Corrections welcomed. 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. After the new programming's failure, WCBS-FM returned to its format of personality-driven classic hits. On May 7, 2008, the Jack branding was dropped from WCBS-FM HD2 and was just called 101.1 HD2 or WCBS-FM HD2 due to the end of a licensing agreement with the owner of the Jack name and slogan, Sparknet Communications. [5] This allowed the station to reflect its corporate ownership by the Columbia Broadcasting System or CBS. m3u: Radio 567 - XRN Australia. He certainly kept alive this genre of music that was very popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The station continued to also feature hits of the 1970s and some hits of the 1980s while cutting future gold selections to one per hour. Earlier today, legendary radio personalityScott 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. 3 pm to 7 pm - Broadway Bill Lee. 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. With the reallocation of the FM band, WABC-FM's new frequency became 96.9MHz; finally, in September 1947 the station became WCBS-FM, and the frequency moved to the current 101.1. While CBS shareholders retained a 72% ownership stake in the combined company, Entercom was the surviving entity, separating WCBS radio (both 101.1 FM and 880 AM) from WCBS-TV. 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. Zacherley, doing his annual Halloween guest spot on WCBS-FM back when radio was still an awful lot of fun. Freed was brought down by the payola scandal. Gradually and subtly, WCBS-FM is increasing the frequency of 1980s and 1990s hits per day and is also adding music from the 2000s. There's nothing about it, including the jingles, that sounds outdated or corny, But because it had that competition from WNEW-FM and WABC-FM as well as competition from WOR-FM, it couldn't last and by July of 1972, WCBS-FM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. On the AM dial, there were a few oldies stations receivable at night, like Buffalo's WKBW at the time.[16]. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. 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. This was the way it sounded as it was heard on WCBS-FM from 8/5/92. If CBS-FM always sounded like this, it would be a spectacular station. Among them: New York's Z100; WPLJ, WOR, and currently at CBS-FM and WCBS Newsradio 880. 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. Terms related to wcbs-fm: Related Phrases. Former Mayor Ed Koch then welcomed back the format, noting the "mistake" CBS Radio had made with the switch. 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 . Edison Media Research VP of music and programming Sean Ross looks at what made CBS-FM different, and why it should have had a better chance at updating for 2005 . They broke format to only play Soul and R&B? Chicago, Talk. In the fall of 2014, the station dropped the pre-1964 oldies altogether and also dropped many of the songs from the 1960s, cutting the number down to one to two per hour. He is best known for hosting the Doo Wop on Sunday nights from 7 PM-Midnight. That's quite a diverse and interesting group of nighttime jocks. 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 even began to de-emphasize the phrase 'oldies' in promotion of the station.[13]. The Doo-Wop Shop started on Sunday nights in May of 1975 and it aired through 2002. [11] This survey would be repeated on Thanksgiving weekend in 2002. This is an aircheck from radio pro and historian, Rob Frankel. Im incredibly grateful to all those who supported my roller coaster journey to this point. In the summer of 2002, Don K. Reed's long-running Sunday night Doo-Wop Shop program was cancelled. Here's another example of one of their earliest promotions, which you'll have to admit is a bit freaky, but who exactly were they trying to appeal to? Prior to 2016, WCBS-FM used JAM Creative Productions, Inc. for their jingles. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison's Final Morning Show [stereo]. I could have watched two more hours of it, but it came in handy", Listen to Scott Shannon, weekday mornings on WCBS-FM. 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. It wasn't that good music wasn't released in 1960, but it didn't make the top of the pop charts. The station's playlist consisted of music almost entirely from 1964 to 1979, dividing about equally between the 1960s and 1970s, playing only a handful of pre-1964 oldies and songs from the 1980s. Patty Steele. And the playlist was a strange mix of just about every genre of rock music. Television Host @ WCBS-TV. 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). Fleet Week is over. WNEW-FM had their classic lineup of Johnny Michaels, Jonathan Schwartz, Scott Muni, Rosko, Zacherely and Alison Steele. An article describing the original "The Young Sound" service, which was 180 hours a month of instrumental versions of rock songs. When WOR-FM promoted that it was going rock in June of 1966, I thought it was also going to be a soft rock instrumentals station because at the time, it was difficult to imagine real rock on a commercial FM station. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison's First CBS-FM Morning Show [stereo]. I had forgotten about this one. [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]. In late June 2009, the HD2 channel was rebranded again as ToNY, meaning "to New York" but pronounced as "Tony". The final Radio Greats show was hosted by WCBS-FM veteran Dick Heatherton. 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. WEPN-FM - ESPN New York 98.7 FM. It would take the Beatles to get them heard again. 