Please write your answers on a separate sheet of binder paper. Use the links below to answer all the questions.
For the first several questions use the Alan Freed link below:
1) When did Alan Freed first fall in love with radio?
2) How was Leo Mintz and how was he able to help Freed early in his career?
3) How many people showed up for the Coronation Ball in March of 1952?
4) Why is this a significant event in the mind of many historians?
5) What famous phrase did Freed come up with to describe R & B and pop music?
6) What did Pageant magazine say about Freed in 1957?
7) What did the New York Daily News say about rock 'n' roll?
8) Why did ABC cancel his TV dance show The Big Beat?
9) What happened at Boston in May of 1958?
10) Why do you think Freed was such a big taregt during the payola scandal?
11) Why did Freed refuse to sign the ABC affidavit?
12) Why was Freed arreseted on May 19, 1960?
13) Why was Freed fired at KDAY?
14) What was his exact cause of death in 1965?
For the next four questions use the Dick Biondi link below:
15) What was Biondi's nickname?
16) How many U.S. states could hear Biondi when he was on WLS in Chicago?
17) What record did he release - and how many copies were sold?
18) How many radio stations could hear Biondi when he joined the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1964?
For the next three questions use the Casey Kasem link below:
19) What format did Kasem become synonymous with in 1970?
20) What broadcast standard did Kasem introduce in 1962?
21) What is his radio nickname?
For the next four questions use the Wolfman Jack link below:
22) What was Wolfman Jack's born name? Why do you think he changed his name?
23) What was his on-air nickname in Shreveport, Louisiana?
24) What inspired him to create the raspy-voiced, howling persona of “Wolfman Jack"?
25) How many watts was XERF? Why is this significant?