Radio-TV mirror (July-Dec 1954)

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Off-mike, Don's favorite pastime is photography and his favorite subjects are wife Theo and sons David and Larry. 24 Mean Man at the Turntable With son Larry as Lilliputian superintendent, Dan builds a darkroom at their new home. Deejay Dan Curtis is waging a one-man crusade at WIP for the return of the ''hand era" When Dan Curtis left New York University, sheepskin in hand, he was a young man who knew exactly where he was going. Early in life, Dan had decided that he wanted to be a disc jockey, and this ambition spun 'round in his brain as steadily as the tops in music that Dan spins these days for Philadelphia's WIP listeners, on the Dan Curtis Show, 1:30 to 2 P.M., and C'mon V Dance, from 11 to midnight. But when Dan, good-looking, talented and eager, had made the rounds of all the radio stations in New York City, he came away with only a few vague promises sprinkled among the stonier "no's." Nothing daunted, Dan took a job as a ticket-collector in a "dime-a-dance" hall. Dan's big break as a radio announcer finally came and was followed quickly by the choice announcing spot on Station WOR's coast-to-coast broadcasts from the famed Meadowbrook Ballroom. This was the golden era of big bands and the Meadowbrook was the stomping ground of such greats as Harry James, the Dorsey Brothers, Glenn Miller and Shep Fields. Dan rocked with their rhythms and his current crusade for the return of the "band era" stems from this time. Dan's fund of band lore got its big impetus then, too, and this fund has grown so rich that listeners often think that the thirtyish Curtis must have been one of the midwives at the birth of the blues. Dan's early decision about a career parallels his early meeting with his wife Theo. This took place back in high school when Theo was placed in an all-boys class because someone thought this was a boy's name. Today, the Curtises and their sons, David, 6, and Larry, 2, live in a newly-built home in Haddonfield, New Jersey, just eight miles from Philadelphia. The current special project is a darkroom Dan and the boys are building so that Dan can teach his sons the finer points of his photography hobby. When this is completed, Dan hopes to get around to song-writing. In the meantime, Dan's platters and patter have won the respect and admiration of fellow deejays who have declared that "he's a mean man at the turntable." Philadelphia listeners are quick to join this chorus of praise from the pros themselves.