John Box gave Gordon McLendon fits and forced KLIF to be even better. 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. 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??? But Ive got to know, did anyone measure? Its city of license is Galliano, Louisiana. I know a PD in Texas who couldnt afford research, so he just listened to WLS to see what to play. A real crew. Scott Shannon in his prime. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. 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) Thank you Randy Michaels for the 102 WVAQ mention! All my old pals! Randy, if you ask *me*, you can name every single radio station that ever was or has been Top 40 and the list would *still* be too short. 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. How good is that? David Amen to WKIX 850 AM/96.1 FM The Giant of the South with a healthy share of PAMS jingles! Didnt lose a single bottle in flight from DFW to SF. When WNBC went CHR in the 70s, that ranked up there, too. K92 was mentioned and they picked up the number one spot a few years after they went on the air in 1980, dethroning WROV. KIIS/Los Angeles. One could consider ratings, longevity, originality, influence, or many other criteria. WMCA was more like the Dodgers: deeply loved inside the boroughs. 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). New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation. Boogie. I grew up in Goldsboro, NC, and there were a couple of stations that played top 40. Montereys location was perfect, radio-wise: San Francisco all day, L.A. at night, including Wolfman Jack on The Mighty 1090 XERB. New Orleans. 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. 15 WLAC in Nashville, my choice for the best. 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. Im referring to WPWT, 91.7 FM, in Philadelphia, from mid-1978 to early 1980, of which I was proudly a part. Great Stuff and why I got into radio for a few years full time and a couple of decades, part~time. 17. Example: 1-XXX-XXX-9849 (WTIX) Def Leppard 1675327016. I worked in Trenton, MO in 78 and thought that WDAF 61 Country was great Top 40 radio and how good country radio could be programmed. "Michael In The Morning" Costello (under the name Fleur de Lis Broadcasting) and operates at 94.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. WEBE WEBE (pronounced WEE-bee) 108 Westport, CT (WICCs sister station) I always thought of them as the WABC of the South. At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. Frank Jolly did afternoons on KBOX and was great and a little crazy. I do remember, however, getting WLS on my Zenith Royal 400 7-transistor radio on the floor of Yosemite Valley that same summer, though. 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. Not a registered user of Streema yet? Login with Google. WAPE/Jacksonville. 4539 N Interstate 10 Service Rd W, Metairie, LA 70006. 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!!!!! Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! And this is only a partial listing. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. Ryan reynolds, rob mcelhenney take a rare bite out of welsh history with '20 ways to make rarebit' cookbook. Dick Fatherly was my first source for the story that WTIX, then on 1450, was the first station to use the phrase Top-40. For others, the hyper-high energy and tight production of talents like JoJo Kincaid was the Holy Grail. Radio Ink recruited two of the best programming minds in the business, Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels, to answer this question: What are the greatest Top 40 stations of all time? Heres how they stacked them up and your lively debate, comments and disagreements on how they did. Unless you mean BOTH Z-100 AND Pirate Radio, the latter was a station in Los Angeles; in fact, he left Z-100 to helm the Pirate Radio format (I forgot what station had that branding). Peter Gabriel 1675326418. Who Will You Run To. With this simple but effective application you will be able to listen to WTIX 94.3 New Orleans and all its content 24 hours a day, 7 days a week no matter where you are and what you are doing. KISN Portland?!? Surprised that WHBQ, Memphis didnt make someones list. I didnt see WIBG Wibbage 990 in Philadelphia. At least B100 was in Somebodys list. Using the actual TV show theme song "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" and splicing the banjo on the beginning over and over, a similar fun song was born that spotlighted the WTIX DJ's of 1962 instead of the Clampett family. It was more than just the music. And, I confess to plagiarizing W-C-F-L of-a-TownCHI-CA-GO for the rebranding of CKSL London Ontario in the mid 70s. His KFRC was better. Breakfast with the Beatles features music by the fab four every Sunday afternoon. Tough duty but Lee and Randy did an amazing job Me? Currently, WDGY is based in Hudson, WI and is back to playing hits from the 60s and 70s. 