Bring him the brandy: RIP Mike Lange

[HanSenSE]

 

[BTExpress]

"Bow wow pee cow kick!" -- Rachel Nichols

Sadly, you can't Google it anymore.

 

[Typist Clerk]

Elvis has left the building.

 

[Chef2]

"Smilin like a butcher's dog" is a great line.

 

[HanSenSE]

 

[Inky_Wretch]

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Wasn't a huge hockey fan but, growing up in Pittsburgh, it was definitely a presence and I'd argue hockey isn't as big in the city without him. Also, a huge blues fan.

 

[Liut]

Remember first hearing him as a child in the mid and late 1970s due to KDKA's blowtorch of a signal.
IIRC, his one-year departure in 1975 was connected with the Penguins then-bankrupcy. The franchise also almost left Pittsburgh a couple of more times, at least.
From Jean Pronovost-Lowell MacDonald through the Lemieux era and Sid the Kid, Lange brought to those broadcasts pashion and enthusiasm.
Rest in peace to a one-of-a-kind broadcaster.

 

[Twirling Time]

Man, I remember listening to clear channel AM on my transistor radio as a kid. KMOX and WOAI came in loudest, but KDKA was there too.

Even as a big person I try to tune in an extra inning baseball game if I can find it. Especially West Coast extra inning baseball. Those are the dog's nuts.

 

[da man]

Man, I remember listening to clear channel AM on my transistor radio as a kid. KMOX and WOAI came in loudest, but KDKA was there too.

Even as a big person I try to tune in an extra inning baseball game if I can find it. Especially West Coast extra inning baseball. Those are the dog's nuts.

I did that from my clock radio in my bedroom in Atlanta. I kept a spiral notebook with all the out-of-town stations I could hear.

Used to get WHO from Des Moines and listen to Iowa State basketball, led by the great Dean Uthoff, and WGN in Chicago, where I heard Dave Corzine and DePaul — "Dunkaroo! Corzine for two!"

 

[I Should Coco]

Not sure what in @da man's post makes me feel older: Remembering listening to out-of-town AM stations myself on the transistor radio, or remembering that DePaul men's basketball used to be relevant ...

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

WBT in Charlotte for Hornets basketball
WKNR in Cleveland for Indians baseball and Geoff Sindelar
WWWE in Cleveland for Sindelar and Indians before the move.
WLUP in Chicago for Chet Koppock and whatever sport they were airing.
WJR in Detroit for Tigers baseball.
WFAN in New York.
WCAU in Philadelphia for Phillies baseball and Frank Rizzo.
WLW in Cincinnati for Reds baseball.
KMOX in St. Louis for Cardinals baseball.
WWL came in clear as a bell during Katrina.
WSB in Atlanta for whatever was on.
WBZ in Boston.

I think St Louis is as far west as I got. Always tried to fish in WTMJ for Uecker but I never could.