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Philadelphia Daily News
Thursday, December 20, 2001
YO! FEATURES | STU BYKOFSKY

Hot & happening
...Harry Jay Katz has filed a $50,000 breach of contract suit against WNWR, which canceled his radio show earlier this year.

Philadelphia Daily News
Thursday, October 18, 2001
YO! FEATURES | STU BYKOFSKY

. . .Howard Goldman, lawyer for Harry Jay Katz, says he's thisclose to filing a lawsuit against Sam Speiser, operator of WNWR, which dumped Katz's show last month. (He's requested a sitdown with the station attorney first.)

Philadelphia Citypaper
Sept. 13-20, 2001
Icepack | A.D. Amorisi

Also sadly gone from the local airwaves - after four months - is Harry Jay Katz who got fired from his ballsy WNWR (1540-AM) show for having a naked lady in the studio broadcast onto Katz's own website; this after Katz had already spanked and genitally pierced folk on-air. "They didn't hire me because I work in a f---in' library," said Katz of WNWR in the Daily News...

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Thursday, September 6, 2001
MICHAEL KLEIN | INQLINGS

In last Thursday's column, Harry Jay Katz was shopping for a new cohost for his radio show. He now will have to shop for a new station. After four months, WNWR-AM (1540) let him go before Tuesday's show, perhaps because of scantily clad guests. Katz yesterday said he was given "no paper trail, no nothing. I wuz robbed." A WNWR executive declined comment. Katz said he was talking to a public access cable station and other radio stations.

Philadelphia Daily News
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
YO! FEATURES | STU BYKOFSKY

Starting Nov. 1, Harry Jay Katz's Thursday radio show on WNWR/1540-AM will expand to an hour and take the noon-1 p.m. time slot.

Philadelphia Weekly
August 1, 2001
Grapevine | Brian Hickey

Einhorn Watch
Hell, we even got him word of a job offer (WNWR 1540 AM Talkshow and National News Bureau) from old friend and bon vivant Harry Jay Katz. Do the words "finders fee" mean anything?

Philadelphia Daily News
Friday, July 27, 2001
Einhorn Update

Hey, Ira, readers have mail for you

"Your old job is still available through National New Bureau and my talk show on Tuesdays on WNWR 1540-AM."
- Harry Jay Katz, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Weekly
July 25, 2001
Grapevine | Brian Hickey

Ira Einhorn

Einhorn Watch
Einhorn's longtime buddy and Philadelphia bon vivant Harry Jay Katz doesn't disagree with the guilty verdict, but says he'll nonetheless support Philly's most famous ex-fugitive. Friendship notwithstanding, he confesses that Abraham's tenacity enables him to "take Ira's guilt to the bank." "He was a man before his time and now he's an enigma to Philadelphia. It's sort of the same reason why some people have a fascination with [Eastern State Penitentiary]. They want to see the cell where Willie Sutton stayed or where Al Capone was held," says Katz, who laughingly recalls ribbing his friend the day before he fled about how he'd soon be making designer license plates in prison. "Back then, Philadelphia had four intellectuals and Ira was one of them," says Katz, who didn't believe Einhorn was guilty for years. "Today, he's just a 61-year-old ex-guru hippie murderer. What's been going on is disgraceful. I mean, face the music, you murdered someone. If someone did that to my kid, I'd blow his damn brains out." Still, Katz sent word to Einhorn before his return that he was interested in hiring him to review books for his WNWR-AM 1540 radio program. "Hey, the guy's bright. He's a great writer and a great book reviewer," Katz reasons. "With my background and career, I don't care if there's any backlash about it either. Maybe a couple more people would even tune in. There are a lot of libraries in prisons, aren't there? We could tap that audience."

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Friday, July 13, 2001
HEAR THIS! | GENE D'ALESSANDRO

Captain Noah will be the guest Tuesday with Harry Jay Katz on WNWR-AM (1540).

