The late WKBW Buffalo
Mark Wozniak, WBFO
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In article <3ki5o9$7...@transfer.stratus.com> in alt.culture.ny-upstate, in the
thread "Re: Mike Mearian? (was Adv. Nostalgia)", tgr...@sw.stratus.com (Tom
Green) wrote:
> > I do remember the Jungle Jay show, with Jay Nelson.
> > He also was the morning DJ on WKBW radio in the early 1960s, before moving
> > on to Toronto.
>
> I remember this show. They played episodes of "Tarzan" and "Sheena
> of the Jungle" and ran cartoons also as I recall. Jungle Jay was
> frequently hit with shaving cream pies, and on the very last show
> they hit him with a 6 foot tall pie carried on by two guys.
>
> Who were some of the other DJs on WKBW? The only other one I can
> remember is Dan Neverith (sp?).
There was also a contest in the weekend color comics, as I recall, with entries
sent in to the Jungle Jay show.
Dan Neaverth is still on in Buffalo, doing morning on WHTT-FM, Oldies 104. His
supporting cast includes his two sons, and his daughter-in-law does the air
shift after his. He's nearing 40 years on Buffalo radio, most at the old WKBW.
His original shaft was afternoon drive, but in 1970 he went to morning drive,
replacing Stan Roberts.
Stan Roberts took over AM drive on WKBW after Jay Nelson went to Toronto.
Roberts, known for his corny style, stayed at KB until 1970, when he went to
Boston. Neaverth took over the morning drive at KB, and has been a morning man
ever since. Roberts came back to Buffalo in 1972, and took over mornings at
WGR-AM, going against his old pal Dan Neaverth (neither could overtake Clint
Buehlmann at WBEN..."yours truly Buehly" was the guy to turn to for the school
closings!). Roberts went from WGR to WBEN in the 1980s, and did afternoon drive
for awhile. Roberts now does sales for WBEN, and does the station's
entertainment reports.
Jeff Kaye, who was program director at the old KB during its glory years of the
late 60s and early 70s, later did air work on WBEN-AM Buffalo, and is now one
of the voices of NFL Films. You can usually hear him on football trivia
question commercials during NFL telecasts.
Tom Shannon, another Buffalo area native, did evenings on KB in the early
1960s. He went on to Denver and Detroit, and came back to Buffalo about ten or
so years ago before leaving town again. Shannon's high school band, the Rockin'
Rebels, had an instrumental hit with "Wild Weekend" in the early 60s...it was
Shannon's theme song (with lyrics added: "KB Radio, Tommy Shannon Show...").
Joey Reynolds (real name Joe Pinto) grew up in Buffalo, and is an old childhood
pal of Dan Neaverth. The two worked together for several years (and recorded
the novelty hit "Rats In My Room"). Joey's first big radio gig was at WKBW,
until he was fired in the mid-60s for failing to show up on WKBW-TV's annual
benefit telethon for Children's Hospital. He reportedly nailed a pair of shoes
to the PD's door with a note saying "Fill these". Joey was (and is) a great
radio talent with no respect for authority...he has been fired from many radio
stations across the country. Remember Joey's theme song, by the Four Seasons
(sung to "Big Girls Don't Cry": "Joey, Joey Reynolds Show, what a show, on TV
and radio-o-o-o-o-o-o")?
Rod Roddy, who worked at 'KB in the mid 60s, is now doing voice work in
LA...he's the voice of "The Price is Right" game show ("Come On Down!"), and he
was the narrator for "Soap" (or was it "Mary Hartman Mary Hartman?").
In the mid 60s, Bud Ballou did the evening shift on KB. One of his characters
was Stanley the Engineer ("Isn't dat awful dere?"). Ballou went on to Boston
(WMEX I think), and sadly, passed away a few years later.
Sandy Beach replaced Ballou, and stayed at KB for several years. He started on
the evening shift, then soon went to afternoon drive. Noted for his sharply
sarcastic style, Beach also worked for WGR-AM, WNYS-FM (now WHTT-FM), WMJQ-FM
in Buffalo, and then WMJQ-FM's sister station WBEN-AM, where he did
talk...quite well, I think. Beach also worked in Erie PA, and San Francisco CA
for a while, before he returned to Buffalo another time. A year or two ago
Beach went to Milwaukee, to an oldies station there. I think he's still there.
