Note also how he doesn't accept the role of a guest who's supposed to be quiet most of the time - he really takes over the show. He left WCBS-FM when it flipped to the dreaded Jack format in 2005. In late June 2009, the HD2 channel was rebranded again as ToNY, meaning "to New York" but pronounced as "Tony". Shannon, 75, joined WCBS-FM in February . Contributed by Gus Gossert to Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. [10] In 1992, WCBS-FM ran a Top 500 Countdown based on all their surveys from 1973 to 1991. WNYC 93.9 FM. Most recently, Bob had been doing low-key progressive rock radio, but here he exhbits the full enthusiasm for top-40 style radio (albeit Oldies, but these are REAL oldies). Read more about this topic: WCBS-FM. The station's studios are in the combined Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood in lower Manhattan, and its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building. This was pretty good radio: far more mature, interesting and diverse than Top-40 radio, but not as edgy and progressive as WNEW-FM or WABC-FM.One interesting thing about this aircheck is that it still works 40 years later. WCBS-FM New Yorks Foxx & Annie In The Morning To Debut Feb. 13. Then at exactly 1:01p.m., the legally mandated station identification played, and WCBS-FM's classic hits format officially returned with Do It Again by the Beach Boys. . The format change to live jocks actually took place October 20th. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets. I retired five years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. Im not sure I have the right words to express my sincere excitement and joy about teaming up with John Foxx to rock the airwaves at WCBS-FM, Leamy remarked. Over the next couple of weeks, the station started playing pre-1964 oldies again. The playlist was wider than most typical radio stations, but it was also far more current. During that era, the jocks included Bobby Wayne, Bill Brown, Steve O'Shea, K.O. Since several people made this announcement, I must sadly believe it is true. Additionally, the '60s and '70s oldies became broader and '80s and early '90s oldies were also mixed in, and the format got much deeper. Gradually and subtly, WCBS-FM is increasing the frequency of 1980s and 1990s hits per day and is also adding music from the 2000s. Don K. Reed was best known for his Doo-Wop Shop that aired on Sunday nights on WCBS-FM. In addition to her six years at WPLJ and her recent stint at Q92, Leamy served as co-host of Woodman in the Morning on Pamal Broadcasting CHR K104.7 WSPK, and as morning co-host of CJs Playhouse with Annie on iHeartMedia CHR 96.1 Kiss FM WPFK, both in Poughkeepsie. AIRCHECK: Steve Clarke, Gus Gossert [stereo]. Based on some spots in the show (which we removed), we believe this is from June of 1989. knx 1070 radio personalities. Pat is still a big fan of rock and roll and has terrific insights into the artists and music. The station is continually ranked one of the highest-rated stations in the New York market, as well as one of the highest-rated classic hits stations in the United States.[1]. The station played two current hits per hour known as "future gold". I am interested in rock and roll radio. And when it happened, two of the top three radio markets would simultaneously wonder what had happened. CBS Radio, owner of the station, declined to comment on the rumors. [citation needed], By 2000, as demographics for 1950s and early 1960s oldies started to eclipse the target age groups that many advertisers covet,[12] WCBS-FM began cutting pre-1964 songs while adding more music from the 1970s and 1980s. WCBS-FM's last morning show host of this period was ex-Monkee Micky Dolenz, who had appeal to this audience segment by virtue of 1970s reruns of his band's eponymous television series and the mid-1980s Monkees revival. Patty Steele says her last show with Audacy's New York City oldies station WCBS-FM (101.1 FM) will coincide with co-host Scott Shannon's retirement in mid-December. 3,492 likes. [17] This sequence is now repeated on-air every July 12. History WGLI-FM-WTFM (1958-1982) In 1958, 103.5 MHz was assigned to Babylon, New York for WGLI-FM, simulcasting sister station WGLI 1290AM.William Reuman, the founder and owner of WWRL in New York City, was the owner of WGLI. He first appeared on CBS-FM around July of 1972. Previous Format: Oldies "101.1 CBS-FM" New Format: Variety Hits "101.1 Jack-FM" Date & Time Of Change: June 3, 2005 at 5:00pm More Info: Wikipedia Related Change: 101.1 WCBS-FM Returns It was the day many never thought would happen. By January of 1991, he had appeared at . The station's playlist consisted of music almost entirely from 1964 to 1979, dividing about equally between the 1960s and 1970s, playing only a handful of pre-1964 oldies and songs from the 1980s. News Reporter WNNJ FM, NJ . Here's a short aircheck from the end of Norm N. Night's last show on WCBS-FM. [21][22] The station went to number one again in the July 2014 & August 2017 ratings periods.