Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Wake the Town and Tell the People (1955)

Charted at #5 on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1955. With the Notables. B-side of "I'll Never Stop Loving You". Also #13 for Mindy Carson during the same month...

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Comment by XLFD on November 9, 2014 at 6:25pm

And that is significant, Aquaman.  To offer a simple contrast, go to the library and check out the Manistee paper, which, like the COLDNews, is ran by people far away from West Michigan.  But they allow nearly two pages of letters to the editor on the opinion pages for a couple of weeks before elections, to showcase people's opinions and choices, with a minimum of edits and without apparent bias. 

I have wrote a letter to COLDNews during my 2011 election bid and suffered their editorial pen striking out innocent enough passages before putting it in print, effectively changing what I was saying.  I have not seen them report any of my city council monologs honestly and rarely report on them without a lot of bias and contempt for me.  I don't care if they don't like me, my politics, or my methods, but it shouldn't affect their journalistic integrity.

Comment by AQUAMAN on November 9, 2014 at 2:47pm

Of significance to me anyhow, was that even back in the day, the local citizens had a free and open chance to exchange their feelings and ideas on the air. Courtesy of the media. Today that's pretty much been muffled, and so why? Of course the LDN has it's editorial/my view section, but that too has been stifled with overbearing editors that choose what to print, and what not to. They rewrite your letter to hush the truth all too often. 

Comment by Willy on November 9, 2014 at 9:01am

It seems to me that radio stations that are close to one of the Great Lakes should be able to increase their power output to be able to cover more land area in their broadcasts. The stations near the lakes broadcast to areas empty of any population. This is a disadvantage for those stations that other stations more inland do not have.

Comment by XLFD on November 9, 2014 at 12:17am

Unfortunately, Ludington's oldest radio station was bought recently by Synergy, its Ludington Avenue base abandoned, and is being operated with several other radio stations in back of "Just Bargains" until it makes the move to Thompsonville:

It is hard times for radio stations and newspapers, and hard for either to survive if they actually follow the old-style methods of broadcasting and journalism that woke the people up instead of putting them to sleep.

Comment by AQUAMAN on November 8, 2014 at 6:01pm

This was the theme song for WKLA's talk forum every nite at dinner time when I grew up. Ray Plank, owner of WKLA, hosted the show. Anyone could call in and voice their opinions on the local scene of politics and events of the day. Anyone else remember this? 

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