I Am Overwhelmed. And Ecstatic.

Today is a good day. I’ve recieved a cd-r with many, many hours of old radio broadcasts, including several hours of Bob Lassiter airchecks. It’s amazing, and I’m extremely grateful to the guy who sent it to me. I’ve got the Kennedy/Nixon debate, NYC radio coverage of Hurricane Gloria back in ’85, Neil Rogers airchecks, Art Bell ‘quitting’ radio, several Jean Shephard broadcasts, plus a bunch of bits that I don’t know anything about at all. I’ve got a lot to listen to. This is just fantastic.

The Hurricane Gloria broadcasts are a lot more compelling than you might think – it’s very urgent, it sounds a lot more dangerous and horrible than I remember when I was a kid, but then again, I grew up in the Hudson Valley and not on Long Island. It’s not just hurricane coverage – it includes a lot of news, ie Reagan in peace talks with Russia, lots of advertisements, and general newsradio things. Very cool stuff.