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Program Director Tenure Where Are They Now?
Gordon Shaw 1948 - ? ?
Mary Haag 1954 - ? ?
Stan Major 1958 - 1960 Retired
Dean Griffith 1960 - 1964 Rock & Roll Radio Heaven
Harv Moore 1964 - 1966 Retired in Buffalo
'Cousin' Warren Duffy 1966 - 1968 Retired from KKLA / LA
Charlie Shoe 1968 - 1969 Rock & Roll Radio Heaven
'big' Wilson 1969 - 1972 ?
Harv Moore 1972 -  1975 Retired in Buffalo
Jim Collins 1975 - 1977 Rock & Roll Radio Heaven
Dan Mason 1977 - 1979 CBS Sports Network
Scott Shannon 1979 - 1981 WCBS-FM / New York
Steve Kingston 1981 - 1982 Ownership / Annapolis
Jerry Steele 1982 - 1983 KBXX / Houston
Al Casey 1983 - 1985 Rock & Roll Radio Heaven

 

 

A Brief History of WPGC Program Directors:

 

Gordon Shaw

Gordon Shaw was the Program Director of WBUZ-FM when it signed on January 18, 1948. If anyone knows of his whereabouts today, please email the webmaster.

 

 

Mary Haag

Mary Haag was the Program Director of WPGC-AM when it signed on April 24, 1954. If anyone knows of her whereabouts today, please email the webmaster.

 

 

Stan Major

Stan Major was Program Director & Morning Man in 1958-60. He later worked at WPGC's sister stations, WMEX / Boston & KBMI / Las Vegas. In recent years he did a national talk show on the Langer Radio Network in Boston but is now retired.

Stan writes:

I was the Morning jock and Program Director in 1958-60. Mac Richmond and I became friends...in fact I think I'm the only dude to work for all of his stations...Las Vegas, D.C. and Boston where I was the morning newsguy.

Mac waddled in to the studio one day bemoaning the cost of the power bill to keep running WPGC-FM (remember this was in the late 50's so nobody even knew what FM radio was.) He said he'd sell the FM to me for $100,000! I told him I didn't have the money...he said I should call my folks. He said I could put $10,000 down and get it. What's it worth today?

 

 

Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)

Dean Griffith #1 ( Dean Anthony) was the station's first Rock & Roll Program Director arriving from WGH in Norfolk and was afternoon personality from 1960 until he left the station in 1964 for WMCA, New York. He took his air name from the Washington Senator's then home, Griffith Stadium at the insistence of station owner Max Richmond. He was the Program Director & midday personality at WHLI, Long Island from 1981 until his passing in October 2003 of cancer at age 68. He also operated 'Dean Anthony Tours'. Read more.

Harv Moore writes:

Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony) was very highly regarded by record company representatives. He was first to play new releases, and he broke a lot of records out of D.C. He had an amazing ear. Consequently he received a lot of "special attention" from the record companies, and was able to procure a lot of "unavailable" material. I'm sure the Program Directors and Music Directors from the other D.C. stations were scratching their heads when they saw the Evening Star Top Ten, wondering "how in the heck did he get those (Beatles songs ahead of everyone else)?"

Pat Banks adds:

At 14 (in 1962), I hung out at a furniture store remote in Alexandria's Del Ray section -- directly across the street from my Grammar School. Dino was class act. He never ONCE acted like I was bothering him -- never said "go away, kid." Didn't seem to mind my presence at all. That day at the remote, Dino was a showman. I realized adults listened to the station, too, when people would drift in and out, meet Dino, eyeball him and remark: But YOU'RE not FAT!! (Re: The 'Big 'Ol Fat 'Ol Dino' schtick). He'd answer: "Well, don't you think I HOLD IT ALL IN well?!" (BTW, Jerry G. was back in the 'PGC studio manning the board, and there was some memorable interplay between the two budding radio greats).

Dean was the 'Beatles Authority' in DC. Dean Anthony, along with Dan Ingram and Joey Reynolds, was one of the reasons I got into radio! Occasionally, I'd reach him on the air, and he was always helpful and pleasant. I caught his last week at 'PGC, not knowing that he was New York bound. He was apparently being really hassled by Bob Howard, because his "pizzazz" was totally gone. He sounded REALLY down that week in November '64. Some of my "non radio-geek" classmates noticed something was amiss, too.

Re:"Dean Griffith -- the 'first' one." Most kids in school knew the "real" Dino was gone! Bobbo Howard and Max Richmond basically didn't fool anyone. But they DID 'own' the name (along with Bob Raleigh, Jim Madison, et al). As a DX-er, I got to catch him on 1-6am one Monday morning on 570-WMCA (a regular 'catch') not very long after he'd left 'PGC! Although he was using the now familiar Dean Anthony handle, I instantly recognized his voice. I knew he was a native New Yorker, so I was happy for him that he was in his hometown. Also, the 'big-time' was where Dino certainly belonged.

WHLI is listenable at the Virginia Beach oceanfront. I made it a point for YEARS to catch Dean-o on his 10-3 shift whenever I was on Atlantic Avenue, a practice I'm sincerely going to miss. Reminds me "it's later than you think," because I'd intended to call him at WHLI and ask his advice about something I knew he'd certainly be able to help with. At least he's no longer suffering. I didn't even know he was ill. I saw his picture on the 'HLI website last week, and remembered thinking that, along with his now grey hair, that Dino wasn't looking too well.

In my humble opinion, Dino and WPGC will always be synonomous (with apologies to WPGC legendary greats Harv Moore and Scott Shannon). Whether you call him "Big 'Ol Fat 'Ol Dino," Dean Anthony, or Dean Griffith...Dino IS WPGC and always will be.

 

 

Harv Moore

Harv Moore, 'The Boy Next Door' arrived from Frankfurt, Kentucky to do the evening till sign-off show at WPGC on March 22, 1963. He soon succeeded Jerry G in mornings when the former went to KYW in Cleveland. Harv became Program Director for the first time in 1964 when Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony) left for WMCA / New York and continued in both roles till 1966 when 'Cousin' Warren Duffy was named PD.

Harv writes:

On Coming To WPGC:

Wayne Hetrick was the Chief Engineer. He and his wife put me up at their house until I found an apartment and could move my family to D.C. Our studios were in SE Washington in the WMA bus terminal...in the spring they would paint the buses (orange and black), and the paint fumes would drift in the windows of our studios.

On Milt Grant:

When I first started at 'PGC I recorded the Milt Grant show every Thursday night. His producer was a guy named Danny (can't come up with a last name). He was a character. We had a lotta laughs. Milt was a funny guy...serious...but funny. It ran Sunday afternoons. I still have one of the tape boxes labeled "The Milt Grant Show 2:00-2:25". (Not the show...just the box). Bob Howard gave me an extra $20 a week to record the show...lotta cash in 1963...bought a lot of cigs! I was still smoking at that time (like everyone else)...$2.50 a carton!

On 'MacNamara':

In 1963, we had a newsman we called MacNamara ("MacNamara here!")....helluva voice..He lived right down the street from the radio station...real name, Ted Radomski....he used to tell me about his brother who was struggling in an off Broadway show...several years later he was a superstar...the "off Broadway show was "Hair"...Ted's brother was one of the writers - Bill Rado (Radomski).

On the multiple 'Bob Raleighs':

The "original" Bob Raleigh #1 (Rolle Ferrar) and I started at WPGC the same day in March of '63. He was working in West Palm Beach - I was in Frankfort, KY. He and I became best friends, and we still are to this day - he is my son Bill's godfather. Bob left WPGC (was forced out), went to WWDC, then WEEL in Fairfax, VA and then to WBZ in Boston. He just retired after 20 years there. I have really lost track of the other Bob Raleighs - there were several - several "Dean Griffiths", too. Last I heard, Bill Miller was in Frederick, MD at a country station.

On Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony):

Dean Griffith was very highly regarded by record company representatives. He was first to play new releases, and he broke a lot of records out of D.C. He had an amazing ear. Consequently he received a lot of "special attention" from the record companies, and was able to procure a lot of "unavailable" material. I'm sure the Program Directors and Music Directors from the other D.C. stations were scratching their heads when they saw the Evening Star Top Ten, wondering "how in the heck did he get those (Beatles songs ahead of everyone else)?"

On The JFK Assassination:

I remember vividly what happened that afternoon. Each jock had a news shift. After I got off the air at 10am I did the news for Bob Raleigh. We did the news from a little desk in the control room. I was sitting at the desk talking to Bob while he was on the air.

Eleanor, the building cleaning lady, called the radio station, and said she was watching TV, and a bulletin came across that President Kennedy had been shot. I immediately went to our teletype, and it was just coming across from UP. I tore it off and ran to the control room. I'll never forget; I sat down at the little news desk, and Bob said, "Harv, read it very slowly".

As I recall, (WPGC Program Director,) Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony) was at lunch at the time, but heard the news and returned to the station immediately. At that point he called in MacNamara to cover the story.

When it was learned that the President had succumbed, we immediately dropped format, and went to generic instrumental music, and that continued until right after the funeral. The day after shooting, the mood was obviously somber, and MacNamara and I continued to keep the listeners informed, as did the other jocks.

On The Beatles:

Re: the Beatles, I have read in several books the account of their first U.S. concert at the Washington Coliseum as to who was on the bill with them. They listed The Chiffons and Tommy Roe. A fellow DJ friend (and Beatlemaniac) had given me an "original" poster from the show, with The Chiffons and Tommy Roe listed as the opening acts. I knew this was wrong because the opening acts were Jay & The Americans and The Righteous Brothers and The Caravelles. I know, because I talked to them in the stands on the afternoon of the show.

What happened was: as we all know, there was a blizzard on the east coast, and the Beatles had to take the train from NYC to DC, instead of flying. The Chiffons and Tommy Roe couldn't make it in, so they had to get some last-minute opening acts.
Several years ago on the anniversary of the Beatles show, I had Kenny Vance of Jay & The Americans on the air with me by phone, and he verified this.

