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88 Detroit Jewish News

That's when Katz was "discovered" by
Crazy Al — and invited to visit the sta-
tion during the broadcast.
"I went there, enjoyed the experi-
ruce Allen Katz was training
ence," recalled Katz. "And the next thing
for a fund-raising marathon
I know, he was saying, 'Would you like
for multiple sclerosis when he
to do it yourself?'"
chanced upon the familiar do-
On July 8, Katz accepted the chal-
op tunes of the '50s and '60s.
lenge, manning the studio's mike to host
"I was running with my headset on,
his first "Katz 'N' Jammer
flipping through the stations,
Hour."
when I found the oldies you
Bruce Katz in
"I remember how much fun
just don't hear on other sta-
the studio: "I
I
had
going through stacks of
tions," recalled the West
call myself
records
looking for songs I've
Bloomfield resident.
`Cousin Brucie.'
always wanted to play and
Once he completed his early You gotta have
share with everybody," recalled
morning workout, Katz, 51,
some kind of a
Katz, who dropped his sur-
pulled off his headset, climbed shtick."
name and assumed Bruce Allen
into his car and set the dial to
as his stage name.
WPON-1460 AM. The enter-
Sponsored by the Katz family busi-
tainment continued to send his thoughts
ness,
the show is broadcast from 6 to 7_
reeling back to the bygone days of jams
a.m.
every
Wednesday — hours before
(dances at party halls) and Woodward
the Waterford hardware store opens for
Avenue cruising.
business.
Katz'sfascination with the talk 'n'
And yes, the disc jockeys actually do
oldies station led him to express an
spin records at WPON.
interest in purchasing an advertising spot
"We do things the old-fashioned way
for his family-owned business, John R
here.
It's the way radio used to be," said
Lumber True Value in Waterford. The
Marie Fotion, general manager of
inquiry prompted a visit to the hardware
WPON for four years.
store by radio personality Crazy Al, host
A lot of Detroiters are tuning in
of the early-morning weekday oldies
when Cousin Brucie is spinning bubble
program.

RENA FULKA
Special to The Jewish News

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