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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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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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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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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March 17, 2022

A Few Beautiful stories!

TV/Radio Age was an industry publication whose prime target audience was the advertising community, especially those which purchased advertising on radio and…

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November 18, 2021

Radio Automation … circa 1974!

In case you don’t recognize us, the gentleman on the left is James A. Schulke, the proprietor of Stereo Radio Productions (SRP)…

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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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June 17, 2021

Marlin’s Good-Time Picture Book! – Part 4

The significance of this message is that I needed something to fill this space … plus I believe the words speak for…

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May 6, 2021

FM Radio’s status … circa 1970!

Since this story begins with a gentleman named Edwin Howard Armstrong inventing and developing what we commonly call FM Radio, I thought…

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April 22, 2021

Ethel Gabriel: An icon in the world of recorded music…

… especially as related to “our kind of music,” Easy Listening /Beautiful Music … passed away recently. Her name was Ethel Gabriel,…

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