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CINCINNATI (AP) — Al Lewis, who was known as “Uncle Al” on a long-running children’s television show that aired nationally in the 1950s, has died. He was 84. Lewis produced and starred in “The Uncle Al Show,” which ran daily from 1950 to 1985 on WCPO-TV. The show aired nationally on ABC affiliates on Saturday mornings over two years in the late 1950s. He died Saturday of natural causes at an extendedcare facility in Hillsboro, Ohio, said Craig Turner, of Turner and Son Funeral Home, which is handling arrangements. Dressed in a straw hat, a bow tie and an ever-present...

Tickets for Bruce Springsteen's concert in Belfast were on sale on eBay less than half an hour after it sold out. Thousands of fans were left disappointed after it took just eight minutes for more than 10,000 tickets costing £49 and £60 to be snapped up. One eBay vendor was asking £999 for four seated tickets, and many of the sellers specialise in sold-out events. The 15 December Odyssey Arena concert is one of 31 dates on a tour which takes in Europe and North America. With more than 20 tickets per second sold, Springsteen broke the record set by...

Hit the pause button, drop the remote, and turn your radio down. It's time for another installment of cards and letters across the television/radio desk: Judy Carbone: I just read your article on the "Real Oldies" station, and I am so upset. The powers that be never did their part in promoting this station. Tommy Edwards and Larry Lujack are incredible, and I spend a lot of time laughing out loud while sitting in traffic each day. Please tell me that there is a way that we fans can help save this station. Margaret Suarez: Not again! Every time we...

Of all the stations on Chicago radio's "watch list" (if there were such a list, that is), the one in most critical condition has to be Clear Channel Radio's "Real Oldies" WRLL-AM (1690). Nothing is official, but insiders say it could be only a matter of weeks before Clear Channel bosses pull the plug on the format and a talent lineup that includes such personalities as Larry Lujack, Tommy Edwards, Scotty Brink, Tom Murphy and Ron Smith. Plagued from its inception in 2003 with a substandard signal that barely covers the metropolitan area, "Real Oldies" has languished at the bottom...

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BABY boomers need to shrug off their "Peter Pan" mentality and prepare their homes for wheelchairs and lifting equipment, an aged care conference in Mildura has been told. While improvements in health care meant people were able to live at home longer, house designs were not always supportive, according to strategic planner and social commentator Dr Keith Suter. He said there had been a growth of Peter Pan-style developments. "These are areas developed by baby boomers who think they will never grow old, and which will be unsuitable for them when they have problems later with hips etcetera." Instead of...

At noon today, Bay Area oldies radio station KFRC-FM (99.7) will drop the format it has had for a dozen years and start focusing on an audience it says has been ignored for too long: the people some are calling Generation Jones, 38- to 49-year-olds who were too young to identify with Baby Boomers and too old to be Generation Xers. With its first song, ``One of These Nights,'' by the Eagles, the San Francisco-based station will leave behind most of the music of the 1950s and 1960s, in favor of what was big from 1975 through the '80s. ``That's...

It's good to hear radio legend Dick Biondi again--even if it's only over the phone. Silenced with the rest of the WJMK-FM 104.3 crew when Viacom's Infinity Broadcasting pulled the plug on the station's longtime oldies format June 3 in favor of the new not-as-old oldies format known as Jack FM, Biondi is biding his time for now. "The one thing I want to do is get back on the air and do my thing," he said Thursday. It appears his wait is near an end, if only in a technical sense. Station management is targeting the end of next...

If the (unofficial) voice of Ithaca sounds different these days, that's because there's been a change on the radio waves. The sultry strains of Bob Steinkamp have been replaced with the elegant tones of Geoff Dunn, who was recently hired as the new news director for the Cayuga Radio Group and AM Program Director at WHCU. On June 1, Cayuga Radio Group took over operation of radio stations WHCU, WYXL-FM ("Lite 97 FM"), WQNY-FM ("Q Country") and WTKO (now WNYY). Some programming changes have already taken place. This past Monday, WTKO not only changed call letters but its oldies music...

There are many moments in life when you realize that you and your generation are officially moving beyond the fringe of popular culture, or at least to a place where big advertisers no longer feel the intense need to reach you. If you live with a teenager, there's a blazing neon line between advertisers' interest in them (intense) and you (not so much). Teens are relentlessly courted to buy the latest fashions, music and other trendy stuff, while the aging parents are just as relentlessly ignored, except for news about the latest arthritis treatments. That you will bankroll the teens'...

