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Remember the 77 WABC bus placards?
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PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2017 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another photo taken at the COMMAND depot in 1981.....

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?579

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PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2017 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not a radio station ad here, but, this placard WNEW TV special broadcast ad is worthy to include posting here, especially in its historical context (Jamaica Ave. & Queens Blvd, 1977)

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?477

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PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2017 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now for some other WABC's (again, courtesy bus.nycsubway.org) :

"Musicradio" in a font similar to the ABC logo, from 1971:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1025

An early "The Music's On Us" from 1972:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1460

Later in 1973:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?358

Circa 1974:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2005
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2467

From 1977, on some of the short-lived Leyland double-deckers:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1257
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3314

After ditching the 'Musicradio' slogan in 1980, and before going talk - a Yankees promo from 1981:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2087
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2185
And one for Ross & Wilson:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1163

And a few miscellaneous others:

From 1970, a 'batwing' promo for WPAT 93 AM & FM:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2620

From 1972, WNEW-FM 102.7 in its heyday as a 'prog-rock' station:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1035

WHN 1050, after becoming country in 1973:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2161
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2614
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1085

WNBC after Cousin Brucie moved there in 1974:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2010

Also from 1974, a faint WPLJ ad in the back:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1039

And a longer ad for WPLJ, 1975:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1640

Another WPLJ promo, 1977:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1687

Another 'RadioJIT' ad, from 1976:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?330

Promos for 97 WYNY FM:
1977: http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1834
1981: http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2134
and http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2704

A few touting WCBS Newsradio 88:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2082
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2660

And WCBS-FM 101:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1216

Even WBAI 99.5 FM:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2587
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PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2017 9:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
All our vintage bus photos MORE than emphasize just how popular radio listening was, back in the pre-iTunes/iPod/internet era.

And yet . . . not a single placard for 1010 WINS. Hmmm . . . Confused Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2017 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

W.B. Fishbowl wrote:
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
All our vintage bus photos MORE than emphasize just how popular radio listening was, back in the pre-iTunes/iPod/internet era.

And yet . . . not a single placard for 1010 WINS. Hmmm . . . Confused Rolling Eyes

W.B.

I know...that IS strange, considering what a "hot" all-news station 1010 wins is!

I HAVE seen a pic somewhere on line, showing a Baltimore & Ohio train connection bus, taken in Manhattan (about 1958) with the 1010 WINS studio in smack-dab the background; that was way back when the station had not switched to all-news.......

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PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2017 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

W.B. Fishbowl wrote:

Even WBAI 99.5 FM:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2587

Probably WBAI's advertising budget for the entire year.
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PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2017 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
W.B. Fishbowl wrote:
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
All our vintage bus photos MORE than emphasize just how popular radio listening was, back in the pre-iTunes/iPod/internet era.

And yet . . . not a single placard for 1010 WINS. Hmmm . . . Confused Rolling Eyes

W.B.

I know...that IS strange, considering what a "hot" all-news station 1010 wins is!

Especially in 1978 where, everywhere else you turned, you saw ads blaring "New York WINS." You'd think at least one of their buses would've had that at least on the front . . .
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PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2017 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

W.B:

Now that I recall, when I started working in lower Manhattan in 1979, there were also "1010 WINS" ad cars inside PATH cars.

I even recall seeing ads on NJ buses, back in those days......

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
Now that I recall, when I started working in lower Manhattan in 1979, there were also "1010 WINS" ad cars inside PATH cars.

I even recall seeing ads on NJ buses, back in those days......

Wondering if any of these WINS ads were inside the NYC buses, if not outside?

But as for some ads missed, from the BusTalk Galleries . . .

1960s pic of bus with small ad for WVNJ near back . . .
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=383&pos=157
And a 'WVNJoy' ad from 1974:
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=344

A later WNEW 1130 ad on the side, from 1978:
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=90
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=267&pos=392

WTFM in its last few years as such, 1979:
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=383&pos=198

A few WBLS 'batwings' ads:
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=267&pos=12
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=267&pos=118

A WOR 710 ad from 1978:
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=267&pos=304

More recent (1990) - look at the Hot 97 ad on the bus at left:
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=469

And some WABC . . .
A 1974 promo:
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=312
"The Big Ticket" promo from 1977:
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=298
c.1979 "WABC Game" batwing in the back:
http://gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage.php?album=267&pos=125
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

W.B:

GREAT pics!!!!!!!!!!! Wink Wink

Back in the early and mid-70's, I remember "WVNJ" (WV-ENJOY"!) ads inside TNJ buses, as well as outside.

