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Jim Murray and Steve Ross return us to those thrilling days of yesteryear with "Remember When." Unlike most talk shows, "Remember When" does not deal in the present, nor the future, but concentrates instead on the glorious past. The show doesn't strive for edge - only smiles. Listeners of The Big Talker are invited to jog their memories and come up with some people, places, or things that are no longer, but might have been a warm and wonderful memory for them.
"Remember When" you shopped at Lit Brothers, Gimbels, Wanamakers, or Snellenbergers? Or maybe wolfed down a hot dog at Old Original Levis'? Ate a Pig's Dinner, or Kitchen Sink at Greenwood Dairies? Bought a "creampuff" from Ron Levitt? Listened to WIBBAGE on your transistor radio? Went to Two Guys to test your TV tubes? Watched the Phillies play at Connie Mack Stadium?
Both "Remember When" hosts are native Philadelphians. Jim Murray from West Philly, Steve Ross from North, then later Northeast Philly. Jim Murray, 67, is well known from his days as General Manager of the Philadelphia Eagles and also for being instrumental in starting the Ronald McDonald House - a home away from home for parents of terminally ill youngsters. From that first house on Chestnut Street that opened in 1974, there are now 243 houses in 24 countries worldwide. Being involved from its genesis, Murray calls the Ronald McDonald experience "incredibly humbling."
Steve Ross, 58, has extensive local radio experience, first on legendary Top-40 station WIBG, to most recently, WPEN. He served as track announcer at Liberty Bell Park and was the voice of Meadowlark Lemon's Buckateers - a hybrid of the Harlem Globetrotters - delighting audiences from around the world, with their comedy basketball antics.
Murray and Ross are dear friends who thoroughly enjoy reminiscing about their "good old days" while sitting behind "The Big Talker" microphones, awaiting calls from listeners eager to share their experiences, as well.
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