Radio Station Honor Roll

Throughout the 1960's and '70s before the  music migration to FM began to gain full steam, nearly every city and town in America had at least one highly-rated Top 40 AM radio station playing the biggest variety of music ever delivered over the airwaves. Most large metropolitan areas had multiple Top 40 stations competing head on. It was an historic time in pop music culture. Here is a list of legendary AM Top 40 stations:

1590 WAKR/Akron, OH

1540 WPTR "The Famous 1540"/Albany, NY

920 KQEO/Albuquerque, NM

790 WAEB/Allentown, PA

940 KIXZ "Kicks"/Amarillo, TX

1470 WHUT/Anderson, IN

1290 WOIB/Amm Arbor, MI

1390 WEAM/Arlington, WV/Washington, DC

1490 KNOW/Austin, TX

1310 WISE "Wise"/Ashville, NC

790 WQXI "Quixie"/Atlanta, GA

550 KAFY/Bakersfield, CA

600 WCAO/Baltimore, MD

910 WLCS "The Mighty 910"/Baton Rouge, LA

1400 WKFR "Keener 14"/Battle Creek, MI

690 WVOK/Birmingham, AL

610 WSGN "The Big 610"/Birmingham, AL

680 WRKO/Boston, MA

1030 WBZ/Boston, MA

1510 WMEX/Boston, MA

910 KRIO "The Big 9-10"/Brownsville, TX

1520 WKBW/Buffalo, NY

1450 KLWW/Cedar Rapids, IA

610 WAYS "Big Ways"/Charlotte, NC

1390 WCSC/Charleston, SC

1250 WTMA/Charleston, SC

1150 WGOW/Chattanooga, TN

890 WLS "The Big 89"/Chicago, IL

1000 "Ten Hundred" WCFL/Chicago, IL

1360 WSAI/Cincinatti, OH

1260 WIXY "Wixie"/Cleveland, OH

1100 WKYC/Cleveland, OH

1420 WHK/Cleveland, OH

1460 KYSN/Coloradp Springs, CO

1400 WCOS/Columbia, SC

1580 WIOL/Columbus, GA

1230 WCOL/Columbus, OH

1440 KEYS "Keys"/Corpus Christi, TX

1190 KLIF "Kliff"/Dallas-Forth Worth, TX

1480 KBOX "K-Box" in Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX

1170 KSTT/Davenport, IA

980 WONE "Channel 98"/Dayton, OH

1410 WING "Wing"/Dayton, OH

1340 WROD/Daytona Beach, FL

1310 WKNR "Keener 13"/Dearborn, MI

940 KIOA/Des Moines, IA

800 CKLW "The Big 8"/Windsor, Canada/Detroit, MI

1130 WCAR "The Giant 1130"/Detroit, MI

950 KIMN "Kim"/Denver, CO

1280 KTLK/Denver, CO

920 KELP/El Paso, TX

1400 WJET "Jet Radio"/Erie, PA

1330 WJPS "Tiger Radio"/Evansville, IN

1280 WGBF "The River City Rocker"/Evansville, IN

1490 WFLB/Fayetteville, NC

600 WTAC/Flint, MI

1580 WSRF "Surf 16"/Ft. Lauderdale, FL

1190 WOWO "Wo Wo"/Ft. Wayne, IN

1380 WMEE/Ft. Wayne, IN

940 KYNO/Fresno, CA

1340 WLAV/Grand Rapids, MI

1400 WDUZ/Green Bay, WI

1320 WCOG/Greensboro, NC

1360 WDRC/Hartford, CT

1410 WPOP/Hartford, CT

1400 KFEC "Fire 14"/Harrisburg, PA

690 KKUA "The Big 69"/Honolulu, HI

610 KILT "Kilt"/Houston, TX

1230 KNUZ "K-Nuz"/Houston, TX

800 WKEE "Key Radio"/Huntington, WV

1550 WAAY "Way"/Huntsville, AL

1310 WIFE "Wife Radio"/Indianapolis, IN

1260 WNDE "Windy in Indy"/Indianapolis, IN

950 WXLW "Super XL"/Indianapolis, IN

1300 WRBC/Jackson, MS

690 WAPE "The Big Ape"/Jacksonville, FL

810 WHB/Kansas City, MO

1380 KUDL "The Big 1380"/Kansas City, KS

1340 WKGN/Knoxville, TN

990 WNOX "The Big 99"/Knoxville, TN

1450 WASK/Lafayette, IN

1320 WILS/Lansing, MI

1460 KENO "Keyno"/Las Vegas, NV

630 WLAP/Lexington, KY

1480 KMLS/Lincoln, NE

1090 KAAY "Kay"/Little Rock, AR

930 KHJ/Los Angelos, CA

