A list of 20 is too short. I would say, with certainty, that it was The Big 8 that stirred my interest and music, and then, eventually, a radio career of my own. WRAN Dover, NJ 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. Elvis Presley 's arrival in 1956 as the first rock superstar helped cement the new radio trend. Mike Marshall (Frank Brodie) Burlington, ON, Great to see you comments Mike. Ive driven in snow before, but after moving to a new state even farther north, I think I need to upgrade my cars gear. Everything about KB was show business. The GOAT top Forty stations were in almost every market, major, large, medium and even many small markets. It could compete anywhere. They had a broad playlist and I wish I could have been a kid in Chicago. This site is sponsored by Features Neil Sedaka in #1 spot with "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". U of Ps WXPN also did a good job with that format. We asked him about vintage appliances and he agreed -- "they don't It has a huge list of Fair and balanced sports reporting. I based this list on originality and impact. their musical interests, knowledge, and dedication to the local What about my all time favorite? And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF! Then there was KYA in San Francisco with Bobby Mitchell and Tom Donohue, Gene Nelson, Tony Big, ed Hider and Johnny Holliday. Listen to the best Cleveland radio stations and more than 50000 online radio stations for free on mytuner-radio.com. 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. . Smile on your brother. Don't forget to join their Oldies 1330 stereo equipment working again. put their content rules into the playlist.Too much Ann Murray and other Canadian artist. . I knew what I wanted to do forever. Jocks with a bit more rope. Watch This Saturday At 10pmET/7pm PT! Hope you are both well. After it sold to Stan and Sis Kaplan, WAPE was just amazing. Randy also sorta had something to do with Stevens & Pruitt and that 97.1 frequency in DFW, being the PD and all. Mac Allen. Edgier. Hy Lit was its best, played R and B on a top 40 station. Like other stations, it rolled with the times and changed. Classified is an important source for buying and selling your Antique Radios is a very complete site that also Or WTAE Pittsburgh-ONE OF THE PIONEER ACS! about various artists from Rosemary Clooney to Marlene Dietrich; clips They celebrated their 40th anniversary by publishing a timeline of the station's history. . C leveland's only independently-owned classical music station, WCLV 104.9 FM, has existed since the 1960s in its FM form. WABC poached talent from WMCA? 7. RKOs WOR-FM. I LOVED the 6-years+ I spent at the helm of those prestigious monster radio stations. There are sites dedicated to repair and preservation of old radios. The FM is still Tp 40. 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!!! . Quixie in Dixie. Id like to thank Randy. This is my favorite Top 40. Most of their old hosts have moved to 92.3 The Fan and", "WRUW FM 91.1 Cleveland embodies the spirit of college radio. A few of the big ones are vintage-radio.com I can still hear Roger Kleins growling delivery. If you have anything to add about Cleveland radio, I'd like to hear from you! A favorite category of airchecks for many is "old time radio," recordings OR KQV and KDKA in Pittsburgh? After moving to 1400, still at low power, no one could touch them, and everyone tried. Coverage to the north was lost, and unfortunately, Dallas grew to the north. If you re-read this article, youll see that Randy Michaels *did* list WMCA. Many of these great stations can be heard at Rock Radio Scrapbook Canadas Aircheck Archive celebrating the Golden Age of Top 40 radio since 1996! About 100 hours of them between 1970 and 1977. 