WKBW Rock’n'Roll Pioneer Remembered
February 3rd, 2007I’m 30 years old… born 20 years after Perry Allen rocked the house down at KB. I was about 8 years old when I first heard the famous Perry Allen aircheck from that early KB Composite. Having grown up listening to radio in the 80s… I was just bowled over with how amazing and fresh and quick radio could really sound. Radio was interesting to me… But what I heard Perry Allen do on that early aircheck was what I wanted to do… Make it fresh and alive and fast moving. Perry passed away after a hospital stay in California. He was 75.
The Aircheck, posted below, contains not only Perry, but all the classic KB “Pulsebeat News” and “Mr. Weatherman” jingles… Along with a classic Irv Weinstein newscast. Parts 2 and 3 make up the rest of the 1959 composite… Part 2: Russ” The Moose” Syracuse & Johnny Barrett… Part 3: Art Roberts, and Dick Biondi. Piece is narrated by Irv Weinstein.
Click here to Listen to this late 1950’s WKBW Composite:
I never knew Perry Allen, but his work certainly had a big impact on me. Aside from his time on KB in the laste 50’s, he also worked at WEBR in the mid 70s.