tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post6649965359209595858..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Filling in for Wolfman JackBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60558342200043216532016-04-23T08:28:41.890-07:002016-04-23T08:28:41.890-07:00Anyone know where you can hear the old XERB statio...Anyone know where you can hear the old XERB station identification in Spanish? I remember a sultry woman's voice saying, "X E R B, Tijuana, Mexico."Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12958194509392705091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50123463956565841992011-12-21T05:49:58.541-08:002011-12-21T05:49:58.541-08:00As mentioned by Kip Pullman, XERB changed call-let...As mentioned by Kip Pullman, XERB changed call-letters to XEPRS in 1971 (The Soul Express)so XERB wasn't around in 1975 (nor was the Wolfman - he had left in 1972 for KDAY and then went to WNBC after that)B Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77444852631170075732008-09-11T17:02:00.000-07:002008-09-11T17:02:00.000-07:00http://www.youtube.com/user/Thewolfmanjackhttp://www.youtube.com/user/ThewolfmanjackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59234235992351743052008-07-12T06:41:00.000-07:002008-07-12T06:41:00.000-07:00Uncle Bob wasn't Jewish!Absolutely nothing wrong w...Uncle Bob wasn't Jewish!<BR/><BR/>Absolutely nothing wrong with the Jewish faith, but if he was, he'd be the only one in his Christian family!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49991092288512218412008-05-02T15:09:00.000-07:002008-05-02T15:09:00.000-07:00Hey Ken, Why don't you tell the story of how you &...Hey Ken, Why don't you tell the story of how you & Billy Peral tore up my studio of XPRS on El centro st, in Hollywood. Ah, Maybe you don't remember but I do.<BR/>Rick WardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90053526836416199382008-04-23T21:40:00.000-07:002008-04-23T21:40:00.000-07:00Great story, however, you must have got your years...Great story, however, you must have got your years mixed up because XERB changed its call letters to XERPS in 1971. And the last time Wolfman broadcast from the station on a nightly basis was April 4, 1972.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75020780227262630822008-04-01T02:03:00.000-07:002008-04-01T02:03:00.000-07:00Hmmm...a Jewish entertainer, influenced by another...Hmmm...a Jewish entertainer, influenced by another Jewish entertainer (Alan Freed), who builds a career based on the fallacy that he is actually of African American heritage? What a surprise. Even George Lucas helped to propegate this fallacy, allowing actress McKenzie Phillips to quip in "American Graffiti", "My parents won't let me listen to the Wolfman since he's colored". It's interesting that Lucas has managed to do so well in Hollywood since that time.Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710738966227921471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44136074923315522732008-03-28T15:06:00.000-07:002008-03-28T15:06:00.000-07:00The Mexicans at the border didn't give a rat's *ss...The Mexicans at the border didn't give a rat's *ss if you were bringing tapes across the border going south..It was the US Customs that cared. You were supposed to make a U-turn into US Secondary Inspection on the way down & have them sign off some stupid customs form before taking the tapes into Mexico. On the way back, you were supposed to declare to the goofballs at the booths that you were bringing up reels of tape from Mexico & show them the form from the way down..<BR/><BR/>When 91X was on a tape-delay when it signed on (6 hour delay), evrything was on 10 inch reels (1 hour per reel, end of last song toned to fire the next reel off)and we had to go through the same process at the border. Most of the time, the curriers taking the tapes down didn't want to stop at US Customs so they just skipped it. So it was then a problem getting the reels back into the US. One night I had to make the tape run & they had dozens of reels down at the transmitter waiting to come back. So I loaded a dozen behind the seat in the station truck & drove to the border and said I had nothing to declare. They found the reels of tape in the truck & went ballistic. The Customs guy actually pulled out his gun & pointed it at me over reels of tape. They detained me for an hour & finally let me go (don't recall if they let me keep the tapes)...<BR/><BR/>That's your US Customs Service & Border Patrol in action, folks..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39505141410879787442008-03-28T02:17:00.000-07:002008-03-28T02:17:00.000-07:00Come on Ken, do just one "are ya naked" for us for...Come on Ken, do just one "are ya naked" for us for old times sake....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21495009973169904612008-03-26T07:03:00.000-07:002008-03-26T07:03:00.000-07:00Weird Memory ...When I was an adolescent, the Wolf...Weird Memory ...