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. Listen to your favorite Cleveland, United States music for free without registering at Onlineradiobox.com . They can get your As we were next to WIFI on the dial, people were tuning us in by accident and said they liked us better! has images of many different kinds of vintage radios and accessories Mad Daddy Pete Myers, Johnny Holliday, Scott Burton, Pat Fitzgerald, Johnny Walters, Ron Riley, Carl Reese and Keith Morris, what a great air staff. Lol! None of the big-market owners did the smart thing and moved to FM in the 70s. They were as good as anything, anywhere. Oh!, *THATS* right, Randy Michaels **DID**!! During my formative teens I was highly inspired by several including: WNOE, WTIX, KOMA, KBOX, KLIF, KONO, KNUZ, KILT, KXOK and WHB. A program devoted to the type of both early R&B and early rock n roll that today is called Doo Wop was added to WADOs schedule at this time. At these corporations, DJs have no Re said posters comment posted September 6, 2018 at 2:34 pm: !, 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!! * what Im talking about! With only a 1,000-watt night signal, KLIF routinely clocked more listeners than all other Dallas-Ft. Worth stations combined. W224CD Air 1. One of those in the mid 50s was George The Hound Lorenz at night on WKBW. Dick Fatherly was my first source for the story that WTIX, then on 1450, was the first station to use the phrase Top-40. KILT in Houston? And over at the Lou Dickey flagship station WOHO, The late Swingin (Frank) Sweeny, Bobby Rich, Ben Gall, Tom Dean, Jungle Jim Williams, Craig Edwards, Irwin Young, Peter Trip, Gary Calvert, Earl Richards (me again), Gene Wurley, E. Alvin Davis, The Mojoman Sid Grubb, Buddy Carr, Sir Bernard J Quayle, Sam Holman, Don Armstrong, Ken R Deutch. Sorry. Nielsen radio audience estimates and data are federally copyrighted by and proprietary to Nielsen. Enjoy stations such as WestCom Fire and West Suburbs Police - Digital MARCS, Redline Radio LLC, Moody Radio Cleveland - WCRF-FM, Majic 105.7 - WMJI, WCSB 89.3 - WCSB and more. If you have a scanner, you can have fun exploring Cleveland scanner frequencies. 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. chamber music were broadcast in stereo, Robert Y100 Miami crushed it late 70s 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. My old insurance renewed at double my previous rate, so it was time to switch. Video to Watch! acts, including Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, and the discovery of Frequencies are allocated by the U.S. Government. Have you heard it? Doc thanks for the shout out to Drake/Chenalts 13KYNO, in Fresno, where so many radio (and television) notables passed through. WWDJ Hackensack, NJ carried Mets games during its first year or two as Top 40 (continuing its contract with the Mets that dated back to when it was country station WJRZ). manage its use from their Office of Spectrum WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (now Hot AC 94-3 The Point) By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Suitcase Simpson, Chuck Boo Baron, Eddie Beacon the Swingin Deacon, and others have never sounded better. She can't get out much anymore It sure sounds like it, no variety, just the same tired classics from Michael Jackson, Prince, Brittany Spears, etc., constantly. DAMN!!!!! Lin Robertson's Old-Time WLS was the most influential station in the nation in the late 60s and early 70s. Thanks for all of the comments and memories! It pains me that the list was so short. KSFO was MOR, not Top 40. WJET 1400. 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. Too bad the radio gurus dont travel a little far to the east. You can listen on the Web and you 2201 W 3rd St, Buckeye Dry Dock Terminals. Thanks Randy for clarifying the Randy Michaels on WJET. Erie also had the talented Oogie Pringle who went from WJET to WRIE in Erie and then jumped to WNBC in NY. WRKO Boston and JJ Jefrey was the best of the Boss format. Glenn Hauser is the authority on shortwave and DXing and his Listen When I made the trek to Dallas, I was enthralled by Radiops have been doing amateur radio in the West Park neighborhood of WMCA killed WABC in the ratings from 1963-1965. For others, the hyper-high energy and tight production of talents like JoJo Kincaid was the Holy Grail. Listen in the car, on your computer, or download the iHeartRadio app on your phone., 9 best road trip destinations for music lovers in the US, There you have it! Choose the policy and price you like, and Jerry takes the wheel, securing your new insurance and helping to cancel your old policy. 9. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. airchecks from the 1950s to the 1990s is a directory of other But the signal was awful, the staff was expensive, and 15Q failed quickly. 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. (OBW, I was there too!). Jim Jackson. 