. Even though they had such a large audience with the 50,000watt tower. ), 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? 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. 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 TWO HANDS !!!" (Ill give an honorable mention to WARM, Scranton, the first TOP 40 station I discovered; the jocks didnt have the personality of WABC, but the station played good music and had a nice flow.). * Bob Walker -AircheckAugust 10, 1972 (11:46). The DJ's he 'sings' about are: Ron Martin, David Nebel, Bill Baker, Ed Ripley, Bob Robin, Ted Green and Gene Phillips. For the first time ever, these digitally remastered are now available to terrestrial radio. You can use the best adsense alternative for any type of website (they approve all websites), for more info simply But, it was my child and teen years listening to CKLW that had the lasting impact on me. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. An error happened posting the review, sorry! (504) 454 9000. Posted on April 10, 2021 by IPTVMate. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Also thanks for mentioning WROV in Roanoke. This station has a major-market sound in a small market. May 16, 1972. 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. Scott Shannon and other PDs stole from Y107 every time they came to Film House to cut a TV spot. Nicd guy. When I made the trek to Dallas, I was enthralled by KISN Portland?!? It was certainly an interesting assignment. Johnny Holiday on WHK was awesome as well as when he was on 250 watt WRVM in Rochester in the fifties. Yes, I agree, I don't understand why my car radio often does not pick up WTIX clearly. WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. You could say the same about WHB and KXOK. It kind of reminds me of the famous scene with Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti. In more recent times, as a young man, I moved to Houston in the early 80s. (27:24). 1) Your Web Site or Podcast address -- WTIX.com 2) Your Email addresses -- (anything)@WTIX.com 3) Your social media ID -- WTIX 4) Your Cell / Message Texting # -- Key people in your company can be assigned any available area code and any available prefix code PLUS your company name/number. Lee and my mom. Located at the heart of an area exceptionally rich in heritage with the major Loire Valley castles all clo. Quixie in Dixie. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) 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! The glory days of CKLW were only five years long, but the Big 8s influence reverberates today. 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). Sorry, I dont mean to monopolize the conversation, but another old Philly station/format warrants mention: An all-Progressive Rock format launched by WDAS-FM, Hyskis Underground. A good playlist and entertaining jocks. And for the very reason you namedthe stations that personally floated the proverbial boat of the person making the choicesnarrowing them down to any given number at least falls short of impossible. I have radios in every room in my home. Remember you well from Toronto and would have loved to work some those famous stations you didbut then again, you were one of the smoothest jocks ever!!! KOMA (along with handful of other legendary stations including 890 WLS, Chicago; 1090 KAAY, Little Rock; 1060 WNOE, New Orleans; 770 WABC, New York; 800 CKLW, Windsor/Detroit; and 1100 WKYC, Cleveland) could be heard on car radios, in homes, and everywhere a kid could tune in. I love that people actually thought that Wolfman was LIVE on WGR. And dont even get me started on Watermark and their Documentaries. WTIX FM 94.3 Webplayer. If you know how to make a playlist on YouTube, you can directly open the playlist you created or saved before. Of course we took him up on his offer. 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. 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! Looks like they revised the list since you left your comment and replaced WHB with a lesser station. Listen to any aircheck from any era of Kaplan ownership Jack Gale, Robert Murphy, Boo Baron, or Jay Thomas. Toast. Already a user? He outgunned WABC within a year and made history for bringing FM into the 20th century. Hoot Gibson? I listen to the Crusin 1966 album almost religiously. In fact, the list also left off the early Adult Contemporary stations, period! Jim Craig Professor, Broadcast Studies Keep on rocking ! suck! er. as a Top 40 station. WFAS White Plains, NY (gold-based AC) No need to signup to iCloud, simply start creating and sharing playlists freely. Listening from Toronto. Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first Top 40 station was born. 20. who contributed to that magic. Boogie) devised an audacious plan to go head-to-head with market-owning KCBQ. WGR was a great station. LOL Other stations interrupt. How about 50,000 watt CKY in Winnipeg ??? Marc took The Outrageous FM to a 17 share, 500,000 cume in a market of less than a million at the time. In the mid 7Os WLS was the greatest top 40 radio station of all time. SON! about IRONY! Keep in mind, you can only create a playlist with your public videos. Arnie Ginsburg, Larry Justice, Dan Donovan (Blaine Harvey.who carried the name to Minneapolis), Charlie Tuna, Larry Lujack, Jack Gale (Fenway), Ed Hider (another Fenway), J.J. Jeffries (Melvin X. Melvin) as well as talk show giants Jerry Williams, Larry Glick and Steve Fredericks all appeared on WMEX. Plus they had Uncle Larthey could not loseeven with the bad signalthat supermod was flamethrower quality! David Bowie & Queen 1675326694. (Thats three Drake stations in the top 4.) It produced a number of people including Mark Thompson who was part of the Mark & Brian show. About my Junior year in High School, i found WXLO in New York. Bill Drakes KHJ was amazing and should probably be on this list. (3:56) Defense Department ready to draw lottery numbers for the 1971 military draft. His KFRC was better. 