JINGLE: "Movin' and Groovin' with Cousin Bruce", Here's an early Bruce Morrow theme. He moved to WINZ in Miami before returning to NYC and joining WABC on August 28, 1961. That must have been maddening. The TV recording was accomplished with a cheap dynamic microphone. Doubtful. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud as originally recorded by Mark Yurko. Or maybe not.. This is simply a Capitol had to pull it and replace the sleeve with a simple photo of the Beatles standing around a trunk. Meanwhile, here's how WABC presented their exclusive (sorry for the hum): The year-end list of the 100 top hits of the year. Recording notes: I personally recorded these on a Wollensak mono tape recorder tapping the loudspeaker of a table top radio with alligator clips. 10:57 AM to 3:00 PM UTC. Its true. Issuing albums with only 12 tracks reduced royalty costs and enabled a louder recording. 7 pm - ABC Primetime. 6 pm - Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6. This was 10 months after Disco KTU launched. PRESS: WABC Gets Lion's Share of Audience - Here's Why. That had to have been pretty boring, especially considering the short playlist. WKTU achieved a 1.4 in the Summer book and jumped to an 11.3 in the Fall once the Disco format started. The details include Juliet Huddy moving from middays to join Frank Marano on the 77 WABC Early News from 5-6 am. There's also a (strange) sports segement in the middle of the show. Bruce frantically responds, "It's not a promo!" fill in work during the week when the "regulars" were One week later, WOR-FM would start broadcasting rock. The WABC Air Personality Schedule This section lists the dates and times the WABC Disc Jockeys were scheduled for airshifts on WABC from December 7, 1960 until May 10, 1982. An interesting Billboard article about Dan Ingram and "live ad reading". Through most of this Seven-Up was sold in glass bottles. 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. Let me remind you. And isn't a marketing claim like "where the music sounds best!" Not having an Amazon was not a hardship - you could buy your favorite music everywhere and it was a lot of fun making those pilgrimages to one's favorite record store to buy what was new, to pick up a survey, to peruse Billboard or Cashbox or Record World and just hang out. SiriusXM radio host Howard Stern told Morning Joes Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist in an extensive interview that MSNBC is the network for him regarding cable news consumption. The surveys for the weeks of October 1968. Lennon, Led Zep, Elton, Santana, Harrison.WABC finally disovers the LP! Mama told me to get ready to save the country. Since WABC was amazingly stable for a Top 40 music Bruce always did seem to be on another planet when he tried to talk seriously about anything. The station will instead feature a series of one-hour shows in the afternoon drive slot. In the U.S., it was common for albums to always include recent hit singles. shifts from Noon to 2:00 PM. WABC-AM 770: Wednesday, November 29, 1967 (27:07). The Beatles did much to revive the excitement of AM radio. This section lists However, the network is now undergoing a credibility crisis, and a caller on Hannitys nationally syndicated radio show accused Hannity of knowingly lying about the situation, which he pushed back on. Unfortnately, I was about 30 miles out of NYC at the time, the radio wasn't that great and there is a fair amount of static and whine. You didn't get much by being a member - mainly just a membership card, but to young radio fans, it was a lot of fun and garnered station loyalty. And we even get the beginning of a newscast. There were actually only a few thousand girls out there, which might not even garner news coverage today. Dan Ingram doing his usual thing with a lot of pop oriented R&B and some disco in the playlist. Weekdays 6-9PM On Air Now Mark Levin Weekdays 6-9PM Show Schedule WABC WLIR Tuesday, Feb 28 Show Earlier Listing ON AIR NOW 06:00PM to 09:00PM Mark Levin Weekdays 6-9PM 09:00PM to 10:00PM Common Sense with Bill O'Reilly Weeknights 9-10PM 10:00PM to 11:59PM The Rita Cosby Show Weeknights 10PM-12AM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Give me a little more time to celebrate at the Psychedelic Shack because the thrill is gone. In the above 1965 aircheck, Cousin Brucie tries to get Ringo to read the inscription of a "medal" created by WABC for the Beatles. