Gene Baxter
@genebaxter.bsky.social
After a Hall of Fame radio career in America, I am back home in Britain for Act Two. Co-host of the “A Cup Of Tea And A Chat” podcast with @alliemackay
Thank YOU, Bill. I wish your list could go on forever. Great stuff. I never would know "Zodiacs" or so many others without this series.
Today I wrap up "175 Days of Disco" with the five remaining DJ favourites of the era on the list in the posts that follow. Tomorrow I'll post a special Top 100 based on the songs from this list as well as their Billboard chart positions. Thanks to all who have followed along these past 175+ days!
December 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Thank YOU, Bill. I wish your list could go on forever. Great stuff. I never would know "Zodiacs" or so many others without this series.
Oh no! I've rarely met anyone as passionate about music as Howie. was. He was a joy to work with in all my years as a radio music director. Such a smart and funny man too.
"He was a co-founder of the San Francisco-based 415 Records during the 1970s, and was a strong and vocal presence in the music industry’s anti-censorship efforts in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, focusing on political activism in his later years."
Howie Klein Dies at 77:
Howie Klein Dies at 77:
Howie Klein, Top Executive at Sire and Reprise Records, DJ and Political Activist, Dies at 77
Howie Klein, a veteran music executive who was president of Reprise Records, a VP at Sire and co-founder of the 415 label, has died. He was 77.
variety.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Oh no! I've rarely met anyone as passionate about music as Howie. was. He was a joy to work with in all my years as a radio music director. Such a smart and funny man too.
My favourite singer, Dean Martin, died exactly 30 years ago today. Fun fact: Other Christmas Day deaths include George Michael, Eartha Kitt, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, and James Brown. Cool it, Santa.
December 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My favourite singer, Dean Martin, died exactly 30 years ago today. Fun fact: Other Christmas Day deaths include George Michael, Eartha Kitt, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, and James Brown. Cool it, Santa.
So happy for you, Perry but it's a real loss for the industry to lose your perspective. I'm sorry we never got to work together. Enjoy your those books and ballgames, my friend!
Here’s my last column, a farewell review of what passes for my career. I’m done. If you’ve read my column over the last 30 or so years, thank you. I’ll go now.
barrettmedia.com/2025/12/22/t...
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Thank You and Good Night
A final thank you sendoff from Perry Michael Simon who signs off from his weekly column covering the radio industry for over 30 years
barrettmedia.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So happy for you, Perry but it's a real loss for the industry to lose your perspective. I'm sorry we never got to work together. Enjoy your those books and ballgames, my friend!
Thank you for this and all the brilliant work you do, James. I’m delighted to be a Patron. Happy Christmas to you and yours.
Out now for all members, paid AND free*, A Christmas Gift for You from Centuries of Sound – Christmas Records 1962-1968
Come listen to a Christmas selection from the wildest decade of all.
www.patreon.com/posts/146374...
*will change after Christmas
Come listen to a Christmas selection from the wildest decade of all.
www.patreon.com/posts/146374...
*will change after Christmas
December 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thank you for this and all the brilliant work you do, James. I’m delighted to be a Patron. Happy Christmas to you and yours.
@eddytemplemorris.bsky.social I've had you on the radio the last hour while doing chores and you are killing it, my friend. Great content, fantastic tunes. Really have enjoyed it.
December 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@eddytemplemorris.bsky.social I've had you on the radio the last hour while doing chores and you are killing it, my friend. Great content, fantastic tunes. Really have enjoyed it.
I love Kylie and her music but this is an infuriatingly awful song.
Will it be a first Number 1 in 22 years for Kylie Minogue ? 👊
And not just any Number 1... the coveted Christmas Number 1! 💪 🎅
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kylie-minogue-leads-official-christmas-number-1-single-xmas-together-for-palestine/
#XMAS
And not just any Number 1... the coveted Christmas Number 1! 💪 🎅
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kylie-minogue-leads-official-christmas-number-1-single-xmas-together-for-palestine/
#XMAS
December 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I love Kylie and her music but this is an infuriatingly awful song.
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Meg White, our generation's reclusive Bobbie Gentry, turns 51 today.
