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July 20, 2011:
I bought a scanner the
other day and took a look at the suitcase full of old ephemera ...
and thought that if ever there was a time for digital preservation,
this is that time.
Then, I bought a contraption that makes
all the cassette tapes in my closet into modern-day MP3s.
So, I've been archiving away.
Sorry. EVERYTHING is enormous.
If you think you might be interested, it is probably worth the wait
to download.
And, if, while you are listening to
anything you think you can narrow down a date or embellish a
description, drop me a line.
And, if you have anything to add, let
me know.
Finally, if you come across an error,
let me know.
- Gregg
Drop a note: gregg @ crnwest . com ... it'll be
fun to know who's been visiting.
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First Thing Posted:
I scanned and
scanned and scanned, on so on, until I had a file that came in as a
200MB PDF.
Even I wasn't interested enough to download that, so I tweaked it
down the a
35MB PDF ...
it's still enormous !!! (Sorry)
Here's the
ZIP FILE
of the actual scanned JPGs in case you'd ever want an individual
image.
Of course,
[LEFT-CLICK] to
see the whole thing or, if you think you'd want to keep a copy in
your archives,
[LEFT-CLICK] will
probably save it to a directory you choose on your own compooter.
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July 22, 2011:
A new,
different, SECOND
FILE
of mostly photographs.
This is only a
4MB PDF ... mostly from Jimmy Fund, MFM and
misc.
... Here's
the
ZIP FILE
of the JPG's.
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July 31, 2011:
More misc.
smaller pictures and things ... mostly around the station.
2MB PDF
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Your Editor, Gregg |
From Your Editor ...
I told myself at first that this was just a clerical
exercise ... I got the document scanner and figured
this would just be a matter of scanning things to
save on space.
Then, I got the doo-dad that takes cassette tapes
and makes them into MP3 digital files ... the idea
was the same, I told myself I'd just run the tapes
while I was doing other things, make the files,
archive them and maybe listen to them someday on a
long road trip or something.
Truth is, it was like the clichéd "train wreck" ...
I had to look, or in this case, I couldn't take my
ears off the tapes as they were dubbing.
We were doing some pretty darn good radio back in
those pre-Internet daze !!!
It was fun to remember back to the promotions at the
malls, to the fun times at The Pub, to the
radio-thons, to the oldies shows ... and, more
importantly to the people ... many are still friends
to this day.
I have to admit, that sending the link for this page
out and hearing from old friends I haven't heard
from in a while is making this even more fun and
rewarding. As the days go by I hope that that
list will grow too.
My favorites are the radio-thons ... they seem like
only yesterday, but they were A LONG TIME AGO and
were superb programs ... and, the commercials from
Dave for the Hideout and The Mountain Farms Mall.
Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Tom Hennessey, Jack
Dennison, Dick Christiansen, BoMo (Bob Martin # 1)
and some other friends we won't forget.
Businesses that were part of our lives.
If you have found yourself on this page, these were
probably your memories too. I hope you enjoy
the visit and I do hope you check in with an email
... especially if I haven't heard from you in a
while. It would be good to hear what you are
up to these days.
I am enjoying Northampton and although I'm not as
busy as I'd like, I am gratified to be working
enough to get by.
HERE is a
link to a lot of what I've been doing
post-the-old-days.
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Not WHMP ...
WMAS, BINGO.
PDF LINK
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August 16, 2011:
The White
Eagle Music Hour
...
from Mountain Farms Mall.
19MB MP3 LINK
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August 21, 2011:
"LISTEN TO NORTHAMPTON"
A "1400 WHMP" Jingle. I
didn't time it. Maybe 45 seconds.
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PETE KULES, NED MARTIN
...
January 2, 1981 Sports Show
11MB MP3 LINK (PART A)
13MB MP3 LINK (PART B) |
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R.I.P.
ALL NEW ... send me
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Daily Hampshire Gazette
Lorraine Aurore (Lariviere) Mathieu
(1922-2012)
EASTHAMPTON- Lorraine Aurore (Lariviere) Mathieu, 89, of
Easthampton, passed away peacefully on Aug. 18, 2012, at
Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
She was born Dec. 7, 1922, in Southbridge, the daughter of
the late Alfred E. and Aurore (Belmore) Lariviere. She has
made Easthampton her home since 1952.
Lorraine was a communicant of the Our Lady of The Valley
Church and the former Notre Dame Church. She graduated from
Mary Wells High School in Southbridge and attended Holyoke
Community College. She was a member of the Woman's Club and
Mothers Club in Easthampton for many years. Mrs. Mathieu
worked for 14 years as a copywriter at radio station WHMP in
Northampton, retiring in 1982.
