
Here is some information about some WGBB alumni from:

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.