<BR/><BR/>When I was an adolescent, the Wolfman was on WNBC in NY. At the time I listened to competitor WABC.<BR/>When the song "Clap for the Wolfman" played on Dan Ingrams program he would frequently make snide remarks about how the Wolfman knows about "The Clap".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36909686627396966892008-03-25T14:20:00.000-07:002008-03-25T14:20:00.000-07:00There's a great oldies station in Ventura ("The Bo...There's a great oldies station in Ventura <A HREF="http://www.kven.com" REL="nofollow">("The Boomer", 1450 AM)</A> that uses liners by a fake (I assume) Wolfman to this day.<BR/><BR/>Lousy signal, but terrific music. Stuff I've never heard, and I thought I'd heard it all -- the anti-K-EARTH in that respect.<BR/><BR/>I very briefly ghost-wrote for Wolfman. It wasn't as hard ("I want you to get your eyes real close to the page, Bay-bee...") as writing for Casey. And there was no Don Bustany involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57119643534165979372008-03-25T10:38:00.000-07:002008-03-25T10:38:00.000-07:00I remember the Wolfman and his specially produced ...I remember the Wolfman and his specially produced radio shows for the Armed Forces Radio Network.<BR/><BR/>"When you hear the thunder, and the name said under. You KNOW that it's time for that radio wonder....WOLFMAN JACK!!!"<BR/><BR/>He used a whistling theme for his filler music at the end of his shows. I wonder what it was??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83282677192348509582008-03-25T08:02:00.000-07:002008-03-25T08:02:00.000-07:00"...at which point you would pick up this station ..."...at which point you would pick up this station on Oklahoma city (whose name my swiss cheese memory forgets) that broadcast from the Rockies to the Appalachians..."<BR/><BR/>Could have been KOMA...Big signal in those days. ID line was "KOMA in Oklahoma".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29957645843723122332008-03-25T00:14:00.000-07:002008-03-25T00:14:00.000-07:00Like many of his radio gigs, Wolfman on WNBC was o...Like many of his radio gigs, Wolfman on WNBC was on tape most or all of the time...KRLA and XTRA (69 Xtra Gold)were on tape with the exception of some breaks that the Wolf would do live from his home each hour..<BR/><BR/>Jack Armstrong (even on WWKB/Buffalo which was done tracked 4 or 5 years ago) was killer on the air always...Now that was personality radio....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-667642596139513152008-03-24T23:14:00.000-07:002008-03-24T23:14:00.000-07:00Actually Ken, it was 50,000 watts, which was might...Actually Ken, it was 50,000 watts, which was mighty big back in The Day. I can well remember planning transcontinental runs in those day by what you could get on the radio across the continent at night.<BR/><BR/>Pull out of Lohz Ahngeleeez at dusk heading east on what existed of I-10, then up what would be I-15 to Barstow, running along on old Route 66... You would hit Phoenix around dawn, then Amarillo - where if you had long hair it was a good idea to have your girlfriend do the driving through there, they loved to pick up "hippies", give them a hair cut (tighter and shorter than a USMC boot camp cut) and then release them in the morning, secure in the knowledge that the closest civil liberties lawyer was in Austin, 8 hours away at 75mph (did I mention Texass is <I>really</I> big????).<BR/><BR/>So you would get The Wolfman until you were in around Flagstaff, at which point you would pick up this station on Oklahoma city (whose name my swiss cheese memory forgets) that broadcast from the Rockies to the Appalachians (all at night, when you got good reflectivity from the atmosphere) and you could listen to boys in Kentucky sending "I luv Us" to their girlfriend in South Dakota.<BR/><BR/>Every time I have thought about "America After Dark" circa 1968, I've always thought there was a good "road movie" in it, but not with the current halfwits in the studios you'd have to pitch it to.<BR/><BR/>I will definitely never ever forget getting the hell out of Killeen TX after running a GI antiwar coffeehouse there for 2 years, with two guys who'd "served their sentences" at Ft. Hood, heading for LA, fueled with US Army sniper-quality amphetamine (kept soldier awake in VN for 3 days at a time with one pill). Got outside Flagstaff at 0300 and girlfriend comes to a stop in the middle of the freeway. Why? "There's a train crossing the highway!" Indeed there was, about a mile ahead (and the freeway went under it). At that point, it was my turn to drive wide-eyed on into El Lay.