IS AMERICA FIT TO FIGHT? The Obama administration asks us to relax at the news that America is cutting its defense budget and the size of our armed forces because “Wars are different now and no longer so manpower-intensive.” “Big deal,” reply knowledgeable Americans. “When the world hears “defense cuts” the aggressors salivate! Into this argument comes teacher-writer-scientist-inventor ADRIAN VANCE to unpuzzle this argument and help decide how secure we have the right to feel in our homeland.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014
11/09 BARRY FARBER, NATIONAL RADIO HALL OF FAME
Farber’s road to Radio Hall of Fame started here
Posted on Nov 9, 2014 by Dawn Kane
GREENSBORO — When Barry Farber moved from Greensboro to New York in 1957, he aimed for a job with a newspaper or magazine.
“I didn’t think that radio or television would be welcoming to a Southern accent,” Farber recalls.
As it turned out, his Southern accent and his accompanying gentility didn’t hurt. He found work as a radio producer, then as a talk show host.
More than five decades later, Farber hasn’t left the airwaves yet — except during a brief unsuccessful run for New York City mayor in 1977.
Farber, 84, flew to Los Angeles on Saturday to attend the ceremony with his daughter, Bibi.
“I had no idea that I was being watched or measured, and that’s why it’s such a happy surprise,” he said Friday from his apartment on New York’s Upper West Side.
Each weekday at 8 p.m., Farber broadcasts his hour-long conservative talk show from his apartment on CRN Digital Talk Radio, which airs not only on radio but on satellite, cable television and the Internet. His wife, former New York TV news reporter Sara Pentz, often joins him on the show, where he talks primarily about politics.
He writes a weekly column for the World Net Daily website at www.wnd.com.
He’s also an author and a linguist — he translated Russian for the U.S. Army during the Korean War — who has studied more than 25 languages and wrote the 1991 book, “How to Learn Any Language.” He founded the Language Club in New York City.
Born in Baltimore, Md., Farber considers Greensboro his hometown. He moved here at age 5 when his father’s clothing manufacturing business took the family south.
He remembers watching radio station WBIG broadcast from its former location in the old O. Henry Hotel at North Elm and Bellemeade streets.
“Like printer’s ink gets in your blood, I guess radio waves do, too,” he said.
After graduating from Greensboro Senior High School, now Grimsley, in 1948, he studied journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he served as editor of the Daily Tar Heel.
In New York, a college connection and stroke of luck got him into radio. He was driving down Madison Avenue when he saw a minor bus accident. Among its passengers was a buddy from his college wrestling days. He told his friend of his quest for a job. “The next thing you know, I was gainfully employed as a radio producer, not having spent one day in radio,” Farber said.
He joined WRCA/New York City as a producer for Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg’s interview show.
In 1960, he debuted “Barry Farber’s Open Mike” on WINS/New York. Two years later, he began a 15-year association with WOR/New York as an evening and overnight host. He left in 1977 to run for mayor, but returned to radio the following year for a decade-long run at WMCA/New York.
In 1990, Farber’s show went national as part of the ABC Radio network. He later tried his hand at syndication behind the scenes as a co-founder of the independent network Daynet.
Farber was named 1991 “Talk Show Host of the Year” by National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts.
Since 2008, “The Barry Farber Show” has been on CRN Digital Talk Radio and Talk Radio Network.
Farber hasn’t visited Greensboro much in recent years. He spoke at his high school class reunions in 1993 and 1998, and attended the funeral of his high school wrestling coach, Weddie Huffman, in 2002.
But he stays in touch with longtime friends Leonard and Rita Guyes and Erwin and Sandy Goldman.
And he still enjoys his work.
On Friday, his daughters Bibi and Celia, a journalist, turned the tables and interviewed him on his show.
“I would rather burn out than rust out,” Farber said. “I am one of those who will not retire.”
Posted on Nov 9, 2014 by Dawn Kane
“I didn’t think that radio or television would be welcoming to a Southern accent,” Farber recalls.
As it turned out, his Southern accent and his accompanying gentility didn’t hurt. He found work as a radio producer, then as a talk show host.
More than five decades later, Farber hasn’t left the airwaves yet — except during a brief unsuccessful run for New York City mayor in 1977.
Farber, 84, flew to Los Angeles on Saturday to attend the ceremony with his daughter, Bibi.
“I had no idea that I was being watched or measured, and that’s why it’s such a happy surprise,” he said Friday from his apartment on New York’s Upper West Side.
Each weekday at 8 p.m., Farber broadcasts his hour-long conservative talk show from his apartment on CRN Digital Talk Radio, which airs not only on radio but on satellite, cable television and the Internet. His wife, former New York TV news reporter Sara Pentz, often joins him on the show, where he talks primarily about politics.
He writes a weekly column for the World Net Daily website at www.wnd.com.
He’s also an author and a linguist — he translated Russian for the U.S. Army during the Korean War — who has studied more than 25 languages and wrote the 1991 book, “How to Learn Any Language.” He founded the Language Club in New York City.
