Remembering the late great Andy Ockershausen - friend and mentor to all who knew him, a Washington DC broadcasting legend. 1929 - 2021

Andy Ockershausen Tribute

A montage of September 11, 2001 coverage as heard on WMAL-AM, Washington DC.

Sounds of September 11th

WMAL's John Matthews unknowingly provides morning show fodder for his friend Chilli Amar on WASH-FM 12/10/21

One Person's Tragedy Is Another's Show Prep

On the occasion of his passing, Fred Grandy and Bryan Nehman remember their friend and former "Grandy and Andy" partner, the late great Andy Parks.

Andy Parks Tribute - March 22, 2022

ABC's Steven Portnoy covers the shooting death of Redskins Safety Sean Taylor, as WMAL's Fred Grandy - waiting to go on the air during a live broadcast on C-SPAN, notes that Portnoy is not exactly knowledgeable about sports...

Fred Does Portnoy - 112707

The intrepid WMAL Chief Engineer David Sproul (retired) cajoled and pestered the developer of the former WMAL Tower site on Greentree Road in Bethesda to leave a small tribute to the legacy of the 75 acre sire that housed WMAL's transmitter and towers for 77 years.   Here's a vastly abbreviated telling of what happened in Dave's own words as heard on WMAL in June of 2023.

Harden and Weaver Alleys

A trip down memory lane to the WMAL of 1989... featuring near the end the classic lockout of the late great Ed Meyer...  RIP to one of the greats who made me aspire to be a shadow of the newsman he was.

WMAL sales demo 1989

Some talented radio engineer with too much time on his hands edited the great Paul Harvey... You'll enjoy hearing this familiar voice as much as you hopefully will enjoy the humor...

Paul Harvey Bong

A parody promo featuring "Ozzy and Sharon"  for WMAL Radio in the mid-90's 

Ozzy Osborne WMAL Promo

WMAL's John Matthews interviewed legendary Astronaut John Glenn in October, 2014 about an elementary school being named in his honor in Arlington, VA

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