South and Central Jersey Radio of the 70's

[Big Jay]

My peeps told me to continue to expose the truth, and never give up...never give up...never give up that SHIP.
My peeps also told me that radio in NJ needs to be more daring in order to compete with the big signals from across the rivers.
My peeps also said that since McNally has been telling about the Atlantic City market and the old days there, I'm kinda GLAD Gary Lane didn't hire me back in '71. WMID was a superb station for its size back in the late 60's early 70's.

It never ceases to amaze me what nonsense and goofy behavior went on behind the scenes at stations in that market. I've heard it from several follks who have worked there over the years...Yet, some wonderful personalities DID make it out of there and went on to fabulous on and off-air careers.

Same can be said for some of the middle shore stations...and the Trenton area. CTC had it's own share of folks who went on to greatness, as did some of the other stations Central and in Northern, NJ. What a rich history.

But as I've said before..is it only us radio pigs who like to talk about that stuff, or do just plain normal NON-radio-types find it interesting to name drop some of the folks who entertained them over the years? I think it was either YOU Harry or McNally who asked that question a while back.

So my BIG question to all of you NOT in radio....

Do YOU have favorite people that YOU liked on the radio...ONLY NJ RADIO over the years? I mean really liked.
So many of them came and went so quickly up the ladder to bigger markets, etc.. I myself have SEVERAL faves over the years before and during my time on the air. I used to LOVE Famous Amos and World Famous on 11-7. Harry, YOU always made me stop and listen. You are a masterful story teller. Joey goes without saying. Kevin Fennessy was another super voice there.
I liked Dick Gunton on OBM-FM..early 70's, as he always sounded a bit cocky..and that was sorta cool for such an MOR station..Greg Koziar always had that same air to him. (I saw him in Shop-Rite the other day and he was so snotty to me..it was great. Thanks Greg. I can always count on you for that. Love ya man. HE was the first person to show me how to run a board at OBM-FM circa 1970).
Dick Lewis' voice at WJLK was always authoritative. That guy Devon on WADB was so out there, it was almost like Zacherle was on a beautiful music station. Some of the jocks that worked at the heritage AM stations in Trenton had that sound too. Jack Pinto, and many others.. I didnt' get to hear the WERA's, the WMTR's, and the many other stations up north when I was younger. They just didn't come in down the shore. But I've learned since that they have rich histories too. I applied to WNNJ-AM back in '76. There was an ad in a trade paper that said.."Contemporary Music station needs afternoon jock in Northern NJ very near NYC.)
So I drive all the way up there from Jackson where I lived at the time...and when I got within 5 miles of Newton I was able to hear the station..and it was playing Peggy Lee, Perry COmo, Percy Faith..etc.. I got out of the car went in to meet the PD as scheduled and I said..."THIS isn't a contemporary music station." No lie..the guy said..."Well if you're a pro, you should be able to do ANY kind of format". I said "why does your ad say contemporary?" He exclaimed, "because otherwise we'd get no one to work here!" I asked one more question..
Since when does 70 miles from NYC mean NEAR NYC?" He got mad at that point..and I said.."well what does the job pay? He said $150 a week". I said...well, thanks for getting me here under false pretenses. Nice seeing you." He told me to $#*@ myself on the way out. I made a lasting impression didn't I?

But that's the kind of stories that are SO real to SO many of us. People have NO idea the kind of crap we have had to put up with at stations. And the wack jobs who ran them are a book unto it self. Just ask ANYone who worked on the air in 70's or 80's at local stations.

Ok..someone elses turn..

Oh..and let's hear from some of the NON radio industry people who actually remember having favorite jocks or voices they used to listen to when radio was relevant to their lives.

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Jack Trachsler

Is this just a function of reminiscing, or a true tribute to the wonderful talent that has graced our once royal airwaves?

 

[HarrytheK1]

Bill Bauer...worked at WSLT,WMGM and WMID,...He brought a kitten to work one night at WMID and...gets on the air and says "Whats wrong with me bringing a kitten to work? A little p%$$* never hurt anyone" .

I don't believe it! That Bill Bauer guy stole my line!