1 pm to 7 pm- Dave Stewart. For the 2010 season, two Giants pre-season games and two regular season games were carried on WCBS-FM including the first game at the New Meadowlands Stadium against the New York Jets on August 16. 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. #61. The playlist was wider than most typical radio stations, but it was also far more current. This is a really terrific sounding aircheck. WCBS-FM's oldies format weathered many trends and corporate moves. Another terrific sounding aircheck with the great Bob Lewis who could and did do any format. 5 am - Paul Murnane. Also in that year, Harry Harrison and Dan Ingram both retired. In retrospect, they seem like completely different eras. Audacy welcomes Andr Yancey as the new morning show producer for "Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele" on WCBS-FM 101.1 (WCBS-FM) in New York. This aircheck has really terrific fidelity -- why doesn't broadcast radio sound this good anymore? 7 pm to 12 mn - Joe Causi. 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 . 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. 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, Alison Steele, Scott Muni, Jonathan Schwartz . Another syndicated show, Dick Clark Presents Rewind with Gary Bryan, airs on Sunday mornings from 12 to 4 a.m. Pat is still a big fan of rock and roll and has terrific insights into the artists and music. 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? As of August 2009, WCBS-FM started carrying New York Giants football on occasions when sister station WFAN could not carry the game. This is a great aircheck of Pat St. John's last show on WCBS-FM. 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. LISTEN NOW: Scott Shannon and Patty Steele discuss WCBS-FM retirement announcement and love for listeners. 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. 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. We even hear some Doo-Wop. In fact, there aren't too many spots aside from Coke. Scott sounds like he's having a great time. G.' Gikofsky providing weather updates. This was back when WCBS-FM was still a true Oldies station, at least for the Radio Greats Weekends. The Radio Greats program showcased veteran on-air personalities, with music tailored to their era of success. And then Bobby comes on and entertains us with even more of a distinctive personality. 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. Saturday. 12 am - Levon Putney. On July 9, 2017, Backtrax USA, hosted by former WHTZ jock Kid Kelly, debuted on WCBS-FM on Sunday nights. When was the last time you heard music DJs who sounded like they were having fun? Note the great inside joke at the beginning. Part of Audacy. Morgan died of lung cancer in 1998. . His first WOR-FM show was on October 8, 1966. This is a great aircheck of John Zacherley returning to CBS-FM when it was still a true oldies station to play a bunch of crazy tracks for Halloween and it sounds great. The format change to live jocks actually took place October 20th. There's also a bit where Murray does a pulp fiction comic book intro to Ernie K Doe's "Mother In Law". PRESS: The "Young Sound" Syndication Service. Note: Rob Frankel has since advised us that the Rosko show was a syndicated show produced from Rosko's then home in France. Stephen A Smith will be among the personalities on ESPN's new FM home. WNYC 93.9 FM. . I heard you took a shot at us in the Post. FishbowlNY has explored how some of your favorite TV and radio personalities are coping with the 9/ . 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. 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Presents Exclusive July PPM Analysis For N.Y., L.A., Chicago, San Francisco And Dallas", "CBS Sets Radio Division Merger With Entercom", "CBS and Entercom Are Merging Their Radio Stations", "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio", "WCBS and KCBS Calls Will Stay Put at Entercom", Aerial view of WCBS-FM studios from Google Local, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WCBS-FM&oldid=1141189075, Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of former owner, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 20:34. [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. 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. 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. 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. AIRCHECK: Bobby Wayne (Restored & Scoped). Sourced from the Gus Gossert archive to Matt Seinberg and Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. And we even hear news. Since several people made this announcement, I must sadly believe it is true. AIRCHECK: Ron Lundy with Dan Ingram [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via RadioMaven77 on Mixcloud. Bill Brown (who had started with the station in 1969, during their rock days) and Don K. Reed (who started at the station 6 months before the switch to oldies) remained with the station during their entire first period as an oldies station. Shannon, 75, joined WCBS-FM in February . 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. 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. 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. New York City, Talk. Weekend hosts include Sue O'Neal (6 to 10 a.m.) and Pat St. John (Sundays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). Newly Released Study - Sound . A bit of Bob Lewis and Steve Clark from WCBS-FM's "sort of progressive" days. By September of 1970, he was doing 5-9pm weekdays on CBS-FM when the station had an AOR format. And it was Tom Clay, not Tom Cloy. 