LONG time ago, but good memories. Loved the write up on david h Morris. Tough duty but Lee and Randy did an amazing job Me? Doug Limerick, you might remember, was later a news reader for the ABC Information Network. My list would probably put KFRC #2, KCBQ #3 and CKLW #4. Randy, get over yourself. WBLI Patchogue, LI (Long Island), NY Jocks with a bit more rope. Pats right, Radio Ink, your damn input DOES!! MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. Thank you Randy Michaels for the 102 WVAQ mention! Thank you, Lee and Thank you, Randy. And I agree that WQAM was a better example of the Storz sound. He said I look outside and if I see lights then we give it a try. WMGK Magic 103 (soft rock-oriented AOR until modifying to hits-oriented soft rock in the early 80s); WSNI Sunny 104/104 and-a-half/Sunny 104.5 (first hybrid AC- /MOR-based easy listening, then all-soft rock hits), Kiss 100 (WKSZ Media, PA) WSSJ Camden, NJ; WJBR Wilmington, DE; and even WIBG and WFIL (1975-77 (before briefly going Top 40 for the last time) and 1977-81, respectively). Ps. Lol! Great to see WHB from KC and KXOK from St. Louis on the list. WIBBAGE had personalities, good on-air production and a remarkable audience share; WFIL came along in 1965 and had the best example of tight production and format anywhere. Today, tune in any format and 5 minutes later, you turn it off! Mad Daddy Pete Myers, Johnny Holliday, Scott Burton, Pat Fitzgerald, Johnny Walters, Ron Riley, Carl Reese and Keith Morris, what a great air staff. I grew up listening to KXOK in St. Louis during the daytime hours (Johnny Rabbit) and WLS at night. Thank you Radio Ink for this amazing trip down memory lane. Hi Mike! I was still a AM KFRC fan up until 1983. I love all of the comments! Would Randy Michaels be the same who worked afternoons on WJET? And not only live (as you also said), but LOCAL! Thanks, to that Ron Parker, whether you or someone else, You have the right RP, Robert. I based this list on originality and impact. Randy lists his top stations, and also details why each station he picked was great in the Top 40 format. Behind Production on Lee Abrams characteristics list of great Top 40 stations, number two is The Bible of Music. From 1965 until its demise in 1976, WCFL never let go of a Top 40 playlist/format. Anyway, brother Dick took over the station after Mac died and wrecked it. They got 60 shares in Dallas with that signal. But, I was lucky to have grown up in South-Central Michigan in the late 60s and into the 70s. (Thats 3 a.m. in Louisville. I worked (twice) at WKDA (am) and I think BOTH MAK and KDA were both great outlets. ***HELL***!! Great call letters, too. A real crew. Still, WMGM had its legends, most notably Peter Tripp. Hope you are both well. KLIF with Ron Chapman, Hal Martin (Michael Spears, who gave me my first job at 14), Michael OShea (who gave me my first tour of a radio station), Jimmy Rabbit, Dave Van Dyke (who kicked me out of the building when I sneaked up the fire escape), Paxton Mills, Jim Taber and Rod Roddy (I was his call screener when Gordon gave him an evening talk show). Some of them went back to the U.S. Pretty remarkable. Sorry, I dont mean to monopolize the conversation, but another old Philly station/format warrants mention: An all-Progressive Rock format launched by WDAS-FM, Hyskis Underground. A good playlist and entertaining jocks. Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. Storz owned WHB but invented the format at KOWH. I was listening to WSAI when JFK was assasinated, and when I first heard The Beatles. " Here's. Nice comments, Jim. . Most were in smaller markets gaining local radio service for the first time. Consider the voices who worked the window on Burnside at NW 10th Tom Murphy, The Real Don Steele, Roger Hart, Sam Holman, Dick Sainte, Mike OBrien, Tom Michaels, Roger W. Morgan, Dave Records Stone, and the all-night Preacher, Pat Pattee. Bam, Wow, Im as proud today as I was back in the day when I enjoyed the honor of programming two of each of your picks! (The legendary album-oriented rocker went Top 40 the same year asin fact, two months prior towhat would become Z-100, and remained so until 1992, when it evolved into its current Hot Adult Contemporary format.). So was WVAQ, I am the person that changed it from beautiful music to Top 40 in 1976. It was a time that will live in our hearts forever. The Drake stations all had Kanner Boxes, but Ed Butterbaughs setup, 50,000 watts, and lax Canadian rules on positive modulation made CKLW jump out of radios in a dozen