Here is some information about some WGBB alumni from:

440: Satisfaction - B1s
Radio Broadcasting History
 

Mitch Lebe
WINS [New York] 1958 - The Teenage Disk Jockey
WBIC [Islip NY] 1960-1964
WGBB [Freeport NY] 1968
WRFM [Long Island NY] 1969-1975
WPIX [New York] 1970-1973
WYNY [New York NY] 1975-1990
WNBC [New York] 1975-1988
WCBS [New York] 1990-2000
WLTW [New York] 1995-1995
WBBR [New York NY] 2000

Now: Afternoons at Business WBBR (Bloomberg 11-3-0), New York, NY. Mitch says, "I began my career as the 'Teenage Disc Jockey' at the old, Top-40 WINS, New York, working with the likes of Jack Lacy, Murray Kaufman, Bruce Morrow, Al 'Jazzbeau' Collins, Stan Z. Burns, Brad Phillips and Paul Sherman. Those were some very special days in radio. And all have been great since that time as well. I have been on the air in New York radio since 1958, and I still love each and every minute of it."
mlebe@nyc.rr.com
 

Edward Brown
WGSM [Huntington NY] 1954
WALK [Patchogue NY] 1955
WGBB [Freeport NY] 1956
KLEO [Wichita KS] 1958
WMCA [New York NY] 1959
WNEW [New York] 1966
NBC News [New York] 1975-1977
- correspondent
RKO News [New York] 1980-1981 - newscaster
NBC News [New York] 1983-1985 - correspondent
WCHL [Chapel Hill NC] 1995-1997
Now: Edward says (5/05), "I'm residing in Sun City Center, Florida; am Editor-in-Chief of The NEWS of Sun City Center, a monthly newspaper with a mailing circulation of 6,400 households. Vice President of The Performing Arts Club, engaged in the renovation and construction of theaters in Sun City Center and elsewhere in Hillsborough County." See wnew1130.com, Edward Brown's tribute to 'The World's Greatest Radio Station'.
ebrown09@tampabay.rr.com
 

Ted David
WLIX [Islip NY] 1969
WGBB [Freeport NY] 1969
WHLI [Hempstead NY] 1970
WPIX [New York NY] 1970-1976
WNSR [New York] 1986-1988
WOR [New York] 2000-2003
WCBS [New York] 2002
CNBC [Englewood Cliffs NJ] 1989
- business anchor
Now: Ted says (9/04), "I've been at CNBC since 1989 and loving TV, but still have my hand in radio doing daily business news updates on Westwood One and WCBS in New York."
teddavid@aol.com
 

Bob Dayton
KLIF [Dallas] 195?
KBOX [Dallas] 195?
WIL [St. Louis] 1960
- Robin Scott
WABC [New York] 1962
KBLA [LA] 1966
KRLA [LA] 1967
WPIX [New York] 1971
WCBS [New York] 1973
WGBB [Freeport NY] 1979
ABC Super Radio [New York] 1982
WGLI [Long Island NY] 1986

Passed away in May, 1995.


George Flowers
WLIR [Long Island NY] 1964
WGBB [Long Island] 1965
WAPC [Long Island] 1966
WPAC [Long Island] 1966
WGLI [Long Island] 1966
WWRL [New York NY] 1967
WTHE [Long Island] 1969
WOR-FM [New York] 1969
- George Hunter
WBLS/WLIB [New York] 1976-1976
WCBS-FM [New York] 1981
WABC [New York NY] 1990

Now: George is a staff announcer at WABC and a part-time newscaster at WCBS-FM, New York City, NY. He says (05/04), "Since 1978, I have been doing freelance commercials and corporate narrations in and around New York City, while working part-time in radio and television (places like WHLI, Hempstead, NY, as a jock, WBBR in New York City doing commercials, and at Channel 13, the PBS station here in the city). Additionally, I am the voice of the Time-Warner all-news cable channel here in the city, New York. I also own an audio recording studio in Manhattan, Trendset Studios (Trendsetstudios.com). I also teach commercial voice-over announcing, something I began doing in the mid-1970s." Jan 2006 update: George Flowers is Howard 100 news anchor for Howard Stern on Sirius satellite radio. Click for more from George.
georgerflowers@aol.com
 

Alan Fredericks
WBRE [Wilkes-Barre PA] 1954
WABJ [Adrian MI] 1955
WGBB [Freeport NY] 1956
WGLI [Babylon NY] 1958
WHOM [New York NY] 1958
WADO [New York] 1960-1966
WCBS-FM [New York] 1983-1999

Alan Fredericks died July 31, 2005 at 70 years of age. Fredericks ran Night Train from 1956-1966; and was an occasional guest DJ on WCBS-FM. He left radio in 1966 and settled at Travel Weekly, where he became a widely respected editor.



