Saturday, October 28, 2017

590 MIGHTY MEMORY #149

THE SOUNDS OF WARM (PART 2) 

KING ARTHUR KNIGHT

This video is a small compilation of the work of King Arthur Knight who did a few stints at WARM. Knight was one of the first jocks to arrive and set the standard for others that followed. Knight came from WICK, left WARM in the early 60s to work at the Susquehanna based station WHLO in Akron Ohio and the moved on to WICE in Providence, another station in the chain. He also worked at WMEX, in Boston. At some point in this taping, he mixed up the frequencies when on WARM to 1290 AM.  
Knight then went on to WPRO in Providence where he was named to the Rhode Island Radio Hall of Fame. 
His real last name was Osterhout and he passed away in February 2016. He is buried in Clarks Summit. 

The sound archives come from Joe Middleton, Duplication was done by Bobby Day of WARM and Arena fame and post production was done by some very good people. (Please keep in mind that this is a fifty year old tape of an on air presentation).

Monday, October 23, 2017

590 MIGHTY MEMORY #150

THE SOUNDS OF WARM (PART 1)

LEN WOLOSON 

This video is a compilation of some of Len Woloson's work on WARM, The Mighty 590. Woloson was born in the Honeypot Section of Nanticoke. He began his career at WPTS in Pittston. Woloson was known as The All Nite Satellite on the early days of WARM's rock an roll format. 
When Susquehanna needed him elsewhere, he went to begin the growth of radio station WHLO in Ohio. He did a stint at WSBA in York before returning in early 1969 to WARM as "The Morning Mayor". 
His on the air hallmark was sound bites that he'd drop in utilizing records. Many who saw him work said he was a master at this. 
After WARM, Lenny went to KENO in Las Vegas where he lived until his death a few years back. 
Here is this video. The sound archives come from Joe Middleton, Duplication was done by Bobby Day of WARM and Arena fame and post production was done by some very good people. (Please keep in mind that this is a fifty year old tape of an on air presentation).

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

590 MIGHTY MEMORY #151

WARM AND THE SONGS OF OCTOBER

The Beatles were dethroned in October of '65 with Roy Head. It hit number one on the WARM charts. Head is best known for the 1965 blue-eyed soul international hit, "Treat Her Right recorded by Roy Head and the Traits. After going solo, Head landed several hits on the Country and Western charts between 1975 and 1985. 
During his career of some 50 years, he has performed in several different musical genres and used a somewhat confusing array of record labels, some too small to provide for national marketing and distribution. Roy Head and the Traits held reunions in 2001 and 2007 and were inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2007. 
Number 2 was "A Lover's Concerto" by the Toys. Bob Dylan debuted at number 30 with "Positively Fourth Street" followed at number 31 by The Bachelors and a chapel song too.  


 

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WARM RADIO AND THE MUSIC OF OCTOBER 

Here are two survey sheets from October of '65. The Beatles were on top at number one with "Yesterday" Barbara Lewis was at number 4 with "Make Me Your Baby",  but those pesky Liverpool Legends debuted again in the top 40 at 27 with "Act Naturally".

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WARM TV AND RADIO BROADCASTS THE BREAKFAST CLUB

Here are the principles from the "Breakfast Club" show that was on WARM.

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WARM SPORTS AD FOR TV 

The high school football schedule for WARM TV was ambitious for the time. Check out this article from the fall as that season progressed.


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WARM TV LINE UP

Check out this TV lineup from the fall of 1954 on WARM TV. Boxing, Charlie Chan, Ronald Reagan, as well as a chance to lead a band. Who could ask for more! 
 "So You Want To Lead A Band" aired on ABC from August 5, 1954 to January 27, 1955. It was hosted by Sammy Kaye. 
Members of the studio audience are invited to conduct the band. Then through its applause, the audience chooses the winning amateur conductor. The winner receives a prize. Vocalists on the program included Barbara Benson and Jeffrey Clay.

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THE GLOBE AND WARM TV 

Two entities that no longer exist, The Globe Store which was a Scranton institution as well as WARM TV partnered to broadcast high school football. Here is an ad from that era.

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WARM HIGH POWER TOUTED IN AD 

This ad in the Scranton newspapers made the announcement about the new power increase of WARM TV.  This was extremely important in the early days of TV because the see was an investment and the less a family could use the old rabbit ears antenna, the better.

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WARM INCREASES POWER 

As soon as WARM got the TV license, the management started to address the issue of reaching a wider audience. Here's a news article with news of that increase. This is from September of 1954.
 

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WHO SPONSORED ALL OF THAT FOOTBALL ON WARM TV? 

BANKS 

When WARM TV went on the air, as well as the heyday of WARM 590, banks around here were plenty and competitive. Many advertisers felt the best way to reach customers was sports. And they promoted it heavily in all forms of media at that time.

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WARM TV AND FOOTBALL

WARM TV, Channel 16 was broadcasting live football events on the local scene. Plus WARM tapped into the ABC TV networks growing, later to become storied NCAA College Football Saturdays. Here are two ads from the fall of '54.