"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. This was followed by greetings from former WCBS-FM DJs Harry Harrison and Ron Lundy. On the other hand, it looked sorta like something your friends doodled in high school. Part of Audacy. It works for those who thought WNEW-FM and WPLJ were "too heavy". Songs you know, breaking news, pop culture - we'll cover it all while you work. The moderation is in English. Thanks for listening to WCBS-FM 101.1! The segment does have one error: near the end, it's said that Murray moved to WOR-FM in 1965. JACK was a snarky format that was marketed as a more personalized approach with music chosen by a DJ named "Jack", rather than a corporation. In 1975, Brown also became Program Director of WCBS-FM. Albany/Troy NY On July 12, at approximately 12:40p.m., "Jack FM" ended with "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey, ending in the same spot where the song abruptly ended during the series finale of The Sopranos. The very personable Bob Shannon (with Dennis O'Mara) on WCBS-FM back when it was still a real Oldies station. He also spent time as Program Director. 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 left WCBS-FM when it flipped to the dreaded Jack format in 2005. In 1940, during the early days of FM broadcasting, what is now WCBS-FM was allocated an FM frequency and call sign, W67NY, becoming CBS's first FM station. Contributed by Gus Gossert to Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. 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. Huge thank you to John, [Senior VP of Programming] Jim Ryan, and [Market President] Chris Oliviero for this incredible opportunity.. Legendary New York radio personality Scott Shannon announced on air Friday that he is retiring as host of the WCBS-FM/101.1 morning show, effective Dec. 16. Dan claims he listened to Chuck on WWRL and recommended him to WABC management. 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. The oldies format on WCBS-FM continued to be a success. Annie Leamy will join John Foxx as morning co-host when Foxx & Annie In The Morning debuts on Monday, Feb. 13. Owned by CBS Radio, the station broadcasts on a clear-channel & is the flagship station of the CBS Radio Network. We also have WNEW-FM's tribute to Murray on the WNEW-FM page (scroll down to February of 1982). There was also a moderate amount of 1980s music on the survey. PROMOTION: The WCBS-FM Rock Jocks: Bobby Wayne. Each episode includes guests from the Radio industry including, but not limited to, Air Personalities, Program Directors, General Managers, and Owners. AIRCHECK: The Lewis & Clark Expedition [mono], Contributed by Charlie Menut and Rob Frankel via Rob Frankel's postings on Mixcloud. On October 2, 2008, WCBS-FM HD3 was launched as a simulcast of WCBS. 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. At around 3:50pm WCBS-FM midday jock Bill Brown . 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". If you're using an older version of a browser . Jack Spector doing the "Saturday Night Sock Hop". 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. In 2007, Jennifer Donohue (from WWFS) was named as Jack's new general manager. No wonder we don't listen the same way. Remember . Several people announced the passing of Don K. Reed on Facebook. In addition, the station broadened their format to include select hits from the 1990s, up to about 1999. This aircheck is from about six months after CBS-FM moved from a quasi-progressive rock format to an oldies format. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Chuck Leonard [stereo]. It takes less than 60 seconds for Lewis to demonstrate more personality than one hears on radio today in a week. Pat is still a big fan of rock and roll and has terrific insights into the artists and music. When was the last time you heard music DJs who sounded like they were having fun? The original transmitter site was located at 500 Fifth Avenue. [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). I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets. We even hear Ernie Maresca. This was still in the days when CBS-FM would play Little Richard and early Doo-Wop records. Scott sounds like he's having a great time. 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. [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. One ongoing feature was a countdown of the top 500 songs of all time, as voted by the station's listeners. WBEB, an adult contemporary station in Philadelphia, also broadcasts on 101.1 MHz. 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 September of 1970, he was doing 5-9pm weekdays on CBS-FM when the station had an AOR format. (And scroll down to find where Zach does it again 20 years later and still sounds as great.). In this era, WABC-FM was largely automated, but also featured Dave Herman and Jimmy Rabbit. Previous Format: Oldies "101.1 CBS-FM" New Format: Variety Hits "101.1 Jack-FM" Date & Time Of Change: June 3, 2005 at 5:00pm More Info: Wikipedia Related Change: 101.1 WCBS-FM Returns It was the day many never thought would happen. WCBS (880 kHz), often referred to as "WCBS Newsradio 880", is a radio station in New York City. Dan Taylor hosts WCBS-FM's morning show from 6 to 10 a.m., with Irv 'Mr. Bill Brown began his long tenure with the station, and Don K. Reed began his late in 1971; both remained there until 2005. LISTEN NOW: Scott Shannon and Patty Steele discuss WCBS-FM retirement announcement and love for listeners. And we even hear news. The entire staff from the rock format remained at the station. By 1979, three FM stations owned by CBS had begun playing disco music. 103.5 MHz had previously been assigned to WPAT-FM in Paterson, New Jersey, which went on the air as WNNJ in 1949, and was deleted in early 1951. This automated format was syndicated to CBS stations across the country and to AFN (American Forces Network). Im incredibly grateful to all those who supported my roller coaster journey to this point. 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 . An article detailing how Bob Cole has been promoted to VP of CBS' FM radio group and is mandated to make the stations profitable. [21][22] The station went to number one again in the July 2014 & August 2017 ratings periods.