Big Talk
The Harry Jay Katz Show WNWR-AM (1540) 4 p.m. Tuesdays
Legendary Broadcast Hall of Famer, the Rev. W. Carter Merbrier, known to everyone as Captain Noah, guests on Tuesday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Sunday, July 8, 2001
MICHAEL KLEIN | INQLINGS

The circuit
The Backstreet Boys seemed to be everywhere when they weren't on stage last week. A.J. McLean played video games Monday at Dave & Buster's (235 N. Columbus Blvd.) from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., challenging Zachary Lawrence Katz, son of WNWR 1540 AM radio host Harry Jay Katz, to games of Sniper Scope 2.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Sunday, July 1, 2001
MICHAEL KLEIN | INQLINGS

Actor Joe Gannascoli, whose character (Vito Spatafore) whacked Jackie Jr. on The Sopranos, gets a weekly hit - as a regular on Harry Jay Katz's talk show, at 4 p.m. Tuesdays on WNWR-AM (1540).

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Friday, June 29, 2001
HEAR THIS! | GENE D'ALESSANDRO

Rough Talk
The Harry Jay Katz Show, 4 p.m. Tuesdays on WNWR 1540 AM.
Joseph R. Gannascoli, the man who shot Jackie Jr. in the season-ender of The Sopranos, has agreed to become a weekly guest on "The Best Talk In Town."

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Thursday, May 24, 2001
MICHAEL KLEIN | INQLINGS

A New Twist
Never know what to expect on Harry Jay Katz's WNWR-AM radio show (4 p.m.Tuesdays). This week, Katz had Chubby Checker, who (a) spilled that he is expanding his food empire, adding Chubby Checker's Hound Dog hot dogs and an assortment of teas and seltzers to his current line of beef jerky, and sang "Hava Nagila."

Philadelphia Daily News
May 21, 2001
YO! FEATURES | STU BYKOFSKY

Insult to injury
People Paper people
...Harry Jay Katz... got some Bad News: An interview he had recorded with Chubby Checker, for Katz's Tuesday afternoon show on WNWR/1540-AM, was stolen out of Katz's Caddy, parked near Indigo in East Falls. He's scrambling now to re-create the Checker chat.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Friday, May 11, 2001
HEAR THIS! | GENE D'ALESSANDRO

Illustration By: Chaim Topol

Harry Jay Katz hosts an entertainment talk show Tuesdays on WNWR-AM.

Man about town
The Best Talk in Town WNWR-AM (1540) 4 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays

An entertainment-radio-talk show based in Philly with Harry Jay Katz as its host. Hear who's hot, what's hot, with celebrities and reviews of film, theater, music, dance and books.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Sunday, May 6, 2001
Newsmakers | Tanya Barrientos
INQUIRER STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Katz: Hasta la vista, Enquirer
Harry Jay Katz, gearing up for the 4 p.m. Tuesday debut of his entertainment chat show on WNWR-AM (1540), fired off a missive to the National Enquirer, which recently labeled pal of 25 years Arnold Schwarzenegger as "cruel," "boorish,""incapable of being faithful" and "notoriously cheap." Katz recounts how Arnold flew in just to see his father when he was gravely ill. "Stop mudslinging a remarkable man or . . . I'll be back."

Philadelphia Daily News
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
YO! FEATURES | STU BYKOFSKY

...May 8 is the start date for Harry Jay Katz's 30-minute talk show, to be heard Tuesdays at 4 p.m. on WNWR (1540-AM). The show will begin airing five days a week after November, says Harry, who adds, "Listen to alleviate stress with the most erotic experience: a good old belly laugh."

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Sunday, January 14, 2001
MICHAEL KLEIN | THE SKINNY

A delay in bon vivant Harry Jay Katz's radio show, which was supposed to begin shortly on WNWR-AM (1540). He is due to have a hip replaced Wednesday, so he says the entertainment-themed show will roll out in March. First guests: Sylvester and Frank Stallone.

Philadelphia Daily News
Wednesday, December 13, 2000
YO! FEATURES | STU BYKOFSKY

...One of the most entertaining guys in Philly, Harry Jay Katz, will attempt to entertain a somewhat wider circle with a half-hour radio show, tentatively titled "The Katz Meow," beginning sometime next month on WNWR/1540-AM. The show will air Thursdays... .

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Friday, December 8, 2000
Newsmakers | W. Speers
INQUIRER STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Locally Conected
Harry Jay Katz says he'll start a half-hour...radio show on WNWR-AM (1540) in mid-January.

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