Intimate interviews with the people behind the iconic voices known so well to Capital Region radio listeners. WGY's Mike Patrick speaks to WGY announcers, news anchors, and hosts spanning the last seven decades as we celebrate WGY's 100th year in service in 2022.
Latest episodes
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37 min
Joe Reilly
Joe never worked for WGY, but he has more than enough cred to deserve his own podcast.Joe was named the first full time Executive Director of the New York State Broadcasters Associ…
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59 min
Doug Goudie
Doug Goudie started at WGY following the retirement of Chuck Custer after 36 years in the building.He initially was paired with Kelly Lynch in what could be called a transitional p…
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22 min
The Verruto Family
Many people consider WGY a part of their family.In this case, a real life family really became part of our family.We speak with Claudia Verruto to discuss her family and the connec…
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38 min
Joe Reilly
Joe never worked for WGY, but he has more than enough cred to deserve his own podcast.Joe was named the first full time Executive Director of the New York State Broadcasters Associ…
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52 min
Chief Engineer Dave Abdoo
Dave has been Chief Engineer for our stations since 2003.He's the guy who fixes stuff when it breaks.If he's not here, we're all out of work.Dave did not start as a guy with a scre…
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42 min
Dr. John Cooper
A Hall of Famer, a Rock & Roller, and a legend in Capital Region Radio.Dr. John has been broadcasting in New York State since 1973, in the Capital Region since 1977, and on PYX 106…
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1 h 17
Two News Anchors And a Jack of All Trades: Larry Mossey, Mary Rozak and Dan Miller
Larry Mossey worked for WGY for five years in the 1980's, and essentially did it all. He was a copywriter, a voice talent, we think he did some news, and he was a movie reviewer fo…
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55 min
Producers: Wendy Voelker and Justin Fiet
Wendy Voelker (formerly known as Wendy Glasser but we don't talk about that anymore) worked for WGY from 1999-2004 and worked with many Air Personalities during her time. She share…
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50 min
News Anchors: Ali Skinner and Ed Kostek
Ali Skinner spent time in television before working for WGY, and the News Junkie in her admits she preferred Radio News to TV. Here, she shares the story of how she got her job, in…
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59 min
Rachel Davis
Rachel Davis has been with WGY since 2015. She started as a Producer for The Joe Gallagher Weekend Show, moving on to being Producer for WGY Mornings With Chuck Custer and Kelly Ly…
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1 h 02
Producers: Jason Romano and John DiBlasi
1. Jason Romano worked for WGY for three years starting right after college in 1997. During that time, he became a Producer for (among others) Mark Williams and Don Weeks. Prior to…
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51 min
News Anchors: Denise DeCarlo, Don Fields and Matt DelSignore
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 Gaglia…
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1 h 11
Talk Show Hosts: Al Roney, Scotto and Ed Martin
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 giv…
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1 h 08
Diane Donato
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 Tayl…
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1 h 04
"Programmers, Music Guys and News/Sports Talk Show Hosts"
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…
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2 h 57
Dick Beach
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…
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42 min
Jaime Roberts
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 s…
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25 min
John Thomas
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…
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1 h 13
Jim Knapp
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…
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26 min
Steve Fitz, Jr.
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.…