Ryan Hedrick Ryan Hedrick serves as the Assistant Program Director and Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. AIRCHECK: Cousin Brucie [mono-restored](20:49). program schedule (thanks to Jonathan Wolfert): Here is the cover side for this schedule. The Beatles chart nine times(!) DePetro wasarrested in mid-Augustoutside a home on Staples Avenue in Warwick. Now instead of going through the arduous process of getting a constitutional amendment. Dan Ingram doing his usual thing with a lot of pop oriented R&B and some disco in the playlist. "Nowhere to Run" and "Shotgun", The Moody Blues and The Kinks. Baseball Broadcasts Do Not Need Rules Analysts, Maggie Gray Is Thrilled to Thrive On A National Stage, Warner Bros. He left in August of 1974 and moved to WNBC, replacing Wolfman Jack. WABC is also dropping a program from its lineup. Long Island Expressway or Northern State Parkway to Route 107 North Exit. Brian Shactman Added to Morning Team at Entercom Hartford, Key Networks Taps Deidra Hoye for Lead Sales Role, Your email address will not be published. Her current partner Curtis Sliwa will remain in middays from 12-3 pm for the rebranded "Curtis Sliwa Show." Again, one can make the case that while the playlist is small, there is as much diversity as any FM station with acts as different as Edgar Winter, Clint Holmes, Barry White, Dr. John, Manu Dibango, Paul McCartney and even Perry Como. Notice it's "Cousin Bruce", not "Cousin Brucie". 6 pm - Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 6. It reflects the maturity and integrity of the station (although it was broadcast on a Sunday night when relatively few people listened.) In the above 1965 aircheck, Cousin Brucie tries to get Ringo to read the inscription of a "medal" created by WABC for the Beatles. kind of worthless in an age when FM was taking over and the market for high-fidelity systems was enormous? Chuck Leonard getting stuck working New Year's Eve and playing some of the year's best songs, of which there were many. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. In response to the controversy, Adams has maintained his stance and garnered support from individuals who oppose cancel culture, including billionaire Elon Musk. 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). "Eight Days a Week" dominates. Contributed by Rob Frankel via Herb Squire. I wonder how that sounded coming out of Grank Funk Live (or vice-versa). "Mr. Tambourine Man" and The Animals cover of "Bring It On Home To Me". "Chewy, Chewy", "Cloud Nine" and "Going Up The Country" on the same playlist. OReillys insinuation that the 2020 Presidential Election was falsely reported comes at a time when his former television home Fox News is embroiled in controversy after it was uncovered that many at the network continually allowed and endorsed false claims about the election to be broadcast on the network while denying there was any wrongdoing behind the scenes. Ringo's photograph of the Joker on the Yellow Brick Road. AIRCHECK: Bob Lewis & Chuck Leonard [mono-restored](28:53). He'll be heard over-the-air on WABC-AM 770 and WLIR-FM 107.1 in Hampton Bays and streaming on the WABC app and at www.wabcradio.com. I like news. Red Apple Media Conservative Talk 770 WABC New York and 107.1 WLIR-FM Hampton Bays NY has announced a pair of programming changes. And we've got what would become rock canon: "He's A Rebel", "Monster Mash", which was always fun to hear, especially around Halloween; "Green Onions", "Return to Sender", "Let's Dance", "Beechwood 4-5789", "Stormy Monday" and "Bring It On Home To Me". (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); WNRQ/Poughkeepsie Adds Marino and Contelmo to Mornings, ''Sunday Night Slow Jams'' Adds KDAY in Los Angeles, Gary and Shannon Ink Long-Term Deal at KFI/Los Angeles, WCVO (104.9 The River) Columbus Adds Josh Pollock as MSP, WDSE/Duluth Welcomes Shane German to Afternoons, Good Day Networks Adds 21 Station Affiliates, Andy Harrison Joins KOYY (Y94)/Fargo for Afternoons, KUBL/Salt Lake City Names Jesse James as Morning Host, Cody Johnson to Guest Host Middays on KKGO in March, Rita Cosby Joins John Catsimatidis for ''Cats & Cosby'', ''Rickey Smiley Morning Show'' Joins The Ville/Nashville, KRTH/Houston Names Skip Richter as ''Garden Line'' Host, Erick Erickson Extends Contract with WSB/Atlanta, WYEP/Pittsburgh Announces ''More Bounce with Clara Kent'', Gemini XIII Debuts Personality Network with ''The TJ Show'', Revolution 93.5 FM/Miami Adds The Baka Boyz for PM Drive. "Be My Baby" was certainly a great hit, but did we want to hear it for a month? Bruce may have a lot of great qualities, but thought provoking is not quite one of them. Note: The audio quality improves a few minutes into the aircheck, PRESS: Cousin' Brucie Returns to WABC Radio. A similar
