Al Wassil

dad of Adam and Jacob, grandpa to Brooks, radio announcer, proud to have been the hockey PA Announcer for both the Johnstown Chiefs and Johnstown Tomahawks.

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@Steigerworld @MarkMaddenX @BobSmizik Radio has changed. When I started the spot blocks could only be 3 minutes maximum. With only 3 at :20, :35 and :50 past the hour. Programming had much more of a say then. Managers now come exclusively from sales.

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45 Years in Radio. Now…it’s time to retire.

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Just another January Johnstown commute

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@DaveMishkin congratulations from Johnstown! Keep on calling those games!

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@perry_florio @TBLightning @DaveMishkin Man I remember producing that show. A lifetime ago. I was lucky to have been around a lot of good people through hockey. Grateful for the time around the Chiefs

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@TBLightning @DaveMishkin A great broadcaster and an even better guy. In my career in radio I have met so many talented people and he ranks up there with the best. Happy to say I met him on his way to the top. Congratulations on a stellar career and many more games to call

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Don’t forget the traditional playing of “Alice’s Restaurant” today… (I mean…I MEAN…I MEEEAN I was sitting on the bench)

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After 12 seasons of Johnstown Chiefs Hockey, they are pulling me out of mothballs for one last, final game. It will be a HOCKEY NIGHT IN JOHNSTOWN! LETS GO CHIEFS!

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Whenever I do the morning show I want to break into Robin Williams…

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Sad that Mike Lange has passed. I was his board op when the Pens were on KQV. (The audio also includes the late Jack Maloy from WDVE)

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@MarkMaddenX We both have faces for radio

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@dvesean Ha! Drinking morning coffee with shorts on in my backyard here in Somerset PA!

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@dvesean That college station ended up having quite a few radio (and television) people make careers of it….

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Just another day in Middle Earth. Walking Fangorn Forest

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@dvesean When I worked at Master Control we used to cart up (yes we used carts) features like TODAY IN ROCK HISTORY with Dan Formento from The Source

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@dvesean Joe Flaherty from Pittsburgh, based Count Floyd on SCTV on Chiller Theater