Only then did KOIL take notice and knocked off the daytimer with the larger 5kw day/night signal. WEPN-FM - ESPN New York 98.7 FM 5. The number one selection by the fan picks proves that the entire country would have benefited. TIX also streams online. WHTZ (Z100)/New York. Ed Ripley voiceover, featuring The Nerveless Nocks and the Poodle Express. Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky. The Storz stations ruled for many years. Bam, Wow, Im as proud today as I was back in the day when I enjoyed the honor of programming two of each of your picks! Marlene I am so sad to hear that Lacy is no longer with us. Talk about versatility!) Forgot your username or ); WGH and WNOR Norfolk, VA (the former licensed to nearby Newport News); WGLI Babylon, Long Island, NY (one of the first rock n roll stations not only ever, but also in suburban New York City in general (if not THE first suburban-NYC station of its kind); WYNG Goldsboro, NC (was it also Top 40 under its previous callsign WGOL, I wonder? Audio Ink is a trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. Heard hed make the production director Bill Mousis redo the promos over and over again. KLIF with Ron Chapman, Hal Martin (Michael Spears, who gave me my first job at 14), Michael OShea (who gave me my first tour of a radio station), Jimmy Rabbit, Dave Van Dyke (who kicked me out of the building when I sneaked up the fire escape), Paxton Mills, Jim Taber and Rod Roddy (I was his call screener when Gordon gave him an evening talk show). Mike Phillps, Jerry Kay, Lan Roberts, and many more, plus grabbing as much as 35% of all radio listening in the nations 13th largest market. the jocks, the music, the contests..they created the magic that made your station the very best! A Top-40 jock named Eddie Haskell?!? WTIX-FM is an oldies outlet serving the New Orleans area. Great jocks, a lot of personality, fun to listen to. WAPE/Jacksonville. Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. LOL Other stations interrupt. WTIX 690 AM New Orleans LA, Talk radio. Frank Brodie (CKLW) was incredible on the air in ANY format, as were most of the jocks from the true Top 40 era. Just goes to show ya how good radio was when it was competitive. * Bill Murvin - Aircheck, June 1970. In this call, Louise talks about Ringo possibly being, nominated for President of the United States, - House of Shock theme & experiment - '45 record released in1959, on the WTIX Original Oldie Hour at Noon with Bob Wallker - 1981 (1:11). About my Junior year in High School, i found WXLO in New York. living in rural washington parish now out of bogalusa and we needs signal cause we part of new orleans area. reviews. A fantastic radio station Keep it going. Redeem Now Buffering PAMS Series 27 The Jet Set - WTIX AH3RD 9 years ago Jingles 392 8 AH3RD 39 29 Report Follow AH3RD and others on SoundCloud. As noted by one of the experts, it was KOWH. But here we go. Oh!, SHIT! Hi Rick, you are right about other stations and jocks wanting to sound like CKLW, The Big 8. Except for the late-Sunday evening religious (African-American Protestant church services) broadcasts, WADO had become all-Spanish and so remains (having switched its Spanish format from music or music/talk to all-talk circa the turn of the decade before last, dropping its aforementioned English-language religious daypart). WSB (read: WSB-AM)s full-service format had, musically, reformatted to Adult Contemporary by circa early 1980s, that is. Frequent updatesbetween songs, and a 20-20 news summary of what was known at that moment by, * Bob Walker -AircheckAugust 8, 1972 (9:52), Includes live spots for Godchaux's Bottoms Up Shop, 7-Up the Uncola, and an employment opportunity for. Miller Communications, Inc. wanted to give WTIM's newstalk format a better signal both daytime and nighttime, so it secured 97.3 FM and moved WTIM from 1410 AM to 97.3 FM on November 13, 1997. 