However, my years with Bartell were among the most satisfying of my relatively short radio career. At this time, I was Music Director/Gavin Reporter and afternoon drive host.
Bill Taylor, who is heard as the WOKY Question Man and on Headline News, was still at WOKY as of 2004. He was in the Northwestern University graduating class with Ann Margaret. Although it isn’t represented here, he was a very talented voice mimic.
Don Phillips followed me at 7PM. Don was later hired by Gene Taylor at WLS. Years later, when I arrived on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange to become a market maker in IBM options, I encountered Don on the floor. He was trading General Motors and Eastman Kodak. Don was building a yacht from concrete at the time. I had never heard of a boat built of cement, but I’m told he completed his project, and a few years ago, I heard he was retired and at sea.
Record Hops were tremendously popular during this period in Milwaukee. I had CYO hops just about every Friday night and, being ecumenical, I often did a Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah on Saturday night.
