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Author: Ellis Feaster
Dan Ingram’s early days at 77 WABC New York – August 1962
Dan Ingram on 77 WABC was always entertaining, always clever, and always fun to listen to. In this aircheck, it’s summer 1962. Pre-Beatles, pre-Beach Boys, & pre-giant ratings, but WABC was well on it’s way to become the New York Powerhouse we all remember. Even here in the early days of…
Random Dan Ingram Bits, 77 WABC New York | 1967-1969
For may, the “glory” years of 77 WABC New York, were from 1966 to 1972. In the ratings, the station was untouchable. The station was so popular that many stations around the country molded themselves after WABC. Dan Ingram was in the drivers seat, getting New Yorkers home from work every day.…
Dan Ingram on 77 WABC New York | April 10 1968
It’s April 10 1968. A very turbulent time! We were just a week removed from the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Vietnam was raging, & Big Dan and WABC offered us a diversion from all the craziness of the late 60s. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, & Motown rule the airwaves,…
Harry Harrison, Musicradio 77 WABC New York | Dec 31 1975
Harry Harrison was New York’s “Morning Mayor.” He woke up ridiculously early in the morning for decades to wake New York, and help them start the day, with a positive word, & great music. Born and raised in Chicago, he got his start in radio at the age…
The “Next To Last Aircheck” with Ross & Wilson, Final Day Musicradio 77 WABC New York | May 10 1982
I think everyone has heard “The Last Aircheck” from the final three hours of Musicradio WABC, with Dan Ingram & Ron Lundy, before the flip to talk. I call this aircheck, the “Next To Last Aircheck. It’s the hour before the Ron & Dan show, with Ross Brittain & Brian Wilson, acknowledging it’s the…
Dan Ingram From Final Week on 77WABC New York | May 3 1982
This is kind of a bittersweet aircheck. It’s from the final week of MusicRadio 77 WABC. At this point in WABC’s history, you can feel the changes coming to the station. You had a sports talk show in the evening, Alan Colmes, who would soon become the station’s morning host, doing talk…
Bill Mack, KWFT 62 Wichita Falls TX | August 3 1957
Not many radio DJs have a Grammy, but Bill Mack does! Radio personalty & songwriter Bill Mack penned the song “Blue,” which became a big song for Patsy Cline in 1958, & a smash hit in 1996 for LeAnn Rimes. He has also written songs for George Strait, Dean Martin, Ray Price, Jerry Lee Lewis and George…
Norm Gregory, KJR 95 Seattle | May 1971
KJR Channel 95 was Seattle’s dominant Top 40 station, from the 1950s, through the 1980s. Big promotions, big personalities, and the biggest songs of the era were featured on KJR. Some of the names that were on KJR include Larry Lujack, Pat O’Day, Dick Curtis, Lan Roberts, Scotty Brink, Norm Gregory, KJR Channel…
