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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Bill Tynan (on left) and Bob Carpenter (right) visit Marlin at XM Satellite Radio in 2002.
January 28, 2021

Remembering WHFS …

  . . . and its two founders! Updated from the original post dated 9/13/18. The story of this station’s birth, which…

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May 21, 2020

Radio had just celebrated its 25th birthday!

Did you read the above ad closely? Did you know Arthur Godfrey was on WABC? Yes, he was … as this is…

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September 5, 2019

Like it or not … Disco isn’t a fad

In their July of 1979 issue, a now long-defunct industry magazine named Broadcast Communications published an article under the above headline. It…

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June 20, 2019

The Birth and Evolution of the FM Dial “Card”!

As the Musings planned for this space hasn’t come together as anticipated … and as a gentleman recently engaged me in an…

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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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