This is simply a Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. Wouldn't a promo like, "just the music and jocks you love" have been a better approach? "Chewy, Chewy", "Cloud Nine" and "Going Up The Country" on the same playlist. Part of that mix will include a one hour show with former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. WABC and New York WEATHER ALERT Coastal Flood Advisory. We've got Sam Cooke, Chubby Checker and The Four Season each on there twice, rounded out with Carla Thomas, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Joey Dee, Brook Benton, Johnny Mathis, and Stan Getz with Charlie Byrd, among others. This was 10 months after Disco KTU launched. This section lists situation existed from 10 PM to Midnight. Vic Dana singing "Shangri-La. These schedules are sourced from newspapers, Radio Guide, Richard Neer's book on FM radio, personal recollections of myself and DJs and various postings on the web, especially those of Vince Santarelli. And, from the Radio Ink: Any changes planned for WABC? Location Duck Pond Road and Pearsall Avenue, off Norfolk Lane. "Positively Fourth Street" - amazing that top-40 radio played this. But the Top-40 DJ Bob Lewis sounded completely different than the progressive DJ we would later hear on WABC-FM and WNEW-FM.And we get to hear Roy Orbison singing a Coke commercial, which actually was better than the track that follows: Herman's Hermits singing a cover of Sam Cooke's "What a Wonderful World (It Would Be)". MARKETING: "One of WABC's Many Faces" campaign, circa 1973. It was inevitable that the Beatles would win the music revolution. And they claim to be playing tracks from the Concert for Bangla Desh, the Stones' Hot Rocks, McCartney, Led Zeppelin and Carole King. JINGLE: "Movin' and Groovin' with Cousin Bruce", Here's an early Bruce Morrow theme. In the UK, the Beatles had a policy of not including singles on albums and also not releasing singles from albums after they were released. 7:00 AM to 10:57 AM UTC. In the above 1965 aircheck, Cousin Brucie tries to get Ringo to read the inscription of a "medal" created by WABC for the Beatles. 1968! The surveys for the weeks of March 9, 16, 1981. "Chain of Fools", "She's a Rainbow", "Hello, Goodbye". Many more songs are listed below the top 14. We really needed the Beatles, but we'd have to wait until the end of the year. Sean Hannity told lawyers during a deposition as part of the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News that he never believed former President Donald Trumps claims about the 2020 President Election being stolen. The boxed set contains both Yesterday & Today album covers and each disc contains both the mono and stereo mixes. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. reflection of the lack of change at the station. Four months past the Beatles invasion and we get to hear Ingram doing his usual brilliant thing and introducing such fantastic tracks as "My Boy Lollipop". According to Stigall, after watching the video in question, Adams had a moment of way too much honesty and drawing logical conclusions from the Rasmussen study. And the Concert for Bangla Desh. Two months later and much of the music is the same. The surveys for the weeks of July, 1973. Unlike DePetro, who had his charges dismissed, Perkins still faces an assault charge, according to court records. Well maybe not the real reasons, but the reasons they liked to promote. program schedule (thanks to Jonathan Wolfert): Here is the cover side for this schedule. This is Dan's last 2-6pm show on WABC before he replaced Harry Harrison in mornings, a move Ingram would regret. Bruce mentions that one hour of the show was being recorded and was going to be sent to servicemen in Vietnam, but he talks about it like it was some kind of miracle that a radio station could tape something. The incident highlights the ongoing debate surrounding free speech, cancel culture, and the importance of context in understanding controversial comments. Bruce would go to competitor WNBC, replacing Wolfman Jack, who was at WNBC trying to compete with Bruce. He left in August of 1974 and moved to WNBC, replacing Wolfman Jack. Required fields are marked *. Recording notes: I personally recorded these on a Wollensak mono tape recorder tapping the loudspeaker of a table top radio with alligator clips. Tollie Records (owned by Vee-Jay) re-released it as a single on April 27, 1964. They're still playing much of the same music they were playing in May. The Beatles only have one track at the beginning of the month- "Love Me Do", originally released in 1962. This is a much more aggressive style than the one he would use years later on WCBS-FM, Weeks