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THE ANTI-SMOKER
Here's a WABC listener who just can't stand the fact
that I smoke.
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WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT PUB
Just a little blooper. A live phone call with the
bartender at Johnny Foxes pub in Dublin, Ireland.
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THE NUMBER NINE
Here's what happens when the temperature goes down to
9 degrees and you do a morning radio show.
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THE
CAR CRASH
Tens of
thousands of WABC listeners heard in shock, live on the radio,
a car crash into an SUV while the driver was talking to hosts
Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby.
Cheryl
Picker was trapped in her vehicle when it rolled over after
being hit by another car. She was on her cell phone talking
about the Michael Jackson case when the accident occured.
Listen
to this dramatic tape.
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PRANK PHONE CALL
While
at KOA in Denver, I decided to dial up directory assistance
and recite the lyrics from the Johnny Rivers song, Memphis.
It's about a phone call to the operator and as you'll hear
the woman didn't have a clue of what I was doing.
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MISS
RHEINGOLD
CARROLL GARDENS BARTENDER ERIN BAILY MAY BECOME NEW YORK'S NEXT
"MISS RHEINGOLD." THE NEW YORK BREWERY IS REVIVING
IT'S 1940'S AND 50'S CAMPAIGN WITH A FRESH NEW LOOK. BAILY,
A BARTENDER AT ANGRY WADES ON SMITH STREET WAS SELECTED AS ONE
OF SIX FINALISTS AND SHE SHARED HER THOUGHTS DURING ONE OF GEORGE'S
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BLACKOUT
50 MILLION AMERICANS WERE TAKEN INTO DARKNESS ON AUGUST 14,
2003. IT WAS FEARED THE BLACKOUT WOULD LEAD TO LOOTING AND MISCHIEF
ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. LISTEN TO SOME
OF GEORGE'S FIRST REPORTS AND TO ONE OF HIS NEWSCASTS THE NEXT
DAY. |
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OLIVER
NORTH COMES UNDER FIRE WHILE TALKING TO THE NEWSGUY
During the height of the attack on Iraq, Col.
Oliver North, came under fire during an interview with WABC's
George Weber. The tape was rolling as the new FOX television
anaylist hunkered down near Baghdad.
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WABC
producer Aric Schmidt compiled sound from September 11, 2001
and mixed it with music for this reflective piece on the one
year anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
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Aggressive
Panhandling
George
confronts an aggressive panhandler head-on, live on the radio.
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Dead
Guy
For
24 hours, George takes a ride with new york city paramedics.
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1998
NYC Marathon
George's
first attempt at play-by-play sports----his coverage of the
New york City Marathon.
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The
New York Association of Broadcasters has handed its "Best
Newscast" award to George for his 7 O'clock news on WABC.
The
winning newscast was broadcast on September 12, 2001, the
morning after the terrorist attacks on New York City.
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| George
interviews the space shuttle astronauts |
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WABC
producer Erik Hastings has his own version of how the astronaut
interview went... |
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Who's
the real George Weber?
WABC afternoon
news anchor Bruce Anderson for some unexplained reason ended
his newscast like this.
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George
answers listeners question:
Is the
Sports guy live or a robot?
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IS IT, GEORGE....DEER OR DEERS!
Here's
what happens when a typo in your copy makes you look like
an idiot.
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George
talks about the web site on the radio
WABC Talk
show host John Gambling and the
news guy spent a few minutes talking about the new web site
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911
Deer Tape
About
six years ago, a funny tape started making the rounds at radio
stations across the country. It's supposedly a man calling
911 to report that he was attacked by a deer, which he put
in his car after running it over. It's authenticity has long
been questioned, but it's definately worth a listen. (warning:
obscene language)
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Mansion
Tour
In 1997,
Mayor Rudy Giuliani was running for re-election as Mayor of
New York city. After some arm twisting, the Mayor allowed
me to become the first broadcast reporter to tour Gracie Mansion,
with his honor. Have a listen to part of that.
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Saddamathon
During
the Persian Gulf war, Saddam Hussein was public enemy number
one----which got us thinking at KOA radio in Denver. Why not
a parody of a tele-thon? This was the result.
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The
day the music died.....
April,
23, 1988 was a painful day for the thousands of people in
Denver who grew up listening to 95-KIMN. For over 30 years,
KIMN was the predominant top-40 radio station in the city---and
one of the nation's most influencial. A few weeks earlier,
KIMN general manager Wayne Phillips held a news conference
to make the announcement.
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It's
his story....
In 1988, I heard the story of a Kansas Farmer--who along with
some of his old war buddies were going back to Vietnam to help
their government remove land mines. I was touched by the story
and wanted to go along. The station said no. So, I proposed
flying to Kansas instead. After interviewing Mike Wallace, I
provided him with hours of tape and recorders to capture his
trip in sound. Mike became the reporter ---as you'll hear in
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Paging
Mr. Weber, Mister George Weber
This was
a way for me to do something I've always wanted to do and
get away with it. Page myself at the airport. I did while
at KIMN radio in Denver in 1986.
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The
Snow Storm That Wasn't
In the
Winter of 2000, the New York city area was belted by several
big snow storms---but many of them turned out to be duds.
The media was accused of getting carried away with their storm
coverage. That got me thinking---how could we have fun on
WABC with a snow storm that wasn't.
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SuperDiamond
My friend
Randy Cordero has appeared on several of my talks shows--most
of them while I was working at KGO in San Francisco. We freaked
out listeners by refusing to tell them who "my special
guest" was----announcing they'd know when he sang. He
did---and women were calling up in tears thinking it was the
real Neil Diamond. Instead, they got the "Surreal Neil".
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Bible
Thumping
In 1996,
while covering the Acadamy Awards for the WABC morning show,
I ran into this Bible preacher on the streets of Los Angeles...
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