Happy 50th Dennis Elsis
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Hard to believe that I've been listening to Dennis Elsis on the radio for 50 years now. Starting over on WNEW-FM and currently on WFUV-FM, Dennis is the last person standing from the WNEW crew that shaped so much of my musical tastes. Scott Muni , Pete Fornatale, Allison Steel, all dead and Vin Scelsa retired, a radio era is coming to close. I'm just glad I was around for it all.
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Ditto. Catching up on
Ditto. Catching up on weekend 'FUV. He dropped in on both Mixed Bag and Cavalcade.
Elsas, BTW.
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You forgot Richard and Dan
You forgot Richard and Dan Neer.
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Elsas, BTW.
Total rookie mistake on my part. It is amazing how us that grew up in the NY metro area were ex posed to so much fantastic radio growing up. I can still remember the first time I listened to an FM radio when I got my first stereo. I was used to AM radio, WABC mostly, and when I tried the FM switch for the first time the old-school dial that was set on WABC-AM was in the same location as WABC-FM. Fist song was Badfinger's Baby Blue and the first voice I heard was Vin Scelsa. In short order, I found WNEW-FM further up th dial and Vin switched radio station to NEW. Radio was exciting to me those days.
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You forgot Richard and Dan
Indeed I did. Glad that you didn't. Richard is still alive and doing radio, albeit a sports call in show and not music.
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And believe it or not he's
And believe it or not he's very good at the sports thing on WFAN
He's also written several books which are also excellent reads.
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Listened to Elsas' show
Listened to Elsas' show yesterday from 2-6. He had a 50 year retrospective, including clips of interviews with Elton John, Jerry, Jagger, Paul Simon, Crosby, Nash and others. He wrapped up with highlights with an interview with John Lennon from 1974.
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I still listen to Dennis
I still listen to Dennis Elsas and started with him when he with that WNEW. What a great line up of DJ's they had! The arc of rock and roll was an amazing thing to witness....