Thanks. Radio Bollerwagen 2. Bobby Rich, you nailed it. Also playlists are working with VLC Media Player. Hear John Fred, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, the Dixie Cups, Eddie Powers, Frankie Ford, Huey "Piano" Smith, Joe Barry, Mike Ancona, Milson Luce and Oliver "Who Shot The La-La" Morgan, all saying hi on Bob Walker's Original Oldie Hour at 12 noon on WTIX 690-am. Great visit Great station!! The original KLIF night signal was only 1kw. Oh!, *THATS* right, Randy Michaels **DID**!! They lost the crown when WBBF went full time Top 40. WABC didnt lose its stranglehold until like 1979. Really. EVERYONE wanted to be like you guys, including me who at the time had a lot to learn. In your TikTok app, go to your video that you want to use to create a playlist. Randy, get over yourself. Dennis Williams Toledo. All my old pals! Only later was the format extended to WHB and the other Storz stations in larger markets. Lou Saint . They were as good as anything, anywhere. WKTQ (13Q)/Pittsburgh. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. Storz owned WHB but invented the format at KOWH. Some stations have been amazing at times and just awful at others. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. And everyone remembers Yours Truly KOMA and the kissing tone. This was definitely an era where radio was fun. KMPC remained Adult Contemporary (the soft-rock radio formats name by then) until about the turn of the following decade. C-K-S-L of-a-TownLONNN-DONNN!! As did WPGR, VLT plays a vast playlist, a lot of forgotten hits and a heavy smattering of old local Philly hits. Great contemporary music doesnt exist today. Dick worked weekends at WDAF Kansas City when I was Ops Manager there in 1977. KFRC was a good station, but anyone whos honest it was strictly second-tier and never (especially during AM Top 40s most dominant era) had anything close to the production magic and genius of Boss Radio, Morgan and Steele were the most influential in the business. 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. DAMN!!!!! (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.). 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). Best radio station without question. ), WOR-FM/WXLO, WNBC, and WPLJ! 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? 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). Def Leppard 1675327016. Even that 50,000 watt blowtorch signal was so strong that it easily penetrated into my bedroomdown in the basement! Listen to 1080 wtic newstalk here and get all your favorite radio stations and podcasts on the go with the audacy app. Even as a kid, I remember, by the mid-70s, WLS wasnt quite as exciting as CKLW, but still a wonderful experience. Agreed! "Michael In The Morning" Costello (under the name Fleur de Lis Broadcasting) and operates at 94.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. * Richard Fahey -Newscast6/5/62 (3:39), * Michael Green -Tape City Spot for Sergio Mendez & Brazil '66 album & concert. Between the two, I slightly favored CKLWwhich was really the work of a woman, Rosalie Trombley, who I believe was officially the Music Director. 3.) Definitely a slick imaged station! Sports, music, news and podcasts. 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. LOL) at WTOD. Readers Top 10 Top 40s. Thank you for still give g praise to him. Thanks for the great work you did there. I went to the University of New Orleans for 4 years and fell in love with TIX. WGBB Freeport, LI, NY. 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. It was a time that will live in our hearts forever. Worth where Paxton Mills started and George Carlin got his start (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s). My brother Lacy Neff loved what he did and was very very proud of his station and co workers. Pontchartrain Beach jingledonut and bed only -late 1960's (:42). Many of the big AM Top 40 stations had FM stations. 1. Ive had this confirmed by others since. WVAQ/Morgantown, WV. May 16, 1972. I remember visiting my cousins in Dinuba as a teen in the summer of 63. 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! Presidential candidate / Alabama Governor George Wallace had just been shot. 6. From a site south of Dallas they beamed north. I had the pleasure of listening to 4 of these stations back in the day, CKLW from 67 through 74/75 before that WING Dayton in the Mid to Late 60s, WFIL in my early Air Force Days before shipping off to Vietnam, while stationed at Dover AFB in 68/69, and on occasion WLS with and without Lujack[WCFL as well} back in the mid 70s. Great to see so many radio brethren on here. The sounds that listeners remembered the most: 1.) Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. Third Floor