Don Berns, another late 60s/early 70s KB jock, now lives in Toronto, and is
active in playing new music in clubs. I think he still does some air shift in
Toronto, but I don't know the particulars.
Jackson Armstrong was perhaps the most well-known of the KB personalities
during the "glory days" of the early 70s at KB. His style was high power, and
he became quite famous on WKBW's 50 thousand watt signal, heard up and down the
Eastern Seaboard. The fastest man on radio (and one of the deafest...he was
known for very loud headphones and air monitors), Armstrong left KB in early
1973 for Pittsburgh, and last I heard was doing midday on a small station
somewhere in California.
Shane (Ronald Maxwell Gibson) came to WKBW in late 1973, after Armstrong left.
He was the runner-up in KB's "Great American Talent Hunt", in which listeners
got to vote on what DJ they wanted to replace Jack Armstrong. The Janitor won,
but only lasted a couple of months. Then Jeff Kaye hired Shane. Known as the
"Cosmic Cowboy", Shane did a lot of his own poetry on the show. "Shane Brother
Shane" also did air shifts at WYSL and WGR, and he still lives in Buffalo. He
has taken up politics, and has unsuccessfully run for a seat on the Buffalo
Common Council.
Perhaps my favorite all-time KB DJ (and later on WGR-AM) was Jerry Farrell. He
only did radio on weekends, as his full-time job was as PR director for the
Robert Moses Power Project in Niagara Falls. But his shows were terrific, and
it was obvious that he loved doing radio. Farrell died unexpectedly of a heart
attack in 1977, only in his 40s.
There were others, but those are the names that come to mind now. Enjoy!
--
Mark Wozniak
"Morning Edition" Local Host
WBFO 88.7 FM Buffalo, WOLN 91.3 FM Olean and WUBJ 88.1 FM Jamestown
NPR News and Jazz from the University at BUFFALO!!
Carl K. Gorney
In a previous article, bfo...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Mark Wozniak, WBFO) says:
>Stan Roberts took over AM drive on WKBW after Jay Nelson went to Toronto.
>Roberts, known for his corny style, stayed at KB until 1970, when he went to
>Boston. Neaverth took over the morning drive at KB, and has been a morning man
>ever since. Roberts came back to Buffalo in 1972, and took over mornings at
>WGR-AM, going against his old pal Dan Neaverth (neither could overtake Clint
>Buehlmann at WBEN..."yours truly Buehly" was the guy to turn to for the school
>closings!). Roberts went from WGR to WBEN in the 1980s, and did afternoon drive
>for awhile. Roberts now does sales for WBEN, and does the station's
>entertainment reports.
As well as commercials(for both radio & TV). One ad I remember from his
'GR days was,"Listen to Stan Roberts...or you'll hear from his mother."-or
something along those lines.
>Rod Roddy, who worked at 'KB in the mid 60s, is now doing voice work in
>LA...he's the voice of "The Price is Right" game show ("Come On Down!"), and he
>was the narrator for "Soap" (or was it "Mary Hartman Mary Hartman?").
Yes,but that's not the only game show he's announced. He's also done
"Press Your Luck"(which the USA Network runs),among others-the new Game Show
Network might have some shows on which he did announcing duties. And,BTW,he
did announce "Soap"(which,I think,runs on Comedy Central).
>Sandy Beach replaced Ballou, and stayed at KB for several years. He started on
>the evening shift, then soon went to afternoon drive. Noted for his sharply
>sarcastic style, Beach also worked for WGR-AM, WNYS-FM (now WHTT-FM), WMJQ-FM
>in Buffalo, and then WMJQ-FM's sister station WBEN-AM, where he did
>talk...quite well, I think. Beach also worked in Erie PA, and San Francisco CA
>for a while, before he returned to Buffalo another time. A year or two ago
>Beach went to Milwaukee, to an oldies station there. I think he's still there.
