This is my favorite Top 40. No dispute. This station has a major-market sound in a small market. In the mid-60s, the remaining R&B/Soul, group harmony (Doo Wop) and Italian (and jazz?) Great contemporary, traditional country, and rock and roll, are gone. Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. WADOs 1280 signal was originally a time share of WAAM Newark, WODA in Patterson and WHBI. 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. 2B Productions changed its name to Rowan-Cabarrus Radio, and Catawba students will train for journalism and communications careers on its three stations. 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. Jocks with a bit more rope. WPGR, Philadelphia (c. latter 1980s-early 1990s, as recalled) 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. 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. For a number of years Fenway was the morning man. Mac Richmond (one of the owners) was a crazed micro-manager and abrasive as sandpaper, but he knew talent. With the big 50,000-watt signal and the relatively few rock-n-roll radio stations across the plains, KOMA was the main station for the hits. Those were some really good years on Twin Cities radio. WFAS White Plains, NY (gold-based AC) I heard the audio, listened to stories. I remember in the late 50s and rarly 60s living in northern Illinois, we always tried to tune in to WBZ Boston that broadcast just a little higher on the dial than WLS in Chicago! Talk about being in the right place at the right time. ABCs $50,000 Button? Here she is complaining about. By the time I went off to college in 1978, there were more FM radio options that I switched to. It was great. Myron did, and because he had a TV station, he had to sell the AM to do it. And in Charleston, SC it was WTMA / 1250 for many years. !, FOR CHRISTS SAKE! We're streaming. I think one of the elements that is missing today is competition, radio wars. He liked the name and had a jingle cut for WGR. [Apologies if Im forgetting anybody.] Paul in Asuncion, Paraguay, South America. Automation, consolidation and syndication killed the small-and-medium-market farm system that fed those larger-market stations. McClendon may have guessed wrong. WRAN Dover, NJ 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! Currently, WDGY is based in Hudson, WI and is back to playing hits from the 60s and 70s. WWOZ-FM. Thats a fact. WFAN 66 AM - 101.9 FM 3. >: >:0. Chuck Blore used the name on the AM, 1150: KIIS=K115. WROV was the lowest powered full time station in the market and often beat all other stations combined. WROV in Roanoke deserves a mention On the market for close to five years with more listeners than all other Roanoke stations Bert Levine, who owned the station, believed very much in developing personalities without exception all the personalities on the station became major celebrities in Western Virginia. It was a very hip kind of top 40 that meshed well with Boston at that time. Agree with Bill Wayland at one point 68 WRKO had an almost 60 share Teens. * Tom Cheney - Newscast June 1970 during the Bill Murvin show. Ron is one of the true radio savants (alongside Zapper, Dan Vallie, Bill Richards, Nick Bazoo, etc.). I had WFIL at #15. Erie also had the talented Oogie Pringle who went from WJET to WRIE in Erie and then jumped to WNBC in NY. Please click "I agree" to ensure that you'll have the best experience of using our website. Was in college there in the mid 60s. In his undershirt he personally cooked, and rice, along with corn bread for us. s. LONG time ago, but good memories. WVAQ is a multiple Marconi Award winner for good reason: It sounds great. Preferred radio stations and music genres, user's Favorites, stations reviews and many other services need your personal data processing. Or you don't come in at all. Heres a shout out to them. Even though they had such a large audience with the 50,000watt tower. 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 don't like your friends and you don't like my friends. Pardon the rambling, but that station was Top 40 during the day and Italian-language programming in the evening, with overnights split between jazz & R&B (the latter three from when it was WOV prior to the ownership change in 1959 that changed it to WADO and shuffled at least either of those dayparts to a different time slot). 5/5 When I grew up, I had a steady diet of WABC, WNBC, KB radio 15, CKLW and WOWO. In 1983, right after NBC paid six figures to researchers to learn that there was absolutely no hole for Top 40 in New York, Milt Maltz paid $8.3 million for an FM in Newark that played show tunes, figured out how to move it to Empire, brought in a redneck morning man and PD (Scott Shannon, who was so not New York and went worst to first). 