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WECK Report Card
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alw
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Kal said:
I think we should take this thread as far as we want....That's why this is America!
Where else is there to go with How WECK Is Doing?
We've beaten that horse to a point that is wishes it were sleeping with Eight Bells.
I think this board should return to it's original purpose;
allowing old fart disk jockeys to talk about how great they were, and how everyone was
# 1 in their timeslot....all at the same time, not to mention how humble we all remain.
All this critical thinking is wearing me down. :-\
alw said:
"Hey Jude" helped me out of a few tight spots.
So Al, you weren't at WNIA in 1968 when "MacArthur Park" was popular, were you? I was there in 1968 and I think I would have remembered you.
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alw
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I'm having a hard time remembering the exact year I spent oogling Mary's legs.
Possibly '69-'70; as you know, the year that any given song was a hit had little to do with when it got air-play at WNIA.
If I were still there MacArthur Park would still hit the air every Thursday at 6:45am.
I remember fondly my time as Tommy Thomas....how many hip jocks get to talk up The Angelis every day at noon? I hit the post every time.
By the way, Wally Chyewski (sp?)...aka Sir Walter Raleigh from our days at WYSL-FM, took over at noon-6pm.
Possibly '69-'70; as you know, the year that any given song was a hit had little to do with when it got air-play at WNIA.
If I were still there MacArthur Park would still hit the air every Thursday at 6:45am.
I remember fondly my time as Tommy Thomas....how many hip jocks get to talk up The Angelis every day at noon? I hit the post every time.
By the way, Wally Chyewski (sp?)...aka Sir Walter Raleigh from our days at WYSL-FM, took over at noon-6pm.
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Was The Angelis sponsored by the same catholic group(I believe out of Rochester) that sponsored the The Rosary Hour(which seemed to be more of a mainstay of co-owned WSAY/Rochester. I don't remember WNIA running the Rosary Hour until their final years before they became WECK in '80)?
I remember him. I think he left WNIA to take a management job at WBFO. I summoned up all my nerve and went down there when I was in my late teens and talked briefly with him about doing volunteer work(for some reason...probably my own youthful social phobia, I never did volunteer there). WBFO back then struck me as a hippie haven. Anyone know what ever happen to Wally?
This board seems to become a haven for baby boomer radio guys. Anyone here under 45 years of age?
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alw
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The Angelis was simply sponsored by that great Ops. Manager in the sky.
Also, I suspect that the nature of this thread would generate a Baby Boomer feeding frenzy; when the subject turns to Sirius or XM or competition from Ipods the participants might skew a bit younger.
As far as WBFO being a haven for hippies....it was.(I'm looking at you Oil Of Dog)
At this point in time, only one hippie remains standing, and he shall remain nameless.
Also, I suspect that the nature of this thread would generate a Baby Boomer feeding frenzy; when the subject turns to Sirius or XM or competition from Ipods the participants might skew a bit younger.
As far as WBFO being a haven for hippies....it was.(I'm looking at you Oil Of Dog)
At this point in time, only one hippie remains standing, and he shall remain nameless.
alw said:
Right on about the airplay. And the legs, I was still in my teens and easily impressed.
Well, I just missed you then I left in the summer of '69.
Regarding the Angelus, I don't remember it being sponsored. I don't remember ANYTHING being sponsored when I was there. I recall entering "S" after "S" after "S" for "Sustaining" on the program logs.
Oh, I do remember running some Chicken Delight spots. They were right across the street and I talked them into approaching Mary to do some advertising. I should have got a commission. Doh!
aL
Yes, I suspect many of us are in the 45+ demo, which is why we write about oldies, standards, classic rock, the business of radio and how much it's changed over the years.
I suspect some of us have a few years of experience. Some are still in the business, some doing quite well, while some are hanging on for dear life. A few have cashed out by choice and more than a few are victims of consolidation, right-sizing and just plain ol' "getting screwed by The Man."
