The Brennans engineering genius and home-built transmitter pumped 50,000 daytime watts from Daytona to the North Carolina beaches. P.S. It was a GREAT station to DX back then. (AND TO THINK THAT AT HIS PREVIOUS RADIO EMPLOYER IN BOSTONWMEXTHAT WAS ONE OF THAT STATIONSAS YOU SAID, PAULHOUSE NAMES! Dick worked weekends at WDAF Kansas City when I was Ops Manager there in 1977. It was an awesome signal, but somehow they couldnt get that hum out of the transmitter. Dont know what songs been playing on the radio? So many markets not mentioned. Thank you Radio Ink for this amazing trip down memory lane. Makes my Beer brewing on my deck a pleasure. 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! (3:00)* Buzz Bennett -AircheckMay 1967 (2:50). I think one of the elements that is missing today is competition, radio wars. NPR/Classical. I do want to mention that Ron Jacobs had more to do with the sound of KHJ than he gets credit for. You mean that Lee Abrams guy who came to Toronto in 1977 to work his Superstar Format Magic against CHUM-FM? By far, #1: WPEN, Philadelphia (1975-76) Or you don't come in at all. A doctors son financed the killer Top 40 15Q until the money ran out. Hope youre doing well, Lee! KNUZ/Houston. the Mighty 1190, KLIF. Automation, consolidation and syndication killed the small-and-medium-market farm system that fed those larger-market stations. And the fired-up responses further support why great RADIO existed. The reason is KHJ, Drakes first RKO project, was huge news and sent Top 40 radio on a new trajectory that would eventually affect virtually every station in the format. 50000 good watts during the day, but cut back to 10000 at night, pointed at the city and South Jersey. FLEUR DE LIS BROADCASTING, INC. And that news intro: With Morse code beeping in the background and plenty of slapback echo, the news opened with From around the universe, around the world, around the nation, around Texas, around Dallas, and around the corner from your house, this is K-B-O-X news.. And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF!. On the other had he sold the station for a then record price. Biggest problem was losing talent to bigger markets. What about my all time favorite? Im still grateful for the opportunity when you hired me in New Have, CT all those years ago. That rarely exists anymore. At least B100 was in Somebodys list. Yes, football on Top 40 worked for them with the excitement of a new team in town. Listen to WTIX-FM Listen Live Listen with TuneIn JD on Twitter Follow @RealJDtheDJ JD on MeWe Time remaining in Biden Presidency: 1 year 10 months 26 days 15 hours 41 minutes 38 seconds Random Rants Random Rants let JD blow off steam on almost any subject. Who wants to play that crap? 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. . 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. I couldnt stop laughing! Select a playlist such as Watch Later, or a. it; THATTTS!! 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. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation. Mike Phillps, Jerry Kay, Lan Roberts, and many more, plus grabbing as much as 35% of all radio listening in the nations 13th largest market. My all time favorite Oldies format stations were WPEN, from 1975-76 (great jocks, jingles, funny newscasters) and WIOQ, during its brief stint in that format, 1987-88, as I recall. Another station that deserves mention was WZZD, 990, when it was a Disco Hits format (i.e., disco hits played in a random Top 40-style format, as opposed to beat-blended, as on WCAU-FM.) Louis, WTIX/New Orleans and WQAM/Miami (or at least one of them) cant be taken seriously. 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. Use our service to find it! 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. As did WPGR, VLT plays a vast playlist, a lot of forgotten hits and a heavy smattering of old local Philly hits. I have listened to this channel since I was a teenager! Unless you mean BOTH Z-100 AND Pirate Radio, the latter was a station in Los Angeles; in fact, he left Z-100 to helm the Pirate Radio format (I forgot what station had that branding). It was a crazy idea. Charlie Tuna, Dale Wehba, Don McGregor, Paul Miller, John David, Chuck Dann, J. Michael Wilson, Johnny Dark, Buddy Scott, John Ravencroft, and many others were among those who played the hits from the studios in Moore, Oklahoma. That 50,000-watt night signal put everything east of the Rockies in earshot at night. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. I have to add to my list of rock stations in NYC carrying baseball. The FM is still Tp 40. 