The Radio Pioneer Who Unleashed Rock 'n' Roll on the Airwaves and Ignited a Revolution!

Memories

September 1, 2006

Jim Hofmeister

from Buffalo,, New York
When the Hound Dog was broadcasting from the Zanzibar Lounge on William Street in Buffalo, we used to go down and try to get…...
August 29, 2006

Andrew (Andy) Krajewski

from Orangeville, Ontario
I will never forget the time that the Hound played Travis and Bob's "Tell Him No" over and over again one April Fools day…...
August 7, 2006

Joel DiBartolo

from Flagstaff,, AZ
I grew up lisening to the Hound. In the early '70's, I was given an LP entitled (I think) "The Hound's Greatest Hits." It…...
July 21, 2006

Jeff Laurence Gill

from Smoky Mountains, NC
In 1966 after moving to Lewiston, near Niagara Falls I first heard the Hound on WBLK. I couldn't believe that music was coming from…...
July 21, 2006

Dusty Rhodes

from Cincinnati, Oh
The Hound was an important part of my teen years in Syracuse in the mid '50s. We used to drive to the highest points…...
June 13, 2006

Ken Knowles

from Victoria, BC(Canada)
Growing up in Toronto in the 50,s I soon found the "sound of the hound" on wkbw from Buffalo and was hooked. When "The…...
May 13, 2006

Ray Heron

from Cheektowaga, NY
I've never met the Hound but from the little snippets I've heard over the years, I know that he's EXACTLY the type of DJ…...
May 1, 2006

Tom Scherer

from Clarence Center,, New York
My memories of the OL'Hound Dog are too many to mention but when I think Of all the great music he turned us on…...
April 29, 2006

Guy MacMillin

from Weswtmoreland, NH
The Hound used to promise that all the sounds of the Hound could be bought from Rockin'Doc Abrams record store, a sponsor in Buffalo.…...
April 15, 2006

Sandy Beach

from WBEN Buffalo (Formerly of KB), New York
After school in Massachusetts we would get together to play records. We would pretend to be disc jockeys and every one of us wanted…...
April 12, 2006

Gene Highmoor

from Hesperia ., CA
I grew up in Rochester and listened to The Hound from 1955 till he left the air. The last we had heard he was…...
April 1, 2006

J R Reid

from Cape Coral, Florida
As a teenager in the late 50's I used to listen to the Hound on KB. And my radio interests increased when I would…...

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