The Storz stations ruled for many years. Also playlists are working with VLC Media Player. Funny?, I swear that one of those lists *did* mention WFIL. Login with Facebook If you re-read this article, youll see that Randy Michaels *did* list WMCA. Also thanks for mentioning WROV in Roanoke. Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. I went to the University of New Orleans for 4 years and fell in love with TIX. MSNBC News Trending 1. 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. * 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). 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). You patiently answered them for this 17 year old radio freak. Sorry, John Records Landecker, but Chicagos WCFL wins this one. Those results are at the end of this article. We had some pretty good board ops who could incorporate the Wolfmans customs. KOWH went off to other call letters and other formats. On the other had he sold the station for a then record price. WMEX Boston should be on this list and one minor market station that sounded and programmed like a major market WAVZ New Haven, CT. WTIX-FM is an oldies outlet serving the New Orleans area. living in rural washington parish now out of bogalusa and we needs signal cause we part of new orleans area. I know, because I was just cutting my teeth in Toledo radio beginning in 1973. 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. Another station that is still around but with new ownership I believe. FM Station Information. Will ALWAYS love radio. All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. Others I would rank very highly (not necessarily in order): How could this survey overlook two important Philadelphia stations: WIBG- an early giant from the late 50s thru mid 60s at a time when the local American Bandstand set the tone of the nation. Lee and Randy..Congratulations on putting together that list. @Rich Marston Another memory WMEX had the jocks names locked in like Fenway in the morning, Dan Donovan, Melvin X Melvin and so on. WMGM had a better signal (broader pattern, full-size half-wave towers with 50kw) than either WMCA or WINS, and a good sound too, but I guess Storer didnt feel like competing when they bought the station and turned it back to WHN in 61. And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF!. WMEX is my favorite Top 40 station of all time!! These are ALL good stations..the ones listed and the ones that arent. He said I look outside and if I see lights then we give it a try. Jacobs was a creative genius and the contesting and of course promos for KHJ started with him. 4539 n. i-10 service rd. Thats the real story so if WABC was great, WMCA was much more. WPGR, Philadelphia (c. latter 1980s-early 1990s, as recalled) Great contemporary music doesnt exist today. BTW, I was honored that I got to meet you at the CKLW Fifty Year celebration in Detroit in july. Randy, get over yourself. Ron Jacobs roasted you accurately years ago. Others from that same summer (as we were on a long road trip from our home New Jersey, where WABCs tower stood outside my bedroom window): KMEN in San Bernardino and KCBQ in San Diego. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. It was a very hip kind of top 40 that meshed well with Boston at that time. THAT Lee Abrams guy? Chalk up one more who thinks WQXI should have been on the list; the liveliest sounding station in the South, the one that seemed the least canned. And looking at the remaining characteristics, Big 10 had it all. He stole and enhanced McLendons treasure hunts and other promotions and added a crazy outrageousness that hasnt happened since, except maybe for the Power Pig, which owes a lot to the Kaplans. The personality line up was one heavy hitter after another. Dont know what songs been playing on the radio? (Re my comment posted same date @3:29p:) You will get your reward soon- in bankruptcy court! Disco Mindy was part of our Disco era, as well as Jim Chambers and Vernon Davis. I remember listening to you! Create a playlist Find a video you want in the playlist. 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. Of course, Im referring to CKLW and KFRC. It could compete anywhere. CKLW was high on a pedestal in those days and people admired it. WGBB Freeport, LI, NY. Sports, music, news and podcasts. 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. For the same reason, these stations became the first rock stations in NYC. Outstanding tunes !!!!!! I have listened to this channel since I was a teenager! ! ran top of every hour. Your comment is being published.Thanks for keeping alive the conversation. 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). 