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Ben Manilla of Radio Today

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Ben Manilla started the national syndication company Radio Today over 40 years ago. It created shows such as the rock show Flashback, Rock Stars with Timothy White, and more. He was 71.

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Remembering Ben Manilla

• Ben Manilla, award-winning radio producer, audio entrepreneur, pioneering disc jockey and broadcast journalism educator, passed away on Monday, Sept. 30, in Lagunitas, CA at the age of 71. Over the course of five decades Manilla spearheaded and operated a variety of companies specializing in...
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TheBigA said:
Ben Manilla started the national syndication company Radio Today over 40 years ago. It created shows such as the rock show Flashback, Rock Stars with Timothy White, and more. He was 71.

ramp247.com

Remembering Ben Manilla

• Ben Manilla, award-winning radio producer, audio entrepreneur, pioneering disc jockey and broadcast journalism educator, passed away on Monday, Sept. 30, in Lagunitas, CA at the age of 71. Over the course of five decades Manilla spearheaded and operated a variety of companies specializing in...
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My college station (KCOU, Columbia, MO) subscribed to a tape service called the Progressive Radio Network, which distributed a feature from Ben Manilla called “The News Blimp”, generally a longish story accompanied by music cuts that reflected the theme of the feature. I think PRN went mostly to college stations, but I know that WWCT in Peoria, which often could be received at my east-central Missouri home of the time, also carried “The News Blimp”.


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I notice I made an error when I said Manilla started Radio Today. That company was started by Dan Formento, and Ben was a producer at the company in the 80s before moving to California.

journalism.berkeley.edu

Longtime Berkeley Journalism Audio Instructor Ben Manilla Dies

UC Berkeley Journalism offers a two-year Master of Journalism (MJ) degree and a summer minor, preparing students for careers in journalism.
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www.newsday.com

Ben Manilla, former WLIR radio personality, dies at 71

Manilla was an integral member of the staff at the legendary LI station that "dared to be different."
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TheBigA said:
Ben Manilla started the national syndication company Radio Today over 40 years ago. It created shows such as the rock show Flashback, Rock Stars with Timothy White, and more. He was 71.
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I was lucky enough to live and work in the Hempstead NY area where WLIR-FM was located (not to be confused with Garden City COL).
Ben hosted "The Midnight Snack" along with "Manilla Time" (q: Thriller by Michael Jackson) as well as the morning show and was part of "The Bozo Patrol" (as dubbed by John DeBella q: Love is like a Rock by Donnie Iris) with Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult.

Several years ago he revived The News Blimp's here: News Blimps

It's nostalgia for some of us but really worth a listen as there were many talented people who contributed.

Enjoy!
 
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