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Here's a few more names from the dust bin of south and central NJ radio history (and other places too):
Thom (Cooney) Collins - Tom (Verba) Valentine - George (Struckell) Anthony - Steve Gaddie - Vic (Charlie Mills) Davis - Warren Creczenzo (sp?) - John McIntyre - Jim Harlan - Joe James - Tom Russell - Mike Beau - Robb with two b's (Weitz) - Austin Valli - Roger Domel - Dan Sussman - Lynn Montana - Tim Downs - John DeMasi - Drew Williamson - Frank Canale - John Giase - Jim Henry - Art Sarnofski - Steve (Garsh) Paul - Bud Collins - Bob Dowd - Bill Bircher - Mike Maio - Dennis (Mele) Malloy - Diana Snow - Phil Simon - Dennis O'Mara - Cheryl Ann Jones - Joyce Reynaud - Judi Muller - Marc (Zumoff) Stevens - Big Joe Henry - Big Jay - Big Dan - Big Ron O'Brian - Big Wilson - Big Joe Rosenfeld's Happiness Exchange
- Bill Schirrman - Herb Hobler - John Wingate - John Anastasio - Jack Shuster - Lori Johnson - Tom Cunningham - Joni (Shakum) Bakum - Patrice McCallum - Bob "The Record Doctor" Sorrentino - Sue K. Fox - Larry Brennan - Michael Jay - Fred Fishkin - Tom Taylor
I think that's it though. I don't think another single soul worked in NJ radio : Could I be wrong?
Thom (Cooney) Collins - Tom (Verba) Valentine - George (Struckell) Anthony - Steve Gaddie - Vic (Charlie Mills) Davis - Warren Creczenzo (sp?) - John McIntyre - Jim Harlan - Joe James - Tom Russell - Mike Beau - Robb with two b's (Weitz) - Austin Valli - Roger Domel - Dan Sussman - Lynn Montana - Tim Downs - John DeMasi - Drew Williamson - Frank Canale - John Giase - Jim Henry - Art Sarnofski - Steve (Garsh) Paul - Bud Collins - Bob Dowd - Bill Bircher - Mike Maio - Dennis (Mele) Malloy - Diana Snow - Phil Simon - Dennis O'Mara - Cheryl Ann Jones - Joyce Reynaud - Judi Muller - Marc (Zumoff) Stevens - Big Joe Henry - Big Jay - Big Dan - Big Ron O'Brian - Big Wilson - Big Joe Rosenfeld's Happiness Exchange
- Bill Schirrman - Herb Hobler - John Wingate - John Anastasio - Jack Shuster - Lori Johnson - Tom Cunningham - Joni (Shakum) Bakum - Patrice McCallum - Bob "The Record Doctor" Sorrentino - Sue K. Fox - Larry Brennan - Michael Jay - Fred Fishkin - Tom TaylorI think that's it though. I don't think another single soul worked in NJ radio :
Could I be wrong?A.J. Brooks WTTM, some guy name Bo...
Wow. Phil Simon PST..what a nice guy..works in DC now OFF the radio does..PR for someone I think.
John Wingate..remember when he came to WHWH and didn't know how to use a CART machine?
Did Jack Shuster WHWH pass on? I heard he move to Hawaii..and was very ill even 20 years ago.
How about when Jeff Caplan did the news on PST?
Frank Canale is still at PHT. He hated doing the Jay & Hilarie promos..because there were too STRANGE. We love you though Frank.
AUSTIN VALLI. Jeez...he was successful in Hawaii as I remember.
Tom Cunningham is a mucky muck at Universal Records in NY..and does that Bruce show on the Hawk.
Dave Hoeffel (or Collins) is the CHR guy at All Access..works out of his house in Mercer Co.
Mike Boyle is the Rock guy at R & R in LA.
What happened to Bob Dowd? I don't know! I may have been in the hospital and just don't remember.
Joni Bakum. Successful Voice-over artist.
Does ANYone remember when YOUNG DOUG JAMES was at PST?
MOST importantly. EZ ED JOHNSON. I met him for lunch about 15 years ago. He had moved to Vermont..and was not a happy man...some family issues.. But he was an early mentor of mine circa '72 at WHLW, and again at WPST.
Does ANYone remember the guy who did mornings for me at OBM-FM with the big voice who used to walk the halls with his gold chains dangling to his gold belt buckle? He ended up doing production for a while at WOR. Fred Macy. His ego was bigger than MINE for God's sake. The two of us couldn't sit in the same room without all the air being sucked out.
I'll think of more later.
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Brent McNally
Wow. Phil Simon PST..what a nice guy..works in DC now OFF the radio does..PR for someone I think.
John Wingate..remember when he came to WHWH and didn't know how to use a CART machine?
Did Jack Shuster WHWH pass on? I heard he move to Hawaii..and was very ill even 20 years ago.
How about when Jeff Caplan did the news on PST?
Frank Canale is still at PHT. He hated doing the Jay & Hilarie promos..because there were too STRANGE. We love you though Frank.
AUSTIN VALLI. Jeez...he was successful in Hawaii as I remember.
Tom Cunningham is a mucky muck at Universal Records in NY..and does that Bruce show on the Hawk.
Dave Hoeffel (or Collins) is the CHR guy at All Access..works out of his house in Mercer Co.
Mike Boyle is the Rock guy at R & R in LA.
What happened to Bob Dowd? I don't know! I may have been in the hospital and just don't remember.
Joni Bakum. Successful Voice-over artist.
Does ANYone remember when YOUNG DOUG JAMES was at PST?
MOST importantly. EZ ED JOHNSON. I met him for lunch about 15 years ago. He had moved to Vermont..and was not a happy man...some family issues.. But he was an early mentor of mine circa '72 at WHLW, and again at WPST.
