Again, if that was you, you were so patient and kind to the then shy and dorky radio-loving kid! I grew up in Northern VA. We had Major Top 40 AM competition! KIOA. WTIX FM The McLendon format memos remain some of the best how-to handbooks for radio. K-NUZ. WTIX FM 4539 n. i-10 service rd. I agree: there were SCORES! Dick worked weekends at WDAF Kansas City when I was Ops Manager there in 1977. The one basic element that the great stations back then were built around was the great music of the time. It put rock and roll on the FM map in Boston and eventually made WRKO/680 the legendary Top 40 rocker in Boston beginning in March of 67. WTIX 690 AM New Orleans LA, Talk radio. WMEX, Boston for sure. How many lost 45s I have bought listening to those old WCFL airchecks is astounding. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleans's Greatest Hits Station. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, Kim Stephens. 1. I have noticed you dont monetize your website, dont waste Please power up if that is the problem. My thanks to Randy and Lee as this would have been a difficult task, since there were so many stations back in the day. Or WTAE Pittsburgh-ONE OF THE PIONEER ACS! For others, the hyper-high energy and tight production of talents like JoJo Kincaid was the Holy Grail. Did you mention Willie B. Goode? At the time, the AM was still number one! 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. Then 890, Chicago, 1520 KOMA, were the ones to listen to at night. (AND TO THINK THAT AT HIS PREVIOUS RADIO EMPLOYER IN BOSTONWMEXTHAT WAS ONE OF THAT STATIONSAS YOU SAID, PAULHOUSE NAMES! In this call, Louise talks about Ringo possibly being, nominated for President of the United States, - House of Shock theme & experiment - '45 record released in1959, on the WTIX Original Oldie Hour at Noon with Bob Wallker - 1981 (1:11). You can find more than 80 country list with total of ~3500 IPTV channels! That's a good thing. Never missed him, as he made R & B come alive. Great Music!!! * Tom Cheney - Newscast June 1970 during the Bill Murvin show. WERA Plainfield, NJ (went dark in 1997 due to WWRL New Yorks then-impending wattage boost) I worked there as a young man when Mac owned the station, so I know first hand. 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. But Ive got to know, did anyone measure? And of course this is just my opinion on the greatest talent in the Motor and Glass Cities. Owned and operated by Audacy. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. Mac Richmond (one of the owners) was a crazed micro-manager and abrasive as sandpaper, but he knew talent. 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.. Not a registered user of Streema yet? I listed WTIX because they were the very first Top 40. Had a lot of fun working at TR, too, and enjoyed doing Smooth Jazz. 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. (3:56) Defense Department ready to draw lottery numbers for the 1971 military draft. B100 interns Dave Sniff and Tony Pepper went on to part time status. But CHUM also did what no other mere Radio Station did. * Bob Walker -AircheckOctober 22, 1969 (10:30). And looking at the remaining characteristics, Big 10 had it all. 2. Free IPTV Playlists. Didnt lose a single bottle in flight from DFW to SF. And it had Dr. Don Rose. WTIX-FM is an oldies outlet serving the New Orleans area. From well into the early 70s through the mid-70s, it underwent an MOR-to-soft rock transition not unlike what WIP Philadelphia underwent a half-decade earlier-and-change, tops. 44 12 Magic 101.9 is an Adult Contemporary radio station serving New Orleans. WPGR, 1540, also did a nice job during their stint as an Oldies station. From a site south of Dallas they beamed north. CKLW/Windsor-Detroit. TIX also streams online. FLEUR DE LIS BROADCASTING, INC. 2.) The "singer" is (WTIX DJ) Ed Ripley. RKOs WOR-FM. He was the inspiration for the song, W*O*L*D from Harry Chapin. Do your next 20 stations in the comments! Gordon McLendon considered Dave Morris his toughest competitor. Many stations that are just average have lasted a long time. KFRC/San Francisco. They took overalong with the likes of Tommy Shannon, the still-to-come Dan Neaverth, Joey Reynolds and so many others. Johnny Holliday. 1. WLS was vanilla in most respects, but it was consistently excellent. er. I remember listening to tix as a teenag 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. 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. Great contemporary, traditional country, and rock and roll, are gone. Still love it! So many great stations not mentioned here. At least as far as CHR radio goes . The station which invented Top Forty. You will get your reward soon- in bankruptcy court! 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. More than 1,300 airchecks from all across Canada and the U.S. KISN in Portland was my favorite. I worked at WCOG Greensboro during the short lived revival of the station under PD Phil Valentine now doing talk in Nashville, TNit was a Mann Media owned station then which included WGLD, and WKIX Raleigh..The Flying Dutchman started out in Mornings, only to leave and Steve Early movin in thereafter!!! There were so many great Personality AM powerhouses in the 50s-70s. * Bob Walker -AircheckAugust 10, 1972 (11:46). And let us not forget the news department which was something to be reckoned with. The Last Contest was born here. The founder and owner, Myron Jones, built the building and wired the studios himself. WTIX FM 94.3 Webplayer. Station was located at 70 Brookline Avenue. They got 60 shares in Dallas with that signal. Especially those of us who contributed directly as jocks, PDs, GMs, Promotions, Sales, Engineering, and god love the Traffic departments. Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch.). All the playlists are suitable with Kodi ! What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. so he can cook for us. I listen from Ponchatoula. . WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. Online Radio Box uses cookies in order to provide the best service for our users. CKLW definitely was THEE number one station in North America and Canada. Wasnt a very large market, but captured Visalia and immediate area in a big way late 60s. WHLW/WOBM-AM Lakewood, NJ, (Adult Contemporary) Charlie Tuna! A Top-40 jock named Eddie Haskell?!? While it was playing, some lady went up to the dj, grabbed his microphone, and sang the CKLW top of the hour ID jingle! I also agree with Randy Michaels that KFRC overall became a better station than KHJ for the reasons he mentioned. From 1966- thru 1976 they were a huge Atlanta powerhouse even with their highly directional 1KW at night at 790. I am fortunate enough to have an aircheck of that broadcast. Mac Richmond did not wreck WMEX. you go, Phil; *THATS!!!!! 3.) Nobody, and I mean nobody, listened to KLIF in Fort Worth. They would sit in their cars on hilltops, turn it up at parties, or fall asleep with the radio next to their beds as they listened to Chuck Berry, the Supremes, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and the Beatles. He hired major-market talent and they stayed. Ive had this confirmed by others since. 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. Whatever your new sound, pitching can help it get heard by fans around the world. Only one mention of Super CFL Chicago?!?! Radio Ink also held a three-week online poll and asked you which you believe are the best Top 40 stations of all time. ***HELL***!! But lets not forget KXOL/Ft. COMPOSER: Anton Arensky. WTIX 94.3 FM Download now for free and listen to the radio easily. Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. another Top 40 station of all time that was left out: WKNR Detroit. Buy on. 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.. BBC World Service 4. Third Floor Metairie, LA. Tap the three-dot icon on the right of the video or press and hold on the video. (8:55), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckIt's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. (Re my comment on 5/22/2018 @4:03 PM:) WQXI was promotionally crazy at times (Rambling Raft Race) and very localized to the market musically. WRKO-FM/98.5 (R-KO, The Shy But Friendly Robot) should get some honorable mention. Located at the heart of an area exceptionally rich in heritage with the major Loire Valley castles all clo. Funny that nobody looked at the list and recalled Jeff Kayes often quoted positioning statement WKBW one of Americas two great radio stations!. Several on-air staff departed for KTNQ Los Angeles in late 1976, creating openings for Shotgun Tom Kelly in AM drive, Glen (Martin) McCartney middays, yours truly in PM drive and Gene Knight in the evenings. Doc thanks for the shout out to Drake/Chenalts 13KYNO, in Fresno, where so many radio (and television) notables passed through. 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. Depending on the selected settings, some functions may become unavailable! Thanx for listening.. Z100 Pirate Radio, New York. Pontchartrain Beach jingledonut and bed only -late 1960's (:42). CKY was our main source of music in the 60s, we were only 6 miles from the Manitoba border in Warroad, though sometimes we could get WLS or KOMA in the night. WTIX Appreciation Night at Pontchartrain Beach Promos (Free Concerts): 1961 (Full) | 1961 (Short) | 1962 (Full) | 1962 (Short) | 1963 (Full), *New Orleans Singers Say "Hi"on the WTIX Original Oldie Hour at Noon with Bob Wallker - 1981 (1:11). WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (now Hot AC 94-3 The Point) And this is only a partial listing. Owned and operated by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting. (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). 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! I remember listening to you! WOV was on 1130. Apologies for any Ive forgotten 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? ); WKIX Raleigh, NC. 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. We had a blast in HOU. But, I was lucky to have grown up in South-Central Michigan in the late 60s and into the 70s. Go to YouTube, search keywords of the playlist like a country music playlist, Christian music videos, classic music playlist, etc. WJET-FM debuted at number one. Id say most folks who heard KNUS during its brief glory years would tell you it belongs on the list. KILT Houston? KLIF with Ron Chapman, Hal Martin (Michael Spears, who gave me my first job at 14), Michael OShea (who gave me my first tour of a radio station), Jimmy Rabbit, Dave Van Dyke (who kicked me out of the building when I sneaked up the fire escape), Paxton Mills, Jim Taber and Rod Roddy (I was his call screener when Gordon gave him an evening talk show). By the way, if you asked me to list The Greatest *ADULT CONTEMPORARY* Stations of All Time (or did Radio Ink already put out such a list? the jocks, the music, the contests..they created the magic that made your station the very best! I think one of the elements that is missing today was competition, radio wars. 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. Forgot your username or Yeah, Im biased, but KNUS belongs on the list. During my formative teens I was highly inspired by several including: WNOE, WTIX, KOMA, KBOX, KLIF, KONO, KNUZ, KILT, KXOK and WHB. Another station that is still around but with new ownership I believe. WABC carried the Yankees during its final years, and I vaguely remember WMCA caring one of the teams in its final rock/talk years. It was a GREAT station to DX back then. Bank Of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling), Dr. Pepper, Robo-Wash and more. Hope you are both well. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. I love radio. 8. 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. IMNSHO I felt WLS hit their pinnacle right about 1981-2 when they segued to a Rock-40 format. Also, Randy Brown, who commented just before me, is right. Great stations produced great stars and huge ratings. Edgier. WTIM was unable to reach outside of Taylorville at night due to its FCC-mandated 63 watts of power. WABC didnt lose its stranglehold until like 1979. 56kbps New Orleans Talk Radio. Jerry Clifton blazed a huge trail when he turned WXLO FM into 99x. Oh-two soft rock stations I meant to name-check (I list those among the greatest AC stations of all time, as well): WSB and WSB-FM Atlanta (WSBs full-service format had, musically, reformatted to Adult Contemporary by circa early 1980s). . WFAS-FM Bronxville, NY (renamed WNBM Boom 103.9 and reformatted to Urban AC in the early 2010s) Jim Jackson. a painter at $3.00 an hour among other stuff of 1972. 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). But here we go. Forever. Thanks. Yes, you were the last DJ on Wins, and , yes,Out in the Street (pun intended?) God Bless. What a great business it was back then! Everyone here has had the luxury of living through some of the best radio ever. Where is our favorite station ,Thibodaux is waiting ,,we miss it !! 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? His wife did the music. Automation, consolidation and syndication killed the small-and-medium-market farm system that fed those larger-market stations. The Storz stations ruled for many years. Fewer than Five Full-Time Employees? Those were glorious days for AM radio with all the on air personalities, jingles and contests. *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. So was WVAQ, I am the person that changed it from beautiful music to Top 40 in 1976. Dont know what songs been playing on the radio? WVAQ is a giant in North Central West Virginia. Early adopter in the format (1958, survived to the mid-70s). WVLT, Vineland, NJ (for a long time and still currently, as far as I know) An error happened posting the review, sorry! KRFC. 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. He had 60 shares with a 500- watt daytimer. 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.. Then there was KYA in San Francisco with Bobby Mitchell and Tom Donohue, Gene Nelson, Tony Big, ed Hider and Johnny Holliday. Pats right, Radio Ink, your damn input DOES!! Perry told me that he had a microphone switch activated recorder and would review each jock, each day and provide help. All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. Oldies station for new orleans louisiana. Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Shows WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. Talk about versatility!) During the summer I would break away and listen to WCCO AM for Twins baseball games. 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. 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. NPR/Classical. I have to add to my list of rock stations in NYC carrying baseball. Thanks Randy for clarifying the Randy Michaels on WJET. Im blessed to have been taught by the best. I agree with Steve above that WSGN was a great station under PD Jim Tabor. Blowtorches 770 WABC and 1520 KOMA. 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. 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. Nolan B, Love Love TIX . Top 20 based on what? Theyd say Goodbye, Dinuba, goodbye Orange Cove Then my cousins would tune in KONG/1400 from Visalia, or surf the iffy skywaves of KRLA, KFWB, KFRC and or other relative weaklings, since the West Coast at the time lacked a Top 40 flamethrower such as the Midwest, prairie and East enjoyed with the likes of WLS, WABC, KAAY and KOMA. PAT ODAY! It was my good fortune to program KIOA in those days. Sign up free 0:00 0:00 Love it..used to listen to a oldies station (Poppa Stoppa DJ ) in my Grandfathers Meat Market next to Circle Food Store with my Uncle Tyrone. If you are looking Kodi Addons, please use IPTVMate Repository! Redeem Now Pause PAMS Series 18 Sonosational - WTIX AH3RD 9 years ago Jingles 546 7 AH3RD 39 29 Report Follow AH3RD and others on SoundCloud. Playing songs I forgot about. The GOAT top Forty stations were in almost every market, major, large, medium and even many small markets. BTW, I was honored that I got to meet you at the CKLW Fifty Year celebration in Detroit in july. 50000 good watts during the day, but cut back to 10000 at night, pointed at the city and South Jersey. Anyway, brother Dick took over the station after Mac died and wrecked it. password ? For the same reason, these stations became the first rock stations in NYC. 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. The story of Wolfmans visit to WROV can be found under History of Roanoke Radio then click on WROV. Worth where Paxton Mills started and George Carlin got his start (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s). (The same year the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, by the way. In that decade, it was an outstanding battle of the FM CHRs, 93Q/KKBQ and Power 104/KRBE. In his undershirt he personally cooked, red beansand rice, along with corn bread for us. When I was a baby DJ at the Q, there was a reel tape box way up in a corner of the production studio marked The Last Contest. Great station playing the music I grew up with. , June 1970. WMEX went on the auction block on this past December 15, 2017. These are all good stations, who deserve their place in history, and our hearts.
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