As you will discover, Bob’s mentor was Telly Savalas. Bob, fresh out of the Navy after Korea, was trying to get a life. Telly was teaching drama at a radio-TV school in NYC. Bob found a career path. It is a memoir of a struggle to gain success in an industry that is sometimes cruel, unemotional, and from time to time blind. It is a story of a 1940’s street kid from Jersey who would not quit even though the odds were stacked against him. Bob saw himself as someone who could knock your socks off. He listened to the big band remote broadcasts on his old wooden radio and pictured himself dancing, drinking, and enjoying the lifestyle. He wanted to be somebody. He would identify with a guy like Telly. It is an example of self-sacrifice, faith, talent, and above all a sense of humor. Bob discovered entertainment management is loaded with oddballs. His experiences bring laughs, excitement, and invisible tears. He ran through 23 radio gigs while keeping a running bar tab. His on-air antics drew big audiences. Off-air he managed to get into some interesting scrapes.
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Fun and Nostalgia For Miami Rock & Roll Radio Fans by Deejay Bob Gordon,
By Radio Fanatic (South Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Invisible Tears: How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (Paperback)
If you remember Miami radio back when "Rick Shaw was a compact car" or from anytime from the Rock & Roll era through the nineties, you'll enjoy this book. Kinda like Howard Stern's autobiography, except slightly cleaner (but definitely not G-Rated). There are stories about the celebrities he met, the scandals, the day-to-day grind, the contests and promotions... the works. Included are stories about Bob's stints at legendary WQAM and WFUN, plus WINZ, WFTL, WLQY, WWWL, WWOK, plus a few stations in Cincinnati and elsewhere. He writes just like he talks on the air ... funny. You can read a chapter about Bob's first Miami job at WQAM in the South Florida Radio History web site. (Just go there and search for Bob Gordon.)
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