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  • #609805
    shikron
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    Any old timers here recall the good ‘ole days when WVOS was a Jewish radio station and Art Raymond was the star?

    #1118077
    The Frumguy
    Participant

    I’m sure you mean WEVD.

    #1118078
    shikron
    Member

    Ah, yes. Mods? Can you change title & OP to WEVD from wvos ?

    #1118079
    Hummingbird
    Participant

    WEVD covered the NYC area. WVOS I think covered the Catskill areas.

    #1118080
    Wolfman
    Participant

    WEVD was at 1050 AM which now is a Spanish language sports station. According to Wikipedia, WEVD was originally a socialist party radio station.

    #1118081
    mazal77
    Participant

    Art Raymond and the Sunday Simcha!!

    #1118082
    gefen
    Participant

    Yup- I certainly do remember WEVD and Art Raymond -Avraham Yitzchok (I think that’s what he used to say his name is)

    Anyway I listened to it all the time. When I moved to Chicago, I really missed it.

    I gather from the first post that it’s not around anymore.

    Is Art Raymond still around? If so, does he still have a radio show?

    #1118083
    shikron
    Member

    Yeah, WVOS popped in my head since that’s the station in the Catskills that for years has a limited frum programming schedule during the summer months.

    EVD stands for the initials of that civil rights dude.

    #1118084
    zahavasdad
    Participant

    EVD stands for Eugene V Debs , he was a socialist. he ran for president in 1912 on an anti-war campaign and got 6% of the vote

    #1118085
    rabbiofberlin
    Participant

    DID some research- art raymond would be 91 today if he is alive. Methinks he passed away some years ago in florida.

    #1118086
    Robertz
    Member

    Thank you I remember WEVD . In the later years the morning drive time was hosted by Bill AMAZIN Mazer who turned from sports to very conservative talk way before there was Savage or Hannity. WEVD was in stereo like most FM stations 97.9

    #1118087
    The Frumguy
    Participant

    Art Raymond is very much still around. View him on You Tube (but don’t tell anyone that you did!)

    #1118088
    rabbiofberlin
    Participant

    The frumguy- just checked and yes, he was certainly still alive a year ago when you see his interview ! He does look every ounce of his age…(90)….bis 120!

    #1118089

    Heard his voice on an advertisement on one of the Jewish stations of late. He really had a simchas hachayim and did a great job.

    #1118092
    Biology (joseph)
    Participant

    Was Art Raymond a disc jockey like Nachum Segal?

    #1118093
    The Frumguy
    Participant

    Art Raymond was a non-frum, limited knowledge of Yiddishkeit, “disc jockey.” He many times got caught saying ridiculous things, quite often insulting the frum listeners’ sensitivities. When Zalman Umlas came along on WFMU (before Nachum Segal who pales in comparison), Jewish radio was highly amateurish. Zalman Umlas “professionalized” Jewish morning radio well beyond Art Raymond.

    #1118094
    shikron
    Member

    Zalman Umlas? Never heard of that guy. Is he frum?

    #1118095
    mewho
    Participant

    wow that name is a blast from the past.

    #1118096
    Robertz
    Member

    WEVD was a commercial radio statijon and Art was paid commissions on his accounts like “Cafe Baba” and “Saratoga Geiser Water”. The other guy was on a college listner supported frequency which seemingly was just a fun thing. That was than and this is now and this is that and I am me you are he and we are all together groovy

    #1118097
    Floridian
    Member

    Just to set the record straight, Art Raymond is alive and well and he Still has a radio show In Florida Saturday night for a few hrs. I’m not sure if it is out of Del Ray Beach or in that area . Boruch Mechaya Maysim

    #1118098
    Niece
    Member

    Art Raymond passed away on February 21, 2014, at the age of 91, in Boynton Beach, FL. He is survived by his beloved wife Bunny, sons Howard and Warren and their families.

    #1118099

    Baruch Dayan HaEmes.

    Are you his niece?

    #1118100
    gefen
    Participant

    Baruch Dayan HaEmes. I loved his radio show. Grew up with it.

    #1118101
    mewho
    Participant

    wow a little eerie that people here began a thread about him and he passed away shortly after. i guess he was in peoples minds.

    #1118102

    8 months is “shortly after”?

    #1118103
    oomis
    Participant

    My parents O”H used to listen to him every day; I thought his show was “The Morning Simcha,” but I could be mistaken(hey…it’s been known to happen).

    #1118106
    Shoyta
    Participant

    I opened a you tube account with old recordings of his show. Too bad though, a lot of his narration, and his memorable advertisements were not recorded when we made these cassettes (for our enjoyment) back in the 80s.

    #1118107
    Ex-CTLawyer
    Participant

    I grew up listening to Art Raymond on WEVD….My Zaidy was an advertiser on the station and therefore it was kept on to monitor commercials. Before taking over the WHN 1050 spot, WEVD was on 1330 AM. My older brother remembers them on 1220 AM before that.

    WEVD was known as the ‘station that speaks your language’ no matter what language you spoke. It was started by the Socialist Party in 1927. Later it was the radio station of the Forvertz. A good number of the WEVD radio personalities were from the 2nd Ave Yiddish theatre and are buried in MT Hebron Cemetery in Queens.

    #1118108
    mazaltov
    Member

    He always closed with “Wishing you health, wealth and time to enjoy it!”

    #1118110
    REALIST
    Member

    THOUGHTS:

    The Barry Sisters

    Molly Picon

    Miriam Kressyn and Seymour Rexite (Yiddish Theater)

    Oifen Prip’chick.

    Rozhinkes un Mandlen (Raisins & Almonds)

    Cantor Moishe Oysher

    Meandels (Bklyn pronunciation of Mandels) of Boro Park

    Edelstiens Rrrrrrroofing

    “Under the supervision of the ‘Debrinitzer’ (his version of Debretziner) Rov.

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    Shikron, Yes Zalman Umlas is Frum.

    They started Broadcasting from the Upsala College Campus in East Orange, NJ, an Evangelical school.

    Zalman handed the reins to Nachum, (not directly) & they later moved transmitters to the current one which has a MUCH stronger signal.

    Both programs were ‘listener sponsored’.

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    The Art Raymond collection of Jewish music can be found at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). http://faujsa.fau.edu/jsa/find_albums.php

    Amazing collection of genres;

    Folk, Cantorial, Jazz, Contemporary, Humor, etc. Enjoy!

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    Full JM in the AM history can be found here:

    http://www.jmintheam.org/pages/history.htm

    #1118111
    blubluh
    Participant

    I know I’m veering off topic, but the mention of Zalman Umlas reminded me of his father who I knew when I was in high school back in the 70s. Rabbi Umlas (I don’t think I ever heard his first name) and his wife ran the Sunday morning breakfast concession and I think they also doled out the Thursday night “mishmar” suppers, as well.

    What I recall of him is that he was always a jovial man, but he didn’t put up with any guff from us wise guys.

    Probably the most memorable for me were his very impressive basketball trick shots. His abilities on the court were all the more impressive considering that he was, shall we say, not in classic “athletic” shape. 🙂

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