WNEW 1130 New York – Gene Klavan – News Ray Rice – July 25 1973
From the Kevin Fennessy Collection.
Gene Klavan was part of the 1130 WNEW morning show from 1952, until 1977. In the 1950s & 1960s, he hosted with his partner Dee Finch. Klavan & Finch were wildly popular. They improvised the popular four-hour program, which featured wacky characters like Mrs. Wes Chester, Sy Kology, Trevor Traffic, Mr Nat and Victor Verse. After Dee Finch retired, Klavan hosted the show alone, from 1968, until 1977. This aircheck is from the final years of the Gene Klavan Program, before the show left WNEW, and moved to 710 WOR where Gene hosted afternoons, to compliment WOR’s longtime morning show, Rambling with Gambling. -Ellis
WNEW 1130 New York - Gene Klavan - August 4 1975 Gene Klavan was part of the 1130 WNEW morning show from 1952, until 1977. In the 1950s & 1960s, he hosted with his partner, Dee Finch. Klavan & Finch were wildly popular. They improvised the popular four-hour program,…
WNEW 1130 New York - Gene Klavan - August 4 1975 Gene Klavan was part of the 1130 WNEW morning show from 1952, until 1977. In the 1950s & 1960s, he hosted with his partner Dee Finch. Klavan & Finch were wildly popular. They improvised the popular four-hour program,…
Gene Klavan was a great radio artist who used every inch of Mr. Marconi’s audio stage to create great radio. He began his radio career in Baltimore and Washington, but came to New York to replace Gene Rayburn, who was leaving the popular duo of Rayburn and Finch…
Since 1979, Ellis has been on the radio, mostly hosting morning radio shows across the country, from Philly to Salt Lake City, Tampa to Seattle, and for the last 25 years, has been waking Orlando & Daytona Beach.