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Friday, December 25, 2009

Death of a DJ

Another passing of significance (well, for me, anyway): George Michael (no relation to the Wham! guy). Among the last of the great night-time DJs of the "Boss Radio" era, George is best remembered in the radio biz for his work at WFIL in Philly. He was also the guy who replaced Cousin Brucie at 77 (Bong) WABC, circa 1974 - and filled Brucie's shoes more than adequately. In recent years, he hosted the Sports Machine on TV. He was 70.

More about King George here...

Sunday, December 06, 2009

And Up Yours, Tiny Tim...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

There, I've said it - Happy Holidays, not Merry Frickin' Christmas. God forbid we should acknowledge that not everyone is an enlightened Christian like some of you seem to think you are.

So...HAPPY GODDAMN HOLIDAYS. Deal with it...

Friday, December 04, 2009

Dump The Hump

Forget about politics. The real story here is how in today's economy, with the radio industry on life support, the best they can apparently offer is a guy like Rusty Humphries...