She leaves her husband of 68 years, Henry A Mathieu, Sr.; a
daughter, MaryAnn Kohl and her husband Gary of Portsmouth,
R.I.; a son, Henry Mathieu, Jr. and his wife Susan Moran of
Hadley; a brother, Robert Lariviere of Westfield, N.J.; 11
grandchildren, Cam, Greg and Olivia Mathieu of Hadley,
Matthieu Kohl, Julia Kohl, and Bethany Chambers of Utah, Ian
Kohl of New Mexico, Jared and Spencer Kohl of Virginia,
Gordon Kohl of Vermont, and Adam Kohl of Alaska; 16
great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews. Her brother Alfred Lariviere
predeceased her.
Her funeral will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. from the
Boucher-O'Brien Funeral Home, 7 Pleasant St., Easthampton,
followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. at the
Our Lady of The Valley Church, 33 Adams St., Easthampton,
with burial in St. Brigids Cemetery.
Calling hours are Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from
9:30 a.m. until the time of the funeral. Donations may be
made in her memory to the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation, 26 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004.
To sign a Guest Book, express condolences, share memories
and read other obituaries, go to
www.gazettenet.com/obituaries.
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Peter Kules
Broadcaster, HRRN co-founder
Pete Kules dies at 76
Posted: Monday, December 20,
2010 5:05 PM
Horse Racing Radio Network
co-founder and noted broadcaster Pete Kules died on Saturday
in Lexington. He was 76.
Kules founded HRRN with Mike
Penna in 2005 after a multifaceted career in the horse
racing industry.
“The horse racing world has
lost a great ambassador,” Penna said. “Pete was a great
friend who gave me my start in radio. He loved the sport of
Thoroughbred racing and will be missed by all of us at HRRN.”
Kules embarked on his career in
the industry in 1943 as a hotwalker in Massachusetts. He
later became a groom, veterinary assistant, and assistant
starter because becoming a track announcer, track
handicapper, and seminar host at track such as Churchill
Downs, Saratoga Race Course, Thistledown, and Finger Lakes.
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Stanley M. Miastkowski
July 26,
1951 - November 03, 2009
Self-Employed
Writer/Computer Journalist SAR volunteer…
Stanley Michael Miastkowski,
58, of Peterborough, NH, passed away suddenly Tuesday,
Nov. 3, 2009.
Son of the late Stanley J.
and Helen (Kulas) Miastkowski, Stan was born in Hadley,
MA on July 26, 1951. He graduated from Hopkins Academy
in Hadley and later attended the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst. His first job was working on the
family farm, followed by work for Tripod Camera Shops
and Caldor in Northampton, the beginning of a lifelong
passion for technology of all kinds. For 14 years, he
was a radio announcer, news reporter, and disc jockey at
WHMP, the ABC Radio affiliate in Northampton, MA.
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Created
07/08/2005 - 5:00am
After a career spanning
five decades, local radio personality Andrew J. Wiernasz,
79, died July 6 at his home in South Deerfield.There
were two things that Andy, as friends called him, was
passionate about: polka music and dog races, said Joe
Fennessey, former general manager at WHMP. Mr. Wiernasz
made a career out of his first love. He went to work for
WHMP in 1953 after a short time at another station. It
is at WHMP that he made a name for himself as a polka
aficionado. Every Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon, his voice
could be heard over the airwaves.
''There are lots of Polish
people in the area and Andy recognized that,'' said
Dennis Lee, a colleague of Mr. Wiernasz at WHMP. ''He
knew that people would like and relate to a polka
show.''
His show became a hit with
local residents, even those who were not of Polish
descent. Lee attributes this as much to his friend's
off-air personality as to his on-air energy.
''He was always out and
about in the community,'' said Lee. ''He knew everyone
and people knew him. They loved his comfortable and
smooth voice. He just had a way to make conversation
easy.''
Polka music became
Wiernasz's trademark, and even that of the station to a
certain extent. Lee recalls playing polka music every
morning at 6:40 a.m. People would tell Lee that they
always knew what time it was when he played polka.
<<MORE>>
<< ANDY'S POLKA SHOW LIVE >>
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Thomas
Hennessey ... (???-November(?) 1992(?))
If you die before the Internet, your obit will be much
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Bob Martin
(Robert J. Jurach) ... (1944-1982)
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Bob Berger
Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Robert H.
