[BC] WFMT Pompus?? - Not Always

[Gordon Carter]

The name was Ray Nordstrand, not to be confused with Jeff Nordstrum (no
relationship).

Ray passed away a couple of months ago.

The Midnight Special, which still airs on WFMT hosted by Rich Warren,
has an audience that is different from the classical audience, but just
as dedicated.

Gordon S. Carter, CPBE, CBNT
Chief Engineer
WFMT and The Radio Network
5400 North St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
773 279-2071

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Larry Albert
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 9:03 PM
To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] WFMT Pompus?? - Not Always

   Most of the time the station was ultra pompous.

   EXCEPT - after the ten o'clock new Saturday night.

   The Midnight Special -  three hours of eclectic deviations

   Ray Nordstrum  (sp??) and Norm Pellegini alternated hosting the show
in 
late 60's early 70's.

   Folk music and farce, show tunes and satire ...  (that all I can 
remember of the intro)

   They let their long hair down for these three hours.  Program was 
repeated the following Wednesday afternoon.

   Phone numbers were NOT given in WFMT commercials.

   You were referred to the WFMT Listeners Guide where the advertisers 
phone number would be in an ad.

   WFMT Listeners Guide was available by paid subscription.

   The fact that some (many??) listeners actually paid for the
programing 
guide shows their dedication and loyalty to WFMT.







At 08:57 PM 10/24/05 -0400, you wrote:


>  It prided itself on the highest quality sound as well as totally 
> uncluttered programming. No recorded spots for ages. All read live.
When 
> people thought of a "pure" Classical station it was WFMT. Most of the 
> announcers sounded the same, except for Studs Terkel. I can't remember
if 
> Norm Pellegrini was the GM or Chief Announcer. It's changed but early
on 
> it gave new meaning to ultra pompous.
>
>Rich
>
>
>Rich Wood
>Rich Wood Multimedia
>Phone: 413-303-9084
>FAX: 413-480-0010


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