|
|
Article: RISE & SHINE; Flipping Over the Rotary Club's Blueberry Pancake Breakfast
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 19, 1990
- Author:
CopyrightThis material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
|
After solving earlier technical problems that knocked him off
the air temporarily, Eddie Owen is back live on WDEA-AM from the
Rotary Club's annual blueberry pancake breakfast.
"So, if you haven't made up your mind about breakfast yet, come
on down to the Ellsworth City Hall," says Owen. It is 8:55 a.m., a
rather leisurely time for breakfast, especially for Owen's Downeast
Maine audience.
Perhaps not since Don McNeill's Breakfast Club was broadcast on
network radio in the days before television has the day's first meal
had such prominence on the airwaves. But then, breakfast seems more
appreciated here than in most places.
Maine is the first state in the nation to see the sun every ...