I was b. in Pittsburgh in 1955. I worked on-air in Radio in Pittsburgh for 41 yrs. My weekly psycho-therapy helps & my meds usually work OK too. Usually.
North Las Vegas
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You Were Loved, My Man.
The Great Mike Lange,
1948-2025.
Hockey HOF.
"It's A Hockey Night In Heaven."
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STAN!
You're in everyone's prayers, my man.
We're all in your corner!
Get Well Soon, pal!
You Are Loved In Pittsburgh,
because
You Are The Godfather Of Pittsburgh Sports!
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I've had tears in my eyes all morning, remembering Tunch Ilkin.
Tunch walks nto Heaven this morning. From across the room:
"HOOM HAH!"
Myron will show you around,Tunch.
We loved you, my man.
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A 22 yr old Carlos Santana (B-Day) took some LSD Jerry Garcia offered him at Woodstock, Aug 1969.
Carlos figured he had about 10 hrs before his band played.
WRONG! 2 hrs later, Santana is told:
"YOU'RE ON!"
Tripping his ass off, Carlos & his band electrified the 400K+ crowd.
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When my wife Cindi's lung cancer returned for the 2nd X, Stage 3, Tunch Ilkin grabbed my hand in a DVE studio, we knelt down & Tunch said a prayer for Cindi.
That's the kinda guy Tunch was.
Wolf, we're praying very hard for you too, pal. Please hug Tunch's family for us.
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When a 22 yr old Carlos Santana (B-Day) took the stage at Woodstock Aug 1969, he was tripping his ass off on mescaline given to him by Jerry Garcia.
Carlos & his unknown band weren't scheduled for another 12 hrs. He takes the acid. But then 2 hrs later, SURPRISE!
"YOU'RE ON!"
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The Godfather Of Pittsburgh Sports,
My pal Stan Savran (B-Day) would be 77 today.
We lost Stan 8 months ago.
Stan & Guy joined me every afternoon
on WDVE for 10 yrs.
"STAN! GUY! LOVE THE SHOW!"
We sure do miss you, my man.
Happy B-Day In Heaven!
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Maybe The Greatest Rock Drummer Ever. RIP Neil Peart, phenomenal drummer for Rush. He lost both his daughter (car accident) & his wife (cancer) within a year of each other in the late 1990's. Neil's w/them both now, leaving us as a Cancer Warrior himself. Neil Peart 1952-2020.
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I am so deeply grateful to everyone for their best wishes re: my upcoming retirement! But that was one scary picture of me that DVE posted! The caption for this picture should be: "We saw Sean. He's doing much better. We think he'll be allowed supervised visits later this year."
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Next time you hear "Beat It" by Michael Jackson, the Thriller album, that's Eddie Van Halen's note for note perfection amazing guitar solo in the middle of the song! Eddie played it FOR FREE! He was never compensated, he did it as a favor to producer Quincy Jones. EVH gone at 65.
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Happy B-Day to my wife Cindi!
She's a 2X lung cancer survivor,
Cancer-free now, going on 14 yrs.
We've been married for 10 yrs,
But Cindi's been putting up w/my sh*t
For 30+ yrs!
I'm very, very grateful that she decided to stick around.
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May 28 1998
While he was asleep at 3am,
Phil Hartman's wife (drunk, taking Zoloft & high on cocaine) shot Phil
3X's, killing the SNL/voice-over/movie star/album cover designer/Comedy Legend at 49.
She later killed herself.
Phil Hartman designed Steely Dan's Aja album cover.
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Pittsburgh Pirates RF Roberto Clemente 38 d. in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico Dec 31 1972. He was trying to deliver earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua. #21 played his entire 18 season career for The Pirates, 1955-1972. 15X All Star, 12X Gold Glove, Baseball HOF.
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Paul Long
Joe DiNardo
Sally Wiggin
Don Cannon
Billy Hillgrove
Stan Savran worked w/all of them,
At WTAE-TV,
Channel 4 Action News.
Our Beloved Godfather Of Pittsburgh
Sports,
Stan Savran 1947-2023.
W. PA Sports HOF,
Pgh Pirates Media Wall Of Fame.
