One of our four chime tones that we played whenever we announced what time it was in the 1970's. Loved by everyone in all the western states! Happily, Tix-FM exists and is very enjoyable. But, I was lucky to have grown up in South-Central Michigan in the late 60s and into the 70s. I was stationed at Whiteman AFB in Missouri in the 60s and loved WHB with DJ Johnny Dolan and others. Stan and Sis Kaplan were fierce competitors. General manager and program director Michael Costello developed TIX FM and is committed to preserving the legacy that is WTIX. 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. Do your next 20 stations in the comments! Well vetted comments like Randy and Lee are so welcome. Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home. No way that can happen today, with so many other signals on every formerly clear channel. New Orleans. 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. And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF!. They were even the first station to carry the Atlanta Falcons when the team started in 1967. WGBR still exists but Im not sure the format. Some of them went back to the U.S. Just goes to show ya how good radio was when it was competitive. Dic Youngs, Jim Michaels, Mike Pace. WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. WPGR, Philadelphia (c. latter 1980s-early 1990s, as recalled) For me it was KFRC and KYA being born and raised and living my entire life in the Bay Area. LOL Other stations interrupt. Thank you Michael, Al JD , Hot Rod .Keep it going M & M . LOL) at WTOD. Sorry. !, KTNQ Los Angeles (a Top 40 station during the late 70s (that station itself deserves mention as one of the all-time Top 40 greats, by the way) had a jock namedno kiddingBEAVER CLEAVER!! A further thought on this string: As kids growing up in Welland, Ontario, most of the radio we listened to was from Buffalo. Even got to bring Les Garland a 6 pack of Pearl Beer in my suitcase. It was the Top 40 station in San Francisco during the Summer of Love. After PD Cagle left in late 1983/early 1984 and the jocks Bill Lee, Jack Armstrong, Mark McKay left I switched to KMEL/KITS on FM. And let us not forget the news department which was something to be reckoned with. 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). If you are looking Kodi Addons, please use IPTVMate Repository! I remember listening to you! of THE PACIFIC MOTHERFUCKIN NORTHWEST!!! Bobby Reno Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. But lets not forget KXOL/Ft. WEEL/1310 and WEAM/1390 were great in DC/Northern Virginia in the late 70s/early 80s, so easy to ping-pong between them (WEAM had slightly better music, WEEL had slightly better personalities!). ); WGH and WNOR Norfolk, VA (the former licensed to nearby Newport News); WGLI Babylon, Long Island, NY (one of the first rock n roll stations not only ever, but also in suburban New York City in general (if not THE first suburban-NYC station of its kind); WYNG Goldsboro, NC (was it also Top 40 under its previous callsign WGOL, I wonder? I remember listening to tix as a teenag 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. 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. They were tight, bright, slight reverb and very punchy like WABC. Great jocks, a lot of personality, fun to listen to. They got 60 shares in Dallas with that signal. I went on to have a 40 year career thanks to that 50,000 watt monster. Like Country 4. 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. ), 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? WSGN, THE BIG 610, Birmingham, Alabama. I had WFIL at #15. KLIF/Dallas. U of Ps WXPN also did a good job with that format. I agree with Steve above that WSGN was a great station under PD Jim Tabor. Well said, Buddy.. Somehow it seemed appropriate. Would have to be on my list. Look at the Superstar talent that went thru there Paul Drew, Dr. Don Rose, Tony Taylor, Big Ron, Randy Robbins, Scott Shannon, John Leader, Gary Mckee and so many more. None in major markets. 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. Sign up to leave a comment and share your thoughts with other listeners. Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. 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. T-Bens daily morning segment The News You Need Now! is a tongue-in-cheek mock news report lampooning politicians, celebrities, and topical news stories, concluding with his signature catchphrase, but nobody cares!. WHK during the Johnny Holi-days was as good as radio ever got. WJET 1400. Thank you, Lee and Thank you, Randy. The editorial staff at Radio Ink came up with a great story and executed it well. Talk about versatility!) WGRC was purchased by Gordon McLendon and went Top 40 in 1958, debuting by playing Purple People Eater for a week. 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? Hey! 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! WTIX FM 94.3 Webplayer. 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. My list would probably put KFRC #2, KCBQ #3 and CKLW #4. Smile on your brother. It worked! KQV had the heritage and was owned by a company that knew something about Top 40, so 13Q was instant roadkill. Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch. The Drake and Drew format there tore my ears off! That station is on my list of the greatest Adult Contemporary stations of all time as it is. 2.) KNUS was a big deal when FM became commercially viable. My decades of respect for Lee Abrams has increased thanks to his 15 Characteristics of the Great Top 40 stations and his selections are 85% perfect. When I was a baby DJ at the Q, there was a reel tape box way up in a corner of the production studio marked The Last Contest. WTIX - March 25, 1972. 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. FM Station Information. and to see CKLW picked by the readers at #1!!! Boogie. Pontchartrain Beach jingledonut and bed only -late 1960's (:42). Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? There was no mold for WLS. He even sent Reggie Hall to the grocery to get us all some. as a Top 40 station. Well, Ive read the entire article, including the comments from beginning to end. 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. One could consider ratings, longevity, originality, influence, or many other criteria. Agree that KFJZ was the station in Ft Worth. Top 20 based on what? (27:24) Relive the fun for almost a half hour with Robert Mitchell and the radio hits of 1969. Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Our playlist stores a 94.3 Rewind track list for the past 7 days. WMEX started in late 50s. I ended up racking up 25 years total. They lost the crown when WBBF went full time Top 40. One other station I listened to was WSGA in Savannah, GA. I went to the University of New Orleans for 4 years and fell in love with TIX. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. 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. KY102 was AOR not Top-40. And this is only a partial listing. Hard To Handle. !, yet!) KJR gave the industry Larry Lujack, Kevin Metheny. 15 Characteristics of the Great Top 40 stations. Mind if I add a few more Top 40 stations of the past, anyway, Doc? Only then did KOIL take notice and knocked off the daytimer with the larger 5kw day/night signal. Every single one of us is in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, every single one has gone on to stellar careers in our chosen branch of the business, most of us still going strong. all Air Talent/Music Driven Top-40s , and oh yeah all live people 24/7, when radio was fun to do and to listen to. Pat KJR was a great station. WOW! Hell, I even got to work for Les Garland for a day years later during the Return of The Million Dollar Weekend! Wibbage was a true top 40 station from about 1958 until roughly 1977. In the mid- and late 60s WMCA soundly beat WABC, where the signals werent even close. Forever. It was an awesome signal, but somehow they couldnt get that hum out of the transmitter. 70006 CK had yourself Mike (did you know that? Those two local stations, though, played the soundtrack for many folks pre-teen and teen years here in our area. Even the commercials are so redolent of Nawluns. Register here. who contributed to that magic. Jim Craig Professor, Broadcast Studies 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. If you know how to make a playlist on YouTube, you can directly open the playlist you created or saved before. Cmon people now, WWOZ 90.7 FM. And it had Dr. Don Rose. It was certainly an interesting assignment. Hello Lee Roberts! 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. Mac Richmond brought Arnie Ginsburg to 1510 from WBOS-AM. Redeem Now Buffering PAMS Series 27 The Jet Set - WTIX AH3RD 9 years ago Jingles 392 8 AH3RD 39 29 Report Follow AH3RD and others on SoundCloud. WLS was fun to listen to, but, was never as tight as WHK during the above-mentioned years. Montereys location was perfect, radio-wise: San Francisco all day, L.A. at night, including Wolfman Jack on The Mighty 1090 XERB. WTIX/New Orleans. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. WHB710. I hope he and his legacy will never be forgotten. Reportedly with this approach and FM radios still uncommon in cars, WMEX was right up there with WRKO and actually beat them in some areas. (Thats three Drake stations in the top 4.) Thanks for putting in the time and effort, much appreciated. WAPE introduced a lot of the south to Carolina Beach music. 5. 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. The glory days of CKLW were only five years long, but the Big 8s influence reverberates today. 19. My grandkids love the old music. One KLIF engineer told me the new night signal was so tight it went down Commerce Ave without touching either curb! Part timers of that era included Jimmy JR Rogers, John Mondo Fox, Beaver Cleaver (Ken Levineyep, THAT Ken Levine) and Dr. I based this list on originality and impact. More than 1,300 airchecks from all across Canada and the U.S. KISN in Portland was my favorite. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? Marlene I am so sad to hear that Lacy is no longer with us. 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. WTIX - The Top 69 of 1969. Get discovered by a world of playlist listeners. And that news intro: With Morse code beeping in the background and plenty of slapback echo, the news opened with From around the universe, around the world, around the nation, around Texas, around Dallas, and around the corner from your house, this is K-B-O-X news.. A Top-40 jock named Eddie Haskell?!? 20. Especially those of us who contributed directly as jocks, PDs, GMs, Promotions, Sales, Engineering, and god love the Traffic departments. They only beat WLS in the ratings once, but that battle was David vs Goliath in signal and cash. (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. ( How to play on VLC Media Player) Look, I am a total Drake disciple (and in my early years, I had the privilege of working for Gordon McLendontwice). Sorry, John Records Landecker, but Chicagos WCFL wins this one. When I started at WGR as a part timer, that became my new name. Keep on keeping on. 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! 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. WJET-FM debuted at number one. Hi Rick, you are right about other stations and jocks wanting to sound like CKLW, The Big 8. As the name impliedand impliesTop 40 played, then as now, the most popular songs (read: hit recordings). And my time at WING, even though it was in the 80s, was some of the most fun times Ive had in radio. 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) Some of their former personnel are at WVLT, 92.1 in Vineland, NJ. Blowtorches 770 WABC and 1520 KOMA. WHB and KXOK were among his best. In mid-1963, the remaining Top-40 pop rock programming was dropped in favor of even more Spanish programming and a primarily-Spanish format. Owned by Hugh Holder, then Henderson Belk, Southern Broadcasting and Mann Media. * Keep listening to your radio while doing other tasks. of great Top 40 stations. Is there sill anybody around who still remembers us? COMPOSER: Anton Arensky. The GOAT top Forty stations were in almost every market, major, large, medium and even many small markets. 