WasntKXOL in Fort Worth Top 40 back in the day? Before voice tracking, I would listen on the weekends to hear the next hot jock! I cut my teeth at the same stastion as Super Max and Pat Holliday of Big 8 fame, WKNY in Kinsgston, NY. Or you don't come in at all. Respectfully, though, I would not rank WCFL below WABC, much less rank them last, undeR WIXY?????? Every time I went in there Id look at that thing and was kind of awesome. 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. I had WFIL at #15. living in rural washington parish now out of bogalusa and we needs signal cause we part of new orleans area. WABC didnt lose its stranglehold until like 1979. WBLI Patchogue, LI (Long Island), NY 10. WTIX 94.3 FMs heritage call letters originate from the legendary Top 40 AM station WTIX 690 AM, The Mighty 690. WTIX 690 AM New Orleans dominated the airwaves from the 1950s into the 1980s as Americas first Top 40 radio station, and the FM station debuted initially as its sister station in 1995.Today TIX FM continues the legacy of the original TIX AM featuring the classic hits, heritage TIX jingles, and the famous Chime Time that rings when the personalities give the time on the air a feature that was also a staple of Musicradio WABC New York in its heyday. Hi Mike! In college I often drove at night and I could travel from Denver to Chicago tuned to KOMA listening to cmmercials for the Kearney Dragway in Nebraska, the commercial blarring out Be There, Be There, Saturday night.. Lee and Randy..Congratulations on putting together that list. Not to nitpick, but you were off by one year as to the debut of the Atlanta Falcons: they actually started in 1966. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? As Radio 8-0 CKLW spent the early 60s as a crappy Top 40 well behind WKNR and WXYZ. This list is bullit. Fly Away. * Bob Walker - Aircheck October 6, 1968 (10:47), It's a WTIX Golden Weekend on a Sunday Night. Also, Randy Brown, who commented just before me, is right. KISN Portland?!? Cookie files from analytics systems, social networks and other services help us to customise our website to better match your interests. New Orleans. We werent allowed to say the word magic, because KMJC Magic 91 was a competitor. 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. By the time I went off to college in 1978, there were more FM radio options that I switched to. Then the Canadian govt. 94 WIP Sportsradio 2. Ask most any of themit was the greatest experience of their careers. WWDJ Hackensack, NJ carried Mets games during its first year or two as Top 40 (continuing its contract with the Mets that dated back to when it was country station WJRZ). (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. I agree: there were SCORES! This article and ensuing discussion brings back great memories of an era when radio was fun to listen to and fun to do. WJET 1400. Jet was truly a phenominal station. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. For others, the hyper-high energy and tight production of talents like JoJo Kincaid was the Holy Grail. Shortly thereafter, the Sunday time share that WADO had with religious/ethnic WHBI Newark, NJ was discontinued, and the former inherited (at the very least, some of) the latters Spanish programming, expanding WADOs Spanish daypart to Saturdays, and probably some of not all of the WHBIs Sunday religious programming during that day of the week. While I was there a tornado hit nearby at a car dealership. Keep on keeping on. Later that year he bought WTIX and it was there that the phrase Top 40 was first introduced. This is the station all of the Super Q imitators wanted to be. who contributed to that magic. It may be 1pm here but it is Noon Chime Time on my radio. It would be impossible to make a top 20 list that everyone would like, but these are great! were on the moon on this date.Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Rex Root Beer. Storz didnt own KOIL. KOWH went off to other call letters and other formats. Taking a chance on a record on-air from time to time and listening to their feedback, not just auditorium testing. That list shouldve included AT LEAST *ONE* station in the Pacific Northwest-especially KJR! I cant believe the PNW was left off of everybodys list. Dic Youngs, Jim Michaels, Mike Pace. ), Dave Shaffer, Big Jim (Davis) Edwards, Brother Bill Gable, Charlie Obrien, The morning mouth Gary Burbank, Pat Holiday who could talk faster than a bullet, the smooth sounding Johnny Williams, Scott Miller, Ted The Bear Richards, Pat St John, Billy Mack, Ric Allen, and a guy who had a great voice Jim Jackson (below). , 4539 N. I-10 Service road Third FloorMetairie, LA. Another station that deserves mention was WZZD, 990, when it was a Disco Hits format (i.e., disco hits played in a random Top 40-style format, as opposed to beat-blended, as on WCAU-FM.) The number one selection by the fan picks proves that the entire country would have benefited. And for the very reason you namedthe stations that personally floated the proverbial boat of the person making the choicesnarrowing them down to any given number at least falls short of impossible. Pat KJR was a great station. WHAT ABOUT WSGN BIRMINGHAM, AL!!! Register here. The Randy Michaels in Erie was in reality, Frank Bascik, who passed away in 1991. Thats a shame. Rockin Ron Schumacher was the board op-and when Wolfman answered the phone hed ask: Do you know the difference between meat and fish?. I meant WKYC, not WXYZ. 