One of many format change announcements. It features DJs Rocky G, Bill Brown and Steve Clark from the semi-progressive days of CBS-FM. The channel continued to feature an adult hits format until December 21, 2012, when it was dropped and replaced with a simulcast of WCBS. AIRCHECK: Bobby "the Wizard" Wayne [stereo-scoped]. 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. 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. What??!!!! 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 . 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. We even hear Ernie Maresca. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloudd. A great photo of the CBS-FM jocks from contributor Kimbal Brandner. What's with all the swearin' like a sailor? Johnny Michaels, formerly of WMCA, played the first record,[9] Dion's "Runaround Sue". There's also a phone interview with his daughter Alana. 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. We hear Issac Hayes, 3 Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad and other hits of the era. On even years, up to 1990, the survey from the previous year was played. 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. 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. In some cases, they may oversee programming on individual streams or channels. Since several people made this announcement, I must sadly believe it is true. Dan sits in with Ron Lundy and they have some fun together, including making fun of Bruce Morrow. Huge thank you to John, [Senior VP of Programming] Jim Ryan, and [Market President] Chris Oliviero for this incredible opportunity.. The station played two current hits per hour known as "future gold". AIRCHECK: Pat St. John's Last Show WCBS-FM [scoped-stereo]. . 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. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 posts on Mixcloud: AIRCHECK: John Zacherley on Halloween [scoped]. Legendary Personalities: Robert W. Morgan One of radio's great personalities was Robert W. Morgan who woke up southern California for many years. And it was Tom Clay, not Tom Cloy. Next were audio-clip montages of music, movies, television shows, and events for each year from 1964 through 1979 followed by a single montage, similar to the aforementioned, which paid homage to the entire decade of the 1980s, with WCBS-FM jingles interspersed between. 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. For more about Murray, check out the WINS, WOR-FM and General Radio History pages. Bob was a DJ on many NYC stations including WMGM, WINS, WABC-FM, WNEW-FM and WCBS-FM. Annie Leamy will join John Foxx as morning co-host when "Foxx & Annie In The Morning" debuts on Monday, Feb. 13. The oldies format on WCBS-FM continued to be a success. Morgan died of lung cancer in 1998. . The new programming was unsuccessful, and WCBS-FM switched back to a personality-driven classic hits format. 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. . Alan Berman with Don at the Long Island Radio Day in 2010. Harry's first day at WCBS-FM. The station even began to de-emphasize the phrase 'oldies' in promotion of the station.[13]. It's just music." He was known as the 'Morning Mayor'. 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. Originally from Detroit, Pat joined WPLJ in 1973, held a regular shift from 1974 and stayed until about 1987. In 1978, Brown gave up his program director . Dan Ingram on WCBS-FM January 1991. It was produced by the Berstein & Bernstein agency. Jay worked at WWRL New York, where, during his 15 year tenure, he performed virtually every duty . Yet still another terrific sounding aircheck with the great Bob Lewis who could and did great in any format. Note: Rob Frankel has since advised us that the Rosko show was a syndicated show produced from Rosko's then home in France. Owned by CBS Radio, the station broadcasts on a clear-channel & is the flagship station of the CBS Radio Network. We send our deepest sympathies to his family, friends, and fans. Access the free radio live stream and discover more radio stations at one glance. WCBS-FM initially programmed a younger-leaning easy listening format known as "The Young Sound", playing soft instrumental versions of current pop music songs. Patty Steele. Listen to WCBS 880 internet radio online. Many criticized the change of formats, among them Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who, according to the New York Post, responded to the change by declaring he would "never listen to that fucking CBS radio ever again" (the quote was censored in the Post). The final Radio Greats show was hosted by WCBS-FM veteran Dick Heatherton. He also looked far older than he was. You have permission to edit this article. 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." Most of the 1980s music came from core oldies artists. 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. The format change to live jocks actually took place October 20th. Seller Id 2ps9mB3juE9M. It also resulted in radio stations of the day largely abandoning the patriarchs of rock, like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins and others. This one shows the schedule from 1967 to 1981 as CBS-FM evolved from various flavors of AOR to Oldies. [3] On November 1, 1943, the callsign was changed to WABC-FM[4] for Atlantic Broadcasting Company, the former owner of CBS's AM station (no relation to the present-day WABC). 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). The station canceled more specialty shows in 2003, such as the Top 20 Oldies Countdown. 2 pm - Michael Wallace. Later that year, Maire Mason replaced Donohue. [2] The allocated frequency changed several times before the station finally went on the air at 46.7MHz on December 1, 1941. Dan would leave CBS-FM 18 months later. 3 pm to 7 pm - Broadway Bill Lee. At 4:30p.m., the station stunted with a 30-minute montage of lines from various movies and other sources. It would take the Beatles to get them heard again. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Alan Freed Tribute [scoped-stereo]. In 1989, WCBS-FM limited current music to late nights and overnights. 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. View hosts, shows, show schedules and more. Additionally, the '60s and '70s oldies became broader and '80s and early '90s oldies were also mixed in, and the format got much deeper. 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. 98.7 KLUV FM Dallas! Even Mayor Bloomberg decried the format change. Dan Ingram playing the hits of the 50's-80's on "all New York artists weekend". Spitz was an on-air personality on WPHR-FM/107.9 (Power 108 . I have a son Lee who is now 34 years old. Scott Shannon is moving to WCBS-FM 101.1, a station that's been a city radio institution even longer than he has. "My only complaint about the movie, too short," says Smith. He is also the author of the book Behind The Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll. 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. What a bunch of amateurs trying to do something interesting. This is an aircheck from radio pro and historian, Rob Frankel. (And scroll down to find where Zach does it again 20 years later and still sounds as great.). Eventually, they began to shorten the regular playlist and moved away from pre-1964 and toward 19701989 songs even more. Former Mayor Ed Koch then welcomed back the format, noting the "mistake" CBS Radio had made with the switch. Lots of oldies that we never hear anymore but weren't actually all that old back then. 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