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MORE changes in NYC - BIG NEWS Scott Shannon retires soon from CBS-FM

As Scott Shannon will be leaving CBS-FM where he sails into the sunset this Friday, I decided that is a great idea to share this here. This was the way it sounded on WCBS-FM as we go back to April 10th 1989 with Bill Brown, and it was during that time when CBS-FM was on fire back in 1989. It was a perfect station for oldies the way it used to be.

 
MTNProductions said:
Yes, after Scott Shannon leaves this Friday, and that will be it. I read about that about an hour ago that John Foxx is replacing Scott Shannon and I’m not looking forward to listen to his new morning show starting this February. I heard that Jim Ryan is leaving as PD at WCBS-FM where he remains at WNEW-FM at 102.7 as PD, and John Foxx will be the new CBS-FM where he succeeds Joe McCoy, Dave Logan, Brian Thomas, and Bill Brown who has been PD since the very beginning. John Foxx will be the new PD and Brand Manager at CBS-FM, but I’m not looking forward to the new morning show this February. And like I said, I will flip over to WMTR and listen to Allan David Stein’s morning show.
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Have you considered complaining to the station and Audacy management? This website is great for expressing opinions and venting but none of the decision makers at Audacy know you are upset and that they are losing a listener.
 
Here is a clip from “Morning In America” on NewsNation where he interviewed Scott Shannon about his career and his last show which will be on CBS-FM this Friday. Watch and see.

 
MTNProductions said:
Next up, it’s the 3rd to last show on WCBS-FM from earlier this morning. The countdown is still ticking, and my favorite pal, Scott Shannon is about to leave CBS-FM as of this Friday.
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I'm relatively new here as a poster (but not as a reader/lurker), so I don't want to get too sarcastic, but...

Is there something broken inside your head? Or are you a PR shill for Scott, or that guy you keep mentioning on WMTR? Maybe you're him?

At this point, I doubt anyone here cares. I doubt CBS-FM or Audacy cares. I doubt Scott Shannon or Jim Ryan give a rat's petoot (to paraphrase the late Sherman T. Potter).

You remind me of the guy who stands on a street corner and screams into a wall because a cop in the next town over was mean to him. Everybody gets that you're unhappy. Nobody cares. There are a bunch of options to get your oldies fix. SiriusXM has been mentioned. You yourself have brought up WMTR. You could stream Rewound Radio. (Dr. Sniffen has done an admirable job programming that stream, even if he and I are not big fans of each other.) In fact there are dozens, maybe hundreds of channels and streams out there. Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Youtube. Knock yourself out.

Or you could go to Amazon or Best Buy and pick up one of those mini boomboxes from Logitech or JBL, buy a MicroSD card and load it up with all your faves, and let it be your personal, customized radio station. I have a couple around the house, complete with vintage NYC radio jingles intermixed with the oldies and other music the wife and I like. It can play songs, jingles, even classic Pepsi and Shaeffer Beer commercials, in random order, for as many hours as the battery holds out. No clunkers either.

You have lots of options. Unless you're just here to be a troll, please quit whining.
 
MTNProductions said:
I heard the news that… get ready, you are going to be disappointed, John Foxx is going to take over Scott Shannon to do mornings on WCBS-FM starting in early 2023.

I am not happy with the station, and John Foxx is not going to be my cup of tea. I am moving on to WMTR to listen to Allan David Stein instead of John Foxx. Not a huge fan of John Foxx. He is going to be the brand manager at WCBS-FM.

If you have not seen this, take a look, you’re not going to be happy with it.

Audacy names John Foxx as Brand Manager and morning host of WCBS-FM in New York following the retirement of industry icon and Hall of Famer Scott Shannon. He'll host a new morning show weekdays from 6-10am, launching this February. Foxx replaces Jim Ryan as Brand Manager, who remains Senior Vice President of Programming for Audacy New York and Brand Manager for WNEW-FM. Foxx will also continue as Brand Manager of Country WXBK-FM-HD2.

"John is a rare talent that has achieved success on and off the air in New York City, which makes him the perfect selection to lead the legendary WCBS-FM into its next era," said Audacy New York Market President Chris Oliviero. "He is well known, respected and liked by his colleagues in our building which will make the transition smooth and seamless. John also has big feet which will come in handy as he has some of the biggest shoes to fill in radio history both as morning host and brand manager at 101.1FM. We are excited to welcome John home."