15. User Rating 5 out of 5 stars based on 1 review Recommended Channels Near Metairie, USA KLZA Sunny 101.3 FM Falls City NE Falls City, NE USA, Adult Contemporary. For me it was KFRC and KYA being born and raised and living my entire life in the Bay Area. Agree with Bill Wayland at one point 68 WRKO had an almost 60 share Teens. (Thats three Drake stations in the top 4.) Jim Connors from WJET went to WMEX in Boston in 1971. All the Top 40 stations that Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels each included, those that many posters, myself included, called them out for omittingincluding those that you mentioned in your own comment, plus WIFI Philadelphia (WIFI 92 (pronounced Wi-Fi 92 (Whod have thought, right? KBOX gave us Dan Ingram, Bill Ward, and many others. KFRC was a good station, but anyone whos honest it was strictly second-tier and never (especially during AM Top 40s most dominant era) had anything close to the production magic and genius of Boss Radio, Morgan and Steele were the most influential in the business. * Robert Mitchell (with Jim Swiler) -Quarterback "BillyKilmore"November 1969 (1:17), * Robert Mitchell (with Katy Caraway) -Mardi Gras Phone CallsFebruary 28, 1980(5:18). The FCC wasnt amused, but the public was. Great Music!!! Sorry, I dont mean to monopolize the conversation, but another old Philly station/format warrants mention: An all-Progressive Rock format launched by WDAS-FM, Hyskis Underground. A good playlist and entertaining jocks. They did the impossible and stayed there for years, despite the signal handicap. The comments pour in, what a fun read, and Tribute to how good it all was. I had the pleasure of listening to 4 of these stations back in the day, CKLW from 67 through 74/75 before that WING Dayton in the Mid to Late 60s, WFIL in my early Air Force Days before shipping off to Vietnam, while stationed at Dover AFB in 68/69, and on occasion WLS with and without Lujack[WCFL as well} back in the mid 70s. KTKT In Tucson was as good as any big market station. K-NUZ. As a kid I surfed the dial nightly from my Guelph Ontario backyard on one of the first 6 transistor Sony battery radios from Dick Summer on WBZ Boston to Cousin Brucie at WABC NYC, from Quixie in Dixie to WOWO Ft.Wayne to WLS & WCFL Chicago. . (The legendary album-oriented rocker went Top 40 the same year asin fact, two months prior towhat would become Z-100, and remained so until 1992, when it evolved into its current Hot Adult Contemporary format.). Write a book Randy. 3. WMGK Magic 103 (soft rock-oriented AOR until modifying to hits-oriented soft rock in the early 80s); WSNI Sunny 104/104 and-a-half/Sunny 104.5 (first hybrid AC- /MOR-based easy listening, then all-soft rock hits), Kiss 100 (WKSZ Media, PA) WSSJ Camden, NJ; WJBR Wilmington, DE; and even WIBG and WFIL (1975-77 (before briefly going Top 40 for the last time) and 1977-81, respectively). Listen to WTIX 94.3 FM live and more than 50000 online radio stations for free on mytuner-radio.com. It must be hard to fire up an on-air staff when all they have to play is garbage. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. Talent like Ken Lowe (Steve Roddy), Rick Dees, Pat Patterson, Mike Reineri, Gary Edens, Tommy Walker, Eddie Weiss (Charlie Brown) with Jimmy Capps and Our Best To You in the late night hours and a terrific news team Joe Goodpasture, John Tesh, Doug Limerick, Bill Leslie, Mike Blackman. The greatest Top 40 station of all time? Call sign: WLMG Frequency: 101.9 FM City of license: New Orleans, LA Format: Adult Contemporary Owner: Audacy Area Served: New Orleans Contact Address: 400 Poydras Street, Suite 800, New Orleans, LA 70113 Phone: 504-526-3000 Unfortunately from what I understand, you were not part of the team at the time IIRC. Or just wait a little longer. WKMB Stirling, NJ (reformatted to country in 79; to black gospel/[mostly] African-American-oriented Christian talk/preaching/teaching out of Plainfield but still licensed to Stirling] in 2003; went dark in 2017) WHB710. And I wont pretend to be as up on some of the other legendary calls as many of my radio brethren. Johnny Holliday. A little known fact is WADO (now a Spanish station) had a split-daypart format of Top 40, R&B, jazz and Italian from 59 through the early 60s, with Spanish being added in 61 or 62. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Would Randy Michaels be the same who worked afternoons on WJET? Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. 