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You mean that Lee Abrams guy who came to Toronto in 1977 to work his Superstar Format Magic against CHUM-FM? Mac Richmond (one of the owners) was a crazed micro-manager and abrasive as sandpaper, but he knew talent. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. Boogie himself. Its fitting that KB is on both of these lists. WABC drove us home from Ft. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight. ), 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? WMEX had what they called House names. This is the station all of the Super Q imitators wanted to be. of great Top 40 stations. Agree that KFJZ was the station in Ft Worth. Great contemporary, traditional country, and rock and roll, are gone. WKVQ (15Q)/Knoxville. SERIOUSLY! Montereys location was perfect, radio-wise: San Francisco all day, L.A. at night, including Wolfman Jack on The Mighty 1090 XERB. CNN 2 days later Live commercials for local businesses and PSA's another job offering for $4.00 an hour, * Bob Walker - with Hazel Belle Jenkins 1977 (1:19) Hazel Belle was one of our regular call-in "characters." Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. it; THATTTS!! If you re-read this article, youll see that Randy Michaels *did* list WMCA. . Later WOV and WNEW switched frequencies. That rarely exists anymore. I have to mention the station that I listened to every night growing up in Utah (and made me fall in love with radio) 1520 KOMA out of Oklahoma City. 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. And in Buffalo, the list of the greatest Adult Contemporary rockers of all time would have to include not only the aforementioned WGR, but also WBEN and-particularly circa mid-to-late 80s-are you ready for this?-WKBW. LOL) at WTOD. * WTIX Composite Aircheck (1979) featuring: Robert Mitchell, Larry Hamilton, Kathy Fishman, Pal Al Nasser, Greg Fox. , June 1970. Radio INK. Hence the morning mans name FENWAY. How about 50,000 watt CKY in Winnipeg ??? KFRC was a good station, but anyone whos honest it was strictly second-tier and never (especially during AM Top 40s most dominant era) had anything close to the production magic and genius of Boss Radio, Morgan and Steele were the most influential in the business. a painter at $3.00 an hour among other stuff of 1972. * Joe Hagler -AircheckSummer 1962 (2:07), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckJune 1969. Especially those of us who contributed directly as jocks, PDs, GMs, Promotions, Sales, Engineering, and god love the Traffic departments. Somebody to Love. 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. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. Some of the greatest talent came through Detroit Toledo Ohio. And did I list Phillys B101 in my list of suburban-NEW YORK CITY ACs? No credit card needed. CK had yourself Mike (did you know that? I also agree with Randy Michaels that KFRC overall became a better station than KHJ for the reasons he mentioned. Keep on keeping on. If you worked at Top 40 Radio in North America, chances are your station aired a CHUM Documentary. 6. A little known fact is WADO (now a Spanish station) had a split-daypart format of Top 40, R&B, jazz and Italian from 59 through the early 60s, with Spanish being added in 61 or 62. CKY was our main source of music in the 60s, we were only 6 miles from the Manitoba border in Warroad, though sometimes we could get WLS or KOMA in the night. ABCs $50,000 Button? Frank Jolly did afternoons on KBOX and was great and a little crazy. another Top 40 station of all time that was left out: WKNR Detroit. For me it was KFRC and KYA being born and raised and living my entire life in the Bay Area. WXYZ not only was in Detroit, but at last check had long been renamed WXYT. Listen Here 1. WTIM was unable to reach outside of Taylorville at night due to its FCC-mandated 63 watts of power. WAYS/Charlotte. WABC poached talent from WMCA? 41 were here. 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! Breakfast with the Beatles features music by the fab four every Sunday afternoon. The founder and owner, Myron Jones, built the building and wired the studios himself. Thanks to those folks I managed to make a living in radio for a good bit of my life and I will always be grateful for their willingness to teach new guys! 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! Well said. I later worked with Jacobs on the KHJ book we put out together using his memos as a base(and yes he we had to redo the book over and over again til Ron thought it was perfect before it was released). Todd Storz introduced a tight pop music format on KOWH in 1953. (Amen! WTIX - March 28, 1970 With DJ Pics WTIX (Football Survey) - November 27, 1971 Football shaped survey. And lets not forget WHK in Cleveland who owned that City from 1959 to 1964 blowing every other station away. 13. We werent allowed to say the word magic, because KMJC Magic 91 was a competitor. 