Post by musicradio77 on Mar 23, 2005 16:51:47 GMT -5
From the Daily News:
Recalling Ted Brown
By DAVID HINCKLEY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Ted Brown's family and friends gave his life a radio-style wrapup yesterday - clean, crisp, no wasted words, just fond memories of a man they characterized as energetic and kind.
Brown, a popular host on WMGM, WNBC, WVNJ and especially WNEW-AM, died Sunday of complications from a stroke he suffered in 1996.
He was remembered yesterday at Riverside Chapel as one of the last major voices from the era when radio routinely played Frank Sinatra records and personality hosts worked clean - a little double entendre, a few winks, a raised eyebrow and leave the rest to the imagination.
Mike Prelee, Brown's news director for 12 years at WNEW, recalled those years as never dull.
"Ted was a generous man," said Prelee. "He gave adjectives to a lot of people. But he also gave us his talent."
He could engage listeners with his needling, Prelee recalled, and didn't hesitate to offer an opinion. At the end of the show, however, it was always "Put on the coffee, Mama, I'm coming home."
He was, Prelee and his friend James Lipton agreed, a man of clear likes and dislikes. He loved his daughters, Samantha and Jamie, radio, the Giants, horses and Duke Ellington's "Satin Doll." He liked Helen, from whom he bought coffee at the Automat at 42nd and Third. Helen attended yesterday's service.
He disliked "junk radio."
Brown's third wife, Renee, mother of Samantha and Jamie, died in 1986, and Samantha yesterday told the family story of how they met, "the dancer and the radio man," at a record store.
"I know," Samantha said, "that today they're standing by the big turntable in the sky ... where the melody lingers on."
AROUND THE DIAL: Stephen A. Smith of the Philadelphia Inquirer will host a daily noon-2 p.m. show on WEPN (1050 AM, ESPN Radio), starting soon. Smith used to write for The News. ... WCBS-FM (101.1) morning host Micky Dolenz will be at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal today, noon2p.m., to help launch Grand Central's Web site. ... Shaila of WRKS (98.7 FM) and Chris Coleman of The News are hosting Just Between Girlfriends' second annual Girls' Night Out tomorrow, 6-10 p.m., at Strata, 915 Broadway (at 21st St.). There will be a silent auction, a comedy show, a fashion show, dancing, food and general fun, with proceeds to inMotion, which helps victims of domestic violence. ... Steve Jones of ABC Radio was named news-radio executive of the year by Radio & Records magazine. ... Lese Dunton's "The New Sun," a variety show, debuts this morning at 11on WBAI (99.5 FM). ... The New York State Broadcasters Association will announce 29 members of its new Hall of Fame on March 31.
Recalling Ted Brown
By DAVID HINCKLEY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Ted Brown's family and friends gave his life a radio-style wrapup yesterday - clean, crisp, no wasted words, just fond memories of a man they characterized as energetic and kind.
Brown, a popular host on WMGM, WNBC, WVNJ and especially WNEW-AM, died Sunday of complications from a stroke he suffered in 1996.
He was remembered yesterday at Riverside Chapel as one of the last major voices from the era when radio routinely played Frank Sinatra records and personality hosts worked clean - a little double entendre, a few winks, a raised eyebrow and leave the rest to the imagination.
Mike Prelee, Brown's news director for 12 years at WNEW, recalled those years as never dull.
"Ted was a generous man," said Prelee. "He gave adjectives to a lot of people. But he also gave us his talent."
He could engage listeners with his needling, Prelee recalled, and didn't hesitate to offer an opinion. At the end of the show, however, it was always "Put on the coffee, Mama, I'm coming home."
He was, Prelee and his friend James Lipton agreed, a man of clear likes and dislikes. He loved his daughters, Samantha and Jamie, radio, the Giants, horses and Duke Ellington's "Satin Doll." He liked Helen, from whom he bought coffee at the Automat at 42nd and Third. Helen attended yesterday's service.
He disliked "junk radio."
Brown's third wife, Renee, mother of Samantha and Jamie, died in 1986, and Samantha yesterday told the family story of how they met, "the dancer and the radio man," at a record store.
"I know," Samantha said, "that today they're standing by the big turntable in the sky ... where the melody lingers on."
AROUND THE DIAL: Stephen A. Smith of the Philadelphia Inquirer will host a daily noon-2 p.m. show on WEPN (1050 AM, ESPN Radio), starting soon. Smith used to write for The News. ... WCBS-FM (101.1) morning host Micky Dolenz will be at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal today, noon2p.m., to help launch Grand Central's Web site. ... Shaila of WRKS (98.7 FM) and Chris Coleman of The News are hosting Just Between Girlfriends' second annual Girls' Night Out tomorrow, 6-10 p.m., at Strata, 915 Broadway (at 21st St.). There will be a silent auction, a comedy show, a fashion show, dancing, food and general fun, with proceeds to inMotion, which helps victims of domestic violence. ... Steve Jones of ABC Radio was named news-radio executive of the year by Radio & Records magazine. ... Lese Dunton's "The New Sun," a variety show, debuts this morning at 11on WBAI (99.5 FM). ... The New York State Broadcasters Association will announce 29 members of its new Hall of Fame on March 31.