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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Wed Dec 3 14:28:20 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. Congratulations on meeting a fine actor. |
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Dec 3 14:38:47 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. Great story! Thanks for relating it to us.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Dec 3 15:17:36 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. Kewl! What station? |
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Posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 15:48:42 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Dec 3 15:17:36 2008. WFIL, Philadelphia |
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Posted by TunnelRat on Wed Dec 3 15:50:41 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. If you know tony orenta[hope I speld his name rite]former TSS& one of the lead m/m on the musuem trains.he WILL be in the taking of pelham 123 as an ESU sergeant taking his men into the hole. |
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Posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 16:03:33 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Dec 3 15:17:36 2008. WFIL, Philadelphia |
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Posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 16:04:29 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by TunnelRat on Wed Dec 3 15:50:41 2008. How cool is that? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Dec 3 16:19:32 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 15:48:42 2008. "Famous 56!" Good place to play ... :) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Dec 3 16:25:02 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. Did you get his autograph?:)Elizondo is the only "hijacker" who's still alive. Of course, Jerry Stiller is still with us, as is Doris Roberts. Hector says he's been a subway rider all his life. |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Wed Dec 3 16:33:49 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by TunnelRat on Wed Dec 3 15:50:41 2008. He retired very recently, right?--Mark |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Dec 3 16:39:19 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Dec 3 16:19:32 2008. They haven't been "Famous" since that company named "Salem" took over. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Dec 3 16:42:46 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Dec 3 16:39:19 2008. Station's still got a lot of history to it. I remember when the Inky owned it (Triangle publications) but then I go back a LONG ways. :) |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Dec 3 16:51:16 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Dec 3 16:42:46 2008. Of course, the station has a great history. But it came to a sreeching halt when it flipped to their current religious format.Check out this website for the good old days. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Dec 3 17:01:33 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Dec 3 16:51:16 2008. Wowsers ... well then, with AM radio audience being what it's been, no surprise. :( |
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Posted by TunnelRat on Wed Dec 3 22:54:02 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by Mark S. Feinman on Wed Dec 3 16:33:49 2008. about a year ago. |
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Posted by R PansePCC on Wed Dec 3 23:26:47 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Dec 3 16:25:02 2008. One of the hijackers was eaten by shark I think. |
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Posted by R PansePCC on Wed Dec 3 23:27:40 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by Fred G on Wed Dec 3 14:38:47 2008. I wonder how many foamers Mr Grey meets in one year? |
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Posted by 600VDC on Wed Dec 3 23:55:06 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Dec 3 17:01:33 2008. Let's put it this way. WFIL, like a lot of once major AM stations fell on tough times in the past 15-20 years. As Selkirk can personally atest, the old 1130 in NYC ain't what it used to be, either. :-) He and I both worked there (at different times).The truth is that WFIL has been more successful financially since the inception of the religious format in 1994, than at any time since the oldies format in the early & mid eighties. Country bombed, soft music did too, and so did its simulcast with WAEZ (now B-101). The important thing to remember is that radio is, first and foremost, a business. Whether or not one likes a format, be it religion or anything else, the questions are, "Does a station make a profit? Does it serve it's stockholders? And, most importantly, does it serve the public?" If one accepts the premise that all formats are valid, as long as ratings and research indicate there is an audience and economic base for it, then WFIL qualifies as "successful." Is WFIL what it once was in terms of prestige? Definitely not. Does it make good money? Most definitely. From my perspective as its chief engineer - as well as its sister station in Philly, WNTP (another ex-bigtimer WIBG) format is immaterial. Engineering is engineering pretty much under any format. I've worked CHR, Alternative, Talk, Religion, Classical, Jazz, Top 40, and other formats. And I can say that about the only thing that changes from format to format is how the audio is processed for a particular format. In engineering the goal is the same, no matter what the station: keep it on the air, provide the tools programming and sales need to do their job, and make sure it sounds good technically. And that's true for AM or FM. |