Does ANYone remember the guy who did mornings for me at OBM-FM with the big voice who used to walk the halls with his gold chains dangling to his gold belt buckle? He ended up doing production for a while at WOR. Fred Macy. His ego was bigger than MINE for God's sake. The two of us couldn't sit in the same room without all the air being sucked out.
I'll think of more later.
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Brent McNally
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Hey... how about me? *sniff, sniff* Some more Central/South Jersey radio names from the 70's (some remained in the market for decades): Bill Huff, Roger Foote, Marie Melchionne, Ken Cooper, Tom Maciaszek, Jack Christie, John Croft, Dave Ullmann, Jay Newcomb, Lee Greenwood and Ed Davis. I'll think of more. BTW... Bob "Bo-Bo" Dowd was living in Lake County, Florida, up until a year or two ago. He e-mailed me to says he was getting married and moving to California.
Steve
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Some more Central/South Jersey radio names from the 70's (some remained in the market for decades): Bill Huff, Roger Foote, Marie Melchionne, Ken Cooper, Tom Maciaszek, Jack Christie, John Croft, Dave Ullmann, Jay Newcomb, Lee Greenwood and Ed Davis. I'll think of more. BTW... Bob "Bo-Bo" Dowd was living in Lake County, Florida, up until a year or two ago. He e-mailed me to says he was getting married and moving to California.Steve
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Wonder what Big Ange and Gary Lane are doing...
Aw Steve...sorry for the slight. Not intentional by any means. Look, I have enough people that won't hire me.
You were certainly there in the thick of that very cool era. Radio exploded at the shore in the 70's with the new stations coming on..then we got even more in the 80's and into the 90's. There are now TOO many stations in this market, and when you add the NY and PHilly signals..not to mention the OTHER Jersey signals pumping in here..you see the ad pie can only be sliced SO many ways. And inept SALES departments certainly didn't help any. Or should I say..a lack of VISION and DIRECTION of those departments is a major culprit. You can have the best product, but if you don't know how or CARE to sell it, it will fail. I personally LIKE most of the sales folks I've worked with or have known through the years. I tried to help MANY of them on my own time to land a sale..or to just stop in to a client and say hiya. Ask the WCTC staff. Ask the 101.5 staff from back in the day. Ask the JRZ staff. They know. I know I was sick for a while, but the SUNDAY show I did on JRZ had HUGE..I mean HUGE numbers on Sunjay morns. Was it SOLD? Nope. Ok..we had a few spots..and Bob on OBM had a 30+ year head start, but I was neck and neck with him a few times. RIPE for sales of mom & pops who couldn't afford a whole week package.. But..for SOME unGODLY reason, it didn't happen. WHY? It may have been a personal grudge with a SALES department shall I say...person of authority. How silly. Sure..Let's NOT sell spots for a sow with a 30 share or HIGHER in some parts of the listening area. Duh... They could have made at least a couple hundred thousand off that show alone. Was it DONE? Nope. Then I was asked to STAY ON after I was let go from the DAILY morning show...and promised that they'd promote it. DId I go for THAT? No.. WHY? Because I didn't want to embarrass the STATION> What a moron I was. I was worried about a company that just FIRED me for ANOTHER budget cut. Same thing happened at WCTC. It wasn't performance related at ALL. Plus, at JRZ I would have been simply taking calls about why I wasn't on the weekday show anymore with Anita. I'm being honest here. I made the decision. It was a hard one, but I didn't want to embarrass THEM nor myself. I was humiliated by being off to begin with...then to have to EXPLAIN it to every fan who called would have been torture. I respect that I was at least ASKED to do it..but I just couldn't. It all happened so fast anyway, and I had to make an instant decision for MY own good. I chose to walk away completely. And that left ANITA in the lurch, who only came there because I lobbied SO hard to have her brought on the show..and because we just work SO well together. Scary sometimes.. I have had over a year to ponder all of this. The business itself imploded in many ways over the last year or so. I was just a part of that. I've turned DOWN gigs due to impossibly low wages being offered. But as time has gone on, I realized that there are a LOT of guys and gals like ME who have put their entire LIVES on the line for RADIO..and RADIO slapped us in the face. $&% consolidation. I yearn for the days of Mom & Pop stations having wars with OTHER mom & pops.. With the current state of Cheap Channel, that could happen again, as they may have to sell a lot of property.
Back to the main point. There are a LOT of unsung HEROES of local radio in NJ who SHOULD get credit for their time at stations up and down the state..not just in some markets. EACH station has a history. I wish Pirate Jim had more time to devote to HIS site with the history of each station. The bios he has are WAY incomplete and don't give the true story of each station..as they ALL have storied histories, not matter how big or small it was. Ownership changes, jocks, news, sales, managers..it's like a mini Peyton Place in most stations..but now they character list is MUCH smaller..so it ain't as fun anymore I bet for some folks. Am I speaking out of turn here? I dunno. Perhaps some KNOWLEDGEABLE folks can fill in my blanks and tell some REAL cool stories about how it IS like or was like working at some very legendary properties here in NJ. I could write BOOKS on a few stations with chapters of some PEOPLE who were there. Can you imagine the crap I'd have to deal with THEN? And I'd write about MYSELF and how much of a dope I was on certain decisions. That would be real and refreshing. I am actually looking for a co-writer to help me do just that. I'm looking into the possibilities of writing about what local stations are like. Just floating the idea. We'll see.
So many people...so little time..
