Cleveland, Pop. WMEX had what they called House names. Remember you well from Toronto and would have loved to work some those famous stations you didbut then again, you were one of the smoothest jocks ever!!! At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! Mac was also a very nice guy, btw. 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? How about 50,000 watt CKY in Winnipeg ??? Find insurance savings it's 100% free. ), another Top 40 station of all time that was left out: WKNR Detroit. chat board for Cleveland radio talk. Just Listen. The Cleveland affiliate station is, 90.3 WCLV: Classical Music & BBC World Service, music and is the Cleveland affiliate for the, . Early Feb., 1980, the station management purged us all. (Top 40) Fun. I agree, Scotty. Great to see WHB from KC and KXOK from St. Louis on the list. Led through the 60s by Program Directors Dean Johnson, Dale Wehba, and Perry Murphy, some of the best-remembered DJs spun the hits each day and night. 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. noticeably higher quality than the older MP3, and being open source 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. When Metro Traffic came to Nashville, Marc put a Dumpster in the station parking lot and asked listeners to donate scrap metal so Y107 could buy a plane. 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. Keep up with The Mark Nolan show, weekday mornings on Majic 105.7! Possibly the first FM to knock off a big AM (WABC) in the Top 40 realm. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. sounds. Cleveland, Rock. At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. As a latecomer (1976) to the game, but well aware of the history, the key here is knowing and targeting your market, tailoring everything and everyone to it. If you have a scanner, you can have fun exploring Cleveland scanner KLIF/Dallas. We should celebrate the greatness. Instead I found it to be pretty pathetic. Win $1,000 to Pay Your Bills. WERA Plainfield, NJ (went dark in 1997 due to WWRL New Yorks then-impending wattage boost) This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Obviously there were many great stations back in the hay-day of Top 40! My God!, you namechecked KJR AND DIDNT THE HELL EVEN MENTION *PAT ODAY*?? I didnt see WIBG Wibbage 990 in Philadelphia. Great stations produced great stars and huge ratings. There are sites dedicated to repair and preservation of old radios. evening "Opera" show. 20. Didnt lose a single bottle in flight from DFW to SF. Hear what shortwave DXing from 30 and 40 years ago sounded like WABC drove us home from Ft. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight. WABC won where they could no WMCA competition. Having caught the radio bug at age 6, I soon got my first gig as a button pusher riding high as the weekend tape jockey. check out Alice I have to add to my list of rock stations in NYC carrying baseball. It really started in 1958 with Perry Allen, Russ The Moose Syracuse, Art Roberts and Dick Biondi. 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.) 15. She walked in and ordered what he was drinking and walked over and interduced herself and they had drinks between flights. They were king of radio, nevermind that they played beautiful music on Sundays..and had to sign off at sunset. (As theyve been saying on one segment of the Monday Night Football halftime show in recent years, ) COME on, man! Anybody who knows a THING about at least early PHILADELPHIA Top 40 radio knows that before there was WFIL (or at least the beginning of its own Top 40 format), there was Wibbage! Especially before I Heart and Cumulus took over. With respect. It was my good fortune to program KIOA in those days. Later in the early 60s, Spanish-language programming was added to the daytime schedule. Tune in to hosts Je'Rod Cherry and Tony Grossi for all your sports-related news coverage. Encouraging more interaction between radio monitoring hobbyists is Part timers of that era included Jimmy JR Rogers, John Mondo Fox, Beaver Cleaver (Ken Levineyep, THAT Ken Levine) and Dr. WROV could have easily made the cut. Visit our. It held the number one position from 1960 until 1977. And lets not forget that WABC was the first flagship of the Metsduring its third and fourth years as Top 40. And in Charleston, SC it was WTMA / 1250 for many years. How many lost 45s I have bought listening to those old WCFL airchecks is astounding. Lee felt WABC was the greatest Top 40 station, but I think they were way out-programmed by WMCA. As of September 2004, WKHR also broadcasts on the Internet! radio with WMMS and "rock jocks" like Kid Leo, and Cleveland's Hence the morning mans name FENWAY. Automation, consolidation and syndication killed the small-and-medium-market farm system that fed those larger-market stations. Ed Perry bought the license and is putting it back on the air, by the way. of German music and very informative news updates, as well as short I love all of the comments! What about Kimn in Denver? B100 interns Dave Sniff and Tony Pepper went on to part time status. Funny?, I swear that one of those lists *did* mention WFIL. Best wishes to all alumni of radios golden age. 