Musicradio WABC Pictures of the Week for April, 2020
Week of April 7, 2020:
Week of April 14, 2020:
Ron Lundy from his St. Louis days at WIL!
Before Ron arrived at WABC, he was a big star on WIL in St.
Louis.
The above picture of Ron (standing and laughing) was taken at
an event to support St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Ron Lundy, WIL/St. Louis
February 28, 1962:
You'll hear references to
two other New York DJ's to come:
Gary Stevens would become a star on New York's
WMCA and
Robin Scott would go by his real name, Bob Dayton, on WABC.
In an interesting twist of radio irony, Ron would replace Bob Dayton on WABC
three years later.
More
WABC/WIL trivia:
At the very beginning of WIL "Action Central News" (at 05:55 into this
aircheck) you'll hear Dan Ingram's voice in the news intro.
Dan had been at WIL until 1961 and the station was still using this small bit of
production he previously recorded.
Week of April 21, 2020:
Bob Cruz
(courtesy Shadoe Steele)
Bob Cruz on WABC
March 13, 1976
Yes, Bob did sound like Dan Ingram!
Program Director Rick Sklar thought so too... and "Bob Morgan" from Florida
became "Bob Cruz" on WABC in New York.
Bob was hired in 1976 for the overnight show and is generally considered to be the last DJ hired when a new WABC DJ was still big news.
He went on to do afternoons on WABC when Dan moved to mornings
in 1979.
Later, he became an ABC Network announcer.
Scott Benjamin
interviewed some of those who worked with Bob at Musicradio WABC:
Bob Cruz Tribute by Scott Benjamin
Week of April 28, 2020:
Dan Ingram on WABC in 1965
(courtesy David Jaspen)
The first Saturday of every month is "Dan Ingram Saturday" on the Rewound Radio DJ Hall of Fame.
This month (May) it's Dan on WABC from 1964, 1968 and 1970!
12 Noon (ET)
(Rewound Radio Direct Link)