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Of the 300K American WWII veterans still alive, fewer than 1K D-Day veterans are still with us. June 6th 1944 over 150K brave young Allied soldiers (US, UK, Canada) stormed the beaches of Normandy France. If you were a 21 yr old soldier on D-Day, you'd now be 97. The Longest Day.
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Happy B-Day to 2X Super Bowl Champ, 8X NFL Pro Bowler, NFL
Pro Football HOF Inductee & a Pittsburgh Steeler for his entire 12 yr career, Troy Polamalu. Troy would become airborne & explosively annihilate opponents. But #43 is also one of the nicest, most soft spoken guys ever.
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I was so thrilled & honored to have
Stan & Guy on w/me,
Afternoons for 10 yrs on WDVE.
STAN! GUY! LOVE THE SHOW!
And my pals joined me on my Final B-Cast too,
July 31 2019.
Stan Savran, Our Beloved Godfather Of Pittsburgh Sports,
1947-2023.
Guy, you're in our prayers.
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Tunch! Pittsburgh is praying for you, my man! We all send our love. And know that we're all behind you 100% too, Tunch. You're One Of The Best Ever, pal.
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November 10 1975
The 17 yr old SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a Great Lakes freighter, it sank during a ferocious storm on Lake Superior 47 yrs ago.
All hands perished, 29 men.
"And every man knew as The Captain did too,
'Twas The Witch of November Come
Stealin'"---Gordon Lightfoot
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December 31 1972
Roberto Clemente 38 d. in a plane
crash, on a charity mission to Nicaragua.
#21 played his entire career
w/The Pittsburgh Pirates.
2X WS Champ
15X All Star
12X Gold Glove
4X NL Batting Champ
Baseball HOF.
I saw The Great One play at
Three Rivers Stadium.
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June 25 1925
If you're my age (OLD),
You remember watching
June Lockhart (B-Day) in Lassie & Lost In Space on your parents' TV.
June also appeared in episodes of Death Valley Days, Bonanza &
Rawhide.
Lots of movies too.
June Lockhart is 98 yrs old today,
God Love her!
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Actually, The North Hills & The South Hills have been Social Distancing from each other for about 270 yrs. now.
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I quit drinking 5 yrs ago today,
May 30 2017.
I was at St. Clair Hospital w/congestive heart failure.
My cardiologist, Dr. Dave Burkey:
"Look at me Sean,
LOOK AT ME. You have to stop drinking. We have to rebuild your heart w/medication.
No.
Alcohol.
Understand?"
So I quit!
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Happy B-Day to Cindi! We've been married 7 yrs but we were "living in sin" (as my Mother would say) for 23 yrs! Cindi is a 2X lung cancer survivor, cancer-free now (again) for 10 yrs! We Salute ALL Cancer Warriors. Cindi lovingly to me: "See MY hair grew back! YOURS won't! Ever."
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10X Pro Bowl
5X All Pro
4X Super Bowl Champ
Pro Football NFL HOF
His jersey #75 has been retired by The Pittsburgh Steelers.
A Coca Cola TV commercial star (after a few dozen takes happened & 2.25 gallons of Coke were consumed):
"Hey kid. Catch!"
Happy B-Day Mean Joe Greene.
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12 yrs ago Sunday Feb 1 2009, Pittsburghers (me) started drinking early because The Steelers were playing The AZ Cardinals in Super Bowl 43/Tampa that night! Bruce Springsteen was the Halftime Show, Santonio Holmes MVP & its (to date) The Last Time The Steelers Won A Super Bowl.
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Happy B-Day to my wife Cindi, we "lived in sin" (thanks Mom) for 25 yrs before marrying in 2013. She's from Murrysville, me the South Hills & despite the 1 river, 2 tunnels & 2 Parkways challenge, we did it! But I still sleep w/one eye open when Cindi watches Dial M For Murder.
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December 13 1925
(Neither of my parents were born yet!)
Dick Van Dyke (B-Day) is 99 yrs old.
God Love Him!
If you're my age (OLD, but not as old as Dick Van Dyke),
You (as a child) watched him in black & white on the family TV in The 60's
w/Mary Tyler Moore.
Happy B-Day, Sir!
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May 30 2017
Today marks 6 yrs me being alcohol-free.
