[NJARC] Philadelphia Radio

[Rich's Radios]

Rob,

  I listened to New York radio more than Philadelphia. Maybe I can fill in some blanks for you.

  I recall a woman DJ named Allison Steele (sp) who may have been on WNEW and/or WOR-FM. As you said somewhat of a novelty in those times.

  The letters to/from a soldier may have been read on air (WNEW) by a DJ named Rosko - perhaps others as well. They were possibly excerpts from Pete Hammil's column in a New York newspaper (Daily News?). I might even have on-air tapes somewhere if they haven't already imprinted.

  As far a Jimi Hendrix goes he is now mainstream. Catch the latest Victoria's Secret commercial on TV and you will hear, I believe, the intro riffs to "Fire".

  Rich skoba

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From: "Robert Flory" <robandpj at earthlink.net>
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> Personality radio is not dead.
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> Pierre Robert has been celebrating his 25th anniversary at WMMR lately.
> Many of his contemporaries are still around but have moved around the dial
> as stations come and go.
> 
> I kick myself for not holding on to some cassettes that I found in the
> attic of a house I lived in back in the 80s.  They were tapes that a
> soldier's wife recorded for him while he was in Viet Nam.  Most of them
> were off-air recordings of WNEW FM and had such great period pieces as
> promos for the upcoming Three Dog Night concert and the new Black Sabbath
> album.  Many of the recordings had a female disk jockey whose name escapes
> me now but who many would recognize.  That was a novelty in the 70s.
> 
> I think that some recordings of that era would make an interesting bridge
> for some young people into our world.  Many teenagers appreciate classic
> rock music and might be interested to hear what it was like to listen to
> the radio when that music was new.
> 
> Yesterday I heard that the Library of Congress, which adds 25 historically
> significant recordings per year to its collection, included Jimi Hendrix's
> "Are You Experienced?" this year.  I thought I pushed the wrong button on
> my car radio when I hit NPR and heard Jimi surfing a wave of feedback.
> 
> Rob Flory
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