In 1933…"The Kraft Music Hall" premiered on the
NBC Radio Network.
In 1959…"Mad Daddy" Pete Myers broadcast his last
show on WHK-AM, Cleveland, Ohio.
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| Pete Myers 1959 |
In January 1958, Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers joined WJW-AM from WHKK 640 AM in Akron. His "Mad Daddy" persona later was
adapted by Ernie Anderson for his "Ghoulardi" character on sister
station WJW-TV in 1963. Myers' show was heard nightly from 8 pm to 12:30 am.
Myers had a brief but meteoric career at WJW, lasting only until May 13, 1958,
when he resigned to go to Metromedia's WHK which was establishing itself as the
new Top 40 powerhouse in Cleveland.
WJW enforced a 90-day noncompete clause, and "Mad
Daddy" could not be heard on WHK until August 10. To keep his name in
front of the public while he was off the air, Myers concocted a publicity stunt
on June 14, 1958, parachuting from a Piper Cub 2200 feet over Lake Erie, and
composing a poem on his way down.
He was fished out the waters shortly thereafter, and handed
out copies of the 45 record "Zorro" to hundreds of fans who greeted
him when he got to shore.
"Mad Daddy" reached the peak of his popularity at
WHK, hosting record hops and live after-midnight shows dressed in a Dracula
costume. In July 1959 he moved to WHK's sister station in New York, WNEW 1130
AM, where "Mad Daddy" was not well received. He played it straight as
Pete Myers there until 1963, when he moved to 1010 WINS and resumed the "Mad
Daddy Show." This show was syndicated to other stations until WINS changed
format to all-news in 1965.
As again just Pete Myers, he returned to WNEW once more.
Myers lived until October 4, 1968, when he took his own life in New York City.
In 1971…WNEW-FM in New York City became the first radio station to play Don McLean's "American Pie," aired in its 8-minute, 36-second entirety.
In 1977…Elvis Presley's final concert took place at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Before the show Elvis was presented with a plaque commemorating the 2 billionth Presley record to come out of RCA's pressing plant. He appeared pale, weak, and overweight, but the only thing out of the ordinary about this show was that Elvis inexplicably introduced almost everyone in his life while on stage. Some took this as "proof" that he knew his end was near. He died 51 days later.
In 1990...8 Radio stations in Kansas and Oklahoma boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad.
LS Radio Inc., a Wichita-based company with seven stations in Kansas and one in Oklahoma, pulled k.d. lang's records Thursday. So did the Shepherd Group, which has three stations in Missouri and one in Montana.
The spot also irritated Larry Steckline, a Wichita broadcaster who owns five country stations in Kansas, the top beef state in the United States. Steckline, a farmer-rancher, said he had ''no problem with her being a vegetarian. . . . My problem is somebody with a name in this industry coming down hard on the number one industry in our state. That's not what I call ladylike.''
Great Empire Broadcasting Inc., another Kansas chain with 10 stations in five states, gathered listener reaction as it considered joining the boycott. Mike Oatman, Great Empire's chief executive officer and general manager of a station in Wichita, reported that 60 percent of the callers favored continuing to play k.d. lang's records and 40 percent favored banning them.
In Media Confidential one year ago...
Springfield MA..Radio veteran Brad Sherpard OUT at WHYN-AM: Click Here
In 1971…WNEW-FM in New York City became the first radio station to play Don McLean's "American Pie," aired in its 8-minute, 36-second entirety.
In 1977…Elvis Presley's final concert took place at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Before the show Elvis was presented with a plaque commemorating the 2 billionth Presley record to come out of RCA's pressing plant. He appeared pale, weak, and overweight, but the only thing out of the ordinary about this show was that Elvis inexplicably introduced almost everyone in his life while on stage. Some took this as "proof" that he knew his end was near. He died 51 days later.
In 1990...8 Radio stations in Kansas and Oklahoma boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad.
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| k d lang |
The spot also irritated Larry Steckline, a Wichita broadcaster who owns five country stations in Kansas, the top beef state in the United States. Steckline, a farmer-rancher, said he had ''no problem with her being a vegetarian. . . . My problem is somebody with a name in this industry coming down hard on the number one industry in our state. That's not what I call ladylike.''
Great Empire Broadcasting Inc., another Kansas chain with 10 stations in five states, gathered listener reaction as it considered joining the boycott. Mike Oatman, Great Empire's chief executive officer and general manager of a station in Wichita, reported that 60 percent of the callers favored continuing to play k.d. lang's records and 40 percent favored banning them.
In Media Confidential one year ago...
Springfield MA..Radio veteran Brad Sherpard OUT at WHYN-AM: Click Here
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