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. When Gordon McLendon signed on KILT with 5,000 watts down at 610, it should have been endgame, but KNUZ bested KILT for a long time. No dispute. Lenny Kravitz 1675325726. WABC won by dominating the areas WMCA didnt reach, and by raiding WMCA for talent and ideas. Country Hits 3. And this is only a partial listing. WABC had 10 times more power. Agree that KFJZ was the station in Ft Worth. Doc thanks for the shout out to Drake/Chenalts 13KYNO, in Fresno, where so many radio (and television) notables passed through. And during its last two years as a music station (continuing as a talk station almost a month-and-a-half into the latter of the two years), WABC was the Yankees flagship station. Well said. 44 12 Magic 101.9 is an Adult Contemporary radio station serving New Orleans. B100 interns Dave Sniff and Tony Pepper went on to part time status. I hope he and his legacy will never be forgotten. WVAQ is a giant in North Central West Virginia. WLS and WCCO are now news talk stations. CKLW is definitely #1, and the most influential Top 40 of all time (thanks to Rosie). 1. Lol! 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 later 5kw night site used 12 towers to put a lobe over Dallas that also covered the mid cities and just reached Ft Worth. Back to you, Pat ODay: KIMN Denver?!? Chuck Blore used the name on the AM, 1150: KIIS=K115. PAMS Series 27 The Jet Set - 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. As does WICC Bridgeport, CT belong on not only my list of the greatest Top 40 stations in the New York suburbs, but also one of THE greatest Top 40 stations, PERIOD. What you guys have done is incredible, if only Radio today was like it was in its heyday of top 40 with those stations you mentioned. I based this list on originality and impact. It kind of reminds me of the famous scene with Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti. 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. Where is our favorite station ,Thibodaux is waiting ,,we miss it !! 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. Cmon people now, I agree. Even outside on the patio, and whats a drive without tix. ENSEMBLES: English Symphony Orchestra. 2:22am 02/25/2023 Classical Through the Night (HD-2) who contributed to that magic. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) @Phil Dirt Listening to Happy Hare or Shotgun Tom or Charlie and Harrigan, you wouldnt know the calls originally stood for CBS Quality.. Heres a shout out to them. CKLW went Drake and WXYZ and WKNR went away.50,000 watts put the Big 8 into Cleveland,Toledo and eastern PA.I remember CKLW giving the weather for Toledo and Cleveland. I was fortunate to work on 99X iin my 20s! Apologies for any Ive forgotten The best 1-2 punch: Fenway 6-10 am and Ginsburg 8-10 pm M-S. And Blaine Harvey went on to Minneapolis and later Philadelphia broadcasting as Dan Donovan. Between the two, I slightly favored CKLWwhich was really the work of a woman, Rosalie Trombley, who I believe was officially the Music Director. KYNO deserved the inclusion, Doc. The men who did it both wanted to make lots of money but also great radio. Nice! There were many good radio stations all over the USA radio map, like for me KACY, Ventura, KIST, Santa Barbara, KMBY Monterey, KDON Salinas. WLS was vanilla in most respects, but it was consistently excellent. When I went on leave to Cincinnati I always dialed in KXOK in St. Louis as I wen east on old Highway 40 in the pre I-70 days. Its been fun reading everyones passions for their picks for the best Top 40 Station. Plus they had Uncle Larthey could not loseeven with the bad signalthat supermod was flamethrower quality! Even that 50,000 watt blowtorch signal was so strong that it easily penetrated into my bedroomdown in the basement! WFIL, Philadelphia (c. 1983) . PLEASE FIX THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE.I'm singing along at work and BAM the music goes out! I was listening to WSAI when JFK was assasinated, and when I first heard The Beatles. Coverage to the north was lost, and unfortunately, Dallas grew to the north. Does anyone remember the station? WHAT ABOUT WSGN BIRMINGHAM, AL!!! Of course we took him up on his offer. How about the Middle of the Middle West Not WHO in Des Moines. Happily, Tix-FM exists and is very enjoyable. 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. However you guys have to increase your power. The station was 1000kw days 250 nights but still was credited by many of the major record labels as being great market for breaking new artists and new singles, sorryfirst sentence should read owned the market not on the Market. You made radio come alive. They were late in the AM game. announced, a fun contest to Name JFK's PT boat, and the telephone Double, * Craig Roberts (with Bob Walker) -The Origin of Thanksgiving1971 (4:26) Explained by the oldest man in. 