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!!! The most popular radio stations are on top of the list, and you can find something special for yourself by searching by genre or country. It produced a number of people including Mark Thompson who was part of the Mark & Brian show. Cleveland Heights (Cuyahoga) OH: sports: WKRK-HD1 -- The Fan: sports: WKRK-HD2 -- CBS: sports: WKRK-HD3 -- Cleveland Browns Radio: sports: 92.5: 0.1w: WRZJ FM92: Cleveland (Cuyahoga) OH: AOR (part 15) 93.1: 27.5kW: WZAK -- Cleveland's R&B Leader: Cleveland (Cuyahoga) OH: urban ac: WZAK-HD1 -- Cleveland's R&B Leader: urban ac: WZAK-HD2 -- Radio . Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. Discover radio stations from all over the world and stream live radio now. Thankfully, is home to a host of quality radio stations., knows the importance of finding that perfect radio station. Has propogation reports, common abbreviations, 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. 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. RECOMMENDED FOR YOU Sponsorships step up to provide some of the revenue void for Cleveland marathon Latest round of Cleveland debates: Can Mayfield, Browns take next step? How can we not mention the stations owned and operated by the late Todd Storz which basically invented the Top 40 Format. Bill Programmers write about The Glory Days of Top 40 Radio reminds me of watching the movie Argo. During the day we kistened to WKY (Oklahoma City) but when dusk came we had KOMA (Oklahoma City), WLS (Chicago), KLIF (Dallas), WNOE (New Orleans), and XERF out of Del Rio carryying Wolfman Jack. KMPC remained Adult Contemporary (the soft-rock radio formats name by then) until about the turn of the following decade. might have. ), 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). The studios were in a former carriage house with a false front to make it look taller and a mirror at the end of the long single hallway to make it look bigger when you walked in. right, **WPLJ*!! I went on to have a 40 year career thanks to that 50,000 watt monster. I heard the audio, listened to stories. My how things changed! radio batteries. Id like to thank Randy. WHK, broadcast at 107.1, allowed Clevelanders Data shows that radio appeals to listeners of all ages, with younger. FTR I remember seeing this back when I was in the 8th grade on a movie reel. It has not been previewed, commissioned or otherwise endorsed by any of our network partners. Ron Jacobs roasted you accurately years ago. 19. and "Tall" Ted Hallaman. Still there as WNTP, Salem radio. Many people find this a rewarding hobby. 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. 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). KLIF was the first and best. Toledo also had a lot of great talent. from Pentti Stenman's online collection of short MP3s. 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. She stayed on when the station switched formats . He brought me to 93Q in 87 as the night jock from B97 New Orleans. QSL from 1965!). and their purposes. 4 radio stations. 16. to hear classical music over the FM airwaves for the first time. P.S. Until WFIL became top 40 in 1966 WIBG was it in Philadelphia, although there was great R and B at WHAT 1340 and WDAS 1480. She left in 1989 to work for Top 40 station WPHR-FM/107. forum for discussion between listeners and staff. stations from around the world. 15 Characteristics of the Great Top 40 stations. 