Tne news story today on the front page of Radio-Info makes the following announcement:
"HyLitRadio announces the new program with a quote from Charlie Tuna in Tuna-ese: …Calling all my Beats, beards, Buddhist cats, big-time spenders, money lenders, teetotallers, elbow benders, hog callers, home-run hitters, finger poppin’ daddy’s, and cool baby sitters. This is Charlie Tuna! Your ace in the record race. Going up-town, down-town, cross-town. Here, there, everywhere! For all my carrot tops, lollipops, and extremely delicate gum drops. Get ready to wake up and do it to it, with me, Charlie Tuna, for The Sound of Philadelphia."
I never heard Charlie Tuna although his name in top 40 is legendary. I'm assuming the article writer never heard Hy Lit and missed the fact that Charlie Tuna was quoting the Hyski standard greeting & it's not "Tuna-ese" - I'm assuming he has his own 'patter' & is going to do his own thing, not imitate the guy who couldn't be imitated!