Bob, as a fan I’ve followed your post-WCFL work online Bob and what a career you’ve had, and have continued to have. I do wish I could have caught your fleeting morning gig at AM 740 a few years ago. And thanks for visiting the Radio Kitchen blog, and gracing these pages with your greeting. It’s radio legends like you who have inspired the creation of this site, and provided the readership (and listenership) to make it a viable project.

And speaking of legends, for all of you who have enjoyed this post on Tony Oren, there will be one more in the near future. I’ve found another recording of Tony’s late night program on KMOX, which you’ll find here soon.

And to all, thanks for listening!

Like you, I thoroughly enjoyed his KMOX program over the years, so much so that I’d get up in the middle of the night on weekends to putter around the house and listen to it. I then began taping 3-hour portions of the shows (the max of a reel of tape), and to this day I play them occasionally for relaxation. Before I found your site, in fact, I was listening to music and musings from November 1991…and except for the newscasts, the musings are timeless. I called Tony once or twice, and he was as gracious as could be. His farm, he indicated, was located close to and north of Cincinnati, and supposedly he commuted each weekend from there to do his shows in St. Louis, at least in later years. “Class” like his is sorely lacking on radio these days. He obviously put a lot of effort into preparing his shows.