Re: **Kenny Mayer**HELP (fwd)

[dan.strassberg@worldnet.att.net]

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From:    dan.strassberg@att.net
To:      Bill Piacentini <billpi@ll.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: **Kenny Mayer**HELP
Date:    Fri, 07 Jan 2000 18:09:10 +0000

It was _Gracie,_ Queen of the Cockamamies, and she may 
still be alive! I heard her on the air with Jerry 
shortly before his gig at WRKO ended. Also, Williams' 
show on 1510 ran from 10:00 PM until 1:00 AM even before 
Larry Glick started on the station and ran from 1:00 AM 
to 6:00 AM.

> My memory of Ken Mayer goes back to Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsberg whose "Night 
> Train" Show (M-Sa;9(?)to Midnight) preceded Ken Mayer's show on 1600WBOS 
> (Midnight to 2AM(?)was it every night?)in the late 50's, before Woo Woo 
> left 1600WBOS for 1510WMEX (M-Sa;7(?)-10PM)and preceded Jerry Williams show 
> EVERY WEEKNIGHT at 10PM to Midnight. Off the thread a little, to prevent a 
> lot of crank calls from Night Train listeners (who, back then, were not the 
> demo Jerry was after) he asked that callers were over 18 (or was it 21?). 
> I'll always remember ?______?, Queen of the Cockamamies, who became one of 
> Jerry's regular callers. Oh well, back to hibernation.