Berger of Wilbraham, MA
died Saturday at his home. He was born in Bridgeport, CT,
began violin lessons at the age of 3 and piano at age 9. At
age 6 he won the young classical violin contest. He studied
under Samuel Gardner of Julliard School of Music and with
Sascha Fidelman and Kemp Stillings. At age 19 he was the
youngest person hired to join the first violin section of
the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
He joined the National
Orchestral Association in NYC during which time he played in
society bands, hotels and night clubs. He traveled and
played with many big bands including Lawrence Welk, Roy
Benson, Jerry Glidden, Ernie Hechsher and Dick LaSalle.
He came to Western Mass in 1950
with Decca Records. He became manager of WREB Radio, WMAS
Radio and General Manager of WHYN AM/FM and TV 40. He was
also President of his own advertising agency, Berger and
Barron. An active Rotarian for 45 years in Springfield and
Holyoke and received the Paul Harris Award in Rotary.
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Bob Paquette
May 28, 2011
The Western Massachusetts news
community, as well as the community at large, lost a major
voice this weekend when Bob Paquette, Senior News Producer
and host of Morning Edition at WFCR-FM, died of an apparent
heart attack in Bloomfield, Conn.
Paquette, 55, began working in
radio his freshman year of college in 1973 and joined the
staff of WFCR in 1991. During his tenure at WFCR, Paquette
received 10 awards for his reporting work from the
Associated Press and four awards from the Public Radio News
Directors Association.
Paquette was born on May 14,
1956 in Maysville, North Carolina, to Robert and Martha
(Byrd) Paquette. Before WFCR, he worked as a morning news
announcer at WRNX and WTTT, both in Amherst. Paquette was a
1973 graduate of Dracut (Mass.) High School and a 1977
graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He and
Michael Packard began a 25-year partnership on June 4, 1986,
and would have celebrated their 25th anniversary on what is
now the date of his memorial service. The couple had a
commitment ceremony on July 11, 1992 and were wed on July
11, 2004.
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Ken Coleman
August 21, 2003
BOSTON (AP) -- Ken Coleman, the
broadcaster whose resonant voice carried Boston Red Sox fans
through some of their greatest victories and biggest
disappointments, has died. He was 78.
Coleman died early Thursday at
Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, where he was being treated for
complications from bacterial meningitis, according to his
son, William Coleman.
Coleman, a Red Sox broadcaster
for 20 years, called the team's heartbreaking loss in the
1986 World Series, when a ground ball rolled through first
baseman Bill Buckner's legs and into Boston sports infamy.
He was also with Boston through the "Impossible Dream"
season in 1967, when the Red Sox made an improbable World
Series run before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals.
"He was a great announcer. He
should be in the Hall of Fame," said Johnny Pesky, the
former Red Sox shortstop who teamed up with Coleman in the
broadcast booth from 1969 to 1974. "The first thing that
strikes you with him was his voice. [He] had a voice as good
as any of them."
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Jack Dennison
John `Jack' Denison,
educator, humorist
John W. " Jack
" Denison , 64, of 35 Newell Court, the
retired associate dean and director of the Stockbridge
School of Agriculture at the University of
Massachusetts, died Monday at home.
He was also a Maine
humorist.
He began working for UMass
in 1961 as the first regional extension agent in
Middlesex and Essex Counties.
In 1963, he began teaching
in the university's poultry science department. He was
later named associate dean and director, and retired in
1987.
He was also a salesman and
serviceman for Worthmore Feed Co. in Greenfield.
Born in Harrison, Maine, he
was a graduate of Bridgton Academy and the University of
Maine at Orono. He received a graduate degree from the
University of Massachusetts.
He moved from Maine to
Greenfield in 1954, and to Amherst in 1963.
He was a Maine humorist,
and started performing in 1961. He gave banquet
speeches, and was a master of ceremonies at meetings all
over New England.
He recorded his
down-to-earth stories of Maine.
He was a member of First
Congregational Church of Amherst, and the Crooked River
Masonic Lodge, the American Legion, and the Fire
Department, all in Harrison, Maine. He was also active
with the Boy Scouts there.
He leaves his wife, the
former Anne S. Heino; a son, Robert S. of Amherst; a
daughter, Patricia Denison-Jacque of Amherst; a brother,
Philip H. of Harrison, and a grandson.
A private graveside service
will be conducted Thursday at Maple Ridge Cemetery in
Harrison. A memorial service will be scheduled at First
Congregational Church in Amherst.
Douglass Funeral Home is in
charge, and there are no calling hours.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Hampshire County Hospice, Box 1204,
Northampton, 01061, or the American Cancer Society, 383
Dwight St., Holyoke, 01040.
