In the fall of 2014, the station dropped the pre-1964 oldies altogether and also dropped many of the songs from the 1960s, cutting the number down to one to two per hour. 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. . This was still in the days when CBS-FM would play Little Richard and early Doo-Wop records. A somewhat progressive, somewhat light format on WCBS-FM that lasted froom October 1967 to October 1969, although it continued in overnights until late '71. 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 thrill to be on a station my late father adored. Then, after a few seconds of dead air and a few seconds of a "Wayback Machine" audio special effect, the oldies format returned with the resumption of the last song played before the change to Jack FM, Frank Sinatra's "Summer Wind" (starting like a phonograph record played very slowly but quickly accelerated to normal speed). 5 The Beach Big 107. m. . WCBS (880 AM, "WCBS Newsradio 880") is a radio station licensed to New York, New York and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. WCBS's studios are located in the combined Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood of lower Manhattan and its transmitter is located on High Island in the Bronx.Its 50,000-watt clear channel signal can be heard at night throughout much of the eastern United . Among them: New York's Z100; WPLJ, WOR, and currently at CBS-FM and WCBS Newsradio 880. By September of 1970, he was doing 5-9pm weekdays on CBS-FM when the station had an AOR format. I wrote an article titled Spotlight on Don K. Reed i n this journal in February 2009. Jack Spector doing the "Saturday Night Sock Hop". There's nothing about it, including the jingles, that sounds outdated or corny, But because it had that competition from WNEW-FM and WABC-FM as well as competition from WOR-FM, it couldn't last and by July of 1972, WCBS-FM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. Air personalities did on-air auditions on the WCBS-FM HD2 oldies station on July 11, 2007, as a preview of the next day's changeover. At 5:00p.m., a pre-recorded station identification was played followed by a short introduction of the new adult hits format by new station voiceover Howard Cogan, and the announcement of the new station name: "Welcome to the NEW "101.1 Jack FM", Playing What We Want." 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. Feb 16, 2023. Pat is still a big fan of rock and roll and has terrific insights into the artists and music. 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. Huge thank you to John, [Senior VP of Programming] Jim Ryan, and [Market President] Chris Oliviero for this incredible opportunity.. He also appeared on internet oldies radio stations and hosted concerts. The new programming was unsuccessful, and WCBS-FM switched back to a personality-driven classic hits format. Info of The Station. You have permission to edit this article. Note: Rob Frankel has since advised us that the Rosko show was a syndicated show produced from Rosko's then home in France. What??!!!! 6:30 pm - CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (WCBS-TV simulcast) But it was also a format maverick--different for many years from the 250-song, heavily focused music machines that the Oldies format had become. (And scroll down to find where Zach does it again 20 years later and still sounds as great.). Bob was a DJ on many NYC stations including WMGM, WINS, WABC-FM, WNEW-FM and WCBS-FM. 1 pm to 7 pm- Dave Stewart. 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. WNUR-FM. 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. And when it happened, two of the top three radio markets would simultaneously wonder what had happened. Weekend hosts include Sue O'Neal (6 to 10 a.m.) and Pat St. John (Sundays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). By January of 1991, he had appeared at . [29] On January 2, 2013, WCBS-FM HD3 flipped to CBS Sports Radio. Yours truly with Don K. Reed at the Long Island Radio Day in 2010. If you hit a bad patch, wait it out - it gets better. I could have watched two more hours of it, but it came in handy", Listen to Scott Shannon, weekday mornings on WCBS-FM. This is a rare promotion contributed by Myles Putman. A great photo of the CBS-FM jocks from contributor Kimbal Brandner. 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. For a few months he gave up his midday airshift. 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. By the end of 1976, Brown was on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays along with his Saturday morning shift. PROMOTION: The WCBS-FM Rock Jocks: Bobby Wayne. . During this period, the station's on-air jingles were made by JAM Creative Productions in Dallas. 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. The format was largely a jukebox or iPod playlist interspersed with snarky tag lines voiced by Howard Cogan. 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. Because CBS-FM was such a heritage station, the format didn't go over well in NYC. But CBS-FM was having problems finding a niche and competing against WABC-FM, WNEW-FM and WOR-FM and they changed DJ lineups often. Saturday. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. 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. 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. Bob Shannon (radio personality) Syracuse, New York. Dick Heatherton was on CBS-FM from September 1972 through March 1986, mostly doing the 2-6pm shift. 