Crm is a news source, a location for fans to voice their opinions, and an online museum of chicago medias past and. Thanks to their efforts you can now look at many of the weekly lists as they appeared in record stores all over chicagoland. I was also sports editor of the school paper and working part time at the local burger king back when a whopper cost 49 cents. David bowers over the past six decades has excelled in writing books that immediately become best sellers and standard references as soon as they. For textbased waky music surveys from the 1960s, go here. This weeks survey had only twentyone positions listed. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. While the last circulating 90 percent united states silver dollar coins were struck in 1935, several million 40 percent silver dollars were made at the san francisco mint from 1971 through 1976. Instead, they contain transcribed charts found on web sites, primarily the airheads radio survey archive arsa. We are located in the north westnew england region. And while whitmans red book painted with too broad a brush in the early years of this new system a survey of classic commemoratives in the. The encyclopedia of united states silver dollars 1794 1804, 20, q. Brown, youve got a lovely daughter hermans hermits 4.
The silver dollar survey show smileawhile show the tooth fairy miscellaneous wls history pages. Click on a thumbnail below to see the fullsized picture. Link to surveys using indexes then return to index using back button. We then filtered the data to show only the most expensive silver dollars, and this is what we came up with.
If you want the most informative music research books, choose those by joel whitburn. Wls in chicago silver dollar survey for july 2, 1965. Wls counted down all of the hits on the silver dollar survey throughout the 1960s, every afternoon. Although mintage figures revealed that 4,450,000 1903o dollars had been struck, it was generally assumed that nearly all were melted in 1918 under the.
The act required the treasury to acquire and use between two and four billion dollars worth of silver every month for coinage purposes. Silver dollar city ended 2019 with record attendance of 2. Httielhu, riumt jitidt cnumil actual lesson and 64pnge book both ilkt. The book cover is a little misleading because not one silver dollar survey can be found in the entire book. For photos and scans of waky promotional material, go here. It is said that there was interest in portraying president george. Please use our calculator to estimate your shipping costs. Vintage chicago wls radio silver dollar survey october.
April 8, 1968 april 15, 1968 april 22, 1968 april 29, 1968 may 6, 1968 may. The adventures of peter fugitive a quick history of chicagos 94. Wls surveys from this week in history click here to see this weeks number 1 songs on the wls silver dollar survey, hit parades and music radio surveys enjoy the memories of musicradio wls open the door and come on in. A complete history and price guide the official red book leroy c. Wls silver dollar survey april 28, 1967 found some of. Dex card did the show the longest, holding down afternoons from 1964 to 1967. Wls 890 khz, 89 wls is a commercial am radio station in chicago, illinois. This survey is compiled each week by wlschicago from reports of all record sales gathered from leading record outlets in the chicagoland area.
The morgan dollar was created after the restoration of americas bimetal minting system by the blandallison act of 1878. Wls silver dollar surveys from 1961, 1967 and 1968. The earliest wls silver dollar survey in my collection. These surveys best viewed with at least 15 inch monitor at full screen width and type size set to normal. Make offer 1921 morgan silver dollar xf au 90% silver free shipping. Here are the top 25 most valuable silver dollars morganspeace dollars from the late 1800s to the early 1900s updated. I just realized my lousy picture cuts off the bottom. These large silver coins are valuable both for their numismatic significance and their silver content. Vintage wls chicago radio silver dollar survey september 1964. When dealing with eisenhower dollars, grade is everything. Owned by cumulus media, through licensee radio license holdings llc, the station airs a talk radio format. Full text of popular mechanics 1955 internet archive.
From the most commonly collected morgan dollar to the silver dollar s counterpart, the trade dollar, and a new chapter on the golden. This necessitated the creation of a new coin design, and mint director henry linderman. Waky silver dollar survey week ending april 24, 1965. If you grew up in the midwest in the 60s you likely remember these. For textbased waky music surveys from the 1970s, go here. Wls silver dollar survey and wls radio 89 hit parade top 40 songs of the week papers. Bill danning the oldies loon and his survey guys have begun posting weekly wls silver dollar surveys, hit parades, and musicradio surveys. Silver dollar survey chicagos official radio record survey. Your memories and comments are always welcome here. The silver dollar survey music playlist, music memories, music charts. Silver dollars are among the most popular coins that collectors buy. Silver dollar city further delays opening springfield. Who better to have on the first silver dollar survey than evening jock gene taylor. The legends of silver, however, treasures are just as intriguing as those of gold.
Silver salt shakers are especially vulneiable, but other stiver items may be. Weve searched through the coin catalogues, books, and online stores and made a huge list of coin values. It does for the wls silver dollar surveys of the 60s what joel whitburns books do for the billboard hot 100 it lists every song to reach the chart alphabetically by. The ozark mountains in arkansas have whopping stories about silver dollar coins. This is a little before my time but wls was one of my favorite radio stations in the 70s. January 8, 1968 january 15, 1968 january 22, 1968 january 29, 1968 february 5, 1968 february 12, 1968 february 19, 1968 february 26, 1968 march 4, 1968 march 11, 1968 march 18, 1968 march 25, 1968 april 1, 1968. Program director sam holman was the first host, followed by taylor, bob hale, dex card and larry lujack. Wls silver dollar survey april 28, 1967 found some of these when doing some spring cleaning today. However, these books will cost a few hundred dollars. This is a great book to purchase if you are collecting silver dollars.
Feb 18, 2012 this pin was discovered by lowell dyer. Two of the surveys have either marks or old tape on them, but they are still in good shape with no folds or tears. However, it is still an interesting chart book but really doesnt compare to any of the books published by joel whitburn. Lot 2 1965 chicago radio station wls silver dollar survey sheets beatles. April 28 1967 wls silver dollar survey chicago radio music. Shipping only up for bid is my collection of 1963 wls silver dollar surveys. The official mint report states that only 1,758 dollars were struck the first year. A buyers guide to silver dollars and trade dollars of the. This book brings back happy memories of listening to the wls silver dollar surveys every week during the sixties. Wls has its studios in the nbc tower on north columbus drive in the citys streeterville neighborhood, and its nondirectional broadcast tower is located on the southern edge of tinley park, illinois. The silver dollar survey was a thin piece of paper, maybe threebyeight, that would show the top 40 songs each week, and it was available at record stores all over the place. Wlsam music surveys from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Previous week position not on original 1960s surveys is added. New songs would appear at the bottom of the survey every week, and some other songs would end up being taken out because they ran out of room for them.
Dex card joined the station in 1964, and hosted the silver dollar survey countdown until 1967, the longest of. From the most commonly collected morgan dollar to the silver dollar s counterpart, the trade dollar, and a. Silver has been in the shadows of another precious metal, gold. Hear dex card play all the silver dollar survey hits daily from 2.
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