Since I got the shoebox, I've been downloading more old radio shows. Wolfman Jack of course, a little Alan Freed. I even downloaded a few 50s world series games that play while I'm cruising around. I posted about the movie A Christmas Story yesterday and was turned on to Jean Shepherd, and all morning at work listened to his show. Hilarious. Around here now the local guy is one of my buddies from since we were kids. Scott Clow, K105.3 in the mornings. My man. Still cracks me up to hear him some days. I've even been on as a guest with my band to play live a few times. So who was your local DJ when you were younger? I'm really digging for more 50-60s radio to download and listen to. Tons of it on YouTube....
Dick Biondi, WLS radio, Chicago. Here's a HAMB thread that might be of interest: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/h-a-m-b-era-music-on-spotify-phone-web.1226895/
The non syndication guys are awesome to see. Wolfman was nation wide. Shep too I think, at times? Hometown hero djs are awesome tho.
60's/70's. Milwaukee Wisconsin.WRIT and WOKY. Bob Barry, Johnathan Green, Larry the Legend are DJ names that come to mind and The Dick Clark top 40 was featured on one of these stations if memory serves.
Your assuming everyone has a radio in their car, and why would I want one when I have a hot 261 Chev. 6?
Naw, I didn't say it had to be in your car. You could be listening at home. And yeah, you don't need a radio for that. Earplugs will work fine! Lol. I kid. I kid.
Hunter Hancock Ol’ HH in Los Angeles and what it’s worth played the only blues I could find in LA. Then Art LaBoe credited with coining the words “ Oldies but Goodies” live broadcasts from Scrivners Drive-in in Hollywood.. Ended up at KRLA and MC’ed dances at the El Monte Legion Stadium. “No Levi's’ or Capris Please” on Saturday Nights…
WOOK and WOL AM in Washington, D.C. Soul stations. Petey Greene offering comments on life and spinning a few discs. "The tall, tan, tempting Temptations" and "I cream my jeans for the Supremes." The music to make your "Liver quiver and your Bladder splatter"!!!
Joey Reynolds WKBW Buffalo NY. We could only pick it upat night when weather conditions were right. Theme song by the 4 Seasons, based on Big Girls Don't Cry: Joey, Joey Reynolds show, what a show, Joey Reynolds show! It's still in my head since the early 60's...
There were a number of rock n roll radio stations in south Florida,WINZ,WQAM,WFUN,were the top 3 along with others. I didn't stay on one station anyway , fun to witch around. The kind of top of the pile,was RICK SHAW ,,,,RIP an he was in my Model Train Club also. Became a must to change stations too another better one,,if the crap sound of Bug BS < Beatles/came on<I hated them,sounded like kinder garden kids to me! But big pay-O-la super hipe going on, pushing there crap. So the mass's sucked it up. So I do like 54 to pre 64 rock n roll best an Doo Wop my #1 fav. Ya, I know I'm a werid-O for not liking the Beatles,they were kind of the new thing as I was starting Collage.
That's all good,your likely a bit younger,so Bug's was your thing for time. Most of us are alike,in that what was radio play when we were in Jr High an Sr High School,gives us happy time thoughts,being trigered by the songs of that same time! Only point being,I was out of high school,so I do not hear the Bugs in the same way. What I hear, "I want too hold your hand" is little kids in Kindergarten sitting on the floor singing badly! You don't hear it that way,it's not the same background,you get a smile about your good times with that sound track . When I hear some new bad song replacing my fav. See,all I really said is to me they sucked,yet they sold mil's of records. Rock on,happy hot rodding !
I'm not old enough to have a HAMB era DJ, although I have heard recordings of Wolfman Jack and a few others of the period. I came into music and radio in the mid 1970's, after the British Invasion, and at the time when AM was starting to die out and being replaced by FM. But, I was still a AM fan for a long time.... I would listen to WLS in Chicago at night, they had some crazy dudes! Could also pick up WWL in New Orleans, WSM in Nashville, WLAC in Nashville, and probably a few others I forget now. But FM started taking over, they didn't power down at night like the AM stations did, and didn't fade in and out, either. I wasn't into the DJ's, it was the music I wanted. After a few years of pop stuff, we started getting album rock and hard rock, and I was hooked. Now, it's called classic rock, from about 1965 to about 1985.
Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsberg in Boston. Big Hugh Baby and John R in Gallatin Tennessee (Luke Doolin country). Big Hugh would sent out requests and dedications of the salacious sort: Red Eyes, Double Ball Hangs, Vertical Smiles - all very avant garde for the period.
In Los Angeles in the 50's Hunter Hancock and Margie, Dick Hugg "Huggy Boy", Johnny Otis, Zeke Manners, and Magnificant Montague
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