...now, if I can only remember who I stole it from (probably Chuckles Kramer)

 

[8638]

Folks..THIS is exactly what I was talking about in one of my posts above. Getting inside info about REAL people who toiled in this industry her in NJ. THIS is what this type of community is all about. I am so glad that people all over the state are getting to hear about these pockets of very talented people who graced the airwaves over the years. Now let's hear about the Trenton/Princeton area stations. How about the Camden stations? WRLB? WJLK? WHTG? WCTC? WERA? Stations in Salem? Mt. Holly? Sussex/Warren? This is like a history book in the making. I think that the NJ Radio Museum would be a WONDERFUL repository for all of these stories. I wish there was someone who could put all of this wonder history together and make it available online in a much longer form. I know Pirate Jim has SOME info on his site but he's kind of abandoned it for lack of time. OR..is ALL of this stuff just for the few who actually DID all of this as our means of making a living? Does the average radio fan who reads this stuff REALLLY care what happened in 1972 at WOND? I don't know.. Perhaps you NON professionals can give us some advise here. We don't want to BORE you with all this minutea..unless you like it. Help us out here..
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www.reelradio.com ==The Time Machine LIVES

I've never worked in radio, but I've loved it nearly all of my life, almost 50 years' worth. I LOVE READING ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF! I only heard 11-7 once, in my parent's car, as a teenager, heading home to Camden County from Brick. "World Famous" was on the air, and it WAS great radio. So much so that I tried for the station at home, to no avail, of course.

Keep it coming!

 

[HarrytheK1]

Jeff Ranz was at WMGM in the early 70's doing middays.

Harry that was a post from Tom McNally a few weeks ago.. I remember that guy Ranz, but it was he at OBM-FM after I left 11-7 for either JRZ or WPST ?

Judi Muller went on to ABC News..she's still there after all these years.

Phil Painter...dead or alive?

Is HOBLER still around?

Jay, I don't think Jeff was at OBM-FM after you left 11-7. I would say he was at 92.7 in '73 or '74.

Has anybody read Judi's book? Does anybody know she wrote one? The name of the book is "Now This: Radio, Television - and the Real World." It details her rise from WHWH to KOA in Denver (where she moved after her husband - who she later divorced - got a job there) to the CBS radio network to ABC television. She also tells about her battle with alcoholism and raising her children as a single (divorced) mom. It's an interesting book for those who like to know what goes on behind the scenes in broadcasting. However, you don't have to bother to look at the index. The only name she mentions from WH is Bill Schirmann. I was disappointed I didn't get a mention

I was actually the first person who ever interviewed Judi for a broadcasting job. While raising her family, she began taking some courses at Brookdale Community College and did some work at the school's radio station. She decided she'd take a shot at making a few (very few!) bucks from broadcasting and applied for a news job at 11-7. I was the ND there then and I had her cut an audition tape. I didn't give her a job because, as I told her at the time, she sounded like the New York Times and I was looking for somebody who sounded like the Daily News. She often repeated that line to me when we later worked together at WH, and, after she moved to LA as a West Coast correspondent for ABC, we'd e-mail each other from time to time and she still quoted that line. So, do I have an eye for talent? Don't answer that question.

I don't know if Phil is still with us. I do remember him as a very sweet, gentle man with somewhat of a subversive sense of humor.

Concerning Herb, here's a site from 9 years ago: http://www.pacpubserver.com/new/news/8-4-99/walkingman.html

I remember this story being featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer, too.

It reminds me of the old Rodney Dangerfield story. His doctor told him he should walk a mile a day. Two weeks later, he called his doctor and told him "I'm 14 miles from home. What do I do now?"

 

[Big Jay]

Hiya..

I remember now.. Jeff Ranz was pretty good on the air..I was gone from OBM-FM the first time I was there in '72..started at WHLW (the bright exciting sound of today) and Joe Stephens (now of WJRZ) says he and Paul Most the former GM of OBM-FM listened my first day..and JOE thinks the first song I played was "Dr. My Eyes" by Jackson Browne. Wow. His memory is so wonderful.

Judi Muller. I haven't read her books. I'll pick them up. She WAS good..but Harry, I CAN see why you didn't hire here then. At 11-7, we WERE the Daily News of Radio News then. We didn't WANT the "patrician" sound..we were going after the just TELL the news delivery. Not quite what CKLW was doing...ya know...
Three cops put some hot lead in the perps bodies as they robbed a gin joint in downtown Detroit on a hot & sticky night.. No...THAT was great radio. But Judi WAS good as what she did then..and now of course.

