Tom Murphy After KOL, Bob Dearborn Before KIXI On Chicago's Super WCFL Together - 1973 If you ever wondered what…
Here’s another cavalcade of newscast airchecks, this time from 1970 through 1979. Your contributing editor took a little license by…
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Originally posted November 28, 2018 -- What do Robert Theodore Simon and country music legend Buck Owens have in common?…
From my long-ago DXing days, I found this rare photo in a copy of TV & Radio Mirror Magazine. Who’s…
While much of the radio broadcasting world — and radio listeners — have been more than comfortable with conventional Christmas music…
While on duty with the Army in Germany, Elvis Presley wanted to reach out to his fans. So his manager…
You could call this a Memory Lane test. Who remembers these songs? Well actually, You don't have to be an…
The origin of things — especially things about Christmas – is always intriguing. Here's one: that the song that eventually…
The holiday season has become a time when a lot of local radio –- if anyone is listening -– is…
He was a flamboyant but sometimes haphazard man of multiple careers. Those who knew J. Michael Kenyon in his writing…
Originally posted November 2018---William R. Bradbury's radio news career was a great example of a small-town guy making it big.…
The storied success of KING Broadcasting through the 1950s and '60s led to new challenges in the '70s. The company's…