Still love it! 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. WTIX 690 AM New Orleans LA, Talk radio. Generic syndication and voice-tracking leave little room for localized fun and connection and way fewer role models for the next generation of announcers. More. At night despite having a terrible signal at night(WMEX could be heard across at the pond but couldnt be heard in parts of Boston). WMCA was more like the Dodgers: deeply loved inside the boroughs. As for signals, WINS was 50kw,but with short towers and a headlight-narrow beam across the city. Well said, Buddy.. Redeem Now Buffering PAMS Series 27 The Jet Set - WTIX AH3RD 9 years ago Jingles 392 8 AH3RD 39 29 Report Follow AH3RD and others on SoundCloud. Larry Anderson, the PD at WGR Buffalo, listened to WJET driving back and forth to see family in Ohio. Also includes commercials for Pontchartrain Beach, the 1962 Ford Galaxy, Mexsana Powder, 7-Up Float, and amention of Kirschman's Gentilly Woods. I was still a AM KFRC fan up until 1983. But KBOX was pretty amazing for having only 500 watts at night at 1480. WTIX FM David Amen to WKIX 850 AM/96.1 FM The Giant of the South with a healthy share of PAMS jingles! WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) Sign up to leave a comment and share your thoughts with other listeners. 1981 The Oldies Professor Steve Slumber calls the WTIX Original OldieHour. Look, I am a total Drake disciple (and in my early years, I had the privilege of working for Gordon McLendontwice). Those were glorious days for AM radio with all the on air personalities, jingles and contests. in the Spring of 1978, I was doing a late night fill-in on WKDU during their weekday Progressive Rock programming and I decided to do a show of all classic Progressive Rock tracks from the 60s and very early 70s, the music I had enjoyed from the afore-mentioned stations. Thanks for putting in the time and effort, much appreciated. (And!, heres some *trivia*!! They only beat WLS in the ratings once, but that battle was David vs Goliath in signal and cash. WTIX 94.3 | Metairie LA . Boy what trash we have now. About the app Radio stations that might interest you Top 5 1. 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. , Skip Wilkerson -Aircheck Morning Drive, March 16, 1965 (10:02), * Sy Jenkins - Aircheck 20/20 Newscast, with David Lawrence and Jon Reed 5/20/70 ( 8:38 ), Beatles Concert Ticket Contest- WTIX September 1964 (1:02), *Louise Harrison Caldwell WTIX Aircheck, August 5, 1964. Shows WTIX 94.3 - WTIX-FM is a broadcast station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, playing Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop music. Especially before I Heart and Cumulus took over. Sorry, I dont mean to monopolize the conversation, but another old Philly station/format warrants mention: An all-Progressive Rock format launched by WDAS-FM, Hyskis Underground. A good playlist and entertaining jocks. This is where the Greaseman was at his best. Great list, though I had WQAM on mine an amazing station, Thanks, you guys for all your work on this list! - English, 4539 N. I-10 Service Road 3rd Floor, Metairie, LA 70006, Breakfast with The Beatles Then the Canadian govt. Had a lot of fun working at TR, too, and enjoyed doing Smooth Jazz. your traffic, you can earn additional bucks every month. (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. WROV was the lowest powered full time station in the market and often beat all other stations combined. Those were some really good years on Twin Cities radio. His advice was 3 years too late. were on the moon on this date.Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Rex Root Beer. @Phil Dirt Mac Allen. How about 50,000 watt CKY in Winnipeg ??? Later that year he bought WTIX and it was there that the phrase Top 40 was first introduced. Lets see here, who did WAYS Charlotte create that we remember? the jocks, the music, the contests..they created the magic that made your station the very best! LOL Other stations interrupt. * Keep listening to your radio while doing other tasks. !, your damn input sucks, Radio Ink! The music was very attractive in those days. Erie also had the talented Oogie Pringle who went from WJET to WRIE in Erie and then jumped to WNBC in NY. There were so many great Personality AM powerhouses in the 50s-70s. Metairie, LA. WTIX - March 28, 1970 With DJ Pics WTIX (Football Survey) - November 27, 1971 Football shaped survey. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. 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. I had to climb onto the counter to reach it. (8:55), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckIt's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. 