By the end of 1976, Brown was on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays along with his Saturday morning shift. 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. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 posts on Mixcloud: AIRCHECK: John Zacherley on Halloween [scoped]. AIRCHECK: Bob Lewis sitting in for Cousin Brucie [stereo]. On November 19, 2016, the "Saturday Night Block Party" was discontinued after four years in favor of regular programming. The oldies format on WCBS-FM continued to be a success. Bruce is followed by Bobby Jay's "Soul of the City" show that begins with a great James Brown track. Between June 3, 2005, and July 12, 2007, the station aired the automated adult hits format "Jack FM". Sourced from the Gus Gossert archive to Matt Seinberg and Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. [citation needed] In February 2008, Howard Cogan was replaced by Pat St. John as the pre-recorded voice of the Jack character on WCBS-FM HD2 and ilikejack.com. But it's also instructive: when the signal is bright and clean, it has far more impact and it's a far better listen. This was pretty good radio: far more mature, interesting and diverse than Top-40 radio, but not as edgy and progressive as WNEW-FM or WABC-FM.One interesting thing about this aircheck is that it still works 40 years later. You can perceive this in their musical choices, which is exactly what I remember CBS-FM playing at this time. Advertisement: Latest Radio Stories. The great Bob Shannon doing the Oldies thing. It features DJs Rocky G, Bill Brown and Steve Clark from the semi-progressive days of CBS-FM. He's known for being informative on the air and for playing that rare but great track that you didn't know existed. 12 am - Levon Putney. Dan Ingram and Bobby Jay on a Fabulous Fifties very cold weekend. The Radio Greats program showcased veteran on-air personalities, with music tailored to their era of success. The heartbreaking news was spread on social media but no official sources confirmed the news . The HD2 station also simulcast the oldies format until 2:00p.m. that day, at which time Jack FM moved to HD2. AIRCHECK: Steve Clarke, Gus Gossert [stereo]. A Digital Nomad Guide to Hanoi. This aircheck is of the flip back from JACK to Greatest Hits CBS-FM. For a few months he gave up his midday airshift. Upon hearing of WCBS-FM's confirmation that oldies would return, Cousin Brucie commented, "Im thrilled that this music is getting a chance again." "Jack" picked up on the mayor's comments, making jokes about his quip, "Hey, Mayor Bloomberg. Terms related to wcbs-fm: Related Phrases. She and Foxx, who was also named Brand Manager of the station, assume the daypart held since 2014 by Scott Shannon and Patty Steele. They voted, and the stations lost because at the end of the day, the personalities are bigger than the station, not the other way around." Shannon was working across the street at WCBS-FM . 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. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets. Spitz was an on-air personality on WPHR-FM/107.9 (Power 108 . We all remember "Bob-a-Loo". In a letter on the WCBS-FM website posted on June 5, 2005, station VP Chad Brown announced the webstream would try to bring back most of the original shows and DJs, and that eventually the station would also be able to be heard on HD Radio. Later that year, Maire Mason replaced Donohue. Morning Mayor Harry Harrison a Comforting Presence at WCBS-FM in Days Following 9/11 Tragedy . WCBS-FM New Yorks Foxx & Annie In The Morning To Debut Feb. 13. You mean they respected their listeners with specialty show? In the summer of 2002, Don K. Reed's long-running Sunday night Doo-Wop Shop program was cancelled. Note the diversity of the music which combined music that you might hear on AM along with select album tracks, not completely unlike what you might hear on CBS-FM today, but with more non-single album tracks: Bob Dylan, The Carpenters, Al Kooper, the Grateful Dead, Carol King, James Taylor, the Rolling Stones, Donovan, Carly Simon, the Beatles, Joe Cocker, the Doors, etc. 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. AIRCHECK: Cousin Brucie (On and Off Mic) [stereo], This is something quite unique. I retired five years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I had forgotten about this one. For many years, WCBS-FM simulcast its programming with its AM sister station. Shannon, 75, joined WCBS-FM in February . AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Jocko Henderson [stereo], Jocko Henderson rides his rocketship and continues the greatness on the Radio Greats Weekend, AIRCHECK: Dan Ingram - Bobby Jay [stereo]. 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). Dick Bartley's syndicated Classic Countdown airs on Sunday nights from 7 to 11 p.m., followed by the Classic Dance Showcase hosted by Joe Causi from 11 p.m. to midnight. Thanks to RadioMaven77's postings on Mixcloud, here a five-part, five-hour restored compilation of WCBS-FM before it became an oldies station. AIRCHECK: Back from JACK Format Flip [scoped]. Audacy has announced its post-Scott Shannon plans for classic hits WCBS-FM New York (101.1). A recording of Wolfman Jack's final radio broadcast from 1995 was also featured on two occasions. Bill Brown (radio Personality) CBS Radio; Had Freed lived, I believe he could have resurrected his career, if not on the air, then producing and promoting shows, especially when appreciating doo-wop music became a fad again with the emergence of oldies shows and Sha-Na-Na in the late 1960s. And we even hear news. On Air Personality WCBS-FM Dec 1993 - Dec 1995 2 years 1 month. I don't want to discuss the Jack fiasco, but WCBS-FM has used a strategy to attract younger listeners by playing . Harry stayed with WCBS-FM until March of 2003, so he had a 44-year run on these three major NYC pop music stations. This aircheck has really terrific fidelity -- why doesn't broadcast radio sound this good anymore? The change left WBZO as the only FM station playing any type of oldies format in the market. 