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Post by chrisinmi on Sept 9, 2012 20:58:51 GMT -5
Here are the station mentions from hour two of 09/10/83 - they have all been previously mentioned.
KTQM - Clovis, NM KFMZ - Columbia, MO AFR
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Post by blackbowl68 on Sept 14, 2012 20:39:39 GMT -5
I caught the AT40 70's broadcast of 9/15/79 on CKWW. Casey made a rather interesting station affiliate: 99X in New York City! (WXLO-FM)
When I came to NYC in December of that year, I couldn't find the show. After a two-year stint in Wichita Falls, TX, my family came back to Long Island where I found the show on 66 WNBC-AM. The following year, the show was transferred to WPLJ-FM. (Apparently, part of the ABC overhaul that took place at that time mentioned in Rob Durkee's book.) I live far enough out on the island to also pick the show up on WDRC in Connecticut.
But what I really found intriguing about that station mention by Casey was what it would become: The legendary 98.7 KISS-FM (WRKS-FM)! It made its official debut August 1, 1981. (The same day MTV premiered) This urban station would be the first in the US to include hip-hop in regular rotation and would play mastermixes what have become classic club hits, many of these were done by remixers like Shep Pettibone and John "JellyBean" Benitez before they were well-known. Other DJs that were there include Kool DJ Red Alert, club DJ Ruben Torres, and future talk show host Wendy Williams.
98.7 KISS had an urban contemporary format throughout the 80s and was the top-rated station in NYC for several Arbiton books. By 1993, several other stations in the market began to copy & compete with it, causing WRKS to alter to an urban AC format.
Over the years, many recording artists would have as broadcasting stints at the station, ranging from the late Isaac Hayes, Ashford & Simpson, Roberta Flack, & James Mtume. One mainstay was newsman Bob Slade.
Sadly, 98.7 KISS signed off on April 30, 2012 after over thirty years to become the NYC's first sports radio station on the FM dial. But I find it out rather intriguing this signal once carried American Top 40 in NYC.
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Post by chrisinmi on Sept 14, 2012 23:40:21 GMT -5
I have Pete Battistini's '70s book and according to that, 99X picked up the show (or at least was mentioned as a new station) the week of May 20, 1978. Previous to that, the show had been on WPIX-FM (today's WRXP) back to 1971. Later in the '80s, WPLJ/WWPR was the affiliate station.
It's interesting to note that in the biggest markets, the station which most people remember as the legendary AM Top 40 in the '70s wasn't the one to air AT40. For example, it was never on WABC, CKLW, KHJ, KFRC, or WRKO; it was on WCFL only very briefly and wasn't heard on WLS until 1982. Detroit went most of the '70s without an AT40 station period.
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Post by marv101 on Sept 14, 2012 23:49:08 GMT -5
All of the Bill Drake top 40 powerhouses of the 1960s, starting with KHJ/Los Angeles in 1965, had their own countdown shows which were hosted by station personalities.
KHJ, WRKO, KFRC, WHBQ, & CKLW had something else in common besides being a part of the most powerful radio outfir of the sixties & early 1970s; Charlie Van Dyke worked at every single one of them.
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Post by Shannon Lynn on Sept 15, 2012 19:31:55 GMT -5
wonder what ever became of KCRV in Caruthersville, MO. They were unique in that they carried both American Top 40 and American Country Countdown in the 70's! I also listened to AT40 on KHIG out of Paragould, AR in the 70's.
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Post by Mike on Sept 15, 2012 20:01:16 GMT -5
I'm going to assume that's the AM for KCRV? They only have half that combination today, the Country side. An FM signed on in '81 that's now Oldies. I think I featured KHIG somewhere in these pages, though I don't remember where. I really need to glance at these again. I have an unexpected day off coming Monday. Shall I give it a go?
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Post by chrisinmi on Sept 16, 2012 22:56:44 GMT -5
Good to see some action on this thread again!
Here are the station mentions from this weekend's '80s show, from September 20, 1986.
Format info for stations "then" comes from the 1987 Broadcasting Yearbook.
