Since we are still going, WJR ( 3 letters indicate a 50,000 watt clear
channel station) in Detroit had "Night Flight, Music till Dawn" with Jay
Roberts. Great music and pleasent talk.. No idea what WJR stood for.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Quick [mailto:quicktax@e...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:53 PM
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Chicago After Dark
Pete
Boy did you bring back memories. I believe F McCormick was on WGN (Worlds
Greatest News) with the Meister Brau Showcase. He competed with J Andres
on
WBBM's "Music til Dawn".
There was (he died a couple of years ago) a John McCormick with the same
format and voice on KMOX in St. Louis.
Roy Quick
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From: <PSHedgpeth@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>; <ritslist@s...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:14 AM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Chicago After Dark
> This topic is not strictly..or perhaps even remotely...railroad
oriented,
but
> since the "vision" came to me while lying awake last night in the deep
dark
> hours between 1:00am and 5:00am thinking about the times I was driving
around
> the South Side of Chicago trying to keep awake it did arise on "company
time"
> so here's a little quiz for you old time Chicago guys.
>
> Part one: I used to listen to a program which came on at midnight over
> WGN..I think..might have been WLS. The announcer was Franklyn
McCormick...He
> had a very soothing voice and about 2:00 am he would go to a certain
place
> and read Poetry. Question 1....where did he go to read the poetry???
> Question 2...and you have to be 60 or better to tie into this one. What
> other radio program do you connect with Franklyn McCormick. When I was
> listening to his program in 1962-64 I thought that his voice had a
> familiarity to it, but couldn't place it...In the 1970's I bought a
> collection of records of old radio programs and all of a sudden in one
of
the
> programs it dawned on me that FM was the announcer....What was the
program.
>
> Part two: In trying to get back to sleep and thinking of other old
stuff
I
> wondered how many folks know that radio station initials as one time
stood
> for something....Here's two that I can think of WLS Chicago and WSM
Nashville
> What did these initials stand for.
>
> The only prizes offered for correct answers is that you know you've got
too
> much time on your hands and that you are approaching old age.
>
> Pete
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