1. Denise DeCarlo had a long run in the Capital Region as both an Anchor and Field Reporter. She shares great memories of her WGY co-workers, among them Paul Cassidy and Jim Gagliardi.
2, Don Fields is one of those guys with one of those voices! Don is well known for his time in radio and television. He's long associated with being the "News Guy" for local radio legend Ric Mitchell. Don talks about the time (and at another radio station) where he tried to get Diane Donato to join him in his News Room, while it didn't work out he still shows his pride in all she has accomplished at WGY.
3. Matt Delsignore had a short run at WGY but his broadcast journey took him to a number of major market radio stations. He talks about making it to the West Coast, and his love at being a Stay at Home Dad.

1. Al Roney had a well rounded career at WGY. He actually began in broadcasting overseeing local traffic reports. His time with WGY started in the News Room, and in time he was given a chance to host his own daytime show in the 9AM to Noon slot currently occupied by Glen Beck.
2. Scott Alan Miller, or Scotto, had a run with an Afternoon Show on WGY, following the departure of J R Gach. That was a tough act to follow, which (naturally) included a show that entertaining but "less controversial" than the last one.
3. Ed Martin had a very long run on WGY, most of that time hosting a Saturday show following Joe Gallagher. Ed opens up on many topics, for one a scare during the Anthrax threats after 9/11, and his favorite and most touching time was during WGY's yearly radiothons.

Diane Donato has been a member of the WGY News Team since 2011, but was well known to Capital Region listeners well before that. Diane hosted a popular Morning Show with Chuck Taylor (himself a WGY alum), and did a series of commercials with Legendary News Anchor (for both WGY and WRGB-TV) Ernie Tetrault. In addition to working in the News Room, Diane from time to time has co hosted the WGY Morning Show, and continues to host our weekly Public Affairs programs

Ron "Buzz" Brindle was Program Director of WGY starting in the late 1980's, after a long career that included stops at MTV in the early days (where he helped Albany resident Martha Quinn get a job as one of the original VJ's). Buzz was part of the team at WGY as the station started to transition to a News/Talk format, in fact it was Buzz who lobbied to bring a new Talk Show Host to the Capital Region, by the name of Rush Limbaugh.

Tom Mailey has had a long career in broadcasting, and not just at WGY. His start here was in the mid 1980's when he auditioned for (and became the host of) "The Big Money Movie" on WRGB, which gave him the chance to do a number of fill in shifts on WGY, including for Don Weeks on the WGY Morning Show, and also on Joe Gallagher's show. Tom later used his time as an Air Personality and News Anchor to become the face and voice of Stewart's.

Tred Hulse has frankly done it all. The Capital Region first met him from his ten years of the Morning Show on sister station 99.5 The River in the 1990's. From there he would fill in on WGY for J.R. Gach, Don Weeks, Chuck Custer and Joe Gallagher. Eventually he hosted his own Sports Talk Show on Fox Sports 980.

Dick Beach spent 27 years in the WGY Newsroom, 13 of those years as Morning News Anchor for Don Weeks (his replacement upon his retirement was Chuck Custer, who himself had a long run with Uncle Don).

During research for this series, several cassette tapes were found that just were labeled "DICK BEACH DAY," which was Dick's last appearance on WGY, and as Don's guest.

We're including that entire show in this podcast, but first we speak with his son, Richard Beach (Dick passed away shortly after retirement), who talks about Dick Beach the broadcaster and Dick Beach the dad.

Jaime Roberts has been in broadcasting since the mid 1980s, mostly as a Disc Jockey (she currently hosts the Morning Show on 98.3 WTRY) but has been part of WGY's history. On WGY she has filled in for talk hosts such as J.R. Gach and she also hosted her own weekend talk show.

Jaime always lends a hand during the WGY Cares for Kids Radiothon as well. Her highlight on WGY was September 11th, 2001 when she and WTRY Co-host Ric Mitchell hosted a broadcast simulcast on all of our radio stations to bring Capital Region listeners up to date on the events of that tragic day.

John Thomas was WGY Sports Director from 1983-1990. For most of his broadcast career he covered sports, but he was also a Reporter and Disc Jockey. He got his job at WGY thanks to his friendship with WGY's Harry Downie. In 1990, his position at WGY was eliminated, and he became the play-by-play announcer for the Albany-Colonie Yankees, who played locally at Heritage Park, where he met and saw future baseball hall-of-famers like Derek Jeter.

Jim Knapp spent time in the WGY Newsroom from 2003-2011. During that time, he anchored all shifts, but his strength was as a Street Reporter.

Jim's biggest story he covered was the Christopher Porco murder trial, from the discovery of the crime scene to the final verdict in the trial. Jim also brought a lot of humor to the newsroom; he shares stories on how to ease the stress and tension of covering hard news stories.

Steve Fitz, Sr. started in Capital Region Radio in 1948, where he created one of the first talk shows in the area, "Party Line." He is most well-known on WGY for the show "Contact." While Steve has passed away, WGY's Mike Patrick spoke with his son, Steve Fitz, Jr. to talk about his dad's broadcasting career. If you're familiar with Steve Fitz you'll be amazed at how much the son sounds like the father.

Tom Leykis started working in talk radio in the Capital Region in 1980, and his national show aired on WGY in the '90s. Tom discusses the many popular remote broadcasts he did when he would visit WGY and he explains how his trademark phrase, "Blow Me Up, Tom," had its origins on local radio.