tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476699817870178740.post7028250957491661192..comments2023-05-16T11:30:02.330+01:00Comments on Radio To Go: The Hound, the passing of time, and the cruelty of change.Radio To Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03725758182840107219noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476699817870178740.post-66034651821345484482014-12-23T13:12:30.182+00:002014-12-23T13:12:30.182+00:00I used to listen to The Hound faithfully around 19...I used to listen to The Hound faithfully around 1960 when he aired nightly on WKBW (I think) in Buffalo. Still have some of the shows on some reel-to-reel tape somewhere. Pretty good station strength as I was in college in Amherst MA at the time.<br />My other shot of blues was from the infamous, but hardly remembered Dr. Jazzmo out of XERF in Del Rio, Texas. What an experience that was!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476699817870178740.post-65054319344142110072014-12-22T14:20:51.658+00:002014-12-22T14:20:51.658+00:00So when I was a kid growing up in Pittsburgh I lis...So when I was a kid growing up in Pittsburgh I listened to two radio stations. One was KQV, owned by the American Broadcasting companies. It was a slick and polished Top 40. The other station was WEEP, a more edgy, daytimer Top 40. I preferred WEEP. It was just so much cooler than KQV. And the station name offered great shtick. The time tone was the Weep Beep. The weekly chart was the Weep Sheet. At sundown sign off the verbiage was, “and until tomorrow morning you won’t hear a peep… out of WEEP.<br /><br /> <br /><br />I loved WEEP. Yes I would listen to KQV at night, but when WEEP was on I was there. One day I heard a new jock on WEEP, but something wasn’t quite right. Even on my cheap transistor radio I could tell the technical quality of his voice was off. I knew I was listening to a tape from someone not actually at the station. Oh he said the call letters and talked about Pittsburgh and the music, but he didn’t do the weather forecasts and never punched the Weep Beep to give the time. But his presentation was unique and his edginess fit in perfectly with the station. The disc jockey was George “Hound Dog” Lorenz. Small world, huh? <br /><br />I just about fell out of my chair when I read your story! I long ago forgot about George Lorenz, so thank you for “introducing” me to the man with the ethereal voice and curious avoidance of station formatics. I was one in the audience when George did syndication. Incidentally WEEP eventually dropped Top 40. They just couldn’t compete against KQV. The adopted a country format in 1965 and did quite well with it. Their FM station, now with different call letters, still plays country music. In 1967 I got my first radio gig at WEEP.Kenny Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476699817870178740.post-39620989108839941272014-12-15T15:13:03.072+00:002014-12-15T15:13:03.072+00:00Really interesting read Robin. I feel for you - no...Really interesting read Robin. I feel for you - not meeting George Lorenz...ouch..as he was right behind you. You have made some (sadly) accurate points regarding Radio. My teenage sons never listen to the Radio; which is criminal in my mind. I just hope that as you rightly say, Radio is such a powerful form of communication, it will survive this technological 'hiatus'. Who knows? I think the sterility of so many Stations may backfire; and the 'suits' in power will need to seduce new audiences once again. Linds Wrightnoreply@blogger.com