BE BIG
You were certainly there in the thick of that very cool era. Radio exploded at the shore in the 70's with the new stations coming on..then we got even more in the 80's and into the 90's. There are now TOO many stations in this market, and when you add the NY and PHilly signals..not to mention the OTHER Jersey signals pumping in here..you see the ad pie can only be sliced SO many ways. And inept SALES departments certainly didn't help any. Or should I say..a lack of VISION and DIRECTION of those departments is a major culprit. You can have the best product, but if you don't know how or CARE to sell it, it will fail. I personally LIKE most of the sales folks I've worked with or have known through the years. I tried to help MANY of them on my own time to land a sale..or to just stop in to a client and say hiya. Ask the WCTC staff. Ask the 101.5 staff from back in the day. Ask the JRZ staff. They know. I know I was sick for a while, but the SUNDAY show I did on JRZ had HUGE..I mean HUGE numbers on Sunjay morns. Was it SOLD? Nope. Ok..we had a few spots..and Bob on OBM had a 30+ year head start, but I was neck and neck with him a few times. RIPE for sales of mom & pops who couldn't afford a whole week package.. But..for SOME unGODLY reason, it didn't happen. WHY? It may have been a personal grudge with a SALES department shall I say...person of authority. How silly. Sure..Let's NOT sell spots for a sow with a 30 share or HIGHER in some parts of the listening area. Duh... They could have made at least a couple hundred thousand off that show alone. Was it DONE? Nope. Then I was asked to STAY ON after I was let go from the DAILY morning show...and promised that they'd promote it. DId I go for THAT? No.. WHY? Because I didn't want to embarrass the STATION> What a moron I was. I was worried about a company that just FIRED me for ANOTHER budget cut. Same thing happened at WCTC. It wasn't performance related at ALL. Plus, at JRZ I would have been simply taking calls about why I wasn't on the weekday show anymore with Anita. I'm being honest here. I made the decision. It was a hard one, but I didn't want to embarrass THEM nor myself. I was humiliated by being off to begin with...then to have to EXPLAIN it to every fan who called would have been torture. I respect that I was at least ASKED to do it..but I just couldn't. It all happened so fast anyway, and I had to make an instant decision for MY own good. I chose to walk away completely. And that left ANITA in the lurch, who only came there because I lobbied SO hard to have her brought on the show..and because we just work SO well together. Scary sometimes.. I have had over a year to ponder all of this. The business itself imploded in many ways over the last year or so. I was just a part of that. I've turned DOWN gigs due to impossibly low wages being offered. But as time has gone on, I realized that there are a LOT of guys and gals like ME who have put their entire LIVES on the line for RADIO..and RADIO slapped us in the face. $&% consolidation. I yearn for the days of Mom & Pop stations having wars with OTHER mom & pops.. With the current state of Cheap Channel, that could happen again, as they may have to sell a lot of property.
Back to the main point. There are a LOT of unsung HEROES of local radio in NJ who SHOULD get credit for their time at stations up and down the state..not just in some markets. EACH station has a history. I wish Pirate Jim had more time to devote to HIS site with the history of each station. The bios he has are WAY incomplete and don't give the true story of each station..as they ALL have storied histories, not matter how big or small it was. Ownership changes, jocks, news, sales, managers..it's like a mini Peyton Place in most stations..but now they character list is MUCH smaller..so it ain't as fun anymore I bet for some folks. Am I speaking out of turn here? I dunno. Perhaps some KNOWLEDGEABLE folks can fill in my blanks and tell some REAL cool stories about how it IS like or was like working at some very legendary properties here in NJ. I could write BOOKS on a few stations with chapters of some PEOPLE who were there. Can you imagine the crap I'd have to deal with THEN? And I'd write about MYSELF and how much of a dope I was on certain decisions. That would be real and refreshing. I am actually looking for a co-writer to help me do just that. I'm looking into the possibilities of writing about what local stations are like. Just floating the idea. We'll see.
So many people...so little time..
BE BIG
I forgot about Jeff Caplan. His real name was Ira Caplan, but he used Jeff Caplan on the radio because, as he told me, Ira sounded too Jewish. I guess by using the name Jeff Caplan, listeners thought he was Episcopalian, or maybe Seventh Day Adventist, because who would ever think someone named Caplan was Jewish.
I remember when John Wingate came to WH. What a comedown for a true New York radio - and TV - legend. I remember introducing myself to him and telling him what a fan I was of his from his days on WOR radio and channel 9. (In the early to mid '60's, he did a 15-minute TV newcast at 11 PM, followed by Clure Mosher with 10 minutes of sports, followed by Walter Kiernan with 5 minutes of commentary. Does anybody remember those guys? They were great! The were the forerunners of today's loudmouth cable commentators, talk show hosts, and bloggers, except they knew what they were talking about.) A couple of days later I went on vacation for a couple of weeks. When I came back, John was already gone from the station. That was very sad!
I also remember Frank Canale's first shift on the radio. He relieved me for the last couple of hours before sign-off on a summer Saturday at 11-7. About 5:45, the doorbell rings and I go to answer it. There's this kid at the door. I thought he was coming to the station for my autograph…or maybe to steal records. He tells me he's on the air after me. Frank was so young he didn't even have a driver's license. His mother drove him to the station…and was waiting in the car to make sure somebody let him in the building. Years later, when I was doing weekend pub affairs shows at WPHT (formerly WCAU) I shared that memory with Frank. He denied it ever happened. Bullbleep! Frank is probably now in his 40's and is a father and I hear that his mother STILL drives him to work
The thing I remember about Tom Cunningham is listening to him on WPST one night while driving home from work while he was interviewing some kid from Old Bridge who had just cut a record and was trying to get it played on local stations. I specifically remember that interview because 'PST didn't do that kind of thing often plus the kid had a unique name and it stuck in my head. The kid's name was Jon Bon Jovi.
I remember listening to that interview and thinking this guy is so stoned he can't get more than 2 or 3 words in a row out of his mouth, he sounds illiterate, and he's coming across like a real buffoon. I figured this guy is never gonna make it at all, much less make it big.
I guess I was wrong. As it turns out, Tom Cunningham is now a big muckety-muck at Universal Records in NY
As far as that Jovi guy, who knows what happened to him? He's probably still trying to get a gig at Club Bene' on Route 9 in Sayreville.
