Sid looks remarkably like Dick Buckley, who was my radio mentor in Chicago. Like you said, old school radio: taste, knowledge and presentation. Sadly absent from today’s corporate monoliths. And yes, you could actually call your favorite disc jockeys when they were on the air, and they would answer!
Buck was my hero.. Great set of pipes, encyclopaedic knowledge and imparted that knowledge to his listeners. I learned a lot from him—one year he even offered a nighttime class of jazz appreciation to his WBEZ listeners which I took-don’t think he did it again. Damn, that would have been around 45 years ago now..🙄
Louie Bellson’s Skin Deep opened each show, followed first by a big band tune, sign off was Brookmeyer’s version of Goodbye.
I can recall being in the hallways of WBEZ when I heard Dick ask his programming director (who was 30 years younger), “Did you give me a play list? If so, I lost it”. I knew damn well Dick lost it. You don’t give a play list to someone who knew every Jazz great personally. My heart broke for him.
That's radio at it's best. 📻 40 years ago I could only hear local radio stations. Even stations from Bremen, Hamburg or Munich were difficult to hear. Mostly in the evenings on AM. BUT: There was AFN Berlin (American Forces Network) which aired from 1945-1994. When I started to listen to AFN Berlin in the early 80s, they even had a Jazz show and a Big Band show. I learned a lot how american radio was made. And these were pre-internet days! I was more than sad, when AFN Berlin leaved the city in 1994. At that time, I didn't know that a few years later it would be possible to listen to live radio from the USA via the Internet.
Here's a typical day with AFN Berlin from Novemver 1961. Sometimes there were takeovers from other AFN stations in Germany. Just klick the first segment:
And now in 2025 it's possible to hear radio stations from around the world. Still a little miracle for me.
I hear Sid's programs since years and they are always so great. I sit here on my couch and hear his programs via my headphones. Thanks Marc for mentioning his website. 👍
Sid looks remarkably like Dick Buckley, who was my radio mentor in Chicago. Like you said, old school radio: taste, knowledge and presentation. Sadly absent from today’s corporate monoliths. And yes, you could actually call your favorite disc jockeys when they were on the air, and they would answer!
Buck was my hero.. Great set of pipes, encyclopaedic knowledge and imparted that knowledge to his listeners. I learned a lot from him—one year he even offered a nighttime class of jazz appreciation to his WBEZ listeners which I took-don’t think he did it again. Damn, that would have been around 45 years ago now..🙄
Louie Bellson’s Skin Deep opened each show, followed first by a big band tune, sign off was Brookmeyer’s version of Goodbye.
Yup, Buck was the man..
What a treasure trove!
Now if only we dig up archives of Ed Beach's "Just Jazz".
My goodness! Thank you so much!
Symphony Sid lives!
triple hep and blue!
Great News! Jazz Profiles was like the great Ed Beach's show on WRVR. Both Sid and Ed played great music , and kept the talk to a minimum. Thanks!
Say Marc, have you ever considered hosting your own jazz podcast? You'd be in good company.
Hi Paul. Thanks for your kind words. One day. I'm too jammed with paying work, little time left for a free podcast.
I can recall being in the hallways of WBEZ when I heard Dick ask his programming director (who was 30 years younger), “Did you give me a play list? If so, I lost it”. I knew damn well Dick lost it. You don’t give a play list to someone who knew every Jazz great personally. My heart broke for him.
That's radio at it's best. 📻 40 years ago I could only hear local radio stations. Even stations from Bremen, Hamburg or Munich were difficult to hear. Mostly in the evenings on AM. BUT: There was AFN Berlin (American Forces Network) which aired from 1945-1994. When I started to listen to AFN Berlin in the early 80s, they even had a Jazz show and a Big Band show. I learned a lot how american radio was made. And these were pre-internet days! I was more than sad, when AFN Berlin leaved the city in 1994. At that time, I didn't know that a few years later it would be possible to listen to live radio from the USA via the Internet.
Here's a typical day with AFN Berlin from Novemver 1961. Sometimes there were takeovers from other AFN stations in Germany. Just klick the first segment:
https://www.rias1.de/afn.htm#nov
And now in 2025 it's possible to hear radio stations from around the world. Still a little miracle for me.
I hear Sid's programs since years and they are always so great. I sit here on my couch and hear his programs via my headphones. Thanks Marc for mentioning his website. 👍