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Below are some links to wonderful radio stations
and the great DJs (past and present) who play Bobby's music!
Music lovers in more than a dozen states along
the Eastern Seaboard in the 1950s tuned in to “the Sound of the Hound,” George
(“Hound Dog”) Lorenz, who broadcast on 50,000-watt WKBW in Buffalo,
New York. Lorenz began in Buffalo radio in the late 1940s; in 1953 he moved to
Cleveland,
Ohio, where the Hound Dog went up against the King of the Moon Doggers,
Alan
Freed. Freed moved on to New York City, but Lorenz returned
to Buffalo and became an institution on the “Big KB.” He often did his show from
the Club Zanzibar, a nightclub with a predominantly African-American clientele;
there he hosted visiting artists such as Little
Richard, who credited Lorenz with being one of the first
white deejays to carry black music all over the United
States.
I am so excited! I just discovered that KJUL is on the internet!
When we are in Vegas, this is the station we listen to because they have always played LOTS of Bobby. --Jane P.
Big Band Saturday Night in Tulsa is moving from KBEZ to:
Public Radio 89.5 FM. It's Tulsa's extremely popular voice of National Public Radio for northeastern Oklahoma. It airs now on, KWGS, 89.5 FM, from 8 to 10 p.m. every Saturday night
and here's the exciting reason why I am so pleased that I have changed stations
with Big Band Saturday Night, it will be heard worldwide on the Internet: www.kwgs.org!
Hey, world...tune us in every Saturday night where Bobby Darin will ALWAYS HAVE A STARRING ROLE!
Alan Lambert bigband@kwgs.org!
DJ Dana Daniels plays quite a bit of Bobby on
Red 104.1 out of St. Louis, Missouri. Plus, Bobby is in several of the commercials that are aired frequently on this station. Their slogan is "Music with Class." From their website, you can listen to their LIVE broadcast, submit song requests and send emails to the DJ. (Thanks to Floyd and Kristin Tapia for this information!)
The Breeze
plays Bobby's music. "Dream Lover" is the one I heard most recently and "Beyond
the Sea." BTW, I adore your site. Bobby Darin was always part of the soundtrack
of my life and I knew a little about him, but I'm so glad to have discovered
so
much more, thanks to your work. So, thank you for all you do.
Pam Riesmeyer
(former radio news anchor-12 years in Chicago at WMAQ-AM)
Joyce Conroy hosts Oldies Block Party heard Sundays from 1 - 3 p.m. on WHFC 91.1 FM.
Joyce plays many of Bobby's songs that you don't hear on commercial radio like "If a Man Answers" and Bobby's version of "Hello Dolly." WHFC is on the air 24/7 and they also
stream on the internet at www.whfc911.org.
Ultimate Oldies Radio with host Sandy Singer
will start a new series of programs. First show is The Bobby Darin Story
-- Sinatra's Threat. I thought you might like this advance info. I have been in broadcasting since age 12. I know that sounds young, but check me out www.SandySinger.com. I had one of the first radio programs on the internet in 1967. I put this show together using the 'story' album, along with the unreleased Capitol disc that popped up last year. The show is Bobby, NOT me. I only take credit in hosting and producing the show. If you're not bawling like a baby at the end of the hour, you're not human. That's all I'll tell you. I was very moved and choked up a bit because I had the good fortune of meeting Bobby during his way-too-short life. I knew what he was like, and it makes me very sad to think what might have been.
WRLL-AM CHICAGO. All the jocks on this station (an all-star lineup from the Top 40 era of
Chicago radio) play Bobby's music. You can listen on the Web.
(Thanks Benson!)
Stuart Weiss plays Bobby on his weekly oldies show! Tune into The Pop Shoppe from 7:00 pm until 1:00 am (Eastern) every Friday night at
www.topshelfoldies.com.
Kevin Conway the host of
Sinatra and Co on public radio
KUNR FM in Reno plays Bobby almost weekly. (Thanks to Kevin and Gayle Conway)
Ben Benedetti from radio station
WTUX AM 1550 in
Madison, WI,
frequently
airs Bobby Darin's work on his Sunday's
Four hour
Big Band-Small Combo Jazz program. Bobby Darin fits the bill
beautifully. He's very much appreciated and requested with my listening
audience!!!!
On
Sunday, December 8th, 2004 the music of Bobby Darin was to be featured
on WBAI's radio program, Everything Old Is New. It aired 9 - 11 pm
ET. The show is hosted by David Kenney and is found at 99.5 FM from
New York City. The station is also on the Net so you can listen to
the program from your computers! The website is
here. Thanks David!
