Pages Liked by This Page. I THEN DID THE SHOW IN ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY FOR TWO YEARS FROM A CLUB CALLED MACS TAVERN.AND THEN DID TV SHOWS ON DUMONT.I DONOT KNOW IF ANY OF MY FRIENDS IN BROADCASTING ARE STILL ALIVE IF SO THEY CAN REACH ME AT walomi7713@att.net, In the 1950s I used to go downtown to the Biscayne Terrace Hotel studios of WINZ and answer phones for Jerry Wichner, my favorite DJ. In August 2021 the Erie Otters announced a radio broadcast partnership with WFUN beginning in the 2021-2022 OHL season.[4]. A couple years before that, as a WW1 writer/producer, Id written Shaw a professional fan letter on company stationery, thanking him for the inspiration. 1964 - Miami News article about WQAM and WFUN plane trips to Jacksonville for the Beatles concert: 1964 - Charlie Murdock with the WQAM Tiger in a Mustang: WQAM top songs for 1964: . The on air personality was Jack McCormack. Log In. My Instructors name was Steve and he was a friend of Rick Shaw. Does anyone remember The Place on Biscayne Blvd and arund 140th street. Let's hear it for Oven Browne & the Toasters, Russ Samuel & the Vanguards and the Famous Mop Tops all fantastic south Florida bands from the sixties and seventies. That February, celebrating 25 years after The Beatles first trip to America, Id written and produced a three-hour special edition of The Lost Lennon Tapes titled Beatles Conquer America 64, which aired over three weeks in January-February 1989. WGBS-LD, a low-power television station (channel 11) licensed to serve Hampton, Virginia, United States; WAQI, a radio station (710 AM) licensed to serve Miami, Florida, United States, which used the call sign WGBS until October 1985; WINS (AM), a radio station (1010 AM) licensed to serve New York, New York, United States, which formerly used the call sign WGBS It is the flagship station of locally based Sunbeam Television. Radio Brillance. In about 1979 or 80 I helped move the transmitter out of the roof of the building. This is a tribute to the glory days of WFUN (The Good Guys & The Boss Jocks) and WQAM (Tiger Radio)! In Californias Santa Clarita Valley, Peeples was theaward-winningOnline Editor for The Signal newspaperswebsitefrom 2007-2011, and wrote-hosted-co-produced SCVTVsWAVE-nominatedHouse Blend local music show from 2010-2015. I'm sure I won $5.60 when I lucked out and got through despite the delay that Hialeah callers endured when calling from certain telephone exchanges. He wore the same Greek fishermanscap that had been a trademark for several years by then (another story for another time). The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios are located in Audacy's Miami office on Northwest Second Avenue,[2] and its transmitter is in Everglades National Park. 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It is one of five stations in Media One Radio Group's Ashtabula cluster, the others being WFXJ-FM, WQGR (FM) WREO-FM, WYBL (FM), and WZOO-FM. The Rowley family then reactivated WICA-TV on April 4, 1966, with an intent of donating it as a non-profit educational license. That's why WTMI finally sold out. Thanks for posting your memories, Don. MIAMI, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Omar Romay, President of America CV Group owner of WJAN (Channel 41) and WFUN (Ch 48), both serving the Miami DMA, is . Does anyone possibly have a photo of him lurking or lingering around the house? Little Havana. WFEZ Easy 93.1. I was at CGHS in the 1950s and I remember listening to an R&B station with a (presumably) African-American DJ who liked to recite little rhymes between songs. They would announce the contest, you'd call in and if you were the first caller you'd play. Welcome Johnny, I'm glad you found the website and I thank you for posting. Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday nights, The World was the place to be for high school kids to see the hottest local bands, like The Kollection, and visiting acts. Radio Danz. Shaw had a bunch of high school kids, mostly hot girls, from all over Dade (Miami) and Broward (Ft. Lauderdale) counties, interning with him at WQAM. Web . Since I lasted posted a thought 6/28/07, I've recalled listening to Jerry Wichner's early evening dedication hour in the mid to late 1950's. Requests and dedications were only taken by Western Union Telegrams. Classical South Florida 89.7 FM. Prior to that the transmitter site was on SW 127th Ave. just north of Kendall Dr. Looks like there's a park there now. Share with: Link: Copy link. The majority of WQAM's jingles were produced by PAMS of Dallas. The Miami Herald reported that the company intended to move the sports format to FM full-time (with 790 breaking away for a new format) after it completed the re-location of its city of license to within the Miami market. Shaw was still on the air spinning oldies and serving as PD at WAXY in Ft. Lauderdale, about 25 miles north of Miami Beach, up U.S. 1 or A1A or Interstate 95. In the early '70s, WQAM and WFUN were pretty dominant for Top-40, but got serious competiton with the arrival of WMYQ-FM. Tampa. So in the summer of 89, when I returned to Miami for a 20-year high school reunion, I took a shot at setting up an interview to use in new episodes of The Lost Lennon Tapes.. About WBUS, 93.9 FM. Newsradio 970 WFLA; Stand with Ukraine. Former WQAM 560AM program director and disk jockey CHARLIE MURDOCK passed away on January 16, 2011, at Panama City, Florida where he was visiting friends. On weekends, "Teveo" carries a "week-in-review" selection of its news programs. It's great to know that a North Miami High grad really made it big! Listen to the best live radio stations in Miami, FL. WFUN Miami (Tribute Web Radio) - US - Listen to free internet radio, news, sports, music, and podcasts. Would you play it again? he said. Downtown Miami, One Biscayne Tower. Get The App. The Monkees emerged victorious in the 16-day competition with a total of 65,153 votes, compared to The Beatles . Their party was in turn spoiled by WHYI-FM ("answer your phone by saying 'I listen to the new sound of Y-100 and win!'"). Sections of this page. --X1. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0; additional . The counterfeit has the letters and numbers a little farther apart. Tina Turner sings "Good Bye, So Long." Nino Tempo and April Stevens sing "Swing Me." Dick Clark interviews actor Dick Peabody of the TV series "Combat!" Dick Clark talks by phone with Doc Downey, a DJ at WFUN radio, Miami Beach, FL. Does anyone have airchecks from these 1972 convention broadcasts? (We've lived in Lakeland since 1986.). It moved to UHF channel 48 and its call letters were changed to W48CI. Jump to. Thanks, Bonnie, for the Elvis appearance at the Olympia memory. Both AM and FM stations were owned by Richard D. and David C. Rowley since their inception. Stream online for free, only on iHeart! WFUN 79 - Miami's legendary Top 40 Radio Station. Kayak, canoe or stand-up paddle board at Oleta River State Park, the Deering Estate or Crandon Park. It was across the street from the carpet store. What endeared Shaw to young Miami audiences were the hits PLUS his one-liners, wacky soundbites (like the Lone Ranger and Tonto from the TV series starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels: Could mean trouble, Tonto! That right, Kimosabe!), and his riffs on obnoxious spots all delivered at a blistering pace, pumped up by tons of reverb and echo, and broadcast to us through WQAMs framistan at 5,000 watts. I just started looking at this area of the site. Save peace in the world! Here's a weird memory from around 1963. 105.9 FM is now . Russ later showed up as a deejay with WQAM in the mid eighties. Towers in the Sand is the only comprehensive history of Florida's broadcasting industry, 1922-2016, the people who brought the stations to life, and the events that saw the state grow from boom to bust and back again to now the nation's third most populous. Within a year, Shaw often had more listeners tuning in to what hed often call The Ricky-Ticky Show on WQAM from 7-11 each night (and a few years later from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.) than all other Miami radio stations combined. Sometime in late 1967 or early 68, Shaw introduced a segment of his radio show called Ug, short for underground, where he eased up on the Top 40 frenzy and played the heavier, psychedelic stuff Top 40 radio wouldnt play. It would be 21 years before Id hear his voice again. DTV/HDTV Channel: 48. Its 29 years now [1989] and itll be 30 years on the radio in South Florida next year [1990]. In the last hour, wed hear Shaw count down the Top 10 requests, which usually reflected the Fabulous 56, but at times leaned heavily toward Beatles and Stones. Mar 09, 2012, 10:02 ET. He started to build a following on Miami stations WCKR/WIOD, where the station manager tagged him with a new on-air name and he became famous for wacky DJ promotional stunts. I was in 9th grade at North Miami High. I also have some of China Vallace. I have a picture of him from an old 1971 Magic Bus newspaper that I'll need to scan. Use our smartphone app for Apple iOS or Android. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Facebook. Being right next door on the dial, it was tempting for listeners to jump back-and-forth if they didn't like what was playing. O.K., I remember Rick Shaw, but! Maximillian started, and you needed to call out "gimme." Use the search to find your favorite internet radio or just choose something new that appeals to you. [5] In the immediate wake of Hurricane Andrew, which collapsed the Homestead tower, W27AQ remained on the air as WCIX's only broadcast signal. Decommissioned after the WW2 she worked as a light cargo vessel before being secretly fitted out as a radio ship in Miami Florida from January 1966. W228BY Revolution Radio. >> TEMP - DELETE when you figure it out right >> Memories of MUSIC, Radio Stations, Musical Groups and