WEPN-FM - ESPN New York 98.7 FM. Even Ingram calls 1960 the "year of the dog in music". Using Video to Convey Your Passion and Personality Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training: 101 . One of many format change announcements. I had forgotten about this one. Between June 3, 2005, and July 12, 2007, the station aired the automated adult hits format "Jack FM". At CBS-FM, she is once again teamed up with Radio Hall of Famer, Scott Shannon. Scott Shannon is moving to WCBS-FM 101.1, a station that's been a city radio institution even longer than he has. But in our opinion he was great and was unfortunately underused in his WABC years. Harry's first day at WCBS-FM. "My alarm has gone off at 3:15 for eight and a half years . WCBS-FM's oldies format weathered many trends and corporate moves. ), AIRCHECK: Cousin Brucie - Bobby Jay [stereo]. In early July 2007, various websites quoted sources as saying the station was ready to shift from its current "Jack FM" format and return to its previous format. Recognizing the controversy of the sudden change, on June 14, 2005, the station announced that it would be unique among those with the Jack format in that it would occasionally include '50s and early '60s songs in its rotation as well as songs by performers like Frank Sinatra that are normally not part of the Jack format, though a later Web update retracted this, and songs from before the late '60s were no longer played. Don K. Reed is the leader of WCBS-FM. Today we, unfortunately, learned that the former WCBS-FM Radio Personality Don K Reed sadly passed away on July 16, 2022, at the age of 57. [21][22] The station went to number one again in the July 2014 & August 2017 ratings periods.[23]. What a thrill to be on a station my late father adored. WCBS-FM was one of the first notable oldies stations in the country, with the format dating back to July 7, 1972. WCBS-FM 101.1 / WCBS-FM: 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY, 10014: 212-242-6190: WFAN 101.9 FM/660 AM / WFAN-FM/WFAN-AM: 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY . Scott sounds like he's having a great time. His first WOR-FM show was on October 8, 1966. He also spent time as Program Director. Retired, Mornings, WCBS-FM / NYC: Shauna? Upon hearing of WCBS-FM's confirmation that oldies would return, Cousin Brucie commented, "Im thrilled that this music is getting a chance again." AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Scott Muni [stereo-scoped]. Then, after a few seconds of dead air and a few seconds of a "Wayback Machine" audio special effect, the oldies format returned with the resumption of the last song played before the change to Jack FM, Frank Sinatra's "Summer Wind" (starting like a phonograph record played very slowly but quickly accelerated to normal speed). Herb Oscar Anderson and Dan Ingram sneaks in just after "Brown Eyed Girl". AIRCHECK: Composite: Roby Yonge - Steve Clark - Gus Gossert - Steve O'Shea [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud. Thanks for listening to WCBS-FM 101.1! Earlier today, legendary radio personalityScott Shannon -- heard for almost a decade every morning on New York City's WCBS-FM with long-time co-host Patty Steele, entertainment reporter Brad Blanks, and a whole crew of returning "Big Show" friends -- has announced his decision to retire from daily morning radio on Friday, December 16. 12 am to 7 am - Music automation (no DJs) 7 am to 1 pm - Matt Sneed. Dan Taylor hosts WCBS-FM's morning show from 6 to 10 a.m., with Irv 'Mr. Harry Harrison, inducted . One other surprise for me was the promotion for the DJs appearing later that night: Ed Williams and Rosko (Bill Mercer). If CBS-FM was as creative as this every day, it would be a much better radio station. Here's CBS-FM's remembrance of Bob Lewis from one of the Radio Great Weekends, probably in the early 90's. Initial reports about the WCBS-FM format change initially surfaced on July 6, 2007, in the Radio Business Report online newsletter and at CrainsNewYorkBusiness.com. Weekend hosts include Sue O'Neal (6 to 10 a.m.) and Pat St. John (Sundays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). It's not a big wonder that the format didn't last all that long, but if it did, we never would have wound up with an oldies station. This was still in the days when CBS-FM would play Little Richard and early Doo-Wop records. [29] On January 2, 2013, WCBS-FM HD3 flipped to CBS Sports Radio. Bob "The Wizard" Wayne from pre-Oldies WCBS-FM. But CBS-FM was having problems finding a niche and competing against WABC-FM, WNEW-FM and WOR-FM and they changed DJ lineups often. 