Yes, I agree, I don't understand why my car radio often does not pick up WTIX clearly. Especially before I Heart and Cumulus took over. Charlie Tuna, Dale Wehba, Don McGregor, Paul Miller, John David, Chuck Dann, J. Michael Wilson, Johnny Dark, Buddy Scott, John Ravencroft, and many others were among those who played the hits from the studios in Moore, Oklahoma. (I still havent forgiven the Dodgers for leaving.) The two most influential Top 40 radio stations of all time? I lived in Erie at that time and listened to Jet 14 and Randy Michaels, along with Frank Martin, Ronnie G (Seggi), Jim Conners, Jack OBrien, and Al Knight. please never go off air TIX !! Oldies station for new orleans louisiana. WABC was the Yankees of the group. Or you don't come in at all. JD the DJ follows with the Rock and Roll Flight to Midnight. 2. WPGR, 1540, also did a nice job during their stint as an Oldies station. TIX also streams online. (3:00), June 1970 during the Bill Murvin show. I am in the Tour city, France in the end of March. Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. And I wont pretend to be as up on some of the other legendary calls as many of my radio brethren. At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! Stand with Ukraine. The night I visited Joey in the studio, he asked me to take a 45 in to PappyMemphis by Lonnie Mackplayed for the first time that night! 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. Login here. and many others that would have put stations on Lee Abrahms Those that I liked list too shame. After sunset gone. Thats how a Top 40 station owned the traffic image. KRTH, Los Angeles (1980s,Sorry I havent been out to the West Coast in a long time) They got 60 shares in Dallas with that signal. CD Signing Video My how things changed! In the mid 7Os WLS was the greatest top 40 radio station of all time. KNUZ/Houston. Where is our favorite station ,Thibodaux is waiting ,,we miss it !! heard all over western US and Canada anybody remember ?? One KLIF engineer told me the new night signal was so tight it went down Commerce Ave without touching either curb! Seneca College School of Media Toronto Canada. (In other words, Uptempo MOR, Pop Adult, Rock MOR or whatever (at least soft rock hits-oriented) Adult Contemporary radio was called during most of the 70s.) FTR I remember seeing this back when I was in the 8th grade on a movie reel. The Randy Michaels in Erie was in reality, Frank Bascik, who passed away in 1991. Those were glorious days for AM radio with all the on air personalities, jingles and contests. Fun. Getting it down to 20 was tough, unfair, and subjective. How good is that? always got my day off with a laugh; I still remember the day he ran a commercial with Minnie Pearl and after it ended he said, Boy, Ill bet that dress is a booger to iron. I also remember Tommy Walker, Gary Edens, and Jimmy Capps; dont remember Pat Patterson because I wasnt living in Raleigh then. WCFL was occasionally a better station. If you know how to make a playlist on YouTube, you can directly open the playlist you created or saved before. 2B Productions changed its name to Rowan-Cabarrus Radio, and Catawba students will train for journalism and communications careers on its three stations. WJET 1400. "WTIX and we love you" jingle 2. Your input sucks! 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." So, a small hat tip to WMGM as well. Def Leppard 1675327016. Your comment is being published.Thanks for keeping alive the conversation. Dick worked weekends at WDAF Kansas City when I was Ops Manager there in 1977. Southeast Nebraska And Northeast Kansas, Streams Live Local Sporting Events 0 vote *The Fat Black Pussycat movie spot * The Beatles are coming to New Orleans Louise Harrison Caldwell (George's sister)reports on the Beatles and Ringo being nominated for President, of the United States * Dan Diamond adfor Tackle facemedication * Community Billboard * Name Dropper, Contest * 5 minute Charlie Ray newscast. Love it..used to listen to a oldies station (Poppa Stoppa DJ ) in my Grandfathers Meat Market next to Circle Food Store with my Uncle Tyrone. It worked! Love your show! OH!, my GOD, Pat! As far as CKLW goes I think every jock I knew all tried to emulate the great sound of the Big 8 jocks. Lou Saint . It was great. 16. No way that can happen today, with so many other signals on every formerly clear channel. include Z-100! 14. Like a lot AM stations. Doc thanks for the shout out to Drake/Chenalts 13KYNO, in Fresno, where so many radio (and television) notables passed through. 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? In 1962, inspired by the success of the new CBS-TV show "The BeverlyHillbillies," WTIX created and recorded "The Ballad Of The TIX Tigers." WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleanss Greatest Hits Station. Listen Live Memories 98.3 Fm Radio With Onlineradiobox.com. Happily, Tix-FM exists and is very enjoyable. That shout is still in use at 620 AM and 103.5 FM, which use the WAKY calls today.). 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. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleans's Greatest Hits Station. WSB (read: WSB-AM)s full-service format had, musically, reformatted to Adult Contemporary by circa early 1980s, that is. C-K-S-L of-a-TownLONNN-DONNN!! Im surprised nobodys talking about CHUM or CFTR and God bless the late Tom Rivers, one of the best jocks ever in Toronto, at the Big 8 Windsor/Detroit, or anywhere! Lock it in and rip the knob off.. Hence the morning mans name FENWAY. Been listening for decades to WTIX. (Willard The Rat Scott) rode the drive time shift. (1:09) A brief clip of WTIX's "All Night Satellite. WCBS-FM, New York (when they first launched, c. late 1980s into the 1990swent downhill since) Apologies for any Ive forgotten The music is just wonderful. Kudos to the very talented people at those stations who contributed to creating the well deserved legendary status that still exists. Just goes to show ya how good radio was when it was competitive. Dont get screwed, get WAPEd!. We had already run over Jack McCoy and his Last Contest. 