U.S. markets all day long, and made the programming sound even better. Heard hed make the production director Bill Mousis redo the promos over and over again. And even without WABCs reach vs. that of WMCA in the equationforget the Yankees and the Dodgers or even Mets of NYC Top 40WABC was the proverbial 800-pound gorilla of NYC Top 40 radio. Better production. Gene Chenalt was a gentleman who was always good to me. WEAM 1390..WPGC.1580.WEEL.1310 and one of my favorites WRCThe Great 98. But Ive got to know, did anyone measure? The Big 8 will NEVER be forgotten! She was a white chick with R&B and soul in her blood! I remember when ABC proposed Superadio in 1981, putting jocks from WABC, WLS and KQV on your small-town station. WAKY/Lousiville. I think one of the elements that is missing today is competition, radio wars. ZenZon Radio. Smile on your brother. And that news intro: With Morse code beeping in the background and plenty of slapback echo, the news opened with From around the universe, around the world, around the nation, around Texas, around Dallas, and around the corner from your house, this is K-B-O-X news.. Those were the best. Later WOV and WNEW switched frequencies. I listened to WMEX in 1970-71 when John H Garabedian was at the helm and in PM drive with Bud Balou in the eve and Ron Robin in the AM. So many great stations not mentioned here. These full 3-hour length classic American Top 40 shows from 1970-1978, all in their original . Frank Brodie (CKLW) was incredible on the air in ANY format, as were most of the jocks from the true Top 40 era. There was no mold for WLS. I ended up racking up 25 years total. Many (including WBU, licensed to the city of Chicago, and WHT, separately licensed to Mayor William Hale Thompson) did not last the decade. Chuck Blores clever contests, tight production, and a great pick of music made KEWB one of the very best Top 40 stations. WVAQ is a multiple Marconi Award winner for good reason: It sounds great. It was more than just the music. * what Im talking about! The equipment was ancient. Much appreciated. They were as good as anything, anywhere. Oldies America 80s 90s Hits Radio 70's SOUL RADIO Classics That 70's Channel Classic Country Radio Totally 70s Radio Network CLASSIC HITS RADIO (USA) Classic Rock Florida 70S ON 80S CLASSIC ROCK RADIO Classic Rock California 70s Great Hits Classic Rock Legends Radio Kool Oldies Radio NonStopOldies Yacht Rock FM 181.fm - Classic Hits 181 Blowtorches 770 WABC and 1520 KOMA. Mind if I add a few more Top 40 stations of the past, anyway, Doc? -Bruce Scott This is my favorite Top 40. Jim was replaced in Erie by the equally funny Jack Starr. The last sentence should have read, And in Buffalo, the list of the greatest Adult Contemporary rockers of all time would have to include not only WGR, but also WBEN andparticularly circa mid-to-late 80sare you ready for this?WKBW.. KOWH went off to other call letters and other formats. Listen to 70s radio online for free. At least as far as CHR radio goes . In March 1975, Bobby Rich (AKA Dr. WGR was a great station. If it did, then Adult Contemporary was the closest KSFO ever came to being a Top 40 station. The best years came in the early 70s when the Top 40 battle was between WDGY, True Don Bleus KDWB before he went to KHJ, Chuck Knapp and MG Kelly on KSTP and Rob Sherwood moving from KDWB to start up U100. . About my Junior year in High School, i found WXLO in New York. They did the impossible and stayed there for years, despite the signal handicap. I was in grade-school through High School trough the 60s to 70 and a young adult through the 70s. Hope you are doing well in all of your endeavors. Jim Jackson. Many stations saved money on jingles by getting names cut during a session or by recycling house names. It was an awesome signal, but somehow they couldnt get that hum out of the transmitter. Except for the late-Sunday evening religious (African-American Protestant church services) broadcasts, WADO had become all-Spanish and so remains (having switched its Spanish format from music or music/talk to all-talk circa the turn of the decade before last, dropping its aforementioned English-language religious daypart). But its been copied around the world just because its KIIS/Los Angeles. But KBOX was pretty amazing for having only 500 watts at night at 1480. I hope he and his legacy will never be forgotten. Bobbys internet tribute to B100 streams now at http://www.B100.fm, featuring all the hits that fits, lots of fondly remembered mid-chart stiffs, and recent voice