12. Later WOV and WNEW switched frequencies. And lets not forget WHK in Cleveland who owned that City from 1959 to 1964 blowing every other station away. . so he can cook for us. And who could forget Arnie Ginsberg at night! WJET-FM debuted at number one. Whatever your new sound, pitching can help it get heard by fans around the world. SERIOUSLY! Thank you RadioInk for opening the doors to a grudge match of passionate RADIO people. If you worked at Top 40 Radio in North America, chances are your station aired a CHUM Documentary. Even got to bring Les Garland a 6 pack of Pearl Beer in my suitcase. Not long after you came on board in early 1972, WLS reduced its published chart to a Big 8 + 9 playlist. As a result, the signal to the Northwest started to die around Norristown, 5-10 miles away from the towers in Lafayette Hill, PA. WIBG started as a 25 watt station in a church in Elkins Park, PA, probably in the 1920s. OR KQV and KDKA in Pittsburgh? BBC World Service 4. @Rich Marston * WTIX Composite Aircheck (1979) featuring: Robert Mitchell, Larry Hamilton, Kathy Fishman, Pal Al Nasser, Greg Fox. Online Radio Box uses cookies in order to provide the best service for our users. He even sent Reggie Hall to the grocery to get us all some. WMCA was more like the Dodgers: deeply loved inside the boroughs. Another station that is still around but with new ownership I believe. But CHUM also did what no other mere Radio Station did. IMNSHO I felt WLS hit their pinnacle right about 1981-2 when they segued to a Rock-40 format. Those were glorious days for AM radio with all the on air personalities, jingles and contests. Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Louisiana Power & Light. 44 12 Magic 101.9 is an Adult Contemporary radio station serving New Orleans. Keep rocking! Im blessed to have been taught by the best. WABC had 10 times more power. Select a playlist such as Watch Later, or a. and the WINS head honchos intro of its all-news format). I grew up in Northern VA. We had Major Top 40 AM competition! I was stationed at Whiteman AFB in Missouri in the 60s and loved WHB with DJ Johnny Dolan and others. Programmers write about The Glory Days of Top 40 Radio reminds me of watching the movie Argo. PAMS Series 27 The Jet Set - WTIX by AH3RD Limited Time Offer: Get 50% off the first year of our best annual plan for artists with unlimited uploads, releases, and insights. I love that people actually thought that Wolfman was LIVE on WGR. Later that year he bought WTIX and it was there that the phrase Top 40 was first introduced. Listen Here 1. Another memory WMEX had the jocks names locked in like Fenway in the morning, Dan Donovan, Melvin X Melvin and so on. !, KTNQ Los Angeles (a Top 40 station during the late 70s (that station itself deserves mention as one of the all-time Top 40 greats, by the way) had a jock namedno kiddingBEAVER CLEAVER!! Southeast Nebraska And Northeast Kansas, Streams Live Local Sporting Events 0 vote GM Paul Palmer just let us run with it. Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. Have you heard it? My point is whatever station you grew up listening to.. I couldnt stop laughing! Hope you are both well. Our playlist stores a 94.3 Rewind track list for the past 7 days. Stan Roberts, Larry Anderson, Frank Benny, Shane, Tom Donahue, John Otto, Golden Joe Galuski, Craig Matthews and many, many others including yourself. Jim later made his way to Buffalo in 1972 or so. 7. WICC Bridgeport, CT Two legendary Top 40s that apparently didnt make the cut for these lists. KOMA (along with handful of other legendary stations including 890 WLS, Chicago; 1090 KAAY, Little Rock; 1060 WNOE, New Orleans; 770 WABC, New York; 800 CKLW, Windsor/Detroit; and 1100 WKYC, Cleveland) could be heard on car radios, in homes, and everywhere a kid could tune in. I completely agree. Metairie, LA. WTIX FM 94.3 Webplayer. WPGR, 1540, also did a nice job during their stint as an Oldies station. Buy on. THERE!!! play De La Salle, the time chime and the music that was on your radio. Look, I am a total Drake disciple (and in my early years, I had the privilege of working for Gordon McLendontwice). Sandy Shore went all the way to Drake LA as Marc Elliot. With all do respect KHJ, KFRC, CKLW. U of Ps WXPN also did a good job with that format. (:34) $3.00 off a $19.95 portable 45 rpm record player. Like I said this was a tough assignment. Here she is complaining about. Then the Canadian govt. Great contemporary music doesnt exist today. WMGM had a better signal (broader pattern, full-size half-wave towers with 50kw) than either WMCA or WINS, and a good sound too, but I guess Storer didnt feel like competing when they bought the station and turned it back to WHN in 61. please never go off air TIX !! His stories were fascinating especially told in that booming authoritative voice. Even outside