The Lonely Shepherd sheet music
November 30, 2023

Is There a More “Haunting” Melody?

What would your first guess be as to what that melody is? Or, who would the artist or artists be? Would the…

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More FM 101.1
November 16, 2023

End of an Era – Part 1: 101.1 MoreFM

The End of an Era! If you have any current connection with the radio industry or live in greater Philadelphia, you are…

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Knowledge - Innovation - Passion in Radio
October 19, 2023

Knowledge? Innovation? Passion?

Last year, I was honored to be asked to write an essay for inclusion in a student-oriented textbook titled The Radio Station,…

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October 5, 2023

WHFS – Feast Your Ears

The month of September is now behind me … it was noteworthy, as I spent a good two-thirds of it “on the…

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The 1940's Savoy Express
September 7, 2023

News from the “War Years!”

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

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August 17, 2023

Jim Aylward and His “Aunt Martha”

If the name Jim Aylward is recognizable and familiar to you, it’s likely that you lived in the greater New York City…

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July 6, 2023

Twisted and Bent – A Guest Commentary!

During this Freedom Week, it just seems so appropriate that I share this Monday Morning Memo commentary as written and published just…

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June 22, 2023

Coca-Cola … Bill Backer … and I’d Like To Teach the World To Sing!

I doubt that “Coca-Cola” needs any further description or clarification, and a song is a song, except this story is about a…

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April 20, 2023

A Keyboard & Its Master … Dan Troxell!

Dan Troxell is one of only two instrumentalists (the other being steel guitar player Curt Shoemaker) who still releases recordings which include…

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Sevoy Express - The 1940's
March 16, 2023

In the News … March 1945!

When XM Radio’s Savoy Express had its own newscaster, Ed Baxter … here’s what you would have heard Ed reporting on “the…

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March 2, 2023

A Marlin Radio Industry Saga … Part Two!

Picking up from where I’d left off in my previous Musings … This was early 1958. Having gained the knowledge and secured…

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February 16, 2023

A Marlin Radio Industry Saga … Chapter One!

Before I actually begin to tell you the story to which the headline relates, I’d like to preface what led up to…

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