Include Dierdre Wilkes Bryant to that mix of names who are STILL at ABC news and worked at WHWH/WPST. Wow.. And you're right..John Mathiew was a good guy.

I think Phil Painter died. Phil, if you're reading this...sorry. He was certainly a character.. ON AIR very straight. OFF...he was wacky..zany..and funny.

Hobler will out live ALL of us.. H--erbert W. H--obler..

BE BIG

Roby Yonge

 

[HarrytheK1]

Lupus Anti-Coagulent. He's the guy who did stand-ins for Satch when someone HIT him on the East Side Kids movies. Much like Lou Costello's brother Pat did many of the pratfalls for the very ill Lou...Louie, as we now call him, is also related to Mr. Bacciaglupe the vegatable man in Paterson.

He died of an eye tumor from getting too close to the transmitter...or was it his DAY job where Stinky hit him one too many times? I can't remember.

Sidney Fields

Which reminds me...

How about that Hillary Brooke? Was she somethin' or what? Gggggrrrrrr!!!

Ya know, I never did understand why a classy dame like Hillary Brooke was living in that fleabag low-rent district boarding house. Could she have been a...uhhhh...professional (if you know what I mean)? Or do you think maybe she just fell on hard times, and maybe she paid the rent by shtupping Mr. Fields. I can only imagine what she had to do to get vegetables from Mr. Bacciaglupe! And what in the world did a hot broad like Hillary see in that tubby shlep Lou? Just some more things that make you go hmmmm (Whatever happened to Arsenio Hall anyway? Remember when he was almost as big as Carson?)

BTW, what was up with Stinky's clothes? The guy only had that one outfit and he wore it every...single...day. Did he ever get it dry cleaned? I think not. No wonder they called him Stinky!

 

[Big Jay]

Hillary Brooke was also in some A & C films too. That TV show was fab.
And MOST of the actors came from RADIO. Sydney Fields was one of the best comic actors ever.

I believe that Hillary used the vegatables from Mr. Bacciagalupe for another reason. I DO think she got her rent free from Mr. Fields. And I do think she was getting some action from Mike The Cop. She liked short chubby guys however, especially ones that lived with or even slept in the same bed as their partners...ie: Lou Costello, Curly Howard, Oliver Hardy, etc.. Were they ALL gay? Or was that JUST Stinky? Joe Besser had it in his contract that he couldn't be hit by Moe or Larry...notice that in his first few shorts with the Stooges. But I think he realized after a few episodes that he NEEDED to get smacked sometimes...or LARRY would have nothing to do. All he REALLY wanted to do in real life was play the ponies. He hated the work and you could tell he was just doing the lines to get out of there quickly. ALso note that Larry Fine WAS really utilized MORE in the early Stooge shorts, but opted to take a back seat for Curly and Moe. Strange how that stuff works out..

I think Besser LIKED wearing the outfit. He was happily married in real life, but he played that sissy part a little TOO convincingly for me. He could have played lead in the Jim McGreevy Story if he was a little taller and thinner. Hillary Brooke could play MRS. McGreevy, and Ben Affeck could play the gov's driver who allegedly liked those Friday get togethers the McGreevy's liked.

Ok..back to radio.

I once realized how cool it was that my voice went out over the same station as did Abbott & Costello and many others 50 years earlier.

Ok...now I'm REALLY living in the past.
How about that G-Rock? Are they playing enough Puddle Of Mud?

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Shemp

 

[HarrytheK1]

Harry, YOU always made me stop and listen. You are a masterful story teller.

Is this just a function of reminiscing, or a true tribute to the wonderful talent that has graced our once royal airwaves?

Wow! Thanks for the compliment, Jay! Your comments almost make me want to get a job in radio...but there aren't any. Tom McNally got hired for every opening that was left

As far as whether we're just reminiscing, or paying tribute to the the wonderful talent that was on the air in NJ, my vote must go to reminiscing. There's nothing wrong with reminisicing. It's fun for those (like me) who like to do it. I don't think it's that much of a tribute because if you take a look at the (hundreds of? OK, tens of) names we've mentioned, not all of them were all that wonderful. Some were fabulous, some sucked, and most were somewhere between those two extremes. Having worked for a while in New Jersey radio, I have my own personal memories of my experiences and where I worked and those I worked with, but, if I were objective about it (which I'm not) I think I would come to the conclusion that most of the folks I worked with were not wonderful talents. That's not to say they didn't do a good job or weren't good people. For the most part, they did and they were. But, with the exception of a few handfuls of NJ radio personalities, I'm not too sure that many of us who spent some time on the air are worthy of "tribute."