tracks from the surviving members of the B100 air staff. That station is on my list of the greatest Adult Contemporary stations of all time as it is. Wibbage was a true top 40 station from about 1958 until roughly 1977. and the WKNR Keener 13 crew. I grew up in Goldsboro, NC, and there were a couple of stations that played top 40. WMGQ Magic 98.3 New Brunswick, NJ (WCTCs sister station) I agree with Steve above that WSGN was a great station under PD Jim Tabor. Do you know the story why Bob Martz, John Garry andothers left WTOD for WOHO Jan 1964 then all back to WTOD by Nov 1965? Personally, I thought WQAM was the best and is on my list, but thats not to take anything away from KXOK, WHB, KOMA, KOWH, WTIX WDGY. Larry Anderson, the PD at WGR Buffalo, listened to WJET driving back and forth to see family in Ohio. This is the station all of the Super Q imitators wanted to be. Seneca College School of Media Toronto Canada. The Power Pig was more outrageous, but Y107 was a better station. . 23rd 24th 25th Pages in category "1970s American radio programs" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. Many of the big AM Top 40 stations had FM stations. 278 Radio Ink recruited two of the best programming minds in the business, Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels, to answer this question: " What are the greatest Top 40 stations of all time? Great contemporary music doesnt exist today. Owned by Hugh Holder, then Henderson Belk, Southern Broadcasting and Mann Media. Growing up in southern Minnesota from the late 1960s through the late 1970s, my friends and I listened to WDGY AM during the day and WLS AM after sunset. The station which invented Top Forty. I was fortunate to work on 99X iin my 20s! https://wjla.com/news/entertainment/argo-contriversy-ex-canada-ambassador-slighted-by-affleck-s-argo85572. WVAQ is a giant in North Central West Virginia. If you go by Abrams characteristics, CFL was heads and shoulders above the rest (plus they had Chickenmanand Lujackand King B, Jim Stagg (who traveled with the Beatles on tour), Biondi, Barney Pip, Jerry G Bishop, Joel Sebastion, Jim Runyon, Ken Draper as GM, a huuuge news department, and on and on). Its fitting that KB is on both of these lists. Often teens in New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and other western states would eagerly await sunset when the mighty 1520 would come booming through with the newest hits of the day. If you worked at Top 40 Radio in North America, chances are your station aired a CHUM Documentary. I worked with legends. And here are my picks for the 20 greatest Top 40 radio stations of all time: This was a tough assignment. 13. WABC was the Yankees of the group. 80 miles away, across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Gene Chandler - 1970-Groovy Situation. In more recent times, as a young man, I moved to Houston in the early 80s. At least in my city. Al Stewart - Year of the Cat . Re said posters comment posted September 6, 2018 at 2:34 pm: Herzog, Lewis W. "The Beginnings of Radio in Milwaukee." 11. WJET 1400. My brother Lacy Neff loved what he did and was very very proud of his station and co workers. Myron did, and because he had a TV station, he had to sell the AM to do it. KILT in Houston? Mac Richmond did not wreck WMEX. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTrSr-Dfuw. Georgie Woods. It worked! That list shouldve included AT LEAST *ONE* station in the Pacific Northwest-especially KJR! My point is whatever station you grew up listening to.. And the fired-up responses further support why great RADIO existed. What about Kimn in Denver? Lets see here, who did WAYS Charlotte create that we remember? I do want to mention that Ron Jacobs had more to do with the sound of KHJ than he gets credit for. They didnt last long, but they were awesome. Seeing Lees List recognizing Big WAYS as a Top 20 Station and Randy Michaels actually listing 15Q, WAYS, and the Funky Monkey WAPE, gave me some warm fuzzies Id say ask Dick Fatherley but hes gone now. With only 250 watts way up at 1450kHz, WTIX debuted with a 50 share. You will get your reward soon- in bankruptcy court! EVERYONE wanted to be like you guys, including me who at the time had a lot to learn. Boogie. Wasnt a very large market, but captured Visalia and immediate area in a big way late 60s. WMCA/New York. In stereo! KILT Houston? This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Pardon the rambling, but that station was Top 40 during the day and Italian-language programming in the evening, with