… . . . Living in the past is no challenge . . . We’re not discarding the legacy of the past, merely putting it aside, to remember – to cherish . . . …
Justin Clark was told his job would remain at WRKO in some form, but shortly after his PD and friend Charlie Van Dyke left and the station turned to talk, Justin was canned as well. This aircheck made me cry.
Justin told me he wrote the entire script by himself, totally unprompted or censored. Listening to this swan song, you feel as if a long-time friend suddenly became disloyal, and went away for good. Today, Justin works at his family’s liquor store in the Boston area (McCarthy’s Liquors), now three family generations old. Oh, how he needs and wants to be back in radio, where he truly belongs!
WRKO could have survived today, if only the station had taken advantage of its FM way back when.