(Thanks to Pat Zimmer for this information)
Jonathan
Schwartz, musical director of
Satellite XM 73 radio Frank's Place plays a TON of Bobby Darin. Jonathan
has a show on WNYC where he plays Bobby Darin on that as well. (Thanks
to Nicolas for this information)
Christa Wessel, a DJ at WXDU-Durham 88.7
FM, Duke University's community radio station, hosts a program called
Divaville
and she plays a lot of Bobby Darin music! Divaville is a "swellegant"
evening of music which airs every Thursday evening from 6 - 8 pm (ET).
Divaville features jazz vocalists from the 1930s - 1960s (with a few
aberrations thrown in to keep you on your toes!).
"Wild" Wayne Jones hosts New England's longest
running oldies radio program called The Rock n' Roll Memory Machine
on WWUH 91.3 FM in
Hartford, CT. Bobby Darin's music has been and still is an important
part of the format of the show. It airs Sunday evenings from 6pm - 8pm
EST. Dodd Darin was Wayne's guest by phone for two hours when his book
Dream Lovers first came out. In his collection, Wayne has a personal
note sent to him from Bobby in 1971 in response to a get well card sent
after one of his hospitalizations. Thank you Wayne for sharing with
us!
WMNI 920 AM
in Columbus, Ohio, often plays Bobby Darin's music. The station's slogan
is "great songs-great memories." (Thanks to John Contonio for this information)
Andy Cameron is
a DJ with Clyde
2 1152, which is broadcast in Scotland. Andy is a big Bobby Darin
fan and plays a lot of BD tunes. His program is on the air at noon
every Sunday. (Thanks to Swinneysathome for this information.)
B. R. Anthony of
WBWC FM 88.3 in the Cleveland, Ohio, area plays Bobby Darin records
on his Sunday Night program called The Golden Age of Rock & Roll.
This show has been on the air for an impressive 30 yrs. Bobby's rock
tunes are primarily played. Visit the
WBWC FM 88.3 website to listen online! (Thanks to Tony DiTullio
for this information)
New York's WCBS-FM
100.1 plays a lot of Bobby Darin tunes. The station recently had
their countdown of the Top 1,001
Songs of The Century and Bobby's "Mack the Knife" topped the list.
Also, Bobby's "Dream Lover" came in at #185, "Splish Splash" was #285,
"Beyond the Sea" was #584 and Bobby's "Christmas Auld Lang Syne" came
in at #58 on their
Christmas countdown. (Thanks to James and Christine for this information)
Saturday
Night at the Oldies with John Millinder
is America's coast-to-coast request oldies show, playing a lot of Darin
tunes. Now beginning its 8th year, Saturday Night at the Oldies is
heard on more than 140 radio stations coast-to-coast on Jones Radio
Network. The program airs live via satellite every Saturday night 7pm-Midnight
ET. Also on Jones
Radio Network is Dave's
Diner which airs weeknights coast to coast, serving nothing but
the best in oldies, including Bobby's music. Larry Nelson and Dennis
Harrington are among the daytime jocks at Jones Radio Network who spin
Bobby's music.
KUKU Oldies 100 in Willow Springs, Missouri, serves the West Plains/Willow
Springs/Houston/Cabool/ Mountain View area, playing nothing
but oldies, especially during the mornings by DJ Gary Lee. Bobby's music
is featured regularly. Oldies 100 is a part of
The Ozarks Radio Network.
WBIG-FM,
100.3 out of Washington, DC, plays
oldies, more oldies and nothing but oldies. They will play any Bobby
Darin song you want to hear. The station has an annual 500 best, as
voted by the listeners, played over the 4th of July weekend. No. 6 this
year was Bobby's "Mack the Knife." (Thanks to Mike Valeur for this information.)
WFVA 1230 AM
in Fredericksburg, VA, plays a lot of Bobby Darin and well as a nice
mix of standards, oldies and big band. (Scroll down to "AM Stations"
on that link to read about WFVA.) The station can be heard on 95 south
between Washington, DC, and Richmond, VA. WFVA dates back to 1939 and
is one of the oldest radio stations in Virginia. (Thanks to Pam Decatur
for this info)
WROR Retro Oldies Radio,
an online radio station, plays a lot of Bobby Darin music as well as
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis
Jr., Herb Alpert, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Spike Jones and much more.
(Thanks to Bridget Murphy for this information.)
