- Ron Lundy
Ron Lundy was a radio
disc jockey inNew York City from the early-1960s to 1997.Born
June 25 ,1934 , Ron started as a record librarian inMemphis, Tennessee at radio stationWHMM dn. He went to work atWDDT inGreenville, Mississippi , then WLCS inBaton Rouge, Louisiana He moved on to WIL in St. Louis, where he was known as the "Wil Child".He moved to
WABC (AM) in September of 1965. He was known for his "Hello Luv... this is Ron Lundy from the Greatest City in the World!" Lundy remained at WABC up until its switch toTalk radio onMay 10 ,1982 . He later hosted middays on oldies WCBS-FM from 1984 until hisSeptember 18 ,1997 retirement. Upon retiring from radio, Ron and his wife Shirley moved to the small town ofBruce, Mississippi where they live comfortably to this day.econd Bananas
His show included banter with his creative second bananas. Among them:
*"Willard" (himself, imitating a duck that sounded a great deal like
Donald Duck )
*"Mama" (voice of engineer Al Vertucci)
*"Bubba" (voice of production director Bob Sagendorf)Trivia
Ron was heard in the 1969 movie "Midnight Cowboy" when Joe Buck arrives in
New York City , and on the CBS-FM version of the song "We Built This City " by Starship.Fact|date=February 2007In February of 1984, he joined
WCBS-FM , once again back-to-back with Harry Harrison. In June, 1997, hisWCBS-FM show was awarded the 1997 "BronzeWorld Medal" at the New York Festivals Radio Programming Awards for the "best local personality". Ron retired from radio onSeptember 18 ,1997 .Ron was inducted the St. Louis Hall Radio Hall of Fame on
January 1 ,2006 , with a banquet heldJune 10 ,2006 .Ron still does occasional radio work however it's mainly done over the telephone. Mainly though these days he does occasional interviews with Mark Simone on The Saturday Night Oldies Show on WABC.
Sometimes when Dan Ingram (the DJ that followed Ron for many years except for a brief time in 1981), Ron Lundy would keep going until Dan arrived. He would do impressions of "The Shadow" where he would play Margo and Lamont Cranston
External links
* [http://www.musicradio77.com/WABCDJ.html WABC DJ]
* [http://www.stlradio.com STL Radio]
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* [http://www.wcbsfm.org/WeBuiltThisCityHarrisonLundy.mp3 We Built This City]
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