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WCBS-FM Log From 1983

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Here is one hour of WCBS-FM from 1983

11:00PM Bridge Over Troubled Waters-Simon And Garfuncle 1970
11:05 Could It Be I'm Falling In Love-Spinners 1973
ll:09 Can't Get Enough-Barry White 1975
11:12 Beechwood 4-5789-Marvelettes 1963
11:15 I Want To Walk You Home-Fats Domino 1958
11:18 Tired Of Waitin'-Kinks 1965
11:20 Loving School-Tommy Shaw Future Gold
11:23 Good Vibrations-Beach Boys 1966
11:30 Say, Say, Say-Paul McArtney and Michael Jackson 1983 Recent Gold
11:34 If I Had A Hammer-Peter, Paul and Mary 1963
11:36 Have You Seen Her?-Chi Lites 1971
11:41 Rock and Roll Music-Beatles 1965
11:43 Solid As A Rock-Ashford and Simpson Future Gold
11:49 That'll Be The Day-Buddy Holly 1957
11:54 My Way-Elvis Presley 1977
11:57 Just Once In My Life-Rightous Brothers 1967

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> Here is one hour of WCBS-FM from 1983
> > 11:43 Solid As A Rock-Ashford and Simpson Future
> Gold

Are you sure about the year? My Whitburn book shows this song debuting in Nov. '84.

Why did they play currents on an oldies station?
 
> 11:57 Just Once In My Life-Rightous Brothers 1967
>
My Whitburn (1996 ed.) shows JOIML debuting on 4/17/1965.

ixnay
 
Sorry about that. Isn't it great that they played a song that even I was wrong on the year? That is great.

> > 11:57 Just Once In My Life-Rightous Brothers 1967
>
> >
> My Whitburn (1996 ed.) shows JOIML debuting on 4/17/1965.
>
> ixnay
>
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I did not date the list when I logged it. I guessed at the date from the Future Gold songs, later on.

CBS-FM started playing Future Gold back around 1973. By 1975, they were playing two Future Gold songs an hour, every hour except during special shows.

My guess is that they wanted to have former listeners of WABC, WXLO and possibley WPIX-FM back in 1973. As for me, I liked the new songs, but the Top 40 stations played them too often and I liked the fifties songs played on CBS-FM. It was perfect, as I got to hear top hits of the week but not too much for any one song. And I got to hear all the Solid Gold songs that I always loved.

> > Here is one hour of WCBS-FM from 1983
> > > 11:43 Solid As A Rock-Ashford and Simpson
> Future
> > Gold
>
> Are you sure about the year? My Whitburn book shows this
> song debuting in Nov. '84.
>
> Why did they play currents on an oldies station?
>
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