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Issue #1060
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ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TOP NEWS STORIES OF 2011 The year 2011 brings us
many huge and surprising stories that either invigorate or frustrate us. What
do you believe is the biggest news story of 2011? Which 2011 news story upsets
you the most? Do you have a favorite radio personality or a best-liked radio
station? According to several news sources these are some of their top news stories
of 2011. Probably at the top of the list is the takedown of bearded mass
murderer Osama Bin Laden from his hideaway in
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LA TV WEATHERMAN HAS HISSY FIT Veteran weatherman
Henry DiCarlo of KTLA TV CW CH5 Los Angeles, CA has a hissy fit and storms off
camera. Henry is upset because KTLA TV producers saddle the weather cowboy with
a quick interview along with his weather prognostication. DiCarlo complains
that interview cuts his weather forecast time short. He pants, When you send a
weatherman out to do the weather but you’re also sending him out to do a story,
you might want to give him a little extra time. Co-anchor Chris Schauble jeers,
Maybe we'll give him a little cheese to go with that whine. The incident brings
notoriety. DiCarlo posts in his Web page: 20 years in the business and it takes
a meltdown on live TV to make today's AOL homepage! I should have done this
years ago.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Why isn't Rollo the name of the
most famous reindeer of them all? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! To radio wise man Chuck Blore as
he reaches another year of life on Sunday, January 1, 2012! Salute! •BETTY
WHITE (89) kicks off Monday Night Football on ABC TV:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ujpHXYaYEPQ. •COYOTE
COLLINS (Curt Boykin) longtime WBEE FM (92.5) Rochester, NY PM Drive DJ/PD/MD;
as Curt Monday former mornings on WKLX FM (98.9) Rochester, NY and WSIX FM
(97.9) Nashville, TN dies at home in his favorite chair of a combination of
stroke/seizure at 5:50pm on Friday, December 16, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
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TRIVIA ANSWER: Do you know that out of all of
Santa's reindeer, Rudolph with the red nose is first known as Rollo? It all
begins way back in the 1930s when Montgomery Ward decides to have their Santa
give away coloring books. M-W copywriter Robert L. May receives the assignment
to write the book. His story is about a little reindeer by the name of Rollo
who is made fun of and left out of group activities because of a physical
abnormality. Along with Rollo, other names like Rodney, Reginald and Romeo are
also under consideration. M-W executives do not like any of those as the
reindeer's name. So, Robert May changes its name to Rudolph and gets a friend
to draw funny sketches of the reindeer making merry at Chicago's Lincoln Park
Zoo. M-W execs dig it. During Christmas 1939, M-W hands out the first copies of
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer coloring book. May's brother-in-law Johnny Marks
pens a tune based on the story of the red-nosed reindeer. What really brings
things together is in 1949 when Superstar Cowboy singer Gene Autry's Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer becomes a smash hit.
MIKE MARSHALL (Houston, TX) Subject: WFAA promo.
Jim, I was going through some boxes of pictures and found this. It was in the
Dallas Morning News on Tuesday, May 21, 1968. I remember everybody except John
Darrell. Maybe he did weekends. I started there in March, 1967 doing Weekends
and production Tuesday through Friday, then moved to 4-7 until I went on
vacation that summer and Charlie (Van) replaced me with a guy who had just
started, Lee Douglas? I went to all night and finally 7-12 until I moved to
KPRC here Labor Day weekend of 1969. Always enjoy the newsletter. Have a great
New Year. Mike Marshall
PORTER WAGONER (August 12, 1927 - October 28, 2007)
I've enjoyed as much of this as I can stand.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 26, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1059
LACY AND I WISH YOU A VERY MERRY AND SAFE
CHRISTMAS!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
AUSSIE TV HOST TELLS ALL ABOUT GREEN ROOMS Australian
TV presenter Richard Wilkins is born Richard Stephen Wilkins on June 19, 1954
in Auckland, New Zealand. At seven, he is classically trained as a violinist.
He graduates from New Zealand's teacher's college with majors in English and
Music. PolyGram signs Richard Wilde as he is then known to a worldwide
contract. He becomes one of New Zealand's top Pop stars. In 1980, his band
Wilde and Reckless heads to Australia to release singles plus a six track EP
and tours with Grace Jones. He becomes Promotions and Marketing Manager of
Sydney radio stations 2Day FM and 2UW (now Mix 106.5). In 1987, Richard is the
first VJ on MTV Australia when it is a TV show not a channel. In 1992, he hosts
Keynotes TV game show. In 2011, Richard Wilkins' New Holland Publishers book
Black Ties, Red Carpets, Green Rooms is Australia's biggest selling book. In a
recent statement Richard glows: I never expected all this. Writing the book was
definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I’m thrilled and relieved that
people seem to be enjoying it. In 2012, Richard Wilkins celebrates 25 years on
Australian TV. From 1994 to the present, he is the Nine Network Entertainment
Editor and appears regularly on The Today Show. In 2012, his book Black Ties,
Red Carpets, Green Rooms releases as a must read paperback.
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RECORDING ARTISTS MAKE MINIMUM WAGE In 2011, The
Daily Swarm publishes a very revealing list of music industry statistics. For
instance, do you know that in order for a solo artist in the USA to earn the
minimum wage of $1,160 per month they must sell 12,399 tracks on iTunes? As a
group, that figure divides by the number of members in the band. Recording
artists make their biggest money from concerts. The Daily Swarm spills the
beans: ...a 77% decline in debut album sales since 2003 and with that a 17%
decline in employed musicians. Only 17% of the global online community
downloads music legally. With the shutting of record stores in the USA, now
27.4% of all albums sold are digital. Only 16.5% of Internet users in the USA
purchase digital music. People are three times more likely to stream music than
download it. Solo artists need to sell 1,299 albums on iTunes or 1,161 CDs at
retail per month to make a minimum wage. They would need to have 4,053,110
plays on Spotify; 1,546,667 plays on Last.fm or 849,817 plays on Rhapsody to
earn that minimum wage. Anu Kirk, MOG executive, reveals at the Digital Music
Forum West: This is a tough business to be in. It sucks that right now artists
are getting paid so little money by subscription services, but it sucks that
artists are getting paid so little money by everyone. Kirk says: Lady Gaga
earns only $167 from more than 1 million plays of 'Poker Face' on Spotify.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when Kojak has its
debut on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Andy Waldrop Houston, TX radio air
personality fires up 39 candles on Monday, December 26, 2011. •WXRT FM CBS
Radio (Chicago's Finest Rock 93.1) limited edition charity CD ONXRT: Live From
The Archives - Volume 13 releases on December 6, 2011 exclusively at Chicago
area Target stores to support Lincoln Park Community Shelter and Partners in
Health completely sells out. •WFMT FM Classical (98.7) Chicago, IL celebrates
60th Anniversary on air on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 live from the Chicago
Cultural Center's Preston Bradley Hall with show hosts Rich Warren and Bill
McGlaughlin.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 THE SHADOW radio program airs for the last
time on December 26th. •1967 THE OSBORNE BROTHERS' Classic Rocky Top releases
on Decca records on December 25th. •1974 JACK BENNY favorite radio & TV
comedian (The Jack Benny Show) dies at 80 on December 26th. •1982 DUANE ALLEN
& THE OAK RIDGE BOYS' Christmas album certifies Gold on December 27th.
•1993 RODNEY DANGERFIELD 72 year-old favorite comedian weds 41 year-old Joan
Child on December 26th. •2001 WILLIE NELSON & LEE ANN WOMACK's video
Mendocino County Line shoots in Austin, TX on December 26th.
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JAMES BEST [Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane - Dukes of
Hazzard] (Hickory, NC) Subject: Happy Holidays from the Best Family! Greetings!
We wanted to send you the Best Family Christmas card this year! Thank you for
all your continued support and we hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year! James & Dorothy Best
JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Merry Christmas to All! From Jim Bell, now blissfully retired in
God's Country -- East Texas. I just want everybody to know that I got my
Christmas a few days early. Back on Thursday, the 22nd, my cancer doctor at MD
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston told me he doesn't think I have prostate
cancer. Furthermore, he said the small
town urologist who told me I DO have it misread the biopsy results, and I need to
stop going to him. I will stop, because MD Anderson is the gold standard in
cancer diagnosis and treatment. The Houston doctor told me to come back a year
from now for a follow-up, but he's confident that I have nothing worth losing
sleep over. Do you have any idea how this took a load off me and made me feel a
hundred pounds lighter? I know, I don't LOOK a hundred pounds lighter, but it
feels like it. So God's blessings and the happiest of Christmases, Hanukahs and
whatevers to all my old Houston and east Texas radio friends and colleagues,
and may all your days be as good and uplifting as mine was last Thursday.
DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX)
Hi, Jim, Thanks so much for replying. I came across your website this afternoon
and thought perhaps you would know Bob Sullivan and how to contact him.
Probably reporter's luck. I was in the newspaper business for many years
(Dallas Morning News, Denver Post, St. Pete Times, etc.) and even though I grew
up during the '50s around (Louisiana) Hayride people and various artists
because of my mother's career, I never learned that business, so I'm exploring
unfamiliar territory. Your site looked strong and credible. Best, David House;
Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American
Journalists Association, Online News Association
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: radio
station jobs. KEBE/KOOI in Jacksonville (TX) 1966-1971; KLIS FM in Palestine in
1971; KSFA AM Nacogdoches 1972-76; KJCS FM Nacogdoches/Lufkin 1979-1986. Had
the priv of working with some great folks including Larry Graham, Jerry
Houston, Malcolm Landess, Jeff Dale, Dave Malone, and too many others to
mention. Lots of changes (not all for the better).
DR. BRUCE NELSON [GM/AM Drive DJ KFTX FM 97.5 Retired
12/31/2010] (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1058)
December 23, 2011 [Friday] Merry Christmas to you and Lacy. Tell Joanie
Green-Gallo I'd hire here if I hadn't retired last year. She always did a great
job for me at KNUZ!!! DrB (www.kftx.com) Merry Christmas from the 2nd
Amendment! (www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCBNOFmr4nw)
BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Fleece
Napping Dad. Hey Jim! Just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas from the heart
of my bottom. Thanks, for connect all our old radio pals. All the best! b
CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Subject: Merry
Christmas
JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year!
JIM GOUGH (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1057) December 19, 2011 [Monday] Thanks pardner...it’s
always great here in the Hill Country. I had a nice narration to do for TxDot
yesterday, so all's fine. Jim Gough http://jimgough.net/
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Merry
Christmas Jim and Lacy! Tony Lyndell Williams
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Holidays. A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO JIM & LACY! From Bob, Barb & Sonny
Lee.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Telly Savalas plays bald police
detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak on CBS TV's exciting Kojak series. Dan Frazer
is Captain Frank McNeil along with Kevin Dobson as Lt. Bobby Crocker. Kojak premieres on CBS TV on October 24, 1973
and runs through April 1978. During Kojak the reason that he sucks on a
lollipop is to help him quit smoking. Telly is the son of Greek immigrants. He
is born Aristotelis Savalas on January 21, 1922 in Garden City, Long Island,
NY. During World War II, he serves as a soldier in Company C, 12th Medical
Training Battalion, 4th Medical Training Regiment at Camp Pickett, VA. In the
early 1950s, he hosts a popular radio program, Telly's Coffeehouse. Savalas
studies psychology at Columbia University in NYC. Telly is an executive
director and then senior director of ABC news special events. He becomes
executive producer of Gillette Cavalcade of Sports where he gives Howard Cosell
his first job. On January 22, 1994 Telly Savalas passes away at 72 of bladder
cancer in Universal City, CA.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Happy
Holidays! Merry Christmas! Best of the Season to you & Lacy! David Faulkner
BUDDY JOHNSON (Beaumont, TX) Yes sign me up, and
I'd love to share some old stories with you. It's good to hear from you...
PINK FLOYD [The Wall Live 1980–81] Is There Anybody
Out There?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 23, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1058
LACY AND I WISH YOU A VERY MERRY AND SAFE
CHRISTMAS!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
JOBS WINS GRAMMY Steve Jobs visionary tech giant
Apple founder dies at 56 of cancer on October 5, 2011. During Grammy Week that
begins on February 11, 2012 Jobs receives a posthumous Recording Academy
Special Merit Grammy. He is part of a group that includes bandleader Dave
Bartholomew and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder as Trustee Award honorees
plus The Allman Brothers, Glen Campbell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Jones,
the Memphis Horns, Diana Ross and Gil Scott-Heron as Lifetime Achievement Award
honorees. Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy glows: It is an honor
to recognize such a diverse group of individuals whose talents and achievements
have had an indelible impact on our industry. Steve Jobs receives his Grammy
for his work in the creation of the products and technology that transforms the
music industry with innovations like the iPod and iTunes. The 2011 Grammy
Awards airs live on CBS TV from Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Sunday, February
12, 2012.
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CLEAR CHANNEL REALIGNS ITS SAN FRANCISCO RADIO
TROOPS As we report in JRRR on Friday, December 16, 2011 Clear Channel kills
Progressive Talk KKGN-960 (ex KABL-960) in San Francisco, CA with new call
letters with format from KNEW-910 (Fox Newsradio 910) plus KNEW-910 emerges as
KKSF-910 (Talk 910). Since Clear Channel shuffles its two San Francisco AM
radio stations, Cumulus KGO-810 retaliates with the removal of some of its
radio hosts. In response, Clear Channel readjusts its lineups for Talk KNEW-910
and Talk KKGN-960 by bringing in the two Cumulus hosts which exit KGO-810 in
early December 2011. NewsTalk KNEW-910 gains former Cumulus KGO-810 air
personalities Len Tillem for 3pm-4pm duties and Gene Burns 4pm-7pm. Instead of
its planned Talk 910 moniker, KNEW remodels as NewsTalk 910. Also, the new
KKGN-960 ditches Fox News Radio 960 for 960 KNEW. And some say the game of
chess is difficult.
WNBC TV EXPANDS AFTER IT DOWNSIZES Due to budget
cuts and sinking ad revenue in 2008, WNBC TV CH4 NYC downsizes. In 2009, Senior
political reporter, analyst and journalist Jay DeDapper exits. In 1998 Jay
moves to WNBC-TV to join its newly-enlarged political unit. He develops the
groundbreaking What Matters series of in-depth issues reporting along with his
Reality Checks. On September 11, 2001 Jay rushes to New York City Hall to
report from the street adjacent to the World Trade Center. The New York Daily
News reports that WNBC TV demonstrates a new commitment to local news coverage.
Susan Sullivan WNBC TV News Director relates: Everybody wants to be #1, that’s
the bottom line here. WNBC TV places four new news trucks into service. Its
helicopter-sharing contract with Fox O&O WNYW TV ends. WNBC TV adds its own
news helicopter and launches two new newscasts, plus a new studio in early
2012.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the TV private eye
series Barnaby Jones premier? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•RUSS MITCHELL CBS TV Evening News weekend anchor
joins Gannett WKYC TV NBC CH3 Cleveland, OH as new evening news managing editor
and 6pm/11pm weeknight anchor to replace Romona Robinson whose contract ends on
December 16, 2011. •DALLAS COWBOYS' radio reporter's stream ends. Kristi
Scales' streak of 448 consecutive Cowboys games ends Saturday night, December
17, 2011 at Tampa Bay, FL because of her goddaughter niece's wedding in
Columbus, OH. Scales is Cowboys radio sideline reporter for the last 13
seasons. During her absence Mickey Spagnola is her replacement.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 DAVE MURRAY guitarist for British Heavy Metal
band Iron Maiden born on December 23rd. •1968 TAMMY WYNETTE's album Stand By
Your Man releases on Epic records on December 23rd. •1973 YOUNG AND RESTLESS
soap opera premieres on CBS TV on December 23rd. •1986 GEORGE STRAIT and
Alabama each have three nominations at the 1987 American Music Awards on
December 23rd. •1994 CHARLES SHIRLEY Jazz arranger dies at 74 on December 23rd.
•2003 CRAIG MORGAN's acoustic concert on December 23rd in Kuwait is first of a
Middle East tour for American G.I.s during the Christmas season.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: A post script. A post script re/the death of Billie Jo Spears. One
song she recorded seems to be overlooked when listing her hits. "57
Chevrolet" The lyrics will bring back great memories for anyone
"growing up" in the late 50s. Wish I still had my 57 Chevy 2 door
hard top. One of the great cars. Red Jones Georgia Radio Hall Of Fame
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Brinkman injured severely in car crash. Chuck Brinkman involved in a Car Crash
on December 17, 2011, 11:28:08 AM. I got this information from Facebook. This came
from John Summers's page, thought some of you might want to know. If you have
been in Dallas Radio at all in the past say oh, 100 years, you know Chuck well.
In my humble opinion, he's a great guy: For those who don't yet know, legendary
Pittsburgh and Dallas/Ft. Worth radio personality, and my good friend, Chuck
Brinkman was involved in a very serious automobile accident yesterday. He was
't-boned' by an SUV very near his home in Plano. Here is an update from his
daughter, Christene: 'I really can't thank everybody enough for all the
thoughts and prayers. Dad has six broken ribs, one of which collapsed a lung
and caused internal bleeding, he also has a large bruise on one kidney, causing
it to not function. his pelvis and hip are shattered. He remained stable over
night. He is getting blood transfusions. Please, please keep the thoughts and
prayers coming. it means a lot to him. He is a tough guy, as you know, but he
is 76 and very badly injured. love you all. Prayers are definitely up!'
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JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Tulsa, OK) Oh, Jim...Thank you
for your kind words. I just jump to read your wonderfully informative emails
each week. They bring such joy to me ~ it's "my old friend" in the
electronic media and I love it. To answer your question, no...none of the leads
you sent have panned out...all the usual excuses. "Not hiring", "not in the
budget", "how nice", "you're over-qualified", "you
don't breathe properly", (and the corker), "you're too old."
Bottom line...they've tightened budgets and I've been put out to pasture. I
would've been jumping from the rooftops and hollering your way about it if
something positive happened. I am hopeful, but not holding my breath.
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Issue 1057.
Happy Holidays Jim & Lacy! "Person to Person Returns After 50
Years" sounds good, but it won't be the same without all the chain
smoking. :) Merry Christmas, David Faulkner
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1057) December
19, 2011 [Monday] Jim...just want to say Merry Christmas...hope yours is the best
ever! Jim Gough http://jimgough.net/
ED STERN (San Antonio, TX) Enjoy this season and
all the beauty that comes with it. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Ed and
Judy
JERRY MILLER [Mueller-ex KILT-610, KLIF-1190 DJ]
(Houston, TX) Subject: A Christmas Card. Greetings to you from Jerry and Maudie
Mueller!!
TRIVIA ANSWER: Private eye series Barnaby Jones
premiers on CBS TV on January 28, 1973 and runs through September 4, 1980.
Buddy Ebsen stars as P.I. sleuth Barnaby
Jones along with Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, Betty Jones.
FR. BOB TOMLINSON (Ft. Worth-Hurst, TX) Subject:
Merry Christmas and Update. Merry Christmas Jim and Lacy, I hope all is well
with you and the little lady and my best wishes to you this joyous season.
Thought I'd update you and the ones I know on your readying list the changes
happening my life. Over the past six months my wife and I thought of where we'd
like to retire to and when we should. In September I resigned from the church
in Hurst, TX and we started setting up a home at Lake Striker in East Texas.
I'll look for other ministry opportunities and who knows may visit some of the
radio stations around here. I look forward to each of your newsletters. Keep up
the good work. Bob Tomlinson; Lake Striker between Henderson and Jacksonville,
Texas
E. B. White (July 11, 1899 - October 1, 1985)
Somehow not only for Christmas, but all the long year through, the joy that you
give to others is the joy that comes back to you.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 19, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1057
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
EASY RIDER MAKES LAST RIDE Bert Schneider is the
producer of the 1969 film Easy Rider with stars Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson and
Dennis Hopper. Some of Bert's key films of the late 1960s and 1970s include
Five Easy Pieces, The Last Picture Show and Days of Heaven. In 1975, he earns a
best documentary Oscar for Hearts and Minds. Peter Biskind's book Easy Riders,
Raging Bulls refers to Bert as the eminence grist of the American New Wave.
Berton Schneider grows up in New Rochelle, NY as the son of Columbia Pictures
president Abraham Schneider. In the early 1950s, he attends Cornell University.