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. On even years, up to 1990, the survey from the previous year was played. In spring 2004, WCBS-FM narrowed the playlist even more. The very personable Bob Shannon (with Dennis O'Mara) on WCBS-FM back when it was still a real Oldies station. "It was like an hour. WNUR-FM. Another psychedelic ad approach. He also appeared on internet oldies radio stations and hosted concerts. WBBM Newsradio 105.9 FM. After 22 years cohosting the morning show on WPLJ FM 95.5 and six previous years . Television Host @ WCBS-TV. Contributed by Gus Gossert to Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. Cousin Brucie moved over to Sirius Satellite Radio's '60s on 6 channel to continue playing oldies. 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. Newly Released Study - Sound . 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". AIRCHECK is a podcast about radio's personality from radio personalities. Legendary Personalities: Robert W. Morgan One of radio's great personalities was Robert W. Morgan who woke up southern California for many years. Pat is still a big fan of rock and roll and has terrific insights into the artists and music. When WCBS-FM was relaunched in July 2007 Don came back to host the radio greats show on the last Sunday of every month. "[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". [26][27] As part of the agreement with CBS, Entercom was given the rights to use the brand and trademarks for WCBS-FM along with sister stations WCBS (AM), KCBS (AM) in San Francisco and KCBS-FM in Los Angeles for a 20 year period after which Entercom (or succeeding entity) will be required to relinquish using those call-letters.[28]. 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. WCBS can also be heard on WCBS-FM HD 2 channel which provides crystal clear reception if you are driving in midtown Manhattan! Bob interviews Rick Sklar who was the program director at both WINS and WABC-AM. Joe McCoy On The Former Musicradio77 Air Personalities At WCBS-FM By Scott Benjamin . New York City, Classical. (The show begins with the last few minutes of Bob Shannon's show. Assistant program director Lenny Bloch hosts the overnight shift, which uses voice-tracking. Since several people made this announcement, I must sadly believe it is true. At 4:30p.m., the station stunted with a 30-minute montage of lines from various movies and other sources. WCBS-FM (101.1 FM) is a radio station offering a classic hits format licensed to New York City and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. And then Bobby comes on and entertains us with even more of a distinctive personality. Dan would leave CBS-FM 18 months later. 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. (In 1957, Freed's ABC-TV show was cancelled after Frankie Lyman danced with a white girl and ABC affiliates in the south objected.) This is a really terrific sounding aircheck. Sirius Satellite Radio offers an ever-growing list of hosts across its various channels, especially since its 2008 merger with XM. [5] This allowed the station to reflect its corporate ownership by the Columbia Broadcasting System or CBS. 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. He was one of the few people in NYC radio who kept the spirit of doo-wop music alove through the decades. We hear Cousin Brucie doing his show along with chatter from the studio from Rob Frankel and Lee Speigel, who had just interviewed Murrow. For the first time, WCBS-FM would have an airstaff. She will bring a lot of energy, a deep skill set, and a whatever it takes attitude that really sets her up for success in this role.. 6 am to 10 am - Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele. No wonder we don't listen the same way. CBS-FM wasn't always a oldies station. 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. 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. 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. The . "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. His first WOR-FM show was on October 8, 1966. Dan claims he listened to Chuck on WWRL and recommended him to WABC management. In the 80s & 90s, he spent 10 years at New York's K-Rock (WXRK-FM), and wrote and produced several internationally . WBEB, an adult contemporary station in Philadelphia, also broadcasts on 101.1 MHz. The final Radio Greats show was hosted by WCBS-FM veteran Dick Heatherton. 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. . [citation needed], By 2000, as demographics for 1950s and early 1960s oldies started to eclipse the target age groups that many advertisers covet,[12] WCBS-FM began cutting pre-1964 songs while adding more music from the 1970s and 1980s. The nine hundred and fifty-fifth position on our top list is currently occupied by WCBS-FM. . Most radio stations would never do this today because they would consider it "breaking format". They tried various permutations of free-form and progressive rock before finding the format that would last them for years. Bailey, Roby Yonge, Tom Clay, Bob Lewis, Steve Clark, Dick Burch, Les Turpin and Johnny Michaels, many of whom are heard on this aircheck. 