On his novelty 45, 'Interview of the Fab Four':

'Interview of The Fab Four' was Bobby Poe's idea. He recalled the Buchanan & Goodman hits of the late 50's where they took excerpts of hit songs to tell a story. I met Bobby in the Spring of '64. He had a hit with The Chartbusters', 'She's The One'.

I had written a song called, 'Breaking Hearts To Him Is Just A Game',
co-written with Don "Pee Wee" Reese (Riis). Don was working with me at 'PGC at the time. I had found a couple of girls who called themselves, The Delights. They were from Hyattsville, MD. We recorded a demo at the station, and I took it to Bobby. He loved it. He placed it with Arlen Records out of Philadelphia.

Bobby and I wrote the script to 'Interview', and we recorded it at Edgewood Studios in DC. Ed Greene was the engineer. He went on to become the chief recording engineer for The Cowsills. The Chartbusters were in the studio at the same time, working on a followup to 'She's The One'. Bobby knew that I had written several songs, and he asked if I could write something really quick so that The Chartbusters could back me up.

I wrote 'I Feel So Fine' in about 20 minutes, and it sounds like it!
Bobby placed the record with World Artists Records out of NYC. They were hot with Chad & Jeremy, and Reparata & The Delrons. They released it on American Arts Records. 'Interview' was out about 2 weeks, and we got a "Cease & Desist" order from Brian Epstein.

On his Xmas 45, 'I Told Santa Claus I Want You':

In 1965 I was producing records for a band called 'Nobody's Children'. I got the name from nationally renowned independent record promoter Joe Cash. The band was originally called 'Adam's Apples'. They were students at Suitland High School. I had them under contract with United Artists Records for two years. Then I produced a re-make of 'I Can't Let Go' (the Hollies hit), and placed it with Neil Bogart at Buddah Records. So, 'Nobody's Children' was then under contract for two years with Buddah.

The group did a lot of traveling. They went on a dance show in Cleveland with Greg Allman. Before they were the Allman Brothers, they were called Allman Joy. Neil Diamond released "Cherry Cherry", and the promoter for the record company offered to have him come to D.C. to do a hop for me. We chose the Manassas Armory. Neil flew in on a Saturday morning, and we rehearsed with 'Nobody's Children' at Popey's Tavern that afternoon. The group backed him up that night at the show. Neil stayed overnight at our apartment in Maryland. I saw him backstage two years later in Baltimore when he was a superstar, and then again here in Buffalo in the 80's. He rememberd me both times.

I had written a Christmas song called, 'I Told Santa Claus I Want You' with a Beach Boys sound in mind, but I had no one to record it. I rehearsed it with the guys from 'Nobody's Children' who were still under contract with United Artists Records, and we recorded it at Edgewood Studios in D.C. with engineer Ed Greene. It was 'Phil Spector meets The Beach Boys'. I was a huge fan of both. The kids did a helluva job on it. Lee Travers borrowed a glocksenspiel from Suitland High School for the production. It came out great.

I sent it to Florence Greenberg at Scepter Records, and she loved
it. They released it just before Christmas in '67. Unfortunately, that was the year that stations around the country had backed off of Christmas songs. It did get played on WMCA in New York though! And, of course, Cousin Duffy played the hell out of it at 'PGC.

I produced under the name 'Phil Music'- a play on words. Back in the day we used to pad up to news time at the top of the hour with instrumental 'fill music'. The labels on UA, Buddah / Bullet and Scepter all read "Produced by Phil Music".

On the 'Crusin' 69' album:

The Cruisin' 69 tape was an actual aircheck music and all. It's a pretty amazing story of how that all came about. The only part that I had to "recreate" was the very beginning and the very end.  A friend of mine in D.C. had a music tip sheet, and he told me a guy named Howard Silvers was trying to locate me to do a Cruisin' LP. He was very persistent, so I finally called him. He said he wanted to do a Cruisin' '68 for Baltimore, and wondered if I had any tapes of myself.

I told him I never worked in Baltimore...I worked in D.C. He said, "Well, Baltimore / Washington are considered one market". I told him I would look. I really never wanted to go into my basement archives, and start searching for airchecks. I didn't really save airchecks. Again, he was persistent, so I acquiesced. The only tape I found from circa '68 was a complete aircheck from 1969. I sent it to Howard, and he loved it. The only thing I did was cut an intro and an outro here in Buffalo. The rest of it was "pristine".

On 'The Redhead(s)':

The original 'Redhead' was my wife Vicki. She used to read the school lunch menus on my show in '67 and '68. On Sunday night I would tape her reading the NFL scores. She had trouble matching up teams with their nicknames...really screwed 'em up. Fans would call me, and holler at me: "Will you please tell The Redhead that it's not the 'Kansas City Jets!".

I remember Connie Lawn. Nice lady. As she points out, she was at 'PGC for a hot minute. They kinda threw us together to see if something might work.

Joanie Fierstein came to work for us in 1972 as a receptionist. I started using her on my show doing drop-ins, and then I asked her if she could come in a little early, drive the Money Car on my show, and then come in and be on the show with me. As I got busier in my Program Director's job, I needed a secretary, so Joanie came in at 6, was on the show with me 'til 10, and then was my secretary for the rest of the day.

Fierstein was her married name. When she came to work for us in '72 she was divorced. After I moved to Buffalo, she stayed on at 'PGC for a while, but then they let her go. At one point she considered moving to Buffalo to continue her radio career, but then went to work for NASA where she still works to this day. At some point, she remarried - her last name is now Hoffman and she has a daughter.

On Bob Howard & the Sale of WPGC:

Bob Howard had a "right of first refusal" should the station ever be put up for sale. It was a signed document from Max (Mac) Richmond. When the station went on the market, and it was announced that it was being sold to the Marriotts, Bob exercised his right of first refusal. He told me that he was trying to get some backers to put a deal together.

Glenn Potter called me at about 11:00 one night...woke me and my wife out of a sound sleep...doing mornings, I was getting up at 4AM. He told me that he and the Marriotts were buying WPGC, and he wanted me to assist them in doing some "community ascertainments" that were required by the FCC.

I told him that Bob Howard was also trying to buy the station, and that I worked for him, and assisting the Marriotts would border on "treason". He said Howard did not have the financial backing to buy the station. He said, "So, you're not going to help us?" I said, "I can't".

When the Marriotts took over, I knew my days there were numbered. I was the enemy. Potter called me into his office one morning after my show, and said "things were not working out". And they weren't.

In the meantime, I had been talking to Bob Howard's attorney, Jason Shrinsky. He was putting a deal together for someone that was going to buy what became DC101 - I think the guy was "Benderson". The negotiations dragged on and on.

Bob Howard could not put the money together to buy 'PGC. The Marriotts bought him out. It was over $500,000. Bob used the money to buy two stations in Buffalo, WYSL and WPHD in Oct '74., and he asked me to move here to program the two stations. I had worked for him since 1963, so we had a good working relationship. Bob sold the stations in '89 - walked away with 4.3mil...he passed away in 1993.

On His Days Since Then:

New owners came in and cleaned house - I mean EVERYBODY - 'cept me. I stayed on for a while, but decided to move on. I was doing the morning show with my friend Bob Taylor - The Taylor & Moore Show...highly successful. We had created the mythical Land of Fa - ruled by the Fa King. We told every Fa King joke you can think of. It was hilarious if I do say so myself. (We put a CD out a coupla years ago, and it was the #1 best seller here in Buffalo for months).

Anyway, the new owners thought they were building a better mousetrap, and brought in a new morning show. I think they had 4 different hosts in 4 weeks. Taylor and I went to another station in town, but we were on in the afternoon, and the format was different.

In 1995, independent record promoter Jerry Meyers and I started a small record company, producing and recording local singers. In 1998, the program director of Oldies 104, WHTT / Buffalo coaxed me into doing a Saturday show. Then, they asked me to do 12n-3p Monday thru Friday. Then, they asked me to be Assistant Program Director, and do 10a-3p Monday thru Friday. I later did afternoons, 2-7p.

My contract was up Dec 31, 2006. They let me know in October that they were dropping Oldies, going to a "Mix" format. I wasn't comfortable with that. They asked me stay on thru March 31, 2007 during the transistion.

 

Columbus writes:

Most things seem so much more magical in the distance than when you get there...I heard Harv Moore on WPGC when I was in high school...the time when your favorite songs have this once in a lifetime significance...its hard to live up to that...but he did....Harv was a genuinely funny guy...didn't have to prepare stuff...just talking with him the humor was so natural...and he knew how to live in a big picture kind of way... on the edge but in control... always with a feeling for the people around him...we all have regrets ...and I mean this in the best way...I don't think Harv has too many... he's really a huge talent and a humble great guy...

On Inheriting the Morning Show:

Although I'm not sure of a timeline, I do remember Harv asking me to consider going to Buffalo and that seemed to be months before he left. Then suddenly boom, Jim Collins was the new Program Director and Jim's giving me a pep talk about how I'd be great doing mornings in the style of a Charlie Tuna or Robert W. Morgan.

 

Mike Cohen writes:

I can tell you that Harv Moore in my opinion was more than just a WPGC Good Guy. He was a Great Guy. Harv was the consummate morning man who was entertaining and funny. Consider... Harv aired one of Washington's highest rated morning shows without a producer and without being raunchy. (Harv occasionally got "spicey" but never crossed the line. Besides, its a lot harder to be funny and clean.) Harv was and I'm sure still is a "class" act. You can count me as a big Harv Moore fan both professionally and personally.

 

Anita Miller ("April May') writes:

Harv let eveyone get their 15 minutes of fame every chance he got and for a man of his fame that was amazing -- no ego just the boy next door for real. He told jokes about my blueberry muffins on air: I believe they were used for door stops and paper weights. Said my parents were going to enroll me in cooking school but I burnt the application! We got a lot of mileage out of my lack of culinary skills. I had to put the fire department on danger money every time I turned on the stove!

