WDVR 1964 Ad #02
May 10, 2018

WDVR 1964 Ad Story

This is a portion of a full-page ad which WDVR Philadelphia ran in the Inquirer daily morning newspaper in May of 1964…

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WJIB 1969 Commercial Wharf Boston Mass.
April 12, 2018

The Music of Boston!

This was not to be the topic of the week, but two events came together which led me in this direction ……

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March 14, 2018

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Part 2

During Part One, which was posted several weeks ago in this space … I showed photos of one of the Pennsylvania RR’s…

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February 25, 2018

Radio Stations I Have Known …

This new station logo was painted on this wall of a building near Yankee Stadium in The Bronx New York City in…

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A more satisfying Amtrak ride by aAmtrak GE Genesis P42 166 at Saratoga Springs
January 10, 2018

What will it take for a smoother, more satisfying Amtrak ride?

My friend Mike and I – both train lovers – were chatting a couple of days back, talking about how great it…

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December 18, 2017

A George Washington Christmas 1776: The River and The British!

Of course I’m talking about one of the major events of the American Revolutionary War which took place on Christmas night ……

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December 7, 2017

December 7th, 1941 . . . “a date which will live in infamy!”

This is the U. S. S. Arizona Memorial. To me, the image says Pearl Harbor more than any other I’ve ever seen….

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November 26, 2017

On a Silent Night … Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire!

Recently, radio industry news publications put out the word that Nielsen, the large research organization which, among other things, publishes the radio…

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