- Little Walter DeVenne
Little Walter DeVenne is an American radio personality who was for many years based in
Boston . He now lives in New Hampshire and is the host of the syndicated retro oldies program "Little Walter's Time Machine" focusing on the pop,doo-wop ,blues ,R&B and earlyrock n' roll hits of the 1950s and early to mid 1960s presented in the high energy style of theTop 40 AM radio stations of that era. He is a member of the Deejay Hall of Fame.About Little Walter's Time Machine
His program is heard on oldies stations throughout the United States beginning in Boston in 1968 and into the early 1970s during the 50s "rock n' roll revival" period of that decade gaining a following in sydnication and later into "both sides of the millennium."
Online affiliates
His program still maintains a steady following on oldies stations nationwide including the following which audiostream:
* [http://www.clearchannelmusic.com/formatlab The Real Oldies Channel(Format Lab website channel 505) on Saturday evenings 8-11pm Eastern time and Monday thrugh Friday evenings 11pm-1am Eastern time.] (Audiostream is also accessed directly from Little Walter's website..click on "Web Cast.")
* [http://www.wboq.com WBOQ-FM "North Shore 104.9" Gloucester,MA(Boston radio market) Sunday evenings 8pm-12 midnight Eastern time.]
* [http://www.womg.com WOMG-FM "Oldies 103" Columbia SC Sunday evenings 9pm-12 midnight Eastern time.]
* [http://www.oldies1079honolulu.com KGMZ-FM "Oldies 107.9" Aiea/Honolulu,HI Sunday evenings 9pm-12 midnight Hawaii-Aleutian time.(Monday mornings 3-6am Eastern time.)]Remastering first generation rock n' roll
DeVenne, being a connoisseur of original and authentic old school rock n' roll sound is also in the business of
remastering classic recordings of 45 RPM singles when originally released on the independent record labels of that era. His digital re-mastering work and compilation production work can be found on such compact disk releases as:
* The Doo-Wop Box-various artists (Rhino)
* La Salle Chicago Blues Recordings-Little Brother Montgomery (Wolf)
* The Best of-Little Eva (Collectibles)
* Cherry Pie-Marvin and Johnny (Ace)
* The Very Best Of-Gary U.S.Bonds (Varese Sarabande)External links
* [http://www.littlewalter.com Official Little Walter's Time Machine site]
* [http://www.medialinenews.com/issues/2000/preparation/0606/0606.2.shtml Medialine story of Little Walter DeVenne's remastering work.]
* [http://www.skylinemastering.com Skyline Mastering Official site]
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