Heres how everyone stacked up against each other. Your right Guy. WKBW went Top 40 in 1958 by stealing the PD and airstaff from WBNY, which was number one with only 250 watts. KLIF was the first and best. Dick Fatherly was my first source for the story that WTIX, then on 1450, was the first station to use the phrase Top-40. The best part of these 3 lists is bringing back the memories of when RADIO was competitive, creative, and most of all FUN. I arrived after that promotion but of course it was well documented. And they had some great ones Charlie Tuna, Machine Gun Kelly (at night!). To (The same year the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, by the way. Do they only have 10 cds that were bequeathed to them in some dead dude's will, say 15 years ago? station lost me. 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. to improving your reception for both AM and FM listening. 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. available. see the Shortwave I worked with legends. Top 40: 97.5: WONE-FM: Akron: 97.5 WONE The Home of Rock & Roll: Rubber City: Classic Rock: 98.5: WNCX-FM: . "Scoped" airchecks are And my time at WING, even though it was in the 80s, was some of the most fun times Ive had in radio. I was still a AM KFRC fan up until 1983. Suitcase Simpson, Chuck Boo Baron, Eddie Beacon the Swingin Deacon, and others have never sounded better. The FM is still Tp 40. 20. WABC was good but rarely great. When I started at WGR as a part timer, that became my new name. We should celebrate the greatness. 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 about. Thinking you were referring to Michaels not Brown. KISN in Portland? Jim later made his way to Buffalo in 1972 or so. Fair Radio Sales in Lima, You'll be able to get them whether you're in school or Tony Rizzo is a local icon. I agree with Steve above that WSGN was a great station under PD Jim Tabor. KTNQ 10Q I love radio. specialize in DXing on the AM band or Shortwave; I like them Myron did, and because he had a TV station, he had to sell the AM to do it. Thanks again. Yes, you were the last DJ on Wins, and , yes,Out in the Street (pun intended?) Does the question Where should we go for dinner? stress you out? Or certainly brought FM into the 1970s! Dennis Williams Toledo. 18. WAAM and WODA started to cooperate and eventually both taken over by Audre Bulova (of watch fame) and Milton Biowand renamed WNEW, which reintroduced DJs to New York. KFJZ 1270 was Fort Worths Top 40 station, headlined by Marky Baby, later known as Mark Stevens of the Stevens & Pruitt morning show on KFJZ-FM (Z-97) which morphed into The Eagle (KEGL) on the same frequency. out. While Play It Again Sam doesn't fix broken transistor radios, you We had some pretty good board ops who could incorporate the Wolfmans customs. Only one mention of Super CFL Chicago?!?! Wonderful memories from my days of driving my 61 Chevy with the radio volume pegged listening to tunes during my Air Force hitch. WVAQ is a multiple Marconi Award winner for good reason: It sounds great. If you can't pick them up where you're at (like in parts of Nielsen radio audience estimates and data are federally copyrighted by and proprietary to Nielsen. 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. He was the inspiration for the song, W*O*L*D from Harry Chapin. . put their content rules into the playlist.Too much Ann Murray and other Canadian artist. Years later my wife was changing gates at DFW Airport when she spotted Wolfman Jack sitting against the wall in a bar. This was a tough assignment because so many great stations had to be left out. For me, WLSs personality driven approach was magic. Then 890, Chicago, 1520 KOMA, were the ones to listen to at night. We werent allowed to say the word magic, because KMJC Magic 91 was a competitor. 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. Society of Broadcast Engineers WebXtra broadcast featuring this website and your webmaster who is a proud SBE Member! @Radiovet Re said posters comment posted September 6, 2018 at 2:34 pm: your traffic, you can earn additional bucks every month. Entertainment News But, its always been a favorite of mine. That was the prelude 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. My old insurance renewed at double my previous rate, so it was time to switch. Thank you, Lee and Thank you, Randy. WFIL, Philadelphia (c. 1983) Listen in the car, on your computer, or download the iHeartRadio app on your phone., 9 best road trip destinations for music lovers in the US, There you have it! from Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Ohio offer military electronic surplus and have R-390A radios Pats right, Radio Ink, your damn input DOES!! heard all over western US and Canada anybody remember ?? KJR gave the industry Larry Lujack, Kevin Metheny. (Re my comment posted same date @3:29p:) You mentioned KONG AM Visalia. 