Disco USA continues yet today in 2013 with RJ every Friday night
live at 7 p.m. Eastern Time worldwide on WVLT.com 92.1 from Philadelphia
RJ Remembers Cruising with Dick Clark
in his Beautiful 1966 Cord Sportsman 8/10
in Hollywood in 1970
Talented New Faces on the Entertainment Scene, 2013
TAYLOR SWIFT
HARRY STYLES of ONE DIRECTION
Taylor Swift was Harry's girlfriend but they've since broken up
. . .which was a change for the better!
ONE DIRECTION
MILEY CYRUS
THE HEMSWORTH BROTHERS
In the middle is Liam. On the right is Chris. Chris advised his brother he'd be happier
if he forgot about marrying Miley Cyrus. Liam took his advice. Good move!
MILEY CYRUS and NICK JONAS
(one of Miley's many former boyfriends)
JEREMY JORDAN
JARED LETO
Jeremy Jordan is now appearing on Broadway.
RJ met him at Tiger Beat Magazine in
Hollywood. RJ knew he would be a hit
RJ first met Jared Leto at the College of the Arts
at Broad and Spruce Streets in Philadelphia
Jared is also on Broadway
Both of them appeared on the Grammys this year
Johnny Keyser
Johnny Keyser had been a participant on
American Idol but was thrown off the show
What an injustice! He was very talented
Justin Bieber’s former
girlfriend Selena Gomez (left)
from the Disney Channel
Austin Butler
Austin Butler is on The Carrie Diaries
Dan Molitor
Dan Molitor, host of the Drive TV program on JCTV,
a part of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)
RJ King
RJ King
The many faces of RJ King. He was brought to RJ Ron Joseph's attention
for he is the bearer of the same initials! Now internationally recognized
after a year in the business, he is a top model in Milan, London and New York
He was living in his home town of St. Louis, in Middle America before he
rocketed to stardom on the modeling circuit in less than a year
RJ King definitely has a hot career!
RJ Ron Joseph’s unforgettable dance party, RJ & Company, RJ’s Disco USA
was a ten-year coast-to-coast syndication in 1973-1983 from Philadelphia’s
Taft Broadcasting station WTAF-TV 29.
WTAF-TV-29 Philadelphia
KEMO-TV-20 San Francisco
KTSF-TV-26 San Francisco
WTGI-TV-61 Wilmington
WRBV-TV-65 Vineland
KSCI-TV-18 Los Angeles
WBTB-TV 68 Newark/New York
KMUV-TV-31 Sacramento
KFTY - 50 Santa Rosa
WPHL-TV-17 Philadelphia
WWAC-TV 53 Atlantic City
KBSC-TV-52 Hollywood
TV-61, Opelika, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia and Columbia, SC
Still today, in 2013, the show airs in Philadelphia, Sunday afternoons at 5:00 p.m.
on digital channel 25, WZBN-TV
Archives are available on UStream 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
RJ now does a weekly radio show on Cruisin 92.1 from
the Philadelphia area. The show is syndicated on a number
of stations around the country. RJ also sustains the reruns
of the nostalgic Disco USA TV series, which plays in Philadelphia
as well as in other parts of the country. RJ has no regrets.
He has taken the twists and turns and the ups and downs of fame.
He's the guy that's holding onto yesterday, and as he says on his radio show
each week, you can see on this site how true it is.
If memories of Ron Joseph (RJ) were worth a penny,
RJ and Company would all be billionaires!
A RADIO-TELEVISION-AND-MOTION-PICTURE HISTORY SITE
WBTB TV 68 NYC/Newark, NJ
1st out-of-town station to carry
RJ’s show in 1975
RJ with Henry Winkler
in Hollywood in 1974
KEMO TV 20 in San
Francisco, 2nd out-of-town
station to carry RJ’s show in 1976
RJ was interviewed by
Joey Reynolds in 1999 on
WOR, New York, WLS,
Chicago, KFI, L.A. and
WKBW, Buffalo, NY
Click on either of
the above pictures to
listen to the audio clip
Gemini: Twin Stars
starred Gene Patrick
Gene Patrick of
Gemini: Twin Stars
with his children & RJ
RJ Ron Joseph
in Hollywood. . .in
Abington Township, PA
Tom Peach, who went to school
with RJ at Upper Darby High,
and daughter Whitney, who
listens from Atlanta, Georgia
every Friday night
Lionel Lebron host of WPIX
nightly editorial in New York
and mornings at Philadelphia's
new WWIQ 106.9 FM. Lionel
is truly RJ's hero on TV &
radio today because he speaks
the truth just like RJ.
