More than 1,300 airchecks from all across Canada and the U.S. KISN in Portland was my favorite. (Welland was kind of a suburb of Buffalo, just not as close as Tonawanda was.) This list is bullit. I loved WAPE 690. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. How can we not mention the stations owned and operated by the late Todd Storz which basically invented the Top 40 Format. With just 250 watts on 1230, KNUZ was the longtime market leader in Houston. Those two local stations, though, played the soundtrack for many folks pre-teen and teen years here in our area. 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 I know, because I was just cutting my teeth in Toledo radio beginning in 1973. *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. 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). Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Dont get screwed, get WAPEd!. WMCA killed WABC in the ratings from 1963-1965. Kudos to the very talented people at those stations who contributed to creating the well deserved legendary status that still exists. Gotta put a vote in for The Big 143, CKFH! CKLW was high on a pedestal in those days and people admired it. And I definitely remember John Leader. Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. One of our four chime tones that we played whenever we announced what time it was in the 1970's. Great Music!!! 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. When WNBC went CHR in the 70s, that ranked up there, too. Hear the audio that matters most to you. WYHY (Y107)/Nashville. Of all the airchecks in recent years I have heard from the late 60s through the 70s from different TOP40 stations around the country, I wish I could have experienced listening to Super CFL in Chicago live back then. WADOs 1280 signal was originally a time share of WAAM Newark, WODA in Patterson and WHBI. I'm a 79 year old and love your line up. During the party, the dj there played the Doobie Bros Listen to the Music. But the signal was awful, the staff was expensive, and 15Q failed quickly. There were no general-market oriented rock n roll stations in the early and probably even well into the mid-Fifties. Under the video, click Save . I lived in Erie at that time and listened to Jet 14 and Randy Michaels, along with Frank Martin, Ronnie G (Seggi), Jim Conners, Jack OBrien, and Al Knight. WTIX - April 8, 1972 Lou Saint. . These are all good stations, who deserve their place in history, and our hearts. A top 40 station in the Washington,DC area in the mid to late 60s had a DJ named Alan Afterhours. Great program directors in Holland Cooke for AM and Gary Berkowitz for FM. That was the prelude Third Floor Metairie, LA. 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. Presidential candidate / Alabama Governor George Wallace had just been shot. The Playlist: With Christian Hillborg, Gizem Erdogan, Edvin Endre, Severija Janusauskaite. Doug Limerick, you might remember, was later a news reader for the ABC Information Network. And John Teshwell, we all know what became of him. Lock it in and rip the knob off.. Over 50 million titles available from the Apple Music catalog! KIIS/Los Angeles. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleanss Greatest Hits Station. But lets be honest, there were TONS of great Top 40 stations and narrowing it down to 10 or 20- or 40- is nearly impossible because of what appeals to the one making the choices. Mac Allen. Also, chalk up WKIX; Mike Reineri (sp?) Doing a great job! Your contributions to the Seattle music scene and radio are undeniable. in the Spring of 1978, I was doing a late night fill-in on WKDU during their weekday Progressive Rock programming and I decided to do a show of all classic Progressive Rock tracks from the 60s and very early 70s, the music I had enjoyed from the afore-mentioned stations. Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. WERA Plainfield, NJ (went dark in 1997 due to WWRL New Yorks then-impending wattage boost) Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. . I listen to the Crusin 1966 album almost religiously. 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. It was more than just the music. Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. With all do respect KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. Thank you I Heart, for ruining the industry. Loved by everyone in all the western states! THAT Lee Abrams guy? Thanks for putting in the time and effort, much appreciated. Suitcase Simpson, Chuck Boo Baron, Eddie Beacon the Swingin Deacon, and others have never sounded better. * Bill Murvin -RC Cola SpotJuly 1969 (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. HOWEVER, PLEASE do something about it dropping constantly. You patiently answered them for this 17 year old radio freak. We old people lucked out in having 60s and 70s Top 40 radio!!! Metairie, LA. WPRO AM & FM Providence, RI were outstanding Top 40 stations. Biggest problem was losing talent to bigger markets. Thinking you were referring to Michaels not Brown. It would be impossible to make a top 20 list that everyone would like, but these are great! The reason is KHJ, Drakes first RKO project, was huge news and sent Top 40 radio on a new trajectory that would eventually affect virtually every station in the format. Select a playlist such as Watch Later, or a. But KBOX was pretty amazing for having only 500 watts at night at 1480. 