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. Check out the spot for the lengendary Downstairs Records in part 1 and a spot for all the old CBS-FM jocks in part 2. 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. 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. On Air Personality WCBS-FM Dec 1993 - Dec 1995 2 years 1 month. I heard you took a shot at us in the Post. The channel continued to feature an adult hits format until December 21, 2012, when it was dropped and replaced with a simulcast of WCBS. Of course, it was easy for WCBS-FM to play "more music" because in 1970, they still probably didn't have very many spots. This was back when WCBS-FM was still a true Oldies station, at least for the Radio Greats Weekends. In those areas WBEB interferes with WCBS-FM, and in some spots, WBEB's signal actually seems stronger. In reality, CBS-FM didn't quite return to an oldies format, but to a 'greatest hits' format and in the intervening years has stopped playing all 50's and most 60's music. A photo of Bob "the Wizard" Wayne from contributor Kimbal Brandner. . Gradually and subtly, WCBS-FM is increasing the frequency of 1980s and 1990s hits per day and is also adding music from the 2000s. His last broadcast on June 3, 2005, was a remote at a Manhattan restaurant to celebrate his 100th day at the station. Listen to WCBS-FM, WEPN-FM - ESPN New York 98.7 FM and Many Other Stations from Around the World with the radio.net . WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. Bob was a highly creative air personality who could work any format. por . The station canceled more specialty shows in 2003, such as the Top 20 Oldies Countdown. When the station returned to a modified oldies and classic hits format in 2007, the station compiled a new listener-voted survey and played the results Labor Day weekend. BDub Radio. Seller Id 2ps9mB3juE9M. On the other hand, it looked sorta like something your friends doodled in high school. In the spring of 2005, Infinity Broadcasting, which was CBS' radio division during that time, contracted with Sparknet Communications, which owns the licensing of an Adult Hits format branded as "Jack FM", a format that has seen on-air success in Canadian areas since the early 2000s. 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. As these types of radio shows either moved to television or were canceled outright, WCBS and WCBS-FM evolved toward a personality-oriented format featuring news and information, popular music, and sports. The . #2. [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. 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. Dick's father, Ray Heatherton, portrayed "The Merry Mailman" on NYC local television. This is an aircheck from radio pro and historian, Rob Frankel. We hear Bob Lewis closing his show and then Steve Clark followed by Gus Gossert playing a mix of old and new pop and rock. When WOR-FM promoted that it was going rock in June of 1966, I thought it was also going to be a soft rock instrumentals station because at the time, it was difficult to imagine real rock on a commercial FM station. (The show begins with the last few minutes of Bob Shannon's show. Eventually, they began to shorten the regular playlist and moved away from pre-1964 and toward 19701989 songs even more. Even Ingram calls 1960 the "year of the dog in music". Harry Harrison was a dynamite morning DJ in New York radio where he went from WMCA to WABC . Zacherley, doing his annual Halloween guest spot on WCBS-FM back when radio was still an awful lot of fun. PRESS: The "Young Sound" Syndication Service. Vinyl: VAN MORRISON Veedon Pleece Rare PROMO LABEL LP near mint Them From collection of legendary DJ SCOTT SHANNON WCBS Z100 No ratings . It would take the Beatles to get them heard again. Johnny Michaels, formerly of WMCA, played the first record,[9] Dion's "Runaround Sue". Toby Eddings, "ACC football on one less station,", Last edited on 23 February 2023, at 20:34, List of radio stations in New York (state), "Highest-revenue radio stations in the U.S. 2019", "WCBS-FM entry on the New York Radio Guide", "2 Killed as Plane Hits Radio Tower in Rainstorm Here", "WCBS-FM 101.1 Top 1001 Songs of The Century", "WCBS-FM New York - Format Change to Jack FM - 6/3/05", "WCBS-FM Switch Seen as a Victory for Older Listeners", Proclamation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg on "WCBS-FM Returns to New York City Day", "Research Director, Inc. Presents Exclusive July PPM Analysis For N.Y., L.A., Chicago, San Francisco And Dallas", "CBS Sets Radio Division Merger With Entercom", "CBS and Entercom Are Merging Their Radio Stations", "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio", "WCBS and KCBS Calls Will Stay Put at Entercom", Aerial view of WCBS-FM studios from Google Local, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WCBS-FM&oldid=1141189075, Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of former owner, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 20:34. Upon hearing of WCBS-FM's confirmation that oldies would return, Cousin Brucie commented, "Im thrilled that this music is getting a chance again." 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. But we also hear a then-new track by Cher. Dan Ingram last appeared on CBS-FM on Sunday, June 8, 2003. I'd also like to comment on announcing passings on social media. I retired five years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. If CBS-FM always sounded like this, it would be a spectacular station. The format change to live jocks actually took place October 20th. 