And now...A few more names from the era/area:
Garrett Glazer - who went on to become the entertainment reporter for Channel 7 in NY, and from there went to Entertainment Tonight
Another "Big" guy, Big Jim Walters - Jim had worked at the original Passport radio and later did fill-in and weekends at 11-7 and WH. What was his regular weekday job, you ask? He worked at Princeton University as a.....nuclear physicist. I'm not kidding. (All right, all you clever radio guys, what great lines can you come up with?)
Last, but not least, a true New Jersey radio legend, Didzy McFadden. Didzy was the female equivalent of Bob Barry and the original version of CNN's Candy Crowley (from whom she may have been separated at birth).
Ahhh...Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind (cue the record)
I remember when John Wingate came to WH. What a comedown for a true New York radio - and TV - legend. I remember introducing myself to him and telling him what a fan I was of his from his days on WOR radio and channel 9. (In the early to mid '60's, he did a 15-minute TV newcast at 11 PM, followed by Clure Mosher with 10 minutes of sports, followed by Walter Kiernan with 5 minutes of commentary. Does anybody remember those guys? They were great! The were the forerunners of today's loudmouth cable commentators, talk show hosts, and bloggers, except they knew what they were talking about.) A couple of days later I went on vacation for a couple of weeks. When I came back, John was already gone from the station. That was very sad!
I also remember Frank Canale's first shift on the radio. He relieved me for the last couple of hours before sign-off on a summer Saturday at 11-7. About 5:45, the doorbell rings and I go to answer it. There's this kid at the door. I thought he was coming to the station for my autograph…or maybe to steal records. He tells me he's on the air after me. Frank was so young he didn't even have a driver's license. His mother drove him to the station…and was waiting in the car to make sure somebody let him in the building. Years later, when I was doing weekend pub affairs shows at WPHT (formerly WCAU) I shared that memory with Frank. He denied it ever happened. Bullbleep! Frank is probably now in his 40's and is a father and I hear that his mother STILL drives him to work
The thing I remember about Tom Cunningham is listening to him on WPST one night while driving home from work while he was interviewing some kid from Old Bridge who had just cut a record and was trying to get it played on local stations. I specifically remember that interview because 'PST didn't do that kind of thing often plus the kid had a unique name and it stuck in my head. The kid's name was Jon Bon Jovi.
I remember listening to that interview and thinking this guy is so stoned he can't get more than 2 or 3 words in a row out of his mouth, he sounds illiterate, and he's coming across like a real buffoon. I figured this guy is never gonna make it at all, much less make it big.
I guess I was wrong. As it turns out, Tom Cunningham is now a big muckety-muck at Universal Records in NY
As far as that Jovi guy, who knows what happened to him? He's probably still trying to get a gig at Club Bene' on Route 9 in Sayreville.
And now...A few more names from the era/area:
Garrett Glazer - who went on to become the entertainment reporter for Channel 7 in NY, and from there went to Entertainment Tonight
Another "Big" guy, Big Jim Walters - Jim had worked at the original Passport radio and later did fill-in and weekends at 11-7 and WH. What was his regular weekday job, you ask? He worked at Princeton University as a.....nuclear physicist. I'm not kidding. (All right, all you clever radio guys, what great lines can you come up with?)
Last, but not least, a true New Jersey radio legend, Didzy McFadden. Didzy was the female equivalent of Bob Barry and the original version of CNN's Candy Crowley (from whom she may have been separated at birth).
Ahhh...Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind (cue the record)
Caplan is a JEW? Funny...he doesn't LOOK druish? (Spaceballs)
Now he's more wealthy than ANYone reading or posting on this board from his PHOTOGRAPY career...let alone the WCBS-AM years.
The Wingate story WAS sad. I tried to help him put a cart in the deck and hit the red button to record a cut from tape. He couldn't grasp what the concept was. No one EVER needed to TOUCH a cart if you worked at the BIG stations in NY.
(I was the very FIRST combo jock at WNBC and NABET HATED me for it.)
He left because his time passed him by. What a sad story. I felt SO bad..and really TRIED to show him.
You're MUCH older than I am Harry...so YOU would remember the WOR staff much better than us much YOUNGER dudes. You remember those experimental tests that Mr. Armstrong did on FM from Alpine, NJ don't you?
Mike McCann did afternoons at PST for a while circa '77... He and I had a LONG phone conversation just this last week about PST/WHWH and the stuff we did there. HE commented to me that he was always surprised at the production that we did there considering we only had a couple of VERY old Ampex Reel to Reel decks and one or two cart decks. He said that he was amazed at how we were able to come up with CLIO Award nominated and winning spots in that space. Just shows what cleverness and extreme creativity can do. I had 3 nominations from CLIO for best radio commercial..all written by Pam Fox (remember HER?) Lovely person..still is.
Remember Debbie Doff copy woman at "H" and PST? She wrote me an e-mail out of the blue a few months back. She's married to Gary Horn and living in CT.
And WHWH's Jack Shuster and John Anistasio were ALWAYS winning awards for their productions. They were sometimes like Bob & Ray...the revered Piels Brothers and famous for Bob Elliot having a song named Chris.
And when YOU worked for PHT doing the public affairs shows, and ME and HILARIE had OUR show there, you ignored us like the superstar you are Harry. To this day, I'm still farblondzhet and meshuginen about it.
Canale can deny it all he wants. His mother DID drive him to work.
Andre GARDNER's father used to drive HIM to work at WPST where I taught him everything he knows (except when he broke in to the engineering office and turned UP the OPTIMOD..I had NOTHING to do with THAT stunt.) Well..maybe his big brother Bill Gardner the former jock and PD of WIBBAGE who just lost HIS job out in Phoenix recently had SOMETHING to do with Andre's fab career...in Philly and NY..
