DISCLAIMER - This is not an "I like or hate Rush" post. It's just one
of those little bits of broadcasting trivia (or would it be minutia)
that I'd like to resolve, so I can get some sleep at night.

During a recent on-line gathering of kindred spirits, sitting around
debating DJs, the following observation came up. Rush Limbaugh has used
phrases such as "award winning" and "excellence in broadcasting" that go
well back into his Rock and Roll DJ days. On the ReelRadio aircheck
site, there is a 1974 tape of him using such lines back the Mid-70s.

In the 1974 KQV Pittsburgh aircheck, "Jeff Christie" actually says,
"Some of you are wondering what award I have won, none other than the
Marconi Award for Excellence in Broadcasting."

I know he (as "Rush") has several Marconis under his belt as part of his
later syndicated talk radio personae. However, according to NAB, the
Marconi Award program did not start until 1989. Rush started receiving
his in the early 90s.

So, the enigma becomes, how was he able to talk about an award that did
not even come into existence for 15 years? Was there another "Marconi"
way back when? Did he perhaps invent the award as an "on-air goof"
before the NAB even came up with the concept for real?

Any thoughts?

Just one of those little questions that drive radio nuts, even nuttier!

?^) Dave