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• Top 40 Radios Heyday 1967

  6/26/2024

  The year of 1967 is my favorite year for Top 40 music. Every type of music competed for radio airplay. I was just a ‘wee Nee’ then, and don’t remember hearing those songs on the radio when they first came out. When I began collecting music, it was amazing to find many of the tunes […]

• Special Guest Henry Paul on TWTD

  6/19/2024

  During this week’s Those Were the Days radio show, I will feature a recent interview with Henry Paul. He has had a long career that began in the country/rock group the Outlaws. Later he had his own group (Henry Paul Band) and in the early nineties he helped found Blackhawk which went on to have […]

• Best Classic Rock Countdown Ever

  6/12/2024

  This Saturday night we will feature a classic rock countdown that was voted on by the readers of Kent Kotal’s Forgotten Hits website some years ago for a chart of the most essential rock songs of all time. It will be a night of rocker after rocker. There are some surprises, however, many of the […]

• Picking Berries in 1971

  6/5/2024

  Summer on the old family farm was a mix of fun and hard work. I worked hard to hide when there was work to do although I was motivated by music. If I behaved myself and helped with hay and other chores, I could get an allowance. For 63 cents at Shultz Brothers Department Store […]

• 1985 Slow Pitch Tunes

  5/29/2024

  In 1985 I was wearing barn boots during the day and at night I was the fearless disc jockey for all of your party needs. Another hobby was playing slow pitch softball. Ithaca had a Wednesday night league and Hillpoint played on Thursdays. The weekends would often feature tournaments that were money makers for small […]