One of 101's ace reporters is chiming in about the true beginnings of Eddie Beacon's radio name.
"I would almost bet my future first not yet issued but soon Social Security check on my version of the Swinging Deac's naming. Ask him and see.
There used to be a stylized metal rendition of the Scripps-Howard logo of the time, a lighthouse (beacon ~ hmmm) replete with rays emitting from its light, mounted on one of the lobby walls at WNOX. Somewhere in your blog, I think someone posted a picture that actually shows the lobby and this icon. Maybe it's still there, but sadly, the last time I was in that lobby was around 1968.
Anyway, I remember meeting Eddie on one of his first days at WNOX, and whoever introduced us used his "real" name (which time has totally obliterated in my mind). Next time I heard him on the radio from over the mountains, he was a Beacon. Coincidence? My money doubts it."
The 101 Audio Vault is from WETE (1975) and afternoon DJ Harry Robert Shaw..."I would almost bet my future first not yet issued but soon Social Security check on my version of the Swinging Deac's naming. Ask him and see.
There used to be a stylized metal rendition of the Scripps-Howard logo of the time, a lighthouse (beacon ~ hmmm) replete with rays emitting from its light, mounted on one of the lobby walls at WNOX. Somewhere in your blog, I think someone posted a picture that actually shows the lobby and this icon. Maybe it's still there, but sadly, the last time I was in that lobby was around 1968.
Anyway, I remember meeting Eddie on one of his first days at WNOX, and whoever introduced us used his "real" name (which time has totally obliterated in my mind). Next time I heard him on the radio from over the mountains, he was a Beacon. Coincidence? My money doubts it."