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This final segment of the 1979 Halloween night broadcast feature listener ghost stories and strange experiences. At the end of the show the strange stories continue on NBC News when it appears nothing has changed since then... inflation, government funding, interest rates. It's the ghost of administrations past making an appearance.

Make sure you listen to Part 1 and 2 (the two previous podcasts) to hear the story of Fisher Hall on the Miami University campus in Oxford.

This hour features stories from touring Fisher Hall with Miami University Historian Sue Frazier as well a speculation about Ronald Tammen, and stories and haunting experiences from Miami alumni.

This is the first of three episodes of Halloween night at WLW filled with mysterious tales.

This first hour was a partial rebroadcast of a feature about Miami University and the strange tale of Ronald Tammen's disappearance from Fisher Hall. Told by Dean Everett Lykens it includes more stories of encounters in the building and on the campus of Miami University and Western College.

The Fisher Hall recordings were done in 1974 on WOXR in Oxford for a weekly (Sunday evening) "public affairs" program that was so notorious for not fitting the AOR (Album Oriented Rock) format of the station that we named the show "Tune Out."

MORE STORIES INCLUDING LISTENER CALLS ARE IN THE NEXT TWO PODCASTS.

In !973 Columbus Day was a Monday Holiday rather than the old traditional date of October 12th. This "Goodbye Columbus Day Day" was a live tribute I wrote and presented on WOXR. (With apologies to Stan Freberg.) I had just started doing mornings in Oxford (north of Cincinnati) and I perceived this production as a big deal. So I had the girl I had just started dating record it in her dorm room at Miami University. (With bad radio reception.) Having her record it was actually a ruse so I could have an excuse to see her later that evening. By the way... a few years later we married. In April we will celebrate our 50th Anniversary!

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The afternoon drive slot at WFLA AM was fun because it paired me with traffic reporter Gary McHenry. I always tried to have a bit planned to bounce off him. Beyond some odd news item or fact it was all unplanned improv. You never hear radio like this anymore because the traffic is recorded from some remote location as is the on air talent who "voice tracks" (records breaks to be played later) multiple stations. This afternoon also features AccuWeather meteorologist Ken Clark.

Live radio like this is gone now. (As are green stamps, which was the big on-air promotion this day.)

Traffic reports from the Goodyear Blimp! with Arch Deal are highlighted with Mike Weber and Martin Giles anchoring this afternoon drive segment. Also featured are Tedd Webb with sports, Alan Archer Accuweather, and Steve Cheney makes suggestions for weekend TV watching.

News1 Radio - News/Talk without politics! This is after the format had been on the air replacing the WLCY music format for a month. Mike Weber & Martin Giles were in the afternoon drive slot before moving to mornings. The show featured CBS Network news segments, Tedd Webb with sports, Arch Deal traffic, Alan Archer weather, and a variety of talk subjects. This day gold was at $459.79 an ounce, Hurricane Harvey was churning and discussion of left handedness with the head of "Left Handers International."

Mike Weber does middays on AM 1380 WLCY. It's the day after the 1980 primary elections. Howard Hewes steps in before his afternoon shift.