Looks like they revised the list since you left your comment and replaced WHB with a lesser station. How can anyone leave out WMCA, New York?. God Bless. It kind of reminds me of the famous scene with Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti. Lee, in addition to answering the question, included what he considers to be the 15 characteristics of great Top 40 stations. Listen to WTIX 94.3 FM live and more than 50000 online radio stations for free on mytuner-radio.com. 2.) Just goes to show ya how good radio was when it was competitive. For me, WLSs personality driven approach was magic. KDU was a great station in 1978 under P.D., Santo Canone, also very professional. 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? The rumor (never been able to pin this down) is that Mac was ready to buy WBCN when he died suddenly. Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. Your leaving KJR Seattle out of the top 20 is typical of how poor that list is. 2:22am 02/25/2023 Classical Through the Night (HD-2) Radio Ink recruited two of the best programming minds in the business, Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels, to answer this question: What are the greatest Top 40 stations of all time? Heres how they stacked them up and your lively debate, comments and disagreements on how they did. I worked in Trenton, MO in 78 and thought that WDAF 61 Country was great Top 40 radio and how good country radio could be programmed. There were many good radio stations all over the USA radio map, like for me KACY, Ventura, KIST, Santa Barbara, KMBY Monterey, KDON Salinas. ); WKIX Raleigh, NC. Is there sill anybody around who still remembers us? Also playlists are working with VLC Media Player. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTrSr-Dfuw. And not only live (as you also said), but LOCAL! U of Ps WXPN also did a good job with that format. BBC World Service 4. Oldies, needed now more then ever!!! 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. 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! 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. * Bob Walker -AircheckAugust 10, 1972 (11:46). Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. Listening to Happy Hare or Shotgun Tom or Charlie and Harrigan, you wouldnt know the calls originally stood for CBS Quality.. MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. Funny?, I swear that one of those lists *did* mention WFIL. Dennis Williams, Toledo,Oh. Robert Mitchell plays the radio hits of 1969. Glad to see the two stations I grew up with listed here. Yes, I agree, I don't understand why my car radio often does not pick up WTIX clearly. The Storz stations ruled for many years. Thats a fact. 5/5 Well, Ive read the entire article, including the comments from beginning to end. * Robert Mitchell (with Jim Swiler) -Quarterback "BillyKilmore"November 1969 (1:17), * Robert Mitchell (with Katy Caraway) -Mardi Gras Phone CallsFebruary 28, 1980(5:18). Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. June 1962. Even though I came later in the game to be involved with some of the biggest of those stations, I did make it to a couple. I could hardly go to sleep cause I was so revved up by that great music and Long John Silver. Im not sure what happened to WYNG except that it was possibly drowned in the FM tsunami. (Thats 3 a.m. in Louisville. 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. WAAM and WODA started to cooperate and eventually both taken over by Audre Bulova (of watch fame) and Milton Biowand renamed WNEW, which reintroduced DJs to New York. I had WFIL at #15. For a long time Id wondered what was in that box and theater of the mind. The Black Crowes 1675327253. Hear the audio that matters most to you. WHLW/WOBM-AM Lakewood, NJ, (Adult Contemporary) Hence the morning mans name FENWAY. Of course, Im referring to CKLW and KFRC. The formats would be better, if the music product was better. Todd Storz had the first Top 40 station. We had some pretty good board ops who could incorporate the Wolfmans customs. I based this list on originality and impact. WVLT, Vineland, NJ (for a long time and still currently, as far as I know) As a result, the signal to the Northwest started to die around Norristown, 5-10 miles away from the towers in Lafayette Hill, PA. WIBG started as a 25 watt station in a church in Elkins Park, PA, probably in the 1920s. 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. 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. WYHY (Y107)/Nashville. It may be 1pm here but it is Noon Chime Time on my radio. I love radio. 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. His KFRC was better. THERE!!! WLS was vanilla in most respects, but it was consistently excellent. To me, radio was riveting in the 60s and 70s, and it fascinated me enough to get in to it, which I enjoyed for over 40 years. The original KLIF night signal was only 1kw. Jacobs was a creative genius and the contesting and of course promos for KHJ started with him. How about a shout out for KSTN-AM in Stockton, CA. And while were on the subject of Midwestern 50 kay-dubba-you AM blowtorches, *(the Cleveland version of) KYW/WXYZ (Top 40)/WWWE (aka 3WE) (Adult Contemporary)* and *WGAR (Adult Contemporary-and probably Top 40 at one point)*, both in Cleveland! 