Talent You Miss

[wesdev224]

Anyone heard from Lynn Kratz? She took a job at MMR and that was the last we heard from her.

de wsan

Michael Tearson speaks with her from time to time. He'll know what she's up to.

She also worked at WIOQ in the late 70's into the 80's. Last I heard, she got her Masters in some capacity related to the library, and was working in the Philadelphia Free Library system.

 

[amfmsw]

Summer isn't the same without Andy Musser. Retirement benn berry, berry goood to heeem.

Any word on Nat Wright?

 

[650AM]

Ken Garland.

Got a chance to meet him once when I was a fledgling radioite in college. He was very gracious to my friend & I when we talked to him at the WIP "Wildhorse Saloon" talent night in NJ.

 

[IknowwhatIknow]

Gene Hart without a doubt

 

[jlongstreet]

I agree, Ken was the most gracious person I met from the 610/950 days. Many, many fond memories of Ken and the time he dedicated to me. Will never be forgotten.

Regards.

Ken Garland.

Got a chance to meet him once when I was a fledgling radioite in college. He was very gracious to my friend & I when we talked to him at the WIP "Wildhorse Saloon" talent night in NJ.

 

[KBland]

In no particular order....

Bill Bransomme, KYW sports

Doug Henderson on the FM band

The Mighty Burner Sonny Hopson

Bob Bradley handling Phillies pre and post game duties on The Great Entertainer, Channel 17.

Byrum Saam calling Alex Johnson going back to the wall, bangins his head off the wall, picking it up and firing to third

Charlie Swift's catch phrase "check that" most notably applied when "Touchdown, Oakland!" was followed by "we're playing Kansas City."

Hy Lit in his mid 1960's prime, especially on the Sunday night "Hall of Fame."

"Good evening world!" at approximately 6:03 pm about as far to the left on the dial as you could get by a King.

The Frogmen playing "Underwater" on Wibbage weeknights by Philadelphia's most happy Feller.

KYW's Jessica Savitch and her physical appearance.

The Football Pros with Charlie Gauer, Jack McKinney and Andy Musser.

Bill Campbell's reflections on WIP.

The Grass Roots playing on both Wibbage and FIL with a station ID serving as the talkover.

WHAT when it applied a Drake Chennault format to uniquely Philly music.

Mort Crim

Don Henderson taking Flyer questions and answering them with baseball analogies to sound knowledgable.

Al Meltzer and Beef Vetrone doing 76er games.

Andy Musser and Sonny Hill as a team.

And push to shove, life depends on a most of all, Harry and His Whiteness.

 

[Tommy Roberts Jr]

SomeTalent and People that worked at WTMR

Bill Bircher
Dan Curtis
Bob Menefee
Bob Lockwood
Dave Shayer
John Carlton
Chuck Dougherty
Dean Tyler
Gene Hart
Jim Powers
Bobby Roberts
Bruce Smallwood
George Lord
Scott Horner
Lee Scott
Alan Campbel
Larry Litwin
Pat Stanton

 

[Tommy Roberts Jr]

SomeTalent and People that worked at WTMR

Art Andrews
Tom Franklin
Leo Thrower aka Lee Tobin
Chris Robin
Mary Elizabeth did a Sinatra Show
Ray Stork

 

[gakski]

A lot of the WTMR talent were refugees from WCAU when WCAU fired most of its talent & brought in a whole new roster. Bill Bircher was one of the most underrated talk show hosts who ever worked in the Philadelphia market. Great dry sense of humor. Perfect morning personality.

 

[jimwalsh2001]

Bill St. James, and his replacement Bill Neil, from WIP in the seventies...

 

[JeffD]

My short list:

Hyski on WIBBAGE, WIFI-92, Sunny 104.5, & WOGL
The Rock'n Bird on WIBBAGE, WFIL, & WPEN
Bill Wright Sr - WIBG
WFIL - Chuck Browning, Dr Don Rose, Jim O'Brein, King George, Dangerous Dan, JJ Jeffrey, Dave Parks, Jim Nettleton, Banana Joe, Dick Heatherton, Long John Wade, Tom Tyler, Joel Denver, Tom Dooley, Brother Love
Don Cannon - WIBG, WFIL, WOGL, WIP, WIFI, & WSNI
Big Ron taking us home in the afternoon on WOGL
Dennis John Cahill - WIBG,WFIL, and WIFI-92
Lander & the Nut Hut on Eagle 106.......good stuff
Bill Neil & Joey Reynolds - WFIL
Jeff Robbins, Al Bandiero, Jim Reid - WIFI-92
Brian Murphy on WOGL
Ken Garland, Tom Lemaine, Tom Moran - WIP, not the Tom Moran from Super KAP
Jimmy Bishop & Carl Helms- WDAS
Steve Byrd-WIBG, WHAT, and WDAS
Jocko Henderson - WHAT & WDAS
Georgie Woods - WHAT & WDAS
Rod Carson-WMMR & Solid Gold 102- Rock'n Roll Roots, & WAEB AM 790
'Truckin' Tom 'Cookin' Kent - WIBG
John 'Records' Landecker - WIBG
Barbara Somers - WFIL
BJ in the morning - Power 99
Gary Brooks - WIBG
Neal Newman - WAEB AM & FM and WEJM
Terry Young - WCAU-FM, WIOQ-FM & WEJM-FM
Jeffrey T Mason - WIOQ-FM & WYXR-FM
JIm Reid - WIFI-92 & WAEB-AM
Tony Bruno
Allen Stone
Scott Lowe & Kevin Moore on WBUX
Bob Garrett, Billy Burke, Jefferson, Mike Kelly, and Bill O'Brein -WCAU-FM-Hot Hits 98

 

[oaktree]

Joey Reynolds - Doing fill-in weeks on WIBG
Fred Lowry - WFIL
Paul Henderson - WFIL
Gary Mitchell - WIBG and the Drew / Del Colliano "Drake" jocks
George Michael - WFIL
Ken Garland - and everyone at WIP
Tom Tyler - WFIL
Dave Parks - WFIL
Sid Mark - on WWDB
Georgie Woods "The Man With the Goods" - WDAS
Ronn Owens - WCAU
Gene Burns - WCAU
Gil Gross - WCAU
Frank Rizzo - WCAU
Joel A. Spivak - WCAU
Bill Bircher - WCAU
Loren Owens - 95/PEN
Jim O'Brien - WFIL
Butterball (Joe Tamburro) - WDAS
Jimmy Bishop - WDAS
Bill Bransome - KYW
Jay Cook - WFIL
John "Records" Landecker - WIBG
Hyski - WIBG
Bill Campbell - WCAU
Jack Whittaker - WCAU
Tom Brookshier - WCAU

 

[Pinegroves]

Great reading about all the jocks that worked Philly when I was growing up there. In 1969 I went to Jerry Blavats Broadcasting School, Sid Marks of Frank Sinatra fame was one of my instructors. worked in lower Delaware radio, have been working Las Vegas radio since 1975. There was a guy named George Bailey that was doing traffic for Wibbage. Where is he? Thanks for the memories. Charles Berberian (aka) Chuck Manning