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. Readers Top 10 Top 40s. Thanks. It could compete anywhere. Taking a chance on a record on-air from time to time and listening to their feedback, not just auditorium testing. WTIX - May 20, 1972 Michael Green. it; THATTTS!! Randys list is more insightful, but both of them left out WFIL, which some felt at the time was the best Top 40 station in the U.S. (around 1968-1970). Im surprised no one mentioned WQXI Atlanta. May I put in a plug for non-commercial station that was run very professionally and achieved some notoriety in its time? We recommend to enable all cookies to guarantee the website properly work. Sorry, I dont mean to monopolize the conversation, but another old Philly station/format warrants mention: An all-Progressive Rock format launched by WDAS-FM, Hyskis Underground. A good playlist and entertaining jocks. For a number of years Fenway was the morning man. Pitch your music to a global audience. Use our service to find it! 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." My brother Lacy Neff loved what he did and was very very proud of his station and co workers. Even as a kid, I remember, by the mid-70s, WLS wasnt quite as exciting as CKLW, but still a wonderful experience. Great call letters, too. Again, pardon the rambling, but New York City even had a PART-TIME Top 40 rocker in the early days of said format. Holliday was also great as Baron of the Bay at KYA/SF. Did you mention Willie B. Goode? 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. ", mention of Kirschman's Gentilly Woods. Its fitting that KB is on both of these lists. His stories were fascinating especially told in that booming authoritative voice. Apologies for any Ive forgotten Myron did, and because he had a TV station, he had to sell the AM to do it. Love those PAMS jingles and all of the hits mixed with crazy promotions. Cmon people now, Your leaving KJR Seattle out of the top 20 is typical of how poor that list is. Its been fun reading everyones passions for their picks for the best Top 40 Station. He's an old, white guy, so who knows what he'll say? A list of 20 is too short. 44 12 Magic 101.9 is an Adult Contemporary radio station serving New Orleans. Just goes to show ya how good radio was when it was competitive. 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. That station is on my list of the greatest Adult Contemporary stations of all time as it is. station lost me. WDGY had Bob Dayton, Jimmy Reed and the great Gene Leader, more well known as Mean Gene Okerlund. Ask most any of themit was the greatest experience of their careers. (WIBG and WFIL were good, but ABC killed them, as far as I was concerned.) History-making in so many ways, and still great today. Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. WAYS/Charlotte. And, plus, HOW can you even contemplate omitting New Yorks WINS (Thats where Murray the K made his mark, dontcha know that? They didnt last long, but they were awesome. "WTIX and we love you" jingle 2. And lets not forget that WABC was the first flagship of the Metsduring its third and fourth years as Top 40. Also thanks for mentioning WROV in Roanoke. Peter Gabriel 1675326418. Who Will You Run To. Ive had this confirmed by others since. 3. And yet another early soft rocker in Chicago-WMAQ, known later in its AC era as 67-Q.. Ron is one of the true radio savants (alongside Zapper, Dan Vallie, Bill Richards, Nick Bazoo, etc.). Personally, I thought WQAM was the best and is on my list, but thats not to take anything away from KXOK, WHB, KOMA, KOWH, WTIX WDGY. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. WTIX FM 4539 n. i-10 service rd. Thank you Michael, Al JD , Hot Rod .Keep it going M & M . 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). Yeah. (27:24) Relive the fun for almost a half hour with Robert Mitchell and the radio hits of 1969. Produce documentaries chronicling the history of Top 40 Music. One KLIF engineer told me the new night signal was so tight it went down Commerce Ave without touching either curb! (Amen! Classic Rock Country Oldies Pop RnB 30 tune ins AM 1410 - 30Kbps Concord - North Carolina , United States - English Suggest an update Get the live Radio Widget * Bob Walker -AircheckMay 16, 1972 (11:00). WRKO Boston and JJ Jefrey was the best of the Boss format. Every time I went in there Id look at that thing and was kind of awesome. >: >:0. KJR gave the industry Larry Lujack, Kevin Metheny. Until WFIL became top 40 in 1966 WIBG was it in Philadelphia, although there was great R and B at WHAT 1340 and WDAS 1480. Owned and operated by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting. Depending on the selected settings, some functions may become unavailable! It was a time that will live in our hearts forever. Never