 

Rick Young writes:

Glenn Potter was looking to make changes in the station from the get-go. Harv was fired in January '75. Harv was not about to take direction from him, and THAT was no secret. Plus he had a fallback deal with Bob Howard which surprisingly took some time to put together. Harv was one hell of a nice guy, that I can absolutely attest to. I remember the day well. It was snowing like hell, and Potter entered Harv's office to give him his two weeks notice. Harv said he knew it was coming, but was surprised at the timing. Anyhow, and I wasn't there, he basically said "I'm outta here now".

I remember seeing Harv's office after he had left, and wondered what else was coming down. Barry Richards had this gig on Channel 20, and Harv and the Redhead were guests periodically during the transition to Buffalo. Then he was gone, and Joanie dropped off the map. There was a kind of real sadness as to what had transpired during my almost one year there. Morale had plummeted after the sale, and the Mormons were a disaster. They knew nothing about how to treat people, or about the radio business.

 

 

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

'Cousin' Warren Duffy was originally from Baltimore where he had worked previously with General Manager, Bob Howard who, in 1966 hired him to become Program Director and afternoon man at WPGC. He held the dual role until 1968 when he left for WPGC's sister station, WMEX in Boston. He later programmed KMET in Los Angeles. From 1994 - 2004 he did afternoons in Los Angeles at Salem's religious talk, KKLA. Today, he is semi- retired but still does a weekly radio show in Orange County, California. Visit his site.

'Cousin' Duffy writes:

In 1959, we put a "Good Guys" Top 40 format together at a little station in York, PA owned by Susquehanna Broadcasting.  For its time, it was very innovative.

The company purchased a station in Ohio (Akron to be exact) and in 1961 they named me as their first program director at WHLO and of course, the "Good Guys" format trailed along with us.

By 1966, the station came to the attention of Bob Howard, whose family lived in Cleveland.  He would monitor the station when he visited his relatives, and somewhere about 1966 he and I got in touch and next thing you know, I was living in Silver Spring, MD and I was the afternoon jock and the PD of WPGC.

I left WPGC to take a hiatus, moving briefly to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands for a time of rest and re-focusing because - frankly, 45s were dying out and LPs were coming in and that meant a new format which I called "underground" and took that format to Boston and WMEX - also owned by the company that owned WPGC.  Then, I brought the "underground" format to Los Angeles and in 1969, put it on the air at KMET FM.

I returned to the air briefly in 1974 - with Wolfman Jack - on KDAY here in Los Angeles - a blend of albums and 45s that was semi-successful until the station was sold to black ownership and all the white guys were fired - including me.

On The Air Staff:

I was there for about 3 years - using the name 'Cousin Duffy.'  Jack Alix had been one of our competitors on WEAM - so we hired him to join us.  Also, from the upper Michigan peninsula - I hired a DJ and since Peyton Place was such a big hit TV show at the time, we changed the guy's name to Bob Peyton - he did our mid-days.

Harv Moore was the morning man when I arrived and he was still there when I left.

One of our weekend DJ's was Bob Raleigh - who we called "Tiger Bob" when he was playing records.

Marv Brooks had been one of the disc jockeys when I got there, but we thought his talents were better used in the newsroom and so he became one of the station's premier news talents.

On Memorable Station Promotions:

Washington was one of my best cities in radio, until I came to Los Angeles.

I remember coming on the air with a big promotion: for the March of Dimes, I marched from Dulles Airport to the Washington Monument - and as long as the phones kept ringing, I kept walking.  I don't remember how much money we raised, but I do remember I walked in a blizzard from 6 in the morning to about 6:30 that night.

We had many, many successful promotions and events connected with the station including the WPGC "Hide the Picnic" where we invited listeners to come to a free picnic - but we only gave them clues to the location.  They had to find out where the big event was being held. That was lots of fun.

And of course, hosting the concerts with Hendrix and Joplin - with Jim Morrison - and so many others.  Brings back wonderful memories.

On Beatlemania:

The Beatles had already hit by the time I got to Washington.  I was one of the first 3 program directors in America to feature The Beatles on WHLO in Ohio -- they had recorded a single on a small label prior to their major releases on Capitol Records, and we made one of them our PICK HIT OF THE WEEK, played it every other hour and even had Brian Epstein on the air thanking us for playing their record in America.  None the less, we tool full advantage of connecting to the British invasion while I was at WPGC.

I have no airchecks - no jingles - very few souvenirs from that era - just some wonderful memories of a time in radio history that perhaps can never happen again. 

On The Passing of Jack Alix:

Jack and I were young kids getting started in the radio biz back in DC. As I remember, he was at WEAM when I first heard of him. For a very long time General Manager, Bob Howard and I were very aware of Jack's presence in the marketplace and his great work and secretly we always hoped he would someday be part of our Good Guy team.

Then he arrived and quite honestly we didn't know what to do with him so we gave him the evening show. But as you know, with 'PGC being a daytimer back then, I didn't even get to do my entire drivetime show during the winter (we signed off at 4:45PM for a few weeks). So it took a little convincing but Jack came onboard and he was simply wonderful to work with.

He was very professional -- far beyond his years (or mine). He never
argued, never disagreed, always made things work for the good of the station and that was always his first thought. He also had a terrific promo mind and was constantly bringing famous recording artists to town for live shows. We teamed up on a few of them over at the old Arlington Roller Rink - remember?

He always had a smile. That's what I remember most about Jack. He was never down or depressed. He always had something to smile about. It -- and he -- were infectious. He not only smiled, he laughed out loud long before the internet. It was a combination giggle / laugh and many times he laughed so hard he broke into a cough. He was simply a joy to be around.

He went on a vacation to Mexico one year and brought me a beautiful silver gift back from his trip. In all of my years in broadcasting, nobody before and nobody since has ever been so thoughtful. He was a real pioneer. He was a good friend back in the '60's. I send my condolences to his family and my thanks to God for knowing - and have the chance to work with - such a great, great man.

 

 

Charlie Shoe

Charlie Shoe held the distinction of having worked in both Programming & Sales while at WPGC. He was named PD in 1968 when 'Cousin' Warren Duffy left for WMEX / Boston . In 1969, he gave up the programming reigns to 'big' Wilson and moved into Sales. Charlie passed away on 12/21/15.

Charlie wrote:

What a great website! Another radio friend of mine brought it to my attention. How great to see and hear about the guys I worked with from '68 to '71 at the 'PIG. But talking about being out of it...I had no idea about Jim Collins. He was a great guy. Really sorry to hear that news.

I'm semi retired in Punta Gorda Florida, doing a three hour morning gig at WCVU 104.9 FM and was thrilled to find this web page. Great job. I put it on my favorites!

 

 

'big Wilson'

'big' Wilson (spelled with a lower case 'b', perhaps to avoid confusion with the long-time afternoon man at WNBC in New York) came to WPGC from WZOO for afternoons & Program Director in 1969 when Charlie Shoe gave up programming duties to move into sales. His tenure lasted until approximately 1973 when he left for WEAM. He later programmed WNOK in Columbia, South Carolina.

If anyone knows of his whereabouts today, please email the webmaster.

Good Guy Todd Reynolds / Ed Kowolski / Ed McNeil writes:

"big" Wilson's handle came from, you guessed it, Bob Howard. "big" was removed as PD when the shit hit the fan as a result of the Chris James phone call that got on the air during Harry Chapin's "Taxi", shortly after 6PM one unforgettable Sunday. He went on the air one Sunday in late-summer '72 to do 6p-Mid. Second song into the show was "Taxi." He gets on a business line and calls his girlfriend.

Previous jock Brad Scott had left the studio Ampex in record position WITH the pot on the board UP & OPEN. Phone call goes on the air over "Taxi." James doesn't know, has monitor potted down. Several profanities, but never the F-bomb. Finally, a listener who was working at the Mobil station over the hill calls the newsline to tell James that his call is going on the air, adding "and so is this one!" James quickly figures what has happened.

Next morning, shit hits the fan at the PIG. Bob Howard learns of episode. James is fired. BoHo also discovers several other shady deals Wilson has pulled. Howard strips Wilson of PD stripes, gives 'em to Harv Moore. Shortly thereafter, Wilson moved to overnight remotes, including board op (!), and Sales before taking remote idea to WEAM a short time later. I actually heard the phone call on the air. Since that day, I have never been able to listen to "Taxi" without expecting to hear a phone conversation in the background.

I lost track of him after he left DC around '74-'75 (that saga would take more words than I have time for now.) Then in '82, when I was at the FCC, I read in one of the trades where he was PD at WNOK in Columbia, SC, a market-leading CHR pulling double-digit shares. This was just before I was taking a week off to visit friends in Myrtle Beach. So I took one day of my vacation, and drove to Columbia for lunch. It wasn't too much later that a competitor came into the market, cut 'NOK's shares in half, and "big" was outta there.

Sometime in '90 or '91, someone, don't remember who, called to say he would be featured on Hard Copy or another of those tabloid TV shows. The show aired at 3 in the morning, so I set the VCR. Turned out that he was running his own chimney sweep biz. It still exists in suburban Columbia. I called the number. The guy who answered told me he bought the business from him a few years earlier. He said he hears from him once a year of so. He also gave me a phone number for him, but it had been reassigned.

big was having an affair with some low level (Clerk of the Court or Register of Wills) government official from one of the rural counties. They had split up right before the election. Word of the tryst got out just before Election Day. The girlfriend was defeated. She was taking him to court for alienation of affection, and also claiming that he leaked word of their affair as a vendetta for the break-up. IT'S DAMNED SCANDALOUS, I TELL YOU! (I then understood why Channel 4 buried the show in the middle of the night.) That was the last I've heard of him. I will never forget, however, the video of him on someone's roof, wearing a top hat, preparing to stuff the brush down the chimney, all the while flashing his sly grin.

