“The Day the Music Died” Special Broadcasts on 96.5

“‘THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED’”LIVES AGAIN ON THREE “RADIO DAVE’S LINER NOTES” BROADCASTS!
February 3, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary the tragic airplane crash near Mason City, Iowa that claimed the lives rock ‘n roll legends Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens,and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson.
Renown in Don McLean’s classic hit “American Pie” as “The Day The Music Died,” WSLR-LPFM’s “Radio Dave’s Liner Notes” relives the music and myths about all these artists’ hit songs in three Wednesday 11:00AM to 1:00PM broadcasts on January 28, February 4, and February 11.
Here are the highlights:
Wednesday, January 28, 11:00AM to 1:00PM — “The Day The Music Died, Part 1″
This broadcast presents every Billboard Magazine charted hit ever by Buddy Holly (& The Crickets), Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson.  It also features an interview with noted rock & roll d.j. and commercial voice-over announcer Al Mitchell, who was there at their final concert on February 2, 1959 at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.

As background, in addition to being “the voice” on the rock & roll medley that opens each of “Radio Dave’s Liner Notes” show, Al Mitchell has a distinguished rock & roll pedigree. He was both a disc jockey and a program director at great stations such as KRNT and WHO, Des Moines, WWTC and KQRS, Minneapolis, WOWO in Ft. Wayne IN, KDKA in Pittsburgh, WIND and WBBM-FM, Chicago. In addition to his Buddy Holly/Ritchie Valens/J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson connection, Al’s second claim to music history, when he started playing an unknown album cut he particularly liked.  Eventually released as a single, that song, “Love is Blue”, rocketed to a multi-million selling hit worldwide.  Paul Mauriat, the writer and conductor, credits Al with being the “ Minneapolis disk jockey that discovered it.” During his days as Program Director of KDKA, Al developed the long-running and famous “Pittsburgh: Some Place Special” promotional campaign that was then syndicated around the country.In the mid-80’s, Al left full-time radio and became a “voice-over” announcer in Chicago, doing commercials and narrations for a number of national clients, including 13 years as ATA Airlines signature voice.  He didn’t leave radio completely though, hosting “Rare ‘n Scratchy Rock ‘n Roll”, a three-hour nationally syndicated oldies program, created and produced by WSLR-LPFM’s own Radio Dave. Today, Al continues his voice-over work for commercial and corporate clients .

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