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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March 28, 2024

Memories from 55 years ago this week!

Yes, March 30th, 1969, would be my first day of employment with Radio New York Worldwide, Incorporated, the owners of WRFM and…

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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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Luxury Railroad Travel Postage Stamps
February 2, 2023

Celebrating Luxury Rail Travel … in the 1930’s & 1940’s!

As the message read under that headline on this set of five U. S. postage stamps issued on August 26th, 1999 ……

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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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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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February 10, 2022

Love & …

This beautiful sculpture art is a design conceived by one Robert Indiana, and first appeared on a Christmas card created for New…

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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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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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July 30, 2020

Two Cities … Two Great Stations!

What I wrote about in my previous Musings was really the prelude to the focus of this Musings … the publishing of…

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July 16, 2020

From New York City to the Nation!

If you know my story at all, having been following these Musings for any length of time or have read my Memoir…

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