Seattle and Portland had great radio in the Top-40 days. Nice comments, Jim. A further thought on this string: As kids growing up in Welland, Ontario, most of the radio we listened to was from Buffalo. CNN For a long time Id wondered what was in that box and theater of the mind. If that sounds crazy, look at the ratings. In more recent times, as a young man, I moved to Houston in the early 80s. Dennis Williams Toledo. WROV could have easily made the cut. Free IPTV Playlists. another Top 40 station of all time that was left out: WKNR Detroit. The reason is KHJ, Drakes first RKO project, was huge news and sent Top 40 radio on a new trajectory that would eventually affect virtually every station in the format. Some stations have been amazing at times and just awful at others. Im surprised no one mentioned WQXI Atlanta. WTIX - March 25, 1972. Still have a bunch of it on my iPad! WTIX News Chief Jim Swiler does a, Signal 20 traffic report. Using the actual TV show theme song "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" and splicing the banjo on the beginning over and over, a similar fun song was born that spotlighted the WTIX DJ's of 1962 instead of the Clampett family. WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. Anyway, brother Dick took over the station after Mac died and wrecked it. Costello is best known as Michael in the Morning (M&M), host of the stations weekday morning show. Many of the most spectacular Top 40 stations werent around that long. Great to see so many radio brethren on here. THAT Lee Abrams guy? Whats easy to forget (especially if all the history happened before ones time) is that top 40 stations had strong loyalties akin to ball teams. 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). At night I loved hearing Jackson Armstrong on WKBW, boogie check with the hilarious John Records Landecker on WLS and Supermax on CKLW! PAT ODAY! Much appreciated. Speaking of flamethrowersyou could get WOWO in Sudbury Ontario! Login with Google. During my formative teens I was highly inspired by several including: WNOE, WTIX, KOMA, KBOX, KLIF, KONO, KNUZ, KILT, KXOK and WHB. Others from that same summer (as we were on a long road trip from our home New Jersey, where WABCs tower stood outside my bedroom window): KMEN in San Bernardino and KCBQ in San Diego. KFJZ 1270 was Fort Worths Top 40 station, headlined by Marky Baby, later known as Mark Stevens of the Stevens & Pruitt morning show on KFJZ-FM (Z-97) which morphed into The Eagle (KEGL) on the same frequency. WVAQ is a giant in North Central West Virginia. Great contemporary music doesnt exist today. 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. were on the moon on this date.Also hear 1969 local radio commercials including Rex Root Beer. KIOA. WTIX spent its first days on the air reading the phone book to get attention. Posted on April 10, 2021 by IPTVMate. RKOs WOR-FM. ); 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? We had some pretty good board ops who could incorporate the Wolfmans customs. Thanks for the great work you did there. 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. Id say most folks who heard KNUS during its brief glory years would tell you it belongs on the list. Todd Storz took the tight playlist formula from KOWH,. For those who aren't aware, WTIX , "The Mighty 6-90" was one of the first if not THE first Top 40 stations in the world! As are the respective lists of Top 40 *AND* Adult Contemporary stations that I listed above. (8:55), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckIt's a Robert Mitchell Morning - July 22 1969. How about 50,000 watt CKY in Winnipeg ??? And in Charleston, SC it was WTMA / 1250 for many years. Thanks for putting in the time and effort, much appreciated. You hit the70s and go back to the better old stuff. KB proved that great talent, not great equipment, make great radio. WMEX Boston should be on this list and one minor market station that sounded and programmed like a major market WAVZ New Haven, CT. KFRC/San Francisco. Login with Facebook Weekends also feature Breakfast with the Beatles and Casey Kasem American Top 40 70s show. Two very prominent stations in the TOP 40 history book! Randy also sorta had something to do with Stevens & Pruitt and that 97.1 frequency in DFW, being the PD and all. You mentioned WYNG, which was more hip than its competitor, WGBR. Also The Great Roller Coaster Marathon at Pontchartrain, WTIX DJ's. Gotta put a vote in for The Big 143, CKFH! for you: they each began its first season [first season ever in the Falcons case, first season in a new market in the Braves case] at since-demolished Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. I remember listening to you! Great visit Great station!! Hello Lee Roberts! And dont even get me started on Watermark and their Documentaries. WAPE/Jacksonville. Is there sill anybody around who still remembers us? The Mets started out on WABC during its first 2 years until Rick Sklar kicked them off. CFL! Dont know what songs been playing on the radio? As did WPGR, VLT plays a vast playlist, a lot of forgotten hits and a heavy smattering of old local Philly hits. It was a PERSONALITY driven format. 