Links to Oldies Videos Photo Gallery - click on image to view > 1964 - Miami News article about WQAM and WFUN plane trips to Jacksonville for the Beatles . You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Hey Don, I'm sorry, it slipped my mind. Episode #8.35: With Dick Peabody, April Stevens, Nino Tempo, Tina Turner. He was Rhinosfirst web editor(1996-1998), and then editor of Warner Music Group websites (1998-2001). DISCUSSIONS. In the summer of 1965 I went surfing or tried to "teach" Roby Yonge how to surf! Father of 6. Both were pressed on vinyl (not styrene), and the labels match pretty closely (though the original is a very slightly different shade of orange). The two stations were known as powerhouses of. Jerry Wichner, WINZ: There is some interesting information in this site's Guestbook on August 10, 2011, from Mr. Alan Jeffory who worked as an announcer at WINZ after World War II. Welcome Pete Berlin and thank you for posting with the information you provided to Ray. I believe it was sung by Paul Peterson (Donna Reed Show?). I'm sure they'd love to hear from you on there. 48.2 America TeVe. We shared some good times, we shared some bad times, but we shared an awful lot of time, no matter how you slice it. Walked out to the tower. "Channel 6 set for broadcasts on Channel 27", "Low-power station to help WCIX boost its TV signal", "Reprogram the VCRschannels 4, 6 about to swap", MundoFox leaves America Teve (WJAN/WFUN) for GENTV (WGEN), "Watch AmericaTeve Online for Free | The Roku Channel | Roku", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WFUN-LD&oldid=1132164622, Television channels and stations established in 1998, Low-power television stations in the United States, Spanish-language television stations in Florida, Hispanic and Latino American culture in Miami, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from March 2020, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Articles using infobox television station, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 15:38. Radio call letter jingles for radio station WFUN out of Miami, FL. No one thought FM would take off. It was a beautiful night, full moon and all that. Die-hard Tiger Radio listeners as we were, if we didnt like a song or a commercial on WQAM, wed flip to WFUN. Don, I haven't seen any reference to Elvis Presley's one night appearance at the Olympia Theatre in 1956. WFUN's last Program Director, Don Wright, was at the controls! Due to the changes, The Dan Le Batard Show discontinued the local-only hour it had historically produced (although it was allowed to air its local hour on WAXY one last time on August 5 as a "farewell"). ltima reproduccin: Christian Miami, FL, United States. Later I recorded him, after testing, saying this is "WQAM, Miami, signing off". Shaw was just in his mid-to-late 20s then old enough to be a heroic figure to junior high school and high school kids 10-15 years younger, but not so old we listeners thought of him as a real adult or, God forbid, a parent. 2 (see survey below). Radio Hit Latino. Miami radio station WFUN 790 AM survey chart for the week of 1970-12-19. WFUN may not have even been around when 790 went on the air from the new site. That was just after our journalist parents moved us all to Miami from the small town of Neenah, Wisconsin, where our mom grew up (thats another movie). [13], On October 26, 2021, most of WAXY's local programming was moved back to WQAM, with WAXY introducing a new weekday lineup primarily featuring sports betting-oriented shows from Audacy's BetQL network, and The Jim Rome Show from CBS Sports Radio at middays. . It changed back to music and became WMRZ ("790 Memories") on October 27, 1990, running "AM Only", a Satellite-based Adult Standards format from the Unistar radio network (now America's Best Music from Dial Global).[4]. The once-proud Top 40 rocker would take the easy listening route, before re-e. . 10 posts WFUN Miami 60's WFUN Miami 60's . WFUN-LD is a television station in Miami, FL that serves the Miami - Ft. Lauderdale television market. Clear Channel Communications sold their Ashtabula cluster, including WFUN, in September 2007 to Media One Radio Group (headed by Embrescia and dubbed "Sweet Home Ashtabula" as a placeholder). Radio Caracol is one of Miami's rare moderate Spanish-language stations. Shaw was the top-rated radio celebrity in South Florida in the 1960s, and among other accomplishments, was the first disc jockey to spin The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in Miami in early 1964, on top-rated Top 40 station WQAM, "Tiger Radio" at 560 AM on your . I was there when Kennedy got shot, I was there during three hurricanes. NOTIFICATIONS. We all saw him as the cool older brother we wished we had. [14] After having been simulcast in full by both stations since August 2020 due to a realignment of ESPN Radio's schedule,[15] Hochman & Crowder's first hour became exclusive to WQAM. I remember the Cozmic Travler (Ron Shafrin). Just a quick note re. But those stories are for another chapter.). WFUN 79 MIami Florida www.WFUNRadio.com # fun79 # wfun # miamiradio. Broadcasting touches almost every person in the United States every day. 1 across the country and in Miami, where She Loves You and Please Please Me were also moving up fast on WQAMs weekly Fabulous 56 survey. 