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.] And John Teshwell, we all know what became of him. How can anyone leave out WMCA, New York?. The best 1-2 punch: Fenway 6-10 am and Ginsburg 8-10 pm M-S. And Blaine Harvey went on to Minneapolis and later Philadelphia broadcasting as Dan Donovan. Todd Storz introduced a tight pop music format on KOWH in 1953. Galliano - Install the free Online Radio Box application for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! You folks in the Windy City were lucky SOBs LOL!! A further thought on this string: As kids growing up in Welland, Ontario, most of the radio we listened to was from Buffalo. This list is bullit. (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. Thanks for the great work you did there. Buy on. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation. WDGY and WQAM were purchased in 1956, KOMA in 1958 and KXOK in 1960. I listened to WMEX in 1970-71 when John H Garabedian was at the helm and in PM drive with Bud Balou in the eve and Ron Robin in the AM. Bob Walker20-20Traffic,BillMurvinonSmith's&TapeCitySpot. I just wish I had been in the business ten years earlier. Look, I am a total Drake disciple (and in my early years, I had the privilege of working for Gordon McLendontwice). After M&M Hot Rod Glenn picks up the mid-day duties, Pal Al Nassar covers afternoon drive, and Jay Douglas a.k.a. Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch. It's FREE! 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. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. 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. Stan invested in talent and promotion. he was a great talent and a class act! There was no mold for WLS. We are very proud of what WVAQ has meant to West Virginia over the years. Behind Production on Lee Abrams characteristics list of great Top 40 stations, number two is The Bible of Music. From 1965 until its demise in 1976, WCFL never let go of a Top 40 playlist/format. KY-102, KC . Have you heard it? CKLW definitely was THEE number one station in North America and Canada. Often teens in New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and other western states would eagerly await sunset when the mighty 1520 would come booming through with the newest hits of the day. Another great station that should have made the list. Hope you are both well. Holliday was also great as Baron of the Bay at KYA/SF. Classic Hits Classic Rock Oldies Pop RnB FM 94.3 - 64Kbps Galliano - Louisiana , United States - English Suggest an update Get the live Radio Widget Leave a comment Leave a review View comments View reviews Guest You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. Is there sill anybody around who still remembers us? No dispute. 4539 N Interstate 10 Service Rd W, Metairie, LA 70006. Great program directors in Holland Cooke for AM and Gary Berkowitz for FM. - English, 4539 N. I-10 Service Road 3rd Floor, Metairie, LA 70006, Breakfast with The Beatles ); WKIX Raleigh, NC. 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. Reading what so many U.S. 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! Great station playing the music I grew up with. And lets not forget WHK in Cleveland who owned that City from 1959 to 1964 blowing every other station away. By the time I went off to college in 1978, there were more FM radio options that I switched to. Nobody, and I mean nobody, listened to KLIF in Fort Worth. Ohas far as Adult Contemporary stations of the pastand the greatest such stations of all timeare concerned, Id be remiss if I omitted KMPC Los Angeles. The Storz stations ruled for many years. 56kbps New Orleans Talk Radio. (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.). WGBR still exists but Im not sure the format. Now we know, it was CKLW! Whatever your new sound, pitching can help it get heard by fans around the world. 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. Pontchartrain Beach jingledonut and bed only -late 1960's (:42). In his undershirt he personally cooked, red beansand rice, along with corn bread for us. Those results are at the end of this article. *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. During the summer I would break away and listen to WCCO AM for Twins baseball games. My grandkids love the old music. With respect. Buzz Bennett showing up the first day with a German shepherd and a sledgehammer to knock the NBC logo off the lobby wall set the tone. 1981 The Oldies Professor Steve Slumber calls the WTIX Original OldieHour. 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. May 16, 1972. Both were top rated when AM Radio was King. I worked there for a spell and the phones were lit up constantly. WooWoo!!!!. Gordon McLendon made it theater. University of New Orleans. WasntKXOL in Fort Worth Top 40 back in the day? 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. SON! WDHA Dover, NJ (since reformatted to (Album-Oriented) Rock The Greatest Top 40 Stations Of All Time! But CHUM also did what no other mere Radio Station did. Some stations have been amazing at times and just awful at others. The sounds that listeners remembered the most: 1.) Now its boring as hell. GM Paul Palmer just let us run with it. You will get your reward soon- in bankruptcy court! Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. Jocks with a bit more rope. At the time, the AM was still number one! 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! However you guys have to increase your power. Amen. As I was an avid DXer, at night I really enjoyed WKBW, WLS and CKLW. 3036 Estate Aldersville Christiansted, VI 00820 Phone: 340-718-3339 Fax: 340-774-7092 And it had Dr. Don Rose. see more At least as far as CHR radio goes . I was listening to WSAI when JFK was assasinated, and when I first heard The Beatles. The rumor (never been able to pin this down) is that Mac was ready to buy WBCN when he died suddenly. Listening from Toronto. WHLW/WOBM-AM Lakewood, NJ, (Adult Contemporary) Ps. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. 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