106.5 The Lake 2 Radio Stations Campus District This radio spectrum chart is worth studying. It was a crazy idea. WERE has a variety of interesting programming throughout the week. 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!!! 17. websites and international broadcasters. 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! Thank you for still give g praise to him. You Cant Always Get What You Want, or can you? Love your show! I still carry a Kennedy half-dollar I got in some change our first night in Windsor, a constant reminder of the magic, good times and wonderful people we shared through most of 1972. AM in the 21st century -- Shortwave radio is a favorite medium of mine. A good antenna is important. maintenance questions about your vintage appliances or vintage s. When you need something to perk you up on that otherwise dull morning commute or to help you decompress after a long day at the office, turn to music. While WBZ was more sophisticated in many ways, WMEX played to the city (where their somewhat limited signal was best) so they had a grittier, earthier, more high-energy city sound. KYNO deserved the inclusion, Doc. WAPE introduced a lot of the south to Carolina Beach music. Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home. search in gooogle: boorfes tips monetize your website. Collecting them is a favorite hobby of my husband's, as And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF! Cleveland, Gospel, Jazz. this, the call letters were changed to WCLV. Thanks to all the fans who voted CKLW #1. Thank you Randy Michaels for the 102 WVAQ mention! 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? is by her description "sleepy crunchy music.". Had the joy of being an RKO national sales rep for several of these outstanding radio stations: KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. 92.3. Hi there! (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). Boy what trash we have now. Population: 1,796,900 Look at the Superstar talent that went thru there Paul Drew, Dr. Don Rose, Tony Taylor, Big Ron, Randy Robbins, Scott Shannon, John Leader, Gary Mckee and so many more. Both were top rated when AM Radio was King. I cannot think of two greater, more knowledgeable guys one could ask to create this list (those who are gnashing their teeth and should have been included damn, dudes). several unrelated stations in the same market might be owned by the is the greater Cleveland areas affiliate for. Listen The Big 8 will NEVER be forgotten! As Radio 8-0 CKLW spent the early 60s as a crappy Top 40 well behind WKNR and WXYZ. WLS/Chicago. "World of Radio" site is a I did all nights at WFUN during my junior year in college at Miami and did the same in my senior year at WQAM. Cant do it. If youre THAT Johnny Holliday, werent you on WINS New York during the tail end of its Top 40 era (before flipping to (and pioneering) all-news radio in 1965? Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. KFRC and CKLW both had Bill Drake and Les Garland to thank for the edge, and the feel of those stations. The Donna Walton Gospel Network. Still love it! Frank Brodie (CKLW) was incredible on the air in ANY format, as were most of the jocks from the true Top 40 era. There were so many great Personality AM powerhouses in the 50s-70s. 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. If you re-read this article, youll see that Randy Michaels *did* list WMCA. repair services out there. 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. Like a lot AM stations. Theyd say Goodbye, Dinuba, goodbye Orange Cove Then my cousins would tune in KONG/1400 from Visalia, or surf the iffy skywaves of KRLA, KFWB, KFRC and or other relative weaklings, since the West Coast at the time lacked a Top 40 flamethrower such as the Midwest, prairie and East enjoyed with the likes of WLS, WABC, KAAY and KOMA. The story of Today and his PD, the great Bill Stewart hoisting a few pops after work and watching the waitresses load the jukebox is priceless and will live on and on! 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!!!!! as a Top 40 station. Original WHK Top 40 Radio Station Music Survey from Cleveland, OH. Radiops have been doing amateur radio in the West Park neighborhood of They did the impossible and stayed there for years, despite the signal handicap. RadioLovers also have an archive of the Bob Hope including Bill Randle who was responsible for the rise of many The equipment was ancient. . Had a lot of fun working at TR, too, and enjoyed doing Smooth Jazz. Fair and balanced sports reporting. WOW! credited with having coined the term "Rock 'n Roll." 