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DIGITAL ARCHIVAL PROJECT NEWS:
VIDEO:
(left to right) Broadcast Pioneers members Mike Strug and George Finkel
The Hilton City Avenue Hotel, Philadelphia
Friday afternoon, November 21, 2014
A couple of months ago, we lost one of the legendary figures in our industry, George Finkel. We thought you might enjoy watching the half-hour interview with did with him 5 years ago.
On the afternoon of our 49th annual banquet (Hall of Fame and Person of the Year), we sat down with Broadcast Pioneers member George Finkel for a one-on-one interview. Our host that afternoon was Broadcast Pioneers member Mike Strug (who was inducted into our Hall of Fame in 2008). George Finkel (who was going to be inducted into our Hall of Fame later that evening) was in town for the banquet. George had appeared in Playboy Magazine (in an ad) and then eventually came to Philadelphia and WFIL-TV. In 1965, he went over to WPHL-TV to do lots of different sporting events. Then he went to NBC Sports where he directed and/or produced their coverage of the Super Bowl, the Olympics and many more classic sports presentations.
Watch from the Broadcast Pioneers' YouTube Channel!
(videos courtesy of Broadcast Pioneers VP Brad Seecof and Metramedia Broadcasting & Studios)
AUDIO:
On Wednesday, May 15, 2019, we held our monthly luncheon. While we didn't have a TV camera (or two) at that meeting, but we did record all the audio from the discussion about WMGK, through the years.
Our MC for the afternoon was Broadcast Pioneers Board Member T. Morgan, who has worked at many of the successful radio outlets here in the Delaware Valley.
Our panelists were (in alphabetical order):
Our panelists and MC
Broadcast Pioneers Luncheon
Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Mike Bowe, Former longtime DJ, known for his radio tenure around town
Bob Craig, PD of WMGK in their MAGIC days. He's now heard on WRTI
Andre Gardiner, Current afternoon jock who worked in Dallas and NYC
Harvey, Did mornings at WMGK for many years & enjoyed by everyone
Sue Serio, night time jock on WMGK prior to her days at Channel 29
Audio recorded by member Dave Michaels and DMO Productions
Audio edited by Gerry Wilkinson
Audio uploaded and prepared for the Internet by
Broadcast Pioneers Vice-President Brad Seecof & Metramedia Broadcasting & Studios
A LITTLE BIT OF BROADCAST HISTORY!
Member Lisa Thomas-Laury
(waiting for President Reagan's plane to depart from Philadelphia International Airport)
IN TOUCH WITH OUR MEMBERS AND THE INDUSTRY:
Last month, writer/director James DiFonzo premiered his movie "Tony's Bread" at the Film Festival held at the South Street Cinema here in Philadelphia where the film was shot. The film's fight scenes, shoot outs, stunts, and special effects were handled by Concrete Cowboy, Paul Big Bear, who appeared as a bodyguard in a fight scene with police. Paul has over twenty films to his credit and is in pre-production for a new film titled "The Eve To Believe." Paul is a singer entertainer and a board member of the Broadcast Pioneers.
Philadelphia’s Talk radio station 1210 WPHT-AM, continues the philosophy of starting your day with vibrant local hosts in the morning and nationally syndicated shows at night. Start your day with “The Rich Zeoli Show” at 5:30 am. He's a Broadcast Pioneers member. and end it with Joe Pagliarulo’s “Joe Pags Show” at 9:00 pm who took over the old Sean Hannity slot. Sean goes into the afternoon drive time period. Hannity returns to being heard live from 3 to 6 pm.
A historic station will soon be gone. WEEU (AM) in Reading will be going dark soon. The station, which came on the air in 1932 (that's 87 years ago), was owned by the Reading Eagle newspaper. They went belly up after a century and a half of family ownership. MediaNews Group is buying the assets of the company for five million on the condition that they be allowed to shut down the radio operation. The station runs a potpourri of talk and news programs including Rush Limbaugh and Art Bell.
Buster will be back. Brandon Satterfield, known to many as Buster is returning to Philly later this month at Q102. He previously has been PD at WRDW-FM here in the Quaker City. He comes here from Tampa, Florida and 93.3 FLZ, owned by iHeartMedia. He will report to Brian Check who's Senior Vice-President for iHeartMedia here in our market.