WTTL Madisonville, KY - listed as "Contemporary/MOR" so I guess AC would be a fair description. Today, an ESPN Radio affiliate. KCLS Flagstaff, AZ - an AC station carrying the show. Per the Wiki article, the station was sold and went off the air in '86, so given the AT40 staff's occasional late response to format/station changes, it may already have been off the air by the time this countdown aired. The frequency was resurrected in the late 1990s when talk station KVNA moved there, and remains there today. CKRA (K-Lite) Edmonton, AB Canada - "K-Lite"'s AC format continued until January '95 when the station brightened to Hot AC. The station began flirting with a CHR sound in the early '00s and soon went all-out CHR, then country and most recently (March '08) to Classic Hits, with which it is today doing very well. WCIT Lima, OH - Lima's AM Top 40 giant during the '70s and early '80s. Per Wiki it went full-service AC in the late '80s, urban (1992-2005) and then sports (2005-07) as WLJM, then changed calls to WZOQ, then became WCIT again in 2009 with an oldies format, then news/talk in January 2011. KLAN Glasgow, MT - An AC station then, and a Hot AC today, as "Mix 93." KHTR St. Louis - previously mentioned here KIFW Sitka, AK - previously mentioned here WUPM Ironwood, MI - mentioned on last month's 1982 show WPXZ Punxsutawney, PA - In 1986, it was an AM/FM AC simulcast carrying the show. The FM remains WPXZ an AC today; the AM has been through several format changes since and is today news/talk WECZ. WRNO New Orleans - Curiously this was an AOR station carrying AT40. In any case, it's been a Talk station since '08. KITS San Francisco - Per Wiki, KITS was in the midst of a transition from CHR to New Rock at the time this show aired, and the transition would be complete by October, so KITS might have dropped the show by this time. It's been a modern rocker since. Previously this had been one of Mike Joseph's "Hot Hits" stations.
One new station welcomed: KASX Ada, OK - If the BY is to be believed, this was a country station carrying the show in 1986. However, I'm thinking that picking up AT40 might have coincided with a format shift to AC, since the 1988 BY lists the station as AC (with new calls, KFIX). According to Wiki the KFIX calls were adopted in November '87. In any event, Ada's heritage AM station KADA took over the station in 1988 and turned it into KADA-FM. It remains KADA-FM today with an AC format; interestingly the current owners (since 1996) are the Chickasaw Native American Tribe (cool!).
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Post by vto66 on Sept 17, 2012 0:18:09 GMT -5
Even with the transition to "Live 105" by late 1986, KITS continued to carry AT40 up until the middle of 1987. I remember that they had moved it from 8 am to a much earlier time slot, around 5 or 6 am, before dropping it completely the following year.
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Post by chrisinmi on Sept 23, 2012 23:29:53 GMT -5
Here are the station mentions for September 22, 1980. Previously mentioned in this thread: KOYE Laredo, TX KRAL Rawlins, WY Pro-FM Providence, RI (WPRO) Also: WWYO Pineville, WV (970 AM) - According to Wiki and Radio-Locator, their format today is Variety. For more on the history of this station: jeff560.tripod.com/wwyo.html WSOY Decatur, IL - Casey did not specify whether this was the AM (1340), which carried an AC format in 1980, or the FM (102.9), which switched from beautiful music to Top 40 in early 1980 with a pretty hideous-sounding syndicated format called "The Love Rock" (aircheck at www.dougquick.com/areachrradiohistory2.html). The AM has long since gone news/talk, but the FM is now in its 32nd year of playing the hits (now as an Adult CHR) as Y103, and they do air AT40 with Seacrest (not sure which version). KYSN Colorado Springs, CO (1460 AM) - Colorado Springs' heritage AM Top 40, they would drop the format in 1983 and are now KZNT, a talk station. WTTX Appomattox, VA - Then an AM/FM combo (1280 and 107.1), simulcasting a full-service format. From what I gather, a mid-1980 sale saw the AM becoming a religious station and the FM going country, a change that might have already taken place by the time this show aired. Only the FM survives today, as a Southern Gospel station. WROK Rockford, IL (1440 AM) - Now News/Talk. Their sister station 97.5 WZOK later picked up the show. KUBC Montrose, CO (580 AM) - An MOR outlet airing the show in 1980. Now a Talk station. KZFM Corpus Christi, TX (95.5 FM) - Has been a hit music station since 1975, although per Wiki they've been a more Rhythmic station since the mid-'80s. Foreign outlets mentioned, both in Central America, were XHMN in Monterrey, Mexico, and Radio Exclusiva in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Looking back through the thread, a number of this week's station mentions were repeats from 6/21/80. One new station was welcomed. KSDB Manhattan, KS was, and is, the student station of Kansas State University. It operated at 88.1 then and is now at 91.9 (since 1987).
