… as Beulah the Boss music lady tabulates your votes …
The late Jim O’ Brien shines in this all-too-short sample of Famous 56 in 1972. As always, WFIL’s powerful production elements are part of the fun. Note also the Call for Action promo, a reminder of a time when the privilege of owning a broadcast license (even a little AM license!) required broadcasters to generate clever programming to meet their responsibilities to the public interest.
While the public interest is forgotten these days, there’s no doubt that Jim O’Brien was of great interest to the public in Philadelphia, which he called home until his tragic death in 1984.
Aircheck courtesy of Man from Mars Productions, edited by Randy Roberts.