If you worked at Top 40 Radio in North America, chances are your station aired a CHUM Documentary. KLIF was the first and best. Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. 11. I didnt see WIBG Wibbage 990 in Philadelphia. Thank you I Heart, for ruining the industry. Tix has been a big part in my life. Do your next 20 stations in the comments! Frequent updatesbetween songs, and a 20-20 news summary of what was known at that moment by, * Bob Walker -AircheckAugust 8, 1972 (9:52), Includes live spots for Godchaux's Bottoms Up Shop, 7-Up the Uncola, and an employment opportunity for. Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. WRKO were all slices from the Bill Drake pie. Who pissed the furthest? During the day we kistened to WKY (Oklahoma City) but when dusk came we had KOMA (Oklahoma City), WLS (Chicago), KLIF (Dallas), WNOE (New Orleans), and XERF out of Del Rio carryying Wolfman Jack. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? These full 3-hour length classic American Top 40 shows from 1970-1978, all in their original broadcast form. But any list that completely overlooks the Todd Storz stations, including WHB/Kansas City, KXOK/St. The idea was to protect some station in Canada. Even though they had such a large audience with the 50,000watt tower. They were called the WMEX Good Guys. It was a GREAT station to DX back then. We had a blast in HOU. Louisiana, Photograph. 2. more What's New Version History Version 1.0 Get discovered by a world of playlist listeners. Hal Moore and great newsman/dj..Phil Thomas to KMIN in Denver. Over at 89 WLS, during those years, we had John Records Landecker, Larry Lujack, Tom Kent, Steve King, Jerry Kay and so many more. Lee and Randy..Congratulations on putting together that list. Well vetted comments like Randy and Lee are so welcome. >: >:0. In mid-1963, the remaining Top-40 pop rock programming was dropped in favor of even more Spanish programming and a primarily-Spanish format. 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. Oldies station for new orleans louisiana. To me, radio was riveting in the 60s and 70s, and it fascinated me enough to get in to it, which I enjoyed for over 40 years. WFAS-FM Bronxville, NY (renamed WNBM Boom 103.9 and reformatted to Urban AC in the early 2010s) I ended up racking up 25 years total. Ill give you Z-100 in New York (a bit later era, but still deserving). I was in college at the time and walking down the hall of the dorm all you heard was the Big 8 in Bowling Green, Ohio, I went to a birthday party in my city not long ago. A tue rocker in its days. I love radio. it; THATTTS!! Dave Charles once called me smooth but I couldnt hold a candle to MM! We should celebrate the greatness. He was the inspiration for the song, W*O*L*D from Harry Chapin. Robert Mitchell plays the radio hits of 1969. The men who did it both wanted to make lots of money but also great radio. You can find more than 80 country list with total of ~3500 IPTV channels! 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. WWOZ-FM. David Kaye, 8/10/2017: You might as well leave Larry Lujack out of your list of WLS jocks, yo! 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. As a kid listening to WLS, WABC, WLAC, WSAI and any market I could pick up, the excitement was universal. Great Stuff and why I got into radio for a few years full time and a couple of decades, part~time. After moving to 1400, still at low power, no one could touch them, and everyone tried. 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). 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. A real crew. At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! Only then did KOIL take notice and knocked off the daytimer with the larger 5kw day/night signal. We're streaming. YOU ARE!!! 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. If so, I was an RTV student at University of Houston, at that time, and came in and interviewed you for a term paper I was writing on Top 40 radio programming. ), all air talent/music driven Top 40 stations. KBOX gave us Dan Ingram, Bill Ward, and many others. My God!, you namechecked KJR AND DIDNT THE HELL EVEN MENTION *PAT ODAY*?? MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. What is that song??? Classic Rock Country Oldies Pop RnB 30 tune ins AM 1410 - 30Kbps Concord - North Carolina , United States - English Suggest an update Get the live Radio Widget Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. WTIX - March 25, 1972. More than 1,300 airchecks from all across Canada and the U.S. KISN in Portland was my favorite. The "WTIX and we love you" jingle (courtesy of PAMS jingles). 