June 23, 2024 • 15 mins
In this heartfelt extra episode of Radio Split Ranch, we pay tribute to our late friend and colleague, Mike Patrick, who brought so much joy and laughter to listeners in the Great Northeast.
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Radio Split Ranch! Hello, and welcome to an extra edition of the Radio Split
Ranch. I'm Warren Garling when I'm not on the radio.
Ever since I was a young boy listening to my favorite radio stations on my transistor
radio, I realized that one of the main reasons I wanted to be on the radio myself
was to make people smile.
I knew I could play the music that would make people feel good,
(00:23):
but also felt that I had it in me to fill in the time between tunes with something
that might bring a smile to the listener's face.
Over the years, I've worked with many great professionals who also approached
their careers with this same goal, which is why this special edition of the
Radio Split Ranch is actually so gut-wrenching.
The last thing I feel like doing today is smiling, because one of my friends,
(00:47):
who never ceased to make me laugh and feel good even on the darkest days,
has left us unexpectedly and way too soon.
I had the pleasure of not only working with the professionally named Mike Patrick,
but also sitting with him and other friends, talking shop and swapping stories
many, many times over the last 10 years or so.
And I'm especially happy that I was able to sit and capture Mike's career highlights
(01:11):
in a conversation I posted on this podcast site in April of 2022.
Go back and listen to that. But today, in keeping with our goal of making you
smile, I'm especially pleased to share with you a few minutes of radio recorded live on July 6, 2019,
when Mike was substituting on a Saturday morning for the great Joe Gallagher on 810 WGY.
(01:35):
Somehow, I wound up in the studio with Brother Lou Roberts and Mike,
and we just talked about our radio lives and laughed and laughed.
I hope this helps you do the same and brings back to life a voice that will
forever live in our hearts.
Okay, 839, Mike Patrick in for Joe Gallagher, NewsRadio 810-1031, WGY.
(01:56):
WGY began broadcasting in February of 1922.
With any luck after this next segment, we will continue to celebrate our 100th
anniversary coming up in 22.
All right, now Brother Lou Roberts, who joined us last hour,
is here. But now we have Chris Warren from 98.3 WTRY.
(02:18):
Occasionally. Me too. Well, that's right. I forget you do that every once in a while.
But, I mean, this is a meeting of the minds. Mind less. Mind less.
Now, we were – Chris, I know we were talking before.
I learned something from Lou that I never knew before.
(02:38):
Lou has gone by different names before. And I know you and I have talked about
that, different on-air names that you've – It's just somebody taking a break out the window.
Anyway, but we've all gone by – Was there any particular reason why you went
by a different name in anyone playing your group?
(02:59):
Well, the first time I was on the radio, they gave me a name because they already
had one of those jingles, you know, what jingles are where they sing a name.
So which Johnny Williams were you? Exactly.
Exactly, yeah. Yeah. No, I was Jesse James when I first went on the radio because
I worked at the home of the All-Americans, the old WSNY in Schenectady.
And so they gave us names. I worked with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
(03:21):
Chester Arthur, John Tyler.
And many of these folks are still out there in some of them in radio.
We've all worked with John Tyler. Yes, for the record. Well,
that's true. As a matter of fact, you know, Joe Gallagher's worked with those
people, but he actually worked with George Washington. Right, exactly.
I'm enjoying being in here for Jim Gaffigan. I really am. This is great. This is fun.
(03:42):
No, but that was always one of the—and when you talk about the great all-Americans,
and this question just hit me here, because you've got John Tyler,
you've got George Washington,
but then Jesse James, okay?
I don't know how that fit in. Jesse James, that was an outlaw.
It's an outlaw. How did that fall into a great American? I don't know.
(04:03):
I don't know, but they had a jingle, and they said, that's who you are.
Okay. And I said, okay, if you say so.
I mean, I already had Chris Warren picked out as my air name.
I got it from a girlfriend in high school who thought it Christopher Warren
just kind of sounded like Christopher Robin.
I thought you got that from the phone book. Yeah, yeah. No, no. Okay, no.
There was a guy years ago that I can remember, and it's no longer around, so I can say it, WPDR.