[23]. Info of The Station. They broke format to only play Soul and R&B? The very personable Bob Shannon (with Dennis O'Mara) on WCBS-FM back when it was still a real Oldies station. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison - Dan Ingram [stereo]. While most oldies stations were playing songs from exclusively 1955 to 1973, WCBS-FM continued to play a moderate number of songs from the late 1970s as well as about one 1980s hit per hour. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison's Final Morning Show [stereo]. May the legend rest in heaven. The final Shannon in the Morning show aired on Dec. 16. Remember . A little over two years later WCBS-FM would become an Oldies station. For a few months he gave up his midday airshift. And the ratings never matched what CBS-FM had achieved. In 1940, during the early days of FM broadcasting, what is now WCBS-FM was allocated an FM frequency and call sign, W67NY, becoming CBS's first FM station. CBS-FM of that era was a fairly light station compared with WNEW-FM and WABC-FM. Elvis Duran of WHTZ (100.3 FM) and Scott Shannon of WCBS-FM (101.1) are the winning personalities, with all-news WCBS-AM (880) and WINS (1010 AM) also clustered at the top. This aircheck also features some interesting jingles, news and spots. It was quite lame, but typical of FM at the time with the exception of WOR-FM. In fact, there aren't too many spots aside from Coke. His progressive rock montages can be heard elsewhere on this site. Dan Taylor hosts WCBS-FM's morning show from 6 to 10 a.m., with Irv 'Mr. G.' Gikofsky providing weather updates. WNUR-FM. (And scroll down to find where Zach does it again 20 years later and still sounds as great.). In the course of 1981, all of CBS's FM stations, except for WCBS-FM and their FM station in San Francisco, adopted a CHR format known as "Hot Hits". From mid-1968 to early 1969, he did a weekday show called "Radio Free New York". 3 pm - Steve Scott. This was followed by greetings from former WCBS-FM DJs Harry Harrison and Ron Lundy. Thanks to RadioMaven77's postings on Mixcloud, here a five-part, five-hour restored compilation of WCBS-FM before it became an oldies station. The heartbreaking news was spread on social media but no official sources confirmed the news . On the banks of the Red River, Hanoi is one of the world's most ancient cities. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Reunion Weekend: Murray the K. Back when CBS-FM was more than just a "play the hit oldies" station, they had special weekends dedicated to the radio greats of the past. "My alarm has gone off at 3:15 for eight and a half years now, and I believe it's time to take a break from morning radio and just kind of chill for a while before I decide what I want to do next in my life and my career," Shannon told listeners Friday morning, October 28. The popular Jay is heard Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and Wednesday . In some cases, the same dates are posted twice due to conflicting information from different sources. Dan Ingram and Bobby Jay on a Fabulous Fifties very cold weekend. Patty Steele. WEPN-FM - ESPN New York 98.7 FM. Even Ingram calls 1960 the "year of the dog in music". If you hit a bad patch, wait it out - it gets better. It's also hard to believe that it was a year into Beatlemania and only 18 months after his death that WOR-FM joined the airwaves. Joe McCoy took over as program director in 1981, and at that point WCBS-FM began to gradually shift its focus to the 19641969 era, but would also feature more pre-1964 oldies than most other such stations of that decade. ", Patty Steele, Scott's longtime co-host at numerous stations throughout their careers, added tearfully, "I absolutely loved working here through all the challenges in my life like breast cancer, family addiction issues which have famously been explored in podcasting my kids' high school and college graduations you our amazing listeners have been my friends and my radio family, and I have not for one minute thought I could have gotten through it without any of you.". [15] The format featured nearly 2,000 unique songs in the playlist. At Audacy our New York radio stations connect audiences with influential radio personalities, local events, and the best news, sports and entertainment in radio. By September of 1970, he was doing 5-9pm weekdays on CBS-FM when the station had an AOR format. His first WOR-FM show was on October 8, 1966. They would have been better off taking a curated approach rather than a charts approach and/or they should have selected songs from the R&B charts. WCBS-FM's subcarrier also airs Spanish language Catholic programming for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from Radio Maria Hispana, a local unit of Radio Maria USA. As of 2018, WCBS-FM no longer uses any JAM Jingles, and the station also no longer plays any music from