A fixture on the city's radio dial has quietly changed its format without warning. WCBS-FM dropped the oldies format which had been its staple since 1972 at 5 p.m. Friday. The station has adopted a format known as "Jack FM," playing songs from the 50s right up through today. Neither the station nor owner infinity broadcasting gave listeners any warning the change was coming. Published reports say station personalities such as former Monkee Mickey Dolenz, Cousin Brucie Morrow and Harry Harrison have all been fired. Fans can still listen to the station's old format on its web site at www.wcbsfm.com...

Rock shock: Nation's No. 1 oldies station changes formats NEW YORK It's the day the music died. W-C-B-S F-M in New York, the top oldies station in the nation for more than three decades, stunned its legion of listeners by abruptly switching formats this weekend. Goodbye, Buddy Holly and the Beach Boys. Hello, Duran Duran and Jet. The station had switched to an oldies format in 1972, initially as a bastion for the doo-wop sounds of the '50s. Although the playlist changed over the years, W-C-B-S F-M always remained the outpost for classic Top 40 radio in the nation's largest...

Infinity launched the Jack format in New York City and Chicago today. WCBS-FM in New York City made the switch at 5 p.m. ET, kicking off the new programming with "Fight For Your Right (To Party)" by the Beastie Boys. In Chicago, WJMK-FM launched Jack at 4 p.m. CT. The WCBS-FM Oldies format will continue to exist as an online radio station (www.wcbsfm.com). WJMK-FM will also transfer its Oldies format online at www.WJMK.com. "New York deserves a radio station that is equally as eclectic as its listener's personalities and attitudes," said WCBS-FM VP/GM Chad Brown. "Jack-FM promises to be unlike...

PHOENIX (AP) - Exercise guru Richard Simmons allegedly slapped a man who made a sarcastic remark about one of his videos, police said. Simmons, known for his "Sweatin' to the Oldies" series of exercise videos set to songs from the 1950s and 60s, was cited for misdemeanor assault. A fellow passenger recognized Simmons on Wednesday night at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport as he was waiting for a flight to Los Angeles, police said. The man "made the off-hand comment, 'Hey everybody. It's Richard Simmons. Let's drop our bags and rock to the '50s,'" said Phoenix police Sgt. Tom Osborne....

To the Moderator: I am sorry for this, an admitted repost. I was fearful that I did not properly enter it into the server last time. I found myself unable to search for the post and thought that it might be impossible for others to find it and respond. Again, my humblest apologies. Those of you who have visited the Rush Limbaugh website recently may have seen an interesting video posted on the main page, on the right about halfway down. As you click to watch why it pays to see what goes on in the studio just before the...

Those of you who have visited the Rush Limbaugh website recently may have seen an interesting video posted on the main page, on the right about halfway down. As you click to watch why it pays to see what goes on in the studio just before the show goes on the air, a new window opens up and you see Rush jamming to a jazzy instrumental piece. Out of curiosity, what is the name of the song to which Rush enjoys jamming? Also, who is the artist?I cannot say for sure how much longer the video will be posted on...

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - One of the surest ways to feel older is to listen to the radio and hear songs from your childhood - or, even worse, your adulthood - described as "oldies." If over the years it seems those songs have gotten newer while you've gotten older, it's not your imagination. Oldies radio stations that once featured songs from the 1950s and '60s now play songs from the '70s. "Radio is an ever-changing thing, especially an oldies station," said Jeff Gold, a 44-year-old DJ whose build and voice personify his station's call letters, WBIG. "As the years go...

Incensed fans walked out of Pearl Jam's concert Tuesday after lead singer Eddie Vedder impaled a mask of President Bush on a microphone stand, then slammed it to the stage. Most of Vedder's antiwar remarks earlier in the Pepsi Center show were greeted with mixed cheers and scattered boos. But dozens of angry fans walked out during the encore because of the macabre display with the Bush mask, which he wore for the song Bushleaguer, a Bush- taunting song from the band's latest album, Riot Act. "When he was sharing his political views in a fairly benign manner - supporting...

Incensed fans walked out of Pearl Jam's concert Tuesday after lead singer Eddie Vedder impaled a mask of President Bush on a microphone stand, then slammed it to the stage. Most of Vedder's antiwar remarks earlier in the Pepsi Center show were greeted with mixed cheers and scattered boos. But dozens of angry fans walked out during the encore because of the macabre display with the Bush mask, which he wore for the song Bushleaguer, a Bush- taunting song from the band's latest album, Riot Act. "When he was sharing his political views in a fairly benign manner - supporting...