Never missed him, as he made R & B come alive. Install the free Online Radio Box application for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Third Floor Metairie, LA. 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. KIMN Inter Mountain Network. Doc thanks for the shout out to Drake/Chenalts 13KYNO, in Fresno, where so many radio (and television) notables passed through. Laugh-Incontest promo, a rats in the city PSA, and a Donovan concert promo by Robert Mitchell. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. (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! That's a good thing. . Im proud to know people who worked thereand even at places like CKLW and KHJ. Somehow it seemed appropriate. It was a GREAT station to DX back then. 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. Lol! CD Signing Video Had the joy of being an RKO national sales rep for several of these outstanding radio stations: KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. Smile on your brother. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, Kim Stephens. (1:09) A brief clip of WTIX's "All Night Satellite. They had a broad playlist and I wish I could have been a kid in Chicago. So many markets not mentioned. 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. Already a user? Chuck Blore used the name on the AM, 1150: KIIS=K115. CHUM Toronto (I mean, COME! And I definitely remember John Leader. a painter at $3.00 an hour among other stuff of 1972. 56kbps New Orleans Talk Radio. WHLW/WOBM-AM Lakewood, NJ, (Adult Contemporary) I know a PD in Texas who couldnt afford research, so he just listened to WLS to see what to play. And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . 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). Behind Production on Lee Abrams characteristics list of great Top 40 stations, number two is The Bible of Music. From 1965 until its demise in 1976, WCFL never let go of a Top 40 playlist/format. To coin a sound alike phrase from the late Bill Drake, AND THE TALENT JUST KEPT ON COMIN. More Fats D! Then the Canadian govt. Mac Richmond did not wreck WMEX. (I still havent forgiven the Dodgers for leaving.) I'm a 79 year old and love your line up. It really started in 1958 with Perry Allen, Russ The Moose Syracuse, Art Roberts and Dick Biondi. These full 3-hour length classic American Top 40 shows from 1970-1978, all in their original broadcast form. 4539 N Interstate 10 Service Rd W, Metairie, LA 70006. And looking at the remaining characteristics, Big 10 had it all. 90.7. ( How to play on VLC Media Player) My list would probably put KFRC #2, KCBQ #3 and CKLW #4. The Playlist: With Christian Hillborg, Gizem Erdogan, Edvin Endre, Severija Janusauskaite. (Re my comment posted same date @3:29p:) WABC had 10 times more power. It was more than just the music. As are the respective lists of Top 40 *AND* Adult Contemporary stations that I listed above. That list shouldve included AT LEAST *ONE* station in the Pacific Northwest-especially KJR! Gotta put a vote in for The Big 143, CKFH! I couldnt stop laughing! WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. 2:22am 02/25/2023 Classical Through the Night (HD-2) I also agree with Randy Michaels that KFRC overall became a better station than KHJ for the reasons he mentioned. Also, Randy Brown, who commented just before me, is right. 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. Online Radio Box uses cookies in order to provide the best service for our users. Even as a kid, I remember, by the mid-70s, WLS wasnt quite as exciting as CKLW, but still a wonderful experience. More. 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. Radio Ink recruited two of the best programming minds in the business, Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels, to answer this question: What are the greatest Top 40 stations of all time? Heres how they stacked them up and your lively debate, comments and disagreements on how they did. Storz and McLendon traded PDs, air talent, and promotion ideas. There were so many great Personality AM powerhouses in the 50s-70s. WMEX is my favorite Top 40 station of all time!! Cookie files from analytics systems, social networks and other services help us to customise our website to better match your interests. THAT Lee Abrams guy? And, plus, HOW can you even contemplate omitting New Yorks WINS (Thats where Murray the K made his mark, dontcha know that? A tue rocker in its days. KMPC retained its AC format from circa 1976 through the rest of the decade. WMCA outgunned WABC and WINS both with terrific signals. 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. I grew up in Northern VA. We had Major Top 40 AM competition! @Phil Dirt Edgier. 15 WLAC in Nashville, my choice for the best. With only a 1,000-watt night signal, KLIF routinely clocked more listeners than all other Dallas-Ft. Worth stations combined. WTIX - May 27, 1972. Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. There were some outstanding stations and many of the personalities became legends. Sorry, John Records Landecker, but Chicagos WCFL wins this one. 70006 (504) 454 9000 Website: http://wtixfm.com/ Email: questions@wtixfm.com Stations WTIX-FM New Orleans' Oldies Station Shows American Top 40 - The 70's For the first time ever, these digitally remastered are now available to terrestrial radio. Station was located at 70 Brookline Avenue. MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. Is there sill anybody around who still remembers us? But, it was my child and teen years listening to CKLW that had the lasting impact on me. Also The Great Roller Coaster Marathon at Pontchartrain, WTIX DJ's. Best radio station without question. Later that year he bought WTIX and it was there that the phrase Top 40 was first introduced. Lou Saint . I did all nights at WFUN during my junior year in college at Miami and did the same in my senior year at WQAM. 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) KCBQ/San Diego. Loved the write up on david h Morris. 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. WooWoo!!!!. 15 Characteristics of the Great Top 40 stations. A further thought on this string: As kids growing up in Welland, Ontario, most of the radio we listened to was from Buffalo. 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. Your contributions to the Seattle music scene and radio are undeniable. New Orleans. A program devoted to the type of both early R&B and early rock n roll that today is called Doo Wop was added to WADOs schedule at this time. Great visit Great station!! But lets not forget KXOL/Ft. Many of the most spectacular Top 40 stations werent around that long. There were no general-market oriented rock n roll stations in the early and probably even well into the mid-Fifties. Wibbages signal was not to cross the border into Canada. 