Currently, WDGY is based in Hudson, WI and is back to playing hits from the 60s and 70s. Also thanks for mentioning WROV in Roanoke. Radio Ink is a radio-industry trade publication that is published 12 times a year for the radio management sector of the radio broadcasting industry. Install the free Online Radio Box application for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Special thanks to treasured mentors Jhani Kaye, Bill Gardner and Dr. In that decade, it was an outstanding battle of the FM CHRs, 93Q/KKBQ and Power 104/KRBE. It was great. 20. I will always be thankful to those great PDs, Bill Holly, Dick Star, Charlie Murdock and Lee Sherwood. who contributed to that magic. as a Top 40 station. WTIM was unable to reach outside of Taylorville at night due to its FCC-mandated 63 watts of power. Do your next 20 stations in the comments! But its been copied around the world just because its KIIS/Los Angeles. 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ELMO'S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION), DURAN DURAN - IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW, DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES - KISS ON MY LIST, SPINNERS - COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE, MEMBER PROGRAM - BRINGING MOTOWN TO OUR TOWN. Use our service to find it! The Rock Of New Orleans - WKBU-FM | Bayou 95.7 FM Contests & Events Latest The Rise Guys on Bayou Latest The Rise Guys After Hours Podcast Bayou Rock Box: Your chance to win Guns N' Roses tickets Login and Listen to Bayou 95.7 for your chance to win Duran Duran Tickets Bayou Rock Box: Your chance to win tickets to Depeche Mode @Phil Dirt Loved the write up on david h Morris. To find your playlists, go to the Guide and click Library. Still love it! Of course we took him up on his offer. WTIX 690 AM New Orleans LA, Talk radio. 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. Great to see WHB from KC and KXOK from St. Louis on the list. WABC was the Yankees of the group. Ill give you Z-100 in New York (a bit later era, but still deserving). Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. ENSEMBLES: English Symphony Orchestra. What about Kimn in Denver? Programmers write about The Glory Days of Top 40 Radio reminds me of watching the movie Argo. As for signals, WINS was 50kw,but with short towers and a headlight-narrow beam across the city. (3:00), June 1970 during the Bill Murvin show. Well vetted comments like Randy and Lee are so welcome. When we went Top 40, we added Carl Lee. Thinking you were referring to Michaels not Brown. Jim later made his way to Buffalo in 1972 or so. I lived in Buffalo and the Miami area and with kudos to WQAM and WFUN there was nothing like KB anywhere! Two very prominent stations in the TOP 40 history book! Talk about versatility!) If that sounds crazy, look at the ratings. In fact, owing to its location in New York City, it was the proverbial 800-lb gorilla of Top 40, period. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You have entered an incorrect email address! WABC didnt lose its stranglehold until like 1979. After moving to 1400, still at low power, no one could touch them, and everyone tried. I think one of the elements that is missing today was competition, radio wars. Oh-lets not forget about three more Top 40 stations in the City That Never Sleeps: WWDJ Hackensack, NJ (1971-74); in the City itself, WPIX (1971-77, 1980-82) and WAPP (mainstream Top 40, 1984-85; Top 40/Rock 1985-86). WHAT ABOUT WPGC Morningside, MD/Washington, DC!?! K92 was mentioned and they picked up the number one spot a few years after they went on the air in 1980, dethroning WROV. WPRO AM & FM Providence, RI were outstanding Top 40 stations. Skinny Tommy Cheney's shout out, and. I arrived after that promotion but of course it was well documented. LONG time ago, but good memories. Holliday was also great as Baron of the Bay at KYA/SF. You mean that Lee Abrams guy who came to Toronto in 1977 to work his Superstar Format Magic against CHUM-FM? Even outside on the patio, and whats a drive without tix. Or just wait a little longer. 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. Make a playlist from a video: 1. Those results are at the end of this article. It's funny, when people are with me they always get confused about the time. Breakfast with the Beatles features music by the fab four every Sunday afternoon. 