… 11-07-2004 00:00 …
Rock and Roll Roots is the great innovator, with fifteen different themes, every week [By Uncle Ricky] Jack Alix (d. November, 2006) was the host and creator of Rock and Roll Roots , (Copyright 1978, Rock and Roll Roots Associates.) This STEREO unscoped program demo features segments 1-A and 2-B of Program 17 from vinyl distributed in 1979. It’s a representative hour of the three delivered to affiliates each week. At amandfmmorningside.com , (a REELRADIO hosted site), Jack Alix wrote: “(I) Developed a nationally syndicated radio show called “Rock and Roll Roots” in Richmond from Q94 with great support from John Valentine and the late Norman Freedlander (“Bob-a-loo”) who helped sell the show to over 140 stations worldwide including Australia and Japan. The show aired at Q105/Tampa, WKTI/Milwaukee, and many others. It aired from 1977-1982.” Jack Alix had a long and outstanding broadcast resume, including hosting the Beatles ‘ historic public concert in Washington, D.C., in 1964. Alix enjoyed great success on WPGC , WEAM and WEEL , WDCA-TV , WLEE and WRVQ . Rock and Roll Roots was built around themed segments. On this demo, you’ll hear segments featuring The Great Male Stars , The Royalty Songs , The People Songs , The Car Songs , and Same Title, Different Song . Obviously, this “theme” concept allowed more creative music presentation than the typical weekly countdown or daily oldies format.
