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WARM AND THE SONGS OF MAYSECOND LOOK AT SURVEY 05/21/67 This WARM survey had The Young Rascals peaking at number one again with "Groovin". But two songs on that survey debuted in pretty high fashion....
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HEATING THINGS UP WITH A CAMPBELL'S SOUP BEACH TOWELCampbell's Soup is normally associated with comforting cold souls in rainy or dreary weather. It's a go to warm up meal. But WARM Radio in the 60s...
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WARM AND POCONO DRAG LODGEWARM Radio had a long running relationship with the folks at Pocono Drag Lodge. And advertising it on the back of WARM survey sheets was the norm, never the exception.
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WARM RADIO AND AIR RAIDS? When WARM was broadcasting at the 590 frequency in the 1950s, the ramifications of atomic warfare were very close in the rear view mirror. This news article from June of 1952...
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WARM AND OZZIE AND HARRIETThrough the years when WARM was a pop radio icon, it played the music of Ricky Nelson, himself a huge early star of rock and roll. That stardom was due to a national TV show...
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LIKE DON STEVENS AFTER THE 10:30AM NEWS, "WE'RE HALF WAY HOME"Don Stevens was one of the WARM Sensational 7 in the early 60s. Stevens held down the 9am to noon slot and after the 10:30 news ended, he'd...
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LOUISE HARRISON, SISTER OF GEORGE BRINGS LIVERPOOL LEGENDS SPONSORED BY BEATLEDD Louise and Beatledd (Photo: Citizen's Voice) The late George Gilbert who programmed The Mighty 590 through the halcyon...
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WARM RADIO AND SGT. PEPPERSFifty years ago this week, the music industry was buzzing about the latest release from the Beatles. It was going to be a different album and set of singles that the Fab Four...
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DEAN MARTIN @ 100 AND WARM RADIOToday would have been Dean Martin's 100th birthday. Martin had a storied career in film, TV and in music. His Dean Martin roasts, charitable donations through his PGA...
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WARM AND THE MUSIC OF JUNE June. The first official month of summer. The schools let out, dances are planned, vacations for the family and WARMland indeed becomes as hot as ever. In June of 1967 the...
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WARM AND THE SONGS OF JUNELate June 1969 was an exciting time in WARMland. Local schools were merged into districts and there was literally no neighborhood public school anymore. New friends and...
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WARM AND THE SONGS OF JUNEIt was June 1967 and the nation was going to be experiencing the summer of love. But that was to come a few weeks after this WARM survey that featured a ballad, "Release Me"...
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WARM AND THE SONGS OF JUNEThe number one song in late June 1967 was "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" by Spanky and Our Gang. It was not the motley group of depression era urchins used by Hal Wallis in...
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WARM AND THE SONGS OF JUNE WARM Radio, in the summer of '67 was everywhere. The songs on the WARM survey sheet blare in homes, garages and on car radio. The Temptations were at number 14 singing about...
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WARM AND THE SONGS OF JUNEToward the end of June, the turbulent year of 1968 had no sign of cooling off. Robert Kennedy was just buried. The Democrats were in serious disarray. Richard Nixon was...
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WARM AND THE SONGS OF JUNE The summer after the assassination of President Kennedy was marked by an attempt by many WARMlanders to get on with their life. While the memory of the late President...
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WARM AND THE SONGS OF JUNE WARM Radio was the place on a Saturday night, right at around 5:50PM where people tuned in to to hear the number one song of the week. In June 1964 The Dixie Cups held that...
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A WARM APPOINTEEBack in the early days of radio, getting a management position at a radio station was not just a private Human Resources matter. It warranted an announcement in the paper. Our good...
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THE SCRANTON TIMES ALMOST OWNED A TV STATION Our friend Joe Klapatch sent us an article from February 20th, 1953 which tells us that at one time the Lynett family was interested in a TV station. The...
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WARM AWARDED TV LICENSEOn February 26th, 1953 WARM Radio and its owners were awarded a TV license. That station was Channel 16. Here's that newspaper article provided to u by our friend Joe Klapatch....
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