When he first came to Buffalo,one of the media reporters(the News',I
believe)tagged him with the nickname "The Needler". And,when he was doing talk
middays on WGR,he was the only one who didn't succumb to the "crank your voice
up as loud as it'll go" style that 'GR has gone to. The station in Milwaukee
you're referring to is Oldies 95.7 .
>Don Berns, another late 60s/early 70s KB jock, now lives in Toronto, and is
>active in playing new music in clubs. I think he still does some air shift in
>Toronto, but I don't know the particulars.
He was doing PM drive for CFNY as late as 2 years ago. The last I heard of
him,he was at CING(107.9;Energy 108-dance CHR)doing a weekend mix show.
>Jackson Armstrong was perhaps the most well-known of the KB personalities
>during the "glory days" of the early 70s at KB. His style was high power, and
>he became quite famous on WKBW's 50 thousand watt signal, heard up and down the
>Eastern Seaboard. The fastest man on radio (and one of the deafest...he was
>known for very loud headphones and air monitors), Armstrong left KB in early
>1973 for Pittsburgh, and last I heard was doing midday on a small station
>somewhere in California.
BTW,Jack pops up in one of Kermit Schaefer's infamous blooper books,and it
deals with something that happened at 13Q in Pittsburgh. Seems that around
Vice President Agnew's resignation,13Q ran a contest to see who'd succeed him,
and he was it. The jock on the air called Jack,but instead a woman answered
the phone. The jock asked her to tell Jack the news;she wouldn't. When he asked
if there was anything else she had to say,she told him to do something
anatomically impossible. Dead air followed.
>Shane (Ronald Maxwell Gibson) came to WKBW in late 1973, after Armstrong left.
>He was the runner-up in KB's "Great American Talent Hunt", in which listeners
>got to vote on what DJ they wanted to replace Jack Armstrong. The Janitor won,
>but only lasted a couple of months. Then Jeff Kaye hired Shane. Known as the
>"Cosmic Cowboy", Shane did a lot of his own poetry on the show. "Shane Brother
>Shane" also did air shifts at WYSL and WGR, and he still lives in Buffalo. He
>has taken up politics, and has unsuccessfully run for a seat on the Buffalo
>Common Council.
On Shane:he also did a midday talk show on WWKB in mid-1993,but left due to
his other committments. He also did commentaries for the station.(This was a
few months after Howard Stern came on board.)
--
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| vastly accelerated rate."
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BillMelater
Wozniak, WBFO) writes:
>
>Jackson Armstrong was perhaps the most well-known of the KB
personalities
>during the "glory days" of the early 70s at KB. His style was high
power, and
>he became quite famous on WKBW's 50 thousand watt signal, heard up and
down the
>Eastern Seaboard. The fastest man on radio (and one of the deafest...he
was
>known for very loud headphones and air monitors), Armstrong left KB in
early
>1973 for Pittsburgh, and last I heard was doing midday on a small
station
>somewhere in California.
>
>
Boy, what memories! When I was PD at KROQ/L.A. in the mid-70's,
Armstrong was at KTNQ ("Ten-Q...Yer Welcome!) doing his fantastic
thing...with his sidekick "The Go-rilla." He was the talk of the town
the whole time he was there...and stole a lot of thunder from long-time
L.A. jocks, including "The Real Don Steele" of KHJ fame. Last I heard,
Jackson had been working at KKDJ/Fresno. If he's still there, it's been
a relatively long run.
Bob Michaels Gowa
KGO Radio / Metro Networks
San Francisco
JTymecki
>>>>
Jackson Armstrong was perhaps the most well-known of the KB personalities
during the "glory days" of the early 70s at KB. His style was high power,
and
he became quite famous on WKBW's 50 thousand watt signal, heard up and
down the
Eastern Seaboard. The fastest man on radio (and one of the deafest...he
was
known for very loud headphones and air monitors), Armstrong left KB in
early
1973 for Pittsburgh, and last I heard was doing midday on a small station
somewhere in California.
