December 22, 2022

Deep Within My Heart There Lies a Christmas Melody!

As “Richard” commented after reading my first Musings related to Christmas songs and recordings, which was published on this page in November…

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December 8, 2022

Radio’s ‘Christmas Festival’ Memories!

I recently received an E-mail from Frank Murphy … who was one of our key associates at our Bonneville Broadcast Consultants radio…

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Dial FM Headline
October 13, 2022

1970’s Radio Trivia …

Wasn’t I having fun? Pages from old newspapers saved because they contained a story related to your life or work, or simply…

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September 29, 2022

Song for Guy!

Sir Elton John is one of the most recognized and best-selling musical artists of all time! Yet, you may wonder, why is…

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September 15, 2022

Radio… “Of Mikes and Men” – Part 2

A year ago, I shared with you a small portion of this book, which was published in 1951. The story takes place…

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August 25, 2022

There’s no Escape-ing … 20 years!

This Easy Listening/Beautiful Music genre’s channel was birthed on XM Satellite Radio 20 years ago this week, in the last week of…

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July 28, 2022

Missing… But Not Forgotten!

A sub-title of this Musings could be, “Tunes you no longer hear on SiriusXM’s Escape channel.” Why? While these melodies have long…

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June 9, 2022

The Westinghouse Stations – Part Two!

The following continues the story that began in the last Marlin’s Musings about the Westinghouse Corporation. If you’ve not read Part One,…

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May 26, 2022

Radio History … the Westinghouse Stations!

The Westinghouse name, if remembered at all, likely means different things to different people, as it spanned so many aspects within the…

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Clarinda Water Tower
May 12, 2022

Remembering Glenn Miller!

What you’ll read below is an encore posting of a Musings I shared in 2018 immediately following our return from this small…

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April 28, 2022

Trivia & Frances …

The above rouge’s gallery of characters, including yours truly, was a panel discussion among those providing programming content or consultancy services to…

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March 31, 2022

Worst to First … A Story of Two Stations!

In recent weeks, many in the radio industry and fans of radio history have been all a-twitter over the release of this…

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