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Posted by 600VDC on Wed Dec 3 23:57:30 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Dec 3 16:25:02 2008. I didn't get his autograph, but I did get a picture of the two of us. Quality isn't great because it was a cell phone pic, but I will post it Thursday when I get to work. It's on my computer there. |
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Posted by 600VDC on Thu Dec 4 00:01:13 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. I didn't realize that Earl Hindman had passed away until your post. I guess you are right, the only remaining hijacker is Mr. Grey. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 00:13:18 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Dec 3 16:51:16 2008. I never disputed the fact that WFIL (and I would assume WMCA in NYC as well) is financially successful. I was just pointing out to Selkirk that it was no longer the "Famous 56" that it once was. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 00:15:30 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600VDC on Wed Dec 3 23:55:06 2008. I never disputed the fact that WFIL (and I would assume WMCA in NYC as well) is financially successful. I was just pointing out to Selkirk that it was no longer the "Famous 56" that it once was. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 00:16:51 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 00:13:18 2008. Oops. I meant to post that response to 600 VDC. |
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Posted by 600VDC on Thu Dec 4 00:24:51 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 00:13:18 2008. That is definitely true, Fishbowl.Another employee and I have managed to save a lot of old memorabilia from both WFIL and WIBG in the past several years (much of which has appeared on the Famous 56 website -- which is a joy to browse). For instance, I have the complete masters of old PAMS jingles from WIBG, and most from WFIL. They were actually going to trash a lot of the stuff! Selkirk might also be interested in knowing that I was able to save a lot of memorabilia from WNEW when Bloomberg took over, including a complete set of blueprints for the Madison Ave. studios. Again, a lot of stuff was being trashed. One thing we did do before WNEW-AM passed into history was to donate the master tapes of a lot great programming material to the Museum of Radio and Television including a lot of old Martin Block material, and some of the great interviews that William B. Williams did with Sinatra and others. (I made copies of a lot of that stuff for my own personal archives before it left the building in 1992). |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 00:31:01 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600VDC on Thu Dec 4 00:24:51 2008. I'm actually a little young to appreciate the format of the old WNEW-AM, and since I grew up in Brooklyn I didn't get to hear WFIL or WIBG that often. I was more of a WCAU-FM (Hot Hits) person, since that's what was on when I was old enough to travel on my own.I now live in Flemington, N.J.. Which is a shame knowing what was on the radio dial here 25-35 years ago. :-( |
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Posted by catfish 44 on Thu Dec 4 00:50:15 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. Thats awesome!!! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Dec 4 00:53:05 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600VDC on Wed Dec 3 23:55:06 2008. Atta boy! That *is* what it's all about ... 0.7 volts P-P audio into 600 ohms, twice, 100 IRE with only one burst on the back porch, 7.5 IRE of setup and CBS white with clipping. Content optional. To show you how long *I* was at it, FCC P1-2-43516 signed by Jim Quello and Alex Zimny with Radar and Ship endorsements, 60WPM code. List of stations I built way too long. Heh.Glad you can eat, had to pack in radio decades ago ... :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Dec 4 00:54:42 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 00:13:18 2008. No offense taken, and as 600 commented, all part of the show. I'd play 1KHz tone all day as long as the check cleared. :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Dec 4 00:55:20 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 00:16:51 2008. No worries ... I don't think anyone's honked off here. :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Dec 4 01:06:28 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600VDC on Thu Dec 4 00:24:51 2008. Wow ... this is really going off topic now, but did ya find Grandma Allison's undies behind the racks? Heh. And yeah, remember Madison well. I was there in the middle of the move to Fifth when both studios were lit and it was a call-ahead to figure out what was going to be hot any given night. :)I'd LOVE to see the old floorplan again, just to show it to the wife. Took her to Fifth many years ago when my buddy Al Bernstein was doing a show and showed her the (ahem) "rack." Hahahahaha. And of course Klavan with "Mr. Nad is here, the coordinator of interrelations." (grin) Lotta good stuff went on there. I was originally hired by Mitch Katz in engineering, but ended up "golden throating" my way over to vacation relief ... and of course, kept Zacherle in good hash. Heh. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Dec 4 01:07:50 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 00:31:01 2008. FIL made it into the Bronx, even caught in in New Paltz if the weather was right ... if I recall, it was only a 5K-wopper ... |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Thu Dec 4 03:49:18 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. Very nice!He did a lot of TV work too - Chicago Hope TV series, for example, and I seem to recall he might have had guest roles on Hill Street Blues (I could be wrong about that last one) |