Member John Primerano was interviewed last month by Atlanta's Paul Leslie. He also performed two of his original songs on the hour long program. And just two days ago, on a different broadcast, John appeared on the John "Radio" Russell program, out of Chicago. John is often seen at our luncheons and our annual banuqet. Primerano lately has been a number of concerts in our area. He has written many tunes and has appeared in several movies.
South Philly’s own “Mr. Saturday Night,” Broadcast Pioneers member Bob Pantano, the Delaware Valley's #1 Rated Saturday Night Radio Host, returned to the South 9th Street Italian Market Festival for the first time in a decade to host the entertainment. “It’s great to be back in my old neighborhood,” says Pantano. “I grew up on Federal Street, just a few blocks from the Italian Market.” Bob was our "Person of the Year" in 2015.
The Wilkinson family had a celebration last night at their home. It was 43 years ago, yesterday, that our CEO Gerry Wilkinson had his first date with his future wife, Michele. Gerry was Operations Manager of WDAS AM & FM at that time. Jerry Blavat happened to stop at the station for some reason (neither of the Gerry/Jerrys remember why). Wilkinson saw him in the hall and asked Blavat to recommend a good Italian restaurant. He said: Ralph's in South Philly is the place to go. That's where the couple went. Last night, the Wilkinsons, including their 14 month old granddaughter ate home made pasta with gravy. For non-Italians (and that includes Gerry), that's tomato sauce.
Little did the two Gerry/Jerrys know that 22 years later, they would be working together at WHYY-TV producing music shows which included Danny and the Juniors, Billy Carlucci and the Essentials, Chubby Checker, Kenny Vance, Little Isodore, Eddie Holman, the Tymes, the Tokens, the Crystals and many more. In fact our March 50s/60s luncheon is an offshoot of this very stuff done on Channel 12.
A LITTLE BIT OF BROADCAST HISTORY!
WGAL - Phillies Ad
WGAL-TV, Lancaster
1962
(Ad originally donated by member Anthony DiFlorio)
Did you know... A possible playbook for the new proposed Bandstand TV show went something like this: A few records would be aired. Horn would introduce some guests. Film clips of music videos would follow. The format was deemed not successful and never used. This story is a continuation from last month base on an interview by Board Member Ed Eisen with former Bandstand record runner Don Flanagan.
(Left to right) Broadcast Pioneers Members Ed Hurst and Joe Grady From the start, Horn was unhappy with the film-based program. He sought to have it changed to teens dancing along, live on camera. His vision was said to be based on WPEN’s highly successful 950 Club, hosted by Broadcast Pioneers members Joe Grady and Ed Hurst. General Manager Roger Clipp was very much interested in the TV outlet making a dollar. So he came up with the idea to team Horn up with Lee Stewart. Sort of a WFIL version of Joe Grady and Ed Hurst (who Clipp thought of bringing to the station until problems arose with WPEN ownership). Stewart, short, squat with dark, horn-rimmed glasses, was the integral element in keeping Bandstand afloat. He was the pitchman for Mad Man Muntz TV, the lynchpin that became Bandstand’s first sponsor. That was very important to Clipp. The Bandstand makeover debuted on October 7, 1952. Hundreds of teens turned out to dance on live TV often drawing over 60 percent of the daytime audience.
Bandstand Dancer, Host Bob Horn and Producer Tony Mammarella Horn was fired in 1956. Clark replaced him. In the end, Clark transformed himself and WFIL-TV into two of the most culturally significant forces of the early rock-and-roll era. New elements that became part of its trademark, included the high school gym-like bleachers and the famous segment in which teenage studio guests rated the newest records on a scale from 25 to 98 and offered such criticisms as “It’s got a good beat, and you can dance to it.” The heart of American Bandstand always remained the sound of the day’s most popular music combined with the sight of the show’s unpolished teen “regulars” dancing and showing off the latest fashions in clothing and hairstyles. Clark’s iconic show, American Bandstand, began broadcasting nationally in August of 1957, beaming images to 67 ABC affiliates of clean-cut, average teenagers dancing their hearts out. In early 1964. the show moved to Los Angeles and began a 24-year run as a taped weekly program with Dick Clark as host.
