Sally said in an interview with Dave Madden on KYW Saturday this was the 5th time she's retired. She had retired before from a 3 hour Sunday show she was doing on WVLT a few years ago (which replaced her WPGR Sunday show) & recently came back with the 1 hour "Suppertime Jamboree" which she said she made no money from, just did it to stay active, but now that was too much for her. She will still do occassional personal appearances, like at a 3 Stooges event in Ft. Washington later this month. She started in local radio on WJMJ 1540 (pre-WRCP) but her fame came hosting Popeye cartoons & 3 Stooges shorts & selling 'Fluffernutters' on "Popeye Theatre" at dinnertime for many years on Ch. 6 WFIL-TV & later Ch. 17. She returned to radio briefly in the '80's when WTTM 920 Trenton had a country format & she did afternoons, then joined WPGR 1540 when Jerry Blavat was programming it at his invitition I believe, doing a classic country Sunday morning show until the station became WNWR. In between she's been doing personal appearances forever - I remember her being at our elementary school fair in the '60's & that was a BIG deal! Also saw her in a local parade 20 years ago & at a WPEN radiothon at a mall a few years later. It was said Roger Miller wrote his hit song “Kansas City Star” based on her career (she grew up in KC), the song that ends "stay tuned, we're gonna have a popeye cartoon in a minute!".
It was sort of sad to hear her sell hearing aids (her primary sponsor on this last show) instead of Marshmellow Fluff & Bosco Chocolate syrup, but it was great to still hear her voice on the air. Hopefully she will be able to keep making appearances because she says she loves to mingle with her fans.
