[JPL] (Was Educational Presentations) Sid Mark

[Eric Jackson]

EdBride at aol.com wrote:

> Might have been WHAT-FM. Indeed, I probably stole that idea from Sid  Mark, 
> and then re-named it "two of a mind." Sid became a friend and big  supporter of 
> the Villanova Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, when I was chairman  (1964-65). 
> Sid has recently been inducted into the Philadelphia Radio Hall of  Fame, or 
> some entity with that calling.

That's great. He should be in the Radio Hall of Fame.

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> Most people know Sid today as the "Sunday with Sinatra" guy, but back in  the 
> day, he had a really great radio program, 4-10pm, 6 days a week, if  memory 
> serves.

I remember his show. It was called "The Mark of Jazz." Did he use 
Maynard Ferguson's version of Frame for the Blues? It was somebody's 
theme during that period. I had a job working in a men's clothing store 
a few blocks from my house in Camden, NJ. The radio in the store was set 
to WHAT so I heard lots of Sid Mark.

I never heard "Sunday with Sinatra" although I did know he was doing 
that as a syndicated program. I do remember on Friday evenings that he 
did a program called "Friday With Frank" I have to admit, some Friday 
nights I turned off Sid and Frank and turned to the other commercial 
jazz station Philly had at that time.

Eric Jackson
Mon - Thurs 8 pm - mid.
89.7 FM WGBH Boston
www.wgbh.org/jazz




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