Vox wrote:
> I can't believe all of you didn't know who Murray the K was!!! I know
> many people here are in their fifties! Did you live under water???
LOL!
>
> Vox
If under water, could have been Submarine Race Watching?
Depending on where you grew up Murray wouldn't be well known. He is
basically thought of as a New York jock, although did a weekend ****ft on
the old Monitor Show on NBC Radio.
People in LA would remember Robert W. Morgan, Dick Whittinghill, Roger
Christian or The Real Don Steele. In Chicago, Wally Philips, John
Records Landecker, Dick Biondi or Larry Lujack. Dallas had Russ "The
Weird beard" Knight. Philly had Hy Lite, Dr Don Rose and Jim Nettleton.
Boston had Dave Maynard, Dick Summer, Arnie Ginsberg and Carl DeSuze.
In Cleveland, Pete "Mad Daddy" Meyers. Dick Purtan in Detroit also comes
to mind. I am sure many boomers reading this will have memories of
their favorites. Remember too the powerhouse stations, WABC, WBZ, WKBW,
KJR, KHJ, WLS, CKLW, WFIL, WIBG, WHK, WIOD, WQAM, WQXI, KFOG and
Mexico's XERB were but a few of the call letters that would be fondly
remembered by the crusin' set.
Very few DJs actually had national recognition, such as Alan Freed, Dick
Clark, Casey Kasem, Wolfman Jack, Jackson Armstrong, Johnny Holiday and
Joey Reynolds, unless they were syndicated or made it to Network TV.
Gary Owens was known nationally via Laugh-In but was also a huge success
in LA, at KMPC and others stations. Game show hosts/announcers like Wink
Martindale. Jim Lange, Steve Allen, Shadoe Stevens, Johnny Olsen, Bob
Eubanks Rod Roddy, B. Mitchell Reed, and comic Djs Hudson & Landry were
all basically West Coast DJs.
One of my favorites was Bob Crane. He was from my hometown. He was a
drummer in a high school band. He was at WICC in Bridge****t, working
his way up the radio food chain, went to LA on KNX and sky rocketed from
there with Hogan's Heroes.
A kind of OT response, but fun anyway.
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