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. The McLendon format memos remain some of the best how-to handbooks for radio. This was a tough assignment because so many great stations had to be left out. How Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and business partner Martin Lorentzon revolutionized the music industry through free and legal music streaming when they launched Spotify. Well, Ive read the entire article, including the comments from beginning to end. Johnny Holiday on WHK was awesome as well as when he was on 250 watt WRVM in Rochester in the fifties. In stereo! Those two local stations, though, played the soundtrack for many folks pre-teen and teen years here in our area. 70006 Love those PAMS jingles and all of the hits mixed with crazy promotions. I can still hear Roger Kleins growling delivery. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. It kind of reminds me of the famous scene with Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti. It was a crazy idea. 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? And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . Radio INK. 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. Todd Storz introduced a tight pop music format on KOWH in 1953. Anyway, brother Dick took over the station after Mac died and wrecked it. Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. And even without WABCs reach vs. that of WMCA in the equationforget the Yankees and the Dodgers or even Mets of NYC Top 40WABC was the proverbial 800-pound gorilla of NYC Top 40 radio. At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. 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. Call sign: WLMG Frequency: 101.9 FM City of license: New Orleans, LA Format: Adult Contemporary Owner: Audacy Area Served: New Orleans Contact Address: 400 Poydras Street, Suite 800, New Orleans, LA 70113 Phone: 504-526-3000 Ryan reynolds, rob mcelhenney take a rare bite out of welsh history with '20 ways to make rarebit' cookbook. Listen to any aircheck from any era of Kaplan ownership Jack Gale, Robert Murphy, Boo Baron, or Jay Thomas. Watch the video below! (Willard The Rat Scott) rode the drive time shift. WKBW/Buffalo. 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. ", mention of Kirschman's Gentilly Woods. WRKO-FM/98.5 (R-KO, The Shy But Friendly Robot) should get some honorable mention. 12. Louis, WTIX/New Orleans and WQAM/Miami (or at least one of them) cant be taken seriously. Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. Besides great Beatles music, DJs share many interesting facts about the British Pop sensations. Fly Away. If I could go to 30, TIX and MCA WOUKD certainly be in the mix. Station was located at 70 Brookline Avenue. reconsider your sources. Especially those of us who contributed directly as jocks, PDs, GMs, Promotions, Sales, Engineering, and god love the Traffic departments. The station was 1000kw days 250 nights but still was credited by many of the major record labels as being great market for breaking new artists and new singles, sorryfirst sentence should read owned the market not on the Market. Those results are at the end of this article. Others I would rank very highly (not necessarily in order): 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. The number one selection by the fan picks proves that the entire country would have benefited. Wibbage was a true top 40 station from about 1958 until roughly 1977. Talk about versatility!) Mac was also a very nice guy, btw. * Craig Roberts -Guglielmo the Tree 1972 (:25)Smoky the Bear PSA takeoff for Italy. WHB was added in 1954. Even got to bring Les Garland a 6 pack of Pearl Beer in my suitcase. Like other stations, it rolled with the times and changed. I heard the audio, listened to stories. WICC Bridgeport, CT As a result, the signal to the Northwest started to die around Norristown, 5-10 miles away from the towers in Lafayette Hill, PA. WIBG started as a 25 watt station in a church in Elkins Park, PA, probably in the 1920s. No need to sign-up! 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. Preferred radio stations and music genres, user's Favorites, stations reviews and many other services need your personal data processing. [Reportedly, WCAU-FM, the Disco Powerhouse at the time, was calling our P.D., to get reactions to new songs we were breaking.] 