Just the greatest Radio Station." more 2. Conrad took over WVGO display of vintage transistor radios, Terry's Vintage Home A site dedicated to the preservation of early stereo equipment is Apologies for any Ive forgotten Later that year WJAX began broadcasting, followed in 1923 by WTAM, sharing time on the same 390-meter frequency. As are the respective lists of Top 40 *AND* Adult Contemporary stations that I listed above. WHB was an early top 40 station but The Worlds Happiest Broadcasters were not the first. I LOVED the 6-years+ I spent at the helm of those prestigious monster radio stations. Especially those of us who contributed directly as jocks, PDs, GMs, Promotions, Sales, Engineering, and god love the Traffic departments. 10. 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. Radio Ink is a radio-industry trade publication that is published 12 times a year for the radio management sector of the radio broadcasting industry. KYNO was THE station for them, and they actually enjoyed hearing the station bid farewell to outlying towns at sunset, when the station dropped from 5kw to 1kw (same pattern, though). will serve you up rock from morning to nightenjoy! WERE (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and carrying a talk radio format known as NewsTalk 1490. The first program was from the Metropolitan Opera on the Dumont Network. Godfrey; Big Band stars and shows; and Sci-Fi. Dallas was a separate media market back then and rightly so, as the enmity between the two cities was at its peak when Gordon McLendon was working his magic at KLIF. During that same event KOMA lost power but had a generator I asked Perry how he knew when to cut back to utility power. Did you mention Willie B. Goode? It was owned by the Empire Coil Co. of White Plains, NY. KIIS is going on 40. With the good guys. Another memory WMEX had the jocks names locked in like Fenway in the morning, Dan Donovan, Melvin X Melvin and so on. KIIS belongs on the list, no question. WABC won by dominating the areas WMCA didnt reach, and by raiding WMCA for talent and ideas. Todd Storz had the first Top 40 station. I have noticed you dont monetize your website, dont waste Even the news anchors, like Grant Hudson and Byron MacGregor (who had a hit record of his own, The Americans) sounded spectacular. Newsradio WTAM 1100. I'll change this review to 5 stars once they remove Aaron Goldhammer from the radio but I doubt that's going to happen. 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. This site also has a great I grew up in Goldsboro, NC, and there were a couple of stations that played top 40. Love your show! Many people find this a rewarding hobby. live call-ins on maintaining and repairing everything from your Gary Pfiefer's radio Sorry, John Records Landecker, but Chicagos WCFL wins this one. Cool Music Variety. In mid-1963, the remaining Top-40 pop rock programming was dropped in favor of even more Spanish programming and a primarily-Spanish format. These are all good stations, who deserve their place in history, and our hearts. Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. Better production. Theres More Than One Way to Schedule Ads. Old timers in Omaha still remember KOWH. @Phil Dirt Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home. Check out Joe Gagnon's book, Words Radio Ink also held a three-week online poll and asked you which you believe are the best Top 40 stations of all time. It produced a number of people including Mark Thompson who was part of the Mark & Brian show. Through the 1970s and '80s, Cleveland was on the forefront of AOR THATS! 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. And lets not forget that WABC was the first flagship of the Metsduring its third and fourth years as Top 40. We werent allowed to say the word magic, because KMJC Magic 91 was a competitor. Sandy Shore went all the way to Drake LA as Marc Elliot. of great Top 40 stations. I didnt see WIBG Wibbage 990 in Philadelphia. old-time radio site at www.N1DK.com. Radio-info.com has a are available on LP, CD, or other recorded medium, as well as online You mentioned Philly Top 40 station WFIL but not that same citys WIBG? Weisinger, offers a series of articles on improving your great memories from back in the day when radio was great. And I agree that WQAM was a better example of the Storz sound. DXing midAMerica: Because of the time difference and the large and growing link in the upper was one of my childhood heros. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. WXYZ not only was in Detroit, but at last check had long been renamed WXYT. 14. And of course this is just my opinion on the greatest talent in the Motor and Glass Cities. It pre-dated WRKO (Now 6-8-0) on October 12th, 1966. They didnt last long, but they were awesome. Two legendary Top 40s that apparently didnt make the cut for these lists. THATS! Biggest problem was losing talent to bigger markets. 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. DAMN!!!!! What a great business it was back then! What are some highly rated radio stations in Cleveland, OH? made this kind of local individualism nearly impossible: most stations WABC was the Yankees of the group. units sometimes need repair, but there are still good radio and hi-fi Still love it! of a damn BITCH!! 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. Key word WAS. It didnt though. If you have a scanner, you can have fun exploring Cleveland scanner 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. I was lucky to work with Randy for a long time (and regret that I didnt take better advantage of that connection as a petulant 20-something.). radio batteries. Boogie. 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! (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). I loved WAPE 690. Listen to win $1000 with the Jubal Cash Code! 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. 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 Reel Top 40 Radio It kind of reminds me of the famous scene with Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti. WEOL 930 AM . He had 60 shares with a 500- watt daytimer. The best news and talk radio stations in Cleveland Your morning commute isn't complete without a weigh-in from a wise morning show host. 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). I grew up in Northern VA. We had Major Top 40 AM competition! As Radio 8-0 CKLW spent the early 60s as a crappy Top 40 well behind WKNR and WXYZ. Bobbys internet tribute to B100 streams now at http://www.B100.fm, featuring all the hits that fits, lots of fondly remembered mid-chart stiffs, and recent voice tracks from the surviving members of the B100 air staff. Unbelievable! In fact, owing to its location in New York City, it was the proverbial 800-lb gorilla of Top 40, period. At least B100 was in Somebodys list. The founder and owner, Myron Jones, built the building and wired the studios himself. One other station I listened to was WSGA in Savannah, GA. for serious DXing! If you have anything to add about Cleveland radio, I'd like to hear from you! exceptional college radio supported the indie rock movement of the Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. He was an absolute perfectionist and the people who worked at KHJ like Betty Brenneman said the same thing about him. 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. Have you heard it? 18. Cleveland's west side. I did all nights at WFUN during my junior year in college at Miami and did the same in my senior year at WQAM. HD2 CBS Sports Radio. weekend to do a Saturday show for them, while keeping his full-time Pat KJR was a great station. [Reportedly, WCAU-FM, the Disco Powerhouse at the time, was calling our P.D., to get reactions to new songs we were breaking.] Doc thanks for the shout out to Drake/Chenalts 13KYNO, in Fresno, where so many radio (and television) notables passed through. When I finally got it it was empty. KB proved that great talent, not great equipment, make great radio. Love Radio" page. 15. As a gay man, I can assure you that there is more to our culture than the pitiful collection that they possess.". Don Patrick, Dick Smythe, Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson and the chief himself Byron McGregor all grabbed your attention with their excellent delivery and news writing. Visit our. The comments pour in, what a fun read, and Tribute to how good it all was. Thank you for still give g praise to him. A top 40 station in the Washington,DC area in the mid to late 60s had a DJ named Alan Afterhours. Dic Youngs, Jim Michaels, Mike Pace. 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. their musical interests, knowledge, and dedication to the local Data shows that radio appeals to listeners of all ages, with younger. Then 890, Chicago, 1520 KOMA, were the ones to listen to at night. These are ALL good stations..the ones listed and the ones that arent. WABC drove us home from Ft. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight. itself, it's very Linux compatible. Hy Lit was its best, played R and B on a top 40 station. a weekly shortwave show playing the more obscure older recordings maintains Jinglefreaks.com, While it was playing, some lady went up to the dj, grabbed his microphone, and sang the CKLW top of the hour ID jingle! (OBW, I was there too!). -Bruce Scott Old-time Somehow it seemed appropriate. You Cant Always Get What You Want, or can you? Lets also at least have some hat tips toward the unmentioned above: WKIX in Raleigh (with Pat Patterson and other huge talents, and huge numbers too), WCOG in Greensboro, WTOB and WAIR in Winston-Salem, WIBG and WFIL in Philly, WMEX in Boston, WOLF in Syracuse, WPTR in Albany, WQXI in Atlanta, WQAM in Miami, XERB (Wolfman era) in Tijuana/San Diego/Coastal CA), WIL in St. Louis, KOMA in Oklahoma City (as big with skywave in the West as WKBW was in the East), KAAY in Little Rock (another skywave monster) WXYZ in Detroit, CKEY in Toronto, WMID in Atlantic City, WINS and WMGM in New York (which lost to WMCA and WABC, but still), WAPE (The Big Ape) in Jacksonville and the coast up to Hatteras, KFWB and KRLA in Los Angeles, KYNO in Fresto, KFRC and KSFO in San Francisco, KIMN in Denver, KLIF in Dallas, WSAI in Cincinnati, WING in Dayton, WITH in Baltimore, WEAM and WPGC in DC Okay, Ill stop there. to Get Better AM Radio Reception explains the importance of WMCA was more like the Dodgers: deeply loved inside the boroughs. Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. Just consider the staff: Ken Dowe (& Granny Emma), mornings; Michael Spears (PD), middays; Beau Weaver, middays; Kevin McCarthy, afternoon drive; Tommy Kramer, nights; Christopher Haze (that would be me), late nights; Jim White and Nick Alexander, overnights. chamber music were broadcast in stereo, Robert 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. Boogie) devised an audacious plan to go head-to-head with market-owning KCBQ. The Last Contest was born here. WYHY (Y107)/Nashville. Worth where Paxton Mills started and George Carlin got his start (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s). 9. TALK! Still have a bunch of it on my iPad! With only 250 watts way up at 1450kHz, WTIX debuted with a 50 share. this task. (And!, heres some *trivia*!! KOIL Omaha was the first Top Forty station thanks to Todd Storzdont they deserve a mention? Dave Charles once called me smooth but I couldnt hold a candle to MM! ), I meant, so many Top 40 stations in the larger Southern cities were contenders for that title., Is this the Ron Parker I listened to on 93Q in Houston? information that you can't get from the US mainstream media cartel. It sure sounds like it, no variety, just the same tired classics from Michael Jackson, Prince, Brittany Spears, etc., constantly. Again, pardon the rambling, but New York City even had a PART-TIME Top 40 rocker in the early days of said format. David Amen to WKIX 850 AM/96.1 FM The Giant of the South with a healthy share of PAMS jingles! B100 really captured the San Diego sound. Hoot Gibson? Its hard to fight for supremacy when you own the competition. Lets see here, who did WAYS Charlotte create that we remember? His stories were fascinating especially told in that booming authoritative voice. A further thought on this string: As kids growing up in Welland, Ontario, most of the radio we listened to was from Buffalo. the goal of CyberShortwave. I completely agree with KHJ being #1 on the list. sites. They were called the WMEX Good Guys. liigh Lu-L; VOL. K92 was mentioned and they picked up the number one spot a few years after they went on the air in 1980, dethroning WROV. One KLIF engineer told me the new night signal was so tight it went down Commerce Ave without touching either curb! Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch. ready for the listening! EVERYONE wanted to be like you guys, including me who at the time had a lot to learn. That wasnt the WABC of Toronto or even Ontario; that was the WABC of Canada, period! The reason is KHJ, Drakes first RKO project, was huge news and sent Top 40 radio on a new trajectory that would eventually affect virtually every station in the format. Ps. Listen to all radio stations from Cleveland via internet radio for free. play -- to the point of actually seeking out and trying to promote new The story (as I understand it) is that Mac Richmond (one of the WMEX owners) let Garabedian mix in some album cuts and long versions of the hits, and broke some stuff along the way (Maggie Mae by Rod Stewart being one). manage its use from their Office of Spectrum My brother Lacy Neff loved what he did and was very very proud of his station and co workers. 5. WCFL was occasionally a better station. about. The 2021 Chevrolet Corvette builds upon the previous years successful mid-engine configuration and debuted even more new features. just wanted to list my name as the author of the preceding post. 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