In the early 1960s, Schneider joins Columbia's TV division, Screen Gems. In
1965, he and Bob Rafelson form Raybert Productions. In 1966, they bring The
Monkees to NBC TV. In 1967, they each win Emmys for The Monkees TV show. In
1968, they bring The Monkees band to the big screen. In 1969, along with Jack
Nicholson, Rafelson writes and directs the counterculture film Head with
Schneider as Executive Producer. On Monday, December 12, 2011 Bert Schneider
dies at 78 of natural causes in Los Angeles, CA. Bert Schneider's first marriage
is to Judy Schneider. Bert's survivors include his second wife, Greta
Ronningen; two children, Audrey Simon and Jeffrey Schneider.
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PERSON TO PERSON RETURNS AFTER 50 YEARS CBS TV's
long running classic interview series Person to Person airs from October
1953-September 1961. The program has a tremendous impact on broadcast news and
TV journalism. Every Friday night from October 1953 to June 1959 legendary host
Edward R. Murrow hosts Person to Person. He closes out his show with: Good Night
and Good Luck. During World War II, Murrow hires Charles Collingwood as a CBS
correspondent. In fall 1959, Charles relieves Murrow as host of Person to
Person. In 1961, newly elected President John F. Kennedy asks Edward R. Murrow
to head up the U.S. Information Agency. Beginning on Wednesday, February 8,
2012 CBS TV revives the classic interview series Person to Person as one-hour
specials. CBS This Morning co-anchor Charlie Rose and CBS chief foreign affairs
correspondent Lara Logan are the new hosts of Person to Person. Jeff Fager CBS
News chairman brags: We have dreamed about bringing a modern version of this
great program, ‘Person to Person,’ back to CBS for years – and now it is
happening. It ...will be led by two of our most accomplished producers and two
of our best interviewers.
PITTSBURGH RADIO MERRY GO ROUND Birach Broadcasting
announces that in January 2012 WWCS-540 Canonsburg/Pittsburgh, PA flips to
Sports as Fox Sports 540. After the end of its LMA with Disney in 2011, WWCS-540
simulcasts sister Regional Mexican WSDS-1480 (Explosiva 1480) Detroit, MI. On
January 1, 2012 Disney relocates Radio Disney to WEAE-1250 (now WDDZ). In the
confusion, WEAE-1250's ESPN moves to Clear Channel WBGG-970 which drops its Fox
Sports affiliation. WWCS-540 gains Fox Sports Radio network programming plus
Premiere Radio Networks’ Jim Rome Show. Please explain all of that to me.
TRIVIA QUESTION: John Wayne is born Marion Robert
Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, IA. Who gives him the name John Wayne?
The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•DAVE RAMSEY radio host buys 34,000-square-foot
4-story downtown Brentwood, TN Jackson law office building for $1.6 million.
Until 1796, it is the site of Andrew Jackson’s first law office. Current building
erects in 1996. Ramsey's weekly radio show has 4.5 million listeners. •JOHN
DEMPSEY WLS-890 news anchor off the air to recuperate from left foot surgery to
relieve pain. •SUSAN GORDON (aka Susan L. Aviner) former child actress who
plays young Dorothy Nichols with Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong in 1959 film
The Five Pennies also on TV's My Three Sons and The Twilight Zone dies at 62
from cancer.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KFYR TV NBC/ABC CH5 in Bismarck, ND begins
broadcasting on December 19th. •1966 DUANE PROPES Little Texas bass player (God
Blessed Texas #4-1993, My Love #1 for 2 weeks-1994) born on December 17th in
Longview, TX. •1971 STANLEY KUBRICK's X-rated film A Clockwork Orange premieres
on December 19th. •1980 DOLLY PARTON's first movie 9 To 5 debuts on December
19th with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Dolly also writes and performs the title
song. •1991 ONE LIFE TO LIVE's 6,000th episode airs on December 19th. •2005
GARY ALLAN's album Tough All Over goes Gold on December 19th.
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FAITH HAMILTON (Littleton, CO) Subject: Gary
Hamilton. Are you still looking for him? I am his daughter Faith. I was looking
up some info on my Dad and I came across this... Jim Rose Remembers Radio: JIM
ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #501 'This new Viacom network causes talk of a
possible'... I need your help in locating an e-dress for my old friend Gary
Hamilton. (KLIF and The Satellite Music...
news.jimroseremembersradio.com/2008/05/08/jim-rose-remembers-radio...
Ring a bell? I live in Colorado now but being the daughter of a DJ we traveled
a lot. We lived in Dallas at the time The Satellite Music Network was where he
worked for about 5 years. Faith
ROBERT MILLER [BOB] (Detroit-Plymouth, MI) Subject:
Favorite Christmas Song. Jim, It's a tall order to find a favorite Christmas
song as there are so many. But, I think my current favorite is "All I want
for Christmas is You" by Vince Vance and the Valiants! Merry Christmas!
Bob Miller Plymouth, Michigan
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Just notified that country singer Billie Jo Spears has died @ 74 this
morning (12/14). She was consistent on country charts, 1969-1984, & is most
remembered for her 1975 #1 hit, "Blanket on The Ground." She was a
native of Beaumont, TX, & first recorded in Houston at age 13, moving to
Nashville in 1964. Her final album was released in 2005 & she appeared in
Branson for a time, but was extremely popular in the U.K. where she reportedly
had another tour sked there in 2012. She also recorded duets with the late Del
Reeves. BOB & Sonny Lee.
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JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
favorite Christmas song. I do love Elvis version (Blue Christmas). My favorite
is of my brother Sam (Pate) singing it. He sounds just like Elvis. Not only was
he a good newsman (KLIF-1190, KBOX-1480) but a singer as well. He could sing
like anyone. He left me many tapes of his songs. Remember when Brenda Lee
recorded I saw mama kissing Santa Claus. White Christmas is a good classic. I
often wonder what a white Christmas would look like. Usually it is rather warm
on Christmas.
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ED MILLER [KPCN-730 Owner/OM/Newscaster] (Austin,
TX) Subject: Favorite Christmas Song. Jim, Just had to get in on your list of
Favorite Christmas Songs. Mine is a good ol' country tear-jerker by Bill and
Bonnie Hearne titled "I spent Christmas in a honky tonk and New Year's Eve
in jail." That's my kind of holiday music! -Ed
WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1055) December 12, 2011 [Monday] Jim: I was very pleased
to see the question from: MARGARET FINCH (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Subject: Help. As we all knew, if anybody could answer her question, it would
be you! An early Merry Christmas to you and Lacy.
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1928, Director John Ford hires
John Wayne an extra and a prop man in the film Mother Machree. In 1930,
Director Raoul Walsh casts him in The Big Trail which is his first leading
role. Raoul Walsh receives credit for creating his now legendary screen name,
John Wayne.
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Jim, Now to
TV, my brother, his wife and kids turn on the TV as soon as they arrive home.
Me...sometimes the TV is off for weeks except for some sports. People think it
is weird. I think it's weird to live your life vicariously through the boob
tube. And, I cannot stand the constant noise. Realty TV? Anytime you stick a
camera in someone's face, they became...unreal...no matter who they are. If
people want me, they can call my landline (does anyone still call it that?).
Leave a message...at the beep. Oh, the iPhones...not I. Tony
JOHN WAYNE [The Shootist-1976] (May 26, 1907 - June
11, 1979) You got a streak of kindness a mile wide.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 16, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1056
HAPPY BILL OF RIGHTS DAY ON DECEMBER 15, 2011!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
RADIO TALK HOST OFFERS NEWT $1M TO EXIT RACE
Michael Savage Talk Radio Network syndicated radio talk host puts his money
where his mouth is when he lays out $1M in cold hard cash to Newt Gingrich to drop
out of the race for U.S. President. Savage gives all of the reasons on his
radio program why Gingrich cannot win a campaign against President Obama - only
Mitt Romney can. Michael says this is the most important problem America faces
and why he makes that substantial financial offer to Newt Gingrich. On Tuesday,
December 13, 2011 former U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump pulls out as
moderator of the upcoming Republican primary debate on Ion TV, but he might run
as an Independent for the presidency after his TV show The Apprentice ends in
May 2012. The 2012 Republican candidacy's sparring match reminds us of the
gunfight at the OK corral. The last man standing is the candidate.
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THAT TV COMMERCIAL IS TOO LOUD! Do you notice that
when ads pounce upon our TV screens their volume increases dramatically? We
have to keep our trigger fingers on the volume control button. For decades the
FCC receives our complaints but TV commercials seem to get louder and louder.
Well Glory! Relief may be on the way because the Federal Communications
Commission finally begins to crack down on loud TV commercials. On Tuesday,
December 13, 2011 the FCC announces that starting on December 13, 2012 TV ads
must have the same average volume level as the programs where they appear.
Congress' 2010 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (the CALM Act)
grants the FCC authority to govern the decibel level of advertisements. The
threat of government action may already cut back on ear-drum bursting pitchmen
because the FCC reports that since 2009, consumer complaints about loud TV
commercials are lower.
AMANPOUR EXITS THIS WEEK Christiane Amanpour exits
CNN in 2010 to join ABC TV as host of the Sunday morning public affairs show,
This Week. On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Christiane issues a statement that
after about 16 months she steps down as This Week host. Amanpour returns to CNN
as its star international reporter plus she launches a new weekday program on
CNN International. But in a unique arrangement between the two networks she
also continues to file reports on ABC News as well as host multiple primetime
specials for ABC News plus as a global affairs anchor for ABC network. On
January 8, 2012 George Stephanopoulos, who is This Week anchor from 2002-09,
returns as its host while he remains Good Morning America anchor. Jake Tapper,
ABC News' Senior White House correspondent will be a weekly contributor on the
program plus fill in as guest-host for Stephanopoulos. Christiane Amanpour is a
multi-task network reporter because about eight years ago CBS TV hires her as a
correspondent on 60 Minutes while she continues to report news on CNN.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember the name of Brenda
Lee's Classic 1960s Christmas song? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•JOY BEHAR exits CNN's HLN TV anchor desk after
over two years. Ann Coulter sighs: It is a vast Casey Anthony conspiracy! Your
show was the only one I could watch and avoid hearing anything about that white
trash bimbo. •VIRGINIA CHA Atlanta-based anchor leaves HLN TV to join KGTV TV
ABC CH10 San Diego, CA on Monday, December 5, 2011. •CLEAR CHANNEL kills
Progressive Talk KKGN-960 (ex KABL-960) in San Francisco, CA with new call
letters and format from KNEW-910 (Fox Newsradio 910). •KNEW-910 San Francisco,
CA becomes KKSF-910 (Talk 910).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 SUSAN ESTRICH lawyer, professor, author and
political commentator on Fox News born on December 16th. •1963 JEFF CARSON ACM
video of the year award for The Car born on December 16th in Tulsa, OK. •1979
ROGER STAUBACH's last regular season game as quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys
on December 16th. •1984 ANNE MURRAY & Dave Loggins' single Nobody Loves Me
Like You Do slams #1 in Billboard Country on December 15th. •1990 KUSW Salt Lake
City, UT final shortwave radio transmissions on December 16th. •2004 JOSH
GRACIN's video Nothin' To Lose debuts on CMT on December 16th.
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MARGARET FINCH (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Subject: Answer... Dear Jim, Many thanks for your reply to my e-mail. I was so
excited especially as I grew up knowing the words to the Robin Hood series
lol!! Funny how he (Dick James) was so well known for all those other things.
Now using that i[n]fo I have tried to find somewhere on YouTube to be able to
hear the song no luck. Would you possibly have a website that I could get to
hear it and let my Mum hear it? Many thanks again as I realize how busy you
are. Kind Regards Margaret Finch in Oz.
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Just notified that country singer Billie Jo Spears has died @ 74 this
morning (12/14). She was consistent on country charts, 1969-1984, & is most
remembered for her 1975 #1 hit, "Blanket on The Ground." She was a
native of Beaumont, TX, & first recorded in Houston at age 13, moving to
Nashville in 1964. Her final album was released in 2005 & she appeared in
Branson for a time, but was extremely popular in the U.K. where she reportedly
had another tour sked there in 2012. She also recorded duets with the late Del
Reeves. BOB & Sonny Lee.
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: job. After
a few years out of the medium, it looks like I may be back in radio soon. Local
station asked me to do some work for them starting after the first of the new
year. Radio today is sooooo much different. My first obstacle is learning the
computer software. We did not have computers in the control rooms where i
worked. Today's DJ goes in two or three days a week for an hour or two and cuts
voice tracks for the breaks. Everything else is on the "cloud server"
in some distant city like Philadelphia. Don't know if this will work out, but I
am willing to give it a shot. The manager seems to be excited about hiring me.
Wish me luck.
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) [GM/AM Drive
DJ KFTX FM 97.5 Retired 12/31/2010] Subject: Favorite Christmas Song.
"Remember Bethlehem" by Dee Mullins Released in 1971 only reached #71
on Billboard but was a huge holiday request Item on KENR/KNUZ. I threw it in
our holiday music 16 years ago on KFTX and it has since become one of our most
requested holiday songs... Totally unique and different!!! DrB (www.kftx.com)
DEE MULLINS is born Dwight Mullinax in Gafford, TX
on April 7, 1937. He dies on March 13, 1991 at only 53. Remember Bethlehem
(#71) releases on Plantation records for Christmas 1970. His biggest Billboard
chart tune is Texas Tea (#51) on SSS International in summer 1968.
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
favorite Christmas song. My favorite old one is Blue Christmas. My most
favorite new one is by Becky Kelly, "Where's the Line to See Jesus."
Heard it for the first time last year. If you have not seen/heard it I will
forward it to you. (www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=OExXItDyWEY&vq=medium)
JERRY MILLER [Mueller] (Houston, TX) Subject: Song.
The Christmas Song...by Frank Sinatra! JM
TRIVIA ANSWER: Since she is only 6, Brenda Lee is a
professional singer. On TV's Ozark Mountain Jubilee she becomes known as Little
Miss Dynamite. In 1957, at the young age of 12, her One Step at a Time lands on
Billboard. Around Christmas 1959 her record Sweet Nothin's rises to #4. Decca
releases her Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree in 1958 and again in 1959 but it
doesn't become an annual holiday favorite until 1960 when it turns solid Gold
at #14 after she already is an international recording star. Joel Whitburn's
Pop Annual book recognizes Brenda Lee as the #1 female singer of the 1960s.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: My
Favorite Christmas Song. Jim, My favorite Christmas song? Trans-Siberian
Orchestra - Christmas Eve Sarajevo - 12 24 - Video I feel inspired when I hear
this. I would like to be a performer in this orchestra. Leslie Wayne Hodges
JOE FORD (Houston-Shenandoah, TX) Subject: Late
Thanksgiving wish. Bless you, Jim for all you do to keep us updated on the biz.
Glad to hear Lacy has her own special sherbet spoon! Happy holidays to both of
you and Merry Christmas! Joe Ford (http://joefordvoiceworks.com)
GEORGE CARLIN (May 12, 1937-Sunday, June 22, 2008)
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 12, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1055
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BLUES GUITARIST BOWS OUT Rolling Stone magazine
proclaims Hubert Sumlin as its 43rd greatest guitar player of all time. Hubert's
Blues guitar travels with Bluesman Howlin' Wolf for over 23 years. Wolf is a DJ
from 1949 to 1952 on the radio station that helps launch the birth of the blues
KWEM-990 in West Memphis, AR. His first LP releases in 1951. Dale Franklin,
KWEM owner/CEO brags: KWEM gave birth to the ‘electric blues’ and started the
rockabilly revolution that would lead to rock ’n’ roll and the Memphis sound.
George Klein, KWEM DJ, tapes a very young Johnny Cash in September 1954. Cash
brings that tape to Sam Phillips who signs him to Sun Records. KWEM helps
launch the careers of music legends B.B. King, Johnny Cash, Howlin’ Wolf, Ike
Turner, Carl Perkins, Albert King and yes Elvis Presley. Catch KWEM on the
Internet. (www.kwemradio.com) After Howlin Wolf passes away in 1976 Hubert
continues to tour. His Blues guitar inspires countless Rock artists like Jimmy
Page, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. On Sunday, December 4, 2011 Hubert Sumlin
passes away at 80 of heart failure in Wayne, NJ. Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin
guitarist, remembers: I love Hubert. He always played the right thing at the
right time. The Rolling Stone's guitarist Keith Richards pays Hubert Sumlin's
medical bills for treatments toward the end of his life.
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EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES! On Monday morning
December 5, 2011 Les Moonves, President/CEO of CBS Corporation, talks like
Ethel Merman in Gypsy Everything’s Coming Up Roses at the 39th annual UBS
Global Media and Communications Conference at the Grand Hyatt in NYC: Everybody
calls me a cheerleader but network television’s doing better than it’s done in
many years. Deadline Hollywood reports: (Moonves) says that CBS’ prices for ads
in the scatter market are up “in the mid-teens” over the upfront although “our
competitors are doing not as well....demand is picking up again and few are
cancelling upfront orders for early 2012. When you look at where our ratings
are, you don’t want to cancel a CBS show because (later on) you’ll pay more.”
However, Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO, shakes a few tail feathers at the UBS
Conference when he predicts within the next 10 years about half of all TV
viewing will come via the Internet. Hastings says that the biggest loser will
be broadcast TV: It’ll be declining like land-line telephony. In 20 years
broadcast (TV) will be like (telephone) party lines.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In disco group The Village People
can you name a job that is not one of their characters? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•MARK FRATRIK BIA/Kelsey VP predicts 3.5% 2012
radio revenue growth. Fratrik projects 2011 radio revenues 1.2% increase over
2010 at $14.1 billion. •DICK BIONDI Chicago, IL radio legend wins Radio Ink
website poll for Favorite Top 40 DJ of the 1960s. Larry Lujack nails #4. Art
Roberts grabs #6. Biondi has a little bit of help from his friends because he's
still on the air. WLS-FM promotes his votes on their website and social media
pages. •VIC MILES 24 year reporter/anchor on WCBS TV CH2 NYC dies at 79 in
Manhattan, NY.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 BRUCE KULICK lead guitarist/singer with
Hard-Rock band KISS born on December 12th. •1963 HANK WILLIAMS Jr.'s 1st
recording session at 14 on December 11th in Nashville, TN features some of his
father's hit tunes: You Win Again, Your Cheatin' Heart and Cold, Cold Heart. •1979
GOLD hits record $462.50 an ounce on December 12th. •1987 REBA MCENTIRE's
single The Last One to Know strikes #1 in Billboard Country on December 12th.
•1993 WNCN FM Classical (104.3) in NYC flips to Rock WAQX FM (Q-104) on
December 12th. •2002 TOBY KEITH debuts on the Grand Ole Opry on December 14th.
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MARGARET FINCH (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Subject: Help. Hi my name is Margaret Finch I live in Brisbane Queensland
Australia 4118. I was using Google to search for a song when your link came up.
Yours was the only link I got. However I clicked but was still lost. Your link
was .com/page/26.aspx. My search was for a song called 'I will never change
I'll always love you'. But I had tried the words "though the stars may tumble
from the sky above". Please can you help with song and singer? I'm trying
to find it for my Mum who is 82. Thanks in advance Kind Regards Margaret Finch
DICK JAMES sings I Will Never Change (I'll always
love you) in 1951 written by Cy Coben with music by Camarata on Parlophone
records #R3606. Dick is born Reginald Leon Isaac Vapnick on December 12, 1920.
Dick James also sings the The Adventures of Robin Hood theme song from the
1950s British TV series which is a huge success on ITV in the UK. It first airs
on Sunday, September 25, 1955. The TV series goes into syndication in the USA
weekly on CBS TV (1955-58). When his singing career ends, James enters music
publishing. He founds DJM records and recording studios. In 1963 he establishes
Northern Songs with Brian Epstein, John Lennon and Paul McCartney to publish
their original songs. James later publishes many of Elton John’s Classic tunes
that he writes with Bernie Taupin. Dick James passes away on February 1, 1986.
SHERRY TAYLOR (Lake Charles, LA) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#829) June 14, 2010 [Monday] It is a shame that no one
remembers Chuck Holloway from KCOH a wonderful disc jockey who had some trouble
in his life but seems to be totally forgotten for his contribution in radio.
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: trivia answer. Hi, Jim and Lacy, Got a chuckle outta your Dallas
Cowboys-dollar bill trivia question and answer. After last Sunday's
Patriots-Indy game you might be inclined to include the Patriots in that
equation. New England was very lucky to escape with a "W". Tom
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KEVIN CHARLES MINATREA (Houston, TX) Jim, I love
working at the new News 92 FM. We are having a blast and it’s even better
because we are getting so much positive feedback. I think I did get your
newsletter at one time but I have changed email addresses and jobs since then.