2B Productions changed its name to Rowan-Cabarrus Radio, and Catawba students will train for journalism and communications careers on its three stations. WHK during the Johnny Holi-days was as good as radio ever got. Even with Bobbys departure for 99X New York and a format change in 1979, B100 kept me in flip flops, burgers and beers for 8 years, for which I am eternally grateful. Radio Ink recruited two of the best programming minds in the business, Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels, to answer this question: What are the greatest Top 40 stations of all time? Heres how they stacked them up and your lively debate, comments and disagreements on how they did. I remember listening to tix as a teenag. Bank Of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling), Dr. Pepper, Robo-Wash and more. Or you don't come in at all. a painter at $3.00 an hour among other stuff of 1972. WBEB Philadelphia (What did it change its nickname from B101.1 again?) Barq's RootBeers. WTIX-FM - playlist by jamacco | Spotify Home Search Your Library Create Playlist Liked Songs Cookies Privacy Preview of Spotify Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. In fact, owing to its location in New York City, it was the proverbial 800-lb gorilla of Top 40, period. 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. Keep on rocking ! Install the free Online Radio Box application for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! 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. And dont even get me started on Watermark and their Documentaries. One other station I listened to was WSGA in Savannah, GA. What about Kimn in Denver? Ginsburg was topping everybody at night in the Boston Metro with shares of high 30s to mid 40s. Most every market had two or three pretty good Top-40s back then; lucky if you can find one now. KY102 was AOR not Top-40. THATS! The founder and owner, Myron Jones, built the building and wired the studios himself. And I agree that WQAM was a better example of the Storz sound. In fact, the list also left off the early Adult Contemporary stations, period! We held a three-week online poll asking readers what they think are or were the best Top 40s, and here are the results: Not bad company for my first dream station that I ever worked for to be in. What a fun night! Pentatonix (PTX) We werent allowed to say the word magic, because KMJC Magic 91 was a competitor. Another station that is still around but with new ownership I believe. 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. Lee felt WABC was the greatest Top 40 station, but I think they were way out-programmed by WMCA. The station is owned by Michael A. That was the prelude I started listening to WTIX soon after I was myself a DJ at the young age of 12. Using the actual TV show theme song "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" and splicing the banjo on the beginning over and over, a similar fun song was born that spotlighted the WTIX DJ's of 1962 instead of the Clampett family. Agree that KFJZ was the station in Ft Worth. I listened to CKLW from the early 60s to the mid-70s and it is a shame that more people could not have experienced the glory of an astounding presentation radio. HOWEVER, PLEASE do something about it dropping constantly. The comments pour in, what a fun read, and Tribute to how good it all was. Respectfully, though, I would not rank WCFL below WABC, much less rank them last, undeR WIXY?????? The greatest Top 40 station of all time? Then the Canadian govt. 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. KIOA. Possibly the first FM to knock off a big AM (WABC) in the Top 40 realm. I grew up in southern Oklahoma in the 50s and 60s and we didnt know it then but it was radio heaven. A Top-40 jock named Eddie Haskell?!? No station was better about promoting, playing the hits, and focusing on the community. From 1966- thru 1976 they were a huge Atlanta powerhouse even with their highly directional 1KW at night at 790. WMEX, Boston for sure. Thats the real story so if WABC was great, WMCA was much more. In the mid-60s, the remaining R&B/Soul, group harmony (Doo Wop) and Italian (and jazz?) How can we not mention the stations owned and operated by the late Todd Storz which basically invented the Top 40 Format. When Metro Traffic came to Nashville, Marc put a Dumpster in the station parking lot and asked listeners to donate scrap metal so Y107 could buy a plane. Charlie Tuna! WABC had 10 times more power. Arnie Ginsburg, Larry Justice, Dan Donovan (Blaine Harvey.who carried the name to Minneapolis), Charlie Tuna, Larry Lujack, Jack Gale (Fenway), Ed Hider (another Fenway), J.J. Jeffries (Melvin X. Melvin) as well as talk show giants Jerry Williams, Larry Glick and Steve Fredericks all appeared on WMEX. Doc thanks for the shout out to Drake/Chenalts 13KYNO, in Fresno, where so many radio (and television) notables passed through. It may be 1pm here but it is Noon Chime Time on my radio. Who wants to play that crap? Also includes commercials for Pontchartrain Beach, the 1962 Ford Galaxy, Mexsana Powder, 7-Up Float, and amention of Kirschman's Gentilly Woods. WKBW went Top 40 in 1958 by stealing the PD and airstaff from WBNY, which was number one with only 250 watts. ( How to play on VLC Media Player) Owned and operated by Audacy. I was also working for Norman Petty in Clovis NM at the time. Oh wait. Use our service to find it! WSB (read: WSB-AM)s full-service format had, musically, reformatted to Adult Contemporary by circa early 1980s, that is. This list is bullit. She was a white chick with R&B and soul in her blood! RKOs WOR-FM. Beers. KNUZ/Houston. KFRC/San Francisco. (5:10) * Don Anthony - Aircheck August 1973 (7:33) 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! Posted on April 10, 2021 by IPTVMate. 