I was in St. Clair Hospital w/congestive heart failure May 30 2017 & my cardiologist Dr. Dave Burkey said to me,
(Like your Mom would say to you in 3rd grade):
"LOOK AT ME.
You need to stop drinking. Today."
So I did.
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My (now) wife Cindi & I got married March 28 2013, after (according to me Irish Catholic Mum) "living in sin together" for 25 yrs. 3/28/13 we were married by the Scott Twp Magistrate for $40, took the 38C PAT bus Downtown for dinner, 38C back home, asleep by 10pm! How romantic.
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Lurch (BORN IN PITTSBURGH!) would be 87 today. He was only 46 when he d. in 1979. Lurch, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Grandmama & Pugsley, all gone. If you're old enough to remember The Addams Family in b&w on your parents' TV (w/the antennae) from 1964-1966, you're old, man. Like me.
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If you were born in Pittsburgh, you watched Joe DiNardo on TV. Lower Left photo, WTAE-TV 1980's, L-R: Paul Long, Joe DiNardo, Don Cannon, Stan Savran (STAN!), Sally Wiggin, Billy Hillgrove. Joe Said It Would. Joe DiNardo, Nov. 27 1930-June 15 2018.
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February 11 1934
Ginger Is The Only One Left.
Tina Louise (B-Day) is 89 (EIGHTY NINE).
Gilligan, The Skipper, Mary Ann, The Professor, The Howells,
They're All Gone.
Only Ginger Remains.
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I'm The New Kid On The Block with this whole "Retirement" thing. But I'm a fast learner. (Note To Self: Try to remember to flip the refrigerator calendar from July to August. Priority---**LOW**).
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"There's Gonna Be A Heartache Tonight." Sturman & Larkin Ford, Pittsburgh car dealers. Last Monday Dr. Scott Halbreiner at St. Clair Hospital sawed thru my Sturman (sternum) & Larkin to fix a badly leaking mitral valve. Cindi & I are very grateful (they trimmed my eyebrows too).
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Happy 11th Wedding Anniversary to
my wife Cindi!
We've been together for 34 yrs,
(gulp)
Married for 11.
That anyone would want to spend 34 MINUTES w/me is impressive,
Let alone 34 YEARS!
Cindi is a 2X lung cancer survivor,
We Salute ALL Cancer Warriors.
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RIP EVH. One Of Rock's Greatest Guitarists Ever. I had just started in Radio 1978 & EVERYONE called the request lines at WYDD whenever we played a Van Halen song from their debut album, which had just come out. "What was the name of that band you just played & who's on guitar??"
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(Spoken as a True Pittsburgher) "All's I know is, Oh My Gawwwd!" I'm speechless w/gratitude to all the DVE listeners, The Mayor, Jimmy Roach, Donnie Iris, Stan & Guy, Herschel, Michele, Val, Moondog, Cris, Rich Engler & Ed Traverseri this afternoon! Best Going Away Party Ever.
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September 2nd
Come Monday
Cheeseburger In Paradise
Fins
Boat Drinks
Volcano
Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett At Work.
From Jimmy's website:
"Jimmy Buffett 76, passed away late
Friday night Sept 1st,
Surrounded by his family, friends, music & dogs."
Jimmy Buffet 1946-2023
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October 17 1955
I'm 60-f*cking-9 today.
I was b. 2 yrs before Alaska & Hawaii became part of The United States.
And after working in Radio for 41 yrs,
I really appreciate my weekly
electro-shock treatments at my age.
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December 31 1972
Roberto Clemente 38, d. in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico.
On a charitable mission, delivering supplies to earthquake victims in
Nicaragua.
2X WS Champ
15X All Star
12X Gold Glove
Baseball HOF
I saw The Great One play at Three Rivers Stadium.
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Happy B-Day 2X Super Bowl Champ, 7X Pro Bowler & NFL Pro Football HOF Inductee, former Pittsburgh Steeler Troy Polamalu! #43 played his entire 12 yr career w/The Steelers. Troy Polamalu would quietly stop by Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh unannounced, just to visit the kids.
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"Hoom Hah!"
