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 Don Lancer December 1964 After the departure of Bud Ballou several announcers did the evening shift for a while. One of which was Fred Winston, then Big Daddy Don Lancer. Don was evening host until general manager Ev Wren decided to move Dale Dorman to the night show. Don Lancer later left WOLF and went to Indianapolis and WIFE, was there for a year and then became News Director of WKBW in Buffalo. Don was there for five years before moving to Philadelphia. He was at KYW, Philadelphia for more than 30 years until his passing, April 25, 2011 (See) and http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/kyw11071.htmlAccording to KYW, business and financial editor Don Lancer was the dean of KYW Newsradio 1060. His mellow voice has been a hallmark of KYW Newsradio almost since the inception of the all-news format. This aircheck one of several courtesy of Ted Smith - WBNS TV, Columbus. Although the quality is marginal (recorded with a microphone) it is great to hear again. Recorded the Monday after Christmas 1964. _______________________________________________________________________________ 
Jim Davies on the Don Lancer
Show With the departure of Fred Winston, 30 year veteran of KYW Don Lancer
steps in to Syracuse Night Time Radio. These airchecks from March 12, 1965
include Don and bannerline news on the half hour. Also an experimental
news format Jim Davies called the "Victory at Sea news format", because
Jim Sims produced it almost entirely from the Victory at Sea Volume 3
album. It was later varied slightly then dropped.
Jim Davies on the Dale Dorman
Show Dale was then next to continue the tradition of Syracuse Night Time
Radio. This aircheck of Jim with news at :55 includes Dale and a happy
birthday to Jim's sister. Jim explains "I asked Dale to say a happy
4th birthday to my sister on the air while I recorded it. Of
course, she would never hear WOLF in Pa., so I took the tape home with me
during the semester break to play for her. It's interesting because of
Dale and his creativity--he came up with the idea on the spot." The
reference to basketball is because Jim Davies' father played in the NBA
and was well remembered at the time. He retired from the NBA in
1955.
Arlene Dee
Along with Bud Ballou, one of Syracuse’s most
popular nighttime disc jockeys. With Dorman and Ballou (now competition at
WNDR) constantly throwing jabs at each other, evenings were outstanding. A
portion of this recorded June 7, 1965. You’ll hear Dale play Down In The
Boondocks and dedicate it to "Dudley" (Ballou’s real name), and refer to
the "swamp" which is what WNDR was called by broadcasters here.
James K. Davis March 1966
Jim
Sims October 1966 The legendary production voice
passed away July 1998 while the morning personality on WSEN. Jim, a 19
year veteran of WOLF will truly be missed. A tribute to Jim Sims from 1979
is also on the aircheck pages.
The
WOLF Country Years June 1967- December
1968 Was this someone's idea of a sick
joke? Unfortunately, no! Automation had struck WOLF in 1966, and the
station was automated MOR during the day, but remained Top 40 at night.
There was no way it could compete with WSYR, WHEN and WFBL all doing
essentially the same thing, and the station was dying slowly. WNDR was
still very strong now on the heels of Bud Ballou, and a staff of veterans
like Big George Plavacos, Dandy Dan Leonard, Ron Thompson, Happy Jack
MacNamie, Count De Creep, Dave Laird and Jim O'Brien. And with only
one station serving the country music audience, and that a daytimer (WSEN
1050), WOLF was given a country music heart. On June 25, 1967 WOLF became
All American WOLF Country. Here are some of the jocks during that time
period.
Johnny Gardner January 1968 John was at WOLF from May 1967 to January 1968 until he was drafted. He
says "I was there when they removed the IGM automation and went live and
"country." Until that time I had worked weekends at WNDR but when I
graduated from SU there were no full-time slots at NDR but rumor was WOLF
was going live again so I went for an interview."
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