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Idiot's Delight

Heard
2010
Episodes
4
Language
English

"Rich Conaty is on the wrong side of 40", is really a recently rediscovered episode of Vin Scelsa's long-running radio show,"Idiot's Delight".

More about it

Listeners to "The Big Broadcast" will be familiar with Rich Conaty's mix of vintage pop & jazz music of the 1920's & 30's that he played Sunday nights over Fordham University's FM radio station WFUV in New York for 43 years.

With very few exceptions,"The Big Broadcast" had a "cut-off "date as far this vintage musical material went....nothing would be played after the year 1940.

Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight" was also on radio in the New York area for over 40 years. That show's final 15 years were also heard over WFUV-FM on Saturday nights, from 2001-2015.

Rich Conaty was asked to fill-in for "Idiot's Delight" over the July fourth weekend of 2010. (Saturday

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. (Hour 01 of 04) Hosted By Rich Conaty

    · 1 h 00 min

  2. (Hour 02 of 04) Hosted By Rich Conaty

    · 1 h 02 min

  3. (Hour 03 of 04) Hosted By Rich Conaty

    · 58 min

  4. (Hour 04 of 04) Hosted By Rich Conaty

    · 1 h 00 min

Where it comes from 1

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. Idiot's Delight (WFUV) 2010/07/03 (Guest Host Rich Conaty)

    Old Time Radio · Rich Conaty · 4 episodes here · archive.org

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

From the Old Time Radio collection at the Internet Archive, uploaded by the collector named.

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