In some cases, they may oversee programming on individual streams or channels. 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. If you wanted listeners to believe that CBS-FM was not part of a large corporation, this ad worked quite well. We hear Issac Hayes, 3 Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad and other hits of the era. 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. Advertisement: Latest Radio Stories. [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). It's a pretty good montage of CBS-FM over the years along with a lot of formatics and jingles. 101.1 WCBS FM New York! Albany/Troy NY I didn't even remember Rosko ever working for CBS-FM and Ed Williams had previously appeared on WLIB. The station's ratings increased during the 1990s (and were sustained into the 2000s) and market research studies showed a small and growing audience in the 35-to-49-year-old demographic as a new generation's "songs they grew up with" moved into the oldies format. Annie Leamy will join John Foxx as morning co-host when "Foxx & Annie In The Morning" debuts on Monday, Feb. 13. A bit of Bob Lewis and Steve Clark from WCBS-FM's "sort of progressive" days. 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. Note: Rob Frankel has since advised us that the Rosko show was a syndicated show produced from Rosko's then home in France. On February 2, 2017, CBS agreed to merge CBS Radio with Entercom, currently the fourth-largest radio broadcaster in the United States; the sale was conducted using a Reverse Morris Trust so that it would be tax-free. 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. "My only complaint about the movie, too short," says Smith. In a letter on the WCBS-FM website posted on June 5, 2005, station VP Chad Brown announced the webstream would try to bring back most of the original shows and DJs, and that eventually the station would also be able to be heard on HD Radio. On October 2, 2008, WCBS-FM HD3 was launched as a simulcast of WCBS. Another terrific sounding aircheck with the great Bob Lewis who could and did do any format. Songs you know, breaking news, pop culture - we'll cover it all while you work. And the playlist was a strange mix of just about every genre of rock music. Owned by CBS Radio, the station broadcasts on a clear-channel & is the flagship station of the CBS Radio Network. The final show will take . Part of Audacy. University of Central Missouri. WBEB's signal reaches far north into New Jersey, especially along Interstate 287 south of Morristown, and in Northwestern New Jersey. They tried various permutations of free-form and progressive rock before finding the format that would last them for years. In 1989, WCBS-FM limited current music to late nights and overnights. I am interested in rock and roll radio. One ongoing feature was a countdown of the top 500 songs of all time, as voted by the station's listeners. This was the way it sounded as it was heard on WCBS-FM from 8/5/92. When WCBS-FM was relaunched in July 2007 Don came back to host the radio greats show on the last Sunday of every month. 5 The Beach Big 107. m. . Corrections welcomed. I love the station, I love the people I work with and work for, and of course, I'll be honest with you, I think these are the best listeners we ever had. The popular Jay is heard Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and Wednesday . Note: The audio quality is inconsistent. Thanks for listening to WCBS-FM 101.1! [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. "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. Bob Lewis died on January 23, 1987 at the young age of 49. 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. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. LISTEN NOW: Scott Shannon and Patty Steele discuss WCBS-FM retirement announcement and love for listeners. Dan Ingram playing the hits of the 50's-80's on "all New York artists weekend". #61. 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. [21][22] The station went to number one again in the July 2014 & August 2017 ratings periods.[23]. 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. 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. There's also a bit where Murray does a pulp fiction comic book intro to Ernie K Doe's "Mother In Law". 98.7 KLUV FM Dallas! The segment does have one error: near the end, it's said that Murray moved to WOR-FM in 1965. por . View hosts, shows, show schedules and more. Info of The Station. WCBS-FM broadcasts at 6,700 watts. CBS-FM of that era was a fairly light station compared with WNEW-FM and WABC-FM. A little over two years later WCBS-FM would become an Oldies station. "My alarm has gone off at 3:15 for eight and a half years . It was quite lame, but typical of FM at the time with the exception of WOR-FM. Bob was a highly creative air personality who could work any format. 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. 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. 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.. BDub Radio. Air Personalities Morning Shows News Guys Money Girls Program Directors General Managers Sales Types Engineers Other Alumni The Good Guys Today . Don K. Reed was best known for his Doo-Wop Shop that aired on Sunday nights on WCBS-FM. Top Stations. WBEB, an adult contemporary station in Philadelphia, also broadcasts on 101.1 MHz. CBS-FM wasn't always a oldies station. (In 1957, Freed's ABC-TV show was cancelled after Frankie Lyman danced with a white girl and ABC affiliates in the south objected.) At Audacy our New York radio stations connect audiences with influential radio personalities, local events, and the best news, sports and entertainment in radio. His progressive rock montages can be heard elsewhere on this site. 3:30 pm - Michael Wallace and Steve Scott. Bids 7 bids. Spitz was an on-air personality on WPHR-FM/107.9 (Power 108 . If you hit a bad patch, wait it out - it gets better. We even hear Ernie Maresca. As rock and roll became popular, the stations played only softer songs of the genre. The heartbreaking news was spread on social media but no official sources confirmed the news . 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). AIRCHECK: Bobby Wayne (Restored & Scoped). There was also a moderate amount of 1980s music on the survey. Pat is still a big fan of rock and roll and has terrific insights into the artists and music. 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. Check out Race weekdays beginning at 10AM. There's also a phone interview with his daughter Alana. His progressive rock montages can be heard elsewhere on this site. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison's First CBS-FM Morning Show [stereo]. Im incredibly grateful to all those who supported my roller coaster journey to this point. Chicago, Talk. Retired, Mornings, WCBS-FM / NYC: Shauna? New Orleans, Talk. In retrospect, they seem like completely different eras. Over the next couple of weeks, the station started playing pre-1964 oldies again. [2] The allocated frequency changed several times before the station finally went on the air at 46.7MHz on December 1, 1941. ), AIRCHECK: Cousin Brucie - Bobby Jay [stereo]. Cousin Brucie moved over to Sirius Satellite Radio's '60s on 6 channel to continue playing oldies. . It was produced by the Berstein & Bernstein agency. Audacy has announced its post-Scott Shannon plans for classic hits WCBS-FM New York (101.1). What's with all the swearin' like a sailor? In the summer of 2003, to appease some fans, they did add a specialty 19551964 oldies show called Heart & Soul of Rock & Roll with Norm N. Nite (who had been with WCBS off and on since 1973). By 1979, three FM stations owned by CBS had begun playing disco music. Bill Brown began his long tenure with the station, and Don K. Reed began his late in 1971; both remained there until 2005. 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. AIRCHECK: Composite: Roby Yonge - Steve Clark - Gus Gossert - Steve O'Shea [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Jocko Henderson [stereo], Jocko Henderson rides his rocketship and continues the greatness on the Radio Greats Weekend, AIRCHECK: Dan Ingram - Bobby Jay [stereo]. And then Bobby comes on and entertains us with even more of a distinctive personality. Now with a population of over 4.8 million people, it has grown beyond being the nation's capital to become a fascinating city in its own right. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Chuck Leonard [stereo]. This is a great scoped aircheck of John Zacherley sitting in on Halloween at CBS-FM in 2007. Station website. Jay joined WCBS-FM as the host of the popular Hall of Fame and Top Twenty Countdown shows. We hear Cousin Brucie doing his show along with chatter from the studio from Rob Frankel and Lee Speigel, who had just interviewed Murrow. PROMOTION: The WCBS-FM Rock Jocks: Bobby Wayne. So he plays a bit of Philly Soul and the next record is Joe Cocker. Yours truly with Don K. Reed at the Long Island Radio Day in 2010. AIRCHECK: Harry Harrison - Dan Ingram [stereo]. At 4:30p.m., the station stunted with a 30-minute montage of lines from various movies and other sources. 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. We look forward to celebrating with Scott, Patty, and the entire "Big Show" in the weeks ahead. The first song aired was Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right". 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. Prior to the last few years, CBS FM winning 18 to 34 never happened once. Toby Eddings, "ACC football on one less station,", Last edited on 23 February 2023, at 20:34, List of radio stations in New York (state), "Highest-revenue radio stations in the U.S. 2019", "WCBS-FM entry on the New York Radio Guide", "2 Killed as Plane Hits Radio Tower in Rainstorm Here", "WCBS-FM 101.1 Top 1001 Songs of The Century", "WCBS-FM New York - Format Change to Jack FM - 6/3/05", "WCBS-FM Switch Seen as a Victory for Older Listeners", Proclamation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg on "WCBS-FM Returns to New York City Day", "Research Director, Inc. Presents Exclusive July PPM Analysis For N.Y., L.A., Chicago, San Francisco And Dallas", "CBS Sets Radio Division Merger With Entercom", "CBS and Entercom Are Merging Their Radio Stations", "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio", "WCBS and KCBS Calls Will Stay Put at Entercom", Aerial view of WCBS-FM studios from Google Local, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WCBS-FM&oldid=1141189075, Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of former owner, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 20:34. WCBS-FM also played a moderate number of adult standards from the rock era. I heard you took a shot at us in the Post. But we also hear a then-new track by Cher. However, to focus on a new and changing demographic, they now use Reel World for their jingles. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Bob Lewis Remembered [stereo-scoped]. Newly Released Study - Sound . . News Reporter WNNJ FM, NJ . 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. It was geared for listeners who weren't into AM radio anymore, but weren't into the heavier sounds of the progressive stations either. 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. Transit Reporter WCBS, 880 AM, NY (WCBS Transit Center) . Each of the stations began broadcasting its own programming in 1966. 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. It may have been repeated in 1991. Sirius Satellite Radio offers an ever-growing list of hosts across its various channels, especially since its 2008 merger with XM. 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. This is an aircheck from radio pro and historian, Rob Frankel. Joe McCoy hosts a tribute to Alan Freed. Contributed by Gus Gossert to Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. 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. The station even hit number one overall in the ratings on at least several occasions during the 1990s. 12 am to 7 am - Music automation (no DJs) 7 am to 1 pm - Matt Sneed. Zach was 90 when this was recorded and it's amazing how strong, vibrant and ageless he sounds. He is best known for hosting the Doo Wop on Sunday nights from 7 PM-Midnight. WCBS-FM initially programmed a younger-leaning easy listening format known as "The Young Sound", playing soft instrumental versions of current pop music songs. It's just music." With this move, WCBS-FM had left the oldies format after 33 years. 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. Here's a great aircheck of Jocko Henderson from the sixth Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June 1998. Assistant program director Lenny Bloch hosts the overnight shift, which uses voice-tracking. He certainly kept alive this genre of music that was very popular in the late 1950s and early 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 . Alan Berman with Don at the Long Island Radio Day in 2010. WVCO 94. . This aircheck has really terrific fidelity -- why doesn't broadcast radio sound this good anymore? Joe McCoy On The Former Musicradio77 Air Personalities At WCBS-FM By Scott Benjamin . I'm beginning to get that feeling, here's Fontella Bass." 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. If you're using an older version of a browser . At CBS-FM, she is once again teamed up with Radio Hall of Famer, Scott Shannon. WCBS-FM's return to classic hits has also been a success, ranking it among the top five stations in every quarter of the new ratings for Arbitron, consistently either first or second in overall audience.
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