Best All time Philly Dj's

Here's a cool thing. Over the course of time, Philly has seen alot of talent, some of it has stayed & some of it has flown the coop. Here's my ballot.

1. Ed Schiacky

2. John DeBella

3. Barsky ( he was once a creative guy )

4. Pierre Robert

5. Glen Kaulena

1. Harry Kalas (the man is a legend)

2. Merrill Reese (same)

(Realize they're not jocks but can't not include them in the conversation.)

3. Danny and Zack

4. Barsky

5. Pierre<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by SCRHack on 07/19/05 06:12 PM.</FONT></P>

With all due respect, these lists are kind of meaningless, because radio listeners from the 1950's and 60's will have completely different ideas about "best all-time jocks" than someone from the 1980's and 90's. Also, trends in radio made it much more difficult for most jocks to assert their personalities after, say, 1980 than earlier. Don't get me wrong: There's nothing wrong with the lists anyone has provided. But they are lists for their era. For example, neither list includes Joe Niagra, Hy Lit, Jerry Blavatt or even Don Cannon. But if the lists came from people under the age of 40, why should they? I think you get my point.
Steve
KC2LDY

In no particular order

Pierre
John Lander (from Eagle 106)
Barsky from the Y-100 and Max 95.7 days
Debella
Mark the Shark (sometimes a news guy, but his use of sound was excellent)

> With all due respect, these lists are kind of meaningless,
> because radio listeners from the 1950's and 60's will have
> completely different ideas about "best all-time jocks" than
> someone from the 1980's and 90's. Also, trends in radio
> made it much more difficult for most jocks to assert their
> personalities after, say, 1980 than earlier. Don't get me
> wrong: There's nothing wrong with the lists anyone has
> provided. But they are lists for their era. For example,
> neither list includes Joe Niagra, Hy Lit, Jerry Blavatt or
> even Don Cannon. But if the lists came from people under
> the age of 40, why should they? I think you get my point.
> Steve
> KC2LDY
>
exactly.....here's the 50s and 60s candidates:

Joe Niagara

Hy Lit

George Michael

Ken Garland

for the 1970s you would have


Don Cannon

George Michael

Dr. Don Rose

Al Bandiero

Tom Lamaine


and so on and so forth

Here's my list:

1) Dan Donovan
2) Joe Niagara
3) George Michael
4) Bill Bircher
5) Tom Brown

> Here's my list:
>
> 1) Dan Donovan
> 2) Joe Niagara
> 3) George Michael
> 4) Bill Bircher
> 5) Tom Brown
>
Piere Robert

Sid Mark

Preston & Steve

Danny Bonadouchbag

Scruff Connor

I could only think of 3. I just padded the list to make it 5.

Some favorites, talking 'in their prime':
Joey Reynolds, Joe Niagara, Hy Lit, John Landecker, Don Cannon (all Wibbage era); Ed Sciaky (WMMR, WIOQ, WYSP)

Some underrated favorites: Dick Clayton (WIP, WIBG), Randall & Cooke (Z106), Alan Swan (WRCP), Sarah Louise/Leigh Richards (WRCP, WTTM, WFIL, WXTU)

Some I never listened to but should be on such a "all time" overall list would be Ken Garland, Bill Webber, George Michael, Dr. Don Rose

If I think I could name a bunch more.

1950s:
Dick Clark-WFIL
Joe McCauley-WIP
Tom Donahue-WIBG
Joe Niagara-WIBG
Georgie Woods-WDAS

1960s
Tom Brown-WIP
Jim Nettleton-WFIL
Long John Wade-WFIL
Hy Lit-WIBG
Dave Herman-WMMR

1970s
George Michael-WFIL
Tom Moran-WIP
Ken Garland-WIP
Michael Tearson-WMMR
Jim O'Brien-WFIL

1980s
Terry Young-WCAU-FM
John DeBella-WMMR
Pierre Robert-WMMR
Ed Sciaky-WIOQ
Brian Murphy-WEGX

1990s
John Lander-WEGX
Cadillac Jack-WEGX
Preston Elliot-WDRE/Y100
Gonzo Greg-WMMR
Barsky-Y100

Is it REALLY that hard to spell?

> 5. Glen Kaulena
>


Come on now, it KALINA!!! It's not that hard!

> Here's a cool thing. Over the course of time, Philly has
> seen alot of talent, some of it has stayed & some of it has
> flown the coop. Here's my ballot.
>
> 1. Ed Schiacky
>
> 2. John DeBella
>
> 3. Barsky ( he was once a creative guy )
>
> 4. Pierre Robert
>
> 5. Glen Kaulena
>
Barsky & Kalina...eh, wouldn't cast a ballot for them. But I would add..

Ken Garland, Bill Webber & Tom Moran
Joe Niagra
Bill Kimble
Don Cannon
Juan Varleta
Hy Lit
Butterball

> Some underrated favorites: Dick Clayton (WIP, WIBG),
Oh man, how could I forget Dick Clayton? Even though my memories of him were the Sunday morning shows on WIP, he was one of a kind.

