Tomorrow is the opening of the movie Wicked: For Good. Before you go see that movie, I have a suggestion. Go listen to this version of The Wizard of Oz. It is a radio version that has Judy Garland recreating her role as Dorothy. None of the other original cast is included but the new …
Two former radio personalities recent died. First was Allan Harris who was a native of Buffalo but started in broadcasting on channel 13 TV. He then moved over to radio where he was heard on WHAM as a news reporter and hosted a late night news talk show. He also produced a sports program and …
I had a lot of other things to do last week so I only completed two small tasks. 1. I downloaded Kodak Park Fifty Years Ago; A “Boy’s Eye View” of 1904 on May 11th from… Well, I don’t know where I got it from. I tried to find it again but failed to figure …
Al Sisson was on Rochester radio from the 1930s to the late 1950s. He mostly did short human interest reports where he talked about people and places around the area. Last weekly I scanned his Down the Road A Piece with Al Sisson from 1952. This booklet contained 15 of his scripts that he picked …