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Radio My Way: Featuring Celebrity Profiles from Jazz, Opera, the American Songbook and More (Hardcover)

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I can not put this book down...from Syphony Sid to Illinois Jacquet to Pavarotti...Ron knows them all...the book is well written and an enjoyable read ...I love the parts about Ron and Joyce...my wife started her read this AM...Dan Frank

What a wonderful book about Ron Della Chiesa's love of broadcasting, music, friends and family. Ron has a zest for life and this book tells it. This book will make you laugh, cry and feel you know everything about the author. What an amazing journey through his personal and professional life in braodcasting. A must read....bravo!!!

What a great read. Ron Della Chiesa seems to have always been in the right place at the right time. He has so many great personal stories about the legends who shaped Opera, Jazz, and the American Songbook.

As a longtime listener to the mellifluous and warmhearted voice that is Ron DC, I am enjoying this slender tome immensely. The narrative is jocular and inviting and Ron DC is not afraid to show a warts-and-all image of his early days in radio like when he left the booth to have a sandwich in the cafe downstairs and the record--Beethoven's Fifth Symphony--skipped for 25 minutes straight on the famous opening bars or when he advised listeners not to forget to "set your cocks back" that night. The book also provides a juicy and fascinating snapshot at such beloved classical curmudgeons as Robert J Lurtsema ("Don't you ever call me Bob!") and the early classical days of the late and much missed Boston rock station WBCN-FM and its kooky and eccentric founder. This book is required reading for radio aficionados in the Boston area. And kudos to writer Erica Ferencik for capturing the essential Ron DC.