Bill “Wee Willie” Weber died Sunday morning. He was 81. Many of a certain age who grew up in the Philadelphia area will remember him showing afternoon cartoons such as AstroBoy on Channel 17. He was noted disc jockey for WIP in the late 1960s and early 1970s and for WPEN from 1989 to 2005.
He’d been doing a late-morning show, Second Cup of Coffee, on
WHAT (1340 AM).
Mr. Webber was chairman of the Broadcast Pioneers board. He is
survived by his wife, Constance, and children Bill Jr. and Wendy.
R.I.P. Wee Willie and thanks for the memories.
I used to listen to Bill Weber’s “Breakfast Time” before leaving for grammar school back in the 1950s. I had to leave before the show was over, so I never got to see the second half, but my mother would tell me about the part I missed when I got home.
Seems like it was only last month.
I loved the little mechanical man who rode the ‘high wire’ and delivered messages to Wee Willy!
I just learned of this now, and how said! I watched Wee Willie Weber on Channel 17 as a kid, and I also heard him as DJ Bill Weber on WIP, back when they were still a Top 40 AM stations. Mom sent my name in to the TV show, when it was my birthday. Rest in peace, Mr. Weber, you gave me hours of entertainment!