When was the Casey Kasem "Top 40" show first introduced to the Houston audience?
What was the Radio Station and on who's show did it first air?
What was the Radio Station and on who's show did it first air?
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Trivia Question - Old Houston Radio
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Shootin' from the hip, I'd say that it was on KRLY 94 (93.7 then) since I recall hearing it there especially during the Love 94 days, but that's just one wild guess, probably not the right answer; also remember it on KIOC as well back then, well, okay that's two that can be likely ruled out
Close guesses (1977), but you have to go back to July of 1970.
It would be like a KILT, only it would be better ..... it was KNUZ!
It would have had to been very early 1970s as KNUZ changed to country in February 1973. (Country Fresh Kay-News) Speaking of KNUZ, the KNUZ/KQUE reunion is Saturday, May 26th at Los Tios on Westheimer at noon for all of the gang who used to work for Texas Coast Broadcasters.
I can remember listening to American Top 40 on KRBE back around 1977. I would flip flop between 104 and 610 pretty regularly and don't remember it being on 610 (however my memory is not as good as it used to be). In the 60's and early to mid 70's 610 was pretty much the only station I listened to since I only had AM, and I don't remember it being on KILT during that time frame either. IIRC... it came on around 10 ish on Sunday morning on 104, but can't remember who was doing weekends back then.
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I have a Casey Casem Top 40 songs countdown aired back in 1994 on KRBE, I guess that was the last year KRBE aired Casey Casem's Top 40. I don't remember it after 1-1-1995 on KRBE.
I will ask Arch Yancey at the KNUZ/KQUE reunion about the time when KNUZ became Country Fresh. I remember it differently, because I listened to KNUZ on my way to work to Texas City (until the signal played out) while I was on KTLW.
There were other country stations at the time. KIKK-FM and 920 KTLW which covered Houston like a blanket. During the 1960s, KTLW was known as the "Country Giant" and "Katie Lou." During that time, KIKK, KENR and KTLW were all daytimers with KIKK-FM on the air 24 hours. However, FM had yet to become dominant.
There were other country stations at the time. KIKK-FM and 920 KTLW which covered Houston like a blanket. During the 1960s, KTLW was known as the "Country Giant" and "Katie Lou." During that time, KIKK, KENR and KTLW were all daytimers with KIKK-FM on the air 24 hours. However, FM had yet to become dominant.
To answer the original question: Casey Kasem's AT 40 was first introduced to the Houston Audience on Sunday July 4, 1970 at 7PM on KNUZ.
You failed to mention that no one more than two blocks from the station would have been able to hear it.
Even though we cut down to 250 watts at 7:00pm ..... we never forgot we were the BIG 123 !
KTLW was licensed to Texas City with studios in Houston. (Chuck Dunaway got his start in the business at KTLW in the 1950's.) The tower set on the edge of Taylor Lake, a salt water lake. The signal was magnified everywhere. By the time I got there in 1972, the studios were in Texas City in a building with the rundown Showboat Theater. You had climb a long set of stairs to the third level where the studios (also rundown) were located.
As a daytimer with 1000 watts, we signed off 15 minutes earlier than the other daytimers because of KARK (Later KARN) Little Rock which was on the same frequency. You could hear KTLW from Corpus Christi to Alexandria Louisiana.
As a daytimer with 1000 watts, we signed off 15 minutes earlier than the other daytimers because of KARK (Later KARN) Little Rock which was on the same frequency. You could hear KTLW from Corpus Christi to Alexandria Louisiana.
Shannon said:
From: Janet Yancey (Arch's wife)
Chuck, Arch said it was late March/early April, 1973. Arch said Larry Vance came up with the Country Fresh idea. (Arch was the the program director of the new format)
From: Sally Williams: I do believe it was spring of 73. Paul (The Wild Child) Williams was working there then and they had to deliver baskets of daisies ... don't you know he loved that! (Daisy delivery was synonymous with "Country Fresh)
From: Chuck Joseph I was there in 73 when we went country fresh and I think it was in the spring! I was there in 71,73 and back in 1976 as production director when Joe Ford left !
Thanks Chuck. I thought it was '73 but thought it might have been as late as autumn.
Billboard Mar 24 reported on the flip and said Arch was coming over from a gig on KIKK-AM. Dave Morris said the change would take place Apr 2.
Other air staff included Joe Ford 6-10, Scotty Morgan 10-2, Arch 2-6, Larry Edward Grant 6-12M and Charlie Seay overnight.
Management said the flip was because they felt a country format would be better for an overall market picture.
I was thinking KBNO-FM had flipped to KRLY about the same time but that flip actually took place Sept 1971. I also was thinking KRLY took off pretty quickly but that's not reflected in the ratings books I have. Still, the emergence of Top 40 on FM had to be part of the motivation to give up on the long battle with KILT.
It was part of the thinking of some in the industry back then, including some honchos at ABC, that AM would remain the domain of Top 40, tight playlists, screaming jox, heavy commercial loads and teeny boppers and more mature listeners would migrate to FM and it's longer music cuts and more laid back djs and lighter commercial loads. That's part of the reason ABC went whole hog into album rock instead of Top 40 on their FM group despite the fact they had no experience with album rock and knew how to do Top 40 very well. It came as something of a surprise to some in the ABC building when Top 40s not only started popping up on FM but turned out to be very successful.
Billboard Mar 24 reported on the flip and said Arch was coming over from a gig on KIKK-AM. Dave Morris said the change would take place Apr 2.
Other air staff included Joe Ford 6-10, Scotty Morgan 10-2, Arch 2-6, Larry Edward Grant 6-12M and Charlie Seay overnight.
Management said the flip was because they felt a country format would be better for an overall market picture.
I was thinking KBNO-FM had flipped to KRLY about the same time but that flip actually took place Sept 1971. I also was thinking KRLY took off pretty quickly but that's not reflected in the ratings books I have. Still, the emergence of Top 40 on FM had to be part of the motivation to give up on the long battle with KILT.
It was part of the thinking of some in the industry back then, including some honchos at ABC, that AM would remain the domain of Top 40, tight playlists, screaming jox, heavy commercial loads and teeny boppers and more mature listeners would migrate to FM and it's longer music cuts and more laid back djs and lighter commercial loads. That's part of the reason ABC went whole hog into album rock instead of Top 40 on their FM group despite the fact they had no experience with album rock and knew how to do Top 40 very well. It came as something of a surprise to some in the ABC building when Top 40s not only started popping up on FM but turned out to be very successful.
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