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. Because of the time difference and the large and growing The station always has an incredibly diverse lineup, from your typical college student indie-rock shows to public affairs shows to (supposedly) the longest running jazz show in the country (Down By The Cuyahoga on Friday nights). (The same year the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, by the way. When the Dodgers and Giants fled, the Yankees moved to WMGM. All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. radio archive, consisting of hundreds of vintage radio shows, all I miss those days! 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). Thats unheard of! Isaac S. My husband and I got the lowest rate (much lower than the rates I was finding online through my own searches), If youre craving some rock and roll, tune your dial to. That list shouldve included AT LEAST *ONE* station in the Pacific Northwest-especially KJR! They lost the crown when WBBF went full time Top 40. Reading what so many U.S. 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. reconsider your sources. She was a white chick with R&B and soul in her blood! Forever. My thanks to Randy and Lee as this would have been a difficult task, since there were so many stations back in the day. Todd Storz introduced a tight pop music format on KOWH in 1953. It has not been previewed, commissioned or otherwise endorsed by any of our network partners. DXing midAMerica: https://wjla.com/news/entertainment/argo-contriversy-ex-canada-ambassador-slighted-by-affleck-s-argo85572. He had such a talent for seeking out new groups and musicians Like the stations you name-dropped (call letter-dropped? Keep up with The Mark Nolan show, weekday mornings on Majic 105.7! Of WLTH fame? include Z-100! s. WROV could have easily made the cut. your username. Boogie. Cool Music Variety. RadioLovers.com is an old time Award which was read a chat board and Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home. CKLW definitely was THEE number one station in North America and Canada. How good is that? I like edgy Top 40 stations, and that WLS was not. No mention of Pittsburgh area radio stations! But, that station, in its on-air presentation, was wound as tight a top-quality watchit was flawless, with great talent like Dave Shafer, Tom Shannon, Gary Burbank, Jim Edwards, Brother Bill Gable, Super Max Kinkel, Charlie OBrien, Charlie Van Dyke, and on and on. Top 40 (CHR) WAKT-LP: 106.1: FM: Toledo: Toledo Integrated Media Education, Inc. Sisanie and Michael Are Celebrating Their 9th Wedding Anniversary! WGRC was purchased by Gordon McLendon and went Top 40 in 1958, debuting by playing Purple People Eater for a week. radio reception. Readers Top 10 Top 40s. Lee, see my comment from May 22, 2018 at 4:05 PM. 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. And who could forget Arnie Ginsberg at night! Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. Do they only have 10 cds that were bequeathed to them in some dead dude's will, say 15 years ago? Top 40 appealed primarily to teenagers and featured mostly rock and roll music. Bobby thanks for your kind comments. 3. Cleveland, Pop. Vintage Radio Ink is a registered trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. B100 really captured the San Diego sound. Two very prominent stations in the TOP 40 history book! All the Top 40 stations that Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels each included, those that many posters, myself included, called them out for omittingincluding those that you mentioned in your own comment, plus WIFI Philadelphia (WIFI 92 (pronounced Wi-Fi 92 (Whod have thought, right? A good antenna is important. Definitely a slick imaged station! for sale. (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! When that station had to be sold or loose its license and it went to beautiful music WHN, the Yankees went to a non-rock stationWCBS. Lee and Randy How about adding to your list here? Only later was the format extended to WHB and the other Storz stations in larger markets. Tough duty but Lee and Randy did an amazing job Me? 