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." Glad to see the two stations I grew up with listed here. They had a New Years count down of the top 100 from the year and I listened to every song for several years. KB proved that great talent, not great equipment, make great radio. You might as well leave Larry Lujack out of your list of WLS jocks, yo! I don't like your friends and you don't like my friends. Create a SoundCloud account 2. Heard hed make the production director Bill Mousis redo the promos over and over again. Bobby Rich, you nailed it. WTIX - March 28, 1970 With DJ Pics WTIX (Football Survey) - November 27, 1971 Football shaped survey. WJET/Erie, PA. WJET dominated Erie as a daytimer on 1570 with 250 watts. They got 60 shares in Dallas with that signal. John Box gave Gordon McLendon fits and forced KLIF to be even better. Love your show! Streamline Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. KOMA interviewed the dealership owner and all he could talk about was that GD gas station was still standing amid all the rubble. (27:24). Its easy to pick the ones you loved, but its also unfair to think those are the only ones. But, its always been a favorite of mine. Lee, in addition to answering the question, included what he considers to be the 15 characteristics of great Top 40 stations. (I still havent forgiven the Dodgers for leaving.) Bobby thanks for your kind comments. Oldies, needed now more then ever!!! 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. THATS! *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. We had a blast in HOU. WLS was fun to listen to, but, was never as tight as WHK during the above-mentioned years. Dic Youngs, Jim Michaels, Mike Pace. For a 15 year-old growing up in East Texas, the best station in the country was WNOE in New Orleans. Plus, (Boston: ) WBZ (AM & FM [separate broadcasts]), WHDH, WROR (to name just three in Boston); (Pittsburgh: ) KDKA, (oldies/AC hybrid) WTAE; (Chicago: ) WFYR, WIND (two jocks who worked at the latter during its AC era: Clark Weber (who not only previously did Top 40 at WLS and WCFL, and contemporary MOR and later Uptempo (read: all-soft rock hits) MOR at WMAQ, but also remained at WIND during its first all-talk format), and Connie Szerszen (pronounced SIR-zin)aka the Top Rock Girly Jock and the Polish Princess); (Charlotte: ) WBT; (Louisville: ) WHAS; (Los Angeles: ) KNX-FM, KOST (still going strong as an AC station), KFI (which, IINM, was AC twicein the mid-Seventies [when the AC format was known as Pop Adult, Soft Rock, Uptempo MOR, etc.] Jeff Hurvitz Definitely a slick imaged station! My how things changed! WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (now Hot AC 94-3 The Point) The editorial staff at Radio Ink came up with a great story and executed it well. Myron did, and because he had a TV station, he had to sell the AM to do it. 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 that news intro: With Morse code beeping in the background and plenty of slapback echo, the news opened with From around the universe, around the world, around the nation, around Texas, around Dallas, and around the corner from your house, this is K-B-O-X news.. FTR I remember seeing this back when I was in the 8th grade on a movie reel. He hired major-market talent and they stayed. When I finally got it it was empty. A lot of people went to bed and woke up with the Good Guys at KIOA. The number one selection by the fan picks proves that the entire country would have benefited. PLAYLIST lets you make playlists from your Apple Music library. WKBW went Top 40 in 1958 by stealing the PD and airstaff from WBNY, which was number one with only 250 watts. It was a time that will live in our hearts forever. Already a user? WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleans's Greatest Hits Station. Yeah. Boogie) devised an audacious plan to go head-to-head with market-owning KCBQ. 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. Classic Hits Classic Rock Oldies Pop RnB FM 94.3 - 64Kbps Galliano - Louisiana , United States - English Suggest an update Get the live Radio Widget Leave a comment Leave a review View comments View reviews Guest I am surprised that WXLK K-92 didnt make the cut small market but Russ Brown and company had a major market sound that dominated the airways in 1980 and Beyond. 