How about you set it up to come to this address? provoices.net@gmail.com. This
is the one I use for all my voiceover related work and it is not as likely to
get lost in the shuffle here. I'll have to sit down sometime and send you some
stories from my career. I've been doing this since 1978...started up in
Nacogdoches at KJCS/KEEE while I was in college at SFA...and I haven't looked
back. I first came to Houston in 1986 working weekends at K-Lite 93.7 FM
(KLTR). Since then I have had full time gigs there, at KLDE (1988-2001) and
Metro Networks (2001-2008) and now at KROI. In between I have been doing part
time work on 1075 K-Hits/ The Eagle, KSEV (news) and KSBJ. Thanks again for
listening and I'll talk to you soon. Kevin
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DR. BRUCE NELSON [GM/AM Drive DJ KFTX FM 97.5
Retired 12/31/2010] (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio
(#1054) December 09, 2011 [Friday] Re: Passing of Dobie Gray, Narvel Felts took
his country version of Dobie's "Drift Away" to number 8 1n 1973...Met
him in Nashville one time "good folks," DrB
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim:
Thanks for your greetings in unison w/Lacy too. I am not on Facebook; e-mail
keeps me busy enough. Yesterday was Freddy Cannon's 72 birthday, & I sent
him a note. We worked shows together in VA back in 60's. Freddy now resides in
Tarzana, CA. Bob & Sonny Lee.
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1977, original members of Disco
group The Village People are lead singer/writer Victor Willis (Cop/Admiral),
Alex Briley (G.I./Sailor), Mark Mussler (Construction Worker), Dave Forrest
(Cowboy), Lee Mouton (Leatherman) and Felipe Rose (Native American). But there
is no Fire Fighter amongst the revelers.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Cumulus
Radio KNFM, KBAT, KMND in Midland, Texas. Hi Jim, You never know if it is
Memorex or live in that radio studio from that city of license granted by the
Federal Communications Commission that I took a three element test in October
1971 in Room 13 E in the Federal Building in Dallas where I passed all three of
the elements then I received in the mail my 3rd phone with Broadcast
Endorsement Federal Communications License. Now no one has to be tested. Just
produce your Green card, you're in. But you will not have a live local studio
radio show, possibly. Instead you will make sure programs and commercials are
loaded for all five or more or less for the group of radio stations you are
programming under the direction of the sales department, and management. No
personality radio here. Just a synthetic juke box. Thank you, Leslie
ANDREW [Hogg] BROWN (Amos And Andy) Holy Mackarel,
Kingfish!
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 09, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1054
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
DOBIE GRAY DRIFTS AWAY One of my all time favorite
songs is Drift Away by Dobie Gray from early 1973. The tune lands at #5 here in
America with sales of over a half million copies. In 2003, Gray records a new
version of Drift Away with Uncle Kracker. It reaches #1 on Billboard's Adult
contemporary survey. In April 1965 when I begin a long journey into radio on
KASO-1240 in Minden, LA which is just a hop and a skip straight east on HWY 80
from Shreveport, a 45 rpm record (remember those?) that is very popular on my
show is The "In" Crowd by Dobie. That little ditty is Gray's second
national chart record. It peaks at #13. Music runs in the Gray family because
Dobie's brother Gene writes The "In" Crowd. In the mid-1970s Gray
relocates to Nashville, TN where he joins Capricorn Records as a song co-writer
with Troy Seals. Dobie is born to sharecropper parents on July 26, 1940 in the
Brookshire-Simonton, TX area just off I-10 a few miles west of Houston. His
grandfather is a Baptist minister. On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Dobie Gray
passes away at 71.
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COLONEL POTTER TAKES HIS LAST BREATH Fans forever
remember Harry Morgan as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in the long-running TV Army
comedy, M*A*S*H. Even though we see Morgan in many movie and TV roles, the one
part that sticks out is his portrayal of Marshall Thibido in John Wayne's
classic film The Shootist. One of his roles that sometimes we forget is LAPD
Officer Bill Gannon opposite sergeant Jack Webb as badge 714 Joe Friday in TV's
police detective series Dragnet. Jack Webb not only is detective Joe Friday but
he also writes and produces the TV series. The popular police detective series
runs on radio from 1949–1956 and TV from 1951–1959 and again from 1967–1970.
Joe Friday's line Just the facts, ma'am. becomes a popular saying. Harry Morgan
is on Broadway's stage, dozens of TV shows and more than 50 films. He is born
Harry Bratsburg on April 10, 1915, in Detroit, MI. The Emmy Award-winning actor
Harry Morgan dies with pneumonia in his home at 96 on Wednesday morning,
December 7, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA. His survivors include wife Barbara
Bushman, 3 sons, 8 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
CLEAR CHANNEL RIPS SEATTLE RADIO WIDE OPEN
America's largest radio group owner Clear Channel Radio whips out its axe and
chops loose some of its best air talent on Top-40 KBKS FM (KISS FM 106.1) and
Hip Hop KUBE FM (93.3) in Seattle, WA. Gone are 20 year KUBE FM 10:00am -
3:00pm vet Shellie Hart. Wednesday, November 30, 2011 is her final broadcast on
KUBE FM. CCR moves former KUBE FM night show host Harrison Wood to weekends.
CCR's KBKS FM (Kiss FM 106.1) in Seattle suburb Tacoma releases night DJ Matt
Lockmon who listeners know as Doormatt.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What's the difference between the
Dallas Cowboys and a dollar bill? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Henry Piarrot top flight Manager
to the Stars at Marriott-Fairfield Inn & Suites in
Knoxville-Sevierville-Kodak, TN has his very own grand birthday fete on
Saturday, December 10, 2011. •WPBZ FM CBS Active Rock (The Buzz 103.1) West
Palm Beach, FL flips to Adult CHR (Now 103.1) at 3pm on Monday, December 5,
2011 as Today’s best hits, without the rap. •MIKE DANIELS marches out as
reporter-anchor on News-Press & Gazette KESQ TV ABC CH42/cable News CH3 HD
in Palm Springs, CA and hits the road for Hubbard Broadcasting KOB TV NBC
virtual CH4/digital CH26 Albuquerque, NM.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 WALTER COMPTON news anchor on the DuMont
Evening News dies at 47 on December 9th. •1968 MERLE HAGGARD records Hungry
Eyes at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA on December 9th. •1979
BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN religious TV broadcaster dies at 84 in NYC on December
9th. •1989 GARTH BROOKS single If Tomorrow Never Comes is his first #1 Country
single on December 9th. •1992 VINCENT GARDENIA actor in All in the Family dies
on December 9th at 71. •2003 TOBY KEITH's album Shock'n Y'all goes Gold,
Platinum and Double-Platinum on the same day on December 9th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1052) December 02, 2011 [Friday] Oh, I see on today's JRRR
that I said I would send you a list of all the stations I have worked for. OK
here it is: First DJ job 1960 KDNT Denton, TX (19 yrs old); KCPA-FM Dallas
annc.; KGAF Gainesville, TX dj/news ('61 to 63); KEEE Nacogdoches, TX
news; KTBB Tyler, TX dj/news; KDOK Tyler, TX news; KVIL Dallas dj/news; KLIF
Dallas news; KILT Houston news Dir; KTRH Houston news/talk; KOB Albuquerque, NM
News Dir; KFLQ Albuquerque, NM News Dir and KKIM Albuquerque, NM News Dir. (72
years old) There you are my friend. I think it's time I got a "real"
job, no never mind, it's too late for that. Take care, Frank Haley
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: DFW
Radio/TV/Media "Lunch Bunch" is this Saturday 12/10. Time again for
the DFW Media 'Lunch Bunch"! It's
this Saturday, Dec 10, 12:30pm at Humperdink's, NW Hwy between Walton Walker
and IH35E/Stemmons, in their "atrium." This will be the last get-together of the
year! Same protocol as usual...no
speeches, no formalities, just a casual gathering with friends, old and new,
and perhaps doing some networking. Dutch treat, so each person pays for their
own. We'll gather around 12:30, but feel free to drop in/drop out/drop
by...we'll probably hang out until 3pm or so. Sorry if this is a late
notice...I forgot to let our non-Facebook people know by email on the first
round of reminders! Hope you can make it by. RSVP not necessary...but feel free
to email me with any questions. Thanks! Mike Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
JO BUSSELL [KLDE FM/Mix 96.5/Metro Traffic/Clear
Channel/Atlanta's Z93 and V103] (Houston, TX) Subject: Radio story. The first
time I was in a station was at WPGA in Perry, Georgia at age 10. I had my tiny
green transistor radio duct-taped to my bicycle and listened 24-7 to the
station. Well, until sunset, when it signed off. I would stand at the door and
look in. Finally, one day they gave me a tour, let me watch the DJ and I was
hooked. Forever! Later, when I was a high school freshman I saw JK from WAAY in
Huntsville do a remote at the mall. He taught me to cue a 45 and push the red
button to start it. This little girl felt power that she had never known. I
soon got a job at WAHR doing school nights and was in heaven. I'm still smitten
and will remain that love forever.
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obits. Jim: The entertainment world has lost a few more: (1) Barbara Orbison
widow of Roy, died @60 on 23rd Annvsy of his death, Dec.6,2011; (2) Dobie Gray,
singer of hits, "The in-Crowd" and "Drift Away," has died @
71, also Dec. 6th; (3), Col. Potter of MASH, Harry Morgan, has died @ 96 on
12/7, after 50 years of acting in TV & movies and (4) Howard Tate, known
for his R & B hit "Get It While You Can" died @ 72 on 12/2/11.
BOB & Sonny Lee
BARBARA ORBISON wife of the late Rock and Roll
Classic singer Roy Orbison is a long time subscriber to JRRR. We have not heard
from Barbara for some time. Her passing comes as a complete shock and surprise
to us.
DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX)
Subject: new Navajo station. Hi, Jim and Lacy. This being Native American
Heritage Month, which I and others who revere our heritage like to celebrate, I
thought I’d mention that there’s a new all-Navajo language FM station in
Gallup, N.M. – KYAT 94.5FM, an 85,000-watt, 24-hour-a-day station with
basically a C&W music format, news and coverage of Navajo life. Truckers,
travelers and others might want to tune in. I can’t pick it up here in Fort
Worth, but Millennium says KYAT can be heard from Albuquerque to Holbrook,
Ariz., and from Farmington to Cibola National Forest. Good story about KYAT
from the Navajo Times at
www.navajotimes.com/business/2011/1011/101711radio.php. Hope you're healed from
that nasty fall. Best always, David House; Freelance Writer
(www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association,
Online News Association
TRIVIA ANSWER: You can still get four quarters out
of a dollar bill.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Jim, great night
Saturday hearing and seeing Rita Coolidge Christmas Concert. The A Cappella
Choir of Wiley College incredible. Rita's songs brought back memories when I
was playing her records on KCRS 550AM in Midland 1971-1975 and when I was on
KLAW 101FM in Lawton summer 1977. Being in the Rita Coolidge concert I felt
like I should have been inside the 1001 South Midkiff Building Then KCRS Radio.
Playing records, reading news and loading cart machines with jingles, news
intros, commercials.
RITA COOLIDGE (May 1, 1945 - p) I say what's in my
heart, and I do it in my concerts.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 05, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1053
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
PHILLY RADIO VET PERISHES In 2007, Brian Murphy
secures a position as Morning Show news and traffic reporter, commercial producer
plus as a DJ on Saturdays and Sundays on WBEB FM (B101) in Philadelphia, PA.
His rich, baritone voice becomes a top commercial voiceover talent in Philly.
He also narrates several NFL Films. During his career in the City of Brotherly
Love radio listeners hear Brian's voice on several frequencies: Sports WIP-610,
News Radio KYW-1060, WEGX FM (Eagle 106), WCRP FM (Star 104.5), Oldies WOGL FM
(98.1) and WBEN FM (Mix 95.7). On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Brian Murphy
passes away because of cancer. Blaise Howard WBEB FM VP/GM remembers: We lost a
member of our family. Everyone loved Brian and his great sense of humor. He had
a great passion for radio. We were all very lucky to have worked with such a
great person and a radio pro. We are really going to miss him. Chuck Knight
B101 PD recalls: B101 is a family owned radio station. We’re lucky enough to be
a big radio station but a small business. So we’re a very close family here and
we truly feel this loss deeply. To Nina, his wife, along with Brian’s daughter
and the rest of his family, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
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KGO SHAKES ITS TALK FANNY Cumulus stirs things up
in the West Coast pullet pen. Starting Monday, December 5, 2011 when Cumulus
goes All News on KGO-810 from 2 pm to midnight, radio veterans exit the San
Francisco, CA News-Talk radio giant. Late Thursday just after its staff learns
of the changes, KGO's News and Program Director, Paul Hosley, informs them:
What we are doing is adding a tremendous amount of news content to KGO. Talk-show
veterans Gene Burns, Gil Gross, Ray Taliaferro and John Rothmann are among
those who exit. Taliaferro is with KGO since 1977. Ronn Owens, who has one of
the highest-paying contracts in radio, continues his popular show from 9
am-noon. Brian Copeland keeps his weekend show. The San Francisco Chronicle
reports that increasing numbers of listeners who switch to satellite and
Internet radio cause KGO's one-time dominance in Arbitron morning drive ratings
to take a big dive. Just two months ago, Citadel sells both KGO-810 and its
sister station KSFO-560 to rival Cumulus which owns four other radio stations
in the Bay Area including all-sports KNBR-680. KGO's longtime logo Newstalk 810
becomes KGO-810 - the Bay Area news and information station. What it all boils
down to is massive cost cuts.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In Fall 1966, CBS TV launches its
first all color primetime schedule. Can you name the two top new series? The
answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Dick Clark host of American Bandstand
and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve is 82 years young on Wednesday November
30, 2011! •DANIELLE DOZIER Meteorologist leap frogs from KTXS TV ABC CH12
Abilene/Sweetwater/Brownwood, TX to KOCO TV ABC CH5 OKC, OK. •KVFG FM CBS (ESPN
103.1) Victorville, CA yanks Sports to go all-Christmas music as Christmas 103.
•ALAN SUES comic regular sportscaster Big Al on NBC TV's Rowan & Martin's
Laugh-In from 1968 to 1971 dies at home in Los Angeles, CA at 85 on Thursday,
December 1, 2011. (www.alansues.com/Home.html)
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 KTEW TV (now KJRH) NBC CH 2 in Tulsa, OK
begins broadcasting on December 5th. •1965 EDDY ARNOLD's single Make the World
Go Away is #1 in Billboard Country on December 4th. •1971 KCBJ TV (now KMIZ)
ABC CH 17 in Columbia, MO 1st broadcast on December 5th. •1987 RICKY VAN
SHELTON's Somebody Lied is his first #1 single in Billboard country on December
5th. •1993 DOUGLAS HOPKINS founding member/lead guitarist with Gin Blossoms
dies of self-inflicted gun shot wound on December 5th at 32. •2004 GARY ALLAN's
single Nothing on but the Radio hits #1 in Billboard Country on December 4th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1052) December 02, 2011 [Friday] And yes, Bobby Driscoll was
a great talent, big corp. boops killed him, I have a copy on DVD of Song of the
South (1946), one of my favorite movies. The man who played Uncle Remus was
also given a raw deal by Disney big shots, read about the premier of that
movie. At the premier the adult star couldn't even stay with the other cast
members in the same hotel because he was a black man. I just hope Bobby
Driscall knew Jesus, chances are he did not. So sad. Take care, Frank Haley
TODD LAMPE [Artificially Speaking Producer -
Precipice Productions] (Studio City, CA) Subject: Alan Sues death. We’re all
heartbroken over here, but happy he had so many loving and adoring fans.
Thanks, Best, Todd Lampe
RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: Birthdays and dogs. I'm a day late and a dollar short but belated
happy birthday. Alot about dogs in your columns. Just remember to be as good a
person as your dog thinks you are. Red
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1047) November 14, 2011 [Monday] You have never lived
until you have been an engineer in Lubbock. The storms there are legendary. We
had one that came through in the spring of 1982 and it was the first I had ever
experienced in West Texas. There was very, very poor drainage due to the fact
that Lubbock was flat as a pancake. I was in my apartment and the beeper went
off. AM was off the air. So, I get into my little plastic Chevy and start
driving across town to the station. Rain is gushing and the water is up to the
middle of the door. Yes, I was scared to death. Then, the beeper went off
again. FM is off the air. So, I turned around and went to the FM site (which
was closer). The breakers were blown on the transmitters (dual Collins with a
combiner). I turned them back on and then headed for AM. The AM was OK. I
turned on the standby and it hummed nicely and inspected the 5KW AM. It was in
good shape, just a major surge apparently. One week later I found out what
happened to the FM. It was a direct lightening strike on the antenna and the FM
transmitter was putting its power into a defective antenna. The transmitter
survived, but after 4 months as a CE, I replaced my first FM antenna. Moral of
the story: Head east. Jeff Cunningham, DC, MA Kyle, TX
(www.zoesplaceclinic.com) / (www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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JOAN PATE-DAY [sister of late Sam Pate KLIF-1190
news] (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: Sam Pate tape. Today my Bill was going
through tapes he had stored in the barn for years. He found the original tape
Sam had given Bill to keep for him of the actual shooting of Lee Oswald. He
sounds extremely excited. He was giving a live report at the time. The gun shot
can be heard. Sam had just stepped from in front of Oswald and knelt down when
the shot was fired by Ruby. In the famous photo of it you can see the mike he
was holding. Other things are on tape regarding goings on at the time. It is
almost like reliving it while listening.
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Jim, Good to hear from
you. Seems like radio was better back then. Likely, I was among your audience
on KLIF & KBOX. Those are two of the stations that I listened to quite a
bit while I was growing up. I'm not as old as some think I am from all my
recollections. I have them by virtue of spending several hours a day, virtually
everyday, listening to the radio, since I was around 7 years old. Most of it in DFW. More specifically, in Oak
Cliff & Garland. Seems like radio had more personality, was generally more
engaging back then. Any number of stations nowadays are little more than
over-the-air jukeboxes. Little that's "live & local" about them.
No doubt, you can jump in with your thoughts at this point. Take Care, David
TRIVIA ANSWER: In Fall 1966, CBS TV's new all color
primetime schedule includes Mission: Impossible and Family Affair. Mission
Impossible premieres on September 17th and runs through September 1973. The
thriller wins two Emmys for Outstanding Dramatic Series for the 1966 and 1967
seasons. Family Affair premieres September 12th and airs through September
1971.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Saintly TV.
Hi, I have to say I have been enjoying watching Roger Moore as The Saint. The
show comes on at 9 pm on 31.4, then at 12:35 am the show airs on 52.1. With
shows like this who needs Cable? The big selling point was that Cable was ad
free, but I find more ads on Cable than ever before. HD Radio will also soon
have more advertisements, but for now it has not happened... On my Android I
now have a copy of Alice In Wonderland, Great Expectations, The Scarlet Letter.
I like how old books now get sold repackaged. I don't have a Kindle it is an
app on my Android phone. I still like having a book that I can open and relax
to read, guess that is the product of being the child of a Librarian.
ROGER MOORE [October 14, 1927 - p] I never liked
guns, I hate them, I always blink before they go off.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 02, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1052
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WILL PETER PAN EVER GROW UP? In the wee hours as I write
Friday's issue of JRRR, the name Bobby Driscoll comes to mind for his role in
Robert Louis Stevenson's Classic cinema thriller Treasure Island. As a young
kid I see that intriguing movie at the infamous Texas Theater on Jefferson
Boulevard in the Oak Cliff section of my hometown Dallas, TX. Wow! Exciting
scenes in that film have me on the edge of my seat. In 1953, Bobby is the voice
of Peter Pan in Disney's animated film. The character champions the cause of
refusing to grow up much like many of us 1960s radio DJs. But Peter Pan is 107
years old. On March 23, 1950 he receives an Academy Award, also, a Star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. In movies The Fighting Sullivans (1944), O.S.S. with
Alan Ladd (1946), Song of the South (1946), Treasure Island (1950), Peter Pan
(1953) plus other films, Bobby Driscoll is Disney studio's Super Star child
actor. In 1953, weeks after Peter Pan releases, Disney terminates Bobby's
second long-term contract of seven years three years early. Observers believe
that his severe acne is the reason. As an adult, his acting career fades. In
late 1967 or very early 1968 he leaves Andy Warhol's The Factory [low rent for
artists and musicians] penniless and quietly disappears into Manhattan's
underground. On March 30, 1968 three weeks after his 31st birthday, two boys
who play in a deserted East Village tenement discover his lifeless form with no
I.D. His body lies in the morgue unclaimed. Medical examiner lists heart
failure. They bury him as John Doe in pauper's grave on New York's Hart Island
[Potter's Field]. A year later, fingerprints reveal his true identity. A
beautiful blue stone for him lies in Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside,
San Diego, CA but his remains rest in NY. God bless Bobby Driscoll whose mark
on the world is a grand achievement. We are thankful for Bobby Driscoll's great
talent that he shares with the world. What a pitiful shame that his life ends
so needlessly.