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. Pontchartrain Beach, Schlitz Beer, Metropolitan Bank of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling). What a great business it was back then! Here she is complaining about. Two legendary Top 40s that apparently didnt make the cut for these lists. 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. All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. 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. 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. And looking at the remaining characteristics, Big 10 had it all. Does anyone remember the station? CKLW/Windsor-Detroit. KOIL Omaha was the first Top Forty station thanks to Todd Storzdont they deserve a mention? your traffic, you can earn additional bucks every month. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You have entered an incorrect email address! WRKO were all slices from the Bill Drake pie. The formats would be better, if the music product was better. KB proved that great talent, not great equipment, make great radio. Great to see WHB from KC and KXOK from St. Louis on the list. Id say most folks who heard KNUS during its brief glory years would tell you it belongs on the list. Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. I can still hear those dulcet tones of yours. 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. With just 250 watts on 1230, KNUZ was the longtime market leader in Houston. WMCA killed WABC in the ratings from 1963-1965. But lets not forget KXOL/Ft. Your comment is being published.Thanks for keeping alive the conversation. Heard hed make the production director Bill Mousis redo the promos over and over again. 2.) !, yet!) However, I likewise agree with Lee that KHJ should be at or near the top of the list. . Growing up in southern Minnesota from the late 1960s through the late 1970s, my friends and I listened to WDGY AM during the day and WLS AM after sunset. It produced a number of people including Mark Thompson who was part of the Mark & Brian show. Great call letters, too. WERA Plainfield, NJ (went dark in 1997 due to WWRL New Yorks then-impending wattage boost) A great Top 40 station. I grew up in Northern VA. We had Major Top 40 AM competition! If youre so inclined, send me an email so we might get in touch. It was worth driving 500 miles each way to hear live. Great contemporary music doesnt exist today. Louis, WTIX/New Orleans and WQAM/Miami (or at least one of them) cant be taken seriously. But now,looking back, it was a different era, and AM rode the wave while it was there. (Welland was kind of a suburb of Buffalo, just not as close as Tonawanda was.) KBOX and the Balaban stations trained Stan Kaplan. and I was glad to see CKLW made #1 on the readers poll, also mentioning engineer Ed Butterbaughs work on their signal was unbelievable, CKLW actually DID jump out of radios, like Ive never heard since. They got 60 shares in Dallas with that signal. TIX also streams online. 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) 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. ), all air talent/music driven Top 40 stations. Listen Live Memories 98.3 Fm Radio With Onlineradiobox.com. WTIX/New Orleans. The idea was to protect some station in Canada. KLIF was the first and best. Spotify for Artists is the only way to submit new music for playlisting. No one, ever, anywhere, did the basics better than the Big 8. WABC was good but rarely great. Stan invested in talent and promotion. you go, Phil; *THATS!!!!! WHAT the damn FUCK??? KQV had the heritage and was owned by a company that knew something about Top 40, so 13Q was instant roadkill. Im not sure what happened to WYNG except that it was possibly drowned in the FM tsunami. Marlene I am so sad to hear that Lacy is no longer with us. WLS was the most influential station in the nation in the late 60s and early 70s. My grandkids love the old music. 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. Only then did KOIL take notice and knocked off the daytimer with the larger 5kw day/night signal. Agree that KFJZ was the station in Ft Worth. KMPC retained its AC format from circa 1976 through the rest of the decade. (AND TO THINK THAT AT HIS PREVIOUS RADIO EMPLOYER IN BOSTONWMEXTHAT WAS ONE OF THAT STATIONSAS YOU SAID, PAULHOUSE NAMES! Only one mention of Super CFL Chicago?!?! He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. A top 40 station in the Washington,DC area in the mid to late 60s had a DJ named Alan Afterhours. Enjoy Music Playlist! Thanx for listening.. Z100 Pirate Radio, New York. SON! KMPC remained Adult Contemporary (the soft-rock radio formats name by then) until about the turn of the following decade. Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. Dick Lamb and Gene Loving also did a show called Disc-O-Ten on WAVY-TV, and Lamb later had a morning talk show on WTAR (now WTKR), Channel 3. BTW, I was honored that I got to meet you at the CKLW Fifty Year celebration in Detroit in july. Even though they had such a large audience with the 50,000watt tower. Suitcase Simpson, Chuck Boo Baron, Eddie Beacon the Swingin Deacon, and others have never sounded better. KYA was also a great station with Emperor Gene Nelson, Tom Donahue, and many others. love the music, feels like 60s again growing up in slidell. In Your Room. 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. Automation, consolidation and syndication killed the small-and-medium-market farm system that fed those larger-market stations. It really started in 1958 with Perry Allen, Russ The Moose Syracuse, Art Roberts and Dick Biondi. For a number of years Fenway was the morning man. WFAN 66 AM - 101.9 FM 3. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. How do we use Cookies. The Power Pig was more outrageous, but Y107 was a better station. 1981 The Oldies Professor Steve Slumber calls the WTIX Original OldieHour. Lenny Kravitz 1675325726. (Willard The Rat Scott) rode the drive time shift. None of the big-market owners did the smart thing and moved to FM in the 70s. (I still havent forgiven the Dodgers for leaving.) Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. Posted on April 10, 2021 by IPTVMate. Its hard to fight for supremacy when you own the competition. Bob Walker20-20Traffic,BillMurvinonSmith's&TapeCitySpot. Great visit Great station!! Much appreciated. . Part timers of that era included Jimmy JR Rogers, John Mondo Fox, Beaver Cleaver (Ken Levineyep, THAT Ken Levine) and Dr. I LOVED the 6-years+ I spent at the helm of those prestigious monster radio stations. Thank you for still give g praise to him. KRFC. see more Sign up with Google. (Top 40) I was still a AM KFRC fan up until 1983. I grew up listening to KXOK in St. Louis during the daytime hours (Johnny Rabbit) and WLS at night. Whats easy to forget (especially if all the history happened before ones time) is that top 40 stations had strong loyalties akin to ball teams. I remember when ABC proposed Superadio in 1981, putting jocks from WABC, WLS and KQV on your small-town station. Now its boring as hell. 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! The FCC wasnt amused, but the public was. 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. 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?] 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. https://wjla.com/news/entertainment/argo-contriversy-ex-canada-ambassador-slighted-by-affleck-s-argo85572. WABC was the Yankees of the group. By creating an account, you are indicating that you have read and agree to the, I listen from Ponchatoula. So was WVAQ, I am the person that changed it from beautiful music to Top 40 in 1976. Also thanks for mentioning WROV in Roanoke. WHB was added in 1954. Radio Bollerwagen 2. Even that 50,000 watt blowtorch signal was so strong that it easily penetrated into my bedroomdown in the basement! (Re my comment on 5/22/2018 @4:03 PM:) Not to nitpick, but you were off by one year as to the debut of the Atlanta Falcons: they actually started in 1966. WAKY/Lousiville. * Robert Mitchell (with Jim Swiler) -Quarterback "BillyKilmore"November 1969 (1:17), * Robert Mitchell (with Katy Caraway) -Mardi Gras Phone CallsFebruary 28, 1980(5:18). There were so many great Personality AM powerhouses in the 50s-70s. Cookie files from analytics systems, social networks and other services help us to customise our website to better match your interests. Paper Filing? FKA ChuckerI'm now. That shout is still in use at 620 AM and 103.5 FM, which use the WAKY calls today.). Pappy was the op for Joey Reynolds, among otherscorrect? When we went Top 40, we added Carl Lee. The only WMCA personality who ever worked at Top 40 WABC was Harry Harrison, and he had already decided to leave WMCA when Rick Sklar called him to offer a job (just before they dropped everything that made them successful as the Good Guys due to a management change). They were even the first station to carry the Atlanta Falcons when the team started in 1967. I completely agree with KHJ being #1 on the list. WTIX-FM is an oldies outlet serving the New Orleans area. And, plus, HOW can you even contemplate omitting New Yorks WINS (Thats where Murray the K made his mark, dontcha know that? Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? 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. But here we go. 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. You made radio come alive. And did I list Phillys B101 in my list of suburban-NEW YORK CITY ACs? Those were glorious days for AM radio with all the on air personalities, jingles and contests. Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. Already a user? However you guys have to increase your power. MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. 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 As Radio 8-0 CKLW spent the early 60s as a crappy Top 40 well behind WKNR and WXYZ. From 1966- thru 1976 they were a huge Atlanta powerhouse even with their highly directional 1KW at night at 790. All Top 40 radio leaned towards MOR in the early Fifties. Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. A tue rocker in its days. When I started at WGR as a part timer, that became my new name. Years later my wife was changing gates at DFW Airport when she spotted Wolfman Jack sitting against the wall in a bar. I don't like your friends and you don't like my friends. The McLendon format memos remain some of the best how-to handbooks for radio. WKBW/Buffalo. KTKT In Tucson was as good as any big market station. Stand with Ukraine. * Don Anthony - Aircheck August 1973 (7:33), * Don Anthony -Louis Prima Interview 1974 (10:00), * Buzz Bennett -AircheckApril 1967 Buzz at his manic best. Few stations have been able to achieve consistent success in ratings, and the conversion of ratings to revenue and cash flow, like KIIS. 10. Charlie Tuna! During the day we kistened to WKY (Oklahoma City) but when dusk came we had KOMA (Oklahoma City), WLS (Chicago), KLIF (Dallas), WNOE (New Orleans), and XERF out of Del Rio carryying Wolfman Jack. I know, because I was just cutting my teeth in Toledo radio beginning in 1973. After sunset gone. Do you mean KFRC and *KYA* San Francisco? KFM-BFM San Diego was, IIRC, the first major market FM Top 40 to be #1 in all demographics 12+ and all day parts, in Fall 1977. * 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. Lee and Randy..Congratulations on putting together that list. So, a small hat tip to WMGM as well. Some of the greatest talent came through Detroit Toledo Ohio. WLS was fun to listen to, but, was never as tight as WHK during the above-mentioned years. Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first Top 40 station was born. 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? Jocks with a bit more rope. Bam, Wow, Im as proud today as I was back in the day when I enjoyed the honor of programming two of each of your picks! @Radiovet I heard the audio, listened to stories. The WAKY shout was created by Johnny and a group of girls he met out just after the bars closed. Great station playing the music I grew up with. I loved WAPE 690. Yes, I agree, I don't understand why my car radio often does not pick up WTIX clearly. (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). Mike Marshall (Frank Brodie) Burlington, ON, Great to see you comments Mike. WABC drove us home from Ft. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight. WTIX FM 94.3 Webplayer. 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. CKLW is definitely #1, and the most influential Top 40 of all time (thanks to Rosie). Bart Prater (sp?) While in the USAF in 1967-68 I visited KOMA. 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. LOL, Morgus' Experiment- House of Shock theme & experiment - '45 record released in1959(4:07), Pontchartrain Beach radio spot-WTIX 1962 (1:02). Listening to Happy Hare or Shotgun Tom or Charlie and Harrigan, you wouldnt know the calls originally stood for CBS Quality.. Bobby Reno It kind of reminds me of the famous scene with Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti. As the song says tear open my shirt to show Rosie on my chest. SERIOUSLY! And that was Mr Abrams #20. Y100 Miami crushed it late 70s 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. Sgt. Early Feb., 1980, the station management purged us all. Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first "Top 40" station was born. The sounds that listeners remembered the most: ( Clydesdales marching in a Mardi Gras parade - Skip Broussard & Buzz Bennett ), (Check out the prices for new cars and gasoline! 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