|
|
| RIP Joe Franklin (1259932) | |
 |
|
| Home > OTChat | |
[ Post a New Response | Return to the Index ]
|
| (1259932) | |
RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by Fred G on Sun Jan 25 00:00:16 2015 RIPAnother NYC mainstay is gone. your pal, Fred |
|
|
| (1259937) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Jan 25 00:52:05 2015, in response to RIP Joe Franklin, posted by Fred G on Sun Jan 25 00:00:16 2015. What was his full name and what did he do for NYC? |
|
|
| (1259939) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 01:37:46 2015, in response to RIP Joe Franklin, posted by Fred G on Sun Jan 25 00:00:16 2015. Oh shit! Sorry to hear that. Used to work with him for a while back in the day. He was a really nice guy too. I do feel sorry for whoever has to clean out his office though. Here's how *I* remember Joe: |
|
|
| (1259941) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 01:44:23 2015, in response to RIP Joe Franklin, posted by Fred G on Sun Jan 25 00:00:16 2015. An interesting treatise and background of two of my favorite people to work with many years ago. John Zacherle is still kicking, heard from him a couple of months ago. Putting the two of them together for an interview though, LOLOL!http://www.classicimages.com/features/article_f68f34e0-8843-11e2-92ae-0019bb2963f4.html |
|
|
| (1259943) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Jan 25 03:52:55 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Jan 25 00:52:05 2015. You can't be serious |
|
|
| (1259944) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 03:55:43 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Jan 25 00:52:05 2015. He was born as Joseph Fortgang back somewhere in the mid 1920's. Joe Franklin was his "stage name." He got hooked up as a teenager with the old WNEW-AM in NYC and was Martin Block's original record picker back then. What trains are to foamers, old records were to Uncle Joe. He was really into old silent movies, and fell in with the old Broadway crowd such as Doreen Davis, Kitty Carlisle and many others of the vintage when Broadway theater was at the top of its game back in the old days.Since then he did radio on WOR, and then became a mainstay on WOR-TV which is where I met him as an engineer, hand-picked by Doreen to work with him on his shows. When RKO General lost the license, he was forced to move out of his office in the WOR-TV building on Broadway and 42nd Street down to 33rd street where he just kept on keeping on. WOR-TV became WWOR-TV and moved across the river to New Jersey in what was once the "Tiger Racket Club" in Paramus which was owned by Bill Bradley, the famous NJ politician and crook. Then again, RKO General was run by crooks, so somehow it fit. Heh. Joe was a really great guy although he lived in his own little world and let few into it. It was a pleasure for me to be one of the few that he let himself be free with. He was also good friends with John Zacherle, who I worked with also at WNEW-FM before both of us flew the coop over to WPLJ after he had his fill of enough Jonathan Schwartz tantrums and his contract was up. :) Uncle Joe was a true NYC treasure, brought to you tonight by Martian Paint, thank you. :) |
|
|
| (1259945) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 04:12:16 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 01:44:23 2015. And on a side note, thinking of John, here's his favorite tune that many might remember him playing on NEW-FM back in the day. John was part Native American, part descendant of the Philadelphia Rittenhouse family.Those my age will remember this tune. He burned out this particular record. :) |
|
|
| (1259955) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by cortelyounext on Sun Jan 25 08:03:50 2015, in response to RIP Joe Franklin, posted by Fred G on Sun Jan 25 00:00:16 2015. The Franklin Shuttle has left the station. He can rest easy now. |
|
|
| (1259956) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by cortelyounext on Sun Jan 25 08:06:09 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 03:55:43 2015. You're welcome. |
|
|
| (1259957) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by cortelyounext on Sun Jan 25 08:16:50 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Jan 25 03:52:55 2015. Thank you. |
|
|
| (1259958) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 08:17:36 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by cortelyounext on Sun Jan 25 08:06:09 2015. Aw geez. YOu just made my shitlist. :)Zach and I couldn't stand her with her "deep throat" Sennheiser mic (which was hers and NEVER to be borrowed) that turned her squeaky grandma voice into what teens everywhere fapped to. She was in her late 50's then, another of the "old Broadway theater" crowd and she was a bitch on wheels if you DARED to play any record she tried to hide in the NEW rack for herself. I could tell you stories about "grandma" as Zach would call her, but decorum prevents such. Heh. |
|
|
| (1259963) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by B53RICH on Sun Jan 25 08:56:08 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 01:37:46 2015. Should be turned into a museum.Knew a girl for a short while named Elizabeth who worked for him. |
|
|