Bruce was 43 when this was taken. Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" is the surprise track here. Mailing Address 77 WABC P.O. No reason not to move on new music faster. 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. The new program . The Beatles chart 3x on February 1st and even "My Bonnie" makes an appearance on February 15th. I Love You" (Parlophone R4949), but in the U.S., "Pepino the Italian Mouse" was #4. Add to that the corporate media that covers for Mr. Bidens deceit, and the news agencies that falsely reported the election results of 2020 and you have a nation besieged by lies. Oh my my: the band is on the run, but don't worry about a thing. 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 survey for the week of February 24, 1975. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. Dan Ingram still being funny but the music mix seems kind of a mess, strange because there was a ton of great music in 1973. . Billboard reports on WABC deciding not to pick up Muni's option. AIRCHECK: Dan Ingram's 20th Anniversary [scoped - mono], WABC-AM 770: Friday, July 3, 1981 (65:23). The Queen of Soul is the Pick Hit on the 24th! Bruce Morrow's last show on WABC (AM) until he returned to a Saturday night show in 2020. "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. Full Schedule. It could have been as early as September, 1968. My Bonnie b/w The Saints by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles (Decca 31382) on April 23, 1962. Elton, Carly, Wonder, Bowie, Flack, Four Tops, but also Vicki Lawrence, Dawn, Anne Murray. not on the air that much on WABC. Note the survey format change on May 18th, Pick hits from The Doors, the Stones, The Monkees and Wilson Pickett. Almost as if the design of the survey also represented the importance of WABC. The great Dan Ingram when both he and WABC-AM were at their peaks, eight months into Beatlemania, two years before rock DJ's on FM. Freedom 96.9 is teasing the addition of Dana Loesch to the lineup as well to enhance the rebrand further as the station begins a new chapter as it provides news/talk to the residents. The survey for the week of November 10, 1980. reflection of the lack of change at the station. He'll be heard over-the-air on WABC-AM 770 and WLIR-FM 107.1 in Hampton Bays and streaming on the WABC app and at www.wabcradio.com. 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. In fact, the reverse was true. "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. Marine from LI who was killed in Afghanistan honored at wake, Body of Marine killed in Afghanistan returns home to LI, Drones help maintain LI power grid, spot aging trees, wires, Man charged with killing co-worker after dispute at gas station, Police: Man fatally shot at LI gas station in coworker dispute, 4 doctors among 20 charged in massive fraud scheme, ABC7 New York 24/7 Eyewitness News Stream. PRESS: "The Situation is Intolerable" - Rick Sklar, "Rock is UN-ruly and all censors are barbers.". But "Nowhere to Run" beginning its run up the charts. Cousin Brucie doing his Saturday Night Dance Party. Hannity often gave time to Trump allies after the 2020 Election, including Sidney Powell, who claimed the dead Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, liberal philanthropist George Soros, communist Chinese money, and the CIA, had all conspired against Trump in the election. However, the UK version of Rubber Soul had a different track configuration and contained four songs that Capitol would hold for Yesterday & Today: "Drive My Car", "Nowhere Man", "What Goes On" and "If I Needed Someone". Greer, then Bob Dayton, then back to Charlie (when Bob was
We also get to hear how diverse WABC-AM was at the time with Ramsey Lewis' piano instrumental of "The In Crowd". There was plenty to like. And Peter Jennings announced the news. I guess Rick Sklar didn't know what Led Zeppelin was singing about. O'Reilly, according to his attorney Fred Newman, is in . Program Schedule of 77 WABC from New York, NY Monday to Friday 1 am to 5 am - Red Eye Radio (with Eric Harley and Gary McManara) 5 am to 6 am - The Morning News Hour (with Noam Laden) 6 am to 10 am - Bernie and Sid in the Morning (with Bernard McGuirk and Sid Rosenberg) 10 am to 12 nn - The Brian Kilmeade Show (with Brian Kilmeade) Since WABC was amazingly stable for a Top 40 music