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Meg White, our generation's reclusive Bobbie Gentry, turns 51 today.
Someone's looking for a job....I'd hire you! 🤣
I like saving airchecks for historical purposes.. and to hear how hard I tried on air. Here is today’s 9-12 shift on Triple M Melbourne 📻 on.soundcloud.com/85wRm4FgRio9...
Dave Williams Aircheck Dec 10 2025.mp3
Radio Aircheck from 105.1 Triple M Melbourne December 10 2025
soundcloud.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Someone's looking for a job....I'd hire you! 🤣
If I miss anything most about living in America it’s probably TCM. And they don’t even have a streaming option. Fingers crossed this changes that … 👀 @tcmtv.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If I miss anything most about living in America it’s probably TCM. And they don’t even have a streaming option. Fingers crossed this changes that … 👀 @tcmtv.bsky.social
Mine seemed unlikely too. 🤔
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Mine seemed unlikely too. 🤔
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I searched last years’s Top 40 UK most streamed Christmas songs and was saddened to find “The Chipmunk Song” no longer makes the cut.
We used to be a proper country. 😞
We used to be a proper country. 😞
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I searched last years’s Top 40 UK most streamed Christmas songs and was saddened to find “The Chipmunk Song” no longer makes the cut.
We used to be a proper country. 😞
We used to be a proper country. 😞
Reposted by Gene Baxter
this is the kind of content i come to Bluesky for
Happy Thanksgiving! Time for my annual post with the entire list of active NFL players whose last name could be call letters of a radio station in the city in which they play:
KEYS (MIN)
KIRK (HOU)
KUPP (SEA)
WADE (BAL)
WARD (CLE)
WARD (IND)
WARD (TEN)
WATT (PIT)
WEBB (CLE)
WISE (WAS)
WOOD (NO)
KEYS (MIN)
KIRK (HOU)
KUPP (SEA)
WADE (BAL)
WARD (CLE)
WARD (IND)
WARD (TEN)
WATT (PIT)
WEBB (CLE)
WISE (WAS)
WOOD (NO)
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
this is the kind of content i come to Bluesky for
And to you as well 🎅🏻🎄⛄️🎁🎉
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
And to you as well 🎅🏻🎄⛄️🎁🎉
I don’t want to say it’s rainy and windy in Southampton today but I’m worried the main hatchway is about to give in. #thelegendliveson
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I don’t want to say it’s rainy and windy in Southampton today but I’m worried the main hatchway is about to give in. #thelegendliveson
Go see Al or you’ll die in a pool of regret. I mean it. 🪗
Tickets for the Bigger & Weirder 2026 tour are ON SALE NOW at
www.weirdal.com/tour
www.weirdal.com/tour
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Go see Al or you’ll die in a pool of regret. I mean it. 🪗
it's still a thrill to see a standalone radio station..... there are fewer and fewer every year. Beautiful photo, Mav.
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
it's still a thrill to see a standalone radio station..... there are fewer and fewer every year. Beautiful photo, Mav.
The difference being “Time Passages” is awesome and “My Ding A Ling” should be illegal.
I saw Al Stewart a decade ago and he complained (good naturedly) about still having to sing "Time Passages," which he considered a trifle. Said it was like Chuck Berry having his biggest hit with "My Ding A Ling." #AT40
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The difference being “Time Passages” is awesome and “My Ding A Ling” should be illegal.
W😳W, and congratulations on this. 👏👏👏
The BBC first started broadcasting 103 years ago today. From 2022 my centenary sound montage '100 Years of BBC Radio in 100 Minutes'
youtu.be/tvgpwlQlY_A
youtu.be/tvgpwlQlY_A
100 Years of BBC Radio in 100 Minutes
YouTube video by RandomRadioJottings
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November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
W😳W, and congratulations on this. 👏👏👏
Top man. 🍺
i am drinking an Edmund Fitzgerald Porter from Great Lakes in Cleveland right now
the legend lives on indeed
the legend lives on indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Top man. 🍺
At work today on Day Five of the #EdmundFitzgerald remembrance week. #thelegendliveson
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
At work today on Day Five of the #EdmundFitzgerald remembrance week. #thelegendliveson