1979 WCBS-FM Hourly Format Chart

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CBS-FM hourly pie chart.

Here is the format for CBS-FM in 1979.

:00 ID Jingle and news with national spot
:05 Jingle then upbeat smash hit 1964-1969
:08 British invasion even hours/American odd hours 1964-1969
Between :10 and :20 Jingle and 15 second PSA
:10 Early 1970's (1969-1974)
:14 Second tier hit early sixties (1959-1963)
:16 2 spots 30 seconds each
:17 Jingle then mid sixties 1962-1966
:19 Future Gold #10-20
:20 Recent Gold 1974-1978 (or next song after future gold)
:24 two spots :60 each
:26 Jingle then fifties (1957-1962)
:28 Recent Gold ,1978 only
:30 Second tier Hit Mid sixties 1963-1967
:34 three spots-two :30 and one :60
:37 Jingle then 1973-1975
:42 Second tier hit 1957-1962
:45 Odd hours two spots :30 and :60
:47 Jingle then Future Gold top 10 #1-10
:48 Even hours two spots :30 and :60
:49 Jingle then Classic Gold 1955-1963 smash hit
:53 Odd hours two spots both :60
:56 JIngle then 1972-1974
End of hour filler: 1970-1978
Second filler if necessary 1965-1972

I made this chart from logging many hours of songs that I listened to back in 1979. It is slightly different in other years. Up until 1978 a song from the Doo Wop Shop was played at the end of ever second hour.<P ID="signature">______________
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[DavidRJ]

Hi!

Could you please post your WCBS-FM format clocks for 1976, 1978, and 1981/82?

BTW, I remember that back in the 1975/76 period, CBS-FM often opened the hour with a 1950s hit. I remember many an hour back then that opened with a Little Richard song or an early Elvis Presley song, followed by the Beatles.<P ID="signature">______________
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I put up all I could find. I moved many times between 1983-1989 and some of it may have been left behind. If I find more, I will post them.

> Hi!
>
> Could you please post your WCBS-FM format clocks for 1976,
> 1978, and 1981/82?
>
> BTW, I remember that back in the 1975/76 period, CBS-FM
> often opened the hour with a 1950s hit. I remember many an
> hour back then that opened with a Little Richard song or an
> early Elvis Presley song, followed by the Beatles.
>
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