In 1922…WHK-AM, Cleveland, Ohio, went on the air.
In 1938...Roy Acuff and his band debuted their morning radio show on WSM-AM Nashville.
In 1938...Roy Acuff and his band debuted their morning radio show on WSM-AM Nashville.
In 1943…the "Blue Network" (eventually ABC Radio
Network), premiered "Free World Theatre".
Murray Kaufman |
In 1982…Murray The K – 1010 WINS NYC, Died from cancer just
before his 60th birthday. Kaufman's
big break came in 1958 after he moved to WINS-AM to do the all-night show, which
he titled "The Swingin' Soiree." Shortly after his arrival, WINS's
high energy star disk jockey, Alan Freed, was indicted for tax evasion and
forced off the air. Though Freed's spot was briefly occupied by Bruce Morrow,
who later became known as Cousin Brucie on WABC, Murray soon was moved into the
7-11PM time period and remained there for the next seven years, always opening
his show with Sinatra and making radio history with his innovative segues,
jingles, sound effects, antics, and frenetic, creative programming.
Murray the K reached his peak of popularity in the mid-1960s
when, as the top-rated radio host in New York City, he became an early and
ardent supporter and friend of The Beatles. When the Beatles came to New York
on February 7, 1964, Murray was the first DJ they welcomed into their circle,
having heard about him and his Brooklyn Fox shows from American groups such as
the Ronettes (sisters Ronnie and Estelle Bennett, and their first cousin, Nedra
Talley), also known as Murray's "dancing girls".
The Ronettes met the Beatles in mid January 1964, just a few
weeks before, when the Harlem-born trio first toured England (the Rolling
Stones were the group's opening act). Murray got into the Nedw York’s Plaza
Hotel after telephoning Ronnie of the Ronettes and asking her to pave the way
and get him into the hotel to meet the Ronettes' new friends, the Beatles.
Thanks to Ronnie, Murray got into the hotel and did his radio show from their
Plaza Hotel room their first night in New York (there is a picture of
"Ronnie" being interviewed by Murray the K, as Paul McCartney and
George Harrison look on, in the hotel.
Cynthia Lennon, John and Murray |
This historical recording features interviews with the Fab Four
in early 1964. The interview was mailed out through the Murray the
"K" Fan Club.
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