ending October 12th, 19th and 26th, 1963. O'Reilly, 71, has been accused by multiple former. of interesting things to notice as you go through the schedules: In the early years So let's look at what critics today would still consider to be great records: "Return to Sender", "Up on the Roof", "He's A Rebel", "Desafinado", "You Are My Sunshine", and "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", but only three of those could be considered to be rock records. They're skipping chart positions on the survey: there's no 21, 24, 27-29, 31-33, 35, 38-40, 42-45, 47 or 48 and the last track listed doesn't even get a chart position. Im watching oldDatelines. Almost as if the design of the survey also represented the importance of WABC. The Beatles chart 3x on February 1st and even "My Bonnie" makes an appearance on February 15th. fired). While most top-40 radio stations in the U.S. ignored the Beatles when the first early singles were released starting in early 1963, everyone jumped on the Beatle bandwagon by the time the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in February of 1964. long gaps in time from one list to the next. We originally thought this was 1971, but restorian Rob Frankel reminded us that Roby Yonge was let go in October '69 over the "Paul Is Dead" controversy.) There's some decent music on the survey: Wings, Clapton, Chuck Mangione, Parliament, Jefferson Starship, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Billy Joel, Natalie Cole and Meatloaf. Really? However, talk show hostChris Stigall said Tuesdaythat Adams comments have been taken out of context and that he is being unfairly accused of going on a racist rant. Now, you know, a lot of courts didnt want to take up these cases, but Im just telling you the truth.. In fact, it was Chewy Chewy that started the argument. The survey for the week of July 31, 1978. "Cousin Brucie is going to be buried by Wolfman Jack", In August of 1973, Wolfman Jack was hired by WNBC to compete with Cousin' Brucie at WABC. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com. Horses, Picnics, Matchsticks, Angels & Darkness. That's a lotta' carts. Bruce Morrow's last show on WABC (AM) until he returned to a Saturday night show in 2020. That theater building sits neglected and empty today. Note when Bruce asks Ringo to read the inscription on a listener-designed medallion, Ringo thinks it's a promo for the station and won't mention the call-letters. But it was diverse: a bit each of soul, pop, british rock, psychedelia, doo wop (almost) and rock. WABC Editorial Content Manager Lidia Curanaj follows from 4-5 pm, and Red Apple Media CEO John Catsimatidis hosts from 5-6 pm. It is also important to note that most of those DJ's did the In 2020, they were a hundred feet back. Feb 1: Dawn, Perry Como, George Harrison, Santana, The Partridge Family, Stephen Stills, James Brown and Barbara Streisand on the same playlist. What's also unique here is one of the first uses of wireless microphones. I watch you guys every morning, Stern said (h/tMediaite). Through most of this Then, after Ron was there for a number of years both I was under the impression that WABC-AM stopped playing the song after some listeners protested. I Want To Hold Your Hand b/w I Saw Her Standing There (Capitol 5112) scheduled for January 13, 1964, but moved to late December when the hype started. WABC broke format to cover the Beatles, something which most stations would never do today--they'd be too afraid of losing audience to those who might not like the concentration on one group and the lack of continuous music. The #1 song is "Rag Doll" and #11 is surprisingly still "Love Me Do". What's remarkable in these excerpts from when the Beatles returned in August of 1964 is how much WABC's Bruce Morrow and Scott Muni (with Dan Ingram back in the studio) were able to manipulate the crowd, largely comprised of 12- to 15-year-old girls. Weeks ending November 2nd, 9th, 16th, 1963. A commentary on censorship in radio by Richard Goldstein. Corrections welcomed. Four hours of Harry Harrison playing from the 100 biggest Top-40 hits of the year. Here's a bit of Dan Ingram sitting in for Roby Yonge doing the annual review of the best 100 songs of the year. We hear ads from Pontiac, Barracini candy, Naval Air, Castro Convertable, Robert Hall and many others. The station will no longer air the Ben Shapiro Show. A lengthy article detailing why WABC was so successful. This was another "Be My Baby" was certainly a great hit, but did we want to hear it for a month? John Catsimatidis, CEO of Red Apple Group, and subsidiaries Red Apple Media and 77 WABC Radio, has announced that Greg Kelly has joined the station's daytime lineup