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Andy
Young-Dave Mance 
April 1973
Andy came to The
Big 15 from WTLB in Utica where he was program director for a number
of years. Dave Mance did overnights between Les Howard and Pete
McKay for a while, then some work for 62WHEN in the mid 70's.
He is now owner of a cluster of stations in the Watertown
area.
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Jay
Walker
1973 - 1975
Joe Maston
originally from Massena, known as Jay Walker who was with the
station 1970 (aprox) until he left for WHEN some time in 1976.
A very funny and entertaining fellow who was known for his
twisting of the artist's names. Example; Len Skynyrd, Chuck
Daniels or Al Hammond.
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Ron
Bee
June 1973
Jocking on WOLF? Yep, apparently a fill in one late evening June
17, 1973 for Jay Walker. Ron went on to several positions. One at
WRRB and WKFM before returning to join his friend Rick Gary on WSYR
for a short while. But because of WSYR's conservative listeners that
was short lived and Ron moved on to WSEN and WEZG for a number of
years.
Ron Bee was the very successful morning man on
B104.7. Another gem from the collection of Lee
Goodman.
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Dave Mance
August 1973
Dave Mance's last show on WOLF August
22, 1973 from the Lee Goodman collection.
Dave moved on to
Harrisburg, then eventually back to upstate New York where he
managed a station in the Geneva area and also did some part time at
62WHEN. Dave wasPresident of Clancy-Mance Communications which owned
numerous stations across the state. 7 of the stations were sold in
2006 and word has it Mance has since retired.
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Todd Michaels
August 1973
Todd replaced Big Don Bieffer who returned to Toronto after a
short stay at WOLF. He came in June from the Binghamton area where
he also did mornings on WENE.
He also did evenings for a while
after Rick Gary replaced him in May 1975. He worked shortly at WFBL
before moving along to Florida where he is today. This also recorded
August 22, 1973 from the Lee Goodman
collection.
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Jeff Laurence
Halloween 1973
Jeff
came to Syracuse from WTKO and WENE while attending Ithaca College.
Truly a great talent he made evenings sparkle on The Big 15. He
later moved on to 62WHEN as Production Director and Program
Director. Eventually Florida became his home where he started Jeff
Laurence Productions, one of the finest production house's in the
country. His Autumn Hill studios are now located in the beautiful
Smokey Mountains of western North Carolina. www.JeffLaurence.com
This aircheck from Halloween night 1973
features some classic Syracuse commercials, as well as concert spots
for the Grateful Dead and Alice Cooper. This was GREAT Radio!
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Jeff Laurence-Bob
Mitchell
December
1973
Bob
Mitchell filling in for Jeff Laurence around Christmas time of
1973.
Today Jeff owns his own production company in North
Carolina and can be heard on national television infomercials as the
voice of The George Foreman Grill, The Juiceman, Oxy Clean, Rotato,
Sonicare and many more. He has also been the main voice for the
North American Shrine Hospital public service campaigns, as well as
the national demo voice for ABC/SMN's 24 hour music format
"Starstation" heard each Saturday evenings with the live
broadcast of "Eight Track Saturday
Night".
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Jeff Laurence
December
1973
Jeff
came to Syracuse from WTKO and WENE while attending Ithaca
College. He later moved on to 62WHEN as Production Director and
Program Director.
Eventually Florida became his home where he
started Jeff Laurence Productions. His Autumn Hill studios are
located in the beautiful smokey mountains of western North Carolina.
www.JeffLaurence.com From the Lee Goodman
collection.
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Pete McKay
January 1974
Pete is also a member of the WOLF two timers club
having been at the station on three separate occasions. The first
time as a student of Syracuse University on the part-time staff as
Ron White. And the second in the summer of 1973. In the early 70's,
part timers were given names that had already been sung in the
jingle package. Ron White was the program director of WOLF's sister
station WGRD in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Pete went on to WHEN and
later to a teaching career. He landed for a third time at Big WOLF
Country in 1982 and stayed on when Craig Fox, the current owner
bought the station, as a jock on the oldies format which was short
lived. Pete spent some years in cable and broadcast
television and recently retired as an engineer at
WCNY-FM.
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Bob Mitchell
April 1974
Bob, still in high
school doing nights on WOLF. He later worked for 62WHEN as
production director, and later production director at WSYR/Y94FM for
almost 13 years. For about 11 of those he was host of the very
popular Saturday Night Oldies Show which featured old contests and
the classic Pams jingles. Bob now does commercial voice overs and
works in television.
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