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. Especially those of us who contributed directly as jocks, PDs, GMs, Promotions, Sales, Engineering, and god love the Traffic departments. Oh!, *THATS* right, Randy Michaels **DID**!! I do want to mention that Ron Jacobs had more to do with the sound of KHJ than he gets credit for. Nobody, and I mean nobody, listened to KLIF in Fort Worth. WKTQ (13Q)/Pittsburgh. 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). Nice comments, Jim. All my old pals! A top 40 station in the Washington,DC area in the mid to late 60s had a DJ named Alan Afterhours. (And!, heres some *trivia*!! WTIX 94.3 FM's heritage call letters originate from the legendary Top 40 AM station WTIX 690 AM, "The Mighty 690." @Phil Dirt Dave Morris was the owner/morning man. I agree, Scotty. The Greatest Hits On Earth! My list would probably put KFRC #2, KCBQ #3 and CKLW #4. Fewer than Five Full-Time Employees? DAMN!!!!! WTIX was a great station, but I felt WQAM was a better example of Storz. 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. 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. I worked at WCOG Greensboro during the short lived revival of the station under PD Phil Valentine now doing talk in Nashville, TNit was a Mann Media owned station then which included WGLD, and WKIX Raleigh..The Flying Dutchman started out in Mornings, only to leave and Steve Early movin in thereafter!!! It was certainly an interesting assignment. ABCs $50,000 Button? The greatest Top 40 station of all time? Do you know the story why Bob Martz, John Garry andothers left WTOD for WOHO Jan 1964 then all back to WTOD by Nov 1965? [13] put their content rules into the playlist.Too much Ann Murray and other Canadian artist. * Tom Cheney - Newscast June 1970 during the Bill Murvin show. Many stations that are just average have lasted a long time. Owned by Hugh Holder, then Henderson Belk, Southern Broadcasting and Mann Media. 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. WTIM - NEWSTALK WTIM delivers local news and information, local weather, local and professional sports, and over 6 hours a day of agriculture programming! He trashed the beautiful-music automation and took KFMBs little 10,000 watt FM live with no jingles, minimal formatting, an expanded uptempo playlist that was carted up at 46.5 RPM, heavy promotion, heavy Oganowski compression and a staff of crazed, hyper-caffeinated jocks including Rob Landree, Dave Conley, Rocketman (Scott Wright), Willie B Goode, Jimi Fox, Gary Kelley, Kevin Anderson, Phil Flowers and Billy Martin. What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. Best radio station without question. Alan Sneed & Gary Adkins had my back Monday morning they got me to Vic Rumore Jim Bob, who was GM at KGN and their consultant, Mr.Green Kent Burkhart I was on the air Monday Nite I stayed there until Big WAYS came a calling which is another story for another time. During that same event KOMA lost power but had a generator I asked Perry how he knew when to cut back to utility power. Have you heard it? (Amen! I am glad Dr. Don Rose got a mention at KFRC as I know he was huge out there in CA. And if all of those werent enough, WADO in New York, which broadcasted Top 40 programming from 1959 to 1963. He's an old, white guy, so who knows what he'll say? WTIX - May 27, 1972. . FTR I remember seeing this back when I was in the 8th grade on a movie reel. It was great. WTIX - May 6, 1972 Bob Walker with Sonny & Cher. I miss those days! WHB was an early top 40 station but The Worlds Happiest Broadcasters were not the first. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleanss Greatest Hits Station. 12. Enjoy Music Playlist! I will always be thankful to those great PDs, Bill Holly, Dick Star, Charlie Murdock and Lee Sherwood. Lenny Kravitz 1675325726. BTW, I was honored that I got to meet you at the CKLW Fifty Year celebration in Detroit in july. Mac Richmond (one of the owners) was a crazed micro-manager and abrasive as sandpaper, but he knew talent. Create a SoundCloud account Still, WMGM had its legends, most notably Peter Tripp. Ps. He liked the name and had a jingle cut for WGR. Budweiser Beer( Clydesdales marching in a Mardi Gras parade - Skip Broussard & Buzz Bennett ), Kreeger's Mam'zelle K Shop(RobertMitchell), Metairie Ford(Check out the prices for new cars and gasoline! Between the two, I slightly favored CKLWwhich was really the work of a woman, Rosalie Trombley, who I believe was officially the Music Director. . 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. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. Ill never forget the zany humor of Gary Owens and Don MacKinnon on KEWB. Hope you are both well. 