beginning March 9th from the 1-3 p.m. Kelly is an experienced broadcaster and a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Bob Dayton and company play a big April Fools trick on Dan Ingram as Dan is doing his show but doesn't realize he's not on the air. A show poster for Bob Lewis' live show of Doo-Wop Oldies groups at the Hillside Theater in Queens. My Bonnie b/w The Saints by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles (Decca 31382) on April 23, 1962. Legend says this stemmed from a dispute Muni had with Rick Sklar over a Four Seasons recording. Beatles, Simon & Garfunkle, The Kinks and Stones in the top four. . BOX 1777 New York, NY 10163 Main Business Number: 212-613-3800 Sid & Friends | The Other Side Of Midnight | Greg Kelly | Rudy Giuliani: 800-848-WABC (9222) Brian Kilme . A Billboard profile of the great Chuck Leonard. Despite Stigalls defense, numerous newspapers, including The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, declared they would no longer publish Adams creations. Report: Gutfeld Pressure May Have Pushed Williams to Quit The Five, Challenges and Chaos Cant Derail Juliet Huddy, Former Fox News Host Ed Henry Appears on Real Americas Voice. Ingram also resented the fact that WABC hired someone who sounded like him (but without his quick intellect). Thank God you dont play the oldDatelinesanymore on the weekends. By July 18th, The Beatles chart four tracks from "A Hard Day's Night". Here's a short restored aircheck as posted by Rob Frankel (RadioMaven77) on MixCloud of Charlie Greer, who sounds extremely upbeat for 5am in the morning (I presume). Please Please Me b/w Ask Me Why (Vee Jay VJ498) on February 25, 1963. The details include Juliet Huddy moving from middays to join Frank Marano on the "77 WABC Early News" from 5-6 am. Rubber Soul, the sixth official album in the UK, was released on December 3rd, 1965 in the UK and on December 6th in the U.S. Contributed by Rob Frankel via RadioMaven77 on Mixcloud. There's only a few tracks that wouldn't fit on a progressive rock station, but the question remains: would the same listener who wanted to hear Little Green Apples and Chewy Chewy also want to hear Janis Joplin sing Piece of My Heart and Fire by Arthur Brown? I'd listen to most of that anytime! Partisan observers, for example, most states have laws that partisan observers get to watch the vote count from start to finish. Lennon picking up the pieces by doing an oldies. As we know from the Rewound shows, airchecks of Scott Muni are extremely rare. Cousin Brucie doing his Saturday Night Dance Party. Back then it seemed lame.Feb 15: Did they have some kid composing the survey? New York wabcradio.com Joined November 2009. and The Searchers and the Dave Clark Five also chart. An interesting Billboard article about Dan Ingram and "live ad reading". There was some great music here that would become part of the pop rock canon, but also a lot of really annoying non-rock tracks. WABC-AM 770: Saturday, July 22, 1967 (35:56). As you'll hear in the aircheck, they plastered Dan Ingram's voice all over it so that a competing radio station couldn't steal it. Some greatess and some junk. Long Beach Branch. Part of that mix will include a one hour show with former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. 12,329 talking about this. Were they moving too slowly on new tracks? But there is Blondie, Bob Seger, Rickie Lee Jones, the Doobie Brothers, Cheap Trick and Joe Jackson. Contributed by Rob Frankel via Glenn Morgan, originally restored for WABC Rewound and posted on Mixcloud by RadioMaven77. "Ticket to Ride", "Help Me Rhoda" and "Wooly Bully". The search for Charlotte Lester continues as I resume efforts searching for answers into her disappearance and holding Mark Perkins accountable for his actions against myself and Ladybug.. Those same teeny-boppers are now 62 to 65 years old (as of 2014). At least ten of the top 14 were great songs. Here's a nice photo of one very good-looking Cuz from ABC-FM programming executive Allan B. Shaw. 3:00 PM to . Morrow recently left Sirius/XM satellite radio after a 15 year tenure there. When Capitol contacted the Beatles and asked for a cover photo for the Yesterday & Today album, the Beatles sent the now infamous "Butcher" cover as a statement about Capitol "butchering" their releases. Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" is the surprise track here. Symone coming on strong. Format, staff, management, or branding and marketing? Herb Oscar Anderson, Charlie Greer and Scott Muni were there at the beginning, along with Farrell Smith, Jack Carney, Chuck Dunaway and Bill Owen. There's also a (strange) sports segement in the middle of the show. Brought to you by Dennison's Mens Clothiers. Notice it's "Cousin Bruce", not "Cousin Brucie". Woman dragged when man steals her car as she's pumping gas. And why exactly is he growing out of a plant? I Love You" (Parlophone R4949), but in the U.S., "Pepino the Italian Mouse" was #4. Interesting here are spots for all the brands that no longer exist, including Miles shoes, Gimbels department store and RCA TV sets (which they were giving away in a contest). Weekday lineup changes are coming to Red Apple Medias 770 WABC in New York City. shifts from Noon to 2:00 PM. Sounds like an adult rock FM station. Righteous Bros. with their biggest hit and Phil Spector's incredible prooduction. The survey for the week of May 8, 1978. Rob Frankel's restoration magic on a Sunday afternoon aircheck compiled from Bob Lewis' and Chuck Leonard's shows, Contributed by Mark Katz & Kimball Brandner, We're seeing some tracks that would also be played on WOR-FM, but some of them have been at the top of WABC's playlist for several months: Penny Lane, Happy Together, Dedicated to the One I Love, I've Been Lonely Too Long, Bernadette, Ruby Tuesday, Sweet Soul Music, I'm a Man, Strawberry Fields Forever, and (My) Back Pages. 10:57 AM to 3:00 PM UTC. Weeks ending August 17th, 24th, 31st, 1963. My Bonnie b/w The Saints by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles (MGM K13213) on January 27, 1964. Were they really playing "The Lord's Prayer"? The always great Chuck Leonard followed by Jay Reyolds. Doubtful. WABC was really strapped with a great deal of ABC network However, the Wolfman didn't beat Morrow and he left WNBC after a year when he was replaced by.Bruce Morrow. 1/2 mile to Station (at tracks) A Full Service Ticket Machine and a Daily Machine are located against the north side of the station building, in kiosk. What's interesting here is that if you compare the April 7 survey to the survey from April, 1967, there are actually somewhat fewer FM songs in 1968. WABC-AM 770: Tuesday, December 31, 1968 (16:20). In this aircheck, Dan celebrates his 20th anniversary at WABC. Contributed by Bernie Wagenblast via YouTube. on up to a three hour shift over the years. Full Story. 5 pm - Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 5. Limbaugh, who died in February, launched his national show in 1988 with WABC as the flagship station of a network that grew to 650 stations before he moved across town to rival WOR in 2014. In response to the controversy, Adams has maintained his stance and garnered support from individuals who oppose cancel culture, including billionaire Elon Musk. And who does WABC choose as the next pick hit? In 1982, he started working primarily weekend shifts at "Oldies" WCBS-FM and stayed until 2005 when the station switched to the Adult Hits JACK format. Plenty to listen to and much of it became canon. It would take WABC a long time to recognize it. Oyster Bay Branch. KZLS started simulcasting on KQOB at the beginning of this year after the 96.9 signal was leased to Citadel and Cumulus Media for nineteen years. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 posts on Mixcloud. How do you transition from Harper Valley PTA to Fire or from Hush by Deep Purple to The Vogues? Maybe teach your children the summertime blues. The WABC team covers the New York, New Jersey and Long Island like no one else. Even the songs from the Beach Boys and Dion were among their lesser offerings. Dan Ingram would join in July of 1961, Bruce Morrow that August, Bob Lewis in June of '62 and Ron Lundy in 1965. I wonder how that sounded coming out of Grank Funk Live (or vice-versa). This was a month after Rosko had joined WNEW-FM, just about two weeks after Jonathan Schwartz had joined and still 19 days before Muni would join. And we even get the beginning of a newscast. Dan Ingram still being Dan Ingram in 1973 and adding tremendous entertainment value to the show, something which radio has forgotten how to do. The new program . I'm going to sit down, break bread, and have lunch. James Brown, Ramsey Lewis and The Yardbirds. And do you really want "WABC Chime Time" after playing Jethro Tull? In this particular segment, we surprisingly don't hear any Beatles music except within a promo, but we do hear Dylan's "Positively 4th Street", a pretty radical recording for WABC-AM. staff! However, in the U.S., it was merely interpreted as bad taste and the cover was quite controversial. PROMOTION: Ron Lundy by Jack Davis (1975). And on October 24th, WABC finally chooses a truly great Pick Hit. Ringo's photograph of the Joker on the Yellow Brick Road. In this era, WABC was "Go-Go" radio and quite frantic. Of course there was also pop and bubble gum.