
Train up a child … the Value of Mentoring!
This insightful message was shared with his congregation by Reverend Mark Adams, Senior Pastor of Redland Baptist Church in Rockville, Maryland: Television’s…

In the News … World War Two era!
Here are summaries of news from the months of the World War Two era beginning in the Fall of 1939, as reported…

October 18th … 44 years ago!
While this is a very personal story, I hope you’ll take a couple of minutes to read … as I think you’ll…

Myron & his Little Station that Did!
While I never had the honor of knowing or even meeting him, Myron Jones is a name that has been recognizable to…

Fear & Courage!
Tim Moore, who is Managing Director of the Audience Development Group a radio industry consulting organization … recently posted this commentary as…

There’s an old steam locomotive known as a “camelback!”
As you see in this photo, the engineer’s cab is located on the side of the boiler — the large round portion of every steam locomotive, where the steam is generated to power the driving wheels — rather than behind the boiler, which is the norm for virtually every other type of steam locomotive.
Hence, this design took on the “camelback” name, because the engineer sat astride the boiler. It became a very popular locomotive for pulling short passenger and freight trains on railroads such as the one which I grew up with … the Reading Railroad….

The “WOW factor” … a key part of life!
When’s the last time you said or thought “oh wow” in reacting to something you saw or heard? If you were never…

MARLIN’S GOOD-TIME PICTURE BOOK! – PART 2
The purpose of these “Good-Time Picture” posts is to show color and/or larger versions of photos which appear in my memoir, RADIO…

Like it or not … Disco isn’t a fad
In their July of 1979 issue, a now long-defunct industry magazine named Broadcast Communications published an article under the above headline. It…

Neil Diamond and the Power of Music!
Neil + ABBA an ENCORE moment celebrating the potentially life-changing power of music! Originally Posted February 05, 2018: I’m not quite sure…

My Satellite Radio Days – Part Two
August 26, 2019 … the 17th anniversary of Escape, SiriusXM’s Beautiful Music/Easy Listening channel! Yes, the launch came on August 26th, 2002…

My Satellite Radio Days: Part One
Originally Posted: March 29, 2018 As a Lead-in to next week’s planned Musings, I share this Encore post from March of 2018…