This one shows the schedule from 1967 to 1981 as CBS-FM evolved from various flavors of AOR to Oldies. As a result, WCBS-FM switched to oldies on July 7, 1972, becoming one of the first full-time stations in the country to use that format. The AM station retained its personality-oriented middle of the road format until August 27, 1967. Sirius Satellite Radio offers an ever-growing list of hosts across its various channels, especially since its 2008 merger with XM. From 1988 to 1993, he did 10am-2pm at WNEW-FM after Dave Herman moved to drive-time and he held other shifts on the station through 1998. This was when CBS-FM was a true Oldies station and we hear such tracks as Blue Moon by the Marcels and Where or When by Dion and the Belmonts. AIRCHECK: Back from JACK Format Flip [scoped]. Joe McCoy hosts a tribute to Alan Freed. While Freed and rock 'n roll music in general was highly controversial in the 1950s, Freed himself was very low-key, spoke in conversational tones on the air (unlike the screamers and speed-talkers of the time) and dressed in conservative suits. Saturday. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison - Dan Ingram [stereo]. It also resulted in radio stations of the day largely abandoning the patriarchs of rock, like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins and others. The entire staff from the rock format remained at the station. The following week, Dan Daniel took over on Saturday and Pat St. John "sat in" for Ingram on Sunday, but Ingram never returned. Edison Media Research VP of music and programming Sean Ross looks at what made CBS-FM different, and why it should have had a better chance at updating for 2005 . The final Shannon in the Morning show aired on Dec. 16. To save money, CBS-FM wanted to cut Ingram back to one day a week from two (with a commensurate cut in salary) and Ingram refused. Unfortunately, Lewis passed away just a few months after this show was broadcast. He also appeared on internet oldies radio stations and hosted concerts. WOR-FM was still being programmed by Bill Drake and featured Jimmy King, Sebastian Stone, Tommy Edwards, Sean Casey, Al Brady, Bob Evans and Johnny Donovan. In late June 2009, the HD2 channel was rebranded again as ToNY, meaning "to New York" but pronounced as "Tony". There's nothing about it, including the jingles, that sounds outdated or corny, But because it had that competition from WNEW-FM and WABC-FM as well as competition from WOR-FM, it couldn't last and by July of 1972, WCBS-FM switched to an Oldies format. 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. 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. WBEB, an adult contemporary station in Philadelphia, also broadcasts on 101.1 MHz. Greater New York City Area Fill-In Also: Dec 1998 - August 1999 On Air Personality . BDub Radio. 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. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. Whether you think Ingram's jokes were lame or very funny, there is no doubt that he adds a tremendous amount of personality and fun to the show. This was just five months before he'd be fired from WNEW-FM, AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Jocko Henderson. It works for those who thought WNEW-FM and WPLJ were "too heavy". He also spent time as Program Director. 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End date 20 Oct 2017. When was the last time you heard music DJs who sounded like they were having fun? This WAS radio. Pat St. John, who's been on New York radio since the 1970s, has announced that he's leaving CBS-FM, where he's been holding down the Sunday 11-3pm airshift, in order to spend more time with his west-coast based family. We hear Issac Hayes, 3 Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad and other hits of the era. 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. A photo of Bob "the Wizard" Wayne from contributor Kimbal Brandner. LISTEN NOW: Scott Shannon and Patty Steele discuss WCBS-FM retirement announcement and love for listeners. 3:30 pm - Michael Wallace and Steve Scott. They voted, and the stations lost because at the end of the day, the personalities are bigger than the station, not the other way around." Shannon was working across the street at WCBS-FM . 6 am to 10 am - Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele. Most of the 1980s music came from core oldies artists. 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. It's a pretty good montage of CBS-FM over the years along with a lot of formatics and jingles. ", 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.". The station broadcast "Jack FM," an automated adult hits format, from June 3, 2005, to July 12, 2007. Here's a great aircheck of a portion of Scott Muni's shift from the Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June 1998. [30] In February 2021, the HD3 sub-channel flipped to The True Oldies Channel; CBS Sports Radio would subsequently move to WNSHs HD3 sub-channel. That's quite a diverse and interesting group of nighttime jocks. PROMOTION: The WCBS-FM Rock Jocks: Bobby Wayne. On June 3, 2005 WCBS-FM flipped from an Oldies format to JACK. There's also a phone interview with his daughter Alana. WNYC 93.9 FM. 3 pm - Steve Scott. Huge thank you to John, [Senior VP of Programming] Jim Ryan, and [Market President] Chris Oliviero for this incredible opportunity.. 