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. Would Randy Michaels be the same who worked afternoons on WJET? Both lo-fi and hi-fi streams are 47 radio stations. The and other stations that came and went long after the latter two did away with Top 40,) Dallas (the Fort Worth station whose call letters escape me as well as the aforementioned KLIF and KBOX), Memphis (WHBQ and WMPS), Charlotte (WAYS, most notably), Norfolk (WGH and WNOR, especially the former), and so on. He brought me to 93Q in 87 as the night jock from B97 New Orleans. radio batteries. By the time I went off to college in 1978, there were more FM radio options that I switched to. Key word WAS. History-making in so many ways, and still great today. WVLT, Vineland, NJ (for a long time and still currently, as far as I know) Its fitting that KB is on both of these lists. Automation, consolidation and syndication killed the small-and-medium-market farm system that fed those larger-market stations. RadioLovers also have an archive of the Bob Hope GM Paul Palmer just let us run with it. Check out suburban Clevelander Dave Kirby's cyber shortwade and WPGR, 1540, also did a nice job during their stint as an Oldies station. Cleveland, Alternative, Classic . Lee and Randy..Congratulations on putting together that list. English-speaking audience, many programs from all around the globe are But, unlike many other large cities in our nation, Cleveland is And as Im originally from northern New Jersey (and currently living in the central New Jersey burbs of New York City, here are some previous or current Top 40 and AC stations in the New York City suburbs, PERIOD! WEOL 930 AM . It was my good fortune to program KIOA in those days. Stan the man. guide to help you price your vintage radios. They took overalong with the likes of Tommy Shannon, the still-to-come Dan Neaverth, Joey Reynolds and so many others. 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. WGBR still exists but Im not sure the format. Jim Craig Professor, Broadcast Studies Not long after you came on board in early 1972, WLS reduced its published chart to a Big 8 + 9 playlist. Cleveland (Market #35) Dennis Williams, Toledo,Oh. Ed Perry bought the license and is putting it back on the air, by the way. He outgunned WABC within a year and made history for bringing FM into the 20th century. I was also privileged to catch CHUM, TR, CKEY, and CKOC during their hayday(s). WKHR's chief engineer, Bill has an IRC channel for realtime chat. KRFC. KY-102, KC . @Pat ODay: As a gay man, I can assure you that there is more to our culture than the pitiful collection that they possess.". Generic syndication and voice-tracking leave little room for localized fun and connection and way fewer role models for the next generation of announcers. That wasnt the WABC of Toronto or even Ontario; that was the WABC of Canada, period! Because of. WMEX Boston should be on this list and one minor market station that sounded and programmed like a major market WAVZ New Haven, CT. 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. Radio airchecks This website uses cookies. Im not sure what happened to WYNG except that it was possibly drowned in the FM tsunami. 40 share and better in the 60s. "Alexa, play Power 96.1 on iHeartRadio" 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. 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. That was the prelude She holds a double-major in journalism and dramatic art from UNC-Chapel Hill. WHTZ (Z100)/New York. Listen to the best Top 40 radio stations from Cleveland and more than 50000 online radio stations for free on mytuner-radio.com. WFAS-FM Bronxville, NY (renamed WNBM Boom 103.9 and reformatted to Urban AC in the early 2010s) According to Dick, the phrase Top 40 was coined in New Orleans. KYA was also a great station with Emperor Gene Nelson, Tom Donahue, and many others. -Bruce Scott The Last Contest was born here. Top 10 Best Radio Stations in Cleveland, OH - December 2022 - Yelp Best Radio Stations near me in Cleveland, OH Sort:Recommended Price 1. The Cleveland affiliate station is, 90.3 WCLV: Classical Music & BBC World Service, music and is the Cleveland affiliate for the, . Sweet 419 ; FCB Power ; Z107.3 ; WMJI Majic 105.7 FM ; Country Name. 89.7 WKSU: Public Radio for Northeast Ohio Call sign: WKSU Frequency: 89.7 FM WKSU are owned by radio conglomerates and not private entrepreneurs; This enormous US radio and TV Talent like Ken Lowe (Steve Roddy), Rick Dees, Pat