The CBS-TV “Sunday Morning” feature (1989) about The Make Believe Ballroom has been withdrawn by the provider, Metromedia Radio on Live365 broadcast. www.live365.com/stations/wnewradio1130, which has no connection to this website.
Thank You, Thank You
WNEW AM/FM
All these entertaining personalities . . .all the best popular music . . .all the up-to-the-minute news . . .in fact everything that makes WNEW New York’s favorite radio station–now on FM too–at 102.7 mc. Now it’s WNEW AM &: FM bringing you the wonderful sound of “Music Round The Clock” . . .the complete coverage of “News Around The Clocks” . . .weather . . .time . . .traffic reports–enjoyable listening, worthwhile listening, 24 hours every day. Hear the Best your radio has to offer — am & pm, AM & FM — THE WNEW SOUND.
On your radio dial at 1130 & 102.7
| Klavan & Finch 6-10 am Mon thru Sat |
William B. WIlliams Make Believe Ballroom 10 am & 6pm Mon thru Sat |
Lonny Starr Starr, Sinatra & Strings 11:35 am Mon thru Fri – 10am Sun The Music Hall 2-4 pm daily |
| Bob Landers 12 – 2 pm daily |
Dick Partridge 4 – 6pm daily |
Jack Lazare 8 – 10PM nightly |
| Al “Jazzbo” Collins 10 – Midnight nightly |
Dick Shepard Milkman’s Matinee 12 Midnight – 6am nightly |
Bob Howard 8am & 6pm Sun |
(The photo and text above are reproduced from a 1958 newspaper ad. The ID overlays were added by this site’s editor.) Display Ad 60 — No Title New York Times (1857-Current file) Sept 3, 1958; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times pg.68
There’s Only One . . . WNEW
There was a time when most radio stations, no matter how big, were local and part of neighborhood life. WNEW-AM, where the forms of modern radio were invented and made personal, existed within a community of broadcasters and listeners who shared in life’s events and now, share memories. This blog, exists to collect as many as possible of the bits and pieces of that history. What do you remember? What part of the story can you tell?