WHTZ Z100 New York - FIRST DAY ON AIR - First Evening & Sign-Off - August 2 1983 - Radio Aircheck
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- WHTZ Z100 New York - FIRST DAY ON AIR - First Evening & Sign-Off - August 2 1983
Courtesy: Charles Menut. - If you know who the DJ is, let me know!!!
Morning of August 2 1983 - Z100 signed on with Scott Shannon, & JR Nelson and the brand new Top Forty format! -The first time NewYork had a true Top 40 on FM in Years.
Transmitting from West Orange NJ. - The first WHTZ site was on First Mountain in West Orange. It is also the home of WSOU and WFME.
Scott Shannon Always referred to that transmitter as the PeaShooter
The station was on that tower in Jersey for the first few days
Aug 4, finally broadcasting from the Empire State Building. Scott Shannon Always referred to that transmitter as the Flamethrower! They could be heard clearly across all or Metro New York.
The rest was history, Shannon & his crew on Z100 went from “Worst, to first” in only 74 days!
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It's 2023 and 40 years later, this playlist is still awesome.
Cripes...getting chills hearing all these 80s songs that played live/new back then...flood of memories. Radio imaging really changed since the 80s. Also, I always new TV stations would sign off for the night but I never knew radio stations did the same!
What an incredible story! They picked up where WABC left off. FM radio was really catching on by then. Sounded better, receivers were getting more affordable, and the Walkman (along with other similar portables) changed listening habits forever. This station was the role model for true 80's radio.
Love that you do this. Being a radio geek myself, worked in radio for 30 years, I still enjoy the old airchecks to bring back memories.
Just celebrated 40 years myself. I just wish I could go back into a time machine and go back to the days when radio really mattered. I'm always trying to explain it to my grandkids, but they just don't get it!
@@EllisFeaster I do agree with you, I wish we could go back as well. My first year in radio was '88 and I think we can all agree not only was the 80's the best genre of music, but it was truly the best age of radio. From guerrilla warfare to the most exciting programming at the time - I consider myself so lucky that I began radio during this time. I still have my aircheck from my first overnight shift where I was so nervous I forgot what my real name was to use on the air - but man we had some tremendous times and that was the era for Top 40 radio.
I grew up in neighboring East Orange and never knew Z100 started out so close to where I lived. Very cool.
"Stereo 100, W-V-N-J, and W-V-N-joy", was spoken when the previous station was AM/FM simulcasting their "beautiful" music format.
I am one of the original LISTENERS I WAS ABOUT ELEVEN YEARS OLD IN 83
Same here, born in 72 and remember recording songs off Z100 on to cassette.
I remember when I listened to Z100 in the 90s, it was identified as "Newark, New York City" and I remember "transmitting from the top of the Empire State Building". this whole thing sounds like the inverse of one of my Z100 mix tapes, where I kept the songs and had very little of the DJs and Station IDs.
Oh boy, playlist time!
2:20 1999 - Prince
3:20 Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics (also appears at 7:58)
3:32 How Do You Keep the Music Playing? - Patti Austin & James Ingram (also plays at 10:03)
3:48 Time - Culture Club
4:11 Flashdance - Irene Cara (also appears at 9:42)
4:24 The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
4:40 On the Wings of Love - Jeffrey Osbourne
4:50 Call Me - Skyy (had to Shazam this one)
5:07 Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
5:20 Burn Rubber on Me - Gap Band (Comment said it was played in NYC often so thanks)
5:38 Our House - Madness
5:58 She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer (also appears at 10:41)
6:08 Baby Jane - Rod Stewart (heard faintly underneath the talk)
6:14 Every Breath You Take - The Police
6:17 Sexy Eyes - Dr. Hook
6:40 Let's Dance - David Bowie
7:47 Never Gonna Let You Go - Sergio Mendes (with Rappers Delight in there?)
8:00 Love is In Control - Donna Summer
8:09 Africa - Toto
8:21 Is There Something I Should Know? - Duran Duran
8:25 Stand Back - Stevie Nicks
8:36 Solitaire - Laura Branigan
8:45 Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
9:49 Ladies Night - Kool and the Gang
10:13 Beat It - Michael Jackson
10:21 Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
10:48 Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
10:57 All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls
11:15 Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Kid Kelly and Hollywood Hamilton, two of the best boss jocks ever
Uh don't you mean ZJ's?!