8 months ago. But we also hear a then-new track by Cher. When WCBS-FM was relaunched in July 2007 Don came back to host the radio greats show on the last Sunday of every month. #61. This is a really terrific sounding aircheck. Another syndicated show, Dick Clark Presents Rewind with Gary Bryan, airs on Sunday mornings from 12 to 4 a.m. Did they really work an eight hour on-air shift together or was it two four-hour shifts? Cousin Brucie moved over to Sirius Satellite Radio's '60s on 6 channel to continue playing oldies. In the summer of 2002, Don K. Reed's long-running Sunday night Doo-Wop Shop program was cancelled. In late June 2009, the HD2 channel was rebranded again as ToNY, meaning "to New York" but pronounced as "Tony". (In 1957, Freed's ABC-TV show was cancelled after Frankie Lyman danced with a white girl and ABC affiliates in the south objected.) When WOR-FM promoted that it was going rock in June of 1966, I thought it was also going to be a soft rock instrumentals station because at the time, it was difficult to imagine real rock on a commercial FM station. He pretty much ignores the playlist and he breaks formats and that makes it a fantastic show. It works for those who thought WNEW-FM and WPLJ were "too heavy". When was the last time you heard music DJs who sounded like they were having fun? Dan would leave CBS-FM 18 months later. WCBS-FM's last morning show host of this period was ex-Monkee Micky Dolenz, who had appeal to this audience segment by virtue of 1970s reruns of his band's eponymous television series and the mid-1980s Monkees revival. 2 pm - Michael Wallace. Rate the Price of this item. What a bunch of amateurs trying to do something interesting. Here are segments from Dan Ingram's show from the Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June, 1991. (The show begins with the last few minutes of Bob Shannon's show. The station continued to also feature hits of the 1970s and some hits of the 1980s while cutting future gold selections to one per hour. It should be noted that payola was not illegal before Congress made it so in 1960 (as long as you reported the income on your taxes, which Freed was accused of not doing). Formats were changing quickly, but by October of 1967, he was doing a one-hour show on Saturday nights called, "Some Trust In Chariots" with music producer Tom Wilson doing a show before him and Chuck Leonard and Dan Ingram each doing one hour shows after him. For more about Murray, check out the WINS, WOR-FM and General Radio History pages. PROMOTION: The WCBS-FM Rock Jocks: Bobby Wayne. In 1975, Brown also became Program Director of WCBS-FM. [26][27] As part of the agreement with CBS, Entercom was given the rights to use the brand and trademarks for WCBS-FM along with sister stations WCBS (AM), KCBS (AM) in San Francisco and KCBS-FM in Los Angeles for a 20 year period after which Entercom (or succeeding entity) will be required to relinquish using those call-letters.[28]. Bob interviews Rick Sklar who was the program director at both WINS and WABC-AM. Spitz was an on-air personality on WPHR-FM/107.9 (Power 108 . A little over two years later WCBS-FM would become an Oldies station. It was produced by the Berstein & Bernstein agency. 6 am - Wayne Cabot and Paul Murnane (with CBS World News Roundup at 8-8:08 am) 10 am - Lynda Lopez. On October 2, 2008, WCBS-FM HD3 was launched as a simulcast of WCBS. Pages are dedicated to WOR-FM, WNEW-FM, WCBS-FM, WABC-FM, WPLJ, WABC, WMCA, WINS, WPIX-FM, WQIV and such personalities as Murray the K, Rosko, Johnny Michaels, Alison Steele, Scott Muni, Jonathan Schwartz . However, it was commercial-free and had no airstaff. We all remember "Bob-a-Loo". In an interview with the New York Daily News, Cousin Brucie likened the format switch to "replacing Yankee Stadium with a fruit stand". Station website. Sourced from the Gus Gossert archive to Matt Seinberg and Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. Dan Ingram last appeared on CBS-FM on Sunday, June 8, 2003. It's hard to believe that Freed was only 43 when he died from uremia (or a broken heart, depending upon what you believe). Gossert's show was generally broadcast on Sunday evenings, a perfect time for this nostalgia. These are a series of early promotions for WCBS-FM's Young Sound format. That's quite a diverse and interesting group of nighttime jocks. too many pop music stations insult the intelligence of the listener in his twenties--what's more they are not even entertaining.. After the new programming's failure, WCBS-FM returned to its format of personality-driven classic hits. Our hosts cover all that matters to you. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloudd. It takes less than 60 seconds for Lewis to demonstrate more personality than one hears on radio today in a week. Dan sits in with Ron Lundy and they have some fun together, including making fun of Bruce Morrow. Chuck Leonard on the third Radio Greats Reunion weekend. For a few months he gave up his midday airshift. This is a great scoped aircheck of John Zacherley sitting in on Halloween at CBS-FM in 2007. CBS-FM's longtime music director Jeff Mazzei was retained as program director of the wcbsfm.com oldies stream. [3] On November 1, 1943, the callsign was changed to WABC-FM[4] for Atlantic Broadcasting Company, the former owner of CBS's AM station (no relation to the present-day WABC). AIRCHECK: Bobby "the Wizard" Wayne [stereo-scoped]. . After an incredible broadcasting career that has spanned over four decades, much of that time spent in New York City, radio legend Scott Shannon has decided to retire from his Big Show morning show on Audacy's WCBS-FM. . The format then moved to the analog and HD1 channels. Legendary New York radio personality Scott Shannon announced on air Friday that he is retiring as host of the WCBS-FM/101.1 morning show, effective Dec. 16. "In the Still of the Night" remained at #1 every year after that. And when it happened, two of the top three radio markets would simultaneously wonder what had happened. The Radio Greats program showcased veteran on-air personalities, with music tailored to their era of success. Such was the appeal of the packages of jingles that stations around the world wanted that WCBS-FM sound for their stations, including for example the UK's Radio Victory. Don passed way in July of 2022. This was pretty good radio: far more mature, interesting and diverse than Top-40 radio, but not as edgy and progressive as WNEW-FM or WABC-FM.One interesting thing about this aircheck is that it still works 40 years later. Since you don't like John Foxx and Annie Leamy's new morning show on WCBS-FM, let's go back in time and listen to the "Morning Mayor" himself, Harry Harrison. And the playlist was a strange mix of just about every genre of rock music. Owned by CBS Radio, the station broadcasts on a clear-channel & is the flagship station of the CBS Radio Network. Then, at 4:00p.m., the station played the usual station identification, and then a mix of Oldies and Greatest Hits referring to change, including "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "Get a Job", "Glory Days" and "Hit the Road Jack" (the last song of which had the word "Jack" edited out, giving an advance hint to the new format),[14] among others. On July 12, at approximately 12:40p.m., "Jack FM" ended with "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey, ending in the same spot where the song abruptly ended during the series finale of The Sopranos. [6] On August 27, 1967, the AM station had to launch its news format (which was not full-time until 1972) on WCBS-FM because a small airplane had crashed into the AM radio tower a few hours earlier.[7]. Fleet Week is over. From the 1940s until the late 1950s, both stations aired a typical network-dominated general entertainment format with comedies, dramas, news and information, sports, talk shows and some music. View hosts, shows, show schedules and more. ", "It's time to take a break, so on Friday, December the 16th, I will retire from CBS-FM right after we finish up the year the way it should be, with our live broadcast for the kids at Blythedale Children's Hospital. Each episode includes guests from the Radio industry including, but not limited to, Air Personalities, Program Directors, General Managers, and Owners. Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 posts on Mixcloud: AIRCHECK: John Zacherley on Halloween [scoped]. The station is continually ranked one of the highest-rated stations in the New York market, as well as one of the highest-rated classic hits stations in the United States.