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. [Apologies if Im forgetting anybody.] @n Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. They were tight, bright, slight reverb and very punchy like WABC. 106.5 The Lake 2 Radio Stations Campus District Even with Bobbys departure for 99X New York and a format change in 1979, B100 kept me in flip flops, burgers and beers for 8 years, for which I am eternally grateful. They also have syndicated programs such as "The Next Dimension.". The Big 8 will NEVER be forgotten! My all time favorite Oldies format stations were WPEN, from 1975-76 (great jocks, jingles, funny newscasters) and WIOQ, during its brief stint in that format, 1987-88, as I recall. selections and weekly updates since 1996. I sent him an audition tape about 20 years ago. The "d" stands for Go to RFfun.com for Universal see the Shortwave 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. WKHR's chief engineer, Bill Cleveland, Talk . this task. WABC carried the Yankees during its final years, and I vaguely remember WMCA caring one of the teams in its final rock/talk years. In 1962, sixteen years after the first symphonies, operas and That 50,000-watt night signal put everything east of the Rockies in earshot at night. Then the Canadian govt. Radio Ink is a registered trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. . Dont get screwed, get WAPEd!. It was top 40 while I was there, after I left they adopted an AOR format and changed the call letters from WAJR to WVAQ. MediaBase Top 40 - YEAR-END CHART - 2019Here is the Top 100:19 Song (Peak) ARTIST 19 wks 19 Pts1 Without Me (4wks #1) HALSEY 52 2,9742 Eastside (2wks #1) B. airchecks radio programs cds thousands of radio airchecks over many decades. Radio Hall of Fame is part Another memory WMEX had the jocks names locked in like Fenway in the morning, Dan Donovan, Melvin X Melvin and so on. (AND TO THINK THAT AT HIS PREVIOUS RADIO EMPLOYER IN BOSTONWMEXTHAT WAS ONE OF THAT STATIONSAS YOU SAID, PAULHOUSE NAMES! KQV had the heritage and was owned by a company that knew something about Top 40, so 13Q was instant roadkill. Another Week 1 loss doesn't derail high hopes for Cleveland Browns 8. Still love it! Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. RadioLovers also have an archive of the Bob Hope I grew up listening to KXOK in St. Louis during the daytime hours (Johnny Rabbit) and WLS at night. Hi Mike! put their content rules into the playlist.Too much Ann Murray and other Canadian artist. Theres More Than One Way to Schedule Ads. (Re my comment on 5/22/2018 @4:03 PM:) !, *yeah*! 88NO. Great program directors in Holland Cooke for AM and Gary Berkowitz for FM. The kids of today, sorry to say, really have NO idea what a true lifestyle broadcast radio station sounds like. And it had Dr. Don Rose. Im blessed to have been taught by the best. I love radio. and from the mid-Eighties until it went all-talk in 88); (Nashville: ) WSM (Not only was it MOR during the day and country at night (before going all-country in 79), but in 73 or 74, it changed its MOR daytime format from either standards or standards-slash-soft rock (traditional MOR) to all soft rock hits (contemporary MOR nka Adult Contemporary)), WSM-FM SM95 (I dont know if WSIX switched/modified its MOR format completely to AC/lite rock, but you just read at least two of Nashvilles AC stations of the past. WCLV. A Top-40 jock named Eddie Haskell?!? You patiently answered them for this 17 year old radio freak. I have noticed you dont monetize your website, dont waste your password I worked there for a spell and the phones were lit up constantly. AM. Video to Watch! Dick Fatherly was my first source for the story that WTIX, then on 1450, was the first station to use the phrase Top-40. 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! chat board for aircheck collectors. As for signals, WINS was 50kw,but with short towers and a headlight-narrow beam across the city. must-see. Myron did, and because he had a TV station, he had to sell the AM to do it. is by her description "sleepy crunchy music.". A real crew. Talk about versatility!) Heres how everyone stacked up against each other. Enjoyed working together in syndicated 24/7 formats as well. Jim's Transistor Restorations, a left-hand corner of their home page. Surprised that WHBQ, Memphis didnt make someones list. KIIS belongs on the list, no question. Todd Storz introduced a tight pop music format on KOWH in 1953. 17. WMEX is my favorite Top 40 station of all time!! She was a white chick with R&B and soul in her blood! Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch.). When I made the trek to Dallas, I was enthralled by WPRO AM & FM Providence, RI were outstanding Top 40 stations. Throughout the 60s and 70s, KOMA was the favorite of teens all across the western US. Those two local stations, though, played the soundtrack for many folks pre-teen and teen years here in our area. It could compete anywhere. A few of the big ones are vintage-radio.com Love Radio" page. WCLV 104.9 FM. Love your show! Boogie. WAPE/Jacksonville. . Heard hed make the production director Bill Mousis redo the promos over and over again. You might as well leave Larry Lujack out of your list of WLS jocks, yo! How could this survey overlook two important Philadelphia stations: WIBG- an early giant from the late 50s thru mid 60s at a time when the local American Bandstand set the tone of the nation. Marc Chase made more noise at WFLZ and WEBN, but this was his best work. For a 15 year-old growing up in East Texas, the best station in the country was WNOE in New Orleans. KILT Houston? KY102 was AOR not Top-40. Entertainment Technology, read I can still hear those dulcet tones of yours. and to see CKLW picked by the readers at #1!!! Welcome! KOWH went off to other call letters and other formats. Scanners All our scanners and accessories come from ScanTastik. 15 WLAC in Nashville, my choice for the best. With the big 50,000-watt signal and the relatively few rock-n-roll radio stations across the plains, KOMA was the main station for the hits. The station was 1000kw days 250 nights but still was credited by many of the major record labels as being great market for breaking new artists and new singles, sorryfirst sentence should read owned the market not on the Market. Check out suburban Clevelander Dave Kirby's cyber shortwade and The Randy Michaels in Erie was in reality, Frank Bascik, who passed away in 1991. WKTQ (13Q)/Pittsburgh. That rarely exists anymore. and Wisdom of the Appliance Doctor. This is my favorite Top 40. I completely agree. of the Museum of Broadcast Music News Fall Out Boy Says New Music Will Have 'A Lot Of Easter Eggs' Jan 15, 2023. WAKY/Lousiville. I was in college at the time and walking down the hall of the dorm all you heard was the Big 8 in Bowling Green, Ohio, I went to a birthday party in my city not long ago. Poor Lee hadnt been paying attention. Filter by State/Region. Management. No doubt WQXI held off FM competition for years after the city grew beyond its signal. The comments pour in, what a fun read, and Tribute to how good it all was. Do you mean KFRC and *KYA* San Francisco? THAT Lee Abrams guy? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Daily industry headlines plus breaking news bulletins. Storz owned WHB but invented the format at KOWH. The story of Wolfmans visit to WROV can be found under History of Roanoke Radio then click on WROV. Like a lot AM stations. heard all over western US and Canada anybody remember ?? Charlie Tuna! Come on, no KOMA, Oklahoma City! (Willard The Rat Scott) rode the drive time shift. People also searched for these in Cleveland: What are people saying about radio stations in Cleveland, OH? KIIS is a commercial radio station that sticks to the top 40 format that's popular and familiar to most people over 20. This enormous US radio and TV Show, recorded from broadcasts past -- "Bob Hope in Win Taylor Swift Concert Tickets! When I went on leave to Cincinnati I always dialed in KXOK in St. Louis as I wen east on old Highway 40 in the pre I-70 days. Listen to radio stations from Cleveland OH, from a wide variety of genres like Hip Hop, News, RnB, Rock and Talk. After moving to 1400, still at low power, no one could touch them, and everyone tried. There is Not to mention convenient! I could hardly go to sleep cause I was so revved up by that great music and Long John Silver. Ironically, Cleveland is noted for being the birthplace of rock radio, yet by the late eighties the only rock station in town was classic rocker WNCX (98.5), owned by Metroplex, which was still a top three station. THATS! Lock it in and rip the knob off.. WasntKXOL in Fort Worth Top 40 back in the day? CKLW went Drake and WXYZ and WKNR went away.50,000 watts put the Big 8 into Cleveland,Toledo and eastern PA.I remember CKLW giving the weather for Toledo and Cleveland. It was just too great a line not to steal. The Greatest Top 40 Stations Of All Time! Of course, Im referring to CKLW and KFRC. Especially those of us who contributed directly as jocks, PDs, GMs, Promotions, Sales, Engineering, and god love the Traffic departments. Key word WAS. can still get them repaired! 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. CHUM Toronto (I mean, COME! from Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans! Or certainly brought FM into the 1970s! You mentioned KONG AM Visalia. It was a crazy idea. English-speaking audience, many programs from all around the globe are Also see the collected radio recordings available for purchase at maintains Jinglefreaks.com, Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. Cleveland," "Bob Hope with Al Jolson," "With Bing Crosby," "No Date Top 40: 97.5: WONE-FM: Akron: 97.5 WONE The Home of Rock & Roll: Rubber City: Classic Rock: 98.5: WNCX-FM: . Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home. Cleveland, Classical. 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. WKBW went Top 40 in 1958 by stealing the PD and airstaff from WBNY, which was number one with only 250 watts. Cleveland, Alternative, Classic . weekend to do a Saturday show for them, while keeping his full-time Bam, Wow, Im as proud today as I was back in the day when I enjoyed the honor of programming two of each of your picks! Reading what so many U.S. Rockin Ron Schumacher was the board op-and when Wolfman answered the phone hed ask: Do you know the difference between meat and fish?. It sure sounds like it, no variety, just the same tired classics from", "I mean we have 2 choices for sports talk in Cleveland. With Johnny Randolph as PD, WAKY played one black and one country record every quarter hour. Old timers in Omaha still remember KOWH. And I agree that WQAM was a better example of the Storz sound. liigh Lu-L; VOL. What did people search for similar to radio stations in Cleveland, OH? shortened versions where the music and commercials are removed. It sure sounds like it, no variety, just the same tired classics from Michael Jackson, Prince, Brittany Spears, etc., constantly. KIIS is going on 40. Thats how a Top 40 station owned the traffic image. Dic Youngs, Jim Michaels, Mike Pace. And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF!. Jim Connors from WJET went to WMEX in Boston in 1971. Only later was the format extended to WHB and the other Storz stations in larger markets. Still, WMGM had its legends, most notably Peter Tripp. When I grew up, I had a steady diet of WABC, WNBC, KB radio 15, CKLW and WOWO. 10. Top 40 & Pop 99.5 WGAR Cleveland, OH Listen Now Country 100.7 WMMS Cleveland, OH Listen Now Classic Rock News Radio WTAM 1100 Cleveland, OH Listen Now News & Talk Fox Sports 1350 The Gambler Cleveland, OH Listen Now Sports iHeart50s Radio Cleveland, OH Listen Now Oldies Pride Radio Flashback Cleveland, OH Listen Now Mix & Variety Pride Dance They only beat WLS in the ratings once, but that battle was David vs Goliath in signal and cash. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. WTAM 1100 AM . Scott Shannon and other PDs stole from Y107 every time they came to Film House to cut a TV spot. But, its always been a favorite of mine. Fair and balanced sports reporting. As I was an avid DXer, at night I really enjoyed WKBW, WLS and CKLW. Radio Page has a lot of information for antique radio collectors. Apparently all of the contributors didnt pay much attention. OH!, my GOD, Pat! Keep Listening. All ratings are Copyright 2005-2022 The Nielsen Company. that launched in 2020 to provide accurate and comprehensive news coverage from a Black perspective. I was also working for Norman Petty in Clovis NM at the time. WCAO Baltimore if only because of Johnny Dark. Do your next 20 stations in the comments! Sorry, John Records Landecker, but Chicagos WCFL wins this one. (The same year the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, by the way. acts, including Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, and the discovery of Boogie) devised an audacious plan to go head-to-head with market-owning KCBQ. 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. The glory days of CKLW were only five years long, but the Big 8s influence reverberates today. has images of many different kinds of vintage radios and accessories When it comes to brand new and the state of the art, C. Crane sell the best stuff. This radio station is for you (and the answer is always sushi). On Saturday mornings you can listen to Joe Gagnon (rhymes with Do they only have 10 cds that were bequeathed to them in some dead dude's will, say 15 years ago? And here are my picks for the 20 greatest Top 40 radio stations of all time: KHJ/Los Angeles WABC/New York WHTZ (Z100)/New York WLS/Chicago WHYI (Y100)/Miami KIIS/Los Angeles. Some people enjoy making and trading Pardon the rambling, but that station was Top 40 during the day and Italian-language programming in the evening, with overnights split between jazz & R&B (the latter three from when it was WOV prior to the ownership change in 1959 that changed it to WADO and shuffled at least either of those dayparts to a different time slot). sites. (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.) 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