Ya know..something just dawned on me. Where will the future STARS come from if LOCAL radio keeps automating and firing it's talent?
I digress.
I heard that interview that Cunninham did with Bon Jovi too..and Jon DID sound stoned..maybe it was an act..or a STANCE..ya know Rock Star pose...whatever.
We played the band in a softball game..were you on our team? Or did you switch to THEIR team to be closer to the "boys" Harry? I understand Richie Sambora had a little more than water in their portable cooler. (A current news story inside joke for those of you following along). Did Richie DRIVE the band's van? Hope not.
GARRETT GLAZER. I told you 11-7 had some people go on to HUGE things. Wasn't HIS life blessed.
Same for Marsha Kniceley. We've gone over her attributes already with a fine tooth comb...ooooo. But whatever happened to HER? Anyone know? Did she move back to West Virginia to be a real "Mountain Mama"?
Hmm...Big Jim Walters... He had a 20-Megaton weekend once didn't he? Or was that only when he played the MUSIC EXPLOSION? Good enough Harry? Here's another. Did you ever see him go nuclear or as GW Bush says nucular in the studio? I remember MANY news guys and jocks throwing carts and chairs around the studios at 11-7. One of them I personally fired in '76 for doing that.
Didzy or didn't zee? I don't know, third base. Yeah...she WAS the shore equivilant of Candy Crowley..and the indeed the FEMALE Bob Barry. But Barry carried around his OWN "water cooler" if ya know what I mean. Some days the poor guy was so wasted, he couldn't get the words 11-7 out of his mouth. But when he was ok he was a master..and what a frekin' voice!!!
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Roger Tees
Now he's more wealthy than ANYone reading or posting on this board from his PHOTOGRAPY career...let alone the WCBS-AM years.
The Wingate story WAS sad. I tried to help him put a cart in the deck and hit the red button to record a cut from tape. He couldn't grasp what the concept was. No one EVER needed to TOUCH a cart if you worked at the BIG stations in NY.
(I was the very FIRST combo jock at WNBC and NABET HATED me for it.)
He left because his time passed him by. What a sad story. I felt SO bad..and really TRIED to show him.
You're MUCH older than I am Harry...so YOU would remember the WOR staff much better than us much YOUNGER dudes. You remember those experimental tests that Mr. Armstrong did on FM from Alpine, NJ don't you?
Mike McCann did afternoons at PST for a while circa '77... He and I had a LONG phone conversation just this last week about PST/WHWH and the stuff we did there. HE commented to me that he was always surprised at the production that we did there considering we only had a couple of VERY old Ampex Reel to Reel decks and one or two cart decks. He said that he was amazed at how we were able to come up with CLIO Award nominated and winning spots in that space. Just shows what cleverness and extreme creativity can do. I had 3 nominations from CLIO for best radio commercial..all written by Pam Fox (remember HER?) Lovely person..still is.
Remember Debbie Doff copy woman at "H" and PST? She wrote me an e-mail out of the blue a few months back. She's married to Gary Horn and living in CT.
And WHWH's Jack Shuster and John Anistasio were ALWAYS winning awards for their productions. They were sometimes like Bob & Ray...the revered Piels Brothers and famous for Bob Elliot having a song named Chris.
And when YOU worked for PHT doing the public affairs shows, and ME and HILARIE had OUR show there, you ignored us like the superstar you are Harry. To this day, I'm still farblondzhet and meshuginen about it.
Canale can deny it all he wants. His mother DID drive him to work.
Andre GARDNER's father used to drive HIM to work at WPST where I taught him everything he knows (except when he broke in to the engineering office and turned UP the OPTIMOD..I had NOTHING to do with THAT stunt.) Well..maybe his big brother Bill Gardner the former jock and PD of WIBBAGE who just lost HIS job out in Phoenix recently had SOMETHING to do with Andre's fab career...in Philly and NY..
Ya know..something just dawned on me. Where will the future STARS come from if LOCAL radio keeps automating and firing it's talent?
I digress.
I heard that interview that Cunninham did with Bon Jovi too..and Jon DID sound stoned..maybe it was an act..or a STANCE..ya know Rock Star pose...whatever.
We played the band in a softball game..were you on our team? Or did you switch to THEIR team to be closer to the "boys" Harry? I understand Richie Sambora had a little more than water in their portable cooler. (A current news story inside joke for those of you following along). Did Richie DRIVE the band's van? Hope not.
GARRETT GLAZER. I told you 11-7 had some people go on to HUGE things. Wasn't HIS life blessed.
Same for Marsha Kniceley. We've gone over her attributes already with a fine tooth comb...ooooo. But whatever happened to HER? Anyone know? Did she move back to West Virginia to be a real "Mountain Mama"?
Hmm...Big Jim Walters... He had a 20-Megaton weekend once didn't he? Or was that only when he played the MUSIC EXPLOSION? Good enough Harry? Here's another. Did you ever see him go nuclear or as GW Bush says nucular in the studio? I remember MANY news guys and jocks throwing carts and chairs around the studios at 11-7. One of them I personally fired in '76 for doing that.
Didzy or didn't zee? I don't know, third base. Yeah...she WAS the shore equivilant of Candy Crowley..and the indeed the FEMALE Bob Barry. But Barry carried around his OWN "water cooler" if ya know what I mean. Some days the poor guy was so wasted, he couldn't get the words 11-7 out of his mouth. But when he was ok he was a master..and what a frekin' voice!!!
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Steve Biro said:
I didn't realize Lee Greenwood had worked in Central/South Jersey radio. Was that before or after he teamed up with Nancy Sinatra?
