One thing interesting about the timing is that Murray the K left WINS just a month before on Febrary 28th. This led to a lot of early promos by the Beatles in support of WMCA, although they also later supported WABC, thinking it was the equivalent of the BBC.īut Reed originated from Los Angeles where he had been at KFWB since 1957, seemed to have missed the place and returned to KFWB after serving at WMCA for just over two years. Reed is also given credit for pursuing the Beatles in England before they came to the U.S. Reed joined WMCA on February 7, 1963, one year to the day before the Beatles invaded America, replacing Jim Harriot, in a spot held five years before by Scott Muni. He was a very fast-talking hipster kind of jock, but he was actually quite intelligent - he earned a Masters degree in political science from the University of Illinois. For those who thought that Cousin' Brucie on WABC was a bit too "corporate", Reed was the answer. Mitchel Reed's last WMCA show (34:45)Īlthough the audio quality is poor (and has some breaks), this is a great aircheck of B.M.R., as he was known, doing his last show on WMCA. But, this was considered to be a lot of fun back then.ĪIRCHECK: B.
And most of the songs were terrible, but better to have chosen bad songs than to ruin good ones. But assuming this wasn't just hype, who was the third station offering Muni a job? Obviously, we know that one of the offers was from WABC. In retrospect, considering that Muni stayed at WNEW-FM for over 30 years, it's hard to believe that his tenures at both WMCA and WABC were relatively short. PRESS: Scott Muni Leaves WMCA - Mulling three offers $1.50 per ticket, which is the equivalent of $12.50 in late 2017, not a bad price. Scott Muni hosts a rock and roll dance at the New York Coliseum.
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