(04:26):
But I was always fascinated by his air name. His name was Chris Topher. Oh, yeah.
Topher Toofer. Chris Randall. Chris Randall. Chris Topher Randall.
It took me, in my little pre-teenage years, it took me a while to figure out,
oh, see, now Zach's looking at it now.
What the heck are you talking about? Now he can figure out. Chris Topher.
Yeah. He would have this one piece of tape sped up. He'd drop it,
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and he'd go, whoop-a-little-pickle, and that's what it sounded like.
Whoop-a-little-pickle, yeah. I remember that. He was one of my favorite jocks to listen to. Yeah.
But, you know, when you think about, you know, certain radio guys and just different
names that they've had over the years and why either they're given the name.
Like, I think, you know, you have the Johnny Williams line from a lot of, you know, stations.
(05:12):
They gave me a name. I can't say it on the air, though. What's that?
They gave me a name and I can't say it on the air.
I've been given it by a lot of people. Zach won't let us. Okay.
No, I gave him the sign over here on the bus. He's got his hand on the bus.
But, I mean, it's kind of fascinating that every once in a while where you run
into people, it's like, I remember when you were this and you did this and everything.
(05:33):
But it's just part of the— It was what the business was for many years.
And what you were told you needed to do was give yourself two first names,
basically, okay? Because it was easier. They were easier to remember.
So it was Bob Roberts, you know, and Bill Williams and, you know, things like that.
Mike Patrick. Yeah, Mike Patrick. There you go. Chris Warren.
And so it's, you know, one of those, it was just what radio was.
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And you got to remember also that back in the day, and I'm making myself sound,
you know, like I've been on the radio for 50 years, which I have.
Hold it. But back in the day. Records.
Okay. Yeah, right. You remember records? But back in the day,
you got to remember that you used to have to pay to keep your name out of the phone book.
Okay. Yes. You had to have an unlisted number. Okay.
(06:16):
So if you went home, you're home on the weekends. You're not working weekends,
but your phone's ringing because little Shirley wants to hear,
you know, sugar, sugar by the Archies.
And she's calling you up on your home number because your name's in the book.
The one exception that I know, and I know who you're talking about,
is probably the greatest top 40 disc jockey in the Capital District,
(06:37):
the late great Boom Boom Brannigan.
When you look in the phone book, it's right there.
Brannigan, comma, Boom Boom. Well, you know why? Why? Because he did record hops and gigs.
Yep. So that was the way. Okay. Yep. Because when you're in radio,
you're not making a lot of money. You need to do something on the side. Oh.
What are we doing there? It's in a book I wrote. Lifestyles of the poor and
famous here. That's good.
(07:00):
I like that one. Poor and famous. Chris, this is a big day for Lou because basically
this is- Because he's sitting next to me.
Well, that would be it. Well, we used to.
Another life at CRY. Exactly, yeah.
But I mean, this is his first real shot at working on WGY. It's my first live thing on WGY.
(07:22):
Wow. And you had to wait until Jim Gaffigan was out of town to do it. Yes, yes.
But I mean, I could see, you and I have known Lou for quite a while.
I mean, I could certainly see him coming in here on some Saturday or Sunday
morning. Oh, absolutely, yeah.
And Lou's the reason I got back into radio after getting fired for the first time.
Oh, tell me that. Well, I got let go from the station I was with for like 12
(07:46):
years out of the blue, and I wound up working in a completely different industry.
And I had no problem with that. I was finally making some money,
you know and you could pay the mortgage and then she looked at the check going Is this wrong?
This can't be right. I didn't know you could put that many zeros on a check,
so I after a few months of real work,
(08:09):
I called Lou up one day, he was on the old 980 TRY, and I said,
do you think there's anybody, somebody at your station that might let me work
a few hours on the weekend?
And I was really looking for, the only way to appease my wife is just to work
from 6 to 10 in the morning. So then we had the rest of the weekend.
Okay, we could take off on vacation at 10.01 on a Saturday and we're all set.
(08:31):
So he said, well, I'll put a good word in for you. And within a few weeks,
I was working Saturday mornings, 6 to 10 for about four years.
We're right alongside this guy. Yeah. Wow. Hold that thought.
We're going to take a break and we'll chat for a little more.
