This is because WBEB broadcasts at 14,000 watts, although from a lower antenna height. Using Video to Convey Your Passion and Personality Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training: 101 . His progressive rock montages can be heard elsewhere on this site. 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). One of the tag lines for the format was "Playing What We Want". A little over two years later WCBS-FM would become an Oldies station. He also appeared on internet oldies radio stations and hosted concerts. We look forward to celebrating with Scott, Patty, and the entire "Big Show" in the weeks ahead. From mid-1968 to early 1969, he did a weekday show called "Radio Free New York". 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. Among them: New York's Z100; WPLJ, WOR, and currently at CBS-FM and WCBS Newsradio 880. Bruce is followed by Bobby Jay's "Soul of the City" show that begins with a great James Brown track. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison's First CBS-FM Morning Show [stereo]. Part of Audacy. The moderation is in English. CBS-FM liked horn bands, so they played a lot of Gary Puckett, Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears, similar to WOR-FM. "[18] Mayor Bloomberg, who had criticized the Jack FM format after its debut, also welcomed oldies back with open arms, proclaiming July 12, 2007, as "WCBS-FM Returns to New York City Day". Remember . Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. 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. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. WCBS (AM) - Wikipedia. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison's Final Morning Show [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. 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 final show will take . In 1969, WCBS-FM launched a freeform rock format, which was becoming increasingly popular, and all other CBS-owned FM stations followed suit. "It was like an hour. . 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 show begins with the last few minutes of Bob Shannon's show. Friday. 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. 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. By the end of 1976, Brown was on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays along with his Saturday morning shift. The nine hundred and fifty-fifth position on our top list is currently occupied by WCBS-FM. The station canceled more specialty shows in 2003, such as the Top 20 Oldies Countdown. History WGLI-FM-WTFM (1958-1982) In 1958, 103.5 MHz was assigned to Babylon, New York for WGLI-FM, simulcasting sister station WGLI 1290AM.William Reuman, the founder and owner of WWRL in New York City, was the owner of WGLI. 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. This aircheck has really terrific fidelity -- why doesn't broadcast radio sound this good anymore? In the summer of 2003, to appease some fans, they did add a specialty 19551964 oldies show called Heart & Soul of Rock & Roll with Norm N. Nite (who had been with WCBS off and on since 1973). WCBS-FM's oldies format weathered many trends and corporate moves. 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. Did they really work an eight hour on-air shift together or was it two four-hour shifts? including 92.3 NOW in New York as a personality and producer for the Rollin' with Nick Cannon morning show. Weekend hosts include Sue O'Neal (6 to 10 a.m.) and Pat St. John (Sundays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its transmitter is located in east Kansas City, and studios are located in Mission, Kansas. Audacy has announced its post-Scott Shannon plans for classic hits WCBS-FM New York (101.1). Upon hearing of WCBS-FM's confirmation that oldies would return, Cousin Brucie commented, "Im thrilled that this music is getting a chance again." One of many format change announcements. What??!!!! AIRCHECK: First Radio Greats Weekend: Bob Lewis [stereo]. Here's a great aircheck of Jocko Henderson from the sixth Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June 1998. The Radio Greats program showcased veteran on-air personalities, with music tailored to their era of success. Albany/Troy NY Legendary Personalities: Robert W. Morgan One of radio's great personalities was Robert W. Morgan who woke up southern California for many years. m3u: Radio 567 - XRN Australia. Description: On-air personality Bobby Jay has a full plate at WCBS-FM. The new programming was unsuccessful, and WCBS-FM switched back to a personality-driven classic hits format. If CBS-FM always sounded like this, it would be a spectacular station. Since several people made this announcement, I must sadly believe it is true. 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. 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). This survey featured mostly songs from the 1960s and 1970s with a moderate selection of songs from the 19551963 time period. Assistant program director Lenny Bloch hosts the overnight shift, which uses voice-tracking. (And scroll down to find where Zach does it again 20 years later and still sounds as great.). There's also a phone interview with his daughter Alana. Harry Harrison was a dynamite morning DJ in New York radio where he went from WMCA to WABC . 7 pm to 12 mn - Joe Causi. Gossert's show was generally broadcast on Sunday evenings, a perfect time for this nostalgia. Don K. Reed is the leader of WCBS-FM. On Friday, June 3, 2005, Micky Dolenz, Mike Fitzgerald, and Randy Davis all signed off their shows expecting to be back the following Monday. 