Anita Miller ('April May') writes:

Big Wilson gave me the name 'April-May'. He had a thing for initials meaning something cosmic so Anita Miller became April-May so when the guys bounced gags off me on the air I could be famous and unknown to the listeners. Chris Fisher made everyone play Elvis records if they wanted a paycheck. It was a small price to pay to get paid. One time she gave Biggie a check with all zeroes in the amount. We waited in bookkeeping for a long time waiting for him to hit the roof and demand his due. Nothing. Finally Chris broke down and went in search of Biggie to see if he was dead on the control room floor -- nope! He said he figured it would happen sooner or later - that Uncle Sam would take out more than he earned!

 

 

Harv Moore

Harv Moore was again named Program Director in 1972 by Bob Howard when 'big' Wilson's run in that position ended. Harv would continue as morning man and PD until he left the station early in 1975 when Bob Howard offered him a piece of ownership at the station he had bought in Buffalo, WYSL.

 

 

Jim Collins

Jim Collins began his radio career at 15 in Lawrence, Kansas. "It was a small operation out in the middle of a cow pasture. I had to water the cows before signing on the station each morning".

He first came to the Washington area in 1969 while stationed at Walter Reed Army Hospital. While an announcer with the Armed Forces Network, he also did weekends & swing as "Mark West" at WPGC, a name he shed by the time he joined the station full time briefly for late nights then afternoons in late 1972. Early in 1975 he became Program Director, a position he held until the 'Great Strike That Struck Out' in May of 1977.

Following the strike, Jim became Vice President of Pop Promotion for Polydor Records in New York.  He returned to radio in the early '80's as Asst. PD of 66 WNBC, which was then the most listened to station in the nation.  There he also produced the weekly 'Music Magazine' feature and was the regular fill in host for the 'Imus in the Morning' program.

Jim passed away in the early '90's. This site is dedicated in his memory.

Dino DelGallo writes:

Jim was an amazing individual who was keenly aware of the nuances of radio; the right sound, personalities, and music selection. He was neverthe same after the breakup of his marriage. We would converse at leasttwice a year. I always remember our Christmas time phone calls and could detect a bit of sadness in his voice.

We all have to deal with our own demons. I cannot find fault in how Jim chose to deal with his. Whenever I think about Washington radio, I can't help but think of the greatness of this facility, broadcasting from the Parkway Building in Bladensburg, and how many lives itultimately touched. And yes, Jim Collins was directly responsible for that success.

 

Joel Denver (Good Guy Jim Madison #4) writes:

Jim Collins was one of the great radio programmers of our generation. He operated with a gut feel and passion for music and radio that were uncommen then, and even more rare today. He worked and lived his life on the edge, and we are all better for knowing him and learning from him. God Bless You Jim.

 

Alexander Goodfellow writes:

Jimbo was probably my best friend. I introduced him to his first wife and he introduced me to mine. We saw each other or spoke almost daily for over 20 years; I spoke to him the day he killed himself (he was in Kansas, I was in NYC; he gave no indication anything was wrong) and have been to the Collinson family plot in Kansas to visit his grave (his ashes were buried with a copy of The Eagles' Greatest Hits, his favorite album) with his Mother. I still think of Jim and am still angry at him for not toughing it out against his inner demons. But then, maybe if I had been him I wouldn't have either. There's no way to know such a thing.
Jim was unusually talented and unusually sensitive to those around him, although he was never really comfortable with people. He was more comfortable with things, and a website (like a radio station) is a thing. He would have loved this site and would no doubt have been a vigorous contributor.
Those who were around at the time know what an amazing job Jim did as 'PGC's PD; he really made "The Pig" sing and it wasn't just us radio people who thought so. Now, thanks to this great website, Jim and his achievements live on!

 

Kevin James writes:

I remember him and the WPGC basketball games. He would dress up like a clown and get a pie in the face, etc.

 

Davy Jones writes:

I remember when he first came to the station to apply for a job, in uniform, shy, insecure, sincere. We knew immediately he was a "winner". He spent many a night at the Jones household early in his partime career, eating homecooked meals, and relaxing. He was one really nice guy. I miss him terribly.

The last time I spoke with him he was back in Kansas, and he sounded really sad, and confused. He was programming some station in the market, can't remember which. He was really surprised that I called him. God Bless him.  

 

Keith MacDonald writes:

I remember the night Jim Collins came in to Dino Del Gallo, holding a stack of albums. He asked Dino to check thru 'em and try to find a single for this group that just couldn't seem to buy a top 40 hit, but was doing fine in concert. So Dino went thru the albums, and went back to Jim with his pick the next day. When Collins realized what the selection was he told Dino, hey, they already released that and it died. Dino came right back saying, no they didn't, they released the studio version and it died... they need to release the live version. So Collins took the recommendation back to the record company. They released the live version... "Rock & Roll All Night", and Kiss finally got their top 40 start.

The NAB Convention was in DC that year. Jim went, and met up with an old friend (who's name I won't mention). Anyway this old friend was back in town for the convention and had called a very pretty and somewhat notorious radio groupie to be his date. Collins didn't know her, but assumed she must work in radio... so sometime during the evening he gave her an invite for a tour of the station.

Surprise, surprise the following Monday she shows up for the tour. So Jim gives her the quick once around, but has to go on the air as it's 2:00pm. Well, she asks to 'borrow the phone' in his office. So Jim tells her to dial 9 to get an outside line and heads to the control room. Five minutes goes by and Jim gets a call on the inside studio line. She can't get her call to go thru, and wants his help. Jim has a long record on, so he heads for his office to fix the problem. Just outside the control room he runs into Glenn Potter and Bill Prettyman.

A brief conversation ensues, and Jim explains the problem as he's walking down the hall to his office... with the Potter and Prettyman a few steps behind ready to help. Jim opens the door and there she is ... NAKED on his desk... legs spread wide... and she says "Just wanted to give you a preview of what you can have later". Jim never missing a beat, pulls the door mostly closed, leaving his head inside just long enough to whisper loudly... "get the @#$# out of here"... and then loudly says... "Yes, it's '9' you need to press then wait for the dial tone". He then has to almost push Potter and Prettyman back into the hall...."No problem" "Phone is fine" "She wasn't dialing 9" or some such.

Well no one would ever have known about this.... except that when he got back to the control room, he realized some naked crazy woman was in HIS office, and might not leave. So he called Carla who was working on public service stuff, told her what happened, and asked her to go throw this woman out. Of course before she went to Jim's office she called and told Dino and a few others. By the time Carla got around to it the woman was gone!

 

Anita Miller ('April May') writes:

Jim Collins was a joy to work with. He and I didn't get to play together too much- he usually came in just about the time I left for the day. He was always friendly and nice to everyone just not much of a talker off the air. In the control room though he really sizzled.

 

Elena Nacanther writes:

I shared an office with Jim for the last two years of 66 WNBC so I really got to know him well. He was a really caring person, who was very misunderstood by his co-workers because he cared too much about the intricacies of the radio station. I really miss him. I still feel bad that I didn't get the chance to return his phone call a couple of weeks before he died. It will always haunt me. Thanks for memorializing Jim!

 

The Webmaster remembers:

Jim was a colleague, a mentor and a friend.  Certainly he was one of the biggest influences in my decision to get into radio.  I remember vividly my first night on the air at 66 WNBC / New York where, as Asst. Program Director he was instrumental in my hiring.  As I cracked the mic for the first time, he was standing several feet away, behind the glass with the board engineer on the other side, staring down at me.  I was much more nervous about performing before one of my radio heroes than I was being watched by the NBC tour or being heard by 3.5 million listeners in the Greater NY area!

 

 

Dan Mason

Dan Mason began his career in radio in doing overnights at WKLO in Kentucky. In 1974 he moved to nights at Z-93 / WZGC-FM in Atlanta. He was later named Asst. PD and became Program Director in 1975.
Dan joined WPGC in May of 1977 when the Great Strike That Struck Out occured from sister station Z-93 in Atlanta. He continued as PD after being named the National Program Director for First Media until he left for a General Manager position at KTSA / KTFM in San Antonio in 1979.

He later returned to First Media where he was named Executive Vice President. When First Media became Cook Inlet Radio Partners, he was named that organization's President in 1988. In 1993, he joined Westinghouse as President of Group W Radio.

He was named President of CBS Radio (renamed Infinity Radio) in November of 1995 where he was responsible for the operation of the group's 184 stations in the largest markets across the United States. As President of Infinity Radio, he successfully integrated the original CBS, Group W and American Radio Systems stations, among the most venerable radio broadcasting groups in the country, by merging operations, blending business styles and increasing profitability.

He currently serves as an advisor and consultant to companies in the radio broadcasting industry since his retirement from Infinity Radio in 2002 and also serves on the Board of Directors of Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. He has previously served on several other boards including the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and CBS Marketwatch.com. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Dan Mason graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcasting. He was named that university's "Outstanding Alumnus of the Year" in 1995.

2002, he was named Radio Executive of the Year by Radio & Records Magazine.

Dan then formed a partnership with longtime radio programmer, Walt Sabo, Sabo-Mason International Inititatives.

In March 2007, he was once again named President and CEO of CBS Radio, overseeing 144 properties nationwide.

Dan writes:

On the Strike and its aftermath in 1977

In the beginning it was total chaos...I got into town about midnight just as the strike began...I did morning drive the first morning and Bill Prettyman was reading the news believe it or not.....He sounded pretty good by the way...Little by little we hired new people...Dave Foxx came from our Provo station...we hired Brandt Miller to do afternoons...Waylon Richards had worked with me a few years before in Kansas City and finally Liz Kiley came from Grand Rapids,. I believe she was a former school teacher.