on the patio, and whats a drive without tix. For others, the hyper-high energy and tight production of talents like JoJo Kincaid was the Holy Grail. Sure, "oldies" obviously isn't everyone's niche, but the variety on this station is better than on any other station. LOVE IT!!! WGBR still exists but Im not sure the format. Im still grateful for the opportunity when you hired me in New Have, CT all those years ago. He stole and enhanced McLendons treasure hunts and other promotions and added a crazy outrageousness that hasnt happened since, except maybe for the Power Pig, which owes a lot to the Kaplans. No one, ever, anywhere, did the basics better than the Big 8. Certainly those of us who worked there would say so. Possibly the first FM to knock off a big AM (WABC) in the Top 40 realm. Thank you Randy Michaels for the 102 WVAQ mention! WFAS-FM Bronxville, NY (renamed WNBM Boom 103.9 and reformatted to Urban AC in the early 2010s) Yes, WABC had more listeners and more attention. All my old pals! Every time I went in there Id look at that thing and was kind of awesome. KISN Portland?!? Listen to WTIX-FM Listen Live Listen with TuneIn JD on Twitter Follow @RealJDtheDJ JD on MeWe Time remaining in Biden Presidency: 1 year 10 months 26 days 15 hours 41 minutes 38 seconds Random Rants Random Rants let JD blow off steam on almost any subject. After lunch he sang a few of his songs for us in his living room. Consider the voices who worked the window on Burnside at NW 10th Tom Murphy, The Real Don Steele, Roger Hart, Sam Holman, Dick Sainte, Mike OBrien, Tom Michaels, Roger W. Morgan, Dave Records Stone, and the all-night Preacher, Pat Pattee. Date of Recording: 1996 (Exact Date Unknown) Station: 94.3 WTIX-FM (KLEB-FM/KZZQ-FM/KBAU) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Format: Oldies Featured Air Personalities: Jay Douglas, Doug O'Brien (News) (WNBC/WINS) Contributor: Annonymous. WHAT ABOUT WPGC Morningside, MD/Washington, DC!?! Sgt. I worked there as a young man when Mac owned the station, so I know first hand. The two most influential Top 40 radio stations of all time? Reading what so many U.S. right, **WPLJ*!! New Orleans. Rock Popular 1. At least in my city. Oh wait. 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. I went to the University of New Orleans for 4 years and fell in love with TIX. Station was located at 70 Brookline Avenue. Our playlist stores a 94.3 Rewind track list for the past 7 days. Generic syndication and voice-tracking leave little room for localized fun and connection and way fewer role models for the next generation of announcers. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. WOV was on 1130. Finally, a plug for WGH. Barq's RootBeers. You patiently answered them for this 17 year old radio freak. They didnt last long, but they were awesome. Starting briefly as a mixture of Top 40 and Rhythm (Rhythm and Rock) [plus a Jazz show hosted by Demetrius], we quickly evolved into the only non-commercial disco station in the country (with the exception of my popular Oldies show on Friday nights, throughout). And lets not forget Z-100 (WHTZ) ITSELF! No credit card needed. He's an old, white guy, so who knows what he'll say? The Drake stations all had Kanner Boxes, but Ed Butterbaughs setup, 50,000 watts, and lax Canadian rules on positive modulation made CKLW jump out of radios in a dozen U.S. markets all day long, and made the programming sound even better. Perry Murphy was a great host Took me home to meet his wife and through the KOMA facility BUddy Scott was doing his usual magic He was a BIG fellow but full of energy. was the last song heard both on your show and on WINS in general. Do your next 20 stations in the comments! * what Im talking about! Dick Lamb and Gene Loving also did a show called Disc-O-Ten on WAVY-TV, and Lamb later had a morning talk show on WTAR (now WTKR), Channel 3. Yes!!! While WBZ was more sophisticated in many ways, WMEX played to the city (where their somewhat limited signal was best) so they had a grittier, earthier, more high-energy city sound. We werent allowed to say the word magic, because KMJC Magic 91 was a competitor. WGBB Freeport, LI, NY. I agree. The editorial staff at Radio Ink came up with a great story and executed it well. WABC was the Yankees of the group. KYNO deserved the inclusion, Doc. However you guys have to increase your power. KJR gave the industry Larry Lujack, Kevin Metheny. WTIX - April 8, 1972 Lou Saint. 