On-air Personalities. Alan Berman with Don at the Long Island Radio Day in 2010. This is an interesting aircheck of Dan on WCBS-FM as Dan was yet to be hired as a regular personality at the station. On the other hand, it looked sorta like something your friends doodled in high school. PROMOTION: The WCBS-FM Rock Jocks: Bobby Wayne. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Alan Freed Tribute [scoped-stereo]. Another syndicated show, Dick Clark Presents Rewind with Gary Bryan, airs on Sunday mornings from 12 to 4 a.m. The playlist was wider than most typical radio stations, but it was also far more current. WCBS-FM's oldies format weathered many trends and corporate moves. This aircheck is of the flip back from JACK to Greatest Hits CBS-FM. Using Video to Convey Your Passion and Personality Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training: 101 . However, it was commercial-free and had no airstaff. By September of 1970, he was doing 5-9pm weekdays on CBS-FM when the station had an AOR format. It's hard to believe that this aircheck is from 40 years ago. Jack Spector doing the "Saturday Night Sock Hop". Originally from Detroit, Pat joined WPLJ in 1973, held a regular shift from 1974 and stayed until about 1987. The station even hit number one overall in the ratings on at least several occasions during the 1990s. Contributed by Gus Gossert to Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. Songs you know, breaking news, pop culture - we'll cover it all while you work. 6:30 pm - CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (WCBS-TV simulcast) Citing a family remember or a publication would be appropriate. 3 pm to 7 pm - Broadway Bill Lee. Note the great inside joke at the beginning. Cousin Brucie moved over to Sirius Satellite Radio's '60s on 6 channel to continue playing oldies. AIRCHECK: First Radio Greats Weekend: Jack Spector - Harry Harrison - Joe O'Brien [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud and recorded by Joe Persek. I could have watched two more hours of it, but it came in handy", Listen to Scott Shannon, weekday mornings on WCBS-FM. At CBS-FM, she is once again teamed up with Radio Hall of Famer, Scott Shannon. In January 2001, they stopped playing currents and 90's hits on the overnight, dropping them altogether. We also have WNEW-FM's tribute to Murray on the WNEW-FM page (scroll down to February of 1982). . New Orleans, Talk. Memories of WCBS-FM This is a video collection of ALL of the footage shot at WCBS-FM between 1987 and 1997America's most famous oldies station. 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. Elvis Duran of WHTZ (100.3 FM) and Scott Shannon of WCBS-FM (101.1) are the winning personalities, with all-news WCBS-AM (880) and WINS (1010 AM) also clustered at the top. 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. The format was largely a jukebox or iPod playlist interspersed with snarky tag lines voiced by Howard Cogan. Also in that year, Harry Harrison and Dan Ingram both retired. Work. He pretty much ignores the playlist and he breaks formats and that makes it a fantastic show. 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. Taylor will join WCBS-FM as midday host as of July 22. Friday. Most of the 1980s music came from core oldies artists. Bill Brown began his long tenure with the station, and Don K. Reed began his late in 1971; both remained there until 2005. 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. Between June 3, 2005, and July 12, 2007, the station aired the automated adult hits format "Jack FM". WCBS-FM initially programmed a younger-leaning easy listening format known as "The Young Sound", playing soft instrumental versions of current pop music songs. WNUR-FM. In some cases, they may oversee programming on individual streams or channels. 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. And when it happened, two of the top three radio markets would simultaneously wonder what had happened. AIRCHECK: Cousin Brucie (On and Off Mic) [stereo], This is something quite unique. Saturday. Annie Leamy will join John Foxx as morning co-host when Foxx & Annie In The Morning debuts on Monday, Feb. 13. And we even hear news. It's amazing how different Lewis sounded on FM (aside from the fact that he had a bad throat during this show). [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. Rate the Price of this item. This automated format was syndicated to CBS stations across the country and to AFN (American Forces Network). 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. 6 am to 10 am - Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele. The new programming was unsuccessful, and WCBS-FM switched back to a personality-driven classic hits format. That April, Infinity flipped radio stations KCBS-FM in Los Angeles and WQSR in Baltimore to the "Jack FM" format. 12 am to 7 am - Music automation (no DJs) 7 am to 1 pm - Matt Sneed. A large portion of the aircheck is dedicated to the "hit" songs of 1960 and most are quite awful. The new programming was unsuccessful, and WCBS-FM switched back to a personality-driven classic hits format. 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. Here's a great aircheck of a portion of Scott Muni's shift from the Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June 1998. Bob Shannon (radio personality) Syracuse, New York. He also looked far older than he was. The segment does have one error: near the end, it's said that Murray moved to WOR-FM in 1965. [26][27] As part of the agreement with CBS, Entercom was given the rights to use the brand and trademarks for WCBS-FM along with sister stations WCBS (AM), KCBS (AM) in San Francisco and KCBS-FM in Los Angeles for a 20 year period after which Entercom (or succeeding entity) will be required to relinquish using those call-letters.[28]. At 5:00p.m., a pre-recorded station identification was played followed by a short introduction of the new adult hits format by new station voiceover Howard Cogan, and the announcement of the new station name: "Welcome to the NEW "101.1 Jack FM", Playing What We Want." LISTEN on the Audacy AppSign Up and Follow AudacyFacebook | Twitter | Instagram, Shannon In The Morning Big Show Daily Podcast, Kevin Smith checks in with the Big Show about his new movie theater, Smodcastle Cinemas. 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. 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. As of August 2009, WCBS-FM started carrying New York Giants football on occasions when sister station WFAN could not carry the game. 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. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its transmitter is located in east Kansas City, and studios are located in Mission, Kansas. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison - Dan Ingram [stereo]. 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. This was back when WCBS-FM was still a true Oldies station, at least for the Radio Greats Weekends. Fri. Feb 24th, 2023 ; Home; Airchexx Social - Forums & Topics; Airchexx By Region . 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. The final Radio Greats show was hosted by WCBS-FM veteran Dick Heatherton. 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). On May 7, 2008, the Jack branding was dropped from WCBS-FM HD2 and was just called 101.1 HD2 or WCBS-FM HD2 due to the end of a licensing agreement with the owner of the Jack name and slogan, Sparknet Communications. AIRCHECK: The Lewis & Clark Expedition [mono], Contributed by Charlie Menut and Rob Frankel via Rob Frankel's postings on Mixcloud. CBS Radio, owner of the station, declined to comment on the rumors. 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. End price 46.00 USD Start price 9.99 USD. Seller Id 2ps9mB3juE9M. Retired, Mornings, WCBS-FM / NYC: Shauna? Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. 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. AIRCHECK: Bobby "the Wizard" Wayne [stereo-scoped]. Since several people made this announcement, I must sadly believe it is true. I wrote an article titled Spotlight on Don K. Reed i n this journal in February 2009. Then at exactly 1:01p.m., the legally mandated station identification played, and WCBS-FM's classic hits format officially returned with Do It Again by the Beach Boys. ), AIRCHECK: Cousin Brucie - Bobby Jay [stereo]. By 1979, three FM stations owned by CBS had begun playing disco music. 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. [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. 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. It was geared for listeners who weren't into AM radio anymore, but weren't into the heavier sounds of the progressive stations either. CBS-FM wasn't always a oldies station. Sourced from the Gus Gossert archive to Matt Seinberg and Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. 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