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. Since several people made this announcement, I must sadly believe it is true. It's hard to believe that this aircheck is from 40 years ago. His first WOR-FM show was on October 8, 1966. It was quite lame, but typical of FM at the time with the exception of WOR-FM. AIRCHECK: WCBS-FM AOR/Top-40 Hybrid Format Compilation [restored - stereo). Following Scott Shannon announcing his retirement from WCBS-FM, co-host Patty Steele moves on from the 101.1 FM New York City morning show to consider all current and future options. 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. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison - Dan Ingram [stereo]. In this era, WABC-FM was largely automated, but also featured Dave Herman and Jimmy Rabbit. With this move, WCBS-FM had left the oldies format after 33 years. These are a series of early promotions for WCBS-FM's Young Sound format. The final Shannon in the Morning show aired on Dec. 16. Dan Ingram and Bobby Jay on a Fabulous Fifties very cold weekend. AIRCHECK: Zacherley on Halloween [stereo]. 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 . At CBS-FM, she is once again teamed up with Radio Hall of Famer, Scott Shannon. It didn't sound free-form, but it did sound low key. Frank Sinatra's "Summer Wind" was the last song played before the format change. Bayley (Bob Elliott from WOR-FM), Les Turpin, Bob "Bob-A-Lew" Lewis also briefly joined the WCBS-FM "freeform" format. Here's a short aircheck from the end of Norm N. Night's last show on WCBS-FM. It's amazing how different Lewis sounded on FM (aside from the fact that he had a bad throat during this show). WCBS-FM (101.1 FM) is a CBS-owned radio station in New York City, offering a Classic Hits format. 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. Dan would leave CBS-FM 18 months later. In the 80s & 90s, he spent 10 years at New York's K-Rock (WXRK-FM), and wrote and produced several internationally . AIRCHECK: Bob Lewis sitting in for Cousin Brucie [stereo]. His Sirius/XM shows will continue. AIRCHECK: Back from JACK Format Flip [scoped]. Bruce is followed by Bobby Jay's "Soul of the City" show that begins with a great James Brown track. Memories of WCBS-FM This is a video collection of ALL of the footage shot at WCBS-FM between 1987 and 1997America's most famous oldies station. The transmitter was moved to the Empire State Building in the early 1950s. In some cases, the same dates are posted twice due to conflicting information from different sources. 3 pm - Steve Scott. While Jocko was probably out of his prime, he still exhibits more personality in 60 seconds than today's jocks are allowed to exhibit in entire shows. [24][25] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. Cumulus Q4 Net Revenues Down 0.4% to $252 . Thanks to RadioMaven77's postings on Mixcloud, here a five-part, five-hour restored compilation of WCBS-FM before it became an oldies station. 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. The popular Jay is heard Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and Wednesday . In 1969, WCBS-FM launched a freeform rock format, which was becoming increasingly popular, and all other CBS-owned FM stations followed suit. As of August 2009, WCBS-FM started carrying New York Giants football on occasions when sister station WFAN could not carry the game. Education. Don passed way in July of 2022. 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. In 1975, Brown also became Program Director of WCBS-FM. Location. I am not accusing anyone of malicious intent, but please be careful. The playlist was wider than most typical radio stations, but it was also far more current. KZPT (99.7 FM) is a hot adult contemporary radio station licensed to and serving the Kansas City metropolitan area.It first began broadcasting in 1962 under the call sign KMBC-FM. End date 20 Oct 2017. When was the last time you heard music DJs who sounded like they were having fun? 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). Dan sits in with Ron Lundy and they have some fun together, including making fun of Bruce Morrow. AIRCHECK: The Lewis & Clark Expedition [mono], Contributed by Charlie Menut and Rob Frankel via Rob Frankel's postings on Mixcloud. Jay worked at WWRL New York, where, during his 15 year tenure, he performed virtually every duty . WCBS (880 kHz), often referred to as "WCBS Newsradio 880", is a radio station in New York City. [8] The change coincided with rival WOR-FM's decision to drop pre-1964 oldies from its playlist a few months prior (as they became WXLO). Radio personalities such as Bobby "Wizzard" Wayne, Tom Tyler, Ed Williams, Steve Clark, Roby Yonge, K.O. "It was like an hour. [17] This sequence is now repeated on-air every July 12. May the legend rest in heaven. 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. 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. 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. ESPN-1050 made a strong move to acquire Yankees radio rights from incumbent WCBS-AM but was handicapped by its weak 1050 . I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets. Here's a great aircheck of Jocko Henderson from the sixth Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June 1998. For at least 25 years I was an avid listener to WCBS-FM as they were America's premier oldies station with fantastic personalities including Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy, Bill Brown, Bobby Jay, Bob Shannon, and Max Kinkel among others. 