Within 4 months, the staff began to gel and within a year, WPGC had tied WMAL for the number one position in the market....It was quite an accomplishment...I left to take a VP/GM job at KTSA / KTFM in San Antonio and Scott Shannon came in and even made it a better station.

On Becoming National PD for First Media

My duties had increased when I was the National PD for First Media...We had acquired KOPA in Phoenix, WZLX in Boston, WUSN in Chicago, KFMK in Houston and KUBE in Seattle....That meant much more travel and I wasn't physically there to do an airshift at WPGC anymore...I still did Thanksgiving and Christmas shifts so the full timers would have some holiday time off...And I did afternoon sports on Brandt Miller's show when I could...We sold that report at 5:30PM.

On Memorable Station Promotions

Toys for Tots - Major, major success....We had some big groups and gathered so many toys for kids around the area...we filled the Cap Center every year we did the show.

Unknown Star - Overwhelming number of entries...hey..does Fox give us any credit for this idea?....We did the record company contract as the Grand Prize...We had a couple of really good people...One I remember very well..Andris Plavnicks (sp?)...He was a Steven Bishop sound alike.

Uncle Richard- When Star Wars came out..we went out and got a 55 gallon drum and painted it blue...Smitty and Newt put lights all,over it and we had a triple decker cart machine with Star Wars type respones ...We actually had someone get into the drum to run the equipment...We took it on remotes. Last I heard, the drum is still at the transmitter building ...no doubt gathering a lot of dust.

On the Format Change

Many stations at that time were successfully coverting to AC from CHR..WNCI in Columbus is the best modern day example of this...They have great adult numbers...It was a gamble but with Q107 pounding us on the younger end, we thought we could migrate to the 25-34 women demo.

 

 

Scott Shannon

Scott Shannon began his career in 1969 at WAAB in Mobile, Alabama. In 1971 he moved to WMPS in Memphis. From there he went to WMAK in Nashville spending three years as PD & Air Personality. After a stint as National PD for Mooney Broadcasting, he headed to Atlanta to WQXI. LA beckoned next as he then accepted a position with Ariola Records.

General Manager, Bill Prettyman hired him as WPGC's PD on March 26, 1979. Scott successfully faced the onslaught of ABC's revamped Q107 successfully. When he left the station in 1981, it had regained the Top 40 crown in DC. Then it was off to program Q105 in Tampa where he developed the Morning Zoo concept, one he refined even further when launching Z100 New York in the Fall of 1983.

Pirate Radio in LA came next for him followed by a return to the Big Apple as morning host of the syndicated 'Scott & Todd' morning show, originating at WPLJ. Most recently Scott was inducted into the NAB Hall of Fame. Today he does mornings at WCBS-FM in New York.

Alexander Goodfellow writes:

I remember when he first got to town, he moved into a townhouse on Capitol Hill where his TV was stolen the first week. I was with him when he discovered the theft...the thieves had knotted together quite a few of Scott's prized silk ties to make a sling so they could lower the TV out of his bedroom window. Scott was outraged-but because of the ties, not the TV. His reaction was one of the funniest things I've ever seen...

Vicki Mallgrave writes:

One of the cutest things I remember was when Shaun Cassidy came to the station in 1981 to see Scott Shannon. Scott told all the girls that Shaun would be here soon and demanded that we were not to stand around and gawk (which is always what we did when a celeb came by) and to continue working as normal. So...Shaun arrived and went into Scott's office and they shut the door, we ladies waited out in the hall.

After a while went by I decided I was going to see this guy whether Scott liked it or not...so I knocked on his door with a sealed envelope in my hand with Scott Shannon's name on the front. He yelled 'Come in!' and I walked in and handed him the envelope. I said, 'This just came for you.' as I turned to Shaun with a big smile and saying hello, and then casually walked out of the room. Scott opened it immediately and inside was a note that read 'Ha! Just wanted to get a look at Shaun!'.

 

 

 

 

Steve Kingston

Steve Kingston joined WPGC as Asst. PD in 1980 while still programming WYRE in Annapolis. He became Program Director in 1981 when General Manager, Charles Giddens hired him to replace Scott Shannon who had left for Q105 Tampa. Steve left WPGC comfortably ahead of Q107 in the ratings in July 1982 for B94 Pittsburgh. He next programmmed B104 / Baltimore to record ratings success before joining Scott Shannon at Z-100 / New York. From there he went to WXRK / NY for a long programming stint followed by the launch of 'Blink 102' at WNEW.

Today he owns WRNR in Annapolis and most definitely is having a Happy Day!

Steve writes:

I developed a real passion for radio growing up in Silver Spring, MD, making requests on WUST. I believe “Moonman”, the afternoon jock at the time was intrigued that a teenager living in a white middle class neighborhood in suburban Washington, DC would listen to a kilowatt AM programming to the inner city.

This led me to pursue a career in radio, and attend a seminar for the Columbia School of Broadcasting in the mid 70’s, located in the Air Rights Building in Bethesda. Jack Alix was running the school at the time, and the guest speaker was Harv Moore. I learned more in the one hour I spent with the two of them than I can remember.

It was after this that I found out that another “Jack”, Diamond, was then known as Bruce Diamond, a 17 year old radio “prodigy” was working nights at our local suburban radio station, WINX. He helped me get my first job in radio as the part time janitor at WINX as a way to pay for school.

The rest is history….

 

 

Jerry Steele

Jerry Steele had been Asst. PD of WPGC's sister station, KFMK in Houston and was brought in as PD in the Fall of 1982. His tenure barely lasted a year following a disasterous ratings decline in which 50% of the station's cume evaporated in one book. He then returned to KFMK to do sales.

Today he is a Salesperson with KBXX in Houston.

 

 

Al Casey

In Memorium:

At WHB / Kansas City about 1980.

We are very sorry to report the passing of veteran programmer, Al Casey on Monday, February 23, 2004 at age 60 of cancer. Al's long list of programming success stories included WMYQ / Miami, WDRQ / Detroit, KSLQ / St. Louis, 99X / New York, and WHB / Kansas City.

He was hired by General Manager, Jeanne Oates to replace the departing Jerry Steele as Program Director in 1983 and attempted to reposition the station closer to its former hipper, heritage position as 'The New 95' but was pre-empted by station ownership more intent on stealing WASH-FM's then recently relinquished adult contemporary crown.

Among his accomplishments, he will be remembered for first teaming Jeff Baker & David Burd for mornings to try and offset the station's declining ratings, but it was too little, too late.

Al is survived by his wife, Janie. You can write to her at janie@caseydecorate.com. Anyone wishing to contribute remembrances of Al on this site can do so by contacting the webmaster.

 

 

Photos

 

Gordon Shaw

WPGC - Gordon Shaw

PD of WBUZ-FM in 1948

(Special thanks to Bob Bell of the dcmemories.com site for the above)

 

Stan Major

Special thanks to the late Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)
for the photo below from his personal collection).

 

WPGC - Stan Major

Headshot from about 1960.

 

Dean Anthony (Dean Anthony)

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)
Dean Anthony

 

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 - Dean Anthony
Dean Anthony at WHLI, Long Island.

 

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

A very young Dean-o!

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

Flat top publicity shot from 1962

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

With Bob Raleigh (Rolle Ferrar) & The Shirelles

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

With Pat McCoy, Eliot Paul & Jerry Kearns

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

Winning an award

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

Interviewing Phyllis Diller

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

With Tonto, Jay Silverheel

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)
Interviewing
Miss DC

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

Interviewing
MD Governor

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

With 'Mom of the Year' contest winner

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

Broadcasting underwater!

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

Remote at an appliance store

 

Harv Moore

 

WPGC - Harv Moore

Harv Moore today

 

WPGC - Harv Moore
A very young Harv in 1963!

 

WPGC - Harv Moore
Business Card
WPGC - Harv Moore
The Morning Mayor in 1965
WPGC - Harv Moore
Good guy DJ
in the '60's
WPGC - Harv Moore
The boy next
door in 1970
WPGC - Harv Moore
In Teen Life Magazine
WPGC - Harv Moore
With Dean Griffith #2 (Hank Burdick)

WPGC - Harv Moore

WPGC - Harv Moore
Studio Shots,1971

WPGC - Harv Moore
An ear for the
hits in 1971

WPGC - Harv Moore
With new control board in March '72
WPGC - Harv Moore
Mister Music
in library, 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
With Prog. Asst. Anita in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
With a record guy
WPGC - Harv Moore
With Big Wilson
in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
With Joe Namath in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
With David Gates in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
With Big Wilson, 

Bob Raleigh (Bill Miller) & Winners
WPGC - Harv Moore
Passin' Out the Cash with 'Big Money' in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
Keepin' the Cash Comin'
in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
With a 'Big Money' contest winner in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
Still another 'Big Money' contest winner in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
With Jim Collins, 
? & Columbus
WPGC - Harv Moore
With Billy Kilmer in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
With 'The Redhead' in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
w/Levi's Gremlin
winner in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
Ridin' high at the circus in 1973
WPGC - Harv Moore
w/Jim Collins & Bob Raleigh (Bill Miller) in 1974
WPGC - Harv Moore
With Kash for Kids Guy in 1974
WPGC - Harv Moore
Before station sale, in 1974

 

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

WPGC - 'Cousin' Warren Duffy

Warren Duffy is now retired from KKLA, LA

 

WPGC - 'Cousin' Warren Duffy

Publicity shot

WPGC - 'Cousin' Warren Duffy

With autograph!

WPGC - 'Cousin' Warren Duffy

From GO Magazine,
September 1967

WPGC - 'Cousin' Warren Duffy

With Jack Alix in '67

WPGC - 'Cousin' Warren Duffy

With Little Miss Dynamite
in September of 1967

WPGC - 'Cousin' Warren Duffy

With Brenda Lee in 9/67

WPGC - 'Cousin' Warren Duffy

At the 'Hide the Picnic', 9/67

WPGC - 'Cousin' Warren Duffy

On stage before 12,000 strong at the 'Hide the Picnic' promotion from September 1967.  

