Thanks to RadioMaven77's postings on Mixcloud, here a five-part, five-hour restored compilation of WCBS-FM before it became an oldies station. That's quite a diverse and interesting group of nighttime jocks. 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. 7 pm to 12 mn - Joe Causi. It's just music." The station's studios are in the combined CBS Radio facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan, and its transmitter is located on the Empire State Building.. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. The format change to live jocks actually took place October 20th. Don K. Reed was best known for his Doo-Wop Shop that aired on Sunday nights on WCBS-FM. Don K. Reed is the leader of WCBS-FM. Listen HERE. (In 1957, Freed's ABC-TV show was cancelled after Frankie Lyman danced with a white girl and ABC affiliates in the south objected.) End date 20 Oct 2017. He also spent time as Program Director. News Reporter WNNJ FM, NJ . It's amazing how different Lewis sounded on FM (aside from the fact that he had a bad throat during this show). This was followed by greetings from former WCBS-FM DJs Harry Harrison and Ron Lundy. When was the last time you heard music DJs who sounded like they were having fun? The final Radio Greats show was hosted by WCBS-FM veteran Dick Heatherton. Several people announced the passing of Don K. Reed on Facebook. In the summer of 2002, Don K. Reed's long-running Sunday night Doo-Wop Shop program was cancelled. ESPN-1050 made a strong move to acquire Yankees radio rights from incumbent WCBS-AM but was handicapped by its weak 1050 . 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. Announcing the passing should state the source of information. Leamy, who has been hosting mornings at iHeartMedia AC "Q92 . This is a great scoped aircheck of John Zacherley sitting in on Halloween at CBS-FM in 2007. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. Over the next couple of weeks, the station started playing pre-1964 oldies again. 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. Patty Steele says her last show with Audacy's New York City oldies station WCBS-FM (101.1 FM) will coincide with co-host Scott Shannon's retirement in mid-December. Joe McCoy took over as program director in 1981, and at that point WCBS-FM began to gradually shift its focus to the 19641969 era, but would also feature more pre-1964 oldies than most other such stations of that decade. The station played two current hits per hour known as "future gold". Jack Spector doing the "Saturday Night Sock Hop". Frank Sinatra's "Summer Wind" was the last song played before the format change. They tried various permutations of free-form and progressive rock before finding the format that would last them for years. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. 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. What a thrill to be on a station my late father adored. AIRCHECK is a podcast about radio's personality from radio personalities. [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]. [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. In spring 2004, WCBS-FM narrowed the playlist even more. CBS Radio, owner of the station, declined to comment on the rumors. Listen to WCBS 880 internet radio online. 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. 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. . He was one of the few people in NYC radio who kept the spirit of doo-wop music alove through the decades. WCBS-FM 101 New York - Don K Reed - March 3 1981 - Radio Aircheck On July 4 1972, WCBS-FM dropped the Rock format it had had for a few years, and flipped to . 6 am - Wayne Cabot and Paul Murnane (with CBS World News Roundup at 8-8:08 am) 10 am - Lynda Lopez. Just two years later, on July 6, 2007, WCBS-FM, under the aegis of new CBS Radio CEO Dan Mason, announced a return to the former CBS-FM with a start date of July 12th. Gossert during the "light" progressive era of CBS-FM. Each of the stations began broadcasting its own programming in 1966. 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. AIRCHECK: Cousin Brucie (On and Off Mic) [stereo], This is something quite unique. 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 (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 . PROMOTION: The WCBS-FM Rock Jocks: Bobby Wayne. On a decent station, aside from the specific news articles, it could have aired today. 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. In 2007, Jennifer Donohue (from WWFS) was named as Jack's new general manager. 3 pm - Steve Scott. WBBM Newsradio 105.9 FM. This was back when WCBS-FM was still a true Oldies station, at least for the Radio Greats Weekends. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloudd. "It was like an hour. On November 19, 2016, the "Saturday Night Block Party" was discontinued after four years in favor of regular programming. Bob was born April 3, 1937 putting him at the center of early top-40 radio. 