tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post6380981195203622285..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: My first brush with show bizBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12314366324053252102011-08-12T05:50:19.393-07:002011-08-12T05:50:19.393-07:00Ken - I thought you might like this entry in the &...Ken - I thought you might like this entry in the 'Awful Library Books' blog.<br /><br />http://awfullibrarybooks.net/?p=12738#comments<br /><br />It's a book from '83 about making it in radio. I'm curious to know if you recognise any of the names on the back cover.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202427531137840740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26960017653745395462011-08-12T00:22:04.117-07:002011-08-12T00:22:04.117-07:00I guess the newspaper and radio businesses share t...I guess the newspaper and radio businesses share the same warning for wannabees - don't even. And if you do, don't saw we didn't warn ya.HogsAteMySisterhttp://hogsatemysister.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89717528017582016472011-08-11T23:27:42.842-07:002011-08-11T23:27:42.842-07:00And the photo shows the zombie-byrds were playing ...And the photo shows the zombie-byrds were playing that gig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88618356092495083522011-08-11T23:26:13.291-07:002011-08-11T23:26:13.291-07:00wow, so nice and great story..may you have great d...wow, so nice and great story..may you have great day..plastic cardhttp://www.plasticcardonline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82516188817825266212011-08-11T21:15:42.288-07:002011-08-11T21:15:42.288-07:00To te...when an untruth is untrue...print the trut...To te...when an untruth is untrue...print the truth!Jeffrey Leonardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42239969496929693972011-08-11T19:42:57.822-07:002011-08-11T19:42:57.822-07:00Jewish mammas don't let their babies grow up t...Jewish mammas don't let their babies grow up to drive steam shovels....Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47104328392300335282011-08-11T18:50:38.137-07:002011-08-11T18:50:38.137-07:00To Jeffrey Leonard:
"When the legend becomes...To Jeffrey Leonard:<br /><br /><i>"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."</i>tenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2720802766435957692011-08-11T18:21:33.170-07:002011-08-11T18:21:33.170-07:00To "anonymous"...Gene Weed never did rea...To "anonymous"...Gene Weed never did really say that quote. It's a myth that someone made up many years ago. I have the tape of his last broadcast on KFWB and he did not say that...Jeffrey Leonardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80926501912058932612011-08-11T17:36:22.183-07:002011-08-11T17:36:22.183-07:00Gene Weed had one of the best good-bye lines of al...Gene Weed had one of the best good-bye lines of all time.<br /><br />When KFWB switched formats from rock to all news, Gene was the last disc jockey on the air. As the record was fading out he back-announced it and said, "...and we'll be back with more music right after the news."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53972545102833479022011-08-11T15:59:17.031-07:002011-08-11T15:59:17.031-07:00Luijack is good on quotation from great story... e...Luijack is good on quotation from great story... even the pictures was so old... but gooddoykehttp://www.episodegoer.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53898721115952425312011-08-11T15:22:43.443-07:002011-08-11T15:22:43.443-07:00Currently KFWB has a studio at the Daily News in W...<i>Currently KFWB has a studio at the Daily News in Woodland Hills. Doubtful squealing teenagers are in the vicinity.</i><br /><br />Given the quality of some of today's newspaper writing, if anyone's in the vicinity, it's screaming copy editors, not squealing teenagers (with the KFWB correspondent probably reminding those <i>Daily News</i> staffers not to use any of the "George Carlin seven" when the red light is on).VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66229177455863762892011-08-11T15:12:48.970-07:002011-08-11T15:12:48.970-07:00Currently KFWB has a studio at the Daily News in W...Currently KFWB has a studio at the Daily News in Woodland Hills. Doubtful squealing teenagers are in the vicinity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38511857070383879892011-08-11T13:10:03.714-07:002011-08-11T13:10:03.714-07:00Gene Weed was my neighbor in Reseda during the tim...Gene Weed was my neighbor in Reseda during the time he was working at KFWB. I used to love to go to his house on Halloween. He gave away RECORDS instead of candy. I used to go back twice! He was really a nice guy.Jeffrey Leonardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46451335288846961732011-08-11T10:21:08.492-07:002011-08-11T10:21:08.492-07:00At least you have that gofer thing to fall back on...At least you have that gofer thing to fall back on if your other careers don't work out.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51687840316004484122011-08-11T09:12:33.382-07:002011-08-11T09:12:33.382-07:00Best advice you can give anyone who wants into the...Best advice you can give anyone who wants into the entertainment industry, is that they'd be an idiot to do it. If they ignore you and do it anyway, you know they've at least got the right attitude.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62454321705770237692011-08-11T08:03:48.558-07:002011-08-11T08:03:48.558-07:00So you've done DJ and baseball announcer. When...So you've done DJ and baseball announcer. When do you start the steam shovel job?Salad Is Slaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423081364793506679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80792384097920914572011-08-11T06:59:00.407-07:002011-08-11T06:59:00.407-07:00Where it all went wrong...
Great story. And grea...Where it all went wrong... <br /><br />Great story. And great quote from Lujack who also gave the best advice for buying a used car: Before you even test drive it, turn the radio on. If all the buttons are set to rock stations, it's gonna need a new transmission.Howard Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05377628524697677407noreply@blogger.com