Maybe they were really singing about Jackson, New Jersey (home of Great Adventure and the Pennant Club apartments, as well as hotter than a pepper sprout).Also, Steve (or do you prefer KC2LDY?) how in the world could you possibly know the correct spelling of Maciaszek
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It's my Eastern European heritage, Harry! We just instinctively know about these things. Never mind that he's Polish and I'm Hungarian. As for the ham calls, you can use them... call me Steve... or even call me Biro. Most close friends do that. Just don't call me... well, never mind. As for Lee Greenwood, after something like 30 years at the original WADB in Point Pleasant, he survived the switch to the Rat and can now be heard as "Uncle Leo" overnight.
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Never mind that he's Polish and I'm Hungarian. As for the ham calls, you can use them... call me Steve... or even call me Biro. Most close friends do that. Just don't call me... well, never mind. As for Lee Greenwood, after something like 30 years at the original WADB in Point Pleasant, he survived the switch to the Rat and can now be heard as "Uncle Leo" overnight.Steve
KC2LDY
I realize you left 'JRZ over a year ago, Jay, but would it be possible for you and them to revisit the offer they made to you back then to stay on for a Sunday show? Being that so much time has passed since you left, some of your original concerns about doing that show may not be as relevant now as they were then. Plus, many folks (as you well know) have worked at the same radio station more than one time (or maybe even more than two or three times). Except for the most hard-core radio listener, most folks aren't all that aware of people coming and going from radio stations. If you did a Sunday show again, some people wouldn't even realize you had ever left (or maybe even that you had been there before).
Also, during the week, you could sell your own show. I think you would know how to sell it, you would certainly care about sellling it, and you wouldn't have to worry about how other people were ineptly or grudgingly selling - or, as the case may be, not selling - your show. Plus, you would be making money selling your OWN talent and ability.
BTW, if anyone else needs any strategic consulting and/or negotiating guidance and coaching, please feel free to let me know.
Also, during the week, you could sell your own show. I think you would know how to sell it, you would certainly care about sellling it, and you wouldn't have to worry about how other people were ineptly or grudgingly selling - or, as the case may be, not selling - your show. Plus, you would be making money selling your OWN talent and ability.
BTW, if anyone else needs any strategic consulting and/or negotiating guidance and coaching, please feel free to let me know.
It would take a BRINKS truck full of $100.00 bills to even think about it.
But, no one has asked. You'd think that after all this time, they would have.
My performance was never an issue there.
Harry, I get what you're saying. I totally understand. It HAS been over a year. SOME actually DO think I'm still there. That shows how much people THINK they listen to shows/stations. Kinda scary. But, I'd have to spend SO much time answering the same questions over and over...and I still don't want to embarrass the station. I ain't built like that. Could I sell it? Sure. Should THEY have? Sure.
Why they didn't is something you'd have to ask the former station manager and former sales manager. It baffles me to this day.
I DO like the tone of how you approached this discussion though Harry. I never knew you were that good a negotiator! I have a SUPERB attorney who handles all of my deals, but I may have to rethink this. You are in my top-3 now for people who have given me some great advise.
I'm willing to discuss this if someone wants to follow-through, however.
My sights are always very HIGH, as you know.
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But, no one has asked. You'd think that after all this time, they would have.
My performance was never an issue there.
Harry, I get what you're saying. I totally understand. It HAS been over a year. SOME actually DO think I'm still there. That shows how much people THINK they listen to shows/stations. Kinda scary. But, I'd have to spend SO much time answering the same questions over and over...and I still don't want to embarrass the station. I ain't built like that. Could I sell it? Sure. Should THEY have? Sure.
Why they didn't is something you'd have to ask the former station manager and former sales manager. It baffles me to this day.
I DO like the tone of how you approached this discussion though Harry. I never knew you were that good a negotiator! I have a SUPERB attorney who handles all of my deals, but I may have to rethink this. You are in my top-3 now for people who have given me some great advise.
I'm willing to discuss this if someone wants to follow-through, however.
My sights are always very HIGH, as you know.
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Curtis Sliwa
amfmsw said:
Wow! What an all-star lineup those names make.
Here's a few more names from the NJ Radio Hall of...something or other:
Jim Quinn - He currently owns a couple of radio stations, a cable system (one of the few remaining independently owned cable systems in the country I think), a TV production company (which is producing some very clever advertising ideas for local businesses), and, after serving as a country Freeholder, is now the Mayor of Millville, where he has helped to develop a trendy restaurant row, art galleries and boutique-type shopping in that sleepy, run-down South Jersey town. Besides Jim and Diane Betzendahl, have any other Jersey radio people gone to become public officials?
Chris Canali (Does anyone remember his theme song?)
Bob "Sports" Rumbold
Melissa Morris
...and the names just keep on comin'
(**note these are Nassau Broadcasting alumni)
Harry.....MELISSA MORRIS?
Chris Canale...why was he always running?
I haven't heard the name Bob Rumbold in years!
NO one ever mentions Lee Tobin who first did weekends, then nights, then mornings at PST.
HE went on to work as a PD in Louisville for a lot of years (I flew down to do the voice-track for WRKA's TV spots), and then he went to Ft. Wayne and a cluster of stations that do incredibly well.. He's been THERE programming for over 20 years now! He found his place and is very comfortable.
Mike McCann worked at PST in '77 or '78..and HE has not only done CBS-FM, but the old WYNY (he did over nights the same time I was on WNBC)...and now he's doing some stuff for WFAN. He also is a longtime employee of MJI in NY...and has become a respected musicologist.
I asked this a while back. Does ANYONE know wherer EZ ED JOHNSON is? He went by the name of FAST EDDIE KING at WIBBAGE when he was hired by Bill Garnder, Andre's big brother. (I was next in line Bill told me...Man I would have loved to work at WIBG)..
