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ARTICLE IN RADIO WORLD MAGAZINE ABOUT HYSKI!!!

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There's a great article about Hy Lit in the march 1 edition of Radio World magazine; here's a link:

http://radioworld.com/pages/s.0052/t.11546.html

Great article, and Sam gives some great insight on his Dad's exciting career. Nice job, sam!!!


BTW, Radio world magazine is free to broadcast professionals; it's online at radioworld.com, or they will send you a paper copy; subscriptions are free. I look forward to every edition to see whats going on in the world of radio that we all love!!! :)

Enjoy!!

warm590 ;D
 
Those we're the days, my man. the DJ's four hour show would become a part of your every day routine. they we're fun to listen to. you enjoyed their delivery. today, they are like hospital food. and that's the way the stations want it.it stops them from becoming popular, and drawing a bigger salary.
 
Very true...I live in NY state and got in a bad traffic jam on the NJ trurnpike one sunday afternoon, HY was on doing his top 20 show....best traffic jam I was ever in; Hy's delivery and knowledge made me long for the good old days!! We try to do the same at the AM that I work at in NY- personality driven, deep 50's and 60's only...we love it as do the listeners!!!

good discussion~!!!


warm590 ;D
 
Thanks for sharing the article from Radio World. I love reading about the days when radio was fun and exciting.

The payola issue in regards to taxes was important. I worked with a guy who had been on WAMS at the time and received money for playing records. In fact, he testified the same day as Dick Clark (he didn't have to say much - Clark was the fish they were after). He stated that he always reported on his taxes the money the record companies paid him. That was important to keeping you out of trouble.

The article answered a question I had about WIBG in the 60's. I figured the jocks had a studio engineer, but never knew for certain. And the picture of Hy in the studio is a great plus.

In the articles written after his passing, little was mentioned about his Sinatra show on WRCV. I remembered hearing Hy talk about it on WOGL and I would really love to hear more about that part of his career and the network show for NBC.
 
That's when Philly had "radio soul". But there's something in the article(which I swear I've see before) that is not factual. WFIL did not run commercial-free to swing listeners. Even Dave Parks on overnights ran Cottman Lanes and Wellington Car Stereo spots. The only WFIL
recording I know that was commercial-free was George Michael Labor Day night 1970 with a summer rewind/back to school special.

Dave "the rave" Parks ran spotloads even on overnights for Cottman Lanes and Wellington Car Stereo. It's simply not true. What is true is that WIBG choked itself to death with 12-15 or more spots per hour. Wibbage was client oriented, but by late 1967 so cluttered, while WFIL was focused and youth listener friendly...you NEVER felt "talked down to"). It was a magical time as the "hippest radio station in the nation", WIBG, was repositioned as stuff, stodgey, and more Mom & Dad's station....with one exception, Hy Lit.

Compare the song playlists for the exact same weeks in late '66, '67, and leading up to "The Big 30" WIBG PAul Drake changes.
See for yourself what was the demise of my favorite station, some very uncool music.

Compare at:

http://surveys.philaradio.com/wibg.htm and
http://surveys.philaradio.com/wfil.htm side by side. You'll quikly see why WFIL won the battle. Image graphics too.
 
WTUX, I think you would love a book all about the payola Issue. It's called "big beat heat". all about Alan freed. you'll also find out why they laid off of dick Clark. one reason had to do with how much money he was bringing into the network. as far as WFIL & WIBG, in those day you did not have to surf the dial much. you either turned to WFIL or WIBG. NOW, if you wanted to hear the groups that they would play, ie black r&b groups, then you would go the far right hand side and listen to Jocko Henderson. not much surfing. you just set the station and enjoyed.
 
I'll have to search for that book, doowop. Sounds like one I need in my library.

Yes, finding your favorite music on the dial was much easier in those days. WFIL, WIBG and WDAS. Which one I picked just depended on my mood that day.

Living in Delaware, night time listening was WABC. I could not pick up the Philly stations at night, with the exception of WIBG-FM or WIFI with Ron Diamond.
 
Mike said:
i wish i was around for the days of WFIL-WIBG radiowars it sounded like it was fun back then
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It really was! I wore out the dial cord string on a radio from going back and forth from 56 to 99. There is nothing like it today...NOTHING. Of course, the music of today is kinda crappy and disengaging as well, why shouldn't the jocks be the same?
 
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