The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its transmitter is located in east Kansas City, and studios are located in Mission, Kansas. On the AM dial, there were a few oldies stations receivable at night, like Buffalo's WKBW at the time.[16]. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets. Also in that year, Harry Harrison and Dan Ingram both retired. We hear Cousin Brucie doing his show along with chatter from the studio from Rob Frankel and Lee Speigel, who had just interviewed Murrow. 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. In the summer of 2002, Don K. Reed's long-running Sunday night Doo-Wop Shop program was cancelled. What's with all the swearin' like a sailor? In late June 2009, the HD2 channel was rebranded again as ToNY, meaning "to New York" but pronounced as "Tony". He is also the author of the book Behind The Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll. 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. Albany/Troy NY Between June 3, 2005, and July 12, 2007, the station aired the automated adult hits format "Jack FM". A photo of Bob "the Wizard" Wayne from contributor Kimbal Brandner. This is a great scoped aircheck of John Zacherley sitting in on Halloween at CBS-FM in 2007. 3,492 likes. Read more about this topic: WCBS-FM. [10] In 1992, WCBS-FM ran a Top 500 Countdown based on all their surveys from 1973 to 1991. Radio personalities such as Bobby "Wizzard" Wayne, Tom Tyler, Ed Williams, Steve Clark, Roby Yonge, K.O. Gossert during the "light" progressive era of CBS-FM. Air personalities did on-air auditions on the WCBS-FM HD2 oldies station on July 11, 2007, as a preview of the next day's changeover. Yours truly with Don K. Reed at the Long Island Radio Day in 2010. Most of the 1980s music came from core oldies artists. 101.1 WCBS FM New York! We also have WNEW-FM's tribute to Murray on the WNEW-FM page (scroll down to February of 1982). Upon hearing of WCBS-FM's confirmation that oldies would return, Cousin Brucie commented, "Im thrilled that this music is getting a chance again." 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. On-air Personalities. In addition to her six years at WPLJ and her recent stint at Q92, Leamy served as co-host of Woodman in the Morning on Pamal Broadcasting CHR K104.7 WSPK, and as morning co-host of CJs Playhouse with Annie on iHeartMedia CHR 96.1 Kiss FM WPFK, both in Poughkeepsie. On July 9, 2017, Backtrax USA, hosted by former WHTZ jock Kid Kelly, debuted on WCBS-FM on Sunday nights. Another psychedelic ad approach. Don Bombard (born December 16, 1948), known professionally as Bob Shannon, is an American radio disc jockey best known for his work on WCBS-FM in New York City. The station played two current hits per hour known as "future gold". Prior to the last few years, CBS FM winning 18 to 34 never happened once. This is from his last appearace on CBS-FM, during the station's 40th anniversary celebration. What a bunch of amateurs trying to do something interesting. One other surprise for me was the promotion for the DJs appearing later that night: Ed Williams and Rosko (Bill Mercer). This is a great aircheck of Pat St. John's last show on WCBS-FM. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Scott Muni [stereo-scoped]. This was still in the days when CBS-FM would play Little Richard and early Doo-Wop records. Retired, Mornings, WCBS-FM / NYC: Shauna? New Orleans, Talk. A Digital Nomad Guide to Hanoi. At 3:00p.m. that day, Jack FM resumed streaming on their website. Contributed by Gus Gossert to Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. LISTEN NOW: Scott Shannon and Patty Steele discuss WCBS-FM retirement announcement and love for listeners. CBS-FM liked horn bands, so they played a lot of Gary Puckett, Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears, similar to WOR-FM. A composite of WCBS-FM from their hybird singles/AOR rock days. Air Personalities Morning Shows News Guys Money Girls Program Directors General Managers Sales Types Engineers Other Alumni The Good Guys Today . In January 2001, they stopped playing currents and 90's hits on the overnight, dropping them altogether. Bob interviews Rick Sklar who was the program director at both WINS and WABC-AM. Patty Steele. 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. 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? CBS-FM's longtime music director Jeff Mazzei was retained as program director of the wcbsfm.com oldies stream. Thanks for listening to WCBS-FM 101.1! 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. 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. Under Brown, WCBS-FM moved away from easy listening and began to play more 60's rock. 