John Foxx, who was an afternoon host in the market at the former WPLJ, will take over the 6-10am morning show helmed by Shannon since 2014, starting in February. 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]. Dick's father, Ray Heatherton, portrayed "The Merry Mailman" on NYC local television. Murray always had a reputation of being hard to work with, but maybe he was really the Steve Jobs of radio: he knew exactly what he wanted and his genius made him a bit arrogant. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. FishbowlNY has explored how some of your favorite TV and radio personalities are coping with the 9/ . AIRCHECK: Steve Clarke, Gus Gossert [stereo]. PRESS: The "Young Sound" Syndication Service. We hear Issac Hayes, 3 Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad and other hits of the era. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. AIRCHECK: Bobby "the Wizard" Wayne [stereo-scoped]. The popular Jay is heard Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and Wednesday . Bayley (Bob Elliott from WOR-FM), Les Turpin, Bob "Bob-A-Lew" Lewis also briefly joined the WCBS-FM "freeform" format. 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 . LISTEN on the Audacy AppSign Up and Follow AudacyFacebook | Twitter | Instagram, Shannon In The Morning Big Show Daily Podcast, Kevin Smith checks in with the Big Show about his new movie theater, Smodcastle Cinemas. I had forgotten about this one. 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. 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. It didn't sound free-form, but it did sound low key. So he plays a bit of Philly Soul and the next record is Joe Cocker. Between June 3, 2005, and July 12, 2007, the station aired the automated adult hits format "Jack FM". 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. 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. Here's CBS-FM's remembrance of Bob Lewis from one of the Radio Great Weekends, probably in the early 90's. 3 pm - Steve Scott. These are a series of early promotions for WCBS-FM's Young Sound format. Joe McCoy On The Former Musicradio77 Air Personalities At WCBS-FM By Scott Benjamin . This is a really terrific sounding aircheck. There would be a wider variety of hits, unlike the CBS-FM of 2005, which had a limited playlist from 1964 through 1979. I'm beginning to get that feeling, here's Fontella Bass." Of course, it was easy for WCBS-FM to play "more music" because in 1970, they still probably didn't have very many spots. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Chuck Leonard [stereo]. 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. AIRCHECK: First Radio Greats Weekend: Jack Spector - Harry Harrison - Joe O'Brien [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud and recorded by Joe Persek. Im incredibly grateful to all those who supported my roller coaster journey to this point. Morning Mayor Harry Harrison a Comforting Presence at WCBS-FM in Days Following 9/11 Tragedy . At Audacy our New York radio stations connect audiences with influential radio personalities, local events, and the best news, sports and entertainment in radio. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 posts on Mixcloud: AIRCHECK: John Zacherley on Halloween [scoped]. WCBS can also be heard on WCBS-FM HD 2 channel which provides crystal clear reception if you are driving in midtown Manhattan! 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. Bids 7 bids. The following week, Dan Daniel took over on Saturday and Pat St. John "sat in" for Ingram on Sunday, but Ingram never returned. 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. 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. The final Radio Greats show was hosted by WCBS-FM veteran Dick Heatherton. New Orleans, Talk. The returning format would concentrate on music from 1964 to 1989, with selected older hits from 1955 through 1963. 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. And when it happened, two of the top three radio markets would simultaneously wonder what had happened. Legendary Personalities: Robert W. Morgan One of radio's great personalities was Robert W. Morgan who woke up southern California for many years. The station played two current hits per hour known as "future gold". 6:30 pm - CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (WCBS-TV simulcast) If CBS-FM always sounded like this, it would be a spectacular station. In a testament to Patty's versatility and ability, she also does a weekly podcast with WCBS-AM Newsradio 880 morning show anchor, Wayne Cabot called "News On The Rocks". 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. I wrote an article titled Spotlight on Don K. Reed in this journal in February 2009. By the end of 1976, Brown was on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays along with his Saturday morning shift. 