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. You mean that Lee Abrams guy who came to Toronto in 1977 to work his Superstar Format Magic against CHUM-FM? (takeoff on Saints QB Billy Kilmer). How good is that? There were no general-market oriented rock n roll stations in the early and probably even well into the mid-Fifties. Sports, music, news and podcasts. Also, while I suppose KLIF/Dallas has to be on the list, I would be remiss if I didnt mention that we dusted their asses when I was at KNUS/Dallas (the station Fairchild foolishly didnt want to buy when they purchased KLIF from McLendon, but passed on his FM station). 70006USA. WDGY had Bob Dayton, Jimmy Reed and the great Gene Leader, more well known as Mean Gene Okerlund. Thanks. I cant believe the PNW was left off of everybodys list. My how things changed! Ask most any of themit was the greatest experience of their careers. But, it was my child and teen years listening to CKLW that had the lasting impact on me. The night I visited Joey in the studio, he asked me to take a 45 in to PappyMemphis by Lonnie Mackplayed for the first time that night! I know a PD in Texas who couldnt afford research, so he just listened to WLS to see what to play. KJR gave the industry Larry Lujack, Kevin Metheny. 1. Install the free Online Radio Box application for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Radio Ink is a registered trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. United States Edgier. The WAKY shout was created by Johnny and a group of girls he met out just after the bars closed. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) 3. Obviously there were many great stations back in the hay-day of Top 40! How can we not mention the stations owned and operated by the late Todd Storz which basically invented the Top 40 Format. dayparts were themselves jettisoned in favor of additional Spanish-language programming. WSB (read: WSB-AM)s full-service format had, musically, reformatted to Adult Contemporary by circa early 1980s, that is. So many great stations not mentioned here. 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. Possibly the first FM to knock off a big AM (WABC) in the Top 40 realm. That rarely exists anymore. xmplaylist Recently played songs on XM Sirius radio Genre SiriusXM Hits 1 Pandora Now TikTok Radio The Pulse The Coffee House 70s on 7 80s on 8 90s on 9 Pop2K The 10s Spot PopRocks Pitbull's Globalization The Whitney Channel Mosaic The Blend The Bridge The Beatles Channel Bob Marley's Tuff Gong Elvis Radio E Street Radio Underground Garage !, *yeah*! Also, not at all intending to sound braggadocious, I think I was the first one to introduce a Classic Rock format. ( How to play on VLC Media Player) With the good guys. WABC won by dominating the areas WMCA didnt reach, and by raiding WMCA for talent and ideas. * Craig Roberts - Vito Mufallato 1972 (:55), WTIX Morning newsman Craig Roberts was also known for his comic relief bits on Robert Mitchell's, When The Godfather movie was riding high in popularity when released in 1972, and New Orleans staged, another election not long afterwards, Craig Roberts created "Vito Mufallato" who urged people to vote the, * Jim Swiler -Traffic Report November1969 (1:55), * Jim Swiler -20/20 NewscastJuly 22, 1969 (6:03). WTIM was unable to reach outside of Taylorville at night due to its FCC-mandated 63 watts of power. WLS was vanilla in most respects, but it was consistently excellent. I love that people actually thought that Wolfman was LIVE on WGR. Fenway Park was in back of 70 Brookline Avenue. While I was there a tornado hit nearby at a car dealership. 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). Fun. LOL, Morgus' Experiment- House of Shock theme & experiment - '45 record released in1959(4:07), Pontchartrain Beach radio spot-WTIX 1962 (1:02). , 4539 N. I-10 Service road Third FloorMetairie, LA. WKBW went Top 40 in 1958 by stealing the PD and airstaff from WBNY, which was number one with only 250 watts. Suitcase Simpson, Chuck Boo Baron, Eddie Beacon the Swingin Deacon, and others have never sounded better. Well said. WHAT ABOUT WPGC Morningside, MD/Washington, DC!?! Storz owned WHB but invented the format at KOWH. Ginsburg was topping everybody at night in the Boston Metro with shares of high 30s to mid 40s. WTIX News Chief Jim Swiler does a, Signal 20 traffic report. WOW! * Skip Wilkerson - Aircheck Morning Drive, August 5, 1964 (27:05), Lots of Beatles stuff and Beatles concert ticket finalists *Humorous Anacin commercial "I ONLY HAVE. Boogie himself. Funny?, I swear that one of those lists *did* mention WFIL. (Thats 3 a.m. in Louisville. WGR was a great station. Keep on rocking ! KNUZ/Houston. While I was a devoted listener of the Big 89 for years before, thats when the (Top 40?) Go to YouTube, search keywords of the playlist like a country music playlist, Christian music videos, classic music playlist, etc. Loved the write up on david h Morris. His wife did the music. You wont remember but at the 1969 Billboard convention, you were PD of KSTT and I asked you a bunch of questions. A doctors son financed the killer Top 40 15Q until the money ran out. It worked! As an engineer, I was lucky enough to work along side many of them, and even heard Humble Harve and Bill Drake cutting IDs and voice-overs in the early 70s. What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. WABC won where they could no WMCA competition. No station was better about promoting, playing the hits, and focusing on the community. (Re my comment posted same date @3:29p:) Yes, it was a smaller market but, the 10kw daytime on 940 covered 90 of 99 counties in Iowa and at night with 5kw covered into Denver as well as WHO. Radio Ink also held a three-week online poll and asked you which you believe are the best Top 40 stations of all time. (3:56) Defense Department ready to draw lottery numbers for the 1971 military draft. Yes!!! And did I list Phillys B101 in my list of suburban-NEW YORK CITY ACs? Doug Limerick, you might remember, was later a news reader for the ABC Information Network. Im proud to know people who worked thereand even at places like CKLW and KHJ. Had the joy of being an RKO national sales rep for several of these outstanding radio stations: KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. Again, I enjoyed reading about all the other great stations across the country as well. (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. During the summer I would break away and listen to WCCO AM for Twins baseball games. Boogie) devised an audacious plan to go head-to-head with market-owning KCBQ. Bobby Reno WCAO Baltimore if only because of Johnny Dark. WCFL was occasionally a better station. KOWH was the original Storz station in Omaha, where Todds dad brewed Storz Beer, and KOWH was the first to focus on a tight list of the most popular songs, but KOWH leaned towards MOR and didnt really target a young audience. Ps. Skinny Tommy Cheney's shout out, and. I would agree with how great WRKO was. 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. After it sold to Stan and Sis Kaplan, WAPE was just amazing. 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? Seamless Internet Connectivity required for playback as the App does not store any videos offline. Jim was replaced in Erie by the equally funny Jack Starr. Even though I was over my head, I was well aware I was standing in a historic spot. 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. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. Something is amiss. https://wjla.com/news/entertainment/argo-contriversy-ex-canada-ambassador-slighted-by-affleck-s-argo85572. If that sounds crazy, look at the ratings. Had a lot of fun working at TR, too, and enjoyed doing Smooth Jazz. 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). At its prime, KISN was the king of Top 40 radio in this market. No one, ever, anywhere, did the basics better than the Big 8. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, Kim Stephens. Even though I came later in the game to be involved with some of the biggest of those stations, I did make it to a couple. so he can cook for us. That wasnt the WABC of Toronto or even Ontario; that was the WABC of Canada, period! We are very proud of what WVAQ has meant to West Virginia over the years. 5. From 690 to 94.3 Not a day goes by that Im not listening to tix. Or WTAE Pittsburgh-ONE OF THE PIONEER ACS! -Bruce Scott Barq's RootBeers. I am surprised that WXLK K-92 didnt make the cut small market but Russ Brown and company had a major market sound that dominated the airways in 1980 and Beyond. Agreed! Pappy was the op for Joey Reynolds, among otherscorrect? - English, 4539 N. I-10 Service Road 3rd Floor, Metairie, LA 70006, Breakfast with The Beatles WTIX - March 28, 1970 With DJ Pics WTIX (Football Survey) - November 27, 1971 Football shaped survey. Respectfully, though, I would not rank WCFL below WABC, much less rank them last, undeR WIXY?????? * Joe Hagler -AircheckSummer 1962 (2:07), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckJune 1969. Sorry. Re said posters comment posted September 6, 2018 at 2:34 pm: Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. They took overalong with the likes of Tommy Shannon, the still-to-come Dan Neaverth, Joey Reynolds and so many others. * Richard Fahey -Newscast6/5/62 (3:39), * Michael Green -Tape City Spot for