Man, this is some damn good music.
Remember it well!
wonderful
WHTZ - 100.3 FM broadcast out of Secaucus, New Jersey, not New York City. Station was physically located off of Route 3 at 333 Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus, New Jersey.
The State of New Jersey and the Town of Secaucus never received any credit or was ever mentioned of their actual, physical location. New Jersey got screwed royally. 🤦♂️😡
When did they add the iconic JAM jingles?
In 1984. But before they signed a long term commitment to the "Holy Grail" of Jingles, they used TM's Airpower package which was created for WBBM-FM aka B96 in early 1983. In fact Ellis uploaded an aircheck of B96 from May 1983.
TM Male Jingle Singers: WHTZ-100, New York!
The Flamethrower package from Jam is legendary and was on by August 1984, as I had an aircheck of Hollywood Hamilton on a long-discarded, overplayed and worn cassette featuring the weather and transition jingles. Cut No. 1, however, stood the test of time, and in November 1990 with JoJo Morales on Thanksgiving Day afternoon was still in the mix (I have that cassette in a box somewhere). The rest of the Flame Thrower package was phased out by 1985 -- and replaced with the even more stunning jingles we remember today. www.jingles.com/jam/radioids/FlameThrower.php
@@donmccullen1973 Absolutely correct. Hot jingles weren't readily available in 1983 -- Mike Joseph's Hot Hits packages were already dated, and the 93KHJ rhythm of Southern California jingles could still be heard in the Hudson Valley on a "Musicradio" WBPM 94.3, using NBC Radio's The Source and John Leader's intros and liners. This was the best there was until that contract with Jam was inked, under Scott Shannon's direction to really make something hot. Meanwhile, KIIS-FM had its own plans -- and those jingles are equally legendary.
@@radioandtelevisionbusiness4202 Their was Music Now from JAM Creative, but jingle packages created for European stations and then some (Music Now was created for BBC Radio One) flew over the heads of North American programmers. Music Now was only redone for a handful of American stations. I heard it on KKMG aka Magic FM many years ago when the handle was actually Magic99. They are still the Colorado Springs-Pueblo Top 40 station to this day.
Now JAM Creative could do a package that sounded like the hit music of the day. It's just Jon Wolfert preferred to do music that complemented the current music trends, especially if the music itself was not popular on it's own. In short JAM Creative loved doing for lack of a better term...Jingle Music. Wolfert loved making it an art form...he still does. He loves the brass and strings, and sentimental vocal blends. Not a bad thing, but nostalgia can be an overkill. JAM Creative only created new jingles for Classic Hits radio because he did not acquire the PAMS library just yet. In many ways I am glad that JAM was forced to create new jingles rather than use old jingles. Some would have loved the old PAMS jingles, but sometimes it's great to do a package with more recent jingles that celebrate the past. It should be noted that TM's The Winning Score was created in 1977 for Top 40 radio and not Classic Hits. Yet M.G. Kelly felt it was an Oldies package and thus it was used on his show Live From The 60's which he created himself but hosted by The Real Don Steele.
The approach to making jingles only helped the likes of Erik Huber/Steve Thomas when they founded Reelworld. Truth be told Tom Merriman and Johnny Mann did their own updating long before Huber/Thomas.
The DJ was Cat Simon who only lasted a few months.
I think whomever did the board op was too slow with the transitions. Yes I’m one of those guys who is particular over how songs transition. I could write a book on various styles all depending on many factors. It’s a lost art in today’s radio because of the constant station IDs between each song if the announcer isn’t on air.
Actually, I remember PD Scott Shannon instructed the jocks to purposely play every song to the last note because he was a firm believer that listeners wanted to hear it that way and that they got annoyed if it got "cut off". Add in the lack of compression in those early days, and the result was loose sounding segues. The processing improved gradually over time, and as a result, the segues were not as loose sounding. In my opinion, Z-100's audio didn't sound good until around 1987-88, when Steve Kingston came in and turned up the compression and added stereo reverb to the entire audio chain. Prior to that, I think they only had mono reverb on the mic, if memory serves.