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. I did. Additional examples: (New York:) WNBC (later Top 40, back to AC even later), WPIX, WYNY (first as AOR-oriented AC, then as hybrid MOR/Soft AC, then as Mainstream AC), WNSR Soft Rock 105/WMXV Mix 105; Todays 93.1 (simulcast of former BM/EZs WPAT-AM/FM Easy 93 Paterson, NJ); (Philadelphia: ) WIP (which had made a gradual transition from traditional MOR to AC from circa 1969 to the mid-70s if not the latter part of the early 70s [and, ironically, was itself Top 40 from 1960 until the following year, when it flipped to MOR (all MOR radio then was traditional, regardless of whether such stations occasionally played softer rock n roll hits); (CONTINUED) Jim later made his way to Buffalo in 1972 or so. A fantastic radio station Keep it going. KIIS is going on 40. In stereo! * Bob Walker -AircheckMay 16, 1972 (11:00). And if you dont know what I mean by that. I love radio. He outgunned WABC within a year and made history for bringing FM into the 20th century. Every time I went in there Id look at that thing and was kind of awesome. The Randy Michaels in Erie was in reality, Frank Bascik, who passed away in 1991. Dallas was a separate media market back then and rightly so, as the enmity between the two cities was at its peak when Gordon McLendon was working his magic at KLIF. you played a song today between 10am and noon, the lyrics were You don't have to come home, you can rome because I don't love you and you don't love me. A list of 20 is too short. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. Jacobs was a creative genius and the contesting and of course promos for KHJ started with him. Hy Lit was its best, played R and B on a top 40 station. play De La Salle, the time chime and the music that was on your radio. I grew up in Goldsboro, NC, and there were a couple of stations that played top 40. As we were next to WIFI on the dial, people were tuning us in by accident and said they liked us better! #16 on one List and no mention on the other? Your input sucks! (1:09) A brief clip of WTIX's "All Night Satellite.". 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. What a great list. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. WKBW/Buffalo. 10. @Pat ODay: and the WKNR Keener 13 crew. Also, WMGM went MOR/EZ and reverted back to WHN in 62, not 61. My God!, you namechecked KJR AND DIDNT THE HELL EVEN MENTION *PAT ODAY*?? Already a user? Maybe Im biased, but its my list. I think one of the elements that is missing today is competition, radio wars. Hope youre doing well, Lee! Looks like they revised the list since you left your comment and replaced WHB with a lesser station. Radio Ink is a radio-industry trade publication that is published 12 times a year for the radio management sector of the radio broadcasting industry. (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.). 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! In the end, it was 93Q that threw in the towel on the Top 40 formatbut then went on to become 93Q Country, eventually slaying the KIKK 96 longtime country behemoth. Southeast Nebraska And Northeast Kansas, Streams Live Local Sporting Events 0 vote The voice on the song is (WTIX DJ) Ed Ripley. Surprised that WHBQ, Memphis didnt make someones list. 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? Bob Walker20-20Traffic,BillMurvinonSmith's&TapeCitySpot. If that sounds crazy, look at the ratings. *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. Randy, get over yourself. WGLI Babylon, LI, NY Mac converted WMEX to sports and talkradioand WMEX was very successful with that format, both on ratings and revenue, until new owners bought the station a few years later. KY-102, KC . Great to see WHB from KC and KXOK from St. Louis on the list. 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! McClendon may have guessed wrong. Yes, I agree, I don't understand why my car radio often does not pick up WTIX clearly. ***HELL***!! WFAS-FM Bronxville, NY (renamed WNBM Boom 103.9 and reformatted to Urban AC in the early 2010s) No mention of Pittsburgh area radio stations! The personality line up was one heavy hitter after another. 6. Agreed! At least B100 was in Somebodys list. Imagine how the whole history of Boston radio would be changed if that happened. WABC had 10 times more power. The only reason Randy Michaels didnt rightfully list KHJ (which was number one on Lees list) is the fact that his anger towards Ron Jacobs and emotion ever came his logic. Ah, but Randy included the great WAPE!! 17. WABC poached talent from WMCA? How about the Middle of the Middle West Not WHO in Des Moines. * Bill Murvin -RC Cola SpotJuly 1969 (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. THAT Lee Abrams guy? This list is bullit. Streamline Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. 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. Again, pardon the rambling, but New York City even had a PART-TIME Top 40 rocker in the early days of said format. Login with Facebook 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). Love your station. In 1962, inspired by the success of the new CBS-TV show "The BeverlyHillbillies," WTIX created and recorded "The Ballad Of The TIX Tigers." Listen Live Memories 98.3 Fm Radio With Onlineradiobox.com. KBOX/Dallas. 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. Also, while I suppose KLIF/Dallas has to be on the list, I would be remiss if I didnt mention that we dusted their asses when I was at KNUS/Dallas (the station Fairchild foolishly didnt want to buy when they purchased KLIF from McLendon, but passed on his FM station). 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