Radio Split Ranch: Richie Norris — From Schenectady to the Airwaves

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Radio Split Ranch!
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Hello and welcome once again to Radio Split Ranch, a monthly visit with the
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Capital Region's great broadcasters of the past and sometimes present.
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I'm Warren Garling when I'm not on the radio.
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Once again this month, I sat down with a longtime veteran of regional radio,
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whose history you'd think I'd know more about.
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I mean, we crossed paths at some of the same radio stations,
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but don't actually recall meeting at any of those stations.
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That can happen when one jock works a full-time shift six days a week,
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and another does just four hours a week, like I did, from 1988 to 2020.
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Sit back and enjoy once again one of the great voices of the great Northeast, Richie Norris.
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Well, I've had lunch with this guy a few times, but I really don't know a lot about him.
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And I'm looking right at him, which is very unusual for the way I've been doing my podcast lately.
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Richie Norris, thanks for coming to the Radio Split Ranch.
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Thank you, Warren. Thanks for having me. This is a real treat.
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It's my pleasure. And I just, I need to know everything Richie today.
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So we'll just have some fun with this. Okay. Sounds good.
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All right. Now, are you a local boy?
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Yeah, I'm born and raised in Schenectady. Okay. Went to Mount Pleasant High School, class of 84.
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Wow. Yeah, yeah. So just lived here my entire life and families from here.
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Mm-hmm. Yeah. So it's really not much more to tell about that.
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I read somewhere that the average American evidently dies within 50 miles of
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where they were born. Oh, okay.
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So it's not unusual to spend sometimes your whole life here.
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I mean, I moved away a couple of times and still wound up back here, you know. Right, right.
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Born in the old St. Clair's Hospital. Yeah. Yeah, okay.
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Crazy. I believe it was either St. Clair's or Bellevue. Either one,
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one of those. Yeah, yeah.
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So, growing up, you went to Mont Pleasant, as you mentioned,
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and where did you get your interest in broadcasting?
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Actually, from an early age. I want to say the bug bit me maybe around nine.
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Okay. So, we're talking like 1975.
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Okay Six Alright I just remember Growing up,
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My parents always listened to either WPTR or WTR-Y. So I remember J.W.
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Wagner, Boom Boom Brannigan.
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Yeah. And my mom's family is from New Jersey, Lodi, Clifton.
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Okay. So we would go down there in the summertime, and that was the first time
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I would say probably it was the summer of 76 was the first time I heard WABC.
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And for some reason, I don't know what it was about it. I was just hooked.
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I'm like, this is what I want to do. Wow.
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And just the way the station sounded and the reverb, I'm like, this is cool.
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You know, I'm like, I want to do this. Isn't that wild? Yeah.
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So, you know, as the years went on, I mean, radio, no matter what time of the
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day, I always had a radio with me. Yeah.
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Yeah. Listened to TRY, PTR.
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At that point, 3WD, the old WSNY, had signed on in 1976. So I listened to them a lot.
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You know, and just the need to want to be on the radio just grew and grew.
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So about, I would say, 1979, 1980, it was in junior high. Okay.
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WPTR was doing a radio-a-thon. So my dad's like, come on, I'm getting the cargo
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for a ride. I had no idea where we were going to go because they were,
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you know, giving tours of the station.
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But he knew of your interest. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So when we pulled up, I mean, my eyes just got big and I was just like,
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oh my God, this is incredible.
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So I went in and, you know, got a tour of the station, got to meet,
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you know, a lot of the jocks on the air and things like that.
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So that was, again, that just...
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You're creating a monster. Yes, exactly, exactly.
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Now, did your parents, like mine, didn't look into what radio pays?
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No, no, not at all. They were so supportive of me from the start.
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I found it at 11, and I'm in it by 16, but had no idea that in small and medium
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market radio, you're probably not going to make a lot of money.
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Yeah, my parents had no idea. They're just like, you know, this is cool.
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This is what he wants to do.
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Yeah. You know, I had a little makeshift radio station upstairs on my bedroom.
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There you go. Mine was in the basement.
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You know, so a couple of turntables and, you know, things like that, making tapes.
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Yeah. And finally, it was early 1983.
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I got the guts up. Okay. I called up Michael Plath, who was Michael J. Raymond.
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Yes. He was doing, I think, afternoons at 3WD. And I said, hey,
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look, you know, this is something I'm really interested in. Is there any way
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I can just hang out, whatever?
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He's like, well, let me talk to management and blah, blah, blah.
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We'll see. I'm like, okay.
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So he came back to me and said, yeah, you know, you can start coming down.
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You know, I go down maybe once a week.
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Yeah. And just, you know, watch him on the air. Sure.
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You know, shortly thereafter, he said, hey, I used to teach a course at the college and
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whatever X amount of dollars. He said, you know, if you want to take it.
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I'm like, yeah, this would be great. Because my plans were I was going to go
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to the new school of radio. Sure.
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Contemporary radio. Yeah. You know, this was early 83.
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I would go down there, took the course, got my license.
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And then it was just on and off, you know, maybe a couple of times during the
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summer, you know, run the board for the Yankee games.
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Yeah. So you got some hands on as well. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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Well, the crazy thing is, and they're at 1240, right? It was 3WD.
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And I started at SNY in ninth grade.
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They had an internship that you go down once a week in the afternoon.
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And it was only supposed to last a few weeks. And I just kept going after it evidently ended.
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Like at the end of the school year, I just kept going until they finally kicked
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me out when they changed formats. They said, can't hang around here anymore, kid.
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You know, but I, so I did the same thing at the same frequency.
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Isn't that wild? Yeah, and luckily, I feel lucky because I feel like I'm one
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of the last handful of people who...
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Learned that way. Got to hang out at the local station. Yeah.
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You know, do odds and ends, run the board.
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Yeah. So I did that for a little bit during the summer. And then my first,
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I guess you want to say actual paying job was at TRY.
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Really? Yeah. I was actually just board hopping. And I think it was at that
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point, American Top 40 or Dick Clark's National Music Survey. One of them, yeah.
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And got to go on the air twice an hour and do the weather forecast.
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I was scared I was scared So I learned How to record Do a cart And I would go
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in and record the weather forecast Put that on the cart and just play that Okay,
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yeah So that lasted maybe about a month And then went back to 3WD And went back to, you know,
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board hopping Doing the ethnic shows I did those too Yeah,
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yeah, you know, exactly The Polish show, the Italian show Yep, absolutely.
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They were still doing that. Yeah, yeah.
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Wow, in the 80s. Yeah. That's wild.
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Oh, yeah, yeah. I think they had an Irish show that we used to run. Wow. Yeah.
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Then early 1984, I want to say February or March, I'm at home watching TV.
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Mike Plath calls me. He said, what are you doing? I said, oh,
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I'm just watching a movie.
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He goes, how do you feel about going on the air tonight? I'm like, okay.
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The girl I was doing, I think the shift was 8 to 1. Couldn't make it in. Okay.
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So, getting the cargo down there. So, of course, nervous.
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Sure, sure. But it was cool. I, you know, it was just, yeah, it was very cool.
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I think I was on for a couple of nights in a row. and
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then sometime oh let's see
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early 84 so that was your graduated right right
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before after i graduated in june of 84 um they gave me the weekend overnights
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wow yeah yeah so yeah you don't eat saturday night sunday morning sure it's
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like that so this is great you know and uh continue to do that until february
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of 85 okay when they asked me.
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Okay, nice. Yeah. Not too shabby. But yeah, it sounds very similar to a lot of other folks.
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The only thing that changed over the years, I think, and you alluded to it,
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is that all of a sudden there was a school that you could go to to learn how
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to get into the business, which you had considered. Exactly. But, but you're right.
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And today there, there's no such thing. I mean, the, the, the first of all,
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the school's gone, but now there's no place to, to break in,
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if you will. There's no, there's no overnight shift.
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It's, it's all, you know, voice tracked by people in other markets.
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So it's a really different industry from, from the time that you got into it. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
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So yeah, it was, it was great. Here I am 17 years old, just out of high school. Yeah.
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Full-time radio gig. Yeah. It was a lot of fun. Yeah. I had a great time.
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I mean, learned a lot when I was there.
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After that, I think I was there. I stayed until December of 86.
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And I'm like, you know, I'm kind of tired of working all night, you know.
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It does a number on your social life for sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
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So I left 3WD, started to send out some tapes.
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One of the stations was WTRY.
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John Gabriel was the PD at the time. Okay, so that one was this?
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That would have been, I think I started...
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February of 87. Okay. Yeah, because I left 3WD in December of 86 and then in February of 87.
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Well, that's wild because I got there part-time on Saturday mornings in 88.
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Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah, back down in the old bunker. Yeah. Yeah.
