We should celebrate the greatness. This is where the Greaseman was at his best. It deserves mention here. Will ALWAYS love radio. In the mid 7Os WLS was the greatest top 40 radio station of all time. Heres how everyone stacked up against each other. WPGR, Philadelphia (c. latter 1980s-early 1990s, as recalled) Its hard to fight for supremacy when you own the competition. KRTH, Los Angeles (1980s,Sorry I havent been out to the West Coast in a long time) So today I credit you guys and of course others back then, who made a shy teenage boy grab on to something called radio, and go for the ride of his life! I grew up in southern Oklahoma in the 50s and 60s and we didnt know it then but it was radio heaven. Like a lot AM stations. Even outside on the patio, and whats a drive without tix. -Bruce Scott 4539 n. i-10 service rd. That shout is still in use at 620 AM and 103.5 FM, which use the WAKY calls today.). I listen from Ponchatoula. Ill never forget the zany humor of Gary Owens and Don MacKinnon on KEWB. And this is only a partial listing. I could hardly go to sleep cause I was so revved up by that great music and Long John Silver. They had a New Years count down of the top 100 from the year and I listened to every song for several years. Incidentally, almost all of us had been previously on WKDU, which shared time with us on 91.7 FM. It was an awesome signal, but somehow they couldnt get that hum out of the transmitter. 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. * Robert Mitchell (with Jim Swiler) -Quarterback "BillyKilmore"November 1969 (1:17), * Robert Mitchell (with Katy Caraway) -Mardi Gras Phone CallsFebruary 28, 1980(5:18). Most every market had two or three pretty good Top-40s back then; lucky if you can find one now. Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. My grandkids love the old music. Memories 98.3 - WTIX is a broadcast station from Concord, North Carolina, United States, playing Classic Rock, Country, Oldies. Ive had this confirmed by others since. see more WMCA, with its broader signal pattern and low dial position, covered the Monmouth and northern Ocean County beaches quite well, despite being only 5kw. 94 WIP Sportsradio 2. I sent him an audition tape about 20 years ago. After it sold to Stan and Sis Kaplan, WAPE was just amazing. It was a time that will live in our hearts forever. If you re-read this article, youll see that Randy Michaels *did* list WMCA. In the very-early Sixties, thanks in no small part to three fulltime Top 40s in NYC, WADO reintroduced African-American and Italian programming to its daytime schedulethis time, sharing it with Top-40 rock n roll. Use our service to find it! 2 days later Live commercials for local businesses and PSA's another job offering for $4.00 an hour, * Bob Walker - with Hazel Belle Jenkins 1977 (1:19) Hazel Belle was one of our regular call-in "characters." ), 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? While in the USAF in 1967-68 I visited KOMA. 93Q had the better air personalities, including John Lander and the Q Morning Zoo; but, the music battle between the two stations was just exceptional. WHB710. It's FREE! (OBW, I was there too!). Thank you I Heart, for ruining the industry. General manager and program director Michael Costello developed TIX FM and is committed to preserving the legacy that is WTIX. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, Kim Stephens. I just moved back and cant believe how great this station has got. Jim Craig Professor, Broadcast Studies 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! Bobby Rich, you nailed it. WTIX Back To The Beach CD Signing 17 Choice Oldies CD Signing Bob Walker, T-Ben Boudreaux, Engineer Tom Courtney, Michael in the Morning, and Terry Knight (l-r) at the WTIX-FM 17 Choices Oldies CD signing remote broadcast at Borders Books in Metairie, Louisiana on 12/10/05. 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. Listen to any aircheck from any era of Kaplan ownership Jack Gale, Robert Murphy, Boo Baron, or Jay Thomas. But the signal was awful, the staff was expensive, and 15Q failed quickly. Thats how a Top 40 station owned the traffic image. WABC won where they could no WMCA competition. I knew what I wanted to do forever. Call sign: WTIX-FM Frequency: 94.3 FM City of license: Galliano, LA Format: Oldies Owner: Fleur de Lis Broadcasting Area Served: New Orleans Sister stations: Z-104.5 WMZ FM Contact Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. Love it..used to listen to a oldies station (Poppa Stoppa DJ ) in my Grandfathers Meat Market next to Circle Food Store with my Uncle Tyrone. I don't like your friends and you don't like my friends. As a kid I surfed the dial nightly from my Guelph Ontario backyard on one of the first 6 transistor Sony battery radios from Dick Summer on WBZ Boston to Cousin Brucie at WABC NYC, from Quixie in Dixie to WOWO Ft.Wayne to WLS & WCFL Chicago. Been listening for decades to WTIX. One of our four chime tones that we played whenever we announced what time it was in the 1970's. But Ive got to know, did anyone measure? The Last Contest was born here. Lets see here, who did WAYS Charlotte create that we remember? 