WRIF's Art & Steve Kostan In Studio

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WRIF's Arthur Penholow and Steve "the Kid" Kostan in studio in the 1980's.

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00:00VEDA's control room. Now I have to thank this man. Thank you very much in advance, Michael Mayer.

00:03My pleasure, my pleasure.

00:04This is the program director of WRIF in Detroit. And who are we about to take a look at?

00:09Well, we're about to take a look on a very auspicious day here at Mr. Arthur Penhalla,

00:13who has put in a good 15-plus years here at the home of rock and roll.

00:18In fact, you, with perfect timing, Art, missed by about two minutes, the entire staff serenading Art with happy birthday

00:24as he celebrated his 16th birthday as an employee here at WXYZ and WRIF.

00:30That's a long time.

00:31On the air, of course.

00:32Yeah, of course, a few more years than that in real life.

00:35I finally found somebody older than me.

00:37Anyway, but I'm catching up.

00:40But Art Penhalla does afternoon drive here for more years than anybody can think about.

00:43What, 1970, I guess, is when he started here?

00:45Yes, indeed.

00:46And I remember when he worked in Ann Arbor, but those are years that we'll put in my decadent past.

00:50Here is Arthur P., Arthur Penhalla, at WRIF, how do we say it?

00:55Baby!

00:56Real Radio, at its finest, WRIF, the home of it all, with the traffic classic.

01:02You went with traffic, dear Mr. Fantasy, on WRIF, the home of rock and roll.

01:08Kim Mitchell, John Cougar Mellencamp, menace to memories.

01:10Ooh, I like it like that, grand funk.

01:12Yes, you are closer to home.

01:14If you're on your way home for Christmas, we're here waiting for you.

01:17The WRIF, in cooperation with Tubby's Sub Shops, is pleased to announce Adrenaline's ninth annual

01:21I Gave a Kid a Christmas benefit, a benefit concert this Monday night at the Premier Center in Sterling Heights.

01:26This all-ages holiday event will feature entertainment by a magician, a chorale ensemble,

01:30strolling musicians, and, of course, Adrenaline.

01:33Newly signed to MCA Records for an eight-album deal.

01:36They are hot.

01:37Donation at the door is $3 with a canned good or $4 without one.

01:40All proceeds would go to Mother Waddle's perpetual mission to help feed hungry children this holiday season.

01:46That's I Gave a Kid a Christmas.

01:48I thought I did.

01:48I Gave a Kid a Christmas benefit this Monday night at the Premier Center from Adrenaline,

01:53Tubby's Sub Shops, and Detroit's home of rock and roll, WRIF Baby.

01:59Doing it to it in Detroit City with under 90 minutes of nonstop between the toes rock and roll,

02:03right after these.

02:04So far, girls, it's time for another 90-minute set of nonstop between the toes rock and roll

02:10on the home of it all, WRIF Detroit's original rocker.

02:12This is it, WRIF in Detroit City with Eddie and the Tide.

02:22The one-on-one and only WRIF Detroit's only real rock and roll radio station.

02:26Doing it to it in the Motor City with ZZ Top.

02:29From Hawaii to California, from Grand Coulee Dam to Detroit, Michigan, it's me, Arthur P.,

02:36for Penn Hallow be my name.

02:38Some people call me the Grand Puba of rock and roll in Detroit, and Detroit is undoubtedly

02:42the home of rock and roll.

02:43For all those of you who are wondering why I'm here, I came to where the happening is happening.

02:48At Detroit's number one rock and roll radio station, WRIF, that's how it is.

02:52We do it right, and we do it nice day and night.

02:54We do it right, and we do it nice day and night.

03:25Jimmy Hendrix, where am I this time?

03:29It's a Friday, okay?

03:30Just ahead of much more weekend.

03:31It's also my birthday.

03:32I can be a fool if I want to and get naked at the same time.

03:35You might like it too much, so I won't.

03:37Until we meet again, Jimmy Hendrix, Foxy Lady, Roger Daltrey, let me down easy at the top.

03:41A couple of times at the top, a deuce from ZZ, Billy Gibbons and the gang, Bruce and Eddie

03:46in the Tide.

03:47I just need a little rock, that's all.

03:48On WRIF in the midst of 90 minutes of nonstop between the knees rock and roll.

03:52This is The Riff, rock and roll from NXS.

03:55It makes love like a romancer.

03:56Yes, Benatar and NXS in that set as well.

03:59About 45 of 90 minutes gone, and a 90 minutes of nonstop rock and roll between your toes set

04:05of music for you.

04:06Artmas style.

04:07Artmas style.

04:07Oh, December 20th, 1985.

04:11Happy birthday to you.

04:12Well, thank you very much.

04:13And tonight, you'll be rocking the rich tonight, along with the rest of the people here at Riff

04:16in Roseville.

04:17And we do that every Friday night with Great Motor City Rock and Roll.

04:20Tonight, join your host, the kid, Steve Costan, and the almighty strut.

04:24Look out.

04:25We'll have plenty of our exclusive Riff bumper stickers on hand and calendars, too.

04:29Absolutely free, as always.

04:30And there's no cover before 9 o'clock.

04:32From the home of rock and roll parties, Talking WRIF.

04:36We'll be toasting you in your abstentia.

04:38So I'm sure you'll be out somewhere.

04:40I'll be everywhere tonight.

04:41I'll be out rolling around.

04:42I got a driver tonight.

04:43Fulfilling the role as the poster boy of the National Massage Parlor Foundation.

04:47The musical massage parlor of the year.

04:50The man with a mind like concrete.

04:51All mixed up and permanently set.

04:53You got that right.

04:54Let's see.

