From Me To You b/w Thank You Girl (Vee Jay VJ522) on May 27, 1963. Musicradio WABC Website! Love Makes A Woman was one of the great soul tracks of the era. Daily Schedule All show times are displayed in the station's local time zone. The surveys for the weeks of February 1, 8, 15, 1971. The Beatles had become far more sophisticated by this time. Long Beach Branch. Symone coming on strong. The Four Seasons are back on top. A quote from an AAAA executive claims Bruce Morrow is "thought provoking." Let me remind you. They also issued thousands of miniature tombstone paperweights that declared "Cousin Brucie is going to be buried by Wolfman Jack." Weekday lineup changes are coming to Red Apple Media's 770 WABC in New York City. The survey for the week of May 28, 1979. "Mr. Tambourine Man" and The Animals cover of "Bring It On Home To Me". While this show sounds dated compared to what was happening on FM by the end of 1968, WABC-AM was stil a powerhouse, achieving ratings in the 9 to 10 range. Note that aside from the small number of tracks and LPs listed, almost all of the acts would also be played on progressive rock stations. Nine singles had been released in the U.S. by the time the show aired: What many American fans didn't know at that time was that Capitol Records completely reconfigured the official UK releases, to the consternation of producer George Martin and the Beatles. Furthermore, with the rebrand possibly comes a new addition. 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. In 2020, they were a hundred feet back. It would take WABC a long time to recognize it. This was 10 months after Disco KTU launched. I Love You" (Parlophone R4949), but in the U.S., "Pepino the Italian Mouse" was #4. Versions of the album with the original cover are quite valuable. WABC-AM 770: Saturday, July 22, 1967 (35:56). memorabilia department, here is an actual schedule from Rather than calling itself The Eagle 96.9, the radio station will now be known as Freedom 96.9 (h/tRadio Insight). station with respect to its air personalities, you will notice It is easy to get the wrong impression that people In this aircheck, Dan celebrates his 20th anniversary at WABC. "Positively Fourth Street" - amazing that top-40 radio played this. You've got "Big Girls Don't Cry" jumping from position #39 to #4. An interesting marketing campaign to advertisers from around 1969. Full Story. 7 pm - ABC Primetime. Location Duck Pond Road and Pearsall Avenue, off Norfolk Lane. Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. The survey for August 31st includes many tracks (with the exception of the Vogues) that a progressive rock station would be playing including some that would become part of the rock canon, such as tracks by the Rascals, the Doors, Cream, Donovan, etc. But there is Blondie, Bob Seger, Rickie Lee Jones, the Doobie Brothers, Cheap Trick and Joe Jackson. Billboard reports on WABC deciding not to pick up Muni's option. Oh my my: the band is on the run, but don't worry about a thing. No reason not to move on new music faster. In the above 1965 aircheck, Cousin Brucie tries to get Ringo to read the inscription of a "medal" created by WABC for the Beatles. Contributed by Rob Frankel via Glenn Morgan, originally restored for WABC Rewound and posted on Mixcloud by RadioMaven77. American Pie: did WABC play the long version? I dont think theres much difference there.. According to NPR,Adams distributor, Andrews McMeel Universal, has also ended their relationship with the cartoonist, citing their opposition to any commentary based on prejudice or hate. (Maybe that was the problem.) Police searched the house several months earlier as part of an investigation into the disappearance of Charlotte Lester, who has beenmissing for six months. Feb 1: Dawn, Perry Como, George Harrison, Santana, The Partridge Family, Stephen Stills, James Brown and Barbara Streisand on the same playlist. Were they moving too slowly on new tracks? 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. WABC-AM 770: Friday, December 27, 1968 (240:00). We mostly remember Charlie Greer doing overnights, but he did mornings from late 1965 before returning to overnights around 1968. Ingram also resented the fact that WABC hired someone who sounded like him (but without his quick intellect). The #1 song is "Rag Doll" and #11 is surprisingly still "Love Me Do". Herb Oscar Anderson, Charlie Greer and Scott Muni were there at the beginning, along with Farrell Smith, Jack Carney, Chuck Dunaway and Bill Owen. Seven-Up was sold in glass bottles. Sounds like an adult rock FM station. Four hours of Harry Harrison playing from the 100 biggest Top-40 hits of the year. He also criticized what he deemed cancel culture and argued that the constant assumption that Black individuals have been aggrieved and disenfranchised leads to a protected and privileged status. Not bad music, but it didn't change much over the month. But if the playlist was a tight as the survey, it could have been excruciating to listen to. Im watching oldDatelines. The general consensus today is that WABC over-reacted to the impact of Disco KTU. A commentary on censorship in radio by Richard Goldstein. Some soul, some country, some pop, some rock. And isn't a marketing claim like "where the music sounds best!" The station started playing hit pop music primarily geared