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Looking for Bumper Stumpers? Click on the Music link above. Fan of Top 40 radio from the '50s & '60s? Be sure to visit RadioLogoLand.com Looking for obscure R&B oldies, or any oldies? When you can't find it anywere else, call Val Shively. Or call him first! 610-352-2320. Want the best prices on oldies CDs? If they have it, you can't beat it! Collectables Records at Oldies.com Jerry Blavat, the ultimate oldies connoisseur, has some great CDs available. Call GeatorGold at 215-923-0550 to see what's available Love our closing theme, "Julie Is Her Name"? It and "El Loco Cha Cha" (the song that influenced "Louie Louie" is available Want to see the answers to the questions we asked in 2009? Click here.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2010 June 30, 1963 marked the official end of this which was preserved on 947 miles of microfilm. What? The 1960 census. In 1963, pressure was on unions to do this. The official position was that it was impossible to find skilled help. Do what? Accept blacks. Many unions still barred African Americans from membership and their logic, that few if any were skilled enough was met with plans for government training for minorities. RADIOLOGOLAND.COM QUESTION JANUARY 29, 2010 1985 was one of the worst financial years for movies. Ticket sales were the lowest since 1968, gross receipts were the lowest since 1980. Obviously the movies weren’t well received. Many critics said this was a major problem. What? The studios made a glut of movies aimed at teens but they underestimated their audience. (At least 10 movies that summer dealt with oversexed teens involved in such things as dating rituals or science projects which appealed to no audience group.) RADIOLOGOLAND.COM QUESTION JANUARY 22, 2010 In 1956, cash contributions flowed into Gunnison Colorado to finance rescue operations for this. For what? a snowbound pack horse caught alone in the wilderness. In 1965, the congress formally declared “That the general welfare and security of the nation and the health and living standards of the people require (this), as a matter of national purpose..” Require what? City Planning (“…sound development of the nation’s communities and metropolitan areas in which the vast majority of its people live and work”). RADIOLOGOLAND.COM QUESTION JANUARY 15, 2010 In 1989, the government announced a new labeling program to inform consumers about the effectiveness of this. Effectiveness of what product? Sunglasses (The amount of UV light transmitted through sunglasses was now required on labels.) RADIOLOGOLAND.COM QUESTION: JANUARY 8, 2010 In 1989 the auto industry’s biggest problem world wide was overcapacity. Why? Too many car factories. (The rise of Asian plants in the 70s and 80s led to an overabundance of auto factories capable of producing far greater numbers of vehicles than could ever be sold. A study by GM predicted that by the early ‘90s the auto industry world wide would be able to produce 6 million more vehicles than it could find buyers for. This would create life and death combat between companies said a GM exec.) RADIOLOGOLAND.COM QUESTION JANUARY 1, 2010 In 1960, the president of Argentina issued a decree that the union of civil servants said was “a danger to health”. What did the president decree? That government employees would have only a half hour lunch break (down from an hour) and an eight hour workday (including the 30 minute lunch) up from six hours. In 1957, the president of Brazil made worldwide news for being in the hospital. Why was he there? The former practicing doctor assisted in the country’s first surgery implanting an artificial heart. RADIOLOGOLAND.COM QUESTION
Want to see previoustrivia answers? June - December 2009 is here. As for everything prior to that, they're buried in the blogs, generally under a Saturday entry. (Click on "Blog" on the navigation bar and start scrolling backwards. You should easily find another year's worth, though it won't be worth the effort.) |