The Radio Greats program showcased veteran on-air personalities, with music tailored to their era of success. Prior to 2016, WCBS-FM used JAM Creative Productions, Inc. for their jingles. Using Video to Convey Your Passion and Personality Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training: 101 . I heard you took a shot at us in the Post. This was the way it sounded as it was heard on WCBS-FM from 8/5/92. 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. With this move, WCBS-FM had left the oldies format after 33 years. 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. 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. He pretty much ignores the playlist and he breaks formats and that makes it a fantastic show. John is someone I respect tremendously and is the biggest reason I took this leap. 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 was produced by the Berstein & Bernstein agency. 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. WOR-FM was still being programmed by Bill Drake and featured Jimmy King, Sebastian Stone, Tommy Edwards, Sean Casey, Al Brady, Bob Evans and Johnny Donovan. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison - Dan Ingram [stereo]. In some cases, they may oversee programming on individual streams or channels. The first song aired was Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right". Scott sounds like he's having a great time. AIRCHECK: Composite: Roby Yonge - Steve Clark - Gus Gossert - Steve O'Shea [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. End price 46.00 USD Start price 9.99 USD. When WCBS-FM was relaunched in July 2007 Don came back to host the radio greats show on the last Sunday of every month. New Orleans, Talk. . These shows replaced Radio Greats and Top 20 Countdown, which aired from the station's relaunch in July 2007 until June 7, 2009. Here's a short aircheck from the end of Norm N. Night's last show on WCBS-FM. 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. The new programming was unsuccessful, and WCBS-FM switched back to a personality-driven classic hits format. Live from the Blythedale Children's Hospital, their last show together will be December 16, after which Steele will devote more time to her podcast, "The Deep 6." ", Patty Steele, Scott's longtime co-host at numerous stations throughout their careers, added tearfully, "I absolutely loved working here through all the challenges in my life like breast cancer, family addiction issues which have famously been explored in podcasting my kids' high school and college graduations you our amazing listeners have been my friends and my radio family, and I have not for one minute thought I could have gotten through it without any of you.". This stereo aircheck from the CBS-FM hybrid hit singles/AOL days (I call it "progressive light"), complete with formatics and jingles, features DJ Bobby "Wizard" Wayne. 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. 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. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. 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. CBS-FM wasn't always a oldies station. He is also the author of the book Behind The Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll. Joe McCoy left the station shortly thereafter and was replaced by Dave Logan. Note the great inside joke at the beginning. Thanks to Rob Frankel, we have this fine aircheck of a mellow Gus Gossert doing the CBS-FM pre-oldies thing, which was a combination of pop, light rock and some R&B. Scott Shannon is moving to WCBS-FM 101.1, a station that's been a city radio institution even longer than he has. Listen to WCBS 880 internet radio online. As of August 2009, WCBS-FM started carrying New York Giants football on occasions when sister station WFAN could not carry the game. After compiling an all-time survey based on past surveys in 1997, the station abandoned listener surveys, repeating the 1997 all-time survey on subsequent Thanksgiving weekends. Radio Personality; On Air Hosting . This aircheck also features some interesting jingles, news and spots. They repeated 1993's Top 500 in 1994, conducting their last listener surveys in 1995 and 1996. An article describing the evolving CBS-FM. 6 am to 10 am - Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele. AIRCHECK: Pat St. John's Last Show WCBS-FM [scoped-stereo]. In the late 90's, he did overnights. Note: The audio quality is inconsistent. We even hear Ernie Maresca. During that era, the jocks included Bobby Wayne, Bill Brown, Steve O'Shea, K.O. It's just music." AIRCHECK: Ron Lundy with Dan Ingram [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via RadioMaven77 on Mixcloud. For many years, WCBS-FM simulcast its programming with its AM sister station. A Digital Nomad Guide to Hanoi. 5 The Beach Big 107. m. . 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. Announcing the passing should state the source of information. Part of Audacy. Unfortunately, Lewis passed away just a few months after this show was broadcast. Leamy, who has been hosting mornings at iHeartMedia AC "Q92 . including 92.3 NOW in New York as a personality and producer for the Rollin' with Nick Cannon morning show. With a total of sixteen streams a substantional range of listening occasions is offered. Corrections welcomed. [17] This sequence is now repeated on-air every July 12. And when it happened, two of the top three radio markets would simultaneously wonder what had happened. After the new programming's failure, WCBS-FM returned to its format of personality-driven classic hits. This is from his last appearace on CBS-FM, during the station's 40th anniversary celebration. 