>>>>
In the early 80's, Jack Armstrong was doing evenings at KFRC in San
Francisco...I found that out by literally running in to him at the San
Jose County Fair in 1983. KFRC had a mobile "walrus" with a beautiful
Pacific Recorders studio inside and "Jackson" was doing his show live. It
stood there for about an hour...it was AMAZING to watch him work! I was
able to talk to him for a while and he remembered his 'KB days very
fondly!
Regards...Joe
jtym...@aol.com
Angela Allen
Drive in L.A., at the late, great (everything good is dead, dammit !! *)
KKHR, Hitradio 93 in L.A. He never sounded better. Of course, you don't
wanna mention this to his ex-p.d., who blames Jack and the Go-rilla for
the demise of KKHR. On the other hand, Mr. Armstrong says the same about
the ex-p.d. (notice I'm not naming names here !!)
Just an interesting little story about the era in which L.A radio sounded
better than it had in a long time... think about it... KIIS-FM, p.m.
drive: Big Ron O'Brien; KKHR, p.m. drive: Jack Armstrong. In a moment of
true radio mediocrity, THAT is one neat memory.
(your very own PERSONAL...) Famous Amos
* = ...and, "Good Radio Must Die!!"
Jack Carroll
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: There were others, but those are the names that come to mind now. Enjoy!
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Unless I've missed it, no one has mentioned The Hound Dog (George Lorenz).
I thought that he was the one who put WKBW on the map in the mid-Fifties
when he featured programs of all black music and helped make rhythm and
blues/ rock n roll a defining part of being a teenager.
I can remember trying to bring him in from some low wattage station in
Niagara Falls -- then suddenly there he was on WKBW and life was never
the same again.
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Jack "For practical purposes we have agreed that sanity
<KE...@panix.com> consists in sharing the hallucinations of our
neighbors."
Evelyn Underhill
Joe Militello
>Subject: The late WKBW Buffalo
>Date: 25 Mar 1995 05:10:55 GMT
>There were others, but those are the names that come to mind now. Enjoy!
Mark, thanks for the trip down memory lane. Those strong Buffalo media
personalities had such an impact in my life that they inspired me to study
media at Medaille College, finish up at the University of Houston, and work
in public television today. My favorite was Bud Ballou - sorry to hear that
he's not around anymore.
What ever happened to ex-WYSL personality Kevin O'Connell? Is he still a
weatherman? Did he ever get a successful game show host stint? Seems I
remember seeing him on a few short-lived oned over the years.
Joe Militello
Advertising/Public Relations
Communications Specialist
KUHT/Houston Public Television
Licensed to the University of Houston System
e-mail: jmil...@kuht.uh.edu
Mark Vidonic
Does any one know if the Don Burns that is the PM drive-time host on KTWV? (it's a new-age/jazz station) the same that used to do PM Drive-time at
WTAE-AM in Pittsburgh? Just curious.....
Mark Vidonic
mar...@ix.netcom.com
Mark Wozniak, WBFO
In article <3l5tj0$q...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, ke...@panix.com (Jack Carroll)
writes:
>Unless I've missed it, no one has mentioned The Hound Dog (George Lorenz).
>I thought that he was the one who put WKBW on the map in the mid-Fifties
You're right, my large oversight. Lorenz went on to start up WBLK-FM in Buffalo
in December 1964. The station has featured black/r&b music during its time, and
the Hound's son, I believe, still runs the place. The Hound on KB predates me
by a few years, as does Guy King on WWOL. I also didn't mention Russ "The
Moose" Syracuse on KB in the early 60s, or Dick Biondi, who went on to more
fame and fortune in Chicago. BTW, Biondi on KB is featured in the Crusin'
aircheck LP series, featuring 1960. I also leftout Fred Klestine in error. Fred
did middays on KB for many years, and in the 1970s played easy listening MOR
music on the old WADV-FM, Buffalo's first FM stereo station (now WYRK, a top
ratings country format). In the 1980s, he hosted soft rock on WBUF-FM. Fred
passed away suddenly about two years ago, out of work and still in Buffalo.
