WIXY 1260 AM Cleveland - Super Radio!

This site is dedicated to the memory of one of the most beloved AM radio stations in history, WIXY 1260 of Cleveland, Ohio, and has been put together as a Labor of Love by a fanatical Cleveland WIXY fan who thought it was high time that this website came into being! So, let's re-live the days of the 1960s AM Rockers, and one of the greatest stations ever to grace the Cleveland airwaves: WIXY 1260, Super Radio!

WIXY 1260 Claims to Fame

OUR FIRST BIG CLAIM-TO-FAME! (click headlines to expand/collapse)

In August 2005, this website received its first high-profile exposure!! The Cleveland Plain Dealer published a short article on this site (and its webmaster) on Friday, August 12th, 2005. Click here to read a plain text version. The article was written by Plain Dealer media writer Tom Feran, who also co-authored the 1997 Ghoulardi book, "Ghoulardi: Inside Cleveland TV's Wildest Ride."

OUR SECOND CLAIM-TO-FAME!

On Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, your WIXY webmaster was interviewed on an Internet radio program from Legatocafe.net. The show is Chuck Benjamin's "Collectors' Corner," focused on WIXY 1260, and featured interviews with myself and former WIXY DJ Larry "The Duker" Morrow!

OUR THIRD CLAIM-TO-FAME!

Published in early 2007, Dave Schwensen's "The Beatles in Cleveland" book mentions WIXY radio, and our lil' ole website, more than once. WIXY brought the Beatles to Cleve-town in 1966, and all the craziness is detailed in words and pictures in this comprehensive book! www.beatlesincleveland.com

WIXY 1260 ON XM SATELLITE RADIO

FOUR TIMES! WIXY-1260 is fondly remembered in radio circles. In March and December of 2005, and again in December of 2006 and yet again in January 2008,, XM Satellite radio's "60s on 6" channel devoted an entire afternoon to re-creating the sound of WIXY, using WIXY jingles and airchecks, and playing songs from the WIXY era.; Every Friday afternoon this XM channel spotlights a classic rock station, and we are delighted that WIXY was among them!

WIXY 1260 FEATURED IN CHANNEL 3 NEWS STORY

In 2004 WKYC Channel 3 in Cleveland did a feature on WIXY 1260 and did a nice job, check it out here!

ChickenMan on WIXY

From mid 1966 to early 1967, WIXY ran the infamous "Chickenman' right before their Triple-Play, at 5 minutes before each hour. Chickenman can now be heard on WIXY1260online on Fridays!

And you can listen to Chickenman shows here:
www.reelradio.com and www.wixy1260online.com

Chickenman on Wikipedia

I am Ray Glasser...

...a near-life-long resident of Cleveland, and a WIXY fan from the get-go. I began listening to WIXY at the beginning, at a time when AM Top 40/Rock radio was in its heyday. I had a Webcor open-reel tape recorder and made tape after tape of the big radio stations of the day, including WHK, WIXY, CKLW, and KYW/WKYC and the music they played. To this day, I have 2 working Teac open-reel tape decks, and have transferred many of these recordings to my computer, tweaked them, and uploaded them to this website. I created my first website in 1997 for the Betamax video format, which completely overtook my love of radio when I got my first Betamax in the Summer of 1976. Although I still enjoy home video, radio is still in my blood -- and always will be. I have seen many radio tribute sites on the web, and thought it was high time that WIXY 1260 had its own site - even if I had to create it! So, it is with great pride that I bring you this site. Throughout the creation and research of this website, I have met many interesting people (including some former WIXY DJs and even one of the station's owners!), and it is only with their help and contributions that this site is as chock-full of info as it is! I thank these people for all their help, and hope that somewhere, somehow, a reader of this site might have a missing aircheck tucked away in his or her attic that I can add. I always welcome comments, pro and con, and anything that anyone can add to this site to make it more complete. I hope you enjoy perusing these pages!

These days, I am living out my radio dreams, involved in the re-birth of the legend as a DJ, videographer, programming coordinator and production manager at WIXY1260Online.com - check me and the rest of my 'new' WIXY family out there!

Thanks for Visiting

I am always looking for more materials to add to this site, especially DJ and News airchecks, newspaper articles, collectibles, etc. If you have anything to contribute to WIXY1260.com, let me know, WIXY fans everywhere will appreciate it!

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