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GEORGE BREWER
Born in Elmira, NY, George attended Ithaca
State College and worked at WOLF as well as other stations in New York and
Michigan before moving to WPOP in Hartford to replace Roy Cooper
on the
3:00-7:00PM shift.
On July 7, 1966, George broke the world's record (at the
time) for the longest roller coaster ride at Riverside Park by going round
and round 310 times over 12 1/2 hours. By that time he was hosting WPOP's
wakeup show from 5:30-9:00AM.
George left WPOP for WIXY Cleveland and later worked at WIXZ
near Pittsburgh. He was working in the promotions department of CBS
Records when he passed away.
George died in 1973.
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DALE
DORMAN
Along with
Bud Ballou, one of Syracuses most popular night time disc jockeys. With
Dorman and Ballou (now competetion at WNDR) constantly throwing jabs at
each other, evenings were outstanding.
Dorman would eventually leave for Fresno and San Francisco,
California and later to Denver to work WITH Bud Ballou.
They eventually ended up on
competing stations in Boston, Dorman mornings on WRKO and Ballou evenings
on WMEX. Until August 2003 he did afternoons in Boston on KISS
108FM.
He recently retired from Oldies 103.3
WODS.
FRED WINSTON
After WOLF Fred spent 3
years in Pittsburgh from 1968 to 1971. Fred also did mid-days and mornings
on KQV, with many of the id's voiced by Fred during his years there as
well as in the 70's on WOLF.
Fred worked in Denver as well as in
Omaha at KOIL and in Cleveland at WKYC. But Fred has spent most of his
career in Chicago. He has worked at a couple of the most influencial
stations in the midwest; WCFL and WLS. Fred also worked at WFYR, WMAQ,
WJMK, WLUP and WPNT. Fred was hosting the afternoon show at The Eighties
Channel 103.1 FM WXXY however the station has reportedly changed format.
Fred's booming voice has been on commericals all over the
country. Possibly you've heard his spots for Alberto Culver, Kraft Foods,
Kroger Supermarkets, and Old Style Beer and many others. If you've seen
Ferris Bueller's day off, you've heard Fred. His is the first voice heard
in the motion picture.
There are several of Fred Winston airchecks on-line on Uncle
Ricky's Reel Top 40 Archives as well as a vintage jock clip and newscast
on the airchecks page here. Also a Thank You to Fred for
the WOLF Site ID.
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Don Barber
and the Dukes 2003!
"Dandy" Dan
Dan Leonard, former WOLF and
WNDR great died February 11, 2002 in California of cancer according
to The Syracuse Post Standard's Bill LaRue. Dandy Dan was probably
responsible for more record hops in Syracuse than any other disc jockey.
He hosted The Teen Canteen where you could see artists like Sam and the
Twisters, Don Barber and the Dukes, The Monterays, Paul Anka and Bobby
Rydell all for a buck!
According to the WOLF story, Dan Leonard came to Syracuse as a news
director at WNDR in 1952 and became a disc jockey in 1957. Until 1963 he
established himself as the "Dean of Syracuse Radio". Then in the late
summer of 1963 'Dandy' Dan Leonard made the switch to WOLF.
Dan Leonard and
Bud Ballou were the "one-two" punch in Syracuse Radio with 87 percent of
the total listening audience on WOLF in 1963 through 1964. It wasn't until
Bud Ballou's departure that Leonard eventually left again in 1965 to
return to WNDR as well. Dale Dorman eventually replaced him. Click HERE for Dan Leonard on WNDR November 21,
1969.
Dan Leonard
was honored in 1993 with the first Lifetime Achievement Award at the
Syracuse Area Music Awards.
RANDY
BROCK
After Randy worked at WOLF, he then also seemed to follow in the
footsteps of Bud Ballou working at WMEX Boston and KBTR Denver. He joined
the WPOP News team in Hartford and was hired to be the
Capitol Beat news reporter.
Randy left Hartford for Philadelphia where
he worked for WFIL, WPEN and KYW.
As
of 2/2/03 he was news director at WNPV in Lansdale, PA. just outside of
Philadelphia.
ED CLANCY
After WOLF, Ed Clancy joined WPOP in 1966.
Ed did several different shifts before becoming morning anchor in 1969.
In 1970 Ed joined the staff of Senator Tom
Dodd.
Through most of 1972
Ed stepped out of his role as newsman to host a program called Women's
Glib on WPOP. Ed played a few records in between phone calls from
women sharing their innermost thoughts on
sex.
After leaving Hartford
for good, Ed moved to New Orleans where he worked at WGSO, WTIX and
WWL. He also hosted the
morning show at WSMB in New Orleans for a number
of years.
DALE KELLY
PD at WOLF in 1962-63 before going off to wear
Uncle Sam's green uniform.
Dale says "WOLF
went through some major changes when Joel Fleming was eased out as GM and
Ev Wren took over. He wanted to create a different sound, and I was about
to be drafted so we parted ways. I hired George Brewer at WOLF
and gave Fred Winston his first job in the biz. Bud Ballou and I were
roommates when I was at WOLF.
I got back
into radio in 1967 at KMBY, Monterey, CA. I later went to KNEW, Oakland,
and KNBR and KGO in San Francisco before getting out of the biz in the
mid-70s. I've been PR ever since." Many thanks to Dale for his
remembrances.
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