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Gabe had called and he said, look, he said, the only thing we got going on right
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now, he goes, weekend, overnight, or no, Sunday night and Monday morning.
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They were still running Larry King. Okay. And then I got to go on the air for
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a half hour, 5.30 to 6. I'm like, yeah, okay, cool. I'll do it.
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Sure, sure. still young and everything, living at home. And it was great.
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I mean, that was, I had met Rick Mitchell, you know, and I'm, I'm a radio geek.
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Oh yeah. So it's like, wow, I'm, you know, I get to meet somebody I grew up listening to. Exactly.
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So I stayed there. Then eventually I started doing weekend overnights and I
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think not too long after I got hired is when we brought uncle Fred Horton in.
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Yes. Yeah. He took over as program director and then they were slowly starting
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to phase out. Cause I think at that time, TRY was music right up until maybe
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about six o'clock at night.
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And then they had some talk shows from the mutual network that were running.
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Okay. All right. So eventually those started a phase.
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Eventually we got rid of those all together.
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So Fred said to me, he goes, would you like to do seven at midnight?
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I'm like, yeah, this is great. Yeah. You know, again, another station I grew up listening to. Sure.
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Oh gosh. You know, working with people I work with, you know, Boogie Bob O'Neill.
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Yeah. At that point, it became Captain Bob. I was so glad you listened to him.
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Right. So that was sometime, I would say maybe mid-87.
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Okay. All right. And then I had stayed there through June of 88.
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Okay. All right. So we probably just barely missed each other. Yeah.
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Yeah. Because I came in, and in that summer, Fred left. He'd only been there a couple years.
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Yeah. Because, yeah, Fred was still there when I left. I had gotten word that
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the people that own 3WD...
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Had purchased, what was it, 96.7 at the time? I believe so, yeah.
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Yeah, so it was a satellite network top 40 format, and we're looking to go live. Okay.
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So, sent a tape over, had an interview, and they're like, okay,
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again, would you like to do 7 at midnight?
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I'm like, of course, you know. Yeah. Well, my first time on FM, this is wild.
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You know, and top 40, which I was, you know, grew up listening to, big fan of the format.
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Right. I ended up working with program director at the time, Banana Joe Montillon.
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Joe, you know, I said to him, man, you know, where'd you work before and things
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like that? He goes, oh yeah, I worked at WFIL in Philadelphia,
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KHJ in Los Angeles. My goodness.
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I was like, my mouth dropped. Yeah, sure, sure. This is great.
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He actually replaced George Michael at WFIL. Wow.
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George Michael went on to WABC. Yeah, yeah.
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Wow. Wow, this is wild. Yeah. You know?
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Yeah, you're rubbing elbows here. Yeah, yeah, exactly. You know,
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and again, Radio Geek, I'm like, you know, this is awesome.
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And again, I was in, it was kind of a short-lived stint at KZ.
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I started out doing 7 at midnight and then moved into middays. Okay.
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And I'm like, okay, it's not bad. I'm like more of a high energy type DJ,
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you know, so I kind of had to tone down a little bit. Uh-huh.
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And I think they were starting to take the station in a little more of a rock direction.
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So they had other plans and unfortunately they let me go. That was the first
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time I ever lost a job. Okay.
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Yeah. And now, so you're talking, you've been in the business maybe four or
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five years by this time, right? Yeah, exactly.
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I got to 17, believe it or not, before I ever got fired. Yeah.
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Yeah. Well, and 10 of them were with GNA.
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I was there when they signed on. Right. I went away, came back.
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And, you know, so, but yeah, you know, you haven't been in the business until
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you're all of a sudden fired from the business.
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I was totally crushed. I was like, oh my God,
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this is the first time. Now, were you using your real name this whole time?
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Uh, yes. Or were you some other? Yeah, no, I used, uh, yeah,
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I was using my real name the entire time. Okay, cool.
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And then speaking of real names, name changes, I had gotten a call...
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From Rob Dawes. Rob, who had worked many years, PDAFLY, I think it was a QBK.
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I think so. Yeah. He was doing seven and midnight at what was then 102WQ in Saratoga, WQQY. Okay.
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And he said, hey, listen, we're looking for an overnight guy.
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I'm like, okay. So I got my tape together and went up in an interview with Ken
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Benson, who was the PD at the time.
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Okay, great. you want to start okay great so ken
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said to me he goes did you ever consider changing your name
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i'm like not really he goes well he goes with the last name norris he goes how
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about captain chuck norris i was like and then reluctantly said it okay you
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know so of course all the jokes like i called everything from captain crunch
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to captain up chuck yeah yeah yeah,
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So it was, it was, it was funny. It was fine.
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So after a while, I decided I wanted to go back to my real name. Okay.
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So I was at double Q for maybe a year, year and a half and left.
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I think at that point was the first time I got a job at WGNA.
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Because by that point, Fred was already at GNA. Sure.
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So, and I'm again thinking to myself, you know, I always wanted to be a gung-ho top 40 jock.
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I'm like country music. I'm like. Yeah. See, I knew nothing about it. Yeah.
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When I actually got the job at GNA or applied for the job when it was HAZ before
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they brought GNA to the air.
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Okay. I knew this FM station was coming.
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I didn't know they'd already chosen a format. Yeah. So I go into it blindly.
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I'm working at this semi-country, semi-religious, you know, station,
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AJZ, doing news and doing a little bit of jock work.
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And I know nothing about, you know, country music. Then I hear that's what GNA is going to be.
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Yeah. Well, I guess I'm going to learn, you know. Exactly. Yeah,
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yeah, yeah. So did you bite the bullet?
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Yeah, yeah. Fred was, yeah, come on, you know, looking for part-time.
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So I think I was doing Sunday afternoon at the time. But he said to me,
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I would like you to use a different name.
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Because when we were at TRY together, Richie Phillips...
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It was on with Fred. Right. And people were getting confused.
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Yeah. You know, Richie was on in the morning with, with actually,
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I think he started on the afternoon with Bob O'Neill. Okay. And then went to mornings with Fred.
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People were kind of confused. Too Richie. Yeah. Yeah.
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So I'm like, okay. Yeah. I'm like, Fred, that's not a problem.
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You know? So I'm thinking to myself, all right, what name can I use?
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Then it hit me. So the classic George Carlin, wonderful wine, a weird Willie West.
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Oh, geez. Now, now I remember you. Yeah.
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So I'm like, I'll just change weird. To Wild and became Wild Willie White.
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It was great because, you know, I had to howl.
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Any time checks were Wild Time.
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Nice. It was a lot of fun. Very high energy. Country 107.7, WGNA FM and AM,
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Albany's Connected Detroit.
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Good evening, Wild Time. Almost 8 o'clock. Hello, it's Wild.
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Woody West on the radio station with the most fun and the most continuous music.
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Here's another 13 in a row. Back-to-back by request. The Saturday night.
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Hi, can I request a song? Yeah, what would you like to hear?
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I would love to hear Shut Up and Kiffy by Mary Chapin Carpenter.
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Barry Mary, yes. Who's this? This is Selena.
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That long because at that point gfm changed
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to oldies 99.5 yes yep
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yep i went and worked there after my try
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stint in 92 i wound up over there i remember the yeah yeah so i had applied
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there and was doing saturday and sunday night six to midnight one of the jocks
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that they had on left over from the the electric electric 99 days yeah yeah
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he was doing overnight and they decided You know,
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we're just going to let him go. He wasn't working out.
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Yeah. So then the PD, Kelly Carls at the time, said again, you know,
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would you like to do overnight? I'm like, okay, sure.
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My gosh. So we actually did work at the same station at the same time.
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And I just don't remember any of that. Of course, I was only on four hours on
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a Saturday morning. And so I just don't remember.
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I really don't remember what the rest of the day was. I mean,
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I remember Kelly Carls hired me. So I remember him.
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Yeah. I can't, it's very hard for me to remember anybody else I worked with.
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Jim, Jimmy Nichols, who went by Jimmy Barnett on the radio as well.
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He was there for a while, kind of followed me over there part-time.
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Yeah. So he was on midday Saturday after I was done.
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Okay. And those are the, I can't remember anybody else. Who else was there at
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the time? Do you remember?
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Yeah. Tom Parker was there who had been there for years. Yeah,
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that's true. Okay. Yes. Yes.
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Boy, who else I'm trying to think. They brought in Tom Ailey to do mornings. That's right.
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Yes. I do remember that. Yes. That's when Tom and I first met.
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Yeah. Marty Brandon was there.
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I worked with him at TRY. I remember the name.
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Yeah. Marty was doing six to midnight when they hired me. Okay.
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All right. And then again, just, it lasted maybe about a year, year and a half.
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And Kelly was like, look, you know, we're not, fortunately, we're going to take
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it in a different direction.
