Dick Heatherton on WCBS-FM 101.1 New York | 1978 (12:41) Scoped
Another from the archives - It’s been a long time since Dick Heatherton was on CBS-FM. Longer still since New York’s Oldies Station played currents and recurrents along with their oldies. It could be that the currents fit in with the format at the time. It almost certainly wouldn’t work today.
You’ll really enjoy listening to this - lots of classic jingles, Bill Gilliam news (well, part of anyway) and the oldies mixed with the top hits of 1976. When this first posted, we received numerous emails from people who remember Heatherton. Comments?
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Great airchecks as always. Now I may very well be wrong but I would put this air check at 1976 or early 77. New Kid in Town by the Eagles was from Hotel Califonia 1976 and refered to as future gold and Abba’s Dancing Queen was refered to as #15 on this weeks charts. New Kid was # 25 and Dancing Queen #27 for the year on billboards top 100 charts for 1977. Thanks for listening and I love this site– Craig
I REMEBER DICK HEATHERTON WHEN HE WORKED AT WFIL IN PHILADELPHIA 1969-1970. I WONDER WHAT HE’S DOING RIGHT NOW? i HAD A THING FOR HIS SISTER, JOEY. IN FACT I STILL DO!
For 1976, the station didn’t sound that “old” –almost contemporary at times. The “oldies” almost seemed to be just a flavor for the station.
Jim, to answer your comment,. CBS-FM was a Solid Gold station. The term oldies was not used in the seventies. In addition to their songs from the fifties to the early seventies, they played two Future Gold songs per hour. One at fifteen after and one at fifteen of. I do not have a pie chart near me, but I think they also played one or two Recent Gold songs per hour. So every hour they played no more than five songs released in the last three years or so. Everything else was older.
Dick Heatherton is my all time favorite CBS-FM jock. He had a quick tongue-in-cheek wit, but he did not get in the way of the music. He entertained me for over ten years during the best years of CBS-FM.
Ten years ago, I heard him on a satellite broadcast of Standards. He was being underutilized. I kind of remember someone saying that he had a behind the scenes job in some media company in Los Angeles. But I am not sure of that.
Enjoyed Dick Heatherton on WCBS FM from 1978. A great air talent who inspired me as I drove to New Haven to do my on- air shift at 13-WAVZ, New Haven’s Constant Music Station. I also took many of the great tips from Heatherton and applied the at 14-NVR in Waterbury , CT which was programmed by Joe McCoy formerely of 66 WNBC. Joe would soon program CBS-FM. This is one polished Jock at 101 FM! Enjoyed hearing this airchex and the jingles were great too!
All at WCBS -101.1,
Thank you very much for being there during the 2005 New York City marathon. I grew up in the Bronx and this visit was just more than running, it was visiting my home. The City looks great, the people are fabulous, and your music is the best. I snapped my fingers and danced all the way to the finish line with you and your music.
Ivan
It’s a shame that CBS radio ruined WCBS-FM, I don’t know why the WCBS-FM calls are still on 101.1 FM?
Dick Heatherton was also a sub-announcer on The Game Show “The $20,000 Pyramid”
I’d have to concur about the 1976/77 timeline for this aircheck. I think it was about 1978 or ‘79 that ‘CBS-FM went away from having CBS staff announcers (such as Bill Gilliand and Hal Simms as heard here) do top-of-the hour news updates and towards actual newscasters, including the now-legendary Al Meredith and others such as Deborah Wetzel.
I love wcbsfm and im glad its back but its not the sane without the 50>s music please bring it back love ya fran
The best biography that I have seen on Dick Heatherton is here.
http://www.wdrcobg.com/wpop_hk.html#
It includes a link to his current website.