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". However, by the end of that day, the station would be changed dramatically. Greater New York City Area Fill-In Also: Dec 1998 - August 1999 On Air Personality . The new programming was unsuccessful, and WCBS-FM switched back to a personality-driven classic hits format. He was lured to New York and became a star on WCBS, but still flew back to Cleveland in his own plane to host his Cleveland shows. 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. You can tell that he doesn't know a lot of the music and he relies upon his old shtick, but he's still very impressive. 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. We even hear Ernie Maresca. He certainly kept alive this genre of music that was very popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Everyone was still trying to find their way in this new world of FM. "It was like an hour. Bob interviews Rick Sklar who was the program director at both WINS and WABC-AM. This is an aircheck from radio pro and historian, Rob Frankel. The morning mayor doing his final show from the Museum of TV & Radio. At CBS-FM, she is once again teamed up with Radio Hall of Famer, Scott Shannon. The . It's hard to believe that this aircheck is from 40 years ago. 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 . AIRCHECK: Bob Lewis sitting in for Cousin Brucie [stereo]. por . AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Alan Freed Tribute [scoped-stereo]. Television Host @ WCBS-TV. In the late 90's, he did overnights. Air Personalities Morning Shows News Guys Money Girls Program Directors General Managers Sales Types Engineers Other Alumni The Good Guys Today . You mean they respected their listeners with specialty show? Thanks to RadioMaven77's postings on Mixcloud, here a five-part, five-hour restored compilation of WCBS-FM before it became an oldies station. 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. 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. "Jack" picked up on the mayor's comments, making jokes about his quip, "Hey, Mayor Bloomberg. Songs you know, breaking news, pop culture - we'll cover it all while you work. Listen to WCBS 880 internet radio online. It may have been repeated in 1991. It also resulted in radio stations of the day largely abandoning the patriarchs of rock, like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins and others. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Dan Ingram [stereo-scoped]. At first, the station focused on rock-and-roll hits from 1955 to 1964 and mixed in some softer hits of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as a few then-current songs. He has also frequently appeared on CBS-FM from at least 2003 and is heard on several different shows on Sirius/XM. An article detailing how Bob Cole has been promoted to VP of CBS' FM radio group and is mandated to make the stations profitable. AIRCHECK: Zacherley on Halloween [stereo]. [2] The allocated frequency changed several times before the station finally went on the air at 46.7MHz on December 1, 1941. . 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. On even years, up to 1990, the survey from the previous year was played. It's just music." Bill Brown (radio Personality) CBS Radio; 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. Fan page for CBS New York and WCBS-FM news personality and Scott Shannon in the Morning co-host Patty Steele. Chuck Leonard on the third Radio Greats Reunion weekend. 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. 10 am to 3 pm - Race Taylor. This is from his last appearace on CBS-FM, during the station's 40th anniversary celebration. With this move, WCBS-FM had left the oldies format after 33 years. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison - Dan Ingram [stereo]. 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. [11] This survey would be repeated on Thanksgiving weekend in 2002. In spring 2004, WCBS-FM narrowed the playlist even more. It's amazing how different Lewis sounded on FM (aside from the fact that he had a bad throat during this show). Part of Audacy. Listen HERE. The Doo-Wop Shop started on Sunday nights in May of 1975 and it aired through 2002. Our hosts cover all that matters to you. This was still in the days when CBS-FM would play Little Richard and early Doo-Wop records. 5 The Beach Big 107. m. . After 22 years cohosting the morning show on WPLJ FM 95.5 and six previous years . . . Announcing the passing should state the source of information. I retired five years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. These schedules are sourced from newspapers, FM Guide (which was usually a few months behind changes), Radio Guide, Richard Neer's book on FM radio, personal recollections of myself and DJs and various postings on the web, especially those of Vince Santarelli. In fact, there aren't too many spots aside from Coke. Contributed by Gus Gossert to Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. 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. They broke format to only play Soul and R&B? ( Source : twitter) 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. 