[1]. Besides Bill Brown and Don K. Reed, Wayne and Williams also stayed into the early part of the oldies format. WCBS-FM initially programmed a younger-leaning easy listening format known as "The Young Sound", playing soft instrumental versions of current pop music songs. Joe McCoy took over as program director in 1981, and at that point WCBS-FM began to gradually shift its focus to the 19641969 era, but would also feature more pre-1964 oldies than most other such stations of that decade. AIRCHECK: First Radio Greats Weekend: Jack Spector - Harry Harrison - Joe O'Brien [stereo], Contributed by Rob Frankel via his RadioMaven77 postings on Mixcloud and recorded by Joe Persek. This is a rare promotion contributed by Myles Putman. While you're here, click around for pics, voice work, airchecks, special guests, and memories of the final days of the legendary 95.5 WPLJ . Bailey, Roby Yonge, Tom Clay, Bob Lewis, Steve Clark, Dick Burch, Les Turpin and Johnny Michaels, many of whom are heard on this aircheck. A great photo of the CBS-FM jocks from contributor Kimbal Brandner. There was also a moderate amount of 1980s music on the survey. Zach was 90 when this was recorded and it's amazing how strong, vibrant and ageless he sounds. Each of the stations began broadcasting its own programming in 1966. He is also the author of the book Behind The Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll. The nine hundred and fifty-fifth position on our top list is currently occupied by WCBS-FM. JACK was a snarky format that was marketed as a more personalized approach with music chosen by a DJ named "Jack", rather than a corporation. On May 7, 2008, the Jack branding was dropped from WCBS-FM HD2 and was just called 101.1 HD2 or WCBS-FM HD2 due to the end of a licensing agreement with the owner of the Jack name and slogan, Sparknet Communications. While CBS shareholders retained a 72% ownership stake in the combined company, Entercom was the surviving entity, separating WCBS radio (both 101.1 FM and 880 AM) from WCBS-TV. Another psychedelic ad approach. Im incredibly grateful to all those who supported my roller coaster journey to this point. In the course of 1981, all of CBS's FM stations, except for WCBS-FM and their FM station in San Francisco, adopted a CHR format known as "Hot Hits". Don Bombard (born December 16, 1948), known professionally as Bob Shannon, is an American radio disc jockey best known for his work on WCBS-FM in New York City. Citing a family remember or a publication would be appropriate. Listen HERE. Based on some spots in the show (which we removed), we believe this is from June of 1989. We hear Cousin Brucie doing his show along with chatter from the studio from Rob Frankel and Lee Speigel, who had just interviewed Murrow. Here's another example of one of their earliest promotions, which you'll have to admit is a bit freaky, but who exactly were they trying to appeal to? Access the free radio live stream and discover more radio stations at one glance. The heartbreaking news was spread on social media but no official sources confirmed the news . The oldies format on WCBS-FM continued to be a success. It's a pretty good montage of CBS-FM over the years along with a lot of formatics and jingles. From 1988 to 1993, he did 10am-2pm at WNEW-FM after Dave Herman moved to drive-time and he held other shifts on the station through 1998. While they failed, their efforts led to the invention of the playlist and the end of disc jockey freedom until free-form radio stations brought it back some years later. Bob Shannon (radio personality) Syracuse, New York. During that era, the jocks included Bobby Wayne, Bill Brown, Steve O'Shea, K.O. ESPN-1050 made a strong move to acquire Yankees radio rights from incumbent WCBS-AM but was handicapped by its weak 1050 . . What's with all the swearin' like a sailor? We send our deepest sympathies to his family, friends, and fans. There's also a bit where Murray does a pulp fiction comic book intro to Ernie K Doe's "Mother In Law". A bit of Bob Lewis and Steve Clark from WCBS-FM's "sort of progressive" days. The final show will take . In the fall of 2014, the station dropped the pre-1964 oldies altogether and also dropped many of the songs from the 1960s, cutting the number down to one to two per hour. May the legend rest in heaven. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Alan Freed Tribute [scoped-stereo]. I don't want to discuss the Jack fiasco, but WCBS-FM has used a strategy to attract younger listeners by playing . By 1979, three FM stations owned by CBS had begun playing disco music. Most radio stations would never do this today because they would consider it "breaking format". Follow more of your favorite music on Frankie Says Dance, New Wave Mix Tape, 80s Underground, Scott Lowe on the Go's Post Modern Music Box, 90s and Chill, 80s Guitar,Rock N Road, IndustriALT,Wake Up and Rock, ALT Roots, and The Roots of Rock stations on the free Audacy app. This is a great aircheck of Pat St. John's last show on WCBS-FM. I have a son Lee who is now 34 years old. On February 2, 2017, CBS agreed to merge CBS Radio with Entercom, currently the fourth-largest radio broadcaster in the United States; the sale was