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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #314
THE START OF WARM TV From October 26, 1951, Scranton Tribune Before The Mighty 590, there was WARM TV. In the fall of 1951, readers of the Scranton Tribune first saw plans of WARM TV. Thanks to our...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #313
WVIA’S 50th ANNIVERSARY AND WARM RADIO Article from Scranton newspaper on the day WVIA went on the air. (blogs-thetiestribune) This September WVIA TV celebrated its 50th anniversary. On September...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #312
ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF TRACK AT DRAG LODGE DIESJoe Perugino (Photo: Times Leader) Our good friend Charlie Hulsizer sent us this appreciation and remembrance of the late Joe Perugino Senior who passed...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #311
SAM LIGUORI The late Sam Liguori (Photo: Citizen's Voice) On April 16th of 1978, Ward's station and staff was featured in an edition of the Sunday Dispatch. Sam Liguori is in front...standing l to r is...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #310
THE WOODY GUY (Photo below: WNEP.com) Bob Woody at the Lehman Horse Show circa 1970s. (Photo: Dallas Post) Word came this week through Social Media that Bob Woody died at the age of 73. Woody was an...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #309
CHRISTMAS IN WARM-LAND BEGINS Two big Santa parades went on in both Scranton and Wilkes Barre today. Big crowds turned out in both cities and it reminded me of the role WARM Radio played in the Holiday...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #308
BILL SCRANTON JOINS WARM When WARM Radio was 12 years old in 1952, William Warren Scranton was the future Congressman, Governor, Presidential candidate, Ambassador and lifelong diplomat. That was the...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #307
BEFORE WNEP, THERE WAS A WARM TV WNEP TV actually started out as WARM TV. But it has always been known as Channel 16. When Bill Scranton joined Union Broadcasting, things started to happen. Scranton...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #306
BIAGIO “BUON APPETITO” DENTE DIES Before there was The Food Network, local residents had Biagio Dente. Every morning after the 8:30 news, like clockwork on the Mighty 590, WARM, Biagio Dente and WARM...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #305
WARM AND THE NEW YEAR WARM Radio always started out the new year with a big greeting on their survey sheet as well as a recap of the previous year. Plus check out the top 5 of 1971, three out of five...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #304
WHO REMEMBERS THE VAGRANTS? WARM Radio always had events for their audience in the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Area. Here's an event advertised on the back of the survey sheet from the 60s. Here's a link to...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #303
WARM AND THE SONGS OF JANUARYHow about #15, "The Knight In Rusty Armor" by Peter and Gordon.
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #302
WARM AND THE SONGS OF JANUARY Check out #27 by the Dave Clark Five.
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #301
WARM AND THE SONGS OF JANUARY Check out #24 by the Small Faces with a fellow named Rod Stewart.
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #300
WARM AND THE SONGS OF JANUARY Check out #34 by "Blowing Away" by the 5th Dimension.
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #299
WARM AND THE SONGS OF JANUARY This was most likely the last survey sheet that WARM's Don Stevens was on. Shortly thereafter he left the Mighty 590 and George Gilbert became Program Director.Check out...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #298
WARM AND THE SONGS OF JANUARY Check out #21 with Tommy Roe and a song of the winter season, "It's Now A Winter's Day".
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #297
WARM AND THE SONGS OF JANUARY Check out the number 5 song which was a parody take off of The Troggs "Wild Thing:.
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #296
RON ALLEN MAN OF THE YEAR AWARDDuring the 1960s WARM's Ron Allen won various Media recognition awards. Here's one from the local high school scholastic sports authorities.
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #295
TONY MURPHY, BASKETBALL TOP TEN AND THE GOOD GUYS Around the 1970s, WARM 's Sensational 7 wax winnowed down to about 6 jocks. So a new name, "The Good Guys was marketing the station. Newcomer Tony...
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