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So to save some money, they just hired somebody to press buttons all night. Yeah.
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They were live on the weekend overnight, but during the week,
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you know, just hired a kid to press all night. So it's like, okay. Yeah. So...
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Again, pick up the phone, call Fred at GNA. Fred was great. He always,
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you know, whatever, made room for me anywhere. That's nice. Yeah. Yeah.
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So I went back to GNA. That was about 92.
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You know, again, went back to doing weekends, fell in.
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Lou was doing, brother Lou was actually doing, we called it the Saturday Night
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Country Club. Okay. It was dedications.
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And then I think they moved Louie into evenings.
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And then I took over for Lou on Saturday night. Okay. Doing,
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doing the country club again, a lot of fun. Yeah. Requested occasions.
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Filled in on basically every shift except mornings. Filled in as production
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when the production director was out on vacation.
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Yeah. So they said, hey, look, why don't we, we're going to create a position
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kind of like full-time, part-time.
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Mm-hmm. And, uh, I'm like, okay, great.
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I mean, the only downfall was that was I was with the station doing something
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like basically seven days a week. Uh-huh. You know, I would do morning,
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I would do traffic morning and afternoon.
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You know, we either fell in for somebody during the week if they were on vacation,
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plus my show was on the weekend. Yeah.
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You know, it was all right. And then stayed there for about three years, three and a half years.
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I'll be darned. Yeah. And just decided, I don't know, you know,
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maybe time for something a little different.
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Got on the radio for a while. Did you?
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Yeah. Yeah. Ended up getting, uh, worked at a couple of different places.
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Had moved up to Johnstown for a while. And you know, I was like,
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I'm kind of starting at the bug. This was early 2000s.
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So, I ended up getting together, a guy by the name of Mike Sleaser,
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who runs a low-power TV station on Gloverysville. Hmm.
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He eventually got the license for an AM station, 1440 WFNY, or the call letters.
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I went to, like, Saturday mornings. Did that for a while. A lot of fun.
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Left, and eventually called up J. Scott at Magic. At the time,
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it was, we were on 100.9 WKLI.
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Mm-hmm. I said, hey, looking to do some just part-time stuff,
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a full-time job, you know. So we started talking.
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Actually, the initial call was because I am also a, what they call a jingle geek.
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Okay. So I have a massive collection of radio station jingles from stations all over the place.
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And I said to Jay, I'm like, hey, any chance I can make copies of the dubs?
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Yeah, yeah, come on over. Let me borrow the CDs.
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And then we got to talking. And then, you know, I said, well,
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you know, if you're looking for somebody, let me know. And, you know,
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again, started doing weekends there.
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Sunday afternoon, then that led to Saturday night, doing an oldie show.
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Saturday and Sunday, again, filled in for anybody and everybody.
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It was the longest radio job I ever had, 13 years.
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Magic 590 plays more solid rock. Jukebox Saturday night from Music Radio Magic 590.
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Looking forward to seeing these guys this summer when they go on tour with the Dibby Brothers.
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They're going to be stopping by. SPAC here in Chicago. Feeling stronger.
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Years. And then, uh, when COVID hit, everybody was just, they,
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they didn't want a lot of people in the building.
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So especially the part-time people keep out of the building.
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And, uh, that was, so we're talking white when we said. 2020.
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So by June of that year, you know, still nobody knew what was going on. Yeah.
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So I decided, uh, you know, I
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said, that's, that's it. I'm just going to resign. I mean, it's been fun.
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Sure. That's it. So, and then, uh, Well, we almost worked together again then. Oh, that's right. Yes.
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Because in 2020, when No Heart let me go, I got in touch with Jay Scott. Yeah.
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And I was working. I had all the paperwork and everything, and then COVID hit.
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Yeah. And so everything got put on hold.
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And then during the COVID time, he actually left there.
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And so they really didn't have a position anyway. And so the fact that,
00:24:30.961 --> 00:24:35.801
you know, COVID had hit and everybody was broadcasting from their home for a
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while and that sort of thing.
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Yeah. So, but, yeah, and that's, I decided when it didn't work out to go back,
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you know, even just part time, I decided, you know, I guess I'm done.
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And it's been fine. I found pretend radio, which is what we're doing right now.
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Exactly. Podcasting. This is great. Yeah. Yeah.
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And you're doing some, still doing some stuff. Yeah.
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Yeah. After I left Magic, it was probably sometime in 2021, a guy that I had
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met through radio jingles,
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Matt Seinberg, who runs an air
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check site, Big Apple Air Checks out of New York City, had reached out.
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He said, hey, you know, I got a friend of mine, Steve West.
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Steve also runs airchecks.com.
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He said, you know, he's got an internet station. Yeah.
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Would you be interested in doing a couple hours?
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Yeah. Okay. This is cool. So I'm like, I already had the equipment at home and it was very basic.
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It was just microphone, little box plug in and it was voice tracking.
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I mean, I can log into the system and voice track.
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And I did that for a while. And then eventually Steve said, Hey,
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looking, we're looking to get more guys on the air.
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Would you like to do afternoons? And I'm like, yeah, okay. So I've been doing
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Monday through Saturday, 2 to 6 in the afternoon for probably a couple of years now. Wow.
00:26:30.649 --> 00:26:34.949
On one of the tracks. Also, the former Beatles got a brand new podcast coming
00:26:34.949 --> 00:26:38.569
out next month. Got a debut on September 20th. Be on the lookout for that.
00:26:39.309 --> 00:26:43.649
All right, go ahead and take it away. Sir Paul on Music Radio. Hit oldies.
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It's great. Who'd ever thought you think that you could do this from home? Exactly.
00:26:49.689 --> 00:26:56.729
Exactly. You know, I mean, I was actually thinking about doing a podcast during
00:26:56.729 --> 00:27:04.009
the, gosh, it was probably the mid, About 2015 or so, I started talking to Lou Roberts about it.
00:27:04.149 --> 00:27:08.569
I said, you know, wouldn't it be fun to do a podcast interviewing the jocks
00:27:08.569 --> 00:27:13.149
from the area, especially the guys, the veterans, you know, and kind of get –.
00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:17.559
Their take on the industry and how it grew over the years and all that stuff.
00:27:17.719 --> 00:27:20.459
And we never really got a chance to put it together.
00:27:20.679 --> 00:27:26.699
When I left in 2020, that's when I thought, you know, maybe I'm going to pursue this.
00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:30.819
So I started looking into equipment. You can see it doesn't take much. No, no, no.
00:27:30.999 --> 00:27:34.439
And started doing, you know, this radio split ranch.
00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:39.579
Yeah. Yeah. And I heard from MySci and Schenectady, and they were interested
00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:46.679
in archiving these so that when somebody 20 years, from now wants to learn about terrestrial radio,
00:27:46.959 --> 00:27:51.099
which who knows if it'll be around in 20 years, they'll have a place to go.
00:27:51.239 --> 00:27:55.099
They'll be able to listen to these podcasts and know the history of this area's
00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:58.159
radio from the people that lived it, the people that did it,
00:27:58.159 --> 00:28:02.399
you know, which is why you got the invite, you know, because I mean,
00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:05.779
you've been doing it for over 40 years. Yeah. Yeah.
00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:09.659
Crazy. It's been a long time. I know it's true. I guess they say once it's in
00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:12.979
your blood, it never. And that's it. It's a passion.
00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:15.039
It certainly is a passion. Exactly.
00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:18.979
Because as you know, sometimes you needed that job on the side.
00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:24.119
You needed to do record hops or something. Yeah. In order to make a – the reason
00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:28.139
I wound up at the new school for about five years was that we had just bought
00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:33.399
a house and I needed something on the side to continue paying the bills and
00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.759
keep the roof over our heads.
00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:39.439
Exactly. And Tom Brownlee provided that for me, which was really nice. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:28:39.959 --> 00:28:43.359
I mean, I've definitely had a lot of fun. Worked with a lot of great people.
00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:47.379
The names you've mentioned are just terrific folks that everybody remembers
00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:49.219
in this area. Yeah. Absolutely.
00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:54.199
I've been pretty fortunate to do the kind of radio I like to do.
00:28:54.499 --> 00:28:56.699
Good, yeah. Yes, it's just growing
00:28:56.699 --> 00:29:02.679
up, you know, mid-70s, I still remember that big 70s, top 40s sound.
00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:07.019
Mm-hmm. And that's something that's never went away. To me, when I'm on the air...
00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:12.540
No matter how big or small the station is, it's always, I've always wanted to
00:29:12.540 --> 00:29:13.720
make everything sound larger.
00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:19.180
Exactly, exactly. Well, that's what grabbed me about the business when I went
00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:21.120
to my first station at the age of 11.
00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:26.880
I hadn't listened to that particular station. It was WBNR in Newburgh.
