The Pat Martin Collection
Pat Lopeman, then.
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Pat Martin is one of the luckiest people in the radio industry. He was born in a rural Illinois farming community as Patrick Lopeman. When he was just 16, Art Roberts selected him as the Guest Teen DJ on WLS in Chicago.
With no broadcast school training, he worked at small and medium sized stations throughout the Midwest. Then a break came from WTLB in Utica, New York. With just a year behind him, he was able to record an audition good enough to win a slot at WIFE in Indianapolis. Bill Shirk recruited Pat as production director at WXLW, Indy. Pat produced the famous "Balls" promos. After several small market program gigs, Martin was hired to turn around WSPT in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. At least two dozen well known DJs worked there. It was the Billboard Magazine "Station of the Year" in 1978. From there, Terrell Metheny hired him to program WBCS in Milwaukee which went #1 12+ and 25-54 in 1982. Pat credits much of the success to Art Roberts in afternoon drive — the same man that gave him 15 minutes of fame on WLS in 1965. In 2010, Martin is the president of Bay View Broadcasting, the owner of WMOM-FM in Ludington, Michigan. He also owns a successful used broadcast equipment business — which has provided start-up equipment for several hundred radio and TV stations. The Repository thanks Pat Martin for sharing! |
Scoped
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
Quick and clever Dale Dorman quips his way through a brutally cold Friday morning, January 23, 1970, at Boston’s WRKO. Prior to settling in Boston, Dorman worked at KYNO in Fresno, California and KFRC in San Francisco.
This tightly-scoped aircheck offered mostly Dorman, and the famous Johnny Mann jingles. However, only a few seconds of a 20/20 newscast and almost nothing of the morning’s spot load made the cut. A couple of the musical selections were interesting, however, so the music has been restored. Thanks to Stormy Hunter for his help with the music restoration.
Dale Dorman passed away on October 25, 2014 following a long illness. He was 71.
Unscoped
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
Quick and clever Dale Dorman quips his way through a brutally cold Friday morning, January 23, 1970, at Boston’s WRKO. Prior to settling in Boston, Dorman worked at KYNO in Fresno, California and KFRC in San Francisco.
This tightly-scoped aircheck offered mostly Dorman, and the famous Johnny Mann jingles. However, only a few seconds of a 20/20 newscast and almost nothing of the morning’s spot load made the cut. A couple of the musical selections were interesting, however, so the music has been restored. Thanks to Stormy Hunter for his help with the music restoration.
Dale Dorman passed away on October 25, 2014 following a long illness. He was 71.