Ken Griffin, WDRC Hartford CT. December 29, 1969 (scoped) (0:13:43)
Scoped
… Heart my radio, baby! Don’t squeeze the knobs now, just hug …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
Ken Griffin was livin’ the life on The Kenny Thing and it’s all fun for him, as it was for most of his listeners in 1969 Hartford, where Crime Check protects your children and Bill Drake reports the news. Even better, the weather report comes directly from the United States Weather Bureau. And you can get one of those high-tech industrial jobs at the aerospace plant. Cold Blood, from San Francisco, is appearing next to the bus station in Springfield. Life was good, VERY good.
This is a mono recording of WDRC-FM. One song was restored because the original recording had dropouts and ugly sounds, and two songs were restored because they were not complete. It was not reasonable to restore Kenny saying “1969, I know you’ll remember this, The Clique”. Please note that this station DID NOT play two songs back to back without someone talking between them. This exhibit just makes it sound that way, the unfortunate result of a tape change.
It’s the Decade Of Hits, or something, and WDRC is bringing Three Dog Night to Hartford. We can be thankful that Felina was still in El Paso at that time. She seems to have upset Marty Robbins, and we must fear the worst. But, the good news is that Steve Dico Mannix contributed much more of Mr. Griffin, a very original and creative DJ.
Ken Griffin (real name Joseph T. Mulhall, Jr.) passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at his home in Punta Gorda, FL. He was 73. Thanks to Ed Brouder in COMMENTS.