Harry Birrell
WBVP [Beaver Falls PA] 1949
WEIR [Weirton WV] 1950
WSTV [Steubenville OH] 1952
KLIF [Dallas TX] 1957
WNOE [New Orleans LA] 1957
KCBQ [San Diego CA] 1958
- Jerry Walker
WINW [Canton OH] 1966
WGBB [Freeport NY] 1966
KFWB [Los Angeles CA] 1968
KNX [LA] 1968

Now: After 30 years as news anchor with CBS/KNX, now retired and living in Southern California.
hbirrell@adelphia.net



Dave Michaels
WSHS - Sewanhaka HS [Floral Park NY] 1951 - Dave Potts
WELS [Kinston NC] 1953 - Dave Potts
WENE [Endicott NY] 1953 - Dave Potts
WKLS [Mineola NY] 1954 - Dave Potts
WKOP [Binghamton NY] 1954 - David Michael Potts
WINR [Binghamton] 1956 - David Michael Potts
WGBB [Freeport NY] 1957 - David Michael Potts
WGST [Atlanta GA] 1958 - David Michael Potts
WMAL/WMAL-TV [Washington DC] 1963
WAGA-TV [Atlanta] 1963
WABC-TV [New York NY] 1974
- host
KABC-TV [Los Angeles CA] 1975 - anchor
WXIA-TV [Atlanta] 1976 - anchor
CNN Headline News [Atlanta] 1985-1992 - anchor
NATAS Silver Circle Award (Southern regional) 1995
CNN Headline News [Atlanta] 1985
CNN [Atlanta] 1989-1993

Now: Freelancing, "That means, I'm always looking for work. Have tape will travel! I do mostly Industrial videos as a spokesman/narrator. I have also done numerous commercials, have anchored in-house TV coverage at Comdex and appeared in a number of films as a TV or radio newsman (Sharkey's Machine, Made In Heaven, Prisoner of Second Avenue, etc.). My last year in radio was at WMAL in 1965. I miss radio more than I miss TV.
dmcls@bellsouth.net


Steve Matela aka Dino
WGBB [Freeport NY] 1969-1971 - Steve Andrews
WPIX [New York NY] 1970 - Steve Andrews
WNDR [Syracuse NY] 1975 - Super Steve
WYSL [Buffalo NY] 1976
WZIR [Buffalo] 1979
KEZL [San Diego] 1985
XHTZ [San Diego - Tijuana, Mexico] 1987
KCBQ [San Diego] 1987-1993

Now: Steve says (2/04), "Since 1993 I have been working in the cable TV industry, primarily with startup cable networks; currently Director of Broadcast/Cable Affiliates at NearWare Networks, Inc., San Diego, CA."
stevem8893@aol.com

 

  This Bio is from Rock Radio Scrapbook, where you can hear an aircheck

 ALAN FREDERICKS

Let's take a ride on the "Night Train".

Alan Fredericks was a true rock radio legend, a deejay who played "New York sound" of doo-wop music in the 1950s and '60s on his "Night Train" show on New York and area stations WGBB, WHOM and WADO. Former WCBS-FM program director Joe McCoy told David Hinckley of the New York Daily News, "he was the guy who championed the group sound after it was basically dead on the radio."

Fredericks left radio in 1966, moving to Travel Weekly, where he became one of the most respected travel editors in the U.S. But he was able to revive the "Night Train" in the '80s and '90s, when he filled in for Don K. Reed on "The Doo-Wop Shop" on WCBS-FM, and also made appearances on that station's Radio Greats Reunions. He died July 31, 2005, at the age of 70.

In 1961, Fredericks was playing doo-wop records from 11-midnight every Saturday night at WADO. The show was sponsored by Times Square Records, then one of New York's most popular record shops.