[Allen Tice]

Some of you know that I have done radio and been paid for doing it. Well, imagine my delight an hour ago when I found myself listening live to the famous Cousin Brucie on WABC, 77 — 770 on the medium wave from New York, NY, USA. He is still alive, and spinning (or playing digitized masters of) Rock and Roll from his heyday. Here’s a link about him:
https://wabcradio.com/podcast/cousin...-n-roll-party/

I did not grow up in or near NY, so Brucie is not a personal legend for me. Wikipedia says he was born in 1935 or 1937, but when someone mentioned him on a recent really beautiful thread by Ann Drysdale that I cannot locate—perhaps Ann sent the poem off or it was pruned—and I certainly don’t go back as far as Brucie does by quite a bit, I nailed the program because microphone men (at least me) are a fraternity or brotherhood that knows no end of strength. I grew up in Washington DC, and recall Dick Clark at Glen Echo amusement park and Sunrise Semester and Wilkins Coffee on B/W TV.

But there are probably just enough NYC spheroids out there who got ear burn from Brucie to justify this thread. I’m happy to listen to the mouth, even if it’s a bit slower than I’ve been in told it was. WABC 770 has a lot of wattage, even at night, and there’s an FM mirror. It’s likely online too. Haven’t checked. WABC can get political, but Brucie didn’t tonight.