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96 Rock late 70s-early 80s question
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Z93, Ross and Wilson.
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troone
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Steve McCoy, who replaced R&W, once told me that the story is urban legend -- that it didn't happen.
I heard the song was played but the reference to the murders was at another point in the show.
It's an urban legend--one I believed for years:
http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/article_main_page/0,1703,A=152771&M=50019,00.html
http://boortz.com/nuze/200704/04262007.html
I need to get Marshall Leach to fix that on his website, since I sent him the original bit.
http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/article_main_page/0,1703,A=152771&M=50019,00.html
http://boortz.com/nuze/200704/04262007.html
I need to get Marshall Leach to fix that on his website, since I sent him the original bit.
In my hometown of Baltimore in the 60's, the most popular R&B disc jockey was named Fat Daddy. He did afternoons on WSID.
Fat Daddy would rhyme everything a la "Momma pappa stoppa cool kitty in Baltimore city...ee-tidelee-dee...great gooka looka mooka."
When Fat Daddy left WSID, a rumor spread that he was fired for saying, "I cream in my jeans when I hear the Supremes." That got a good laugh from anybody you told, but it didn't really happen.
Fat Daddy would rhyme everything a la "Momma pappa stoppa cool kitty in Baltimore city...ee-tidelee-dee...great gooka looka mooka."
When Fat Daddy left WSID, a rumor spread that he was fired for saying, "I cream in my jeans when I hear the Supremes." That got a good laugh from anybody you told, but it didn't really happen.
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andyfrom88
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RoddyFreeman said:
Sounds like he and Jocko Henderson were cut from the same DJ vein: http://www.daveyd.com/articlejockohenderson.html
"Hey, there, all you Daddy-Os and Mommy-Os, welcome aboard the big 'Rocket Ship Show.' It’s your engineer, Jocko, your Ace from Outer Space, way up here in the stratosphere, back on the scene with the record machine, sayin’ oop-pop-a-doo and how do you do. Close the hatch, and prepare to blast. Well, eee tiddle dee dock. This is the jock. Great Googamooga, Shoogabooga."
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Inside your head
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ShanaB said:
if the ydid that, its kinda funny.
y would they get fired 4 it, its not worse than what stern says or even trg most of the time.
I would trust the actual word of Ross Brittan over some anonymous poster who claims to have been there.
In 1962 (?) the Wild I-tralian Dick Biondi was fired from WLS for allegedly saying one of these joke:
"Did you hear the new thing at Wirgley Field? When you go the game with your girlfriend you kiss her on the strikes and she kisses you on the balls."
"I hear hot pants are coming back in style. You know what that means? More cheeks to powder and more hair to comb."
Neither turned out to be true.
Here is the real story:
Dick was very concerned about the high amount of commercials and news he had to run every hour and he let his displeasure be known to the General Sales Manager. As a result, a literal fistfight ensued in the hallway of the station! In fact, Biondi even hurled an ashtray at the GSM's head and narrowly missed. After it was over, Dick was told to go home and cool off. He took this as being fired.
If you ever wanna feel like you own a town, consider Biondi's numbers in the early 1960's at WLS. He had a ratings share of 60%...of the NATIONAL audience. Back then, entertainment options were limited and WLS boomed into 38 states and Canada. In fact, Roddy Freeman still knows all the words to "On Top Of A Pizza" just from listening from his transistor radio underneath his pillow when he was a young lad.
"Did you hear the new thing at Wirgley Field? When you go the game with your girlfriend you kiss her on the strikes and she kisses you on the balls."
"I hear hot pants are coming back in style. You know what that means? More cheeks to powder and more hair to comb."
Neither turned out to be true.
Here is the real story:
Dick was very concerned about the high amount of commercials and news he had to run every hour and he let his displeasure be known to the General Sales Manager. As a result, a literal fistfight ensued in the hallway of the station! In fact, Biondi even hurled an ashtray at the GSM's head and narrowly missed. After it was over, Dick was told to go home and cool off. He took this as being fired.
If you ever wanna feel like you own a town, consider Biondi's numbers in the early 1960's at WLS. He had a ratings share of 60%...of the NATIONAL audience. Back then, entertainment options were limited and WLS boomed into 38 states and Canada. In fact, Roddy Freeman still knows all the words to "On Top Of A Pizza" just from listening from his transistor radio underneath his pillow when he was a young lad.