I think you have to cut them a little slack. It's their first day on the air, and it's still a work in progress. It sounds like the audio processing is not set yet. As I'm sure you know, when your compression is set right, you can run a song down to 20% when it's fading, and when compression is set for CHR standards, it will still crank the audio to near 100%. In this case, it sounds like the processing is still set for WVNJ's easy listening standards, when you would let a song fad out almost completely. Management knew they were just days away from firing up the new transmitter atop the Empire State Building, and that is probably where engineering was putting all of their attention. Once the new transmitter & new equipment was installed, the audio chain was pretty tight.
In today's world, it's a much different story, because at most stations, segues are no longer handled by humans.
Man, you should listen to 1340 WMID, they’re transitions are crap! They mix a jingle, end of the last song, and beginning of the next song together.
@@NickG123I Think they recently ironed out that problem
I Think it's Dr. Christopher Reed, one of the new Z-100 ZJ's on this aircheck Ellis.
I thought it might be, but I wasn't sure. Also, in the early days of Z100, he was not using the name Christopher Reed on the air. He was using Barry Stevens.
Ellis I don't remember him using anything but Dr. Christopher Reed at Z-100, even in the earliest days. I know he did change to what I believe is his real name, Ted Cannarozzi when he worked at WAPP a little later on. He was hired as the PD at Q-105 in Tampa in 2016, I believe he is still there in that capacity...
Marty Siegel I’ll post one of his Barry Stevens airchecks next week. He didn’t use it for very long. I didn’t know he was here in Florida. I’ll have to see if he does anything on air.
38 years!
By today's standard .. it sounds more ac than top 40
Tejay Schwartz and 37 years later CBS-FM is doing it just like this, even with Scott Shannon.
Song and artists? 3:36, 3:48, 4:23, 6:17, 7:47, 8:00, 8:21, 8:25, 8:29, 8:41, 10:03, 10:22, 10:47
Okie, here goes what I dug up. Starting at 4:23, it's Men Without Hats - Safety Dance, 7:47 - Sergio Mendez - Never Gonna Let You Go, 8:21 - Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know?, 8:25 - Stevie Nicks - Stand Back, 8:41 - Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra, 10:22 - Kajagoogoo - Too Shy, and 10:47 - Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes. Hope this helps!
I'll fill in what the previous person left out: 3:36 is "How Do You Keep The Music Playing" by James Ingram & Patty Austin, 3:48 is "Time (Clock Of The Heart)" by Culture Club, 6:17 is "Sexy Eyes" by Dr. Hook, 8:00 is "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)" by Donna Summer, 8:36 (not 8:29) is "Solitaire" by Laura Branigan, and 10:03 is the same as 3:36. BTW, you might not have recognized the version of "Safety Dance" they played at 4:23 because it was the shorter 45 version, which was rarely played on CHR stations once it became a hit. The longer album version was played most of the time: ruclips.net/video/-wbQY7Hz_Ns/видео.html
@@MartyGlenn72 Didn't I hear "All night Long" by Mary Jane Girls? I remember Scott saying that for a chr in NYC he would need to play some of the urban/dance titles here and there as they were true hits in NYC. From what I've heard he nailed it! Just enough tastes of ac in there so that you don't get an all teen chr like WCAU, and the also the right sprinkle of those urban hits that were mainly NYC songs. He had them there because they were hits, but just the few biggest, if he was to play just a bit more then not only would Z100 sound like they were coping KTU to some extent but also allowing WPLJ to truly own the "hit radio" positioner which at that time said top 40 perfectly as #1 hit music station does today.
also Skyy "Call me" which was a huge huge NYC hit in 1982, and Burn Rubber from the Gap Band. Even here when they didn't have it fine tuned, the mix is still exactly right to maximize the chr hole missing and doing it with playing the NYC hits.
@@donobrien1850 you are correct. Z-100 did play a lot of NYC "rhythm" records that were not played on mainstream CHR's in other parts of the country. Shannon hired Michael Ellis away from WKTU to be the music director, since he had experience with that type of music when the original 92-KTU was very successful...