famous Jim Sands

[Dan.Strassberg]

Acronymfinder.com found nothing. Here's a link that is NOT helpful:
http://www.abbreviations.com/QRK . Google found me one (apparently
Aussie) definition that is not helpful but is at least amusing:
Queensland Renegade Krew. I'd say that QRK is pretty damned obscure
and you have every justification for asking what it stands for. And
here is an excellent rule of thumb: DEFINE ***ALL*** ACRONYMS for
which your reader may not know the definition.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>
To: "Bill O'Neill" <billohno@gmail.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>; "Eli Polonsky"
<elipolo@earthlink.net>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: famous Jim Sands


> Bill O'Neill wrote:
>> Eli Polonsky wrote:
>>> Jim Sands last on-air work that I know of was WODS about
>>> six or seven years ago, doing weekend evenings and other
>>> occasional fill-ins. He did (a portion of) their former "Saturday
>>> Night Request Party" show for a time, and also
>>> a Sunday night '50s/early '60s pre-Beatles era specialty
>>> show called the "Doo-Wop Diner". He had been on WODS doing
>>> various weekend and fill-in shifts since the early '90s.
>>
>> One of the greatest memories in the biz that I have is observing
>> The Famous One do his Saturday night request show at WHDH.  He
>> would have all of the vintage QRK 16" platters spinning and all
>> reels spinning (to grab phone requests and re-rack).  It was a
>> frenetic pace and the volume was cranked.  I still recall the
>> combination of the smell of popcorn popping and cigarette smoke in
>> the air.  Jim used the talk master control studio (same room Pudge
>> used to tech Jess) as I doubt all of Jim's gear could have fit into
>> the combo studio.  They kept the QRKs hidden under a counter top
>> the rest of the week just for Jim's use! Jim was also the HDH
>> production guy.  He's a master at the craft.
>>
>> Bill O'Neill
> What are QRK's?
>
> Brian