Myron Cope (B-Day) would be 93 Jan 23rd. Taylor Allderdice/Pitt alum, Sports Illustrated & Post Gazette journalist, WTAE AM 1250 & WTAE TV sports talk host/reporter, Terrible Towel creator & Pittsburgh Steelers color analyst for 35 yrs, Myron d. in 2008.
"Bye now."
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Alcohol-free 4 yrs on May 30th! I quit drinking cold turkey May 30 2017 while hospitalized w/congestive heart failure/St. Clair Hospital. When I quit drinking:
IC Light stock tanked,
Scotch sales crashed &
My local beer distributor & state store applied for disaster loans.
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November 27 1930
Duquesne Univ grad,
USAF veteran,
KDKA-TV/WTAE-TV meteorologist &
Founder of Project Bundle Up,
Legendary Pittsburgh weatherman
Joe DeNardo (B-Day) would be 93.
He'd chopper in to all the local schools weekly!
Joe DeNardo 87 d. June 2018.
Joe Said It Would.
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Thank You So Very Much, Pgh. City Council/Corey O'Connor, for the gracious & humbling Proclamation today, Grant Street, City County Bldg! My entire 41 yr. Radio career was here, my hometown of Pittsburgh! (Luckily, I've never had to appear before a Judge on Grant Street! Whew!)
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August 16
If you're my age (OLD),
you watched the 1960's TV show
"Batman" on your parents' rabbit-ears
TV.
Catwoman (B-Day) is 89 yrs old today.
Julie Newmar.
She's eighty nine.
Dear God.
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November 19 1994
My Father d. at 66, sudden heart attack.
Al (for yrs): "I want a piper at my funeral. But NO Amazing Grace! And I'll haunt everyone if its played!"
So Dad's funeral, the 1st song the piper plays??
Of course! Amazing Grace.
Mom (quietly, next to me): "Sh*t."
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Born in Ohio Valley Hospital, Educated at Montour HS, Michael Keaton is 69 yrs old. "I'm Batman." Before he became famous, Michael Keaton in the mid-70's worked w/Fred Rogers in The Neighborhood, at WQED TV Forbes Ave. Oakland. "Gung Ho" was filmed in West Homestead.
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Pittsburgh was built by Union laborers.
Steelworkers
Ironworkers
Bricklayers
Boilermakers
Carpenters
Operating Engineers
And so many more.
I was a Union guy for almost 30 yrs (SAG-AFTRA).
Happy Labor Day to all my Union Brothers & Sisters.
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Jack Lambert would have swiftly and firmly dealt with Antonio Brown in the locker room first. Then later, if needed, in the parking lot too.
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June 12 2023
The Godfather Of Pittsburgh Sports,
Stan Savran d. at 76,
1 yr ago today.
I was so fortunate to have hosted
Stan & Guy Junker
(STAN! GUY! LOVE THE SHOW!)
Every afternoon on WDVE for many yrs.
My pals Stan & Guy joined me for my
Last Broadcast Ever,
July 31 2019.
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October 5 1965
Happy B-Day Le Magnifique!
Pittsburgh Penguin Captain &
5X Stanley Cup Champ,
As a player AND owner!
Olympic Gold Medal 2002/Team Canada,
3X NHL MVP,
Cancer Warrior,
Hockey HOF
&
Creator Of The Mario Lemieux
Foundation (funding medical research),
#66 is 60!
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June 10 1985
If you're my age (OLD),
You listened to Bob Prince,
The Gunner!
The Pittsburgh Pirates play by play guy 1948-1975.
He was on your Dad's AM Radio!
Bob Prince 68 d. 39 yrs ago.
A Bug On The Rug
Chicken On The Hill
Hidden Vigorish
The Green Weenie
Kiss It Goodbye!
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Tunch!
Remembering you on this Christmas Eve, my man.
Sending prayers to your beautiful family & to your Best Friend Forever, Wolf.
We miss you, Tunch!
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June 28 2025
The Cobra Is Gone.
Former Pittsburgh Pirate
Dave Parker (RF) has d. at 74.
A Pirate from 1973-1983,
Dave Parker helped The Buccos win The World Series in 1979!
7X All Star
2X NL Batting Champion w/The Pirates
Baseball HOF.
I saw The Cobra play at Three Rivers.
