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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1988.
ing the good fortune to be
able to introduce them at
their concerts. He even went
along on one Beatles tour.
Regan calls the Beatles the
spokesmen for their era.
"The Beatles were us on
that stage; that's why we
were all so happy. They were
saying what needed to be
said. They were speaking for
us. They really captured the
moment. They became the
moment. It was quite amaz-
ing to be a part of it."
But, Regan had his own
following of fans. He recalled
that he was once asked to
judge a battle of the bands
contest at the old Jewish
Community Center on
Meyers and Curtis. As soon as
he walked into the room and
was recognized, adoring fans
started to mob him. "It was
scary, he remembered. "I had
to run out of the room:'
It was the ratings that pro-
ved how popular among teens
he really was.' According to
Regan, the ratings showed he
had triple the audience of the
other two competing stations
at the time (CKLW and
WXYZ).
He attributed his populari-
ty to the fact that he was tun-
ed into what interested his
teenage audience. "I was like
a reporter in a way," Regan
explained. "I was like a
newsman. I reported all that
(teens were doing) and so by
reporting it without really in-
volving myself in it directly I
became a part of it. I had a
feel for what interested the
kids and fortunately it also
interested me. That's why it
worked!' Yet, he doesn't feel
he deserves all the credit. "I
wasn't the star. The records
were the stars, the groups
were the stars, the audience
was the star?'
Regan figures he's had two
. major highlights in his radio
career. One is just being able
to communicate to his au-
dience. "It's a very gratifying
feeling. You feel like you're a
part of something other than
yourself and that was pro-
bably my greatest satisfaction
and accomplishment through
WKNR primarily because
that was a very interactive
type of station." The other
highlight, he said with a
smile, was introducing the
Beatles when they appeared
at the old Olympia Stadium.
The twice-divorced father of
two jokes about getting mar-
ried again. "I'd get married
again. Do you have anybody
in mind? I'm only kidding.
I'm always looking for mar-
riage prospects." Coming
from a Reform Jewish family,
Regan was bar mitzvah, but
doesn't currently affiliate
with Jewish organizations.
Regan recalls the years he spent in Detroit with fondness.
What he does do, however, is
listen to a lot of music — all
kinds, including Big Band,
jazz, classical, rock and roll,
Motown; but the Beatles are
still his favorite. He also plays
piano and wrote a song with
Stevie Wonder and produced
a record for the Four Ibps.
Both, however, are still
unreleased.
He came by the name Scott
Regan shortly before he came
to Detroit. He had been on
the air as Rock Robins in
Kansas City, but that name
wouldn't work in Detroit, his
general manager told him.
He had always liked the
name Scott, so he took a
phone book and tried out the
name with a variety of last
names. When he hit upon
Regan, he and a friend both
agreed Scott Regan sounded
like a good radio name, and so
with a new job, in a new town
he also got a new name.
Regan proved, too, not to be
an egomaniac as some are
who pursue broadcast jobs.
He helped Oak Park High
School's Shy Guys get their
record aired on radio. When
Marty Liebman (son of Specs
Howard School of Broadcast
Arts boss Jerry Liebman)
wanted him to spin records at
his bar mitzvah party, Regan
gladly undertook the
assignment.
When Regan left Detroit, he
left life behind the
microphone as well. He felt
the time had come. "It just
sort of ended. Radio changed,
the world changed, I changed,
the experiences that I had at
WKNR, CKLW were enough.
I didn't really care to do it any
more. I had great satisfaction
and gratification from those
two stations, some other ones
too, but particularly those
two. I didn't really care to do
it. It just sort of wore out!'
Regan admits he misses
Detroit, particularly his old
restaurant haunts: Lafayette
Coney Island, Grecian
Gardens, Miller's Bar,
Liberatti's Pizza. But most of -
all, he just misses the '60s.
And, after 28 years in radio,
what does Regan see as his
greatest accomplishment?
"Doing this interview!" ■
Benefit Cruise
Due Tuesday
The March of Dimes will
celebrate its 50th anniversary
with a Boblo Boat cruise at
8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The evening will include
music of the Trinidad Tripoli
Steel Band, Juke Box and the
Working Girls and the Fami-
ly Forum. Paul Christy of
WKSG-FM will be the emcee.
For tickets, call the March
of Dimes, 423-3200. Proceeds
will support March of Dimes
research and eudcational pro-
grams on birth defects.
`Gong Show'
Benefit Planned
Amateur and professional
comedians will subject
themselves to the "Gong" at
the Northwood Inn's Comedy
Castle in Berkley on Aug. 22
at 6 p.m.
Sponsored by PROs (People
Reaching Out), a volunteer
unit of the March of Dimes,
the evening will include a
cash bar at 6 p.m., dinner at
7 p.m., and the Gong Show at
8 p.m.
For tickets, call Georgia
Olsen, 423-3207.