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LobsterLvr Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 This particular version of ABM was the highlight of my weekends back in 1978. Back then I was the Saturday and Sunday, midnight to 6am announcer at Syracuse's beautiful music station. The station was completely automated. My job was to change the reel-to-reel tapes and to say stuff like "On FM 93, WNTQ, we just heard Ray Conniff and the Orchestra with "Somewhere My Love". It was boring as sh*t, until, one day, a new tape came in with ABM on it! That night (and every time ABM showed up in rotation) I proudly worked Eric's name into my follow-ups. Something like; "On FM 93, WNTQ, we just heard singer, songwriter Eric Carmen's All By Myself beautifully performed by James Last and His Orchestra....it's 14 below zero here in Syracuse...yadda, yadda, yadda..." Dave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Great story… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Thanks for sharing that LobsterLvr. First time knowing that you were a radio DJ. I'm sure you would have plenty of stories to share with us. Loved that this one related to Eric Carmen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobsterLvr Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Rhonda B, my radio career was short-lived. For the most part I worked as a salesman (selling radio time for local stations). I totally sucked at that! But I was pretty good at writing catchy radio commercials, which is how I transitioned to being an advertising copywriter. If you've seen MadMen, you've seen how copywriters and art directors (like Bernie) work together to come up with crazy, motivating advertising ideas. That's what I've been doing for over 40 years now. Even though Bernie and I both worked in NYC at some pretty cool ad shops, he and I never worked together, but something tells me we would've been a great team...and a Raspberries/Carmen song would have definitely been featured in one of our spots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobsterLvr Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 On 4/10/2023 at 3:20 PM, Rhonda B said: Thanks for sharing that LobsterLvr. First time knowing that you were a radio DJ. I'm sure you would have plenty of stories to share with us. Loved that this one related to Eric Carmen. Rhonda B, my radio career was short-lived. For the most part I worked as a salesman (selling radio time for local stations). I totally sucked at that! But I was pretty good at writing catchy radio commercials, which is how I transitioned to being an advertising copywriter. If you've seen MadMen, you've seen how copywriters and art directors (like Bernie) work together to come up with crazy, motivating advertising ideas. That's what I've been doing for over 40 years now. Even though Bernie and I both worked in NYC at some pretty cool ad shops, he and I never worked together, but something tells me we would've been a great team...and a Raspberries/Carmen song would have definitely been featured in one of our spots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 LobsterLvri: That's some good background info there... I don't doubt you and Bernie would have made a great team. Thanks for sharing that tidbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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