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by ShempLives
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:43 am
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: WPON's AA and Revolving Door Show
Replies: 189
Views: 32132

Re: WPON's AA and Revolving Door Show

As WPON website's schedule is terribly out of date, what is the current schedule for the AA and Revolving Door Show?
by ShempLives
Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:08 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

Thanks for the link to Joe LaPointe's column.
by ShempLives
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

The Michigan Association of Broadcasters did a cut-and-paste of the error prone Detroit Free Press obituary: https://www.michiganmedia.com/2024/03/0 ... ies-at-79/
by ShempLives
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:51 am
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

I wonder if Joe LaPointe will write a eulogy for Ron in his Metro Times column?
by ShempLives
Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:31 am
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

I recall that after LaPointe's 1979 column was printed, Ron came into the store (Kent Drugs) and was not happy. Mr. Cameron intimated that he and Mr. LaPointe were "through." Evidently they reconciled.
by ShempLives
Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

If we can find a place with a CD player, I can make CD's of past shows and we can hear them.
by ShempLives
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:15 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

FYI: I was able to record the show with a 60 second break to start the AA and Revolving Door Show which continued the tribute.
by ShempLives
Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

Interesting that we heard stories of the Detroit Red Wings players twice(!) paying Ron's "tuition" for umpire school. More from Mr. LaPointe's May 7, 1979 column: "'Ron was living in the Cass Corridor,' says Jim Grandon, 37, a Tigers' season ticket holder who has known Cameron since they met in the ...
by ShempLives
Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

Regarding Ron and the Specs Howard School of Broadcasting, from Joe LaPointe's May 7, 1979 column in the Detroit Free Press: "Although he spent two weeks in a broadcast school, Ron's only brush with higher education was a Florida umpires' school 10 years ago."
by ShempLives
Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

My accountant reference was a "tip of the hat" to the Buzzboard members.
by ShempLives
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: WPON's AA and Revolving Door Show
Replies: 189
Views: 32132

Re: WPON's AA and Revolving Door Show

Your show will be the de facto source for posthumous Ron Cameron information.
by ShempLives
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:22 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: WPON's AA and Revolving Door Show
Replies: 189
Views: 32132

Re: WPON's AA and Revolving Door Show

Thanks for mentioning the upcoming Ron Cameron tribute show on March 1st.
by ShempLives
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

The AA and Revolving Door Show ended today's broadcast by mentioning the Ron Cameron tribute show scheduled for March 1st.
by ShempLives
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

Unfortunately WPON's stream for Ron's last show on February 16, 2024 wasn't working and I wound up recording nothing.
by ShempLives
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:03 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Ron Cameron
Replies: 27328
Views: 1743292

Re: Ron Cameron

I too felt that at times Ron was laughing a little too hard.