Flanagan, now 83, lives in Sevierville, TN, a stone’s throw from Dolly Parton’s Dollywood. He remembers Stewart as friendly and congenial. Horn, he remembers, was “stand-offish, with a kind of self-important air.” After 18 months, Flanagan says he could no longer take the harassment from his schoolmates at West Catholic. “They called me Mr. Bandstand. So I quit.” So what happened to Don Flanagan? Don graduated from West Catholic High School and served in the Navy for the next 20 years. He told me, "I wanted to go to Vietnam, but instead they sent me to Hawaii & Spain." After the military, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service in which he retired again after another 20 years. He & his wife then moved to their current home in Sevierville, TN. This column is written this month by Board Member Ed Eisen |
Our special thanks go to TUTV - Temple University Television and The Kal & Lucille Rudman Media Production Center. They have underwritten a grant to be used to fund two years of all our newsletters. That's until December 2019. We thank them so much for their support! |
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A LITTLE BIT OF BROADCAST HISTORY!
Florence Hanford (center) and Vince Leonard (at right)
WRCV-TV, Channel 3, Philadelphia
on the set of TV Kitchen (their 500th show)
Photo originally donated by member Florence Hanford
THIS AND THAT! Little Bits of Information....
Monica Malpass (6 months old) Mary (no last name given), a visitor to our website e-mailed us:
On June 1, 1963, Jack McKinney was the star of a real boxing match in Painesville, Ohio. He knocked out local area boxer Alvin Green at the one minute point in the first round. Howard Jones is best known as Happy the Clown. However, in pre-clown days, Mr. Jones was known for his radio farm broadcasts. Many of them included his wife, Mary. He broadcast a half-hour of farm news and stories direct and live from his 40 acre ranch north of Norristown. It aired live on WFIL Radio at 6 am. Mary also had her own show on the station in the afternoons (1:30 pm). Howard was also often heard on those programs. Dr. Leon Levy, one of the major owners of WCAU Radio during the 20s, 30s and 40s, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy reserve during the Second World War. After the conflict, he brought in others from the military including Naval Commander Joseph Tinney as his assistant. Tinney ran the PR department for the Fourth Naval District. He also brought back John Leitch who also served as a Commander. John was in charge of communications for Greenland and then the South Pacific. He returned to his post at WCAU as Chief Engineer. Many of us remember Tom Snyder's NBC-TV "Tomorrow" program, but how many of you remember a Sunday evening program Tom did on Sunday evenings called, "Prime Time Sunday?" Well, it was on Sundays at 10 pm. It started on June 24, 1979 and didn't last too long. Snyder did continue his late night Tomorrow program while doing this prime time news show. Snyder came to Philadelphia and was the first co-anchor of Eyewitness News (with member Marciarose Shestack). Snyder was inducted into our Hall of Fame in 2008 with Marciarose going in four years earlier. By the way, at about that same time, WHYY-TV decided that it was wise to cancel the scheduled "orgy" that they had planned to promote the airing of "I, Claudius." It was supposed to be rated G with the worst thing happening to be a food fight. In 1944, Gimbels was the sponsor on Mutual's Bulldog Drummond on Sunday evenings airing on WIP (owned by Gimbels). While Drummond was popular, so were several local programs on WIP including Uncle WIP (portrayed by Wayne Cody at that time). They also aired a Saturday morning broadcast entitled, "Calling All Girls" which was tied in to the magazine with the same name. |
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES:
Lew Klein, Part One!
(Left to right) Members Lew Klein, Marie Pantarelli and Janet Klein
Broadcast Pioneers Annual Banquet
Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia
Friday, November 16, 2007
Alot of our members are not aware that we have done half-hour on camera video interviews with some of the legendary figures in Philadelphia Broadcasting. These wonderful pieces of history can be found on our YouTube Channel located at: broadcastpioneers.com/youtube.
One of those interviews we did in December of 2013. It was with Lew Klein, Executive Producer of "American Bandstand" and a former President of this organization, the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia.