This was 10 months after Disco KTU launched. Most of the music is actually pretty good and almost all of it, except perhaps for the Osmonds and the Jackson Five track would be heard on FM progressive rock stations: Don McLean, Al Green, Melanie, Badfinger, Betty Wright, Nilsson - even Dennis Coffey from Motown's Funk Brothers studio band is on there with "Scorpio", which became canon among musicians (and probably wasn't played on WNEW-FM). staff! The Drifters and Impressions have some great tracks. Let me remind you. And why exactly is he growing out of a plant? 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. This is an interesting aircheck because it begins with five minutes of commercials, reports and promotions and it demonstrates that the sound of the ads was as important to the station as the sound of the DJ's and the music. Bruce ("Cousin' Brucie") Morrow is going to return to WABC radio on Saturday nights from 6-9pm beginning Saturday, September 5, 2020. A commentary on censorship in radio by Richard Goldstein. 77WABC News. Location Duck Pond Road and Pearsall Avenue, off Norfolk Lane. The survey for the week of August 11, 1975. The survey for the week of May 8, 1978. Jeanine Pirro, Bernie Kerik and Walter Sterling have found spots on weekends on TALKRADIO 77 WABC. The details include Juliet Huddy moving from middays to join Frank Marano on the "77 WABC Early News" from 5-6 am. And isn't a marketing claim like "where the music sounds best!" Brian Shactman Added to Morning Team at Entercom Hartford, Key Networks Taps Deidra Hoye for Lead Sales Role, The State of the Radio Industry and Technology, WTICs Todd Feinburg Caught The Radio Bug At An Early Age, Kansas City Chiefs Playoff Runs Giving Local News Talkers Bump. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 posts on Mixcloud. By 1962, the lineup included Herb Oscar Anderson, Charlie Greer, Sam Holman, Dan Ingram, Scott Muni and Bob Lewis. The surveys for the weeks of March 9, 16, 1981. I Love You (Capitol of Canada 72076) on February 4, 1963. Some greatess and some junk. Wouldn't a promo like, "just the music and jocks you love" have been a better approach? The WABC team covers the New York, New Jersey and Long Island like no one else. (Maybe that was the problem.) And the Concert for Bangla Desh. The surveys for the week of April 7, 14, 21, 1968. 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. The survey for the week of June 24, 1967. The always great Chuck Leonard followed by Jay Reyolds. The Beatles come together for the last time. That would change about 18 months later with the advent of Disco WKTU. 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. The surveys for all the weeks of November 1968. Hugh Douglas and Joe Giglio. WABC-AM 770: Tuesday, December 31, 1968 (16:20). Hmm, I think something is probably blowing in the wind. The station features a syndicated lineup, including Hugh Hewitt, Brian Kilmeade, Dan Bongino, Mike Gallagher, Joe Pags, and Bill OReilly. Corrections welcomed. A Billboard profile of the great Chuck Leonard. However, in the U.S., it was merely interpreted as bad taste and the cover was quite controversial. WABC-AM 770: Friday, December 27, 1968 (240:00). The only problem was they didn't go very deep. O'Reilly, 71, has been accused by multiple former. shows. Issuing albums with only 12 tracks reduced royalty costs and enabled a louder recording. Part of that mix will include a one hour show with former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. fired). The survey for the week of May 28, 1979. The second segment is actually coverage from WABC-TV. And why only one hour? Johnny Donovan and Steve O'Brien took turns with unusually short
The #1 song is "Rag Doll" and #11 is surprisingly still "Love Me Do". 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 Rolling Stones chart. Once again, an interesting mix of music. A survey from early January in 1963. Now, you know, a lot of courts didnt want to take up these cases, but Im just telling you the truth.. Not bad music, but it didn't change much over the month. That was socialization back then. But note the disclaimer: "WABC plays selected music from these lists". I cant explain it. He first appeared on the NYC airwaves at WINS in 1958, but left shortly after Murray the K arrived. The video shows a man get out of another car, get into the victim's vehicle, and drive off with her holding on. My Bonnie b/w The Saints by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles (MGM K13213) on January 27, 1964. Format, staff, management, or branding and marketing? In spite of the fact that progressive rock was in all its glory and we had WBLS (Black), WPLJ (AOR), WXLO (Top-40), WCBS-FM (Oldies), WNBC(AM) (Top 40), WNEW-FM (AOR), WWRL(AM) (Black), WKTU (Mellow), WPIX-FM (Top-40) and WLIR (AOR), WABC remained #1 in the ratings with an 8.5 share of the audience in the general July-August 1977 ratings. WKTU went Disco on July 24, 1978 and turned the market upside down. Sometime between mid-February and April 1, the albums disappeared. And Dusty Springfield shows up on the 18th as well. 12 nn - Here and Now (shortened to 30 minutes if sports are starting at 12:30pm) 1 pm - ESPN on ABC. An interesting Billboard article about Dan Ingram and "live ad reading". 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. Two months later and much of the music is the same. 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