94.3 WTIX-FM is a broadcast Radio station from Galliano, Louisiana, United States, providing Oldies, Classics Music, News and Weather programs. And during its last two years as a music station (continuing as a talk station almost a month-and-a-half into the latter of the two years), WABC was the Yankees flagship station. With this simple but effective application you will be able to listen to WTIX 94.3 New Orleans and all its content 24 hours a day, 7 days a week no matter where you are and what you are doing. Jet was truly a phenominal station. Of course we took him up on his offer. There were many good radio stations all over the USA radio map, like for me KACY, Ventura, KIST, Santa Barbara, KMBY Monterey, KDON Salinas. Yes! Memories 98.3 - WTIX is a broadcast station from Concord, North Carolina, United States, playing Classic Rock, Country, Oldies. Ive had this confirmed by others since. David Kaye, 8/10/2017: ), I personally would ALL of the early or present AC stations mentioned above. All of that amazing talent spoke into a vintage RCA mic and spun records on 16-inch transcription tables, right into the 1970s. ( How to play on VLC Media Player) (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! Today, tune in any format and 5 minutes later, you turn it off! Throughout the 60s and 70s, KOMA was the favorite of teens all across the western US. I was lucky to work with Randy for a long time (and regret that I didnt take better advantage of that connection as a petulant 20-something.). I am surprised that WXLK K-92 didnt make the cut small market but Russ Brown and company had a major market sound that dominated the airways in 1980 and Beyond. It was a magical blend of personality, jingles, contests, and fun mixed with the greatest music that defined the era and continues to live today. Rockin Ron Schumacher was the board op-and when Wolfman answered the phone hed ask: Do you know the difference between meat and fish?. and I was glad to see CKLW made #1 on the readers poll, also mentioning engineer Ed Butterbaughs work on their signal was unbelievable, CKLW actually DID jump out of radios, like Ive never heard since. Both were top rated when AM Radio was King. Jim was replaced in Erie by the equally funny Jack Starr. ); WKIX Raleigh, NC. Even Hot AC, or Uptempo MOR stations like KING and KGW were top notch.). 94 WIP Sportsradio 2. * Bill Murvin -Bernie Dumas Buick Spot November1969 (:32), * Gene Phillips - Aircheck June 1962. Register here. However, I likewise agree with Lee that KHJ should be at or near the top of the list. Buzz Bennett showing up the first day with a German shepherd and a sledgehammer to knock the NBC logo off the lobby wall set the tone. WDGY and WQAM were purchased in 1956, KOMA in 1958 and KXOK in 1960. WTIM - NEWSTALK WTIM delivers local news and information, local weather, local and professional sports, and over 6 hours a day of agriculture programming! I was super stoked to see that B100 San Diego made the readers top 10. That's a good thing. If you are looking Kodi Addons, please use IPTVMate Repository! And then Eddie Haskell took it to the #1 CHR nationally in certain demos.I was fortunate to be there on air then!!! KLIF was the first and best. He brought me to 93Q in 87 as the night jock from B97 New Orleans. The equipment was ancient. Also, Randy Brown, who commented just before me, is right. Terry Young, Money Music Scrambled Songs promo, Marty with the Party, April 1967 Buzz at his manic best. This is my favorite Top 40. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You have entered an incorrect email address! Delighted to hear from you, Jim and Andy. CONDUCTOR: William Boughton. WIOQ, Philadelphia (1987-88) I also agree with Randy Michaels that KFRC overall became a better station than KHJ for the reasons he mentioned. * Joe Hagler -AircheckSummer 1962 (2:07), * Robert Mitchell -AircheckJune 1969. For me, WLSs personality driven approach was magic. Wibbage was a true top 40 station from about 1958 until roughly 1977. Love all the music and the DJs. Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. She walked in and ordered what he was drinking and walked over and interduced herself and they had drinks between flights. (Top 40) The station is owned by Michael A. Select a playlist such as Watch Later, or a. Also thanks for mentioning WROV in Roanoke. I loved WAPE 690. 5. From the early 60s to the mid 70s, WKIX was a powerhouse. Bank Of Jefferson (with Aunt Polly and nephew Sterling), Dr. Pepper, Robo-Wash and more. 56kbps New Orleans Talk Radio. It pains me that the list was so short. 