Already a user? Jim Connors from WJET went to WMEX in Boston in 1971. Well said. I have noticed you dont monetize your website, dont waste I completely understood but I was so happy to have heard back from him and that he liked my work. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. 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. David Amen to WKIX 850 AM/96.1 FM The Giant of the South with a healthy share of PAMS jingles! ! ran top of every hour. Oh wait. 2.) His KFRC was better. Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. WHB and KXOK were among his best. Boogie. So, a small hat tip to WMGM as well. 12. By the way, if you asked me to list The Greatest *ADULT CONTEMPORARY* Stations of All Time (or did Radio Ink already put out such a list? Also The Great Roller Coaster Marathon at Pontchartrain, Beach winning WTIX DJ's. Marc took The Outrageous FM to a 17 share, 500,000 cume in a market of less than a million at the time. [Apologies if Im forgetting anybody.] It kind of reminds me of the famous scene with Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti. Including two that are in The National Radio Hall Of Fame. Smile on your brother. For help or assistance please contact us at 1-877-480-3201 or 1-717-338-2824 (TTY) or you may submit requests online via e-support. as a Top 40 station. CKLW/Windsor-Detroit. ", mention of Kirschman's Gentilly Woods. I know, because I was just cutting my teeth in Toledo radio beginning in 1973. Great visit Great station!! WRKO were all slices from the Bill Drake pie. WJET-FM debuted at number one. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleans's Greatest Hits Station. That 50,000-watt night signal put everything east of the Rockies in earshot at night. KIOA. He said I look outside and if I see lights then we give it a try. was one of my childhood heros. Didnt happen, but the writing was on the wall. Free IPTV Playlists. Unfortunately from what I understand, you were not part of the team at the time IIRC. Seamless Internet Connectivity required for playback as the App does not store any videos offline. * Bob Walker - Aircheck October 6, 1968 (10:47), It's a WTIX Golden Weekend on a Sunday Night. BTW, I was honored that I got to meet you at the CKLW Fifty Year celebration in Detroit in july. They had a broad playlist and I wish I could have been a kid in Chicago. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) 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 night I visited Joey in the studio, he asked me to take a 45 in to PappyMemphis by Lonnie Mackplayed for the first time that night! Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. Lets also at least have some hat tips toward the unmentioned above: WKIX in Raleigh (with Pat Patterson and other huge talents, and huge numbers too), WCOG in Greensboro, WTOB and WAIR in Winston-Salem, WIBG and WFIL in Philly, WMEX in Boston, WOLF in Syracuse, WPTR in Albany, WQXI in Atlanta, WQAM in Miami, XERB (Wolfman era) in Tijuana/San Diego/Coastal CA), WIL in St. Louis, KOMA in Oklahoma City (as big with skywave in the West as WKBW was in the East), KAAY in Little Rock (another skywave monster) WXYZ in Detroit, CKEY in Toronto, WMID in Atlantic City, WINS and WMGM in New York (which lost to WMCA and WABC, but still), WAPE (The Big Ape) in Jacksonville and the coast up to Hatteras, KFWB and KRLA in Los Angeles, KYNO in Fresto, KFRC and KSFO in San Francisco, KIMN in Denver, KLIF in Dallas, WSAI in Cincinnati, WING in Dayton, WITH in Baltimore, WEAM and WPGC in DC Okay, Ill stop there. Nicd guy. I worked with legends. Dave Morris was the owner/morning man. A top 40 station in the Washington,DC area in the mid to late 60s had a DJ named Alan Afterhours. CKLW in late 60s and early 70s was like listening to a non-stop party. Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. Owned and operated by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting. He had 60 shares with a 500- watt daytimer. The Other Woman. 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. B100 interns Dave Sniff and Tony Pepper went on to part time status. KB proved that great talent, not great equipment, make great radio. For me it was KFRC and KYA being born and raised and living my entire life in the Bay Area. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Daily industry headlines plus breaking news bulletins. Forever. With all do respect KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. Of WLTH fame? 