Musicradio WABC Pictures of the Week for October, 2010

Week of October 5, 2010:

The Bob Dayton "Help Stamp Out Fan Clubs" Fan Club Card
(courtesy Mike Riccio)

(front)

(back)

Bob Dayton worked at WABC from 1963 until 1965.
Like Dan Ingram, he arrived at WABC from WIL in St. Louis where he worked under the air name "Rockin' Robin Scott".

Bob did the midday show on WABC coming on after "The Breakfast Club" at 11AM
and preceding Dan Ingram who came on at 2 PM.

Known for his acerbic wit, Bob tended to push the limits of acceptable humor for the times
and he found himself at odds with WABC programming guru Rick Sklar on a number of occasions.

After WABC, Bob worked in Los Angeles at KBLA before returning to
New York City where he worked at both WPIX-FM and WCBS-FM.

Unfortunately, Bob Dayton died in 1995.

Bob Dayton on WABC
(1965)

              
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Week of October 12, 2010:

Dan Ingram
(1962)
(courtesy Vince Santarelli)

We have a new Dan Ingram aircheck from December 26, 1963.
This is relatively early in Dan's career at WABC and is a great example of what WABC sounded like at that time.
Note the WABC Chime is present... but not part of a jingle.
And speaking of jingles... the PAMS Series 26 "All American" jingles sound great.

There's a great Howard Cosell promo on this aircheck where he pokes fun at Dan!

You can hear Dan in his early WABC years as he perfects some of the trademark elements that would later make him famous.
And... from the trivia department, note that it's the week between Christmas and New Years yet
WABC is not broadcasting the Top 100 of The Year!

Dan Ingram on WABC
December 26, 1963
(courtesy Ricky "The K" Kaufman)

         
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Week of October 19, 2010: 

From the Musicradio WABC Lobby!
If you were a visitor to the WABC studios at 1330 Avenue of the Americas in 1970,
you saw this as you stepped off the elevator on the eighth floor:

Clockwise from the top left:
Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy, Bruce Morrow
Jim Nettleton, Jay Reynolds, Chuck Leonard, Dan Ingram

Week of October 26, 2010: 

Umbrella Lugosi

So you ask...
Who Was Umbrella Lugosi?

        
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(1962)