Gerry Wilkinson, our CEO was one of Lew's students back in the day when Annenberg Hall was referred to as "The New Building." It opened only a few months before Gerry graduated from Temple University. Prior to that, the TV Production Classes were held at the studios of Channel 6 in the old round building which was the new round building at that time.
Gerry says: "Our production class was sandwiched in on Tuesday nights, between the 7 o'clock Al Dowell newscast and the 11 pm slot. As students, we were allowed to use the station's brand new color Norelco cameras. What a thrill. That was in the day when the name 'Lew Klein' was the name of a Temple University Professor and not a Temple University school.
Well, anyhow, we asked member Brian Schwartz, a winner of "Wheel of Fortune" last year, to watch our interview with Lew Klein and write a piece for our newsletter. Below is what Brian wrote:
If someone looked at the definition of “legend” in the dictionary, one name that should be found there is Lew Klein. Klein is considered one the true legends in the history of Philadelphia broadcasting. As a firm believer in our lives changing because of the decisions we make in the moment, Klein’s decisions have not only changed his life but the lives of many others.
The first decision that gave Klein the television bug was during his time at The University of Pennsylvania. He created and operated a marionette puppet for a Buten Paint commercial. The puppet was a little Dutch boy, which was the logo for the paint store at that time. The program the commercial aired on was the first weather show in the country. It aired on Thursday nights; Klein was paid five dollars a week and thus started the legendary career of Lew Klein
The first major television job Klein landed was an Assistant Cameraman at WFIL, Channel 6 (now WPVI). Back in those days, the studio cameras were on a dolly with wheels for easy maneuvering. Klein’s job was to move the dolly as needed. If you add the weight of the camera to the weight of the dolly, it makes for a task that is not easy.
In 1952, Klein became producer and director of a new dance party show called “Bandstand.” It was a local show at that time. Four years later, the original host Bob Horn was removed as host and replaced by DJ and staff announcer Dick Clark. However, the kids who danced regularly on the program weren’t happy with the change and picketed outside the station.
(Left to right) Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bill "Wee Willie" Webber and Lew Klein
Lew was the producer/director of a WFIL-TV Special
photo taken on the interview set inside Hess' Department Store, Allentown
1965In an attempt to get the kids back inside, Dick Clark came out onto the street and explained to the young people he had nothing to do with the decision of replacing Bob Horn. In addition, he promised to support the kids if they continued to support the show. Almost all the dancers followed Clark into the studio and eventually accepted him.
It was a good thing too because a year later, ABC launched the program nationally as “American Bandstand” in an effort to give the network wider appeal. When asked what was the key to Bandstand’s success, Klein gave three; Dick Clark, the music/guests, and the kids. Without those young people, there would have been no Bandstand. Although the show was targeted at teens, Bandstand did develop an adult following.
In an on camera video interview with Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, Klein mentioned, “I was so proud to be producing and airing a network show that had such impact across the country.”
After being bitten by the television bug himself, Lutheran Minister Carter Merbreier pursued Channel 6 and Lew Klein for at least a year to do a television show. Finally in 1967, Klein said to Merbreier, let’s go to lunch and talk about this. Over cocktails and oysters, they developed the character Captain Noah. The name came about because it fit with Merbreier’s religious background. Captain Noah and His Magical Ark ran from 1967 to 1994. After persistently trying to get on television for a little over a year, Carter Merbreier was on Channel 6, and the show lasted for 27 years.
Lew Klein, Part Two!
Members Patricia Merbreier and W. Carter Merbreier
(Captain and Mrs. Noah)
Broadcast Pioneers Luncheon
Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
(Picture taken by member Bob Kravitz)
Klein really enjoyed directing programs for local and national politicians. One of the first programs he directed was when Richardson Dilworth was running for Mayor of Philadelphia. His victory as the 117th Mayor was the beginning of a long string of Democratic Mayors, which continues today. On the national level, Klein directed programs for presidential candidates such as John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford.
As a lifelong sports fan, Klein has been fortunate to be the producer of Phillies Baseball telecasts from 1957 to 1972. Back then, spring training was more informal and the players, front office, and press stayed in the same hotel. Because of this, Klein was able to create lifelong friendships with many players and became influential with Richie Ashburn and Tim McCarver who became baseball broadcasters after their playing days. Klein also cherished the time he spent in the clubhouse with the likes of Steve Carlton, Pete Rose, and Robin Roberts. It is an experience not many sports fans get to have.
