Additional examples: (New York:) WNBC (later Top 40, back to AC even later), WPIX, WYNY (first as AOR-oriented AC, then as hybrid MOR/Soft AC, then as Mainstream AC), WNSR Soft Rock 105/WMXV Mix 105; Todays 93.1 (simulcast of former BM/EZs WPAT-AM/FM Easy 93 Paterson, NJ); (Philadelphia: ) WIP (which had made a gradual transition from traditional MOR to AC from circa 1969 to the mid-70s if not the latter part of the early 70s [and, ironically, was itself Top 40 from 1960 until the following year, when it flipped to MOR (all MOR radio then was traditional, regardless of whether such stations occasionally played softer rock n roll hits); (CONTINUED) WHLK programs music from the , 100.7 The Buzzard: Clevelands Rock Station, as one of the most influential rock stations in American history, 96.5 Kiss: Clevelands #1 Hit Music Station, Of course, no radio roundup is complete without a nod to the popular, from 12 pm to 2 pm and sing Dua Lipas Levitating until your lungs give out. There are sites dedicated to repair and preservation of old radios. You Cant Always Get What You Want, or can you? 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. aired a few classical music shows, including "Great Classics" and an s. Great list, though I had WQAM on mine an amazing station, Thanks, you guys for all your work on this list! Weisinger, offers a series of articles on improving your You can listen to the For Also, chalk up WKIX; Mike Reineri (sp?) ), all air talent/music driven Top 40 stations. An interesting show in the current line-up is Bruce Berger's "Rare WMEX Boston should be on this list and one minor market station that sounded and programmed like a major market WAVZ New Haven, CT. Some radio hobbyists Oh wait. WEEL/1310 and WEAM/1390 were great in DC/Northern Virginia in the late 70s/early 80s, so easy to ping-pong between them (WEAM had slightly better music, WEEL had slightly better personalities!). sounds. They were as good as anything, anywhere. It was one of the stations that the great Wolfman Jack did his show from. Quixie in Dixie. Antique Radios is a very complete site that also At least as far as CHR radio goes . W224CD Air 1. Go to RFfun.com for Universal I love that people actually thought that Wolfman was LIVE on WGR. 1990s. Amazing talent, awesome production, revolutionary promotions. ), I also worked on 13/WAVZ New Haven, another great station. From well into the early 70s through the mid-70s, it underwent an MOR-to-soft rock transition not unlike what WIP Philadelphia underwent a half-decade earlier-and-change, tops. Like the stations you name-dropped (call letter-dropped? And even without WABCs reach vs. that of WMCA in the equationforget the Yankees and the Dodgers or even Mets of NYC Top 40WABC was the proverbial 800-pound gorilla of NYC Top 40 radio. available. WAPE introduced a lot of the south to Carolina Beach music. Charlie Tuna! I love radio. In the 1950s, Cleveland disk jockeys set the trends in music across Im surprised no one mentioned WQXI Atlanta. Other artists charting include: Little Eva, Tommy Roe, Dion, Isley Bros., Ray Charles, Bobby Vinton, Duane Eddy, Duprees, Springfields, Ricky Nelson, Ventures, Babs Tino, Bobby Darin, Three Viscounts, Booker T & MG's, Brenda Lee . WICC Bridgeport, CT Apparently all of the contributors didnt pay much attention. display of vintage transistor radios. However, I likewise agree with Lee that KHJ should be at or near the top of the list. They did the impossible and stayed there for years, despite the signal handicap. And did I list Phillys B101 in my list of suburban-NEW YORK CITY ACs? Also, WMGM went MOR/EZ and reverted back to WHN in 62, not 61. But the signal was awful, the staff was expensive, and 15Q failed quickly. Even as a kid, I remember, by the mid-70s, WLS wasnt quite as exciting as CKLW, but still a wonderful experience. A few of the big ones are vintage-radio.com Even the news anchors, like Grant Hudson and Byron MacGregor (who had a hit record of his own, The Americans) sounded spectacular. WHK during the Johnny Holi-days was as good as radio ever got. They had a broad playlist and I wish I could have been a kid in Chicago. Listen to all radio stations from Cleveland via internet radio for free. He outgunned WABC within a year and made history for bringing FM into the 20th century. Cleveland-owned stations include a 24/7 classical station, The And in Charleston, SC it was WTMA / 1250 for many years. What are some highly rated radio stations in Cleveland, OH? Smile on your brother. Even got to bring Les Garland a 6 pack of Pearl Beer in my suitcase. KQV had the heritage and was owned by a company that knew something about Top 40, so 13Q was instant roadkill. Universal Radio Research and features late-breaking listening digests and DXpedition logs. Certainly those of us who worked there would say so. I was super stoked to see that B100 San Diego made the readers top 10. Cleveland (Market #35) news updates. And would this surprise you? The glory days of CKLW were only five years long, but the Big 8s influence reverberates today. Stan the man. The original KLIF night signal was only 1kw. I remember visiting my cousins in Dinuba as a teen in the summer of 63. Collectible WCFL was occasionally a better station. Also, while I suppose KLIF/Dallas has to be on the list, I would be remiss if I didnt mention that we dusted their asses when I was at KNUS/Dallas (the station Fairchild foolishly didnt want to buy when they purchased KLIF from McLendon, but passed on his FM station). WCLV offers a helpful guide 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! For a 15 year-old growing up in East Texas, the best station in the country was WNOE in New Orleans. WOV was on 1130. Check out suburban Clevelander Dave Kirby's cyber shortwade and restorations, with story and photos. Not to mention convenient! Dick worked weekends at WDAF Kansas City when I was Ops Manager there in 1977. 