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. Frank Brodie (CKLW) was incredible on the air in ANY format, as were most of the jocks from the true Top 40 era. For a long time Id wondered what was in that box and theater of the mind. May I put in a plug for non-commercial station that was run very professionally and achieved some notoriety in its time? He's an old, white guy, so who knows what he'll say? xmplaylist Recently played songs on XM Sirius radio Genre SiriusXM Hits 1 Pandora Now TikTok Radio The Pulse The Coffee House 70s on 7 80s on 8 90s on 9 Pop2K The 10s Spot PopRocks Pitbull's Globalization The Whitney Channel Mosaic The Blend The Bridge The Beatles Channel Bob Marley's Tuff Gong Elvis Radio E Street Radio Underground Garage KDU was a great station in 1978 under P.D., Santo Canone, also very professional. KIIS belongs on the list, no question. Beers. Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH,. David Kaye, 8/10/2017: Im surprised no one mentioned WQXI Atlanta. I also agree with Randy Michaels that KFRC overall became a better station than KHJ for the reasons he mentioned. During my formative teens I was highly inspired by several including: WNOE, WTIX, KOMA, KBOX, KLIF, KONO, KNUZ, KILT, KXOK and WHB. Your right Guy. KRTH, Los Angeles (1980s,Sorry I havent been out to the West Coast in a long time) Reading what so many U.S. Ginsburg was topping everybody at night in the Boston Metro with shares of high 30s to mid 40s. of a damn BITCH!! Nobody, and I mean nobody, listened to KLIF in Fort Worth. Now its boring as hell. Redeem Now Pause PAMS Series 18 Sonosational - WTIX AH3RD 9 years ago Jingles 546 7 AH3RD 39 29 Report Follow AH3RD and others on SoundCloud. Really? No credit card needed. WMGQ Magic 98.3 New Brunswick, NJ (WCTCs sister station) Top 20 based on what? And lets not forget WHK in Cleveland who owned that City from 1959 to 1964 blowing every other station away. I was also working for Norman Petty in Clovis NM at the time. Third Floor * Bob Walker -AircheckMay 16, 1972 (11:00). 56kbps New Orleans Talk Radio. And that was Mr Abrams #20. Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. November1969, It's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. 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. 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. Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky. 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. announced, a fun contest to Name JFK's PT boat, and the telephone Double, * Craig Roberts (with Bob Walker) -The Origin of Thanksgiving1971 (4:26) Explained by the oldest man in. WLS was vanilla in most respects, but it was consistently excellent. During that same event KOMA lost power but had a generator I asked Perry how he knew when to cut back to utility power. 19. What is that song??? 15 WLAC in Nashville, my choice for the best. ); WGH and WNOR Norfolk, VA (the former licensed to nearby Newport News); WGLI Babylon, Long Island, NY (one of the first rock n roll stations not only ever, but also in suburban New York City in general (if not THE first suburban-NYC station of its kind); WYNG Goldsboro, NC (was it also Top 40 under its previous callsign WGOL, I wonder? You patiently answered them for this 17 year old radio freak. Keep rocking! as a Top 40 station. I have to mention the station that I listened to every night growing up in Utah (and made me fall in love with radio) 1520 KOMA out of Oklahoma City. If that sounds crazy, look at the ratings. No one has said anything about the greatest radio promo of all timein my humble opinion that would be Jack McCoys The Last Contest! Which I heard on the also great KCBQ in San Diego with Mason Dixon! Hell, I even got to work for Les Garland for a day years later during the Return of The Million Dollar Weekend! Easy to use internet radio. Here she is complaining about. Most of The CHUM Jocks came up from pretty good Radio Stations in the U.S., including The Big 8. WGLI Babylon, LI, NY 6. Heard hed make the production director Bill Mousis redo the promos over and over again. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. Gordon McLendon made it theater. Like I said this was a tough assignment. Only later was the format extended to WHB and the other Storz stations in larger markets. KIMN Inter Mountain Network. While in the USAF in 1967-68 I visited KOMA. Depending on the selected settings, some functions may become unavailable! English Website 87 Listen live 17 Contacts WTIX-FM reviews 4 Keith Kosier 05.01.2023 I just moved back and cant believe how great this station has got. Metairie, LA, USA. based on They had a very strong signal at night and played all the latest hits!! WLS was fun to listen to, but, was never as tight as WHK during the above-mentioned years. Listening from Toronto. Gene Chenalt was a gentleman who was always good to me. Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home. WFAS White Plains, NY (gold-based AC) Get discovered by a world of playlist listeners. Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. I listed WTIX because they were the very first Top 40. 11. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, Kim Stephens. Like other stations, it rolled with the times and changed. Hi Mike (Frank Brodie). more What's New Version History Version 1.0 !, yet!) I can still hear Roger Kleins growling delivery. The personality line up was one heavy hitter after another. Heres how everyone stacked up against each other. 10. Marlene I am so sad to hear that Lacy is no longer with us. Comments: I hate to call this 'sloppy', but there are numerous pauses between elements in this format. But here we go. Now we know, it was CKLW! * Craig Roberts - Vito Mufallato 1972 (:55), WTIX Morning newsman Craig Roberts was also known for his comic relief bits on Robert Mitchell's, When The Godfather movie was riding high in popularity when released in 1972, and New Orleans staged, another election not long afterwards, Craig Roberts created "Vito Mufallato" who urged people to vote the, * Jim Swiler -Traffic Report November1969 (1:55), * Jim Swiler -20/20 NewscastJuly 22, 1969 (6:03). KFRC was a good station, but anyone whos honest it was strictly second-tier and never (especially during AM Top 40s most dominant era) had anything close to the production magic and genius of Boss Radio, Morgan and Steele were the most influential in the business. Id like to thank Randy. Also, not at all intending to sound braggadocious, I think I was the first one to introduce a Classic Rock format. Wiped out the used car lot, skipped over a gas station then wiped out the new car lot. KMPC retained its AC format from circa 1976 through the rest of the decade. And my time at WING, even though it was in the 80s, was some of the most fun times Ive had in radio. 44 12 Magic 101.9 is an Adult Contemporary radio station serving New Orleans. During the party, the dj there played the Doobie Bros Listen to the Music. Tix has been a big part in my life. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. Coverage to the north was lost, and unfortunately, Dallas grew to the north. He even sent Reggie Hall to the grocery to get us all some. Best radio station without question. In this call, Louise talks about Ringo possibly being, nominated for President of the United Statesin the 1964 election in November. Plus they had Uncle Larthey could not loseeven with the bad signalthat supermod was flamethrower quality! Thanks for all of the comments and memories! Of WLTH fame? My point is whatever station you grew up listening to.. Thank you Randy Michaels for the 102 WVAQ mention! KFRC/San Francisco. When we went Top 40, we added Carl Lee. (Thats 3 a.m. in Louisville. Listening to radio as a kid, hearing major talent in the major markets and locally here in Erie, PA, it inspired me to jump into the business at the age of 15. Id say ask Dick Fatherley but hes gone now. I cant believe the PNW was left off of everybodys list. Go to YouTube, search keywords of the playlist like a country music playlist, Christian music videos, classic music playlist, etc. I would agree with how great WRKO was. With this simple but effective application you will be able to listen to WTIX 94.3 New Orleans and all its content 24 hours a day, 7 days a week no matter where you are and what you are doing. All Top 40 radio leaned towards MOR in the early Fifties. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. 3. Alternatively, you can select which cookies or technologies you want to allow in "Settings". Michael Green, Robert Mitchell & Bob Walker. TALK! They took overalong with the likes of Tommy Shannon, the still-to-come Dan Neaverth, Joey Reynolds and so many others. Ask most any of themit was the greatest experience of their careers. The Drake and Drew format there tore my ears off! I love all of the comments! I just wish I had been in the business ten years earlier. 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. As a kid I surfed the dial nightly from my Guelph Ontario backyard on one of the first 6 transistor Sony battery radios from Dick Summer on WBZ Boston to Cousin Brucie at WABC NYC, from Quixie in Dixie to WOWO Ft.Wayne to WLS & WCFL Chicago. Who pissed the furthest? Locally owned by Fleur de Lis Broadcasting, the station operates at 100,000 watts and serves the city of New Orleans and the Gulf South. How can we not mention the stations owned and operated by the late Todd Storz which basically invented the Top 40 Format. An error happened posting the review, sorry! Scott Shannon in his prime. He had 60 shares with a 500- watt daytimer. If you re-read this article, youll see that Randy Michaels *did* list WMCA. WSB (read: WSB-AM)s full-service format had, musically, reformatted to Adult Contemporary by circa early 1980s, that is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTrSr-Dfuw. The Big 8 will NEVER be forgotten! 