Bill Randle TV Show 1956-WEWS-TV 5 Cleveland

Real rarity-Audio from The Bill Randle TV Show from March 4, 1956. Included here are Billy Eckstine, Nick Noble, Dick Duane, Lou Busch (aka Joe ;"Fingers" Carr and The Four Coins, who cover The Platters' Hit,,"The Great Pretender" .Randle, as a DJ on WERE, was known for Introducing Elvis Presley to Northern Audiences..He offers a picture of Elvis at the end of the show. Announcer Alan Douglas hosted many talk and interview shows in Cleveland over the years.
Recorded live off TV by Jerry Immel

[@audionut614]

I was a broadcasting student at the University of Cincinnati when Bill Randle became the head of the broadcasting department..learned a LOT from him. Remember one day he was just leafing through a Billboard magazine, and on each page he had an idea of what he could promote or create music/group wise. The guy was ALWAYS thinking, always in control, and had quite a "presence" about him.. He spoke quite a bit about his experiences in promoting/discovering many of the big names in rock from the 50's and 60's... Very inspiring just to be around..

[@mildredchamplin1436]

My twin sister and I were privileed to meet Bill when we were all night students at Wayne University in 1949. We'd have coffee together and just hang out. I didn't even think of him as a disc jockey, but as kind of a chum. It was a short but memorable time just before he moved to Cleveland. He was extraordinary.

[@alphabeets]

Bill Randle was possibly the finest DJ ever. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of music.

[@mikesnyder1788]

Agreed! He knew everything about music and he knew many in the industry who made the music!

[@mikesnyder1788]

I was fortunate to move to CLE during his final years on WKNR AM and my wife and I listened to him at every opportunity. As I recall the final two records he played the day he retired were "Somewhere over the rainbow" and "What a wonderful world" by the equally great Louis Armstrong! A giant on the radio, people!

[@millardfillmore3961]

Whenever I hear “Dry Bones” by Tommy Dorsey, makes me think it’s time for the Bill Randle Show. I remember talking to Bill on the phone in the early 1990’s, when he was between records. Nobody like Mr. Randle. Much missed!