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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. WFAS-FM Bronxville, NY (renamed WNBM Boom 103.9 and reformatted to Urban AC in the early 2010s) Or just wait a little longer. I hope he and his legacy will never be forgotten. Thanks, to that Ron Parker, whether you or someone else, You have the right RP, Robert. Toast. Great to see WHB from KC and KXOK from St. Louis on the list. Oh!, *THATS* right, Randy Michaels **DID**!! WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. Stand with Ukraine. CFL! It was overdubbed several times. Bobby Reno Mac Richmond did not wreck WMEX. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (now Hot AC 94-3 The Point) One of those in the mid 50s was George The Hound Lorenz at night on WKBW. Cookie files from analytics systems, social networks and other services help us to customise our website to better match your interests. KBOX/Dallas. He was a jock on WPLJ New York in the early years of its 1983-1992 CHR format. The station is owned by Michael A. "Michael In The Morning" Costello (under the name Fleur de Lis Broadcasting) and operates at 94.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. 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? FLEUR DE LIS BROADCASTING, INC. Re said posters comment posted September 6, 2018 at 2:34 pm: I agree with Steve above that WSGN was a great station under PD Jim Tabor. KY102 was AOR not Top-40. Had the joy of being an RKO national sales rep for several of these outstanding radio stations: KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. @Rich Marston the Mighty 1190, KLIF. Select a playlist such as Watch Later, or a. It exploded in 1967 with the Drake format. When it comes to Top-40 influence in its day, KOMA ranks up there and Ive met so many jocks over my career who say KOMA was a big influence on them. 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. It was my good fortune to program KIOA in those days. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. Sign up to leave a comment and share your thoughts with other listeners. (OBW, I was there too!). 15 WLAC in Nashville, my choice for the best. Tap Add to playlist, then tap Create a playlist. Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. Hard To Handle. 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. Lou Saint . I remember listening to tix as a teenag Keep on rocking ! Mike has successfully managed to give WTIX a wonderful magic which I lovekeep it up! Features: * Listen to your favorite radio station anytime & anywhere. But KBOX was pretty amazing for having only 500 watts at night at 1480. Boy what trash we have now. For a number of years Fenway was the morning man. KMPC retained its AC format from circa 1976 through the rest of the decade. Ps. It was great. He liked the name and had a jingle cut for WGR. more What's New Version History Version 1.0 Thanx for listening.. Z100 Pirate Radio, New York. From the early 60s to the mid 70s, WKIX was a powerhouse. Donny Osmond was at #1, the TIX All-Stars basketball team was ready, toplay De La Salle, the time chime and the music that was on your radio. THERE!!! One could consider ratings, longevity, originality, influence, or many other criteria. Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. Johnny Holliday. Go to YouTube, search keywords of the playlist like a country music playlist, Christian music videos, classic music playlist, etc. Much appreciated. as well as creating the mess that radio is now. Of course we took him up on his offer. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? Lenny Kravitz 1675325726. 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. That's a good thing. LOL Other stations interrupt. When I finally got it it was empty. I still carry a Kennedy half-dollar I got in some change our first night in Windsor, a constant reminder of the magic, good times and wonderful people we shared through most of 1972. CONDUCTOR: William Boughton. (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. It was an awesome signal, but somehow they couldnt get that hum out of the transmitter. Owned and operated by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting. WIOQ, Philadelphia (1987-88) If youre THAT Johnny Holliday, werent you on WINS New York during the tail end of its Top 40 era (before flipping to (and pioneering) all-news radio in 1965? WLS was fun to listen to, but, was never as tight as WHK during the above-mentioned years. The voice on the song is (WTIX DJ) Ed Ripley. Thats a fact. At night despite having a terrible signal at night(WMEX could be heard across at the pond but couldnt be heard in parts of Boston). WKTQ (13Q)/Pittsburgh. The FCC wasnt amused, but the public was. Im referring to WPWT, 91.7 FM, in Philadelphia, from mid-1978 to early 1980, of which I was proudly a part. Mac Richmond (one of the owners) was a crazed micro-manager and abrasive as sandpaper, but he knew talent. WooWoo!!!!. Chalk up one more who thinks WQXI should have been on the list; the liveliest sounding station in the South, the one that seemed the least canned. as a Top 40 station. The aforementioned call letters are at least said to have originally stood for I Believe in God.. Everyone here has had the luxury of living through some of the best radio ever. Well said. * Craig Roberts -Guglielmo the Tree 1972 (:25)Smoky the Bear PSA takeoff for Italy. Register here. OR KQV and KDKA in Pittsburgh? CKLW definitely was THEE number one station in North America and Canada. a painter at $3.00 an hour among other stuff of 1972. Later, as a student in college, whenever But CHUM also did what no other mere Radio Station did. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. 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. 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. According to Dick, the phrase Top 40 was coined in New Orleans. Would Randy Michaels be the same who worked afternoons on WJET? WROV was the lowest powered full time station in the market and often beat all other stations combined. Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. Im still grateful for the opportunity when you hired me in New Have, CT all those years ago. You mentioned KONG AM Visalia. I grew up in Northern VA. We had Major Top 40 AM competition! 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. My grandkids love the old music. , Skip Wilkerson -Aircheck Morning Drive, March 16, 1965 (10:02), * Sy Jenkins - Aircheck 20/20 Newscast, with David Lawrence and Jon Reed 5/20/70 ( 8:38 ), Beatles Concert Ticket Contest- WTIX September 1964 (1:02), *Louise Harrison Caldwell WTIX Aircheck, August 5, 1964. Certainly those of us who worked there would say so. Frank Brodie (CKLW) was incredible on the air in ANY format, as were most of the jocks from the true Top 40 era. I went into Houston, i couldnt turn off KILT. Buy on. Great Music!!! 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. I remember Howard Taylor working the AM side then we had middle of the road on the FM side which captured the older crowd well. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) Plus, (Boston: ) WBZ (AM & FM [separate broadcasts]), WHDH, WROR (to name just three in Boston); (Pittsburgh: ) KDKA, (oldies/AC hybrid) WTAE; (Chicago: ) WFYR, WIND (two jocks who worked at the latter during its AC era: Clark Weber (who not only previously did Top 40 at WLS and WCFL, and contemporary MOR and later Uptempo (read: all-soft rock hits) MOR at WMAQ, but also remained at WIND during its first all-talk format), and Connie Szerszen (pronounced SIR-zin)aka the Top Rock Girly Jock and the Polish Princess); (Charlotte: ) WBT; (Louisville: ) WHAS; (Los Angeles: ) KNX-FM, KOST (still going strong as an AC station), KFI (which, IINM, was AC twicein the mid-Seventies [when the AC format was known as Pop Adult, Soft Rock, Uptempo MOR, etc.] Dave Morris was the owner/morning man. WGRC was purchased by Gordon McLendon and went Top 40 in 1958, debuting by playing Purple People Eater for a week. It held the number one position from 1960 until 1977. . He even sent Reggie Hall to the grocery to get us all some. * Joe Hagler -AircheckSummer 1962 (2:07), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckJune 1969. Wibbage was a true top 40 station from about 1958 until roughly 1977. But the signal was awful, the staff was expensive, and 15Q failed quickly. As Radio 8-0 CKLW spent the early 60s as a crappy Top 40 well behind WKNR and WXYZ. And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . The BEST show came out of 55KRC in Cincinnati. How do we use Cookies. Led through the 60s by Program Directors Dean Johnson, Dale Wehba, and Perry Murphy, some of the best-remembered DJs spun the hits each day and night. * Keep listening to your radio while doing other tasks. I based this list on originality and impact. [Apologies if Im forgetting anybody.] Well said, Buddy.. (Users must have an Apple Music account to use this app.) Who wants to play that crap? She was a white chick with R&B and soul in her blood! Back to you, Pat ODay: KIMN Denver?!? Best wishes to all alumni of radios golden age. I do want to mention that Ron Jacobs had more to do with the sound of KHJ than he gets credit for. The glory days of CKLW were only five years long, but the Big 8s influence reverberates today. At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! The idea was to protect some station in Canada. WasntKXOL in Fort Worth Top 40 back in the day? After PD Cagle left in late 1983/early 1984 and the jocks Bill Lee, Jack Armstrong, Mark McKay left I switched to KMEL/KITS on FM. 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? Had a lot of fun working at TR, too, and enjoyed doing Smooth Jazz. 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.. 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. Top talent, memorable promotions, attention-getting advertising, over-the-top production, and a relentless focus on the listener, not the advertiser, made the McLendon stations ratings juggernauts. Sorry. 90.7. I can still hear those dulcet tones of yours. on Saints QB Billy Kilmer). 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.. !, FOR CHRISTS SAKE! Dennis Williams Toledo. * Don Anthony - Aircheck August 1973 (7:33), * Don Anthony -Louis Prima Interview 1974 (10:00), * Buzz Bennett -AircheckApril 1967 Buzz at his manic best. I would say, with certainty, that it was The Big 8 that stirred my interest and music, and then, eventually, a radio career of my own. Country Hits 3. (5:10) * Don Anthony - Aircheck August 1973 (7:33) So, a small hat tip to WMGM as well. WKBW/Buffalo. Jet was truly a phenominal station. Will ALWAYS love radio. TIX also streams online. His advice was 3 years too late. WEAM 1390..WPGC.1580.WEEL.1310 and one of my favorites WRCThe Great 98. Automation, consolidation and syndication killed the small-and-medium-market farm system that fed those larger-market stations. Stan was a sales animal, but like McLendon, Kaplan knew that advertisers spent money to reach listeners, not the other way around. You can search Youtube Playlists and Channels using the search button and the app allows you to select specific playlists to only listen to those songs - mood changes often and so should your jukebox! Fly Away. It was a PERSONALITY driven format. Peter Gabriel 1675326418. Who Will You Run To. Getting it down to 20 was tough, unfair, and subjective. That station was my LIFE as a kid. (Willard The Rat Scott) rode the drive time shift. Even that 50,000 watt blowtorch signal was so strong that it easily penetrated into my bedroomdown in the basement! 4539 N Interstate 10 Service Rd W, Metairie, LA 70006. WABC won by dominating the areas WMCA didnt reach, and by raiding WMCA for talent and ideas. 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. Yeah. 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