 

Charlie Shoe

WPGC - Charlie Shoe

'60's Boss Jock

WPGC - Charlie Shoe

With 'Phono Phunnies' winner in 1973.

 

'big' Wilson

WPGC - 'big' Wilson

Tall Texan
in late '60's

WPGC - 'big' Wilson

Circa May 1971

WPGC - 'big' Wilson

Publicity shot
in July 1971

WPGC - 'big' Wilson

With Bob Raleigh (Bill Miller) in August 1971

WPGC - 'big' Wilson

With Paul Revere in Sept. 1971

WPGC - 'big' Wilson

With Harv Moore in November '71

WPGC - 'big' Wilson

With 'April May' in Dec. 1971

WPGC - 'big' Wilson
At Shenanndoah, VA in March '72

WPGC - 'big' Wilson
With Harv Moore & Bob Raleigh (Bill Miller) in '72

WPGC - 'big' Wilson
With 'Phono Phunnies' Contest Winner in 1973

WPGC - 'big' Wilson

Doorman
to the stars

 

 

Jim Collins

WPGC - Jim Collins
Playlist cover
from June 1973

WPGC - Jim Collins

With 'Phono Phunnies' winner in 1973

WPGC - Jim Collins

With another 'Phono Phunnies' winner

WPGC - Jim Collins

w/yet another 'Phono Phunnies' winner

WPGC - Jim Collins

With Harv Moore, a movie promoter & Columbus in '73

WPGC - Jim Collins

Wearing Music Troll T shirt

WPGC - Jim Collins

Publicity shot
from 1973

WPGC - Jim Collins

With Harv Moore & Bob Raleigh (Bill Miller) in 1974

WPGC - Jim Collins

On the air,
in January 1976

WPGC - Jim Collins

With Helen Reddy on NBC's 'Midnight Special' in 1976

WPGC - Jim Collins

In Sept. 1976

WPGC - Jim Collins

Pre-strike, 1977

 

Dan Mason

WPGC - Dan Mason

Dan and his hair in 1977

WPGC - Dan Mason

Still on the phone in 1977

 

Scott Shannon

WPGC - Scott Shannon

Scott Shannon at WCBS-FM today

 

WPGC - Scott Shannon

In Engineering from May 1979

WPGC - Scott Shannon

Not Rod Stewart in March 1980

WPGC - Scott Shannon

Shannon on the radio in Oct. '80

 

Steve Kingston

WPGC - Steve Kingston

Big Steve today.

 

 

Print Materials

Sales Kits One Sheet

Stan Major & Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)

WPGC - Composite Air Staff - 1960

Composite
Airstaff 1960

 

Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)

WPGC - Composite Air Staff - 1962

Composite
Airstaff, 1962

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)


Good Guy
DJ Bio, 1962

 

Articles

Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)

"Big 'Ol, Fat 'Ol Dean-o Is Thin-o"

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

©The Evening Star, Sunday Edition - Early '60's

 

'Program Director Honored'

WPGC - Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony)

Source Unknown - Early '60's

 

Harv Moore

WPGC - Harv Moore
"Deciding What Goes In Your Ears"
© The Washington Post - 6/18/72  

 

'big' Wilson

WPGC - Big Wilson Stressing FM on AM

"Big Wilson Stressing FM On AM" - © 7/08/72 - Billboard

 

Jim Collins

WPGC Shifts To The Middle

WPGC - Shifts to the Middle

September 1976

© The Washington Star

No Magic Formula at WPGC

WPGC - No Magic Formula

03/05/77

© Billboard

 

Jim Collins & Dan Mason

Collins Resigns At WPGC

WPGC - Collins Resigns

May 1977

© Radio & Records

 

Dan Mason

"Meet Dan Mason"

WPGC - Meet Dan Mason

September 1977

© Radio & Records

 

Scott Shannon

'Musicradio' Tug-Of-War

WPGC - Musicradio Tug of War

© The Washington Star - 1979

"Top 40 Radio Rating Battle"

WPGC - Top 40 Radio Ratings

© The Washington Star - 1980

 

Print Ads

Harv Moore

Click on the images below to see enlargements.

 

Harv Moore Wakes Up Washington

WPGC - Harv Moore

© The Sunday Star TV Magazine
Sunday, 06/06/65

 

'WPGC AM/FM IS No.1 Again'

WPGC - Is #1 Again WPGC - Is #1 Again

© Broadcasting Magazine, 05/27/74

 

 

Harv Moore & Jim Collins

 

'Air Force Bombards DC'

WPGC - Air Force Bombards DC

© The Washington Post
1973

'Public Apology'

WPGC - Public Apology

© The Washington Star
October 1, 1973

 

Playlists

Harv Moore

Click on thumbnails below to see enlargements.

WPGC Playlist - 05/21/71
05/21/71
WPGC Playlist - 06/05/71
06/05/71
WPGC Playlist - 06/12/71
06/12/71
WPGC Playlist - 06/26/71
06/26/71
WPGC Playlist - 07/24/71
07/24/71
WPGC Playlist - 09/04/71
09/04/71
WPGC Playlist - 10/16/71
10/16/71
WPGC Playlist - 10/23/71
10/23/71
WPGC Playlist - 11/13/71
11/13/71
WPGC Playlist - 03/18/72
03/18/72
WPGC Playlist - 05/13/72
05/13/72
WPGC Playlist - 02/10/73
02/10/73
WPGC Playlist - 04/07/73
04/07/73
WPGC Playlist - 04/14/73
04/14/73
WPGC Playlist - 06/16/73
06/16/73
WPGC Playlist - 07/07/73
07/07/73
WPGC Playlist - 08/04/73
08/04/73
WPGC Playlist - 10/27/73
10/27/73
WPGC Playlist - 11/10/73
11/10/73
WPGC Playlist - 01/12/74
01/12/74
WPGC Playlist - 04/13/74
04/13/74

 

Charlie Shoe

WPGC Playlist - 08/05/72
08/05/72

 

'big' Wilson

WPGC Playlist - 05/21/71
05/21/71
WPGC Playlist - 06/05/71
06/05/71
WPGC Playlist - 06/12/71
06/12/71
WPGC Playlist - 07/03/71
07/03/71
WPGC Playlist - 08/28/71
08/28/71
WPGC Playlist - 09/18/71
09/18/71
WPGC Playlist - 10/23/71
10/23/71
WPGC Playlist - 11/13/71
11/13/71
WPGC Playlist - 12/04/71
12/04/71
WPGC Playlist - 02/19/72
02/19/72

 

Jim Collins


02/17/73

05/19/73

06/9/73

07/7/73

08/18/73

11/3/73

02/9/74

04/13/74

09/14/74

01/10/76

02/14/76

05/15/76

01/08/77

02/05/77

04/02/77

 

Dan Mason


07/23/77

 

Scott Shannon


05/05/79

03/29/80

10/11/80

 

Miscellaneous

Harv Moore

 

Interview of the Fab Four

'I Feel So Fine'

 

'Cruisin' 1969 LP - Front

'Cruisin' 1969 LP - Back

 

Business Card

Personality Profile

 

Big Cash Winner- 1972

Air Personalities, 1974

 

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

'Cousin' Duffy's 22 Original Smashbacks album

Front Cover

Back Cover

Liner Notes

(Special thanks to Skip McCloskey of the WRC tribute site for the above.)

 

Harv Moore & 'big' Wilson

Together Gold LP - Front

Together Gold LP - Back

 

'big' Wilson

Bio from the late '60's

Big Cash Winner- 1972

 

Jim Collins

Composite Airstaff, 1974

With Helen Reddy in 1976

 

Dan Mason

Market Assessment

January 11, 1979

 

Scott Shannon


New Program Dir. - 3/19/79


New PD Reception - 4/29/79

 

 

Sound Files

There's a lot of links below! Use these Quick-links:

Airchecks Newscasts Contests
Jingles Sweepers Promos
Sound Off! Spots Misc. Audio

 

Airchecks

Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)

 
04/01/63 - (April Fools gag as Jerry G) - 2:39
06/30/64 - 7:54

 

Harv Moore

08/24/63 - 12:26
01/06/65 - 22:28
01/07/65 - 14:50
04/01/66 - 4:28
04/01/67 - :52
05/27/69 - 27:13
09/11/69 - 31:49
12/31/71 (Rock & Roll Generation, 1961) - 27:59
12/31/71 (Rock & Roll Generation, 1962) - 27:53
12/31/71 (Rock & Roll Generation, 1963) - 20:45
04/12/72 - 14:53
August 1972 - (Missing W) - 2:05
10/10/72 - 1:46
December 1972 - 2:40

1973 (with The Redhead) - 3:09

10/01/73 - 3:11

 

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

12/24/66 - 33:45
02/04/67 - 38:52
04/01/67 - 11:37
03/25/68 - 1:02

 

'big' Wilson

04/10/72 - 18:23
August 1972 - 1:13
09/19/72 - 9:25

 

Jim Collins

09/07/69 (as 'Mark West') - 17:13

August 1972 - Missing W located! - :46
October 1972 - 12:37
December 1972 - :54
02/09/73 - :24
10/01/73 - :42
11/21/73 - 17:15
January 1974 - 3:42
12/23/74 - :54
12/23/74 (with Carla) - 1:00
June 1975 - 7:22
November 1975 - 2:48
December 1975 - 1:25
April 1976 (used by JAM to demonstrate jingles in use) - 3:51
November 1976 - :48
11/11/76 - 2:40

 

Dan Mason

May 1977 - :08
12/23/78 - 4:39

 

Scott Shannon

April 1979 - First Show - 21:15
Summer 1980 - Sunday Night Oldies Show 1 - 21:13
Summer 1980 - Sunday Night Oldies Show 2 - 44:20
Summer 1980 - Sunday Night Oldies Show 3 - 24:58
Fall 1980 - Sunday Night Oldies Show 4 - 32:22
10/19/80 - Sunday Night Oldies Show 5 - 43:30
10/26/80 - Sunday Night Oldies Show 6 - 23:10
1980 - Sunday Night Oldies Show 7- 11:58

 

Newscasts

Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)

 

06/30/64 - :24

 

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

12/24/66 1st of 2 - 1:40
12/24/66 2nd of 2 - 2:00
02/04/67 1st of 4 - 1:09
02/04/67 2nd of 4 - 1:07
02/04/67 3rd of 4 - 1:12
02/04/67 4th of 4 - 1:10

 

Harv Moore

09/11/69 - :59
03/11/70 - 3:39
01/01/71 - 2:21

 

'big' Wilson

March 1970 - 2:00

 

Jim Collins

01/27/74 Pomponio Land Scam - :39

 

Dan Mason

12/23/78 - 1:56

 

Sound Off !