04:54You got a few more?

04:55No, I'll go easy on you.

04:56It is definitely your birthday.

04:57You should have got up a little earlier than you did.

04:59Oh, well, 4 o'clock in the afternoon, that's pretty good.

05:02You know, I got up at the crack of noon.

05:03I saw the Adrenaline guys on Channel 2 News.

05:05They were doing a thing about that, you know, give a kid a Christmas, which will be Monday.

05:08Then I saw him again at 4 o'clock.

05:10Your mother's your mother, I think.

05:11I'm not here.

05:12Mom, can you hang on a second?

05:13Okay.

05:14Okay.

05:15I'm not here.

05:16You're not here.

05:17Mom, he's not home.

05:18Just between you and me.

05:18Just keep this in this room.

05:19In this room only, okay?

05:20Well, I'm ready to go celebrate my birthday.

05:22I have a two-fold reason this weekend.

05:23You know that.

05:24Well, there's a lot of excitement around here, and obviously it can't be because it's Armas,

05:27so what is the reason?

05:29Why is there excitement in the motorcy?

05:30Well, it's my birthday, number one, and the other one is always this time of day.

05:34Gee, what could it be?

05:34Each and every Friday afternoon, we start it off right by telling you what it is.

05:38What could it be?

05:39You know what it is?

05:40What could it be?

05:40It's The Weekend!

05:54And here we go, headlong into The Weekend, Steve Costan here with you.

05:58Good evening, everybody.

05:59101 FM, WRIF Detroit.

06:01It's a Friday.

06:02You've earned it.

06:03Here's John Cougar.

06:1090 minutes nonstop rock and roll.

06:40It all continues Friday night in the Motor City.

06:42101 FM, WRIF with that fine one from Roger Daltrey.

06:47101 FM, WRIF finishing off 90 minutes nonstop rock and roll.

06:52Mike and the Mechanics, Mike Rutherford of Genesis.

06:55Credence in there, Bad Moon Rising, Under a Raging Moon from Roger Daltrey.

06:59Classic Stones, The Outfield, Say It Isn't So, some John Cougar from the latest LP,

07:04as well as The Weekend theme song around here.

07:07Weekend Warrior, of course, Ted Nugent.

07:08And yes, friends, something strange kind of happens to all of us right around this time,

07:13Friday, certainly after 5 o'clock.

07:15You know, it's like the Wolfman transformation.

07:17And we are definitely headlong into The Weekend.

07:19And I guess a lot of folks are going to be taking, like, the whole week off.

07:23Us radio people, of course, working all the way through and loving every minute of it.

07:27I'm Steve Costan. Hope you're having a good one tonight.

07:29Expecting a call from the Romantics a little bit later on.

07:32Hopefully we'll get those guys on the air.

07:34And definitely later on, around 8 o'clock tonight, the six-pack, six of the day's top-requested bands,

07:39that kicks off 90 minutes of non-stop rock and roll for party time.

07:43So far, a participating McDonald's.

07:46No doubt about it, we got a panic in Detroit.

07:48WRIF with David Bowie.

07:50All right, Riff Radio, rocking with Phantom Rocker and Slick from the LP,

07:57strangely entitled Phantom Rocker and Slick.

08:00My Mistake, the name of that tune.

08:01Rocking with the top, some classic Billy Gibbons there.

08:04Simple Minds, Dire Straits, and David Bowie's Panic in Detroit.

08:08Absolutely mandatory on a Friday night, friends.

08:11Steve Costan here with you.

08:12Want to remind you, on Sunday nights from 6 until 8,

08:15we have the Riff album Countdown, the top 15 rock and roll LPs of the week.

08:19And once again, this Sunday, we'll give you a shot at picking up a Mitsubishi compact disc player,

08:24just like this baby we have right over to my left.

08:27It's provided by Alma's Hi-Fi in Birmingham, Dearborn, and Farmington Hills,

08:31along with the week's five hottest LPs on compact discs,

08:36provided by Sam's Jams in Ferndale.

08:38Yes, it is the 80s, friends.

08:39Together, the compact disc and CDs retail for more than 500 bucks.

08:43So check it out, the Riff album Countdown, every Sunday, 6 until 8 p.m.

08:47from the home of rock and roll, 101FM, WRIF.

08:51The Comp in Birmingham, 101FM, WRIF,

08:55little woofer-goofer-mama-toofer-peter-wolf,

08:57the Giles Band, on the Riff.

08:59I'll get down to it.

09:09101FM, WRIF, Phil Collins,

09:11yet another tune from No Jacket Required.

09:13Also had the cars in there, Loverboy and Jay Giles,

09:16with Whammer Jammer, Hard-Driving Man,

09:18recorded right here in Detroit many years back

09:20at a place that is no longer standing.

09:23Actually, the old Cinderella is now a parking lot, friends.

09:25And after a couple of years of Peter Wolfe and the Giles Band

09:29going their separate ways,

09:30I think the general consensus here in Detroit

09:32is get these guys back together,

09:35give us the real thing.

09:37And we've got the real thing right on the phone right now.

09:38Joining me is Mike Skill of Detroit's own The Romantics.

09:42Good evening, Mike.

09:43How are you doing there?

09:44I'm doing fine. How are you?

09:46I'm sure it's a little warmer here.

09:48We're in Cocoa Beach, but, you know,

09:50we're going to try and bring somebody home.

09:53Where are you calling from?

09:54Cocoa Beach, Florida.

09:56I hate you.

09:57It's cool down here for Florida weather,

10:00but it's probably a little warmer than there.

10:02You're breaking my heart, Skill.

10:03It's like 16 degrees up here.

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