That's my two cents (which, if I remember correctly, was also my salary at WMGM in 1972). Does anybody share my sentiments, or, for that matter, feel differently?

 

[Big Jay]

According to the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary, TRIBUTE means: "something that you say, write or give which shows your respect and admiration for someone, especially on a formal occasion.."

So it certainly is open to interpretation what a tribute might mean. There are other meanings that don't necessarily relate to what Harry was mentioning.

I can think of at least a DOZEN people who would fit the word's intent. Harry IS correct that greatness in NJ radio is tough to define. Are we going back to the early days of broadcasting in the 20's? What are the parameters? Is it just for ON-AIR folks? Do owners with VISION count? See where I'm going. And remember, John Gambling..the original broadcasted his show from NEWARK on top of the Bamberger's building early on. So does HE count?

Many folks who hit the air in NJ were and are indeed FINE broadcasters; some having done it ALL for over 40 years in some cases. Others just did it to have something to DO before settling into another career. Others never belonged behind a mic. Others parlayed THAT unfortunate experience into becoming management or in another arm of the biz; sometimes quite successfully.

Point it, Harry IS correct. I would have to think very long and hard for those dozen or some people who could EASILY be considered for some kind of tribute.

Does anyone want to see if that's attainable? Harry...you get first dibbs.

Here's a hint... how about the NJ Broadcasters Association jump in to this discussion...or maybe the trying to get its feet wet NJ Radio Museum?? Ideas for thought. Perhaps some official thing could be started. Perhaps NJBA HAS one already. I have been to many conventions and I don't recall anything like that. They always give awards out to the best news coverage of a pinelands killing, etc... I dunno...Put the great minds (there have to be SOME left) in NJ radio to the task.

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Budd Abbott and Lou Costello (both from NJ and BOTH did VERY well on radio in the 40's and 50's).

 

[HarrytheK1]

I believe that Hillary used the vegatables from Mr. Bacciagalupe for another reason. And I do think she was getting some action from Mike The Cop.

...How about that G-Rock? Are they playing enough Puddle Of Mud?

Now that I think about it, Hillary was definitely a professional (if you know what I mean) and was doing it with Mike the cop so he wouldn't bust her (and, speaking of busts, she certainly had a fine one!).

I'm so glad that, after all these years, we finally were able to figure out the mystery of Hillary Brooke. I'm going to write a script about this and sell it to E's True Hollywood Stories (or, at least, have it made into a Geico ad).

Also, is Puddle of Mud a group...or is it the description of the old 11-7 parking lot after it rained?

 

[Big Jay]

Ah the parking lot at 11-7 (WHLW). I am fuzzy about the timeline, but I think it was I who insisted to the new owners in '81 that we FINALLY pave the freakin' thing.

Having to go through a car wash every other day got old.

I heard that Kevin Fennesy's VW Karmen Ghia is still buried where one of those craters used to be. And how about the little camper that was parked next to the lot for years. I know of one news/sports guy who used it regularly for...unsavory situations. Ew.

Add that to the snakes in the basement, the icky lavatories: The Elton and Olivia Newton-Johns!

That place deserves a book. But it would be discribed as a FICTION book.

BE BIG
Peggy the talking time-telling PIG

 

[HarrytheK1]

Harry IS correct that greatness in NJ radio is tough to define.

I would have to think very long and hard for those dozen or some people who could EASILY be considered for some kind of tribute.

Does anyone want to see if that's attainable? Harry...you get first dibbs.

OK, here's a half-dozen (in no particular order);

Jerry "World Famous" Kristafer - Of course, Imus came before Jerry, but I think Jerry may have been the only NJ DJ who employed that particular brand of personality radio. He was irreverant, yet always humorous, and I think he was, without a doubt, the headliner of 11-7 radio, a format that was unique to the state and ground-breaking as well. (Actually, the format broke so much ground that it fell into a sinkhole and never was heard from again.)