conducted using a Reverse Morris Trust so that it would be tax-free. In 2003, the station played a Top 500 Countdown covering the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and some 1950s songs, and in 2004 played a Top 500 Countdown with mostly songs from 1964 to 1979 with some pre-1964 songs and 1980s songs. There are excerpts from his WINS and WABC-AM shows as well as from a few recordings that he made, including a novelty record that anticipates what Dickie Goodman would do just a few years later. The following week, Dan Daniel took over on Saturday and Pat St. John "sat in" for Ingram on Sunday, but Ingram never returned. This is a great aircheck of John Zacherley returning to CBS-FM when it was still a true oldies station to play a bunch of crazy tracks for Halloween and it sounds great. Bob was a highly creative air personality who could work any format. In the first Top 500, The Five Satins' doo wop classic "In the Still of the Night" was #1 and "Earth Angel" by The Penguins was #2. And the ratings never matched what CBS-FM had achieved. This was followed by greetings from former WCBS-FM DJs Harry Harrison and Ron Lundy. Info of The Station. I love the station, I love the people I work with and work for, and of course, I'll be honest with you, I think these are the best listeners we ever had. You mean they respected their listeners with specialty show? [19][20] Arbitron's switch from diary to PPM facilitated a move back to oldies and classic hits as sister station WOGL in Philadelphia had demonstrated ratings success in the new methodology by reaching the top five. While Freed and rock 'n roll music in general was highly controversial in the 1950s, Freed himself was very low-key, spoke in conversational tones on the air (unlike the screamers and speed-talkers of the time) and dressed in conservative suits. Listen to WCBS 880 internet radio online. Also in the 1980s, after WABC and later WNBC abandoned music in favor of talk, WCBS-FM began employing many disc jockeys who were widely known on other New York City stations (and sometimes nationally), most notably Musicradio 77 WABC alumni Ron Lundy, Dan Ingram, Bruce "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, and Harry Harrison, as well as former WMCA "Good Guys" Dan Daniel and Jack Spector. . They tried various permutations of free-form and progressive rock before finding the format that would last them for years. Between June 3, 2005, and July 12, 2007, the station aired the automated adult hits format "Jack FM". By January of 1991, he had appeared at . ( Source : twitter) The station played two current hits per hour known as "future gold". The weekday lineup also features Ron Parker (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.), Broadway Bill Lee (3 to 7 p.m. plus Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), Joe Causi (Monday through Friday, 7 p.m. to midnight, as well as "Saturday Night 70's" on Saturdays from 7 p.m. to midnight). I didn't even remember Rosko ever working for CBS-FM and Ed Williams had previously appeared on WLIB. Fans will be happy to know that Scott has plenty of shows to do before December 16, and he will remain with Audacy as the host of his syndicated America's Greatest Hits show, which airs on CBS-FM each Sunday morning, plus his True Oldies Channel highlighting the best tracks from the 60s, 70s and 80s on WCBS-FM HD3. The station broadcast "Jack FM," an automated adult hits format, from June 3, 2005, to July 12, 2007. A native New Yorker, Foxx also worked at PLJ as Program Director and afternoon drive host of and was Brand Manager of New Yorks former country station, WNSH-FM. knx 1070 radio personalities. In reality, CBS-FM didn't quite return to an oldies format, but to a 'greatest hits' format and in the intervening years has stopped playing all 50's and most 60's music. Note the great inside joke at the beginning. AIRCHECK is a podcast about radio's personality from radio personalities. The first song aired was Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right". 98.7 KLUV FM Dallas! Scott Shannon retiring from WCBS-FM, ending morning show this December, 'I believe it's time to take a break from morning radio and just kind of chill for a while', Scott Shannon Presents Americas Greatest Hits - Sundays 7-11AM, Featured Image Photo Credit: WCBS-FM/Audacy, Have any $2 bills? 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On the AM dial, there were a few oldies stations receivable at night, like Buffalo's WKBW at the time.