"I'm in love with NYC and the Tri-state area and am really excited to join the content team at the iconic WCBS-FM," said Foxx. "Being a part of the soundtrack of what wakes up NYC every day is a dream come true. Thank you to Susan Larkin, Jeff Sottolano, Chris Oliviero and Jim Ryan for all of their support and this incredible opportunity to lead one of Audacy's elite properties."

Foxx most recently served as Brand Manager of KILT-FM (100.3 The Bull) in Houston and Regional Vice President for Country Programming at Audacy. A native New Yorker, his 23-year career in the radio industry includes experience in multiple formats, with stops as Program Director and afternoon host of WPLJ and Brand Manager of WNSH-FM in New York.

This is their character’s reaction to where John Foxx takes over Scott Shannon in mornings at WCBS-FM starting in 2023.

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We get it, you endlessly pine for the 50s and 60s, WMTR and Fox Oldies, and are obsessed with CBS.

You mention them in virtually every post on here. There’s the door, go listen to them.

(Also, “you’re not going to be happy with it”...you personally don’t speak for me.)
 
Larry said:
Have you considered complaining to the station and Audacy management? This website is great for expressing opinions and venting but none of the decision makers at Audacy know you are upset and that they are losing a listener.
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It doesn’t matter. The listeners that rave about 50s/60s have largely either died or have moved on to other options. What CBS is doing now has been working just fine for them, one out of market complaint isn’t going to change that.
 
Weiserguy said:
I'm relatively new here as a poster (but not as a reader/lurker), so I don't want to get too sarcastic, but...

Is there something broken inside your head? Or are you a PR shill for Scott, or that guy you keep mentioning on WMTR? Maybe you're him?

At this point, I doubt anyone here cares. I doubt CBS-FM or Audacy cares. I doubt Scott Shannon or Jim Ryan give a rat's petoot (to paraphrase the late Sherman T. Potter).

You remind me of the guy who stands on a street corner and screams into a wall because a cop in the next town over was mean to him. Everybody gets that you're unhappy. Nobody cares. There are a bunch of options to get your oldies fix. SiriusXM has been mentioned. You yourself have brought up WMTR. You could stream Rewound Radio. (Dr. Sniffen has done an admirable job programming that stream, even if he and I are not big fans of each other.) In fact there are dozens, maybe hundreds of channels and streams out there. Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Youtube. Knock yourself out.

Or you could go to Amazon or Best Buy and pick up one of those mini boomboxes from Logitech or JBL, buy a MicroSD card and load it up with all your faves, and let it be your personal, customized radio station. I have a couple around the house, complete with vintage NYC radio jingles intermixed with the oldies and other music the wife and I like. It can play songs, jingles, even classic Pepsi and Shaeffer Beer commercials, in random order, for as many hours as the battery holds out. No clunkers either.

You have lots of options. Unless you're just here to be a troll, please quit whining.
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Thanks for the long comment. I was a CBS-FM loyal listener since the late 1980’s and the 1990’s right up until 2005. I started listening to CBS-FM since I was a kid and they played 50’s and 60’s oldies. They had the best personalities like Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy, Bill Brown, Bob Shannon, Bobby Jay, Marc Summers, Max Kinkel, Don K Reed, Gary Clark, Dan Ingram, Dan Daniel, Dan Taylor and Norm N Nite, and those are my favorite DJ’s and I was a fan of the format. I followed the station since the 1980’s and 1990’s when CBS-FM was huge, and Joe McCoy was the program director where he put WCBS-FM on the map.

My parents used to listened to CBS-FM back in the day, and they were fans of the oldies format. When CBS-FM flipped to “Jack”, longtime listeners would find somewhere else to get their fix until they returned in 2007, it was a perfect way to listen to, until now, everything has change, and updating the music with too much 80’s, a decent amount of 90’s and a sprinkle from the 2000’s and some from the 2010’s where they played “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars which I’m getting into that, “I Got A Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas and the one they played yesterday was “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift since I am not a big fan of these songs. So I ditched the original versions and replaced them with Kidz Bop versions of past songs which were way better than the original versions when doing airchecks.
 
MTNProductions said:
Here is a clip from “Morning In America” on NewsNation where he interviewed Scott Shannon about his career and his last show which will be on CBS-FM this Friday. Watch and see.

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I just want to say that your passion for the original Oldies format and the legendary Deejays, including Scott Shannon is admirable and understandable to me, but I also get some of the reactions to your comments too.
I'd just like to say it a different way.

The Bill Brown aircheck is a phenomenal listen!
It's from 1989 and CBS Fm then was playing songs from 1959, and I heard Copacabana which I think is 1978.
So, today, 2022, CBS Fm is playing mostly songs from the 1980s, One song they spike is from 1967!
CBS Fm music wise is playing OLDER music now than they did in 1989!