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. And we cant forget the Top 40 version of KFI in between its two adult contemporary formats!, now, CAN we!!?!! Everything about KB was show business. Keep on keeping on. *Bob Walker -Christmas Eve1967(1:08)Bob flubs his midnight Bible reading. In your TikTok app, go to your video that you want to use to create a playlist. * Bill Murvin - Aircheck, June 1970. The last sentence should have read, And in Buffalo, the list of the greatest Adult Contemporary rockers of all time would have to include not only WGR, but also WBEN andparticularly circa mid-to-late 80sare you ready for this?WKBW.. YOU ARE!!! (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). Here she is complaining about, * Bob Walker -Aircheck 1981 The Oldies Professor Steve Slumber calls the WTIX Original OldieHour. Johnny Holliday. WABC drove us home from Ft. Dix when we signed out on pass at midnight. Its hard to fight for supremacy when you own the competition. At the very beginning of 1980, as Disco was rapidly dying, we went Top 40. WXYZ not only was in Detroit, but at last check had long been renamed WXYT. That was the prelude The crew that made Pappy Smith famous. 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. You mentioned KONG AM Visalia. Thanks. When WNBC went CHR in the 70s, that ranked up there, too. 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. Two legendary Top 40s that apparently didnt make the cut for these lists. In his undershirt he personally cooked, and rice, along with corn bread for us. Or you don't come in at all. WLS/Chicago. It was nowhere upstate or on the Jersey Shore. What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. Create a SoundCloud account When I started at WGR as a part timer, that became my new name. Unsere Bestenliste Feb/2023 - Detaillierter Produktratgeber Die besten Eos d6 Bester Preis : Vergleichssieger. But its been copied around the world just because its KIIS/Los Angeles. 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. Watch the video below! Bruce Bradley at WBZ told me at a record hop in 1963 NOT to go into Radio. (Willard The Rat Scott) rode the drive time shift. Use our service to find it! Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. WIOQ, Philadelphia (1987-88) But, its always been a favorite of mine. 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. WTIX - May 6, 1972 Bob Walker with Sonny & Cher. Kudos to the very talented people at those stations who contributed to creating the well deserved legendary status that still exists. Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. Then 890, Chicago, 1520 KOMA, were the ones to listen to at night. With only 250 watts way up at 1450kHz, WTIX debuted with a 50 share. 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. KCBQ/San Diego. Not just morning drivers, but the whole day. Still, WMGM had its legends, most notably Peter Tripp. 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. I sent him an audition tape about 20 years ago. !, 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!! 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! Yeah. 50000 good watts during the day, but cut back to 10000 at night, pointed at the city and South Jersey. Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. 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. Call sign: WTIX-FM Frequency: 94.3 FM City of license: Galliano, LA Format: Oldies Owner: Fleur de Lis Broadcasting Area Served: New Orleans Sister stations: Z-104.5 WMZ FM Contact Great Music!!! And to THINK Uncle Lar (the late, great Larry Lujack) was on both LS *AND*!! You can find more than 80 country list with total of ~3500 IPTV channels! So, a small hat tip to WMGM as well. All my old pals! 1) Your Web Site or Podcast address -- WTIX.com 2) Your Email addresses -- (anything)@WTIX.com 3) Your social media ID -- WTIX 4) Your Cell / Message Texting # -- Key people in your company can be assigned any available area code and any available prefix code PLUS your company name/number. One KLIF engineer told me the new night signal was so tight it went down Commerce Ave without touching either curb! Love those PAMS jingles and all of the hits mixed with crazy promotions. I ended up racking up 25 years total. on Saints QB Billy Kilmer). Great contemporary music doesnt exist today. Not mentioned but it should be was WHND and the talents of Richard D haase, Boogie Brian, Jon Ray, Stew Wilkins, et.al. 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