Sergio Mendez & Brazil '66 album & concert. WTIM - NEWSTALK WTIM delivers local news and information, local weather, local and professional sports, and over 6 hours a day of agriculture programming! They were king of radio, nevermind that they played beautiful music on Sundays..and had to sign off at sunset. Makes my Beer brewing on my deck a pleasure. And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF! Forgot your username or I completely agree with KHJ being #1 on the list. They lost the crown when WBBF went full time Top 40. Is this the fluff-stuff that fires the imaginations of contemporary radio people? For others, the hyper-high energy and tight production of talents like JoJo Kincaid was the Holy Grail. Worth where Paxton Mills started and George Carlin got his start (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s). Great call letters, too. Talk about versatility!) It pre-dated WRKO (Now 6-8-0) on October 12th, 1966. KMPC remained Adult Contemporary (the soft-rock radio formats name by then) until about the turn of the following decade. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. U of Ps WXPN also did a good job with that format. Voice of the Rocky Mountains in Denver! The Drake stations all had Kanner Boxes, but Ed Butterbaughs setup, 50,000 watts, and lax Canadian rules on positive modulation made CKLW jump out of radios in a dozen U.S. markets all day long, and made the programming sound even better. But now,looking back, it was a different era, and AM rode the wave while it was there. KYNO was THE station for them, and they actually enjoyed hearing the station bid farewell to outlying towns at sunset, when the station dropped from 5kw to 1kw (same pattern, though). 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. Gordon McLendon considered Dave Morris his toughest competitor. No mention of Pittsburgh area radio stations! As Radio 8-0 CKLW spent the early 60s as a crappy Top 40 well behind WKNR and WXYZ. I worked (twice) at WKDA (am) and I think BOTH MAK and KDA were both great outlets. Didnt your ass spin the Top 40 tunes on KJR? My brother Lacy Neff loved what he did and was very very proud of his station and co workers. Your leaving KJR Seattle out of the top 20 is typical of how poor that list is. 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. KNUS was a big deal when FM became commercially viable. And lets not forget WHK in Cleveland who owned that City from 1959 to 1964 blowing every other station away. I remember visiting my cousins in Dinuba as a teen in the summer of 63. KBOX and the Balaban stations trained Stan Kaplan. For a long time Id wondered what was in that box and theater of the mind. 19. The story (as I understand it) is that Mac Richmond (one of the WMEX owners) let Garabedian mix in some album cuts and long versions of the hits, and broke some stuff along the way (Maggie Mae by Rod Stewart being one). Listen to WTIX 94.3 FM live and more than 50000 online radio stations for free on mytuner-radio.com. Shortly thereafter, the Sunday time share that WADO had with religious/ethnic WHBI Newark, NJ was discontinued, and the former inherited (at the very least, some of) the latters Spanish programming, expanding WADOs Spanish daypart to Saturdays, and probably some of not all of the WHBIs Sunday religious programming during that day of the week. another Top 40 station of all time that was left out: WKNR Detroit. WDGY and WQAM were purchased in 1956, KOMA in 1958 and KXOK in 1960. Cookie files from analytics systems, social networks and other services help us to customise our website to better match your interests. Ohas far as Adult Contemporary stations of the pastand the greatest such stations of all timeare concerned, Id be remiss if I omitted KMPC Los Angeles. In 1962, inspired by the success of the new CBS-TV show "The BeverlyHillbillies," WTIX created and recorded "The Ballad Of The TIX Tigers." THANK YOU for the whole thing! No doubt WQXI held off FM competition for years after the city grew beyond its signal. Really. One could consider ratings, longevity, originality, influence, or many other criteria. 12. Just as I was leaving B100 to trade PM drive for med school, Bobby returned and reinvigorated San Diegos greatest station for several more years. !, 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!! Lou Saint . So, a small hat tip to WMGM as well. New Orleans. We werent allowed to say the word magic, because KMJC Magic 91 was a competitor. As far as CKLW goes I think every jock I knew all tried to emulate the great sound of the Big 8 jocks. Ryan reynolds, rob mcelhenney take a rare bite out of welsh history with '20 ways to make rarebit' cookbook. What is that song??? WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleanss Greatest Hits Station. I have noticed you dont monetize your website, dont waste 3.) The comments pour in, what a fun read, and Tribute to how good it all was. KQV had the heritage and was owned by a company that knew something about Top 40, so 13Q was instant roadkill. They had a broad playlist and I wish I could have been a kid in Chicago. This fun song is still fondly remembered by many today. And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . ArkivMusic ITunes. 