Chris Warren, Lou Robertson here, where it's Nostalgia Radio,
AARP Radio, 810-1031-WGY.
(08:54):
Shunny.
WGY AccuWeather forecast. We'll see clouds and breaks of sun today at WGY.com.
Oh, it's our turn. Here we go. It's 849. Mike Patrick with,
Chris Warren and Luke Roberts Yep, still have the license, we're safe We still
have the license, that's safe Hanging in for Joe Gallagher, Joe's up this week
(09:17):
And next week Alright, this just hit me Lou,
I know you've been wanting to Because this is Lou's first real time On the air,
okay Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, you mean on WGY On this radio station On this radio
station How many years in radio?
Just 46 Okay. Good for you. For the sake of nostalgia. I had hairs.
(09:41):
You were going there, weren't you? No. No, I wasn't. Okay. Do the call letters.
For G-Y or which one? For here.
All right. 81 W-G-Y.
81 W-G-Y. See that? That's how far back it goes. I thought we were going to
get something somewhere. Use Radio 810 and 103.1 W-G-Y.
Okay. It's like you're saying those three call letters.
(10:01):
That's fine. line you know so now that we haven't reported and
now it'll be there okay to which we'll play that
back go g y was lou on the air ah well
or g y was lou on the air well that
we've always we've always as that you know
one of the things one of the things chris that we're talking about
is the fact that you know we joke about the fact but but g y coming
(10:25):
up to 100 years yeah broadcasting in 2022 for the wait a minute was gallagher
there then a beginning he signed the station on didn't he he relieved reed shepherd
actually okay but but for and and i've mentioned this before but from the from the two of you.
With WGY coming up on 100 years, not too far away, what does the history,
(10:50):
what does this radio station mean to you as somebody from growing up around
here and the history and how this station continues to grow?
Well, what I find remarkable is that it is still the first radio station you
think of when something happens in the world and you want more details about it.
You tune in WGY. Now, I wasn't a huge listener in my top 40 radio days growing
(11:15):
up listening to— When we were PTR and TRY. Exactly.
They competed against each other, WABY.
Schenectady had WSNY. So I was listening to those stations because I wanted
to be, you know, those disc jockeys.
But the second something happened and you wanted details on what's going on,
you know, not just me, my whole family, we turned on 810 WGY.
(11:35):
Let's talk about school closings. People still do it. Oh, yeah.
Yes. But people still do it.
And you've got to know that that's a legacy that will, you know,
hopefully be there forever.
We noticed that because obviously with the changes that WGY has gone through
over the decades, you know, we are news oriented.
We're topic, we're current event oriented.
(11:58):
When there are big cycles of news going on, and certainly we have seen this.
And as we're getting into in the next year and a half with the next presidential
election, and we can see that people more and more, they come to us because
they do want to be informed about what's going on.
So they want to know when it comes to making choices.
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But yeah, I mean, that's what it's always been and always will be for me.
Now, they were a music station for a long time, but you still tuned in because
you knew that news department was the number one news department.
No offense to anybody else in any other station. When growing up,
my mom and dad would put the station on, especially on the weekend,
we're going out for a ride and what will we hear?
Here's a flashback if you go back then from NBC.
(12:40):
Monitor. Monitor. That's right. Yeah. That little sounder they had.
I love that show. And they were an NBC affiliate because they,
you know, and eventually GE bought NBC.
And, oh, it's just a crazy, crazy history. But to explain also for people who
are somewhat younger than the three of us here, and not necessarily collectively,
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but you talk about school closings and how the process, and this is not just
for here, but it's every radio and television station.
That it used to be a process where the schools would call the various media
and they would have their special code.
Right. So Johnny couldn't call and cancel his school.
Or Johnny would try to come up with a fake code.
(13:25):
I wish I knew those codes when I was a kid because I would have called up South
Colony, Code Blue, or whatever it is. But you know who was worse,
though, in making those calls?
It wasn't Johnny who was calling all the time. It was Johnny's mother.
Johnny's mother. What would you tell my son? We had school closed.
Listen to the radio, ma'am. I'm sorry. That's what you have to do.