[23]. WCBS-FM 101.1 / WCBS-FM: 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY, 10014: 212-242-6190: WFAN 101.9 FM/660 AM / WFAN-FM/WFAN-AM: 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY . too many pop music stations insult the intelligence of the listener in his twenties--what's more they are not even entertaining.. She and Foxx, who was also named Brand Manager of the station, assume the daypart held since 2014 by Scott Shannon and Patty Steele. 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. 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. 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. 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. AIRCHECK: Pat St. John announces his retirement from WCBS-FM. Spitz was an on-air personality on WPHR-FM/107.9 (Power 108 . New Orleans, Talk. In spring 2004, WCBS-FM narrowed the playlist even more. The new programming was unsuccessful, and WCBS-FM switched back to a personality-driven classic hits format. And to Shannon, who rehired his long-time WPLJ sidekick Patty Steele and has clearly reconnected with a lot of folks who grew up hearing him on Z-100. What??!!!! Annie has the ability to relate and build a community of loyal fans instantly. ", Patty Steele, Scott's longtime co-host at numerous stations throughout their careers, added tearfully, "I absolutely loved working here through all the challenges in my life like breast cancer, family addiction issues which have famously been explored in podcasting my kids' high school and college graduations you our amazing listeners have been my friends and my radio family, and I have not for one minute thought I could have gotten through it without any of you.". It was quite lame, but typical of FM at the time with the exception of WOR-FM. In retrospect, they seem like completely different eras. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. Gossert's show was generally broadcast on Sunday evenings, a perfect time for this nostalgia. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison - Dan Ingram [stereo]. The great Bob Shannon doing the Oldies thing. His first WOR-FM show was on October 8, 1966. "Jack" picked up on the mayor's comments, making jokes about his quip, "Hey, Mayor Bloomberg. Also in that year, Harry Harrison and Dan Ingram both retired. WCBS can also be heard on WCBS-FM HD 2 channel which provides crystal clear reception if you are driving in midtown Manhattan! Bob "The Wizard" Wayne from pre-Oldies WCBS-FM. 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. Additionally, the '60s and '70s oldies became broader and '80s and early '90s oldies were also mixed in, and the format got much deeper. However, by the end of that day, the station would be changed dramatically. Television Host @ WCBS-TV. 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. Bids 7 bids. This is a rare promotion contributed by Myles Putman. AIRCHECK: First Radio Greats Weekend: Bob Lewis [stereo]. Dan Ingram last appeared on CBS-FM on Sunday, June 8, 2003. 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. While Freed and rock 'n roll music in general was highly controversial in the 1950s, Freed himself was very low-key, spoke in conversational tones on the air (unlike the screamers and speed-talkers of the time) and dressed in conservative suits. So he plays a bit of Philly Soul and the next record is Joe Cocker. Also in the 1980s, after WABC and later WNBC abandoned music in favor of talk, WCBS-FM began employing many disc jockeys who were widely known on other New York City stations (and sometimes nationally), most notably Musicradio 77 WABC alumni Ron Lundy, Dan Ingram, Bruce "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, and Harry Harrison, as well as former WMCA "Good Guys" Dan Daniel and Jack Spector. End date 20 Oct 2017. The channel continued to feature an adult hits format until December 21, 2012, when it was dropped and replaced with a simulcast of WCBS. 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. AIRCHECK: Rocky G, Bill Brown, Steve Clark (Restored & Scoped). It's just music." On even years, up to 1990, the survey from the previous year was played. 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. A member and Hall of Famer at the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington DC, as well as the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago, Scott's remarkable career was recently chronicled in the documentary Worst to First: The True Story of Z-100. For more about Murray, check out the WINS, WOR-FM and General Radio History pages. I am not accusing anyone of malicious intent, but please be careful. WCBS-FM New Yorks Foxx & Annie In The Morning To Debut Feb. 13. He was one of the few people in NYC radio who kept the spirit of doo-wop music alove through the decades. Chicago, Talk. AIRCHECK: Back from JACK Format Flip [scoped]. [5] This allowed the station to reflect its corporate ownership by the Columbia Broadcasting System or CBS. It's not a big wonder that the format didn't last all that long, but if it did, we never would have wound up with an oldies station. 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. Terms related to wcbs-fm: Related Phrases. They repeated 1993's Top 500 in 1994, conducting their last listener surveys in 1995 and 1996. (In 1957, Freed's ABC-TV show was cancelled after Frankie Lyman danced with a white girl and ABC affiliates in the south objected.) 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. We all remember "Bob-a-Loo". 12 am - Levon Putney. 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. The AM station retained its personality-oriented middle of the road format until August 27, 1967. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 posts on Mixcloud: AIRCHECK: John Zacherley on Halloween [scoped]. . 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. Television Host @ WCBS-TV; Radio Host @ Shannon In The Morning - CBS 101.1 FM; . 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. Unfortunately, Lewis passed away just a few months after this show was broadcast. BDub Radio. Education. 