6 am - Wayne Cabot and Paul Murnane (with CBS World News Roundup at 8-8:08 am) 10 am - Lynda Lopez. The station segued to "Use Me" by Bill Withers. ", "It's time to take a break, so on Friday, December the 16th, I will retire from CBS-FM right after we finish up the year the way it should be, with our live broadcast for the kids at Blythedale Children's Hospital. Owned by CBS Radio, the station broadcasts on a clear-channel & is the flagship station of the CBS Radio Network. And later in 1970, he was doing weekends on WNEW-FM. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. 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. It would take the Beatles to get them heard again. . AIRCHECK: Steve Clarke, Gus Gossert [stereo]. 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. Because CBS-FM was such a heritage station, the format didn't go over well in NYC. In addition, the station broadened their format to include select hits from the 1990s, up to about 1999. WCBS can also be heard on WCBS-FM HD 2 channel which provides crystal clear reception if you are driving in midtown Manhattan! . Even Ingram calls 1960 the "year of the dog in music". This is an aircheck from radio pro and historian, Rob Frankel. Formats were changing quickly, but by October of 1967, he was doing a one-hour show on Saturday nights called, "Some Trust In Chariots" with music producer Tom Wilson doing a show before him and Chuck Leonard and Dan Ingram each doing one hour shows after him. The station's ratings increased during the 1990s (and were sustained into the 2000s) and market research studies showed a small and growing audience in the 35-to-49-year-old demographic as a new generation's "songs they grew up with" moved into the oldies format. That's quite a diverse and interesting group of nighttime jocks. On Friday, June 3, 2005, Micky Dolenz, Mike Fitzgerald, and Randy Davis all signed off their shows expecting to be back the following Monday. I have a son Lee who is now 34 years old. Upon hearing of WCBS-FM's confirmation that oldies would return, Cousin Brucie commented, "Im thrilled that this music is getting a chance again." WCBS-FM New Yorks Foxx & Annie In The Morning To Debut Feb. 13. To save money, CBS-FM wanted to cut Ingram back to one day a week from two (with a commensurate cut in salary) and Ingram refused. In the first Top 500, The Five Satins' doo wop classic "In the Still of the Night" was #1 and "Earth Angel" by The Penguins was #2. WNUR-FM. Seller Id 2ps9mB3juE9M. . WNEW-FM had their classic lineup of Johnny Michaels, Jonathan Schwartz, Scott Muni, Rosko, Zacherely and Alison Steele. In January 2001, they stopped playing currents and 90's hits on the overnight, dropping them altogether. The station even hit number one overall in the ratings on at least several occasions during the 1990s. He's known for being informative on the air and for playing that rare but great track that you didn't know existed. For the first time, WCBS-FM would have an airstaff. 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. I didn't even remember Rosko ever working for CBS-FM and Ed Williams had previously appeared on WLIB. 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. Over the next couple of weeks, the station started playing pre-1964 oldies again. 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. 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. Info of The Station. Transit Reporter WCBS, 880 AM, NY (WCBS Transit Center) . This aircheck is from about six months after CBS-FM moved from a quasi-progressive rock format to an oldies format. On even years, up to 1990, the survey from the previous year was played. 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 . It's a pretty good montage of CBS-FM over the years along with a lot of formatics and jingles. This was still in the days when CBS-FM would play Little Richard and early Doo-Wop records. Gus opens with Ray Charles and plays a lot of 50's Doo-Wop, which is almost impossible to find on the radio anymore. AIRCHECK: Back from JACK Format Flip [scoped]. A member and Hall of Famer at the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington DC, as well as the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago, Scott's remarkable career was recently chronicled in the documentary Worst to First: The True Story of Z-100. A large portion of the aircheck is dedicated to the "hit" songs of 1960 and most are quite awful. I'm beginning to get that feeling, here's Fontella Bass." He also appeared on internet oldies radio stations and hosted concerts. The final show will take . Jack Spector doing the "Saturday Night Sock Hop". WBEB, an adult contemporary station in Philadelphia, also broadcasts on 101.1 MHz. 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. Patty Steele. A great photo of the CBS-FM jocks from contributor Kimbal Brandner. Zach was 90 when this was recorded and it's amazing how strong, vibrant and ageless he sounds. Among them: New York's Z100; WPLJ, WOR, and currently at CBS-FM and WCBS Newsradio 880. 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 . The playlist was wider than most typical radio stations, but it was also far more current. A little over two years later WCBS-FM would become an Oldies station. Rick talks about Alan Freed, Murray the K and Jack Lacy and plays some great tapes bits from them. It takes less than 60 seconds for Lewis to demonstrate more personality than one hears on radio today in a week. If CBS-FM was as creative as this every day, it would be a much better radio station. 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? 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. The segment does have one error: near the end, it's said that Murray moved to WOR-FM in 1965. In some cases, the same dates are posted twice due to conflicting information from different sources. At 3:00p.m. that day, Jack FM resumed streaming on their website. Stephen A Smith will be among the personalities on ESPN's new FM home. 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