Twenty to twenty five years from now when some of us are playing shuffle board and going out for the "early bird" in Boca del Vista, it's unlikely that the young men and women who are in radio today will be motivated to write and discuss the business as we do here.
Why?
By choice or chance, twenty-somethings may not last as long as some of the vets here have lasted. They don't have the "romantic relationship" with the business that's so evident here. Radio in general is far different than it was thirty years ago. "Time it was and what a time it was, it was... -Bookends Theme, Simon & Garfunkel
It was a time when top-rated radio stations played Fleetwood Mac, Boston, KC & the Sunshine Band, The Bee Gees, Bob Seger, Peter Frampton, Journey. It was a time when music was played on what now seems pre-historic devices: Turntables requiring pre-amps, tonearms and cartridges. Tape cartridges. Reel to reels. Big, bulky, heavy objects that produced a lot of heat and required substantial power to operate. Even the CD seems obsolete.
So what will today's 22 year old write about the business in 25 years when he or she is 47? This pre-supposes that there actually will be something called radio and that it will generate the interest, romance and loyalty that's evident here.
Over the last few years that I've been posting on this board, it seems the topics that bring out the most fervent posts and opinions are AM radio and format changes.
Reading the stories here and remembering the tales of woe from the few people I knew who had worked at WNIA back in the day, I was always amazed that the station actually stayed on the air and had a pretty good signal for a 500-D/250-N Class 4 AM without a ground system. And it had listeners.
Keep the WNIA stories coming. This thread has jumped the rails a few times (it hasn't yet "jumped the shark,") but as many have posted, "who cares."
It's all good. I for one, am enjoying it. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to take out the trash.
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I suspect some of us have a few years of experience. Some are still in the business, some doing quite well, while some are hanging on for dear life. A few have cashed out by choice and more than a few are victims of consolidation, right-sizing and just plain ol' "getting screwed by The Man."
Twenty to twenty five years from now when some of us are playing shuffle board and going out for the "early bird" in Boca del Vista, it's unlikely that the young men and women who are in radio today will be motivated to write and discuss the business as we do here.
Why?
By choice or chance, twenty-somethings may not last as long as some of the vets here have lasted. They don't have the "romantic relationship" with the business that's so evident here. Radio in general is far different than it was thirty years ago. "Time it was and what a time it was, it was... -Bookends Theme, Simon & Garfunkel
It was a time when top-rated radio stations played Fleetwood Mac, Boston, KC & the Sunshine Band, The Bee Gees, Bob Seger, Peter Frampton, Journey. It was a time when music was played on what now seems pre-historic devices: Turntables requiring pre-amps, tonearms and cartridges. Tape cartridges. Reel to reels. Big, bulky, heavy objects that produced a lot of heat and required substantial power to operate. Even the CD seems obsolete.
So what will today's 22 year old write about the business in 25 years when he or she is 47? This pre-supposes that there actually will be something called radio and that it will generate the interest, romance and loyalty that's evident here.
Over the last few years that I've been posting on this board, it seems the topics that bring out the most fervent posts and opinions are AM radio and format changes.
Reading the stories here and remembering the tales of woe from the few people I knew who had worked at WNIA back in the day, I was always amazed that the station actually stayed on the air and had a pretty good signal for a 500-D/250-N Class 4 AM without a ground system. And it had listeners.
Keep the WNIA stories coming. This thread has jumped the rails a few times (it hasn't yet "jumped the shark,") but as many have posted, "who cares."
It's all good. I for one, am enjoying it. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to take out the trash.
-9-
"Time it was and what a time it was, it was...
A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories; they're all that's left you." -
Old Friends, Bookends. (Bookends Theme) (c. 1968 Simon) Simon & Garfunkel
Unfortunately today's 20 something, won't have much to share on this board with his or her contemporaries.
Damn ... do I feel old.
Kal
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A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories; they're all that's left you." -
Old Friends, Bookends. (Bookends Theme) (c. 1968 Simon) Simon & Garfunkel
Unfortunately today's 20 something, won't have much to share on this board with his or her contemporaries.
