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