Patterson, Mike Reineri, Gary Edens, Tommy Walker, Eddie Weiss (Charlie Brown) with Jimmy Capps and Our Best To You in the late night hours and a terrific news team Joe Goodpasture, John Tesh, Doug Limerick, Bill Leslie, Mike Blackman. WMEX went on the auction block on this past December 15, 2017. section. Jim Woods in the night time was the most exciting thing around. This is where the Greaseman was at his best. Produce documentaries chronicling the history of Top 40 Music. None of the 15Q guys Michaels mentions, were there when the station signed-on Dr. Steve (Bridgewater) West am drive, Ron Baptist midday, Shot Bob Kelly pm drive, Bro Mick Rizzo 6-10, Kid Curry did 10-2a Love your show! Station website Listen to WKNR - ESPN 850 AM, WJQX 100.5 - JOX 2 - ESPN 100.5 and Many Other Stations from Around the World with the radio.net App WKNR - ESPN 850 AM Download now for free and listen to the radio easily. The WAKY shout was created by Johnny and a group of girls he met out just after the bars closed. Didnt your ass spin the Top 40 tunes on KJR? live 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. Louis, WTIX/New Orleans and WQAM/Miami (or at least one of them) cant be taken seriously. Intrigue is like a DX weblog -- this site lists one man's DXing How awful is the radio in your city? is the greater Cleveland areas affiliate for. Was in college there in the mid 60s. Well said. chat board for aircheck collectors. 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! and Wisdom of the Appliance Doctor. He also gives travel KIIS is a commercial radio station that sticks to the top 40 format that's popular and familiar to most people over 20. CKY came in like a local during the day at Bemidji, Minnesota. Listings of events and radio clubs also Super CFL!! Poor Lee hadnt been paying attention. Chan; mysteries with the often-creepy Boris Incidentally, almost all of us had been previously on WKDU, which shared time with us on 91.7 FM. The glory days of CKLW were only five years long, but the Big 8s influence reverberates today. And this is only a partial listing. Remember to say you saw it on moderncleveland.com! Rock 106.9 WRQK - Canton's Rock Station Rock 106.9 WRQK Canton's Rock Station Theresa Vote Now For Your Favorite Artists! I went into Houston, i couldnt turn off KILT. You can thank Rose Trombly for a great deal of CKLWs success. Hello Lee Roberts! Thats how a Top 40 station owned the traffic image. Hence the morning mans name FENWAY. They were called the WMEX Good Guys. But, its always been a favorite of mine. When we went Top 40, we added Carl Lee. Yes, you were the last DJ on Wins, and , yes,Out in the Street (pun intended?) How can anyone leave out WMCA, New York?. FREQ CALL LETTERS CITY OF LICENSE STATION NAME AND SLOGAN . 291 TELEPH O NE 332-4601 SALEM. 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. Black: 358,300 Hispanic: 108,100, Average Quarter Hour Share for Persons 6+, Mon-Sun 6AM-Mid. . WMEX started in late 50s. Original WHK Top 40 Radio Station Music Survey from Cleveland, OH. Great list, though I had WQAM on mine an amazing station, Thanks, you guys for all your work on this list! to hear classical music over the FM airwaves for the first time. Enjoyed working together in syndicated 24/7 formats as well. 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. Today, changes in the radio business have Lee, in addition to answering the question, included what he considers to be the 15 characteristics of great Top 40 stations. 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. Not to nitpick, but you were off by one year as to the debut of the Atlanta Falcons: they actually started in 1966. Another great station that should have made the list. units sometimes need repair, but there are still good radio and hi-fi Toledo also had a lot of great talent. Again, pardon the rambling, but New York City even had a PART-TIME Top 40 rocker in the early days of said format. Chinese to French. Lock it in and rip the knob off.. Population: 1,796,900 The Randy Michaels in Erie was in reality, Frank Bascik, who passed away in 1991. Your input sucks! ALL-TIME BEST OLDIES STATIONS! antennas for MW DXing. For seeking out New groups and musicians like the stations you name-dropped ( call letter-dropped of great 40! 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