09-11-2008
( Reply#: 2324 ) |
duane |
Hey Jan baby! I wanna say hello to all my friends:
They are: Count Dracula, Question Mark, the 18 year old kid, Ambulance Chaser, Pigpups, CYO Bum. All of these were friends of mine from the EC Roosevelt and Bishop Noll classes of 1972. (the 18 yr old kid was my brother and he was Roosevelt class of 68).
Every night, we would listen to the dedication line and dial in like mad. Some kids had pushbutton phones with redial (a real advance in those days), but we had the old dial phone and you would hang on to that dial until the last minute when it sounded like the previous caller was about done (with the 5 second delay, you had to time it just right) and then literally PUSH the dial around to dial it fast. Usually it was a busy signal, but sometimes you got lucky. Jan Gabriel must have been an angel to put up with all of us.
But it was fun, and it was a great way to be on the radio. I remember that East Chicago had a teacher's strike going at the time, and some of the students really let the teachers have it over Jan's dedication line!
So....Hey Jan Baby, let's draw another 45 and reminisce! -Duane |
09-11-2008
( Reply#: 2327 ) |
Tom J |
As I pointed out in the US 30 Dragstrip thread, Jan Gabriel has his own website, if you are interested. I know he would love to hear from his old listeners. The poor man needs our prayers. He is waiting for a kidney donor.
http://www.jancgabriel.com
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
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09-11-2008
( Reply#: 2328 ) |
duane |
Already been there and posted. Thanks for the link.
God bless Jan. He brought so much joy to all of us who were teenagers in the late 1960's. |
09-13-2008
( Reply#: 2341 ) |
duane |
I know this isn't necessarily Hammond-related, but the talk of WLS, WCFL, and WJOB made me think of another radio station from my past. It has a Shep link for me at least, because each summer, like Ralphie's family, we would pack up the old car (ours was a 1950 Chevy)and head to lower Michigan (Paw Paw) (ala Ollie Hopnoodles Haven of Bliss). And my Dad would always put on WJJD - a Chicago country music station. They had that jingle..WJJD....1160 which has forever been stuck in my head. Several times when I've been back in the region, I've tuned to 1160 AM, but alas no WJJD or country music (and I'm not really a country music fan, but I wanted to see if it was still there).
So I did a little poking around on the ol' internet and guess what? There is a tribute station down in Florida that is WJJD - complete with the jingle and old country music. Here's the link if any of you want to step back in time to the mid 1960's. http://www.wjjd1160country.com/ |
10-18-2008
( Reply#: 2386 ) |
Pro2am |
Anyone remember Moldy Mosquito? :)
Mike Rapchak Jr.
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Originally posted by dilligaf717
I know I called it so many times in my teens that I had a black ring around my finger. LOL You have to be old to understand that one.
Jim
Still runnin against the wind.
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03-21-2009
( Reply#: 2888 ) |
tom w |
Any remember Jim Lounsberry? Tom W Hammond Tech 55-58 |
03-22-2009
( Reply#: 2892 ) |
wvcogs |
Jim Lounsberry -- WGN radio, I believe. Didn't he come out to some local dances?
Ken... |
03-26-2009
( Reply#: 2905 ) |
Cindy M |
We mostly listened to WLS..Larry Lujack and such. I can still hear that jingle in my memory. Double-Yooooou..El-Esssssss. |
03-26-2009
( Reply#: 2908 ) |
seejay2 |
...with "Little Snot-nosed Tommy"! |
03-26-2009
( Reply#: 2912 ) |
duane |
Dex Card and the silver dollar survey!
What did the call letters of WLS stand for?
What did the call letters of WCFL stand for?
What did the call letters of WJOB stand for?
Let's see who knows, I'll post the answers if nobody gets them after a while.
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03-26-2009
( Reply#: 2913 ) |
Bill Bucko |
quote:
Originally posted by Cindy M
We mostly listened to WLS..Larry Lujack and such. I can still hear that jingle in my memory. Double-Yooooou..El-Esssssss.
Cindy, please be sure to check out the threads on the WLS Silver Dollar Survey and on good old DJ Dick Biondi (if that thread's still around). I own 30 Silver Dollar Surveys from 1961-1966, and am willing to share scans with anyone who's interested. In addition, there are a couple of web sites devoted to radio history that have clips from WLS. And you can buy almost a dozen CDs of old WLS shows, on E-Bay and from Rockit Radio, http://www.palmsradio.com/main.html and http://www.palmsradio.com/store.html. No need to rely on memory, you can actually listen again!
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
03-27-2009
( Reply#: 2914 ) |
wvcogs |
WCFL - Chicago Federation of Labor
By the way... WGN - World's Greatest Newspaper
Ken |
03-27-2009
( Reply#: 2915 ) |
duane |
Ken scores for a correct answer, and even gets bonus points for WGN.
Hint for the rest of you, the WLS one is along similar lines! |
03-27-2009
( Reply#: 2916 ) |
wvcogs |
OK - WLS World's Largest Store (Sears) |
03-27-2009
( Reply#: 2918 ) |
duane |
Ding Ding....cupie doll for the winner.
Now the tough one....WJOB
Hint - it is the initials of the name...if you don't know it, you won't be able to guess it. |
04-05-2009
( Reply#: 2940 ) |
duane |
It has been a while, so here's the answer.
It stands for John O'Brian, who was either an original owner, or station director. I was surprised when I actually googled WJOB, how little information about the station is actually on the web. The stations official website has NO history of the station, a real shame because of all the history that we know exists. They have a few photos of Martin Luther King, with a WJOB microphone in front of him. |
09-07-2010
( Reply#: 6070 ) |
TestPattern |
I had not heard of the name John O'Brian associated with the call letters for WJOB before, although it may be original and correct.
My association with the station was 1967-1969, back in the Julian Colby era, and the Jan "Baby" days, and during that period the station promoted WJOB as meaning "Wonderful Job Of Broadcasting."
quote:
Originally posted by duane
It has been a while, so here's the answer.
It stands for John O'Brian, who was either an original owner, or station director. I was surprised when I actually googled WJOB, how little information about the station is actually on the web. The stations official website has NO history of the station, a real shame because of all the history that we know exists. They have a few photos of Martin Luther King, with a WJOB microphone in front of him.
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