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MI TIERRA TURNS ON THE LIGHTS In 1968, when I move
to San Antonio, TX as PD/MD/PM Drive DJ on KBUC FM-AM, after a night on the
town KBUC GM Harrel Banks takes several of us DJs to Mi Tierra Mexican
restaurant in the downtown Market Square. Quickly discover that Mi Tierra is a
landmark with radio folks and many others. A huge platter of Huevos Rancheras
is my order. My goodness! It's so delicious! Recently, Mi Tierra contracts
International Green Systems to switch out its lighting with energy-efficient
bulbs. IGS replaces more than 100,000 bulbs and lamps at the restaurant and
replaces them with light-emitting diode (LED) lights. Mi Tierra expects to cut
electricity by more than 5.4 million kilowatt hours plus reduce greenhouse
gases by the equivalent of 123 vehicles. CPS Energy rebates cover about 60% of
the cost of the new lighting.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In what year does Fred W. Friendly
become President of CBS News? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Chuck Dunaway legendary
broadcaster on America's top radio stations [WABC-770, WKY-930, KBOX-1480,
KLIF-1190] kicks up his heels at another 39th jubilee on Thursday, December 1,
2011. Bill Young [KILT/Bill Young Prods] milestone fete on Tuesday, November
29, 2011. •JC CORCORAN afternoon host on CH Holdings News/Talk KTRS-550 St.
Louis, MO suspended for two weeks for Twitter argument with listeners where he
supposedly uses foul language. •KLTO FM Univision CHR Dance (Party 97.7)
McQueeny/San Antonio, TX sells to EMF Broadcasting for $1 Million to become
Christian CHR KZAR FM.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 ELVIS PRESLEY's title song from movie
Jailhouse Rock blasts #1 in Billboard Country on December 2nd. •1968 LUCY LIU
feisty actress in tight black leather suit in Charlie's Angels born in Queens,
NY on December 2nd. •1979 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON singer/songwriter (For the Good
Times Ray Price #1 summer 1970) divorces Rita Coolidge on December 2nd. •1989
KHJ TV Los Angeles, CA flips calls to KCAL TV on December 2nd. •1995 DAVID LEE
MURPHY's Out With A Bang is his 1st Country Gold album on December 1st. •2000
GAIL FISHER Mike Connors secretary in CBS TV's Mannix dies at 65 on December
2nd.
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CHUCK CASHMERE [ex KNUZ-1230 DJ] (San Diego-San
Marcos, CA) Subject: Chuck Cashmere Nashville Sessions. A direct link to my new
album available on cdbaby. Great reviews, and accolades in performance. If you
choose the gift of music, someone you know may like this CD. All professionally
recorded in Nashville and California. Nine original songs that will stand the
test of time. (www.cdbaby.com/cd/chuckcashmere5)
FRANK HALEY [ex KLIF-1190 news] (Albuquerque, NM)
Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1016) August 24, 2011 [Wednesday] Thanks
for REply, Jim... when I get caught up around here, I'll shoot you a list to
the stations I've worked for, as if anyone cares...but I know you do. KGAF was
my 3rd job. You take care of Lacy, oh I mean, tell Lacy "to take care of
you!!" I have 3 wonderful dogs, they are so funny and always glad to see
me, which I don't understand, but Dogs do. Take care my friend, and God bless
you today. Frank
SAM LEE [ex KLIF-1190 news] (Beverly Hills, CA)
Thanks, for the note. Stay well and keep up the good work with JRRR. Thanks for
your time; Sam (www.ZeitgeistCorp.org)
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KEN DOWE [ex KLIF-1190 PD/DJ] (Dallas, TX) Jim.
First, Chuck Dunaway gave me my start in Big D at KBOX. Chuck was fresh from
WABC and now was PD at KBOX. He was missing one jock. Somehow he found Mike
Ambrose's name...then at KDEO...working with me. Mike said he didn't want to
leave California, but he had a friend named Ken Dowe who'd love to be in
Dallas. Chuck hired me. (Later, Mike's brother Dave worked for me at KLIF.)
JOE FORD [ex KILT-610 DJ] (Houston-Shenandoah, TX)
Subject: Late Thanksgiving wish. Hey Jim, Best wishes to you and Lacy. I hope
you had a great Thanksgiving! Thanks again for the great work you do. Joe Ford
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Price is Right. What? Me? Please tell me you're kidding. Damnation
son! I'm old but I ain't that old. I'm talking about Jack Bailey, who left T or
C in 1956. Bailey was an old radio guy who got famous doing Queen for a Day on
radio, and moved it to TV in the early 50s. He also did T or C on radio before
it moved to TV. I hope you and yours are having a happy Thanksgiving. Jim Bell
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Trivia Answer
Issue 1051. Belated "Happy Thanksgiving!" to you & Lacy, Trivia
answer in Issue 1051 about Super Bowl VI brought something to mind. Did a
little research. I believe that was the last Dallas Cowboys game broadcast on
KLIF 1190. The next season find them on KRLD 1080, which would be their radio
home in DFW for quite some time. Best to you & Lacy in this holiday season,
David Faulkner
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1915, Fred Friendly is born
Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer in NYC, NY. He gets his start in broadcasting
from 1937-41 as producer and journalist on WEAN-790 (now WPRV) in Providence,
RI. From 1941-45 he serves in the U.S. Army Information and Education Section.
In 1952, as CBS TV correspondent Edward R. Murrow's producer, Friendly debuts
See It Now. In 1964, he becomes President of CBS News. In 1966, Fred has a
dispute with CBS management over the coverage of American involvement in
Vietnam. Instead, CBS honchos opt to air re-runs of I Love Lucy. In protest,
Fred Friendly resigns from CBS.
JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Tulsa, OK) Jim, I don't
remember Ruben (T. Washington)...hmmmm...I was at 107.5 KNOK in 1976. I was the
only honky at the black station and the PD who hired me told me to be prepared
for reverse discrimination. I played jazz from midnight to 6. I got a few weird
calls with one listener asking me, "...is you black or is you gray?"
I shot back, "people aren't black or gray...they're brown and beige!"
Another caller told me, "You don't play music like a white girl!" It
was meant as a "compliment"...and I always wondered how a white girl
would play music as opposed to girls of other races... Joanie
TOM RUSSELL (March 5, 1953 - p) Even when I do a
blog - I hate that word - you realize you're limited to 500 words, it's cool in
a ways. You take an idea and keep chopping it down. You start realizing a lot
of words aren't necessary.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 28, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1051
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
AND THE ORIGINAL HOST OF 'TRUCE OR CONSEQUENCES' IS
In 1929, Ralph Edwards begins his radio announcing career as a teenager and
continues for more than seven decades. In 1940, Ralph Edwards creates, hosts
and produces Truth or Consequences. It becomes radio's #1 audience
participation show that airs for 38 consecutive years. In 1950, Truth or
Consequences debuts on TV with Ralph Edwards as host. The show is so popular
that in 1950, residents of Hot Springs, NM vote to rename their small resort
town Truth or Consequences. In 1956, Edwards hires Bob Barker as host of the
show, which he hosts for 18 years. Barker, who watches Edwards when he hosts
the show, remembers: I stole things from him I still use. I think he's one of
the finest hosts who ever worked. Barker adds that Edwards is a most unusual
man, in that, in addition to being so talented as a host, producer and writer,
he was adored by everyone who worked for him. Truth or Consequences is the
first TV show recorded on 35-millimeter film before a live audience on a
regular basis. His three-camera, live-on-film system is later used on I Love
Lucy which debuts in 1951. The system is still used on TV sitcoms to this very
day. As a producer, he is responsible for thousands of hours of radio and TV
programming. Over the years, he produces more than 20 TV shows. Perhaps my
favorite of his TV shows is him as the genial, smiling host of This Is Your
Life. Many well-known celebrities who sit on the sofa are very surprised as
Ralph unfolds their life stories along with the voices of long-lost friends and
relatives. When they join Edwards and his guest on stage, it brings tears to
their eyes. In 2001, he receives the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
lifetime achievement award. The 92 year old Ralph Edwards passes away on
Wednesday, November 16, 2005.
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REGIS GOES OUT WITH A RATINGS BOOM In the 1950s
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin is a page at The Tonight Show. In 1962, he becomes
the announcer on The Tonight Show. A favorite Philbin show of mine is when he
co-hosts a night talk show with comedian Joey Bishop on ABC TV from 1967–1969
to go up against Johnny Carson's Tonight Show on NBC TV. In the mid-’80s, Regis
co-hosts The Morning Show in NYC first with Cyndy Garvey, then Ann Abernathy.
In June 1985, Kathie Lee Gifford (then Johnson) replaces Abernathy. In
September 1988 Live with Regis and Kathie Lee goes national. In 2000, Gifford
exits. The show becomes Live with Regis. In 2001, Kelly Ripa is the show's new
co-host in Live with Regis and Kelly. In 2001, Philbin wins a Daytime Emmy for
Outstanding Talk Show Host. In 2008, Philbin's contract with ABC renews through
to 2011 for more than $21 million. After more than 28 years, 80 year old Regis
Philbin’s last day as co-host of Live with Regis and Kelly is November 18,
2011.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who do the Dallas Cowboys play in
Super Bowl VI? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KVI-570 Fisher Communications Oldies Seattle, WA
flips to Smart Talk 570 on January 2, 2011. In the meantime, KVI-570 shifts
from Oldies to Christmas Music on Thanksgiving. •HOWARD ESKIN host of CBS Radio
WIP-610’s first radio sports talk show in 1986 & WIP TV NBC CH10 plus Wally
Kennedy talk show host on Philadelphia radio & TV for over 30 years inducts
into Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame on Friday evening, November 18, 2011.
•WZVN FM (The Z 107.1) Chicago, IL area flips to all-Christmas music around the
clock on Friday, November 25, 2011 through Midnight, December 26th.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KTHV TV CBS CH11 in Little Rock, AR begins
broadcasting on November 28th. •1964 CONNIE SMITH's debut RCA single Once a Day
zooms to #1 in Billboard Country on November 28th. •1976 ROSALIND RUSSELL
actress (Mame on Broadway 1956-1958) dies of cancer at 68 on November 28th.
•1984 SUZY BOGGUSS 1989 ACM Top New Female Vocalist and 1992 CMA Horizon Award
moves to Nashville, TN on November 22nd. •1993 GARRY MOORE TV host of I've Got
a Secret dies of emphysema on November 28th at 78. •2006 RODNEY ATKINS scores
his 1st Gold album If You're Going Through Hell on November 28th.
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JIM PREWITT [Catfish] (Sacramento, CA) Think about
this Jimmy...Actually we WERE playing music through a computer (almost)
Remember the good 'ol days putting in a dime or quarter in the juke box or the
portable COMPUTER like jukebox at your booth. JP (www.Facebook.com/CatfishJimPrewitt)
/ (www.Facebook.com/CatfishKNCI) / (www.JimPrewitt.com)
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ROBERT REYES [Bobby] (San Antonio, TX) Subject:
Happy Thanksgiving! Hey there Jim...here’s hoping you and Lacy are having a
fantastic Thanksgiving! I wanted to add to your trivia question and answer
feature about The Price Is Right! I remember watching T.P.I.R. in the early
1960’s on NBC with the jovial, crew-cut haired, bespectacled, ultra friendly
face of longtime announcer and multi game show host and game show participant,
Bill Cullen! his announcer was one of the true veteran voices for NBC, and
present day announcer for Saturday Night Live, Don Pardo...NBC’s presentation
of The Price Is Right had to have been done in the infamous Studio 8 H because
it was one of many game shows NBC broadcasted in color! I remember the NBC
Peacock intro beginning each broadcast...since 8 H is such a huge studio, it
could accommodate the large array of prizes to be bid upon...then, I think
T.P.I.R. wound up going to ABC but it did not last long there because of the
fact that ABC did not have full color capabilities...but as we all know, the
show went to Bob Barker and CBS in Los Angeles, in full color, and the rest is
history! I hope you had a great birthday and truly hope your Christmas will be
wonderful!! take care and we will get back to you “ laters“!! Bobby Reyes
JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Price is Right. Hey Jim, You're right about Bob Barker's long
career, but your info on The Price is Right missed the mark by 16 years. The
Price is Right began on NBC in 1956 with the great Bill Cullen as the host. It
ran out of gas in 1965 and was off the air till 1972, when ABC brought it back
with a new host, Bob Barker. That reincarnation was originally called The NEW
Price is Right, but over time they dropped the word "New". So to
answer your question "Do you remember when you first see The Price Is
Right on TV?", yes I do. It was 1956, I was 13 years old, living in
Pasadena (TX) and spending entirely too much time watching those daytime TV
game shows. As you reported, Bob Barker got his start on Truth or Consequences
in 1956, but do you remember who he replaced on that show? Who was the original
host of T or C? Jim Bell Retired in East Texas
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JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Tulsa, OK) Subject: Bee Gees
Memory. Jim, I am sorry to see the news about (Robin) Gibb. Many prayers and
well wishes for comfort go to him and his family. This does remind me of a
difficult time being on the air and playing Bee Gees music... At the time when
the Bee Gees had so many hits in the top ten it was a logistic programming and
playing nightmare. Formatting dictated that you couldn't play a song by the same
artist/group within an hour of each other, yet we had "Hot Clocks"
that would force you to insert a top ten hit every 40 minutes or so when the
timer went off. Most of the Top Ten at that time was filled with Bee Gees
songs...so when the Hot Clock went off, one inserted a Bee Gees high rotation
hit in right after playing a Bee Gees tune from regular rotation...but you
couldn't play them close together, yet the Hot Clock went off...well, I think
you get the idea... Whew! Those formatting requirements gave new meaning to the
phrase, "Stayin' Alive"! Happy Thanksgiving to you and Lacy! Joanie
MAURICE GIBB passes away on January 12, 2003.
Maurice's twin brother Robin is the Bee Gee who has a diagnosis of liver cancer
which we pray that he is completely healed. Teen idol Andy Gibb youngest of the
five Gibb cubs dies on Thursday, March 10, 1988 just five days past his 30th
birthday.
KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Have a great Thanksgiving,
Jim. And, keep up the fine work you're doing. You're an important fellow for
lots of folks. Blessings, Ken
CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) The power of a thankful
heart. Happy Thanksgiving from us to you. Chuck and Kendall
TRIVIA ANSWER: On January 16, 1972 The Dallas
Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI on CBS TV. Cowboys MVP quarterback
Roger Staubach tosses the pigskin to Mike Ditka for the final touchdown for a
smashing 24-3 win. Play-by-play announcers are Ray Scott and Pat Summerall.
BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Happy
Thanksgiving! I hope you have an awesome day!
DAFFY DUCK [Warner Brothers, Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies] I'm Amazing! Marvelous! Stupendous! Colossal! Tremendous!
Gigantic! Astounding! Unbelievable! Spectacular! Phenomenal! And good, too.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 25, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1050
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BEE GEE SINGER BATTLES CANCER On November 20, 2011
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees announces that he receives a diagnosis of liver
cancer. He is noticeably thinner in previous months and had to cancel several
appearances due to issues with severe abdominal pain. Early last week, 61 year
old Robin is taken with stomach problems to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington,
Oxford after an emergency 999 call from his Ł8million 12th-century home in
Oxfordshire. In the former Bee Gees singer's personal Web site he assures his
fans: I have been very unwell and am now on the road to recovery. Robin thanks
his loyal supporters for their prayers and good wishes. Two other Bee Gee
brothers, Andy and Robin’s twin brother Maurice Gibb, pass away in 1988 and
2003, respectively. The Bee Gees sell more than 220 million records worldwide.
At least 2,500 artists record their tunes. The Bee Gees' most popular song is
How Deep Is Your Love with 400 covers by other artists. During the disco era
three Bee Gees singles: How Deep Is Your Love, Stayin' Alive and Night Fever
land at #1 in the United States and most countries around the world. All of the
Bee Gees' songs are great but my favorites are their earlier tunes: (The Lights
Went Out in) Massachusetts (1967), To Love Somebody (1967), Words (1968), I
Started A Joke (1969), Lonely Days (1971) and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
(#1 for 4 weeks-1971). In 1997, the Bee Gees induct into the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame. Our prayers are with Robin Gibb for a complete healing.
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BIG SHAKEUP IN TUCSON Broadcasting giants make huge
changes in Tucson, AZ. Just after Belo announces that it hands over KMSB TV Fox
CH11 news production to Raycom Media’s KOLD TV CBS CH13, news anchor Lou Raguse
goes on the air and alerts viewers that he is now out of a job. Lou, who is
with KMSB TV since 2008, informs his viewers at the top of the 9 pm newscast:
Beginning February 1st, Raycom will produce this newscast on Fox 11 as well as
a two-hour morning newscast. For right now, it means that all the news, sports,
engineering, and production people here at Fox 11 are out of a job by that
date. Clear Channel shuffles more radio formats in the city. After it flips
KWMT FM (The Mountain 92.9) to My 92.9 on Friday, November 18, 2011 Clear
Channel proclaims more programming shifts in Tucson. KTZR FM Spanish AC (Mia
97.1) evolves into a simulcast of sister News/Talk KNST-790 on Monday, November
28, 2011. KTZR’s call letters syndicated morning host Alex [El Genio] Lucas
move on over to KWFM-1450 as La Preciosa 1450 to replace its former 24/7 Comedy
(Funny 1450). Chris Pickett, KNST 790 Market Manager, says: KNST will join the
growing movement of great news/talk programming moving to FM.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when you first see
The Price Is Right on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•JILL EGAN Chicago, IL radio veteran released by
WLUP FM (The Loop 97.9) in early October 2010 due to cost-cuts resurfaces on
Radiate Media/NAVTEQ Chicago Public Radio WBEZ FM (91.5) as afternoon drive
traffic reporter. •KSMJ FM abandons its AC (Mix 97.7) in Bakersfield, CA at
noon on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 for a simulcast of KNZR-1560 News/Talk.
•WUBA-1480 Philadelphia, PA drops its Spanish CHR (Rumba 1480) and returns to
its heritage WDAS-1480 Urban Oldies R&B hits of the 1950′s-70′s.
•NY TIMES eliminates as many as 20 positions in its newsroom.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 STEVE ROTHERY guitarist with British Rock
band Marillion born on November 25th in Brampton, South Yorkshire, England.
•1963 KENNY ALPHIN (Big Kenny of Big & Rich) born on November 1st at the
Culpeper County Hospital in Culpeper, VA. •1976 THE BAND's farewell concert,
The Last Waltz, is at San Francisco, CA's Winterland Ballroom on November 25th.
•1985 GEORGE STRAIT's Greatest Hits album certifies Gold on November 22nd.
•1998 FLIP WILSON comic The Flip Wilson Show dies on November 25th at 64. •2003
JOHNNY CASH's 5-CD set Unearthed releases on Lost Highway on November 25th.
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ERNIE PHILLIPS (Greenville, MS) Subject: Radio/
record guy Bob Echoils (Bob Robin (air-name). Jim: Did you know Bob Echols aka
Bob Robin from New Orleans area? He was PD of WTIX in the 60's I believe. I
came to know him after he formed his own Independent record promotion firm. He
was very well known and loved by many in the radio record world. Bob took his
last breath at 1:a.m on 11/11/11. The funeral was held at Honaker Funeral Home,
1751 Gause Blvd. West, Slidell, last Sunday from 5-9 p.m. and buried this past
Monday also in Slidell with services from 9 am to 11 a.m. Will try and get more
info on Bob if you have any interest in printing something??? Ernie Phillips
JIM PREWITT [Catfish] (Sacramento, CA) Happy
Thanksgiving!