00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:28.840
We were living in Walden at the time.
00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:33.780
And a friend of mine of our family takes me to see what he does on Saturday
00:29:33.780 --> 00:29:38.680
mornings. He was an Air Force recruiter. and he did a 15-minute recruiting show
00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:41.660
for the Air Force. He was based at Stewart Air Base at the time.
00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:50.340
Anyway, we walk into this shack at the transmitter site and I look at this friend of mine, Harry.
00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:53.020
I said, Harry, are you sure we're in the right place?
00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:55.420
I said, this is what I'm hearing?
00:29:55.700 --> 00:30:01.140
And so you walk in and you see the equipment, which immediately the bells and
00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:06.480
the whistles and the dials and the buttons and the lights grabbed me as an 11-year-old.
00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:09.600
Oh, yeah. All of a sudden, I didn't want to be Roy Rogers anymore.
00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:11.000
I wanted to be on the radio.
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Oh, yeah. It was, for me, I mean, it was just much more than listening to the music.
00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:21.240
Yes. And it was small things. Again, like I said, with WABC, The Reverb.
00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:26.000
If I heard a certain jingle, I would listen to the radio to hear that jingle again.
00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:30.540
That's probably, I don't know how I got so wrapped up in jingles.
00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:34.460
Yeah. But luckily a lot of the jingles throughout the years,
00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:37.060
like a lot of the, the, the Pam stuff and jam.
00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:40.960
Yeah. I've been able to, to obtain in my collection, which is nice.
00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:43.680
Yeah. You know, a lot of, even a lot of the station jingles from,
00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:45.780
from everybody, every place I worked at.
00:31:29.524 --> 00:31:32.924
Small things like that, the way the station sounded, the audio chain,
00:31:33.164 --> 00:31:36.784
the reverb to me, that was just like.
00:31:37.393 --> 00:31:41.233
Man, this guy just feels like you're in a big room. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:31:41.433 --> 00:31:46.393
We went through a time at TRY that I actually got a call from Gabe.
00:31:46.613 --> 00:31:49.853
He called me up one day. I was doing Saturday mornings. And he said,
00:31:49.953 --> 00:31:54.653
you're going to notice a little tweak in the reverb when you come in on Saturday.
00:31:54.973 --> 00:31:57.893
I said, and you thought you needed to warn me? He says, yeah,
00:31:57.973 --> 00:32:00.953
when you hear it in your headphones, you're going to go nuts.
00:32:01.193 --> 00:32:06.633
And I did. I actually, I think I was caught so, not unawares,
00:32:06.773 --> 00:32:09.253
but so surprised, even though I knew it was going to happen,
00:32:09.433 --> 00:32:13.493
that I actually said it out loud, you know, when I was doing a break.
00:32:13.493 --> 00:32:17.253
I said, oh my goodness, that sounds interesting or something.
00:32:17.253 --> 00:32:19.253
I wish I had the air check, you know.
00:32:19.833 --> 00:32:26.413
Yeah. The only, when I worked at 102 Double Q in Saratoga, we had reverb.
00:32:26.633 --> 00:32:30.373
Okay. So that was the first time listening in my headphones.
00:32:30.373 --> 00:32:34.453
And when you crack open the mic and you start to talk, you know,
00:32:34.513 --> 00:32:38.533
like you said, you're like, oh my, you know, it's like, man, you know. Yeah.
00:32:38.953 --> 00:32:44.993
It was cool. I would hate to try to count how many people have been influenced
00:32:44.993 --> 00:32:47.893
by WABC in New York in this business.
00:32:48.213 --> 00:32:53.313
I mean, I was in, like I said, in Walden, New York as an 11 and 12 year old.
00:32:53.313 --> 00:32:57.133
And I started picking up, you know, the signals from New York City and listening
00:32:57.133 --> 00:33:00.573
to Cousin Brucey and what's his nose?
00:33:00.833 --> 00:33:02.873
Dan Ingram. Yeah, Ingram. Yeah. Absolutely.
00:33:03.573 --> 00:33:06.713
And those voices stuck with me. Yeah. Yeah.
00:33:07.113 --> 00:33:09.813
Like I said, from when I went down to New Jersey and then my,
00:33:09.873 --> 00:33:12.793
you know, my mom would set the car radio on WABC.
00:33:13.393 --> 00:33:16.053
So, you know, when I got home and then you discovered, you know,
00:33:16.133 --> 00:33:19.773
again, here we are in the 70s, you know, just flipping around at night.
00:33:20.193 --> 00:33:25.053
Yes. All of a sudden, I remember the first time WLS in Chicago came booming.
00:33:25.173 --> 00:33:31.393
Yeah, yeah. I was like, wow, you know, and, uh, you know, just, uh.
00:33:32.333 --> 00:33:37.933
Always tune around the AM dial. Yeah. Yeah. I remember babysitting one night
00:33:37.933 --> 00:33:41.633
as a teenager and my folks had gone, it was New Year's Eve.
00:33:41.793 --> 00:33:45.313
So my folks had gone out and midnight had come and gone here. Yeah.
00:33:45.573 --> 00:33:49.713
And I thought, ooh, I can hear it happen again at one o'clock in Chicago.
00:33:49.993 --> 00:33:55.533
Yeah. So I tune in LS and I'm listening to New Year's again an hour later.
00:33:55.973 --> 00:34:00.673
Yeah. That's when I think I picked up the phone and called the house where my
00:34:00.673 --> 00:34:03.693
parents were saying, I've already gone through two new years.
00:34:03.713 --> 00:34:05.033
You have to come home now.
00:34:05.173 --> 00:34:09.233
You know, I want to go to bed. You know, I had five younger brothers and sisters.
00:34:09.633 --> 00:34:13.473
But, yeah, so it was, oh, just crazy memories of doing that.
00:34:13.573 --> 00:34:15.873
Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Just a lot of good times. Yeah. I mean,
00:34:15.933 --> 00:34:19.453
it's so much good radio and so many great DJs on the air back then.
00:34:19.573 --> 00:34:22.973
Yeah, yeah. And I used to joke with my parents that they should have bought
00:34:22.973 --> 00:34:27.493
stock in nine-volt batteries because I would fall asleep listening to the radio
00:34:27.493 --> 00:34:28.613
under my pillow. Exactly.
00:34:28.753 --> 00:34:31.513
Yeah, and forget to turn it off before I went to sleep.
00:34:31.533 --> 00:34:34.753
Tape recorder, how, you know, recording the radio station. Oh,
00:34:34.793 --> 00:34:36.933
yes. Oh, yes, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah.
00:34:37.433 --> 00:34:41.253
Well, you're certainly part of the gang.
00:34:41.413 --> 00:34:46.593
Yeah. We all have these great memories of being, wanting to do this.
00:34:46.793 --> 00:34:51.933
And the longer I was on, the more I realized what the real fun I was getting
00:34:51.933 --> 00:34:55.593
out of it was making people smile, making people laugh.
00:34:55.953 --> 00:35:00.073
So true. Yeah. You know, yeah. And so I, you know, I, when I was on GNA,
00:35:00.253 --> 00:35:02.673
we had some nicknames and I was crazy Chris Warren.
00:35:02.853 --> 00:35:08.653
I wasn't crazy, crazy, but, but I, you know, things would come out of my mouth
00:35:08.653 --> 00:35:13.353
now and again that, you know, and perhaps I could have just kept to myself,
00:35:13.353 --> 00:35:15.873
but they just came out and I let them go, you know?
00:35:15.953 --> 00:35:19.953
And then when you're live, you know, that's pretty much what happens. Yeah, exactly.
00:35:20.353 --> 00:35:25.013
Yeah. It's just, again, I mean, the one interesting thing I found out was,
00:35:25.213 --> 00:35:29.633
you know, the more I started working with a lot of the jocks like Lou and Gabe...
00:35:30.074 --> 00:35:33.854
Again, it was all, it was the same thing with them, hanging out at the radio
00:35:33.854 --> 00:35:36.694
station. This is how I learned. And I'm like, oh, wow.
00:35:36.894 --> 00:35:41.354
You know, so it's, you know, it was like, wow, I'm not the only unique one. No, no.
00:35:41.514 --> 00:35:46.194
Once it got in our blood, that was it. And I remember the first time I walked
00:35:46.194 --> 00:35:49.134
through the door at TRY when they were in the bunker.
00:35:49.334 --> 00:35:53.694
Yes. Somebody had brought the sign from downtown Troy when they were in the
00:35:53.694 --> 00:35:54.914
Proctor's building in Troy.
00:35:55.054 --> 00:35:59.494
Right. And had put the sign above the door about some of the greatest talent
00:35:59.494 --> 00:36:02.694
on radio have walked through these doors, something like that. Yeah.
