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| Ed Salamon |
It's been a good couple of weeks for country music fans.
First, they got a full-time station back, Nash-FM (94.7).
And now, WFDU-FM (89.1) will host an on-air reunion of the WHN-AM
(1050) air staff to mark the 40th anniversary of WHN switching to a country
format in 1972. The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tuesday,
February 26, according to Ray Edel at northjersey.com.
The broadcast will also be available via streaming audio, Click Here.
The New York station was country for 15 years, and during
that period it became the most listened-to country radio station of all time.
Radio personalities reuniting on air will include Country
Radio Hall-of-Famer and Sirius on-air personality Lee Arnold, WCBS-FM (101.1)
morning personality Dan Taylor, Mike Fitzgerald and Jessie Scott. Gene Ladd
will do the news, just like in the 1970s. Former WHN music director Pam Green
will schedule the music and former program director Ed Salamon will oversee the
event.
On Monday, Salamon's book "WHN: When New York City Went
Country" will be released by Archer Books.
WHN staff will gather for a panel discussion at 6 p.m. Monday at
Hill Country Live, 30 W. 26th St., Manhattan. Admission is free and the public is invited.
Can Someone Please tell me WHO sang "The Cowboy and the Lady" in the late 70's early 80's. On air version included "In the airport lounge she sat in a Marlena Deitrich hat....She was Mogen David Wine etc... My wife recently passed away and I wanted to add it to a montage. (YouTube only shows John Denver and Bobby Goldsboro. My version was constatnly played at that time. My E-mail is PlattekillNY@Aol.com Thank you
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