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! It was just too great a line not to steal. Def Leppard 1675327016. I LOVED the 6-years+ I spent at the helm of those prestigious monster radio stations. I agree, Scotty. Easy to use internet radio. A tue rocker in its days. WooWoo!!!!. Heres a shout out to them. * Robert Mitchell (with Jim Swiler) -Quarterback "BillyKilmore"November 1969 (1:17), * Robert Mitchell (with Katy Caraway) -Mardi Gras Phone CallsFebruary 28, 1980(5:18). I went to the University of New Orleans for 4 years and fell in love with TIX. God Bless. It was more than just the music. 4539 n. i-10 service rd. The idea was to protect some station in Canada. Fewer than Five Full-Time Employees? I know, because I was just cutting my teeth in Toledo radio beginning in 1973. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. WLS/Chicago. Dennis Williams, Toledo,Oh. WPGR, Philadelphia (c. latter 1980s-early 1990s, as recalled) GM Paul Palmer just let us run with it. Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. CKLW in late 60s and early 70s was like listening to a non-stop party. Randy lists his top stations, and also details why each station he picked was great in the Top 40 format. WHAT the damn FUCK??? Dennis Williams Toledo. How bout them Kardashians.? Forever. 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. Gordon McLendon made it theater. In his undershirt he personally cooked, red beansand rice, along with corn bread for us. In mid-1963, the remaining Top-40 pop rock programming was dropped in favor of even more Spanish programming and a primarily-Spanish format. Sports, music, news and podcasts. WCBS-FM, New York (when they first launched, c. late 1980s into the 1990swent downhill since) I remember visiting my cousins in Dinuba as a teen in the summer of 63. (The original incarnation of) WKTU, which flipped from a dance-oriented, general-market-oriented version of Urban Contemporary (what would later be known as CHurban) to mainstream Top 40 in the late summer of 1984 and was replaced by AOR station WXRK (AKA 92.3 K-Rock) in July 1985. https://wjla.com/news/entertainment/argo-contriversy-ex-canada-ambassador-slighted-by-affleck-s-argo85572. Not just morning drivers, but the whole day. Currently, WDGY is based in Hudson, WI and is back to playing hits from the 60s and 70s. What is that song??? No dispute. Stand with Ukraine. Use our service to find it! * Ted Green -AircheckSummer 1962 (15:50) Recorded on a DX radio signal, some QSB. Mike Phillps, Jerry Kay, Lan Roberts, and many more, plus grabbing as much as 35% of all radio listening in the nations 13th largest market. Again, if that was you, you were so patient and kind to the then shy and dorky radio-loving kid! WGRC was purchased by Gordon McLendon and went Top 40 in 1958, debuting by playing Purple People Eater for a week. Everyone here has had the luxury of living through some of the best radio ever. WOV was on 1130. (P.S., Rockin Ron did a great Oldies Show Sunday nights on WBT, Charlotte). PLEASE FIX THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE.I'm singing along at work and BAM the music goes out! Ron Jacobs roasted you accurately years ago. The story of Wolfmans visit to WROV can be found under History of Roanoke Radio then click on WROV. Except for the late-Sunday evening religious (African-American Protestant church services) broadcasts, WADO had become all-Spanish and so remains (having switched its Spanish format from music or music/talk to all-talk circa the turn of the decade before last, dropping its aforementioned English-language religious daypart). WIOQ, Philadelphia (1987-88) Baptist hired me and as soon as they realized they were over budget they told him to let me go I was boned since Id just got into an apartment, furniture, utilities He waited til Sat Nite to drop it on me In the business since I was a kid - Tix was my station of choice when I could receive it over on the coast in Southeast Texas as a preteen! Please power up if that is the problem. KOWH was the original Storz station in Omaha, where Todds dad brewed Storz Beer, and KOWH was the first to focus on a tight list of the most popular songs, but KOWH leaned towards MOR and didnt really target a young audience. Heart 1675326183. LOL Other stations interrupt. Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. Ah, but Randy included the great WAPE!! I cannot think of two greater, more knowledgeable guys one could ask to create this list (those who are gnashing their teeth and should have been included damn, dudes). Lee felt WABC was the greatest Top 40 station, but I think they were way out-programmed by WMCA. 18. - English, 4539 N. I-10 Service Road 3rd Floor, Metairie, LA 70006, Breakfast with The Beatles WTIX News Chief Jim Swiler does a, Signal 20 traffic report. Over at 89 WLS, during those years, we had John Records Landecker, Larry Lujack, Tom Kent, Steve King, Jerry Kay and so many more. Possibly the first FM to knock off a big AM (WABC) in the Top 40 realm. 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. CFL! 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