Who was the greatest DJ of the 60s?

[cyberdad]

And the results are in:

http://radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2329188&spid=24698

Good list IMHO.  From a national perspective, it's tough to argue with how the list turned out.  But as always, there'll be those for whom a good case could be made for inclusion.

[jfrancispastirchak]

Hard to narrow it down to one as most here have noticed.  It also depends where one grew up listening to the DJs.  IOW I'm from NJ not Calif. where I live now so I will be influenced by the DJs I heard locally or even DXed for.

My Top 10:

Hy Lit (WIBG)
Dan Ingram (WABC)
Joe Niagra (WIBG)
Herb Oscar Anderson (WABC)
Murray the K (WINS, WOR-FM)
Jack Spector (WMCA)
Joe O'Brien (WMCA)
Joey Reynolds (WKBW)
Harry Harrison (WMCA)
B. Mitchell Reid

Finally, somebody named Herb Oscar Anderson!  Didn't he finish his career in the Buffalo market?

[jfrancispastirchak]

Jerry Blavat, "The Geator with the Heater", from the Philadelphia market.  Blavat had dinner with singer Al Martino shortly before Martino's death in 2009. 

 

[radioman148]

Hard to narrow it down to one as most here have noticed.  It also depends where one grew up listening to the DJs.  IOW I'm from NJ not Calif. where I live now so I will be influenced by the DJs I heard locally or even DXed for.

My Top 10:

Hy Lit (WIBG)
Dan Ingram (WABC)
Joe Niagra (WIBG)
Herb Oscar Anderson (WABC)
Murray the K (WINS, WOR-FM)
Jack Spector (WMCA)
Joe O'Brien (WMCA)
Joey Reynolds (WKBW)
Harry Harrison (WMCA)
B. Mitchell Reid

Finally, somebody named Herb Oscar Anderson!  Didn't he finish his career in the Buffalo market?

I don't remember Buffalo, but Herb is currently living in Florida.

[jfrancispastirchak]

Harry Harrison, WABC (NYC)
Charlie Greer,      "        "

[radioman148]

Bob "Bobba Loo" Lewis on WABC was a great one and very much underrated IMO.

[RadioStarOne]

Gary Owens?

[jfrancispastirchak]

Bob "Bobba Loo" Lewis on WABC was a great one and very much underrated IMO.

Good catch--  Bob Lewis' WABC theme song was the refrain of a '50s doo-wop song, "Bobba Loo's Wedding Day"

[radioman148]

Bob "Bobba Loo" Lewis on WABC was a great one and very much underrated IMO.

Good catch--  Bob Lewis' WABC theme song was the refrain of a '50s doo-wop song, "Bobba Loo's Wedding Day"

I love Bob Lewis' theme. I have an aircheck of it. Definitely one of the best.
Also loved when he set "The Diverialble Veeble vurtzer for the past and let the time slide roll".

IMO, Bob Lewis was the first jock who "rapped" and this was in the early 60s. He was a great DJ and fine voice over artist.

[jfrancispastirchak]

Bob "Bobba Loo" Lewis on WABC was a great one and very much underrated IMO.

Good catch--  Bob Lewis' WABC theme song was the refrain of a '50s doo-wop song, "Bobba Loo's Wedding Day"

I love Bob Lewis' theme. I have an aircheck of it. Definitely one of the best.
Also loved when he set "The Diverialble Veeble vurtzer for the past and let the time slide roll".

IMO, Bob Lewis was the first jock who "rapped" and this was in the early 60s. He was a great DJ and fine voice over artist.

Shame we lost him at such a young age.