5 am - Paul Murnane. However, it was commercial-free and had no airstaff. Access the free radio live stream and discover more radio stations at one glance. The HD2 station also simulcast the oldies format until 2:00p.m. that day, at which time Jack FM moved to HD2. He was known as the 'Morning Mayor'. [29] On January 2, 2013, WCBS-FM HD3 flipped to CBS Sports Radio. In 1978, Brown gave up his program director . This aircheck also features some interesting jingles, news and spots. Dick Clark, who had ownership of far more recording and music publishing companies than Freed, who was small-time in comparison, was smart enough to dump his holdings before testifying before Congress. Even Mayor Bloomberg decried the format change. Joe McCoy left the station shortly thereafter and was replaced by Dave Logan. And it was Tom Clay, not Tom Cloy. 12 am to 7 am - Music automation (no DJs) 7 am to 1 pm - Matt Sneed. Here's a short aircheck from the end of Norm N. Night's last show on WCBS-FM. The 80s hits, along with the collection of enduring 70s, have an undeniable appeal to a younger audience . Owned by CBS Radio, the station broadcasts on a clear-channel & is the flagship station of the CBS Radio Network. Here are segments from Dan Ingram's show from the Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June, 1991. AIRCHECK: Pat St. John announces his retirement from WCBS-FM. This is a rare promotion contributed by Myles Putman. 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. Scott Shannon retiring from WCBS-FM, ending morning show this December, 'I believe it's time to take a break from morning radio and just kind of chill for a while', Scott Shannon Presents Americas Greatest Hits - Sundays 7-11AM, Featured Image Photo Credit: WCBS-FM/Audacy, Have any $2 bills? 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. As of August 2009, WCBS-FM started carrying New York Giants football on occasions when sister station WFAN could not carry the game. This aircheck is from about six months after CBS-FM moved from a quasi-progressive rock format to an oldies format. [17] This sequence is now repeated on-air every July 12. A recording of Wolfman Jack's final radio broadcast from 1995 was also featured on two occasions. The channel continued to feature an adult hits format until December 21, 2012, when it was dropped and replaced with a simulcast of WCBS. Stephen A Smith will be among the personalities on ESPN's new FM home. Yet still another terrific sounding aircheck with the great Bob Lewis who could and did great in any format. The final Radio Greats show was hosted by WCBS-FM veteran Dick Heatherton. The first song aired was Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right". Dan claims he listened to Chuck on WWRL and recommended him to WABC management. This is a great aircheck of Pat St. John's last show on WCBS-FM. Bailey, Roby Yonge, Tom Clay, Bob Lewis, Steve Clark, Dick Burch, Les Turpin and Johnny Michaels, many of whom are heard on this aircheck. "It's a difficult decision for me because I actually love CBS-FM, it was a dream of mine to work here, and I did get to work here. 98.7 KLUV FM Dallas! This automated format was syndicated to CBS stations across the country and to AFN (American Forces Network). He also looked far older than he was. He was one of the few people in NYC radio who kept the spirit of doo-wop music alove through the decades. He is also the author of the book Behind The Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll. Upon hearing of WCBS-FM's confirmation that oldies would return, Cousin Brucie commented, "Im thrilled that this music is getting a chance again." Fri. Feb 24th, 2023 ; Home; Airchexx Social - Forums & Topics; Airchexx By Region . 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And the playlist was a strange mix of just about every genre of rock music. It was produced by the Berstein & Bernstein agency. FOX News Talk. The format was largely a jukebox or iPod playlist interspersed with snarky tag lines voiced by Howard Cogan. You have permission to edit this article. In an attempt to cater to fans of the old format, the station created an internet-only oldies station on its website, and soon after, simulcasted the format on 101.1-HD2. #61. WCBS-FM New York, which switched to Jack FM on June 3, was a 33-year Oldies format icon. WCBS-FM 101.1 / WCBS-FM: 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY, 10014: 212-242-6190: WFAN 101.9 FM/660 AM / WFAN-FM/WFAN-AM: 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY . Prior to 2016, WCBS-FM used JAM Creative Productions, Inc. for their jingles. Zacherley, doing his annual Halloween guest spot on WCBS-FM back when radio was still an awful lot of fun. The station canceled more specialty shows in 2003, such as the Top 20 Oldies Countdown. 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. The final Shannon in the Morning show aired on Dec. 16. Chicago, Talk. [5] This allowed the station to reflect its corporate ownership by the Columbia Broadcasting System or CBS. Gossert's show was generally broadcast on Sunday evenings, a perfect time for this nostalgia. 