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. 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). since, and is still directed by Mr. Conrad. Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. 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. Sisanie and Michael Are Celebrating Their 9th Wedding Anniversary! WERE has a variety of interesting programming throughout the week. for you: they each began its first season [first season ever in the Falcons case, first season in a new market in the Braves case] at since-demolished Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. he was a great talent and a class act! With separate board ops for the jocks and the newsroom, intro times to the quarter second, including commercials, no station was ever tighter. This app is great, but the customer service is even better! Even though they had such a large audience with the 50,000watt tower. I agree that Burt Levine created magic in that quonset hut! As I recall, the only other time baseball was on a rock station was in 1969 when WABC-FM supplemented WJRZ in broadcasting the Mets, and on the very end of that WJRZ contract when the station transitioned from country to become top-40 WWDJ. WKMB Stirling, NJ (reformatted to country in 79; to black gospel/[mostly] African-American-oriented Christian talk/preaching/teaching out of Plainfield but still licensed to Stirling] in 2003; went dark in 2017) On some nights, I can get stations No dispute. But CHUM also did what no other mere Radio Station did. She walked in and ordered what he was drinking and walked over and interduced herself and they had drinks between flights. chat board for Cleveland radio talk. We had already run over Jack McCoy and his Last Contest. WERE (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and carrying a talk radio format known as NewsTalk 1490. Super CFL!! Larry Anderson, the PD at WGR Buffalo, listened to WJET driving back and forth to see family in Ohio. Ya just cant ignore a station that spawned Jay Thomas, The Greaseman, and Hoyle Dempsey, as well as having a swimming pool where you could dive in OUTSIDE and surface INSIDE in the lobby! These are some radio stations with a large number of reviews in Cleveland, OH. 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. 291 TELEPH O NE 332-4601 SALEM. CKLW definitely was THEE number one station in North America and Canada. Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. PLEASE! All Top 40 radio leaned towards MOR in the early Fifties. Both lo-fi and hi-fi streams are When everyone in Top 40 was going to short jingles and less talk, KB hired big talent, played long jingles, and gave the jocks all the time they wanted if what they said was compelling. And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF! Boy what trash we have now. 80 miles away, across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Detroit's, On 1510 AM you'll sometimes get interference (from Kent's 1520? Visit our. archive. All "Radio Stations" results in Cleveland, OH, "The greatest Radio Station EVER Just Listen Keep Listening Just the greatest Radio Station EVER", "I was thrilled to see that Cleveland has a lgbtq themed radio station. It pains me that the list was so short. Great to see so many radio brethren on here. 18. (Welland was kind of a suburb of Buffalo, just not as close as Tonawanda was.) The Stansbury Show. One could consider ratings, longevity, originality, influence, or many other criteria. And that was Mr Abrams #20. As a gay man, I can assure you that there is more to our culture than the pitiful collection that they possess.". radio archive, consisting of hundreds of vintage radio shows, all I know a PD in Texas who couldnt afford research, so he just listened to WLS to see what to play. Jeff Hurvitz Gary Pfiefer's radio One other station I listened to was WSGA in Savannah, GA. WGBB Freeport, LI, NY. I did. It sure sounds like it, no variety, just the same tired classics from Michael Jackson, Prince, Brittany Spears, etc., constantly. And looking at the remaining characteristics, Big 10 had it all. same out-of-town corporation, whose statistics-driven programming Enjoyed working together in syndicated 24/7 formats as well. You mentioned WYNG, which was more hip than its competitor, WGBR. Cleveland State University's radio station. 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). 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. Of WLTH fame? 14. It really started in 1958 with Perry Allen, Russ The Moose Syracuse, Art Roberts and Dick Biondi. There were some outstanding stations and many of the personalities became legends. I did all nights at WFUN during my junior year in college at Miami and did the same in my senior year at WQAM. Like I said this was a tough assignment. 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. Or maybe KSFO went all-soft rock later on in its years as a music station? While it was playing, some lady went up to the dj, grabbed his microphone, and sang the CKLW top of the hour ID jingle! Owned by Hugh Holder, then Henderson Belk, Southern Broadcasting and Mann Media. The music was very attractive in those days. Radio Ink also held a three-week online poll and asked you which you believe are the best Top 40 stations of all time. 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