Talk1370
Kevin O'Connell returned to Buffalo a few years back,
after serving as KNBC/Channel 4's weatherman for several
years in LA. (He was replaced there by an ex-'KB late
evening jock, Fritz Coleman, who you may remember un-
der the airname Jay Fredericks...but he now uses his
real name on the air and in occasional guest shots on
shows like Perry Mason.)
Kevin's at Channel 2 as chief weatherman, feature
reporter, and host of a local home repair show remin-
iscent of This Old House which Channel 2 airs every Sun-
day morning.
Bob Smith, middays WXXI-AM 1370 Rochester NY
WHTT
>>weatherman?
"Kevin O" is the lead weather forecaster on WGRZ (Channel 2) here in
Buffalo. He spent some time out on the Left Coast as a big-time L-A news
anchor, but apparently got homesick.
"She bent down, turned around, and gave me a wink..." Searchers, 1965
Wynn Richards
(Mark Wozniak, WBFO) wrote:
> Shane (Ronald Maxwell Gibson) came to WKBW in late 1973, after Armstrong left.
> He was the runner-up in KB's "Great American Talent Hunt", in which listeners
> got to vote on what DJ they wanted to replace Jack Armstrong. The Janitor won,
> but only lasted a couple of months. Then Jeff Kaye hired Shane. Known as the
> "Cosmic Cowboy", Shane did a lot of his own poetry on the show. "Shane Brother
> Shane" also did air shifts at WYSL and WGR, and he still lives in Buffalo. He
> has taken up politics, and has unsuccessfully run for a seat on the Buffalo
> Common Council.
Mark:
Don't forget that Shane came back to KB to do mid-days (after Howard
Stern) when we changed to Sports/Talk..
--Wynn
--
As soon as our liquor license is approved we're out of here!
MICHAEL HAGERTY
In a previous article, jtym...@aol.com (JTymecki) says:
>In the early 80's, Jack Armstrong was doing evenings at KFRC in San
>Francisco...I found that out by literally running in to him at the San
>Jose County Fair in 1983. KFRC had a mobile "walrus" with a beautiful
>Pacific Recorders studio inside and "Jackson" was doing his show live. It
>stood there for about an hour...it was AMAZING to watch him work! I was
>able to talk to him for a while and he remembered his 'KB days very
>fondly!
>
I had a similar experience...except it was the San Francisco Christmas
Festival at Fort Mason in November or December of '82. The mobile unit
was a late-70's GMC motor home...the one with the huge side windows and
two sets of rear wheels. The jocks nicknamed it the "sturgeon"..I guess
because of its pointy nose. At the time, the truck was only two or three
months old...in fact, tape exists of its debut. PD Gerry Cagle put
Armstrong(who was doing 12Noon-3PM until Bill Lee was fired in '83),
Dave Sholin(9-12Noon), Marvelous Mark McKay(3-6PM), Bill Lee(6-10PM),
Sue Hall(nights), Thom O'Hair and Sandy Louie(weekends)in the sturgeon...
and drove it to Sausalito and back. An airplane flew slowly above the
sturgeon...relaying the signal back to KFRC. With stops(including giving
a guy driving ahead of them with a KFRC bumper sticker $500) the trip
took two hours...and produced one of the most entertaining afternoons
of radio in KFRC or anybody's history.
BTW, does anyone know what happened to the sturgeon...who has it now?
Steve I Am
...
he used that name doing nights on WCOG, 1320, Greensboro, N.C.just before
he went off to the big-time. And yes the Go-rilla was with him! I was
just a high schooler hanging out at the local stations and struck up a
friendship with him ...
he used to put me on every night in a regular little feature. He was the
fastest-talking dude on the air anywhere. "Your Leeee-derr"!
And the irony of all ironies...when John/Jack went away, shortly after
another night guy came in, and his name was.....Shane...from Buffalo.
Small world, huh?