missed him, as he made R & B come alive. #16 on one List and no mention on the other? As we were next to WIFI on the dial, people were tuning us in by accident and said they liked us better! Would Randy Michaels be the same who worked afternoons on WJET? put their content rules into the playlist.Too much Ann Murray and other Canadian artist. Marc took The Outrageous FM to a 17 share, 500,000 cume in a market of less than a million at the time. Mac Richmond (one of the owners) was a crazed micro-manager and abrasive as sandpaper, but he knew talent. and to see CKLW picked by the readers at #1!!! I remember in the late 50s and rarly 60s living in northern Illinois, we always tried to tune in to WBZ Boston that broadcast just a little higher on the dial than WLS in Chicago! KHJ lasted about 10 years. Somehow it seemed appropriate. WGR was a great station. WRKO, KLIF, KCBQ. Yes!!! And did I list Phillys B101 in my list of suburban-NEW YORK CITY ACs? I was super stoked to see that B100 San Diego made the readers top 10. Respectfully, though, I would not rank WCFL below WABC, much less rank them last, undeR WIXY?????? I like edgy Top 40 stations, and that WLS was not. November1969 (1:09). WTIX 94.3 FM's heritage call letters originate from the legendary Top 40 AM station WTIX 690 AM, "The Mighty 690." A tue rocker in its days. In more recent times, as a young man, I moved to Houston in the early 80s. Also, WMGM went MOR/EZ and reverted back to WHN in 62, not 61. June 1962. It pre-dated WRKO (Now 6-8-0) on October 12th, 1966. When I grew up, I had a steady diet of WABC, WNBC, KB radio 15, CKLW and WOWO. KLIF was the first and best. I arrived after that promotion but of course it was well documented. I am a DJ on a community station WRDV and my program is AM Classics so I really appreciate your website, Youre right: WIBG Philadelphia was started by a church in the Philly suburb of Elkins Park, PA in the 20s. Sports, music, news and podcasts. Didnt lose a single bottle in flight from DFW to SF. There are many other B100 alumni (hi Kathy Aunan!) SERIOUSLY! WMCA/New York. as well as creating the mess that radio is now. Pentatonix (PTX) More Fats D! 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? I completely agree. 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. 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. This article and ensuing discussion brings back great memories of an era when radio was fun to listen to and fun to do. 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. CHUM Toronto (I mean, COME! No credit card needed. No dispute. However, I likewise agree with Lee that KHJ should be at or near the top of the list. Oldies station for new orleans louisiana. Jim Woods in the night time was the most exciting thing around. on. Lee felt WABC was the greatest Top 40 station, but I think they were way out-programmed by WMCA. More. WHTZ (Z100)/New York. the Mighty 1190, KLIF. Im blessed to have been taught by the best. There were some outstanding stations and many of the personalities became legends. If you worked at Top 40 Radio in North America, chances are your station aired a CHUM Documentary. Ah, but Randy included the great WAPE!! Those results are at the end of this article. New Orleans. Sign up with Google. WTIX - March 25, 1972. (For some reason, WMMR, which also joined in on that format, didnt appeal to me as much.) FTR I remember seeing this back when I was in the 8th grade on a movie reel. I sent him an audition tape about 20 years ago. An error happened posting the review, sorry! Even the commercials are so redolent of Nawluns. WJET 1400. Thank you Randy Michaels for the 102 WVAQ mention! What about my all time favorite? Jim Jackson. Its easy to pick the ones you loved, but its also unfair to think those are the only ones. * what Im talking about! From the early 60s to the mid 70s, WKIX was a powerhouse. The station was 1000kw days 250 nights but still was credited by many of the major record labels as being great market for breaking new artists and new singles, sorryfirst sentence should read owned the market not on the Market. 5. Agree that KFJZ was the station in Ft Worth. Please power up if that is the problem. But lets not forget KXOL/Ft. My thanks to Randy and Lee as this would have been a difficult task, since there were so many stations back in the day. 3. You might as well leave Larry Lujack out of your list of WLS jocks, yo! At least in my city. At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. KIIS is going on 40. In the mid- and late 60s WMCA soundly beat WABC, where the signals werent even close. A real crew. Been listening for decades to WTIX. I know a PD in Texas who couldnt afford research, so he just listened to WLS to see what to play. In 1983, right after NBC paid six figures to researchers to learn that there was absolutely no hole for Top 40 in New York, Milt Maltz paid $8.3 million for an FM in Newark that played show tunes, figured out how to move it to Empire, brought in a redneck morning man and PD (Scott Shannon, who was so not New York and went worst to first). Not just morning drivers, but the whole day. WLS was vanilla in most respects, but it was consistently excellent. Your right Guy. It didnt though. Third Floor WXYZ not only was in Detroit, but at last check had long been renamed WXYT. Create a playlist Find a video you want in the playlist. Then there was KYA in San Francisco with Bobby Mitchell and Tom Donohue, Gene Nelson, Tony Big, ed Hider and Johnny Holliday. 