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Jocks who made it to major markets from WB/Scranton?

Sam Laqouri

that brings back memories the smoothest voice in local radio.....

Sam's doing well, looking good. Saw him at Andy's Diner with his wife in the fall. Chatted about stuff. He does a Polka Show on Saturdays on WARM and a Country type Hall of Fame show on Junior 93.7FM on Saturday nights. Goes by the name of Maverick on Junior.

Yonkstur
 
yonkstur said:
Right, and didn't Harry do mornings there for a time before Froggy bought it?

Yonkstur
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Yes, Harry replaced me in the morning (I was PD, so it was better for me to work middays) with a young Frosty O'Brien, who later went on to be Dawn Early/Andie Summers. Harry's humor didn't work as well with the country audience, but he was classic Harry.

Can't say that I minded not getting up at 4 AM each day, either.
 
Bill Stewart is doing production for The River
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wasn't Harry's wife in the 90's named Debbie??????
 
emo said:
Yes to Harry's Wife.. I believe she was Dr. Brown's Daughter, a sponsor... Nice girl.
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Correct - Debbie also acted as Harry's "agent" in the negotiation that resulted in his leaving WARM. As to Audrey, she was Harry's 2nd wife, and I believe she died not all that long ago. Lovely woman, IMO.

Did someone say profanity? Harry accidentally(of course)dropped a real beauty on the air once, I mean it was priceless. Anyone here remember what it was?
 
It may have been the one where the woman lost a contest because she was not listening to the radio... Harry inquired as to why she was not "tuned in"... she replied that she was BLOW DRYING HER HAIR... Harry responded that she lost a lost of potential cash and "That was a very expensive Blow J**... er, I mean Blow dry... yes ,Blow dry.. I said Blow dry!" I do believe I have it somewhere on tape from a WARM Christmas party blooper tape.
 
emo said:
It may have been the one where the woman lost a contest because she was not listening to the radio... Harry inquired as to why she was not "tuned in"... she replied that she was BLOW DRYING HER HAIR... Harry responded that she lost a lost of potential cash and "That was a very expensive Blow J**... er, I mean Blow dry... yes ,Blow dry.. I said Blow dry!" I do believe I have it somewhere on tape from a WARM Christmas party blooper tape.
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Didn't WARM require that these calls be taped and then played back later to avoid this kind of thing. Or did Harry actually do the calls live on air?
 
emo said:
"That was a very expensive Blow J**... er, I mean Blow dry... yes ,Blow dry.. I said Blow dry!" I do believe I have it somewhere on tape from a WARM Christmas party blooper tape.
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Yep, that would be the one! I had a copy for years, but have no clue where to even look for it. It was probably the only time Harry made an off-color remark in his career, the guy worked squeaky clean. Which is not to say he was a choirboy, not by anyone's definition. But on the air, he was all about non-offensive.

A delay? Seems I recall an electronic delay, but that wasn't in place until the early to mid-80s. And that was used only for talk-shows, such as they were at the time. The phones were worked "live" quite a bit, because trying to record someone while playing music, loading carts, keeping a log, blah, blah, blah, was almost impossible. Nowadays, electronics are such that it's easy, probably easier than going live. But going to another channel, rolling tape, cueing tape, was a real hassle, especially during morning drive.
 
Correct - Debbie also acted as Harry's "agent" in the negotiation that resulted in his leaving WARM.

I think Harry married Debbie in the late 80s, '87. '88. I had the opportunity to attend that wedding and he was totally smitten. As for the negotiations, yep, they were pretty famous. I remember Harry's replacement on WARM saying something like, "You guys better treat me right, or I'll get Debbie to re-negotiate my deal".

As to Audrey, she was Harry's 2nd wife, and I believe she died not all that long ago.

I'm thinking she passed away in the late 90s, maybe '99. Nice lady. Used to see her taking Harry for his suits at this clothing outlet in Scranton. Anybody remember the name of that place? It was like an old factory but it had wall to wall suits for decent prices but were of pretty high quality.
Speaking of suits, a whole lot of radio reps used to buy their suits from Herman Davis this tailor from Scranton. Herman never had a store and you'd have to go to Smith's Restaurant to get fitted. You'd walk in there and see a bunch of media reps waiting to get fitted by Herman.

Yonkstur
 
NigelWick said:
Packard Outlet
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So named because at one time it housed the Packard dealership in Scranton. It was a great place, lots of really decent suits/sportcoats at next-to-nothing prices.

When you consider the outcome of her bargaining, it's rather odd that anyone would consider Debbie The Great Negotiator.

In addition to Harold Davis(whose family, I believe, did own a shop in Taylor), there was also a woman who sold mens suits pretty much the same way. A lot of teevee types bought from her, because she handled high-end brands at really low prices. I have no recollection of her name.
 
You gotta love salesman... I stopped by Packard Outlet one day, wearing a radio station jacket with my name embroidered on it. The salesman told me how he listened to me on the station all the time. He loved me. The funny thing was I acquired the jacket through a friend. I didn't work there. That salesman was the consummate schmoozer. He got the sale anyway. I have fond memories of Packard Outlet.
 
I've heard that Harry always did the same routine before going on air. He would comb his hair, straighten his tie before going into the studio like his was going on TV. He also had books on comedians when I don't think he ever read. When you asked him how the book was, he would always say "I haven't read it."
 
Regarding Harry's contract and move to WILK...it was brilliant on WILK's ( I heard Kirby Confer himself did the deal) part because while it was for more money than WARM was willing to pay, it was a ONE YEAR contract versus WARM's THREE year contract. WILK minimized their risk, if Harry rocked, which he didn't, they would re-new.If not, so be it and another nail in WARM's coffin.
I always felt Terry was funnier, quicker,and certainly warmer. He alone could have carried WARM.It was WARM's other blunders( re-adding music in the 90's on AM, trying " Modern MOR"..remember that trainwreck? Ignoring the technical plant..the list goes on)that IMO buried the station. Harry alone, without all the props the WARM morning show had was pitiful.Only worse was his year playing Standards on WEJL/WBAX.He often mistakenly blurted out the WARM contest/request lines while he was on WEJL.
 
He reminded me of Ted Baxter for the time I was in his proximity.
 
He would comb his hair, straighten his tie before going into the studio like his was going on TV.
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Reminds me of the ND I had back in the b&w tv days ... but this was on radio. He always wore a "tv blue" shirt at work. He did his job well, so nobody laughed.
 
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