As I had mentioned earlier, this was a very popular "easy listening" station (Newark); my parents and I always enjoyed listening to their great selections!

Going back to "77 WABC", IMHO, I truly believe that it was the most iconic "pop" station in the greater New York area, especially during the late 60's/early-mid 70's.........just their trademark jingle along was classic!

As I had mentioned previously, I still recall "1010 WINS" ad cards inside PATH cars back then.........

"NYO"


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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2018 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Back in the early/mid 80's, I also remember seeing a lot of "KISS" (FM) placards on MTA buses.......

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
8th St. and 4th Ave., 1973........

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1974

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)

Two things about this:
- The side roll sign indicating "2 MADISON AVE VIA 116 ST." Obviously unchanged since that bus was first put into service in 1965.
- The large blank space at right on the front roll sign - to cover "VIA 7 AVE." No doubt the short-lived Fifth-Madison-Lenox 2 would have said on SB routes, "2 TO 8 ST VIA LENOX."
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

W.B. Fishbowl wrote:
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
8th St. and 4th Ave., 1973........

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1974

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)

Two things about this:
- The side roll sign indicating "2 MADISON AVE VIA 116 ST." Obviously unchanged since that bus was first put into service in 1965.
- The large blank space at right on the front roll sign - to cover "VIA 7 AVE." No doubt the short-lived Fifth-Madison-Lenox 2 would have said on SB routes, "2 TO 8 ST VIA LENOX."


W.B:

Great historical info; I find this sort of "Noo Yawk" historic bus "trivia" quite interesting! Wink

Roll signs....man, how commonplace they once were, on both the buses and the subways.......today, they are all highly-prized collector's items.....where have the years gotten to Question

Personally, I never thought that the day would come when roller signs would be relegated to memory and museums....... Sad

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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2019 12:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

traildriver wrote:
77, WABC used to be my favorite station in the '50's and '60's...

And when I moved 'out west' in the early '70's, I would periodically 'come home' for holiday or vacation visits (by bus), I would turn on my transistor radio, and would begin picking up its powerful clear channel, 50,000 watt signal, somewhere in Indiana during the night, and 'the beacon' would guide me home....just hearing its famousl jingle would make me feel that I was already there....very nostalgic....
Cool


traildriver:

Going through this old thread I started ages ago just jogged my memory again, regarding both buses and WABC, long, long ago......

It was New Years' Eve, 1968, and my folks and I were riding out from Journal Square to West Orange aboard a #22 DE CAMP New Look suburban, going out to spend New Years' with my Aunt Louise, Uncle Karl, and all the cousins who then lived in West Orange, on Wakeman St. (we got off the #22 in Verona, where my uncle then picked us up in his blue '66 JEEP Wagoneer!)

Before the rest of the company arrived, we then all happily (and NOISILY!) exchanged our belated Christmas gifts (my two older twin cousins, John and Joe (the SUPER cool "Dynamic Duo" of West Orange!!) gave me big cast-metal SILVERSIDES that they had found in a second-hand store while on vacation that summer...I was QUITE happy, to say the least! Very Happy

Then my aunt and uncle (bless them both!) gave me my first transistor radio (a "LIFE TONE DE LUXE")....JACKPOT!! btw: I STILL have that radio; one of these days, I have to see if it still plays!

Long after midnight, when the rest of the merrymakers had gone home to sleep through the wee hours of 1969, my folks and I bedded down in the guest room; of course, I had my new transistor radio softly playing under my pillow......I'll give you just one guess as to what station I had it tuned in to........ Wink

No wonder I STILL associate WABC with buses past........ Very Happy

"NYO"
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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2019 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is nne of my favorite New Look/WABC poster photos; you can actually HEAR the nostalgia with this one.....being aboard Fishbowl somewhere in the city, your trusty transistor radio glued to your ear.......

"SEVENTY-SEEEVEEEN! DOUBLEYOUUUUUU AAAAYYYBEEEESEEEEEEE!"

Man, we sure had it all, way back then.....great music radio AND great buses.......we were indeed spoiled ROTTEN....... Very Happy Very Happy

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?968

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