New York City radio legend Dan Ingram died Sunday. 83. He did afternoons for years. There was a short stint in the morning when WABC was faltering. He was a dj's dj, if you know what I mean. I vividly remember one of Ingram's anniversary shows. They played "To Sir with Love" by Lulu. The song ended. Ingram then said "The truth be known, I never liked that song." I nearly fell out of the chair. He broke a major DJ rule. Never criticize the music your station plays. Ingram could get away with it. CBS Radio tried syndicating a weekly countdown show with Ingram as the voice. The hook-- the top 40, in three hours. Casey Kasem took four hours to do his top 40. Ingram talked fast. He talked less. Some songs were faded out early. I don't think it lasted two years.
My former coworker, Shauna McNally, won an Emmy Saturday night. She's a producer at WJLA in Washington, DC. I'm thrilled. Great person and great journalist.
I was watching Martin Short on an old Johnny Carson show recently. Why wasn't/isn't he a bigger star? The guy was a scream-- impressions, singing, etc. There were rumors Short and Dana Carvey were under consideration for talk shows way back when. It never happened, and I think I know why. Both Carvey and Short are doing characters. When you're doing a talk show, you have to play yourself, and that isn't easy.
This is a little late, but I'm very proud of the way my co-workers performed during the Wilkes-Barre Township and Bradford County tornadoes. Difficult logistics, but they got it done.
ABC will do Roseanne without Roseanne this fall. Good solution to the problem. I can't say I'm all that interested.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre received a very brief mention in the Brockmire season 2 finale last week.
It's now a done deal. Allie LaForce leaves CBS for Turner's NBA coverage. Good move for TBS and TNT.
Am I the only person in America who regularly looks at his LinkedIn account?
FOX Sports Radio did a nice job covering the NBA draft last week. CBS Sports Radio has some of the better weekend shows.