overnights split between jazz & R&B (the latter three from when it was WOV prior to the ownership change in 1959 that changed it to WADO and shuffled at least either of those dayparts to a different time slot). On popular morning show host Charles Laquidara, who . Again, pardon the rambling, but New York City even had a PART-TIME Top 40 rocker in the early days of said format. KFJZ 1270 was Fort Worths Top 40 station, headlined by Marky Baby, later known as Mark Stevens of the Stevens & Pruitt morning show on KFJZ-FM (Z-97) which morphed into The Eagle (KEGL) on the same frequency. I completely agree with KHJ being #1 on the list. They only beat WLS in the ratings once, but that battle was David vs Goliath in signal and cash. 70s Pop Hits Follow Contests and Promotions Buy Your Tickets Now! Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. Flower Power Radio - Far Out And Groovy Tunes From The 50's 60's . WEEL/1310 and WEAM/1390 were great in DC/Northern Virginia in the late 70s/early 80s, so easy to ping-pong between them (WEAM had slightly better music, WEEL had slightly better personalities!). KOMA AM a hit with kids in 1960s, 1970s By Tom Hintgen Aug 27, 2012 Subscribe for $2.49/week Oklahoma City was home to the infamous KOMA AM radio station. CKLW is definitely #1, and the most influential Top 40 of all time (thanks to Rosie). Also, not at all intending to sound braggadocious, I think I was the first one to introduce a Classic Rock format. Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. While WBZ was more sophisticated in many ways, WMEX played to the city (where their somewhat limited signal was best) so they had a grittier, earthier, more high-energy city sound. He was a jock on WPLJ New York in the early years of its 1983-1992 CHR format. KFRC was a good station, but anyone whos honest it was strictly second-tier and never (especially during AM Top 40s most dominant era) had anything close to the production magic and genius of Boss Radio, Morgan and Steele were the most influential in the business. Plus they had Uncle Larthey could not loseeven with the bad signalthat supermod was flamethrower quality! Radio Free California. And this is only a partial listing. WHB710. Marina Rock Radio. While in the USAF in 1967-68 I visited KOMA. And now ladies and gentlemen, MORE music and LES garland . KMPC remained Adult Contemporary (the soft-rock radio formats name by then) until about the turn of the following decade. Radio Ink recruited two of the best programming minds in the business, Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels, to answer this question: What are the greatest Top 40 stations of all time? Heres how they stacked them up and your lively debate, comments and disagreements on how they did. At the time, the AM was still number one! When that station had to be sold or loose its license and it went to beautiful music WHN, the Yankees went to a non-rock stationWCBS. The best part of these 3 lists is bringing back the memories of when RADIO was competitive, creative, and most of all FUN. And dont even get me started on Watermark and their Documentaries. The consulting team of Bill Drake and Gene Chenault was the key behind KHJ's success beginning in the mid-sixties. Morgantown? SON! Bobby Rich, you nailed it. for you: they each began its first season [first season ever in the Falcons case, first season in a new market in the Braves case] at since-demolished Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Every single one of us is in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, every single one has gone on to stellar careers in our chosen branch of the business, most of us still going strong. Back to you, Pat ODay: KIMN Denver?!? Loved by everyone in all the western states! Oh!, *THATS* right, Randy Michaels **DID**!! That 50,000-watt night signal put everything east of the Rockies in earshot at night. Some of their former personnel are at WVLT, 92.1 in Vineland, NJ. WJET-FM debuted at number one. Would have to be on my list. [Reportedly, WCAU-FM, the Disco Powerhouse at the time, was calling our P.D., to get reactions to new songs we were breaking.] Montereys location was perfect, radio-wise: San Francisco all day, L.A. at night, including Wolfman Jack on The Mighty 1090 XERB. But, its always been a favorite of mine. And it had Dr. Don Rose. Log In (Existing Digital Subscriptions Only). Two legendary Top 40s that apparently didnt make the cut for these lists. Respectfully, though, I would not rank WCFL below WABC, much less rank them last, undeR WIXY?????? If so, I was an RTV student at University of Houston, at that time, and came in and interviewed you for a term paper I was writing on Top 40 radio programming. Then 890, Chicago, 1520 KOMA, were the ones to listen to at night. 