Talking About Radio with John Leslie

Send us Fan Mail From Buffalo to Syracuse,  Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee and beyond, Tom Langmyers name is synonymous with quality broadcasting and stellar leadership. In this second part Tom talks about all of the twists and turns associated with big time radio management.  In part two of this episode we go with him to WGN in Chicago and on to Scripps Media. Listen now to part two of...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we'll talk about his beginning in Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Syracuse and before heading up the fabulous KMOX in St. Louis for 13 years. Tom talks about all of the twists and turns associated with big time radio management.  In the next episode we go with him to WGN in Chicago and on to Scripps Media. http://www.greatlakesmediacorp.com A product of John Leslie&ap...

Send us Fan Mail It doesn't get any better than this.  60 hours of Chicago radio at its best from the 60s and 70s with all of your favorite DJs from the original remastered airchecks 0f WLS and WCFL. Starting early Saturday morning and running for the next 60 hours you'll hear it like it sounded back then. The production team headed by radio and television professional Ted Gorden Smucker...

Send us Fan Mail Many years ago, Art Vuolo began making video recordings of radio personalities all across America.  His hobby turned into his passion and today he has achieved thousands and thousands of vido airchecks as well as conferences, radio parties, celebrations and sadly memorials. This episode is chocked full of fun, laughs and audio sound bites from the library of Art Vuolo. Art also ha...

Send us Fan Mail George Whittam is one of the nation's leading audio technicians.  He and his company "George The Tech" can squeeze out the very highest quality audio from your equipment and your software.   He has a long list of high profile voice clients who rely on him to make them sound as good as possible If you have audio issues, he's the "go to" guy.   It'...

Send us Fan Mail Ron Garrett worked at radio stations all across the nation before he found his home in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Not only did he work at some of the best known hotel/casinos in the city he's back on radio with an celebrity interview program called Vegas Entertainment Live.   Ron is a member of the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of fame and is highly repected for his skill at promoting wo...

Send us Fan Mail Karen Clossin started her radio careen in Kokomo, Indiana as Karen James. she later took her bright and uplifting DJ style to susquehanna's WFMS in Indianapolis.  During the time she was hosting middays on WFMS, the station won the coveted Country Music Association "Large Market Station of The Year" award. Karen worked at several other Indiana stations and did some...

Send us Fan Mail If you want to hear a radio aircheck of almost anybody on any radio station anywhere, chances are Charlie Menut has it, or can get it.  He has thousands and thousands of them in his archives.  He says his goal, along with his fellow aircheck junkies, is to collect and curate all these fabulous radio shows for future generations to hear. Charlie is administrator of the extremely po...

Send us Fan Mail If you live on the West Coast, specifically the Pacific Northwest, chance are that you have seen or heard Ken Carson.  He is been on and off radio for years, is a highly sought after Master of Ceremonies for large corporate events, mcees game shows and entertains at professional sporting events. This is an excptional episode with a very good natured entertainer.  Ken Carrson. http...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMER RERUN  It's hard to imagine that you have not heard the pear shaped tones of voice veteran Randy Reeves.   Like most of us, he started as a dj in a small station.  Before long he was gracing the airwaves in Atlanta, Georgia.   From there, he developed an appetite for production and voice work.  5 decades into the broadcasting business, Randy is semi retired but can boa...

Send us Fan Mail Rob Frankel is owner of Restorian Media Productions in Easton, Pa. His remarkable production skill can be hear on many of the top radio program.   He is currently producer for Time Warp with Bill St. James on over a hundred stations.   He has produced material for ABC Radio Networks, Citadel Broadcasting, Radio today, Cumulus Media Networks, E entertainment, Unistar, United Statio...

Send us Fan Mail When one thinks of Tampa television investigative reporters, the name Mike Deeson, immediately come to mind.  For 35 years he chased corruption around the state for CBS television affiliate WTSP in Tampa. For 30 years prior to that Mike was on the air at radio stations in Missouri, Michigan, Virginia and New York.   When he decided to follow a career on television he carved a path...

Send us Fan Mail Canadian born, California resident Marlene Mealy has some of the greatest radio experiences you have every heard.  She tells about them in a candid way that will make you laugh.  She is upbeat, amusing and gregarious.  We were lucky, indeed, to find Marlene in Santa Maria, California and that she agreed to sit down and share a lifetime of radio and records stories.  From bull whip...