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WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject:
Monday and Friday. Well, Radio today is not the way I enjoyed it back in the
50s and 60s. So, today I tend to listen primarily to WBAP 820 during the day
(Hal Jay and his gang in the mornings, Mark Davis, Rush Limbaugh, local news,
weather and road conditions). I really enjoyed the wonderful music Ron Chapman
had a year or so back on 96.7 for a period of time, but it only lasted about
one year. Apparently it didn't draw enough listeners and was eventually bought
out by WBAP. I love WBAP, but I wanted someplace like 96.7 to rest my mind at
various times. I feel guilty that I didn't tell enough of my friends that they
should try it. My bad! In the afternoons, evenings and all day Saturday and
Sunday, I, being a C&W fan, spend my radio time with KPLX, 99.5 The Wolf!
In my office and my car, the radio is always on either WBAP or KPLX. (An
occasional exception when the Dallas Cowboys or the Texas Aggies are on. But
that is not very often because I tend to jinx them!) When I am at home, if I am
not watching local news and weather or the Top Twenty on GAC or CMT, I am
usually working on my computer with the radio on WBAP or KPLX. Gee, I don't
have much of a life, do I? Wendel
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Someone that you know... Jim: Thanks for this info. Yes, I worked both those
stations in Ohio. I sent your info to my friend Willard Parr at WSRW, & he
has fwd your info to Mr. Day. Parr has been in radio at WSRW 56 years, & he
called me 2 wks ago (We worked together in 1956)!! He has won all kinds of
awards & is now in Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He probably wanted both
stations to have your column, & had Mr. Day enroll in behalf of both
stations, which Parr oversees. I doubt if Mr. Day was born when I was at WCHO
in 1954. However, I am pleased my efforts did secure you another subscriber.
Your friend, BOB, at The Southwest Outpost.
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JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: birthday.
I found a sack of hundred dollar bills, and decided to split it with you on
your birthday. Mailed the sack yesterday.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: WKRP in
Cincinnati Turkeys Away! Have you seen WKRP in Cincinnati: Turkeys Away? Watch
the full episode. WKRP in Cincinnati: Young Master Carlson (season 1, episode
20)...watch it several times a year including Thanksgiving, of course.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Robert William [Bob] Barker is born
on December 12, 1923. He gets his start in broadcasting in radio. In 1956, his
national TV career begins as the host of Truth or Consequences. On September 4,
1972 The Price Is Right premieres from CBS Television City studio #33 in Los
Angeles, CA with Bob as host. Rod Roddy is Barker's long time announcer. His
mantle holds 17 Emmys, 13 for his work as host - more than any other performer.
In 2004, Bob inducts into the Television Hall of Fame. He has a 50-year run on
TV. The longtime animal activist 83-year-old TV game show host legend Bob
Barker tells contestants to come on down for the final time on June 6, 2001
after an incredible 35 years.
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
votes. Good idea Jimbo, why don't you run for Governor. Want me to "write
your name in?" Wendel Hulse is a lawyer and he could be your campaign
manager. If elected you could hire me to be your cook and finally get some good
chow. Asking you to run for office reminds me of the old song before your time
called Foolish Questions. As you can tell this is one of those days when my
thinking goes "wild"
GEORGE BURNS (1896 - 1996) If I get big laughs, I'm
a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no laughs, I'm a
singer.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 21, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1049
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
NEW KING OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY What a rotten time
it is to be a record label. Profits plummet, bands are upset. Universal and
Sony buy one of Britain’s most famous record companies, EMI, for $4.1 billion.
EMI is home to Coldplay, Katy Perry and The Beatles. Recently, French megacorp
Vivendi SA purchases EMI’s recorded music division for $1.9 billion which
powers it into the powerful position of king of the music industry. Sony buys
EMI’s music publishing division for $2.2 billion. Vivendi's Universal Music
Group already has a 26% market share of albums sold. With EMI's 9% it makes
Vivendi the world leader in music because it now controls a catalog that
combines EMI's Beatles and Beach Boys along with Universal's Lady Gaga and
Justin Bieber. Apple, Google and Amazon now control more than 80% of legal
music sales. Robert Levine, author of Free Ride a book about how digitization
impacts music and film industries, reflects: In a business changing so quickly,
market share is not as important as some people like to think it is. Levine
wonders if bigger is really more powerful when digital pillars like Apple,
Google and Amazon control the marketplace far more than the content owners.
This deal reorganizes the power structure of the music industry. Just a little
more than 10 years ago, it basically consists of six major labels along with a
few independents. Now, one label controls more than one third of the music
market. The Anschluss of the major record labels down to just three: Sony,
Warner and Universal is the smallest in its history. The Times They Are
A-Changin'.
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TV WEATHERCASTER BURPS ON AIR Thanks to TVSpy we
learn that while KSFY TV ABC CH13 meteorologist Shawn Cable delivers his
weather forecast for Sioux Falls, SD and vicinity he burps on the air. He says
that before he goes on the air he chugs a bunch of Dr. Pepper. Shawn stops his
weather forecast after his hiccup and makes a big deal out of it. In the
background we hear his co-anchor Nancy Naeve Brown who laughs loudly.
Throughout his weather prognostication he keeps referring back to his burp to
where it becomes a focal point of his weathercast. In 1971, when I'm a
newscaster on KBOX-1480 in Dallas, TX legendary News Director Joe Long tells me
that whenever I mispronouce a word or stumble a line, just keep going as if
nothing happens. Joe says that most people will never notice. But if we stop to
correct ourselves, then everyone knows. Shawn Cable goes on and on about his on
air spritz: Alright, that one’s gonna make the reel.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does detective series Cannon
premiere on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WLIT FM AC Soft Rock (93.9) Chicago, IL begins its
11th annual flip to 100% Christmas music (The Holiday Lite) just in time for
December 2011 Arbitron sweep. •JACK SWANSON longtime Cumulus Bay Area OM/PD
bids adieu to News-Talk KGO-810 and sister Conservative Talk KSFO-560 after 28
years. •JEFF KAPUGI exits Tribune Interactive SVP/COO post in Chicago, IL for
PD spot at Country WUSN FM (US 99.5) in the Windy City. •JOY BEHAR SHOW ends
two years of over 500 episodes on Turner News HLN cable channel in December
2011 with reruns until January 3, 2012. Staff may reapply for other positions.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KTVO TV ABC CH3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA
begins broadcasting on November 21st. •1968 TAMMY WYNETTE'S single Stand By
Your Man smashes #1 in Billboard Country on November 23rd. •1976 NILES WELCH
actor as Moody Pierson in Western star Tim McCoy's 1932 movie Cornered dies at
88 in Laguna Nigel, CA. •1981 HANK WILLIAMS JR.'s single All My Rowdy Friends
(Have Settled Down) lands at #1 in Billboard Country on November 21st. •1995
PETER GRANT Led Zeppelin manager dies at 60 on November 21st. •2008 LADY ANTEBELLUM's
video Lookin' For A Good Time debuts on November 21st on CMT TV.
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JIM TRAVIS [Jo] (Hot Springs, AR) Subject: Joe
Gracey. From: Henry Williams. It is my understanding Joe Gracey passed away
this morning. My info came by e-mail from Paul Weyland. H.W. From: Ken Moyer. I
had a feeling after the last Chemo that he was near the end. Our last
communication was when I sent him a CD of one of his airchecks from KOKE-FM. He
was glad to get it because he was working on having computerized voice
synthesizer made that was going to sound like his actual voice. The air-check
had nearly an hour of Joe talking on the air so there was lots to work with. In
case you didn’t see the American-Statesman article on Joe a couple of months
ago, here’s a link that I copied from his FB Page. Austin Statesman feature by
Joe Gracey Friday, September 9, 2011 This is a nice feature with photos in the
Austin Statesman. I thought it was well written and well-photographed, and is a
good summary on my little cancer saga:
www.austin360.com/music/former-austin-djs-wit-humor-remain-through-new-1793754.html
Joe wanted everybody to know that the reporter on that story gave him more
credit than he deserved, he acknowledged that KOKE-FM’s success was a group
effort, with lots of credit going to Rusty Bell. Joe’s accomplishments were
huge, by any measure, and especially for someone who had encountered such
overwhelming difficulties. Rest In Peace Joe, Comments and tributes ...to his
FB Page. Check it out. www.facebook.com/#!/joegracey?sk=wall
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, Be on the lookout for a birthday card. Mailed it today. Should be
there by Thursday...my usual day late and dollar short. Had a busy weekend and
didn't get around to mailing until today. Included your # on this one. Tom
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: News about Rascal
McCaskill. Note from Jerry McCaskill (Victoria, TX) about Rascal: Bill was
admitted to the hospital on November 7th in very bad condition and he was
transferred to Twin Pines for skilled nursing and rehab today. It was eleven
months yesterday since he fell which caused him to have to be in the hospital
for two months. In May, he was in the hospital for a week and was transferred
to Twin Pines for a month where he had rehab and he did just great. In August,
he was in the hospital for three days with pneumonia. According to the doctor
his lungs and heart are pretty much gone. He also has chronic pneumonia which
doesn't help the situation. I don't know how much longer he has, but hopefully
he will pull through this set back as he always does. His address: Twin Pines
Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; 3301 East Mockingbird Lane; Victoria,
Texas 77904. P.S. I was in the hospital in September for critically low sodium,
but am doing much better now. We keep the hospitals numbers in the black!!!
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1048) November 18, 2011 [Friday] Hearing that the KNUZ/KQUE
building has joined Colt Stadium and the Shamrock Hotel in the historical
graveyard triggers a trip down nostalgia lane. It was an old building when I
began working there in ‘66. You felt claustrophobic walking back into KQUE
because it was so small. We had at least one shooting in front of the
station...a part-time newsman/deejay with the air name of Larry Jolly was shot
in the heart early one morning when a dude tried to rob him. I was on the way
to California and had to return to Houston as he worked for me. He survived
because the bullet had passed through his hand first, then lodged in his heart.
He had thrown up his hand saying he had no money. As far as I know, the shooter
was never found. Gary DeLaune (www.garydnews.com)
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1048) November 18, 2011 [Friday] A couple of notes Re:
column. Dave Morris's office was upstairs at the old KNUZ/KQUE building, I had
to make a few trips to the "Woodshed" in my day and Paul Berlin is
still doing a weekend show at KSEV last I heard. DrB
TRIVIA ANSWER: William Conrad stars as Private
Investigator Frank Cannon in the TV series Cannon from September 14, 1971–September
19, 1976 on CBS TV. He portrays tough district attorney J. L. McCabe in Jake
and the Fatman (1987 to 1992). Conrad is the radio voice of Marshal Matt Dillon
in Gunsmoke on CBS (1952 to 1961). On TV,
he narrates The Fugitive (1963-1967).
CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Jim, I'm sorry I'm
late in wishing you a happy birthday, so to make up for it...here's a great big
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!"
FRANK SINATRA (1915-1998) May you live to be 100
and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 18, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1048
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
FAMED MUSIC CITY JOURNALIST SUCCUMBS Author,
entertainment journalist and publicist, Patsi Bale Cox, dies from emphysema at
66 on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN. A
few of the many celebrities who Patsi joins in their self-portrayals are: Tanya
Tucker, Loretta Lynn, Ralph Emery, Georgette Jones, Pat Benatar, Tony Orlando
and Wynonna Judd. Cox also is the author of the 2009 book The Garth Factor: The
Career Behind Country’s Big Boom which discusses her experiences at Capitol
Records during Superstar Garth Brooks’ rise to fame and fortune in the 1990s.
She edits regional publications Colorado Woman Magazine and Rocky Mountain
Country. In 1982, the native of Sublette, KS who is a graduate of Fort Hayes
State University moves to Music City. In early 2011, Patsi's most recent book,
The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George is a tell-all exposé with
Country singer George Jones' daughter Tamala Georgette who is born in 1970. At
the time of her death, Patsi works on biographies of Kenny Rogers and record
executive Steve Popovich. Patsi Bale Cox's survivors include daughter Tracy Cox
Nath and son Adam Cox.
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UK RADIO STATION BANS SIR CLIFF In the 1960′s,
Sir Cliff Richard racks up 7 UK #1 singles and 34 UK Top 10 hits. During his 50
year career he sells around 250 million records worldwide. But a new UK radio
station that dedicates itself to that era bans Sir Cliff Richard from their
playlist. Absolute Radio 60′s, sister station of national broadcaster
Absolute Radio, says that it will not feature any of the 71 year old Cliff
Richard's over 40 tracks from the 1960′s on its new service. Absolute
Radio 60′s DJ Pete Mitchell claims that Sir Cliff is not cool enough to
make it on their playlist. He adds: Yes, he enjoyed chart success, but his
songs don’t fit the ‘cool sound’ of The Swinging Sixties we’re trying to create
on our new station. We believe timeless acts of the decade that remain relevant
today, are The Beatles, The Stones, The Doors and The Who, not Sir Cliff.
(www.absoluteradio60s.co.uk) While Sir Cliff Richard is in London to promote
his new Soulicious DVD, his reaction to the ban is: They are lying to the
public because...I started the rock ‘n’ roll scene here along with Marty Wilde
five years before The Beatles. ...they were a continuation of what I and my
band did. John Lennon said ‘Cliff and The Shadows had it sown up' so they went
away to Hamburg.
TRIVIA QUESTION: On what date do we watch on TV
man's first lunar landing live? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Robert Poer former Dallas, TX
CBS/Sony Music-Sales Rep for 30 years is one year older on Sunday, November 20,
2011. •KLAC-570 Fox Sports Los Angeles, CA raises nearly $100,000 for Paralyzed
Veterans of America during its Radiothon on November 9, 2011. •MOOGY KLINGMAN
keyboard player/founding member of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia dies of cancer at 61.
Moogy gets his name from Moog synthesizer which is his instrument of choice.
Bette Midler, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter and Barry Manilow record his tunes.
In January 2011 Utopia reforms to raise money for Klingman’s massive medical
bills.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 SEE IT NOW with legendary host Edward R.
Murrow premieres on CBS TV on November 18th. •1969 CONWAY TWITTY records Hello
Darlin' on November 18th at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, TN. •1970 HAL
DICKINSON singer/founding member of the Modernaires dies on November 18th at
56. •1980 JOHNNY LEE's musical gift to Urban Cowboy, his single Lookin' For
Love, wins him a Gold star on November 18th. •1994 CAB CALLOWAY swing-era band
leader dies on November 18th at 86. •2002 JAMIE O'NEAL begins 13-day USO tour
of American military bases in the Mediterranean Sea on November 18th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
HERBERT DAY (Hillsboro, OH) Subject: Email address?
A fella by the name of Robert Hanger in Texas. He used to work for our station
years ago. I've been in the business for 37 years. Currently doing "The
Morning Mess" 6a-10a M-F. Herb Day, Account Executive; WCHO-FM, WCHO-AM,
Washington Courthouse, OH; WSRW-AM 1590, Hillsboro, OH
ROBIN MARSHALL (Charlotte, NC) Subject: Email
address full. All cleaned up Jim. I had 5000 emails, and no Internet service.
I'm sorry I missed your mention, but thank you just the same. Robin
JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Tulsa, OK) Subject: Question...
Jim, Did I read this correctly...the KNUZ/KQUE building on Caroline is gone?
Ohmahgoodness! I'm so sorry to hear that... I have many wonderful memories from
my time there. I hope each day finds you feeling better. Joanie Green Gallo
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BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: KNUZ-1230. Last
time I drove by Caroline and Blodgett, condos or apartments occupied that space
that was once a radio station. I don't know if you passed by it when KNUZ/KQUE
went off the air, but for a while, it was an ambulance service in the same old
building. Did you ever go upstairs at KNUZ? I won a record player for predicting
the next week's top 5 songs back in 1957. When I went to pick it up, I had to
go upstairs to get it. I assume that is
where sales and promotion were. I was sort-of rushed in and out at the time. I
later heard that the office of Dave Morris was up there too. bb
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JIM GOUGH (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) [Mr.
Texas-actor-voice actor] Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1047) November 14,
2011 [Monday] Well son of a gun...another one of my old VO pals from Houston
shows up on your newsletter. My best to Jim Spurlock. We did many a session
together. I too was saddened to hear the old KNUZ/KQUE building was torn down.
I was in and out of there recording spots for years. Dave Morris even had me
write and produce some TV spots for his stations back in the early '90's.
What's going on with my old friend Paul Berlin? Jim Gough
BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Hi Jim! Glen
(Martin) was afternoon drive on KSMG, Magic-1053 for two years, with top
ratings. He went on to KTFM to become production director and mid day
personality. Sure will hang out again with you soon Jim. I enjoyed our short
visit very much. I’ve admired your talent and dedication for nearly a full
decade. Blake (www.blazinblake.com)
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J.P. PRITCHARD (Houston, TX) Happy Birthday Jim!
JUMPIN' JOE BARNETT (Katy, TX) Happy Birthday!!
BILL INGRAM (Houston-Cleveland, TX) Happy Birthday
Jim!
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: An
Electronic Greeting for You! Jim Rose I thought today was 15. Lost a day along
the way...hope your birthday is a real blast! Happy birthday from your friend
and fan Joan!
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Happy
Birthday to my friend, Jim Rose! BOB
TRIVIA ANSWER: On July 20, 1969 along with CBS TV
host Walter Cronkite we watch man's first lunar landing live. As the rocket
lands on the lunar surface at 4:19 PM EDT Cronkite exclaims Man on the moon!,
Oh, boy! and then, Whew, boy!
WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, LACY! Oh yeah, Happy Birthday to YOU, too, Jim! And Many, Many More!
Wendel Hulse Grand Prairie. TX
DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Jim, Have a
great Birthday this week!! DrB
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Happy Birthday Jim!
T.J. CALLAHAN [Donna Croft] (Houston, TX) Happy
Birthday 2!
FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626) God...doth hang the
greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 14, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1047
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
CNN CULLS 50 EMPLOYEES According to those close to
the layoffs, CNN cites technological advances and work flow changes as the
reasons for its recent firing of 50 photojournalists, technicians and
librarians. One surprised employee sighs: It was a complete shock. No one had
any idea this was going to happen. This is not the friendly company it used to
be. And no one really knows why - the economy, the ratings or what. The 50 cuts
hit newsrooms in Miami, Washington D.C., New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta. One
person says that the cuts are more than 50, and closer to 70. This unbelievable
development comes during CNN employee appreciation week at the New York office
that includes employee gifts. Another person who observes the action: Nearly a
dozen photojournalists were given pink slips - four in New York, five in
Washington, one in Miami, and one in Los Angeles. A CNN spokeswoman describes
the mayhem: To save money, the network plans to transfer certain departments
that can work remotely to Atlanta. CNN's graphic department was moved to
Atlanta months ago. Jack Womack, CNN SVP of domestic news operations, writes in
a memo to his staff: Now that we have completed this three-year review, we
believe that we have the right resources in the right places and the proper
staffing at Image + Sound, and that the unit is well-positioned to have an even
more positive impact on our networks and platforms. Technology investments in
our newsrooms now allow more desk-top editing and publishing for broadcast and
online.
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BAYOU CITY TV ANCHOR CELEBRATES 45 YEARS Time sure
passes fast when we have fun. Is it really 45 years ago that 72 year old Dave
Ward begins his news anchor tenure at KTRK TV ABC CH13? For decades, Dave rules
the roost in Houston, TX's 6 and 10 pm news block. 45 years at one TV anchor
desk is more than miraculous. It's stupendous! TV reporters come and go but
Dave Ward remains the fearless stalwart at KTRK TV. Before he joins KTRK TV,
Ward is a newscaster on Houston's legendary KNUZ-1230 over on Caroline Street.
At the recent 2011 TRHOF ceremonies, someone mentions that old KNUZ-1230
building bites the dust. It's sad to see portions of radio disappear. Along
with many others, I remember many radio legends who walk those halls. My time
on KNUZ-1230 as the noon-3pm DJ is 1978. Dave Ward's 45 years is a mighty long
time at one radio or TV station. But Luther Masengill in Chattanooga, TN of
WDEF TV CBS CH12 moves over from WDEF-1370 in 1954 to sign WDEF TV on the air.
Luther still is an employee of WDEF TV and WDEF FM for a total of 57 years.
Stan Chambers is with KTLA TV Los Angeles, CA for over 60 years. Bryan Johnson
celebrates 50 years on KOMO TV ABC CH4 in Seattle, WA. From 1962-1981 Bryan is
on News Radio KOMO-1000. JRRR congratulates Dave Ward for his 45 years on KTRK
TV here in Houston, TX!
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Hee Haw premiere on TV?
