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Hmm not being in the know, I'm surprised about what happened to Lenny. On the WVIA tv special he seemed upbeat and positive about his experiences at WARM. Guess sometimes time erases the bad stuff and let's u remember the good times. Wonder why he didn't play the spots??? ???

longing for the good old days
warm590 ;D
 
...I'm surprised about what happened to Lenny. On the WVIA tv special he seemed upbeat and positive about his experiences at WARM.
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Well, it's kind of interesting that all of those guys on the WVIA special seemed all gushy over the good old days at WARM, because every single one of them got screwed at one time or another by Susquehanna. Shaver, Gilbert, McNulty, West, all got dumped upon by that company. The only who didn't(best I know)was Tommy Woods.
 
Yeah well, maybe it was just them grabbing at one more spin on the Glory Days Merry-Go-Round. "See? I was something!" Not that there's ego involved in radio or anything...
 
masterg said:
...I'm surprised about what happened to Lenny. On the WVIA tv special he seemed upbeat and positive about his experiences at WARM.
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Well, it's kind of interesting that all of those guys on the WVIA special seemed all gushy over the good old days at WARM, because every single one of them got screwed at one time or another by Susquehanna. Shaver, Gilbert, McNulty, West, all got dumped upon by that company. The only who didn't(best I know)was Tommy Woods.
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I think Woods also got a bad deal there. Shaver got the ax in the back from Gilbert and was picked up by the sales dept.
 
Aramondo said:
Yeah well, maybe it was just them grabbing at one more spin on the Glory Days Merry-Go-Round. "See? I was something!" Not that there's ego involved in radio or anything...
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Those men were indeed something, which is not a claim everyone can make. You?
 
Didn't realize all those guys got screwed at WARM. But if you work in radio, you come to expect it. First time I was ever fired for doing a good job. :-\

And I agree...those guys really were something. Add to the list Ron Allen, Steven Alan Scott, and others...their professionalism inspired me to go into radio!! ;D


Still longing for the good old days
warm590 ;)
 
masterg said:
Those men were indeed something, which is not a claim everyone can make. You?
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Didn't say they weren't, just trying to guess why, by most accounts here none of them had a fairytale ending at WARM but still remember those days fondly.

Me something? No, not really. It's only radio.
 
Didn't say they weren't, just trying to guess why, by most accounts here none of them had a fairytale ending at WARM but still remember those days fondly.
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Very well put, none of them did have a fairy tale ending. Those fond remembrances, I guess, were generated by sticking to the days of the Sensational Seven, which the show's producer was very effective in doing.

I can think of a half dozen ex-WARM jocks/newsies from the 70s/80s who'd have nothing good to say about the place. If you grew up with WARM, you thought it would be a dream come true to work there. If you were "lucky" enough to do so, you quickly discovered it was no such thing.

Part of the problem was WARM's monster ratings and image, which caused a lot of the suits to believe that anyone working on the air at WARM should be thrilled by that fact alone, that working at WARM was in itself reward enough. I honestly heard more than one of them say just that. Of course, they were all making good bucks, driving company cars, working regular hours. At the very same time, those of us "privileged" to be on the air were not making good bucks, not driving company cars, not working regular hours, and doing it six days a week.
 
warm590 said:
Didn't realize all those guys got screwed at WARM. But if you work in radio, you come to expect it. First time I was ever fired for doing a good job. :-\

And I agree...those guys really were something. Add to the list Ron Allen, Steven Alan Scott, and others...their professionalism inspired me to go into radio!! ;D


Still longing for the good old days
warm590 ;)
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What ever happend to Steven Allen Scott? He also went by the name Steve "Boom Boom" Cannon and also worked at WSBA. He was a very talented.

I remember him calling Larry Glick on WBZ in Boston and Glick was making fun of him working in a coal mining town.
 
Re: mention earlier of "the late Bill Drake".

He's not dead. He's actually very much alive and still living outside Hollywood. He prefers to keep a low profile in case groupies--like ourselves, perhaps??? ;D--attempt to cut off a lock of his hair or pester him to consult our station.

But for now, "the (heart) beat goes on."
 
I remember him calling Larry Glick on WBZ in Boston and Glick was making fun of him working in a coal mining town.
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"...254-5678. Let's take another call. Hello, you're on the air." Larry Glick was a master. Even though I was a Top 40 jock at the time, I loved listening to him. Perhaps not for the content, but for the technique and mastery of his craft.

BANG! BANG! There goes another satellite. Hundreds of stations are now in the dark.
 
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