A voice for radio. What does that really mean? And what ingredients does a great radio voice have that goes deeper than the sound a person has when they speak? A great radio voice is distinctive but also has great personality and storytelling ability to back it up. Joan Brandenburg and John DiTullio are examples of broadcasters with unexpected sounds and brilliant abilities - not to mention wonderful stories about how they got to WHAM.

On our last episode, Jim Salmon talked about how he and John Carr were called the Grossman's How To Partners when a local home improvement chain sponsored the Home Repair Clinic. From June 29, 1991, here's what it sounded like with host, Allan Harris, John Carr and Jim Salmon.

As they say - if it ain't broke - don't fix it. When it comes to WHAM's weekend line up, the winning formula has been to stick with what works. And for over 30 years, that's been the WHAM Home Repair Clinic. Jim Salmon tells us how the show got started and how he's built a brand that may, one day, become WHAM's longest running show.

Some commercial messages we came across from the late 30s and mid 40's.

Researching this podcast has offered a series of discoveries about friends and colleagues - some I didn't know worked at WHAM - and others I forgot how we met. Both will be covered in this episode as we hear from Kevin Gillan, Rob Linton and vintage sound from Mark Cronin.

Broadcasting live from the site of a new event was not commonplace in radio's early days. Often times, reporters would go to a site, with what passed for portable recording equipment, describe an event with words and sounds, and then bring back a transcription disc recording to be broadcast at a later time. Such was the case with this report, filed by WHAM commentator and reporter Al Sisson, from the christening and launching of a tanker ship that bore the name of Rochester. The recording was made on January 29th, 1943, in Chester, Pennsylvania.

The business of radio. Not the sexiest of highest profile part of the industry. But essential. And for WHAM's last local ownership - The Lincoln Group - it was an opportunity to not only generate revenue but to innovate how the business of selling radio was done. 2 of the Lincoln Group's key players take us behind the scenes and spell out the philosophy that turned WHAM into a ratings and revenue powerhouse.

A feature piece from our most recent guest, Dan Minchen, who DJ'd and did news for WHAM in the mid to late 1970s. This is the final installment of a series done in honor of America's bicentennial. Originally aired in the summer of 1976.

Many of the people who've passed through WHAM over the years have a list of cities worked in and station call letters. But Dan Minchen has them all beat. At least when it comes to how far away from his first job his second radio assignment was. Meet this Buffalo native who joined the WHAM family in the 1970s.

Wrapping up a salute to Mort Nusbaum with another of the shows he helped create and host for WHAM. You Can Be A Star aired in the late 1940s and early 50s before transitioning to television.