Paul Sidney

[Jack Rose '70]

My friend Paul Sidney, general manager emeritus at WLNG, has died.
It's in this week's Northeast Radio Watch (http://www.fybush.com/NERW/
2009/090406/nerw.html).

Jack '70 (still on a few of their voicetracks)

[Don Harris]

At this moment WLNG is receiving one call after another with kind words
about Paul Sidney. Bob Shannon, on the air live at WCBS -FM, called to say
that his show tomorrow will be a tribute to "Mr. Sidney." LNG is unique -
a throwback to when DJs were the "fun guys".
Don Harris

[Paul]

Sad to hear this; Paul Sidney built a remarkable extension of himself at
WLNG, a marvelous anachronism that still sounds locked into the prime Top 40
days of the '50s-'60s, runs a mountain of commercials per break, and still
manages to command listeners. I think the key words here are "community
service"; the station is inextricably linked to the local activities of
eastern Long Island.

Is this something so old that it might become new again elsewhere?
Obviously, it works for WLNG.

Paul Payton '69
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