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Who do you miss on the radio?
- Thread starter Uncle Rob
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RicoGregg said:
John Logic? WOW 8)
Absolutely cannot disagree....
I'll add the late JJ Jackson and the late Big Ron O'Brien
Bill Balance kgbs era , Hudson and Landry . The old Ken and Bob show before Ken started trying to be hip and appeal to a younger demo. Micheal Jackson before he felt he has to compete with Rush and politicize everything(i really respected the guy, admired his work. he tried to ambush Nancy Reagan in an interview with some cheap shots and i lost a great deal of respect for him after that) Bud Furrllo and last but not least Jim Heally(riigghhttt!!)
The BOOMER Joe Servantes!!!Fun to listen to.
Humble Harve
Yes indeed Lohman and Barkley
Joe Pyne ("Straight ahead and get Castro!")
Hilly Rose from the pleasant era of talk radio
Joe Youcam
Hunter Hancock
Alan Freed
I still like Art Laboe so I can't actually miss him, can I?
Bill Ballance was hilarious
Wink Martindale of the 11-10 Men
too many more to name...
Yes indeed Lohman and Barkley
Joe Pyne ("Straight ahead and get Castro!")
Hilly Rose from the pleasant era of talk radio
Joe Youcam
Hunter Hancock
Alan Freed
I still like Art Laboe so I can't actually miss him, can I?
Bill Ballance was hilarious
Wink Martindale of the 11-10 Men
too many more to name...
Along with many of the people mentioned above, I miss those old local over-the-top radio news anchors, who mostly worked at Top 40 stations: J. Paul Huddleston, Marv Howard, Paul Oscar Anderson, etc. They were fun.
As far as I know, the only news anchor of this type still on the air is Doug Limerick (ABC), who comes from the "Top 40" news tradition, from what I understand. My local ABC radio station (KGO) always cuts him off at the last commercial, before he can ID himself. I find that quite annoying...
As far as I know, the only news anchor of this type still on the air is Doug Limerick (ABC), who comes from the "Top 40" news tradition, from what I understand. My local ABC radio station (KGO) always cuts him off at the last commercial, before he can ID himself. I find that quite annoying...
Lkeller said:
Agree....and the non-over-the-tops, too....like Val Clenard, Gene Brodeur, Tom Wayman, Mike Botula and Bob Steinbrinck at KMPC and the marvelous Morgan Williams at KFI.
And I'll throw in traffic reporters too...Captain Max Schumacher, Jim Hicklin, Donn Reed, Paul "Panther" Pierce", Herb Green, Lady Pamela McGinnis and Big John McIlhenny from KMPC and KFI's Bruce Wayne.
Lkeller said:
But doesn't KGO run the ABC/I 'cast intact at the top? At least then
you get to hear "(sounder) From ABC News, Iiiii'mm Doug Limerick!"
He still anchors the 6-11 AM ET / 3-8 AM PT hourlies, correct?
Aside: one of the best TOH IDs/tosses to network I've ever heard was
what KGO used several years ago. Pity they still don't...
"...San Jose 56, Oakland 54, in the city 53 and on your radio it's 81.
KGO San Francisco. Six o'clock...(network)."
This is a radio board but I hope its OK to mention some of the figures from early LA TV history...
Dick Lane
Grant Holcumb and Red Roe of Panorama Pacific on KNXT
Jack Latham of KNBC
Bill Welsh of KTTV
Sheriff John, my favorite kids TV host; a woman I know was a neighbor of his and says he was as nice in person a he was on air
Engineer Bill, another fave on KHJ-TV, and Skipper Frank on KTLA
Clete Roberts
Paul Coates
George Putnam
There will never be another Stan Chambers
Dick Lane
Grant Holcumb and Red Roe of Panorama Pacific on KNXT
Jack Latham of KNBC
Bill Welsh of KTTV
Sheriff John, my favorite kids TV host; a woman I know was a neighbor of his and says he was as nice in person a he was on air
Engineer Bill, another fave on KHJ-TV, and Skipper Frank on KTLA
Clete Roberts
Paul Coates
George Putnam
There will never be another Stan Chambers
oldiesfan6479 said:
Agreed. That was a great one.
KFMB-AM San Diego had a device in the late 70s/early 80s that I liked a lot. The news would start cold out of music, the anchor reading the story..."A plane crash in El Cajon kills three.....", the anchor would finish the lead story (usually 45 seconds to a minute) and then say "It's 11:01 at KFMB, San Diego." Then cold into a stopset and back in 60 seconds to do the rest of the news.
