[stylist] Books & Beyond presents author & radio host Bob O'Brien 3-27-13

[NJ Lynn]

Books And Beyond Welcomes Radio Personality And Author Bob O’Brien, Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Newswire,
In a radio career of more than 30 years, Bob o’Brien has worked as both a program director and on-air host on  stations all across the country. A fan of early television sitcoms, he has recently published Single Season Sitcoms 1948-1979” for McFarland Publishing. This book gives information about 300 shows. In it, he reveals how many episodes were broadcast, why the shows ended and tells us the names of stars whose successful careers began with often not so successful sitcoms. Jimmy Stewart, Connie Francis, and Hennry Fonda are just a few of the people you will read about in Bob’s book.
What happened to these shows? Why was their duration only one season or even less? Where did the ideas for them come from? Were there other networks before we had the Big Three? Who was successful in making a career on television with this beginning? Do any of these old shows survive? Are any available for us on DVD? 
Join us on Wednesday’s show as we meet Bob O’brien who is an avid    collector of these shows and records too. He is in the midst of writing a book about 500 very famous songs we all know done first by other artist than the famous ones  connected we remember.   I promise a fascinating show for all who love radio and television. I hope you will join us. Below is a biography of Bob which gives much information about his radio career followed by all you need to know to attend and participate in this upcoming show.  
Bob O’Brien (Robert Leszczak) earned his BA in Communications at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey in 1981 and worked extensively with the college radio station there. He was also an on-air traffic reporter for numerous other area stations. From 1981 to 1983 he toured and sang as one of the Duprees of “You Belong To Me” fame.

During the 80’s, Bob worked mostly for stations in New Jersey before becoming program coordinator for specialty shows and special weekends at New York’s oldies station WCBS-FM (1983). His other stops during the decade included WMTR/Morristown NJ, WWYZ-FM/Hartford, WHYN and WMAS-FM/Springfield MA, WDRC AM & FM/Hartford, and WMEX/Boston. He was also writer/producer for the syndicated 5-hour weekly oldies magazine “Solid Gold Scrapbook” hosted by Norm N. Nite for the United Stations Radio Network (1988 and 1989).

In the summer of 1989, Bob moved to Orlando’s WOCL-FM “Cool 105.9” to host evenings and was soon promoted to morning drive. He was also music director there and did a Saturday night request show. After three years, he relocated to D.C.’s WXTR-FM to do mornings and the station’s popular doo-wop show. Then, in early 1995, it was back to Florida – Tampa Bay this time – where he put in four years in mid-days and served as music director for oldies “U92” WYUU-FM, followed by a brief stint at Jammin’ Oldies WFJO-FM 101.5.

Since leaving Tampa, he has been production director/mornings for Orlando’s Smooth Jazz WLOQ-FM and mornings and music at oldies KOLA-FM in Riverside/San Bernardino, CA. In 2004, he moved to Palm Springs’ KDES-FM to do mid-days and the music, and was upped to program director/mornings in the summer of 2012.

Not only is Bob a great deejay, but a collector of classic and rare TV shows on video, too. For over 30 years he has also been a music historian and an avid collector of rare doo-wop and soul 45’s. He’s had his first book published, “Single Season Sitcoms 1948-1979” for McFarland Publishing, and is now working on a second.



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