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. Several people announced the passing of Don K. Reed on Facebook. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Alan Freed Tribute [scoped-stereo]. Also in that year, Harry Harrison and Dan Ingram both retired. 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. Work. WCBS (880 kHz), often referred to as "WCBS Newsradio 880", is a radio station in New York City. 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. He also spent time as Program Director. . WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. The entire staff from the rock format remained at the station. [6] On August 27, 1967, the AM station had to launch its news format (which was not full-time until 1972) on WCBS-FM because a small airplane had crashed into the AM radio tower a few hours earlier.[7]. This one shows the schedule from 1967 to 1981 as CBS-FM evolved from various flavors of AOR to Oldies. New York, New York, United States. ESPN-1050 made a strong move to acquire Yankees radio rights from incumbent WCBS-AM but was handicapped by its weak 1050 . He left WCBS-FM when it flipped to the dreaded Jack format in 2005. 98.7 KLUV FM Dallas! 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. Demonstrates once again why AM radio can't play music. Bayley (Bob Elliott from WOR-FM), Les Turpin, Bob "Bob-A-Lew" Lewis also briefly joined the WCBS-FM "freeform" format. In January 2001, they stopped playing currents and 90's hits on the overnight, dropping them altogether. When WCBS-FM was relaunched in July 2007 Don came back to host the radio greats show on the last Sunday of every month. He is best known for hosting the Doo Wop on Sunday nights from 7 PM-Midnight. Bob was a DJ on many NYC stations including WMGM, WINS, WABC-FM, WNEW-FM and WCBS-FM. The final Radio Greats show was hosted by WCBS-FM veteran Dick Heatherton. 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. 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. [15] The format featured nearly 2,000 unique songs in the playlist. An article describing the original "The Young Sound" service, which was 180 hours a month of instrumental versions of rock songs. On the banks of the Red River, Hanoi is one of the world's most ancient cities. 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. He has also frequently appeared on CBS-FM from at least 2003 and is heard on several different shows on Sirius/XM. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison's Final Morning Show [stereo]. 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. Zacherley, doing his annual Halloween guest spot on WCBS-FM back when radio was still an awful lot of fun. 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. knx 1070 radio personalities. For more about Murray, check out the WINS, WOR-FM and General Radio History pages. A few hours after the change back from Jack FM, WCBS-FM's '60s and '70s music was brought back online on the stations website. On the other hand, it looked sorta like something your friends doodled in high school. The format was largely a jukebox or iPod playlist interspersed with snarky tag lines voiced by Howard Cogan. Many of these hosts are well-known DJs, talk show hosts, and celebrities who sometimes anchor special shows. The station broadcast "Jack FM," an automated adult hits format, from June 3, 2005, to July 12, 2007. It's not a big wonder that the format didn't last all that long, but if it did, we never would have wound up with an oldies station. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Cousin Brucie likened the format switch to "replacing Yankee Stadium with a fruit stand". RACE TAYLOR. Scott sounds like he's having a great time. Radio personalities such as Bobby "Wizzard" Wayne, Tom Tyler, Ed Williams, Steve Clark, Roby Yonge, K.O. He pretty much ignores the playlist and he breaks formats and that makes it a fantastic show. Prior to 2016, WCBS-FM used JAM Creative Productions, Inc. for their jingles. Another syndicated show, Dick Clark Presents Rewind with Gary Bryan, airs on Sunday mornings from 12 to 4 a.m. Here's a great aircheck of Jocko Henderson from the sixth Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June 1998. 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. This is a rare promotion contributed by Myles Putman. Dick Heatherton was on CBS-FM from September 1972 through March 1986, mostly doing the 2-6pm shift. 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. WCBS-FM initially programmed a younger-leaning easy listening format known as "The Young Sound", playing soft instrumental versions of current pop music songs. 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. At around 3:50pm WCBS-FM midday jock Bill Brown . When was the last time you heard music DJs who sounded like they were having fun? Bob was a highly creative air personality who could work any format. While Freed and rock 'n roll music in general was highly controversial in the 1950s, Freed himself was very low-key, spoke in conversational tones on the air (unlike the screamers and speed-talkers of the time) and dressed in conservative suits. 