And if you do morning drive anywhere up here in the Northeast,
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that was your whole show that morning. It was. It was school closed.
Oh, my God. And there were some mornings where it made more sense to read who
was open, you know, because it was just so bad. And that's all it is.
So now, thanks to technology and thanks to, you know, having the Internet and
the website, you can go to all these.
So it frees up a lot of our time. So the technology has certainly changed to the better.
(14:09):
Although, personally, sometimes I do miss those calls.
You know, I get these nightmares. Why? So you can abuse them?
I get these nightmares. That was always fun. I'll wake up in a cold sweat in
the middle of the night. Is my skull closed?
You know, come on, you're laughing and you know you got those calls too.
Yeah, those are fun. Sometimes you'd finish reading the school closings,
you do the weather, and start reading the school closings again.
(14:30):
Well, maybe take a cough drop before you start getting to the next one.
Yeah, exactly. Those were the mornings, yeah. All right.
Gentlemen, thank you. I know this is kind of rambling radio, but it's always good.
And Chris, you're on. Would you listen to a podcast that was about this stuff, about radio?
I know we're here. We've been kicking this around for a while.
Lou and I have been kicking this idea around for months now,
and I think we may wind up doing a podcast. And we'll interview some of your
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favorite personalities from when you grew up, only the live ones that are still alive.
I was going to say that, but if we could do that if they're gone.
So you'll interview your favorite personality. So are you going to interview
Joe Gallagher, too? That would be my question. I said favorite.
Who's this Joe Gallagher you speak of?
Who's this Joe Gallagher you speak of? Jim Gaffigan, Joe Gaffigan. Oh, okay.
(15:16):
That guy. Oh, the guy that's usually here. here you know i
said jim gallagher somebody who is his name is jim gallagher in
the area he's gonna get a call hey they just mentioned you
on wgy it's like
it's it's it's always fun so thank you gentlemen it's always
thanks for having us thank you you're you're you're always ruining joe
show completely that's hey i'm here next week you know watch it watch it pop
(15:38):
in on sunday and have fun with reed i'll be here all week try the meal tip your
waitress all right gentlemen thank you 856 oh no no take us out lou on news
radio 810 and 1031 wgy radio split ranch.
Radio Split Ranch! Hello, and welcome to an extra edition of the Radio Split
Ranch. I'm Warren Garling when I'm not on the radio.
Ever since I was a young boy listening to my favorite radio stations on my transistor
radio, I realized that one of the main reasons I wanted to be on the radio myself
was to make people smile.
I knew I could play the music that would make people feel good,
(00:23):
but also felt that I had it in me to fill in the time between tunes with something
that might bring a smile to the listener's face.
Over the years, I've worked with many great professionals who also approached
their careers with this same goal, which is why this special edition of the
Radio Split Ranch is actually so gut-wrenching.
The last thing I feel like doing today is smiling, because one of my friends,
(00:47):
who never ceased to make me laugh and feel good even on the darkest days,
has left us unexpectedly and way too soon.
I had the pleasure of not only working with the professionally named Mike Patrick,
but also sitting with him and other friends, talking shop and swapping stories
many, many times over the last 10 years or so.
And I'm especially happy that I was able to sit and capture Mike's career highlights
(01:11):
in a conversation I posted on this podcast site in April of 2022.
Go back and listen to that. But today, in keeping with our goal of making you
smile, I'm especially pleased to share with you a few minutes of radio recorded live on July 6, 2019,
when Mike was substituting on a Saturday morning for the great Joe Gallagher on 810 WGY.
(01:35):
Somehow, I wound up in the studio with Brother Lou Roberts and Mike,
and we just talked about our radio lives and laughed and laughed.
I hope this helps you do the same and brings back to life a voice that will
forever live in our hearts.
Okay, 839, Mike Patrick in for Joe Gallagher, NewsRadio 810-1031, WGY.
(01:56):
WGY began broadcasting in February of 1922.
With any luck after this next segment, we will continue to celebrate our 100th
anniversary coming up in 22.
All right, now Brother Lou Roberts, who joined us last hour,
is here. But now we have Chris Warren from 98.3 WTRY.
(02:18):
Occasionally. Me too. Well, that's right. I forget you do that every once in a while.