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. If you are looking Kodi Addons, please use IPTVMate Repository! Randy also sorta had something to do with Stevens & Pruitt and that 97.1 frequency in DFW, being the PD and all. WMEX went on the auction block on this past December 15, 2017. CK had yourself Mike (did you know that? No need to signup to iCloud, simply start creating and sharing playlists freely. Thats a fact. And let us not forget the news department which was something to be reckoned with. It was worth driving 500 miles each way to hear live. Wibbages signal was not to cross the border into Canada. If you re-read this article, youll see that Randy Michaels *did* list WMCA. I was still a AM KFRC fan up until 1983. It worked! [Apologies if Im forgetting anybody.] KYNO was THE station for them, and they actually enjoyed hearing the station bid farewell to outlying towns at sunset, when the station dropped from 5kw to 1kw (same pattern, though). WTIX FM 94.3 Webplayer. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (now Hot AC 94-3 The Point) document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Daily industry headlines plus breaking news bulletins. 2:22am 02/25/2023 Classical Through the Night (HD-2) 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. I am glad Dr. Don Rose got a mention at KFRC as I know he was huge out there in CA. You can thank Rose Trombly for a great deal of CKLWs success. B100 interns Dave Sniff and Tony Pepper went on to part time status. And everyone remembers Yours Truly KOMA and the kissing tone. This was definitely an era where radio was fun. The editorial staff at Radio Ink came up with a great story and executed it well. KNUS was a big deal when FM became commercially viable. COMPOSER: Anton Arensky. I think one of the elements that is missing today was competition, radio wars. on Saints QB Billy Kilmer). 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. reconsider your sources. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. and the WKNR Keener 13 crew. OH!, my GOD, Pat! Nice comments, Jim. 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. KDU was a great station in 1978 under P.D., Santo Canone, also very professional. Great to see WHB from KC and KXOK from St. Louis on the list. Louisiana, search in gooogle: boorfes tips monetize your website. I was in college at the time and walking down the hall of the dorm all you heard was the Big 8 in Bowling Green, Ohio, I went to a birthday party in my city not long ago. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. Not a registered user of Streema yet? living in rural washington parish now out of bogalusa and we needs signal cause we part of new orleans area. It produced a number of people including Mark Thompson who was part of the Mark & Brian show. Have you heard it? You mentioned Philly Top 40 station WFIL but not that same citys WIBG? At least B100 was in Somebodys list. Heart 1675326183. WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. Frank Brodie (CKLW) was incredible on the air in ANY format, as were most of the jocks from the true Top 40 era. 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. With the big 50,000-watt signal and the relatively few rock-n-roll radio stations across the plains, KOMA was the main station for the hits. May 16, 1972. WPGR, Philadelphia (c. latter 1980s-early 1990s, as recalled) An industry veteran thats been everywhere. When we went Top 40, we added Carl Lee. During the summer I would break away and listen to WCCO AM for Twins baseball games. KOMA (along with handful of other legendary stations including 890 WLS, Chicago; 1090 KAAY, Little Rock; 1060 WNOE, New Orleans; 770 WABC, New York; 800 CKLW, Windsor/Detroit; and 1100 WKYC, Cleveland) could be heard on car radios, in homes, and everywhere a kid could tune in. Rock Popular 1. Louis, WTIX/New Orleans and WQAM/Miami (or at least one of them) cant be taken seriously. 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. Thats a shame. and other stations that came and went long after the latter two did away with Top 40,) Dallas (the Fort Worth station whose call letters escape me as well as the aforementioned KLIF and KBOX), Memphis (WHBQ and WMPS), Charlotte (WAYS, most notably), Norfolk (WGH and WNOR, especially the former), and so on. I have radios in every room in my home. Others from that same summer (as we were on a long road trip from our home New Jersey, where WABCs tower stood outside my bedroom window): KMEN in San Bernardino and KCBQ in San Diego. I am fortunate enough to have an aircheck of that broadcast. (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). 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