[BC] putting phone calls on the air

[FrankGott@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/16/2006 6:57:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
areed21774 at aol.com writes:

<< "Party Line" as discussed here before, was on the air from the mid 
 fifties until Ed King's death in the early 70's, probably 1972.  The 
 decision to paraphrase callers on the air was a deliberate one. The show 
 aired from 10pm-2am and had a soothing, bedtime quality to it.  Ed and 
 Wendy were both witty and erudite, and having callers on the air would 
 have completely destroyed the mood and intellectual level of the show.  >>

Following Ed's death in 1972 Party Line continued with Wendy and John 
Stewart, who had been the programs newsman and announcer.  She left KDKA a short 
while later and became the spokeslady for the local AAA.

I had the pleasure of seeing Wendy at a social event earlier this week.  
She's doing well, and still sounds the same as she did all those years ago.

Frank Gottlieb