Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

I still remember the first time I heard "Sugar Sugar" by The Archies -- and Ron Dante. It was September 1969, I was a new fourth grader in Mrs. Arnesan’s class at Judd Elementary School in North Brunswick, New Jersey, riding the school bus home. We were on Black Horse Lane, then a shady, rural road, driving all the way to the end of it to drop off one of my classmates at her secluded home. As usual when we had our regular driver at the wheel, WABC 77 AM was blasting through the tinny speakers.