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. Best radio station without question. Would Randy Michaels be the same who worked afternoons on WJET? Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. Doc thanks for the shout out to Drake/Chenalts 13KYNO, in Fresno, where so many radio (and television) notables passed through. WHB was added in 1954. I sent him an audition tape about 20 years ago. 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. Hi Rick, you are right about other stations and jocks wanting to sound like CKLW, The Big 8. Years later my wife was changing gates at DFW Airport when she spotted Wolfman Jack sitting against the wall in a bar. Def Leppard 1675327016. Those were glorious days for AM radio with all the on air personalities, jingles and contests. It was fun reading about these different stations and what made them excel, and I wish we still had many of them. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. Still, WMGM had its legends, most notably Peter Tripp. Except for the late-Sunday evening religious (African-American Protestant church services) broadcasts, WADO had become all-Spanish and so remains (having switched its Spanish format from music or music/talk to all-talk circa the turn of the decade before last, dropping its aforementioned English-language religious daypart). Storz didnt own KOIL. He was a jock on WPLJ New York in the early years of its 1983-1992 CHR format. *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. Not just morning drivers, but the whole day. Mac Richmond did not wreck WMEX. ENSEMBLES: English Symphony Orchestra. 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. Love those PAMS jingles and all of the hits mixed with crazy promotions. Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. 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. Stand with Ukraine. Even the commercials are so redolent of Nawluns. Dave Morris was the owner/morning man. Fewer than Five Full-Time Employees? Two legendary Top 40s that apparently didnt make the cut for these lists. Montereys location was perfect, radio-wise: San Francisco all day, L.A. at night, including Wolfman Jack on The Mighty 1090 XERB. WMCA/New York. Im not sure what happened to WYNG except that it was possibly drowned in the FM tsunami. Bob Mitchell and Jim Swiler conduct an interview with "Quarterback Billy Kilmore". Randy lists his top stations, and also details why each station he picked was great in the Top 40 format. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleans's Greatest Hits Station. (The same year the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, by the way. . MY GOD!, ANYdamnbody who the hell KNOWS A GODDAMN FUCKIN *THING* about Sixties and Seventies rock n roll radio KNOWS that KJR was one of the ALL-TIME GREATS in Top 40 radio AND IN RADIO, PERIOD!!!!! And if neither WAPE Jacksonville, FL NOR WQXI was the WABC of the South, so many of the larger Southern cities were contenders for that title: including New Orleans (WNOE as well as WTIX), Atlanta again (WPLO, WAKE (with its 1,000-watts daytime/250-watts nighttimeand prior to the early 60s, 250 watts full timesignal! WRKO Boston and JJ Jefrey was the best of the Boss format. KOWH went off to other call letters and other formats. Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? K92 was mentioned and they picked up the number one spot a few years after they went on the air in 1980, dethroning WROV. WVAQ is a giant in North Central West Virginia. KOIL Omaha was the first Top Forty station thanks to Todd Storzdont they deserve a mention? Im surprised no one mentioned WQXI Atlanta. Of course, Im referring to CKLW and KFRC. WAKY/Lousiville. 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. I grew up listening to KXOK in St. Louis during the daytime hours (Johnny Rabbit) and WLS at night. Growing up in southern Minnesota from the late 1960s through the late 1970s, my friends and I listened to WDGY AM during the day and WLS AM after sunset. Hi Mike (Frank Brodie). WPGR, 1540, also did a nice job during their stint as an Oldies station. The Last Contest was all about perception and theater of the mins. 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