On the Air and in Your Ears
Category: Radio
More MOR, Please!
In the radio biz of long ago, there was a subtle distinction between the Easy Listening and Middle of the Road formats. The former was intended more for background music, while the latter would have some livelier, ear-catching tunes.
Frank Sinatra doing Ray Charles’ sound.
One of the very successful musical collaborations between Herb Alpert and Burt Bacharach.
A Very Boss Hoodie
This message came in from Debbie Daughtry a couple of days ago. Her fellow Boss Radio 66 DJ is, of course, Tom Hanks.
Hey Doug! What is your hoodie size and mailing address? Tom had some Boss Radio 66 sweatshirts made up and I’d like to send you one. Thanks!
And here it is. Thanks 66 times over, Tom and Debbie!
Buh-Bye Beeb
For the past couple of months I have been very pleased with the BBC Sounds plugin on the Lyrion music server network. Now the BBC is ending Sounds access outside of the UK. The only radio stations that will be available are the World Service and Radio 4. Is this fallout from Trump’s tariff madness?
Radio, Radio
One of Ken Burns’ best documentaries is Empire of the Air. The companion book by Tom Lewis is recommended for a fuller understanding of the connections and disputes between Sarnoff the businessman, Armstrong the inventor, and De Forest the fraud.
He’s Baaaaaaaaaack!
Did he ever leave? Every Tuesday at 1 PM ET, Tomboy Hanks is in Playtone Records parking lot, playing records from the back of his station wagon.
