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mrjukebox
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7/3/61-Dan Ingram arrives at WABC Jul 4, 2011 18:47:31 GMT -5

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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 4, 2011 18:47:31 GMT -5

Yesterday,7/3/61,marked the 50th anniversary of Dan Ingram's arrival at Musicradio 77 WABC in NYC-Ingram had previously worked at WIL-AM in St.Louis,MO-Four years later,another well-known WIL personality named Ron Lundy would become a member of the WABC "All Americans".
Ingram's initial shift was as a fill-in for Chuck Dunaway-Ingram eventually got his own airshift-He stayed at WABC until May 1982-That's when the station flipped to its current news/talk format-In 1991,Ingram got a weekend show on oldies formatted WCBS-FM-He stayed there until 2003-Ingram is now retired & lives in Florida with his wife Maureen.
In my opinion,Dan is one of the best personalities in the history of NYC radio-I know all his fans wish him the best.

statenislandfan
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7/3/61-Dan Ingram arrives at WABC Jul 5, 2011 11:22:08 GMT -5

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Post by statenislandfan on Jul 5, 2011 11:22:08 GMT -5

I agree. Dan is one of the best. His 2 pm-6 pm slot back in the early-mid '70's was the most listened to in NYC during that time period. Sadly, They don't make jocks like that anymore. I probably speak for mrjukebox that we were very fortunate to hear him and grew up with Dan..... Imagine if there was streaming back then.

saltrek
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7/3/61-Dan Ingram arrives at WABC Jul 5, 2011 20:46:55 GMT -5

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Post by saltrek on Jul 5, 2011 20:46:55 GMT -5

Dan was the best, absolutely. Even as I migrated more and more to FM in the late 70's, I would still listen to Dan Ingram from when I got home from school until his sign off at 6 PM.

I went to college in the fall of '78 outside of Providence, so that was about it for hearing Dan on a regular basis. Yes.... if only there was streaming back then.....