So last night, I watched the Pittsburgh Steelers completely dismantle the Washington Redskins 38-16. After that exciting game was a veritable snoozefest match, as the San Francisco 49ers pulverized the Los Angeles Rams 28-0. About the only exciting thing about that late-night matchup occurred during the fourth quarter, with the 49ers up 21-0, a red-shirted…
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Ten great old-time-radio shows you can hear right now
One of my presets on my SiriusXM car stereo satellite radio is channel 148, Radio Classics. Hosted by radio historian and preservationist Greg Bell, the channel shares a melange of restored radio dramas, comedies, Westerns and anthology shows from the golden age of old-time broadcast. Many of these shows even contain the original commercials from…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Call me…
Once upon a time, there was a device called a telephone. It allowed people to communicate with each other over long distances. You know, similar to a cell phone today. The telephone was often wired directly to the walls of a house; some public telephones required the user to drop quarters into a slot for…
Read MoreBrother Jon Rivers and the other “Powerline”
A couple of days ago, I posted this picture of a snow-capped telephone line in the Adirondacks. I called the picture “Powerline,” for no other reason than it was descriptive of the scene. I should note that after I named the picture, I had a tiny flashback. To a man named Jon Rivers, and hearing…
Read MoreThe Snowstorm School Closings Secret
It didn’t matter which school of “The Twelve” I was attending at the time. They were all in the Northeast – ten in New York State and two in Massachusetts. But the moment I woke up and looked out my bedroom window and saw a blanket of white snow on the ground, with more snow…
Read MoreMore on the WPTR “Ballad of Albany” song
A week or so ago, I posted a clip featuring an Albany-centric song called “The Ballad of Albany.” Sing along with me, now… But I wanted to find out more about the song. Why it was recorded, who the performers were on the song… Thankfully, my blog readers provided tons of info about the song…
Read MoreThe sound of 3WD
Yesterday, I wrote a blog post about a radio station promotional record from the 1960’s, a record that sang, in less than two minutes, the praises of Albany, New York. That got the attention of one of my Facebook friends, disc jockey Richie Norris. Norris and I are both former disc jockeys for radio station…
Read MoreDefinitely a “long distance dedication”
During my workday, I tend to listen to streaming audio stations through my computer. You can have your Pandora and your Spotify; for me, it’s fun to listen to radio stations from other parts of the country – WCBS-FM in New York City, KROQ in Los Angeles, WOGL in Philadelphia, for starters. And then I…
Read MoreThe worst local radio station format changes EVER!
I have a couple of Facebook friends that are involved in local radio – John Gabriel, the former voice of WTRY who now works for Magic 590 and YNN; and Richie Norris, who currently works for Magic 590 and was, like me, a former disc jockey at Schenectady’s 3WD radio station. Yesterday, Gabriel commented on…
Read MoreAn era in music history sadly ends this year…
One of the best syndicated radio hosts ends his run after decades of entertaining millions of listeners and making stars out of aspiring musicians. Even though I know all things must come to an end, there is part of me that wishes his show would continue – even though it doesn’t air on radio stations…
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