As the decade comes to a close, I will give you my thoughts on look back at New York radio during the last 10 years. Here are my personal thoughts.
1. CBS-FM went "Jack" back in 2005 and stayed there for 2 years until the station went back in 2007 and took the rating back on the top. "Jack" has been a ratings disaster during a 2-year period. I'm glad that CBS-FM went back to the top once again.
2. "Jammin' 105" was a great station during 2000 and 2002 playing "Jammin' Oldies" until it went to a hip-hop format known as "Power 105". Remember it was WTJM, but now is WWPR.
3. Howard Stern left "K-Rock" back in 2005 to go to Satellite radio, but I'm not a big Stern fan. Then came "Free-FM" with David Lee Roth which was a failure, and then JV & Elvis and others with its Hot Talk station. "Free-FM" was a rating disaster than "Jack". That lasted two years until it went back to "K-Rock" in 2007 and then in 2009 to a CHR station "92.3 Now" back in April.
4. 102.7 has been gone through some changes over the last decade, beginning with a failed Hot Talk format back in 1999 until 2002 when Opie & Anthony was gone from the airwaves due to the St. Patrick's Cathedral incident, and then a year later, the station went to "Blink-FM" for a year and it was a disaster, and then to "Mix 102.7" when it was once an AC format under PD Smokey Rivers, but then, Frankie Blue took over and went to a "Jammin' Oldies" type format for about 4 years until 2007 where the station went to "Fresh".
5. WABC Rewound was a success on Memorial Day until 2009 when it moved to an HD3 channel. I missed those vintage airchecks from the "Musicradio" days at WABC.
6. Joe McCoy left CBS-FM for good, but I missed him. And so does Don K Reed's "Doo-Wop Shop" which has been on CBS-FM for 27 years has shama-lama-gone. No more of that shoo-bop, dang-a-lang and those 50's and early 60's street corner harmonies. I also missed Harry Harrison in mornings. This was right before "Jack" came along.
7. KTU had Whoopi Goldberg with its "Wakin' Up With Whoopi" morning show, but that was a failure, putting non-radio people to do mornings. She does good on "The View". I remember Isaac Hayes when he does mornings on "Kiss-FM" during the early 2000's.
8. WEVD was a talk station until it went to ESPN Radio in the beginning of September of 2001 as WEPN right before the 9/11 attacks.
That is all of my thoughts on the last 10 years of New York radio. Tell us what you think.
1. CBS-FM went "Jack" back in 2005 and stayed there for 2 years until the station went back in 2007 and took the rating back on the top. "Jack" has been a ratings disaster during a 2-year period. I'm glad that CBS-FM went back to the top once again.
2. "Jammin' 105" was a great station during 2000 and 2002 playing "Jammin' Oldies" until it went to a hip-hop format known as "Power 105". Remember it was WTJM, but now is WWPR.
3. Howard Stern left "K-Rock" back in 2005 to go to Satellite radio, but I'm not a big Stern fan. Then came "Free-FM" with David Lee Roth which was a failure, and then JV & Elvis and others with its Hot Talk station. "Free-FM" was a rating disaster than "Jack". That lasted two years until it went back to "K-Rock" in 2007 and then in 2009 to a CHR station "92.3 Now" back in April.
4. 102.7 has been gone through some changes over the last decade, beginning with a failed Hot Talk format back in 1999 until 2002 when Opie & Anthony was gone from the airwaves due to the St. Patrick's Cathedral incident, and then a year later, the station went to "Blink-FM" for a year and it was a disaster, and then to "Mix 102.7" when it was once an AC format under PD Smokey Rivers, but then, Frankie Blue took over and went to a "Jammin' Oldies" type format for about 4 years until 2007 where the station went to "Fresh".
5. WABC Rewound was a success on Memorial Day until 2009 when it moved to an HD3 channel. I missed those vintage airchecks from the "Musicradio" days at WABC.
6. Joe McCoy left CBS-FM for good, but I missed him. And so does Don K Reed's "Doo-Wop Shop" which has been on CBS-FM for 27 years has shama-lama-gone. No more of that shoo-bop, dang-a-lang and those 50's and early 60's street corner harmonies. I also missed Harry Harrison in mornings. This was right before "Jack" came along.
7. KTU had Whoopi Goldberg with its "Wakin' Up With Whoopi" morning show, but that was a failure, putting non-radio people to do mornings. She does good on "The View". I remember Isaac Hayes when he does mornings on "Kiss-FM" during the early 2000's.
8. WEVD was a talk station until it went to ESPN Radio in the beginning of September of 2001 as WEPN right before the 9/11 attacks.
That is all of my thoughts on the last 10 years of New York radio. Tell us what you think.