40 share and better in the 60s. The Other Woman. 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. I cant believe the PNW was left off of everybodys list. Stan invested in talent and promotion. I will always be thankful to those great PDs, Bill Holly, Dick Star, Charlie Murdock and Lee Sherwood. THERE!!! based on WXYZ not only was in Detroit, but at last check had long been renamed WXYT. I listened to WMEX in 1970-71 when John H Garabedian was at the helm and in PM drive with Bud Balou in the eve and Ron Robin in the AM. 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. The Greatest Top 40 Stations Of All Time! The "singer" is (WTIX DJ) Ed Ripley. Oh, yeah-former clear channel (thats with a small C each) WOWO Fort Wayne, IN-as an *AC* station **AND**! Oh!, SHIT! *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. Toledo also had a lot of great talent. * what Im talking about! Of WLTH fame? Not to nitpick, but you were off by one year as to the debut of the Atlanta Falcons: they actually started in 1966. None in major markets. Thanx for listening.. Z100 Pirate Radio, New York. When I grew up, I had a steady diet of WABC, WNBC, KB radio 15, CKLW and WOWO. CKLW definitely was THEE number one station in North America and Canada. Much love Boomer, Late 1967As Paul Drew gave me my first look at the Big 8 control room, Tom Shannon was introducing Glen Campbells By The Time I Get To Phoenix. I think one of the elements that is missing today is competition, radio wars. CONDUCTOR: William Boughton. Mike has successfully managed to give WTIX a wonderful magic which I lovekeep it up! Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, Kim Stephens. In the mid 7Os WLS was the greatest top 40 radio station of all time. ABCs $50,000 Button? (Thats three Drake stations in the top 4.) Of course we took him up on his offer. His stories were fascinating especially told in that booming authoritative voice. WTIX - May 6, 1972 Bob Walker with Sonny & Cher. Top 20 based on what? K92 was mentioned and they picked up the number one spot a few years after they went on the air in 1980, dethroning WROV. I listen to the Crusin 1966 album almost religiously. Back to you, Pat ODay: KIMN Denver?!? about IRONY! Buy on. He outgunned WABC within a year and made history for bringing FM into the 20th century. Make a playlist from a video: 1. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. [Apologies if Im forgetting anybody.] For me it was KFRC and KYA being born and raised and living my entire life in the Bay Area. It's FREE! 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. The station may be offline, or you may need to update your browser. Johnny Holliday. Bill Drakes KHJ was amazing and should probably be on this list. Radio Ink sure hit a LIVE WIRE here didnt they! include Z-100! While it was playing, some lady went up to the dj, grabbed his microphone, and sang the CKLW top of the hour ID jingle! WTIX FM
WGRC was purchased by Gordon McLendon and went Top 40 in 1958, debuting by playing Purple People Eater for a week. 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) They were late in the AM game. A doctors son financed the killer Top 40 15Q until the money ran out. And who could forget Arnie Ginsberg at night! FTR I remember seeing this back when I was in the 8th grade on a movie reel. ENSEMBLES: English Symphony Orchestra. Southeast Nebraska And Northeast Kansas, Streams Live Local Sporting Events 0 vote Dic Youngs, Jim Michaels, Mike Pace. (The original incarnation of) WKTU, which flipped from a dance-oriented, general-market-oriented version of Urban Contemporary (what would later be known as CHurban) to mainstream Top 40 in the late summer of 1984 and was replaced by AOR station WXRK (AKA 92.3 K-Rock) in July 1985. Wiped out the used car lot, skipped over a gas station then wiped out the new car lot. Mac converted WMEX to sports and talkradioand WMEX was very successful with that format, both on ratings and revenue, until new owners bought the station a few years later. While WBZ was more sophisticated in many ways, WMEX played to the city (where their somewhat limited signal was best) so they had a grittier, earthier, more high-energy city sound. s. 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