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. As a kid listening to WLS, WABC, WLAC, WSAI and any market I could pick up, the excitement was universal. ***HELL***!! control at all, and they're switched around as needed -- regardless of All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. It is broadcast on WBCQ - The Planet You'll be able to pick up stations from a much further distance Reportedly with this approach and FM radios still uncommon in cars, WMEX was right up there with WRKO and actually beat them in some areas. It was certainly an interesting assignment. Today, tune in any format and 5 minutes later, you turn it off! for you: they each began its first season [first season ever in the Falcons case, first season in a new market in the Braves case] at since-demolished Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Owned by Hugh Holder, then Henderson Belk, Southern Broadcasting and Mann Media. Especially before I Heart and Cumulus took over. I ended up racking up 25 years total. In the 1950s, Cleveland disk jockeys set the trends in music across Radio Free CLE . Look, I am a total Drake disciple (and in my early years, I had the privilege of working for Gordon McLendontwice). WLS was vanilla in most respects, but it was consistently excellent. I agree, Scotty. Prime Time Radio Free CLE . 5. WHLK programs music from the , 100.7 The Buzzard: Clevelands Rock Station, as one of the most influential rock stations in American history, 96.5 Kiss: Clevelands #1 Hit Music Station, Of course, no radio roundup is complete without a nod to the popular, from 12 pm to 2 pm and sing Dua Lipas Levitating until your lungs give out. I will always be thankful to those great PDs, Bill Holly, Dick Star, Charlie Murdock and Lee Sherwood. A real crew. The Fan became Cleveland's second all-sports radio station in 2011. What about Kimn in Denver? your password My God!, you namechecked KJR AND DIDNT THE HELL EVEN MENTION *PAT ODAY*?? Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. Dr. Wendel also broadcasts a show on WCPN 90.3 at 8pm With the good guys. units sometimes need repair, but there are still good radio and hi-fi . manage its use from their Office of Spectrum It has a huge list of Many They were late in the AM game. I listed WTIX because they were the very first Top 40. Thats the real story so if WABC was great, WMCA was much more. ); WGH and WNOR Norfolk, VA (the former licensed to nearby Newport News); WGLI Babylon, Long Island, NY (one of the first rock n roll stations not only ever, but also in suburban New York City in general (if not THE first suburban-NYC station of its kind); WYNG Goldsboro, NC (was it also Top 40 under its previous callsign WGOL, I wonder? She left in 1989 to work for Top 40 station WPHR-FM/107. Fair and balanced sports reporting. 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?] There are sites dedicated to repair and preservation of old radios. Come find the top new songs, playlists, and music! Bart Prater (sp?) The Cleveland Broadcast Radio Archives 47 radio stations. The "d" stands for They were as good as anything, anywhere. Live Cleveland radio stations online. His advice was 3 years too late. And for those who just can't get enough more Some of them went back to the U.S. In 67 we got an advanced copy of Sgt Pepper at little old WKBK in Keene, NHbefore WABC (I was told)..thats when turning on mike was fun. Just goes to show ya how good radio was when it was competitive. I later worked with Jacobs on the KHJ book we put out together using his memos as a base(and yes he we had to redo the book over and over again til Ron thought it was perfect before it was released). And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . Many people find this a rewarding hobby. During the summer I would break away and listen to WCCO AM for Twins baseball games. Until WFIL became top 40 in 1966 WIBG was it in Philadelphia, although there was great R and B at WHAT 1340 and WDAS 1480. Do they only have 10 cds that were bequeathed to them in some dead dude's will, say 15 years ago? and an introductory KSFO was MOR, not Top 40. Communications in Chicago, Illinois. CHUM Toronto (I mean, COME! Thanks for all of the comments and memories! Instead I found it to be pretty pathetic. directory. You could say the same about WHB and KXOK. Classified is an important source for buying and selling your even a value Lol! got a reply that he would love to have hired me but he needed someone who lived locally and could fill in on short notice. radio batteries. My thanks to Randy and Lee as this would have been a difficult task, since there were so many stations back in the day. I was lucky to work with Randy for a long time (and regret that I didnt take better advantage of that connection as a petulant 20-something.). That station is on my list of the greatest Adult Contemporary stations of all time as it is. Jeff Hurvitz airchecks available, including many from Cleveland going back to at I went on to have a 40 year career thanks to that 50,000 watt monster. Elvis Duran and the Morning Show (formerly known as The Z Morning Zoo) is an American syndicated weekday morning radio program hosted by Elvis Duran.The show originates from the studios of Newark-licensed WHTZ in New York City, a Top 40 outlet branded as "Z100". 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