Here’s the wrap-up, kids. The decline of Top 40 AM radio, and the rapid rise of Album Rock on FM; a trend that overwhelmed even the mighty WABC. Thanks for watching!
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Category: Radio
New York Radio — 4
Part 4 of the video documentary on the history of New York Top 40 music radio concentrates on WMCA trying, and failing, to fight back against the 50,000-watt signal pattern of WABC.
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New York Radio — 3
The video history of New York Rock and Roll radio continues with WABC’s rise and reign, and its effect on WMCA and WINS…
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New York Radio — WMCA
More WABeatleC is coming up! But first, let’s listen to a few of the WMCA Good Guys jingles, taken from the original master tapes…
New York Radio — Scott Muni
Original card provided by Dennis Rogers.
The audio player has two sound clips: Muni’s theme song, an odd instrumental from 1961 called “Grasshopper Jump,” and Muni’s promo for the WABC Beatles Fan Club.
I don’t remember Scott Muni as well as some of the other WABC disk jockeys, because he left the station in 1965. Muni is better known as a pioneer of Rock music on FM radio, but he was memorable on AM as a presence during the initial, wild rush of American Beatlemania.
Scott Muni on WABC, 1965
New York Radio — A Go-Go!
Before I post part 3 of the video on New York Rock and Roll radio, here’s a series of jingles for some of the WABC disk jockeys from the 1960’s. These are not air-check quality, but were instead taken from the original master tapes. Here, have some more!
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