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. WWOZ-FM. WABC won by dominating the areas WMCA didnt reach, and by raiding WMCA for talent and ideas. I worked there as a young man when Mac owned the station, so I know first hand. With the big 50,000-watt signal and the relatively few rock-n-roll radio stations across the plains, KOMA was the main station for the hits. Hope you are both well. Love it..used to listen to a oldies station (Poppa Stoppa DJ ) in my Grandfathers Meat Market next to Circle Food Store with my Uncle Tyrone. Love your show! In his undershirt he personally cooked, red beansand rice, along with corn bread for us. CKY came in like a local during the day at Bemidji, Minnesota. Sign up to leave a comment and share your thoughts with other listeners. (Re my comment on 5/22/2018 @4:03 PM:) The Storz stations ruled for many years. THATS! Later WOV and WNEW switched frequencies. Agreed! I went to the University of New Orleans for 4 years and fell in love with TIX. Oh, yeah-the aforementioned WMAQ Chicago (during its AC format from circa 1972 to 1975); and KMPC Los Angeles (which like WIP in Philly, transitioned gradually from MOR to soft rock from well into the early 70s to about 1976. Thinking you were referring to Michaels not Brown. WHAT ABOUT WSGN BIRMINGHAM, AL!!! announced, a fun contest to Name JFK's PT boat, and the telephone Double, election not long afterwards, Craig Roberts created "Vito Mufallato" who urged people to vote the. What you guys have done is incredible, if only Radio today was like it was in its heyday of top 40 with those stations you mentioned. about IRONY! By the time I went off to college in 1978, there were more FM radio options that I switched to. Mike Marshall (Frank Brodie) Burlington, ON, Great to see you comments Mike. WABC didnt lose its stranglehold until like 1979. WHB and KXOK were among his best. I based this list on originality and impact. * Bob Walker - Aircheck October 6, 1968 (10:47), It's a WTIX Golden Weekend on a Sunday Night. The reason I know about some radio history is that I was kid of 9 or 10 when my friends from Kenner told us about their new favorite radio station back in either 1958 or 1959. MEX had Dan Donovan and Fenway. The idea was to protect some station in Canada. For the first time ever, these digitally remastered are now available to terrestrial radio. All the playlists are suitable with Kodi ! it; THATTTS!! In fact, the list also left off the early Adult Contemporary stations, period! Doing a great job! WJLK-FM Asbury Park, NJ (before reformatting to Top 40 and then to Hot AC) I listened to CKLW from the early 60s to the mid-70s and it is a shame that more people could not have experienced the glory of an astounding presentation radio. It was worth driving 500 miles each way to hear live. Everything about KB was show business. I would agree with how great WRKO was. Kudos to the very talented people at those stations who contributed to creating the well deserved legendary status that still exists. KBOX and the Balaban stations trained Stan Kaplan. Early Feb., 1980, the station management purged us all. You wont remember but at the 1969 Billboard convention, you were PD of KSTT and I asked you a bunch of questions. I am glad Dr. Don Rose got a mention at KFRC as I know he was huge out there in CA. McClendon may have guessed wrong. I just moved back and cant believe how great this station has got. Have you heard it? I agree with Steve above that WSGN was a great station under PD Jim Tabor. That station is on my list of the greatest Adult Contemporary stations of all time as it is. I was also working for Norman Petty in Clovis NM at the time. Most every market had two or three pretty good Top-40s back then; lucky if you can find one now. (And!, heres some *trivia*!! (Any wonder why omissions of such stations have prompted responsesmine includedsaying that the poster forgot such and such Top 40 station?). 5/5 Stand with Ukraine. Marc Chase made more noise at WFLZ and WEBN, but this was his best work. KOWH went off to other call letters and other formats. WTIX-FM 94.3 is a Oldies radio station serving New Orleans. When I was a baby DJ at the Q, there was a reel tape box way up in a corner of the production studio marked The Last Contest. Cookie files from analytics systems, social networks and other services help us to customise our website to better match your interests. A tue rocker in its days. I remember listening to tix as a teenag and many others that would have put stations on Lee Abrahms Those that I liked list too shame. . more What's New Version History Version 1.0 By the way, I have since heard, on the Rock Radio Scrapbook website, an composite aircheck of WINS last day as a Top 40 station (complete with [a] then-weekly Sunday night/Monday morning transmitter-maintenance sign-off followed by [a reinserted recording of] the National Anthem, [b] the then-weekly Monday-at-sunrise sign-on [with the prior or shortly-subsequent SSB edited out?] David Bowie & Queen 1675326694. It was a time that will live in our hearts