It's exactly what it's always been, an Oldies station playing OLDER top 40 music from a few decades ago.
Just like Lite Fm is the same station too, playing a safe comfortable mix of music targeted at 42 year old women as the middle ground to appeal to women 30 to 54.

What's debatable?
Is the music too tight, too many rock songs, too many rhythmic tunes....
Is the imaging right?
What could their jocks do better?

There's a new guy, John Foxx, coming in to do mornings and be the brand manager.
I think that he deserves a chance to see what he will be doing with CBS Fm.
Whatever he did prior to this should be irrelevant. Him and the station deserve an objective take on the sound of the station and his morning show, fair, understand it's an Oldies station for 2023, and that the company who owns this station has had a rough year, along with all the challenges that radio is experiencing.

Scott Shannon has been able to do his send off on his terms, and obviously he will figure out what he may want to do next.

As for you?
Enjoy the amazing collections of airchecks from radios past on YouTube and elsewhere. And as already suggested, the many great streaming sites playing the music and presentation that you want.

I wish you all the best.
 
MTNProductions said:
Thanks for the long comment. I was a CBS-FM loyal listener since the late 1980’s and the 1990’s right up until 2005. I started listening to CBS-FM since I was a kid and they played 50’s and 60’s oldies. They had the best personalities like Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy, Bill Brown, Bob Shannon, Bobby Jay, Marc Summers, Max Kinkel, Don K Reed, Gary Clark, Dan Ingram, Dan Daniel, Dan Taylor and Norm N Nite, and those are my favorite DJ’s and I was a fan of the format. I followed the station since the 1980’s and 1990’s when CBS-FM was huge, and Joe McCoy was the program director where he put WCBS-FM on the map.

My parents used to listened to CBS-FM back in the day, and they were fans of the oldies format. When CBS-FM flipped to “Jack”, longtime listeners would find somewhere else to get their fix until they returned in 2007, it was a perfect way to listen to, until now, everything has change, and updating the music with too much 80’s, a decent amount of 90’s and a sprinkle from the 2000’s and some from the 2010’s where they played “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars which I’m getting into that, “I Got A Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas and the one they played yesterday was “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift since I am not a big fan of these songs. So I ditched the original versions and replaced them with Kidz Bop versions of past songs which were way better than the original versions when doing airchecks.
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Why?
I agree, leave the airchecks as they are.
Respectfully document history.
We already have too many people with evil intentions rewriting history to fit their agenda, why would you ever reduce yourself to being like them?
And I know it's subjective, but no, these remakes are terrible, and like it is 98% of the time, nothing comes close to being as good as the original!
 
DOB said:
I just want to say that your passion for the original Oldies format and the legendary Deejays, including Scott Shannon is admirable and understandable to me, but I also get some of the reactions to your comments too.
I'd just like to say it a different way.

The Bill Brown aircheck is a phenomenal listen!
It's from 1989 and CBS FM then was playing songs from 1959, and I heard Copacabana which I think is 1978.
So, today, 2022, CBS FM is playing mostly songs from the 1980s, One song they spike is from 1967!
CBS FM music wise is playing OLDER music now than they did in 1989!

It's exactly what it's always been, an Oldies station playing OLDER top 40 music from a few decades ago.
Just like Lite FM is the same station too, playing a safe comfortable mix of music targeted at 42 year old women as the middle ground to appeal to women 30 to 54.

What's debatable?
Is the music too tight, too many rock songs, too many rhythmic tunes....
Is the imaging right?
What could their jocks do better?

There's a new guy, John Foxx, coming in to do mornings and be the brand manager.
I think that he deserves a chance to see what he will be doing with CBS FM.
Whatever he did prior to this should be irrelevant. Him and the station deserve an objective take on the sound of the station and his morning show, fair, understand it's an Oldies station for 2023, and that the company who owns this station has had a rough year, along with all the challenges that radio is experiencing.

Scott Shannon has been able to do his send off on his terms, and obviously he will figure out what he may want to do next.

As for you?
Enjoy the amazing collections of airchecks from radios past on YouTube and elsewhere. And as already suggested, the many great streaming sites playing the music and presentation that you want.