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. Seeing Lees List recognizing Big WAYS as a Top 20 Station and Randy Michaels actually listing 15Q, WAYS, and the Funky Monkey WAPE, gave me some warm fuzzies KFRC/San Francisco. Does anyone remember the station? Mac Richmond (one of the owners) was a crazed micro-manager and abrasive as sandpaper, but he knew talent. Later WOV and WNEW switched frequencies. @Phil Dirt And looking at the remaining characteristics, Big 10 had it all. Mac Richmond brought Arnie Ginsburg to 1510 from WBOS-AM. Super CFL!! 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. Chuck Blore used the name on the AM, 1150: KIIS=K115. I would agree with how great WRKO was. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. -Bruce Scott No credit card needed. , Skip Wilkerson -Aircheck Morning Drive, March 16, 1965 (10:02), * Sy Jenkins - Aircheck 20/20 Newscast, with David Lawrence and Jon Reed 5/20/70 ( 8:38 ), Beatles Concert Ticket Contest- WTIX September 1964 (1:02), *Louise Harrison Caldwell WTIX Aircheck, August 5, 1964. Listen To 103.3/95.9 Earth FM WRTH From Greenville And Get All Your Favorite Radio Stations On The Go With The Audacy App. WHB was added in 1954. GM Paul Palmer just let us run with it. Holliday was also great as Baron of the Bay at KYA/SF. Re said posters comment posted September 6, 2018 at 2:34 pm: Or certainly brought FM into the 1970s! That's a good thing. Thank you Radio Ink for this amazing trip down memory lane. Few stations have been able to achieve consistent success in ratings, and the conversion of ratings to revenue and cash flow, like KIIS. A further thought on this string: As kids growing up in Welland, Ontario, most of the radio we listened to was from Buffalo. * Ted Green -AircheckSummer 1962 (15:50) Recorded on a DX radio signal, some QSB. KLIF was the first and best. I based this list on originality and impact. Nice comments, Jim. Somehow it seemed appropriate. (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 Im talking about! It was overdubbed several times. 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! 18. How good is that? been listening to TIX since the 70s. Toledo also had a lot of great talent. Really? 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. Bobby Reno WABC was the Yankees of the group. 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. Again, pardon the rambling, but New York City even had a PART-TIME Top 40 rocker in the early days of said format. Nice! Even got to bring Les Garland a 6 pack of Pearl Beer in my suitcase. In more recent times, as a young man, I moved to Houston in the early 80s. Great to see WHB from KC and KXOK from St. Louis on the list. KNUZ/Houston. This list is bullit. Still there as WNTP, Salem radio. Boogie) devised an audacious plan to go head-to-head with market-owning KCBQ. I love radio. 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. TIX also streams online. Somebody to Love. 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. 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! KLIF with Ron Chapman, Hal Martin (Michael Spears, who gave me my first job at 14), Michael OShea (who gave me my first tour of a radio station), Jimmy Rabbit, Dave Van Dyke (who kicked me out of the building when I sneaked up the fire escape), Paxton Mills, Jim Taber and Rod Roddy (I was his call screener when Gordon gave him an evening talk show). Randy, get over yourself. Owned and operated by Audacy. Love your show! Talk about versatility!) Im still grateful for the opportunity when you hired me in New Have, CT all those years ago. The equipment was ancient. I meant WKYC, not WXYZ. 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. Johnny Holiday on WHK was awesome as well as when he was on 250 watt WRVM in Rochester in the fifties. , 4539 N. I-10 Service road Third FloorMetairie, LA. Owned by Hugh Holder, then Henderson Belk, Southern Broadcasting and Mann Media. Bob Walker20-20Traffic,BillMurvinonSmith's&TapeCitySpot. There were many good radio stations all over the USA radio map, like for me KACY, Ventura, KIST, Santa Barbara, KMBY Monterey, KDON Salinas. PLEASE FIX THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE.I'm singing along at work and BAM the music goes out! The Mets started out on WABC during its first 2 years until Rick Sklar kicked them off. Heres a shout out to them. 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. Another memory WMEX had the jocks names locked in like Fenway in the morning, Dan Donovan, Melvin X Melvin and so on. THAT Lee Abrams guy? 