January Newsletter January 2007 January Meeting Reception 12:00 p.m. Bala Golf Club Lunch 12:30 p.m. Issue 5 / 2006-2007 January 17, 2007 Ratecard $25.00 Reservations 856-365-5600 or [email protected] 45 Years ago this month the program. Just look at these meet at 12 N, and have lunch at Broadcast Pioneers of Phila- guys: moderator and panelist 12:30, and the usual fee will Inside this issue: delphia was founded, and it’s Bill Campbell, with fellow prevail $25. Meet your friends, an extra reason to come, have a panelists Tom Brookshier, or bring one, to the January More Happenings 2 piece of birthday / anniversary Merrill Reese and Joe Pelle- Pioneers’ meeting. cake, and celebrate. grino. Philadelphia’s best The date is January 17, the And More 2 In addition, we have a great sports guys, the envy of any third Wednesday, and you meeting coming up for January, station. They will tell stories MUST call or email for reser- which has for several years about their careers and talk vations: And….. 2 about today’s sports scene. now been the meeting where phone 856-365-5600 or email we celebrate sports, and sports SPECIAL NOTE: January and [email protected]. people. It’s the month of the February meetings this year Super Bowl after all, and we will be held at Bala Golf Club, have super sports guys for the our usual location. We will A camel has just one hump, A dromedary two. Or is that the other way around? I’m never sure - are you? Bill Campbell Tom Brookshier Joe Pellegrino Merrill Reese Ogden Nash Happenings A grand, gala Holiday Party of love with the CD’s that he is Spanish-speaking organiza- was held in December to the kind enough to give to the tions), and Impacto (a local Please be sure to get items delight of the 66 attendees. members attending. That alone Spanish language newspaper). for the newsletter to Paul They were really into the talk was worth the cost of lunch. Dr. Castellanos is the host of Norton. Usually they must be in by the end of the month Jerry Lee gave, after having Broadcast Pioneers Vice Presi- Puerto Rican Panorama, a tele- been introduced by Les Waas. vision program broadcast in preceding the meeting to be dent Diego Castellanos was in that month’s letter. Bob Jawer played seasonal honored early last month as one English dealing exclusively music on the piano, and Joe of Delaware Valley’s most with Hispanic issues and Latin • [email protected] Pellegrino showed that he still influential Latinos. The award culture. Action news anchor • 302-645-8910 has great pipes singing a came from the Philadelphia Walter Perez was likewise Christmas song to the accompa- recognized during the award Multicultural Affairs Congress • 205 Ocean View Blvd., niment of Diego Castellanos (a division of the Philadelphia ceremony held on December 6 Lewes, DE 19958 on the guitar. As usual, Dave Convention and Visitors Bu- at the Center City Sheraton Custis produced another labor reau), Concilio (a council of Hotel. More Happenings Castellanos, incidentally, is chairman of tion, which he helped found 30 years ago. aren't cameramen, producers, directors, the BP Scholarship Committee. This year In those years they’ve sent 32,000 afflicted floor directors, engineers, women in the there will be 8 awards of scholarships children to Dream Village and other loca- offices, included in the recognition that worth $1,000 apiece, the most in the history tions for vacations at the Magic Kingdom goes to people on the air? There is proba- of the club. For the first time, students can and other nearly parks. Frequently the bly no answer to this problem. The people make the initial application electronically Foundation will fill an airplane and take on the air are the ones people know and via the Broadcast Pioneers website. The them to Florida. On December 5, they will pay to see honored, etc. If anyone has initial application will take students no filled a plane with 110 kids in wheelchairs a solution to this, we’re sure the Hall of longer than 5 minutes to fill out. Winners and other special needs equipment and took Fame Committee would love to hear it. will be awarded their scholarships at the them for one day, as that was all they were April luncheon. allowed to be away. Irv’s pride in this or- “I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Irv Homer is keeping busy doing a couple ganization shows. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat of hours on radio every day, and spending Member Mike Nozilo has weighed in on a us as equals.” time in the office at the Sunshine Founda- subject that comes up periodically. Why Winston Churchill And More Potpourri: Vice President Jerry Klein, Donohue prepared as a tribute to the late of fond memory. among BP’s many Temple grads, passed WFIL-PD. Frank thinks the event was held In early December, Andy Kortman, for- along information about 1957 grad Dick at Fran O’Brien’s. You can hear it at mer 950 WPEN morning host, celebrated Hammer who started at WRTI and then www.famous56.com. Good listening. his second anniversary on 1360 AM WNJC joined WEST and has been doing play-by- Posted on the www.boradcastpioneers.com in New Jersey After WPEN’s flip to play for Lafayette College football and website you’ll find a picture of former “oldies” in September 2004. Kortman does basketball for nearly 50 years. Hammer is Gov. Ray Shafer who has just died, with the old WPEN adult standards format being honored by the school and is in its Channel 6 anchor, in the late 60’s, Al which is simulcast on 1180 AM WFYL Hall of Fame. Hugh Gannon who was for McDowell. Peter Boyle, 71, of the Every- (King of Prussia), so listeners on both sides many years sports announcer at Channel 10 body Loves Raymond Show has died, and of the river can tune in weekdays 7-9 AM. has died, as has Joe Hunter who was a we comment on that because he was the Andy has “A Sinatra Sunday” from noon to Public Affairs Host at Channel 6. Joe, who son of Pete Boyle of ‘Pete and His Pals” 3 on Cruisin’ 92.1 FM Vineland which lived in Delran, NJ was in his 80’s. Chair- show on KYW many years ago. The leads into Wee Willie’s new show, Trav- man of the Board Frank Hogan’s wife younger Pete graduated from LaSalle, and elin’ with Bill Alisa, cleaning the basement, has found a his father got him various jobs including Webber. Jay Cook tribute that Frank and Jerry one on the Florence Hanford cooking show And….. Member Elly (Eleanor) Faragalli, known duced of the show for the event. Elly was as Lynn to her West Coast buddies, was a having back problems the day of the event, long time personal assistant to Mike Doug- so a limo was sent to her home in Bala las, in Philadelphia and later in California. because they wanted to be sure that she Greet new members: Joan Konefsky, Vice She was present at the memorial to the would be there. She really deserved it. President / Executive Director of the Sun- recently deceased Mike in California, Congratulations to all involved. shine Foundation. Joan is an Irv Homer which was a spectacular event. It was de- President Gerry Wilkinson is justifiably draftee. Anthony DiFlorio who has been cided that Philadelphia should be the site of proud of his wife who has just been pro- doing radio music programs since 1987, another memorial, at the KYW studios moted to Administrator of the Philadelphia and is now with Hawthorne Cultural Arts where a plaque celebrating his success is on Department of Human Services. In this job Center in Philadelphia. Frank Maffei who the wall outside his studio. Mike’s wife she will be responsible for supervising ac- has been in the business since 1957. Char- and daughter, producers, directors and peo- tivities of Social Workers for the city, a lie Mills with over 30 years in the business ple connected with the show flew in to be very big job. Michele has been with DHS he is currently with GCV Productions in part of it. Wonderful DVD’s were pro- since 1973. Blackwood, NJ. Page 2 January .