448 estaciones de Radio de Miami WMCU. PAMS was the most popular jingle producer in the 60s and 70s and their jingles far surpsassed the other companies in quality and popularity. Try 7 Days Free to get access to 837 million+ pages, Search the Largest Online Newspaper Archive. Shaw recounted a story a former listener had told him a couple years earlier, at a 20-year reunion for Ft. Lauderdale High Schools Class of 67. There's a link to a WFUN tribute site, an image of a WFUN club card and also a photo of a WFUN promotional car. Summaries. 12. One of the first stars of this station was The Cosmic Traveler. [6], During the 201011 season, WAXY took over as the Miami Heat's flagship station due to a dispute with previous station WINZ. I really enjoyed every second I spent growing up in Miami of the 40's and being an adult there in the 50's. Like most WQAM listeners, my sister Ruth and I were just a couple of regular school kids, Baby Boomers born in October 1951 and January 1955, respectively. Richard D. and David C. Rowley, the founders of WICA-AM-FM, also started WICA-TV on channel 15 in the 1950s. While on 800, it was licensed to Miami Beach and was the first station in the area to hold the WMBM callsign, which is now on 1490kHz. Listen to Live Radio. Rick Shaw real name James Hummel landed in Miami in 1960 after stints at stations in East St. Louis, Omaha and Denver. A fun place but way before the legal gambling. The RST series, Estamino, and Fortamino are all good choices for shorter growing seasons. Station 99 Jamz Miami, FL. On August 13, 2012, WFUN-LD acquired the Amrica TeV programming and format from WJAN-CD (channel 41) after the latter station became a charter affiliate of MundoFox; most of the Amrica CV-owned stations that joined MundoFox on that date added the Amrica TeV format on their second digital subchannels, with the exception of Puerto Rico-based WKPV and WIRS, which broadcast TeV on their main channels. WLRN-TV, virtual channel 17 (UHF digital channel 20), is a PBS member television station located in Miami, Florida, United States. Perhaps with you commenting here it will attract some of your old buddies and maybe they'll leave some comments also. The signal was so strong, even my transistor radio could even pick it up, and would even interfere with local WFUN next door on the dial at 790. Wally Reed (Sy the Guy) if you are still around, try edtalkingbird@mail.com. Newspapers.com makes these newspapers available for the purpose of historical research, and is not responsible for the content of any newspapers archived at our site. The first rock n roll disc jockey I remember listening to was Bob Green, who had a show at night on the otherwise adult-oriented pop station WINZ, broadcasting from studios high atop the Biscayne Terrace Hotel in downtown Miami. The station's license application was first submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1980, but a construction permit was not issued until 1988, with a license issued the following year as W27AQ. Democrats fear a new owner will use it to broadcast more right-wing disinformation. WFUN-LD is the last station in the MiamiFort Lauderdale market to produce its local newscasts in 4:3 standard definitioneven though, as of April 2013, select programs are broadcast in high definition, the station maintains HD camera equipment, and on-air graphics and station promos are presented in the format. WFUN (970 AM) - branded as ESPN 970 WFUN - is a commercial sports radio station in Ashtabula, Ohio.Owned by Media One Radio Group, it serves Ashtabula County, Ohio and parts of the Erie, Pennsylvania region. Sign of the times, and thanks once again for the memories. It was a great song and many people have great memories related to that song. Find top stations in Miami, FL (40) United States. We can also discuss the other Top 40 AM stations in South Florida (from WCKR to WAME to WGBS to. At one point, the station was branded as "ESPN Radio 790", but then stopped carrying ESPN Radio programs in favor of Fox Sports Radio, then carried the Sporting News Radio shows of Todd Wright and David Stein, and is now affiliated with ESPN Radio again, since WQAM took the Sporting News Radio affiliation. Discover how an iHeartRadio station can deliver connect your message with your audience, live and local, right where you live. WBUS-FM was a business news station but took the plunge into progressive "free form" radio. Tune your home or car radio to 107.3 FM or 96.3 HD2. I was 7, going on 8 in that October. Television. Miami's Black Information Network 880 AM. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.