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Dan Neaverth will be interviewed on WNED-AM 970s Forum program at 1pm on Friday.
He'll also take phone calls from the audience.
He'll also take phone calls from the audience.
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I'd only hope that this special feature would be available via podcast for those of us who might not be able to listen or be in range of your signal. Thanks. Another thing. It would be good to hear Neaverth "talk" about radio without being barraged by his cohorts' pranks, schtick and listeners' adulatory calls. Certainly, the man deserves accolades, but I for one would like to listen to DAN... unplugged, opinionated and unvarnished. Just my buck tree eighty. Thanks. Again.alw said:
Dan the Maintenance Man
Let's hope that we're talking Dan Neaverth SR., and that JR. is barred from the building during the forum...
It will be interesting to see if Dan turns it into a bitchfest about radio now vs. "the good old days".
Let's hope that we're talking Dan Neaverth SR., and that JR. is barred from the building during the forum...
It will be interesting to see if Dan turns it into a bitchfest about radio now vs. "the good old days".
Just a few thoughts regarding the morning legend's scheduled appearance on WNED-AM 970. First, how much is he charging you to interview him? I'm kidding. Almost. How many NPR pledge jokes will he make in the first 30 minutes of the interview?
In some perverse way, wouldn't you LIKE to hear Dan turn it into a first rate, no-holds-barred-bitchfest? "Those S-O-B's at..." It's "The Dark Side of Dan." Don't think he'd raise a few eyebrows if he departed from his lovable on-air persona and turned in a Howard Stern-esque rant against the machine?
Wonder if we'll hear post interview promos for WNED-AM... "I'm Dan Neaverth and when I need to find out what's happening in Buffalo and the world, I listen to WNED AM 970... I sure as hell won't listen to those bastards at Entercom!"
But seriously, folks. There are a few questions I'd like to hear Dan answer:
1) Did he have any tough times in the early days and was there ever a time when he thought about getting out of the business before he landed at KB as the afternoon guy?
2) Was the Blizzard of 77, which solidified his position as a premier morning man and helped KB position itself against WGR and WBEN, the highlight in his career? If not, what was the highlight in his career? Are there any other epic moments that equal or surpass the Blizzard of 77?
3) Does he miss being on the radio on a daily basis?
4) What stations does he listen to now that he's "retired?"
5) How's his hearing? Seriously.
Thanks, I'll hang up and listen to your answers.
In some perverse way, wouldn't you LIKE to hear Dan turn it into a first rate, no-holds-barred-bitchfest? "Those S-O-B's at..." It's "The Dark Side of Dan." Don't think he'd raise a few eyebrows if he departed from his lovable on-air persona and turned in a Howard Stern-esque rant against the machine?
Wonder if we'll hear post interview promos for WNED-AM... "I'm Dan Neaverth and when I need to find out what's happening in Buffalo and the world, I listen to WNED AM 970... I sure as hell won't listen to those bastards at Entercom!"
But seriously, folks. There are a few questions I'd like to hear Dan answer:
1) Did he have any tough times in the early days and was there ever a time when he thought about getting out of the business before he landed at KB as the afternoon guy?
2) Was the Blizzard of 77, which solidified his position as a premier morning man and helped KB position itself against WGR and WBEN, the highlight in his career? If not, what was the highlight in his career? Are there any other epic moments that equal or surpass the Blizzard of 77?
3) Does he miss being on the radio on a daily basis?
4) What stations does he listen to now that he's "retired?"
5) How's his hearing? Seriously.
Thanks, I'll hang up and listen to your answers.
Festival Time at WNED AM
Do you think he'd target Entercom - where he made his swan song - or Citadel, where he & the family were unceremoniously shown the door? Of course, he could go after both...
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Do you think he'd target Entercom - where he made his swan song - or Citadel, where he & the family were unceremoniously shown the door? Of course, he could go after both...
I think Dan had a great run, on that most of us would envy. In my opinion he deserved it but in radio you don't always get what you deserve.
If he did take shots at Entercom or Citadel I think he would keep it light but a little pointed and humorous.
As one who was been in radio since the early '70's I wouldn't criticize him for saying radio sucks today compaired to the good old days.
If you can pin him down to a serious conversation about his career THAT would be a great show!
A Joey & Danny fan!
If he did take shots at Entercom or Citadel I think he would keep it light but a little pointed and humorous.
As one who was been in radio since the early '70's I wouldn't criticize him for saying radio sucks today compaired to the good old days.
If you can pin him down to a serious conversation about his career THAT would be a great show!
A Joey & Danny fan!
Anytime, anyplace, Dan Neaverth is on the radio, that's a good thing!
Hey? There's a gentlemen on WLNG that sounds alot like Danny...I wonder if they went to the same radio school? 
(or learned from the same sources...)
(or learned from the same sources...)