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51 yrs ago today, July 20 1969, I was 13, we were on a family vacation in our green Ford Fairlane station wagon. The AM radio on, Walter Cronkite announced men had landed on The Moon! My Dad honked the horn, whooped & cracked open a WARM can of Iron City! My Mom started to cry.
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American freighter the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior during a ferocious storm Nov 10 1975. All 29 crew members perished. "And every man knew as the captain did too, 'twas the Witch of November come stealin'." We met Gordon Lightfoot at the beautiful Palace Theatre.
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Country Music Superstar/Outlaw, HS dropout & former Radio DJ Waylon Jennings would be 83 today. He d. at 64 in 2002. But had he not given up his seat on that Buddy Holly flight in 1959, Waylon would've only lived to be 21. Waylon Jennings was Buddy Holly's bass player in 1959.
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Charlie Daniels, an interview w/me: "I have alot of people ask me why I picked the Pittsburgh Steelers fan to put in my song. I've gone & sat in the stadium alongside the good people of Pittsburgh. Getting right down to it, they're the kinda folks you can trust w/your back."
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If you were 20 yrs old when Dec 7th happened in 1941 at Pearl Harbor Hawaii,
And you were there,
And you survived,
And you're still with us,
You're now 99 yrs old.
God Love You. Thank You.The USA Salutes You.
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October 13 1960, The Only Game 7 Walk-Off World Series Winning Home Run In History was hit at Forbes Field by Bill Mazeroski of The Pittsburgh Pirates, over Yogi Berra's head.
Maz is now 85 yrs old, God love him!
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November 10 1975
"The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound,
And a wave broke over the railing.
And every man knew as the Capt.
did too,
'Twas The Witch of November Come
Stealin'."---G. Lightfoot
48 yrs ago, The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior, w/a crew of 29.
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October 13 1960
Forbes Field Pittsburgh
Game 7 World Series
Bottom of the 9th
Pittsburgh Pirates/NY Yankees tied,
9-9.
Pirates 24 yr old Bill Mazeroski hits a 1-0 pitch over the Yankees' Yogi Berra's head & over the LF fence!
The Only Game 7 WS-Winning Walk Off HR In History.
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Today 1972 The Steelers were practicing in Palm Springs CA where Frank Sinatra lived. Myron Cope, Steelers announcer, arranged for Sinatra to stop by practice & be inducted into Franco's Italian Army. 22 yr old Franco Harris was saluted by General Frank Sinatra today 47 yrs ago!
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May 30 2017
I Quit Drinking!
Cold. Turkey.
I'm alcohol-free 8 yrs now.
I still smoke weed, but no beer or booze.
I was a functional alcoholic.
I drank every night after work & all day long Sat. & Sun.
2 cases a week of 16oz IC Lights.
But today, I'm 8 yrs alcohol-free!
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The Cobra has a B-Day June 9. I saw Dave Parker play many X's w/The Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium, 1973-83. 7X All-Star, 2X World Series Champ, NL MVP, 2X NL Batting Champion, 3X Gold Glove Award. The Cobra has battled Parkinson's Disease since 2013. He's 69 on 6/9.
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The Most Amazing Concert I Ever Saw: June 19 1973, Pink Floyd Civic Arena, DSOTM Tour, they slowly opened the roof of the Arena as the band played "Breathe!" The roof slid back, a huge cloud of smoke drifted out, you could see the stars in the sky! We screamed & howled! I was 17.
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Next time you look up at The Moon, imagine flying there in a rocket, landing & then WALKING on The Moon! July 20th 1969, "One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap For Mankind." The Apollo 11 crew of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & Michael Collins, American Heroes, 51 yrs ago Monday.
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Mon. February 22 2021
I had open heart surgery for the 2nd X
in 2 1/2 yrs at AGH/Pittsburgh.
Dr. Scott Halbreiner replaced my mitral valve w/a pig's valve named
HAMmond.
I'm very grateful to still be here!
My wife Cindi: "I'm glad you're still here too......most of the time."
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I was already out of college & at my 1st Radio Job, WYDD New Ken, when "WKRP In Cincinnati" premiered late 1978. Dr. Johnny Fever (B-Day) was such an inspiration to a novice idiot stoner 23 yr old Radio DJ like me! And I have no idea where all the comparisons came from either.