| (1259965) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SLRT on Sun Jan 25 09:35:53 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 01:37:46 2015. About average for a railfan. |
|
|
| (1259966) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jan 25 09:37:00 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Jan 25 03:52:55 2015. Why? |
|
|
| (1259968) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 09:53:00 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by B53RICH on Sun Jan 25 08:56:08 2015. Joe was really a cool guy. Off in his own world, but still mighty cool. |
|
|
| (1259969) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 09:58:46 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SLRT on Sun Jan 25 09:35:53 2015. I don't see a single subway map there. :) |
|
|
| (1259972) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Jan 25 10:01:47 2015, in response to RIP Joe Franklin, posted by Fred G on Sun Jan 25 00:00:16 2015. Several years ago on one of those Holiday Shoppers Specials of arnines, I spotted Joe Franklin sitting next to Mike Hanna.Sold him a subway calendar and shook his hand. My only celebrity sale. :) Bill Newkirk |
|
|
| (1259984) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 11:35:08 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 01:37:46 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1259985) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 11:35:49 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 09:53:00 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1259986) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 11:36:09 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 03:55:43 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1259987) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 11:36:23 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 08:17:36 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1259988) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 11:36:46 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 09:58:46 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1259989) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 11:37:03 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 01:44:23 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1259990) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 11:37:20 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 04:12:16 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1260003) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by italianstallion on Sun Jan 25 12:17:59 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 08:17:36 2015. Ahh, Allison Seele, Zacherle, Jonathan Scwarz. Good times. |
|
|
| (1260013) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:09:02 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by italianstallion on Sun Jan 25 12:17:59 2015. Jonathan Livingston ("My daddy was an orchestra conductor, so bow to me") Schwartz, official crybaby of John Kluge's Metromedia Corporation. Ah, won't spoil the magic, but WNEW-FM had some really interesting people there back when I was there. About the ONLY sane people there was Vin Skelsa, Dave Herman, Pete Fornatale and of course good old "Uncle Scottso" Muni, powered by Jack Daniels in his desk. LOL.Honorable mention to my good old buddy Richard ("Don't call me Dick") Neer to came over from WLIR as well as Al ("burnout") Bernstein. But he was there long after I left. :) It was a very interesting place to work, so many personalities, so many dramas between the AM side and the FM side. And when the station moved to 5th Avenue, got even stranger. Heh. Grandma however, was an absolute bitch. None of us liked her, but she had her following. Prima donnas had their place, but this was WNEW-FM fer krissakes. Hippie land, play what you wanted. Go downstairs, light up a bowl, hell. Do it in the studio, nobody gave a crap. Scottso was on the edge of passing out on bourbon at 4PM and he was in charge. As long as you were in the door and had your needle down on your starting cut for the hour when your leader's show was over, it was magic. You got paid. Lulz. |
|
|
| (1260015) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 13:09:29 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:09:02 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1260018) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by italianstallion on Sun Jan 25 13:18:40 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:09:02 2015. Amazing.Schwartz is still going strong, though not playing rock any more! (FWIW, his daddy was actually a Broadway composer.) I had no idea Allison was that old at the time. What a letdown! Of course, back then radio jocks never showed their faces anywhere. |
|
|
| (1260024) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by cortelyounext on Sun Jan 25 13:31:57 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:09:02 2015. Neer is on WFAN as I pen this soliloquy. "Mr. Insomnia" is his moniker but I enjoy listening to him just the same. I like listening to Francesa - Neer is his opposite in terms of delivery and personality. |
|
|