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! WOW! 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. And my time at WING, even though it was in the 80s, was some of the most fun times Ive had in radio. TALK! 8. The voice on the song is (WTIX DJ) Ed Ripley. In this call, Louise talks about Ringo possibly being, nominated for President of the United States, - House of Shock theme & experiment - '45 record released in1959, on the WTIX Original Oldie Hour at Noon with Bob Wallker - 1981 (1:11). Those were glorious days for AM radio with all the on air personalities, jingles and contests. One could consider ratings, longevity, originality, influence, or many other criteria. WROV was the lowest powered full time station in the market and often beat all other stations combined. WABC carried the Yankees during its final years, and I vaguely remember WMCA caring one of the teams in its final rock/talk years. 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. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. But, its always been a favorite of mine. ), WOR-FM/WXLO, WNBC, and WPLJ! SON! A lot of people went to bed and woke up with the Good Guys at KIOA. Also, I cant believe that Lee left off WMCA and WTIX, two of the greatest Top 40 stations ever. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. Pats right, Radio Ink, your damn input DOES!! Make a playlist from a video: 1. WRKO, KLIF, KCBQ. Marc Chase made more noise at WFLZ and WEBN, but this was his best work. Boogie. I arrived after that promotion but of course it was well documented. You wont remember but at the 1969 Billboard convention, you were PD of KSTT and I asked you a bunch of questions. KOMA interviewed the dealership owner and all he could talk about was that GD gas station was still standing amid all the rubble. This fun song is still fondly remembered by many today. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. and the WINS head honchos intro of its all-news format). Sorry no credibility. According to Dick, the phrase Top 40 was coined in New Orleans. 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. (8:55), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckIt's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. In his undershirt he personally cooked, and rice, along with corn bread for us. Also WFIL tried a comeback in the early 80s with Oldies: Great jocks, personality, nostalgic jingles. Third Floor
That list shouldve included AT LEAST *ONE* station in the Pacific Northwest-especially KJR! I worked with legends. Login here. He's an old, white guy, so who knows what he'll say? Delighted to hear from you, Jim and Andy. Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. I agree, Scotty. 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. Its been fun reading everyones passions for their picks for the best Top 40 Station. While I was a devoted listener of the Big 89 for years before, thats when the (Top 40?) OH!, my GOD, Pat! And everyone remembers Yours Truly KOMA and the kissing tone. This was definitely an era where radio was fun. Besides great Beatles music, DJs share many interesting facts about the British Pop sensations. I am glad Dr. Don Rose got a mention at KFRC as I know he was huge out there in CA. Write a book Randy. Perry told me that he had a microphone switch activated recorder and would review each jock, each day and provide help. Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. But CHUM also did what no other mere Radio Station did. *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. (I still havent forgiven the Dodgers for leaving.) 15 WLAC in Nashville, my choice for the best. A Top-40 jock named Eddie Haskell?!? At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. As an engineer, I was lucky enough to work along side many of them, and even heard Humble Harve and Bill Drake cutting IDs and voice-overs in the early 70s. WLS/Chicago. Definitely a slick imaged station! It pains me that the list was so short. I also worked on 13/WAVZ New Haven, another great station. A list of 20 is too short. As I was an avid DXer, at night I really enjoyed WKBW, WLS and CKLW. 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. Lee and my mom. More. Morgantown? Metairie, LA, USA. Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 1675325920. I agree: there were SCORES! This article and ensuing discussion brings back great memories of an era when radio was fun to listen to and fun to do. For me it was KFRC and KYA being born and raised and living my entire life in the Bay Area. Id like to thank Randy. ), all air talent/music driven Top 40 stations. No credit card needed. 