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April 18 2024
Oh man.
Dickie Betts is gone. He was 80.
There is now only one original
member of The Allman Brothers Band
left, Jaimoe.
Dickie Betts was the other gtrst in the band, behind Duane Allman.
Ramblin Man, In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed, Jessica
Dickie Betts At Work.
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My Dad would've been 92 April 26th. Born in Pitcairn, raised in Wilson/ Clairton, he worked nights at The US Steel Clairton Works while going to Pitt. Al was 100% Scot, my Mom would lovingly but firmly say about him, "Your Father's a cheap bastard." Happy B-Day Dad! Mom, you OK??
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Charlie Daniels was a LONG time friend of Pittsburgh's & of WDVE. Charlie/In America: "You just go & lay your hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, and I think you're gonna finally understand." Charlie to me: "Its always an honor to come & play there." Charlie Daniels 1936-2020.
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January 9 1957
Happy B-Day to my wife Cindi!
We've been together now 35 yrs,
Married for 13 yrs.
Cindi is a 2X lung cancer survivor.
She has been cancer-free now 14 yrs.
Cindi to me: "If I can beat lung cancer twice,
I suppose I can put up w/you for a little while longer."
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Happy B-Day to one of The Best Guys Ever, one of The Funniest Guys Ever and A Pittsburgh Pirate For Life, Steve Blass! MLB All-Star/World Series Champion pitcher Steve Blass spent 60 (SIXTY) YEARS on the mound & in the broadcast booth for The Pirates. Happy B-Day, my man!
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Oh no. Oh man.
Gordon Lightfoot is gone at 84.
Canada's Troubadour.
Gord I will always treasure forever,
the memory of meeting you backstage at
The Palace Theatre/Greensburg.
You signed my copy of your biography & allowed me to get a few pictures of us!
Gord,
Thank You Sir.
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July 15 1946
The beautiful, pioneering Linda Ronstadt (B-Day),
w/her amazing & hypnotic singing voice,
Now battles progressive supranuclear palsy.
She can no longer sing.
Linda Ronstadt,
Grammy/Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award,
2019 Kennedy Center Honors,
R&R HOF.
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Dick Van Dyke is 96 yrs old, God Love him.
If you're my age (OLD), you remember watching The Dick Van Dyke Show on your parents' black & white TV.
With the rabbit ears.
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Eddie Money was one of the Best Interviews Ever. And a truly funny nice guy! IC Light Amph. back in the '90's, he was playing the Rib Festival, he walked right up to our DVE table, sat down & talked for 30 min.! No security around him, no bodyguards, just Eddie. Wow. A great guy.
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Today in 1966, The Stadium Authority demanded a new design for the "yet-to- be-built" Three Rivers Stadium, because the original plans called for an open-ended stadium facing The Point, which would be too costly to build. An open-ended Three Rivers Stadium! It never happened...
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Dec 31 1972. Roberto Clemente d. in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico, delivering earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua.
I saw The Great One play several X's when Three Rivers Stadium was brand new in the very early 1970's.
#21 had just gotten his 3000th hit in Oct.
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The Beatles opened for HIM. Jimi Hendrix worked for HIM. Elvis covered HIS songs. The Last Of The Founding Fathers Of Rock & Roll Is Gone. Little Richard has died at 87. Richard Penniman 1932-2020. Good Golly Miss Molly.
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January 23 1929
Taylor Allderdice & Pitt alum,
Sports Illust., Saturday Evening Post & Pittsburgh PG columnist,
WTAE-TV & WTAE AM-1250 sportscaster/talk show host &
35 yrs in The Pittsburgh Steelers b-cast booth ("Hoom Hah!"),
Myron Cope (B-Day) would be 95 today.
"Bye Now."
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Meet the new DVE Afternoon Drive Guy, Chad Tyson! A US Army vet (Sgt. Air Assault wings & Expert Infantryman's Badge) & 29 yr. Radio pro! Chad's a Wheeling WV guy, wife & 3 kids and he grew up w/The Pittsburgh Steelers! (Chad has never washed his Terrible Towel). Welcome, my man.
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