Sunday, April 26th, marks the 3rd anniversary of losing legendary, New York radio pioneer, Pete Fornatale. 

He was a friend and mentor to me and and a driving force behind the birth of my radio show, FM Odyssey. Now in its 24th year.

This is a clip from my 3 hour tribute show that will air on Sunday, April 26th, 2015, from 10 - 1 PM - edt.  Go to my home page at the time and click to listen.

I still remember not being able to find Richie anywhere in my house. Then, I happened to look out the sliding glass doors at him bouncing up and down on my kid's trampoline!

After we both chilled for a bit, we spent several hours in the FM Odyssey studios discussing his long and rewarding journey.

I love my gig because I get to ask questions I've always wanted to know. 

Like this song, 'Follow', from Richie's 'Mixed Bag' album. I always wanted to know how this beautiful song made it on to that record?

As another anniversary of his passing is upon us, April 22nd, 2013, its nice to have these memories to share with you.

Fred Migliore

We laughed and laughed every time we spent time together. The organized Virgo and the disorganized Gemini!  All we ever had to do, was show up in the same room together and it just started happening.

I think that is what I miss most. Is the endless laughing. It felt so good to laugh with him. 
- Fred Migliore