#MusicRadio 77

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The Founder's Blog: The Way I See It, #1

With everything going on around me (tons, when you’re about to close on a home), I’m still thinking about WCBS 880. People are still WRITING about WCBS 880. Eventually, the noise will calm down and everyone will go on about their business. It’s too bad that radio companies don’t make decisions based upon the reaction of their audience. There are a number of stations that would still exist in…

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Tuesday, July 4, 2023 3pm ET: RadioMax Special: WABC Classic Top 14 Countdown: Summer Titles with Allan Sniffen

From the archives in June 2002. Allan Sniffen hosts this WABC Classic Top 14 featuring Summer Titled tunes that appeared on the WABC Weekly Charts. For more on WABC MusicRadio, check out this link. MusicRadio 77

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WABC Musicradio 77 New York - Dan Ingram - June 25 1966

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Dan Ingram, MusicRadio 77 WABC | June, 1970

Whenever we run across any WABC or Dan Ingram airchecks, we have to go through the vast archives here at this repository first, before even bothering to work with it, to ensure that we haven’t run across it before. Well, here’s yet another gem that turned up in the archives of our biggest Contributor, Big Apple Airchecks. Two things about this aircheck to note. Okay, three. First off, it’s…

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77 WABC Tribute Show on WNEW-FM 102.7 New York | May 26 1982

  WNEW-FM 102.7 New York – 77 WABC Tribute Show – May 26 1982 – Parts 1 & 2   May 10, 1982, was the day the music died. That was when Musicradio 77 WABC dropped it’s music format, and moved to a talk radio format. A couple of weeks later, WNEW-FM aired a two hour tribute to WABC. It featured many former WABC air personalities, including Cousin Brucie, Bob Lewis, Herb Oscar…

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Thursday, June 29, 2023 12pm: WABC Classic Top 14 Countdown with Bob Shannon

The Top 40 Hits from WABC Musicradio 77. A regular program here at the beginning of the 2000s. This encore is from August 14, 2001 featuring the WABC Chart from August 5, 1969. Hosted by Bob Shannon.

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Dan Ingram, MusicRadio 77 WABC | May 9, 1975

Dan Ingram, MusicRadio 77 WABC | May 9, 1975

Over the years, we’ve heard lots of WABC airchecks. And there’s a lot of Dan Ingram stuff out there. It’s RARE to find something new, never posted before and even more rare to hear something restored as this one is! One of Contributor Bob Gilmore’s hobbies is re-engineering old mono 45 rpm records from the 1950s & 60s and turning them into remastered stereo recordings. Taking that one step…

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George Michael, MusicRadio 77 WABC New York | April 19, 1977

George Michael, MusicRadio 77 WABC New York | April 19, 1977

George Michael came from WFIL Philadelphia in 1974 to replace Cousin Bruce Morrow, who moved over to WNBC that year. George Michael was probably the most high-energy Top 40 personality that WABC ever had during its Top 40 years 1960-1979 or its Adult Contemporary era 1980-82. Since George Michael had the so-called “teen” hours 7-10 pm, much of his show was centered around the high school…

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The Best of Dan Ingram, 77 WABC New York | The Early Years: 1966-1974, Part 1

The Best of Dan Ingram, 77 WABC New York | The Early Years: 1966-1974, Part 1

**WARNING: Contains material that may be offensive to some in our listening audience** Here’s the reason for the warning. At the time of these recordings, the things that were said were totally appropriate and acceptable for the time. However, society has moved on and some things heard on this tape may sound offensive to younger members of our listening audience. This is not intentional, and it…

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Dan Ingram on 77 WABC New York | May 9, 1975

Dan Ingram on 77 WABC New York | May 9, 1975

 WABC 77 New York – Dan Ingram – May 9, 1975 He was considered the best of the best! For more than 20 years, Dan Ingram was one of the top jocks on one of the top stations in the country, on New York City’s 77 WABC. Ingram’s radio career spanned six decades. He knew when he was a child that he wanted to be on the radio. After landing jobs in Dallas and St. Louis, Ingram became the…

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Harry Harrison, 77 WABC New York | November 15, 1969

Harry Harrison, 77 WABC New York | November 15, 1969

Considered by many to be the greatest morning man in New York City radio history, Harry Harrison passed away on January 28, 2020 at age 89. As the radio industry and fans all around the United States mourn the death of yet another radio great, we thought it would be time to dig out some more audio and pay tribute to New York’s “Morning Mayor.

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Airchexx Presents: MusicRadio 77 Recreated Featuring Steve O'Brien | December 31, 2005

Airchexx Presents: MusicRadio 77 Recreated Featuring Steve O’Brien | December 31, 2005

Steve O’Brien WABC Publicity Photo

Date of Recording: 12.31.2005 Station: None Format (Simulated): Top 40 Featured Air Personalities: Steve O’Brien (WABC/WMGQ/WPLJ/WIBG/WCBS-FM/WNYW-TV/WNBC-TV), Steve West(WOGY/WMBZ/WGKX/WMC-FM/IRN/WCTZ/WSTC/others) Contributor: Steve West Airchexx Entry: 1,499

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Here’s a song we never got tired of playing at WABC in the middle of the disco era…

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Dan Ingram, MusicRadio 77 WABC New York | April 10, 1979

From Contributor Frank Davis comes this unique ‘almost disco’ recording of MusicRadio 77 from April 10, 1979. Legend has it that WABC went Disco for one week. Well, first off, we’re not entirely sure of which week in ’79 that was, or if it was exactly one week or longer. One thing is for certain, this recording from the second week of April features nearly ALL disco music, with the exception of…

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Harry Harrison, MusicRadio 77 WABC New York | August 9, 1979

August in Radio History: This ALL-NEW aircheck features Harry Harrison in his familiar morning slot on MusicRadio 77! It's a nice day, lower humidity and Harrison has lots of prizes to give away. Note, a sad day in Baseball history. This, from 8/9/1979

Monday morning, Harry Harrison on WABC

Audio player below notes. Curator’s Notes

Harry Harrison (WMCA/WABC/WCBS-FM) is the featured personality on this particular Monday morning, during a typical sounding day on the old MusicRadio 77 WABC! Sent in by our Contributor, Alan Fletcher, way back in 2005, this recording was featured on WABC Rewound, Memorial Day 2005. I’ve edited out the extra voice…

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WABC Composite Aircheck, 77 WABC New York | December 1973

WABC Composite Aircheck, 77 WABC New York | December 1973

 WABC 77 New York – Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy, Dan Ingram, Chuck Leonard – December 1973 Courtesy: Mike McCann Tauss Here is a composite of 77 WABC in December 1973. At the time, WABC was the most listened to station in the nation. This is this brief composite of a Saturday on the air at MusicRadio 77 starting with Harry Harrison in the morning, then moving on to the late, great Ron…

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Sunday 11/29/2020 12am ET: MusicRadio 8th Annual Top 77 of 2005 Allan Sniffen and Bob Shannon countdown the Top 77 listener created hits of 2005.