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." And the ratings never matched what CBS-FM had achieved. New York, New York, United States. The original transmitter site was located at 500 Fifth Avenue. 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. Dan would leave CBS-FM 18 months later. 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). For the first time, WCBS-FM would have an airstaff. Demonstrates once again why AM radio can't play music. In 1969, WCBS-FM launched a freeform rock format, which was becoming increasingly popular, and all other CBS-owned FM stations followed suit. For a few months he gave up his midday airshift. PRESS: Bob Cole tries to turn-around CBS-FM Group, In turn he delegates considerable authority to his station people; believes the guy on the scene, who knows the market, should make decisions, particularly programming ones.. 2 pm - Michael Wallace. Did they really work an eight hour on-air shift together or was it two four-hour shifts? WBBM Newsradio 105.9 FM. He also appeared on internet oldies radio stations and hosted concerts. This automated format was syndicated to CBS stations across the country and to AFN (American Forces Network). This is because WBEB broadcasts at 14,000 watts, although from a lower antenna height. With this move, WCBS-FM had left the oldies format after 33 years. At 3:00p.m. that day, Jack FM resumed streaming on their website. [29] On January 2, 2013, WCBS-FM HD3 flipped to CBS Sports Radio. Johnny Michaels, formerly of WMCA, played the first record,[9] Dion's "Runaround Sue". Retired, Mornings, WCBS-FM / NYC: Shauna? AIRCHECK: Bobby "the Wizard" Wayne [stereo-scoped]. WBBM Newsradio 780 AM. 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. 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." Several people announced the passing of Don K. Reed on Facebook. [10] In 1992, WCBS-FM ran a Top 500 Countdown based on all their surveys from 1973 to 1991. Joe McCoy left the station shortly thereafter and was replaced by Dave Logan. 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. 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. 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 AM station retained its personality-oriented middle of the road format until August 27, 1967. He also looked far older than he was. One other surprise for me was the promotion for the DJs appearing later that night: Ed Williams and Rosko (Bill Mercer). Don passed way in July of 2022. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. [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]. Joe McCoy hosts a tribute to Alan Freed. Jack Spector doing the "Saturday Night Sock Hop". #2. Each episode includes guests from the Radio industry including, but not limited to, Air Personalities, Program Directors, General Managers, and Owners. 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. Preparing John profile View John's Email & Phone . Over the next couple of weeks, the station started playing pre-1964 oldies again. In some cases, they may oversee programming on individual streams or channels. One of many format change announcements. I'm beginning to get that feeling, here's Fontella Bass." WBEB, an adult contemporary station in Philadelphia, also broadcasts on 101.1 MHz. AIRCHECK: Rocky G, Bill Brown, Steve Clark (Restored & Scoped). Bob Shannon (radio personality) Syracuse, New York. We look forward to celebrating with Scott, Patty, and the entire "Big Show" in the weeks ahead. Seller Id 2ps9mB3juE9M. A Digital Nomad Guide to Hanoi. We hear Issac Hayes, 3 Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad and other hits of the era. 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". Lots of oldies that we never hear anymore but weren't actually all that old back then. If you're using an older version of a browser . Herb Oscar Anderson and Dan Ingram sneaks in just after "Brown Eyed Girl". ", "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. 3,492 likes. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Dan Ingram [stereo-scoped]. Joe McCoy On The Former Musicradio77 Air Personalities At WCBS-FM By Scott Benjamin . 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. WCBS-FM's subcarrier also airs Spanish language Catholic programming for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from Radio Maria Hispana, a local unit of Radio Maria USA. Between June 3, 2005, and July 12, 2007, the station aired the automated adult hits format "Jack FM". The moderation is in English. 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. Gus opens with Ray Charles and plays a lot of 50's Doo-Wop, which is almost impossible to find on the radio anymore. Then, at 4:00p.m., the station played the usual station identification, and then a mix of Oldies and Greatest Hits referring to change, including "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "Get a Job", "Glory Days" and "Hit the Road Jack" (the last song of which had the word "Jack" edited out, giving an advance hint to the new format),[14] among others. By 1979, three FM stations owned by CBS had begun playing disco music. At 4:30p.m., the station stunted with a 30-minute montage of lines from various movies and other sources. Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy, Dan Ingram, Bruce Morrow WCBS-FM 1991 . We hear Cousin Brucie doing his show along with chatter from the studio from Rob Frankel and Lee Speigel, who had just interviewed Murrow. In this era, WABC-FM was largely automated, but also featured Dave Herman and Jimmy Rabbit. 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