October 21, 2021

Easy Listening is not dead!

Back in 2019, I wrote about a true radio broadcasting entrepreneur named Norm Alpert. We lost Norm in December of 2018, not…

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The 1940's Savoy Express
October 7, 2021

In the News … 77 years ago this week!

Here’s the text of another report of what those who listened to XM Radio’s 1940s Channel — known as the Savoy Express…

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September 23, 2021

enLighten, Marlin, & his 2021 SGMA Hall of Fame Induction

The enLighten Channel on XM Radio A prime definition of “enlighten” is “to give spiritual knowledge or insight” … which certainly was…

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August 26, 2021

Marlin’s Good-Time Picture Show – Part Five

As noted before, prior to leaving Maryland in the early part of this year, I sorted and sifted through many mounds of…

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August 12, 2021

WNEW-AM’s Family tree!

Let’s say the trunk of the tree is the fledgling new industry of radio broadcasting. Eighteen months after KDKA Pittsburgh and WWJ…

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July 29, 2021

A Radio Station & its Mistress! – Chapter One

Before we get into this story — which I will share in multiple parts over the next several weeks — I must…

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July 15, 2021

RADIO… the early 1930s

This is a book I first read several years ago, having been loaned to me by my longtime radio industry friend, Ken…

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June 17, 2021

Marlin’s Good-Time Picture Book! – Part 4

The significance of this message is that I needed something to fill this space … plus I believe the words speak for…

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June 3, 2021

Remembering War Correspondent Tom Treanor at D-Day 1944

Encore of original from June 6, 2019. If this looks familiar, it’s an encore of a Musings shared here two years ago…

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May 20, 2021

Opportunities …

… are awaiting, often dependent on how wide you open your eyes! … will sometimes drop into your lap, but you must…

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May 6, 2021

FM Radio’s status … circa 1970!

Since this story begins with a gentleman named Edwin Howard Armstrong inventing and developing what we commonly call FM Radio, I thought…

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April 22, 2021

Ethel Gabriel: An icon in the world of recorded music…

… especially as related to “our kind of music,” Easy Listening /Beautiful Music … passed away recently. Her name was Ethel Gabriel,…

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