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BILLINGS MUSTANGS - Original Radio Game Broadcast SHURE Model 556A Microphone +

$ 102.96

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: What you are looking at are 1966 Broadcasting Hall of Famer Bernie Lustig's "Baseball & Bernie" SHURE 556A Microphone with KBMY Flag , his Cobb Field Broadcast Booth "ON AIR" light, and his portable bakelite Emerson 560 Radio set to Billings' 1240 KBMY-AM... The voice of the Billings Mustangs... which he took with him when he left the booth for cigar breaks.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    So you are probably wondering how I ended up with this stuff.  Well... I owe much of my career to the great Bernie Lustig... the Voice of the Billings Mustangs on 1240 KBMY.   You see, it was Bernie's job to train me and to also take over all of his advertising accounts as Bernie not only was "The Voice of the Billings Mustangs" but he also sold 90% of the game broadcast ads which was how he really made is money.  Bernie was a legend and an impossible act to follow.  He was a rare soul in Billings, MT...  a Baseball Announcer from Far Rockaway, NY, to Billings, by way of Cincinnati!  Must have been culture shock for him but you'd never know as he smoked his trademark cigars, golfed in Billings' KOA Classic, and drove his 2-door Lincoln Continental!
    So, please read this closely.  NO, I will NOT break up these items individually.  Don't even ask!!!  They belong together as long as I have them.  If you buy this package and break it up after buying, it's on you.
    What you get...  Shure Unidyne Model 556A Microphone with stand, KBMY Microphone Flag, ON AIR Light from same era as the microphone, and Bernie's bakelite Emerson 560 portable radio from Far Rockaway.   Bernie's wife, Loretta, sent to me after Bernie passed away some 30 years ago.  Bernie was an awesome man.
    We are downsizing massively and moving to Florida.  All these things do is collect dust on a shelf in my office.  They make me smile but it's time for someone else to own and display these.  Thank you for looking!