Post by musicradio77 on Dec 17, 2005 19:32:20 GMT -5
Wendy Williams paused on her afternoon show over WBLS (107.5 FM) Wednesday to remember Frankie Crocker, the stylish jock who took WBLS to the top back in the 1970s.
Crocker, who died in 2000, would have turned 65 Monday.
Williams talked with WBLS' Jim Weiner, who worked with Crocker on the air. He and Williams recalled how Crocker blended fashion and personal style into his music sensibilities.
They told Frankie stories - he's one of the few radio people who has generated more than Williams - and reminded everyone he helped shape a large part of what's on the radio today.
AROUND THE DIAL: Randi Rhodes, afternoon host on Air America (WLIB, 1190 AM), guests tonight at 8 with Vin Scelsa on WFUV (90.7 FM). ... Barbara Walters guests tomorrow morning at 9:35 with Father Paul Keenan and Rabbi Joseph Potasnik on WABC (770 AM). ... Laura Flanders, Saturdays and Sundays at 7-10 p.m. on Air America, will moderate a debate between Christopher Hitchens and Scott Ritter Tuesday night at 7 at Tarrytown Music Hall. ... Andy Statman and others play live tonight at Barbes in Brooklyn on "Transpacific Sound Paradise" with Rob Weisberg and Irene Trudel, 6-8 p.m., on WFMU (91.1 FM). ... Dan Romanello starts a two-week Christmas music special tonight at midnight on the "Group Harmony Revue" over WFUV. ... Radio Soleil, which offers Caribbean music on an FM subcarrier and the Internet, has been temporarily kayoed by an office fire and plans to be back "as soon as possible."
Crocker, who died in 2000, would have turned 65 Monday.
Williams talked with WBLS' Jim Weiner, who worked with Crocker on the air. He and Williams recalled how Crocker blended fashion and personal style into his music sensibilities.
They told Frankie stories - he's one of the few radio people who has generated more than Williams - and reminded everyone he helped shape a large part of what's on the radio today.
AROUND THE DIAL: Randi Rhodes, afternoon host on Air America (WLIB, 1190 AM), guests tonight at 8 with Vin Scelsa on WFUV (90.7 FM). ... Barbara Walters guests tomorrow morning at 9:35 with Father Paul Keenan and Rabbi Joseph Potasnik on WABC (770 AM). ... Laura Flanders, Saturdays and Sundays at 7-10 p.m. on Air America, will moderate a debate between Christopher Hitchens and Scott Ritter Tuesday night at 7 at Tarrytown Music Hall. ... Andy Statman and others play live tonight at Barbes in Brooklyn on "Transpacific Sound Paradise" with Rob Weisberg and Irene Trudel, 6-8 p.m., on WFMU (91.1 FM). ... Dan Romanello starts a two-week Christmas music special tonight at midnight on the "Group Harmony Revue" over WFUV. ... Radio Soleil, which offers Caribbean music on an FM subcarrier and the Internet, has been temporarily kayoed by an office fire and plans to be back "as soon as possible."