Monday, January 26, 2015

Joe Franklin dead at 88: Radio and TV icon was the spirit of a hard-working New Yorker

The Bronx-born host started in television at its dawn in 1950. 'The Joe Franklin Show' welcomed a string of little-known actors, singers and comedians — from Barbra Streisand to Woody Allen — who went on to become megastars. Franklin died Saturday, reportedly of prostate cancer.


BY David Hinckley, NY Daily News



Like the demolition of Ebbets Field or Penn Station, Joe Franklin’s death Saturday took a little piece of New York with it.

Franklin, who was 88 and reportedly died of prostate cancer, wasn’t just a link to New York’s entertainment history. He was the spirit of the New York streets, the hard-working hustler who made it to the big time because it never occurred to him that he wouldn’t or couldn’t.

His late-night television show, from 1950 to 1962 on WJZ and then until 1993 on WOR, formed the core of the Joe Franklin legend.

It’s still in the “Guinness World Records” as the longest continuously running talk show in TV history.

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Monday, January 19, 2015

Jewish Radio and TV in the US and Israel

We're adding Jewish Internet TV into the radio mix.  For our first offering, check out TJC, The Jewish Channel









To hear quality Jewish music, news and other radio programming, visit these stations online:



An online broadcast from Israel of the latest news, music, comedy and more all live and in English. Part of ArutzSheva.
Jewish Rock Radio broadcasts contemporary Jewish rock music from all over the world.  It has moved over to an app format for both Droid and iTunes.  


Streaming from Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan.  An unusual station in that its run entirely by the teens of its congregation, Temple Israel.  The station plays a tight mix of Jewish music from Hip Hop to Israeli and contomprorary Jewish service music.  Interviews with Jewish artists such as Matisyahu and talks shows by Jewish teens for Jewish teens.




ShoutCast.com is a free Jewish Internet Radio site with popular online radio stations playing a variety of Jewish music on MP3s.

  

Nachum Segal Network

The Nachum Segal Stream is now online 24/6 and is always free! See the Stream Schedule below. Now you can stream Jewish music and shows all day / everyday.




Arutz Sheva is a full website along with radio programs on topics from music, to comedy, life lessons, Torah, Temple Talk and so much more. The full website offers past newscasts as well as listening live in addition to the full range of news and topics on Judaism.


WUST Jewish Community Radio 
A gem of a local program out of Washington DC.  This one hour broadcast on Sunday mornings from 10-11 with Estelle Deutsch Abraham is a lively mix of songs in Hebrew, Yiddish and other languages from Jewish traditions all over the world.  Estelle often gives her own spin and features words and concepts of the day.  It’s also available to listen any time online.

New York Jewish Radio has it all, from children’s programming, to news to a variety of Jewish music.
From Central Florida, Jewish World Radio is an Orthodox station that provides Torah teachings, news, kabbalah and music in English, Spanish and Hebrew.

A station originating in Tuscon, Arizona, this show is broadcast weekly by Rabbi Sam Cohon and highlights everything interesting in contemporary Jewish life and features music, the arts, culture, comedy and inspiration.  Too Jewish is a blend of information, irreverence, and exploration of all things Jewish in the 21st century.  The show has featured such prominent guests as Neil Dedaka, Kinky Friedman, Elie Wiesel, Lily Tomlin, Peter Yarrow, Nina Totenberg, Gabrielle Giffords, Rabbis Harold Kushner and Shmuley Boteach, Matisyaho and many more.

A link to free streaming Jewish music with many stations and streams.

Mostly music, run by an Orthodox constituency, so music is heavily influenced by various Hassidic sects but also cantorial and contemporary Jewish (male) music.  Also broadcasts under the moniker Yidlive.

Contains a list of some of the Jewish radio resources on the Internet.

Promotes music from Jewish artists all over the spectrum: rock, pop, indie, commercial– with or without Jewish subject matter.  Its mix features music from JDub artists Girls in Trouble, DeLeon, CAN!!CAN, Sagol 59, and The Sway Machinery. Other artists/bands include Matisyahu, Mirah, Rilo Kiley, Animal Collective, and more.




For all you Yiddish lovers out there, the Forward, yes the once Yiddish publication, carries a host of radio programs, current and archived, for your Yiddish listening pleasure.