 Brian O'Donnell
| That was an all-nighter. I was really in the right place at the right time in 1973 when the all-night Saturday-into-Sunday morning announcer position became available at, what was then my favorite radio station—WEBN. WEBN was a classy place to work headed up by the visionary Frank Wood, Sr., a great and gracious man who built the station to expand classical music and jazz programming in Cincinnati. In the early 70s, WEBN played a broader range of music, from great Motown tunes, to folkies like Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Dylan, CSNY, to Zappa & the Mothers—toss in a little bluegrass piece by the Scruggs Revue, perhaps a Ken Nordine spoken word gem or a funny Robert Klein routine, Beatles, Zepellin, Stones—and new acts, at that time—the Eagles, and Jackson Browne. It was a phenomenal time to listen to radio and it was a remarkable time to start working in the medium. I felt very fortunate to be at WEBN then; really I had very little experience, just some time spent at WFIB on campus and also here at WGUC, overnights. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 04 February 2007 )
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