KevinKillion
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Pip at the WJMK reunion
Radio Truth, thank you for the heartfelt and informative report on Barney Pip. This fills in the details on whatever happened to one of Chicago's most loved DJs of that era. You sound like you were a true friend.
The night before the big WJMK reunion in 1985, they held a reception at a Lincoln Avenue bar and most of the jocks were there, including Barney. I got to meet him and talk to him briefly, so I'm very happy even for that little slice. There was a fellow George Castle who was involved with a new magazine, the "Chicago Radio Guide". In the first issue that came out a little later, a whole article was devoted to Barney, based on an interview that Castle did with Barney at that reception. (I can't get the "attach" option to work, else I'd attach it.)
I then taped all of the WJMK on-air reunion the next day.
AIRCHECKS: It's sad that very few airchecks of Barney at WCFL seem to exist! Radio Truth, do you have any that may not have circulated?
Kevin Killion
Radio Truth, thank you for the heartfelt and informative report on Barney Pip. This fills in the details on whatever happened to one of Chicago's most loved DJs of that era. You sound like you were a true friend.
The night before the big WJMK reunion in 1985, they held a reception at a Lincoln Avenue bar and most of the jocks were there, including Barney. I got to meet him and talk to him briefly, so I'm very happy even for that little slice. There was a fellow George Castle who was involved with a new magazine, the "Chicago Radio Guide". In the first issue that came out a little later, a whole article was devoted to Barney, based on an interview that Castle did with Barney at that reception. (I can't get the "attach" option to work, else I'd attach it.)
I then taped all of the WJMK on-air reunion the next day.
AIRCHECKS: It's sad that very few airchecks of Barney at WCFL seem to exist! Radio Truth, do you have any that may not have circulated?
Kevin Killion