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. Presidential candidate / Alabama Governor George Wallace had just been shot. It must be hard to fire up an on-air staff when all they have to play is garbage. To find your playlists, go to the Guide and click Library. 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!). 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.] WTIX 690 AM New Orleans LA, Talk radio. At the time, the AM was still number one! WJET/Erie, PA. WJET dominated Erie as a daytimer on 1570 with 250 watts. 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). Nolan B, Love Love TIX . Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. Theyd say Goodbye, Dinuba, goodbye Orange Cove Then my cousins would tune in KONG/1400 from Visalia, or surf the iffy skywaves of KRLA, KFWB, KFRC and or other relative weaklings, since the West Coast at the time lacked a Top 40 flamethrower such as the Midwest, prairie and East enjoyed with the likes of WLS, WABC, KAAY and KOMA. I like edgy Top 40 stations, and that WLS was not. 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. This website uses cookies for analytics and personalization. It really started in 1958 with Perry Allen, Russ The Moose Syracuse, Art Roberts and Dick Biondi. I remember listening to you! Hope youre doing well, Lee! 3. Love all the music and the DJs. "WTIX and we love you" jingle 2. The sounds that listeners remembered the most: 1.) The two most influential Top 40 radio stations of all time? Sign up to leave a comment and share your thoughts with other listeners. Pretty remarkable. WTIM was unable to reach outside of Taylorville at night due to its FCC-mandated 63 watts of power. 2. Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. And John Teshwell, we all know what became of him. Even got to bring Les Garland a 6 pack of Pearl Beer in my suitcase. KIIS belongs on the list, no question. WABC carried the Yankees during its final years, and I vaguely remember WMCA caring one of the teams in its final rock/talk years. Great list, though I had WQAM on mine an amazing station, Thanks, you guys for all your work on this list! Online Radio Box uses cookies in order to provide the best service for our users. Not good when I'm listening to a song I love and haven't heard forever. 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. The station which invented Top Forty. LOL, Morgus' Experiment- House of Shock theme & experiment - '45 record released in1959(4:07), Pontchartrain Beach radio spot-WTIX 1962 (1:02). They took overalong with the likes of Tommy Shannon, the still-to-come Dan Neaverth, Joey Reynolds and so many others. Many stations saved money on jingles by getting names cut during a session or by recycling house names. If you go by Abrams characteristics, CFL was heads and shoulders above the rest (plus they had Chickenmanand Lujackand King B, Jim Stagg (who traveled with the Beatles on tour), Biondi, Barney Pip, Jerry G Bishop, Joel Sebastion, Jim Runyon, Ken Draper as GM, a huuuge news department, and on and on). WLS was fun to listen to, but, was never as tight as WHK during the above-mentioned years. ), all air talent/music driven Top 40 stations. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. "Michael In The Morning" Costello (under the name Fleur de Lis Broadcasting) and operates at 94.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. TALK! WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleans's Greatest Hits Station. This list is bullit. Or certainly brought FM into the 1970s! Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. Godchaux (Bob Walker), Pepsi (Bob Walker), the Zoom Zoom Room, RC Cola contest (Bill Murvin), * Robert Mitchell -Aircheck November1969 (22:45), Another Robert Mitchell Morning. Disco Mindy was part of our Disco era, as well as Jim Chambers and Vernon Davis. Apologies for any Ive forgotten I couldnt stop laughing! KBOX/Dallas. Jim Connors from WJET went to WMEX in Boston in 1971. (3/30/2018 @11:15p: ) The "WTIX and we love you" jingle (courtesy of PAMS jingles). Boogie) devised an audacious plan to go head-to-head with market-owning KCBQ. Shows WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. Morgantown? Love your show! WOW! With WEAF/WNBC, WABC/WCBS, WJZ/WABC and WOR all having network shows and WNEW having success with DJs, the baseball teams were stuck with the three remaining stations when they started broadcasting baseball in 1939the Dodgers on WHN/WMGM, the Yankees on WINS and the Giants on WMCA. I have listened to this channel since I was a teenager! Tap the three-dot icon on the right of the video or press and hold on the video. Early Feb., 1980, the station management purged us all. Hello Lee Roberts! WDGY had Bob Dayton, Jimmy Reed and the great Gene Leader, more well known as Mean Gene Okerlund. It didnt though. KFRC/San Francisco. heard all over western US and Canada anybody remember ?? Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. Skinny Tommy Cheney's shout out, and. The story of Today and his PD, the great Bill Stewart hoisting a few pops after work and watching the waitresses load the jukebox is priceless and will live on and on! 