<BR/><BR/>You kids don't know how much you missed. :-)TCinLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10019943818456775718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90472776825744110752008-03-24T22:33:00.000-07:002008-03-24T22:33:00.000-07:00You Rock Radio is a platform that uses the Interne...You Rock Radio is a platform that uses the Internet to deliver high quality radio and video programming. Our demographic reaches an unlimited resource in a worldwide venue. The benefit to artists and advertisers is far reaching, but the most important product is our quality radio broadcast. What we deliver to the audience is what matters the most at YouRockRadio If you have not had a chance to hear a show, we encourage you to check us out. And always remember... YOU ROCK!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59545159695433941582008-03-24T19:22:00.000-07:002008-03-24T19:22:00.000-07:00Wolfman must have been doing some sort of bi-costa...Wolfman must have been doing some sort of bi-costal thing just after "American Graffiti" came out, since he was on WNBC by the end of 1973, usually following Marv Albert doing a Knicks or Rangers game (Here's a link to a 90 second low-quality soundbyte in RealAudio of Wolfman Jack and Don Imus on WNBC's 1973 New Year's Eve Show from the WNBC tribute page:) <BR/>http://www.imonthe.net/66wnbc/newyrs73.ramAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4043176228688321502008-03-24T18:13:00.000-07:002008-03-24T18:13:00.000-07:00"where else could you be in a large room with Trac..."where else could you be in a large room with Traci Lords, Peter Lupus, Kevin Sorbo, Gary Lewis, the "little person" from Twin Peaks and the surviving Tarleton Twin from Gone with the Wind?"<BR/><BR/>My feelings exactly. There's nothing quite like the experience of hollering at a deaf Gene Barry how my mother had the hots for him for 40 years, while he picks at a salad, and his son counts my cash.<BR/><BR/>Tallulah, in her (my) book describes one she attended in the early 90s as including "the girls from Petticoat Junction, Woody Strode, Gary Lockwood, My own dear Steve Reeves, the annoyingly shrill woman who was the voice of Snow White, half a dozen ex-Munchkins, Alan Young, Jackie Joseph, Tommy Kirk, the surviving cast of Bewitched, three former Tarzans and Ronald Reagan." Of course, Reagan never really attended one.<BR/><BR/>But I have had treasured experiences at them: telling Steve Reeves what his movies meant to me going through puberty, while enjoying how he hid his discomfort at my basically categorizing his whole career as soft-core gay porn. (Which, believe me, it was!) Showing that passage from Tallualh's book to Jackie Joesph at the last one I attended, and her LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS co-star Jonathon Haze leaning over to her to say, "It's a terrific book. I really enjoyed reading it." That was priceless. What greater pleasure can an aging boomer like myself have than meeting Spin & Marty and the Hardy Boys (DISNEY's Hardy Boys, so Tim Considine was in both sets.) all together at once?<BR/><BR/>My brother is, this very day, working on a movie set on a job he shmoozed his way into at the last one we went to.<BR/><BR/>I too met Dwayne Hickman in that same hotel banquet room, got his book signed, and posed for a picture with him, though at an event honoring I LOVE LUCY in 1998. Since Lucy, and almost everyone else connected to the show, are dead, they had folks like Hickman, whose Lucy connections were tenuous at best: Peggy Rea, David Stollery (Who at least did do a ILL episode.), I don't remember who all else.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting to see who is friendly and will chat the day away with you (Gary Owens for instance, Marc Singer, and Earl Hamner Jr.), and who is all business. Debbie Reynolds would not speak to anyone until they plunked down cash. I think if she'd asked you where the ladies room was, she'd still charge you $20 to answer her. (In her defense, she was signing for a charity.) Tony Curtis was just sign picture, slide picture, NEXT! If you had something you wanted to say to him, you'd better be able to say it in the time it took him to sign his name.<BR/><BR/>Of course, seeing Theodore Bikel sitting alone and unbothered, or watching other fine artists reduced to hawking autographs for cash can be depressing after a while.<BR/><BR/>The next is at the end of April. Noel Niell will be there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71576555500801024792008-03-24T17:53:00.000-07:002008-03-24T17:53:00.000-07:00It was 1966, near San Rafael, a little north of Sa...It was 1966, near San Rafael, a little north of San Francisco. Just got my drivers license, staying up late on weekends. Da Wolfman loved playing "Oith Angel by Da Penguins" that summer. I remember it well ... I thinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58363192813464922232008-03-24T17:02:00.000-07:002008-03-24T17:02:00.000-07:00I read once that barbed wire fences near those meg...I read once that barbed wire fences near those megawatt transmitters would pick up the signal loud and clear. You could listen to the Wolfman while fixing the fence!