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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2002 : Issue 481
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
What's a Nice Kid Like You; People a [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:37:41 -0500
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: What's a Nice Kid Like You; People and
Places II
WHAT'S A NICE KID LIKE [removed]
by Sandy Singer
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People and Places II
The Boul Mich [Michigan Boulevard], about a block from the Wrigley Building
and Tribune Tower, was a favorite hang-out for most of the radio gang. I was
just about old enough to order a glass of water, but Franklyn Ferguson always
invited me to come along. This is where I met the people who influenced the
second phase of my career--the staff announcer's and DJ's--guys like Howard
Miller, Franklyn MacCormack, Linn Burton, Howard Engle, Two-Ton Baker, Bill
O'Connor, Hal Lansing, etc.
In 1986 I made a lunch date with Walter Schwimmer, the man who brought
bowling, golf and bridge to television. Walt suggested we meet at the
Wrigley Building Restaurant. I was surprised to learn the restaurant had
moved from its lobby location into the old CBS Studio A. I was eve more
surprised when I walked into the room--it was more like entering the Twilight
Zone. The physical make-up of Studio A was unchanged--the stage, director and
client booths were still in place on the second level--same chairs, even
painted CBS Blue. In the Twilight Zone CBS Studio A had become a very classy
restaurant, but still, I was certain that any minute, Marvin Miller would
join us at our table.
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Sandy Signer's career started at the age of 12, as a child actor in
Chicago, on radio's kid/adventure shows. His disc jockey work took him
back to Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Dallas, etc. He's been in
broadcasting 59 years, and so, in his own words, "never 'worked' a
day of my life."
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