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. 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. Joe McCoy left the station shortly thereafter and was replaced by Dave Logan. Bob Shannon, whose only previous New York City radio experience before coming to WCBS-FM was as a fill-in DJ at WYNY, became well-known himself through his 19-year run as the station's afternoon disk jockey. [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]. Patty Steele. Vinyl: VAN MORRISON Veedon Pleece Rare PROMO LABEL LP near mint Them From collection of legendary DJ SCOTT SHANNON WCBS Z100 No ratings . This aircheck is of the flip back from JACK to Greatest Hits CBS-FM. Owned by CBS Radio, the station broadcasts on a clear-channel & is the flagship station of the CBS Radio Network. 101.1 WCBS FM New York! I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets. Station website. WBEB's signal reaches far north into New Jersey, especially along Interstate 287 south of Morristown, and in Northwestern New Jersey. I'd also like to comment on announcing passings on social media. 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. Saturday. AIRCHECK: Ron Lundy with Dan Ingram [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via RadioMaven77 on Mixcloud. CBS-FM wasn't always a oldies station. 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. Annie is no stranger to NYC radio, and I'm excited to welcome her back through the iconic WCBS-FM brand, Foxx said in a release. View hosts, shows, show schedules and more. This is because WBEB broadcasts at 14,000 watts, although from a lower antenna height. Fri. Feb 24th, 2023 ; Home; Airchexx Social - Forums & Topics; Airchexx By Region . Leamy, who has been hosting mornings at iHeartMedia AC "Q92 . 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. Updated on September 1, 2021. Gossert during the "light" progressive era of CBS-FM. 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 . With this move, WCBS-FM had left the oldies format after 33 years. Description: On-air personality Bobby Jay has a full plate at WCBS-FM. 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. In return, Sparknet Communications gave Infinity Broadcasting permission to bring the "Jack FM" format to some of Infinity's radio markets in the United States. Television Host @ WCBS-TV; Radio Host @ Shannon In The Morning - CBS 101.1 FM; . "[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". 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. . By the end of 1976, Brown was on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays along with his Saturday morning shift. The popular Jay is heard Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and Wednesday . 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. 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. WCBS-FM also played a moderate number of adult standards from the rock era. . . In retrospect, they seem like completely different eras. He also appeared on internet oldies radio stations and hosted concerts. Dan would leave CBS-FM 18 months later. The segment does have one error: near the end, it's said that Murray moved to WOR-FM in 1965. There's also a bit where Murray does a pulp fiction comic book intro to Ernie K Doe's "Mother In Law". Prior to the last few years, CBS FM winning 18 to 34 never happened once. "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. At about 21:45 minutes of Part 2, Pat plays the long music montage he created at WPLJ.So as to preserve everyone's sanity, we cut out the long stop sets on this one. 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. Stephen A Smith will be among the personalities on ESPN's new FM home. It takes less than 60 seconds for Lewis to demonstrate more personality than one hears on radio today in a week. Brown was replaced by Les Hollander later that year after a big layoff of personnel at CBS Radio. (The show begins with the last few minutes of Bob Shannon's show. Bill Brown (radio Personality) CBS Radio; It would take the Beatles to get them heard again. (In 1957, Freed's ABC-TV show was cancelled after Frankie Lyman danced with a white girl and ABC affiliates in the south objected.) A nice article featuring the CBS-FM jocks. Bob "The Wizard" Wayne from pre-Oldies WCBS-FM. 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. WCBS-FM New Yorks Foxx & Annie In The Morning To Debut Feb. 13. Info of The Station. 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. AIRCHECK: Composite: Roby Yonge - Steve Clark - Gus Gossert - Steve O'Shea [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. Remember . Harry was the mid-morning DJ on WMCA from November 1959 until September 1968 and he did the drive-time shift on WABC-AM from late September '68 until late November 1979 when Dan Ingram took over the morning shift for a year. At CBS-FM, she is once again teamed up with Radio Hall of Famer, Scott Shannon. 