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Posted by JBar387 on Thu Dec 4 03:57:36 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. He's the only of the original bad guys left!Robert Shaw (Blue)Passed in 1978 Martin Balsam (Green) Passed in 1996 Earl Hindman (Brown) In 2003. Here is the IMDB |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu Dec 4 05:40:54 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. I never met any of the actors of the movie but I can say I saw the shooting of one of the scenes from my classroom window at Pace U. by City Hall. It was the patrol cars speeding up Broad Street with the money. This was before the accident. They did a number of takes all afternoon so I don't know which take I saw made the movie. |
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Posted by 600vdc on Thu Dec 4 11:59:27 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Dec 4 00:55:20 2008. Certainly not me. |
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Posted by 600vdc on Thu Dec 4 12:03:22 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Dec 4 01:06:28 2008. >>did ya find Grandma Allison's undies behind the racksSo that's who they belonged to! I thought Jonathan was cross-dressing :-) |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Dec 4 12:08:47 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Dec 4 00:55:20 2008. Maybe one is hahaa |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 13:07:42 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Dec 4 01:07:50 2008. I used to pick up FIL in Brooklyn, but it was a struggle to null out WMCA sometimes. When my Uncle Abe gave me his old Grundig Majestic multiband tube radio in the mid 70's, I even pulled in WARM from Scranton (AM 590) with no problem in the daytime.Interestingly, I met two kids in my high school in Brooklyn who were into Philly radio without my influence. One kid listened to FIL in his house near the 18th Ave stop of the Culver Line, and another kid was a big fan of Bruce Eric Smallwood, a newsman on 950 WPEN. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Dec 4 13:20:01 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Thu Dec 4 00:31:01 2008. I remember WNEW-AM, although I didn't listen to it much. I stayed away from WABC because of a DJ (last name Ingraham) I didn't care for. WJRZ (later WWDJ) was what I listened to most often - mainly because it was the Mets' flagship station before WHN took over. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Dec 4 13:22:19 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu Dec 4 05:40:54 2008. I loved that line from the Borough Commander: "You still got 28 blocks - floor the sonofabitch!!!" |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 4 13:31:05 2008, in response to I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by 600vdc on Wed Dec 3 14:22:09 2008. I would've asked him about what it was like working with Carroll O'Connor on "All in the Family."For those who don't know, he was in a classic episode where Archie gets stuck in an elevator while trying to deliver an insurance payment check, while Edith, Meathead and Gloria are waiting for him in a nearby restaurant to celebrate Edith's birthday. It was one of my dad's all time favorite episodes, and mine too. Archie was stuck in the elevator with four other people, three of whom were played by talented actors: a flaky, nervous white woman (played by the late Eileen Brennan), a black businessman (played by Roscoe Lee Browne) and the building's janitor (Elizondo) and his very pregnant wife. |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Dec 4 16:07:41 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Dec 4 13:22:19 2008. My favorite:Cop1: "This is a million dollars" Cop2: "It's not what it weighs, it' what it buys" |
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Posted by JBar387 on Thu Dec 4 16:08:15 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 4 13:31:05 2008. Didn't the wife go into labor? IIRC. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Dec 4 16:28:03 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Dec 4 16:07:41 2008. "It's what it buys, Albert - not what it weighs."Then a little later: "I always wanted to do this. We're scaring the shit out of everybody." "Yeah, including me." "Keep it coming! You still got fourminutes!" "Uh yes sir, we'll make it. (to his partner) We'll never make it." |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 4 16:28:08 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by JBar387 on Thu Dec 4 16:08:15 2008. Yep. And Archie refused to watch but did donate his New York Post to catch the baby in!When the baby cried, Arch said: "Sounds kosher." |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 4 16:48:20 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Dec 4 16:28:03 2008. Two words:Caz Dolowicz. Nuff said. |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Dec 4 17:43:49 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by R PansePCC on Wed Dec 3 23:27:40 2008. By coincidence or by choice? :Pyour pal, Fred |
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Posted by R PansePCC on Thu Dec 4 17:45:48 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by Fred G on Thu Dec 4 17:43:49 2008. I would say coincidence. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Dec 4 18:53:20 2008, in response to Re: I Just Met Mr. Grey, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 4 16:48:20 2008. "What were you doing with your hand in the john, anyway?" |
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