980 KFWB/Los Angeles, CA

1110 KRLA/Pasadena-Los Angeles, CA

640 KFI/Los Angeles, CA

790 WAKY "Wackie"/Louisville, KY

1080 WKLO/Louisville, KY

950 KSEL/Lubbock, TX

1480 WISM/Madison, WI

1250 WKBR "The Big K"/Manchester, NH

1370 WFEA/Manchester, NH

1400 WNEX/Macon, GA

560 WHBQ/Memphis, TN

560 WQAM/Miami, FL

790 WFUN/Miami, FL

920 WOKY "Wokie"/Milwaukee, WI

1340 WRIT/Milwaukee, WI

630 KDWB/Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

1130 WDGY "Wee Gee"/Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

1500 KSTP/Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

1480 WABB/Mobile, AL

740 WBAM "The Big Bam"/Montgomery, AL

990 WERK "Work"/Muncie, IN

1600 WTRU/Muskegon, MI

1520 WTGR/Myrtle Beach, SC

1300 WMAK/Nashville, TN

1510 WLAC/Nashville, TN

1300 WAVZ "13 Waves"/New Haven, CT

690 WTIX/New Orleans, LA

1060 WNOE/New Orleans, LA

770 WABC/New York, NY

570 WMCA/New York, NY

1310 WGH/Norfolk, VA

1520 KOMA "Coma"/Oklahoma City, OK

930 WKY/Oklahoma City, OK

660 KOWH/Omaha, NE - Birthplace of Top 40

1290 KOIL "The Mighty 1290"/Omaha, NE

950 WLOF/Orlando, FL

570/WKYX "Big Kicks the Five State Station"/Paducah, KY

1560 WDXR/Paducah, KY

1450 WBSR/Pensacola, FL

1290 WIRL/Peoria, IL

1360 KRUX/Phoenix, AZ

1230 KRIZ/Phoenix, AZ

1020 KDKA/Pittsburgh, PA

1410 KQV/Pittsburgh, PA

1320 WKTQ "Q13"/Pittsburgh, PA

560 WFIL/Philadelphia, PA

990 WIBG "Wibbage"/Philadelphia, PA

1310 WLOB Portland, ME

910 KISN/Portland, OR

630 WPRO/Providence, RI

850 WKIX "Kicks"/Raleigh-Durham, NC

1150 KIMM/Rapid City, SD

1340 KBET "K-Bet"/Reno, NC

1480 WLEE/Richmond, VA

1240 WROV/Roanoke, VA

950 WBBF/Rochester, NY

1440 WROK/Rockford, IL

1090 XERB "The Mighty 1090"/A border blaster in Rosarito, Mexico, serving Southern California

1470 KXOA/Sacramento, CA

1240 KROY "K-Roy"/Sacramento. CA

630 KXOK/St. Louis, MO

1460 KIRL/St. Charles-St. Louis, MO

1320 KCPX/Salt Lake City, UT

860 KONO "Kono"/San Antonio, TX

550 KSTA/San Antonio, TX

1360 KGB/San Diego, CA

1170 KCBQ/San Diego, CA

610 KFRC/San Francisco, CA

1260 KYA San Francisco, CA

1590 KLIV/San Jose, CA

1400 WSGA "The Rockin' 1400"/Savannah, GA

950 KJR/Seattle-Tacoma, WA

710 KEEL "Keel"/Shreveport, LA

970 KREM/Spokane, WA

790 KJRB/Spokane, WA

1450 WCVS/Springfield, IL

1340 KICK "Kick"/Springfield, MO

1490 WOLF "Wolf"/Syracuse, NY

1260 WNDR/Syracuse, NY

1110 WALT "Walt"/Tampa, FL

1230 WBOW "Big Bow Radio"/Terre Haute, IN

1480 WTHI/Terre Haute, IN

1520 WTTO "Wee Toe in Toledo"/Toledo, OH

1470 WOHO/Toledo, OH

1440 KEWI "Kee Wee"/Topeka, KS

1050 CHUM "Chum"/Toronto, Canada serving Buffalo, NY

1300 WAAT/Trenton, NJ

1490 KTKT/Tucson, AZ

970 KAKC/Tulsa. OK

1580 WPGC/Washington, DC

1600 WINX/Washington, DC

1310 WEEL "Weel Radio"/Washington, DC

1330 KWWL/Waterloo, IA

1290 WIRK/"The Rock of the Palm Beaches"/West Palm Beach, FL

1480 KLEO "Cleo"/Wichita, KS

1410 KWBB/Wichita, KS

900 KEYN/Wichita, KS

980 WKLM/Wilmington, NC

1380 WTOB/Winston-Salem, NC

1380 WNRI/Woonsocket, RI serving northern Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts

1330 WHOT/Youngstown, OH