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Date Posted: 03:02:03 07/09/09 Thu
Author: Dan
Subject: Re: Pittsburgh's Golden Age of Radio
In reply to: Born Too Late 's message, "Re: Pittsburgh's Golden Age of Radio" on 04:38:29 07/08/09 Wed

You might be surprised at how mundane the programming was when network shows weren't on the air. There were a lot of long-winded preachers and snake oil salesmen, and a lot of long-form scripted "inspirational" stories that were a load of crap.


>There was a lot of great local programming on the
>radio back in the REAL Golden Age that hasn't been
>well documented. The network programming from the
>Golden Age of radio is well documented in many, many
>books. The Bronze Age of Radio, when pretty much all
>there was on the air was DJ's playing records, has
>been well documented in many, many books. But there is
>almost nothing out there about the great local
>programming that filled the dayparts when there were
>no network programs being fed, or on local stations
>that had no network affiliation.
>
>Slim Bryant's local morning show is just the tip of
>the iceberg regarding the unsung local programming of
>the REAL Golden Age of radio.
>
>>Slim & the Wildcats had a morning wake-up show on KD
>>radio!

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