WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
We went to Donovan's Reef in Twin Lakes for trivia and those great 1/2 price drink specials during happy hour.
THURSDAY, JUNE 30
Met the usual group of former Magee Middle School teachers for breakfast in Bristol, Wisconsin, at the Bristol 45 Diner. We had two newcomers to the "club", Karen and Linda. Always good to get together with people I worked many years with back in the day.
I also had an Magee '81-'82 yearbook and everyone got a kick out of that. I must admit I looked quite a bit like Gabe Kaplan of "Welcome Back Kotter" but with less hair.
This was Bob Stroud's last day deejaying before his semi-retirement from Chicago's WDRV after four decades of work, mostly spent at numerous stations in Chicago, the last 21 with this station. I recorded a lot of his show on cassette tape.
However, he will continue doing my favorite shows that he does: Ten at Ten, One 45 at 1:45 daily and Rock and Roll Roots on Sundays.
He said how he got into the radio business back when he was 12 and living in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and a friend of him told him to tune into WLS, 890 AM, out of Chicago and listen to a deejay named Dick Biondi...and that got him hooked on what turned out to be a long career.
--RoadStroud
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