Hello, does anyone remember Dylan, a dj who worked early evenings at WIBG, I believe after Doug James left, around 1973? Also, there was a dj by the same name who worked at WEAM in Washington, DC at the same time...he worked weekends and did fill-ins. Was this the same person? Lastly, does anyone know what happened to Gary Lane who used to work weekdays at WMID in AC and weekends at WIBG? I used to enjoy listening to him because of his Dan Ingram imitiation.
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oasisrulz
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IMHO the best jock at WMID was Walt (showtime) Cooper...a great talent...
As the person who claims to do the best impression of Walt Cooper, let me add some names of WMID alum who sounded great there, and went on to great careers:
Ron Edwards 12-4PM in 1970-71
Bill Todd, 7-12Midnight, '68-69
Johnny Donovan a.k.a. Dick Sargent 12-4PM 1967-'69
Mike Kelly, 12-4PM, 1971-1972
Jerry Kristafer, 12-4PM, 1972-1974
Pre-history:
Julian Breen ( Bob Breen)
Bob Mitchell ( was Bobby Tripp at KHJ)
Humble Harve
Harry Newman
Jimmy Parsons
Rod Carson
Harvey Holiday
Ron Edwards 12-4PM in 1970-71
Bill Todd, 7-12Midnight, '68-69
Johnny Donovan a.k.a. Dick Sargent 12-4PM 1967-'69
Mike Kelly, 12-4PM, 1971-1972
Jerry Kristafer, 12-4PM, 1972-1974
Pre-history:
Julian Breen ( Bob Breen)
Bob Mitchell ( was Bobby Tripp at KHJ)
Humble Harve
Harry Newman
Jimmy Parsons
Rod Carson
Harvey Holiday
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oasisrulz
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Did Jimmy Parsons go by the name "Cannonball", never knew he was at MID.
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njdave9
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Yes, I remember Dylan. I think for a short time he did the am drive. Now I might be wrong about this but I think after he left WIBG he work at WIFI.
What about Ray Gilmore on WIBG?
Young Doug James went to WPST-FM 97.5 for about a year AFTER he left Wibbage. I thought he was a really good jock. I've been in touch with him over the years, as our terms overlapped at PST...and he's in Chicagoland doing voice-work and PR stuff if my memory serves me. A heck of a guy...and again...IF my memory is correct, one of...if not THE only guy to challenge King George over at WFIL during George's incredible run. I think Doug came close a couple of times. THAT was an almost an impossible feat, but he came close.. Wibbage wasn't dead...Yet.
Jerry Kristafer (aka World Famous) moved to 11-7 Jersey Shore (WHLW-AM-1170) after WMID. He did afternoons for a couple of years, THEN moved to Pittsburgh to join Joey Reynolds at KQV-AM for just under a year. That station got the heave-ho quickly, and thankfully, I DIDN'T go. I had been ASKED to go, but chose NOT to. Then I became the PD at 11-7 Radio after Charlie Roberts left.
WMID also had Mike McCann there (future CBS-FM utility jock and present WFAN Sportscaster...another alum from WPST as well. Also, EZ ED Johnson was at MID for a time AFTER he left WPST as the morning man...and he ALSO was FAST EDDIE at WIBBAGE circa '72 or '73.
BE BIG!
Big Jay Sorensen
MID was a decent station for SURE...as Kevin will attest to. It DID have a super signal being right on the water on a LOCAL channel...I used to pick it up in LAKEWOOD as a kid. Try and do that today! Nope.But a lot of good jocks went through there...as the list shows..
Jerry Kristafer (aka World Famous) moved to 11-7 Jersey Shore (WHLW-AM-1170) after WMID. He did afternoons for a couple of years, THEN moved to Pittsburgh to join Joey Reynolds at KQV-AM for just under a year. That station got the heave-ho quickly, and thankfully, I DIDN'T go. I had been ASKED to go, but chose NOT to. Then I became the PD at 11-7 Radio after Charlie Roberts left.
WMID also had Mike McCann there (future CBS-FM utility jock and present WFAN Sportscaster...another alum from WPST as well. Also, EZ ED Johnson was at MID for a time AFTER he left WPST as the morning man...and he ALSO was FAST EDDIE at WIBBAGE circa '72 or '73.
BE BIG!
Big Jay Sorensen
MID was a decent station for SURE...as Kevin will attest to. It DID have a super signal being right on the water on a LOCAL channel...I used to pick it up in LAKEWOOD as a kid. Try and do that today! Nope.But a lot of good jocks went through there...as the list shows..
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joewhlm
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Bill Hennis was the PD of WNDE in Indy before I got there back in 1977 under the programming of Dave Parks. I think Bill went to Chicago then to Philly, he took JJ Kennedy with him. I believe JJ was either Dylan or Mclintock at WIBG. I think that I am on to something but it needs to be confirmed.
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jhguthlac
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I had never realized so many great jocks went throught WMID. Thanks for the list!
joewhlm said:
Bill Hennis was at (programming) WIFI 92 in Philly for two weeks in 1977 (Yes two weeks) before jumping to WIBG. I do believe JJ Kennedy used JJ Kennedy at WIBG. He certainly did at WIFI 92. I was there.