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 nine hundred and fifty-fifth position on our top list is currently occupied by WCBS-FM. History WGLI-FM-WTFM (1958-1982) In 1958, 103.5 MHz was assigned to Babylon, New York for WGLI-FM, simulcasting sister station WGLI 1290AM.William Reuman, the founder and owner of WWRL in New York City, was the owner of WGLI. 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. including 92.3 NOW in New York as a personality and producer for the Rollin' with Nick Cannon morning show. 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.. Freed was brought down by the payola scandal. A great photo of the CBS-FM jocks from contributor Kimbal Brandner. AIRCHECK: Steve Clarke, Gus Gossert [stereo]. . 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. Did they really work an eight hour on-air shift together or was it two four-hour shifts? . However, by the end of that day, the station would be changed dramatically. This is a rare promotion contributed by Myles Putman. [29] On January 2, 2013, WCBS-FM HD3 flipped to CBS Sports Radio. 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 . Thanks to Rob Frankel, we have this fine aircheck of a mellow Gus Gossert doing the CBS-FM pre-oldies thing, which was a combination of pop, light rock and some R&B. 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. A little over two years later WCBS-FM would become an Oldies station. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. 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. 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. [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. Herb Oscar Anderson and Dan Ingram sneaks in just after "Brown Eyed Girl". Murray always had a reputation of being hard to work with, but maybe he was really the Steve Jobs of radio: he knew exactly what he wanted and his genius made him a bit arrogant. WCBS-FM initially programmed a younger-leaning easy listening format known as "The Young Sound", playing soft instrumental versions of current pop music songs. Remember . It's just music." FOX News Talk. Today we, unfortunately, learned that the former WCBS-FM Radio Personality Don K Reed sadly passed away on July 16, 2022, at the age of 57. John is someone I respect tremendously and is the biggest reason I took this leap. AIRCHECK: Pat St. John announces his retirement from WCBS-FM. The final Radio Greats show was hosted by WCBS-FM veteran Dick Heatherton. The final show will take . AIRCHECK: Composite: Roby Yonge - Steve Clark - Gus Gossert - Steve O'Shea [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. "My alarm has gone off at 3:15 for eight and a half years . There's also a bit where Murray does a pulp fiction comic book intro to Ernie K Doe's "Mother In Law". His last broadcast on June 3, 2005, was a remote at a Manhattan restaurant to celebrate his 100th day at the station. You have permission to edit this article. On the other hand, it looked sorta like something your friends doodled in high school. The new programming was unsuccessful, and WCBS-FM switched back to a personality-driven classic hits format. 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). Dick Clark, who had ownership of far more recording and music publishing companies than Freed, who was small-time in comparison, was smart enough to dump his holdings before testifying before Congress. These shows replaced Radio Greats and Top 20 Countdown, which aired from the station's relaunch in July 2007 until June 7, 2009. 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. 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. "My alarm has gone off at 3:15 for eight and a half years now, and I believe it's time to take a break from morning radio and just kind of chill for a while before I decide what I want to do next in my life and my career," Shannon told listeners Friday morning, October 28. Dan Ingram playing the hits of the 50's-80's on "all New York artists weekend". Newly Released Study - Sound . AIRCHECK: The Lewis & Clark Expedition [mono], Contributed by Charlie Menut and Rob Frankel via Rob Frankel's postings on Mixcloud. Taylor will join WCBS-FM as midday host as of July 22. New York, New York, United States. New York City, Talk. 12 am to 7 am - Music automation (no DJs) 7 am to 1 pm - Matt Sneed. The original transmitter site was located at 500 Fifth Avenue. The HD2 station also simulcast the oldies format until 2:00p.m. that day, at which time Jack FM moved to HD2. WCBS-FM At 50 And 15. 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 . Dan sits in with Ron Lundy and they have some fun together, including making fun of Bruce Morrow. The heartbreaking news was spread on social media but no official sources confirmed the news . There would be a wider variety of hits, unlike the CBS-FM of 2005, which had a limited playlist from 1964 through 1979. 