2. They would sit in their cars on hilltops, turn it up at parties, or fall asleep with the radio next to their beds as they listened to Chuck Berry, the Supremes, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and the Beatles. Or just wait a little longer. I also agree with Randy Michaels that KFRC overall became a better station than KHJ for the reasons he mentioned. Its been fun reading everyones passions for their picks for the best Top 40 Station. In the mid- and late 60s WMCA soundly beat WABC, where the signals werent even close. The one basic element that the great stations back then were built around was the great music of the time. Agree with Bill Wayland at one point 68 WRKO had an almost 60 share Teens. DAMN!!!!! Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. The mainstay jocks on our station throughout this period were Big Bill Barthe, our P.D., who was legally blind, Sab Michael, Ken Nelson and myself, Bruce Scott. WDGY had Bob Dayton, Jimmy Reed and the great Gene Leader, more well known as Mean Gene Okerlund. (8:55), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckIt's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. Do you mean KFRC and *KYA* San Francisco? Randys list is more insightful, but both of them left out WFIL, which some felt at the time was the best Top 40 station in the U.S. (around 1968-1970). WJET 1400. Thinking you were referring to Michaels not Brown. 40 share and better in the 60s. Starting briefly as a mixture of Top 40 and Rhythm (Rhythm and Rock) [plus a Jazz show hosted by Demetrius], we quickly evolved into the only non-commercial disco station in the country (with the exception of my popular Oldies show on Friday nights, throughout). Obviously there were many great stations back in the hay-day of Top 40! Oh wait. For a 15 year-old growing up in East Texas, the best station in the country was WNOE in New Orleans. There are many other B100 alumni (hi Kathy Aunan!) Funny that nobody looked at the list and recalled Jeff Kayes often quoted positioning statement WKBW one of Americas two great radio stations!. The "WTIX and we love you" jingle (courtesy of PAMS jingles). Sorry, John Records Landecker, but Chicagos WCFL wins this one. 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). But CHUM also did what no other mere Radio Station did. From the early 60s to the mid 70s, WKIX was a powerhouse. Barq's RootBeers. 1981 The Oldies Professor Steve Slumber calls the WTIX Original OldieHour. It pains me that the list was so short. During the summer I would break away and listen to WCCO AM for Twins baseball games. 14. And John Teshwell, we all know what became of him. !, *yeah*! Chuck Blore used the name on the AM, 1150: KIIS=K115. One of our four chime tones that we played whenever we announced what time it was in the 1970's. Radio Bollerwagen 2. In his undershirt he personally cooked, and rice, along with corn bread for us. 3036 Estate Aldersville Christiansted, VI 00820 Phone: 340-718-3339 Fax: 340-774-7092 * Bill Murvin -RC Cola SpotJuly 1969 (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. 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. 15. Install the free Online Radio Box application for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Of course, Im referring to CKLW and KFRC. WasntKXOL in Fort Worth Top 40 back in the day? Have you heard it? Morning Drive, August 5, 1964 (27:05), 20/20 Newscast, with David Lawrence and Jon Reed 5/20/70, St. Louis, MO with updates and tidbits about the Beatles to fan the excitement of their upcoming, on September 16, 1964. 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? And over at the Lou Dickey flagship station WOHO, The late Swingin (Frank) Sweeny, Bobby Rich, Ben Gall, Tom Dean, Jungle Jim Williams, Craig Edwards, Irwin Young, Peter Trip, Gary Calvert, Earl Richards (me again), Gene Wurley, E. Alvin Davis, The Mojoman Sid Grubb, Buddy Carr, Sir Bernard J Quayle, Sam Holman, Don Armstrong, Ken R Deutch. CHUM Toronto (I mean, COME! Surprised that WHBQ, Memphis didnt make someones list. Thanks. With the good guys. Tough duty but Lee and Randy did an amazing job Me? I worked with legends. WABC was good but rarely great. 94 WIP Sportsradio 2. >: >:0. EVERYONE wanted to be like you guys, including me who at the time had a lot to learn. The Power Pig was more outrageous, but Y107 was a better station. 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. Of course we took him up on his offer. I worked there as a young man when Mac owned the station, so I know first hand. 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) Ron Jacobs roasted you accurately years ago. Hope you are doing well in all of your endeavors. Listening to radio as a kid, hearing major talent in the major markets and locally here in Erie, PA, it inspired me to jump into the business at the age of 15. He had 60 shares with a 500- watt daytimer. Erie also had the talented Oogie Pringle who went from WJET to WRIE in Erie and then jumped to WNBC in NY. I would agree with how great WRKO was. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. Especially those of us who contributed directly as jocks, PDs, GMs, Promotions, Sales, Engineering, and god love the Traffic departments. I am fortunate enough to have an aircheck of that broadcast. Blowtorches 770 WABC and 1520 KOMA. You will get your reward soon- in bankruptcy court! WAYS/Charlotte. 