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Grace Gordon, 85,
worked at WHMP
Union-News
(Springfield, MA)
- Tuesday, November 23, 1993
FLAGER BEACH, Fla. -
Grace (Davis) Gordon, 85, formerly of 36 Arlington
St., Northampton, Mass., died Saturday at the home
of her son, John Gordon.
She had been employed
for many years at WHMP radio
station in Northampton. Born in Springfield, Vt.,
she attended schools there, and also attended the
former Northampton Commercial College.
She moved to
Northampton in 1928 and resided there until a few
years ago. She was a member of the Quota Club, and
also had been a volunteer at Yhe Cooley-Dickinson
Hospital. She had also been active in the hospital
auxiliary for many years.
Her husband, John M.
Gordon, a former drama critic for the Springfield
newspapers, died in 1989. Besides her son, she
leaves a daughter, Barbara Martin of Summerside,
Prince Edward Island, Canada; and four
grandchildren.
A graveside service
will be scheduled. Pease Funeral Home in Northampton
is in charge.
Memorial contributions
may be made to The Cooley-Dickinson Hospital
Auxiliary, Locust Street, Northampton, Mass. 01060.
To bookmark this
article, right-click on the link below, and copy the
link location:
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Joe English
Joseph E. English, 67,
local author, poet, editor
Author:
STAFF:
UNION-NEWS (Springfield, Mass.)
Joseph
E. English , 67, of 108 Hartford
Terrace, an author and poet, died Saturday in Boston's
Massachusetts General Hospital.
He was editor of the Poet's
Page and a columnist for the arts page of the
Springfield Journal.
He was an adjunct professor
at American International College.
A copy writer for WMAS and
WHMP radio stations, in the 1950s, he worked for Radio
Free Europe in New York City.
Born in Westfield, he moved
to this city 37 years ago.
He leaves three brothers,
James P. of Villanova, Pa., David P. of Calgary,
Alberta, Canada, and Kevin T. of Belchertown and several
nephews and nieces.
A graveside funeral will be
held Wednesday morning in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Calling hours will be Tuesday evening at Hafey
Springfield Chapels.
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It's kind of fun
to try to figure out dates based in most case from only
content on these airchecks. :) ... none
were recorded with Internet archiving in mind.
Sport scores
helped a lot. News stories generally helped some.
Car model years in dealership ads helped some.
If you can
tighten up a date guess while listening to something, let me
know.
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JIMMY FUND RADIOTHON "JimmyThon"
III
February 20, 1982
*, Hampshire Mall:
(also on WHAI AM/FM)
4MB MP3 LINK (PART
D)
11MB MP3 LINK (PART
E) ... Final Hour: Jon Miller,
Charlie Pellett,
Ken Coleman, Tim Goggins, Peter Keenan, "The Aids Diet Plan" ...
13MB
MP3 LINK (PART A)
11MB MP3 LINK (PART B)
... Dave Madsen, Jon
Miller
("Dolly Jolly. Golly.")
... Peter Keenan, Jim McNally, Gregg, Charlie Pellett, Paul
Walker ...
(sadly the
tape ran out before Jon Miller tells us what would have
happened if Dolly Jolly married Salvadore Dali and she was
happy.)
13MB
MP3 LINK (PART C)
13MB MP3 LINK (PART C2) ... Joe
Fennessey, Jerry Jolly, Dave Madsen, Don Maia, Jim Sadowsky,
Gregg, Paul Walker, Tim Goggins ...
*
Date guess based on references to 1981 Red Sox season and
scores in ABC sportscast.
IV
January 22, 1983
*, Hampshire Mall:
(also on WPOE)
13MB MP3 LINK (PART A)
13MB MP3 LINK (PART B) ... Dennis Lee,
Bob Sawyer, Marc Berman, Gregg ...
13MB MP3 LINK (PART C) ... Charlie
Pellett, Mike Dukakis, Peter Keenan, Gregg ...
13MB MP3 LINK
(PART D)
13MB MP3 LINK
(PART E)... Dave Madsen, Don Maia, Paul
Graham, Mike Andrews, Ken Coleman, Dennis Lee, Rollie
Jacobs, Gerry Jolly, John Baibak, Gregg ...
13MB MP3 LINK (PART F)
14MB MP3 LINK (PART G)
... John Baibak on news,
Ken Coleman, Jim & Michael Vinick, Mike Dion, Dave Madsen,
Dennis Lee, Marc Berman, Ralph Levy, Bob Sawyer ...
14MB
MP3 LINK (PART H)
14MB
MP3 LINK (PART I) ... Mike Dion,
Ken Coleman, Dave Madsen, Marc Berman, Dennis Lee, Fred
King, Gregg, Victoria Burke ...
