{"id":459183,"date":"2018-08-24T14:57:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=459183"},"modified":"2018-08-24T14:57:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:57:21","slug":"larry-dean-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=459183","title":{"rendered":"Larry Dean RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Larry Dean, aka Frank Laseter , RIP. He is missed not only by family but also by thankful radio listeners far and near.<\/p>\n

In May 1966, a new radio station with a big sound appeared on the AM dial noted very early by Rolf Mong and myself and created a mass appeal among young people throughout Europe. I was just 15 at the time and was hooked! That was Swinging Radio England(SRE), operating first on 845 Khz and later on 1322 khz. It operated from a former US Navy ship in the North Sea off Essex called the Olga Patricia.<\/p>\n

One of the presenters on the air was Larry Dean who had left WPTR in Albany to become a very influential voice in the UK and Northern Europe.<\/p>\n

He is still fondly remembered. I got to know him at the 2006 Radio England\/Britain Radio(BR) Reunion and enjoyed his company.<\/p>\n

I became the station’s historian, and in my essay “The Radio Rose of Texas”(2004-) Chapter 4 there is a paragraph called “The Larry Dean Show”.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.stellamaris.no\/chapter4.htm<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/stellamaris.no\/olgapatricia1322845.html<\/a><\/p>\n

On my friend Jon Myer ‘s great website “The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame” there is a lot of interesting material about Larry Dean and his station, with bio and some great recordings that show what a really great broadcaster he was.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.offshoreradio.co.uk\/djsd.htm<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.offshoreradio.co.uk\/sre7.htm<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.offshoreradio.co.uk\/sre1.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

His last job in radio was as news director on Charlotte’s WSOC-FM. I am proud to say that under his own name, Frank Laseter also appeared on our own station Radio Northern Star in promos from 2012 until 2016.<\/p>\n

Picture is from the website of Jon Myer and was taken at the twin stations’ first HQ which was the London Hilton near Hyde Park at the SRE\/BR Reunion in May 1966. From l-r Station Founder (the late Don Pierson)’s son Grey, fellow broadcaster Rick Crandall, myself and Larry Dean.<\/p>\n

Info via Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Larry Dean, aka Frank Laseter , RIP. He is missed not only by family but also by thankful radio listeners far and near. 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