Early in his career, Lew Klein made the most important decision that would follow him forever. When John Roberts was given permission by Channel 6 to let Temple University students take classes at the studio, Roberts asked Klein if he would keep an eye on the students; Klein agreed. Classes were sandwiched between live programs so they wanted to make sure things would still move like clockwork during classes. This led to a career in lecturing students, which he has done for over sixty years.
(Left to right) Members Mike Strug and Lew Klein
Lew Klein's home
Monday, December 30, 2013Klein claims he could tell in one class meeting who is going to make it after graduation. From the attention they give to their desire to be there, he could tell rather quickly who was on a path to success. Klein believes he has been helpful in encouraging people to stick with broadcasting and have given them a sense of value of what it means to be a broadcaster. “The satisfaction of teaching and seeing success with people like Bernie Prazenica, the President of WPVI where I started; that satisfaction makes all the time I have spent at Temple worthwhile.” (Prazenica is a member of Broadcast Pioneers).
Since Lew Klein has been with the industry since the very beginning, he has seen it evolve in many different ways. Shows have changed from black and white to color, recordings went from reel to reel tape to videotape, and now recordings are stored digitally on hard drives. Klein believes technology has changed the industry positively.
Viewers are able to travel the world instantaneously thanks to the miniaturization of cameras and the ease of mobility, a long way from the early Assistant Cameramen who had to push the dolly around the studio. As technology advances, consumers are finding new ways to absorb content. At first, there was only television and now one can see shows on their phone, computer, game console, and streaming device.
The legacy of Lew Klein continues today. In 2017, Temple’s School of Communication and Theatre was renamed The Klein College of Media and Communication. It was named in honor of that broadcasting pioneer and his contributions to the university. It also recognizes a historic multimillion-dollar gift to the school from Lew and Janet Klein. In addition, Temple has honored Klein by naming the main performance space of the Temple Performing Arts Center, Lew Klein Hall. In 2000, Klein was the first recipient of the Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award, given annually at Klein College’s signature event.
Lew Klein’s amazing career epitomizes the definition of legendary. While his name may not be in the dictionary under legend, this photograph is most certainly there.
A LITTLE BIT OF BROADCAST HISTORY!
(Left to right) Members Michael Muderick, Big Al Meltzer and Jackie Strauss
at a Broadcast Pioneers Luncheon
OUR HATS OFF TO YOU FOR GIVING:
We would like to thank all those people who made an extra contribution when they attended our May luncheon in the snow. They included: Eric Address, Paul Big Bear, Doug Fearn, Andre Gardiner, Mel Klawansky,
Dorie Lenz, Ann Letizi-Beatty, Mike Melnyk, T. Morgan, Emily Elfenbein
Scheivert, Bill Vargus and Gerry Wilkinson. We also wish to welcome Angel Luis Lozada as a new member to our organization.
We would also like to thank all the members who sent in an extra contribution this month when they renewed their dues. They are: Harry Hurley, J.R. Russ, Paul Gluck, Robert Bocchino, R. Alan Campbell, Hope Krosskove, Marlin Taylor, Frances Venske, Ted Hodgins, Jackie Strauss, Henry "Ted' Taylor, Marc Howard, Bill Marrazzo, CHuck Rabb, Mel Klawansky, Donald Rosenblit, Mike Nozilo, Jay Soffian, Constance Webber, Cathy Gandolfo, Tom Moran, Mike Strug, Ted Greenberg, Terry Ruggles and Robin Mackintosh. It takes several days to process incoming mail. So, if we didn't thank you for your extra contribution this month, it probably arrived too late to make this issue. We'll thank you next month.
We are a federally recognized, state chartered charity with a 501(c)(3) status. Contact us at (856) 365-5600 or e-mail pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com for more details. Your gift to Broadcast Pioneers will help us and may lower your federal income tax. That's win-win, isn't it?
