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It's another Third Wednesday luncheon! Wednesday, JANUARY 15, 2026
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McCall Golf Club, 201 N. Lynn Blvd. Upper Darby, PA 19082 Mix and mingle starts at 11:45 a.m. Great Food — Great Programs — Wonderful Times
Think there’s a book in you?
T. Morgan has been in the radio business since the age of 15, working at legendary stations including Philadelphia’s WYSP, WDAS, WMMR and WMGK. He’s been a DJ, a Music Director and an innovative Program Director, launching the city‘s first album oriented station at WIFI-FM, with accolades and awards too numerous to mention. Off the air T has written, researched and produced award-winning radio and television programs and co-hosted (with Hy Lit) the TV show called I LOVE MUSIC that ran for two years. He also produced several albums for labels such as United Artists and Polydor and served on-staff at Arista records under the famous music mogul Clive Davis. ‘Confessions of a Teenage Disc Jockey’ is a rare glimpse at what goes on behind the scenes in Radio, the Record Industry and Television, related with great insight and humor. It is a true history of the industry as well as a look at its current state.
Dotty Brown is a former reporter and editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer. During her newspaper career, she edited numerous prize-winning projects, including one that won a Pulitzer Prize. She is also a member of the Vesper Boat Club which leads us to her book, ‘Boathouse Row, Waves of Change in the Birthplace of American Rowing,’ a comprehensive history of rowing in Philadelphia. Dotty takes readers behind the scenes to recount the era when rowing was the spectator sport of its time through the heyday of the famed Kelly dynasty, the decades-long fight for women to get the right to row and how the different communities and classes fought for access to water and the sport. Dotty also discusses the architectural one-upmanship that defined Boathouse Row and the regattas that continue to take place today on the Schuylkill River.
Thomas Keels is a familiar lecturer, writer, and commentator specializing in Philadelphia history and architecture. He has spoken to many of Philadelphia's leading cultural and historical organizations, including the American Institute of Architects (Philadelphia chapter), American Revolution Roundtable, Cosmopolitan Club, Curtis Institute of Music, Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, and Union League of Philadelphia. He has appeared in numerous documentaries on PBS and the Travel Chanel, and he’s a regular guest on local radio and TV stations discussing our unique history. His articles have appeared in virtually all of the city’s newspapers, journals and historic reviews. His books include ‘Sesqui! Greed, Graft, And The Forgotten World's Fair Of 1926,’ 'Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City’ and ‘Wicked Philadelphia: Sin in the City of Brotherly Love.’
Born in NYC, Erin Riley escaped to LA at the tender age of 19 for a 40-year music industry career that saw her hanging out with Keith Richards, Steven Tyler, James Taylor and Jon Bon Jovi, working in A&R as a vital station rep and as one of the country’s first female rock Music Directors, at WMMR. Today we know her for her other efforts in Philadelphia; she leading the Philadelphia GRAMMY Chapter and dabbling in repertory theater before opening her greatest professional achievement, a children’s music school called Rock & Roll After School, which taught kids to write and perform their very own original songs. ‘A Dark Force: 20 Years With A Covert Narcissist’ is an honest, searing memoir recounting her self-discovery journey through a series of life’s traumas and tragedies, her many bad decisions, and two toxic marriages to find a joyous rock & roll redemption and a Philadelphia second act.
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Registration:
Advance registration required: Tickets are only $35 for members, $40 for guests and non-members plus a nominal on-line transaction fee of about $4 per ticket. The link below is the only way you can purchase tickets.
Last date to reserve is Friday, JANUARY 10th at noon.
NO WALK INS - No mailed-in checks, no payment accepted at the door. Send questions to: rsvp@broadcastpioneers.com or call 215-780-5457 to leave a message. We’ll get back to you.
• Registration Link: • Directions: McCall’s is a short distance from Belmont Ave., south on Route 1, City Ave. near the junction of Route 3.
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