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RADIO NEWS: DECEMBER 2010
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So Long, Uncle Neil. We'll Miss You.
(December 31, 2010) ... The biggest radio news story of 2010 for
south Florida might well be the last one: our loss of our
hometown radio legend Neil Rogers early on Christmas Eve 2010.
In decades on the air in Miami market, talker Neil Rogers was on
many stations, most recently WQAM before his sad retirement in 2009.
I, myself, can't honestly write much of a tribute because I only
met him once (a radio promotion/singles picnic, of all places) in the
early 80s, and I was never really a fan.
But... Radio News contributor George Sheldon (former Clear Channel
weather geek) worked with Neil when he (George, not Neil) was a skinny
kid (his words, not mine) so he is writing something interesting about
Neil in his cynical and inimitable style. When it's uploaded, the link
will be here.
I did write a news story about Uncle Neil once, in 1987, when I was
covering Broward for The Miami News. A busybody hack politician on the
Hollywood City Commission decided they should censure Neil, because he
didn't approve of what he said on the program! (Yes, that #$@% John
Williams was the instigator.)
Funny thing, my editor assigned me to
cover the story and another editor assigned Marvin Glassman. So the
folks at the paper combined the stories. (Back in the pre-email 1980s,
you phoned in news stories.)
Here's a look at Neil At Night, the TV version of The Neil Rogers Show, from WAMI channel 69.
Yes, Neil Rogers will be missed.
But I can just imagine Neil's response when he arrives at his final
destination (whatever you believe that might be) if any, and Neil must
answer the inevitable question:
"What the **** is this 'Neil is God' crap all about?"
(November 30, 2010) ... What's on south Florida radio on Sundays?
If you never can find anything worth listening to, you might enjoy
the following article (actually an excerpt from an unpublished longer
article) I wrote for the winter edition of WeMerge magazine:
