I’ve been involved in many great radio promotions over the years. One of the best was The Ticket Upgrade. In the early 1980s, when I was the morning man at WHCN/Hartford, we had a deal with promoters Jim Koplik and Shelly Finkel for the concerts they brought to the Hartford Civic Center. The radio station […]
Thirty years ago, when I did mornings at WCXR/Washington, my contract was up for renewal. The ratings were really good, and I was feeling cocky, so among my demands was that whenever I had to attend a meeting with the PD or GM, we all had to stand up. They thought I was kidding, but […]
If you’re a regular reader of this site, you know we’re a little tennis-crazy in my house. My wife and I used to play several times a week, and our daughter played on the varsity team in high school. We’ve all put our rackets away over the last few years, but our love of the […]
The National Radio Hall Of Fame announced its 2018 inductees last week. The list of ten men and women includes nine radio hosts. The tenth inductee is the first-ever non-broadcaster, Fred Jacobs. Fred was Program Director of WRIF/Detroit in the early 1980s before hanging out his shingle as a radio consultant. It was in that […]
I’m just back from a week in Las Vegas, and have lots of stories from the trip to share with you, but I awoke this morning to a bit of news that must come first. My radio hero, Dan Ingram, has died at age 83. Ingram was the greatest Top 40 radio personality I’ve ever […]
