{"id":4741,"date":"2021-03-05T00:37:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T06:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/?p=4741"},"modified":"2021-03-05T20:35:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T02:35:29","slug":"frank-horton-hangover-show-50-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/?p=4741","title":{"rendered":"Frank Horton Hangover show 50 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hope you will enjoy a live streaming of the entire 3 hour \u201cFrank Horton Hangover Show\u201d on Saturday, March 6, 2021.  The original show aired from 7-10 am, but we will start it at noon, CST.  It will be stereo, with aircheck on right channel and \u201cstudio banter\u201d on left channel.  This will be exactly 50 years after it aired March 6, 1971.  For best listening, connect your device to a stereo, so you can \u201cpan\u201d between channels.  To be able to pan (adjust balance) while you listen on your computer, Bluetooth, or other device,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/?p=4749\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The audio stream below will become active at noon, CST, Saturday March 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mixlr.com\/users\/9056639\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180px\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/iframe><small><a href=\"https:\/\/mixlr.com\/party-chairman\" style=\"color:#1a1a1a;text-align:left; font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11px;\">Party Chairman is on Mixlr<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>50 years ago, WIDB was not yet one year old, and not yet 24 hour.  Sign-on was 7am, weekdays 10 am weekends, and, as always, new jocks still had to accept less desirable shifts.<\/p>\n<p>PD Howie Karlin was determined that WIDB would sign on at 7am Saturdays.  But who<br \/>\ncould be found to reliably appear week after week Saturday at the crack of dawn?<br \/>\nWho could possibly be functional at that hour on the heels of a Fryday night of<br \/>\nrevelry?<\/p>\n<p>The answer was Frank.  A top-notch newsman who later became one of WIDB\u2019s<br \/>\nbest News Directors, Frank wanted to try his hand at jocking.  Howie was<br \/>\nskeptical until he desperately needed to fill the Saturday shift.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_4781\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FB_IMG_1614732150791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4781\" src=\"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FB_IMG_1614732150791.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Mazzocco (center left) and the 1972 WIDB News Dept.    Clockwise from left:  Gary West, Don Graf, Dennis Lyle, Tim Carvis, Alan J. Friedman, Todd Cave, Katy Jaskula, Cliff Albert, Chris Bury (center right, seated).    Photo courtesy of Don Graf.\" width=\"604\" height=\"405\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FB_IMG_1614732150791.jpg 604w, https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FB_IMG_1614732150791-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FB_IMG_1614732150791-447x300.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Mazzocco (center left) and the 1972 WIDB News Dept.    Clockwise from left:  Gary West, Don Graf, Dennis Lyle, Tim Carvis, Alan J. Friedman, Todd Cave, Katy Jaskula, Cliff Albert, Chris Bury (center right, seated).     Photo courtesy of Don Graf.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Frank\u2019s real last name is Mazzocco.  But on Saturday morning on WIDB he<br \/>\nbecame \u201cFrank Horton\u201d hosting the \u201cFrank Horton Hangover Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unbelievably, Frank found an engineer willing to board op for the show.  It was<br \/>\nBruce Whiteside, one of WIDB\u2019s most brilliant engineers.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce had the foresight to not only aircheck the show, but also record the \u201cstudio<br \/>\nbanter.\u201d  Most records were under 3 minutes, usually there was a jingle and<br \/>\ntalking after each one, and this had to be discussed and set up each time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4779\" style=\"width: 1450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hangover-broadcast-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4779\" src=\"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hangover-broadcast-03.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce&#039;s actual equipment and materials used to record the broadcast in 1971.\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hangover-broadcast-03.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hangover-broadcast-03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hangover-broadcast-03-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hangover-broadcast-03-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruce&#8217;s actual equipment and materials used to record the broadcast in 1971.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bruce produced a recording of the entire show from Saturday, March 6, 1971.  It<br \/>\nhas the aircheck in one channel and the studio banter in the other channel.<\/p>\n<p>We will stream this live on Saturday March 6, 2021, exactly 50 years later.<br \/>\nHowever, it will run from noon-3pm, CST.  For best listening, connect your device<br \/>\nto a stereo, so you can \u201cpan\u201d between channels.<\/p>\n<p>Brought to you by:  Bruce Whiteside and Your hard-working WIDB 50th Anniversary Reunion Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hope you will enjoy a live streaming of the entire 3 hour \u201cFrank Horton Hangover Show\u201d on Saturday, March 6, 2021. The original show aired from 7-10 am, but we will start it at noon, CST. 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