Jim Collins

01/01/77 Open & Close - :11

 

Scott Shannon

05/28/79 Speeding - :38

 

Contests

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

05/67 Balloon Buster 2 - 1:01

 

Harv Moore

05/67 Balloon Buster 1 - 2:01
1973 Fantasy Baseball - 1:25
10/01/73 Cash Kick Off - :57

 

big Wilson

04/10/72 Cash Rip Off Call - :38
04/10/72 Good Guys Baseball - 1:40 (w/Bob Howard)

 

Jim Collins

11/21/73 Bonus Basketball - 1:16
01/07/74 Name That Tune 1 - 1:04
Jan. 1974 Name That Tune 2 - 1:29
Jun. 1975 Superstash - :21

 

Jingles

Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)

 
1961
Dean-o On Your Radio - Producer: Jerry G - :04
1962
Big 'Ol, Dean-o - Producer:Jerry G - :08
1964
Dean Griffith - Jock Jingle - :12
© PAMS 'The Jet Set'

 

Harv Moore

1964

Morning Mayor - © PAMS 'The Jet Set' - :13

1966

© Spot Productions 'Thatman' - :07

1972

Jock Cut © PAMS 42a - :01

(Special thanks to Jonathon Wolfert for the above).

 

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

04/01/67 © Spot Productions - 'Thatman' - :17

 

'big' Wilson

1972 Jock Cut 1 - PAMS 42a - © PAMS of Dallas - :02 
1972 Jock Cut 2 - PAMS 42a - © PAMS of Dallas - :03

Special thanks to Jonathon Wolfert for the above).

 

Jim Collins

 
1969

Jock Jingle - Grid (as 'Mark West') - :02
- © PAMS of Dallas

1976

Jock Jingle - Logoset / Priority One - :04
- © JAM Creative Productions, Dallas

1976

Accapella - Logoset / Priority One - :01
- © JAM Creative Productions, Dallas

(Special thanks to Jonathon Wolfert for the above).

 

Dan Mason

1978

Jock Jingle - Positron - :04
© 1978, JAM Creative Productions, Dallas

1978

Jock Shout - Positron - :01
© 1978, JAM Creative Productions, Dallas

(Special thanks to Jonathon Wolfert for the above).

 

Promos

Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)

 

1962

What Does 95.5 Mean To You? - :53

 

Harv Moore

07/10/66 Patriotic Reminder - :16
08/30/66 Got An FM Radio? - :18
01/01/67 Happy New Year - :15
02/04/67

Chinese New Year 1 (with Cousin Duffy) - :40

02/04/67

Chinese New Year 2 (with Cousin Duffy) - :40

03/67

Club News (w/ Marv Brooks
& Bob Raleigh [Bill Miller]) - :38

03/67

Dial-A-Good-Guy Line (with Cousin Duffy) - :21

03/25/67

GO Magazine (Slobovia) (w/Cousin Duffy) - :47

03/67

Irish Eyes Contest (with Marv Brooks) - :37

03/25/67

April Fools Day Contest (w/Cousin Duffy) - :37

03/25/67

Playboy Club (with Cousin Duffy) - :41

03/26/67

Club News (w/ Marv Brooks
& Bob Raleigh [Bill Miller]) - :32

03/26/67 GO Magazine - :16
03/26/67

Good Guys Sweatshirt (with Cousin Duffy) - :33

04/01/67 Fathead Contest - :10
04/01/67 Bogus Prize - :21
01/01/68 Lucky Birthday Game (with Cousin Duffy) - :27
12/31/68 School Salute - :35
07/20/69 Name It & Claim It - :34
01/31/73 Phono Phunnies (with Johnny Jones) - :28
01/06/74

Musical Mystery Tour Winner
(with Jim Collins) - :36

 

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

12/24/66 1966 Popularity Poll - :47
12/24/66 Money Street Contest - :42
12/24/66 Top 100 of 1966
(w/Dean Griffith - Hank Burdick) - :30
01/01/67 Happy New Year - :15
02/04/67 Chinese New Year 1 (with Harv Moore) - :40
02/04/67 Chinese New Year 2 (with Harv Moore) - :40
Mar. '67 Monkees Contest - :59
03/25/67 April Fools Day Contest (w/Harv Moore) - :43
03/25/67 Playboy Club (with Harv Moore) - :41
03/25/67   Monkees Contest - :56
Mar. '67 Dial-A-Good-Guy Line (w/Harv Moore) - :21
03/26/67 Good Guys Sweatshirt (w/Harv Moore) - :33
03/26/67 GO Magazine Slobovia (w/Harv Moore) - :16

 

'big' Wilson

03/11/70 Good Guys Prom & Party Line
(with Davy Jones) - :36
1971

big Wilson Tease by Casey Kasem - :06

 

Jim Collins

09/19/72 Who Is Mr. Whisper? (w/Columbus) - :27
01/27/74 Name That Tune (w/Columbus) - :31
01/06/74 Musical Mystery Tour Winner (w/Harv Moore) - :36
01/07/74 Write It Down! (w/Columbus & The Redhead) - :32
1976 John Denver In Concert - :41
1976 Win America's 'History' Album - :57
1976 Three G's & a 'Z' - :52
1976 Visible Vault 1 - :20
1976 Visible Vault 2 - :34
1976 Win the Top LPs of the Year - :58
1976 Win A Mexican Vacation (with Tim Kelly) - :59

 

Scott Shannon

1979 Academy Awards Trip 1 - :32
1979 Academy Awards Trip 2 - :46
1979 Lenny & Squiggy Appearance - :53
1979 Mork From Ork In New York 1 - :26
1979 Mork From Ork In New York 2 - :36
1979 Alien Worlds - :31
1979 Indy 500 Star Car 1 - :42
1979 Indy 500 Star Car 2 - :38
1979 Indy 500 Star Car 3 - 1:08
1979 Indy 500 Star Car Winner - :56
1979 Rex Smith Appearance - :30

 

Sweepers

Stan Major

Approx.
1959 - 60
Production Montage - 3:37
(individual cuts below)
Approx.
1959 - 60
Best Bet of the Week - :08
Approx.
1959 - 60
#1 Hit Stager - :06
Approx.
1959 - 60
#2 Station - :11
Approx.
1959 - 60
2 O'Clock Stager - :13
Approx.
1959 - 60
3 O'Clock Stager - :17
Approx.
1959 - 60
10K Watts of Instant News - :09
Approx.
1959 - 60
Gathering News Every 2nd - :12
Approx.
1959 - 60
Instant News! - :12
Approx.
1959 - 60
Top News Story Stager - :08
Approx.
1959 - 60
You've Heard Thee News! - :15
Approx.
1959 - 60
News Close - Stay Tuned 4 - :20
1960 New Sound Of WPGC - :12

 

Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)

 

1960

Jock Roll Call (with Pat McCoy & Jerry G) - :35
1960 Cloud High Weather Eye Stager - :40
1960 Off-Key Club Winner Stager - :05
1960 Sports Headlines Closer - :10
1960 To The Top Stager - :09
Approx.
1960 - 62
Don Pee Wee Reese Stager - :22
Approx.
1960 - 62
Legal ID 2 - :04
Approx.
1960 - 62
Legal ID 3 - :03
Approx.
1960 - 62
Public Service Salute - :09
Approx.
1960 - 62
That's Thee News! - :14
1964 Jock Roll Call (with Bob Raleigh (Rolle Ferrar), Jerry G, Harv Moore & Don Reese) - :32
06/30/64 4PM Legal ID - :17

 

Harv Moore

1964 Jock Roll Call (with Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony), Bob Raleigh (Rolle Ferrar),
Jerry G & Don Pee Wee Reese) - :32
02/04/67 Request-O-Matic Solicit - :14
03/26/67 Best Bet of the Week - :13
1969 Request-O-Matic Solicit - :13
01/01/70 Top 100 of 1969 Stager 1 - :04
01/01/70 Top 100 of 1969 Stager 2 - :05

 

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

03/25/67 Good Guys Triple Play Explosion
(with Bob Raleigh
[Bill Miller])- :06
03/26/67 Hourly Triple Play
(with Bob Raleigh [Bill Miller]) - :16
Aug. '67 Triple Play - :06

 

Charlie Scheu

Nov. '68 Magic Carpet Ride Legal ID - :12

 

Scott Shannon

05/28/79 #1 Weekend - 1965 (w/Dave Foxx) - :08
05/28/79 #1 Weekend - 1970 (w/Dave Foxx) - :13

 