Damn ... do I feel old.
Kal
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That's enough. KAL & 9... you ladies have finally killed the thread by quoting Simon & Garfunkel lyrics. What's next, lines from Sex And The City, shakra, center clarity and Sylvia Plath? Gahhh!
I was thinking a rousing medley of Barry Manilow songs!
"Even now ..." (everybody sing along) "When there's someone else who cares,
When there's someone home who's waiting just for me. Even now I think about you ..."
The funny thing is ...
I don't have any idea who or what YOU are talking about, Rad!!
"At the Copa, Copacabana!"
Kal
"Even now ..." (everybody sing along) "When there's someone else who cares,
When there's someone home who's waiting just for me. Even now I think about you ..."
The funny thing is ...
I don't have any idea who or what YOU are talking about, Rad!!
"At the Copa, Copacabana!"
Kal
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Nick Seneca
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I don't have any idea who or what YOU are talking about, Rad!!
Methinks our paint-spackled radio refugee has had it up to the nads with the guys who turn our romance-filled recollections of our boomer golden days of broadcastin' into a tawdry dime-store novel.
"If I took all the radio gigs I had when I was startin'....
and put 'em all together on one enormous 12-inch reel,
I know they'd never match my sweet little imagination..."
Nick Seneca
Recollections of NIA
Reading the posts of "average" "alw" and the others..... my mind drifts back almost 40 years ago to my days at the ranch house that rocked.
We were paid $1.50 per hour, worked 6 days a week, had 6-12 hour shifts and were treated like meat by management who could care less (some things never change)
The studios were ancient, the equiptment was crap....but for many of us we couldn't be happier. We had made it (sort of)...... we were in radio.
It would be interesting to find out how many Tommy Thomas', Jerry Jacks and Mike Melody's moved on in radio and TV.
Does anyone have a list??
Reading the posts of "average" "alw" and the others..... my mind drifts back almost 40 years ago to my days at the ranch house that rocked.
We were paid $1.50 per hour, worked 6 days a week, had 6-12 hour shifts and were treated like meat by management who could care less (some things never change)
The studios were ancient, the equiptment was crap....but for many of us we couldn't be happier. We had made it (sort of)...... we were in radio.
It would be interesting to find out how many Tommy Thomas', Jerry Jacks and Mike Melody's moved on in radio and TV.
Does anyone have a list??
Re: Recollections of NIA
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't this market something like 18th in those days?
aL
VoiceGuyJack said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't this market something like 18th in those days?
aL
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alw
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At one time Buffalo was # 8.....by the time I got in we had hit #16.
When I got to WEBR in '73 we were #16.....as of now we are at a solid #52.
A net loss of 36 markets, and I've not even changed jobs.
As a matter of fact I still have the same desk. :'(
When I got to WEBR in '73 we were #16.....as of now we are at a solid #52.
A net loss of 36 markets, and I've not even changed jobs.
As a matter of fact I still have the same desk. :'(
35 Years to Life
Wow. That must beat Roger Christian, right?
That definitely beats Roger. At least he got to move to new digs a few years back - AND got a new desk.
alw said:
Wow. That must beat Roger Christian, right?
alw said:
That definitely beats Roger. At least he got to move to new digs a few years back - AND got a new desk.
alw said:
This is why I loved WNIA. As VoiceGuy said, we made it in a pretty large market. There I was, a teenager, working in a top 20 market. Pretty heady stuff. And Mary Lounsbury's legs! But of course the reality was.....
aL
alw said:
I feel really bad about this desk thing Al. We have to get this solved.
'Listeners ... we have a matching grant ... if you can all just call in now and make a pledge, The Hippie Dippy Foundation will match the amount we collect here, tonight, to get Al ... a new desk! That's actually rather exciting and it's a pledge opportunity that we can't miss! Please, call in now. The number is on your screen."
Goldie, Stratton, over to you ...
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