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. His advice was 3 years too late. (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). @Phil Dirt Yes! Had the joy of being an RKO national sales rep for several of these outstanding radio stations: KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. During that same event KOMA lost power but had a generator I asked Perry how he knew when to cut back to utility power. I agree that Burt Levine created magic in that quonset hut! * Bob Walker - Aircheck October 6, 1968 (10:47), It's a WTIX Golden Weekend on a Sunday Night. Lee felt WABC was the greatest Top 40 station, but I think they were way out-programmed by WMCA. Louis, WTIX/New Orleans and WQAM/Miami (or at least one of them) cant be taken seriously. 9. Third Floor Metairie, LA. 44 12 Magic 101.9 is an Adult Contemporary radio station serving New Orleans. Also, I cant believe that Lee left off WMCA and WTIX, two of the greatest Top 40 stations ever. At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! While it was playing, some lady went up to the dj, grabbed his microphone, and sang the CKLW top of the hour ID jingle! Sure, "oldies" obviously isn't everyone's niche, but the variety on this station is better than on any other station. KISN in Portland? Ah, but Randy included the great WAPE!! While I was there a tornado hit nearby at a car dealership. With the good guys. It will be amazing. 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. Many stations saved money on jingles by getting names cut during a session or by recycling house names. 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. Louisiana, It didnt though. I completely agree. 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) And I definitely remember John Leader. Hi there! David Amen to WKIX 850 AM/96.1 FM The Giant of the South with a healthy share of PAMS jingles! That station is on my list of the greatest Adult Contemporary stations of all time as it is. Bobbys internet tribute to B100 streams now at http://www.B100.fm, featuring all the hits that fits, lots of fondly remembered mid-chart stiffs, and recent voice tracks from the surviving members of the B100 air staff. ), 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? Jacobs was a creative genius and the contesting and of course promos for KHJ started with him. Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! How could you leave that out? Owned and operated by Audacy. Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. Jet was truly a phenominal station. His stories were fascinating especially told in that booming authoritative voice. 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. Bobby Reno Edgier. 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. But CHUM also did what no other mere Radio Station did. No doubt WQXI held off FM competition for years after the city grew beyond its signal. They were even the first station to carry the Atlanta Falcons when the team started in 1967. As are the respective lists of Top 40 *AND* Adult Contemporary stations that I listed above. Favorite part is the commercial for the Barracuda (or Baccaruda as the Plymouth man said). For me it was KFRC and KYA being born and raised and living my entire life in the Bay Area. And as for the aforementioned KFI Los Angeles, that also belongs on the list of the greatest Top 40 stations of all time, as it was a Top 40 station from the mid- or late 70s to about the mid-80s. I always thought of them as the WABC of the South. Jim Craig Professor, Broadcast Studies K-NUZ. WMGQ Magic 98.3 New Brunswick, NJ (WCTCs sister station) KILT Houston? Like a lot AM stations. WMCA, with its broader signal pattern and low dial position, covered the Monmouth and northern Ocean County beaches quite well, despite being only 5kw. When Metro Traffic came to Nashville, Marc put a Dumpster in the station parking lot and asked listeners to donate scrap metal so Y107 could buy a plane. Hows that for some entertaining teachers?! How do we use Cookies. A real crew. 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? I was also working for Norman Petty in Clovis NM at the time. None in major markets. Bobby Reno, a mainstay of New Orleans radio for 50 years whose career as a disc jockey began and ended at WTIX, where he was one of the more popular on-air personalities of the 1960s, died. A Top-40 jock named Eddie Haskell?!? Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 1675325920. and the WKNR Keener 13 crew. The comments pour in, what a fun read, and Tribute to how good it all was. Our playlist stores a 94.3 Rewind track list for the past 7 days. WDGY and WQAM were purchased in 1956, KOMA in 1958 and KXOK in 1960. Perry Murphy was a great host Took me home to meet his wife and through the KOMA facility BUddy Scott was doing his usual magic He was a BIG fellow but full of energy. (Amen! * Bill Murvin -RC Cola SpotJuly 1969 (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. 