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com. I'd listen to most of that anytime! Please Please Me b/w From Me To You (Vee Jay VJ581) on January 30, 1964. schedules are interesting. You've got "Big Girls Don't Cry" jumping from position #39 to #4. We're not actually sure when this one is from either - it has to be somewhere between February 1970 when Jay Reynolds joined and August 74 when Bruce left, so we're guessing 1973.Note how the copy pushes WABC as a national station. 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. And a nice listing of the schedule on the back (although no pics of the jocks). "short" shift which varied from from a one hour shift And note that there was no advertising on the Survey as yet. I respect our justice system and respect law enforcement, specifically the Warwick PD,DePetro said on Twitter. 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. The lists are Here's a short restored aircheck as posted by Rob Frankel (RadioMaven77) on MixCloud of the great "Bob-A-Loo", Bob Lewis. State legislators decided they just would pass a law. That theater building sits neglected and empty today. 77 WABC, the #1 Talk Station in the Nation, serving the Tri-State community of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut!! Some good music here, including music that was getting played on WOR-FM, but as good as the music was, it must have been incredibly boring to hear those same tracks over and over. "Love Me Do" was originally released by Capitol of Canada in February of 1963 and was included on the original version of the Introducing the Beatles LP on Vee Jay Records in January of '64. But also a lot of junk. It would take WABC a long time to recognize it. The show will be heard on 77WABC and sister station WLIR-FM 107.1 in Hampton Bays, New York. Contributed by Rob Frankel via RadioMaven77 on Mixcloud. Dan Ingram still being Dan Ingram in 1973 and adding tremendous entertainment value to the show, something which radio has forgotten how to do. Both stations are operated by John Catsimatidis' Red Apple Media, which will also make the show. Watch Now. Don't know if they were really playing all those albums, but Abraxas, Sly, Elton John, Joplin, Creedence, Chicago, George Harrison and Grank Funk Railroad would all be played on FM as well. Beatles back on the chart with "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman" and former Pick Hit "She's Not There" is #1. The surveys for the weeks of July, 1973. Dan Ingram would join in July of 1961, Bruce Morrow that August, Bob Lewis in June of '62 and Ron Lundy in 1965. Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" is the surprise track here. A survey from early January in 1963. Well, thats not how you amend a constitution by passing a law. And who does WABC choose as the next pick hit? We hope to locate some more. So they went the unconstitutional route. 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Oh my my: the band is on the run, but don't worry about a thing. 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. My Bonnie b/w The Saints by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles (MGM K13213) on January 27, 1964. The general consensus today is that WABC over-reacted to the impact of Disco KTU. They were a thousand feet back. Ron's shirt hurts my eyes. Program Schedule of 77 WABC from New York, NY. I know the whole lineup.. The survey wasn't circular, but this particular one had been cut down for display purposes, so this is partial There's pretty good music on this survey and it's actually more rock and R&B oriented than the one just three months earlier: Gary U.S. Bonds, Ben E. King, the Cleftones, Del Shannon, Rob Orbison, Bobby Lewis, Ernie K. Doe, early Gladys Knight, the Everly Brothers, the Drifters, the Marcels, etc. Soundalike Bob Cruz replaced him in afternoons. This is right around the time I started collecting singles, Blue Moon and Runaway being among the first singles I purchased. You could call in a news story and get paid! "Eight Days a Week" in its second week on the Survey and The Kinks. What a mix of music! The surveys for the week of September 1st and 29th 1975. Well maybe not the real reasons, but the reasons they liked to promote. Symone coming on strong. 