the 1960s, while also starting to cut back on the amount of early 1970s music played. An article describing the original "The Young Sound" service, which was 180 hours a month of instrumental versions of rock songs. Earlier today, legendary radio personality Scott Shannon -- heard for almost a decade every morning on New York City's WCBS-FM with long-time co-host Patty Steele, entertainment reporter Brad Blanks, and a whole crew of returning "Big Show" friends -- has announced his decision to retire from daily morning radio on Friday, December 16. WCBS-FM's return to classic hits has also been a success, ranking it among the top five stations in every quarter of the new ratings for Arbitron, consistently either first or second in overall audience. I could have watched two more hours of it, but it came in handy", Listen to Scott Shannon, weekday mornings on WCBS-FM. Dan Ingram last appeared on CBS-FM on Sunday, June 8, 2003. Retired, Mornings, WCBS-FM / NYC: Shauna? This aircheck has really terrific fidelity -- why doesn't broadcast radio sound this good anymore? The final show will take . Such was the appeal of the packages of jingles that stations around the world wanted that WCBS-FM sound for their stations, including for example the UK's Radio Victory. A native New Yorker, Foxx also worked at PLJ as Program Director and afternoon drive host of and was Brand Manager of New Yorks former country station, WNSH-FM. Check out this great episode of Scott's podcast, as he and beloved director/actor Kevin Smith discuss movies, specifically Kevin's praise of Shannon's From Worst To First which helped inspire one of Smith's latest writing projects. From the 1940s until the late 1950s, both stations aired a typical network-dominated general entertainment format with comedies, dramas, news and information, sports, talk shows and some music. Today, November 2nd, is the 95th anniversary of Pittsburgh's KDKA 1020. With the reallocation of the FM band, WABC-FM's new frequency became 96.9MHz; finally, in September 1947 the station became WCBS-FM, and the frequency moved to the current 101.1. Today we, unfortunately, learned that the former WCBS-FM Radio Personality Don K Reed sadly passed away on July 16, 2022, at the age of 57. What's with all the swearin' like a sailor? AIRCHECK: Zacherley on Halloween [stereo]. In return, Sparknet Communications gave Infinity Broadcasting permission to bring the "Jack FM" format to some of Infinity's radio markets in the United States. But we also hear a then-new track by Cher. Stephen A Smith will be among the personalities on ESPN's new FM home. His sister, Joey Heatherton, was featured on the Hullabaloo TV show and was famous for kissing Sammy Davis, Jr., which was quite controversial at the time. Bob was a DJ on many NYC stations including WMGM, WINS, WABC-FM, WNEW-FM and WCBS-FM. A large portion of the aircheck is dedicated to the "hit" songs of 1960 and most are quite awful. End price 46.00 USD Start price 9.99 USD. Chuck is quite modest and claims he wasn't "great", but that other jocks he names were. The station also had cut specialty shows such as Bobby Jay's Soul Of The City on Wednesdays, Thursday Night 60's, Friday night's Heart & Soul of Rock & Roll, Monday Night 70's, and Bobby Jay's late night Saturday show Jukebox Saturday Night. Start date 13 Oct 2017. The station's studios are in the combined Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood in lower Manhattan, and its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building.. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format . 2023 Audacy, Inc. All rights reserved. WCBS-FM also played a moderate number of adult standards from the rock era. AIRCHECK: First Radio Greats Weekend: Bob Lewis [stereo]. Harry was the mid-morning DJ on WMCA from November 1959 until September 1968 and he did the drive-time shift on WABC-AM from late September '68 until late November 1979 when Dan Ingram took over the morning shift for a year. There's also a bit where Murray does a pulp fiction comic book intro to Ernie K Doe's "Mother In Law". This is an aircheck from radio pro and historian, Rob Frankel. ), AIRCHECK: Cousin Brucie - Bobby Jay [stereo]. The channel continued to feature an adult hits format until December 21, 2012, when it was dropped and replaced with a simulcast of WCBS. The station segued to "Use Me" by Bill Withers. The change left WBZO as the only FM station playing any type of oldies format in the market. Prior to the last few years, CBS FM winning 18 to 34 never happened once. Fan page for CBS New York and WCBS-FM news personality and Scott Shannon in the Morning co-host Patty Steele. Note the great inside joke at the beginning. Yours truly with Don K. Reed at the Long Island Radio Day in 2010. . It didn't sound free-form, but it did sound low key. We look forward to celebrating with Scott, Patty, and the entire "Big Show" in the weeks ahead. In January 2001, they stopped playing currents and 90's hits on the overnight, dropping them altogether. Chuck Leonard on the third Radio Greats Reunion weekend. The HD2 station also simulcast the oldies format until 2:00p.m. that day, at which time Jack FM moved to HD2. Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy, Dan Ingram, Bruce Morrow WCBS-FM 1991 . Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. One of many format change announcements. This stereo aircheck from the CBS-FM hybrid hit singles/AOL days (I call it "progressive light"), complete with formatics and jingles, features DJ Bobby "Wizard" Wayne. Since then, WCBS-FM has consolidated its position as a market powerhouse - a tribute to Program Director Jim Ryan and veteran city DJs like Dan Taylor, Broadway Bill Lee and Joe Causi. Earlier today, legendary radio personalityScott Shannon -- heard for almost a decade every morning on New York City's WCBS-FM with long-time co-host Patty Steele, entertainment reporter Brad Blanks, and a whole crew of returning "Big Show" friends -- has announced his decision to retire from daily morning radio on Friday, December 16. Here's CBS-FM's remembrance of Bob Lewis from one of the Radio Great Weekends, probably in the early 90's. And then Bobby comes on and entertains us with even more of a distinctive personality. Legendary New York radio personality Scott Shannon announced on air Friday that he is retiring as host of the WCBS-FM/101.1 morning show, effective Dec. 16. Each episode includes guests from the Radio industry including, but not limited to, Air Personalities, Program Directors, General Managers, and Owners. Many of these hosts are well-known DJs, talk show hosts, and celebrities who sometimes anchor special shows. A Digital Nomad Guide to Hanoi. Former Mayor Ed Koch then welcomed back the format, noting the "mistake" CBS Radio had made with the switch. We also have WNEW-FM's tribute to Murray on the WNEW-FM page (scroll down to February of 1982). On-air Personalities. Huge thank you to John, [Senior VP of Programming] Jim Ryan, and [Market President] Chris Oliviero for this incredible opportunity.. In 2010, the station was number one among all stations in the New York region, 25-54 and 12+ (Arbitron PPM report, May 2010). AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Dan Ingram [stereo-scoped]. And we even hear news. And to Shannon, who rehired his long-time WPLJ sidekick Patty Steele and has clearly reconnected with a lot of folks who grew up hearing him on Z-100. This was the way it sounded as it was heard on WCBS-FM from 8/5/92. He is also the author of the book Behind The Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll. The station even began to de-emphasize the phrase 'oldies' in promotion of the station.[13]. Chicago, Talk. And it was Tom Clay, not Tom Cloy. "My alarm has gone off at 3:15 for eight and a half years . Don Bombard (born December 16, 1948), known professionally as Bob Shannon, is an American radio disc jockey best known for his work on WCBS-FM in New York City. . On a decent station, aside from the specific news articles, it could have aired today. 6 am - Wayne Cabot and Paul Murnane (with CBS World News Roundup at 8-8:08 am) 10 am - Lynda Lopez. A few hours after the change back from Jack FM, WCBS-FM's '60s and '70s music was brought back online on the stations website. Murray repeated this bit many times, even on free-form WOR-FM, but it demonstrates how much trouble he would go to just to make his show a little different. Dan sits in with Ron Lundy and they have some fun together, including making fun of Bruce Morrow. Newly Released Study - Sound . It should be noted that payola was not illegal before Congress made it so in 1960 (as long as you reported the income on your taxes, which Freed was accused of not doing). AIRCHECK: Rocky G, Bill Brown, Steve Clark (Restored & Scoped). Annie is no stranger to NYC radio, and I'm excited to welcome her back through the iconic WCBS-FM brand, Foxx said in a release. AIRCHECK: Bob Lewis sitting in for Cousin Brucie [stereo]. WCBS (880 kHz), often referred to as "WCBS Newsradio 880", is a radio station in New York City. While they failed, their efforts led to the invention of the playlist and the end of disc jockey freedom until free-form radio stations brought it back some years later. Initially, the internet-only station was DJ-less like Jack FM on the analog 101.1 and HD1 station; in between songs, the station played jingles plus pre-recorded voice overs done by their production director. Jay worked at WWRL New York, where, during his 15 year tenure, he performed virtually every duty . AIRCHECK: Back from JACK Format Flip [scoped]. A terrific sounding aircheck when radio was still willing to be creative, great and not afraid to examine its own history and when the DJ was still important. Unfortunately, Lewis passed away just a few months after this show was broadcast. ESPN-1050 made a strong move to acquire Yankees radio rights from