But, I mean, this is a meeting of the minds. Mind less. Mind less.
Now, we were – Chris, I know we were talking before.
I learned something from Lou that I never knew before.
(02:38):
Lou has gone by different names before. And I know you and I have talked about
that, different on-air names that you've – It's just somebody taking a break out the window.
Anyway, but we've all gone by – Was there any particular reason why you went
by a different name in anyone playing your group?
(02:59):
Well, the first time I was on the radio, they gave me a name because they already
had one of those jingles, you know, what jingles are where they sing a name.
So which Johnny Williams were you? Exactly.
Exactly, yeah. Yeah. No, I was Jesse James when I first went on the radio because
I worked at the home of the All-Americans, the old WSNY in Schenectady.
And so they gave us names. I worked with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
(03:21):
Chester Arthur, John Tyler.
And many of these folks are still out there in some of them in radio.
We've all worked with John Tyler. Yes, for the record. Well,
that's true. As a matter of fact, you know, Joe Gallagher's worked with those
people, but he actually worked with George Washington. Right, exactly.
I'm enjoying being in here for Jim Gaffigan. I really am. This is great. This is fun.
(03:42):
No, but that was always one of the—and when you talk about the great all-Americans,
and this question just hit me here, because you've got John Tyler,
you've got George Washington,
but then Jesse James, okay?
I don't know how that fit in. Jesse James, that was an outlaw.
It's an outlaw. How did that fall into a great American? I don't know.
(04:03):
I don't know, but they had a jingle, and they said, that's who you are.
Okay. And I said, okay, if you say so.
I mean, I already had Chris Warren picked out as my air name.
I got it from a girlfriend in high school who thought it Christopher Warren
just kind of sounded like Christopher Robin.
I thought you got that from the phone book. Yeah, yeah. No, no. Okay, no.
There was a guy years ago that I can remember, and it's no longer around, so I can say it, WPDR.
(04:26):
But I was always fascinated by his air name. His name was Chris Topher. Oh, yeah.
Topher Toofer. Chris Randall. Chris Randall. Chris Topher Randall.
It took me, in my little pre-teenage years, it took me a while to figure out,
oh, see, now Zach's looking at it now.
What the heck are you talking about? Now he can figure out. Chris Topher.
Yeah. He would have this one piece of tape sped up. He'd drop it,
(04:50):
and he'd go, whoop-a-little-pickle, and that's what it sounded like.
Whoop-a-little-pickle, yeah. I remember that. He was one of my favorite jocks to listen to. Yeah.
But, you know, when you think about, you know, certain radio guys and just different
names that they've had over the years and why either they're given the name.
Like, I think, you know, you have the Johnny Williams line from a lot of, you know, stations.
(05:12):
They gave me a name. I can't say it on the air, though. What's that?
They gave me a name and I can't say it on the air.
I've been given it by a lot of people. Zach won't let us. Okay.
No, I gave him the sign over here on the bus. He's got his hand on the bus.
But, I mean, it's kind of fascinating that every once in a while where you run
into people, it's like, I remember when you were this and you did this and everything.
(05:33):
But it's just part of the— It was what the business was for many years.
And what you were told you needed to do was give yourself two first names,
basically, okay? Because it was easier. They were easier to remember.
So it was Bob Roberts, you know, and Bill Williams and, you know, things like that.
Mike Patrick. Yeah, Mike Patrick. There you go. Chris Warren.
And so it's, you know, one of those, it was just what radio was.
(05:54):
And you got to remember also that back in the day, and I'm making myself sound,
you know, like I've been on the radio for 50 years, which I have.
Hold it. But back in the day. Records.
Okay. Yeah, right. You remember records? But back in the day,
you got to remember that you used to have to pay to keep your name out of the phone book.
Okay. Yes. You had to have an unlisted number. Okay.
(06:16):
So if you went home, you're home on the weekends. You're not working weekends,
but your phone's ringing because little Shirley wants to hear,
you know, sugar, sugar by the Archies.
And she's calling you up on your home number because your name's in the book.
The one exception that I know, and I know who you're talking about,
is probably the greatest top 40 disc jockey in the Capital District,
(06:37):
the late great Boom Boom Brannigan.
