… Bleecker in the speaker …
Here I am in morning drive . Harry Nelson had only been at WJBQ as Program Director for 5 months or so, after having left “the Big Time” at KFRC, San Francisco. I got his call while I was in Albany, N.Y. doing afternoons at 92-WFLY. Although it took me awhile to “get it together” and leave the place I really loved, I finally arrived in Portland in late June ’83.
I had originally met Harry in ’72, through a mutual friend (John Sherman, WRKO Board Op.) when Harry was doing afternoons in Boston. So, I thought “everything was peachy”  working for and with a friend, of many years! Unfortunately for me, Harry split for Fargo, N.D. just 6 weeks into my JBQ “Honeymoon” ! Brian Pheonix (P.D. before Harry) was called back to re-assume programming duties and “the Honeymoon” was over!
This aircheck is from the “NO P.D. DAYS” between Phoenix and Nelson  late July ’83  I was gone by
mid-January of 1984. I was out of the business until 1992, when I joined WGY-FM (Oldies 99.5) in Schenectady, N.Y.
More to Come from The Steve Bleecker Collection, established May 20, 2012!