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Post by pamelajaye on Sept 24, 2012 10:00:29 GMT -5
All of the Bill Drake top 40 powerhouses of the 1960s, starting with KHJ/Los Angeles in 1965, had their own countdown shows which were hosted by station personalities. KHJ, WRKO, KFRC, WHBQ, & CKLW had something else in common besides being a part of the most powerful radio outfir of the sixties & early 1970s; Charlie Van Dyke worked at every single one of them. I really don't think WRKO had a countdown - on air. I was looking. I think I would have noticed. Unless I thought what I heard was somehow unauthoritative. But that seems unlikely. I did find their music surveys the other day, but they were printed. I'm not sure how I never knew they existed. They definitely didn't have AT40 though. I'm not sure when I stopped listening. Somewhere on my way to AC, I was listening to PRO-FM. Even though we were closer to Boston, Providence radio apparently came in better than their TV. As for something in common - that music - not really a jingle - every station seemed to have the same 6, no - 7, notes played before their call letters. Could someone explain? I heard them on RKO way back when, but I've heard them a lot of places since. They always make me feel like I'm back in the 60s... there are some here audio.wrko.org/_jingles_wrko/wrko_ylt_1969.ram
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Post by chrisinmi on Sept 30, 2012 23:04:49 GMT -5
Here are station mentions for this weekend's '80s show, from September 28, 1985.
KNOE Monroe, LA - This was an AM/FM combo in 1985. Broadcasting Yearbook lists the AM as a "Contemporary" format (540), but does not specify FM programming other than "separate from AM." I'm assuming the AM was probably AC and the FM CHR. The FM today has a CHR format as "Star 101.9"; the AM is now KMLB, curiously with the same call letters as Monroe's previous AT40 affiliate (1440 AM, which by 1985 had switched to a country format, and went silent a couple of years ago). KOPA Phoenix, AZ (100.7 FM) - Licensed to Scottsdale, AZ, "Copa" would drop its pop format and switch to Classic Rock as KSLX a few months after this show aired, in February 1986. It remains such today. KDLN Dillon, MT (98.3 FM) - Now KBEV, a classic hits station. KLER Orofino, ID WKOA Hopkinsville, KY (100.3 FM) - "K100" would become WZZF "Z100" the year after this show aired. Now Country as WVVR "The Beaver." WHYI Fort Lauderdale, Miami & The Palm Beaches, FL KLLT Grants, NM WAMD Aberdeen, MD (970 AM) - An AC outlet carrying the show in 1985. Wiki says the station is Top 40 today, but I'm not sure if that's true... anyone? WKFM Fulton/Syracuse, NY (104.7 FM) - Now Country as "B104.7" WBBS. KIMN Denver, CO WTGA Thomaston, GA - Another missing piece here... then as now, there was a WTGA-AM and a WTGA-FM (the FM is today on 101.1; it was on 95.3 in 1985), but if BY was to be believed this was yet another curious case of a country station airing the show. No information was given on the FM's programming other than "duplicates AM 40%" so the FM might have had some separate pop music programming. In any case, per Wiki, the AM (1590) today is soft AC and the FM is classic hits. Also, a station in Colombia got a mention, as did Armed Forces Radio (worldwide).
Five new stations welcomed: KVEL Vernal, UT (920 AM) - A full-service station carrying the show in 1985. Now a news, talk and oldies outlet. KAYO Aberdeen, WA (1450 AM/99.3 FM) - Yet ANOTHER country station airing AT40. Only the FM was mentioned as "KO99" but per BY AM and FM were simulcast. Today the AM is KBKW, a news/talk outlet, and the FM changed city of license to Elma, WA a couple of years ago and is now KDDS, targeting the Seattle market as a Regional Mexican station. KBAD Carlsbad, NM (740 AM) - An AC outlet in 1985. The station would change calls to KATK shortly afterward and remains KATK as a classic hits station called "The Hippo." WCEF Ripley, WV (98.3 FM) - The former "C98" is now a country station called "The Bull." WAZX Georgetown, SC (106.3 FM) - Now country as WLFF "The Wolf" and located slightly up the dial at 106.5.
