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Carl Marcocci

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Ferreri

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Some of the old timers may remember WYRE in Annapolis as a darn good top 40 station. I worked there from 1965-1970 under the name Ron Rondo. Jack Armstrong was the PD who hired me. He did mornings for a while and then went into sales. His real name was Carl Marcocci. He became a successful owner of a number of stations here in Florida and other states. Sadly, Carl died a few days before Christmas at the age of 68.
 
Another of the Marcocci's, ,David, died about a year or so ago too.
 
Ferreri said:
Some of the old timers may remember WYRE in Annapolis as a darn good top 40 station. I worked there from 1965-1970 under the name Ron Rondo. Jack Armstrong was the PD who hired me. He did mornings for a while and then went into sales. His real name was Carl Marcocci. He became a successful owner of a number of stations here in Florida and other states. Sadly, Carl died a few days before Christmas at the age of 68.
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Guess I'm officially an oldtimer since I remember WYRE and Kirby Scott and you too Ron with great fondness. I used to dig your 250 watts out of the static in Baltimore as one of the few alternatives to the powerhouse WCAO. Drove me nuts when sunset came around and you had to sign-off.

Sorry to hear of Carl's passage. I got into the biz in the mid-70's as AM was in it's last gasp and missed a lot of the top-40 fun! You guys were my heros.
 
Thank you for the very kind words! Nice to be rememered. Yes, that little station really was cutting edge for the time. Music intensive, yet personalities were allowed to work within the format confinmes. We also brought in big name record acts to the Armory in Annapolis. Neil Diamond, The Doors, Buckinghams, just to name a few. Carl was really the driving force behind the success of the station. Kirby came along and just improved what was there and gave it credibility with his name.
 
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