My Aircheck Collection: The Final Moments of WQEW - 12/17/98
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Before I have to start this new channel with a bang, why not listen to the first aircheck for my new channel. This is the final moments of WQEW from 12/27/98. For those of you may not remember or even heard of, WQEW was a station that plays Middle of the Road music as part of the format, and it ran from 1992 until 1998. WQEW was a great station that plays Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis and many others. They had some great talent like Stan Martin, Jonathan Schwartz, Chuck Leonard (from WABC) and others that are part of the station.
But sadly, on December 27th, 1998, WQEW signed off for the last time when the station becomes Radio Disney. I used to listened to that station since the 1990's and I enjoyed listened it when it was the home for "American Popular Standards." I missed that station a lot, but there is one place to get your standards fix is satellite radio which is Sirius/XM and internet radio stations like TuneIn, Pandora and others.
If you haven't heard the final moments of WQEW, here is a clip from 12/27/98, just two days after Christmas to hear the final minutes of WQEW. On this clip, you will hear Stan Martin giving his final words until the station faded away, and during that final day, you will hear Leroy Anderson's "Forgotten Dreams", the song in which you were familiar with it when it was first used on KABC-TV in Los Angeles when the station signed off back in the early to mid 1980's and also on WABC-TV as it was also played during the ending to the Friday evening and Weekend editions of "Eyewitness News" from back in the 1980's. After that, it became Radio Disney. I hope you all enjoy this memorable aircheck.
Starting 12/27 will be 15 years since WQEW signed off the air for the final time.
Audio courtesy of Rock Radio Scrapbook.
WQEW: Really heartwarming goodbye
Radio Disney: LITTLE BUG, HARDLY THERE
As I am writing this, I am sad to report that 1560 AM no longer exists on the New York radio dial. After some time as radio Disney, it eventually ended up in the hands of a religious broadcaster, and after a while, the station went off in 2020. A sad end to what was once the classical station of the New York Times, and then the home of American popular standards. I think we need those two formats now more than ever.
Anyone under the age of 30 will live to see the end of terrestrial radio (and newspapers, magazines, and possibly - television). No advertisers or paid subscribers - no radio. I was depressed about this for a while, but all things change. Who knows? Their world may very well be better. Or worse. Time will tell.
This is my first time I got to hear WQEW before the format change to Radio Disney and I did not know this was around for a while
Stan Martin was my best friend for over 30 years. He was a special person.
I was working nights in 98 when I listened to this station.
We had a boom box with a cassette recorder that still worked. I taped a few xmas broadcasts and the sinatra tribute all week.
Miss the station.
I have a sad update on 1560 AM in New York. It appears to have come to an end after over 100 years of broadcasting. It has left a great legacy that will last forever. Rest in peace 1560 AM, New York. From the classical station of the New York Times, to QEW, radio Disney and family radio. You will be missed.
after Radio Disney closed down it was sold to a religous broadcaster and the tower site was moved which reduced it's 50,000 watt blowtorch signal down to low power. from what I read there was some complaints from people near the transmitter for interference issues so they shut it down
started listening in 1996. working the night shift one day and flipped thru the channels and found wqew. was sad to see it go. I mus thave a bunch of tdk recordings from some of the xmas shows and when Sinatra passed away. was listening to tape jus this morning
Stan Martin was my life long best friend and I comeback regularly to hear my friend voice
R.I.P. WQEW Radio Disney AM 1560 1998-2015
I wasn't born in the era of Standards music but my grandma liked that music and would often listen to QEW, so I would get a taste of that music when visiting her. When Radio Disney took over in late 98 grandma wasnt thrilled but I took a liking to Disney with all their pop songs and upbeat commentary. So fast forward to early 2015, now it was my turn to being not all too thrilled by Radio Disney going off the air.....So Family radio signed on in early 15 and now my mother in law started to love the Christian radio programming...fast forward again to early 21 and now it seems Family Radio if off 1560...She said she's now not thrilled of it's going off the air ....So we've got almost 30 years of coming and going radio formats with as of now, no radio station on 1560 am currently....
I like how romantic this final sign off is.
Do you have the opening minutes of it being radio Disney I could get?
I Miss Old WQEW
Great! It looks like you are off to a good start!
@NALTO As The Beach Boys would say… Round, Round, get around, I get around.
WQEW became WFME this year. It is now a religious station owned by Family Radio.
***** Lew Dickey will never let that happen. WABC has Don Imas, Sean Hanity, etc. WABC is one of the most listen to AM Station in the entire NYC Market. It's June 2, 2015, and Don Imas is on.
Best 6 years in NY radio ever....
NEXT YEAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN 30 YEARS
This year should have been 27 years
Nearly twenty years on, I still think a radio station devoted to round the clock children's programming is a preposterous idea.
But a *brilliant* marketing strategy- broadcasting only on AM signals that may be hard to hear, and airing edited versions of the songs, will essentially force the listeners to buy the songs to hear them as intended. Keep in mind, Disney also owns Hollywood Records.
@@erics.czernecki7333 Disney has a really strong marketing including now defunct Radio Disney, Disney+, Walt Disney Records, Disney Parks and more.
or on iHeartRadio its known as The Standard Radio
I really want to hear Cherami Leigh as the DJ in Radio Disney aircheck, please.
If you want to know who sung the last song as 1560 WQEW -American Popular Standards was none other than Mr. Nat King Cole
Radio Disney is now shutdown
What was the BGM when Stan Martin Said the goodbye of WQEW-AM, 1560
Unfortunately, AM's are dying off as the senior band passes 100 in 2021-22 Noted that 50kw WINS now has an FM at 92.1 as it tries to keep audience. And new, local management was the salvation of WABC-AM. Originally WQXR, sad to see 1560 go.
One of the days the music died.
whats your thought on radio disney signing off?
Now WFME-AM is off the air
What was the last song did it played before the final sign off?
Stardust by Nat King Cole. Really beautiful song that brings tears to my eyes
Didn't WQEW move to 1560 AM after being WNEW at 1130 AM? That old dial spot became the start of Bloomberg Business News.
WQEW was first as WQXR-AM playing classical music
Wait WQEW as at first WQXR-AM
The New York Times, who then owned WQXR, decided to switch the AM signal to standards (while keeping the FM station's classical music format) after the old WNEW-AM was sold to Bloomberg and became 24/7 business news.
Am = All Mute
The Station Is Now WFME
walt disney himself be mad on hell or heaven now that his company is greedy
It's 12/27/1998, Not 12/17/1998
Radio Disney.. YUCK 🤮