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So, Rick contacted a friend in Florida and had him record Bob "Morgan" directly off the air. Since Rick was always concerned about Dan Ingram being off WABC for one reason or another, he flew the astounded Bob Cruz to New York and hired him in 1976 as an "Ingram backup"!
Glenn Morgan Celebrating Another WABC Number One Ratings Book in December 1977 (Photo courtesy Jonathan Wolfert) Glenn Morgan started at WABC in 1971 at the age of 24! He was hired by Rick Sklar first as Assistant Program Director and Production Director. In 1975 he was named Program Director and in 1977 was again promoted to Operations and ...
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Bob Morgan. Bob Morgan was a super “club jock” on the Dale Mabry strip in Tampa, but could not get a break on WLCY where he was limited to weekend duty. Then one day, Q105 Program Director Bill Garcia taped his weekend show and sent it to WABC New York Program Director Rick Sklar.
It's simple Morgan said he didn't try right away he was too focused on his zombie wife and his son it was only like a week before Rick and the group went to Atlanta, out of proximity. So by the time Morgan tried using the radio, probably had it turned off all that time, Rick was gone.
Hiring Bob Cruz For WABC. The Inside Story from Inside the PD's Office by Glenn Morgan. Bob Cruz on WABC March 13, 1976(Mp3) Bob Cruz was hired to replace Jay Reynolds. When Reynolds' contract was about to expire, Rick Sklar and I discussed renewing it but we both felt a change was needed. At this point in time, Sklar was the Operations ...
In an ironic twist, Bob was supposed to be part of ABC's "SuperRadio" satellite format which was initiated by Rick Sklar (who, along with General Manager Wally Schwartz, was forced to fire Bob from WABC). SuperRadio never debuted so, unfortunately, Bob was never reunited with his old WABC boss. Bob Dayton passed away on April 28, 1995.
Rick Sklar was promoted in 1976 to vice president of programming for ABC Radio, and his assistant program director Glenn Morgan became WABC's program director. The station's influence could be found in odd places: Philip Glass ' 1976 opera, Einstein on the Beach , has as part of the background a recitation of WABC's DJ schedule in the 1960s.