3 pm - Steve Scott. There's also a phone interview with his daughter Alana. 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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. Brown was replaced by Les Hollander later that year after a big layoff of personnel at CBS Radio. We look forward to celebrating with Scott, Patty, and the entire "Big Show" in the weeks ahead. After 22 years cohosting the morning show on WPLJ FM 95.5 and six previous years . The format was largely a jukebox or iPod playlist interspersed with snarky tag lines voiced by Howard Cogan. 8 months ago. Check out Race weekdays beginning at 10AM. In fact, there aren't too many spots aside from Coke. 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. Even Mayor Bloomberg decried the format change. The format then moved to the analog and HD1 channels. 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. I retired five years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. Note also how he doesn't accept the role of a guest who's supposed to be quiet most of the time - he really takes over the show. We hear Issac Hayes, 3 Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad and other hits of the era. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison's Final Morning Show [stereo]. Chuck Leonard on the third Radio Greats Reunion weekend. "It was like an hour. Alan Berman with Don at the Long Island Radio Day in 2010. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Bob Lewis Remembered [stereo-scoped]. In addition, the station broadened their format to include select hits from the 1990s, up to about 1999. This survey featured mostly songs from the 1960s and 1970s with a moderate selection of songs from the 19551963 time period. WBEB, an adult contemporary station in Philadelphia, also broadcasts on 101.1 MHz. Dan would leave CBS-FM 18 months later. Huge thank you to John, [Senior VP of Programming] Jim Ryan, and [Market President] Chris Oliviero for this incredible opportunity.. View hosts, shows, show schedules and more. Dan claims he listened to Chuck on WWRL and recommended him to WABC management. ( Source : twitter) They broke format to only play Soul and R&B? Even Ingram calls 1960 the "year of the dog in music". Im not sure I have the right words to express my sincere excitement and joy about teaming up with John Foxx to rock the airwaves at WCBS-FM, Leamy remarked. [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. Nov 23, 2022. Here's CBS-FM's remembrance of Bob Lewis from one of the Radio Great Weekends, probably in the early 90's. Bob was a DJ on many NYC stations including WMGM, WINS, WABC-FM, WNEW-FM and WCBS-FM. An article describing the original "The Young Sound" service, which was 180 hours a month of instrumental versions of rock songs. ), AIRCHECK: Cousin Brucie - Bobby Jay [stereo]. A nice article featuring the CBS-FM jocks. Friday. The following week, Dan Daniel took over on Saturday and Pat St. John "sat in" for Ingram on Sunday, but Ingram never returned. 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. 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 also appeared on internet oldies radio stations and hosted concerts. too many pop music stations insult the intelligence of the listener in his twenties--what's more they are not even entertaining.. I'd also like to comment on announcing passings on social media. . . As of August 2009, WCBS-FM started carrying New York Giants football on occasions when sister station WFAN could not carry the game. Harry Harrison was a dynamite morning DJ in New York radio where he went from WMCA to WABC . [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. AIRCHECK: Bob Lewis sitting in for Cousin Brucie [stereo]. Rate the Price of this item. Jay worked at WWRL New York, where, during his 15 year tenure, he performed virtually every duty . CBS-FM wasn't always a oldies station. 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. In March 2006, Chad Brown hired Brian Thomas as program director, replacing Steve Smith. 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. 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. He pretty much ignores the playlist and he breaks formats and that makes it a fantastic show. 