10. Also, WMGM went MOR/EZ and reverted back to WHN in 62, not 61. it; THATTTS!! 011.FM - The 70s. Hy Lit was its best, played R and B on a top 40 station. Well vetted comments like Randy and Lee are so welcome. None in major markets. #16 on one List and no mention on the other? Marc took The Outrageous FM to a 17 share, 500,000 cume in a market of less than a million at the time. In 1983, right after NBC paid six figures to researchers to learn that there was absolutely no hole for Top 40 in New York, Milt Maltz paid $8.3 million for an FM in Newark that played show tunes, figured out how to move it to Empire, brought in a redneck morning man and PD (Scott Shannon, who was so not New York and went worst to first). We should celebrate the greatness. No doubt WQXI held off FM competition for years after the city grew beyond its signal. Didnt happen, but the writing was on the wall. He liked the name and had a jingle cut for WGR. I went into Houston, i couldnt turn off KILT. KRFC. Boogie himself. Or certainly brought FM into the 1970s! Listed Mike Marshall as one of, if not THE Smoothest jock ever. Around these parts, that means 106.1 KISS-FM in DFW. Not bad company for my first dream station that I ever worked for to be in. Los Angeles Radio 1970s - Playlist Research ABOUT ** MUSIC ** RADIO ** THEMES ** ERAS ** ARTICLES ** INDIE ** SCENES ** MOBILE all Air Talent/Music Driven Top-40s , and oh yeah all live people 24/7, when radio was fun to do and to listen to. No one, ever, anywhere, did the basics better than the Big 8. I didnt see WIBG Wibbage 990 in Philadelphia. KYA was also a great station with Emperor Gene Nelson, Tom Donahue, and many others. Listen to the top 100 songs from 1970, watch music videos, and browse other top chart hits from from 1900 - 2022. Even to this day, as someone who, demographically, is supposed to be way outside the Top 40 parameters Im a 50-something male I still love a great CHR-Pop station. From the 1960s to the 1980s, it was a pleasant radio station to listen to. WBZ, WPTR, WRKO, WMEX..in the 60 led the way in our part of NE for those of us just coming in to the business. I remember KIIS being very popular, though KROQ as we know it kicked off in 1976 and became hugely influential by the early 1980s. Audio Ink is a trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. Jocko Henderson. your traffic, you can earn additional bucks every month. Y100 Miami crushed it late 70s CKLW was high on a pedestal in those days and people admired it. Many of the most spectacular Top 40 stations werent around that long. You mentioned WYNG, which was more hip than its competitor, WGBR. Early Feb., 1980, the station management purged us all. ABCs $50,000 Button? I LOVED the 6-years+ I spent at the helm of those prestigious monster radio stations. Produce documentaries chronicling the history of Top 40 Music. This station has a major-market sound in a small market. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (now Hot AC 94-3 The Point) WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) I still carry a Kennedy half-dollar I got in some change our first night in Windsor, a constant reminder of the magic, good times and wonderful people we shared through most of 1972. Pappy was the op for Joey Reynolds, among otherscorrect? Chalk up one more who thinks WQXI should have been on the list; the liveliest sounding station in the South, the one that seemed the least canned. 2. Perhaps programmers were responding to complaints about the poor quality of TV in the 1960s, or they were trying to fill the void left by the decline of political and social activism. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? KLIF was the first and best. CK had yourself Mike (did you know that? Todd Storz had the first Top 40 station. He trashed the beautiful-music automation and took KFMBs little 10,000 watt FM live with no jingles, minimal formatting, an expanded uptempo playlist that was carted up at 46.5 RPM, heavy promotion, heavy Oganowski compression and a staff of crazed, hyper-caffeinated jocks including Rob Landree, Dave Conley, Rocketman (Scott Wright), Willie B Goode, Jimi Fox, Gary Kelley, Kevin Anderson, Phil Flowers and Billy Martin. 