Radio Tower 15: Dennis Daniel on WBAB and WDRE
Let’s go back to the 1980s when album rock ruled the airwaves, Long Island was awash in nightclubs, and Dennis Daniel was unleashing his own brand of audio madness on WBAB.
Dennis was a Production Director whose fertile imagination and drive camouflaged spots touting dentists and car steroes inside a theater of the absurd. With a gift for impersonation and a bottomles well of pop culture memories to draw on, Dennis forged a successful career on Long Island that included winning multiple CLIO awards for WBAB and then a move to WDRE.
Hear him describe his creative process, his views on the development of the radio industry, and the one career path he dreamt of taking.
Links:
- Dennis Daniel on WDRE.FM
- Tales of Tape January, 1991. (Radio and Production Magazine archives. Search furhter back issues for more of Dennis’ column)
- The Ernie Kovacs Centennial