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. Morgan died of lung cancer in 1998. . 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 . These shows replaced Radio Greats and Top 20 Countdown, which aired from the station's relaunch in July 2007 until June 7, 2009. He is best known for hosting the Doo Wop on Sunday nights from 7 PM-Midnight. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. Dick Heatherton was on CBS-FM from September 1972 through March 1986, mostly doing the 2-6pm shift. What's with all the swearin' like a sailor? WOCL in Orlando used the same sequence (with the montage starting with 1966 and running clips for every year through 1989) the following year, dropping alternative rock for classic hits, and later WJMK in Chicago also used the same sequence (with a few Chicago-themed modifications) on March 14, 2011 when they switched from Jack FM to a classic hits format. Education. It's amazing how different Lewis sounded on FM (aside from the fact that he had a bad throat during this show). At 3:00p.m. that day, Jack FM resumed streaming on their website. Gradually and subtly, WCBS-FM is increasing the frequency of 1980s and 1990s hits per day and is also adding music from the 2000s. He is also the author of the book Behind The Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll. In 2010, the station was number one among all stations in the New York region, 25-54 and 12+ (Arbitron PPM report, May 2010). A native New Yorker, Foxx also worked at PLJ as Program Director and afternoon drive host of and was Brand Manager of New Yorks former country station, WNSH-FM. The "Jack" format experiment at WCBS-FM is widely regarded, inside and outside the industry, as one of the greatest failures in modern New York radio history, as the station fell to the very bottom of the ratings of full-market-coverage FM stations in the New York market. ESPN-1050 made a strong move to acquire Yankees radio rights from incumbent WCBS-AM but was handicapped by its weak 1050 . Between June 3, 2005, and July 12, 2007, the station aired the automated adult hits format "Jack FM". Scott Shannon is moving to WCBS-FM 101.1, a station that's been a city radio institution even longer than he has. However, by the end of that day, the station would be changed dramatically. It's also hard to believe that it was a year into Beatlemania and only 18 months after his death that WOR-FM joined the airwaves. 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. The new programming was unsuccessful, and WCBS-FM switched back to a personality-driven classic hits format. 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. Pat is still a big fan of rock and roll and has terrific insights into the artists and music. However, it was commercial-free and had no airstaff. AIRCHECK: Steve Clarke, Gus Gossert [stereo]. Don passed way in July of 2022. He left WCBS-FM when it flipped to the dreaded Jack format in 2005. Earlier today, legendary radio personality Scott 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. In those areas WBEB interferes with WCBS-FM, and in some spots, WBEB's signal actually seems stronger. In the 80s & 90s, he spent 10 years at New York's K-Rock (WXRK-FM), and wrote and produced several internationally . Bob Shannon (radio personality) Syracuse, New York. 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. This WAS radio. Legendary Personalities: Robert W. Morgan One of radio's great personalities was Robert W. Morgan who woke up southern California for many years. FishbowlNY has explored how some of your favorite TV and radio personalities are coping with the 9/ . One other surprise for me was the promotion for the DJs appearing later that night: Ed Williams and Rosko (Bill Mercer). The station broadcast "Jack FM," an automated adult hits format, from June 3, 2005, to July 12, 2007. It was geared for listeners who weren't into AM radio anymore, but weren't into the heavier sounds of the progressive stations either. 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. Today, November 2nd, is the 95th anniversary of Pittsburgh's KDKA 1020. 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. Zacherley, doing his annual Halloween guest spot on WCBS-FM back when radio was still an awful lot of fun. 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. Top Stations. 7 pm to 12 mn - Joe Causi. 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). Scott sounds like he's having a great time. I wrote an article titled Spotlight on Don K. Reed i n this journal in February 2009. Prior to 2016, WCBS-FM used JAM Creative Productions, Inc. for their jingles. 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. Here's a short aircheck from the end of Norm N. Night's last show on WCBS-FM. 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