8. Get discovered by a world of playlist listeners. 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! Bart Prater (sp?) Pontchartrain Beach, Schlitz Beer, Metropolitan Bank of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling). What else can I say? As the song says tear open my shirt to show Rosie on my chest. I love all of the comments! Also, not at all intending to sound braggadocious, I think I was the first one to introduce a Classic Rock format. You folks in the Windy City were lucky SOBs LOL!! Somebody to Love. Station was located at 70 Brookline Avenue. Getting it down to 20 was tough, unfair, and subjective. 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! 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. ). * 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). WTIX was a great station, but I felt WQAM was a better example of Storz. Randy, get over yourself. I am in the Tour city, France in the end of March. Often teens in New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and other western states would eagerly await sunset when the mighty 1520 would come booming through with the newest hits of the day. 16. Call sign: WLMG Frequency: 101.9 FM City of license: New Orleans, LA Format: Adult Contemporary Owner: Audacy Area Served: New Orleans Contact Address: 400 Poydras Street, Suite 800, New Orleans, LA 70113 Phone: 504-526-3000 Mike has successfully managed to give WTIX a wonderful magic which I lovekeep it up! COMPOSER: Anton Arensky. Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first Top 40 station was born. 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 lets not forget that WABC was the first flagship of the Metsduring its third and fourth years as Top 40. Lou Saint . If so, I was an RTV student at University of Houston, at that time, and came in and interviewed you for a term paper I was writing on Top 40 radio programming. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. KBOX and the Balaban stations trained Stan Kaplan. I did. Mike Marshall (Frank Brodie) Burlington, ON, Great to see you comments Mike. Shows WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. And of course this is just my opinion on the greatest talent in the Motor and Glass Cities. Back in the heyday of exciting Top 40 AMs, that meant I was sandwiched between two of the greatest 89 WLS to the west, and The Big 8 CKLW, to the east. But here we go. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. I went on to have a 40 year career thanks to that 50,000 watt monster. It deserves mention here. ); 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? For the first time ever, these digitally remastered are now available to terrestrial radio. You mentioned WYNG, which was more hip than its competitor, WGBR. Hello Lee Roberts! None of the 15Q guys Michaels mentions, were there when the station signed-on Dr. Steve (Bridgewater) West am drive, Ron Baptist midday, Shot Bob Kelly pm drive, Bro Mick Rizzo 6-10, Kid Curry did 10-2a and many others that would have put stations on Lee Abrahms Those that I liked list too shame. Bruce Bradley at WBZ told me at a record hop in 1963 NOT to go into Radio. 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. In stereo! Hear the audio that matters most to you. I was fortunate to work on 99X iin my 20s! Charlie Tuna! KIIS/Los Angeles. Hope you are doing well in all of your endeavors. Of WLTH fame? Buzz Bennett showing up the first day with a German shepherd and a sledgehammer to knock the NBC logo off the lobby wall set the tone. WABC carried the Yankees during its final years, and I vaguely remember WMCA caring one of the teams in its final rock/talk years. Jim Woods in the night time was the most exciting thing around. U of Ps WXPN also did a good job with that format. Or WTAE Pittsburgh-ONE OF THE PIONEER ACS! [13] KHJ lasted about 10 years. Beers. (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.). Thank you Radio Ink for this amazing trip down memory lane. Johnny Holiday on WHK was awesome as well as when he was on 250 watt WRVM in Rochester in the fifties. 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. Also WFIL tried a comeback in the early 80s with Oldies: Great jocks, personality, nostalgic jingles. CNN By the time I went off to college in 1978, there were more FM radio options that I switched to. Tap the three-dot icon on the right of the video or press and hold on the video. What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTrSr-Dfuw. 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