20. Yes, it was a smaller market but, the 10kw daytime on 940 covered 90 of 99 counties in Iowa and at night with 5kw covered into Denver as well as WHO. I was still a AM KFRC fan up until 1983. Sign up free 0:00 0:00 It was one of the stations that the great Wolfman Jack did his show from. (As theyve been saying on one segment of the Monday Night Football halftime show in recent years, ) COME on, man! Anybody who knows a THING about at least early PHILADELPHIA Top 40 radio knows that before there was WFIL (or at least the beginning of its own Top 40 format), there was Wibbage! When I started at WGR as a part timer, that became my new name. Thats how a Top 40 station owned the traffic image. Register here. About 100 hours of them between 1970 and 1977. Thats the real story so if WABC was great, WMCA was much more. Ron is one of the true radio savants (alongside Zapper, Dan Vallie, Bill Richards, Nick Bazoo, etc.). The best part of these 3 lists is bringing back the memories of when RADIO was competitive, creative, and most of all FUN. I loved WAPE 690. CKLW is definitely #1, and the most influential Top 40 of all time (thanks to Rosie). Seneca College School of Media Toronto Canada. I miss those days! Login here. Even though they had such a large audience with the 50,000watt tower. WPRO AM & FM Providence, RI were outstanding Top 40 stations. Also WFIL tried a comeback in the early 80s with Oldies: Great jocks, personality, nostalgic jingles. and from the mid-Eighties until it went all-talk in 88); (Nashville: ) WSM (Not only was it MOR during the day and country at night (before going all-country in 79), but in 73 or 74, it changed its MOR daytime format from either standards or standards-slash-soft rock (traditional MOR) to all soft rock hits (contemporary MOR nka Adult Contemporary)), WSM-FM SM95 (I dont know if WSIX switched/modified its MOR format completely to AC/lite rock, but you just read at least two of Nashvilles AC stations of the past. WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleanss Greatest Hits Station. Oh-lets not forget about three more Top 40 stations in the City That Never Sleeps: WWDJ Hackensack, NJ (1971-74); in the City itself, WPIX (1971-77, 1980-82) and WAPP (mainstream Top 40, 1984-85; Top 40/Rock 1985-86). Keep in mind, you can only create a playlist with your public videos. In this call, Louise talks about Ringo possibly being, nominated for President of the United Statesin the 1964 election in November. God Bless. KIOA. WMEX, Boston for sure. Sorry, John Records Landecker, but Chicagos WCFL wins this one. It's FREE! The Last Contest was all about perception and theater of the mins. University of New Orleans. With only a 1,000-watt night signal, KLIF routinely clocked more listeners than all other Dallas-Ft. Worth stations combined. 3.) got a reply that he would love to have hired me but he needed someone who lived locally and could fill in on short notice. (Shit, KJR was the KISN of *Washington State* **AS IT WAS**!) WADOs 1280 signal was originally a time share of WAAM Newark, WODA in Patterson and WHBI. Of all the airchecks in recent years I have heard from the late 60s through the 70s from different TOP40 stations around the country, I wish I could have experienced listening to Super CFL in Chicago live back then. Some of their former personnel are at WVLT, 92.1 in Vineland, NJ. Even to this day, as someone who, demographically, is supposed to be way outside the Top 40 parameters Im a 50-something male I still love a great CHR-Pop station. The sounds that listeners remembered the most: ( Clydesdales marching in a Mardi Gras parade - Skip Broussard & Buzz Bennett ), (Check out the prices for new cars and gasoline! WTIX - March 28, 1970 With DJ Pics WTIX (Football Survey) - November 27, 1971 Football shaped survey. That station was my LIFE as a kid. Log In (Existing Digital Subscriptions Only), Pittman: Q4 Highest Revenue Quarter in History, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6WheuRi0s, Chicago Bears Broadcasts Moving up the Dial Next Year, Former FEMA Execs Push To Save AM Radio in EVs. Some stations have been amazing at times and just awful at others. Listening to radio as a kid, hearing major talent in the major markets and locally here in Erie, PA, it inspired me to jump into the business at the age of 15. WJET 1400. CKY came in like a local during