*
Date guess based on date reference in newscast.
Newer Material ...
???
... I'm
thinking 1981 (there were no real date marks to set a date)
... It was at Mountain Farms Mall (before we moved to
Hampshire Mall) yet it could have been part of R'thon II.
29 MB LINK
(31:56)
... Gregg,
Kathy Abraham, Charlie Pellett, Pete Kules, Jack Denison,
Ken Coleman, Peter Bernhard, Bill Krimsky ...
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THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL
This was
an awesome many-many-hours-long special we ran on FM.
Awesome!
HERE'S ONE (24MB) OF THE WELL OVER 100 H.R.R. PROGRAM SEGMENTS
... get ahold of me if you'd like to hear it all.
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THE BEATLES SPECIAL
Another
awesome show we ran.
ONE SEGMENT
... get ahold of me if you'd like to hear it all.
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Not WHMP ...
TED PEENE ON WTTT (Un-scoped) ... Bob Paquette,
Tim Ashfield ...
Monday,
July 7, 1980 *
... I have
no idea why I had this. Sounds good. Lot's of
ads. Lots!
... "Announcing New MP3
from Sunoco!"
... sounds like my
tape machine was on its very last legs when this got
recorded.
7MB
MP3 LINK (PART A)
7MB
MP3 LINK (PART B)
* Guess based on
baseball scores and model years in Paige Chevrolet ad.
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MOUNTAIN FARMS MALL
3MB
MP3 LINK ... 7
commercials 1970s/80s?
MP3 LINK ... "Swing Into Spring"
(UMass Promotion) commercial.
MP3 LINK
... Commercials
VERY FUNNY:
MP3 LINK ... "We've Got the
Spirit" jingle "demo" by Dave
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HAMPSHIRE MALL (Also be sure to see the
Jimmy Fund tapes, above.)
4MB
MP3 LINK
... Dennis Lee Live on FM99.
8MB MP3 LINK
... Bud Stone.
28MB
MP3 LINK ... Gregg Adams Oldies in Cafe
Square
XXMB MP3 LINK ... Bud Stone, XX
XX, 1982 *
*
Date guess based on
label on cassette.
MP3 LINK ... Juke Box Contest on WHMP
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Coming Soon:
"WHMP at 40"
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the newspaper tabloid.
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"SATURDAY
NIGHT OLDIES SHOW"
...
featuring Gregg "Adams" from Hampshire Mall:
(See
Hampshire Mall, above)
... from
The Three County Fair:
13MB
PDF LINK (PART A)
13MB
PDF LINK (PART B)
... with Bud Stone at Three County Fair.
Coming Soon:
XX MP3 LINK
... (Scoped, Mike-activated scanner) Circa 1980, with
live spots for CIMA, Jake's, Furnari Jewelers, Almy's ...
5MB
MP3 LINK
... (Scoped, Mike-activated scanner) Circa 1981, with
live breakaways to Charlie Pellett (mostly cut out by
scanner) ...
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WHMP COMMERCIALS
Faces,
Amherst:
MP3 LINK ... Male and Female versions,
Circa 1980.
Sticky Wicket Disco:
MP3 LINK
FUNNY:
The Hideout:
MP3 LINK ... "As the Dough Spins"
The Pub:
MP3 LINK
... Tom Gavin, July 1977 *
*
Date guess based on
label on cassette.
Coming:
MP3 LINK
...
Coming:
MP3 LINK
...
Coming:
MP3 LINK
...
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GREGG ON WRCQ
in Hartford, Connecticut
... Sunday Afternoon,
Leslie Ellen Show, May 7, 1978:
13MB MP3 LINK (PART A)
13MB MP3 LINK (PART B)
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Weekday afternoon, doing the news (circa 1977 or 1978):
13MB
PDF LINK
...
on a weekend afternoon, doing the news (circa 1977):
13MB
MP3 LINK
... Saturday, August 8,
1977:
*
13MB MP3 LINK (PART A)
13MB
MP3 LINK (PART A)
*
Guess based on Villanova/Army score.
...
February 19, 197?: *
11MP3
LINK
*
Partial date based on label.
...
October 2nd-ish, 1977: *
14MP3 LINK (PART A)
13MB MP3 LINK (PART B)
MP3 LINK (PART C)
14MP3 LINK (PART D)
*
Date guess based on Japan Airlines hijacking story in news.
An extra ...
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Gregg on
WEXT in Hartford, Connecticut
...
afternoon (September 9, 1975)
14MB LINK
Gregg on WEXT with loads of those PSA/Commercial thingys ...
Circa 1976.
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