Fred Bronson is the author of seven books: Rockin' the Kremlin with David Junk, The Jacksons Legacy (with the Jacksons), Dick Clark’s American Bandstand (with Dick Clark), The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Billboard’s Hottest Hot 100 Hits and The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits (with Adam White).
Bronson has written the annual television specials The American Music Awards and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. His other credits include two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and an episode of the animated Star Trek series.
For SiriusXM Radio, he has interviewed Paul McCartney, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA and created "Smokey's Place," a series for Smokey Robinson's Smokey's Soul Town channel where the legendary artist recalls his Motown memories and plays Motown favorites.
He is a long-term contributor to Billboard, covering the Eurovision Song Contest and American Idol among many other topics.
Fred Bronson has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Episode 264: Polyethylene
April 15th, 2025 | Season 8 | 45 mins 16 secs
czechia, greece, ireland, luxembourg, montenegro, switzerland
Music journalist Fred Bronson returns to start our conversations about Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final 2. We discuss Montenegro, Luxembourg, Greece, Czechia, and Ireland, plus some delightful stories about long distance friendships and phone calls.
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Episode 246: Rockin' the Kremlin
November 19th, 2024 | Season 8 | 49 mins 6 secs
latvia, russia, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
David Junk, originally from Ohio, was the first CEO of Universal Music Russia. In his memoir Rocking the Kremlin', he and co-author Fred Bronson from Billboard Magazine share stories about the "Wild, Wild East", Eurovision, and the influence of western pop culture after the fall of the USSR.