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! Metairie, LA, USA. So was WVAQ, I am the person that changed it from beautiful music to Top 40 in 1976. From 1966- thru 1976 they were a huge Atlanta powerhouse even with their highly directional 1KW at night at 790. Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. No, but I was named for him. Jim Craig Professor, Broadcast Studies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTrSr-Dfuw. They did the impossible and stayed there for years, despite the signal handicap. Its city of license is Galliano, Louisiana. They didnt last long, but they were awesome. After M&M Hot Rod Glenn picks up the mid-day duties, Pal Al Nassar covers afternoon drive, and Jay Douglas a.k.a. Listen Here 1. 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 TALK! Two very prominent stations in the TOP 40 history book! document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You have entered an incorrect email address! 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 94.3 FM's heritage call letters originate from the legendary Top 40 AM station WTIX 690 AM, "The Mighty 690." In my teen years, I remember calling in and winning prizes. Whatever your new sound, pitching can help it get heard by fans around the world. Some stations have been amazing at times and just awful at others. @Radiovet Ask most any of themit was the greatest experience of their careers. It was a crazy idea. The number one selection by the fan picks proves that the entire country would have benefited. The "singer" is (WTIX DJ) Ed Ripley. WGRC was purchased by Gordon McLendon and went Top 40 in 1958, debuting by playing Purple People Eater for a week. The Big 8 will NEVER be forgotten! His stories were fascinating especially told in that booming authoritative voice. Over 50 million titles available from the Apple Music catalog! Jesus, that station was the damn WABC, WTIX, CKLW, WLS, WINS, WMCA, KHJ, KRLA, KLIF, WQXI, etc. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. 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. Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! WABC had 10 times more power. I could hardly go to sleep cause I was so revved up by that great music and Long John Silver. WTIX-FM - playlist by jamacco | Spotify Home Search Your Library Create Playlist Liked Songs Cookies Privacy Preview of Spotify Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. Still love it! reviews. KBOX and the Balaban stations trained Stan Kaplan. It was worth driving 500 miles each way to hear live. (The legendary album-oriented rocker went Top 40 the same year asin fact, two months prior towhat would become Z-100, and remained so until 1992, when it evolved into its current Hot Adult Contemporary format.). 2. Even though they had such a large audience with the 50,000watt tower. You mentioned WYNG, which was more hip than its competitor, WGBR. 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. How can we not mention the stations owned and operated by the late Todd Storz which basically invented the Top 40 Format. I was fortunate to work on 99X iin my 20s! of great Top 40 stations. LOL, Morgus' Experiment- House of Shock theme & experiment - '45 record released in1959(4:07), Pontchartrain Beach radio spot-WTIX 1962 (1:02). Was Out in the Street by the Shangri-Las really the last record you played on Wins and the last record heard thereon? WAYS/Charlotte. (Amen! Loved by everyone in all the western states! I like the mention of Big WAYS and WTIX as I lived in those cities and I used to hear WAPE. of THE PACIFIC MOTHERFUCKIN NORTHWEST!!! Though I grew up and lived my whole life in Philadelphia, for Top 40, my all-time favorite station was WABC. When everyone in Top 40 was going to short jingles and less talk, KB hired big talent, played long jingles, and gave the jocks all the time they wanted if what they said was compelling. Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. WADOs 1280 signal was originally a time share of WAAM Newark, WODA in Patterson and WHBI. I remember listening to tix as a teenag Sorry. Larry Anderson, the PD at WGR Buffalo, listened to WJET driving back and forth to see family in Ohio. Everyone here has had the luxury of living through some of the best radio ever. And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . 