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Who was the best all-night jock ever in LA?

From Johnny himself, today -- thanking you from his home in Hawaii.

Check out his website (as so many have for the last dozen years) at http://www.440int.com

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Thanks for passing that one along Joe. Wow. It sure is nice to be remembered -- fondly.

JW

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Thanks for you support, posters. John's a great guy who still loves Radio as we do. - JB
 
michael hagerty said:
oldmanradio said:
By the way, Michael should be awarded a Ph.D in broadcasting history.
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Nah...what I remember on my own is almost always contradicted on some point by a fast Google search. And that's where this stuff comes from...well, that and the volume of great information in the comments sections of Reelradio exhibits.

And now, with Billboard magazine back issues being scanned and provided through Google Books online, it's possible to get right to stuff printed at the time...Claude Hall's original Vox Jox columns.

If I'm anything, it's a researcher, not a scholar.

---Michael Hagerty
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Too modest.

Great research results in ... great innovations.
 
What stations now have someone live and local overnight?

"Eat to live ... don't live to eat."
 
Wow, what a great thread. Thank you for teaching me some valuable history!

I was East Coast growing up, so I don't know these names.

But, I will say, at risk of getting flamed, that Doug McIntyre was really at his best on Red Eye Radio. I am sad to see him leave KABC mornings, but always felt he was much better suited to the longer, free form format of late night. It was a real education. Sincerely. The man has real depth and spoke eloquently on topics from Abraham Lincoln to the Mets. He was all about championing American values and contributions. It was refreshing.

I hope he returns in syndication. He's brilliant.

Doug always said that Ray Bream was an inspiration.

I know I'll get flamed for this, but Art Bell was a master showman. And of course, Phil Hendrie's version of him. ;-)
 
Who's flaming? You're right. Never agreed too much with AB, but he was and his callers were a hoot to listen to, same with Bream. Phil Hendrie is a blast!
 
Another "thank you" from back east for an enjoyable and informative thread. Friends would dub and send cassette airchecks to each other (5th generation quality, but it didn't matter) just to hear what was going on in LA. The "Johnny Williams" name was also used on CKLW "The Big 8" Detroit and 1050 CHUM, Toronto. Good jocks for sure, but there's nothing like the original.
 
JimPastrick said:
The "Johnny Williams" name was also used on CKLW "The Big 8" Detroit and 1050 CHUM, Toronto.
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Also at 68/WRKO Boston--Johnny Williams, the Midnight Mover.

(This was the late Bill Todd, who later landed at KHJ as Cat Simon.)
 
KHJ's Johnny Williams worked at KGB, San Diego - KIMN in Denver (with an all night show from a restaurant) and in Pittsburgh among other places.)
 
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