Here is Eric’s pick for this week’s Animé from Netflix…
New York Radio — 3
The video history of New York Rock and Roll radio continues with WABC’s rise and reign, and its effect on WMCA and WINS…
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New York Radio — WMCA
More WABeatleC is coming up! But first, let’s listen to a few of the WMCA Good Guys jingles, taken from the original master tapes…
New York Radio — Scott Muni
Original card provided by Dennis Rogers.
The audio player has two sound clips: Muni’s theme song, an odd instrumental from 1961 called “Grasshopper Jump,” and Muni’s promo for the WABC Beatles Fan Club.
I don’t remember Scott Muni as well as some of the other WABC disk jockeys, because he left the station in 1965. Muni is better known as a pioneer of Rock music on FM radio, but he was memorable on AM as a presence during the initial, wild rush of American Beatlemania.
Scott Muni on WABC, 1965
New York Radio — A Go-Go!
Before I post part 3 of the video on New York Rock and Roll radio, here’s a series of jingles for some of the WABC disk jockeys from the 1960’s. These are not air-check quality, but were instead taken from the original master tapes. Here, have some more!
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Sounds/Wordpress/WABC/WABCJingles.mp3]“Some people are asking …”
Unfortunately, I neglected to record Chris Wallace’s interview with Bill Clinton today. Fortunately, Fox News has posted the video in two parts. Click the picture to watch.
Wallace employed the typical Fox News tactic, of saying that “some people are asking” a certain question, as if it isn’t themselves, when of course it is. Except in this instance Wallace said, “Most of [the viewers who wrote] wanted me to ask you…”
The right-wing media will undoubtedly now characterize Clinton as having been ‘unhinged’ during his rebuttal. They love using that word. Unhinged.
Was Clinton ticked off? Yes. Repetitive on a few points? Yup. Overly reliant on referring to Richard Clarke’s book as the one factual source? Sure. But unhinged? Don’t think so.