Mickey Turntable

[TheREALJM1]

A previous posting brought up Mickey Turntable and her weekly sheet.
That brought up memories of my early days in radio. I had forgoten about her.
I believe she came out of Buffalo and had weekly remarks from DJ's from around the Northeast and promoted songs that no one ever played. -but it was fun. Does anyone have anymore information about her. Who she was, how it worked, and what happened to her???

 

[60sguy]

> A previous posting brought up Mickey Turntable and her
> weekly sheet.
> That brought up memories of my early days in radio. I had
> forgoten about her.
> I believe she came out of Buffalo and had weekly remarks
> from DJ's from around the Northeast and promoted songs that
> no one ever played. -but it was fun. Does anyone have
> anymore information about her. Who she was, how it worked,
> and what happened to her???
>
What do you know, Mike?

 

[Radknowski]

>
> What do you know, Mike?
>
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The trade publication was called Behind The Scenes. Google is a marvelous resource! Business First offered this article. Enjoy!</font>

 

[SirRoxalot]

The REAL Mickey Turntable

Nice article, Mike, but it fails to address the question "Who was/is Mickey Turntable?"

Here's a site by Brian D. Cunningham that has several interesting facts about Buffalo radio.

And here's the Mickey Turntable excerpt:

Q. George "hound Dog" Lorenz had a girlfriend whom he called "Mickey Turntable" To whom did she marry?

A. This would make a great plot for a soap opera, but it is too crazy to believe! Micky Turntable started out as Joyce Kociencki and she was from Sloan. Lorenz had a music trade publication called "Behind the Scenes". Mickey did the clerical work and later did a lot of the writing. They ultimately formed a boy/girl relationship, inspite of the fact that Lorenz was married to a gal named Rita! George and Rita had twin sons, Frankie & Freddie. (The twins had a rock duo called the Hound Doggers).When George died in 1972, Mickey Turntable fell in love with Frankie and married HIM!

 

[Debaser]

> >
> > What do you know, Mike?
> >
>
> The trade publication was called Behind The Scenes. Google
> is a marvelous resource! Business First offered this
> article. Enjoy!
>
Behind the Scenes was a tip sheet that was never a top tool for music and program directors, but still read by many of us who liked and respected Mickey...a lot. If I remember correctly, there was also a Mike Turntable at one point and it was Frank Lorenz, the Hound Dog's son and owner of WBLK, where the tip sheet originated.

It is my understanding that Mickey died several years ago.

 

[Debaser]

Re: The REAL Mickey Turntable

Micky Turntable started out as Joyce
> Kociencki and she was from Sloan. Lorenz had a music trade
> publication called "Behind the Scenes". Mickey did the
> clerical work and later did a lot of the writing. They
> ultimately formed a boy/girl relationship, inspite of the
> fact that Lorenz was married to a gal named Rita! George and
> Rita had twin sons, Frankie & Freddie. (The twins had a rock
> duo called the Hound Doggers).When George died in 1972,
> Mickey Turntable fell in love with Frankie and married HIM!
>

WOW!!! All those years that I knew Mickey and Frank and I never knew that!!! Thanks for digging that up, Rox...

 

[Radknowski]

Mickey and More

> WOW!!! All those years that I knew Mickey and Frank and I
> never knew that!!! Thanks for digging that up, Rox...
>
Amazing, the things we learn on this board! Another item that hasn't been mentioned, by extension, were the annual WBLK Christmas parties. Though I never attended, word is the parties were extravagent. Food, drink, entertainment (of all sorts) that might have made Caligula envious. Local radio people, jocks and salesmen and women mingled with national promoters, record company presidents and acts. Today's events, the veterans say, pale by comparison.