Legendary DJ,
Dick Biondi, of 104.3 Oldies WJMK
in Chicago plays Bobby's songs. He's on from 8 p.m. until midnight weeknights,
2 - 6 p.m. on Saturdays and from 10 p.m. until midnight on Sundays. The
station's format is oldies from the 50s thru the 70s, but better than
this is Dick's great admiration and respect of Bobby stemming from way
back. Dick said he's currently playing "Mack the Knife," "Beyond the
Sea," "Splish Splash," and "Dream Lover."
Lorraine Boyce, who used to work for
Dick as his secretary in 1961 - 63 while he was at WLS
in Chicago, recently shared that Dick said, "Bobby was the most honest
and nicest "star" I ever met or worked with. He did record hops for
me in Youngstown before he had any big hits. When I came to Chicago
from Buffalo, my wife stayed behind in Buffalo to tie up the loose
ends of making the move. Bobby was doing a show with my friend,
DJ Art Roberts, in Buffalo at the time. I was in an accident in
Chicago and ended up in the emergency room. My wife was very shaken
up upon hearing this. Bobby delayed his show 45 minutes until he knew
my wife was okay. He sent me medals from the Vatican, telegrams from
Australia, and never once refused to answer my calls." (Thank you
Lorraine Boyce for this information) { Note: Check out this tribute
to WLS
radio}
From Bobby Darin fan James Boyd: "I'm
from the UK and I was driving from my home back up to Edinburgh last
night and happened to tune into BBC Radio 2. The DJ,
David Jacobs , was discussing Irving Berlin's refusal to sell his
song 'Always' to a film producer, saying that he wanted to 'keep it
for a future project.' David then played Bobby Darin's rendition of
'Always' and told of the time that Bobby was in the UK filming Jukebox
Jury. He recalled that he was walking along Saville Row on one side
of the street and Bobby was on the other. Bobby then proceeded to put
two fingers in his mouth and whistle to get David's attention, then
waved. David was startled but pleased that Bobby had acknowledged him.
He then commented that he had always found Bobby to be a marvelous person
and enjoyed the times that he met him."
WVNJ
- 1160 AM in Teaneck, NJ, The
Station Of The Stars plays the songs you know from the stars who made
them famous... including Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat
King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Perry Como,
Peggy Lee, Andy Williams, Glenn Miller, Rosemary Clooney, Harry Connick,
Jr., Benny Goodman & Barbra Streisand...”America’s Best Music”! (Thanks
to Bridget Murphy for this information)
KABL
960 AM in San Francisco plays
Bobby Darin often ("Beyond the Sea," "Mack the Knife," "Artificial Flowers")
as well as lots of what their tag-line calls "America's Best Music."
Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald are
among their other featured artists. (Thanks to Maria Taylor for this
information.)
The cool people at WMKJ-FM
MAJIC 105 in Lexington, KY, love Bobby Darin and his music. Drew
Thomas, program director (and official beer taster) and the night jock,
Abbey Road, are big fans. Drew thinks "Mack the Knife" is one of the coolest
and hippest songs EVER written or performed. He also believes Bobby
Darin will live on forever as long as oldies radio exists.
On Dec. 17, 2000, Kool
101.9 FM paid tribute to Bobby Darin making him the featured artist
on Sunday Morning Memories with Ronnie Rush. The station is based
in Sacramento, CA.
KLAC
in LA plays a lot of BD. One of the DJs, Johnny Magnus, must have been
a friend of Bobby's because EVERY time he plays BD, he always calls
him "one of the greatest entertainers of the century!" Once, he played
"As Long As I'm Singing," and after it ended, he said something to the
effect of "As long as you're singing up in heaven, my friend, I know
everything's going to be okay!" Joe Daniels is the morning DJ Monday-Friday,
and he always plays BD. (Thanks to Lorraine LoBianco, Darin fan in LA,
for this information.)
Listen to
Lise Avery's fabulous radio program
Anything
Goes!! which features all the great music we love from the 40s,
50s and 60s. Lise is a friend of Harriet
Wasser and a true Bobby Darin fan, featuring his music regularly.
Anything Goes!! is on Monday mornings on listener-supported WFDU FM
from 9am to 1pm ET in New York. Lise is the hostess as well as producer
of the program, which is currently being produced for national distribution
. You can also spend your Saturday and Wednesday evenings with Lise
on Jukebox Radio on Saturdays 10pm - 11pm ET and Wednesdays 9pm-10pm
ET on 103.1 FM (NYC Area and NJ), 94.3 FM (Rockland County, NY) and
99.7 FM (Greater Hudson Valley, NY.) If you don't live in New York,
you can still enjoy Anything Goes!! via streaming audio on the Internet
by visiting
Lise Avery's website. A talented beauty, Lise's voice has also been
heard in video news releases, recorded books, documentaries and commercials.
