The New Year's Eve where WLNG wenr live and played at least four hours of New Year' songs. I had no idea there were so many New Year's songs. It was great!

When I was but a lad I recall spending new years day listening to CHUM count down the top songs of the year on Jan 1st.  'For 62, 63', '64, '65 then a little less by '66 and finally '67 where I was caring way less and listening periodically at best.   By mid '68 I was completely gone.  CHUM FM was the only listening destination of worth for me by then.  [and then there's now]

I've seldom agreed with the 'charts' anyway.  It was, and is, most assuredly easy to see [hear] that they're bought and paid for.  Sorry but, these days the past 30 years], countdowns are entirely devoid of credibility.   If I never hear 97 of the latest 'top 100' ever again THAT'll be excellent. Favourite New Years Eve Radio Memory?  That's easy.

Not having to work any of them.  We're usually asleep by 9:00 or 10:00 these days. We get up early.  New Years Eve, as it turns out, means absolutely nothing to me.  New Years DAY is good still though.  It's a day off. 

See you next year.

geo wrote:

Lee Marshall wrote:

  When I was but a lad I recall spending new years day listening to CHUM count down the top songs of the year on Jan 1st.  'For '62, '63, '64, '65 then a little less by '66 . . . I've seldom agreed with the 'charts' anyway.  It was, and is, most assuredly easy to see [hear] that they're bought and paid for . . . countdowns are entirely devoid of credibility 

What Lee Marshall said goes for me, too

geo
 

I third that except for me the first time I remember listening was in 1966 and by the time they got to 1969 I started gravitating towards FM b/c of the influence of the counter culture and the fact that a narrower vision was taking hold on Top 40. I also remember a time during the xmas/new years break around 1973 when David Pritchard was still on the all night shift at CHUM FM but he worked a rare day shift and played some excellent music.
 

This is an odd memory.   I worked the board at CKFM New Years Eve, either '71 or '72 when at the stroke of midnight, tobacco companies pulled all ads from broadcasting.   So, New Years Eve, went out in a blaze of tobacco ads.  I seem to recall that virtually every spot was purchased by a tobacco company.

Anyone else remember that night and the "voluntary" ban that followed on New Years Day?