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. WMEX Boston should be on this list and one minor market station that sounded and programmed like a major market WAVZ New Haven, CT. I love all of the comments! These full 3-hour length classic American Top 40 shows from 1970-1978, all in their original broadcast form. You might turn up some of his historical pieces online. Only later was the format extended to WHB and the other Storz stations in larger markets. * Joe Hagler -AircheckSummer 1962 (2:07), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckJune 1969. Fenway Park was in back of 70 Brookline Avenue. Yeah. Bobby thanks for your kind comments. * Bob Walker -AircheckOctober 22, 1969 (10:30). please never go off air TIX !! You mentioned Philly Top 40 station WFIL but not that same citys WIBG? Finally, a plug for WGH. That station was my LIFE as a kid. Dennis Williams, Toledo,Oh. Third Floor Metairie, LA. Now we know, it was CKLW! It would be impossible to make a top 20 list that everyone would like, but these are great! Later in the early 60s, Spanish-language programming was added to the daytime schedule. Im surprised no one mentioned WQXI Atlanta. Outstanding tunes !!!!!! 2. Didnt happen, but the writing was on the wall. And in Buffalo, the list of the greatest Adult Contemporary rockers of all time would have to include not only the aforementioned WGR, but also WBEN and-particularly circa mid-to-late 80s-are you ready for this?-WKBW. From a site south of Dallas they beamed north. were on the moon on this date.Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Rex Root Beer. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. That wasnt the WABC of Toronto or even Ontario; that was the WABC of Canada, period! Install the free Online Radio Box application for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! * Ted Green -AircheckSummer 1962 (15:50) Recorded on a DX radio signal, some QSB. These are ALL good stations..the ones listed and the ones that arent. WFAS White Plains, NY (gold-based AC) No station was better about promoting, playing the hits, and focusing on the community. Then 890, Chicago, 1520 KOMA, were the ones to listen to at night. (5:10) * Don Anthony - Aircheck August 1973 (7:33) Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. KBOX and the Balaban stations trained Stan Kaplan. Apparently all of the contributors didnt pay much attention. WERA Plainfield, NJ (went dark in 1997 due to WWRL New Yorks then-impending wattage boost) Imagine how the whole history of Boston radio would be changed if that happened. Today, tune in any format and 5 minutes later, you turn it off! WEAM 1390..WPGC.1580.WEEL.1310 and one of my favorites WRCThe Great 98. When the Dodgers and Giants fled, the Yankees moved to WMGM. Great Stuff and why I got into radio for a few years full time and a couple of decades, part~time. Coverage to the north was lost, and unfortunately, Dallas grew to the north. With the good guys. WBZ, WPTR, WRKO, WMEX..in the 60 led the way in our part of NE for those of us just coming in to the business. Of course we took him up on his offer. Yes, I agree, I don't understand why my car radio often does not pick up WTIX clearly. Then there was KYA in San Francisco with Bobby Mitchell and Tom Donohue, Gene Nelson, Tony Big, ed Hider and Johnny Holliday. CKLW was high on a pedestal in those days and people admired it. THATS! 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. I LOVED the 6-years+ I spent at the helm of those prestigious monster radio stations. Create a SoundCloud account If you know how to make a playlist on YouTube, you can directly open the playlist you created or saved before. Im surprised nobodys talking about CHUM or CFTR and God bless the late Tom Rivers, one of the best jocks ever in Toronto, at the Big 8 Windsor/Detroit, or anywhere! Im referring to WPWT, 91.7 FM, in Philadelphia, from mid-1978 to early 1980, of which I was proudly a part. We had already run over Jack McCoy and his Last Contest. It must be hard to fire up an on-air staff when all they have to play is garbage. $25,000 Giveaway promo (Buzz Bennett voiceover), Bob Walker (TIX Original Oldie Hour). We had some pretty good board ops who could incorporate the Wolfmans customs. I agree, Scotty. Some of them went back to the U.S. Some of their former personnel are at WVLT, 92.1 in Vineland, NJ. WTIX/New Orleans. Go to YouTube, search keywords of the playlist like a country music playlist, Christian music videos, classic music playlist, etc. This was a tough assignment because so many great stations had to be left out. After it sold to Stan and Sis Kaplan, WAPE was just amazing. Something is amiss. 