incumbent WCBS-AM but was handicapped by its weak 1050 . Announcing the passing should state the source of information. DOB said: It's funny that in most large markets now, chr does best in 25 to54, while classic hits does the opposite, WCBS FM was recently #1 18-34. Listen HERE. In the first Top 500, The Five Satins' doo wop classic "In the Still of the Night" was #1 and "Earth Angel" by The Penguins was #2. This was just five months before he'd be fired from WNEW-FM, AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Jocko Henderson. Follow more of your favorite music on Frankie Says Dance, New Wave Mix Tape, 80s Underground, Scott Lowe on the Go's Post Modern Music Box, 90s and Chill, 80s Guitar,Rock N Road, IndustriALT,Wake Up and Rock, ALT Roots, and The Roots of Rock stations on the free Audacy app. What a bunch of amateurs trying to do something interesting. Just two years later, on July 6, 2007, WCBS-FM, under the aegis of new CBS Radio CEO Dan Mason, announced a return to the former CBS-FM with a start date of July 12th. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its transmitter is located in east Kansas City, and studios are located in Mission, Kansas. Transit Reporter WCBS, 880 AM, NY (WCBS Transit Center) . He was known as the 'Morning Mayor'. Also in the 1980s, after WABC and later WNBC abandoned music in favor of talk, WCBS-FM began employing many disc jockeys who were widely known on other New York City stations (and sometimes nationally), most notably Musicradio 77 WABC alumni Ron Lundy, Dan Ingram, Bruce "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, and Harry Harrison, as well as former WMCA "Good Guys" Dan Daniel and Jack Spector. Since you don't like John Foxx and Annie Leamy's new morning show on WCBS-FM, let's go back in time and listen to the "Morning Mayor" himself, Harry Harrison. The format was largely a jukebox or iPod playlist interspersed with snarky tag lines voiced by Howard Cogan. It's amazing how different Lewis sounded on FM (aside from the fact that he had a bad throat during this show). Spitz was an on-air personality on WPHR-FM/107.9 (Power 108 . The weekday lineup also features Ron Parker (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.), Broadway Bill Lee (3 to 7 p.m. plus Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), Joe Causi (Monday through Friday, 7 p.m. to midnight, as well as "Saturday Night 70's" on Saturdays from 7 p.m. to midnight). BDub Radio. He added, "This music has been treated terribly, and people in their 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s are still a very viable product in this society. While CBS-FM now achieves pretty good overall ratings, its audience is primarily elderly and it's just a matter of time before the format is going to have to change again. Many historians believe that he became the scapegoat for the scandal largely because he promoted R&B music more than other DJs of the time, even though politicians of the era hated rock music in general and tried to stop it. Dan Ingram playing the hits of the 50's-80's on "all New York artists weekend". On June 3, 2005 WCBS-FM flipped from an Oldies format to JACK. When FM radio split from AM radio simulcasting in 1966, Bob saw the potential of working in a freer creative environment and started doing the only weekday live show on WABC-FM in April of 1967. The nine hundred and fifty-fifth position on our top list is currently occupied by WCBS-FM. Our hosts cover all that matters to you. In addition, Fast Jimi Roberts, Big Jay Sorensen, Steve O'Brien, Famous Amos, Randy Davis, Dave Packer and Don Geronimo have done occasional fill-in work. A member and Hall of Famer at the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington DC, as well as the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago, Scott's remarkable career was recently chronicled in the documentary Worst to First: The True Story of Z-100. It was produced by the Berstein & Bernstein agency. It's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center in midtown Manhattan & the transmitter is located on High Island in the Bronx, New York (the antenna is shared with WFAN). I'd also like to comment on announcing passings on social media. Zacherley, doing his annual Halloween guest spot on WCBS-FM back when radio was still an awful lot of fun. A bit of Harry and then a news broadcast about the Gulf War and then Dan Ingram sitting in for Ron Lundy playing the usual oldies. Jay joined WCBS-FM as the host of the popular Hall of Fame and Top Twenty Countdown shows. 