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| From | <zoogang@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: WNEW-FM |
| Date | Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:16:03 -0400 |
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Well, I always thought Vin Scelsa had a lot of integrity. Still do.
And as far as the money issue, I'm quite sure that some of these guys thought about jumping ship to stations paying more money. But I think a lot of those guys stayed put at WABC, WNEW, WNBC, etc. because they believed in the stations and had loyalty towards them.
Remember that Scott Muni left WABC for the FM dial, because he wasn't comfortable playing the then, so-called "teen music." I'm sure he made more money at WABC.
Alan
http://www.buhdge.com
---- David Bash <bashpop@earthlink.net> wrote:
> --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, <zoogang@...> wrote:
> >
> > Bash bashing WNEW-FM? You're stomping on some of my most cherished
> > memories, David! :o)
>
> Sorry, Alan. Somebody had to... :-)
>
> Please don't get the idea that I hated everything about the station. I
> loved most of the music they played, and I admired them for their integrity,
> being the only rock station I knew at the time who didn't have a playlist,
> basically thumbing their nose at traditional programming and saying "we'll
> play whatever the hell we want" (although they did play some songs a bit too
> often for my taste).
>
> In fact, I used to tell of their integrity to my very cynical friend Bruce,
> who said "yeah right, like any of them wouldn't switch over to WABC (the big
> Top 40 AM station in NY at the time) if they had the chance", and proceeded
> to explain how WABC jocks made ten times the $$ as WNEW-FM DJs. I refused
> to believe him, taking the position that these people took the WNEW job
> because they didn't want to have to suck up to the corporate machine. Bruce
> said "here, I'll prove it to you", and called his good friend and DJ
> "Frankie C". He told Frankie what we were talking about, and Frankie
> laughed and said "I actually asked Vin Scelsa this very question a few weeks
> ago, and he said "are you kidding, where do I sign???", emphasizing how much
> money the ABC jocks made!
>
> As much contempt as I'd felt for Scelsa after our phone conversation, this
> news should have made me feel both glad and vindicated, but instead it made
> me feel quite empty; despite my feelings about Scelsa, I really wanted to
> believe that he did have integrity and that he truly believed in the music
> first and foremost.
>
> Sorry to deflate a few more myths here...
>
> As the Persuaders so eloquently put, back in 1971, "it's a thin line between
> love and hate".
>
> David
> N.P. Real Life Permanent Dreams: A Cornucopia of British Psychedelia
> 1965-1970, a really cool 4 CD box on Sanctuary.
>
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