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. Scott Shannon and other PDs stole from Y107 every time they came to Film House to cut a TV spot. 2:22am 02/25/2023 Classical Through the Night (HD-2) Weekends also feature Breakfast with the Beatles and Casey Kasem American Top 40 70s show. Thanks again. WABC was good but rarely great. >: >:0. Great stations produced great stars and huge ratings. WKBW went Top 40 in 1958 by stealing the PD and airstaff from WBNY, which was number one with only 250 watts. Don Patrick, Dick Smythe, Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson and the chief himself Byron McGregor all grabbed your attention with their excellent delivery and news writing. Like Country 4. Thanks. Unbelievable! Programmers write about The Glory Days of Top 40 Radio reminds me of watching the movie Argo. Plus they had Uncle Larthey could not loseeven with the bad signalthat supermod was flamethrower quality! The idea was to protect some station in Canada. TIX also streams online. Many of the big AM Top 40 stations had FM stations. The Marvelous Myth promo (Beatles), DH Holmes Yardley promotion, Sears (Dave Ralston), Expo '69 (not '67), Sergio Mendez concert (Michael Green), Bernie Dumas Buick (Bill Murvin), a bad Drive-In Movie ad, Metropolitan. Nice! 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. 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! And that was Mr Abrams #20. My brother Lacy Neff loved what he did and was very very proud of his station and co workers. Yes I was lucky enough to be in LA as a kid when KHJ was at its peak in the mid/late 60s and worked at KRTH in 70s when Paul Drew was National PD. (3:13), * Bob Walker -Fats Domino PhoneInterview 1980 (5:51) Fats talks about his music, his upcoming shows at Bobby's Place, his upcoming movie with Clint Eastwood, and his new song in it, and he invites me and our Program Director Robert Mitchell over to his house next, weekso he can cook for us. What about my all time favorite? 16. Cant do it. During that same event KOMA lost power but had a generator I asked Perry how he knew when to cut back to utility power. Had a lot of fun working at TR, too, and enjoyed doing Smooth Jazz. I did all nights at WFUN during my junior year in college at Miami and did the same in my senior year at WQAM. Pardon the rambling, but that station was Top 40 during the day and Italian-language programming in the evening, with overnights split between jazz & R&B (the latter three from when it was WOV prior to the ownership change in 1959 that changed it to WADO and shuffled at least either of those dayparts to a different time slot). You might turn up some of his historical pieces online. History-making in so many ways, and still great today. WOW. he was a great talent and a class act! (3:00)* Buzz Bennett -AircheckMay 1967 (2:50). 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. As did WPGR, VLT plays a vast playlist, a lot of forgotten hits and a heavy smattering of old local Philly hits. Listening to Happy Hare or Shotgun Tom or Charlie and Harrigan, you wouldnt know the calls originally stood for CBS Quality.. WADOs 1280 signal was originally a time share of WAAM Newark, WODA in Patterson and WHBI. Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. WTIX-FM is an oldies outlet serving the New Orleans area. But KBOX was pretty amazing for having only 500 watts at night at 1480. CNN It must be hard to fire up an on-air staff when all they have to play is garbage. What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. KNUS was a big deal when FM became commercially viable. But any list that completely overlooks the Todd Storz stations, including WHB/Kansas City, KXOK/St. Thank you Radio Ink for this amazing trip down memory lane. Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? For a 15 year-old growing up in East Texas, the best station in the country was WNOE in New Orleans. 70006 If you know how to make a playlist on YouTube, you can directly open the playlist you created or saved before. 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. * 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. I based this list on originality and impact. Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch. And who could forget Arnie Ginsberg at night! Yes! THAT Lee Abrams guy? Then 890, Chicago, 1520 KOMA, were the ones to listen to at night. Ginsburg was topping everybody at night in the Boston Metro with shares of high 30s to mid 40s. I was listening to WSAI when JFK was assasinated, and when I first heard The Beatles. All the playlists are suitable with Kodi ! Early Feb., 1980, the station management purged us all. David Kaye, 8/10/2017: Im surprised no one mentioned WQXI Atlanta. Great contemporary, traditional country, and rock and roll, are gone. Amen! Under the video, click Save . Over 50 million titles available from the Apple Music catalog! Jeff Hurvitz Playlists are where millions of fans make billions of musical discoveries. Buy on. That KB audio could also be heard as One of Americas TOO great radio stations. Use our service to find it! Lee and Randy How about adding to your list here? Wasnt a very large market, but captured Visalia and immediate area in a big way late 60s. THANK YOU for the whole thing! It was a PERSONALITY driven format. Of WLTH fame? It was one of the several station whose doors I passed through. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) Anyway, brother Dick took over the station after Mac died and wrecked it. This website uses cookies for analytics and personalization. Later in the early 60s, Spanish-language programming was added to the daytime schedule. (3:56) Defense Department ready to draw lottery numbers for the 1971 military draft. WRAN Dover, NJ KTNQ 10Q Preferred radio stations and music genres, user's Favorites, stations reviews and many other services need your personal data processing. Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. I like edgy Top 40 stations, and that WLS was not. A great Top 40 station. WGR was a great station. Sign up to leave a comment and share your thoughts with other listeners. (Re my comment posted same date @3:29p:) 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!!!!! WTIX - March 25, 1972. 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. Boy what trash we have now. The GOAT top Forty stations were in almost every market, major, large, medium and even many small markets. Hell, I even got to work for Les Garland for a day years later during the Return of The Million Dollar Weekend! Sorry, John Records Landecker, but Chicagos WCFL wins this one. Back to you, Pat ODay: KIMN Denver?!? No mention of Pittsburgh area radio stations! About my Junior year in High School, i found WXLO in New York. I remember listening to tix as a teenag. May I put in a plug for non-commercial station that was run very professionally and achieved some notoriety in its time? Outstanding tunes !!!!!! C-K-S-L of-a-TownLONNN-DONNN!! From 1966- thru 1976 they were a huge Atlanta powerhouse even with their highly directional 1KW at night at 790. WKMB Stirling, NJ (reformatted to country in 79; to black gospel/[mostly] African-American-oriented Christian talk/preaching/teaching out of Plainfield but still licensed to Stirling] in 2003; went dark in 2017) Somehow it seemed appropriate. Hello Lee Roberts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTrSr-Dfuw. As the name impliedand impliesTop 40 played, then as now, the most popular songs (read: hit recordings). The Mets started out on WABC during its first 2 years until Rick Sklar kicked them off. (3:56), for Sergio Mendez & Brazil '66 album & concert. Skinny Tommy Cheney's shout out, and. Your input sucks! Thanx for listening.. Z100 Pirate Radio, New York. 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. Audio Ink is a trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleans's Greatest Hits Station. He said I look outside and if I see lights then we give it a try. TiIX is the only station I listen to. I had WFIL at #15. WTIX - March 28, 1970 With DJ Pics WTIX (Football Survey) - November 27, 1971 Football shaped survey. Many of these great stations can be heard at Rock Radio Scrapbook Canadas Aircheck Archive celebrating the Golden Age of Top 40 radio since 1996! 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. Heart 1675326183. Over at 89 WLS, during those years, we had John Records Landecker, Larry Lujack, Tom Kent, Steve King, Jerry Kay and so many more. Hear the audio that matters most to you. You will get your reward soon- in bankruptcy court! He also did a live show from the afored mentioned WGR in Buffalo. Streamline Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. LOL Other stations interrupt. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (now Hot AC 94-3 The Point) But, I was lucky to have grown up in South-Central Michigan in the late 60s and into the 70s. They were tight, bright, slight reverb and very punchy like WABC. Southeast Nebraska And Northeast Kansas, Streams Live Local Sporting Events 0 vote 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! KYNO deserved the inclusion, Doc. God Bless. (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. (takeoff on Saints QB Billy Kilmer). KBOX gave us Dan Ingram, Bill Ward, and many others. Install the free Online Radio Box application for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! In the end, it was 93Q that threw in the towel on the Top 40 formatbut then went on to become 93Q Country, eventually slaying the KIKK 96 longtime country behemoth. 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? Def Leppard 1675327016. 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