9. Pitch your music to a global audience. What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. 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. 12. * what Im talking about! Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. Mac was also a very nice guy, btw. WLS was fun to listen to, but, was never as tight as WHK during the above-mentioned years. KBOX and the Balaban stations trained Stan Kaplan. Randy also sorta had something to do with Stevens & Pruitt and that 97.1 frequency in DFW, being the PD and all. WHB was an early top 40 station but The Worlds Happiest Broadcasters were not the first. I agree that Burt Levine created magic in that quonset hut! Tap the three-dot icon on the right of the video or press and hold on the video. station lost me. At least as far as CHR radio goes . Imagine how the whole history of Boston radio would be changed if that happened. The Last Contest was born here. Oldies, needed now more then ever!!! Scott Shannon and other PDs stole from Y107 every time they came to Film House to cut a TV spot. It was an awesome signal, but somehow they couldnt get that hum out of the transmitter. 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). And here are my picks for the 20 greatest Top 40 radio stations of all time: This was a tough assignment. It could compete anywhere. Two legendary Top 40s that apparently didnt make the cut for these lists. For the first time ever, these digitally remastered are now available to terrestrial radio. Comments: I hate to call this 'sloppy', but there are numerous pauses between elements in this format. as a Top 40 station. You might turn up some of his historical pieces online. Owned and operated by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (now Hot AC 94-3 The Point) But the signal was awful, the staff was expensive, and 15Q failed quickly. Ill give you Z-100 in New York (a bit later era, but still deserving). Thats a shame. Skinny Tom Cheney name shout 3. 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. 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! His stories were fascinating especially told in that booming authoritative voice. 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. Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. Lee and Randy How about adding to your list here? Im surprised no one mentioned WQXI Atlanta. Hello Lee Roberts! JD the DJ follows with the Rock and Roll Flight to Midnight. Disco Mindy was part of our Disco era, as well as Jim Chambers and Vernon Davis. Includes a 20-20 Newscast (by Bob Walker), a WTIX. * Craig Roberts -Guglielmo the Tree 1972 (:25)Smoky the Bear PSA takeoff for Italy. Most of The CHUM Jocks came up from pretty good Radio Stations in the U.S., including The Big 8. Owned by Hugh Holder, then Henderson Belk, Southern Broadcasting and Mann Media. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleans's Greatest Hits Station. Login here. And they had some great ones Charlie Tuna, Machine Gun Kelly (at night!). Somebody to Love. Still love it! WHAT the damn FUCK??? "WTIX and we love you" jingle 2. *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. Years later my wife was changing gates at DFW Airport when she spotted Wolfman Jack sitting against the wall in a bar. I meant WKYC, not WXYZ. Thinking you were referring to Michaels not Brown. 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. The Randy Michaels in Erie was in reality, Frank Bascik, who passed away in 1991. Thanks Randy for clarifying the Randy Michaels on WJET. Preferred radio stations and music genres, user's Favorites, stations reviews and many other services need your personal data processing. Quixie in Dixie. search in gooogle: boorfes tips monetize your website. Pentatonix (PTX) This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. KDU was a great station in 1978 under P.D., Santo Canone, also very professional. I wouldnt leave out KEWB Oakland, where such notables as The Real Don Steele, Robert W. Morgan, and Casey Kasem played DJ before any of them became nationally known. In this call, Louise talks about Ringo possibly being, nominated for President of the United Statesin the 1964 election in November. FTR I remember seeing this back when I was in the 8th grade on a movie reel. WDGY and WQAM were purchased in 1956, KOMA in 1958 and KXOK in 1960. From 1966- thru 1976 they were a huge Atlanta powerhouse even with their highly directional 1KW at night at 790. ). 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. (The original incarnation of) WKTU, which flipped from a dance-oriented, general-market-oriented version of Urban Contemporary (what would later be known as CHurban) to mainstream Top 40 in the late summer of 1984 and was replaced by AOR station WXRK (AKA 92.3 K-Rock) in July 1985. 44 12 Magic 101.9 is an Adult Contemporary radio station serving New Orleans. My decades of respect for Lee Abrams has increased thanks to his 15 Characteristics of the Great Top 40 stations and his selections are 85% perfect. That station is on my list of the greatest Adult Contemporary stations of all time as it is. He had 60 shares with a 500- watt daytimer. 41 were here. Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. Photograph. They only beat WLS in the ratings once, but that battle was David vs Goliath in signal and cash. 20. Still there as WNTP, Salem radio. Every single one of us is in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, every single one has gone on to stellar careers in our chosen branch of the business, most of us still going strong. Third Floor WKBW/Buffalo. If you know how to make a playlist on YouTube, you can directly open the playlist you created or saved before. (27:24). (3:00), June 1970 during the Bill Murvin show. 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! And let us not forget the news department which was something to be reckoned with. Do you know the story why Bob Martz, John Garry andothers left WTOD for WOHO Jan 1964 then all back to WTOD by Nov 1965? Seeing Lees List recognizing Big WAYS as a Top 20 Station and Randy Michaels actually listing 15Q, WAYS, and the Funky Monkey WAPE, gave me some warm fuzzies When everyone in Top 40 was going to short jingles and less talk, KB hired big talent, played long jingles, and gave the jocks all the time they wanted if what they said was compelling. KOIL Omaha was the first Top Forty station thanks to Todd Storzdont they deserve a mention? been listening to TIX since the 70s. it; THATTTS!! Yes, WABC had more listeners and more attention. WTIX - May 6, 1972 Bob Walker with Sonny & Cher. between songs, and a 20-20 news summary of what was known at that moment by, Hazel Belle was one of our regular call-in "characters." 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) BBC World Service 4. His advice was 3 years too late. Best wishes to all alumni of radios golden age. 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