The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Lacy my gorgeous Akita girl doggie
turns 7 years old on November 1, 2011. Jim Rose formerly heard on KILT FM
(twice: 1980s & 1990s), KIKK FM, KHFI FM, KLIF-1190, KBOX-1480, KFJZ-1270,
KXOL-1360, KULF-790 plus too many other TX radio frequencies finally makes it
to his 68th year on God's green earth on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 with only
a few bumps and bruises. •LAUREN JIGGETTS WMAQ TV NBC CH5 Chicago, IL morning
news reporter wears a neck brace because of a fall that injures her head and
causes a mild concussion.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 WCIA TV CBS CH 3 in Champaign, IL begins
broadcasting on November 14th. •1963 KEITH BURNS singer-guitarist with Trick
Pony born on November 16th in Atlanta, GA. •1974 JOHNNY MACK BROWN one of my
favorite cowboy actors in 127 Western films (Whistling Hills-1951) dies at 70
on November 14th. •1982 RICKY SKAGGS' Guy Clark written single Heartbroke leaps
to #1 in Billboard Country on November 14th. •1993 DON SHULA named winningest
coach in NFL history on November 14th. •2005 JOHNNY CASH biopic of Walk the
Line premieres on November 14th at the Beacon Theatre in NYC.
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JIM ZIMMERMAN (Washington, D.C.) Subject: what
happen to these DJ'S? Larry James of WWBT, Charlotte, NC; Trucking Tom Miller
of WWBT, Charlotte, NC; Buddy Ray of WWVA, Wheeling, WV.
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Jim, So
sorry to hear about your back pain & car trouble. Hope things are better
for you soon. I should apologize for not sitting at your table to chat about
radio for a bit. That would've been fun. You have many great stories to share.
We'll have to keep doing that via email. A brief tale: I hadn't actually
listened to KILT before. Certainly had heard of it. :) Got to listen to 100.3
for awhile during my drive to & from the TRHOF event. Have been listening
to it online some at work since returning. Once again, it was good to meet you.
Best to you & Lacy, David
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: From
Dr. Bruce KFTX. Jim, Here is a story...you might want to use. I think you'll
like it! DrB ...signing off reminds me of the great Houston radio war between
KIKK am 650 am at 250 watts and KENR 1070 (fulltime but highly directional) in
the early 70's (72-73). I was working 3-7pm on KENR against market icon Arch
Yancey on KIKK and it was the time of the year when KIKK was on until 7:30 pm.
I had signed off my show at KENR on a Friday night and was on my way to a gig
at Gilley's and had switched over to Arch Yancey at KIKK to see what he was up
to and I heard him sign off at 7:30 with stick around for more great country
music on WSM 650 from Nashville until we return in the morning. Arch cut the
carrier just in time for me to hear the jock on WSM in Nashville announce
"here's a new single from one of Houston's top DJ's at KENR Houston's
Bruce Nelson's "Shake em up and Let em Roll. I later thanked my fellow
Hall of Famer Arch Yancey who I shared MC duties with on Friday night at
Gilley's for the plug on my record and we both had a good laugh over some Wild
Turkey 101 on Mickey. Hope you enjoyed THIS story! DrB Retired but still
9am-noon at KFTX in Corpus Christi
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Jim, you're so
tolerant. what did I learn tonight watching David Letterman and Bill Cosby on
my Public Accountants Direct TV? So that box bar code is called a QR code Quick
Response. Take a Smart Phone wave over the box and get a Quick Response. SCOTTI
"BEAM ME UP". Amazing. Don't have to use a SMART PHONE to wave over
God. It's already been handled before I can even think about it. For now I'm
Done. Beam Me to my camp SCOTTI. Leslie Wayne Hodges
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BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Subject: TRHOF.
Enjoyed seeing the real Jim Rose as much as I thought I would. Wish I had been
able to go around with people, and mingle more. Loved the event in every way
though. Blake (www.blazinblake.com)
DIANNA GRAY (Houston, TX) Subject: posted to Jim
Rose - Facebook. Happy belated b'day; I seem to remember a blu striped shirt
and tie!!
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Jim, After
our many email exchanges, it was good to meet you in person at the TRHOF event.
Had the pleasure of meeting several that I've communicated with via email or
Facebook but hadn't met face to face. Saw a number of familiar faces as well.
Was a good day. Looking forward to the next one. Best to you & Lacy, David
Faulkner
TRIVIA ANSWER: Hee Haw with hosts Buck Owens and
Roy Clark premieres on CBS TV on June 15, 1969 and runs through July 13, 1971.
CBS TV continues the series in syndication until September 19, 1992. The show
is taped at WLAC TV (now WTVF) and Opryland USA in Nashville, TN. It continues
in syndication on TV throughout America.
JIM SPURLOCK (Houston, TX) Subject: radio. There
are a few of us left who worked at the end of radio. We remember too. Thank you
Jim Rose for being our voice. Jim Spurlock; KXYZ 1968-1975
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM (1874-1965) What makes old age
hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but
the burden of one's memories.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 11, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1046
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
HOUSTON, TX RADIO PERSONALITY LEAVES US Texas Radio
Hall of Fame member Dennis Maurice [Crash] Collins dies at 68 of prostate
cancer just after noon on Sunday, November 6, 2011. Crash Collins is a long
time radio legend on both Top 40 and Album Rock outlets. For more than forty
years Crash's voice is on six different Bayou City radio stations: KUHF FM,
KLOL FM, KILT FM, KULF-790, KNUZ-1230 and KZFX FM. In 1979, Crash Collins is
briefly the 7pm-midnight DJ on Top 40 KULF-790 during my time there. He makes a
big name for himself on Album Rock KLOL FM. A Bash for Crash benefit for his
family will be held on Sunday, November 13, 2011 from 2:00-8:00 PM at Concert
Pub Galleria, 5636 Richmond Avenue. Dayna Steele will Emcee the Bash for Crash.
Special radio guests include Jim Pruett, Lanny Griffith, Colonel St James,
Outlaw Dave, Bob Ford, plus many others. Immediately following, a Crash Collins
memorial for his many friends will take place. If you cannot attend the Bash
for Crash you can contribute money for Crash Collins' family's massive hospital
expenses by clicking the Donate button at www.bashforcrash.org/ Thank you so
very much!
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2011 TRHOF IS ANOTHER SELL OUT So many broadcasters
want to attend the 2011 Texas Radio Hall of Fame induction and luncheon at the
historic Tin Hall here in the Bayou City that Larry Shannon has to add more
tables. Before, during and after I sit down at John Steel's table, very
fortunate to meet and greet many of Houston and TX radio icons. Try to remember
all of the old and new friends but pretty sure a few of them are missing: Paul
Kirby, Chuck Dunaway, Kendall Dunaway, Bill Young, T.J. Callahan, Larry
Shannon, Mike Shannon, J.P. Prichard, Joe Ladd, Johnny Shannon, Colonel St
James, Dr. Bruce Nelson, Bud Buschardt, Mike Marshall, Josh Holstead, Outlaw
Dave, Brad Witt, Dade Moore, Blake Lindsay, Kevin Charles Minatrea, Chuck
Joseph, Rod Tanner, David Faulkner, plus many others but their names escape me
right now. Sure do wish that they did not stop manufacturing Polaroid Time Zero
600 instant film because I want to take pictures to live on in infamy.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Which TV shows in the fall 1972
line up are winners? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Jesse C. Smith, JR. Houston, TX
musician/band leader has a birthday bash on Friday, November 11, 2011. Casey
James Houston, TX singer-songwriter is one year older on Saturday, November 12,
2011. •GRETA JOHNSEN is new weekend morning host on Public Radio WBEZ FM (91.5)
Chicago, IL. •PERRY MARSHALL Pittsburgh, MA broadcasting legend father of east
coast syndicated radio star Robin Marshall dies at 86 while on a cruise.
•CHARLES OSGOOD's The Osgood File is longest running radio News/Talk program
heard four times daily on more than 350 radio stations nationwide in all top 25
markets.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 PAUL COWSILL keyboardist with family Rock
group The Cowsills (Hair #2-1969) is born in Newport, RI on November 11th.
•1962 ROY ACUFF 1st living performer named to the Country Music Hall Of Fame on
November 9th. •1974 ALFONSO LENG Santiago, Chile Classical music composer dies
at 80 on November 11th. •1980 WAYLON JENNINGS' single Theme From The Dukes Of
Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) lands at #1 in Billboard Country on November 1st. •1997
ROGER CLEMENS wins his 4th MLB AL Cy Young Award on November 11th. •2008 TAYLOR
SWIFT's album Fearless releases on Big Machine records on November 11th.
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LARRY SHANNON (Tarkio, MO) Subject: Larry Shannon
retires as head of the TRHOF. It is time for the next generation to take the
reins. If I can teach them the basics of how we've put it together - from
nominations to the induction - and let them tweak it with their imaginations
and give them the seeds and water to keep up with the new, it will stay alive
for the next and many generations to come. It is not me who holds it together.
It is all those who participate and support it who make it work. I'm just the
cook with the pots and pans who takes orders and makes the meal. LS
MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: KDNT
symposium this Saturday! Hi, just a reminder about the KDNT symposium this
Saturday in Denton! We'll talk about the history of Denton's first radio
station, play some audio clips, offer several guest speakers sharing stories of
covering major news events, display old photos and artifacts, etc...is quickly
turning into a KDNT employee reunion! ...like to extend a special invite to
anyone who worked for KDNT over the years to come by, see old friends, and
perhaps share a story or two at the gathering. The event is free and will take
place at the Denton Public Library at 502 Oakland St, near downtown. We'll
start at 2PM and go for about 1 1/2 hours. This should be informative AND fun!
...visit the Denton Library's website at
http://library.cityofdenton.com/screens/Fall11programs.pdf scroll to page 2
under "Genealogy and Local Interests." Hope to see everyone there.
Thanks, Mike Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
TRHOF. Jim; Thinking of you today & will miss being there for events today
at TRHOF. Your readers await your synopsis of the day. BOB
JOHN STEEL (Houston, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Jim, It
was great to see you at the Texas Radio Hall of fame get together. I hope that
Lacy was not too mad at you when you get home. John Steel
BILL YOUNG (Houston-Sugar Land, TX) Subject: TRHOF.
Thank you Jim....good to see you! Bill Young
COLONEL ST. JAMES (Houston, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Hey
Jim, Great seeing you at the Texas Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.
Hope you had as much fun as I did! (www.colonelstjames.com) /
(www.facebook.com/col.stjames)
PAUL KIRBY (San Antonio, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Jim,
It was good to see you again. Happy 68th! Paul
DADE MOORE (Houston, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Been nice
if I was not up all night working. Have a good one. Dade (www.dade.cc) /
(www.rockandroll.fm) / (www.angelfireradio.com)
BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Good to
see you too. I looked for you later to try to say more than hello but couldn’t
find you. Maybe my next trip to Houston will find us a place at your favorite
Mexican Restaurant again. Bud
CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Jim;
Kendall was there and got side tracked when I came to your table. It was on the
opposite side of the room and Kendall kept asking where you were sitting. She
got corralled by Sharon Young and Bill. Maybe it was her hair change that was
the problem, but Kendall did say hello. It was before you sat at your table.
She gave you a hug and said hello. Below is her answer to your email I
forwarded to her computer this morning. I had to look very closely at name
labels to remember who folks were. We know there were a lot of nice people there
and it was fun, but we had to leave at about two...so didn’t stay for it all.
Life is good. Take care my friend. I think you looked healthy and happy. Chuck
KENDALL DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) I saw Jim when he
first arrived and went up and hugged him. He probably didn't remember who I
was. Love, Kendall
DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject:
Retirement schedule on KFTX FM in Corpus Christi, TX. 9am to noon
Saturday...happy holidays back atcha!! drb
TRIVIA ANSWER: Fall 1972 breeds new life to TV
screens. Emmy winning M*A*S*H premieres on September 17 and runs through
September 19, 1983. Emmy Nominee All In The Family spin-off Maude premieres on
September 12 and airs through April 29, 1978. Another Emmy winner The Waltons
debuts on September 14 and runs through August 20, 1981. Emmy winning The Bob
Newhart Show premieres on September 16 and runs through August 26, 1978.
BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Subject: TRHOF.
Hi Jim! It was wonderful to finally have an opportunity to meet you live, and
shake your hand. Now I can put your voice with your handshake. I enjoyed our
full celebration, and got to catch up with dozens of good friends who I would
not have met without my radio employment opportunities. I'm very appreciative
of your dedication Jim, for nearly a decade of interesting columns you have
shared with us. You allow us to all take part in your column, which is very
cool indeed. Thank you Jim, very much! Best Regards, Blake Lindsay
(www.blazinblake.com)
GERALD R. FORD [August 9, 1974] I assume the Presidency
under extraordinary circumstances.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 07, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1045
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
FALL BACK ONE HOUR! Daylight Saving Time ends at
2:00am Sunday, November 6, 2011. Before we go to bed on Saturday night,
November 5th we must remember to set all of our clocks back one hour. This
gives most of us one extra hour of sleep.
ANDY ROONEY DIES! One of network television's most
beloved humorist observers, Andy Rooney, dies at 92 on Friday night, November
4, 2011 in NYC. For more than 30 years we watch Rooney as he talks about the
oddities in life on 60 Minutes. In his final essay, Rooney says that he lives a
life luckier than most. I wish I could do this forever. I can't, though. Andy
so dreaded the day he had to end his signature "60 Minutes"
commentaries about life's large and small absurdities that he kept going until
he was 92 years old. He says that he never retires. Writers never retire. But
his life after A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney is cut short. According to CBS
TV, Andy Rooney passes away just one month after he delivers his 1,097th and
final TV commentary. Andy wins one of his three Emmy Awards for his remarks
about whether there really is a Mrs. Smith who makes Mrs. Smith's Pies. We
discover that there is no Mrs. Smith. Rooney relates that probably he hadn't
said anything on "60 Minutes" that most of his viewers didn't already
know or hadn't thought. That's what a writer does. A writer's job is to tell
the truth. During the 1950s and early 1960s, he writes for CBS TV stars such as
Arthur Godfrey and Garry Moore. Then, he joins newsman Harry Reasoner as a
writer. In 1996, AP TV writer Frazier Moore's column suggests that it is time
for Rooney to retire. On 60 Minutes, Andy invites those who disagreed to make
their opinions known. In response 7,000 phone calls flood AP's switchboard.
Untold amounts of postcards engulf the AP mail room. Andy Rooney's marriage to
his wife, Marguerite, lasts 62 years before she dies of a heart attack in 2004.
They reside in Rowayton, CT. The Rooneys have four children. Daughter Emily
Rooney is a former executive producer of ABC's World News Tonight.
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BRAND MANAGERS ASSAULT CLEAR CHANNEL A new title
arrives at Clear Channel which is America's largest radio station group.
Members of the CCR board put their heads together and come up with a new
division called Brand Management with a new team of brand manager and brand
coordinator. Darryl Parks, 10 year Operations Manager of WLW-700, WKRC-550,
WSAI-1360 and WCKY-1530 Cincinnati, OH who recently moves on up to VP of CCR
News/Talk stations, is new Clear Channel brand manager. Ken Charles at CCR's
offices in Miami, FL receives the newly created role of Clear Channel brand
coordinator. CCR says that these managers are their in-house format experts,
plus The team will help manage the highly effective Premium Choice Network. The
team will also be available to consult with select stations and to assist Clear
Channel’s senior vice presidents of programming as needed throughout the
country, and will gather and share format-specific content, information and
resources throughout the field. We all know what that means. Stay tuned.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Can you name two top long lasting
TV shows that premier in 1967? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KWMT FM Clear Channel Modern AC (The Mountain
92.9) Tucson, AZ knee-jerks to a more traditional Hot AC My929Tucson.com. Out
the door are Program Director Chris Patyk plus his morning co-host Jennie
Grabel. •KJR-950 Clear Channel Sports Seattle, WA now crams its talk shows on
top of the former KNBQ FM (Q Country 102.9) Centralia, WA to try to outdo
Bonneville’s ESPN KIRO-710. Both KJR-950 & KIRO-710 tie at 3.5 share in the
October 2011 PPM. •KOGO-600 Clear Channel News/Talk San Diego, CA ejects KUSS
FM (New Country 95.7) on Monday, November 7, 2011 for a simulcast of the AM
frequency.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 WEEQ TV (now WWTO) CH35 in La Salle, IL (IND)
1st broadcasts on November 7th. •1964 ROGER MILLER records King Of The Road (#1
for 5 weeks) on Smash records on November 3rd in Nashville, TN. •1972 TOD
ANDREWS actor (In Harm's Way - 1965) dies of a heart attack on November 7th in
Los Angeles, CA just 3 days before his 58th birthday. •1988 ALABAMA's Song Of
The South (#1-1989) releases on RCA records on November 7th. •1992 JACK KELLY
actor (Maverick) dies after a stroke on November 7th at 65. •2006 SUGARLAND's
album Enjoy The Ride releases on Mercury records on November 7th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
JIM TRAVIS [Jo] (Hot Springs, AR) Subject: Liz
Anderson. FYI: Country singer/songwriter Liz Anderson has passed away. She
recorded for RCA in the 1960's. She wrote most of her own material. Liz also
wrote hits for other artists like Merle Haggard. She was mother of Country
singer Lynn Anderson. She died in Nashville October 31 of heart and lung
disease at the age of 81. Does anyone remember a recording of hers called
"Johnny Walker, Old Grand Dad and you". Or some variation of that
title? - H.W. (www.JimWWTravis.com)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Bulletin to "Country Music Classics" subscribers. Country Singer and
Songwriter Liz Anderson passed away on October 31, from complications of heart
and lung disease. She was 80. Liz Anderson was a successful country singer with
two Grammy Award nominations in 1967 for "Best Female Country Vocal
Performance" for her Top 5 hit, the self-penned "Mama Spank" and
with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean for "Best Country Vocal - Group" for
another top 5 hit "The Game of Triangles". Anderson also wrote the
Merle Haggard hits "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" and
"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive". Haggard later named his band "The
Strangers". Liz's demo vocals were noticed by RCA producer Chet Atkins who
signed her to RCA in 1965. Anderson's two initial singles fared well and her
third, "Game of Triangles", with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean became a
Top 5 hit. In April 1967, Anderson again had a Top 5 Country hit, "Mama Spank".
Among Anderson's most popular recordings were "Go Now Pay Later"
(1966), "The Wife of the Party" (1967), "Tiny Tears"
(1967), "Thanks A Lot For Tryin' Anyway" (1968) (one of her few hits
written by someone else) and "Husband Hunting" (1970). She was married
to Casey Anderson and had one daughter, country music entertainer Lynn
Anderson. BOB
JOANNE BUSSELL (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1042) October 28, 2011 [Friday] Hi Jim. Just heard my iPhone
"bong!" which means I have mail & it's your newsletter. Thought I
was the only one still awake! Here's something for your readers. I'd always
thought that the big job websites such as Monster, Indeed, and Hot Jobs would
not have radio jobs. Was I wrong!! I got so many leads that it's taken me two
days to follow them and I still have nine more to work. You just never know, do
you? Wish me luck. By the way, I hear that lots of radio veterans are finding
good jobs in smaller markets. The question I have for everyone out there; how
does one go about finding them because these jobs aren't advertised. Thoughts,
anyone?
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RHONDA POWERS (Houston-Sugar Land, TX) Subject: Tom
Schmidt - Channel 26. I was reading about Tom Schmidt being in Austin and I
wanted to know how to contact him. We worked together during the 70's at
Channel 26. The last time I saw him, he had left 26 and started his own
production company. I hope you will forward this email to Tom or let me know
how I can get in touch with him. Thanks, Rhonda Lanyon Brents
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1044) November
04, 2011 [Friday] I tried to contact Jay West using the e-mail address you
posted, but evidently it didn't make it to him. Send me his phone number if you
have it. Jay and I go back a long way. I did lots of spots in his studio when
Eric Chase was using it, back in the '90's. Thanks, Jim Gough
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Carol Burnett Show premieres on
CBS TV on September 11, 1967 and runs through September 8, 1979. It wins three
Emmys (1971 Outstanding Variety Series-Musical; 1973 Outstanding Music Variety
Series and 1974 Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series). Mannix starring
Mike Connors as detective Joe Mannix premieres on CBS TV on September 16, 1967
and runs through August 27, 1975. Mannix is one of my all time favorite TV
shows.
JAY WEST (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Gough... Jim,
Yes I received an e-mail from Jim this a.m. (Friday) saying he tried to reach
me but the e-mail did not go through. So...I guess he has the correct address
since I heard from him today. I don't know about these here fancy computators
but the mystery solved itself. Thanks, Jay west
CHARLES DE LINT (1951 - p) Without mysteries, life
would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were
known?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
November 04, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1044
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WRITER SENDS FINAL DEAR JOHN LETTER Veteran Country
music song writer Billy Barton passes away at 81 on October 8, 2011 at his home
in Nashville, TN. Billy is born John Grimes in Kentucky on November 21, 1929.