70006USA. This was a tough assignment because so many great stations had to be left out. I worked there later in time. I based this list on originality and impact. Hello Lee Roberts! When I started at WGR as a part timer, that became my new name. Worth where Paxton Mills started and George Carlin got his start (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s). CONDUCTOR: William Boughton. Charlie Tuna! Bruce Bradley at WBZ told me at a record hop in 1963 NOT to go into Radio. Radio Ink sure hit a LIVE WIRE here didnt they! WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. KLIF was the first and best. TIX also streams online. 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. Even as a kid, I remember, by the mid-70s, WLS wasnt quite as exciting as CKLW, but still a wonderful experience. Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. I was listening to WTIX-FM (a station that I have only recently "discovered") while painting my kitchen the other night, and I have to say, I'm surprised they aren't doing better. 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? Ya just cant ignore a station that spawned Jay Thomas, The Greaseman, and Hoyle Dempsey, as well as having a swimming pool where you could dive in OUTSIDE and surface INSIDE in the lobby! OH!, my GOD, Pat! Depending on the selected settings, some functions may become unavailable! A Top-40 jock named Eddie Haskell?!? You mentioned KONG AM Visalia. Suitcase Simpson, Chuck Boo Baron, Eddie Beacon the Swingin Deacon, and others have never sounded better. Thanks Randy for clarifying the Randy Michaels on WJET. 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. All Top 40 radio leaned towards MOR in the early Fifties. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. Oh!, SHIT! ), WCAU-FM Philadelphia (not just its Top 40 format, but also the Disco format that immediately preceded it), WOR-FM/WXLO New York, AOR-turned-pop WPLJ New York (as Top 40 and later Hot AC, the latter since defunct (the owners of the syndicated Christian AC network K-Love bought the station almost four months ago and took over WPLJ just nine days ago)), WBUD Trenton, NJ, and WYNG Goldsboro, NC come to mind. 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. As I recall, the only other time baseball was on a rock station was in 1969 when WABC-FM supplemented WJRZ in broadcasting the Mets, and on the very end of that WJRZ contract when the station transitioned from country to become top-40 WWDJ. I completely agree with KHJ being #1 on the list. . WMEX Boston should be on this list and one minor market station that sounded and programmed like a major market WAVZ New Haven, CT. The Randy Michaels in Erie was in reality, Frank Bascik, who passed away in 1991. WTIX 94.3 FM Download now for free and listen to the radio easily. For a number of years Fenway was the morning man. I went into Houston, i couldnt turn off KILT. 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. Certainly those of us who worked there would say so. WGLI Babylon, LI, NY And I definitely remember John Leader. . and many others that would have put stations on Lee Abrahms Those that I liked list too shame. 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. so he can cook for us. 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. 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? 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.) And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF!. *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. All the Top 40 stations that Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels each included, those that many posters, myself included, called them out for omittingincluding those that you mentioned in your own comment, plus WIFI Philadelphia (WIFI 92 (pronounced Wi-Fi 92 (Whod have thought, right? It didnt though. I worked there for a spell and the phones were lit up constantly. Only later was the format extended to WHB and the other Storz stations in larger markets. I arrived after that promotion but of course it was well documented. WJET/Erie, PA. WJET dominated Erie as a daytimer on 1570 with 250 watts. WABC didnt lose its stranglehold until like 1979. 44 12 Magic 101.9 is an Adult Contemporary radio station serving New Orleans. Johnny Holliday. This article and ensuing discussion brings back great memories of an era when radio was fun to listen to and fun to do. 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. 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. I knew what I wanted to do forever. On the other had he sold the station for a then record price. How can anyone leave out WMCA, New York?. Audio Ink is a trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. Lenny Kravitz 1675325726. 15 Characteristics of the Great Top 40 stations. It was a PERSONALITY driven format. Storz didnt own KOIL. Somehow it seemed appropriate. Had the joy of being an RKO national sales rep for several of these outstanding radio stations: KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. Montereys location was perfect, radio-wise: San Francisco all day, L.A. at night, including Wolfman Jack on The Mighty 1090 XERB. Most of The CHUM Jocks came up from pretty good Radio Stations in the U.S., including The Big 8. Even outside on the patio, and whats a drive without tix. WMCA killed WABC in the ratings from 1963-1965. Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! and other stations that came and went long after the latter two did away with Top 40,) Dallas (the Fort Worth station whose call letters escape me as well as the aforementioned KLIF and KBOX), Memphis (WHBQ and WMPS), Charlotte (WAYS, most notably), Norfolk (WGH and WNOR, especially the former), and so on. Yes, WABC had more listeners and more attention. (In other words, Uptempo MOR, Pop Adult, Rock MOR or whatever (at least soft rock hits-oriented) Adult Contemporary radio was called during most of the 70s.) Pentatonix (PTX) I love all of the comments! Under the video, click Save . 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