i miss______

[tubessoundbetter]

doing obituaries on the radio.

it was a simpler time back then. "today's obituaries, brought to you by Kraft & Sons Funeral Parlor, 35-35 East main. we lead off today with Miss Effie Lytle of Bainbridge". dj's could smoke in the studio, and production rooms and engineering shacks doubled as love nests.
that. was. radio.

 

[cd637299]

Many Caribbean radio stations still do this as an obligation.

Take your pick & listen online. (Of course you'll have to see the schedule on the station's site)

http://www.caribbean-radio.com/

Also TV 13 ZNS Bahamas streams video 24 hours, although the late nights/early mornings are basically a bulletin board, *including* obits.

http://www.znsbahamas.com

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[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

I miss Rich King on WLW radio... always poking fun at the German heritage of Cincinnatti with things like his daily spoof:

(Take a deep breath and lower your voice like Gary Owens

And Noooooow: Steigerwald Funeral Parlors, with seven convenient carry-in locations in Greater Cincinnati, brings you soothing, inspirational readings from the Cincinnati phone book.

(cue the slightly stilted droning organ music)

Beiderdorff, August C.
Dustinhaug, Otto J.
Eberhardt, Valter O.

 

[Holland Cooke]

Rent "American Grafitti"

Wolfman Jack

 

[flashback]

underground radio like wklu indianapolis was before russ oasis took it over and long before that wnap fm in indianapolis from its beginning in late 60`s to1973 or 1974.

 

[cd637299]

underground radio like wklu indianapolis was before russ oasis took it over and long before that wnap fm in indianapolis from its beginning in late 60`s to1973 or 1974.

"Underground Radio"? for obits? Ewwwwwwww

 

[flashback]

underground radio like wklu indianapolis was before russ oasis took it over and long before that wnap fm in indianapolis from its beginning in late 60`s to1973 or 1974.

"Underground Radio"? for obits? Ewwwwwwww

well it is dead too.actually i missunderstood the thread.

 

[BurnedOutOnTheBoards]

Good radio.

 

[swfl]

I miss Rich King on WLW radio... always poking fun at the German heritage of Cincinnatti with things like his daily spoof:

(Take a deep breath and lower your voice like Gary Owens

And Noooooow: Steigerwald Funeral Parlors, with seven convenient carry-in locations in Greater Cincinnati, brings you soothing, inspirational readings from the Cincinnati phone book.

(cue the slightly stilted droning organ music)

Beiderdorff, August C.
Dustinhaug, Otto J.
Eberhardt, Valter O.

Rich King was a great radio personality. While I never heard him on WLW I became familiar with him once he moved down here to SW Florida. He did an afternoon show on our local news/talk station for several year and was an instant hit here. He was not afraid to poke fun at the locals here either but he always did it with class. He was also very involved in charity work here locally too.

Rich passed away about 3 years ago of cancer I believe. His family still resides in this area. The station never found anyone who could take his place with any great success and now of course we have Hanity in that spot. Oh joy.

 

[umfan]

Bruce Williams and TALKNET.

 

[Holland Cooke]

Murray the K and The Swingin' Soiree, on Ten-Ten WINS, where-the-fun-begins.

Followed by Mad Daddy.

 

[cd637299]

underground radio like wklu indianapolis was before russ oasis took it over and long before that wnap fm in indianapolis from its beginning in late 60`s to1973 or 1974.

"Underground Radio"? for obits? Ewwwwwwww

well it is dead too.actually i missunderstood the thread.

Oh....I get it now. We're supposed to tell us what we miss about radio. I thought it was just about obituaries on the radio (1st post). My bad. Carry on.

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[DonTheTrucker]

WWDB.

 

[Kelly Watts]

I miss good local radio with stations owned by people you knew and people who cared about the staff and the community!

 

[Jimme]

Bruce Williams, Barry Farber, Bob Grant, Morton Downey, Stephanie Miller (not on in D.C.). Ed Schultz radio show when he was a fun rowdy blue collar guy (much nastier now),

 

[DonTheTrucker]

I'll second the Bruce Williams. He was the best.

 

[Jimme]

Bruce Williams gave a very candid explanation for his retirement. I recall him discussing that, having recently lost a granddaughter, and trying to comfort his son and daughter-in-law, plus the need to get a surgery he had been postponing, the need to be on the air every night (he didn't like airing repeats) - to a shrinking audience on a show losing stations he was self-syndicating at a loss - didn't seem as urgent as it had seemed just a year ago. His last show was positive though. He basically took calls of the normal sort - a lot more than he had been doing recently. The last call was about twenty minnutes long. It was from a board technician who began his career working on Bruce's show. The technician was very nice to Bruce and the two discussed mutual friends and changes in radio over the years. After the last commercial, Bruce said, "It's been a hell of a ride," or something like that and then said thanks and goodbye.