Hi Tom and Danny,

Yeah, I remember all those guys on WKBW and also Jay Nelson, Tommy 
Shannon, Rod Roddy, Bob Christians and the immortal Jefferson Kay who 
came from wBZ, Boston in 1966 to become program director of WKBW until 
1973 and was responsible for the famous Halloween and Christmas shows 
that WKBW had and still occasionally broadcasts such as their special 
adaptation of War Of The Worlds, their adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe's 
horror stories and 2 very rare items--The Beatles Album that never 
was--that was broadcast only once on Halloween 1970--which I would kill 
for to have a copy of and their Christmas 1966 fictitious radio 
broadcast of the Nativity.  The Nativity radio broadcast was 
particularly noteworthy for it's extremely bad history.  The broadcast 
starts with a news broadcast that goes something like this:
This is Radio Rome and here is the news.
A new punitive expedition by Roman legions is now on the outskirts of 
Carthage...  The Carthaginian wars ended in the third century BCE about 
2 or 3 hundred years before the birth of Christ.
...But it would still be fun to listen to,.

Yeah, I remember them all.


On 9/20/2014 1:14 PM, Danny Dyer wrote:
> How about Dick Beyondy on KB-then-WLS, or further back than that, The
> Hound, on KB/wkbw.  Arnie woowoo Ginsburg on WMEX, 1510 Boston, where
> Jerry Williams was ensconsed for years before he went to WBZ.
> Speaking of Wbz, Carl Desooz in the early morning, Juicy Brucey
> Bradly/who was one of my teachers at Cambridge School Of Broadcasting
> in Boston, Dick Summer, Kevin OKeaf, Jay Dunn,/whom I believe later
> went to WCKY, Jefferson Kay/the "deeferson Jay, and when they
> transitioned to Talk, "The Other Bob Kennedy/who was also a teach of
> mine at CSB.
> There was WPTR, 1540 Albany, and WIP610AM, and WDAS, 1480AM in Phila.
> Then of course, you had Big John R,/Richburg, Jean Nobles, Herman
> Grizard, and Big Hugh Baby Jerrit, on WLAC, 1510 Nashville, TN, the
> station that probably had more to do with R&B being shared with the
> US, than any other station?
> For those farther south, there was KOMA, 1520 in Oklahoma City. and
> KLIF1190AM, and KBOX/whose freq I don't remember, in Dallas Fortworth.
> How about the earlier talk radio pioneers, Long John Nevel, and the
> other wild fellow whose name I forget who were on WOR-AM710, New York.
> Thanks guys for all your input, remembering is pretty much fun! dd.
>
>
>
>
> On 9/20/14, Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Ron:
>>
>> We have had discussion on the list before about this sort of thing, so I
>> can't resist one brief comment here:
>>
>> Being from western New York, I'm sure you remember the great days of WKBW,
>> a
>> m 1520.  It was a true pleasure to listen to folks like Joey Reynolds,
>> Sandy
>> Beach, Dan Nevreth, and Jack Armstrong.  Of course, this does not diminish
>> other great A M stations like CKLW, WLS, WCFL, WABC, and the two A M top-40
>> giants in Philadelphia, W F I L, and W I B G.
>>
>> Since I just acquired one of the new-gen Victor Reader Streams, I have now
>> switched almost completely to internet radio.  Although it's a far cry from
>> the radio we all used to enjoy, at least there's some variety there, and
>> you
>> don't have to listen to all of the commercials and other stuff that seems
>> to
>> characterize much of commercial A M and F M radio today.
>>
>> As they say:  "The times, they are achangin!".
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi
>> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:28 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: What AM radio stations are you guys listening too for fun
>> DXing? Was Re: Am Fm table radios?
>>
>> Hi Ron,
>>
>> I am afraid to say I don't think there's much to listen to unless you just
>> want to check out propagation.  As you say syndication--a natural outgrowth
>> of consolidation--has put an end to personality type radio and a lot of
>> local variety programming.
>>
>> But to quote Johnny Cash: "But there was a time"--when I used to be the
>> biggest AM Dx-er.  I used to use a variety of radios from my old pre wordl
>> war II (a relic from my father's youth) Westinghouse upright--which was so
>> old that the knobs had broken off and I used to use (and I kid you not) a
>> metal screw driver to insert into the slots where the tuning knob used to
>> be
>> all the way to my 1980's Icon R71-A general coverage receiver which had a
>> great AM broadcast portion.  I used to tune up and down the dial to hear
>> such stations as KMOX, St.
>> Louis, 1120
>> AM, KSL, Salt Lake City, 1160 AM, WOAI, San Antonio Texas, 1200 AM, and the
>> big catch in the wee hours of the morning KFI, Los Angeles, 640 AM.
>> I live in the Western New York State area.
>>
>> As a teenager, I used to call DX stations which were rather significant
>> toll
>> calls even at late hours such as the Jerry Williams show on WBZ boston 1030
>> AM and the Larry Glick show also on WBZ.  The Nightcap program which could
>> be heard on WWl, New Orleans at 870 and the Larry King show before it got
>> to
>> Buffalo on a station out of Miami, I believe it was WQAM at 620, but I'm
>> not
>> sure.  In those days, because of the fairness doctrine, the guests were
>> diverse and real discussion took place--not just the blow hard mentality of
>> the Premier Radio model adopted by political hacks of all stripes.
>>
>> Even during the daytime, when I and my parents were going on a trip of say
>> 100 miles or so, you could tune around in the 'graveyard' area between 1230
>> Am and 1490 AM and hear a bunch of local stations with  all sorts of
>> diverse
>> programming.  Now-of-days, when you do that, you're likely to hear 14 or 15
>> versions of Rush Limbaugh or some 'Music of your life' type format--all
>> playing the same thing. What a bummer!
>>
>> Oh for the good old days!  I guess I'm showing my age.
>>


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