Never one to miss an opportunity, Billy The Earl is growing his beard so it'll soon be long enough to get him a spot on Duck Dynasty. Billy The Earl, banished to the Midnight-6 shift on The Giant X, KXOA http://147kxoa.com
KYA and KFRC were a couple years into their famous Top 40 battle at this point in 1968; KYA had Tom Campbell, Johnny Holliday, Russ Syracuse and Tommy Saunders on the air and a playlist of 60 currents versus KFRC/Bill Drake's Big 30. Images courtesy California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
WFIL and WIBG were the big Top 40 stations for Philadelphia back in the 60's and 70's. This was about at the peak of WFIL in 1971. Survey cover has a picture of Neil Diamond advertising his Philadelphia concert. Images courtesy of California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
KAFY was the legendary Top 40 station for Bakersfield California back in the 60's. Here's the year end 1965 chart from KAFY with pictures of the DJs on the front cover, Dave Lee, Mike Lundy, Ron Bain, Lee Duncan & Bob Wilson (of R&R fame). Images courtesy of California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
Shortly before Dill Drake arrived at KYA from Atlanta, here's the KYA Swingin' 60 music survey from 9-4-61. Image courtesy California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
WHB was the monster Top 40 station for Kansas City back in the 60's. Here's the WHB 40 Star Survey from 9-27-63, picture of 1-6AM WHB DJ Gene Woody at the bottom. Image courtesy California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
This is the year-end 1965 Fab 40 for 1965 chart from KAFY Bakersfield (The Tullis & Hearne station - sister to KDEO San Diego and KFXM San Bernardino which both had identical survey forms at this time) Image courtesy California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
It was the highlight of 147 KXOA's Billy The Earl's radio career...but they didn't even give him a stinkin' bumper sticker for the 1972 Pee Green Ford Maverick back in 1972... but they only had about 3 listeners, so who the hell cares?
WILK (The Great 98) Wilkes-Barre PA actually had the balls to publish a Top 98 survey every week. You KNOW it contained a lot of crap... Image courtesy of California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
Roby Yonge had a long 2-hour airshift on WABC back in 1968 - 1-3PM. This WABC Music Power Survey is from 6-1-68; they switched to this format earlier in 1968 from the old All American Survey Image courtesy California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
KHJ was the big dog of Top 40 radio in Los Angeles in the early 70's. Here's issue #346 with KHJ's Robert W. Morgan on the cover. Image courtesy California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
147KXOA's BillyThe Earl is giving away $14.99 sandwiches if you can guess how many Pabst Blue Ribbon beers he drinks between Midnight-6 every morning on The Giant X... live streaming at http://147kxoa.com An extra gift if you also catch him belching during the show..
KFWB was the first big Top 40 station for Los Angeles back in the Fifties with Chuck Blore's "Color Radio" Top 40 format. Here's the 8-1-59 KFWB Fab Forty with pictures of the DJs on the cover. Images courtesy California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
WIBG and WFIL were the big Top 40 stations for Philadelphia back in the 60's. Here's a 1969 WIBG Big 30 survey. Image courtesy of CaliforniaAircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
CKY was one of the big Top 40 stations for Winnipeg back in the 60's. Here's their "Happy Difference Hit-Line" year end chart for 1965 with the Top 50 of the year. Image courtesy of California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
WJBK was one of the legendary top 40 stations for Detroit back in the 60's, competing with CKLW, WKNR and WXYZ. Here's a WJBK Record Review music survey from 1963. Courtesy of California Aircheck http://californiaaircheck.com
