November 21, 2019

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…

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The 1940's Savoy Express
October 24, 2019

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…

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October 17, 2019

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…

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October 10, 2019

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…

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October 3, 2019

Fear & Courage!

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

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Reading Company Newtown Pa L-5a 4-6-0 589 May 4 1941 Baldwin 1902
September 26, 2019

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….

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September 19, 2019

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…

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September 12, 2019

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…

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September 5, 2019

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…

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Neil Diamond and the Power of Music
August 29, 2019

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…

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August 22, 2019

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…

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August 15, 2019

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…

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