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. One other surprise for me was the promotion for the DJs appearing later that night: Ed Williams and Rosko (Bill Mercer). But in our opinion he was great and was unfortunately underused in his WABC years. Zach was 90 when this was recorded and it's amazing how strong, vibrant and ageless he sounds. [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. Saturday. On the other hand, it looked sorta like something your friends doodled in high school. Here's a short aircheck from the end of Norm N. Night's last show on WCBS-FM. This is an interesting aircheck of Dan on WCBS-FM as Dan was yet to be hired as a regular personality at the station. He's known for being informative on the air and for playing that rare but great track that you didn't know existed. Bob interviews Rick Sklar who was the program director at both WINS and WABC-AM. Info of The Station. Upon hearing of WCBS-FM's confirmation that oldies would return, Cousin Brucie commented, "Im thrilled that this music is getting a chance again." WBEB's signal reaches far north into New Jersey, especially along Interstate 287 south of Morristown, and in Northwestern New Jersey. In late June 2009, the HD2 channel was rebranded again as ToNY, meaning "to New York" but pronounced as "Tony". The station even began to de-emphasize the phrase 'oldies' in promotion of the station.[13]. We hear Cousin Brucie doing his show along with chatter from the studio from Rob Frankel and Lee Speigel, who had just interviewed Murrow. If CBS-FM always sounded like this, it would be a spectacular station. And the playlist was a strange mix of just about every genre of rock music. Pat is still a big fan of rock and roll and has terrific insights into the artists and music. Bruce is followed by Bobby Jay's "Soul of the City" show that begins with a great James Brown track. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Alan Freed Tribute [scoped-stereo]. ), AIRCHECK: Cousin Brucie - Bobby Jay [stereo]. His progressive rock montages can be heard elsewhere on this site. Rick talks about Alan Freed, Murray the K and Jack Lacy and plays some great tapes bits from them. Rob Frankel relates that Rocky G (Groce) was a former WWRL jock who was doing fill-in work at CBS-FM on that particular night.Featured in this aircheck are many vintage Coca-Cola commercials sung by the big artists of the day. This aircheck also features some interesting jingles, news and spots. The station canceled more specialty shows in 2003, such as the Top 20 Oldies Countdown. In this era, WABC-FM was largely automated, but also featured Dave Herman and Jimmy Rabbit. 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. During that era, the jocks included Bobby Wayne, Bill Brown, Steve O'Shea, K.O. While CBS-FM now achieves pretty good overall ratings, its audience is primarily elderly and it's just a matter of time before the format is going to have to change again. Im incredibly grateful to all those who supported my roller coaster journey to this point. ( Source : twitter) 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. 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. 2023 Audacy, Inc. All rights reserved. Dan Ingram last appeared on CBS-FM on Sunday, June 8, 2003. But it was also a format maverick--different for many years from the 250-song, heavily focused music machines that the Oldies format had become. 3,492 likes. Location. This is an aircheck from radio pro and historian, Rob Frankel. [2] The allocated frequency changed several times before the station finally went on the air at 46.7MHz on December 1, 1941. No wonder we don't listen the same way. 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. What a bunch of amateurs trying to do something interesting. Air Personalities Morning Shows News Guys Money Girls Program Directors General Managers Sales Types Engineers Other Alumni The Good Guys Today . 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. 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. The playlist was wider than most typical radio stations, but it was also far more current. But we also hear a then-new track by Cher. 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. [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. 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". 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. The station even hit number one overall in the ratings on at least several occasions during the 1990s. This was still in the days when CBS-FM would play Little Richard and early Doo-Wop records. By September of 1970, he was doing 5-9pm weekdays on CBS-FM when the station had an AOR format. Sourced from the Gus Gossert archive to Matt Seinberg and Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. In March 2006, Chad Brown hired Brian Thomas as program director, replacing Steve Smith. 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. 10 am to 3 pm - Race Taylor. 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. 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. Harry stayed with WCBS-FM until March of 2003, so he had a 44-year run on these three major NYC pop music stations. Dan Taylor hosts WCBS-FM's morning show from 6 to 10 a.m., with Irv 'Mr. Lewis and Clark didn't do the show together - Bob generally did 5-9pm and Steve did 9pm-1am, but Lewis mentions in this edition that Steve will be in about 9:30pm and they gave the 8 hour timespan one title. 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. Many of these hosts are well-known DJs, talk show hosts, and celebrities who sometimes anchor special shows. Work. 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. Bill Brown (radio Personality) CBS Radio; 6 am to 10 am - Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele. Chuck Leonard on the third Radio Greats Reunion weekend. WCBS-FM broadcasts at 6,700 watts. Patty Steele. Television Host @ WCBS-TV; Radio Host @ Shannon In The Morning - CBS 101.1 FM; . 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