the day at Bemidji, Minnesota. As Radio 8-0 CKLW spent the early 60s as a crappy Top 40 well behind WKNR and WXYZ. , June 1970. Behind Production on Lee Abrams characteristics list of great Top 40 stations, number two is The Bible of Music. From 1965 until its demise in 1976, WCFL never let go of a Top 40 playlist/format. I started listening to WTIX soon after I was myself a DJ at the young age of 12. Paper Filing? er. If youre THAT Johnny Holliday, werent you on WINS New York during the tail end of its Top 40 era (before flipping to (and pioneering) all-news radio in 1965? Dennis Williams Toledo. KDU was a great station in 1978 under P.D., Santo Canone, also very professional. Bob Mitchell and Jim Swiler conduct an interview with "Quarterback Billy Kilmore". WMCA killed WABC in the ratings from 1963-1965. The best years came in the early 70s when the Top 40 battle was between WDGY, True Don Bleus KDWB before he went to KHJ, Chuck Knapp and MG Kelly on KSTP and Rob Sherwood moving from KDWB to start up U100. No station was better about promoting, playing the hits, and focusing on the community. Ask most any of themit was the greatest experience of their careers. WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. The formats would be better, if the music product was better. When I finally got it it was empty. Metairie, LA, USA. In mid-1963, the remaining Top-40 pop rock programming was dropped in favor of even more Spanish programming and a primarily-Spanish format. Forever. Happily, Tix-FM exists and is very enjoyable. WMEX Boston should be on this list and one minor market station that sounded and programmed like a major market WAVZ New Haven, CT. B100 interns Dave Sniff and Tony Pepper went on to part time status. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. By creating an account, you are indicating that you have read and agree to the, I listen from Ponchatoula. His KFRC was better. Like the stations you name-dropped (call letter-dropped? Storz owned WHB but invented the format at KOWH. WDSU had number one afternoon show called The Top 20 on 1280. Plus, KHJ had The Real Don Steele, who made magic every day being a larger-than-life and unique personality within the Drake constraints. * Bob Walker -AircheckMay 16, 1972 (11:00). LOL) at WTOD. (27:24) Relive the fun for almost a half hour with Robert Mitchell and the radio hits of 1969. Fewer than Five Full-Time Employees? The Rock Of New Orleans - WKBU-FM | Bayou 95.7 FM Contests & Events Latest The Rise Guys on Bayou Latest The Rise Guys After Hours Podcast Bayou Rock Box: Your chance to win Guns N' Roses tickets Login and Listen to Bayou 95.7 for your chance to win Duran Duran Tickets Bayou Rock Box: Your chance to win tickets to Depeche Mode WTIX 94.3 FM is New Orleans's Greatest Hits Station. His wife did the music. Attention! Dick Fatherly was my first source for the story that WTIX, then on 1450, was the first station to use the phrase Top-40. If youre so inclined, send me an email so we might get in touch. Or you don't come in at all. Skinny Tom Cheney name shout 3. Pats right, Radio Ink, your damn input DOES!! Baptist hired me and as soon as they realized they were over budget they told him to let me go I was boned since Id just got into an apartment, furniture, utilities He waited til Sat Nite to drop it on me based on It was one of the several station whose doors I passed through. Peter Gabriel 1675326418. Who Will You Run To. There were no general-market oriented rock n roll stations in the early and probably even well into the mid-Fifties. WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) No dispute. Jim Jackson. What I love best about this story is how it gives the reader a little glimpse into how Randy thinks. I am glad Dr. Don Rose got a mention at KFRC as I know he was huge out there in CA. Pontchartrain Beach, Schlitz Beer, Metropolitan Bank of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling). Bob Martz was probably one of the most funny guys along with the likes of John Garry, Larry Obrien, Bob Kelly, Don Williams (and of course myself Rick Allen, I just had to toot my own horn didnt I? The founder and owner, Myron Jones, built the building and wired the studios himself. Other stations have been more outrageous, more groundbreaking, or more entertaining, but KIIS is the most influential Top 40 station. 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