Re: Who do you miss on the radio?/cute ID into network news
Back around 1971-75 when I was listening to the Herb Jepko Nitecaps Show on KSL-1160 from Salt Lake City, they would do an elaborate station ID at 11 pm Pacific Time, or midnight Mountain Time, just before the CBS network news and the show would start after the news. The announcer would say something like, "The is KSL, Salt Lake City, Utah, the United States of America. At the tone, the time will be, 11-60!"
And then the tone would play and into CBS news, on the hour. I always thohgt that was neat, saying 11-60 for their AM dial frequency and it was the same as saying the time was midnight.
Jim
Back around 1971-75 when I was listening to the Herb Jepko Nitecaps Show on KSL-1160 from Salt Lake City, they would do an elaborate station ID at 11 pm Pacific Time, or midnight Mountain Time, just before the CBS network news and the show would start after the news. The announcer would say something like, "The is KSL, Salt Lake City, Utah, the United States of America. At the tone, the time will be, 11-60!"
And then the tone would play and into CBS news, on the hour. I always thohgt that was neat, saying 11-60 for their AM dial frequency and it was the same as saying the time was midnight.
Jim
michael hagerty said:
That brings back great memories! We used to use that technique too when I was working........I mean volunteering at KCPR when I was in college. Although, the cues were not always very tight. hehehe
Re: Who do you miss on the radio?/cute ID into network news
For years apparently, KSL has aired the Temple Square gong at the top of each hour.
I don't recall that '70s weekend period, but in later years, before KSL jumped from
CBS to ABC and certainly before I-CRAP reared its ugly head (and delay), it was always
a good listen in the radio geek world to see if the gong was in synch with the CBS bong.
Jim Hilliker said:
For years apparently, KSL has aired the Temple Square gong at the top of each hour.
I don't recall that '70s weekend period, but in later years, before KSL jumped from
CBS to ABC and certainly before I-CRAP reared its ugly head (and delay), it was always
a good listen in the radio geek world to see if the gong was in synch with the CBS bong.
Another good one was KGB AM and FM in San Diego in the early-mid 70s.
The AM was a softish, loose Top 40 and the FM AOR. At about :48, both would go to a stopset. They'd come out of the stopset simultaneously with the same record (one that fit both formats) with both jocks (audible only on their frequency) saying something like "Wizard Lew Rogers on KGB, docking now with Starship Jim on the FM side for Brad Messer and KGB news and comment next".
Messer (or whoever) would do the news and AM and FM would roll different records under his sign-off..."I'm Brad Messer and we are KGB AM and FM, San Diego, splitting now to Wizrd Lew Rogers on KGB and on KGB-FM it's Jim MacInnes."
Clearly for geeks only, but soooo cool.
The AM was a softish, loose Top 40 and the FM AOR. At about :48, both would go to a stopset. They'd come out of the stopset simultaneously with the same record (one that fit both formats) with both jocks (audible only on their frequency) saying something like "Wizard Lew Rogers on KGB, docking now with Starship Jim on the FM side for Brad Messer and KGB news and comment next".
Messer (or whoever) would do the news and AM and FM would roll different records under his sign-off..."I'm Brad Messer and we are KGB AM and FM, San Diego, splitting now to Wizrd Lew Rogers on KGB and on KGB-FM it's Jim MacInnes."
Clearly for geeks only, but soooo cool.
michael hagerty said:
Which might want to be mentioned in the KCBS "Illegal Legal ID" thread on
the Frisco board.
oldiesfan6479 said:michael hagerty said:
Which might want to be mentioned in the KCBS "Illegal Legal ID" thread on
the Frisco board.
As long as both AM and FM had the same city of license, it was a legal (and common) ID back in the 60s and 70s.
I also miss The Greaseman. Listened to him religiously (on KLOS). I was at the races at Saugus one night and Joe Benson was making a personal appearance there and whining like a baby wanting everyone to contact the station and complain so that they would get rid of him. I was embarrassed for him. VERY unprofessional. I loved the old Pirate Radio (100.3) but couldn't stand Lon Friend on Sunday nights.
Uncle Rob said:
Me too!! I listened to The Greaseman every night while I was delivering pizzas during my college years. It sure made the night go by fast!
People I miss on the radio. In no particular order, Bobby Ocean, Big Ron O'Brien, Uncle Byron & TN Tanaka, David Perry, Lohman & Barkley, Shana, Liz Kiley, whoa, this list could get long. Lets just say that the they're missed and it would be nice to hear them in again. Oh, Morgan & Steele too!
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