Steve Mitchell
MICHAEL HAGERTY
In a previous article, ZAA...@prodigy.com (Angela Allen) says:
>Lest we forget... around '83, '84... Jackson Armstrong did Afternoon
>Drive in L.A., at the late, great (everything good is dead, dammit !! *)
>KKHR, Hitradio 93 in L.A.
And, since Bob Gowa at KGO reminded us of Jackson's stint at KTNQ,
let me toss in his time at KFI, when John Rook had taken it top 40
outside the Lohman & Barkley morning show(1977-1980).
>He never sounded better. Of course, you don't
>wanna mention this to his ex-p.d., who blames Jack and the Go-rilla for
>the demise of KKHR. On the other hand, Mr. Armstrong says the same about
>the ex-p.d. (notice I'm not naming names here !!)
>
I agree with Angela about Jackson's sounding his best at KKHR. No disrespect
intended for Jack or the ex-p.d., but the real blame for the demise of
KKHR rests with CBS.
KIIS was Goliath, KKHR was David, but corporate wouldn't even buy it a
slingshot. The talent (Armstrong, Christopher Lance, The Slim One), was
fine, the music and audio processing downright electrifying, but at a
time when KIIS was giving away Porsche 944s with $10,000 in the glove
box, KKHR was giving away Honda 50 motor scooters(and that was when
the station still believed it could do it...later, Slim was reduced to
giving away cans of creamed corn because the station wasn't doing
anything of its own).
Tragically, for a legendary talent like Armstrong, and for all of us who
love great radio, KKHR's was not the only PD who didn't appreciate
Jackson's act. Neither KFI's Rook nor KFRC's Gerry Cagle(who other than
underappreciating Armstrong I consider to have been absolutely tremendous
as PD there in the early 80's) would allow Armstrong to do the "Gorilla".
KKHR's did...for a while.
>Just an interesting little story about the era in which L.A radio sounded
>better than it had in a long time... think about it... KIIS-FM, p.m.
>drive: Big Ron O'Brien; KKHR, p.m. drive: Jack Armstrong. In a moment of
>true radio mediocrity, THAT is one neat memory.
If this is the Angela Allen from KOOL-FM, you've explained why(besides
talent) you've always sounded so good on the air...great influences!
Mark Hanson
Michael.....
I agree Armstrong sounded GREAT at KKHR !!!! I did 7-Midnight from the
sign on till the sign-off at KKHR. Armstrong even came up with my
airname "Dancin' Mark Hanson" !!!! He has a heart of gold and always
called me "kid"...working at KKHR was a magic experience.. my first shot
at a major market...and working with people like Armstrong...Slim One...
Pat Garret...Chris Lance...Todd Parker...and Dave Donovan(now the voice
of the Fox network). When I opened the mike at 7:00 after Armstrongs
show...It was like being shot out of a cannon !!!!! I haven't equalled
or even come close to experiencing a station like Hitradio sense. I find
it interesting that people still talk about...
Dancin Mark Hanson
92.5 The Flash
San Diego
Ron Harris
Don Berns from WTAE (and KFMB, KLIF and WKBW) is in Toronto.
He was at CFNY (I believe) until a year or two ago. He now does
voiceovers, fill-in, and other freelance stuff in Toronto.
He was passing through L.A. two weeks ago, so the info is current! :)
-- RH
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| |
| When I go, I want to go like my grandfather: |
| Peaceful...calm...in his sleep. |
| Not screaming like the passengers in his car... |
root
Michael J. Hagerty
at KKHR. It was an oversight not to include you with Armstrong,
Lance and Slim in my earlier post. KKHR was incredible...and with
KFRC having begun its shift first to a softer approach, then to
"the Game Zone" and beyond, KKHR could, in '84, '85 and '86,
have laid claim to the title of most exciting CHR in America.
As I said in that earlier post, it's a shame CBS, with all its
resources, didn't commit to what it takes to dethrone, or at the
very least, compete with, a legend like KIIS.
Carl K. Gorney
In a previous article, rha...@netcom.com (Ron Harris) says:
>Don Berns from WTAE (and KFMB, KLIF and WKBW) is in Toronto.