RJ remembers Gene
Partick’s movie
Gemini: the Twin Stars
Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJ and Robin take their
wedding vows before Judge
Lisa Richette Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJ and Tony Mammarella,
producer of American Bandstand,
salute the ABC TV show Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJ interviews Sally
Starr exclusively Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJ and Gene Arnold
introduce Mark Anthony Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJs a Differnt World
of music in 1971 Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJ and Good Things Do
Last Forever vignette Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJs 1973 Christmas show Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJ and Company, 1972 Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJ & Robin Party
For Dennis & Edith
Homecoming 2005 Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJ’s Open Mike on WWAC
TV 53 in Atlantic City, NJ Click on the above
picture to see the video
Cozy Morley is interviewed
by RJ and Mary Elizabeth
Christmas, 1995 Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJ with 1950s TV
camera at the new
Channel 6 building
Click on picture above
to see larger picture
RJ with ribbon
microphone at WEEZ
radio in 1962
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to see larger picture
RJ gives Sally Starr
a goodbye kiss at her
retirement party
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to see larger picture
Ma’s Root Beer,
RJ’s old sponsor
Click on picture above
to see larger picture
RJ Never Know How
Much I Love You
Click on the above
picture to see the video
RJ’s WEEZ
rock concert 1975
Disco USA continues yet
today in 2013 with RJ
every Friday night live
at 7 p.m. Eastern Time
worldwide on WVLT.com
92.1 from Philadelphia
RJ broadcast in 1997
Channel 8 from the Voron
Tower on the historical
Philo Farnsworth
experimental television
site at 1230 Mermaid Lane
in Chestnut Hill
Click on picture above
to see the page
Original test pattern of
W07CB Channel 7, on the
air in Philadelphia in 1992
Click on picture above
to see larger image
RJ remembers Hollywood’s
finest art deco building
the Sunset Tower where
he first stayed in 1969.
Click on picture above
to see larger image
Radio Studio WEEZ:
Where Rock ’n Roll
& Top 40 Music All Began This was Philadelphia’s
historic radio station
just outside the city
limits in Brookhaven PA
It was where the musical
careers of such notables
as Bill Haley and the
Comets and Al Alberts
& The Four Aces began,
plus RJ’s first Top 40
radio music show, which
emanated there Mondays
thru Fridays 7 to 10 pm
and Sundays 2 to 3 pm
on WEEZ
PRESS RELEASE
Now Streaming Live Coast to Coast 24 Hours a Day
Ron Joseph
PHILADELPHIA TV PRODUCER INTRODUCES NEW TV CHANNEL
RJ’s Disco USA is on Sundays at 5:00 p.m. on the new
Philadelphia digital TV 25 WZBN-TV. For digital flat-screen
TVs and digital box owners you must first go to TV 50,
that is their digital channel that will enable you to get
Channel 25. Channel 25 is also viewable on UStream.
Go to UStream.tv on your computer, type in WZBN,
hit Search, and it will be clear as a bell everywhere
in the United States.
Ron Joseph (RJ), for his unique presentation on a TV music
dance show, finally, after twenty seven years, received his
overdue nomination on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
RJ’s Hollywood aired on KBSC-TV Channel 52 in 1979
then again on KSCI-TV Channel 18 in 1983, both
stations in Los Angeles, plus syndicated on
independent stations coast to coast such as
Philadelphia, New York and San Francisco.
Ron Joseph (RJ) is pictured here in 1979 at the original
Paramount Studio main gate on Bronson Street.
This entrance became famous in the classic motion picture
Sunset Boulevard starring mega-star Gloria Swanson,
who played Norma Desmond on her return visit
to Paramount Studios.
PHILADELPHIA TV PRODUCER
INTRODUCES NEW TV CHANNEL
Here it is! RJ was a pioneer
in UHF television.
In 1962 (R.J.) Ron Joseph introduced
Philadelphia's first commercial UHF station,
WPCA-TV Channel 17, with his “Spotlight
on America” program and encouraged viewers
to purchase UHF TV converters
to receive the new station.
In 1992 (R.J.) Ron Joseph put on Philadelphia’s
first low-power family-oriented TV station and
operated it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It was
Channel 7, W07CB TV. It offered Philadelphians
local original programming which no other
TV station had ever done.
RJ’s Disco USA is on Sundays at 5:00 p.m.
on the new Philadelphia digital TV 25 WZBN-TV
For digital flat-screen TVs and digital box
owners you must first go to TV 50, that is
their digital channel that will enable you to
get Channel 25.
Channel 25 is also viewable on UStream.
Go to UStream.tv on your computer,
type in WZBN, hit Search, and it will
be clear as a bell everywhere in the
United States.
Clip from the movie Airplane courtesy of Paramount Pictures
RJ’s Art Deco Radio & TV Studio Pride:
The WCAU Building at 1622 Chestnut Street in 1953
This historic Art Deco building owned by the Philadelphia Bulletin
was the home of WCAU Channel 10’s first studio where RJ did a radio show
called Radio Rangers. He was a child panel member on the show in 1953.
Phil Sheridan hosted the program. What memories they were.
RJ was privileged to meet the greats of early TV: John Facenda,
Bill Hart, Gene Crane, Jack Whitaker and Ed McMahon