00:36:02.914 --> 00:36:06.814
And I remember seeing that and realizing, well, this is where I've always wanted
00:36:06.814 --> 00:36:09.614
to be was on TRY because I grew up listening.
00:36:10.413 --> 00:36:15.953
And, and so that's what I shot for. And to be there even just part time in 1988
00:36:15.953 --> 00:36:18.233
of all things, I was there, I'd arrived.
00:36:18.793 --> 00:36:21.593
Yeah. Yeah. That was the same way with me. I was, I was, you know,
00:36:21.693 --> 00:36:25.493
of course, listening to PTR and TRY, I'm like two of the places I went and worked at.
00:36:25.633 --> 00:36:31.413
And eventually PTR was, I think, country and then went tall and then the opportunity
00:36:31.413 --> 00:36:35.933
to, to, to get to work at TRY and just, again, it's just like,
00:36:36.013 --> 00:36:37.133
wow, I can't believe I'm here.
00:36:37.433 --> 00:36:40.313
Yeah. You know, I remember, I think.
00:36:40.413 --> 00:36:47.493
At one point when Fred was programming, I believe we were one of the top 10
00:36:47.493 --> 00:36:50.113
oldie stations in America.
00:36:50.293 --> 00:36:52.653
I think we were the number one AM oldie station.
00:36:52.893 --> 00:36:56.473
Wow. And again, for that time. Sure. You know, the 80s. Yeah.
00:36:57.033 --> 00:37:00.173
Saying a lot. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. So.
00:37:00.733 --> 00:37:04.293
Well, Richie, this has been a kick. Oh, I've had a great time.
00:37:04.293 --> 00:37:07.953
I really didn't know a lot about all the different stops you made, you know?
00:37:07.993 --> 00:37:12.373
Yeah. Yeah, a lot of stations, short stops, but always fun along the way.
00:37:12.473 --> 00:37:17.213
Yeah. Well, I left radio full-time after, when I got fired, my wife said something
00:37:17.213 --> 00:37:19.953
like, you know, there's probably something else you can do with your life.
00:37:20.253 --> 00:37:22.853
And I looked at her like she had two heads. Exactly. I said,
00:37:22.973 --> 00:37:26.153
you know, but it's true. I went into a whole second career.
00:37:26.353 --> 00:37:29.833
Oh, yeah. If you look around here, there's stuff from a couple different,
00:37:30.073 --> 00:37:31.253
three different careers here.
00:37:31.693 --> 00:37:36.113
And yet radio, I just couldn't stay away from.
00:37:36.313 --> 00:37:39.053
No. You know, after being out of it for about a year and a half,
00:37:39.333 --> 00:37:43.293
that's when I said, you know, to her, I said, how about if I just did Saturday
00:37:43.293 --> 00:37:47.233
mornings and our weekend will start at 10 o'clock, you know, on a Saturday.
00:37:47.513 --> 00:37:51.413
And, and she acquiesced, she said, that's fine. I know how much you love it. Yeah.
00:37:51.593 --> 00:37:55.073
And I did that for another 35 years. Yeah. You know. And that's,
00:37:55.233 --> 00:37:56.653
you know, just to do a part time is enough.
00:37:56.919 --> 00:38:00.359
Yeah. You know? And it's great, you know? Absolutely. Still.
00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:04.899
Well, congrats on a super career and continued success.
00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:08.059
Now, where do we find you when we want to listen to you on the internet?
00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:11.259
So, it's hitoldies.com. Okay.
00:38:11.819 --> 00:38:14.939
Again, Monday through Saturday, 2 to 6. So, we do. It's classic hits.
00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:19.699
Yeah. 60s, 70s, 80s. Cool. 90s. Yeah. So, yeah. Again, a lot of fun.
00:38:19.859 --> 00:38:21.619
And we're working on the website right now.
00:38:21.919 --> 00:38:26.439
Actually, it's live365.com. Then type in hitoldiesclassic hits.
00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:29.459
Okay. They're working on the website, getting that, a new website,
00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:31.659
but eventually it'll be Hiddleways.com.
00:38:31.979 --> 00:38:35.499
So there's still a home for old folks like us. Oh, yeah, exactly.
00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.699
Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:41.759
Like Brother Lou and I used to joke around. He said, there will be like 80 and
00:38:41.759 --> 00:38:43.779
still screaming on the air, which is true.
00:38:44.439 --> 00:38:48.219
Well, he'd say he's still doing it. Yeah. You know, I can't keep up with how
00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:51.559
many different stations he's on, but he's still doing it. Yeah, definitely.
00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:56.339
Yeah, good for him. Yes. Thanks again for coming in. Thank you for having me. This has been a thrill.
00:38:56.757 --> 00:39:02.577
I appreciate it. Radio Split Ranch. Believe me, Richie, the pleasure has been all ours.
00:39:02.817 --> 00:39:07.517
Thanks for all the great entertainment you've provided us since your early Schenectady
00:39:07.517 --> 00:39:10.897
days and for the great jingle collection you've amassed.
00:39:11.077 --> 00:39:16.117
Along those lines, for the real diehard radio and jingle buffs in the audience,
00:39:16.497 --> 00:39:19.697
and I know there are at least a couple, we're going to wrap up this month's
00:39:19.697 --> 00:39:24.257
radio wrap, as we always do, with an air check of yours truly as Chris Warren
00:39:24.257 --> 00:39:30.877
on one of the stations both Richie and I set our sights on when we were just kids, really, WTRY.
00:39:31.217 --> 00:39:36.337
The fun part about this air check from February of 1989 is that even though
00:39:36.337 --> 00:39:40.257
we had a jingle package identifying us as the oldies station,
00:39:40.637 --> 00:39:46.077
someone was smart enough to have us mix in some of the classic WTRY jingles
00:39:46.077 --> 00:39:49.537
from the great 98 days of the 1960s.
00:39:49.657 --> 00:39:52.597
Hope you enjoyed enough to join us again next month.
00:39:52.797 --> 00:39:57.277
In the meantime, don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
00:39:58.737 --> 00:40:04.177
Chris Warren, W-T-R-Y, the O-D station.
00:40:04.897 --> 00:40:08.777
Good morning. Four minutes after six o'clock, nine degrees, a mostly sunny,
00:40:08.897 --> 00:40:11.497
breezy, and cold day. Expected today, high only 22.
00:40:12.117 --> 00:40:16.597
Glad to have you on a Saturday morning with Chris and the Beatles to start us out.
00:40:21.417 --> 00:40:27.417
There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide from Great 98 WTRY, the Old East Station,
00:40:27.517 --> 00:40:28.917
11 minutes after 6 o'clock.
00:40:28.997 --> 00:40:32.657
Are you a Saturday morning underway, 9 degrees? Expect a mostly sunny,
00:40:32.737 --> 00:40:34.497
breezy, cold one today and a high around 22.
00:40:34.937 --> 00:40:42.597
I'm Chris Warren. I am, I said. Here's Neil Diamond, 1971, on the Old East Station, 98 WTRY.
00:40:50.645 --> 00:40:53.185
98 WTRY, 617 with the Righteous Brothers.
00:40:56.225 --> 00:40:59.885
98 WTRY, come on, stay. I've been saying that to Joe Mazzucca for the last 21
00:40:59.885 --> 00:41:02.645
minutes. He still wants to go home and go to bed. I don't know why.
00:41:02.765 --> 00:41:05.845
How long you been doing this thing? Since what time? 11 o'clock?
00:41:06.265 --> 00:41:09.805
11 o'clock last night. He doesn't want to stay and listen to the Chris Warren show.
00:41:09.885 --> 00:41:12.805
I'll tell you, that's gratitude for you. I come in here and relieve him so he
00:41:12.805 --> 00:41:15.825
doesn't have to do four more hours, and he leaves on me.
00:41:16.185 --> 00:41:20.125
98 WTRY, Chris, in your ear till 10 o'clock this morning. Glad to have you along.
00:41:20.125 --> 00:41:23.745
John Gabriel's got Solid Gold Hump Day coming up this Wednesday, by the way.
00:41:24.125 --> 00:41:26.905
Our weekly all-request oldie show. You know how it works. You get set to call
00:41:26.905 --> 00:41:29.725
in, request your favorite oldie just after 10 o'clock this Wednesday morning.
00:41:29.885 --> 00:41:34.185
And this week, the Hump Day Request Show spotlights the all-time great hits of Buddy Holly.
00:41:34.685 --> 00:41:38.185
All that great music that Paul McCartney now owns. That's Solid Gold Hump Day
00:41:38.185 --> 00:41:41.065
with John Gabriel and the all-request oldie source Wednesday morning beginning
00:41:41.065 --> 00:41:45.965
at 10, if he spits it out right, at the Oldie Station 98 WTR-Y. Who wonder how...
