* what Im talking about! FTR I remember seeing this back when I was in the 8th grade on a movie reel. As noted by one of the experts, it was KOWH. Louisiana, He said I look outside and if I see lights then we give it a try. The McLendon format memos remain some of the best how-to handbooks for radio. Keep on rocking ! Plus, (Boston: ) WBZ (AM & FM [separate broadcasts]), WHDH, WROR (to name just three in Boston); (Pittsburgh: ) KDKA, (oldies/AC hybrid) WTAE; (Chicago: ) WFYR, WIND (two jocks who worked at the latter during its AC era: Clark Weber (who not only previously did Top 40 at WLS and WCFL, and contemporary MOR and later Uptempo (read: all-soft rock hits) MOR at WMAQ, but also remained at WIND during its first all-talk format), and Connie Szerszen (pronounced SIR-zin)aka the Top Rock Girly Jock and the Polish Princess); (Charlotte: ) WBT; (Louisville: ) WHAS; (Los Angeles: ) KNX-FM, KOST (still going strong as an AC station), KFI (which, IINM, was AC twicein the mid-Seventies [when the AC format was known as Pop Adult, Soft Rock, Uptempo MOR, etc.] Worth where Paxton Mills started and George Carlin got his start (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s). Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. Bill Drake and others refined it, but Top 40 was the child of Storz and McLendon. Happily, Tix-FM exists and is very enjoyable. My grandkids love the old music. Marlene I am so sad to hear that Lacy is no longer with us. Oldies, needed now more then ever!!! 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. 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). Also playlists are working with VLC Media Player. WTIX - May 20, 1972 Michael Green. 10. Jerry Clifton blazed a huge trail when he turned WXLO FM into 99x. WMEX is my favorite Top 40 station of all time!! Programmers write about The Glory Days of Top 40 Radio reminds me of watching the movie Argo. Gordon McLendon considered Dave Morris his toughest competitor. But, I was lucky to have grown up in South-Central Michigan in the late 60s and into the 70s. reconsider your sources. They only beat WLS in the ratings once, but that battle was David vs Goliath in signal and cash. I went to the University of New Orleans for 4 years and fell in love with TIX. One of our four chime tones that we played whenever we announced what time it was in the 1970's. Montereys location was perfect, radio-wise: San Francisco all day, L.A. at night, including Wolfman Jack on The Mighty 1090 XERB. Plus they had Uncle Larthey could not loseeven with the bad signalthat supermod was flamethrower quality! (Ill give an honorable mention to WARM, Scranton, the first TOP 40 station I discovered; the jocks didnt have the personality of WABC, but the station played good music and had a nice flow.). While it was playing, some lady went up to the dj, grabbed his microphone, and sang the CKLW top of the hour ID jingle! PAMS Series 18 Sonosational - 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. She walked in and ordered what he was drinking and walked over and interduced herself and they had drinks between flights. Coverage to the north was lost, and unfortunately, Dallas grew to the north. Would have to be on my list. Few stations have been able to achieve consistent success in ratings, and the conversion of ratings to revenue and cash flow, like KIIS. Use our service to find it! WRAN Dover, NJ BTW, I was honored that I got to meet you at the CKLW Fifty Year celebration in Detroit in july. love the music, feels like 60s again growing up in slidell. Oh!, SHIT! Using the actual TV show theme song "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" and splicing the banjo on the beginning over and over, a similar fun song was born that spotlighted the WTIX DJ's of 1962 instead of the Clampett family. CKLW was high on a pedestal in those days and people admired it. By the time I went off to college in 1978, there were more FM radio options that I switched to. WTIX began simulcasting the oldies format of WSAT in Salisbury, with local news, sports and information for an area that will also include Concord and Kannapolis. Bart Prater (sp?) When it comes to Top-40 influence in its day, KOMA ranks up there and Ive met so many jocks over my career who say KOMA was a big influence on them. Most every market had two or three pretty good Top-40s back then; lucky if you can find one now. I had to climb onto the counter to reach it. Great contemporary music doesnt exist today. WEAM 1390..WPGC.1580.WEEL.1310 and one of my favorites WRCThe Great 98. What a great list. Storz and McLendon traded PDs, air talent, and promotion ideas. Bobby Rich, you nailed it. the Mighty 1190, KLIF. Great station playing the music I grew up with. Had the joy of being an RKO national sales rep for several of these outstanding radio stations: KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. Ya just cant ignore a station that spawned Jay Thomas, The Greaseman, and Hoyle Dempsey, as well as having a swimming pool where you could dive in OUTSIDE and surface INSIDE in the lobby! WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleanss Greatest Hits Station. Again, pardon the rambling, but New York City even had a PART-TIME Top 40 rocker in the early days of said format. Readers Top 10 Top 40s. During the summer I would break away and listen to WCCO AM for Twins baseball games. 