How about STEVE KAMER? He did some work at PST..and now HE'S the voice of the YES Network and does the intro to INSIDE EDITION and many other voiceover spots on TV..and was the voice of WCBS-AM for a while. I think he still does some promos for them. Went out to lunch with him a couple years ago..he's WEALTHY from his work.
There are many more..so we do have a rich history. Any others?
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Harry.....MELISSA MORRIS?
Chris Canale...why was he always running?
I haven't heard the name Bob Rumbold in years!
NO one ever mentions Lee Tobin who first did weekends, then nights, then mornings at PST.
HE went on to work as a PD in Louisville for a lot of years (I flew down to do the voice-track for WRKA's TV spots), and then he went to Ft. Wayne and a cluster of stations that do incredibly well.. He's been THERE programming for over 20 years now! He found his place and is very comfortable.
Mike McCann worked at PST in '77 or '78..and HE has not only done CBS-FM, but the old WYNY (he did over nights the same time I was on WNBC)...and now he's doing some stuff for WFAN. He also is a longtime employee of MJI in NY...and has become a respected musicologist.
I asked this a while back. Does ANYONE know wherer EZ ED JOHNSON is? He went by the name of FAST EDDIE KING at WIBBAGE when he was hired by Bill Garnder, Andre's big brother. (I was next in line Bill told me...Man I would have loved to work at WIBG)..
How about STEVE KAMER? He did some work at PST..and now HE'S the voice of the YES Network and does the intro to INSIDE EDITION and many other voiceover spots on TV..and was the voice of WCBS-AM for a while. I think he still does some promos for them. Went out to lunch with him a couple years ago..he's WEALTHY from his work.
There are many more..so we do have a rich history. Any others?
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I googled Ed Johnson and found a link. KOOL 105
http://www.wkol.com/includes/news_items/news_items_more.php?section_id=2&id=88
Jeez - he doesn't mention doing the weather on WMGM TV40 for $ 20 a night (6 AND 11) plus a tank of gas now and then.
http://www.wkol.com/includes/news_items/news_items_more.php?section_id=2&id=88
Jeez - he doesn't mention doing the weather on WMGM TV40 for $ 20 a night (6 AND 11) plus a tank of gas now and then.
Boy! Some of these reminiscences bring on even more reminiscences...of John Wingate, f'rinstance. When he came to WH and I introduced myself to him and gushed over his experience a little bit, I remember him telling me that I looked like a guy who knew what's happening. (Maybe he thought I looked like Fred "Rerun" Berry. I always thought of myself as the Raj type. Jay, on the other hand, was more along the lines of Shirley the waitress ) Anyway, John goes on to ask me where he could get drugs in Princeton. Seeing the shape John was in, I suggested he check out the Rexall on Nassau Street. (Geez! I feel bad telling that story.) In his prime, though, Wingate was a classic broadcaster and an amazing commercial pitchman. Check out the video of him on Youtube (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SIiuecuGgKM) on channel 9's Night Beat, on which he had replaced Mike Wallace (Yeah - THAT Mike Wallace!) Nobody does it like that anymore. Nobody can.
For those of you who may be wondering, I didn't see that Wingate video live. In response to Jay, I also don't remember those experimental tests that Mr. Armstrong did on FM from Alpine, NJ. (Does that make Mr. Armstrong the very first New Jersey radio name?) And, just to set the record straight, I was not the first person Alexander Graham Bell called when he invented the telephone. He called Mr. Watson (remember the quote "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.") However, I was the first person Watson called as soon as he got that Bell guy off the phone. Not only that, the SOB called me collect. If I remember correctly, he was trying to sell me some credit card protection program.
My first phone call was to B. Mitchell Reed to win "Name it and Claim It." The record was Popsicles and Icicles by the Murmaids.
BTW, Gary Horn's name sounds familiar, but I can't place it. Where did he work?
Also, for the record (not the record Popsicles and Icicles) I did not ignore Jay and Hilarie at PHT. I was on at 7 AM weekend mornings when I bothered to do the show live and at least half the time I'd tape the shows on weekday nights so I could sleep in on Saturday and Sunday. So I wasn't around during the day and never even had the opportunity to see Jay and Hilarie. Of course, if I had the opportunity to see them, I WOULD MOST DEFINITELY have ignored them. I mean, who wouldn't? After all, Jay is such an alter cocker. Fershtay? Even his jokes about Big Jim Walters (the part-time radio guy/full-time nuclear physicist) really...bombed
But, seriously, I don't know what ever became of Marcia Knicely, but, if you wonder what she looked like a couple of years ago, check out the last picture on http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/jeffkqv2.html.
Then tell me if that's Marcia Knicely...or Sally Starr
) Anyway, John goes on to ask me where he could get drugs in Princeton. Seeing the shape John was in, I suggested he check out the Rexall on Nassau Street. (Geez! I feel bad telling that story.) In his prime, though, Wingate was a classic broadcaster and an amazing commercial pitchman. Check out the video of him on Youtube (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SIiuecuGgKM) on channel 9's Night Beat, on which he had replaced Mike Wallace (Yeah - THAT Mike Wallace!) Nobody does it like that anymore. Nobody can.For those of you who may be wondering, I didn't see that Wingate video live. In response to Jay, I also don't remember those experimental tests that Mr. Armstrong did on FM from Alpine, NJ. (Does that make Mr. Armstrong the very first New Jersey radio name?) And, just to set the record straight, I was not the first person Alexander Graham Bell called when he invented the telephone. He called Mr. Watson (remember the quote "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.") However, I was the first person Watson called as soon as he got that Bell guy off the phone. Not only that, the SOB called me collect. If I remember correctly, he was trying to sell me some credit card protection program.
My first phone call was to B. Mitchell Reed to win "Name it and Claim It." The record was Popsicles and Icicles by the Murmaids.
BTW, Gary Horn's name sounds familiar, but I can't place it. Where did he work?