Special Thanks for the gift of Appreciated Stock: (a federal tax advantage for the giver)
Member Sylvia Kauders - $5,159.45 (used for the scholarships listed below)
Special Thanks (in alphabetical order) for contribution of $1,000 or more to our DAP, Digital Archival Project:
Member Jerry Del Colliano - $1,500
The Shunfenthal Family (in memory of Sherri Shunfenthal's father, Les Waas) - $2,000
Member Marlin Taylor - $2,000
A member who prefers not to be identified publicly - $1,000
Special Thanks (in alphabetical order) for contribution of $1,000 or more into our General Fund to be used where needed:
Member Brad Seecof and Metramedia Broadcasting & Studios - $1,000
The Sylvia Kauders Foundation - $10,000
A Member who wishes to remain anonymous - $1,000
Special Thanks (in alphabetical order) for April 2020 Scholarships:
The Harry Hurley - Hurley in the Morning Charity - 2 scholarships (for a Stockton University student)
Member Sylvia Kauders - 1 scholarship (from a bequest for 5 yearly scholarships running until 2024)
Member Kal Rudman - 5 scholarships (for Temple University students)
Member Marlin Taylor - 2 scholarships
Special Thanks (in alphabetical order) for a contribution of $500 or more to our DAP, Digital Archival Project:
Member Elliot Abrams - $500
Members Robin and Ira Adelman - $500
Member Priscilla Fox - $500 plus another $500 for our scholarship fund
Member Bill Kelley - $750
Member Art Moore - $500
Armitage Shanks (not their real name) - $500
Bequests in their Will:
Member Sylvia Kauders passed away recently. In her will, she bequest to the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, the amount of $5,000. This funding is to be used to underwrite one scholarship per year until gone. These scholarships will start in the year 2020 and continue until 2024. From a previous gift, Sylvia has underwritten one scholarship a year starting in 2015 and continuing until 2019.
Member Dave Shayer passed away last year. In his will, he bequest to the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, the amount of $5,000. This funding is to be used to underwrite our archival project which was dear to Dave's heart and soul.
If someone underwrites a complete scholarship and we'll give them credit in the electronic newsletter until the scholarship is awarded. The gift of appreciated stock of $2,000 or more) will be thanked in our "Thank You" column for two years. If someone donates $1,000 or more and we'll list them in our "Thank You" column for a year. If someone gives a donation of $500 or more and we'll list them in our "Thank You" column for six months. They can select how we use the money: for our archival project, for scholarships or for our general fund to be used as needed.
More Thanks:
A growing portion of the revenues that fund the different activities of the Broadcast Pioneers comes from donations. This includes our archival project and our scholarship program. Now we are making it even more beneficial for our donors. Broadcast Pioneers is now able to accept gifts of appreciated stock, which provides a significant tax benefit to you. By giving appreciated stock (stock which is worth more now than what it cost when it was purchased), the giver can get a charitable contribution tax deduction based on the current market value of your stock. At the same time, they avoid the capital gains tax that would arise if they simply sold the stock. So if someone would like to support our educational mission or our archival project and save money on taxes too, they could consider making a gift of appreciated stock. We are a federally recognized, state chartered charity with a 501(c)(3) status. Contact us at (856) 365-5600 or e-mail pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com for more details.
Many of us are over 70 and a half years old. If someone is, they can donate directly to Broadcast Pioneers from their IRA Account. If they take a distribution and then donate to us, they would have to pay federal tax on the distribution. By donating directly to us, they pay no tax and we get the full amount. Remember, this donation must go directly to us in order for the giver to avoid paying income tax. This direct donation may also prevent the donor from going into a higher tax bracket. That's always good. The donor should always contact tax advisor about this and get complete details.
Thanks so much for everyone's support.Our address is Broadcast Pioneers, PO Box 2886, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, (856) 365-5600. Our e-mail is: pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com
A FINAL THOUGHT....
"I never cursed the alarm clock. Being a broadcaster is something I love. I love the people. I love the audience. I love everything about it. I have always felt blessed to work in this industry."
Bill "Wee Willie" Webber
at a Broadcast Pioneers College Symposium
Please contact us by e-mail at pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com or by mail to: Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, PO Box 2886, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. Your stories are important, to you, to us, and your colleagues. Contact us today and we’ll include your story in the next newsletter! |
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