00:41:48.805 --> 00:41:53.225
The WTRY Weather Watch forecast according to TV 13 meteorologist Bob Kovacek.
00:41:53.265 --> 00:41:56.445
And you didn't think he got up early on Saturdays. Mostly sunny, breezy, cold today.
00:41:56.585 --> 00:42:00.625
High of 27. It's 9 degrees at Weather Watch 98. WTRY.
00:42:20.271 --> 00:42:23.111
From 57 and you send me of course you're more
00:42:23.111 --> 00:42:25.971
expensive if i do it in one day mail it's 6
00:42:25.971 --> 00:42:28.751
34 before that we heard some music from a little peggy march
00:42:28.751 --> 00:42:31.671
not to be confused with don january april stevens
00:42:31.671 --> 00:42:37.731
may west or june cleaver and 98 wtry with this wednesday john gabriel presents
00:42:37.731 --> 00:42:41.331
no no it's uh it's the fender bender oldies party that's what i want to talk
00:42:41.331 --> 00:42:44.791
about from 8 till 11 with john gabriel spinning your favorite dance at oldies
00:42:44.791 --> 00:42:47.951
plus you'll have a chance to register to win dinner for two at the Turf House
00:42:47.951 --> 00:42:49.991
Grill. No purchase necessary for that drawing.
00:42:50.251 --> 00:42:53.831
It's the WTRY Fender Bender Oldies Party. It does happen this Wednesday night,
00:42:53.931 --> 00:42:55.571
8 to 11 at Fender's Oldies Club.
00:42:55.711 --> 00:43:01.291
That's inside the Holiday Inn Turf on Wolf Road in Colony. We'll see you there, right? Right.
00:43:02.051 --> 00:43:04.391
Hi, this is Jakob Smirna for Best.
00:43:08.022 --> 00:43:14.842
Every song has a memory on the oldie station 98 wtry let's stay together here's
00:43:14.842 --> 00:43:18.002
al green 17 chive 7 on a saturday with christ.
00:43:21.242 --> 00:43:27.302
The oldie station 98 wtry 1972 elvis and burn in love and he told me at dinner
00:43:27.302 --> 00:43:29.902
last night he's really getting tired of all these rumors he's still alive so
00:43:29.902 --> 00:43:32.822
cut it out nine and a half before 7 o'clock before the king.
00:43:33.022 --> 00:43:35.842
Of course, we had Al Green. Not to be confused with Mean Joe Green,
00:43:35.962 --> 00:43:39.302
Joel Gray, Red Buttons, or the Lavender Hill Mob. How are you on this Saturday
00:43:39.302 --> 00:43:40.662
morning? I got to stop doing those.
00:43:41.382 --> 00:43:45.202
Get rid of that stuff. It's Chris on the radio till 10 o'clock this morning
00:43:45.202 --> 00:43:47.322
or until these jokes really do catch up with me.
00:43:47.382 --> 00:43:49.862
We're going to check out the highlight in today's history.
00:43:50.082 --> 00:43:53.022
This is Today in History. It comes over the newswire all the time.
00:43:53.042 --> 00:43:55.222
I like to look through these things because you can learn things from this.
00:43:55.322 --> 00:44:00.502
Like on this date, February 25th, 1913, the 16th Amendment to the United States
00:44:00.502 --> 00:44:06.062
Constitution was passed, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes.
00:44:06.442 --> 00:44:09.382
Started on this date, yes, in 1913.
00:44:09.922 --> 00:44:15.042
But George Bush, the president, yes, says to read his lips, no new taxes.
00:44:15.402 --> 00:44:18.102
And I saw Mark Russell at Proctor's a couple of weeks ago, and he says,
00:44:18.222 --> 00:44:20.582
read his lips, they're going to raise the old one.
00:44:20.722 --> 00:44:24.202
When you're an undercover cop, then a little walk goes a long way.
00:44:24.202 --> 00:44:25.962
The WTRY Weather Watch forecast.
00:44:26.142 --> 00:44:29.862
According to TV13 meteorologist Bob Kibachik, say his name right.
00:44:30.042 --> 00:44:33.742
He could be listening. Mostly sunny, breezy, coldly. It's 8 degrees as we slip
00:44:33.742 --> 00:44:35.282
one at the Weather Watch 98.
00:44:38.562 --> 00:44:39.002
WTRY.
00:44:52.085 --> 00:44:56.525
Station. But Chad and Jeremy will weep for me three and a half before seven o'clock.
00:44:56.645 --> 00:44:59.605
Lou Tinney has news coming up at seven this morning. If you're looking for something
00:44:59.605 --> 00:45:02.525
to do this weekend, which you must be or you wouldn't be listening to the Chris
00:45:02.525 --> 00:45:06.825
Warren show, this whole weekend today and tomorrow, that's a whole weekend,
00:45:06.965 --> 00:45:11.005
February 25th and 26th is the Motorsports World 89 Motorsports and Car Show,
00:45:11.225 --> 00:45:14.705
which doesn't fit all on one sign, at the New Scotland Avenue Armory.
00:45:14.845 --> 00:45:17.945
So you can check that out. There's also a Rotary Home Show going out up in Saratoga
00:45:17.945 --> 00:45:22.165
Springs at the City Center, 522 Broadway in the Spa City. So you can and check
00:45:22.165 --> 00:45:24.245
that out. That happens right on through the rest of today.
00:45:24.565 --> 00:45:27.485
All that stuff going on, and all you have to do for more information on any
00:45:27.485 --> 00:45:31.725
of that stuff, is give us a call here, 476-WTRY, where tonight at seven,
00:45:31.865 --> 00:45:33.985
it's the original Rock and Roll Oldies show with Dick Bartley.
00:45:34.125 --> 00:45:36.905
The original Rock and Roll Oldies station presents it to you right here,
00:45:36.985 --> 00:45:39.685
98 WTRY with Attempt and Temptation.
00:45:40.185 --> 00:45:42.065
Yeah, all right. Woo!
00:45:42.765 --> 00:45:46.325
Hey, what's up, I yell, what? Hold it, hold it.
00:45:47.525 --> 00:45:49.185
WTRY for the Capital District.
00:46:07.182 --> 00:46:11.662
The original Oldie Station, 98 WTRY, Sam and Dave, 1966.
00:46:11.962 --> 00:46:16.402
Hold on, I'm coming. 11 minutes after 7 o'clock, Saturday morning. And you're with Chris.
00:46:16.662 --> 00:46:19.342
Nine, oh, eight. Eight degrees. Yes, it had gone down last hour.
00:46:19.462 --> 00:46:22.362
Eight degrees on the outside. And some sunshine as it dawns.
00:46:22.722 --> 00:46:25.482
And I'm just looking out the window. And does anybody know that we're missing
00:46:25.482 --> 00:46:29.042
an R from the WTRY on the side of our van? Does anybody realize?
00:46:29.162 --> 00:46:32.522
I hope they don't take that out that way. I mean, that could be very confusing.
00:46:32.822 --> 00:46:36.702
We are the Oldie Station. We are WTRY. why. We're glad to have you along on
00:46:36.702 --> 00:46:39.982
this Saturday morning. My name is Chris Warren, and we don't admit that to just anybody.
00:46:40.242 --> 00:46:43.542
And we're still checking out these dates in history because I'm a history buff.
00:46:43.642 --> 00:46:46.642
I enjoy being able, and maybe it helps me when I play trivia.
00:46:46.802 --> 00:46:52.762
I don't know. But in 1570, in this date, Pope Pius V excommunicated England's Queen Elizabeth I.
00:46:52.802 --> 00:46:55.062
I believe he took away her AT&T calling card.
00:46:55.182 --> 00:46:57.522
I think that's how I... Hello, this is Benita Zahn.
00:47:00.722 --> 00:47:06.562
Every song has a memory on the oldie station 98 wtr y.
00:47:09.882 --> 00:47:14.842
98 wtr y the oldie station building that stairway to heaven neil sodaka,
00:47:15.922 --> 00:47:20.442
taking us back to 1960 before that of course the beatles from 64 and please
00:47:20.442 --> 00:47:23.782
please me thank you thank you thank you for being here this morning a saturday
00:47:23.782 --> 00:47:26.842
morning with chris We are at about 21 minutes after 7 o'clock.
00:47:26.942 --> 00:47:28.882
Glad to have you as a part of our get-together today.
00:47:29.062 --> 00:47:32.602
We hope you'll be with us again next week, of course. But tomorrow night,
00:47:32.722 --> 00:47:35.582
Sunday night, you can tune in to 98 WTRY at 7 o'clock.
00:47:35.662 --> 00:47:38.602
It's called Super Gold with Mike Harvey, and it's right here on the original
00:47:38.602 --> 00:47:41.022
rock and roll worldie station, 98 WTRY.