Glenn Brenner - A South Jersey newsman/sportscaster who later went on to fame at KYW AM and TV, and, after that, became one of the most popular and beloved TV sportscasters in Washington, DC. Sadly, he passed away at the too-young age of 44, and even though he died a number of years ago, there are still DC blogs and message boards dedicated to him, as well as a number of clips of him on YouTube.

Seymour Abramson - He may have had his faults, but do you know anybody who doesn't - including ourselves? Even Ty Cobb is in the Hall of Fame. How many other owners would have given Joey Reynolds and the 11-7 format a shot, much less small market radio station owners?

Tom McNally - I can't document this, but I would think nobody has worked at more NJ radio stations.

"Looney" Skip Rooney - No NJ DJ ever had a better nickname

Jay (the Jock) Sorensen - If, for no other reasons, his longevity and his dedication to the medium. (Hmmm...come to think of it...there are no other reasons )

 

[Big Jay]

Harry..don't add ME out of sympathy. I've played that card once too often, and I still can get hired.

Let me add:
HERBERT W. HOBLER. He's the guy who started the once incredible success of WHWH-AM, and later WPST-FM. It was TOTAL dedication to the area that made them BOTH winners..and HE had the vision to hire very talented people like Phil Geiger, and many other people to carry it out.

WALTER SABO. He's from NJ..a world-class consultant, responsible for NJ 101.5 and the younger TALK on FM concept, now consulting not only SIRIUS but other major talk outlets.

TOM TAYLOR. Because HE hired ME at PST in '76 when I was a scared 23 year-old and already a 6-year veteran of the radio wars. But HE managed to produce one of the most respected adult rock stations on the east coast. A very influential station musically especially in being the champion of JERSEY artists like Bruce, Bon Jovi and others. He wrote for Kal Rudman's FMQB, then INSIDE RADIO, now here on Radio-Info.com. He knows EVERYONE in the biz. He's hangin' with them all at the NAB convention in Vegas getting dirt on EVERY move that is being made in our wacky biz.

JACK ELLERY. He was at WCTC-AM when they were downtown in New Brunswick when JFK was shot! He is a market legend on a 1000 watt station. My hairdryer has more wattage. Jack, dispite being a flaming liberal, has been THE voice of Central Jersey so many times that he's part of the fabric of the region. Hats off to him for his longevity and staying relevant for so many years.

While on the topic of WCTC, how about...

BRUCE WILLIAMS, DAVE MARASH...they both got their starts at Chanticleer..and you MUST include longtime station announcer, later manager TONY MARANO and many others.

DICK LEWIS. Longtime voice of the Asbury Park Press and WJLK-AM/FM when they were in downtown Asbury Park. He WAS a huge voice, patrician but not fake. Before OBM-FM came on THAT was the station to hear if school was closed..JLK-AM that is..way before the FM became popular. It was hard to hear in Lakewood, but we managed not to care about the AM noise then. There WAS much less noise back then, as we didn't have every electrical devise plugged in at once like we do now.
A cool whole-floor studio area in the Press building..the first radio station I ever stepped in. Lewis was the FIRST guy to invite me to a station to view when I was 15 years old. He had come to my school for a job fair. I was HOOKED. Mom (Lila) took me there, and I was trembling when I got back into the car. I met Bob McAllen then along with John Dzuiba I believe. Who would have thunk that I'd work with them 20+ years later to form NJ 101.5 with Sabo.

Remember, I only worked at a few stations in NJ in all my years in the biz.
WOBM-FM
WHLW-AM (11-7)
WJRZ-FM for a blink of an eye in '76
WPST-FM for over 5 years the first time
back to WHLW, turning it into WOBM-AM,
back to WOBM-FM to program that at the same time
back to WPST for another two-year stint,
(then to WNNNBC),
then helped form NJ 101.5 (WKXW-FM) and programmed WBUD for a while too.
Then went to Philly, back to 101.5 for a year...back to Philly, headed for Dallas,
then to SIRIUS,
back to JERSEY...
WCTC-AM, then
WJRZ!

So you see over the course of 38 years, I probably worked at fewer stations than most air guys. I worked for OBM twice...PST twice...NJ 101.5 twice...and JRZ twice.

They wouldn't leave me alone.

McNally on the other hand has worked at EVERY station on the dial in the whole free world at least twice, right?

Harry, YOU have quite a resume too bud. Oh..and I agree with every person you mentioned in your posting above. Yes even Seymore the owner of WHLW. He was STAR STRUCK but had the balls to let someone literally take OVER his station that he and other had worked long and hard to build from scratch.