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). 11. Great Music!!! More than 1,300 airchecks from all across Canada and the U.S. KISN in Portland was my favorite. Keep rocking! WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. WFIL, Philadelphia (c. 1983) When I grew up, I had a steady diet of WABC, WNBC, KB radio 15, CKLW and WOWO. DAMN!!!!! (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. The two most influential Top 40 radio stations of all time? He had 60 shares with a 500- watt daytimer. The Drake stations all had Kanner Boxes, but Ed Butterbaughs setup, 50,000 watts, and lax Canadian rules on positive modulation made CKLW jump out of radios in a dozen U.S. markets all day long, and made the programming sound even better. great memories from back in the day when radio was great. Keep on keeping on. And looking at the remaining characteristics, Big 10 had it all. All the playlists are suitable with Kodi ! Over at 89 WLS, during those years, we had John Records Landecker, Larry Lujack, Tom Kent, Steve King, Jerry Kay and so many more. CKLW/Windsor-Detroit. Chuck Blore used the name on the AM, 1150: KIIS=K115. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. WTIM - NEWSTALK WTIM delivers local news and information, local weather, local and professional sports, and over 6 hours a day of agriculture programming! They got 60 shares in Dallas with that signal. Stan invested in talent and promotion. WRKO, KLIF, KCBQ. Enjoy Music Playlist! and the WKNR Keener 13 crew. The Playlist: With Christian Hillborg, Gizem Erdogan, Edvin Endre, Severija Janusauskaite. Ah, but Randy included the great WAPE!! password ? 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. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? And to THINK Uncle Lar (the late, great Larry Lujack) was on both LS *AND*!! Top 20 based on what? Jocks with a bit more rope. In 67 we got an advanced copy of Sgt Pepper at little old WKBK in Keene, NHbefore WABC (I was told)..thats when turning on mike was fun. CKLW definitely was THEE number one station in North America and Canada. Already a user? Delighted to hear from you, Jim and Andy. LONG time ago, but good memories. 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. If you know how to make a playlist on YouTube, you can directly open the playlist you created or saved before. 94.3 Rewind playlist United States Michigan Monroe 94.3 Rewind 94.3 Rewind playlist 94.3 Rewind playlist Don't know what song's been playing on the radio? Another memory WMEX had the jocks names locked in like Fenway in the morning, Dan Donovan, Melvin X Melvin and so on. Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. WFAS White Plains, NY (gold-based AC) LOL Other stations interrupt. 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. This list is bullit. Something is amiss. KY102 was AOR not Top-40. ); 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? We held a three-week online poll asking readers what they think are or were the best Top 40s, and here are the results: Not bad company for my first dream station that I ever worked for to be in. 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. Even that 50,000 watt blowtorch signal was so strong that it easily penetrated into my bedroomdown in the basement! 50000 good watts during the day, but cut back to 10000 at night, pointed at the city and South Jersey. Metairie, LA, USA. Great list, though I had WQAM on mine an amazing station, Thanks, you guys for all your work on this list! We are very proud of what WVAQ has meant to West Virginia over the years. Somehow it seemed appropriate. ), I personally would ALL of the early or present AC stations mentioned above. WTIX - May 6, 1972 Bob Walker with Sonny & Cher. I completely agree with KHJ being #1 on the list. My brother Lacy Neff loved what he did and was very very proud of his station and co workers. Listen to 1080 wtic newstalk here and get all your favorite radio stations and podcasts on the go with the audacy app. Both were top rated when AM Radio was King. It pre-dated WRKO (Now 6-8-0) on October 12th, 1966. Yes!!! WIOQ, Philadelphia (1987-88) 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.. 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. Sign up with Facebook It was a crazy idea. * Ted Green -AircheckSummer 1962 (15:50) Recorded on a DX radio signal, some QSB. The equipment was ancient. KISN Portland?!? Its fitting that KB is on both of these lists. Install the free Online Radio Box application for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! KILT Houston? But its been copied around the world just because its KIIS/Los Angeles. Talk about versatility!) 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