WABC NY last day of music VIDEO

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  • #59231
    gameswizard
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      great video Jon.

      #59238
      IainJohnston
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        Magic!
        (Gasp! – Is it REALLY as far back as 1982 that 77 became talk?!?!?)

        #59245
        ratnob
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          Superb. Makes me emotional all these years on and all these miles away.
          Geoff B

          #59251
          SeanMartin

            Radio sure was an emotional environment and I see there that Ron felt that emotion. As a programme host it was all about building the bond between the station, the host and the listener – so much has changed in mainstream radio since that it's even a rarity for the presenter to have an on-air name.
            -s

            #59254
            martinlester
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              Thanks for posting its amazing how time fly's by !!

              #59271
              Bigdave

                Thanks Jon – a great video showing us Brits what it was like to lose an all time great in the name of progress. Although it's not really happened here ,if you wanted to equate it to something, it would be on the scale of Radio 1 going to talk in the 80's.

                BTW,Anybody notice Kevin Metheny in there at WNBC? If you've ever seen Howard Stern's movie “Private Parts”,you'll realise that Paul Giamatti's character Kenny is more than part based on Metheny.

                Metheny also ordered the package “Nothing But Class” too..

                #59274
                JAM / PAMS
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                  Metheny also narrates the demo “Nothing But Class” too..

                  Actually, the front of that demo is narrated by Don Imus (Imus in the Morning). Kevin Metheny is mentioned in the narration, but his voice is not heard.

                  The character in the Private Parts movie was actually a combination of 2 or 3 different people. Remember, even though it's based on true events, everything in the movie was exaggerated for comedic effect. None of the NBC management guys were that crazy.

                  #59279
                  Bigdave

                    Oops!

                    That's what you get from too little coffee early in the morning,and not enough sleep,Jon! Of course,it is Don Imus. :-)

                    As you'll now see,I've edited the above now to show this… :-)

                    For those who haven't seen it,the movie shows a overblown version of the events described by Stern in the original book of the same name,and there's dramatic licence too..but as everybody knows,all of us bought the DVD just for the JAM cuts on it!

                    #59287
                    Barras

                      I know, I should be making some intellectual comment about the format change and the death of music radio in NYC but look at all those lovely WABC carts of jingles and promos !!!

                      That`s when radio studios were REAL radio studios, a good presenter/jock/announcer, a microphone, turntables, reel-to-reel machine, cart machines and racks and racks of carts.

                      Thanks for the video Jon, tops !

                      David Barras

                      PS – re: Private Parts – the funniest bit I always remember was when Stern had to practise saying WNBC..

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