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. He trashed the beautiful-music automation and took KFMBs little 10,000 watt FM live with no jingles, minimal formatting, an expanded uptempo playlist that was carted up at 46.5 RPM, heavy promotion, heavy Oganowski compression and a staff of crazed, hyper-caffeinated jocks including Rob Landree, Dave Conley, Rocketman (Scott Wright), Willie B Goode, Jimi Fox, Gary Kelley, Kevin Anderson, Phil Flowers and Billy Martin. No way that can happen today, with so many other signals on every formerly clear channel. One of those in the mid 50s was George The Hound Lorenz at night on WKBW. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. WHLW/WOBM-AM Lakewood, NJ, (Adult Contemporary) Dennis Williams, Toledo,Oh. Automation, consolidation and syndication killed the small-and-medium-market farm system that fed those larger-market stations. And John Teshwell, we all know what became of him. KSFO was MOR, not Top 40. Gotta put a vote in for The Big 143, CKFH! Even the news anchors, like Grant Hudson and Byron MacGregor (who had a hit record of his own, The Americans) sounded spectacular. If youre THAT Johnny Holliday, werent you on WINS New York during the tail end of its Top 40 era (before flipping to (and pioneering) all-news radio in 1965? Posted on April 10, 2021 by IPTVMate. 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. And I agree that WQAM was a better example of the Storz sound. 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. WDGY and WQAM were purchased in 1956, KOMA in 1958 and KXOK in 1960. Agree with Bill Wayland at one point 68 WRKO had an almost 60 share Teens. 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. so he can cook for us. I'm a 79 year old and love your line up. Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? It held the number one position from 1960 until 1977. If youre so inclined, send me an email so we might get in touch. Like Country 4. 4539 N Interstate 10 Service Rd W, Metairie, LA 70006. KYA was also a great station with Emperor Gene Nelson, Tom Donahue, and many others. KRTH, Los Angeles (1980s,Sorry I havent been out to the West Coast in a long time) 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. WROV was the lowest powered full time station in the market and often beat all other stations combined. Old timers in Omaha still remember KOWH. Mad Daddy Pete Myers, Johnny Holliday, Scott Burton, Pat Fitzgerald, Johnny Walters, Ron Riley, Carl Reese and Keith Morris, what a great air staff. Imagine how the whole history of Boston radio would be changed if that happened. . Galliano - Really. A lot of people went to bed and woke up with the Good Guys at KIOA. 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. Ps. Would Randy Michaels be the same who worked afternoons on WJET? Great to see so many radio brethren on here. Ohas far as Adult Contemporary stations of the pastand the greatest such stations of all timeare concerned, Id be remiss if I omitted KMPC Los Angeles. WVLT, Vineland, NJ (for a long time and still currently, as far as I know) After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. And while were on the subject of Midwestern 50 kay-dubba-you AM blowtorches, *(the Cleveland version of) KYW/WXYZ (Top 40)/WWWE (aka 3WE) (Adult Contemporary)* and *WGAR (Adult Contemporary-and probably Top 40 at one point)*, both in Cleveland! Glad to see the two stations I grew up with listed here. Locally owned by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting, the station operates at 100,000 watts and serves the city of New Orleans and the Gulf South. Def Leppard 1675327016. I was stationed at Whiteman AFB in Missouri in the 60s and loved WHB with DJ Johnny Dolan and others. But now,looking back, it was a different era, and AM rode the wave while it was there. Dick Fatherly was my first source for the story that WTIX, then on 1450, was the first station to use the phrase Top-40. Well said, Buddy.. Hi Michael, Hot Rod, Al! 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. Even to this day, as someone who, demographically, is supposed to be way outside the Top 40 parameters Im a 50-something male I still love a great CHR-Pop station. In that decade, it was an outstanding battle of the FM CHRs, 93Q/KKBQ and Power 104/KRBE. * Joe Hagler -AircheckSummer 1962 (2:07), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckJune 1969. EVERYONE wanted to be like you guys, including me who at the time had a lot to learn. 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. 3. Even thought WCCO was not a music station, in the 60s and 70s, they would play softer top 40 hits during some of their programming. (As theyve been saying on one segment of the Monday Night Football halftime show in recent years, ) COME on, man! Anybody who knows a THING about at least early PHILADELPHIA Top 40 radio knows that before there was WFIL (or at least the beginning of its own Top 40 format), there was Wibbage! 