But, that station, in its on-air presentation, was wound as tight a top-quality watchit was flawless, with great talent like Dave Shafer, Tom Shannon, Gary Burbank, Jim Edwards, Brother Bill Gable, Super Max Kinkel, Charlie OBrien, Charlie Van Dyke, and on and on. None in major markets. Best wishes to all alumni of radios golden age. The Greatest Top 40 Stations Of All Time! The equipment was ancient. You might turn up some of his historical pieces online. Michael Green, Robert Mitchell & Bob Walker. One other station I listened to was WSGA in Savannah, GA. 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. Blowtorches 770 WABC and 1520 KOMA. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. WMEX went on the auction block on this past December 15, 2017. I had to climb onto the counter to reach it. Enjoyed working together in syndicated 24/7 formats as well. I miss those days! WVAQ/Morgantown, WV. Pats right, Radio Ink, your damn input DOES!! 16. 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. I just wish I had been in the business ten years earlier. By the way, I have since heard, on the Rock Radio Scrapbook website, an composite aircheck of WINS last day as a Top 40 station (complete with [a] then-weekly Sunday night/Monday morning transmitter-maintenance sign-off followed by [a reinserted recording of] the National Anthem, [b] the then-weekly Monday-at-sunrise sign-on [with the prior or shortly-subsequent SSB edited out?] 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) 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! Yes, WABC had more listeners and more attention. And if all of those werent enough, WADO in New York, which broadcasted Top 40 programming from 1959 to 1963. In this call, Louise talks about Ringo possibly being, nominated for President of the United Statesin the 1964 election in November. TiIX is the only station I listen to. Jacobs was a creative genius and the contesting and of course promos for KHJ started with him. Really? 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. WRKO Boston and JJ Jefrey was the best of the Boss format. It's FREE! The glory days of CKLW were only five years long, but the Big 8s influence reverberates today. All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. WTIX lives on thanks to Mike in the Morning Costello! Drill 5. They were called the WMEX Good Guys. 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. WMGK Magic 103 (soft rock-oriented AOR until modifying to hits-oriented soft rock in the early 80s); WSNI Sunny 104/104 and-a-half/Sunny 104.5 (first hybrid AC- /MOR-based easy listening, then all-soft rock hits), Kiss 100 (WKSZ Media, PA) WSSJ Camden, NJ; WJBR Wilmington, DE; and even WIBG and WFIL (1975-77 (before briefly going Top 40 for the last time) and 1977-81, respectively). 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. I worked there as a young man when Mac owned the station, so I know first hand. 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. Of all the airchecks in recent years I have heard from the late 60s through the 70s from different TOP40 stations around the country, I wish I could have experienced listening to Super CFL in Chicago live back then. And everyone remembers Yours Truly KOMA and the kissing tone. This was definitely an era where radio was fun. Ive had this confirmed by others since. (3:00)* Buzz Bennett -AircheckMay 1967 (2:50). search in gooogle: boorfes tips monetize your website. was the last song heard both on your show and on WINS in general. During the party, the dj there played the Doobie Bros Listen to the Music. 2. WERA Plainfield, NJ (went dark in 1997 due to WWRL New Yorks then-impending wattage boost) KSFO was MOR, not Top 40. Yes, football on Top 40 worked for them with the excitement of a new team in town. As we were next to WIFI on the dial, people were tuning us in by accident and said they liked us better! !, *yeah*! 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? Great to see WHB from KC and KXOK from St. Louis on the list. Something is amiss. As did WPGR, VLT plays a vast playlist, a lot of forgotten hits and a heavy smattering of old local Philly hits. Watch the video below! 19. He also did a live show from the afored mentioned WGR in Buffalo. WTIX-FM is an oldies outlet serving the New Orleans area. Even though they had such a large audience with the 50,000watt tower. Lee and my mom. Comments: I hate to call this 'sloppy', but there are numerous pauses between elements in this format. Even the news anchors, like Grant Hudson and Byron MacGregor (who had a hit record of his own, The Americans) sounded spectacular. Our playlist stores a 94.3 Rewind track list for the past 7 days. Imagine how the whole history of Boston radio would be changed if that happened. Randy, get over yourself. About my Junior year in High School, i found WXLO in New York. Hal Moore and great newsman/dj..Phil Thomas to KMIN in Denver. But now,looking back, it was a different era, and AM rode the wave while it was there. WEEL/1310 and WEAM/1390 were great in DC/Northern Virginia in the late 70s/early 80s, so easy to ping-pong between them (WEAM had slightly better music, WEEL had slightly better personalities!). CONDUCTOR: William Boughton. Depending on the selected settings, some functions may become unavailable! 