00:47:41.502 --> 00:47:44.202
We've still got a lot of good music coming up this hour, including music from
00:47:44.202 --> 00:47:46.722
Del Shannon, Creighton's Clearwater, Neil Diamond, Bread.
00:47:47.262 --> 00:47:51.642
And up next, we've got some music from Cat Stevens on that peace train. It could only happen.
00:47:51.782 --> 00:47:54.562
By, on the other hand, I'm not. Well, thank you, Dick.
00:47:54.702 --> 00:47:57.222
My show's getting very popular when you've got people like Dick Cavett on it.
00:47:57.302 --> 00:48:00.662
Not bad, huh? 24 minutes after 7 o'clock, the WTRY weather will... 7.
00:48:01.022 --> 00:48:04.622
And in honor of the Federal Reserve Board raising the prime lending rate to
00:48:04.622 --> 00:48:09.622
7% yesterday, it is now 7 degrees on the outside. The OG station. Come on.
00:48:34.487 --> 00:48:37.867
The birds and the bees in two minutes and five seconds. Let me take...
00:48:37.867 --> 00:48:43.407
This is Lieutenant for Newswatch 98, a service of WTRY for the Capital District.
00:49:04.248 --> 00:49:10.188
I like tight jeans, just not on me. Every time I love you.
00:49:10.308 --> 00:49:14.208
98 WTR-Y, the original oldie station with Spiral's Staircase,
00:49:14.368 --> 00:49:18.028
their one and only hit from 1969 and more today than yesterday.
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That's how you explain my sanity, I guess.
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21 or lack thereof, 21 shy of 8 o'clock, Saturday morning with Chris.
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We've run into a little bit of a problem. We need your help here, all right?
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And we always turn to our listeners when we have a minor problem here on the air.
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As you've heard, we have a new news intro, which really sounds good.
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The thing that gets us into the newscast really sounds nice.
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The problem is they forgot to make one for us for 9.30 this morning.
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And, of course, Lou Tenney is going to do some headlines at 9.30,
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and I don't know what to do. So we're going to leave it up to you, all right?
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We'll take your calls, 476-WTRY, over the next couple of hours here.
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And the person that comes up with the best way to introduce Lou Tenney News
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at 9.30 this morning doesn't win absolutely anything, but you'll get to hear
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yourself on the radio, all right?
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476-WTRY. We'll have some fun here, and we'll help get Lou into the news at
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9.30 this morning. And then maybe by next week, they'll remember that,
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yes, we do have 930 news on Saturday mornings.
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I'm Chris Warren, and we've got another WTRY Gold Rush. Let's do it right now. Why not here?
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WTRY's Gold Rush means more oldies back to back. We've got at least three in a row here.
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Yesterday's greatest hits are on the oldie station, 98 WTRY,
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a quarter of eight with Neil Diamond. Once again.
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The original Oldie Station, 98 WTRY. Bread, everything I own from 1971.
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One of six top ten songs. The group had David Gates and Bread.
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Nine and a half before eight o'clock and seven on the outside.
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A little chilly this morning. Sunshine looks nice, however.
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And you've got Chris. We're here till 10 this morning. Glad to have you along.
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We're looking for the 930 news intro for...
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Lou Tinney will be talking more about that, give you a chance to perhaps introduce
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the superstar of Saturday news people coming up a little bit later on this morning.
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What else is going on? We're still checking dates in history here because I'm
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a history buff, as I mentioned.
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In 1793, an estate, various department heads of the U.S.
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Government met with President George Washington at his home for the first cabinet meeting on record.
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And yes, as we always do, we have a recording of that event and the historic
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first words George said to his team.
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Sometime when the team is up against it And the brakes are beating the boys,
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I'm going to go out there with all they got And win just one for the gipper
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I didn't know George Washington sounded like Pat O'Brien When you're an undercover cop.
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The WTRY Weather Watch forecast Sunshine in 7 now at 98 WTRY WTRY.
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On the oldie station, 98 WTR-Y. And for your love, 1965 was the year.
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Looking for something to do this weekend? We've got all the hints here for you.
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Here's a fun one. We did this back in high school. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
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The play will be performed today, 5 and 9 p.m. and tomorrow,
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2 and 7 at the Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes.
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Tickets are available at all CBOs. That stands for Community Box Office.
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So you might want to check that out. Sounds like fun. And if you need more details
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on other stuff going on around the great northeast this morning, I'm at 476-WTRY.
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We're also looking for the perfect news intro for 9.30 this morning and Lou Tinney News.
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All right? We don't have one here in the studio. They forgot to make a new one.
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So we want you to do the introducing.
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Lou Tinney, 9.30 this morning. If you've got a unique way we can do that, give us a call.
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476-WTRY will put you on the radio this morning. All your friends will say, I heard you.
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Station 90, A.W.T.R.Y., the in crowd with Dobie Gray, 1966, solid gold.
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Twelve minutes after 8 o'clock, 8-12, a Saturday morning with Chris Seven and
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Sunshine now as we head toward a high of 22 today.
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That'll do it. Yes, that's all. Got a good hour coming up. Music by the guess who?
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Beach Boys, Jackie Wilson, Beatles, Bee Gees.
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And I'm going to start another W.T.R.Y. Gold Rush, at least three great oldies
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in a row next at W.T.R.Y., where we're getting together with Quaker State and
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looking for the longest running car in the Capital District.
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If you're the owner of that car, we're going to send you and a guest to Disney
00:53:46.804 --> 00:53:48.524
World in Florida. Not bad, huh?
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So easy to win. Just send us a postcard with your name, address,
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phone number, and the mileage, make, and year of your car.
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Mail it to WTRY Longest Running Car, WTRY Road, of all things,
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Schenectady, New York, 12309.
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And from all the entries we receive, we'll select the 12 highest mileage vehicles
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in the Capital District.
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These 12 owners get WTRY Quaker State jackets, and the owner of the car with
00:54:11.384 --> 00:54:15.324
the highest mileage is going to Disney World. I don't believe you're going to have to drive, either.
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All entries must be postmarked by Friday, March 10th. And we'll announce the
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lucky winner on the air with Tom Williams on Wednesday, March 15th,
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right here at the Oldie Station 98 WTRY.
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WTRY's Gold Rush Meets.
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WTRY station, 98 WTRY, Crispy and St. Peter, and come on, babe, the Pied Piper.
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20 minutes after 8 o'clock, 8.20, sunshine, 7 degrees.
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Bob Kovacic says, not a bad weekend at all. We'll have the full forecast from
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Bob in just a few moments.
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And what else is going on? A lot of good stuff this weekend,
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including Dick Bartley tonight, 7 o'clock, the original Rock and Roll Oldies
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show with Dick Bartley on the original Rock and Roll Oldies station.
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That makes sense, 98 WTRY.
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You may never have to wash your cat box again. Oh, boy. The WTRY Weather Watch
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7 and Sunshine at Weather Watch 98 WTRY.
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The only station, 98 WTRY Beach Boys at 825. We come on.
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98 WTRY 28. And we're just two from Lou at 830 this morning going to get there dancing.
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WTRY for the Capital District. Hey, Lou, we're doing real well.
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A lot of people are calling up, and they've got some very unique ways of introducing
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your 930 news this morning.
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And you're going to get a chance to hear them at 930. Not before.
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Not before. Now, we're going to pick the best one and do it at 9.30 and surprise even you.
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Oh, but I will be surprised. Now, the one guy that wanted to talk about your
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past career in television, I told him we're not going to talk about that on the radio.
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And a half before nine o'clock here's paul anka one
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two three four two two three four
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three two three four this is the uh exercise show
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of the morning baby work out there's jackie wilson he's
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got nothing on what's her nose jane fonda yes 18 before nine o'clock with chris
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how are you this saturday morning we're having a good time here it's sunshine
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seven degrees so i gotta keep moving because it's cold you know that sort of
00:56:47.964 --> 00:56:52.564
thing at 98 wtr i got a good hour still to come music from The Beatles still
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to come this hour. Leslie Gore standing by. Bee Gees also.
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And a lot more. We're still going through these days.
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Highlights in today's history back in 1836 on this date.
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Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver. And sometime later,
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I believe he also invented the gun.
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W-T-R-Y. How can you mend a broken heart? I don't think tape does it, no.
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It's a nine shy of nine a time. Naturally enough, it's a Saturday morning with
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Chris. How are you? Seven and sunny on the outside.
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Bob Kovacic's full weekend weather forecast is coming up next.
00:57:52.803 --> 00:57:56.663
Kind of nice. I think you'll like it. Also, some good music still to come this hour.
00:57:56.823 --> 00:57:59.503
And next hour, we're going to highlight some great music from Chicago,
00:57:59.863 --> 00:58:03.743
Mason Williams, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison will both be here individually.