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Post by chrisinmi on Oct 8, 2012 20:31:22 GMT -5
Station mentions from October 3, 1987 - and this time I recorded them on tape so these are word-for-word the way Casey read them:
Previously mentioned stations: * The North Valley's Choice 96.7 KNVR, Paradise/Chico, CA * Most Music Radio KVPI-FM, Ville Platte, LA * The Spirit of New England, WBZ 1030, Boston * Q94, The Spirit of Richmond VA (WRVQ) * Z95 Radio, Chicago (WYTZ, the past and future WLS-FM)
Also mentioned were: * The Borderland's Best, 1410 KRWB, Roseau, MN - "Borderland" refers to the area the station serves along the Minnesota/Manitoba border in northwest Minnesota. In 1987 the format was mixed Country and AC; today, unusually for an AM station, it airs Classic Rock. * New Rock 94 KSDN-FM, Aberdeen, SD (94.1) - This appears to have been an AOR station airing the show. It's still AOR today. * Morehead's Hit FM, Power 92 FM WMOR, Morehead, KY (92.1) - Today it's at 106.1. It was WQXX with a rock format until just a few months ago, then switched to AC and went back to being WMOR-FM. * WCLN AM & FM, Clinton, NC (1170/107.1) - Now owned by a Christian broadcaster, the AM plays oldies, and the FM (now on 107.3) is contemporary Christian. * 98.3 FM KARB Price, UT - Now country. The sister station of KOAL-AM 750, which was an affiliate back in 1983. * Super Radio 92.9 Olney, IL - WSEI. An AC station carrying AT40 then, now country. * Orangeburg's Radio Station, WORG, Orangeburg, SC (103.9) - Now WHXT, an urban station. * Key 108, Abilene, TX - KEYJ-FM. Now modern/active rock. Also mentioned were Radio Milano International (Milan, Italy), a station in Mexico, and an Armed Forces Radio affiliate in Turkey.
Three new stations welcomed, two in Switzerland, plus: * Radio 1450 KONP Port Angeles, WA - now news/talk.
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Oct 8, 2012 21:40:39 GMT -5
* Z95 Radio, Chicago (WYTZ, the past and future WLS-FM) Of course they were previously a True Oldies (Scott Shannon) affiliate until last week when they went to a Classic Hits format. BTW - on a not really related note - has the T.O.C. been simulcasting the Scott and Todd show from WPLJ?
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Post by chrisinmi on Oct 13, 2012 20:29:50 GMT -5
* Z95 Radio, Chicago (WYTZ, the past and future WLS-FM) Of course they were previously a True Oldies (Scott Shannon) affiliate until last week when they went to a Classic Hits format. BTW - on a not really related note - has the T.O.C. been simulcasting the Scott and Todd show from WPLJ? That's correct, and they may get younger demos/make more money with this, but I'm one person in the demos they want who will no longer be listening. No more soul, disco or Motown, very little pop, just one burned out classic rock song after another. They didn't even have the decency to keep the true oldies as an HD2/HD3 option. I actually now like the music on the much maligned 104.3 KHITS better, although that station also may not be long for this world. WLS-FM was mostly local oldies before the change; I think they'd pared down the True Oldies Channel to just overnights and weekends.
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Oct 14, 2012 16:52:41 GMT -5
I'm taking over the affiliate mentions for the 10/17/1981 show this week. There's a reason why which I'll explain down below:
KIKI - Honolulu HI WIKZ - Chambersburg PA KIFW - Sitka AK WINC - Winchester VA KINL - Eagle Pass TX WISE - Asheville NC WIZR - Johnstown NY KISR - Ft. Smith AR WIVY - Jacksonville FL KIZZ - Minot ND KKEZ - Ft. Dodge IA CKEC - New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
Now you know Premiere messed up with the order moving the Archive extra "Hey Jude" to Hour #2 thus Hour #1 ended with Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" which originally began Hour #2. In doing so Premiere edited out Casey's Hour #1 outro and Hour #2 intro and in the latter he did welcome some new affiliates. Three new affiliates were welcomed that week:
KKLS - Rapid City SD KQAA - Aberdeen SD WDJQ - Alliance OH
Pete's "AT40: '80s" book was consulted with correct lettering.
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