Saying Goodbye

[Blaine Thompson]

On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, Pamela Riesmeyer wrote:

> Long-time lurker here - just chiming in to say that no matter how it's sliced, it's no fun.

I remember her name on the old WMAQ (which I listened to, late at
night, before discovering KYW, etc.)

> We did get to say goodbye, on that last day, though, and I think just about everyone held it together pretty well.

Somewhere, I have recordings of _most_ of the last day of WMAQ, and
also have recordings of the "You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you
the world" jingles, given to me by a former WMAQ-ite.

Blaine Thompson
(Fort Wayne, Indiana)