back then

I have been anchoring the news for Jim Gearhart on the morning show, off and on now for all of these 22 years. I anchor, of course, when Eric Scott is off for any number of reasons.

It has often been said that the night the Titanic sank in 1912 was, "a night to remember."

"Ask the Governor"  has been around, on and off, on New Jersey 101.5 for a long time. News Director Eric Scott reminded me that it all started, back then, with Governor Jim Florio in the early 90's. In the midst of being pounded about his proposed tax hikes, Florio bravely faced our audience at least twice during his tenure.

Break a leg!

One night in January, 1991, America and its allies went to war against Iraq and Saddam Hussein in what has become popularly known as the "First Persian Gulf War."

Let's go way back again today. As you know, in August of 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded his neighbor Kuwait, and set in motion a massive military buildup in the Middle East by the U.S. and its allies known as, "Desert Shield."

Back then, the tale of the Jackson Township tigers. I am working alone in our newsroom one evening in January of 1999. The phone goes off. When I answered it, this guy says, "Hey! Joe! There's a tiger loose in Jackson Township!" To say that I took this with a grain of salt would be an understatement. After assuring him that I would, "check it out," I rang off, wondering if ther

Ah! Technology! I have seen a lot of it in our station over the years as well as a lot of technology changes. Even TV technology. There was that eight year stretch back then, (makes it sound like a prison term, doesn't it?), when Jim Gearhart's morning show was on Comcast Channel 8.

An "Unreel" evolution....

Republican Christine Todd Whitman ran against incumbent Democratic Governor Jim Florio in 1993 and defeated him after Florio's first and only term in office back then.