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Yonk, you're the class historian. I don't know how you remember the stuff you do unless you suffer an alcoholic tailspin better than I do but how about a refresher course on The Parties of Christmas Past?
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yonkstur
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> Yonk, you're the class historian. I don't know how you
> remember the stuff you do unless you suffer an alcoholic
> tailspin better than I do but how about a refresher course
> on The Parties of Christmas Past?
>
Now keep in mind my parties of Christmas past have been
limited. And thinking about this, the only way to approach
this is in chronological order, both radio career and party.
WRKC FM: We never had a formal Christmas party per se,
rather we met in a dorm room before the semester ended and
celebrated the holidays that way. One year we had what we
called a "Hairy Buffalo" party. It was kind of like a college
student's pot luck but with alcohol. You took a brand new
Rubbermaid container, and a quart or so of Koolaid. Then you
just put all the alcohol into this container. You then mixed it
with a large spoon or a sterlized arm and drank.
WVIA FM TV: When I was there, they really took the words
non commercial and non profit to heart. So there were no
outside parties but a hugeon site party right there in the
TV studio. There was non stop food and drink for most of the
day. It being public TV, no one got out of hand.
WARD AM: Again, an onsite party at the station. I remember
Dave Stroud making a beef stew and the recetionist crying
about something or the other. At first I thought she was
crying about Jim Ward's fight against cancer at the time
but it had to do with something a lot less serious then
that. Most of the sales people began to thread very lightly
around her after that.
ROCK 107: Two parties come to mind, the first one was in 1996
when I first started. This was at Nichols Village and the party
was fabulous. I seem to remember everyone being pretty civil to
each other but as the night wore on the General Manager (the guy
before Loftus) and his wife were looking like they were auditioning
for 9 and a half weeks they were in such a lip lock. (He was let
go a month later.) And one of the salesman's wives went up to Bill
Lynett and told him how cute it was for him to bring along his
daughter to the party. He informed her that "this is my wife".
This was the same party that featured at least 7 refugees from
Baltimore Drive. These people were the sales people Durkin
recuited out of TeleMedia at the time to work at Rock. At first
everybody stayed with each other's group but as the night wore on,
the gap became non existent.
The next Rock 107 party was when one of the Sales reps from 107 got
called out of the room. He was told his dad was ill and was informed
by his girl friend (who was not at the party). The rep calls dear
old dad who was at home enjoying a Parodi and a Lager and not at all
ill. The matter was never really explained or resolved to anyone's
satisfaction, but speculation was she was just checking up on him.
When I went to Citadel, the party in 1998 was pretty grand. It was
held at Genetti's in Wilkes Barre and some people bitched because
they felt it should've been a higher end gathering. Hey, trade is trade.
I remember bringing my own music and dancing to "Without A Song"
By Sinatra, a Natalie Cole ballad and a Bobby Darin song. A good time
was had by all with no outrageous behavior.
The next year, at the Citadel party I had a conversation with the
new GM. I asked him about his housing, "Did you rent or buy?" He
said, "He bought". "Too bad", I said. I was gone 4 months later and
he was outa there 7 months later.
Citadel, at the end of 1999 had an inhouse gathering and Magic was
playing the songs of the century. They played "Smoke On the Water"
and Led Zepplin because they were in the rotation. And that's the only
time they ever were on Magic.
That's all I got, pretty tepid Christmas party memories.
yonkstur
> remember the stuff you do unless you suffer an alcoholic
> tailspin better than I do but how about a refresher course
> on The Parties of Christmas Past?
>
Now keep in mind my parties of Christmas past have been
limited. And thinking about this, the only way to approach
this is in chronological order, both radio career and party.
WRKC FM: We never had a formal Christmas party per se,
rather we met in a dorm room before the semester ended and
celebrated the holidays that way. One year we had what we
called a "Hairy Buffalo" party. It was kind of like a college
student's pot luck but with alcohol. You took a brand new
Rubbermaid container, and a quart or so of Koolaid. Then you
just put all the alcohol into this container. You then mixed it
with a large spoon or a sterlized arm and drank.
WVIA FM TV: When I was there, they really took the words
non commercial and non profit to heart. So there were no
outside parties but a hugeon site party right there in the
TV studio. There was non stop food and drink for most of the
day. It being public TV, no one got out of hand.
WARD AM: Again, an onsite party at the station. I remember
Dave Stroud making a beef stew and the recetionist crying
about something or the other. At first I thought she was
crying about Jim Ward's fight against cancer at the time
but it had to do with something a lot less serious then
that. Most of the sales people began to thread very lightly
around her after that.