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. Been listening for decades to WTIX. I always thought of them as the WABC of the South. While at age 20 I had only about 10% of an idea of how to actually be an effective PM drive personality, I had loads of freedom, encouragement from Bobby Rich, inspiration from all my peers and energy to spare. * Craig Roberts -Guglielmo the Tree 1972 (:25)Smoky the Bear PSA takeoff for Italy. A real crew. Consider the voices who worked the window on Burnside at NW 10th Tom Murphy, The Real Don Steele, Roger Hart, Sam Holman, Dick Sainte, Mike OBrien, Tom Michaels, Roger W. Morgan, Dave Records Stone, and the all-night Preacher, Pat Pattee. Besides great Beatles music, DJs share many interesting facts about the British Pop sensations. That's a good thing. Everyone here has had the luxury of living through some of the best radio ever. Of all the airchecks in recent years I have heard from the late 60s through the 70s from different TOP40 stations around the country, I wish I could have experienced listening to Super CFL in Chicago live back then. WJET/Erie, PA. WJET dominated Erie as a daytimer on 1570 with 250 watts. 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. Also The Great Roller Coaster Marathon at Pontchartrain, WTIX DJ's. Yes, I agree, I don't understand why my car radio often does not pick up WTIX clearly. 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. WEEL/1310 and WEAM/1390 were great in DC/Northern Virginia in the late 70s/early 80s, so easy to ping-pong between them (WEAM had slightly better music, WEEL had slightly better personalities!). WOW. WSGN, THE BIG 610, Birmingham, Alabama. A top 40 station in the Washington,DC area in the mid to late 60s had a DJ named Alan Afterhours. KNUZ/Houston. He hired major-market talent and they stayed. 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.) 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. When the Dodgers and Giants fled, the Yankees moved to WMGM. For those who aren't aware, WTIX , "The Mighty 6-90" was one of the first if not THE first Top 40 stations in the world! WVLT, Vineland, NJ (for a long time and still currently, as far as I know) Early adopter in the format (1958, survived to the mid-70s). Dick Fatherly was my first source for the story that WTIX, then on 1450, was the first station to use the phrase Top-40. Lee, in addition to answering the question, included what he considers to be the 15 characteristics of great Top 40 stations. MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. This is the station all of the Super Q imitators wanted to be. They were tight, bright, slight reverb and very punchy like WABC. T-Bens daily morning segment The News You Need Now! is a tongue-in-cheek mock news report lampooning politicians, celebrities, and topical news stories, concluding with his signature catchphrase, but nobody cares!. love the music, feels like 60s again growing up in slidell. -Bruce Scott WIBBAGE had personalities, good on-air production and a remarkable audience share; WFIL came along in 1965 and had the best example of tight production and format anywhere. It was great. WasntKXOL in Fort Worth Top 40 back in the day? Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first Top 40 station was born. You mentioned KONG AM Visalia. Bruce Bradley at WBZ told me at a record hop in 1963 NOT to go into Radio. WRKO were all slices from the Bill Drake pie. Our playlist stores a 94.3 Rewind track list for the past 7 days. Michael Green, Robert Mitchell & Bob Walker. At least B100 was in Somebodys list. and the WINS head honchos intro of its all-news format). WMGQ Magic 98.3 New Brunswick, NJ (WCTCs sister station) KYA was also a great station with Emperor Gene Nelson, Tom Donahue, and many others. !, 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!! WTIX - March 25, 1972. Unbelievable! And we cant forget the Top 40 version of KFI in between its two adult contemporary formats!, now, CAN we!!?!! Fly Away. WMEX had what they called House names. * Bill Murvin - Aircheck, June 1970. But, that station, in its on-air presentation, was wound as tight a top-quality watchit was flawless, with great talent like Dave Shafer, Tom Shannon, Gary Burbank, Jim Edwards, Brother Bill Gable, Super Max Kinkel, Charlie OBrien, Charlie Van Dyke, and on and on. Unsere Bestenliste Feb/2023 - Detaillierter Produktratgeber Die besten Eos d6 Bester Preis : Vergleichssieger. WABC poached talent from WMCA? How Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and business partner Martin Lorentzon revolutionized the music industry through free and legal music streaming when they launched Spotify. And that was Mr Abrams #20. Charlie Tuna! The reason I know about some radio history is that I was kid of 9 or 10 when my friends from Kenner told us about their new favorite radio station back in either 1958 or 1959. At the time, the AM was still number one! Ill never forget the zany humor of Gary Owens and Don MacKinnon on KEWB. 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. Living over in Texas I could hear TIX / had a powerful daytime signal but disappeared at night. Gordon McLendon made it theater. To coin a sound alike phrase from the late Bill Drake, AND THE TALENT JUST KEPT ON COMIN. Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! He outgunned WABC within a year and made history for bringing FM into the 20th century. Even though I was over my head, I was well aware I was standing in a historic spot. Memories 98.3 - WTIX is a broadcast station from Concord, North Carolina, United States, playing Classic Rock, Country, Oldies. Pitch your music to a global audience. I agree, Scotty. Oh, yeah-former clear channel (thats with a small C each) WOWO Fort Wayne, IN-as an *AC* station **AND**! Looks like they revised the list since you left your comment and replaced WHB with a lesser station. 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. "Michael In The Morning" Costello (under the name Fleur de Lis Broadcasting) and operates at 94.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. Ron is one of the true radio savants (alongside Zapper, Dan Vallie, Bill Richards, Nick Bazoo, etc.). Worth where Paxton Mills started and George Carlin got his start (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s). Or WTAE Pittsburgh-ONE OF THE PIONEER ACS! s. Use our service to find it! 1. LOVE IT!!! In the early '60s such guys as Robert Mitchell, "Buzz" Bennett, Ted Green, Deane Johnson, Bobby Reno, "King" Bob Walker, and Don Anthony were the greatest! For me it was KFRC and KYA being born and raised and living my entire life in the Bay Area. Ill give you Z-100 in New York (a bit later era, but still deserving). Voice of the Rocky Mountains in Denver! Longtime morning man Lacy Neff passing was big news last June. Surprised that WHBQ, Memphis didnt make someones list. 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. And they had some great ones Charlie Tuna, Machine Gun Kelly (at night!). KISN in Portland? @Radiovet 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). Louis, WTIX/New Orleans and WQAM/Miami (or at least one of them) cant be taken seriously. reconsider your sources. As I was an avid DXer, at night I really enjoyed WKBW, WLS and CKLW. 2.) For others, the hyper-high energy and tight production of talents like JoJo Kincaid was the Holy Grail. I like the mention of Big WAYS and WTIX as I lived in those cities and I used to hear WAPE. 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? Doug Limerick, you might remember, was later a news reader for the ABC Information Network. KY102 was AOR not Top-40. play De La Salle, the time chime and the music that was on your radio. Already a user? With Johnny Randolph as PD, WAKY played one black and one country record every quarter hour. That wasnt the WABC of Toronto or even Ontario; that was the WABC of Canada, period! Thanks again. Costello is best known as Michael in the Morning (M&M), host of the stations weekday morning show. Bill Drake and others refined it, but Top 40 was the child of Storz and McLendon. KHJ lasted about 10 years. (P.S., Rockin Ron did a great Oldies Show Sunday nights on WBT, Charlotte). Top 20 based on what? WTIX/New Orleans. Gordon McLendon considered Dave Morris his toughest competitor. $25,000 Giveaway promo (Buzz Bennett voiceover), Bob Walker (TIX Original Oldie Hour). Your right Guy. It was the Top 40 station in San Francisco during the Summer of Love. The Last Contest was born here. WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. Hows that for some entertaining teachers?! Preferred radio stations and music genres, user's Favorites, stations reviews and many other services need your personal data processing. Paper Filing? 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. What is that song??? At its prime, KISN was the king of Top 40 radio in this market. WLS was the most influential station in the nation in the late 60s and early 70s. I can still hear Roger Kleins growling delivery. Lock it in and rip the knob off.. C-K-S-L of-a-TownLONNN-DONNN!! Get discovered by a world of playlist listeners. Marlene I am so sad to hear that Lacy is no longer with us. It was top 40 while I was there, after I left they adopted an AOR format and changed the call letters from WAJR to WVAQ. * Richard Fahey -Newscast6/5/62 (3:39), * Michael Green -Tape City Spot for Sergio Mendez & Brazil '66 album & concert. WMCA killed WABC in the ratings from 1963-1965. I'm a 79 year old and love your line up. I remember Howard Taylor working the AM side then we had middle of the road on the FM side which captured the older crowd well. With WEAF/WNBC, WABC/WCBS, WJZ/WABC and WOR all having network shows and WNEW having success with DJs, the baseball teams were stuck with the three remaining stations when they started broadcasting baseball in 1939the Dodgers on WHN/WMGM, the Yankees on WINS and the Giants on WMCA. Streamline Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Jim Jackson. I completely agree with KHJ being #1 on the list. password ? Quixie in Dixie. 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