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Those Early 70s Saturdays
October 11, 1969: The Wisconsin Badgers, riding a 23-game winless streak, get a late touchdown pass from Neil Graff to Randy Marks and beat Iowa 23-16. It’s the first win for the Badgers since t… more →
The Hits Just Keep On Comin'
Those Early 70s Saturdays
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jb wrote 2 weeks ago: October 11, 1969: The Wisconsin Badgers, riding a 23-game winless streak, get a late touchdown pass … more →
Pressure Night
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jb wrote 1 month ago: When the sales rep first handed the radio station’s rate card to the client, he burst out laug … more →
Top 5: A Music Massacre Montage of Something Else Beginning With "M"
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jb wrote 2 months ago: (Edited to add a link.) What makes old record charts endlessly enchanting to me is how they can be v … more →
Keep Reaching for the Stars
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jb wrote 6 months ago: Casey Kasem turned 77 last April. If you’ve heard him lately, you know that legendary voice is … more →
Another One Gone and Another One Gone
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jb wrote 6 months ago: There was another earthquake in the radio biz yesterday, one that’s being felt by literally mi … more →
Over and Over
jb wrote 6 months ago: I did something on the radio yesterday I haven’t done in donkey’s years—I played t … more →
Think Small
jb wrote 6 months ago: Yesterday I shared the results of a brief and unscientific survey of a handful of radio people I kno … more →
Planting the Next Harvest
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jb wrote 6 months ago: (Edited a bit since first being posted.) In days of old, farmers took care to set some seed aside ea … more →
The Big Fish
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jb wrote 7 months ago: (Edited to add the following wee disclaimer: I work for a competitor of Clear Channel’s in Mad … more →
Top 5: More Hall-of-Famers
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jb wrote 7 months ago: Whatever happened to all the famous DJs? The best-known jock in America right now is probably Ryan … more →
Top 5: Feels So Good
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jb wrote 7 months ago: (Don’t forget: Starting Monday, you’ll be able to read my interview with Mister Zero of … more →
Me and Zero Request You Watch This Space
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jb wrote 7 months ago: There had never been a record quite like it, when it landed at our campus radio station in the fall … more →
This Is a Recording
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jb wrote 9 months ago: Thirty-six years ago tonight, right here in Madison at the Dane County Coliseum, Pink Floyd began a … more →
Good Night
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jb wrote 9 months ago: So Paul Harvey is dead. Harvey’s 15-minute noontime news broadcast has been a radio fixture ac … more →
Do Your Four and Out the Door
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jb wrote 9 months ago: Last Friday I tossed off a remark about how, just as I was getting ready to leave radio behind, I wa … more →
Footstompin' Music
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jb wrote 9 months ago: One of the things I dig about the 70s is the ridiculous variety of music the typical Top 40 station … more →
Hey Look, Shiny Shiny
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jb wrote 9 months ago: The instrument has yet to be invented that can measure my indifference to Ryan Seacrest, but my Inte … more →
Scenes From a Radio Show
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jb wrote 9 months ago: So I’m doing “Saturday at the 70s” on Magic 98. I start one hour by talking (in fu … more →
Chicago Ed
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jb wrote 10 months ago: In 1982, I moved to a small apartment on an urban street in Dubuque. It was the only time I have eve … more →
