Composite: WINS and WMGM New York | September 17, 1961

1010 New York WINS Stan Brooks Lee Harris Judy Deangelis Elliot Abrams Accuweather Traffic and Transit on the Ones

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Date of Recording: 09.17.1961
Station(s): 1010 WINS / 1050 WMGM (WHN/WFAN/WUKQ/WEVD/WEPN) New York City, New York, USA
Format: Top 40
Featured Air Talent: Various
Contributor: Big Apple Airchecks

Comments:

This is a great comparison between two competing Top 40 stations. 1961 was so early in the top 40 game that WABC was just in its infancy with its then-new format. This recording doesn’t include ABC.

WINS, of course, went on to become the nation’s first All-News station. WMGM simply reverted to the previous call letters on 1050, WHN, and then after several years as an MOR station, became synonymous with Country Music in New York starting in 1973 for the next decade.

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