WNED-AM News Director Jim Ranney did a workman-like interview. It was predictable at times, yet there were moments that were revealing. Neaverth is a good story teller and proved still to be entertaining, witty and still vibrant. Ironically, an admittedly geriatric caller made a very good suggestion when she told Neaverth he should be on Public Radio and WNED-AM in particular.
Neaverth told stories about going to radio school in Syracuse, not the University, but as he said, when asked, he tells peope he "went to Syracuse." Listeners heard him recall his first job in radio at a Coudersport daytimer, hired by Rick Bennet; his early days at WBNY and WGR, where, with the help of a KB jock who was listening to his show, he "opened" schools that were scheduled to be closed the next day; the travails of sky-diving and landing in a tree suffering nothing more than "a scrape on my knee"; being a PA announcer for Buffalo sports teams; growing up on Keppel Street in South Buffalo and of course, the Blizzard of '77. It was entertaining fare, to be sure, especially for radio trolls.
The half dozen callers were predictable, yet a few lead Dan to recall interesting details such as "Rats In My Room," his Buffalo hit with Joey Reynolds and the BMI-ASCAP royalties, or lack of thereof, from the song. There also were revelations about moving to other markets, particularly a shot at morning drive in Philadelphia and Joey Reynold's spendthrift ways, "if Joey made $1 thousand a week, he'd spend $12 hundred..."
Ranney asked the best question as the hour (unfortunately) was coming to a close, "what do you make of radio today... is it better today, is it worse today?" Neaverth, sensing that he was up against the clock gave the impression that he really wanted to expound on the subject. He chuckled (almost derisively) and said, "...I think... I don't think it's better... I can't say it's worse, but I don't think it's better... there aren't as many opportunities to become a personality as there were when I was doing it... because everybody was a personality in their own way... and I don't mean everybody was funny, but they might be an expert on music (a veiled reference to Tom Shannon, perhaps)... but you had a chance to become a personality and I don't see that happening anymore..."
He then offered a story, as Ranney interjected "it has to be quick," about being in high school and visiting Rick Azar, who at the time was a jock at WHLD. Azar advised, "kid, this is a rough-tough business... I don't think you wanna do this... but if you really, really want to do it, go for it." Neaverth then offered, "and I think that's what you have to tell kids now... anybody who wants to be in this business, if you really, really want it and you know that it's not all that glamorous all the time and it's not all that lucrative all the time and it's not all that fun all the time.. go for it..."
Sound advice from a guy who's worth listening to. Nice work, WNED-AM, Jim Ranney and Al Wallack.
BTW, Mr. Wallack, when do Neaverth's weekly vignettes begin airing on your station?
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Neaverth told stories about going to radio school in Syracuse, not the University, but as he said, when asked, he tells peope he "went to Syracuse." Listeners heard him recall his first job in radio at a Coudersport daytimer, hired by Rick Bennet; his early days at WBNY and WGR, where, with the help of a KB jock who was listening to his show, he "opened" schools that were scheduled to be closed the next day; the travails of sky-diving and landing in a tree suffering nothing more than "a scrape on my knee"; being a PA announcer for Buffalo sports teams; growing up on Keppel Street in South Buffalo and of course, the Blizzard of '77. It was entertaining fare, to be sure, especially for radio trolls.
The half dozen callers were predictable, yet a few lead Dan to recall interesting details such as "Rats In My Room," his Buffalo hit with Joey Reynolds and the BMI-ASCAP royalties, or lack of thereof, from the song. There also were revelations about moving to other markets, particularly a shot at morning drive in Philadelphia and Joey Reynold's spendthrift ways, "if Joey made $1 thousand a week, he'd spend $12 hundred..."
Ranney asked the best question as the hour (unfortunately) was coming to a close, "what do you make of radio today... is it better today, is it worse today?" Neaverth, sensing that he was up against the clock gave the impression that he really wanted to expound on the subject. He chuckled (almost derisively) and said, "...I think... I don't think it's better... I can't say it's worse, but I don't think it's better... there aren't as many opportunities to become a personality as there were when I was doing it... because everybody was a personality in their own way... and I don't mean everybody was funny, but they might be an expert on music (a veiled reference to Tom Shannon, perhaps)... but you had a chance to become a personality and I don't see that happening anymore..."
He then offered a story, as Ranney interjected "it has to be quick," about being in high school and visiting Rick Azar, who at the time was a jock at WHLD. Azar advised, "kid, this is a rough-tough business... I don't think you wanna do this... but if you really, really want to do it, go for it." Neaverth then offered, "and I think that's what you have to tell kids now... anybody who wants to be in this business, if you really, really want it and you know that it's not all that glamorous all the time and it's not all that lucrative all the time and it's not all that fun all the time.. go for it..."
Sound advice from a guy who's worth listening to. Nice work, WNED-AM, Jim Ranney and Al Wallack.
BTW, Mr. Wallack, when do Neaverth's weekly vignettes begin airing on your station?
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Will they place the audio on the WNED website?
Thanks "9" for your synopsis.
MS
Thanks "9" for your synopsis.
MS
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