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-54611935740331640072008-03-24T16:22:00.000-07:002008-03-24T16:22:00.000-07:00Hmmm…rip off broadcasting school on Sunset? Had to...Hmmm…rip off broadcasting school on Sunset? Had to be the KIIS broadcasting workshop! I remember the big lips in the window. Got my "free" cassette recorder and was ready to go. Alas it was ten years later before landing my first minimum wage radio gig in Thousand Oaks.<BR/><BR/>Jack Armstrong was a great guy and he lived up to the stereotypical shenanigans of a radio guy. I watched as his wife yanked him out of a nightclub appearance downtown as she dressed him down from A to Z.<BR/><BR/>Jack would converse with anyone and provided this upstart with friendly advice. He couldn't be more delightful.<BR/><BR/>BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75917326942680188002008-03-24T16:05:00.000-07:002008-03-24T16:05:00.000-07:00On the literally other end of the spectrum from th...On the literally other end of the spectrum from the million watt Mexican stations, are whats left of all the low watt community radios stations - one of which I appear on!<BR/><BR/>The station is WTBQ, which is located in Orange County, NY. It is a little 500 watt station which used to be a daylight-only AM station, but since the FCC has loosened someof the old FM content rules, recently aquired an FM frequency so it could go 24/7. Everybody doubles in spades - the owner also is the chief engineer and does the morning drive, the other licensed engineer also does <B>PM</B> drive! There is of course, the usual syndicated garbage, but the guy really tries to put out community programming. Basically, if you can find a sponsor, he'll put you on the air! So it goes with the show I appear on!<BR/><BR/>Its called 'Prime Time with Uncle Buck' - Uncle Buck's real name being Frank Peleggi - hes a cousin of crime writer Nick Pileggi. Along with Buck re Dr Tom , a dentist who sponsors, a guy with the nickname of Benzee, who is the biggest NY cop you have ever seen, and moi. The guy Benzee had me on a few times, I whenever one of the others was out, I would be their Joey Bishop, and be a 'guest host', and I finally wormed my wy into this 'cohost' position. <BR/><BR/>We do a lot of plugs for community events, some charity drives like Cellphones for Soldiers, plus an occasional 'guest' like the one and only Mr Spoons! It all is very loose, and we have a good time. And for someone whose older sisters best gf was going out with a 'radio guy', sticking that little bug in me, its sort of a dream come true!<BR/>Its sort if like college radio with an FCC commercial license....<BR/><BR/>If you want to hear what can be described as 'ordinary weirdness', its on Fridays 12:30- 2 pm ET (live), and later on Friday at 9 - 10 pm (taped) at www.wtbq.com don't say you were not warned!LouOCNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151395857835632917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77304068004816293232008-03-24T16:04:00.000-07:002008-03-24T16:04:00.000-07:00Re Jack Armstrong: There's a nice little video of ...Re Jack Armstrong: There's a nice little video of him at KKHR on YouTube.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyHgKZsg-kQ<BR/><BR/>A great look at a real pro in action. He will certainly be missed.Ray Randolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184962672949332810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2332776752248051572008-03-24T15:17:00.000-07:002008-03-24T15:17:00.000-07:00d. mcewan: "habitue" is too strong a word. The co...d. mcewan: "habitue" is too strong a word. The convention I mentioned is the only one I've ever been to (unless you count the 3 or 4 times I attended those Shrine Auditorium comic conventions with my writing partner -- those usually had a few celebs hawking autographs, too). But I just had to see those "American Graffiti" folks and, especially Dwayne "Dobie Gillis" Hickman, the only attendee who got any of my hard-earned green (he autographed a pic of Dobie with "The Thinker" and posed with me). It was all strangely fascinating -- where else could you be in a large room with Traci Lords, Peter Lupus, Kevin Sorbo, Gary Lewis, the "little person" from Twin Peaks and the surviving Tarleton Twin from Gone with the Wind (besides Tallulah Morehead's rec room on a typical Saturday night, of course)? <BR/><BR/>I came very close to attending the most recent one in Burbank, to see Mackenzie Phillips (who didn't make the Graffiti reunion) and such aging icons as Peter Falk and Ernest Borgnine. Borgnine is 90, so I hated to pass up what will probably be my last chance to see him above room temperature, but I couldn't make it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20797035074731472162008-03-24T14:52:00.000-07:002008-03-24T14:52:00.000-07:00Be my guest Doug.Be my guest Doug.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.com