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Tag: 2014
WBZ Reports: Dale Dorman dies at 71 | October 26, 2014
A year ago this day, WBZ Newsradio 1030 began airing the story about the passing of Boston Legend Dale Dorman when the news broke sometime mid-afternoon of Sunday, October 26, 2014. This website did have the scoop within minutes of a Facebook posting by one of Dale’s friends and co-workers at WRKO, Harry Nelson, and…
A Legend Lives: A Sample of 650 WSM Nashville | September 16, 2014
WSM. Those three call letters bring up images, burned into the memory of past generations. An entire genre of American popular music essentially began right here at this radio station, in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1925 with a weekly show called, “The WSM Barn Dance”. The first announcer/MC for the program was Judge Hay, who changed…
Celebrate CCC Day – The End of Rock at 106.9 WCCC Hartford, Part 4 | August 1, 2014
The final broadcast of WCCC. What, really can one say? Another one bites the dust, perhaps? Mike Karolyi brought so many people who worked at “The Rock” into the studio that it sounded more like a typical morning show. Voices coming and going. Laughter. Tears. Voices who literally choked up on the mic. To say…
Celebrate CCC Day – The End of Rock at 106.9 WCCC Hartford, Part 3 | August 1, 2014
The final broadcast of WCCC. What, really can one say? Another one bites the dust, perhaps? Mike Karolyi brought so many people who worked at “The Rock” into the studio that it sounded more like a typical morning show. Voices coming and going. Laughter. Tears. Voices who literally choked up on the mic. To say…
Celebrate CCC Day – The End of Rock at 106.9 WCCC Hartford, Part 2 | August 1, 2014
The final broadcast of WCCC. What, really can one say? Another one bites the dust, perhaps? Mike Karolyi brought so many people who worked at “The Rock” into the studio that it sounded more like a typical morning show. Voices coming and going. Laughter. Tears. Voices who literally choked up on the mic. To say…
Celebrate CCC Day – The End of Rock at 106.9 WCCC Hartford, Part 1 | August 1, 2014
Mike Karolyi hosts the final-ever broadcast of Rock 106.9 WCCC. A lot of guests make up this final show, and Karolyi wasted no time whatsoever in bringing out the heavyweights. Howard Stern is the first guest on right at 1pm as this gets rolling. Howard and Mike talk for about 10 minutes about his time…
QuickChexx: WDRC “The Big D” Lives on – 102.9 WDRC-HD2 Hartford | April 21, 2014
This is very short, recorded by your webmaster himself. Only to illustrate that there are some constructive uses for Ibiquity’s IBOC branded “HD Radio”. DRC-FM’s HD2 is locally produced, with sweepers voiced by Floyd Wright and an occasional classic WDRC jingle from the old Top 40 days on 1360 AM. But note, the HD2 recreation…
Return of a Legend: Scott Shannon’s First Show; 101.1 WCBS-FM New York, Part 2 | March 3, 2014
Continuing where Part 1 left off, Scott Shannon is given a huge welcome as the new host of the WCBS-FM Morning show! WCBS-FM has come a long way from the days when “Jack” put an end to the Oldies of the 50s and 60s, and what wasn’t even mentioned on this first day (why would…