2023 Audacy, Inc. All rights reserved. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Scott Muni [stereo-scoped]. Radio Personality; On Air Hosting . One other surprise for me was the promotion for the DJs appearing later that night: Ed Williams and Rosko (Bill Mercer). End price 46.00 USD Start price 9.99 USD. 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. WCBS-FM HD2 also began broadcasting in HD Radio on December 12, 2005 (before most of the other New York stations, which launched in early 2006). And it was Tom Clay, not Tom Cloy. New York City, Classical. The . Updated on September 1, 2021. The popular Jay is heard Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and Wednesday . WCBS-FM also played a moderate number of adult standards from the rock era. AIRCHECK: Composite: Roby Yonge - Steve Clark - Gus Gossert - Steve O'Shea [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. Television Host @ WCBS-TV; Radio Host @ Shannon In The Morning - CBS 101.1 FM; . 2 pm - Michael Wallace. 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. Initial reports about the WCBS-FM format change initially surfaced on July 6, 2007, in the Radio Business Report online newsletter and at CrainsNewYorkBusiness.com. [5] This allowed the station to reflect its corporate ownership by the Columbia Broadcasting System or CBS. WEPN-FM - ESPN New York 98.7 FM. ESPN-1050 made a strong move to acquire Yankees radio rights from incumbent WCBS-AM but was handicapped by its weak 1050 . The station canceled more specialty shows in 2003, such as the Top 20 Oldies Countdown. This was the way it sounded as it was heard on WCBS-FM from 8/5/92. Albany/Troy NY The Doo-Wop Shop started on Sunday nights in May of 1975 and it aired through 2002. Pages are dedicated to WOR-FM, WNEW-FM, WCBS-FM, WABC-FM, WPLJ, WABC, WMCA, WINS, WPIX-FM, WQIV and such personalities as Murray the K, Rosko, Johnny Michaels. An article describing the evolving CBS-FM. . 10 am to 3 pm - Race Taylor. Bill Brown (who had started with the station in 1969, during their rock days) and Don K. Reed (who started at the station 6 months before the switch to oldies) remained with the station during their entire first period as an oldies station. 3 pm to 7 pm - Broadway Bill Lee. m3u: Radio 567 - XRN Australia. Harry stayed with WCBS-FM until March of 2003, so he had a 44-year run on these three major NYC pop music stations. The original transmitter site was located at 500 Fifth Avenue. After an incredible broadcasting career that has spanned over four decades, much of that time spent in New York City, radio legend Scott Shannon has decided to retire from his Big Show morning show on Audacy's WCBS-FM. A recording of Wolfman Jack's final radio broadcast from 1995 was also featured on two occasions. With this move, WCBS-FM had left the oldies format after 33 years. On October 2, 2008, WCBS-FM HD3 was launched as a simulcast of WCBS. 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]. Thanks to Rob Frankel's postings on Mixcloud, this is a restored aircheck of the supposed first edition of the Lewis & Clark expedition with Bob Lewis (and Steve Clark). 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. Cousin Brucie moved over to Sirius Satellite Radio's '60s on 6 channel to continue playing oldies. Each episode includes guests from the Radio industry including, but not limited to, Air Personalities, Program Directors, General Managers, and Owners. "In the Still of the Night" remained at #1 every year after that. However, it was commercial-free and had no airstaff. Chuck Leonard on the third Radio Greats Reunion weekend. . 103.5 MHz had previously been assigned to WPAT-FM in Paterson, New Jersey, which went on the air as WNNJ in 1949, and was deleted in early 1951. This is a great aircheck of John Zacherley returning to CBS-FM when it was still a true oldies station to play a bunch of crazy tracks for Halloween and it sounds great. . Now with a population of over 4.8 million people, it has grown beyond being the nation's capital to become a fascinating city in its own right. 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. And then Bobby comes on and entertains us with even more of a distinctive personality. #2. 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. It's just music." Other guests included Ross Brittain, Max Kinkel, Big Ron O'Brien, Bobby Jay, Dan Ingram, Gary Bryan, Harry Nelson, Al Bandiero, Al Bernstein, former CBS-FM program director Joe McCoy, Rick Hunter, Howard Hoffman, Dick Bartley, and ex-morning man and Monkee Micky Dolenz, who finally got to do his long postponed 101st show on CBS-FM. In early July 2007, various websites quoted sources as saying the station was ready to shift from its current "Jack FM" format and return to its previous format. Bob Lewis died on January 23, 1987 at the young age of 49. 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