| (1260026) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by cortelyounext on Sun Jan 25 13:35:00 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:09:02 2015. Is that you, Kevin, with her? |
|
|
| (1260029) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:42:03 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by cortelyounext on Sun Jan 25 13:31:57 2015. Richard is an EXTREMELY cool guy. And yeah, I'd bust his chops by calling him by his tetragrammaton monicker just to elicit that patented smirk. Yeah, it's amazing that grownups STILL do radio. I wonder how Jean Atwood of WDST fame is doing? Bingbong and I were regulars on her show. Radio is a liberating art, but it pays for shit. To this very day, still wish I could afford to go back and do it again. But hey, banks want their checks and radio stations can't afford to cut them these days. :( |
|
|
| (1260032) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:44:48 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by cortelyounext on Sun Jan 25 13:35:00 2015. Heh. Nope. We couldn't stand one another. She was also part of the old NYC Broadway theater scene, but we travelled in different circles. It was a kinder, gentler time when Cougars were only found in the mountains. I'll leave that thought there, thank you. :)Dewd DOES look familiar tho'. |
|
|
| (1260033) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 14:01:25 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by italianstallion on Sun Jan 25 13:18:40 2015. It was her magical Sennheiser. Bass boost. :)And I call bullshit on that. When I did radio, there was no end to showing up with a truck at shopping centers to do "live show" with eggs flying everywhere. Only difference of course was that we did those on lawn Guyland and New Jerky mostly, aside from the rare occasions when we'd end up on one of Lindsay's "Music in the parks" flatbeds on some sidestreet in the Bronx. (grin) Grandma had her following, that's for sure. She was the original MILF. Heh. |
|
|
| (1260040) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 14:29:29 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 14:01:25 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1260041) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 14:29:48 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:44:48 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1260042) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 14:30:03 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:44:48 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1260044) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sun Jan 25 14:30:42 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:42:03 2015. Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
|
|
| (1260046) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 14:44:49 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by italianstallion on Sun Jan 25 13:18:40 2015. You might get a kick out of this. I was out of there in '72, but here's some shots of the motley crew four years later. WNEW-FM airstaff and friends circa 1976. Left to right: Drea Besch, Dave Herman, Vin Scelsa, Pete Fornatale, Steve Leeds, Alison Steele, Scott Muni and an unidentified woman (photo: Steve Leeds) And even some MORE years later in '82:  (Some of the airstaff in a WNEW-FM calender photo from 1982, a shot inspired by the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone." Sitting, left to right, Scott Muni, Thom Morrera and Dave Herman. Standing, left to right, Vin Scelsa, Dennis Elsas, Richard Neer and Pete Fornatale. Taken in front of the old Empire Diner. Photo Credit: William Wagner & Diane and Susan Frank) |
|
|
| (1260077) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by B53RICH on Sun Jan 25 16:45:50 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 13:09:02 2015. Can still hear Vin Scelsa on WFUV Saturday evenings but no readings from Letters of Me and Razoo Kelley. |
|
|
| (1260097) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by italianstallion on Sun Jan 25 17:47:25 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 14:01:25 2015. The mystical MILF. |
|
|
| (1260098) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by italianstallion on Sun Jan 25 17:48:05 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jan 25 14:44:49 2015. Nice! Love it. |
|
|
| (1260152) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by northshore on Mon Jan 26 00:33:06 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Jan 25 10:01:47 2015. Did Joe Franklin interview HRH Queen Elizabeth II on his show when she was in New York in 1976? |
|
|
| (1260159) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jan 26 06:27:27 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by northshore on Mon Jan 26 00:33:06 2015. No. He may have interviewed HM Queen Elizabeth I. |
|
|
| (1260160) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jan 26 06:29:03 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jan 26 06:27:27 2015. Damn autocorrect ruined that for some reason. Kept changing II. to I. |
|
|
| (1260243) | |
Re: RIP Joe Franklin |
|
|
Posted by northshore on Mon Jan 26 15:52:06 2015, in response to Re: RIP Joe Franklin, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jan 26 06:29:03 2015. It probably was Queen Elizabeth I. lol |
|
|