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. In the spring of 2005, Infinity Broadcasting, which was CBS' radio division during that time, contracted with Sparknet Communications, which owns the licensing of an Adult Hits format branded as "Jack FM", a format that has seen on-air success in Canadian areas since the early 2000s. After the new programming's failure, WCBS-FM returned to its format of personality-driven classic hits. For more about Murray, check out the WINS, WOR-FM and General Radio History pages. [8] The change coincided with rival WOR-FM's decision to drop pre-1964 oldies from its playlist a few months prior (as they became WXLO). Several people announced the passing of Don K. Reed on Facebook. When WCBS-FM was relaunched in July 2007 Don came back to host the radio greats show on the last Sunday of every month. 6 am - Wayne Cabot and Paul Murnane (with CBS World News Roundup at 8-8:08 am) 10 am - Lynda Lopez. Annie Leamy will join John Foxx as morning co-host when "Foxx & Annie In The Morning" debuts on Monday, Feb. 13. The station segued to "Use Me" by Bill Withers. Bob "The Wizard" Wayne from pre-Oldies WCBS-FM. We even hear Ernie Maresca. 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. Later that year, Maire Mason replaced Donohue. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Chuck Leonard [stereo]. Cousin Brucie moved over to Sirius Satellite Radio's '60s on 6 channel to continue playing oldies. He added, "This music has been treated terribly, and people in their 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s are still a very viable product in this society. "[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". Sourced from the Gus Gossert archive to Matt Seinberg and Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. AIRCHECK: Bobby "the Wizard" Wayne [stereo-scoped]. 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 . Charlie Schue: Rock & Roll Radio Heaven: David B. Simmons (News) Rock & Roll Radio Heaven: Pete Simpson . Between June 3, 2005, and July 12, 2007, the station aired the automated adult hits format "Jack FM". To save money, CBS-FM wanted to cut Ingram back to one day a week from two (with a commensurate cut in salary) and Ingram refused. They repeated 1993's Top 500 in 1994, conducting their last listener surveys in 1995 and 1996. 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. The countdown always took place on Thanksgiving weekend (with a new survey taken every other year). Prior to 2016, WCBS-FM used JAM Creative Productions, Inc. for their jingles. 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. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 posts on Mixcloud: AIRCHECK: John Zacherley on Halloween [scoped]. Transit Reporter WCBS, 880 AM, NY (WCBS Transit Center) . Television Host @ WCBS-TV. Radio Personality; On Air Hosting . The station also had cut specialty shows such as Bobby Jay's Soul Of The City on Wednesdays, Thursday Night 60's, Friday night's Heart & Soul of Rock & Roll, Monday Night 70's, and Bobby Jay's late night Saturday show Jukebox Saturday Night. Annie Leamy will join John Foxx as morning co-host when Foxx & Annie In The Morning debuts on Monday, Feb. 13. 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. WNYC 93.9 FM. In 1989, WCBS-FM limited current music to late nights and overnights. A large portion of the aircheck is dedicated to the "hit" songs of 1960 and most are quite awful. We hear Bob Lewis closing his show and then Steve Clark followed by Gus Gossert playing a mix of old and new pop and rock. 6 am to 10 am - Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele. It didn't sound free-form, but it did sound low key. 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. 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. 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. However, it was commercial-free and had no airstaff. Today, November 2nd, is the 95th anniversary of Pittsburgh's KDKA 1020. It's hard to believe that this aircheck is from 40 years ago. The oldies format on WCBS-FM continued to be a success. By the late 1970s however, the station dropped most of the adult standards, with a few exceptions, and added rock hits from the late 1960s. The station's studios are in the combined Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood in lower Manhattan, and its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building.. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format . WCBS-FM's oldies format weathered many trends and corporate moves. . 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. The 80s hits, along with the collection of enduring 70s, have an undeniable appeal to a younger audience . The Doo-Wop Shop started on Sunday nights in May of 1975 and it aired through 2002. 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. Leamy, who has been hosting mornings at iHeartMedia AC "Q92 . He was known as the 'Morning Mayor'. 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). 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