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. We don't normally think of WABC as the place to hear Jethro Tull, Cat Stevens, Loggins & Messina, Moody Blues and Carly Simon. Nothing very wrong with the songs they were playing, but at a time when there was so much great music and so many great album tracks, there just wasn't enough. Not bad music, but it didn't change much over the month. The man who lives there, Mark Perkins, was also arrested the following day after he allegedlycharged at DePetro with a lawnmowerwhile DePetro was live-streaming. Chuck Leonard getting stuck working New Year's Eve and playing some of the year's best songs, of which there were many. This was given out to advertisers and anyone else The Beatles come together for the last time. The station features a syndicated lineup, including Hugh Hewitt, Brian Kilmeade, Dan Bongino, Mike Gallagher, Joe Pags, and Bill OReilly. Additionally, Stern offered a shoutout to network host Symone Sanders and stated hes no fan ofDatelinerepeats. The #1 song is "Rag Doll" and #11 is surprisingly still "Love Me Do". The survey for the week of May 8, 1978. MARKETING: "One of WABC's Many Faces" campaign, circa 1973. The Rolling Stones chart. This was done for several reasons: pop albums in the U.S. tended to have 12 tracks while UK albums had 14 tracks. Love Makes A Woman was one of the great soul tracks of the era. The Beatles had released "Love Me Do" in England just 22 days before this survey was released. 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. Note that the ZIP code hadn't arrived yet and phone numbers still had alphas ("LUdlow") and represented neighborhoods. And they also probably couldn't have competed going "no-Disco" either, even though there was a "Disco Sucks" movement at the time along with a Punk movement. The original Butcher cover and the re-release. Juliet Huddy has moved from co-hosting middays to join Frank Marano on the "77 WABC Early News" from 5-6am. It reflects the maturity and integrity of the station (although it was broadcast on a Sunday night when relatively few people listened.) Entertaining and Informative Talk What's also unique here is one of the first uses of wireless microphones. arranged by year. In some respects, we've come a long way, but if you listen to the newscast item about minority protests, it sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday and nothing has changed. The radio host thanked MSNBC for providing him with what he loves: 24/7 news. The Beatles only have one track at the beginning of the month- "Love Me Do", originally released in 1962. Herb Oscar Anderson, Charlie Greer and Scott Muni were there at the beginning, along with Farrell Smith, Jack Carney, Chuck Dunaway and Bill Owen. Ringo's photograph of the Joker on the Yellow Brick Road. Furthermore, with the rebrand possibly comes a new addition. Note that the WABC jocks had become the "WABC Good Guys" (which WMCA also inexplicably used), which they were from December 1961 through Spring, 1963, but Dan Ingram and Bruce Morrow were now part of the team and WABC was quickly becoming the classic WABC that we think of today.Note that advertising had arrived to the Survey, although at least there was a tie-in to the music. Tollie Records (owned by Vee-Jay) re-released it as a single on April 27, 1964. Long Beach Branch. Live with Kelly and Ryan Here and Now Tiempo Up Close with Bill Ritter Missing ABC 7 Shows . 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. The survey for the week of January 18, 1969. But it was a big deal then. And the first track played is an oldie and then we hear more spots. 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). An incredibly upbeat and great sounding restored aircheck of the great Bob-A-Loo, Bob Lewis on the day the Beatles arrived in the U.S. Oyster Bay Branch. The Beatles have fallen off of WABC's Survey. Her current partner Curtis Sliwa will remain in middays from 12-3 pm for the rebranded "Curtis Sliwa Show." I get Symone on the weekend. memorabilia department, here is an actual schedule from The station started playing hit pop music primarily geared towards young people on December 7, 1960. Wow. If you listen to what I said on the air every day, what did I talk about? While WMCA also got some Beatle exclusives and WINS' Murray the K actually roomed with the Beatles in Miami and proclaimed himself "the Fifth Beatle", one of the reasons WABC got so much attention from the Beatles is reportedly because they thought that the "American Broadcasting Company" was the U.S. equivalent of the BBC. Lamer: The Casinos, Royal Guardsman, Herman's Hermits, Tom Jones, The Seekers, Gary Lewis. Greer, then Bob Dayton, then back to Charlie (when Bob was But it was diverse: a bit each of soul, pop, british rock, psychedelia, doo wop (almost) and rock. Whenever a change was made a new list is Maybe: the relative poor audio quality of AM radio might have been a good match for the roughness of the Punk sound. The details include Juliet Huddy moving from middays to join Frank Marano on the "77 WABC Early News" from 5-6 am. I talked about laws being violated, Hannity responded. Late summer of '63 surveys. 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