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Whereabouts of Buzz Bennet and/or Bob Hamilton?

K

kudzooter

Buzz Bennett gave WTIX market dominance with the way he applied some of the earliest music research, and the strategy/tactics he put together from it. During the early and mid 1970s, he hooked up with the Bob Hamilton who had left the ministry at a church in the FayettevilleAR area, done air work for awhile, then put out one of the most influential jock-oriented publications of its time, "Bob Hamilton's BREAK." (This is NOT the LA oldies-PD Bob Hamilton.) Last I saw or heard of Buzzy, he was doing a kind of ad hoc consultancy for both WNOE-AM and FM around 1977 or '78. These guys, separately and in tandem, did some really good things for our medium. But now, nobody I've asked, has any idea where they are. If YOU do, please share. Thanks.
Soxless.
 
Bob Hamilton is Carmel, California area, where he publishes www.newradiostar.com. The last time I saw Buzz was in 1979-1980, when he was publishing Fred magazine (a radio & records industry trade) out of a converted diving school in Monterey, CA. If memory serves (which it rarely does anymore), Bob was involved with or wrote for Fred. I've read posts all over the net from people trying to find Buzz, but he seems to have vanished.

Bob Gowa
Santa Rosa, CA
 
Thanks, Bob.

On suggestion of OMR/Dennis Rogers, I went to The Google. Found a couple of mentions of Bob with the Star mag thing, but I wasn't sure it was the same one who had "Break" back in the early 70s. Also referenced "Fred," with a pic of Buzzy from the late 70s. Beyond that, he indeed seems to have found Eric Rudolph's unlisted cave.

With the recent loss of Bill Drake -- and all the "where's our next visionary?" thinking that stirred up -- maybe someone can get the word to Bob and Buzzy, and they can come put some vitality back into radio.

Now, as long as I'm already in question mode: anyone have an idea WHO was the first deejay (although, back then, probably called a "staff announcer") who talked over the instrumental intro to a song? Also, who was the first who made talking up to the vocal an integral part of what format radio grew into? ((Yeayerrite -- I really DO have too freakin' much time on my hands.))
 
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