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. Television Host @ WCBS-TV. Dan Taylor hosts WCBS-FM's morning show from 6 to 10 a.m., with Irv 'Mr. The HD2 station also simulcast the oldies format until 2:00p.m. that day, at which time Jack FM moved to HD2. We send our deepest sympathies to his family, friends, and fans. 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. Bailey, Roby Yonge, Tom Clay, Bob Lewis, Steve Clark, Dick Burch, Les Turpin and Johnny Michaels, many of whom are heard on this aircheck. Bids 7 bids. Rick talks about Alan Freed, Murray the K and Jack Lacy and plays some great tapes bits from them. Bob "The Wizard" Wayne from pre-Oldies WCBS-FM. Recognizing the controversy of the sudden change, on June 14, 2005, the station announced that it would be unique among those with the Jack format in that it would occasionally include '50s and early '60s songs in its rotation as well as songs by performers like Frank Sinatra that are normally not part of the Jack format, though a later Web update retracted this, and songs from before the late '60s were no longer played. Fan page for CBS New York and WCBS-FM news personality and Scott Shannon in the Morning co-host Patty Steele. By the late 1970s however, the station dropped most of the adult standards, with a few exceptions, and added rock hits from the late 1960s. Originally from Detroit, Pat joined WPLJ in 1973, held a regular shift from 1974 and stayed until about 1987. AIRCHECK: Bobby Wayne (Restored & Scoped). At Audacy our New York radio stations connect audiences with influential radio personalities, local events, and the best news, sports and entertainment in radio. [11] This survey would be repeated on Thanksgiving weekend in 2002. It features DJs Rocky G, Bill Brown and Steve Clark from the semi-progressive days of CBS-FM. PRESS: New York Daily News: Ingram Out at CBS-FM. I have a son Lee who is now 34 years old. We look forward to celebrating with Scott, Patty, and the entire "Big Show" in the weeks ahead. [10] In 1992, WCBS-FM ran a Top 500 Countdown based on all their surveys from 1973 to 1991. Note the great inside joke at the beginning. WCBS-FM New Yorks Foxx & Annie In The Morning To Debut Feb. 13. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Scott Muni [stereo-scoped]. New York City, Classical. They could be worth thousands, Celebrate the Women of Alternative all weekend on Audacy, Join us for an Audacy Check In with Depeche Mode, GO LIVE with JAX to talk about her new song, 'Cinderella Snapped', WATCH: Dwight Howard competes in three-point contest at Taiwanese All-Star Game. 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. 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. 3 pm to 7 pm - Broadway Bill Lee. One other surprise for me was the promotion for the DJs appearing later that night: Ed Williams and Rosko (Bill Mercer). Based on some spots in the show (which we removed), we believe this is from June of 1989. 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). 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. He pretty much ignores the playlist and he breaks formats and that makes it a fantastic show. One of the tag lines for the format was "Playing What We Want". Cousin Brucie moved over to Sirius Satellite Radio's '60s on 6 channel to continue playing oldies. So he plays a bit of Philly Soul and the next record is Joe Cocker. Even Mayor Bloomberg decried the format change. Station website. Here is audio from the WCBS Appreciation Site of Gordon's first Newsradio 88 broadcast in the 5:00 am hour with anchorman Steve Porter on August 28, 1967, the very first hour of the all-news operation, which was actually heard on WCBS-FM because a plane crash had destroyed the AM transmitter tower. This was just five months before he'd be fired from WNEW-FM, AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Jocko Henderson. You mean they respected their listeners with specialty show? 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. 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 some cases, they may oversee programming on individual streams or channels. This is an excerpt from the 1991 broadcast featuring some rarely heard airchecks of Murray from his WINS days as well as interviews with his son Peter and several performers, including Ronnie Spector, who talks about the attention to detail that Murray put into his live shows. This automated format was syndicated to CBS stations across the country and to AFN (American Forces Network). Yet still another terrific sounding aircheck with the great Bob Lewis who could and did great in any format. Radio Personality; On Air Hosting . a country practice cast where are they now; jamaica carnival 2024; fujitsu asu18rlf cover removal; kelsey asbille downy unstoppable commercial; san diego city college financial aid disbursement dates 2023 Its signal in the Metropolitan area was weak, however, because it operated out of Long Island, and aired an outright oldies format, unlike WCBS-FM's old "Greatest Hits" format. It takes less than 60 seconds for Lewis to demonstrate more personality than one hears on radio today in a week. I love the station, I love the people I work with and work for, and of course, I'll be honest with you, I think these are the best listeners we ever had. For New Years weekend in 19992000, the station compiled and played a Top 1001 countdown based on original New York radio charts, with "Mack The Knife" by Bobby Darin at number one. Also in that year, Harry Harrison and Dan Ingram both retired. 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