Probably, we best remember Billy for his 1953 #1 smash A Dear John Letter by
Ferlin Husky and Jean Shepard which remains #1 for 6 weeks. Husky goes on to
have many hit songs but his tune Gone is #1 for 10 weeks. Barton also pens A
Dear John Letter’s follow-up in 1953, Forgive Me John, which places Ferlin
Husky and Jean Shepard at #4. In 1954, Billy writes Jim Reeves and Ginny
Wright's duet I Love You which rises to #3. In 1958, Webb Pierce scores #10
with Barton’s You’ll Come Back. In 1965, Bobby Bare and Skeeter Davis revive A
Dear John Letter at #11. In the 1950s, he is Johnny Horton’s vocal partner on
Fabor Robinson's Abbott Records. As a solo singer, Billy performs on the The
Louisiana Hayride. He records for King, Gulf Reef, Sims, Fire, Vidor plus more
labels. Among other artists who record Billy Barton’s songs are Red Sovine, Pat
Boone, Loretta Lynn, Ernest Tubb, Rose Maddox and more. In fact, Barton
registers over 200 songs with BMI. Billy Barton's survivors include three
daughters Carolyn Caulkins, Deborah Harrell, Julie Ringel (of Florida) and son
John Grimes (of Tennessee); plus six grandchildren.
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CUMULUS FIRES LAST DJ Legendary West Coast DJ Jim Ladd
who is the subject of Tom Petty’s The Last DJ receives his walking papers from
KLOS FM (95.5) Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. In 1969, Ladd
begins his radio career. In 1971, he lands on KLOS FM (95.5) for the first
time. In 1974, Jim moves over to KMET FM (94.7). In 1987, KAMP FM (97.1). In
1997, back to KLOS FM where he hosts his freeform radio show until the present
time. Ladd appears as DJ Jim on the Roger Waters album Radio K.O.A.S. He makes
the scene in three of Waters' music videos. In 1989, Jim is the late night DJ
in Cameron Crowe’s movie Say Anything. Jim Ladd is one of several who fall
victim to Cumulus' take over of KLOS FM. Many consider Ladd as the last deejay
because he is the one who decides what music that he plays on his show. That's
the way radio used to be when we DJs are in full control over all of the songs
that we spin on our shows. Over the years, radio evolves into a jukebox where a
computer plays all of the songs in order back-to-back.
COWBOYS VS EAGLES GAME LARGEST TV RATINGS Philly TV
and Radio: The Cowboys-Eagles game was the highest show of Sunday night with
almost 23 million viewers. The interview of Ruth Madoff on 60 Minutes followed
with 18-million viewers. The Eagles will be on national television again next
week as they host Chicago on Monday Night Football on ESPN with announcer,
former Eagle Ron Jaworski. Might add that Hank Williams, Jr. no longer opens
Monday Night Football on ESPN as he has since 1989 but soon we will see and
hear him open a weekly NFL game on another network TV channel. Stay tuned.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does The Sonny & Cher
Comedy Hour premiere on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Billy Sherrill Recording Engineer
- Producer Billy Sherrill Productions Nashville, TN engineers another
productive year of life on Saturday, November 5, 2011. •WLTQ FM Clear Channel
Hot AC (92.1 My FM) Sarasota, FL flips to all-Christmas (Santa 92.1) until
after the holidays then new format as 92.1 The Coast. •JOHN RUSSO longtime
Citadel chief feels the fire after the Cumulus take over when he exits his
President post on Tuesday, November 01, 2011. •RICK SCOTT longtime
consultant/Sports/Talk specialist receives the Ashwood Award from Bruce Gilbert
KRLD-1080/KRLD FM Dallas, TX VP of Programming.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 JEFF WATSON lead guitarist with Rock band
Night Ranger born on November 5th. •1961 HANK WILLIAMS, music publisher Fred
Rose and Jimmie Rodgers are the first inductees in the Country Music Hall Of Fame
on November 3rd. •1973 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 1st shutout victory is 13-0 vs.
Buffalo Bills on November 4th. •1984 WILLIE NELSON's remake of Arlo Guthrie's
City Of New Orleans hits #1 in Billboard Country on November 3rd. •1994 FRED
[Sonic] SMITH guitarist with Rock band MC5 dies on November 4th at 46. •2003
TOBY KEITH's album Shock'n Y'all releases on DreamWorks records on November
4th.
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DUANE LUND (Salt Lake City-Kaysville, UT) Subject:
Just stumbled across. Jim, I was wasting time on the net while at work. I
worked for many years in radio, and was looking up some of my old stations,
along with the names I used. In Salt Lake City and Norfolk I was Michael
O'Shea, so your articles about the other MO'S came up. Most of the other spots I
worked in the country I was Bill Donovan: Wichita, Kansas City, Memphis, Miami,
Houston...there has to be another. I was Sonny Fox in Lake Charles, Bill Taylor
in Grand Rapids, and Marc Sommers at KAKC in Tulsa, but that was a Drake
assigned name. I went on to ownership, and now I work for Child and Family
Services. I enjoy your stuff, and even know who most of the people, or at least
who they are. Thanks for the enjoyment, Duane Lund...aka all that other
stuff...
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Fw: Bob
Barry's passing. From: Dean Ward. "I just received a call from a
sportswriter friend in Muskogee (Kenton Brooks) with the following information.
Sadly this is the second old friend of mine to pass away in two weeks, Gaylon
Stacy just last week. Just 55 short years ago I was Program Director at KNOR,
Norman, and I had this tall, sandy haired young man walk into the station and
tell me that he was just discharged from the U.S. Air Force and wanted a job
doing something, hopefully in sports. I sat him down behind a mike, gave him
some rip and read sports articles and turned him loose. He was very
knowledgeable in sports, could ad lib, so I put him on the payroll and joined
him and Gene Stansberry as the Norman High School play by play team. He was
great with people skills so Bill Morgan, station owner, gave him an account
list and coverage map and a Sports/Sales addition was born to our staff."
Dean (www.garydnews.com)
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KIRK & KELLIE MITCHELL (San Antonio-Spring
Branch, TX) Subject: Passing of Isaac "Newton" Mitchell 10/25/2011.
Hi Jim, I couldn't tell if you were one his friends from school or what from
his address book entry so I included you in the email to be safe. Thank you for
your reply, the kind words, and for posting the email in your newsletter. We
live in the Spring Branch area which is about 20 miles west of New Braunfels on
Hwy 46. I don't know if he kept an archive of the newsletter - I haven't
browsed his computer much with all that has to be done planning for, and
notifying people, about the funeral. Thanks again, Kirk
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JAY WEST (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Gough. Hello
Jim, Just read your latest, and there was a mention in your column about me
from my old buddy Jim Gough. I hate to ask you to be go-between but I don't
know how else to do this. Could you either e-mail to me his e-address or have
him contact me at MY e-mail address. Thank you...and have fun at the TRHOF
gathering this year. I'm NOT attending. Haven't been to one of those since 2003
as I did some minor research for them that year. Have been nominated 8 years in
a row and nothing, so I guess I'm not good enough to be considered. I think You
too have been in the fray about that long. Anyway, thanks... Jay West
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
premieres on CBS TV on August 1, 1971 and runs through August 29, 1977.
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: JRRR. did
not get back to work until today and there it is! Thanks, sir. The old email
address detours to somewhere else. Whoever stole my email also forwarded all
incoming emails to somewhere, so I don't get them. Take care and I wish you
good health for years to come.
HERBERT DAY (Hillsboro, OH) Subject: Subscription
requested. Herb Day; Hillsboro, OH USA. Herb Day, Account Executive WCHO-FM,
WCHO-AM, Washington Courthouse, OH; WSRW-AM 1590
C.S. LEWIS (November, 29, 1898-November 22, 1963)
There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
October 31, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1043
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
THE GOSPEL TAKES A HIT IN HOUSTON, TX Radio One
does an about-face from Gospel music on KROI FM (92.1) in The Bayou City to an
all-News format on November 14, 2011. Leading the charge in Morning Drive is
27-year Houston radio duo and Texas Radio Hall of Fame honorees J.P. Pritchard
and Lana Hughes. J.P. is a top notch radio news bull dog. He arrives here in
Houston in 1979 when both of us are on KULF-790. There's quite a lineup of
local Houston radio and TV personalities who fill the bill on the new FM talk
radio station: Mike Barajas, Scott Braddock, Carolyn Campbell, Kevin Charles,
Brent Clanton, Lanny Griffith, Laurie Kendrick, Martha Martinez, Bonnie Petrie,
Matt Sampsell, Pattie Shieh, Meteorologist Dr. Joe Sobel, Craig Roberts and
Jorge Vargas. Veteran journalist Denise Bishop is News Director. Houston-based
Shane Media founder and president Ed Shane is the one who brings it all
together as project manager. Shane brags: We’re going to give people the facts
without the biased opinions that dominate so-called news stations. We’ve
assembled an A-list of broadcast journalists whose mission is to report the
news and let people make up their own minds.
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CLEAR CHANNEL SLASHES RADIO Even after it ditches
over 200 radio stations, Clear Channel Radio is still America's most gargantuan
radio group with 850 stations clinging to its vine. CCR's recent meeting in
Chicago, IL brings out another couple of bright ideas. The first brilliant
brainstorm is to nationalize all of the programming of its small and medium
markets. We all know what that means. CCR eliminates its local Program &
Music Directors. This makes Bernie Madoff look like Snow White. CCR's second
scheme is to immediately subterfuge other employee positions in its Herculean
cost-slashing maneuver. On Wednesday & Thursday hundreds of CCR employees
all across America bite the dust. In Chicago alone these cost cuts eliminate
two Clear Channel employee positions. After four years of service, Metro
Traffic reporter Allen Green is gone. Just two weeks ago, Dan Hammill, Metro
Traffic sales, receives a promotion along with a new title. Next comes a pale
pink slip that includes directions to the back door.
LARRY KING DOESN'T FEEL HIS AGE Radio and TV legend
and CNN icon Larry King tells Bill Moran of PodJockey.com that he doesn’t feel
his age and he has no intention of retiring anytime in the near future. Larry
reveals this while on camera during the recent Los Angeles Regional Talkers
Forum breakfast on October 20, 2011 just a few moments before he delivers its
opening speech. King says that in addition to the four TV specials per year for
three years that is in his CNN contract,
he is about to return to doing a Los Angeles-based national radio show plus the
launch of yet another TV project within several days or weeks.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Hawaii Five-O premiere
on CBS TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WRHS FM Ridgewood High School O&O (Jack 89.7)
Chicago, IL jumps ship to all-Halloween music until November 1, 2011. •WSFR FM
Cox Classic Rock (107.7) Louisville, KY zigzags to Classic Hits (107.7 The
Eagle). Currently WSFR FM has no DJs. On November 7, 2011 Future Bob returns to
mornings, Ric Owen afternoons with MJ Stevens in middays. •CBS RADIO Detroit,
MI ceases simulcast of Sports Talk WXYT FM (97.1) on Monday, September 12, 2011
as WXYT-1270 catapults to News/Talk. •PAULA DEEN Food Network culinary star
receives the Hottest Female TV Chef award from Maxim men's magazine.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 KREM TV CBS/ABC CH 2 in Spokane, WA begins
broadcasting on October 31st. •1964 DARRYL WORLEY (Have You Forgotten?
certified Gold #1 for 7 weeks - 2003) born on October 31st in Savannah, TN.
•1975 BOB GELDOF's 1st appearance with Boomtown Rats is on October 31st. •1985
THE JUDDS' album Rockin' With The Rhythm releases on RCA records on October
30th. •1993 RIVER PHOENIX actor (Stand By Me - 1986) dies of drug overdose at
23 on October 31st in front of The Viper Room at 8852 Sunset Boulevard. •2000
JAMIE O'NEAL's debut album Shiver releases on Mercury records on October 31st.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1042) October 28, 2011 [Friday] Jim, I'm sure you saw the
Clear Channel 200 employee cut yesterday, the Morning team on the Big I country
station in Albq was cut .... Albq Journal has the details.. if I can find
it, I'll send it to you... have a good one and stop fall down, ok?? No more
injuries for you, after all you have a little doggie who depends on you. now go
have a good day...
BOBBY COPELAND [author of B-Western Boot Hill plus
19 other books] (Knoxville-Oak Ridge, TN) Subject: Roy (Rogers).
www.rfdtv.com/news/music/rfd-tv_special_tribute_to_roy_rogers_100th_birthday_043/
DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys] (Hendersonville,
TN) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1041) October 24, 2011 [Monday] WOW!!!!
I LOVE THAT HEADLINE. THANKS JIM...DUANE (www.oakridgeboys.com/)
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JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: Oak
Ridge Boys. Doesn't matter how or where ORB got the song Elvira, main thing is
they got it. Song loved by all regardless of age. Made one feel good when
hearing it. No one else could have made such a hit out of it unless maybe the
Statlers. Have to think about that. They made money on it and I spent money on
it. Not as much as they made. Put Elvira on and I could clean house by the time
it had played ten times. I moved fast to the beat. Might get off of this thing
now and play it again.
GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1042) October 28, 2011 [Friday] hey Jim; do not say where you
heard this but I have a good friend whose wife is a Cox exec and the whole
Lysle and Hahn thing was a payroll cut, what else. They were simply making too
much money...a guy from Tulsa will be one of the replacements and he is
supposedly a real hot shot in the AM...Have we heard that before...supposedly
he took his station’s ratings from an 8 to a 28...who do you believe these
days..Take care and keep us informed...the sick world of today’s radio. GD (www.garydnews.com)
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KIRK & KELLIE MITCHELL (San Antonio-Spring
Branch, TX) Subject: Passing of Isaac "Newton" Mitchell 10/25/2011.
Good morning, I am Newton's oldest son of three. I have gone through my dad's
email address book to obtain your email address for sending out this notice. My
dad had various heart issues starting around the beginning of the year. He
received a pacemaker this past March and went through physical therapy which
made a huge improvement. He then battled a staph infection in his leg, while at
home. He was admitted to Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in New Braunfels on
September 2nd per the advice of a home health nurse. He was transferred to Hill
Country Specialty Hospital, also in New Braunfels. On 10/13 he went into
cardiac arrest at approximately 4:15 AM. He was revived and transferred back to
Christus Santa Rosa where he was in ICU. He passed away around 5:30 AM on
10/25. An obituary will be posted in the Sunday editions of the New Braunfels
Herald and San Antonio Express News. Following is a link to the funeral home
web site which also has the obituary available.
www.funeralnetessentials.com/site/luxfhcares/content_obits.php Thank you, Kirk
I. Mitchell
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1038) October 14,
2011 [Friday] Good to see my old friend Jay West show up in your newsletter. I
cut a many a spot in his studio in West Houston in years gone by Jay is another
one of those great voices from Houston's past. All the best, Jim Gough
TRIVIA ANSWER: Hawaii Five-O premieres on CBS TV on
September 26, 1968 and runs through April 26, 1980. It is the longest
continuously running police show in TV history.
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: JRRR. Jim
After three weeks without my JRRR, I am in withdrawals. Since I had to get a
new email addr, do I have to resubmit my subscription with the new email?
MAYA LIN (October 5, 1959 - p) I went through
withdrawal when I got out of graduate school.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
October 28, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1042
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
GOODBYE TO STEAM Paul Theodore Leka is born on
February 20, 1943 in Bridgeport, CN of Albanian immigrant parents. He is a
songwriter and producer who writes and arranges songs for singers like Gloria
Gaynor, Stevie Wonder, Kris Kristofferson and others. We best remember him for
Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye), which zooms to #1 in 1969. Another of the
songs that he writes is Green Tambourine by Psychedelic Rock band Lemon Pipers
which rises to #1 in 1967. Paul signs REO Speedwagon to their first recording
contract. He produces four of Harry Chapin’s record albums that include
Chapin’s #1 hit in 1974, Cat’s in the Cradle. In 1969, Leka helps longtime
friend, Gary DeCarlo, fill the B-side of a single that he records on Buddha.
With Leka on keyboards, they begin with a tune that they write previously, a
bluesy song called Kiss Him Goodbye. But the riff only fills two minutes. To
make sure that DJs won't play the song, instead of airing DeCarlo’s A-side,
they decide to add a chorus that stretches it to four minutes, which at the
time is too long for most radio formats. Paul tells Fred Bronson, Billboard
Book of Number One Hits author, I started writing while I was sitting at the
piano, going 'na na na na, na na na na'. Everything was ‘na-na’ when you didn’t
have a lyric. Then, DeCarlo adds the hey hey. They chant the chorus at the
beginning and end of the original song and leave the na na na na in. But Buddha
records releases it as the A-side by an improvised group Steam. In late 1969,
the song lands at #1 on radio. Paul Leka passes away at 68 on October 12, 2011
in a hospice near his home in Sharon, CN. He leaves behind his wife,
Engjellushe; kids, Alexander, Derek and Heather; brother, George and sister,
Evelyn Kreta.
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COX SAN ANTONIO MORNING SHOW BITES THE DUST Virgil
Thompson, Cox Media Group VP of Programming San Antonio, proclaims: I want to
let our loyal listeners know that John Lisle and Steve Hahn will no longer be
heard on KISS. Thompson tells Radio Ink the contract of the morning show was
not renewed and Hahn was contemplating retirement anyway. Lisle & Hahn join
KISS FM (99.5) in January 1992 and remain for 19 years. They have one of the
longest running morning shows in the Alamo City and in the radio industry which
is a tremendous feat in these days of radio consolidation. Thompson elaborates
on this astonishing news: 99.5 KISS appreciates you, our loyal listeners. We
would like you to...help us build a radio station that truly meets your
needs...what you would like to hear in a morning show on 99.5 KISS, what style
or type of rock music you want to hear and how much of it we should play!
CUMULUS AXE CHOPS CHICAGO RADIO Sparks begin to fly
after Cumulus buys Citadel. Cumulus Windy City echelons squeeze the broadcast
food chain as Jock Hedblade executive producer of the Roe & Roeper PM Drive
show on News/Talk WLS-890 plus Don Wade & Roma AM Drive show producer Zack
Christenson disappear along with sister Oldies WLS FM (94.7) PD Michael
LaCrosse and Greg Brown PM Drive show producer, Chris Papendick. Operations
Director Drew Hayes is no longer in charge of WMAL-630 Washington, DC but
remains the honcho of both WLS operations. Bill Hess moves on up to PD of
WMAL-630.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first TV network news
program broadcast by way of satellite? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KGSR FM (102.7) Austin, TX launches new Comedy
channel on its HD3 translator from Texas-based 24/7 Comedy Radio Network.
•EDDIE STUBBS Grand Ole Opry announcer - longest-running evening DJ on WSM-650
Nashville, TN since it flips to Country in 1979 along with Bill Whyte, Beverlee
Brannigan, Moby, Ron Rogers and Rusty Walker become the newest members of the
2012 Country Radio Hall of Fame on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at the Nashville
Convention Center. •FORBES reports that the late Michael Jackson is the
top-earning dead celebrity in 2010 with $170 million. Elvis Presley is in
second place with $55 million.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 WMVS TV PBS CH 10 in Milwaukee, WI begins
broadcasting on October 28th. •1962 KRISTEN HALL singer-songwriter founding
member of Sugarland born on October 26th in Gross Pointe, MI. •1971 JOHN LENNON
& YOKO record Happy Xmas (War is Over) in NYC on October 28th. •1984
ALABAMA's single If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the
Band) crashes #1 in Billboard Country on October 27th. •1996 MOREY AMSTERDAM
comedian on the Dick Van Dyke Show dies at 87 on October 28th. •2004 BIG &
RICH's Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) is their first gold single on October 28th.
