C. B. S. Wonderful man and i said to i want to get in a radio what should i do and he said get down to miami you know union lot of stations lot of radio more stations and the market needs and so youll find older guys. And younger guys. Very few 40 year olds. To be good chance of breaking in and i knocked on doors and small station w. H. R. In miami beach gave me a job was a dish sarky and on may 1st 19 fifties. I saw it on the air and from that moment when that light went on and i told the audience it was my 1st day i never never gave a lively audience. I. I found my magic so my dreams of what it was always were now i had Program Directors i didnt like i had management maybe but i never ever. And that light went on. Didnt like what i was doing. Your natural yeah i think i think the good broadcasters. Are naturals and i had the good fortune to be around people like the godfrey and Jackie Gleason while godfrey i cohost of the show with him for a week and taught me so much and jackie told
A kid from brooklyn who. Walked the streets with my friends and who always want to be on the air i dont know why but i was trance was really you know and i was that little poor kid we won relief my father had died when i was in. New york city bought my 1st pair of glasses i think what it means is rick i never forgot where i came from and thats true to this minute i never forgot where i came from so im 85 years old but im the kid from brooklyn ive lived brooklyn but brooklyn never left me so thats part of my soul thats and thats what i brought to the business being curious being that kid went to dodger games all my friends. I would want autographs i would want to ask questions i remember running down the street with car for oh there are roads you get that on how did you learn to throw the 3rd base like that i was fascinated with asking questions born to do interviews where i was born to be what i do this whole thing started in miami for you did Brooklyn Miami get us there i always wante
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That was a man who was employed by the tulsa tribune and he in turn employed me, didnt employ any young black newsboys. I was employed by mister ripitso, it always and always clear what that was. In the afternoon, he was throwing newspapers and i helped him, wrapped them and prepared for the delivery and then went around with him to deliver the newspapers and i didnt collect, he collected the money and he had all the contact with the newspaper. I had no contacts with the newspaper though they knew that i was in front, they employed no black people. Host your father was a lawyer . Guest my father was a lawyer, yes. I contacted people through him, but it was not a serious thing. Host where were you born . Guest in oklahoma south of tulsa, the name of the village was rentersville, oklahoma. My father and mother moved there in 191112 because he had experiences in shreveport, louisiana, these were not pleasant and he moved to an allblack town because of the way they treated him injuries rep