10 am to 3 pm - Race Taylor. Citing a family remember or a publication would be appropriate. We first hear Brucie closing out his show and what's remarkable is that in those 60-odd seconds, Bruce displays more personality than today's DJ's are allowed to exhibit in a month. You mean they respected their listeners with specialty show? The only radio personality to have worked at former Top 40 WMCA-AM 570 in New York, rival Top 40 WABC-AM 770 in N.Y., and Oldies WCBS-FM 101.1 in the Big Apple has died. Bob Lewis died on January 23, 1987 at the young age of 49. Preparing John profile View John's Email & Phone . Cumulus Q4 Net Revenues Down 0.4% to $252 . I have a son Lee who is now 34 years old. WOCL in Orlando used the same sequence (with the montage starting with 1966 and running clips for every year through 1989) the following year, dropping alternative rock for classic hits, and later WJMK in Chicago also used the same sequence (with a few Chicago-themed modifications) on March 14, 2011 when they switched from Jack FM to a classic hits format. Here are segments from Dan Ingram's show from the Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June, 1991. Rob restored the aircheck using his production magic, but we had to scope it again so as not to violate copyright law and to make it easier to listen to. Prior to 2016, WCBS-FM used JAM Creative Productions, Inc. for their jingles. In 2003, the station played a Top 500 Countdown covering the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and some 1950s songs, and in 2004 played a Top 500 Countdown with mostly songs from 1964 to 1979 with some pre-1964 songs and 1980s songs. The station broadcast "Jack FM," an automated adult hits format, from June 3, 2005, to July 12, 2007. Bob Shannon (radio personality) Syracuse, New York. Audacy classic hits WCBS-FM New York (101.1) has recruited a second personality with Big Apple radio experience for its post-Scott Shannon plans for morning drive. When WCBS-FM was relaunched in July 2007 Don came back to host the radio greats show on the last Sunday of every month. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Cousin Brucie likened the format switch to "replacing Yankee Stadium with a fruit stand". cooper's hawk copycat recipes Uncategorized. Jack Spector doing the "Saturday Night Sock Hop". Don K. Reed, Norm N. Nite, Ed Baer, Steve O'Brien, Randy Davis, Big Jay Sorensen, and Famous Amos were regularly featured on the program. [5] This allowed the station to reflect its corporate ownership by the Columbia Broadcasting System or CBS. Fleet Week is over. This aircheck is from about six months after CBS-FM moved from a quasi-progressive rock format to an oldies format. ( Source : twitter) AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Jocko Henderson [stereo], Jocko Henderson rides his rocketship and continues the greatness on the Radio Greats Weekend, AIRCHECK: Dan Ingram - Bobby Jay [stereo]. Yet still another terrific sounding aircheck with the great Bob Lewis who could and did great in any format. m3u: Radio 567 - XRN Australia. The original transmitter site was located at 500 Fifth Avenue. 7 pm to 12 mn - Joe Causi. Audacy welcomes Andr Yancey as the new morning show producer for "Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele" on WCBS-FM 101.1 (WCBS-FM) in New York. #61. JACK was a snarky format that was marketed as a more personalized approach with music chosen by a DJ named "Jack", rather than a corporation. real estate practice final exam highest attendance in soccer knx 1070 radio personalities. Radio personalities such as Bobby "Wizzard" Wayne, Tom Tyler, Ed Williams, Steve Clark, Roby Yonge, K.O. By the end of 1976, Brown was on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays along with his Saturday morning shift. The segment does have one error: near the end, it's said that Murray moved to WOR-FM in 1965. It's just music." Alan Berman with Don at the Long Island Radio Day in 2010. In 2007, Jennifer Donohue (from WWFS) was named as Jack's new general manager. On February 2, 2017, CBS agreed to merge CBS Radio with Entercom, currently the fourth-largest radio broadcaster in the United States; the sale was conducted using a Reverse Morris Trust so that it would be tax-free. Scott sounds like he's having a great time. Using Video to Convey Your Passion and Personality Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training: 101 . Originally from Detroit, Pat joined WPLJ in 1973, held a regular shift from 1974 and stayed until about 1987. The New York Radio Archive (NYRadioArchive.com) is a site dedicated to remembering New York Radio, primarily from the 1960s and 1970s and emphasizing free-form and progressive rock radio. On the AM dial, there were a few oldies stations receivable at night, like Buffalo's WKBW at the time.[16]. [19][20] Arbitron's switch from diary to PPM facilitated a move back to oldies and classic hits as sister station WOGL in Philadelphia had demonstrated ratings success in the new methodology by reaching the top five. He pretty much ignores the playlist and he breaks formats and that makes it a fantastic show. At about 21:45 minutes of Part 2, Pat plays the long music montage he created at WPLJ.So as to preserve everyone's sanity, we cut out the long stop sets on this one. 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