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. It was just too great a line not to steal. Radio Bollerwagen 2. 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) 2. Do you mean KFRC and *KYA* San Francisco? 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. A lot of people went to bed and woke up with the Good Guys at KIOA. Few stations have been able to achieve consistent success in ratings, and the conversion of ratings to revenue and cash flow, like KIIS. Well said, Buddy.. (Jesus!, to leave out some of the Top 40 stations in any major city and yet mention WABC, WLS, CKLW or even Z-100, your input has gotta the hell motherfuckin suck SHIT!). all Air Talent/Music Driven Top-40s , and oh yeah all live people 24/7, when radio was fun to do and to listen to. Still love it! So many great stations not mentioned here. Love your station. Holliday was also great as Baron of the Bay at KYA/SF. TIX also streams online. Love your show! The FCC wasnt amused, but the public was. In this call, Louise talks about Ringo possibly being, nominated for President of the United Statesin the 1964 election in November. WKTQ (13Q)/Pittsburgh. And lets not forget that WABC was the first flagship of the Metsduring its third and fourth years as Top 40. I ended up racking up 25 years total. It was my good fortune to program KIOA in those days. Frank Jolly did afternoons on KBOX and was great and a little crazy. Example: 1-XXX-XXX-9849 (WTIX) WABC won by dominating the areas WMCA didnt reach, and by raiding WMCA for talent and ideas. Lee and my mom. We old people lucked out in having 60s and 70s Top 40 radio!!! 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. was one of my childhood heros. 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. Chuck Blore used the name on the AM, 1150: KIIS=K115. KIIS is going on 40. Instead of debating was KB the greatest, on has a tendency to wonder what the other station is! Lee, in addition to answering the question, included what he considers to be the 15 characteristics of great Top 40 stations. Between the two, I slightly favored CKLWwhich was really the work of a woman, Rosalie Trombley, who I believe was officially the Music Director. Mac Richmond did not wreck WMEX. Better production. * what Im talking about! Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. KILT Houston? It was one of the several station whose doors I passed through. I cant believe the PNW was left off of everybodys list. Did you mention Willie B. Goode? Do your next 20 stations in the comments! (27:24). * 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). He liked the name and had a jingle cut for WGR. I listed WTIX because they were the very first Top 40. General manager and program director Michael Costello developed TIX FM and is committed to preserving the legacy that is WTIX. What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. Old timers in Omaha still remember KOWH. ), I meant, so many Top 40 stations in the larger Southern cities were contenders for that title., Is this the Ron Parker I listened to on 93Q in Houston? He also did a live show from the afored mentioned WGR in Buffalo. Hi Rick, you are right about other stations and jocks wanting to sound like CKLW, The Big 8. Would Randy Michaels be the same who worked afternoons on WJET? Lenny Kravitz 1675325726. Larry Anderson, the PD at WGR Buffalo, listened to WJET driving back and forth to see family in Ohio. search in gooogle: boorfes tips monetize your website. (3:56) Defense Department ready to draw lottery numbers for the 1971 military draft. WKVQ (15Q)/Knoxville. Or certainly brought FM into the 1970s! WTIX - May 6, 1972 Bob Walker with Sonny & Cher. And here are my picks for the 20 greatest Top 40 radio stations of all time: This was a tough assignment. 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. I don't like your friends and you don't like my friends. WMEX is my favorite Top 40 station of all time!! Was Out in the Street by the Shangri-Las really the last record you played on Wins and the last record heard thereon? Keep in mind, you can only create a playlist with your public videos. It was nowhere upstate or on the Jersey Shore. The Last Contest was all about perception and theater of the mins. Reading what so many U.S. We werent allowed to say the word magic, because KMJC Magic 91 was a competitor. 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. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) @Pat ODay: Bank Of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling), Dr. Pepper, Robo-Wash and more. of a damn BITCH!! I know a PD in Texas who couldnt afford research, so he just listened to WLS to see what to play. And as Im originally from northern New Jersey (and currently living in the central New Jersey burbs of New York City, here are some previous or current Top 40 and AC stations in the New York City suburbs, PERIOD! For me, WLSs personality driven approach was magic. Boy what trash we have now. Jesus, that station was the damn WABC, WTIX, CKLW, WLS, WINS, WMCA, KHJ, KRLA, KLIF, WQXI, etc. * Bob Walker -AircheckMay 16, 1972 (11:00). WRKO were all slices from the Bill Drake pie. Randy lists his top stations, and also details why each station he picked was great in the Top 40 format. WOW! Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. ", mention of Kirschman's Gentilly Woods. Great program directors in Holland Cooke for AM and Gary Berkowitz for FM. 41 were here. They got 60 shares in Dallas with that signal. RKOs WOR-FM. I completely agree with KHJ being #1 on the list. 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). Drill 5. password ? Ron is one of the true radio savants (alongside Zapper, Dan Vallie, Bill Richards, Nick Bazoo, etc.). ), Dave Shaffer, Big Jim (Davis) Edwards, Brother Bill Gable, Charlie Obrien, The morning mouth Gary Burbank, Pat Holiday who could talk faster than a bullet, the smooth sounding Johnny Williams, Scott Miller, Ted The Bear Richards, Pat St John, Billy Mack, Ric Allen, and a guy who had a great voice Jim Jackson (below). Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. @Rich Marston The best years came in the early 70s when the Top 40 battle was between WDGY, True Don Bleus KDWB before he went to KHJ, Chuck Knapp and MG Kelly on KSTP and Rob Sherwood moving from KDWB to start up U100. The editorial staff at Radio Ink came up with a great story and executed it well. How about a shout out for KSTN-AM in Stockton, CA. Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. They only beat WLS in the ratings once, but that battle was David vs Goliath in signal and cash. , 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. Hows that for some entertaining teachers?! Our playlist stores a 94.3 Rewind track list for the past 7 days. It will be amazing. WFAN 66 AM - 101.9 FM 3. Hi there! I completely understood but I was so happy to have heard back from him and that he liked my work. Or you don't come in at all. What a great business it was back then! Includes a 20-20 Newscast (by Bob Walker), a WTIX. But Ive got to know, did anyone measure? There were no general-market oriented rock n roll stations in the early and probably even well into the mid-Fifties. ALL-TIME BEST OLDIES STATIONS! Kids all over the Midwest left their radios on 890, turned them on after school, and waited for darkness. And my time at WING, even though it was in the 80s, was some of the most fun times Ive had in radio. I know, because I was just cutting my teeth in Toledo radio beginning in 1973. Then the Canadian govt. THANK YOU for the whole thing! It was overdubbed several times. dayparts were themselves jettisoned in favor of additional Spanish-language programming. 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 For a number of years Fenway was the morning man. 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. Smile on your brother. (takeoff on Saints QB Billy Kilmer). God Bless. Dave Charles once called me smooth but I couldnt hold a candle to MM! living in rural washington parish now out of bogalusa and we needs signal cause we part of new orleans area. WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. 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. No mention of Pittsburgh area radio stations! He's an old, white guy, so who knows what he'll say? If I could go to 30, TIX and MCA WOUKD certainly be in the mix. 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? 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. Ps. Talk about versatility!) 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. 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. Hope you are doing well in all of your endeavors. If it did, then Adult Contemporary was the closest KSFO ever came to being a Top 40 station. You can use the best adsense alternative for any type of website (they approve all websites), for more info simply of great Top 40 stations. You might as well leave Larry Lujack out of your list of WLS jocks, yo! and the WKNR Keener 13 crew. WVLT, Vineland, NJ (for a long time and still currently, as far as I know) MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. And if you dont know what I mean by that. Tap Add to playlist, then tap Create a playlist. * 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. Produce documentaries chronicling the history of Top 40 Music. Apologies for any Ive forgotten Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 1675325920. 