15 Characteristics of the Great Top 40 stations. Maybe Im biased, but its my list. B BBC Radio Oxford BBC Radio Bristol BBC Radio Kent BBC Radio London BBC Radio Manchester BBC Radio Solent BBC Radio Tees BBC Radio WM C For me, WLSs personality driven approach was magic. ALT-80. But here we go. WROV was the lowest powered full time station in the market and often beat all other stations combined. Rather than take it like a man you delist the most important Top 40 station in the history of radio. The following is a list of FCC -licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Minnesota, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats . They were even the first station to carry the Atlanta Falcons when the team started in 1967. (they spelled it MUSICRADIO 89) At its prime, KISN was the king of Top 40 radio in this market. ); WGH and WNOR Norfolk, VA (the former licensed to nearby Newport News); WGLI Babylon, Long Island, NY (one of the first rock n roll stations not only ever, but also in suburban New York City in general (if not THE first suburban-NYC station of its kind); WYNG Goldsboro, NC (was it also Top 40 under its previous callsign WGOL, I wonder? Plus, (Boston: ) WBZ (AM & FM [separate broadcasts]), WHDH, WROR (to name just three in Boston); (Pittsburgh: ) KDKA, (oldies/AC hybrid) WTAE; (Chicago: ) WFYR, WIND (two jocks who worked at the latter during its AC era: Clark Weber (who not only previously did Top 40 at WLS and WCFL, and contemporary MOR and later Uptempo (read: all-soft rock hits) MOR at WMAQ, but also remained at WIND during its first all-talk format), and Connie Szerszen (pronounced SIR-zin)aka the Top Rock Girly Jock and the Polish Princess); (Charlotte: ) WBT; (Louisville: ) WHAS; (Los Angeles: ) KNX-FM, KOST (still going strong as an AC station), KFI (which, IINM, was AC twicein the mid-Seventies [when the AC format was known as Pop Adult, Soft Rock, Uptempo MOR, etc.] On the other had he sold the station for a then record price. Enjoyed working together in syndicated 24/7 formats as well. I am surprised that WXLK K-92 didnt make the cut small market but Russ Brown and company had a major market sound that dominated the airways in 1980 and Beyond. Summer Hits: The '70s . great memories from back in the day when radio was great. From the early 60s to the mid 70s, WKIX was a powerhouse. I would agree with how great WRKO was. GM Paul Palmer just let us run with it. Even that 50,000 watt blowtorch signal was so strong that it easily penetrated into my bedroomdown in the basement! It was a very hip kind of top 40 that meshed well with Boston at that time. About 100 hours of them between 1970 and 1977. As noted by one of the experts, it was KOWH. Im proud to know people who worked thereand even at places like CKLW and KHJ. ), I personally would ALL of the early or present AC stations mentioned above. Then there was KYA in San Francisco with Bobby Mitchell and Tom Donohue, Gene Nelson, Tony Big, ed Hider and Johnny Holliday. Imagine how the whole history of Boston radio would be changed if that happened. Everywhere you went, if someone had a radio on, it was tuned to WLS. Funny?, I swear that one of those lists *did* mention WFIL. WHAT THE DAMN FUCK? Another memory WMEX had the jocks names locked in like Fenway in the morning, Dan Donovan, Melvin X Melvin and so on. AceRadio-The Super 70s Channel. . Agree that KFJZ was the station in Ft Worth. I know, because I was just cutting my teeth in Toledo radio beginning in 1973. Another station that is still around but with new ownership I believe. The founder and owner, Myron Jones, built the building and wired the studios himself. WRKO-FM/98.5 (R-KO, The Shy But Friendly Robot) should get some honorable mention. With separate board ops for the jocks and the newsroom, intro times to the quarter second, including commercials, no station was ever tighter. We had already run over Jack McCoy and his Last Contest. CHUM Toronto (I mean, COME! Now we know, it was CKLW! Storz didnt own KOIL. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. Agree with Bill Wayland at one point 68 WRKO had an almost 60 share Teens. And then Eddie Haskell took it to the #1 CHR nationally in certain demos.I was fortunate to be there on air then!!! Oh-lets not forget about three more Top 40 stations in the City That Never Sleeps: WWDJ Hackensack, NJ (1971-74); in the City itself, WPIX (1971-77, 1980-82) and WAPP (mainstream Top 40, 1984-85; Top 40/Rock 1985-86). Thank you for still give g praise to him. His wife did the music. KQV had the heritage and was owned by a company that knew something about Top 40, so 13Q was instant roadkill.