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. just wanted to list my name as the author of the preceding post. No way that can happen today, with so many other signals on every formerly clear channel. Two legendary Top 40s that apparently didnt make the cut for these lists. !, yet!) Pat KJR was a great station. WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. And who could forget Arnie Ginsberg at night! 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!!! Plus, KHJ had The Real Don Steele, who made magic every day being a larger-than-life and unique personality within the Drake constraints. Some of the greatest talent came through Detroit Toledo Ohio. Heres how everyone stacked up against each other. Between the two, I slightly favored CKLWwhich was really the work of a woman, Rosalie Trombley, who I believe was officially the Music Director. 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. How many lost 45s I have bought listening to those old WCFL airchecks is astounding. Date of Recording: 1996 (Exact Date Unknown) Station: 94.3 WTIX-FM (KLEB-FM/KZZQ-FM/KBAU) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Format: Oldies Featured Air Personalities: Jay Douglas, Doug O'Brien (News) (WNBC/WINS) Contributor: Annonymous. What a great list. An error happened posting the review, sorry! Well, Ive read the entire article, including the comments from beginning to end. Fly Away. PAMS Series 27 The Jet Set - WTIX by AH3RD Limited Time Offer: Get 50% off the first year of our best annual plan for artists with unlimited uploads, releases, and insights. Ah, but Randy included the great WAPE!! During that same event KOMA lost power but had a generator I asked Perry how he knew when to cut back to utility power. KYNO deserved the inclusion, Doc. It exploded in 1967 with the Drake format. WABC won where they could no WMCA competition. Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch.). The sounds that listeners remembered the most: 1.) These are ALL good stations..the ones listed and the ones that arent. Paper Filing? 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. The best part of these 3 lists is bringing back the memories of when RADIO was competitive, creative, and most of all FUN. A top 40 station in the Washington,DC area in the mid to late 60s had a DJ named Alan Afterhours. 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. How do we use Cookies. WABC poached talent from WMCA? The only reason Randy Michaels didnt rightfully list KHJ (which was number one on Lees list) is the fact that his anger towards Ron Jacobs and emotion ever came his logic. About 100 hours of them between 1970 and 1977. Disco Mindy was part of our Disco era, as well as Jim Chambers and Vernon Davis. Thats a shame. The "WTIX and we love you" jingle (courtesy of PAMS jingles). (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.). Well said. #16 on one List and no mention on the other? With only a 1,000-watt night signal, KLIF routinely clocked more listeners than all other Dallas-Ft. Worth stations combined. It was worth driving 500 miles each way to hear live. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? Keep on keeping on. * Ted Green -AircheckSummer 1962 (15:50) Recorded on a DX radio signal, some QSB. 12. "Michael In The Morning" Costello (under the name Fleur de Lis Broadcasting) and operates at 94.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. The Playlist: With Christian Hillborg, Gizem Erdogan, Edvin Endre, Severija Janusauskaite. Wonderful memories from my days of driving my 61 Chevy with the radio volume pegged listening to tunes during my Air Force hitch. While it was playing, some lady went up to the dj, grabbed his microphone, and sang the CKLW top of the hour ID jingle! Great contemporary, traditional country, and rock and roll, are gone. 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. Shows WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. and from the mid-Eighties until it went all-talk in 88); (Nashville: ) WSM (Not only was it MOR during the day and country at night (before going all-country in 79), but in 73 or 74, it changed its MOR daytime format from either standards or standards-slash-soft rock (traditional MOR) to all soft rock hits (contemporary MOR nka Adult Contemporary)), WSM-FM SM95 (I dont know if WSIX switched/modified its MOR format completely to AC/lite rock, but you just read at least two of Nashvilles AC stations of the past. That was the prelude Ill give you Z-100 in New York (a bit later era, but still deserving). Cmon people now, Old timers in Omaha still remember KOWH. @Rich Marston Bob Walker20-20Traffic,BillMurvinonSmith's&TapeCitySpot. . 