7 pm to 12 mn - Joe Causi. Johnny Michaels, formerly of WMCA, played the first record,[9] Dion's "Runaround Sue". Audacy classic hits WCBS-FM New York (101.1) has recruited a second personality with Big Apple radio experience for its post-Scott Shannon plans for morning drive. The station played two current hits per hour known as "future gold". Each episode includes guests from the Radio industry including, but not limited to, Air Personalities, Program Directors, General Managers, and Owners. WCBS-FM At 50 And 15. In fact, there aren't too many spots aside from Coke. Dan Taylor hosts WCBS-FM's morning show from 6 to 10 a.m., with Irv 'Mr. 10 am to 3 pm - Race Taylor. Dick's father, Ray Heatherton, portrayed "The Merry Mailman" on NYC local television. But we also hear a then-new track by Cher. CBS-FM's longtime music director Jeff Mazzei was retained as program director of the wcbsfm.com oldies stream. 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. 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 Harrison, Ron Lundy, Dan Ingram, Bruce Morrow WCBS-FM 1991 . Thanks for listening to WCBS-FM 101.1! 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. 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. There are excerpts from his WINS and WABC-AM shows as well as from a few recordings that he made, including a novelty record that anticipates what Dickie Goodman would do just a few years later. por . Bob Lewis died on January 23, 1987 at the young age of 49. Frank Sinatra's "Summer Wind" was the last song played before the format change. 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). The segment does have one error: near the end, it's said that Murray moved to WOR-FM in 1965. BDub Radio. WVCO 94. . 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. 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. Stephen A Smith will be among the personalities on ESPN's new FM home. It's a pretty good montage of CBS-FM over the years along with a lot of formatics and jingles. 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. 8 months ago. PRESS: New York Daily News: Ingram Out at CBS-FM. 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. I am interested in rock and roll radio. Don K. Reed, Norm N. Nite, Ed Baer, Steve O'Brien, Randy Davis, Big Jay Sorensen, and Famous Amos were regularly featured on the program. Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. The station even hit number one overall in the ratings on at least several occasions during the 1990s. This aircheck is from about six months after CBS-FM moved from a quasi-progressive rock format to an oldies 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. Morgan died of lung cancer in 1998. . 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. This is from his last appearace on CBS-FM, during the station's 40th anniversary celebration. Here are segments from Dan Ingram's show from the Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June, 1991. Lots of oldies that we never hear anymore but weren't actually all that old back then. [19][20] Arbitron's switch from diary to PPM facilitated a move back to oldies and classic hits as sister station WOGL in Philadelphia had demonstrated ratings success in the new methodology by reaching the top five. Dan Ingram playing the hits of the 50's-80's on "all New York artists weekend". Jay joined WCBS-FM as the host of the popular Hall of Fame and Top Twenty Countdown shows. Note the great inside joke at the beginning. AIRCHECK: Bobby "the Wizard" Wayne [stereo-scoped]. Start date 13 Oct 2017. AIRCHECK: Bobby Wayne (Restored & Scoped). 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. An article detailing how Bob Cole has been promoted to VP of CBS' FM radio group and is mandated to make the stations profitable. In 1989, WCBS-FM limited current music to late nights and overnights. AIRCHECK: Ron Lundy with Dan Ingram [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via RadioMaven77 on Mixcloud. On July 9, 2017, Backtrax USA, hosted by former WHTZ jock Kid Kelly, debuted on WCBS-FM on Sunday nights. By September of 1970, he was doing 5-9pm weekdays on CBS-FM when the station had an AOR format. AIRCHECK: Pat St. John announces his retirement from WCBS-FM. Education. [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. 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. A nice article featuring the CBS-FM jocks. WCBS-FM's oldies format weathered many trends and corporate moves. Thanks to Rob Frankel's postings on Mixcloud, this is a restored aircheck of the supposed first edition of the Lewis & Clark expedition with Bob Lewis (and Steve Clark). He is also the author of the book Behind The Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll. ( Source : twitter) It should be noted that payola was not illegal before Congress made it so in 1960 (as long as you reported the income on your taxes, which Freed was accused of not doing). 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 . In retrospect, they seem like completely different eras. This is a great aircheck of Pat St. John's last show on WCBS-FM. A photo of Bob "the Wizard" Wayne from contributor Kimbal Brandner. Bob was born April 3, 1937 putting him at the center of early top-40 radio. We even hear Ernie Maresca. [11] This survey would be repeated on Thanksgiving weekend in 2002. 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. And it was Tom Clay, not Tom Cloy. This aircheck also features some interesting jingles, news and spots. 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." Audacy classic hits WCBS-FM New York (101.1) has recruited a second personality with Big Apple radio experience for its post-Scott Shannon plans for morning drive. In 1969, WCBS-FM launched a freeform rock format, which was becoming increasingly popular, and all other CBS-owned FM stations followed suit. In 2010, the station was number one among all stations in the New York region, 25-54 and 12+ (Arbitron PPM report, May 2010). 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