1981 The Oldies Professor Steve Slumber calls the WTIX Original OldieHour. If you go by Abrams characteristics, CFL was heads and shoulders above the rest (plus they had Chickenmanand Lujackand King B, Jim Stagg (who traveled with the Beatles on tour), Biondi, Barney Pip, Jerry G Bishop, Joel Sebastion, Jim Runyon, Ken Draper as GM, a huuuge news department, and on and on). Still, WMGM had its legends, most notably Peter Tripp. In the mid-70s, Knoxville had a three-way AM Top 40 battle between WKGN, WNOX, and WRJZ going, while WOKI was playing the hits, sort of, on FM. #16 on one List and no mention on the other? WMEX went on the auction block on this past December 15, 2017. That's a good thing. I didnt see WIBG Wibbage 990 in Philadelphia. Yes, WABC had more listeners and more attention. For others, the hyper-high energy and tight production of talents like JoJo Kincaid was the Holy Grail. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. Well vetted comments like Randy and Lee are so welcome. 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? !, your damn input sucks, Radio Ink! Before voice tracking, I would listen on the weekends to hear the next hot jock! I cut my teeth at the same stastion as Super Max and Pat Holliday of Big 8 fame, WKNY in Kinsgston, NY. The Rock Of New Orleans - WKBU-FM | Bayou 95.7 FM Contests & Events Latest The Rise Guys on Bayou Latest The Rise Guys After Hours Podcast Bayou Rock Box: Your chance to win Guns N' Roses tickets Login and Listen to Bayou 95.7 for your chance to win Duran Duran Tickets Bayou Rock Box: Your chance to win tickets to Depeche Mode 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. Save peace in the world. But KBOX was pretty amazing for having only 500 watts at night at 1480. No doubt WQXI held off FM competition for years after the city grew beyond its signal. Tap the three-dot icon on the right of the video or press and hold on the video. Speaking of flamethrowersyou could get WOWO in Sudbury Ontario! Johnny Holliday. *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. I am glad Dr. Don Rose got a mention at KFRC as I know he was huge out there in CA. Besides great Beatles music, DJs share many interesting facts about the British Pop sensations. For the first time ever, these digitally remastered are now available to terrestrial radio. Godchaux (Bob Walker), Pepsi (Bob Walker), the Zoom Zoom Room, RC Cola contest (Bill Murvin), * Robert Mitchell -Aircheck November1969 (22:45), Another Robert Mitchell Morning. At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! * Keep listening to your radio while doing other tasks. 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. >: >:0. Funny that nobody looked at the list and recalled Jeff Kayes often quoted positioning statement WKBW one of Americas two great radio stations!. Had a lot of fun working at TR, too, and enjoyed doing Smooth Jazz. Really. Mind if I add a few more Top 40 stations of the past, anyway, Doc? WQXI was promotionally crazy at times (Rambling Raft Race) and very localized to the market musically. I agree. Your leaving KJR Seattle out of the top 20 is typical of how poor that list is. After sunset gone. I am in the Tour city, France in the end of March. WLS was vanilla in most respects, but it was consistently excellent. Super CFL!! Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. Radio Ink is a registered trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. And then Eddie Haskell took it to the #1 CHR nationally in certain demos.I was fortunate to be there on air then!!! Thank you I Heart, for ruining the industry. Toast. . Playing songs I forgot about. Southeast Nebraska And Northeast Kansas, Streams Live Local Sporting Events 0 vote Already a user? Heard hed make the production director Bill Mousis redo the promos over and over again. Comments: I hate to call this 'sloppy', but there are numerous pauses between elements in this format. Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? WOW. 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? They did the impossible and stayed there for years, despite the signal handicap. WGBR still exists but Im not sure the format. Great jocks, a lot of personality, fun to listen to. Online Radio Box uses cookies in order to provide the best service for our users. KQV had the heritage and was owned by a company that knew something about Top 40, so 13Q was instant roadkill. 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. , 4539 N. 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