Thanks, for all of your replys...but it didn't quite answer my questions...what was Dylan's real name?...did he also work at WEAM?
Kim Martin used the name of Mc Clinktock, in honor of his favorite John Wayne movie at WIBG.
Some other jocks I remember at WMID were, morning dj Jackson T Chase and evening dj Andy Volvo.
Lastly, does anyone remember what other radio stations the late Dan Foley worked at, besides WCAU-FM in 1975? I did a google search and found out that he was married to newsbroadcaster Pat Franack and worked at Channel 48 when it was WKBS-TV and lastly, he was the weekend announcer for ABC news.
Kim Martin used the name of Mc Clinktock, in honor of his favorite John Wayne movie at WIBG.
Some other jocks I remember at WMID were, morning dj Jackson T Chase and evening dj Andy Volvo.
Lastly, does anyone remember what other radio stations the late Dan Foley worked at, besides WCAU-FM in 1975? I did a google search and found out that he was married to newsbroadcaster Pat Franack and worked at Channel 48 when it was WKBS-TV and lastly, he was the weekend announcer for ABC news.
Super Jock said:
Andy Volvo works here at Hy Lit Radio Technologies.
The connection between Sean Casey a.k.a. Ray Gilmore and Don Cannon was at WWDJ; Casey was the PD, Don was the last AM Drive guy before trhey pulled the plug. The legend was that Cannon was offered 1-4PM at WIP, turned it down because he wanted to do mornings in NYC; ended up back in Philly the following summer as PD/Mornings at WIBG.
"Sean Casey" briefly returned to WIBG under Don Cannon in '74-'75.
Jimmy Parsons is and was Jimmy Parsons The Cannonball at WAAT, WMID, between 1966 and 1969.
"Sean Casey" briefly returned to WIBG under Don Cannon in '74-'75.
Jimmy Parsons is and was Jimmy Parsons The Cannonball at WAAT, WMID, between 1966 and 1969.
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EZway2go
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fennessy said:
Super Jock said:
Is that a common thing for DJs to take on different names when they change stations, or not too often? Have any with distinctive on-air voices ever been recognized after changing their name?
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jaypea
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didn't glenn morgan (WABC APD replacing julian breen, and later PD replacing rick sklar) work at 'MID as well? he was the guy that adored king george so much he convinced him to work at 'ABC (coerced, actually. george really didn't want to go from what I heard and wasn't really happy there.)
Is that a common thing for DJs to take on different names when they change stations, or not too often? Have any with distinctive on-air voices ever been recognized after changing their name?
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Don't know if it happened in Philly, but in Boston, the infamous Mac Richmond, owner of the legendary WMEX (1510), Top-40 equivalent to WIBG in the 50s and 60s, had "house names" that he assigned to DJs who passed thru his station. WMEX had three house names that various people used: "Fenway", Melvin X. Melvin (a.k.a. simply "Melvin") and Dan Donovan. The latter, of course, was used by an individual previously known only by his real name, Blaine Harvey, who, after leaving WMEX in late 1966, decided that Dan Donovan would be the name he'd use for the rest of his career, including, as most know, at WFIL, beginning in 1970. Blaine, by the way, is a native of the tiny hamlet of Biglerville, PA, in Adams County.
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Don't know if it happened in Philly, but in Boston, the infamous Mac Richmond, owner of the legendary WMEX (1510), Top-40 equivalent to WIBG in the 50s and 60s, had "house names" that he assigned to DJs who passed thru his station. WMEX had three house names that various people used: "Fenway", Melvin X. Melvin (a.k.a. simply "Melvin") and Dan Donovan. The latter, of course, was used by an individual previously known only by his real name, Blaine Harvey, who, after leaving WMEX in late 1966, decided that Dan Donovan would be the name he'd use for the rest of his career, including, as most know, at WFIL, beginning in 1970. Blaine, by the way, is a native of the tiny hamlet of Biglerville, PA, in Adams County.
Fwiw, two influential jocks I remember from WMID, circa 1963-64 -- they may have followed each other on the air -- were
1) Mike Sullivan. He went from Class IV 1340 WMID to the newly-Christened Class IV 1240 Chicken Rocker WGBB on Long Island as music director and nighttime jock. Fantastic personna out there in nighttime Pleasant Valley Sunday. But when Smiling Susqhehanna didn't come through with all the red carpets they'd promised him, he ducked to WGLI Babylon for some U-Haul money and then went to WGRT 950 in Chicago.
2) Mel Phillips was the other WMID jock mentioned. *That* Mel Phillips.
1) Mike Sullivan. He went from Class IV 1340 WMID to the newly-Christened Class IV 1240 Chicken Rocker WGBB on Long Island as music director and nighttime jock. Fantastic personna out there in nighttime Pleasant Valley Sunday. But when Smiling Susqhehanna didn't come through with all the red carpets they'd promised him, he ducked to WGLI Babylon for some U-Haul money and then went to WGRT 950 in Chicago.
2) Mel Phillips was the other WMID jock mentioned. *That* Mel Phillips.
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