[BC] Broadcast Hoaxes

[Barry Mishkind]

Not sure why you tagged this to Minneapolis St-Paul ... but if you 
had checked oldradio.com, you would have located:

www.oldradio.com/current/bc_hoaxe.htm



At 08:27 PM 2/11/2006, Dennis Cope wrote
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't WNEW New York have a show with "Diver
>Dan"..
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>I heard he was canned when, at the end of the show (and thought the Mic was
>dead) said "That should keep the little bas***ds happy"...
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>Dennis
>WESR, WCTG
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>The Minneapolis-St. Paul market was rich with local talent in the 60s. WCCO
>had Axel's Treehouse and his sidekick Carmen the nurse. Axel was played by
>Clellan Card. 'CCO also had Clancy the cop and his sidekick Willie Ketchum.
>John Gallos played Clancy who also hosted Laurel and Hardy and Bowery Boys
>movies on Sunday morning. KMSP had Grandpa Ken. WTCN (now KARE) had Popeye
>and Pete which featured an on-camera audience of kids. They all got grab
>bags of goodies including a single wrapped Hostess Twinkie. I always
>wondered where they got those. Also on WTCN: Lunch with Casey featuring
>Casey Jones (Roger Awsumb) and his sidekick Roundhouse Rodney (Lynn Dwyer)
>who also played Grandma Lumpett on Grandma Lumpett's Boarding House. I grew
>up with all these shows and can't help but think today's kids would be
>better off with decent role models like these. You can see more at:
>www.lunchwithcasey.com
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>Mike Martin
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