Purtan Podcast #54: "Radio: It's Going Through 'The Change' With Everything But The Hot Flashes"

Today I’m joined by Art Vuolo… who’s known in the broadcast business as “Radio’s Best Friend”. We talk about the heyday of radio - when people carried transistor radios with them everywhere and have now been replaced with iEverythings. We also take a look back — comparing how vastly different radio is today from the way it was. So many changes… some good, but mostly bad. And I tell two stories: One about a waitress who’s one pancake short of a stack when it comes to History, plus a true recounting of the time I sat next to 90-year-old Sonny Eliot as he heckled a stand-up comic… and the comics hilarious comeback. 

So stand-up - or sit down - and tune in to Podcast #54!

Have a great weekend and don’t forget to vote for your favorite local Charity in the Suburban Collection’s “Great Charity Giveaway”! $40,000 is up for grabs. Just click on any SC ad on this page!

  

-Dick 

Purtan Podcast #54 (43:47)

Comments

[michael seltzer]

Always a pleasure to hear two radio veterans rambling about radio. Always love the inside stories so perhaps a volume two of Weekend at Dick and Art's?

[Kevin]

In mentioning the significance of August 16th in Detroit, it is important to note that this year the date marked the bicentennial of the British capture of Detroit during the War of 1812. The British occupied Fort Detroit for a year. Had they prevailed, Detroit could have been a Canadian city.