I wish you all the best.
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I’m glad you’re welcome here. I usually listened to CBS-FM back in the 80’s and 90’s, and I enjoyed them, and I did followed them a lot. My parents used to listened to the station everyday, and it has a great following. I missed all the iconic DJ’s so much, except Scott Shannon is going to be leaving the station this Friday. I also missed Pat St. John a lot, because he was a great DJ, and I missed them all of the jocks that I mentioned before, they were the best. And as I say, the oldies lives on, and it will be on other stations. I have TuneIn, iHeartRadio and Alexa where I can get my 50’s and 60’s oldies fix, and I can listen to 40’s music from the Big Band era, Middle of the Road and the music of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and others, I would listen to Metromedia Radio, and it features the good old WNEW-AM jingles from the “11 3-0” days. That brings back some memories.

In today’s world, longtime fans of the old WCBS-FM would still be using phone apps or Alexa to get their oldies music fix, and it will sound better than what CBS-FM did back in the day.
 
AceBiscuits said:
Saying "Kidz Bop is better than the original song" is a wholly controversial statement alone.
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That’s why Kidz Bop became popular than the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds back in the 1970’s, and they were a cover singing group where they did cover versions of their recent hits, and it’s far superior to the original. When I was doing Scott Shannon airchecks, I took the original from the current artist that I’m not a fan of, and replaced with Kidz Bop version, because you don’t hear Kidz Bop versions on the radio, and these are my re-edit of these airchecks.
 
MTNProductions said:
That’s why Kidz Bop became popular than the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds back in the 1970’s, and they were a cover singing group where they did cover versions of their recent hits, and it’s far superior to the original.
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Kidz Bop did not exist in the 1970's, so I'm not sure what you are trying to say.

I agree with Mr. Fybush's earlier sentiment that it is not doing justice to Scott Shannon (whom you hold in high esteem) nor the people interested in broadcast radio history by releasing modified airchecks with cover versions of songs just because you dislike the original.
 
AceBiscuits said:
Kidz Bop did not exist in the 1970's, so I'm not sure what you are trying to say.

I agree with Mr. Fybush's earlier sentiment that it is not doing justice to Scott Shannon (whom you hold in high esteem) nor the people interested in broadcast radio history by releasing modified airchecks with cover versions of songs just because you dislike the original.
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But if MTN likes to do this for his personal listening, OK.

However, pushing them onto streaming sites or otherwise making them publicly available is distorting history. That should never, ever be done.
 
Tibbs4 said:
I have a question for MTN. Who would you tolerate and actually support and listen to in place of Shannon?
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I am no way of supporting Scott Shannon. I’m going to miss him when he is leaving tomorrow morning where he is doing a live broadcast at the Blythedale Children’s Hospital. It’s going to be a fun show. I am recording Scott Shannon’s 2nd to last show on CBS-FM and I will be posting it later today. The show usually ended at 9AM, and guess what! It’s going to end at 10AM the way it used to be back a year ago.

In addition, I decided to go back to yesterday at 9AM right after Scott Shannon ended the show, Bob Miller from WBPM took over and hosted the last “Morning Stretch”, a full hour of music and fun. This aircheck is from yesterday following Scott Shannon where Bob Miller plays the music on WBPM. The first song for this hour was “Golden Slumbers” by the Beatles from “Abbey Road”, because of “The End” reference where Scott Shannon is about to leave WCBS-FM tomorrow.

“Golden Slumbers” was the song that KSWD’s “The Sound” at 100.3 in Los Angeles played it as part of side 2 of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” where KSWD’s “The Sound” signed off back in November 2017. And this is quite an appropriate song for Scott Shannon where he leaving CBS-FM. Let’s enjoy a full hour of Bob Miller on WBPM from yesterday morning.

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WBPM: Bob Miller - 12/14/22 : MTN Productions : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

WBPM: Bob Miller - 12/14/22
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If anyone has a better recording that these posted at archive.org, I would realy appreciated it. Living in Europe it has'nt been easy to record the streams... I got the 3 from last, but my system failed to grab stream the other days. A better than 128 mp3 would be realy nice, or even better...full wav from FM :)
(It don't have to be a public download.)

Take care and stay healthy,

MrDonT
(Norway)
 
MrDonT said:
If anyone has a better recording that these posted at archive.org, I would realy appreciated it. Living in Europe it has'nt been easy to record the streams... I got the 3 from last, but my system failed to grab stream the other days. A better than 128 mp3 would be realy nice, or even better...full wav from FM :)
(It don't have to be a public download.)

Take care and stay healthy,

MrDonT
(Norway)
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Art Vuolo was in studio today apparently, we should be getting a nice video of his last shows soon. I am sure some better quality recordings than these will appear on YouTube in short order.
 
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