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. 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. It's a pretty good montage of CBS-FM over the years along with a lot of formatics and jingles. [10] In 1992, WCBS-FM ran a Top 500 Countdown based on all their surveys from 1973 to 1991. A large portion of the aircheck is dedicated to the "hit" songs of 1960 and most are quite awful. 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. Charlie Schue: Rock & Roll Radio Heaven: David B. Simmons (News) Rock & Roll Radio Heaven: Pete Simpson . I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets. The transmitter was moved to the Empire State Building in the early 1950s. 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. . The countdown always took place on Thanksgiving weekend (with a new survey taken every other year). 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. Dan Taylor hosts WCBS-FM's morning show from 6 to 10 a.m., with Irv 'Mr. G.' Gikofsky providing weather updates. Today, November 2nd, is the 95th anniversary of Pittsburgh's KDKA 1020. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Scott Muni [stereo-scoped]. 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. Corrections welcomed. A photo of Bob "the Wizard" Wayne from contributor Kimbal Brandner. Cumulus Q4 Net Revenues Down 0.4% to $252 . Scott Shannon is moving to WCBS-FM 101.1, a station that's been a city radio institution even longer than he has. 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. Gradually and subtly, WCBS-FM is increasing the frequency of 1980s and 1990s hits per day and is also adding music from the 2000s. On July 9, 2017, Backtrax USA, hosted by former WHTZ jock Kid Kelly, debuted on WCBS-FM on Sunday nights. 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. 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). We even hear some Doo-Wop. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its transmitter is located in east Kansas City, and studios are located in Mission, Kansas. A composite of WCBS-FM from their hybird singles/AOR rock days. While you're here, click around for pics, voice work, airchecks, special guests, and memories of the final days of the legendary 95.5 WPLJ . I heard you took a shot at us in the Post. Read more about this topic: WCBS-FM. 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. I could have watched two more hours of it, but it came in handy", Listen to Scott Shannon, weekday mornings on WCBS-FM. WNUR-FM. Gossert during the "light" progressive era of CBS-FM. Pat is still a big fan of rock and roll and has terrific insights into the artists and music. The station's studios are in the combined CBS Radio facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan, and its transmitter is located on the Empire State Building.. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. Leamy, who has been hosting mornings at iHeartMedia AC Q92 WRNQ Poughkeepsie since January 2020, previously served as a member of Todd & Jayde in the Morning at the former WPLJ New York. WCBS-FM was never successful with their rock format, where it competed with stations such as WPLJ and WNEW-FM; these two stations had most of the rock audience. This is a great scoped aircheck of John Zacherley sitting in on Halloween at CBS-FM in 2007. 1 pm to 7 pm- Dave Stewart. [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). Sourced from the Gus Gossert archive to Matt Seinberg and Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. John is someone I respect tremendously and is the biggest reason I took this leap. Most radio stations would never do this today because they would consider it "breaking format". The segment does have one error: near the end, it's said that Murray moved to WOR-FM in 1965. WCBS-FM At 50 And 15. 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. Saturday. One other surprise for me was the promotion for the DJs appearing later that night: Ed Williams and Rosko (Bill Mercer). Radio personalities such as Bobby "Wizzard" Wayne, Tom Tyler, Ed Williams, Steve Clark, Roby Yonge, K.O. PRESS: New York Daily News: Ingram Out at CBS-FM. Here's a great aircheck of Jocko Henderson from the sixth Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June 1998. WNEW-FM had their classic lineup of Johnny Michaels, Jonathan Schwartz, Scott Muni, Rosko, Zacherely and Alison Steele. 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. Herb Oscar Anderson and Dan Ingram sneaks in just after "Brown Eyed Girl". In 2007, Jennifer Donohue (from WWFS) was named as Jack's new general manager. He also appeared on internet oldies radio stations and hosted concerts. 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. Since several people made this announcement, I must sadly believe it is true. During the holiday season in 2008, WCBS-FM's HD1 and analog signal played Christmas music, resulting in the oldies format being temporarily moved back to the HD2 channel. 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). 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