>
>He was at CFNY (I believe) until a year or two ago. He now does
>voiceovers, fill-in, and other freelance stuff in Toronto.
On CFNY:exact time frames notwithstanding,about right. He also has done
some mix shows at CING(107.9,Burlington/Hamilton,Ont.,dance CHR:Energy 108),
which,given that some ex-'FNYers land here(see Scot Turner)landed here,could
be called CFNY West.
Years ago,he did some fill-in work at WMJQ(then Majic 102 as an CHRer),
when its then AM driver,Sandy Beach,was on vacation.
--
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| radio transmitter."
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Greg Skinner
I'm coming in late to this discussion, but I am sad to hear that WKBW
is no more. I used to pull it in late nights when I was a kid growing
up in NYC in the 70's. Has anyone mentioned (sp?) Al Bandiero ("The
Italian Stallion", "The Kid from Brooklyn") in this thread? In
addition to working WKBW evenings, he also worked 99X (98.7 WXLO) in
the late 70's. (Is he still in radio? Does he read this group?)
"We belong, we belong together ... you, and WKBW, Buffalo."
--gregbo
Perry Michael Simon
> gre...@netcom.com (Greg Skinner) writes:
> . Has anyone mentioned (sp?) Al Bandiero ... in this thread? ...
> (Is he still in radio? Does he read this group?)
He's doing a '70's show evenings on 95.5 WPLJ, New York (and
getting a huge amount of local press for its success).
Clarke PXY
Bandiero, he is currently doing a nightly 70's oldies show on WPLJ-95.5 in
New York City (from 8pm-Midnight), after a long run crosstown at Hot 97.
I used to listen to him on WIFI in Philadelphia...he did PM drive around
1975.
Regards,
Clarke Ingram, PD
98PXY/Rochester
Curtis Leeds
Another former WKBW talent not mentioned is Jack Sheridan, who had done
AM drive at crosstown WYSL before replacing Fred Klestine in the 9am till
noon slot. A very, very talented guy... who left Buffalo for Indianapolis
I think. Does anyone know where he is now???
Wynn Richards
In article <3mpbf7$9...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, DZJ...@prodigy.com (Curtis
Leeds) wrote:
To all who listened to the "Late WKBW" Radio-
The last person (as far as I know) to weather the storm of firings and
ownership changes and still work for what's left of KB is Tom Atkins.
Tom is (last I heard, at least he was when I worked with him) the Chief at
KB and Kiss, and at one time he was the Program Director. He probobly
knows where all the "Ghosts" are. Call him at KB, I am sure he would
answer your questions.
jackca...@gmail.com
m roaming around the 'net checking out radio stuff. I see Curtis Leeds' ge
nerous comments. Thanks Curtis. Brother, I'm so glad we're friends. Y'all,
he and I became pals as I brought people to work mornings on WYSL, and the
n when Cap Cities corporate folks played with Freddie Klestine and Fred hea
ded to the Lesniak's at WADV (proved to be a great move and i was so happy
for him...always loved the man and his talent. Real class. Anyhow, to lay
out the travel log after KB........i followed Fred to WADV. To this day,
classy big band music is so much of who i am musically. After Buffalo, it
was wife, son and me off to Baltimore for three years rocking' with Big 60,
WCAO and then southbound to Winston Salem, NC for a real short stint with
Fresh-Air WAIR, which led to a run to the Mississippi River in "The Quad Ci
ties" (Moline, IL - Davenport, IA) and my 'good time goodmornin' wake up sh
ow' on then WQUA, then KSTT then to Des Moines and two years hosting mornin
gs on talk-giant WHO-1040AM..... and finally back to Quad Cities for a doz
en years with WLLR-FM country where I started singing country throughout ou
r River-region with The Bandits band. The train stopped in 1998. Leaving d
aily full-time on-air work was sooooo hard (as I'm sure it is for all of us
mic-folks). ~~~ So that's it. My Buffalo time remains so memorable. Daw
n and I birthed Scotty there. Time flew by. I worked around so many talen
ted people. May God bless you readers who find this blurb. I'm movin'
forward. Later...........
