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Commander Greg departs WBWC

John Basalla has announced that starting in January, the new hours for "The Golden Age of Rock and Roll” will be 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. I assume the doo-wop segment will be discontinued, which is fine with me as I am not a big fan of that genre. "Sunday Night at the Oldies" will air an hour earlier from 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm.
 
Thank you for listening. The "Doo-Wop Dungeon" segment will continue, most often in shortened form, during the final half hour of the show. It will continue as a commemoration of, and out of respect for, the originator of the show, B.R. Anthony, whose favorite music of choice was Doo-Wop in general, and, in particular, the Italian-American Doo-Wop coming out of the East Coast (New York, New Jersey and more). B.R. Anthony started the show 50 years ago in 1971 under the title "The Glory That Was Grease". After a several months hiatus in 1973-1974, the show, with the current title, was re-started in the spring of 1974. Either right away, or soon afterwards, it landed on Sunday nights where the show has been ever since... first from 7pm-10pm, and, later, 6pm-9pm.
 
Thanks John for keeping the show going. You are doing a good job. No offense to the Commander, but his shtick was a bit annoying to me and I could only take his show in small doses.
 
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"Commander" Greg has his fans. His way is one that harkens back to his radio mentor "Mad Daddy" Pete Myers. I can't do what he does. I'd just sound dorky.
 
John, I didn't get a change to chime in last night, but I'd be OK if you want to occasionally sprinkle in some non-hits. You have played some cool songs over the years that were not big hits, at least not here in the US, such as Que Sera, Sera by Mary Hopkin, a selection by a group that Benny Anderson was in before ABBA, and a few others that I can't recall at the moment.
 
John, I didn't get a change to chime in last night, but I'd be OK if you want to occasionally sprinkle in some non-hits. You have played some cool songs over the years that were not big hits, at least not here in the US, such as Que Sera, Sera by Mary Hopkin, a selection by a group that Benny Anderson was in before ABBA, and a few others that I can't recall at the moment.

Thanks again, for listening. Benny Andersson was in the group The Hep Stars from 1964-1969. I picked up an LP of theirs at a thrift store! A cool find. I'm always on the lookout for the odd and interesting. The reason I asked the question is because, while I love the listeners that respond, a select group call in. I wonder if I play too many low, or off-of-the-charts, stuff, even though I always make sure that I don't go crazy with non-hits. I was thinking, to serve all, maybe I could more specifically format the show with 4 hits to one non-hit, or lower charting hit, from the era.

On another matter. I'm sorry you didn't like the Linkin' Park song I suggested. Please try their most pop-comfortable song, "Heavy" with Kiarra (sp).
 
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