[16]. Updated on September 1, 2021. Unfortunately, Lewis passed away just a few months after this show was broadcast. I retired five years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. He added, "This music has been treated terribly, and people in their 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s are still a very viable product in this society. It may have been repeated in 1991. Of course, it was easy for WCBS-FM to play "more music" because in 1970, they still probably didn't have very many spots. 6:30 pm - CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (WCBS-TV simulcast) On November 19, 2016, the "Saturday Night Block Party" was discontinued after four years in favor of regular programming. Announcing the passing should state the source of information. A recording of Wolfman Jack's final radio broadcast from 1995 was also featured on two occasions. [11] This survey would be repeated on Thanksgiving weekend in 2002. 101.1 WCBS FM New York! They could be worth thousands, Celebrate the Women of Alternative all weekend on Audacy, Join us for an Audacy Check In with Depeche Mode, GO LIVE with JAX to talk about her new song, 'Cinderella Snapped', WATCH: Dwight Howard competes in three-point contest at Taiwanese All-Star Game. In a testament to Patty's versatility and ability, she also does a weekly podcast with WCBS-AM Newsradio 880 morning show anchor, Wayne Cabot called "News On The Rocks". PRESS: The "Young Sound" Syndication Service. Audacy classic hits WCBS-FM New York (101.1) has recruited a second personality with Big Apple radio experience for its post-Scott Shannon plans for morning drive. Sirius Satellite Radio offers an ever-growing list of hosts across its various channels, especially since its 2008 merger with XM. So he plays a bit of Philly Soul and the next record is Joe Cocker. When the station returned to a modified oldies and classic hits format in 2007, the station compiled a new listener-voted survey and played the results Labor Day weekend. Bill Brown (radio Personality) CBS Radio; [citation needed], By 2000, as demographics for 1950s and early 1960s oldies started to eclipse the target age groups that many advertisers covet,[12] WCBS-FM began cutting pre-1964 songs while adding more music from the 1970s and 1980s. During this period, the station's on-air jingles were made by JAM Creative Productions in Dallas. The format was largely a jukebox or iPod playlist interspersed with snarky tag lines voiced by Howard Cogan. They broke format to only play Soul and R&B? By the end of 1976, Brown was on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays along with his Saturday morning shift. Another terrific sounding aircheck with the great Bob Lewis who could and did do any format. In those areas WBEB interferes with WCBS-FM, and in some spots, WBEB's signal actually seems stronger. AIRCHECK: Radio Greats Weekend: Dan Ingram [stereo-scoped]. Here's a great aircheck of Jocko Henderson from the sixth Radio Greats Reunion Weekend of June 1998. The station's playlist consisted of music almost entirely from 1964 to 1979, dividing about equally between the 1960s and 1970s, playing only a handful of pre-1964 oldies and songs from the 1980s. Feb 16, 2023. Over the next couple of weeks, the station started playing pre-1964 oldies again. And we even hear news. He first appeared on CBS-FM around July of 1972. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its transmitter is located in east Kansas City, and studios are located in Mission, Kansas. Just two years later, on July 6, 2007, WCBS-FM, under the aegis of new CBS Radio CEO Dan Mason, announced a return to the former CBS-FM with a start date of July 12th. Bids 7 bids. WCBS-FM (101.1 FM) is a radio station offering a classic hits format licensed to New York City and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. Contributed by Gus Gossert to Rob Frankel and posted via Rob's RadioMaven77 postings on MixCloud. There would be a wider variety of hits, unlike the CBS-FM of 2005, which had a limited playlist from 1964 through 1979. Air personalities did on-air auditions on the WCBS-FM HD2 oldies station on July 11, 2007, as a preview of the next day's changeover. Jay worked at WWRL New York, where, during his 15 year tenure, he performed virtually every duty . It was geared for listeners who weren't into AM radio anymore, but weren't into the heavier sounds of the progressive stations either. History WGLI-FM-WTFM (1958-1982) In 1958, 103.5 MHz was assigned to Babylon, New York for WGLI-FM, simulcasting sister station WGLI 1290AM.William Reuman, the founder and owner of WWRL in New York City, was the owner of WGLI. 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