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! It's FREE! 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. Even though I was over my head, I was well aware I was standing in a historic spot. WLS and WCCO are now news talk stations. Also, chalk up WKIX; Mike Reineri (sp?) And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF!. The Power Pig was more outrageous, but Y107 was a better station. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. I agree: there were SCORES! It was overdubbed several times. Barq's RootBeers. Frank Jolly did afternoons on KBOX and was great and a little crazy. But here we go. Kudos to the very talented people at those stations who contributed to creating the well deserved legendary status that still exists. As are the respective lists of Top 40 *AND* Adult Contemporary stations that I listed above. Early adopter in the format (1958, survived to the mid-70s). 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. 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. Only then did KOIL take notice and knocked off the daytimer with the larger 5kw day/night signal. CNN announced, a fun contest to Name JFK's PT boat, and the telephone Double, election not long afterwards, Craig Roberts created "Vito Mufallato" who urged people to vote the. Well said. 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. 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." Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH, doubled the number, and the first Top 40 station was born. 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). Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. This fun song is still fondly remembered by many today. Quixie in Dixie. I didnt see WIBG Wibbage 990 in Philadelphia. Agree with Bill Wayland at one point 68 WRKO had an almost 60 share Teens. Marc took The Outrageous FM to a 17 share, 500,000 cume in a market of less than a million at the time. 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! The FCC wasnt amused, but the public was. Coverage to the north was lost, and unfortunately, Dallas grew to the north. WJET 1400. Bob Martz was probably one of the most funny guys along with the likes of John Garry, Larry Obrien, Bob Kelly, Don Williams (and of course myself Rick Allen, I just had to toot my own horn didnt I? . Login with Facebook Top 20 based on what? As the song says tear open my shirt to show Rosie on my chest. 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. 3.) (Willard The Rat Scott) rode the drive time shift. And lets not forget WHK in Cleveland who owned that City from 1959 to 1964 blowing every other station away. station lost me. CHUM Toronto (I mean, COME! Great station playing the music I grew up with. 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. The best part of these 3 lists is bringing back the memories of when RADIO was competitive, creative, and most of all FUN. Who pissed the furthest? Thanks for the great work you did there. ***HELL***!! Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch. Depending on the selected settings, some functions may become unavailable! Also includes commercials for Pontchartrain Beach, the 1962 Ford Galaxy, Mexsana Powder, 7-Up Float, and amention of Kirschman's Gentilly Woods. WEBE WEBE (pronounced WEE-bee) 108 Westport, CT (WICCs sister station) Marc Chase made more noise at WFLZ and WEBN, but this was his best work. I was fortunate to work on 99X iin my 20s! The reason I know about some radio history is that I was kid of 9 or 10 when my friends from Kenner told us about their new favorite radio station back in either 1958 or 1959. Not long after you came on board in early 1972, WLS reduced its published chart to a Big 8 + 9 playlist. Marketing cookies help us and our partners to fit the adverts and content you see during and after visiting our site to your interests. Bart Prater (sp?) 5. This is where the Greaseman was at his best. PLEASE! They lost the crown when WBBF went full time Top 40. Features: * Listen to your favorite radio station anytime & anywhere. He said I look outside and if I see lights then we give it a try. EVERYONE wanted to be like you guys, including me who at the time had a lot to learn. It put rock and roll on the FM map in Boston and eventually made WRKO/680 the legendary Top 40 rocker in Boston beginning in March of 67. 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. Hard To Handle. KLIF with Ron Chapman, Hal Martin (Michael Spears, who gave me my first job at 14), Michael OShea (who gave me my first tour of a radio station), Jimmy Rabbit, Dave Van Dyke (who kicked me out of the building when I sneaked up the fire escape), Paxton Mills, Jim Taber and Rod Roddy (I was his call screener when Gordon gave him an evening talk show). Like the stations you name-dropped (call letter-dropped? (OBW, I was there too!). Mac Allen. 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