Everyone who is anyone in the radio biz knows “Radio’s Best Friend.” Art Vuolo is literally the video archivist of the broadcasting profession. VuoloVideo.com is a must-visit site for both aspiring and accomplished broadcasters who want to watch the best of the best in action.
But before Art perfected his video artistry, he was a key chronicler of Detroit radio history. His 12 hour magnum opus, ‘The History of Detroit Radio’ became an instant classic when it first aired on WDRQ.
According to WDRQ programmer Don Barrett, he commissioned Art Vuolo to produce the ‘History of Detroit Radio’ which aired the weekend prior WDRQ’s official new format launch (formerly WDEE) in June, 1971. The documentary was narrated by WDRQ morning news anchor Richard Mock.
The still program stands up as one of the best radio documentaries ever made. It’s one of hundreds upon hundreds of audio treasures in our Motor City Radio Flashback Aircheck Library.
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George when were you gonna tell me about this web site???? Looks great. Did you take it over from Scott and make it all yours? Update me.
ART
trying to remember the Classical Music commentator broadcast out of Detroit in the 50’s and 60’s. Great voice, great knowledge, great show….Who was the great guys…
I’m looking for information about The Breakfast Serial mystery radio show that aired on Detroit radio in the 1980’s. Do you know anything about that show? I remember listening to it every day on our way to school, and loved it. Cat Stevens’ “Is a Dog a Doughnut” was the theme song. Thanks!
This site is phenomenal and I feel I’ve barely scratched the surface. A request though: Parts 2 through 6 of Art Vuolo’s Detroit radio history for WDRQ are dead links (404 Not Found). Any chance of getting those back up? Thanks very much!
WTK, thank you so much for the heads up, for the dead links you found on our featured post (January 29, 2012) featuring the History Of Detroit Radio by Art Vuolo, Jr. The links are now activated and have been fixed. Thank you so kindly for finding Motor City Radio Flashbacks. Lots of memories here! An update, on our face page (see menus on the left) go and double-click on Detroit Radio: 1963 JFK Assassination Coverage. We just added (November 1, 2019) over four hours of Detroit radio coverage (NBC Radio) https://mcrfb.com/?p=81213 as aired on WWJ-AM, Saturday, November 23, 1963. Cataloged and archived here: https://mcrfb.com/?cat=963