You're right. Well, at least I remember the tune. At about the same time, Joey Reynolds from WKBW in Buffalo had a song out called Rats in my Room.
Speaking of WKBW and Dick Biondi, there was also a story that Biondi gave a description of the general manager's car on the air, and asked listeners to throw things at it, and they did. Supposedly that's what got him fired there.
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Inside your head
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RoddyFreeman said:
LOL
hey ummmm does any1 know what the cumulus guys drive
;D
After they left Z93, Ross and Wilson did morning drive time for a few years on WABC Radio in the early
to mid-80's long before WABC became a news-talk station. Don't know about Ross Brittain, but Brian Wilson was doing a talk show on KSFO in the Bay area until a couple of years back and he is in Ohio somewhere
on a news talk station.
to mid-80's long before WABC became a news-talk station. Don't know about Ross Brittain, but Brian Wilson was doing a talk show on KSFO in the Bay area until a couple of years back and he is in Ohio somewhere
on a news talk station.
Ross and Wilson came to WABC to go after Imus who was the shock jock back then, pre-Stern of course. It was about this time though that Stern starting doing afternoons on WNBC. Stern eventually went to K-Rock and Joey Reynolds also mentioned above replaced stern on WNBC.
Ross and Wilson also spent time on the Morning Zoo on Z100 in NY I believe either with Scott Shannon or after him. That of course being Scott Shannon of 106.7 True Oldies which also has Imus in the mornings.
Ross and Wilson also spent time on the Morning Zoo on Z100 in NY I believe either with Scott Shannon or after him. That of course being Scott Shannon of 106.7 True Oldies which also has Imus in the mornings.
Help me out here ShannaB if you worked at Z you were working for me. So if this really happened what day of the week was it?
That will clear this up.
There is the appearance of drama by "immediately fired" but believing in them but feeling they had peaked in this market, I was tight with many key people at ABC and knew Rick Sklar was about to make a change. I asked him to see them which he did. They left my office, got on a plane, and got the job and did a great job for WABC. Think about it. A lot of guys have to sit on the beach after a mistake. How do you leap immediately from Atlanta, a much smaller city then, to the then #1 station in the #1 city. The leap has never has never happened before, or since. Part of it has to do with the reputation of the station (Mr Sklar had never before hired anyone for on air from a Southern market) and the talent of the person.
They were right for New York and I'm glad their career highs were not caught in the story.
Maybe the story happened, maybe it didn't but the tension in the city at the time of the missing children and Wayne Williams charges were such that people believed what they wanted to believe and it was difficult to be reasonable with a city that was mostly unreasonable. R&W often said things we had to discuss.
But I'm happy to have been a PD that allowed them to experiment and grow. We've castrated many good talent to a world of liner cards.
They have promised to be at the CHR era Z93 reunion along with former Z93 PD Dan Mason (now head of CBS Radio Group) at the Ga Radio Hall of Fame banquet in Oct. Come and ask them if it's true. Then tell me what they said.
That will clear this up.
There is the appearance of drama by "immediately fired" but believing in them but feeling they had peaked in this market, I was tight with many key people at ABC and knew Rick Sklar was about to make a change. I asked him to see them which he did. They left my office, got on a plane, and got the job and did a great job for WABC. Think about it. A lot of guys have to sit on the beach after a mistake. How do you leap immediately from Atlanta, a much smaller city then, to the then #1 station in the #1 city. The leap has never has never happened before, or since. Part of it has to do with the reputation of the station (Mr Sklar had never before hired anyone for on air from a Southern market) and the talent of the person.
They were right for New York and I'm glad their career highs were not caught in the story.
Maybe the story happened, maybe it didn't but the tension in the city at the time of the missing children and Wayne Williams charges were such that people believed what they wanted to believe and it was difficult to be reasonable with a city that was mostly unreasonable. R&W often said things we had to discuss.
But I'm happy to have been a PD that allowed them to experiment and grow. We've castrated many good talent to a world of liner cards.
They have promised to be at the CHR era Z93 reunion along with former Z93 PD Dan Mason (now head of CBS Radio Group) at the Ga Radio Hall of Fame banquet in Oct. Come and ask them if it's true. Then tell me what they said.
jy said:
Didn't Hannity go from 'GST to WABC in NY?
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