towards young people on December 7, 1960. Or maybe not.. Bruce left WABC on August 7, 1974. Any of the other three unique songs from the UK release would have been a better choice. A big playlist and lots of different types of music although I can't say I loved hearing either "Calcutta" (Lawrence Welk) or the "Theme from Exodus" (Ferrante & Teicher) over and over again. These guys were frequently on the air more than the weekday Sometime between mid-February and April 1, the albums disappeared. Even the songs from the Beach Boys and Dion were among their lesser offerings. WABC-AM 770: Tuesday, December 31, 1968 (16:20). In addition, because the first Beatles album was issued in the UK in 1962 and Capitol didn't release Meet the Beatles until late December of 1963 and Capitol wanted to release the latest material (and the tracks from the first album had been leased to Vee Jay since Capitol had refused to release it), they were always behind on issuing tracks. However, the Wolfman didn't beat Morrow and he left WNBC after a year when he was replaced by.Bruce Morrow. Entertaining and Informative Talk Lewis would later become a progressive DJ on WABC-FM, WCBS-FM and WNEW-FM. #1 was "Eight Days a Week". 77WABC News. But also a lot of junk. Tuesday, February 28th. 6:30 pm - ABC World News Tonight with Linsey Davis. Cracks me up every time I hear it. 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. Four hours of the great and underused Chuck Leonard filling in for Charlie Greer on the overnight show, playing WABC's Top 100 of 1968. "Ticket to Ride", "Help Me Rhoda" and "Wooly Bully". Almost as if the design of the survey also represented the importance of WABC. Let me remind you. I talked about laws being violated.. Capitol had to pull it and replace the sleeve with a simple photo of the Beatles standing around a trunk. NY Times: August 11, 2020. Both stations are operated by John Catsimatidis' Red Apple Media, which will also make the show. Righteous Bros. with their biggest hit and Phil Spector's incredible prooduction. 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). Yet, millions of Americans still approve of Joe Bidens job performance and continue to watch and read crooked, corrupt media. Special 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". Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. That's a lotta' carts. The surveys for the weeks of August 17 and 31st, 1968. shifts from Noon to 2:00 PM. That must have been maddening. Wouldn't a promo like, "just the music and jocks you love" have been a better approach? 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. Late summer of '63 surveys. Bruce may have a lot of great qualities, but thought provoking is not quite one of them. Jus Mic (aka Mike Gaines) previously spent nearly two decades on the air in Central New York, beginning in 2000. The incident highlights the ongoing debate surrounding free speech, cancel culture, and the importance of context in understanding controversial comments. Once again, an interesting mix of music. Contributed by Rob Frankel via RadioMaven77 on Mixcloud. And the first track played is an oldie and then we hear more spots. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. There's also some airchecks within this aircheck, although many are incredibly poor quality. I know the whole lineup.. Give me a little more time to celebrate at the Psychedelic Shack because the thrill is gone. Now instead of going through the arduous process of getting a constitutional amendment. He first appeared on the NYC airwaves at WINS in 1958, but left shortly after Murray the K arrived. Just before the explosion. A similar Catsimatidis: We have no changes planned. Wow. These TV spots for WABC were created in 1980 by Chuck Blore & Don Richman Inc. Also included are similar spots for other stations. not there. Jon Johnson. Aside from the Impressions, Lenny Welch and Marvin Gaye, there wasn't much good here to listen to. One interesting note is that when the station ran a Beatles promotion asking listeners to submit an art design for a medal, they received over 50,000 entries. I'd listen to most of that anytime! He argued that every American today is being betrayed. And, from the Chuck Leonard getting stuck working New Year's Eve and playing some of the year's best songs, of which there were many. While the sound of this aircheck is horrible, the production and pacing is unbelievably superb. Maybe: the relative poor audio quality of AM radio might have been a good match for the roughness of the Punk sound. 13 Following. And why exactly is he growing out of a plant? Amazing. many at the network continually allowed and endorsed false claims, never believed former President Donald Trumps claims. Perry Como. In 2013, with WOR in a holding pattern, WABC's audience share has doubled and almost tripled WOR's. WOR is optimistic that will change with a mostly new lineup that also includes Elliot Segal,. The new program . appreciation goes to Vince Santarelli of the "Apple The surveys for the week of April 7, 14, 21, 1968. 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. Prior to WFMD, he hosted an afternoon program at News Talk 103.7 FM in Chambersburg, PA. It no longer says WABC at the top of the survey. That was socialization back then. 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