Dan McCue
Editor at The Well News
US Content Editor at Renewable Energy Magazine
Editor @TheWellNews RTs ≠ deeper meaning. NPC, SPJ and WHCA member https://t.co/EYjscQgFaz
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1 week ago |
goodjustbarelymorning.substack.com | Dan McCue
Chapter 12"[A true broadcaster is] concerned about sales and income and ratings, … but at that same time, they are also concerned with something more than that."— Bernice Judis, speaking to a WNEW employee in the late 1940s. The idea of incorporating more news into WNEW's programming had been around for some time, but by early 1940, with the threat of a new world war encroaching on Europe, the decision to make a move in that direction became inevitable.
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2 weeks ago |
goodjustbarelymorning.substack.com | Dan McCue
Chapter 11"I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did."— W.C. Handy, the composer of "St. Louis Blues," at the conclusion of WNEW's broadcast of the "Carnival of Swing" from Randall's Island Stadium in New York on May 29, 1938. Amid all the controversy caused by Bulova and litigation, the station pulled off a major coup: Presenting the “Carnival of Swing,” the largest outdoor concert held in New York up to that time.
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3 weeks ago |
goodjustbarelymorning.substack.com | Dan McCue
Chapter 10“Copyright in any form, whether statutory or at common law, is a monopoly,” Hand wrote, his words filling one page after another. “It consists only of the power to prevent others from reproducing the copyrighted work ...”— U.S. 2nd Circuit Judge Learned Hand affirming WNEW's right to play records on the air, July 1940.
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3 weeks ago |
goodjustbarelymorning.substack.com | Dan McCue
“Good morning, everybody. Well, it's 10 o’clock, Monday morning ... and we’re starting another week of broadcasting ... I have some music lined up for you. It is music that sparks the magic of romance, music that stirs the smoldering secrets of memory ...”Martin Block starting another installment of the "Make Believe Ballroom" on Oct. 7, 1947.
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4 weeks ago |
goodjustbarelymorning.substack.com | Dan McCue
Chapter Eight“‘The name is Sinatra’ … Frank F-ing Sinatra.” — A young Frank Sinatra’s response to bandleader Harry James after the later suggested he change his name to “Frankie Satin” after hearing him on a WNEW broadcast. With its growing number of popular programs, WNEW became something more than just another independent radio station.
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