00:58:03.903 --> 00:58:07.623
So that should be fun. and we'll also next hour get into some of the birthdays
00:58:07.623 --> 00:58:08.823
that are happening this day.
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People that you and I will probably have a chance to meet.
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But anyway, we mention their names on the radio because people like that sort
00:58:15.603 --> 00:58:18.503
of thing or there wouldn't be a People magazine and all that stuff.
00:58:18.643 --> 00:58:23.283
Anyway, it's 98WTRY where we hope you'll stay around because we have your chance
00:58:23.283 --> 00:58:27.963
to win some great prizes in our 98WTRY slash Fryhofer's Keychain Contest.
00:58:28.043 --> 00:58:31.463
Listen for Tom Williams every Monday through Thursday morning at 7.20 a.m.
00:58:31.463 --> 00:58:35.443
He has a lucky keychain number and a lot more details on how you can win fabulous
00:58:35.443 --> 00:58:38.903
prizes, including a barefoot windjammer cruise, gold jewelry,
00:58:39.083 --> 00:58:41.103
or thousands of dollars and other great prizes.
00:58:41.283 --> 00:58:43.003
Plus, listen every Friday for
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Silver Dollar Day. And what happens is you could win 98 silver dollars.
00:58:47.163 --> 00:58:51.163
These are Susan B. Anthony's silver dollars from WTRY and Albany Savings Bank.
00:58:51.183 --> 00:58:54.243
You can pick up your key chain at the customer service desk in any Albany Savings
00:58:54.243 --> 00:58:58.863
Bank or at any Fryhofer thrift store, including the one at 26 Henry Street in Saratoga.
00:58:59.343 --> 00:59:03.363
WTRY and Fryhofer's always as good as you remember. When you're participating
00:59:03.363 --> 00:59:05.703
in McDonald's, for complete details. The WTRY went.
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27. Right now, sunshine and 7 degrees at WeatherWatch 98 WTRY.
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WTRY!
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1966!
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I am a bluff, baby! 98 WTRY, Wayne Fontan on the Mindbenders.
00:59:25.125 --> 00:59:28.285
All right, you caught me. It was 1965, not 1966.
00:59:28.725 --> 00:59:32.885
Hey, I have no control over what the jingle singers sing, even though it is
00:59:32.885 --> 00:59:37.205
kind of labeled that way. 98 WTRY Lutony News is coming up in just a few minutes.
00:59:37.425 --> 00:59:40.545
And we don't, did you hear me talk about this earlier? We don't have a news
00:59:40.545 --> 00:59:44.385
introduction for him at 9.30 this morning because they did some new news intros
00:59:44.385 --> 00:59:46.745
and we don't have one made up for 9.30 this morning.
00:59:46.865 --> 00:59:49.585
So what we're doing is asking you to come up with an idea. Give us a call.
00:59:49.945 --> 00:59:53.885
476 WTRY will record you and play you just before the newscast at 9.30 this
00:59:53.885 --> 00:59:56.725
morning. And we'll make Lou a real superstar here, all right?
00:59:57.925 --> 01:00:00.125
476 WTRY as we barefoot with Robert Parker.
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WTRY for the Capital District. .
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The Oldie Station, 98 WTRY. Here's Lulu.
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All right. Everybody, clap your hands now. Come on. Now give yourself a chance. It's all right.
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98 WTRY. Sunny, breezy, cold today going toward 22, says Bob Kibachik.
01:00:38.101 --> 01:00:40.101
We'll check his full forecast for you in just a little bit.
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I'm Chris Warren. We're happy to have you as a part of our Saturday morning.
01:00:44.581 --> 01:00:49.941
Sunshine and all. Here's Frankie Valli, 1967. You're just too baby.
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The Old East Station, 98 WTRY, playing solid gold back-to-back.
01:00:55.941 --> 01:00:57.501
Let's say some happy birthdays today.
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Let's see, actor Jim Backus is 76.
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Oh, my goo, you got it again.
01:01:03.401 --> 01:01:08.081
Tennis hustler Bobby Riggs is 71. Writer-producer Larry Gelbart of MASH fame is 61.
01:01:08.821 --> 01:01:11.621
Musician Tommy Newsom is 60, and he's got a party-hardy tonight.
01:01:11.801 --> 01:01:15.981
Tommy is going over to the price chopper. He's going to watch him change the meat counter display.
01:01:17.121 --> 01:01:21.021
And George Harrison is 46 today. They got a song by George Slater this hour
01:01:21.021 --> 01:01:23.361
by George. Right now, Chicago.
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Cha-cha-cha, I love it. 90-A-W-T-R-Y, 920, Saturday morning with Chris.
01:01:30.500 --> 01:01:33.900
11 now on the outside with sunshine and a good day coming up.
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Got the full Bob Kvachek weather forecast from TV 13 meteorologist in just a few moments.
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First, excuse me, a few moments I have to go take care of some classical gas.
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The only station, 98 WTRY, Mason Williams, classical gas going back to 68. What a year.
01:01:52.940 --> 01:01:56.420
We had some very varied music on the air back in 1968.
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Were you listening at that time here at 98 WTRY? I was, and I'm sure a lot of
01:02:01.260 --> 01:02:05.140
the folks tuned in at this very moment were, and you'll know where I get half of my material.
01:02:05.480 --> 01:02:09.380
23 minutes after 9 o'clock, 9.23, radio disc jockeys back when I was younger
01:02:09.380 --> 01:02:13.820
made a big impression on me, and that's why I'm doing this on Saturday morning for the pay that I get.
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Sunshine, 11 degrees, and we have the full Bob Kovacic weather forecast coming
01:02:18.000 --> 01:02:22.100
up next at 90AWTRY, where this Wednesday, John Gabriel presents Solid Gold Hump
01:02:22.100 --> 01:02:23.560
Day, our weekly all-request oldie show.
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You can get set to call in, request your favorite oldie just after 10 o'clock
01:02:26.800 --> 01:02:29.840
this Wednesday morning. This week, the Hump Day Request Show spotlights the
01:02:29.840 --> 01:02:31.300
all-time great hits of Buddy Holly.
01:02:31.420 --> 01:02:34.200
Going to be some fun. That's the Solid Gold Hump Day with John Gabriel.
01:02:34.380 --> 01:02:37.880
He's back from vacation. And all request oldies this Wednesday morning from
01:02:37.880 --> 01:02:42.040
10 o'clock on. On the oldie station, 98 WTRY. This WTRY.
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The WTRY WeatherWatch forecast. Currently 11 degrees and sunshine at WeatherWatch 98 WTRY.
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And that great news intro that we've got coming up. Thanks to you.
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Here's Fats Domino on Blueberry Hill. I found you.
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The only station 98 WTR1. And as we mentioned earlier this morning,
01:03:17.566 --> 01:03:18.886
we've been taking calls all morning long.
01:03:18.986 --> 01:03:22.926
We don't have a news intro ready for 9.30 this morning. They goofed when they made the new ones, Lou.
01:03:23.186 --> 01:03:26.866
So we asked the people to help us out. Are you ready for this? Fire away.
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Okay, that's exactly what we're probably going to wind up getting,
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is fired here. But what the heck? Let's see what happens.
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Oh, now I really messed it up because I didn't have this button pushed here.
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Let's try again. Who's this?
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My name is Kathy. And Kathy, where are you calling from this morning?
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I'm calling from Albany.
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And you have a super-duper news intro for Lou Tinney at 930,
01:03:46.706 --> 01:03:48.366
right? Right. Go right to it.
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Okay. Lou Tinney is next. We think he's the best, so stay tuned for the weather for that.
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Hey, there you go, Lou. You're on. Now I've heard everything.
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Good morning 24-hour service of WTRY for the Capital District. Music.
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Way, Lou, we've hired Kathy from Gilderland, and she's going to do all our news
01:04:18.266 --> 01:04:19.586
intros for us. Oh, terrific.
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That's great. All we need now is Mo and Curly.
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Thank you to everybody who called this morning.
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The original Only Station, 98 WTR, why, one of two number one songs for Ringo back in the 70s.
01:04:35.586 --> 01:04:39.206
That one written by George Harrison, who's got a song coming up this hour as
01:04:39.206 --> 01:04:43.566
we celebrate George's 46th birthday today, because he's just such a sweet-talking
01:04:43.566 --> 01:04:45.146
guy. Here's the chiffon.
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98 WTRY with all your favorite oldies. And this guy right here,
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born in Liverpool, England, 46 years ago today in 1943, formed his first group, the Rebels, at age 13.
01:05:01.086 --> 01:05:05.546
Joined a couple of guys by the name of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the Quarrymen in 1958.
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The rest, as you know, is history. lead guitarist of the Beatles and his first
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number one song his first single release from 1971 is George Harrison, My Sweet Lord.