I will think of more that really should be considered "worthy" of being honored somehow.

BE BIG
Devon

 

[tom]

McNally on the other hand has worked at EVERY station on the dial in the whole free world at least twice, right?

Actually ... I've only worked at a few stations full time:

1972 - 1987 WOND/WMGM & WMGM-TV (15 years)
1988 - 1989 WFPG AM/FM
1989 - 1996 WMID AM/FM (engineer now and for the last 20 years)
1996 - ?? WFPG AM/FM +/-WKOE +WPUR +WBSS (12 years)

Call letter changes are harder to keep track of.

Everything else was weekend/part time and/or engineering.
4 years at WIFI, 6 years at WEAZ, 3 years at WYSP, etc.

... tom

 

[HarrytheK1]

Ah the parking lot at 11-7 (WHLW)...it was I who insisted to the new owners in '81 that we FINALLY pave the freakin' thing.

Having to go through a car wash every other day got old.

I heard that Kevin Fennesy's VW Karmen Ghia is still buried where one of those craters used to be.

I know what you mean about having to wash your car every other day. I had to do the same thing...almost. I got mine washed every other year (I was holding out for a trade deal.)

You heard Kevin Fennessy's Karmen Ghia was buried there? I heard that it was Kevin Fennessy himself who was buried there!

 

[amfmsw]

Not amusing.

 

[BobSmolarek]

Here's a voice no one's mentioned, how about that old man who used to do most of the announcing for WAWZ-FM Zarephath in the 1970's? Dave Marthouse told me his name was Mr. Fleck. Anyone else remember him?

 

[Big Jay]

Hey amfmsw...

If you knew Harry AND Kevin like I do, you'd know that they BOTH have a sense of humor (unlike SOME people.)

I talked with Kevin recently and he's almost ready to announce his next gig. Break a leg buddy. And Harry is one of the wittiest people on the planet.

Kevin is very aware of his mortality, as much as I am. It was clearly a joke, and not a slam in the slightest.

If you KNEW how deep the craters were at that radio station's parking lot, plus the fact that Kevin practically lived out of his car, you would GET the humor in Harry's post.

See guys...THIS is why sometimes these boards get silly. If you haven't detected that Harry, Kevin, and MOST people who have worked together at some point are all still a spirit of brotherhood, then you have missed the most important things in life... ONE of those things is to laugh!

BE BIG
Seymore

 

[amfmsw]

Jocularity acknowledged. Along with this wonderful form of leisure communication, it's bane is you cannot hear the tenor or delivery style of a message. Many innocent posts of mine have had to be explained as well.

This is a huge thread. Has anyone mentioned Andy Volvo, Hank Bastion, or "Big Ang"?

 

[Big Jay]

The TENOR of this thread has been nothing BUT jock-u-larity...and a few newspeople and managers/owners. Glad we got that one fixed in a hurry. I agree that sometimes the written word doesn't evoke the true emotion of the intent. Body language and the tongue-in-cheekiness doesn't always translate. My tongue is almost ALWAYS in my mouth..er...cheek.

Andy was mentioned WAY back...say him at Hy Lit's funeral for the first time in years. He works with Sam. Hank...wow..I hired him at WOBM/FM-AM to do some work. Can't remember how that turned out...actually it's all coming back to me now. (Sing it Celine).. Big Ang must be a "souf-Jersey" thing.

The line that starts SOUTH Jersey is a crooked line that runs from Just south of Bordentown thru the Pine Barrens and ends up at Old Barney. Anything NORTH of that is either Central or North Jersey. My nose bleeds when I get north of the Driscoll Bridge. It just ain't right.

See...I told you there would be names coming out of the woodwork. But on an earlier thread...we were looking for folks who would be big enough names to deserve a TRIBUTE of some kind. Not necessarily known by the general public state-wide, but folks who DEFINED the stations they were on.

And Tom... When you add up the years, and divide it by the wattage and common point and multiply that by the current (minus the copper in the field)..welll you win the "I've been at more stations except for Kevin Fennessy and Joey Reynolds...and perhaps Famous Amos"--award.

ME? I don't even come close.

Now who would win the award for LONGEST stay at ANY JERSEY station without ever LEAVING???!!??!

Hmm..

BE BIG
It ain't Jack Ellery