forever. You can thank Rose Trombly for a great deal of CKLWs success. My brother Lacy Neff loved what he did and was very very proud of his station and co workers. I wouldnt leave out KEWB Oakland, where such notables as The Real Don Steele, Robert W. Morgan, and Casey Kasem played DJ before any of them became nationally known. Love your station. Pitch your music to a global audience. The Big 8 will NEVER be forgotten! Randys list is more insightful, but both of them left out WFIL, which some felt at the time was the best Top 40 station in the U.S. (around 1968-1970). KFM-BFM San Diego was, IIRC, the first major market FM Top 40 to be #1 in all demographics 12+ and all day parts, in Fall 1977. (504) 454 9000. The Power Pig was more outrageous, but Y107 was a better station. As I recall, the only other time baseball was on a rock station was in 1969 when WABC-FM supplemented WJRZ in broadcasting the Mets, and on the very end of that WJRZ contract when the station transitioned from country to become top-40 WWDJ. always got my day off with a laugh; I still remember the day he ran a commercial with Minnie Pearl and after it ended he said, Boy, Ill bet that dress is a booger to iron. I also remember Tommy Walker, Gary Edens, and Jimmy Capps; dont remember Pat Patterson because I wasnt living in Raleigh then. CKLW went Drake and WXYZ and WKNR went away.50,000 watts put the Big 8 into Cleveland,Toledo and eastern PA.I remember CKLW giving the weather for Toledo and Cleveland. U of Ps WXPN also did a good job with that format. Finally, a plug for WGH. WTIX - The Top 69 of 1969. There were so many great Personality AM powerhouses in the 50s-70s. Wed 22.02 Thu 23.02 Fri 24.02 Sat 25.02 Sun 26.02 Mon 27.02 Tue 28.02 Recommended None in major markets. In his undershirt he personally cooked, and rice, along with corn bread for us. When I finally got it it was empty. That station was my LIFE as a kid. WABC carried the Yankees during its final years, and I vaguely remember WMCA caring one of the teams in its final rock/talk years. 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. A Top-40 jock named Eddie Haskell?!? WooWoo!!!!. That's a good thing. WHB was an early top 40 station but The Worlds Happiest Broadcasters were not the first. 11. As the name impliedand impliesTop 40 played, then as now, the most popular songs (read: hit recordings). Yes, I know KLIF was the first polished Top 40 station and the big station in Dallas. Im proud to know people who worked thereand even at places like CKLW and KHJ. Sports, music, news and podcasts. WOW! OH!, my GOD, Pat! Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. WMCA/New York. WRKO-FM/98.5 (R-KO, The Shy But Friendly Robot) should get some honorable mention. WMCA, with its broader signal pattern and low dial position, covered the Monmouth and northern Ocean County beaches quite well, despite being only 5kw. Easy to use internet radio. living in rural washington parish now out of bogalusa and we needs signal cause we part of new orleans area. Yes, WABC had more listeners and more attention. I still carry a Kennedy half-dollar I got in some change our first night in Windsor, a constant reminder of the magic, good times and wonderful people we shared through most of 1972. Only then did KOIL take notice and knocked off the daytimer with the larger 5kw day/night signal. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Over 50 million titles available from the Apple Music catalog! But the signal was awful, the staff was expensive, and 15Q failed quickly. , June 1970. Or WTAE Pittsburgh-ONE OF THE PIONEER ACS! University of New Orleans. WABC was the Yankees of the group. 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. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. FM Station Information. David Amen to WKIX 850 AM/96.1 FM The Giant of the South with a healthy share of PAMS jingles! 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. Rock n roll became so popular to the point of almost dominating the research charts that Top 40 became practically a rock n roll format from that point on. But lets not forget KXOL/Ft. Also, WMGM went MOR/EZ and reverted back to WHN in 62, not 61. Radio Ink is a registered trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. WTIX 94.3 | Metairie LA as well as creating the mess that radio is now. K-NUZ. heard all over western US and Canada anybody remember ?? You made radio come alive. , Skip Wilkerson -Aircheck Morning Drive, March 16, 1965 (10:02), * Sy Jenkins - Aircheck 20/20 Newscast, with David Lawrence and Jon Reed 5/20/70 ( 8:38 ), Beatles Concert Ticket Contest- WTIX September 1964 (1:02), *Louise Harrison Caldwell WTIX Aircheck, August 5, 1964. 