By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 02:41 pm:

I spent the day in Santa Cruz California yesterday to see the band The Rock And Roll All Stars. Peter Rivera, formerely of The Sunliners/ Rare Earth is a member of the band and we always get together when they come to town. Great band. Terrific show. More on Peter soon.
While I was there I ran into former famed WKNR disc jockey Sean Conrad. I first met Sean when he came into Tera Shirma in 1968. I told him about THE FORUM and he told me he would visit us. Sean is a great guy and he was a wonderful, influential DJ on Detroit radio. I'm sure he has many interesting stories to share with us. I hope to see him post sometime today. Please welcome him with me when he appears.

By HW (68.37.218.243 - 68.37.218.243) on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 04:09 pm:

CHECK OUT:

www.keener13.com

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 04:25 pm:

Harry,
Thanks for the info on the Keener site. Very interesting. Sean told me yesterday that he also has tape archives of his radio show. Along with Lee Allen's tapes, radio of the past may no longer be a thing of the past. I told Sean that it would be cool if he, like Lee, would make some of his shows available to us.

By detroit gal (152.163.204.61 - 152.163.204.61) on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 04:45 pm:

There's also:

www.reelradio.com ...

With lots of WKNR air checks (courtesy of Bob Green), CKLW, WJBK and other treats. Great fun to listen to ...--Sue

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 05:06 pm:

Thank you Sue,
It's great to see all this vintage Detroit radio available to us to listen to.I'd love to see all these guys on the airwaves once again.

By LTLFTC (12.245.225.79 - 12.245.225.79) on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 05:46 pm:

In addition to reelradio.com there's another great radio site called Rock Radio Scrapbook. the address is
home.istar.ca/~rockroll
It's not as extensive in the airchecks department but has a lot of great info (Obituaries, Lineups-by-year for various cities' stations etc.) Plenty of great stuff.
Steve K.

By mhc (172.154.192.81 - 172.154.192.81) on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 07:56 pm:

Also, you can buy cassettes of old Top 40 radio shows from The Aircheck Factory, Wildrose, Wisconsin (that's the only address you need, minus the zip code; you'll have to look that up..). They have an amazing selection from all over the country from the late '40s thru the '80s. The only bummer is, there's hardly anything from Detroit radio; a couple tapes of CKLW in the '70s, but that's it..

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 08:00 pm:

Well hopefully guys like Lee Allen and Sean Conrad can remedy that situation mhc.

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Saturday, June 22, 2002 - 08:07 pm:

Lee Alan,
Geeze pal...forgive me for mis-spelling your name. It's Lee A-L-A-N...ON THE HORN.
I was up very late last night Lee....sorry.

By Bob Olhsson (68.32.101.228 - 68.32.101.228) on Sunday, June 23, 2002 - 03:41 pm:

Wow, I had no idea that keener radio had disappeared from Detroit around the same time I did.

"Underground" FM radio actually started in Detroit with Larry Miller's Saturday night folk show on what at the time was a classical music station. (Was it WDTM or maybe even WABX?) Anyhow Miller moved to San Francisco, talked a small, unprofitable FM station into turning his free-form idea into an "alternative" format to top 40 and the rest is history. Lee Abrams, the current head of XM programming, was the guy who took Larry's "underground" format and tightened up the playlist into "album rock" exactly the way keener had tightened up top 40.

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Sunday, June 23, 2002 - 08:07 pm:

Well I don't know where Sean can be. I would have hoped he would have appeared by now. I swear John Lester, I didn't even mention your name.I'll see if I can track him down.

By John Lester (213.122.204.149 - 213.122.204.149) on Sunday, June 23, 2002 - 08:38 pm:

Nice to see someone is keeping you on your toes Ralph...

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Sunday, June 23, 2002 - 08:56 pm:

You mean besides some female John? He seemed really interested in coming on here so I don't quite know what to think. I had a long heart to heart with Peter Rivera on Saturday and he promised he would come on also. I have to call him tomorrow when he gets back from the road and I'm going to set something up.I think he would be a welcome addition to the forum. He really is a great guy and everyone here will like him I'm sure.

By john Lester (213.1.135.92 - 213.1.135.92) on Sunday, June 23, 2002 - 10:13 pm:

If he's even half as much fun as you, I know we will love him!!

By Russ Terrana (198.178.8.81 - 198.178.8.81) on Monday, June 24, 2002 - 10:58 pm:

It's Good to see Sean here. I first met Sean at Tera Shirma. He just started at WKNR and was helping a band from Rockford Ill. He told me later that not knowing the Detroit area, he just opened the phone bood and put his finger on the first studio he saw. Well, the night of the session was are first meeting, and ever since that night, we have been best buds ... even now we are working together in Santa Cruz. The year we met was 1968!

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Monday, June 24, 2002 - 11:01 pm:

Russ,
Have you talked to Sean since Friday? As of yet he really isn't here.

By Russ Terrana (198.178.8.81 - 198.178.8.81) on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 03:33 pm:

I just talked to Sean, he said he's been trying to send send messages here, but for some reason his don't get in. He will try again today.

By John Lester (213.122.204.37 - 213.122.204.37) on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 04:51 pm:

Russ........come back soon, please don't run away from us for so long next time...

Big brother Ralph....if he gets away, I am holding you responsible!

LOL

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 07:29 pm:

Russ,I know you're busy bro, but are you going to leave me twisting in the wind for John Lester???? NOOOOOO....ANYTHING BUT THAT...AAAAAARGGGH!!!!

By John Lester (213.1.134.79 - 213.1.134.79) on Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 06:17 am:

If you think that is bad, wait until you see what I have in store for you.

You see all those moves that the wrestlers do on TV, well, I shall be testing a new position which I call the "ex-wife grip" - it manages to make you squirm, empty your pockets full of cash and take your house all in one swoop!

All I need to do is get my address book out and make a few phone calls.....unless of course, Russ decides to come back here quicker than you can say - Jimmy Bell!!

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 01:56 pm:

What can I say John? At this point I'd Love To Be As Heavy As Jesus. Good thing wrestleing is all fake anyway, since what would be coming out of my pockets would be mostly lint.

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 03:32 pm:

I just received an e-mail from Sean Conrad. He was tagged for jury duty so he will be unavailable for a few days. I'll call him and perhaps he will appear here next week.

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 11:40 pm:

Russ,
If you talk to Sean, tell hm to please post here. I lost track of his phone number when he got hit for jury duty. We would still love to hear from him.