That 50,000-watt night signal put everything east of the Rockies in earshot at night. The Big 8 will NEVER be forgotten! !, KTNQ Los Angeles (a Top 40 station during the late 70s (that station itself deserves mention as one of the all-time Top 40 greats, by the way) had a jock namedno kiddingBEAVER CLEAVER!! Dallas was a separate media market back then and rightly so, as the enmity between the two cities was at its peak when Gordon McLendon was working his magic at KLIF. Whatever your new sound, pitching can help it get heard by fans around the world. They took overalong with the likes of Tommy Shannon, the still-to-come Dan Neaverth, Joey Reynolds and so many others. Who pissed the furthest? 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) His advice was 3 years too late. 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. Personally, I thought WQAM was the best and is on my list, but thats not to take anything away from KXOK, WHB, KOMA, KOWH, WTIX WDGY. There were many good radio stations all over the USA radio map, like for me KACY, Ventura, KIST, Santa Barbara, KMBY Monterey, KDON Salinas. I have listened to this channel since I was a teenager! 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. You will get your reward soon- in bankruptcy court! It was a magical blend of personality, jingles, contests, and fun mixed with the greatest music that defined the era and continues to live today. Hear the audio that matters most to you. WBLI Patchogue, LI (Long Island), NY I have radios in every room in my home. Online Radio Box uses cookies in order to provide the best service for our users. 15. Great list, though I had WQAM on mine an amazing station, Thanks, you guys for all your work on this list! * WTIX Composite Aircheck (1979) featuring: Robert Mitchell, Larry Hamilton, Kathy Fishman, Pal Al Nasser, Greg Fox. You patiently answered them for this 17 year old radio freak. Heart 1675326183. another Top 40 station of all time that was left out: WKNR Detroit. WLS was the most influential station in the nation in the late 60s and early 70s. (3:56) Defense Department ready to draw lottery numbers for the 1971 military draft. Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. Streamline Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF!. Perry told me that he had a microphone switch activated recorder and would review each jock, each day and provide help. These are all good stations, who deserve their place in history, and our hearts. (As theyve been saying on one segment of the Monday Night Football halftime show in recent years, ) COME on, man! Anybody who knows a THING about at least early PHILADELPHIA Top 40 radio knows that before there was WFIL (or at least the beginning of its own Top 40 format), there was Wibbage! WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleanss Greatest Hits Station. 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? 2 Ed Perry bought the license and is putting it back on the air, by the way. 20. please never go off air TIX !! WHB was an early top 40 station but The Worlds Happiest Broadcasters were not the first. I arrived after that promotion but of course it was well documented. In the mid-60s, the remaining R&B/Soul, group harmony (Doo Wop) and Italian (and jazz?) 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. Im proud to know people who worked thereand even at places like CKLW and KHJ. My brother Lacy Neff loved what he did and was very very proud of his station and co workers. Call sign: WTIX-FM Frequency: 94.3 FM City of license: Galliano, LA Format: Oldies Owner: Fleur de Lis Broadcasting Area Served: New Orleans Sister stations: Z-104.5 WMZ FM Contact I think one of the elements that is missing today is competition, radio wars. Though I grew up and lived my whole life in Philadelphia, for Top 40, my all-time favorite station was WABC. KBOX/Dallas. C-K-S-L of-a-TownLONNN-DONNN!! After it sold to Stan and Sis Kaplan, WAPE was just amazing. You can thank Rose Trombly for a great deal of CKLWs success. * Ted Green -AircheckSummer 1962 (15:50) Recorded on a DX radio signal, some QSB. (AND TO THINK THAT AT HIS PREVIOUS RADIO EMPLOYER IN BOSTONWMEXTHAT WAS ONE OF THAT STATIONSAS YOU SAID, PAULHOUSE NAMES! Bill Drakes KHJ was amazing and should probably be on this list. CKLW/Windsor-Detroit. Jim Woods in the night time was the most exciting thing around. 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. Morgantown? For a long time Id wondered what was in that box and theater of the mind. 17. And, I confess to plagiarizing W-C-F-L of-a-TownCHI-CA-GO for the rebranding of CKSL London Ontario in the mid 70s. Fenway Park was in back of 70 Brookline Avenue. Lol! Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. There were no general-market oriented rock n roll stations in the early and probably even well into the mid-Fifties. Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? How many lost 45s I have bought listening to those old WCFL airchecks is astounding. Getting it down to 20 was tough, unfair, and subjective. * WTIX Composite Aircheck (1979) featuring: Robert Mitchell, Larry Hamilton, Kathy Fishman, Pal Al Nasser, Greg Fox, $25,000 Giveaway promo (Buzz Bennett voiceover), Bob Walker (TIX Original Oldie Hour), Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, Kim Stephens. His KFRC was better. WRKO Boston and JJ Jefrey was the best of the Boss format. But the signal was awful, the staff was expensive, and 15Q failed quickly. Rock n roll became so popular to the point of almost dominating the research charts that Top 40 became practically a rock n roll format from that point on. WFAN 66 AM - 101.9 FM 3. That shout is still in use at 620 AM and 103.5 FM, which use the WAKY calls today.). A great Top 40 station. I do want to mention that Ron Jacobs had more to do with the sound of KHJ than he gets credit for. Thank you, Lee and Thank you, Randy. Even thought WCCO was not a music station, in the 60s and 70s, they would play softer top 40 hits during some of their programming. No one has said anything about the greatest radio promo of all timein my humble opinion that would be Jack McCoys The Last Contest! Which I heard on the also great KCBQ in San Diego with Mason Dixon! Living over in Texas I could hear TIX / had a powerful daytime signal but disappeared at night. WHLW/WOBM-AM Lakewood, NJ, (Adult Contemporary) How can we not mention the stations owned and operated by the late Todd Storz which basically invented the Top 40 Format. I'm a 79 year old and love your line up. Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. WRKO, KLIF, KCBQ. I also worked on 13/WAVZ New Haven, another great station. Ill give you Z-100 in New York (a bit later era, but still deserving). We recommend to enable all cookies to guarantee the website properly work. WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. Produce documentaries chronicling the history of Top 40 Music. I couldnt stop laughing! Possibly the first FM to knock off a big AM (WABC) in the Top 40 realm. If you are looking Kodi Addons, please use IPTVMate Repository! Thanks for the great work you did there. Listed Mike Marshall as one of, if not THE Smoothest jock ever. David Bowie & Queen 1675326694. 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. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. Somebody to Love. Mac Richmond (one of the owners) was a crazed micro-manager and abrasive as sandpaper, but he knew talent. Not to nitpick, but you were off by one year as to the debut of the Atlanta Falcons: they actually started in 1966. And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . was one of my childhood heros. Plus, KHJ had The Real Don Steele, who made magic every day being a larger-than-life and unique personality within the Drake constraints. God Bless. 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. WROV was the lowest powered full time station in the market and often beat all other stations combined. 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. 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. WAPE/Jacksonville. (Ill give an honorable mention to WARM, Scranton, the first TOP 40 station I discovered; the jocks didnt have the personality of WABC, but the station played good music and had a nice flow.). 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.. Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. The Last Contest was all about perception and theater of the mins. One KLIF engineer told me the new night signal was so tight it went down Commerce Ave without touching either curb! Somehow it seemed appropriate. After moving to 1400, still at low power, no one could touch them, and everyone tried. Especially those of us who contributed directly as jocks, PDs, GMs, Promotions, Sales, Engineering, and god love the Traffic departments. We werent allowed to say the word magic, because KMJC Magic 91 was a competitor. That rarely exists anymore. TiIX is the only station I listen to. Also The Great Roller Coaster Marathon at Pontchartrain, Beach winning WTIX DJ's. * Bob Walker -AircheckOctober 22, 1969 (10:30). Im not sure what happened to WYNG except that it was possibly drowned in the FM tsunami. WDHA Dover, NJ (since reformatted to (Album-Oriented) Rock Bob Mitchell and Jim Swiler conduct an interview with "Quarterback Billy Kilmore". So many markets not mentioned. Ah, but Randy included the great WAPE!! 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. Metairie, LA, USA. WSB (read: WSB-AM)s full-service format had, musically, reformatted to Adult Contemporary by circa early 1980s, that is. His wife did the music. Still love it! I LOVED the 6-years+ I spent at the helm of those prestigious monster radio stations. A list of 20 is too short. WGR was a great station. WMEX started in late 50s. 2B Productions changed its name to Rowan-Cabarrus Radio, and Catawba students will train for journalism and communications careers on its three stations. (Willard The Rat Scott) rode the drive time shift. PAMS Series 18 Sonosational - 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. I did all nights at WFUN during my junior year in college at Miami and did the same in my senior year at WQAM. Really? WTIX began simulcasting the oldies format of WSAT in Salisbury, with local news, sports and information for an area that will also include Concord and Kannapolis. Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. I grew up in Northern VA. We had Major Top 40 AM competition! 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