Spots

Harv Moore

08/24/63
08/24/63
08/24/63
01/06/65
01/06/65
Coke - :28
01/06/65
01/06/65
01/06/65
01/06/65
01/06/65
01/06/65
01/06/65
01/06/65
Safeway - :30
01/06/65
01/07/65
12/24/66
12/24/66
Coke - :26
02/04/67
Coke (Supremes) - :33
02/04/67
02/04/67
02/04/67
Dodge - :54
02/04/67
Pepsi - :30
02/04/67
03/67
03/25/67
03/25/67
03/26/67
03/26/67
03/26/67
08/67
08/67
08/67
08/68
05/27/69
05/27/69
05/27/69
05/27/69
05/27/69
Tab Soda - :35
05/27/69
07/08/69
07/08/69
McDonalds - :47
07/08/69
07/08/69
Tanya - 1:01
07/08/69
07/20/69 Charlie Cooper Citgo 1 - :16
07/20/69 Charlie Cooper Citgo 2 - :09
09/11/69

Lustine Chevrolet (with Marv Brooks) - 1:05

09/11/69
09/11/69
Cope Ford - :29
09/11/69
09/11/69
09/11/69
09/11/69
09/11/69
1969
12/31/71
12/31/71
Safeway - :35
12/31/71
04/10/72 1320 Club - :56
04/09/73

 

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

12/24/66 Casino Royale Nightclub - :37
12/24/66 Downtown Park & Shop - :56
12/24/66 Nichols Furniture (with Harv Moore) - :33
12/24/66 Pepsi - 1:02
02/04/67 Alpha Sigma Fraternity - :39
02/04/67 Laurel Dodge (with Marv Brooks) - :54
02/04/67 The Sound Center (with Jack Alix) - 1:17
02/04/67 Temple School (live) - :41
Mar.'67 Ken Dixon Chevrolet (with Harv Moore) - :29
03/25/67 Ken Dixon Honda (with Harv Moore) - :29
03/26/67 Ken Dixon Chevrolet (with Harv Moore) - :25

 

big Wilson

10/11/71

Esquire Shops - :38

05/01/72 DeYoung Shoes - :52
05/01/72 Hanger Club - :16
05/01/72 Stardust Nightclub - 1:04

 

Jim Collins

Sept. '69 Hub Furniture - (as 'Mark West') - :29
Sept. '69 Northeast Ford - (as 'Mark West') - :51
May '76 JKJ Chevrolet - :55

 

Scott Shannon

1980 Jacks Oldies 1 (live) - :49
1980 Jacks Oldies 2 (live) - :50
1980 Jacks Oldies 3 (live) - :40
Fall 1980 Jacks Oldies 4 (live) - :36
Fall 1980 Jacks Oldies 5a (live) - :32
Fall 1980 Jacks Oldies 5b (live) - :42
Oct. 1980 Jacks Oldies 6a (live) - :39
Oct. 1980 Jacks Oldies 6b (live) - :44

 

Miscellaneous Audio

Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony)

 
1961 ConelRad Test! - :59

06/30/64

Off-Key Singing Club bit - :16
06/30/64 Losing A Pound A Day bit
06/30/64 Show Close Theme music

 

From an interview with Dean Griffith #1 (Dean Anthony) - April 2002

 
Arriving at WPGC in 1960 & the FM simulcast - 1:24

The FM simulcast & automation - :39

WEAM, WWDC & Jack Alix - 1:08

Losing a pound a day bit - 1:31

The Morning Mayors - Jerry G & Harv Moore - :37

Harv Moore - :32

Stan Major - :23

David B. Simmons - :52

MacNamara & 'Hair' - :53

Larry 'Barefoot' Justice - :24

Larry 'Barefoot' Justice locked in studio bit - :27

Don 'Pee Wee' Reese - :24

Eliot Paul - :25

Milt Grant - :48

The JFK funeral in November 1963 - 4:08

The Beatles DC Arena show in February 1964 - 3:32

The Beatles wearing WPGC sweatshirts - 1:29

101 questions about the Beatles - :40

Bob Howard & 'Mr. X' taking over WPGC - 3:13

Bob Howard & Phyllis Diller - :33

Jerry G & Bob Howard - 1:28

Bob Raleigh (#1 - Rolle Ferrar) & Ronettes - :17

WMEX & KPGC - :18

 

Harv Moore

03/63 Harv's arrival in DC soon at WPGC! - :16
08/24/63 Angels Artist ID - :07
1964 'Interview of the Fab Four' record - 1:59
1964 'I Feel So Fine' song - 2:12
01/06/65 You're A Doll Drop - :04
1969 The 'Cruisin' 1969' On-Air Re-creation - 14:51
12/71 Top 100 of 1971 Playlist Tease - :22
08/72

Where's Charlie Forbes Bit
(with The Redhead) - :26

08/72

Obscene Phone Call Bit
(with The Redhead) - 1:13

08/72 Missing W Clue 21 - :06
09/72 Missing W Winner - 6:59
12/72

Harv Moore on:
Alexander Goodfellow & Bryan Lawrence - :13

12/72

Harv Moore on: Bob Raleigh (Bill Miller) - :20

12/72

Harv Moore on: Columbus - :12

12/72

Harv Moore on: Jim Collins - :27

12/72

Harv Moore on: Johnny Jones - :09

12/72

Harv Moore on: The Redhead - :24

12/72 Harv Moore on: His show's characters - 1:11
12/72 Harv Moore on: FM Penetration in DC - :34
1973

Harv Moore on: Anita Miller - :33

1973

Harv Moore on: Bill Prettyman - :39

1973

Harv Moore on: Bryan Lawrence - :11

1973

Harv Moore on: Columbus - :11

1973

Harv Moore on: Dave Kellogg - :17

1973

Harv Moore on: Jim Collins' Circus Family - :26

1973

Harv Moore on: Jim Collins' Fat Girlfriend - :18

1973 Harv sings 'Little Red Book' - 2:21
1973 Tailor Made Suit bit - :34
1973

Boycott Meat bit (with The Redhead) - :23

1973

French Bread bit 1 (with The Redhead) - 1:24

1973

French Bread bit 2 (with The Redhead) - 1:30

1973

French Bread bit 3 (with The Redhead) - :57

1973

French Bread bit 4 (with The Redhead) - 1:07

1973

French Bread bit 5 (with The Redhead) - 2:06

1973 Mr. Fix It French Bread bit - 2:18
1973 Mr. Fix It Weiner Skins bit - 2:01
11/22/78

2nd Annual WPGC Thanksgiving Day Parade:
Harv Moore & Redhead bit
(Dave Foxx) - 1:56

1994

With Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
Harv coming to town in 1963 - 1:06

1994

With Barry Richards from WXTR on:
Harv's history WPGC - 1:16

1994

With a listener from WXTR on:
The first studio location - :39

1994

With Jack Fisher of WEAM from WXTR on:
The Beatles - :54

1994

From WXTR on:
His records - :49

1994

With Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
Obscure local records (including Harv's!) - :18

1994

With Jack Fisher of WEAM from WXTR on:
The advent of FM - :44

1994

With Jack Fisher of WEAM from WXTR on:
The missing 'W' contest - :28

1994

With Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
Missing 'W' contest & Bob Howard - :57

1994

With Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
Production, Bob Howard & sweatshirts - :56

1994

With Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
Bob Howard & Lustine Chevrolet spots - 1:55

1994

With Marv Brooks & Barry Richards from WXTR on: Lustine spot & Max Richmond - 1:29

1994

With Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
Marv coming to town, & 'house' DJ names - 1:23

1994

With Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
'House' DJ names & Larry Justice - 1:50

1994

With Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
Marv's embarrasing moment - :57

1994

With Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
Bathroom records & Cousin Duffy - 1:48

1994

With Barry Richards & Davy Jones from WXTR on: The 'Together Gold' album - 1:46

1994

With Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
Would they do it all over again - :46

 

'Cousin' Warren Duffy

02/04/67 March for the March of Dimes - :45
1968 FM Car Radio Mention - :07
1994

Harv Moore& Marv Brooks from WXTR on:
short records, radio wars & Cousin Duffy - 1:48

 

From an interview with Cousin Duffy - 08/28/06

Bob Howard - 1:01
The Station's Success - 1:11
His Air Name - :37
Success At An Early Age - :57
Harv Moore - 1:05
Jack Alix & FM Radio - 1:26
Appearances With Jack Alix - 1:15
Station Appearances - 1:35
Hide The Picnic - :58
GO Magazine - :31
Race Horse Named After Him - :40
Soundoffs - :30
Station Jingle Packages - 1:26
'Thatman' Jingle Package - :34
No Regrets Leaving WPGC - 1:30

 

Charlie Scheu

07/28/04 Davy Jones on:
Getting Hired At WPGC - :50
07/28/04 Davy Jones on:
Bob Howard in Charlie Scheu's Corvette - :39

 

'big' Wilson

04/01/70

His Super Personal Greeting just for you! - :01

04/10/72 Jock drop - :01
04/10/72 Show Opener - :04
07/28/04 Davy Jones on: big Wilson - :31

 

Jim Collins

Oct. 1972 Mr. Whisper clue #3 - :11
01/01/73 Columbus on: Jim Collins' waterbed  - :12
02/12/73 Harv Moore on: Jim Collins - :27
1973 Harv Moore on: Jim Collins' circus family - :26
1973 Harv Moore on: Jim Collins' fat girlfriend - :18
10/01/73 Money Plane Mention - :23
May '76 Tim Kelly on: Jim Collins - :23
Nov. '76 Big Ron O'Brien on:
Jim Collins' date with a porcupine - :12
Dec. '76 Big Ron O'Brien on:
Jim Collins' outstanding show - :11
01/01/77 Big Ron O'Brien on:
Jim Collins' New Year's Eve - :10

 

Dan Mason

04/11/08 Don Geronimo on Dan Mason - 1:00

 

Scott Shannon

Fall 1979 Rappin' "Dee-Jay's Delight" song! - 3:53
Dec. '79 Rappin' "Santa's Delight" song! - 1:42
10/20/80 26th Anniversary Montage - 1:48
10/20/80

26th Anniversary DJ Roll Call
(with Dave Foxx) - :47

10/20/80

26th Anniversary 1954 Sign-On Recreation (with Dave Foxx) - 1:13

04/11/08 Don Geronimo on Scott Shannon - :42

 




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