Send us Fan Mail Carl J. Becker started his radio career while still in college in Pittsburgh.  From his beginnings at a small station in Ambridge,  Pa. Carl quickly found himself working inside the gian radio market of Pittsburgh.   From there he made his mark in Morgantown, Wv, San Antonio, Texas, Richmond, Virginia, Evansville, Indiana, Beaumont, Texas, then back to Pittsburgh.  Once back in Pi...

Send us Fan Mail One of the things that makes my podcast "Talking About Radio" is the number  of radio professionals from around the world who were eager to lend their name to the show.  This is just a small sampling of those men and women who have asked to be part of this astounding podcast, Talking About Radio. Would you like to lend your voice and name to a populaar podcast that is do...

Send us Fan Mail Jaybeau Jones has graced the airways on stations in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Providence and many more.  He has been a guest host on the internationally syndicated, "Rick Dees Weekly Top Forty." In addition to being an extremely talented radio broadcaster, he has spent many years in programming management.  Currently he is weeknight host on Sirius Xm 70s on 7....

Send us Fan Mail Each week, as many as 20 or 30 radio professionals get toether on a Zoom video and audio hook-up. For the most part they all have roots to WDRC AM and FM.  They talk about everything under the sun, but it's all about radio. They call their gabfest "Radio Friends Again." I was honored to be a guest on Radio Friends Again and they gave me permission to rebroadcast the...

Send us Fan Mail The city of Moree in Northern New South Wales,  is in the heart of the mammoth agricultural region of Australia.  Our guest on Talking About Radio, Greg Henry, is native to the area and he services his city of 7 thousand as  afternoon  host on the only fm radio station for hundreds of miless around NOW FM. What's it like to live in such a rural area, who advertises on your st...

Send us Fan Mail Since 1982 Rob Calhoun has fought the radio wars in several midwest radio stations and is as sharp today as ever.  He is currently morning show host for WNOI-HD-2 in Flora, Illinois and Operations Director for Three Sisters Broadcasting which owns and operates two Low Power TV stations. Rob is the most recent guest on the Podcast Talking About Radio with award winning broadcast ve...

Send us Fan Mail Never is radio more important to the listeners than it is in remote communities in the wilderness of central Alaska.  McGrath with a population of 250 is one of those communities and veteran broadcaster Paul B. Walker Jr. makes sure that the airwaves of KSKO are filled with local information.  Paul is the Program Director and Director of all operations at the one man station. Even...

Send us Fan Mail Spike Nesmith was borm and raised in Glasgow, Scotland and began his radio career hosting Hospital Radio in his home town.  Soon enoght he was  in Northern, Ireland  working at Belfast Cityy Beat. He found the other love of his life, his wife, but she lived in South Central West Virginia.  So for the past quarter century, Spike hgas graces the airr waves from Charleston to Clarksb...

Send us Fan Mail Scores of California radio staions.   13 publiished books , Voice over.  Television ;roduction.  Voice accents.  Film shorts.  35 creative awards.   That's Bill Chaimberlan.   Listen now to his great story on Talking ABout Radio with John Leslie. A product of John Leslie's World Radio Inc.

Send us Fan Mail 36 years ago legendary New York City radio station WNBC gave up its call letters and dial position to WFAN. On the very last day of WNBC a 90 minute broadcast special aired, "66 yeas of WNBC."  After its airing, the program was put into the audio vault of show co-writer  and producer Dale Parsons.    This iconic look at the complete audio history of WNBC has not been hea...

Send us Fan Mail Over the past year, podcast host John Leslie has interviewed over 130 broadcast professionals from around the world. It has been suggested a number if times that John, himself be interviewed, to talk about his 50 years in the radio industry. So, in this special episode, John's long time friend and podcast executive producer, John Morgan plays the role of interviewer and John...

Send us Fan Mail Ron Seggi, born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania became interest in radio when he was 14 years old.  Since that time, he has been on the air, has been involved in station ownership, and has carved out a fantastic television and stage prescenes across the country.   Ron  is personal friends with the biggest names in entertainment and they visit him regularly on his syndicated radio...