7 pm to 12 mn - Joe Causi. Freed was brought down by the payola scandal. [2] The allocated frequency changed several times before the station finally went on the air at 46.7MHz on December 1, 1941. 6:30 pm - CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (WCBS-TV simulcast) Earlier today, legendary radio personality Scott Shannon -- heard for almost a decade every morning on New York City's WCBS-FM with long-time co-host Patty Steele, entertainment reporter Brad Blanks, and a whole crew of returning "Big Show" friends -- has announced his decision to retire from daily morning radio on Friday, December 16. Jay joined WCBS-FM as the host of the popular Hall of Fame and Top Twenty Countdown shows. 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. By January of 1991, he had appeared at . Bob was born April 3, 1937 putting him at the center of early top-40 radio. News Reporter WNNJ FM, NJ . In 2010, the station was number one among all stations in the New York region, 25-54 and 12+ (Arbitron PPM report, May 2010). Gradually and subtly, WCBS-FM is increasing the frequency of 1980s and 1990s hits per day and is also adding music from the 2000s. The original transmitter site was located at 500 Fifth Avenue. Check out this great episode of Scott's podcast, as he and beloved director/actor Kevin Smith discuss movies, specifically Kevin's praise of Shannon's From Worst To First which helped inspire one of Smith's latest writing projects. 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. 101.1 WCBS FM New York! This was still in the days when CBS-FM would play Little Richard and early Doo-Wop records. 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. WCBS-FM 101 New York - Don K Reed - March 3 1981 - Radio Aircheck On July 4 1972, WCBS-FM dropped the Rock format it had had for a few years, and flipped to . Joe McCoy left the station shortly thereafter and was replaced by Dave Logan. In those areas WBEB interferes with WCBS-FM, and in some spots, WBEB's signal actually seems stronger. 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. 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'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 . That's quite a diverse and interesting group of nighttime jocks. 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Sourced from the Gus Gossert archive to Matt Seinberg and Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. RACE TAYLOR. WBBM Newsradio 105.9 FM. 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". Fans will be happy to know that Scott has plenty of shows to do before December 16, and he will remain with Audacy as the host of his syndicated America's Greatest Hits show, which airs on CBS-FM each Sunday morning, plus his True Oldies Channel highlighting the best tracks from the 60s, 70s and 80s on WCBS-FM HD3. Today, November 2nd, is the 95th anniversary of Pittsburgh's KDKA 1020. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Chuck Leonard [stereo]. It's hard to believe that Freed was only 43 when he died from uremia (or a broken heart, depending upon what you believe). I could have watched two more hours of it, but it came in handy", Listen to Scott Shannon, weekday mornings on WCBS-FM. Entercom New York officials have been working for several months to get former long-time WPLJ-FM midday host Race Taylor over to WCBS-FM. Dan Ingram and Bobby Jay on a Fabulous Fifties very cold weekend. In 1978, Brown gave up his program director . The station even began to de-emphasize the phrase 'oldies' in promotion of the station.[13]. The countdown always took place on Thanksgiving weekend (with a new survey taken every other year). 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. 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. 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. Since the end of the Vietnam War, the nation has continued to build itself into an . I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. The first song aired was Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right". Gossert during the "light" progressive era of CBS-FM. 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. Morning Mayor Harry Harrison a Comforting Presence at WCBS-FM in Days Following 9/11 Tragedy . Based on some spots in the show (which we removed), we believe this is from June of 1989. 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. In some cases, the same dates are posted twice due to conflicting information from different sources. With this move, WCBS-FM had left the oldies format after 33 years. 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. A great photo of the CBS-FM jocks from contributor Kimbal Brandner. 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. Dan Taylor hosts WCBS-FM's morning show from 6 to 10 a.m., with Irv 'Mr. WNEW-FM had their classic lineup of Johnny Michaels, Jonathan Schwartz, Scott Muni, Rosko, Zacherely and Alison Steele. We hear Issac Hayes, 3 Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad and other hits of the era. AIRCHECK: Bob Lewis sitting in for Cousin Brucie [stereo]. A nice article featuring the CBS-FM jocks. What a thrill to be on a station my late father adored. Radio personalities such as Bobby "Wizzard" Wayne, Tom Tyler, Ed Williams, Steve Clark, Roby Yonge, K.O. Johnny Michaels, formerly of WMCA, played the first record,[9] Dion's "Runaround Sue". End price 46.00 USD Start price 9.99 USD. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Cousin Brucie likened the format switch to "replacing Yankee Stadium with a fruit stand". 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. 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