> Randall & Cooke (Z106)
Thought I was the only ones who thought that was an underrated show, as was, I think, Ross brittan's stint at Z 106.

These are all good choices, however, only one female has been mentioned so far.

Although women had to wait until the Equal Rights amendment was passed to have a show of their own, in the past 30 years there have been several outstanding and notable women on the air in Philadelphia. Let's recognize some of them for their valuble contributions to Philadelphia radio.

This list starts in the 70's and some of these women are still on the air in 2005.

Leigh Richards
Christy Springfield
Helen Leight(sp?)
Barbara Sommers
Pat Jackson
...................<-Add your favorites here!


Bonerson




> 1950s:
> Dick Clark-WFIL
> Joe McCauley-WIP
> Tom Donahue-WIBG
> Joe Niagara-WIBG
> Georgie Woods-WDAS
>
> 1960s
> Tom Brown-WIP
> Jim Nettleton-WFIL
> Long John Wade-WFIL
> Hy Lit-WIBG
> Dave Herman-WMMR
>
> 1970s
> George Michael-WFIL
> Tom Moran-WIP
> Ken Garland-WIP
> Michael Tearson-WMMR
> Jim O'Brien-WFIL
>
> 1980s
> Terry Young-WCAU-FM
> John DeBella-WMMR
> Pierre Robert-WMMR
> Ed Sciaky-WIOQ
> Brian Murphy-WEGX
>
> 1990s
> John Lander-WEGX
> Cadillac Jack-WEGX
> Preston Elliot-WDRE/Y100
> Gonzo Greg-WMMR
> Barsky-Y100
>

In no particular order:

Ken Garland
Bill St. James
Dan Donovan
Don Rose
George Michael
Bill Neil
Joe Niagra
Harvey Holliday (the WDAS years)
Ed Schiacky
John DeBella
Butterball
Georgie Woods

> These are all good choices, however, only one female has
> been mentioned so far.
>
> Although women had to wait until the Equal Rights amendment
> was passed to have a show of their own, in the past 30 years
> there have been several outstanding and notable women on the
> air in Philadelphia. Let's recognize some of them for their
> valuble contributions to Philadelphia radio.
>
> This list starts in the 70's and some of these women are
> still on the air in 2005.
>
> Leigh Richards
> Christy Springfield
> Helen Leight(sp?)
> Barbara Sommers
> Pat Jackson

How about all of the fine female DJs at WMMR over the years:
Lyn Kratz
Anita
Elise Brown
Cyndi Drue

and Liz Kiley from WIFI 92. She was also the only female DJ on WABC New York.

> > Some underrated favorites: Dick Clayton (WIP, WIBG),
> Oh man, how could I forget Dick Clayton? Even though my
> memories of him were the Sunday morning shows on WIP, he was
> one of a kind.
>
> > Randall & Cooke (Z106)
> Thought I was the only ones who thought that was an
> underrated show, as was, I think, Ross brittan's stint at Z
> 106.
>

Yes, another vote for Dick Clayton. His Sunday show ("Clayton's Place") was extremely popular. Remember his letters from Mom and that "Clayton Needs Work" song? I forgot to mention two other legendary WIP DJs in my earlier post-Bill Webber and Tom Lamaine.

Randall and Cooke were alright, but I liked Welch and Woody on Eagle 106 more.

>
> for the 1970s you would have
>
>
> Don Cannon
>
> George Michael
>
> Dr. Don Rose
>
> Al Bandiero
>
> Tom Lamaine
>
>
> and so on and so forth
>

How About Banana Joe Montione?

Re: Is it REALLY that hard to spell?

> > 5. Glen Kaulena
> >
>
>
> Come on now, it KALINA!!! It's not that hard!

Anyone who would vote for him obviously wouldn't know how to spell his name!

Re: Is it REALLY that hard to spell?

> > > 5. Glen Kaulena
> > >
> >
> >
> > Come on now, it KALINA!!! It's not that hard!
>
> Anyone who would vote for him obviously wouldn't know how to
> spell his name!
>

same for Ed SCIAKY...

Re: Dick Clayton

> Yes, another vote for Dick Clayton. His Sunday show
> ("Clayton's Place") was extremely popular. Remember his
> letters from Mom and that "Clayton Needs Work" song?>>

"Clayton Needs Work, Clayton Needs Work, Little Susie Clayton's Daddy Dickie Needs Work, In Philly, Scranton, or Sea Isle City, a new job every week, what a pity, Clayton Needs Work, Clayton Needs Work, Clayton needs Work, won't you hire 'em?"

Dick Clayton was part of the WIP weekday afternoon lineup for years. He left to go to WIBG when they were doing a more AC approach in the mid-70's. He never quite fit in the same as he did on WIP, and finally went back there for weekends, also did weekends later on WPEN standards format (when they had real programming on weekends). Known also for clever, wry comments & 'dramatic readings' of names from the phonebook!