WNEW 1130 New York Milkman's Matinee Theme

The begining of the Milkman's Matinee show with Bob Jones from Friday November 30, 1984. Theme song recorded by Les Brown featuring the Modernaires.

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• milkman's
• matinee
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• american
• standards

[moboutmen]

Driving home from Bayonne, New York Skyline, Statue of Liberty, Pulaski Skyway, 71 Cadillac.

[joni2691]

I remember as kid they used to play this on the old channel 5 WNEW-Metromedia station when it was signing off around 2 or 3am. Them were the days my friends!

[ulysses1904]

@joni2691 I remember that too, I grew up by Kingston and watched Channel 5 all day and night. Remember "Reel Camp"?

[irenicum]

This is the sound of my late night childhood and teen years. Man, what a great station WNEW AM 1130 was.

[Lainer1]

I remember listening to this when I got home from my second shift job. I LOVED this. i wish it was still on.

[artiefun]

Those were the day's

[nygnyg1]

@ColoradoCharlie JIM LOWE was the best....booze in the basement..lemonade in the lobby

[musicmandon1]

You gave a lift to a lot of New York area insomniacs by putting this up. Many's the night I heard this before finally making it off to sleep. I'd heard Jean Shepherd 9:15 to 10, then any baseball that might be on, and if I were still awake I'd hear this song. Other nights I'd hear "The Nightcaps," a late night talk show which was on when Larry King was also a radio talk show host.

[TechnerVideo]

Really glad you captured this, but this audio has clearly been over-processed.

[ColoradoCharlie]

I recall listening to Jim Lowe hosting Milkman's Matinee during the mid-1970s. As a teenager I enjoyed the WNEW lineup (Gene Klavan, Julius LaRosa, Ted Brown and Jim Lowe, especially) and all their wonderful music. Even though I lived in Pennsylvania, only about 45 miles northwest of Philadelphia, I got the WNEW signal clear and strong any time of day or night!

[ImDavidGurney]

One thing that no one has mentioned:In the 60's and early 70's,the NYC TV stations signed off around 1 or 2 AM.This was the only game in town.

[Hawkeye752]

@joni2691 Yes; recall the announcer for Channel 5 reminding us to tune to 1130 for all night music on the Milkman's Matinee.