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. 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. It produced a number of people including Mark Thompson who was part of the Mark & Brian show. Beers. So many markets not mentioned. How many lost 45s I have bought listening to those old WCFL airchecks is astounding. At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! When I made the trek to Dallas, I was enthralled by ( How to play on VLC Media Player) 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. 10. it; THATTTS!! Those were some really good years on Twin Cities radio. Im proud to know people who worked thereand even at places like CKLW and KHJ. Led through the 60s by Program Directors Dean Johnson, Dale Wehba, and Perry Murphy, some of the best-remembered DJs spun the hits each day and night. WROV in Roanoke deserves a mention On the market for close to five years with more listeners than all other Roanoke stations Bert Levine, who owned the station, believed very much in developing personalities without exception all the personalities on the station became major celebrities in Western Virginia. New Orleans. SERIOUSLY! That station was my LIFE as a kid. On the other had he sold the station for a then record price. Yes, I know KLIF was the first polished Top 40 station and the big station in Dallas. (Jesus!, to leave out some of the Top 40 stations in any major city and yet mention WABC, WLS, CKLW or even Z-100, your input has gotta the hell motherfuckin suck SHIT!). The founder and owner, Myron Jones, built the building and wired the studios himself. 3.) If you re-read this article, youll see that Randy Michaels *did* list WMCA. 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. Ah, but Randy included the great WAPE!! WABC drove us home from Ft. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight. Pat KJR was a great station. English Website 87 Listen live 17 Contacts WTIX-FM reviews 4 Keith Kosier 05.01.2023 I just moved back and cant believe how great this station has got. Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch. 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. Now its boring as hell. WTIX 94.3 | Metairie LA Third Floor Dick worked weekends at WDAF Kansas City when I was Ops Manager there in 1977. WOW! Respectfully, though, I would not rank WCFL below WABC, much less rank them last, undeR WIXY?????? I listen to the Crusin 1966 album almost religiously. @Rich Marston 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? About my Junior year in High School, i found WXLO in New York. Ed Ripley voiceover, featuring The Nerveless Nocks and the Poodle Express. 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 (3:56), for Sergio Mendez & Brazil '66 album & concert. Like other stations, it rolled with the times and changed. It was fun reading about these different stations and what made them excel, and I wish we still had many of them. 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. Not a registered user of Streema yet? And here are my picks for the 20 greatest Top 40 radio stations of all time: This was a tough assignment. Even though I was over my head, I was well aware I was standing in a historic spot. Jim Woods in the night time was the most exciting thing around. WABC won by dominating the areas WMCA didnt reach, and by raiding WMCA for talent and ideas. Who pissed the furthest? 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). KOMA interviewed the dealership owner and all he could talk about was that GD gas station was still standing amid all the rubble. And this is only a partial listing. While I was there a tornado hit nearby at a car dealership. McClendon may have guessed wrong. ABCs $50,000 Button? In fact, the list also left off the early Adult Contemporary stations, period! And if you dont know what I mean by that. I have listened to this channel since I was a teenager! The glory days of CKLW were only five years long, but the Big 8s influence reverberates today. s. 2. Storz didnt own KOIL. Most every market had two or three pretty good Top-40s back then; lucky if you can find one now. And they had some great ones Charlie Tuna, Machine Gun Kelly (at night!). That's a good thing. Yes, WABC had more listeners and more attention. In his undershirt he personally cooked, red beansand rice, along with corn bread for us. 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