ROCK 107: Two parties come to mind, the first one was in 1996
when I first started. This was at Nichols Village and the party
was fabulous. I seem to remember everyone being pretty civil to
each other but as the night wore on the General Manager (the guy
before Loftus) and his wife were looking like they were auditioning
for 9 and a half weeks they were in such a lip lock. (He was let
go a month later.) And one of the salesman's wives went up to Bill
Lynett and told him how cute it was for him to bring along his
daughter to the party. He informed her that "this is my wife".
This was the same party that featured at least 7 refugees from
Baltimore Drive. These people were the sales people Durkin
recuited out of TeleMedia at the time to work at Rock. At first
everybody stayed with each other's group but as the night wore on,
the gap became non existent.
The next Rock 107 party was when one of the Sales reps from 107 got
called out of the room. He was told his dad was ill and was informed
by his girl friend (who was not at the party). The rep calls dear
old dad who was at home enjoying a Parodi and a Lager and not at all
ill. The matter was never really explained or resolved to anyone's
satisfaction, but speculation was she was just checking up on him.
When I went to Citadel, the party in 1998 was pretty grand. It was
held at Genetti's in Wilkes Barre and some people bitched because
they felt it should've been a higher end gathering. Hey, trade is trade.
I remember bringing my own music and dancing to "Without A Song"
By Sinatra, a Natalie Cole ballad and a Bobby Darin song. A good time
was had by all with no outrageous behavior.
The next year, at the Citadel party I had a conversation with the
new GM. I asked him about his housing, "Did you rent or buy?" He
said, "He bought". "Too bad", I said. I was gone 4 months later and
he was outa there 7 months later.
Citadel, at the end of 1999 had an inhouse gathering and Magic was
playing the songs of the century. They played "Smoke On the Water"
and Led Zepplin because they were in the rotation. And that's the only
time they ever were on Magic.
That's all I got, pretty tepid Christmas party memories.
yonkstur
I just wonder how you keep them in order like that. I pretty much got a blur in that file folder.
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yonkstur
Guest
> I just wonder how you keep them in order like that. I pretty
> much got a blur in that file folder.
>
Easy. I am king of the geeks!
Yonkstur
> much got a blur in that file folder.
>
Easy. I am king of the geeks!
Yonkstur
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Colin_Oscopy
Guest
> Easy. I am king of the geeks!
> Yonkstur
>
YONK-
I remember that 1998 Citadel Party at Genettis----
My two big memories of the night were
1) the blonde on your arm and
2) the cheap ba$****ds shut down the open bar after dinner, so a bunch of us crashed a party down the hall that had a wide open bar and too many people attending to notice we weren't part of the group.
> Yonkstur
>
YONK-
I remember that 1998 Citadel Party at Genettis----
My two big memories of the night were
1) the blonde on your arm and
2) the cheap ba$****ds shut down the open bar after dinner, so a bunch of us crashed a party down the hall that had a wide open bar and too many people attending to notice we weren't part of the group.
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lehighvalley
Guest
I was at that party, I was one of the few from Cat Country 94.
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yonkstur
Guest
> >> YONK-
> I remember that 1998 Citadel Party at Genettis----
> My two big memories of the night were
> 1) the blonde on your arm and
She was a very nice woman. Too bad her husband owned
so many guns!
Yonkstur
> 2) the cheap ba$****ds shut down the open bar after dinner,
> so a bunch of us crashed a party down the hall that had a
> wide open bar and too many people attending to notice we
> weren't part of the group.
> Meanwhile while you were doing that, the aforementioned
blonde and I were politely asked to leave because of
her decision to pose herself under the Genetti Christmas
tree in the lobby. "Mommy, Daddy, I want a Genetti
wedding someday. Daddy, Daddy, why are you looking at
that lady under the Genetti Christmas tree?"
Yonkstur
> I remember that 1998 Citadel Party at Genettis----
> My two big memories of the night were
> 1) the blonde on your arm and
She was a very nice woman. Too bad her husband owned
so many guns!
Yonkstur
> 2) the cheap ba$****ds shut down the open bar after dinner,
> so a bunch of us crashed a party down the hall that had a
> wide open bar and too many people attending to notice we
> weren't part of the group.
> Meanwhile while you were doing that, the aforementioned
blonde and I were politely asked to leave because of
her decision to pose herself under the Genetti Christmas
tree in the lobby. "Mommy, Daddy, I want a Genetti
wedding someday. Daddy, Daddy, why are you looking at
that lady under the Genetti Christmas tree?"
Yonkstur
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