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 * Skip Wilkerson - Aircheck Morning Drive, August 5, 1964 (27:05), Lots of Beatles stuff and Beatles concert ticket finalists *Humorous Anacin commercial "I ONLY HAVE. WVLT, Vineland, NJ (for a long time and still currently, as far as I know) , 4539 N. I-10 Service road Third FloorMetairie, LA. Just consider the staff: Ken Dowe (& Granny Emma), mornings; Michael Spears (PD), middays; Beau Weaver, middays; Kevin McCarthy, afternoon drive; Tommy Kramer, nights; Christopher Haze (that would be me), late nights; Jim White and Nick Alexander, overnights. That list shouldve included AT LEAST *ONE* station in the Pacific Northwest-especially KJR! I couldnt stop laughing! Lock it in and rip the knob off.. (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.). #16 on one List and no mention on the other? A doctors son financed the killer Top 40 15Q until the money ran out. Call sign: WTIX-FM Frequency: 94.3 FM City of license: Galliano, LA Format: Oldies Owner: Fleur de Lis Broadcasting Area Served: New Orleans Sister stations: Z-104.5 WMZ FM Contact Jeff Hurvitz The best 1-2 punch: Fenway 6-10 am and Ginsburg 8-10 pm M-S. And Blaine Harvey went on to Minneapolis and later Philadelphia broadcasting as Dan Donovan. 70006 Side note- thanks to Randy Michaels for seeing what I saw- that great radio isnt necessarily only in great cities. Hot Rod Glenn, Best station in New Orleans La good job Mike. PLAYLIST lets you make playlists from your Apple Music library. That 50,000-watt night signal put everything east of the Rockies in earshot at night. Barq's RootBeers. (Ill give an honorable mention to WARM, Scranton, the first TOP 40 station I discovered; the jocks didnt have the personality of WABC, but the station played good music and had a nice flow.). 2.) Your contributions to the Seattle music scene and radio are undeniable. Wiped out the used car lot, skipped over a gas station then wiped out the new car lot. May 16, 1972. How can we not mention the stations owned and operated by the late Todd Storz which basically invented the Top 40 Format. Id say ask Dick Fatherley but hes gone now. WMEX went on the auction block on this past December 15, 2017. SON! Imagine how the whole history of Boston radio would be changed if that happened. TIX also streams online. Charlie Tuna, Dale Wehba, Don McGregor, Paul Miller, John David, Chuck Dann, J. Michael Wilson, Johnny Dark, Buddy Scott, John Ravencroft, and many others were among those who played the hits from the studios in Moore, Oklahoma. The FM is still Tp 40. Dennis Williams, Toledo,Oh. Ohas far as Adult Contemporary stations of the pastand the greatest such stations of all timeare concerned, Id be remiss if I omitted KMPC Los Angeles. Thats how a Top 40 station owned the traffic image. The night I visited Joey in the studio, he asked me to take a 45 in to PappyMemphis by Lonnie Mackplayed for the first time that night! Randy, if you ask *me*, you can name every single radio station that ever was or has been Top 40 and the list would *still* be too short. I could hardly go to sleep cause I was so revved up by that great music and Long John Silver. Also playlists are working with VLC Media Player. Many stations that are just average have lasted a long time. WABC was good but rarely great. Scott Shannon in his prime. 41 were here. It was a crazy idea. a painter at $3.00 an hour among other stuff of 1972. I think it says something that I remember all those *personalities*. Lenny Kravitz 1675325726. Many of the big AM Top 40 stations had FM stations. Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home. Includes Tom Cheney Newscast. When it comes to Top-40 influence in its day, KOMA ranks up there and Ive met so many jocks over my career who say KOMA was a big influence on them. Before there was Drake, there was Storz and McLendon. It was fun reading about these different stations and what made them excel, and I wish we still had many of them. Others I would rank very highly (not necessarily in order): And over at the Lou Dickey flagship station WOHO, The late Swingin (Frank) Sweeny, Bobby Rich, Ben Gall, Tom Dean, Jungle Jim Williams, Craig Edwards, Irwin Young, Peter Trip, Gary Calvert, Earl Richards (me again), Gene Wurley, E. Alvin Davis, The Mojoman Sid Grubb, Buddy Carr, Sir Bernard J Quayle, Sam Holman, Don Armstrong, Ken R Deutch. My all time favorite Oldies format stations were WPEN, from 1975-76 (great jocks, jingles, funny newscasters) and WIOQ, during its brief stint in that format, 1987-88, as I recall. Voice of the Rocky Mountains in Denver! My decades of respect for Lee Abrams has increased thanks to his 15 Characteristics of the Great Top 40 stations and his selections are 85% perfect. Smile on your brother. !, yet!) Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 1675325920. 1981 The Oldies Professor Steve Slumber calls the WTIX Original OldieHour. WTIX/New Orleans. * Don Anthony - Aircheck August 1973 (7:33), * Don Anthony -Louis Prima Interview 1974 (10:00), * Buzz Bennett -AircheckApril 1967 Buzz at his manic best. Poor Lee hadnt been paying attention. on. . Heart 1675326183. 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