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. 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. . "Michael In The Morning" Costello (under the name Fleur de Lis Broadcasting) and operates at 94.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. Around these parts, that means 106.1 KISS-FM in DFW. Tap Add to playlist, then tap Create a playlist. I always thought of them as the WABC of the South. I couldnt stop laughing! PLEASE! P.S. Oldies, needed now more then ever!!! KTKT In Tucson was as good as any big market station. Dave Charles once called me smooth but I couldnt hold a candle to MM! User Rating 5 out of 5 stars based on 1 review Recommended Channels Near Metairie, USA KLZA Sunny 101.3 FM Falls City NE Falls City, NE USA, Adult Contemporary. Blowtorches 770 WABC and 1520 KOMA. Photograph. Dick worked weekends at WDAF Kansas City when I was Ops Manager there in 1977. I worked there for a spell and the phones were lit up constantly. Gene Chenalt was a gentleman who was always good to me. OH!, my GOD, Pat! 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 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 would agree with how great WRKO was. Lee felt WABC was the greatest Top 40 station, but I think they were way out-programmed by WMCA. 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. Stan invested in talent and promotion. KIMN Inter Mountain Network. Bruce Bradley at WBZ told me at a record hop in 1963 NOT to go into Radio. Then there was KYA in San Francisco with Bobby Mitchell and Tom Donohue, Gene Nelson, Tony Big, ed Hider and Johnny Holliday. Looks like they revised the list since you left your comment and replaced WHB with a lesser station. I listened to CKLW from the early 60s to the mid-70s and it is a shame that more people could not have experienced the glory of an astounding presentation radio. Hi Rick, you are right about other stations and jocks wanting to sound like CKLW, The Big 8. It was overdubbed several times. 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. Funny?, I swear that one of those lists *did* mention WFIL. The two most influential Top 40 radio stations of all time? WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleanss Greatest Hits Station. Sorry. (Willard The Rat Scott) rode the drive time shift. ArkivMusic ITunes. And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF! How bout them Kardashians.? WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. * Bill Murvin -RC Cola SpotJuly 1969 (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. The website cannot function properly without these files, they can only be disabled by changing your browser settings or by using our website in "Incognito" mode. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. CKLW in late 60s and early 70s was like listening to a non-stop party. Well, Ive read the entire article, including the comments from beginning to end. Talk about versatility!) At night despite having a terrible signal at night(WMEX could be heard across at the pond but couldnt be heard in parts of Boston). 5. Example: 1-XXX-XXX-9849 (WTIX) Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. @n When I went on leave to Cincinnati I always dialed in KXOK in St. Louis as I wen east on old Highway 40 in the pre I-70 days. TiIX is the only station I listen to. 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. I'm a 79 year old and love your line up. 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. WHB was an early top 40 station but The Worlds Happiest Broadcasters were not the first. God Bless. Fenway Park was in back of 70 Brookline Avenue. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. How about a shout out for KSTN-AM in Stockton, CA. As a latecomer (1976) to the game, but well aware of the history, the key here is knowing and targeting your market, tailoring everything and everyone to it. Southeast Nebraska And Northeast Kansas, Streams Live Local Sporting Events 0 vote 44 12 Magic 101.9 is an Adult Contemporary radio station serving New Orleans. Longtime morning man Lacy Neff passing was big news last June. 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. No mention of Pittsburgh area radio stations! Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first Top 40 station was born. >: >:0. 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. In the mid-70s, Knoxville had a three-way AM Top 40 battle between WKGN, WNOX, and WRJZ going, while WOKI was playing the hits, sort of, on FM. 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. Oh!, *THATS* right, Randy Michaels **DID**!! Those results are at the end of this article. 