Dan Ingram Newsday 60's Article

America's Favorite DJ - Dan Ingram Newsday 60's Article
(A True Story From The Editor Of WackRadio.com)

Ever since we moved from Long Island to the west coast of sunny (and hot) Florida, my wife and I have always enjoyed taking an occasional weekend cruise to places like Nassau Bahamas. We had cruised several times before, but for some unexplainable reason, I had a feeling this particular cruise was going to turn into something special. I had no idea what was going to happen or why, and I didn't think it would turn out bad, just that I had this silly intuition that something remarkably interesting would occur during our mini vacation. Well, I'm happy to say, something quite interesting did happen!

During our first evening on board Royal Caribbean's Sovereign Of The Seas, we met Sue and John, a super nice couple from Altamonte Springs who shared the same dinner table on board ship with us. This is where things started to get interesting. After a few minutes of conversational small talk, it became apparent that Susan not only grew up on Long Island, but also worked at a few of the radio stations I did! There was almost a 10 year difference between the times we each were employed in radio, but we were both familiar with many people who are still associated with radio on Long Island today! Talk about it being a small world after all!

After a long first day of site seeing in Nassau, my wife and I returned to the ship for dinner. At our second evening in the dining room, Sue asked if I recall ever reading a Newsday article written around the late 60's to early 70's about the legendary Dan Ingram. Unfortunately, I hadn't... but was very interested in seeing the article.

About a week after returning home from our cruise, and much to my surprise, my wife and I received a letter from Sue and John! Inside was the Dan Ingram article, which I've posted below. In all honesty, I have not been able to locate this news clipping anywhere on the web, and never knew it even existed. The article takes a close look at America's favorite Disc Jockey and his thoughts!

As the song goes, with a little luck, Dan might someday stumble across this site, and perhaps write an e-mail to us to give his thoughts about the article, which we can easily say was "lost and found at sea!" A very special thanks goes to Sue and John... because of them, the article is posted here to share with everyone.

One last thought from the editor - if you grew up in New York during the late 60's and 70's and listened to Musicradio WABC 77, you'll appreciate the audio clip of Big Dan Ingram included at the bottom of this article. It's a little over 18 megs, so allow time for it to load! It's Dan Ingram at his best. The man is indeed a true broadcast legend.

Rick Hall - WackRadio.Com

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Click Above To Hear Dan Ingram On Musicradio Channel 77 WABC New York!