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. ESPN-1050 made a strong move to acquire Yankees radio rights from incumbent WCBS-AM but was handicapped by its weak 1050 . In some cases, they may oversee programming on individual streams or channels. Listen to WCBS 880 internet radio online. 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. Note the great inside joke at the beginning. Corrections welcomed. The final Shannon in the Morning show aired on Dec. 16. 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. Bob was born April 3, 1937 putting him at the center of early top-40 radio. University of Central Missouri. He also appeared on internet oldies radio stations and hosted concerts. Description: On-air personality Bobby Jay has a full plate at WCBS-FM. 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). Even Mayor Bloomberg decried the format change. AIRCHECK: Pat St. John's Last Show WCBS-FM [scoped-stereo]. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison's First CBS-FM Morning Show [stereo]. 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. And then Bobby comes on and entertains us with even more of a distinctive personality. 7 pm to 12 mn - Joe Causi. But in our opinion he was great and was unfortunately underused in his WABC years. 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. Even Ingram calls 1960 the "year of the dog in music". 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. AIRCHECK: Zacherley on Halloween [stereo]. 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. The popular Jay is heard Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and Wednesday . The station even hit number one overall in the ratings on at least several occasions during the 1990s. By the end of 1976, Brown was on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays along with his Saturday morning shift. His progressive rock montages can be heard elsewhere on this site. It was produced by the Berstein & Bernstein agency. Patty Steele. You can perceive this in their musical choices, which is exactly what I remember CBS-FM playing at this time. [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. Transit Reporter WCBS, 880 AM, NY (WCBS Transit Center) . 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. WOR-FM was still being programmed by Bill Drake and featured Jimmy King, Sebastian Stone, Tommy Edwards, Sean Casey, Al Brady, Bob Evans and Johnny Donovan. This is an interesting aircheck of Dan on WCBS-FM as Dan was yet to be hired as a regular personality at the station. Fan page for CBS New York and WCBS-FM news personality and Scott Shannon in the Morning co-host Patty Steele. Sirius Satellite Radio offers an ever-growing list of hosts across its various channels, especially since its 2008 merger with XM. 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. Under Brown, WCBS-FM moved away from easy listening and began to play more 60's rock. Bill Brown (radio Personality) CBS Radio; 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. Cumulus Q4 Net Revenues Down 0.4% to $252 . 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. Jay joined WCBS-FM as the host of the popular Hall of Fame and Top Twenty Countdown shows. A little over two years later WCBS-FM would become an Oldies station. This one shows the schedule from 1967 to 1981 as CBS-FM evolved from various flavors of AOR to Oldies. I retired five years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. Saturday. It's amazing how different Lewis sounded on FM (aside from the fact that he had a bad throat during this show). 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. This is an aircheck from radio pro and historian, Rob Frankel. The station segued to "Use Me" by Bill Withers. FishbowlNY has explored how some of your favorite TV and radio personalities are coping with the 9/ . 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 . Access the free radio live stream and discover more radio stations at one glance. Using Video to Convey Your Passion and Personality Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training: 101 . AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Scott Muni [stereo-scoped]. Here's a short aircheck from the end of Norm N. Night's last show on WCBS-FM. That April, Infinity flipped radio stations KCBS-FM in Los Angeles and WQSR in Baltimore to the "Jack FM" format. I had forgotten about this one. Air Personalities Morning Shows News Guys Money Girls Program Directors General Managers Sales Types Engineers Other Alumni The Good Guys Today . Most of the 1980s music came from core oldies artists. Between June 3, 2005, and July 12, 2007, the station aired the automated adult hits format "Jack FM". Feb 16, 2023. 2 pm - Michael Wallace. G.' Gikofsky providing weather updates. Preparing John profile View John's Email & Phone . They would have been better off taking a curated approach rather than a charts approach and/or they should have selected songs from the R&B charts. 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. The final show will take . The heartbreaking news was spread on social media but no official sources confirmed the news . These are a series of early promotions for WCBS-FM's Young Sound format. He has also frequently appeared on CBS-FM from at least 2003 and is heard on several different shows on Sirius/XM. Demonstrates once again why AM radio can't play music. Scott Shannon is moving to WCBS-FM 101.1, a station that's been a city radio institution even longer than he has. The . Listen to WCBS-FM, WEPN-FM - ESPN New York 98.7 FM and Many Other Stations from Around the World with the radio.net . . Another terrific sounding aircheck with the great Bob Lewis who could and did do any format. 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. On November 19, 2016, the "Saturday Night Block Party" was discontinued after four years in favor of regular programming. A Little over two years later WCBS-FM would become an oldies format they were having fun on at least occasions. Block Party '' was discontinued after four years in favor of regular programming an! 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