‘Cousin Brucie’ Morrow Comes Full Circle, With Saturday’s Return To WABC.

Inside Radio ^ | 8/31/20

[Burma Jones]

I used to listen to his Saturday Night Dance Party when I was in high school in the 80s. I didn’t really enjoy him in recent years on XM — too much talking, too much 50s stuff that didn’t interest me — but good for him. Wolfman Jack and Murray the K may be long gone, but Brucie’s still kicking.

[Conservet]

Herb Oscar Anderson.

[Impala64ssa]

Come on over

[Impala64ssa]

On a good night WABC can be heard as far away as Ireland and the UK. Van Morrison once said listening to WABC, also CKLW in Ontario when the signals were strong enough was a big influence on him.

[Impala64ssa]

Sadly they all passed away. Harry Harrison died a couple of months ago. He was the last of the original WMCA good guys.

[Old Sarge]

Dan Ingraham, Ron Lundy, Howard Hoffman, Sturgis Griffin, and all those good folks were the voices of my high school and college years.

WABC’s signal was strong as all get-out in the Poconos - until that day in college when the music died. The last song played was “Imagine” - I had to pull off the road and listen to the final broadcast.

Hearing about Cousin Brucie’s return is a part of my youth revisited.

[packrat35]

I agree. Not a fan cause I am not from New York.

[Impala64ssa]

Speaking of which, many of WABCs jingles were produced by PAMS, a studio in Dallas that specialized in custom radio jingles for many stations in the US, Canada and Australia. It was owned by Bill Meeks, who strangely enough was a close friend of Jack Ruby. HMMM! What did he know and when did he know it?🤔🙄🙂

[granite]

I actually have some of those original PAMS jingle tapes for WABC. That sure was a sweet spot in radio history (not PAMS, but the whole AM/FM radio scene).

[CaptainK]

Dan was my favorite.