! Yes, football on Top 40 worked for them with the excitement of a new team in town. (OBW, I was there too!). Whatever your new sound, pitching can help it get heard by fans around the world. Under the video, click Save . He had 60 shares with a 500- watt daytimer. WBLI Patchogue, LI (Long Island), NY You could say the same about WHB and KXOK. you go, Phil; *THATS!!!!! Create a SoundCloud account And not only live (as you also said), but LOCAL! In March 1975, Bobby Rich (AKA Dr. I did. 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! The reason is KHJ, Drakes first RKO project, was huge news and sent Top 40 radio on a new trajectory that would eventually affect virtually every station in the format. Additional examples: (New York:) WNBC (later Top 40, back to AC even later), WPIX, WYNY (first as AOR-oriented AC, then as hybrid MOR/Soft AC, then as Mainstream AC), WNSR Soft Rock 105/WMXV Mix 105; Todays 93.1 (simulcast of former BM/EZs WPAT-AM/FM Easy 93 Paterson, NJ); (Philadelphia: ) WIP (which had made a gradual transition from traditional MOR to AC from circa 1969 to the mid-70s if not the latter part of the early 70s [and, ironically, was itself Top 40 from 1960 until the following year, when it flipped to MOR (all MOR radio then was traditional, regardless of whether such stations occasionally played softer rock n roll hits); (CONTINUED) Mike has successfully managed to give WTIX a wonderful magic which I lovekeep it up! (504) 454 9000. I worked there later in time. (Users must have an Apple Music account to use this app.) The aforementioned call letters are at least said to have originally stood for I Believe in God.. ENSEMBLES: English Symphony Orchestra. * Richard Fahey -Newscast6/5/62 (3:39), * Michael Green -Tape City Spot for Sergio Mendez & Brazil '66 album & concert. WSGN, THE BIG 610, Birmingham, Alabama. *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. Also, not at all intending to sound braggadocious, I think I was the first one to introduce a Classic Rock format. WWOZ 90.7 FM. Having caught the radio bug at age 6, I soon got my first gig as a button pusher riding high as the weekend tape jockey. Jeff Hurvitz Gene Chenalt was a gentleman who was always good to me. Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. great memories from back in the day when radio was great. They lost the crown when WBBF went full time Top 40. KTNQ 10Q Frank Brodie (CKLW) was incredible on the air in ANY format, as were most of the jocks from the true Top 40 era. 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) ( How to play on VLC Media Player) Bruce Bradley at WBZ told me at a record hop in 1963 NOT to go into Radio. T-Bens daily morning segment The News You Need Now! is a tongue-in-cheek mock news report lampooning politicians, celebrities, and topical news stories, concluding with his signature catchphrase, but nobody cares!. Not to nitpick, but you were off by one year as to the debut of the Atlanta Falcons: they actually started in 1966. Bobby Rich, you nailed it. (AND TO THINK THAT AT HIS PREVIOUS RADIO EMPLOYER IN BOSTONWMEXTHAT WAS ONE OF THAT STATIONSAS YOU SAID, PAULHOUSE NAMES! Just as I was leaving B100 to trade PM drive for med school, Bobby returned and reinvigorated San Diegos greatest station for several more years. Wiped out the used car lot, skipped over a gas station then wiped out the new car lot. P.S. I grew up listening to KXOK in St. Louis during the daytime hours (Johnny Rabbit) and WLS at night. 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. 11. Nobody, and I mean nobody, listened to KLIF in Fort Worth. Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. I miss those days! I have listened to this channel since I was a teenager! Loved by everyone in all the western states! Rockin Ron Schumacher was the board op-and when Wolfman answered the phone hed ask: Do you know the difference between meat and fish?. Locally owned by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting, the station operates at 100,000 watts and serves the city of New Orleans and the Gulf South. Heart 1675326183. Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. And, ironically, WINS might have carried the Yankees at one point in its history as a Top 40 rock n roll station, but WMGM definitely did so. Holliday was also great as Baron of the Bay at KYA/SF. Behind Production on Lee Abrams characteristics list of great Top 40 stations, number two is The Bible of Music. From 1965 until its demise in 1976, WCFL never let go of a Top 40 playlist/format. More. By the time I went off to college in 1978, there were more FM radio options that I switched to. And did I list Phillys B101 in my list of suburban-NEW YORK CITY ACs? The greatest Top 40 station of all time? 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. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, Kim Stephens. Still love it! There were so many great Personality AM powerhouses in the 50s-70s. The Power Pig was more outrageous, but Y107 was a better station. Consider the voices who worked the window on Burnside at NW 10th Tom Murphy, The Real Don Steele, Roger Hart, Sam Holman, Dick Sainte, Mike OBrien, Tom Michaels, Roger W. Morgan, Dave Records Stone, and the all-night Preacher, Pat Pattee. 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). Make a playlist from a video: 1. I loved WAPE 690. Sgt. 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! Thats a shame. WAPE introduced a lot of the south to Carolina Beach music. After moving to 1400, still at low power, no one could touch them, and everyone tried. 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. ), I meant, so many Top 40 stations in the larger Southern cities were contenders for that title., Is this the Ron Parker I listened to on 93Q in Houston? Many of the big AM Top 40 stations had FM stations. WTIX - The Top 69 of 1969. 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. Hope you are both well. In this call, Louise talks about Ringo possibly being, nominated for President of the United Statesin the 1964 election in November. For me, WLSs personality driven approach was magic. WSB (read: WSB-AM)s full-service format had, musically, reformatted to Adult Contemporary by circa early 1980s, that is. You wont remember but at the 1969 Billboard convention, you were PD of KSTT and I asked you a bunch of questions. Doc thanks for the shout out to Drake/Chenalts 13KYNO, in Fresno, where so many radio (and television) notables passed through. 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. That station was my LIFE as a kid. When I grew up, I had a steady diet of WABC, WNBC, KB radio 15, CKLW and WOWO. I went to the University of New Orleans for 4 years and fell in love with TIX. The rumor (never been able to pin this down) is that Mac was ready to buy WBCN when he died suddenly. Audio Ink is a trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. For the same reason, these stations became the first rock stations in NYC. Mike Marshall (Frank Brodie) Burlington, ON, Great to see you comments Mike. 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. What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. WVAQ is a giant in North Central West Virginia. This is my favorite Top 40. I agree with Steve above that WSGN was a great station under PD Jim Tabor. Jim later made his way to Buffalo in 1972 or so. The BEST show came out of 55KRC in Cincinnati. based on One of those in the mid 50s was George The Hound Lorenz at night on WKBW. The Drake stations all had Kanner Boxes, but Ed Butterbaughs setup, 50,000 watts, and lax Canadian rules on positive modulation made CKLW jump out of radios in a dozen U.S. markets all day long, and made the programming sound even better. Gotta put a vote in for The Big 143, CKFH! Talk about being in the right place at the right time. If youre so inclined, send me an email so we might get in touch. From 1966- thru 1976 they were a huge Atlanta powerhouse even with their highly directional 1KW at night at 790. The later 5kw night site used 12 towers to put a lobe over Dallas that also covered the mid cities and just reached Ft Worth. KFRC and CKLW both had Bill Drake and Les Garland to thank for the edge, and the feel of those stations. It was great. 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. Also, Randy Brown, who commented just before me, is right. Thanks. KIIS belongs on the list, no question. 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.. History-making in so many ways, and still great today. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. I was listening to WSAI when JFK was assasinated, and when I first heard The Beatles. After sunset gone. Only later was the format extended to WHB and the other Storz stations in larger markets. Glad to see the two stations I grew up with listed here. I will always be thankful to those great PDs, Bill Holly, Dick Star, Charlie Murdock and Lee Sherwood. Hal Moore and great newsman/dj..Phil Thomas to KMIN in Denver. At least as far as CHR radio goes . John Box gave Gordon McLendon fits and forced KLIF to be even better. "Michael In The Morning" Costello (under the name Fleur de Lis Broadcasting) and operates at 94.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. Ive had this confirmed by others since. . WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. dayparts were themselves jettisoned in favor of additional Spanish-language programming. It was a very hip kind of top 40 that meshed well with Boston at that time. 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