| Remember the days when you used to be able to | | | | behind the mic was as unpredictable as the |
| turn on the radio and not have to worry about | | | | weather. His name was Dan Ingram, who also |
| what was going to come out of the announcer's | | | | did many voice-overs for TV commercials and |
| mouth? Those days are long gone. Today, | | | | many of the WABC commercials as well. Ingram |
| with celebrities link Howard Stern, nobody is | | | | was without a doubt the most colorful DJ that |
| safe from the trash talk dancing through the | | | | WABC ever had. He was as outrageous as you |
| air waves. But there was a time when radio | | | | could get without having to resort to off |
| was really a class act and the announcers | | | | color humor. One afternoon he would preface |
| were as popular as the music they | | | | each record he played with the intro to a |
| played.There was probably no greater DJ team | | | | James Brown song, "Make It Funky" where the |
| than the group put together by WABC Radio in | | | | song starts out with Brown asking his friend, |
| New York. The station ultimately lost out to | | | | "Bobby, what you wanna play now?" The answer |
| the AM-FM wars of the 1980s, but during its | | | | was, "Whatever we play, we got to make it |
| prime, WABC was the most popular radio | | | | funky". And then they would count off and |
| station in the country and the jocks were | | | | just at the end of the count off Ingram would |
| household names that eventually went on to | | | | put on whatever song he decided to play. Dan |
| other things when the station changed over to | | | | Ingram was so far ahead of his time. And he |
| talk radio.The morning started with Harry | | | | was the perfect lead in for the man who |
| Harrison. Coffee and music was his | | | | counted down the top 20 every Tuesday.Bruce |
| trademark. Harry had a pleasant voice and | | | | Morrow was called Cousin Brucie. He WAS the |
| was very easy to listen to. He wasn't the | | | | voice of WABC radio and his shows, which ran |
| most interesting of the WABC jocks but he | | | | for almost 20 years were the highlight of the |
| always made you feel at home. Harrison could | | | | WABC broadcast day. He had the largest |
| be heard from 6 to 10 every morning for over | | | | listening audience of any show in the New |
| 15 years. His spot in the lineup was the | | | | York area. The advertising spent during his |
| springboard for what was to follow.From 10 AM | | | | 4 hours from 6 PM to 10 PM was astronomical |
| to 2 PM was Ron Lundy. Lundy was the fat | | | | for the time. Bruce Morrow was the dessert |
| jolly fellow who always started his broadcast | | | | after a main course that was the best that |
| day with a "good morning love" to his | | | | radio had to offer.Today, WABC is just a |
| audience. Lundy had a more bubbly | | | | memory. But if you look it up on the |
| personality and voice than Harrison, but was | | | | Internet, you will see many sites dedicated |
| still rather reserved in comparison to the | | | | to this once great radio station and the |
| man who would follow him at 2 PM.At 2 PM | | | | great DJs who graced their air waves. |
| everyday nobody knew what to expect. The man | | | | |