Born in Baltimore, Md., Farber considers Greensboro his hometown. He moved here at age 5 when his father’s clothing manufacturing business took the family south.
He remembers watching radio station WBIG broadcast from its former location in the old O. Henry Hotel at North Elm and Bellemeade streets.
“Like printer’s ink gets in your blood, I guess radio waves do, too,” he said.
After graduating from Greensboro Senior High School, now Grimsley, in 1948, he studied journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he served as editor of the Daily Tar Heel.
In New York, a college connection and stroke of luck got him into radio. He was driving down Madison Avenue when he saw a minor bus accident. Among its passengers was a buddy from his college wrestling days. He told his friend of his quest for a job. “The next thing you know, I was gainfully employed as a radio producer, not having spent one day in radio,” Farber said.
He joined WRCA/New York City as a producer for Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg’s interview show.
In 1960, he debuted “Barry Farber’s Open Mike” on WINS/New York. Two years later, he began a 15-year association with WOR/New York as an evening and overnight host. He left in 1977 to run for mayor, but returned to radio the following year for a decade-long run at WMCA/New York.
In 1990, Farber’s show went national as part of the ABC Radio network. He later tried his hand at syndication behind the scenes as a co-founder of the independent network Daynet.
Farber was named 1991 “Talk Show Host of the Year” by National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts.
Since 2008, “The Barry Farber Show” has been on CRN Digital Talk Radio and Talk Radio Network.
Farber hasn’t visited Greensboro much in recent years. He spoke at his high school class reunions in 1993 and 1998, and attended the funeral of his high school wrestling coach, Weddie Huffman, in 2002.
But he stays in touch with longtime friends Leonard and Rita Guyes and Erwin and Sandy Goldman.
And he still enjoys his work.
On Friday, his daughters Bibi and Celia, a journalist, turned the tables and interviewed him on his show.
“I would rather burn out than rust out,” Farber said. “I am one of those who will not retire.”
Friday, November 7, 2014
11/7- SARA TRACKS BARRY’S RADIO TRAIL WITH DAUGHTERS BIBI AND CELIA WHO DON’T REMEMBER WHEN “DADDY” WASN’T ON THE AIR!
It’s “All-In-The-Family” time as Sara Pentz, also known as Mrs. Barry Farber, brings on Barry’s daughters Bibi and Celia Farber to interview Barry before he heads for Los Angeles to be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame!
Thursday, November 6, 2014
11/6- COMING UP: A REVIEW AND PREVIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE OVER THE CENTURIES OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM.
IS BARACK OBAMA THE WORST PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY? “NO”, replies DR. IVAN ELAND, author of “Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity and Liberty”, ranks Obama as 34th out of 44. Dr. Eland, who spent fifteen years working for Congress on national security issues. Responds to Donald Trump’s attack on his score keeping as he visits with Sara and Barry this evening.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
11/5-WHY THAT SMILE ALL DAY LONG? WHY BE ASHAMED OF OUR EMOTIONS. WE FEEL LIKE IT’S THE LIBERATION OF OUR HOMELAND.
The people spoke. What exactly did they say?
Teacher-writer-scientist-inventor ADRIAN VANCE visits with Sara and Barry tonight to sort out the various messages. Obama snorts and says he “doesn’t read tea leaves”. We do, and we’ll tell you right off that calling the messages of yesterday’s elections “tea leaves” is like calling a thunderclap a butterfly’s belch.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
11/4-WE MAY NEED ANTI-GLOATING PILLS BEFORE THE NIGHT IS DONE, AND OUR PHARMACY IS FRESH OUT OF THEM!
How maddening it is to be live on radio just as the earliest returns are beginning to drizzle in from a group of all-important states which will tell us whether America will be the same country tomorrow as it is today. Barry complains it’s like smelling whiskey through a jailhouse door. Attorney DON O’SULLIVAN who’s made it his lifetime hobby to collect a prodigious knowledge of the micro and macro of American politics visits with Sara and Barry this evening as that “jailhouse door” begins to open up just wide enough for a medium-size bottle to get through!
Monday, November 3, 2014
11/3- NORTHERNERS SAY, “DON’T COUNT CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.” SOUTHERNERS SAY, “DON’T COUNT ‘TATERS AFORE GRABBIN’ TIME! SO, TOO EARLY TO TELL, BUT TOMORROW NIGHT MIGHT BE A GREAT TIME TO BE A RIGHT-WING TALK HOST IN AMERICA!
STAN
SOLOMON is a talk host, so is Barry. A mutual friend introduced them by
phone today and they intertwined like long-lost lizards. Barry and Stan
decided to continue their flaming new acquaintanceship over the air this
evening. WARNING: Stan and Barry are on the right and considering
the importance of tomorrow’s election and the excitement level of Stan and
Barry, this show might possibly annoy supporters of the president and his
Senate cohorts!
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