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. KOIL Omaha was the first Top Forty station thanks to Todd Storzdont they deserve a mention? WVAQ is a multiple Marconi Award winner for good reason: It sounds great. Listen to WTIX 94.3 FM live and more than 50000 online radio stations for free on mytuner-radio.com. Didnt your ass spin the Top 40 tunes on KJR? Rock Popular 1. Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. And here are my picks for the 20 greatest Top 40 radio stations of all time: This was a tough assignment. 70006USA. WHAT THE DAMN FUCK? Amen. These were stations worth traveling to hear. WTIX Back To The Beach CD Signing 17 Choice Oldies CD Signing Bob Walker, T-Ben Boudreaux, Engineer Tom Courtney, Michael in the Morning, and Terry Knight (l-r) at the WTIX-FM 17 Choices Oldies CD signing remote broadcast at Borders Books in Metairie, Louisiana on 12/10/05. WLS/Chicago. Hear John Fred, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, the Dixie Cups, Eddie Powers, Frankie Ford, Huey "Piano" Smith, Joe Barry, Mike Ancona, Milson Luce and Oliver "Who Shot The La-La" Morgan, all saying hi on Bob Walker's Original Oldie Hour at 12 noon on WTIX 690-am. Wibbage was a true top 40 station from about 1958 until roughly 1977. WMEX, Boston for sure. Keep on rocking ! 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. PAMS Series 27 The Jet Set - WTIX by AH3RD Limited Time Offer: Get 50% off the first year of our best annual plan for artists with unlimited uploads, releases, and insights. It was my good fortune to program KIOA in those days. He liked the name and had a jingle cut for WGR. Its hard to fight for supremacy when you own the competition. 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. With Johnny Randolph as PD, WAKY played one black and one country record every quarter hour. Michael Green, Robert Mitchell & Bob Walker. For me, WLSs personality driven approach was magic. Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch.). Another station that is still around but with new ownership I believe. I am fortunate enough to have an aircheck of that broadcast. Currently, WDGY is based in Hudson, WI and is back to playing hits from the 60s and 70s. Much love Boomer, Late 1967As Paul Drew gave me my first look at the Big 8 control room, Tom Shannon was introducing Glen Campbells By The Time I Get To Phoenix. Pontchartrain Beach, Schlitz Beer, Metropolitan Bank of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling). WBZ, WPTR, WRKO, WMEX..in the 60 led the way in our part of NE for those of us just coming in to the business. Audio Ink is a trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTrSr-Dfuw. Like other stations, it rolled with the times and changed. Great station playing the music I grew up with. It will be amazing. Pentatonix (PTX) Is this the fluff-stuff that fires the imaginations of contemporary radio people? Lee and Randy..Congratulations on putting together that list. * what Im talking about! (8:55), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckIt's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. I like edgy Top 40 stations, and that WLS was not. Didnt lose a single bottle in flight from DFW to SF. Sorry, John Records Landecker, but Chicagos WCFL wins this one. WOV was on 1130. Some stations have been amazing at times and just awful at others. BBC World Service 4. And my time at WING, even though it was in the 80s, was some of the most fun times Ive had in radio. Metairie, LA, USA. Consider the voices who worked the window on Burnside at NW 10th Tom Murphy, The Real Don Steele, Roger Hart, Sam Holman, Dick Sainte, Mike OBrien, Tom Michaels, Roger W. Morgan, Dave Records Stone, and the all-night Preacher, Pat Pattee. The studios were in a former carriage house with a false front to make it look taller and a mirror at the end of the long single hallway to make it look bigger when you walked in. 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). Even outside on the patio, and whats a drive without tix. It really started in 1958 with Perry Allen, Russ The Moose Syracuse, Art Roberts and Dick Biondi. Not just morning drivers, but the whole day. What is that song??? Seamless Internet Connectivity required for playback as the App does not store any videos offline. and to see CKLW picked by the readers at #1!!! Chuck Blore used the name on the AM, 1150: KIIS=K115. Doing a great job! Others I would rank very highly (not necessarily in order): Dennis Williams Toledo. Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. Many stations that are just average have lasted a long time. In stereo! Some of them went back to the U.S. WMCA outgunned WABC and WINS both with terrific signals. 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