WDVR 1964 Ad #02
April 16, 2026

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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March 26, 2026

Marlin’s Good-Time Picture Show # 10

In this edition of the Picture Show, I am going to follow through on something I promised eons ago … to show…

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Radios - AM, XM, and Marlin's Book
January 8, 2026

Marlin’s Story

When one looks at the radio pictured on the dust cover of my memoir, some likely think that the contents are about…

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December 18, 2025

The Music of Christmas as Heard on a Station Near You!

A few years back, radio industry news publications put out the word that Nielsen, the large research organization that, among other things,…

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November 20, 2025

Thankfulness … or an Attitude of Gratitude!

There’s a Christian praise song whose opening line is “Give Thanks with a grateful heart,” … which truly rings close to my…

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July 3, 2025

O, Say, Can You See …

America … the land of freedom, of opportunity – where for the past two centuries and continuing today … peoples by the…

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May 29, 2025

Beautiful Music’s Greatest Hits!

Radio’s Easy Listening or Beautiful Music format––of which I have been called a pioneer and pace-setter, even the Father of its modern-day…

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November 14, 2024

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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August 29, 2024

Music, Maestro, Please…

It’s an art and a science. It’s a universal language. It stirs the senses, kindles the fires of memory, and soothes the…

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McMurdo Silver Closeup
August 1, 2024

Who or What is McMurdo Silver?

A while back, my longtime friend, Bill LeGall, sent me three photos — including the one above — of what he told…

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June 6, 2024

Looking back 80 years … to D-Day: June 6, 1944!

UPDATED ENCORE PRESENTATION of original posted on May 31st, 2018 With today being June 6th, I cannot ignore what occurred on this…

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WRFM The Radio Pollution Fighters
May 9, 2024

WRFM … and its Stars!

I arrived at WRFM in late March 1969 as its new manager … at a time when the station desperately needed help….

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