Also, for the record (not the record Popsicles and Icicles) I did not ignore Jay and Hilarie at PHT. I was on at 7 AM weekend mornings when I bothered to do the show live and at least half the time I'd tape the shows on weekday nights so I could sleep in on Saturday and Sunday. So I wasn't around during the day and never even had the opportunity to see Jay and Hilarie. Of course, if I had the opportunity to see them, I WOULD MOST DEFINITELY have ignored them. I mean, who wouldn't? After all, Jay is such an alter cocker. Fershtay? Even his jokes about Big Jim Walters (the part-time radio guy/full-time nuclear physicist) really...bombed
But, seriously, I don't know what ever became of Marcia Knicely, but, if you wonder what she looked like a couple of years ago, check out the last picture on http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/jeffkqv2.html.
Then tell me if that's Marcia Knicely...or Sally Starr
A few things Harry...and we should take this OUTSIDE of this forum...you know my email..
Lee Greenwood is not Lee HAZELWOOD who teamed up with Nancy Sinatra..
I loved the "Shirley the Waitress" reference.
Marsha Marsha Marsha...a MINISTER??? What's wrong with THAT picture? Was the WHITE hair I saw on her? Oh my. I guess if I ever move to West Virginia to marry my cousins, and I need a driver's license, I'll stop in to see her.. Or she can marry me and my cousin. Holy crap.
Ya know, I heard B. Mitchell Reed play The Murmaids record FIRST on WMCA. I never did try for a name it and claim it. I was 10 and too afraid to make a toll call to NY from Lakewood. My old man would have KILLED me. But I did call WIBBAGE and talk to Joe Niagra and Hy Lit...and I think Ed Richards a few times. They were all super nice.
Of course, Harry, I was kidding about WPHT and me and Hilarie. We were just too hip for that room at the time..just like at KLIF. We were doing HOT TALK when they really wanted Hannity & Colmes. Wasn't us. I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out why they both hired us in the first place. I guess the super ratings we had at 101.5 was SOME of it, but we did just FINE at WWDB the station of the swingin' 70's..and I mean the average AGE of the callers. Not just Irv Homer.
I thought my Nuke jokes were on target.
I think Sally Starr's hair looks less white than Marsha's. Yikes.
Gary Horn was a big deal in Connecticutt. Do a search and you'll find something you lazy slug.
OH>..and I'm CALLING EZ ED on that station's request line tonight. I am gonna call as LENERD his former engineer. That should be a laugh riot.
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Lee Greenwood is not Lee HAZELWOOD who teamed up with Nancy Sinatra..
I loved the "Shirley the Waitress" reference.
Marsha Marsha Marsha...a MINISTER??? What's wrong with THAT picture? Was the WHITE hair I saw on her? Oh my. I guess if I ever move to West Virginia to marry my cousins, and I need a driver's license, I'll stop in to see her.. Or she can marry me and my cousin. Holy crap.
Ya know, I heard B. Mitchell Reed play The Murmaids record FIRST on WMCA. I never did try for a name it and claim it. I was 10 and too afraid to make a toll call to NY from Lakewood. My old man would have KILLED me. But I did call WIBBAGE and talk to Joe Niagra and Hy Lit...and I think Ed Richards a few times. They were all super nice.
Of course, Harry, I was kidding about WPHT and me and Hilarie. We were just too hip for that room at the time..just like at KLIF. We were doing HOT TALK when they really wanted Hannity & Colmes. Wasn't us. I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out why they both hired us in the first place. I guess the super ratings we had at 101.5 was SOME of it, but we did just FINE at WWDB the station of the swingin' 70's..and I mean the average AGE of the callers. Not just Irv Homer.
I thought my Nuke jokes were on target.
I think Sally Starr's hair looks less white than Marsha's. Yikes.
Gary Horn was a big deal in Connecticutt. Do a search and you'll find something you lazy slug.
OH>..and I'm CALLING EZ ED on that station's request line tonight. I am gonna call as LENERD his former engineer. That should be a laugh riot.
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Peggy The Talking Time-Telling Pig
And if you add a few radio guys who made the transition to TV.. add Mike Schurman, Jeff Whitaker, Megan Lopez, Ted Greenberg, Jacqueline Greggs, Tom McDonald, Bob Bumbera & Steve Keeley
Other radio people include John Kobylt & Ken Chiampou, Hank Bastian, Ellis B. Feaster[Bruce Ellis], Jackson T. Chase, Pinky Kravitz, Marlene Aqua, Allison Wing, Jerry Beebe.
Other TV People: Mary McGinnis, Martha Seibert, Deborah Zara, Lisa Johnson, Lisa Mishler, Michelle Charlesworth, Gina Longo, Adriane Matura, Kara Silver, JoAnn Pileggi, Nicky Vallee, John Isgro, John Kosich, Joe Bissicchia, Christine Tynan, John Clark, Lisa Carponelli, Doreen Jenkins Nuttall,
On the management side: Howard Green, John Forsythe, Dick Taylor, Jane Stark, Mike Steele, Ron Smith, Dick Irland
Other radio people include John Kobylt & Ken Chiampou, Hank Bastian, Ellis B. Feaster[Bruce Ellis], Jackson T. Chase, Pinky Kravitz, Marlene Aqua, Allison Wing, Jerry Beebe.
Other TV People: Mary McGinnis, Martha Seibert, Deborah Zara, Lisa Johnson, Lisa Mishler, Michelle Charlesworth, Gina Longo, Adriane Matura, Kara Silver, JoAnn Pileggi, Nicky Vallee, John Isgro, John Kosich, Joe Bissicchia, Christine Tynan, John Clark, Lisa Carponelli, Doreen Jenkins Nuttall,
On the management side: Howard Green, John Forsythe, Dick Taylor, Jane Stark, Mike Steele, Ron Smith, Dick Irland
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