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"Music With Moskowitz" Host Dead at 61

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By BILL VIRGIN
P-I REPORTER
Aug 19

Robert Baron, better known to radio listeners in the region as Madman Moskowitz, died Friday after a brief illness. He was 61.

For more than two decades the self-proclaimed "maniacal maestro of malodorous melodies" entertained audiences with a radio program on which he played comedy routines, musical satire, novelty tunes and songs that were intentionally or unintentionally funny, along with classic country tunes from what he called his "nostalgia bin."

Over the years his show aired on just about every country station in the market, many of them now gone. Most recently "Music With Moskowitz" aired at noon Saturdays on Everett community station KSER-FM (90.7).

full article at
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/281868_moskowitz19.html

According to Bill's story, there will be a broadcast tribute today (Saturday the 19th) at noon on KSER, which is streamed on the net, via this link.

http://www.kser.org/
 
Ichabod Caine introduced me to 'The Madman' years and years ago. He seemed like very nice guy. Sorry to hear of the loss.
 
sorry to hear about the loss. i used to hear the mad man when he was at KRPM. my thoughts and prayers to his family, friends and fans, for i am one of those fans
 
KSER Tribute Saturday

Listened to the 2-hour tribute show today on KSER -
- very emotional...you heard lots of uncontrolled sadness, tears - and shortness of breath..

Nathan Detroit did the honors hosting and playing Moskowitz favorites in three's...
- including some airchecks of the Mad-Man from earlier shows -

N.D. said he 'will continue' to do the weekly show on 90.7 - and that they will repeat a
'BEST OF' special show (that was previously aired) sometime soon on a Saturday at noon.
 
moskowitzjuly2001amw0.jpg
 
I'll miss the Madman. First tuned him in back at KRPM...Wonder what was the "brief illness" that claimed him so quickly?
Didn't he also do news at KMPS for a time under his real name Bob Baron?
 
There was different Bob Baron (sp?) who was a radio news reporter in Portland and Eugene in the late 1970s. That might be who you heard doing news on KMPS.
 
LONG LONG time lurker here.....

Madman will be missed. I would stay up listening to him on Sunday nights.....back in the day on KRPM
 
Here is a 47 minute unscoped aircheck of Moskowitz on KRPM-AM recorded June 19, 1988. I don't know what posessed me to to record it from AM instead of the FM simulcast, but it's quite listenable even though there is a little background noise.

Left click here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/a8vxoa

It usually takes several tries to get a download stream started from Sendspace, so please be patient!
 
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