When you look in the phone book, it's right there.
Brannigan, comma, Boom Boom. Well, you know why? Why? Because he did record hops and gigs.
Yep. So that was the way. Okay. Yep. Because when you're in radio,
you're not making a lot of money. You need to do something on the side. Oh.
What are we doing there? It's in a book I wrote. Lifestyles of the poor and
famous here. That's good.
(07:00):
I like that one. Poor and famous. Chris, this is a big day for Lou because basically
this is- Because he's sitting next to me.
Well, that would be it. Well, we used to.
Another life at CRY. Exactly, yeah.
But I mean, this is his first real shot at working on WGY. It's my first live thing on WGY.
(07:22):
Wow. And you had to wait until Jim Gaffigan was out of town to do it. Yes, yes.
But I mean, I could see, you and I have known Lou for quite a while.
I mean, I could certainly see him coming in here on some Saturday or Sunday
morning. Oh, absolutely, yeah.
And Lou's the reason I got back into radio after getting fired for the first time.
Oh, tell me that. Well, I got let go from the station I was with for like 12
(07:46):
years out of the blue, and I wound up working in a completely different industry.
And I had no problem with that. I was finally making some money,
you know and you could pay the mortgage and then she looked at the check going Is this wrong?
This can't be right. I didn't know you could put that many zeros on a check,
so I after a few months of real work,
(08:09):
I called Lou up one day, he was on the old 980 TRY, and I said,
do you think there's anybody, somebody at your station that might let me work
a few hours on the weekend?
And I was really looking for, the only way to appease my wife is just to work
from 6 to 10 in the morning. So then we had the rest of the weekend.
Okay, we could take off on vacation at 10.01 on a Saturday and we're all set.
(08:31):
So he said, well, I'll put a good word in for you. And within a few weeks,
I was working Saturday mornings, 6 to 10 for about four years.
We're right alongside this guy. Yeah. Wow. Hold that thought.
We're going to take a break and we'll chat for a little more.
Chris Warren, Lou Robertson here, where it's Nostalgia Radio,
AARP Radio, 810-1031-WGY.
(08:54):
Shunny.
WGY AccuWeather forecast. We'll see clouds and breaks of sun today at WGY.com.
Oh, it's our turn. Here we go. It's 849. Mike Patrick with,
Chris Warren and Luke Roberts Yep, still have the license, we're safe We still
have the license, that's safe Hanging in for Joe Gallagher, Joe's up this week
(09:17):
And next week Alright, this just hit me Lou,
I know you've been wanting to Because this is Lou's first real time On the air,
okay Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, you mean on WGY On this radio station On this radio
station How many years in radio?
Just 46 Okay. Good for you. For the sake of nostalgia. I had hairs.
(09:41):
You were going there, weren't you? No. No, I wasn't. Okay. Do the call letters.
For G-Y or which one? For here.
All right. 81 W-G-Y.
81 W-G-Y. See that? That's how far back it goes. I thought we were going to
get something somewhere. Use Radio 810 and 103.1 W-G-Y.
Okay. It's like you're saying those three call letters.
(10:01):
That's fine. line you know so now that we haven't reported and
now it'll be there okay to which we'll play that
back go g y was lou on the air ah well
or g y was lou on the air well that
we've always we've always as that you know
one of the things one of the things chris that we're talking about
is the fact that you know we joke about the fact but but g y coming
(10:25):
up to 100 years yeah broadcasting in 2022 for the wait a minute was gallagher
there then a beginning he signed the station on didn't he he relieved reed shepherd
actually okay but but for and and i've mentioned this before but from the from the two of you.
With WGY coming up on 100 years, not too far away, what does the history,
(10:50):
what does this radio station mean to you as somebody from growing up around
here and the history and how this station continues to grow?
Well, what I find remarkable is that it is still the first radio station you
think of when something happens in the world and you want more details about it.
You tune in WGY. Now, I wasn't a huge listener in my top 40 radio days growing
(11:15):
up listening to— When we were PTR and TRY. Exactly.
They competed against each other, WABY.
Schenectady had WSNY. So I was listening to those stations because I wanted
to be, you know, those disc jockeys.
