[78-L] AM Radio (and the music) is now dead

[Michael Biel]

From: "Michael Biel"
> >You might think that WNEW was noted for Big Bands, but that was
> > only for a few hours a day.
From: "RAY KILCOYNE" <kil at roadrunner.com>
> Hard to believe that I got my very first taste of Country music from Martin 
> Block. He counted down the Top 5 Country records every week on his Saturday 
> show. (He followed that with the Top 5 R&B records, but I had already heard 
> plenty of them).     RayK 


DITTO FOR ME!!!!!!  But it was also my first taste of R&B.  I remember
his program being the first place I heard Maybelline.  The main C&W
record I remember hearing on Block's show was "He's In The Jailhouse
Now" because I could only understand half of the words.  By this time he
was no longer on WNEW but had moved to WABC.  He later went on to WOR. 
William B. Williams at WNEW was still using the program title Make
Believe Ballroom as was Block on both the later stations.  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com