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Thursday, May 8, 2014

May 8 In Radio History


In 1962…Beatles manager Brian Epstein had a chance meeting with engineer Ted Huntly at a London record store. After Epstein related his discouragement about the Decca label rejecting the band, Huntly suggested he send a demo recording of the Beatles to EMI and, in particular, to one of their producers, George Martin.


In 1970...The Beatles released the "Let it Be" album to Radio


In 1982...Ron Lundy does last show at 77 WABC, prior to format change to Talk.


Ron was on the air in New York City starting in September 1965, first on the overnight shift at WABC before shifting to middays in 1966. He remained at WABC right up until its last day as a music station on May 10, 1982. He then shifted to WCBS-FM in 1984 and remained there until his retirement on September 18, 1997.  Ron passed away at the age of 75 in Mississippi on May 15, 2010.

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