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. 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? Like Country 4. Its easy to pick the ones you loved, but its also unfair to think those are the only ones. Just consider the staff: Ken Dowe (& Granny Emma), mornings; Michael Spears (PD), middays; Beau Weaver, middays; Kevin McCarthy, afternoon drive; Tommy Kramer, nights; Christopher Haze (that would be me), late nights; Jim White and Nick Alexander, overnights. TIX also streams online. 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!. User Rating 5 out of 5 stars based on 1 review Recommended Channels Near Metairie, USA KLZA Sunny 101.3 FM Falls City NE Falls City, NE USA, Adult Contemporary. I hope he and his legacy will never be forgotten. They were even the first station to carry the Atlanta Falcons when the team started in 1967. WGBR still exists but Im not sure the format. Fun. (3:00), June 1970 during the Bill Murvin show. suck! 13. All the playlists are suitable with Kodi ! Sign up to leave a comment and share your thoughts with other listeners. But CHUM also did what no other mere Radio Station did. From the early 60s to the mid 70s, WKIX was a powerhouse. Enjoy Music Playlist! 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. Over at 89 WLS, during those years, we had John Records Landecker, Larry Lujack, Tom Kent, Steve King, Jerry Kay and so many more. Great call letters, too. I worked (twice) at WKDA (am) and I think BOTH MAK and KDA were both great outlets. CD Signing Video 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? Thanks Randy for clarifying the Randy Michaels on WJET. Jim was replaced in Erie by the equally funny Jack Starr. Breakfast with the Beatles features music by the fab four every Sunday afternoon. To find your playlists, go to the Guide and click Library. 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. WKVQ (15Q)/Knoxville. For the same reason, these stations became the first rock stations in NYC. 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. Ps. Like other stations, it rolled with the times and changed. (8:55), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckIt's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. And if you dont know what I mean by that. Yes, I know KLIF was the first polished Top 40 station and the big station in Dallas. November1969 (1:09). Have you heard it? and other stations that came and went long after the latter two did away with Top 40,) Dallas (the Fort Worth station whose call letters escape me as well as the aforementioned KLIF and KBOX), Memphis (WHBQ and WMPS), Charlotte (WAYS, most notably), Norfolk (WGH and WNOR, especially the former), and so on. The FM is still Tp 40. No one, ever, anywhere, did the basics better than the Big 8. Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. please never go off air TIX !! 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) Still have a bunch of it on my iPad! That rarely exists anymore. I agree with Steve above that WSGN was a great station under PD Jim Tabor. (Re my comment on 5/22/2018 @4:03 PM:) In fact, the list also left off the early Adult Contemporary stations, period! Kudos to the very talented people at those stations who contributed to creating the well deserved legendary status that still exists. WHAT ABOUT WSGN BIRMINGHAM, AL!!! Write a book Randy. Keep rocking! We should celebrate the greatness. Boogie) devised an audacious plan to go head-to-head with market-owning KCBQ. contest promo, a rats in the city PSA, and a Donovan concert promo by Robert Mitchell. *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. 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. WTIX 94.3 FM's heritage call letters originate from the legendary Top 40 AM station WTIX 690 AM, "The Mighty 690." I went to the University of New Orleans for 4 years and fell in love with TIX. Bill Drakes KHJ was amazing and should probably be on this list. WCAO Baltimore if only because of Johnny Dark. Lets see here, who did WAYS Charlotte create that we remember? (1:09) A brief clip of WTIX's "All Night Satellite. A Collection of Songs & Covers by the Greatest A Cappella Group Ever. New Orleans. Amen. Not mentioned but it should be was WHND and the talents of Richard D haase, Boogie Brian, Jon Ray, Stew Wilkins, et.al. English Website 87 Listen live 17 Contacts WTIX-FM reviews 4 Keith Kosier 05.01.2023 I just moved back and cant believe how great this station has got. It was one of the several station whose doors I passed through. Outstanding tunes !!!!!! WFAS White Plains, NY (gold-based AC) I know, because I was just cutting my teeth in Toledo radio beginning in 1973. $25,000 Giveaway promo (Buzz Bennett voiceover), Bob Walker (TIX Original Oldie Hour). Dick Lamb and Gene Loving also did a show called Disc-O-Ten on WAVY-TV, and Lamb later had a morning talk show on WTAR (now WTKR), Channel 3. Keep on rocking ! In Your Room. 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