But the second something happened and you wanted details on what's going on,
you know, not just me, my whole family, we turned on 810 WGY.
(11:35):
Let's talk about school closings. People still do it. Oh, yeah.
Yes. But people still do it.
And you've got to know that that's a legacy that will, you know,
hopefully be there forever.
We noticed that because obviously with the changes that WGY has gone through
over the decades, you know, we are news oriented.
We're topic, we're current event oriented.
(11:58):
When there are big cycles of news going on, and certainly we have seen this.
And as we're getting into in the next year and a half with the next presidential
election, and we can see that people more and more, they come to us because
they do want to be informed about what's going on.
So they want to know when it comes to making choices.
(12:19):
But yeah, I mean, that's what it's always been and always will be for me.
Now, they were a music station for a long time, but you still tuned in because
you knew that news department was the number one news department.
No offense to anybody else in any other station. When growing up,
my mom and dad would put the station on, especially on the weekend,
we're going out for a ride and what will we hear?
Here's a flashback if you go back then from NBC.
(12:40):
Monitor. Monitor. That's right. Yeah. That little sounder they had.
I love that show. And they were an NBC affiliate because they,
you know, and eventually GE bought NBC.
And, oh, it's just a crazy, crazy history. But to explain also for people who
are somewhat younger than the three of us here, and not necessarily collectively,
(13:01):
but you talk about school closings and how the process, and this is not just
for here, but it's every radio and television station.
That it used to be a process where the schools would call the various media
and they would have their special code.
Right. So Johnny couldn't call and cancel his school.
Or Johnny would try to come up with a fake code.
(13:25):
I wish I knew those codes when I was a kid because I would have called up South
Colony, Code Blue, or whatever it is. But you know who was worse,
though, in making those calls?
It wasn't Johnny who was calling all the time. It was Johnny's mother.
Johnny's mother. What would you tell my son? We had school closed.
Listen to the radio, ma'am. I'm sorry. That's what you have to do.
And if you do morning drive anywhere up here in the Northeast,
(13:48):
that was your whole show that morning. It was. It was school closed.
Oh, my God. And there were some mornings where it made more sense to read who
was open, you know, because it was just so bad. And that's all it is.
So now, thanks to technology and thanks to, you know, having the Internet and
the website, you can go to all these.
So it frees up a lot of our time. So the technology has certainly changed to the better.
(14:09):
Although, personally, sometimes I do miss those calls.
You know, I get these nightmares. Why? So you can abuse them?
I get these nightmares. That was always fun. I'll wake up in a cold sweat in
the middle of the night. Is my skull closed?
You know, come on, you're laughing and you know you got those calls too.
Yeah, those are fun. Sometimes you'd finish reading the school closings,
you do the weather, and start reading the school closings again.
(14:30):
Well, maybe take a cough drop before you start getting to the next one.
Yeah, exactly. Those were the mornings, yeah. All right.
Gentlemen, thank you. I know this is kind of rambling radio, but it's always good.
And Chris, you're on. Would you listen to a podcast that was about this stuff, about radio?
I know we're here. We've been kicking this around for a while.
Lou and I have been kicking this idea around for months now,
and I think we may wind up doing a podcast. And we'll interview some of your
(14:53):
favorite personalities from when you grew up, only the live ones that are still alive.
I was going to say that, but if we could do that if they're gone.
So you'll interview your favorite personality. So are you going to interview
Joe Gallagher, too? That would be my question. I said favorite.
Who's this Joe Gallagher you speak of?
Who's this Joe Gallagher you speak of? Jim Gaffigan, Joe Gaffigan. Oh, okay.
(15:16):
That guy. Oh, the guy that's usually here. here you know i
said jim gallagher somebody who is his name is jim gallagher in
the area he's gonna get a call hey they just mentioned you
on wgy it's like
it's it's it's always fun so thank you gentlemen it's always
thanks for having us thank you you're you're you're always ruining joe
show completely that's hey i'm here next week you know watch it watch it pop
(15:38):
in on sunday and have fun with reed i'll be here all week try the meal tip your
waitress all right gentlemen thank you 856 oh no no take us out lou on news
radio 810 and 1031 wgy radio split ranch.
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