She is also an
accomplished
cabaret performer and actress. Lise is planning, in conjunction
with Harriet Wasser, a tribute to Bobby on the upcoming anniversary of
his death in December.
Check out
The Music of Your Life a nationally syndicated radio network, which
plays adult standards 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bobby's music is
featured as well as other artists like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett,
Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Nat "King"
Cole, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Music Of Your Life is on-the-air
in great markets such as Los Angeles/Riverside, Washington DC, Dallas,
Cleveland, Phoenix, Tampa/St.Pete, Charleston, Ft. Myers, and Orlando,
among others. You also tune in to the station on the Internet via their
website.
Brad Patton of WNAK ("Radio 73...The
way radio was meant to be.") in Northeastern PA enjoys playing lots
of Bobby Darin on the air, such as : "Lovin' You," "Multiplication,"
"Rainin'," ("Rainin," by the way, came from the station's original
mono copy of Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow Of Your Smile, not from
CD.) Also on their playlist is "18 Yellow Roses," "Artificial Flowers,"
"Beyond the Sea," "Bill Bailey," "Dream Lover," "Mack the Knife," "Sunday
in New York," ( Brad was responsible for getting that on the air) and
"You're the Reason I'm Living." Great going, Brad!
Be sure to tune into to this great
Internet radio show at M-PAK
Productions.com on Tuesday nights at 8:00 P.M. ET for 4 hours of
non-stop Oldies!!! Hosted by Paul Allen from Clifton NJ, this is something
new we should all enjoy...(Yes, I requested some Bobby songs!)
In the Garden City, NY area, listen
to
Michael Anthony. Anthony hosts "The Unforgettables," an outstanding
radio program on
WHPC. His three hour program, which is broadcasted each Saturday
night, spotlights classic pop and jazz artists. In addition, Anthony
has interviewed more than 100 artists on the air (including
Harriet Wasser, Darin associate). 26 year old Anthony became interested
in rock and roll at a very early age. His eventual love for Bobby Darin
led him to seek out the music he prominently features on his show. He
also hosted the recent New York
Sheet Music Society' s tribute to Bobby, attended the
Songwriters' Hall Of Fame ceremony and was interviewed during the
recent PBS "Beyond The Song"
pledge drive on WLIW in New York.
WGEL
Radio FM 101.7 in Greenville
IL is the home of
John Goldsmith and "The Goldie's Oldies Show." John has been
a wealth of information for this site by supplying articles and information
about Bobby. He also has had the honor of meeting and interviewing Dodd
Darin and producing a wonderful tribute to Bobby on the radio. If you
live in the Greenville area, be sure to listen to his program.
Welcome
to Treasure Island! Join
your host
Michael Godin, broadcasting live from Canada every Sunday 8pm- 12
Midnight CDT on your computer by way of
Real Audio for four hours of almost commercial free oldies from
the 50s, 60s, and 70s in stereo. He also takes requests by e-mail while
he on the air and kindly mentioned this site on the air. Michael's personality
really shines on this program and you will enjoy listening to him.
For a variety of great music from the 30s
to the 70s and interviews listen to Wayne Glenn, "The Old Record
Collector" on
KTXR-FM,The Gentle Giant, 101.3, from Springfield, MO. Wayne, a
native of the Ozarks, broadcasts live Saturday mornings 6am-1pm CDT
and Sunday nights 6:30pm CDT- 10pm CDT (unless pre-empted for Cardinals
baseball, of course!) and can be heard on
Real Audio. Wayne takes requests by snail mail and is very attentive
to his listener's needs. He has weekly trivia contests and features
Bobby's music regularly. Wayne also lives up to his name "The Old
Record Collector" by frequenting record shows and flea markets in
the Southwest Missouri area. I have met Wayne, and I am proud to have
him represent my area in radioland.
I was happy to find Radio legend
Bud Buschardt on the Internet. Bud, who has an impressive list of
credits, has hosted local radio in Dallas, namely "57 Nostalgia place"
on WFAA-AM in 1974, where I cut my teeth on oldies music on the radio.
He is now Program Director of ABC radio's STARDUST format, which
is broadcast in different areas all over the country. This program features
music from the 1940s-70s, including Bobby's.
Be sure to listen to
Eddie Hubbard, also on the Stardust format and visit his impressive
website. His program features beautiful music (including Bobby's) plus
lots of other interactive and entertaining features. Eddie is on the
air Monday-Friday 3pm - 8pm CDT.
This page will continue to be updated. If
you know of a DJ/radio station that features Bobby's music
that should be listed , please submit the links and information
here. Thanks!!
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