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DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Subject: 'Elvira'. Jim, actually, I first heard the song
in 1966, by Dallas Frazier, fifteen years before we recorded it. I already knew
the song. However, Ronnie Gant, a song publisher, was in Texas and heard a bar
group perform the song, came back to Tennessee, called Ron Chancey, and told
him that he has the perfect song for The Oaks. Ron Chancey called me, I called
all of the other Boys, they all came to my house and we played Dallas Frazier's
demo of the song. Several bar groups have claimed it was them, but I don't
actually know who it was. Some have claimed that we stole their arrangement, but,
after listening to our arrangement compared to theirs, one can easily see that
we did not copy anybody. The "idea" of us recording it came from the
song plugger, Gant, but the arrangement was worked out in my den by The Oaks
and Ron Chancey. If you will listen to all of the recordings, prior to The
Oaks' recording, all of them, including Dallas' version go down on the last
note of "Elvira". We go up. So, all of the acts that said that we
copied the song from them are wrong, If their arrangement goes down on the end
of the word "Elvira...and, we are the only act to use a bass singer
singing that lick. Kenny Rogers, Rodney Crowell, Charlie Rich, and several
others cut it before us, but, none of them had a bass singer. Lots of acts have
said that we copied their arrangement. Not true. We got our arrangement from
the original, then, since Joe had never heard it, he put his twist on the end
of the word "Elvira" and he went up on the last note. Also, a black
group sued the publisher of "Elvira" claiming that Dallas Frazier
stole the song from a black group who had the song "Papa oo mau mau".
But, when the copyright laws were looked at, Dallas Frazier's song was
copyrighted earlier. I think Dallas Frazier's publisher paid the black group
$25,000 to just go away rather than messing with a court fight. For The Oaks,
it bought us all new homes...and, it is still working its magic. Duane
(www.oakridgeboys.com/)
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject:
Elvira'. You might check with Duane Allen on this, but the song Elvira was kind
of a fluke for them. They went into a little club in Campbell, Texas, up by
Sulphur Springs and the house band was playing the song. They liked what they
heard and decided to record it. I think they even said something like
"thanks to that little band down in Texas" when they won their awards
for it. Jeff Cunningham, DC, MA Kyle, TX (www.zoesplaceclinic.com) /
(www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
ANDY WALDROP (Houston, TX) Subject: Odd Noises
Emanating From My Radio Box! Jim, Seeing your piece on the Dallas Frazier
penned "Elvira," I'm reminded of two lyrical
masterpieces..."Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" by the Rivingtons and "Ooh Poo
Pah Doo" by Jessie Hill. I hope all is well with you. We're overdue for
another trip to La Fiesta or Los Tios! C-ya at Tin Hall on November 6th. Andy
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Man Killed To
Death...Oops - Issue 1041. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Harold Baker (my boss at
KTNS) always got a good laugh out of things like that. While we're working
together (mid 1980's) a DFW TV station identifies a reporter near San Antonio
as being in "Bear County." Those words quickly vanish from the screen
to be replaced with "Bexar County." Harold was from San Antonio. He
got a big laugh out of that one! Look forward to meeting you (in person) at the
Texas Radio Hall of Fame awards. I have a seat at Andy Waldrop's table. Peace,
David Faulkner
TRIVIA ANSWER: On April 9-17, 1968 The CBS Evening
News with Walter Cronkite is the first TV network news program broadcast on
satellite. It originates from Paris, France during the Vietnam peace talks.
WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject:
Monday and Friday. I forgot to tell you the stations I most enjoyed in the 50s
and 60s. They were KLIF, KIXL and WRR. Yes, I enjoyed some classical music, but
probably the thing I looked forward to most was "every hour on the
three-quarter hour" the Library Of Laughs. Ol' Jim Lowe probably caused me
to spend a small fortune (in those days, anyway) buying comedy records. I still
have a bunch of 33 1/3s that I still love to remember. Pop, country, classical
and comedy. Those were the days! Wendel
EDWARD R. MURROW [Egbert Roscoe Murrow] (April 25,
1908 - April 27, 1965) We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 24, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1041
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
MAN KILLED TO DEATH...OOPS! As Ron Lee files his
live report on WBTV TV CBS CH3 about a deadly shooting in West Charlotte, NC
the words on display at the bottom of the screen say: Man Killed to Death.
Sure! If he is killed he definitely is dead. Technicians in the control room
shout: What?! Oops! As fast as a speeding bullet the words quickly change to:
Man Shot After Argument. So goes it behind the scenes at our local TV stations.
Many thanks to Buzzfeed for keeping us informed.
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WORLD SERIES BETS ARE ON! In Game 5 of the World
Series at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington the Texas Rangers' take on the St.
Louis Cardinals on Monday night, October 24, 2011. Who's your favorite? Texas
Governor Rick Perry places a friendly bet on the World Series with Missouri
Governor Jay Nixon. Perry puts up barbeque from Driftwood, TX’s famous Salt
Lick restaurant plus a case of Texas-made Dr. Pepper. Nixon counters with
toasted ravioli from St. Louis’ Rigazzi’s Restaurant, meats from Volpi Foods,
Tedd Drewes’ frozen custard plus a six-pack of the Gateway Arch City's own
Budweiser. Let the game begin!
OOM POPPA MOW MOW! Has it really been 30 years ago
that we first hear the Oak Ridge Boys' bass singer Richard Sterban boom out
that familiar line from Elvira? In 1981, when I'm a DJ on KENR-1070 here in
Houston, TX Sterban's oom poppa mow mow bends our towers. By then, The Oak
Ridge Boys ante up five Gold albums, three #1 and ten Top 5 tunes but Elvira
mushrooms into a nuclear warhead on Country radio. As quick as lightening the
song bombards Pop and Top 40 radio as well. It becomes their signature song.
For as long back as I can remember the Oaks are one of my favorite singing
groups. They go back into the recording studio with Elvira's original producer
Ron Chancey who brings new life to the tune. Recently, the Oaks' lead singer
Duane Allen sends us a copy of their new CD, It’s Only Natural, that contains
their fresh new updated version of Elvira, plus 11 other songs. The Oak Ridge
Boys' new CD It’s Only Natural is now available exclusively at Cracker Barrel
Old Country Stores and Restaurants.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does Mary Hopkin’s 1968 tune
Those Were the Days originate? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Leslie Wayne Hodges former
KCRS-550 DJ adds one more page to his book of life on Sunday, October 23, 2011.
•LISA SIMEONE NPR freelance radio music and documentary host gets the axe from
public radio documentary program Soundprint after she becomes a spokesperson
for the Occupy DC protestors in Washington, DC. •CORY HEPOLA exits Sports WROC
TV CBS CH8 Rochester, NY for a Sports anchor-reporter position on Belo KVUE TV
ABC CH24 in Austin, TX. •NTS MEDIA-ONLINE TODAY Talk Media Conference &
Talk Show Boot Camp 2011 October 27-29 in Dallas, TX business casual dress code
at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre. •MERRIE STREET replaces News Director Mark
Miller at Hearst News/Talk WBAL-1090 Baltimore, MD.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KOOL TV (now KTSP) CBS CH10 in Phoenix, AZ
begins broadcasting on October 24th. •1965 ERNEST TUBB elects into the Country
Music Hall Of Fame on October 22nd at Nashville, TN's Municipal Auditorium.
•1971 TEXAS STADIUM opens in Irving, TX on October 24th - the Dallas Cowboys
beat New England Patriots 44-21. •1980 EDDIE RABBITT's Horizon and The Best Of
Eddie Rabbitt are his first two Gold albums on October 24th. •1991 GENE
RODDENBERRY El Paso, TX native who grows up in Los Angeles, CA B-17 bomber
pilot over Japan (Great Bird of the Galaxy) creator of Star Trek (10 movies and
7 television series) dies of cardiac arrest on October 24th at 70. •2010 DON
WILLIAMS & JIMMY DEAN induct into the Country Music Hall of Fame on October
24th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: KONO radio-TV. By '65, agents from NYC were calling me with offers, as
were GMs from other major market TV stations. Magid was using my tapes as demos
of how local anchors should deliver newscasts. The Roths decided they could
"allow me" to give up my radio job and TV would make up the
difference. That somewhat reduced my workday from 18 hours a day to 10. By that
time I was into my second marriage and flying high. Departed KONO-TV in July,
'68 for Boston...and the rest is, well, you know.
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1040) October 21, 2011 [Friday] Hi Jim! Sorry that I've
been out of pocket for a little while; wanted to send along some 'get well'
wishes after your fall, and hope that you're doing OK by now. Saw the email
about Roy Lemons, and very sorry to hear about that. I didn't know Roy
personally, but we exchanged several nice emails over the years. I know he was
especially proud of his time managing the old KCUL/KBUY-1540AM in Fort Worth
during the late 1960s, and was hoping for a reunion of former employees
sometime. Wish I could have gotten something together, as you've got a couple
of their ex's that subscribe to JRRR and could have spread the word to others.
Ya know, that's why I put together those quarterly DFW media lunches...I got so
tired of hearing people say, "The only time we all see each other is at
funerals." I challenge others to do the same in their cities and
regions--get these folks together while they're all still around! Looking
forward to visiting with you at the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. Take care, and watch
where you step! Ha. Mike Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1040) October 21,
2011 [Friday] Jim...I was trying to say that Roy Nichols and I both sang bass
in a choir that my wife led at a small church near White Rock Lake in the early
'60's. Roy did news at McClendon's station (KLIF-1190) at that time. A great
talent and fine man. I wish him well. Jim Gough
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Memories. JIM: As I read this note, I went to my archives on Little Jim
(Dickens) & there is his handwritten post-card to me postmarked, Miami
Beach, Oct. 26, 1965, reminding me to "keep the bird a' flying!" Says
he's in FL filming Jimmy Dean Show for ABC-TV to be shown Nov. 26, 1965. I'm so
glad I kept all these memoirs over years. I have notebooks full of autographs,
letters, signed pics, etc. Of course, it's not important to anyone but me! When
you make the pilgrimage out to the plains of west Texas, you'll get the 50-cent
tour of my museum, at no charge. BOB at The Southwest Outpost.
TRIVIA ANSWER: The writer of the words to Mary
Hopkin’s 1968 tune Those Were the Days, Gene Raskin, puts English lyrics to the
Russian song Dorogoi which is written by Boris Fomin (1900–1948) with words by
poet Konstantin Podrevskii. Tamara Tsereteli (1900–1968) in 1925 and Alexander
Vertinsky (1889-1957) in 1926 make what probably are the earliest recordings of
the song. But we remember Mary Hopkin’s 1968 recording of the tune which is #1
in the UK and #2 in America for 3 weeks with sales of over a half million
copies. Gene Raskin receives writer credit of the song on the record, but he
just pens the English lyrics, not the music notes. After Mary's contract with
Apple records runs out she re-records the song. Apple refuses to allow the original
version to be in compilations.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Cumulus
Radio KNFM, KBAT, KMND in Midland, Texas. Hi Jim, Cumulus only has one person
for this. He is the Operations Director. Virtually working with no one else in
the five control rooms to make sure they are functioning like a well oiled
machine 24/7. How does the sales department sell radio time to a product that
virtually is not local and live up to the second? A good salesman will sell and
get the order! So the day you have an ice storm you could be hearing "it's
a beautiful day and 87 degrees". I guess the radio clients will think this
is funny and still continue to advertise. If they have a pro salesman working
them the answer is YES! Thank you, Leslie
GENE RODDENBERRY (August 19, 1921 - October 24,
1991) These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year
mission...to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
October 21, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1040
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TEXAS RADIO PIONEER PASSES Long time Texas radio
purveyor, 73 year-old Roy L. Lemons passes away of cardiac arrest on Wednesday,
September 28, 2011 in KC, MO. In the last email that we receive from Roy he
says that he sells his dream lake house on Grand Lake in Grove, OK for a tidy
profit. In September 2011 he and he and his wife of 10 years Dorothy move to
the largest Kansas City, MO hamlet Overland Park, KS for fun and excitement in
the big city. She is an Overland Park native. In 1962, Roy at 29 becomes one of
the youngest managers in radio as GM of KIKK-650 in the Houston, TX suburb of
Pasadena. He goes on to serve as GM of radio stations in Fort Worth, Beaumont
and New Orleans. In 1975, he is GM of KMGC FM in Dallas. His family settles in
Sanger, TX. His new career in newspapers begins in 1978 when he buys the Sanger
Courier from Ralph Cole. Roy expands his Lemons Newspapers as publisher of four
community newspapers: the Sanger Courier, Krum Star, Denton Business &
Community News and Lewisville/Flower Mound Business Journal. Roy Lemons'
survivors include his wife, Dorothy; two daughters; one stepdaughter; four
stepsons and 10 grandchildren, as well as his sister, Gladys and husband Delton
Goodin of Baytown, TX.
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TOWER WORKER PLUNGES TO HIS DEATH On Wednesday,
October 12, 2011 Matthew D. Goodner 30-year-old tower technician from Ford
Dodge, IA dies in a 500' nose dive around 1 pm from the old 1253' WHDH TV tower
in Newton just west of Boston, MA. Ultimate Tower Service of Midlothian, TX is
the contractor. The 60-story John Hancock Tower at 790' is Boston's tallest
building. Matt Peterson, VP of communications for American Tower Corporation,
reveals that the man was part of a subcontractor's crew placing a new antenna
pole and safety ladder. The tower at 1165 Chesnut Street in Newton next to
Route 128 houses Clear Channel WJMN FM, CBS Radio WBZ FM, WODS FM and Boston
University WBUR FM, plus 2 TV stations. An eyewitness Tommy Joyce says: I was
sick to my stomach. There were body parts everywhere. Kurt Jackson, an
experienced climber, says: One of two things happened; either equipment failure
or operator error.
COX RADIO PD ARRESTED The ancient proverb All's
fair in love and war might apply to the radio war going on in Tampa, FL between
Clear Channel WFLZ FM (93.3) and Cox's new upstart WPOI FM (Hot 101.5) Saint
Petersburg. Radio Ink reports that WPOI FM brings in Tim Clarke as PD to do the
hustle with WFLZ FM's listeners at any cost. For instance Tim attacks WFLZ FM's
morning man calling him too old to be playing modern day music hits. Now that's
a knock-out punch below the belt. Well, touché because this past weekend Pinellas
County Sheriff's deputies arrest Clarke and charge him with disorderly
conduct/intoxication. Cops release Tim on a $100 bail. Clear Channel posts
Clarke's mug shot on their Web site and takes the ball and runs with a new
promotion to poke fun at the Cox PD's $100 bail bond: Win Timmy's Bail Money.
Check out WFLZ FM's promo:
www.radioink.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.933flz.com/player/?mid=21500251. Radio
Ink asks: If this happened in your market, what would you do? Would you attack
like Clear Channel? Would you let it go?
TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does Southern Rock band
Lynyrd Skynyrd get their name? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Mark Driscoll [Mark Driscoll
Productions-Hollywood, CA] (www.markdriscoll.com) opens his birthday gifts on
Friday, October 21, 2011. •RON SMITH 69-year old 9AM-Noon Talk host on Hearst
WBAL-1090 Baltimore, MD since 1984 alerts his audience on Monday morning,
October 17, 2011 that he has stage four pancreatic cancer. •STEVE DAHL Chicago,
IL radio legend returns to WJJG-1530 in the Windy City hourly with A Daily Dose
of Dahl. •KBOQ FM Mapleton Communications (K-Bach 103.9) Seaside/Monterey, CA
flips Classical Music for Soft AC/Oldies B103.9 Songs You Remember. •CHUCK
COLLIER a voice on Adult Contemporary WGAR-1220 for 37 years and later on
Cleveland, OH’s dominant Country station WGAR FM (99.5) dies from a massive
heart attack.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 ELVIS PRESLEY's movie Jailhouse Rock opens on
October 21st. •1967 MUSIC CITY NEWS presents first annual awards on October
21st at Ernest Tubb's Record Shop. Merle Haggard is Favorite Male Artist.
Loretta Lynn is Favorite Female Artist. •1977 STEVIE GAINES guitarist who joins
Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1976 dies when their chartered Convair 240
aircraft crashes into a swamp near McComb, MS on October 21st. •1988 RANDY
TRAVIS' single Deeper Than The Holler releases on October 21st on Warner
Brothers records. •1995 MAXENE ANDREWS singer with the Andrews Sisters (69 Pop
hits 1940-51) dies of a heart attack at 79 on October 21st. •2004 TOBY KEITH's
Shock'n Y'all is his second Quadruple-Platinum album on October 21st.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) No, I don't recall a
Roy Lemons, but I know Roy Nichols in Dallas, he worked with Gary de Laune at
KLIF and KRLD in the 1960's, JFK and all that stuff. Gary told me recently that
Roy is going blind and he has other health issues. Not sure of his age,
probably upper 70's. I'm almost 72, and Gary is probably 75 or so. Did you ever
get any word on how Dick Mock was doing after the Joplin, MO. twister? If you
have any contact info for Dick Mock, I'd like to have it. Dick and I worked
together at KLIF (1190), I learned a lot from him. A wonderful writer. Take
care my friend, and don't take this radio business/stuff so seriously.
Remember, all that really matters is Jesus and your relationship with Him and
your doggy. That's all that's important. What all the other radio/TV people do,
will pass away some day. Don't worry about them, you just take care of
yourself. FH
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LEE ANN LEMONS [ROY LEMONS' daughter] (Sanger, TX)
Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1039) October 17, 2011 [Monday] Please
remove this e-mail address from your list. Roy has passed away. I'm
sorry...didn't know you knew him personally or I would have softened my initial
e-mail. I'm his daughter, Lee Ann. He died suddenly of cardiac arrest on Sept.
28. He and his wife, Dorothy, had moved to Kansas City in early September and
he was so ready to start enjoying "city life." We're all still
shocked and heartbroken.
CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX) No, Jim, I hadn't
heard that sad news. I knew Roy (Lemons). He was a very nice guy. Thank you for
letting me know. You and Lacy take care, Chet
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JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: hackers.
Jim, I was sorry to hear about your recent problems with computers and hacking.
Here is my story. About two weeks ago, someone hacked my email account and
cleaned it out. Gone are all the old jokes, cartoons, and JRRRs that I had
archived. They even cleaned out my contact list. I have had to open a new
account, but am not receiving much email since my old account was forwarded to
somewhere else. My new email is xxx. Could you please update your mailing list
so that I can start receiving JRRR again? I would greatly appreciate it. And
may the person(s) responsible for hacking my email die a slow, painful death in
jail somewhere. Keep up the good work.
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LYNN WOOLLEY (Waco-Killeen-Temple, TX) Subject:
Latest edition. Jim, I may not have indicated in the email I sent about Clear
Channel, but that text, attributed to me in JRRR, was a headline from TALKERS
Magazine that I was simply passing on to you. God forbid that I would EVER have
opinion on such a topic as industry consolidation. Lynn (www.BeLogical.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
gets their name from their Robert E. Lee High school gym teacher, Leonard
Skinner, who punishes founding members Gary Rossington and Bob Burns several
times for breaking the school's strict dress code which does not allow boys
with long hair to touch their collars or sideburns below their ears. The New
York Times refers to Leonard Skinner as arguably the most influential high
school gym teacher in American popular culture. Leonard Skinner dies at 77 on
September 20, 2010.
WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject:
Monday and Friday. Early Happy Birthday, Jim! We will still be here for you and
Lacy on Mondays and Fridays! Wendel Hulse (Grand Prairie, TX)
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882)
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 17, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1039
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
KEYBOARD PLAYER DIES IN CAR CRASH Joe [Taz] DiGregorio,
keyboard player with The Charlie Daniels Band for over 40 years, dies at 67 in
a single car crash on I-40 west of Nashville, TN on Wednesday, October 12,
2012. He is on his way to meet the Charlie Daniels Band tour bus for the band’s
next gig at the Cumming Country Fair. Taz is a co-writer of many of the Charlie
Daniels Bands songs that includes their biggest hit The Devil Went Down To
Georgia. Charlie Daniels says: I am in shock now, Taz was one of my best
friends. The CDB family has lost a great friend and musician. We traveled many
miles together and shared so many nights on the road. We’re going to miss you
buddy. You were one of a kind and will never be forgotten. Charlie Daniels
cancels their Cumming Country Fair show as well as their scheduled appearance
in Waterbury, CT on Saturday, January 19th. Ironically, on Saturday night,
January 19, 2008 Marty Stuart and Connie Smith induct Country legend Charlie
Daniels as newest member of the Grand Ole Opry on stage before a sold-out crowd
at the Ryman.
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RABBLE-ROUSERS RAVAGE TV REPORTERS On Tuesday
night, October 12, 2011 KTLA TV Los Angeles, CA reporter Eric Spillman tweets:
Somebody drew a circle 'A' anarchy symbol on a KTLA news van parked near the
Occupy LA campout at City Hall. Bob DeCastro of KTTV TV confirms that spray
paint riddles one of his station’s vans, as well as one from KNBC TV: Fox 11
& KNBC got one too! An anarchist trashes the KTLA TV van with a giant A.
Protests are one thing but these mob rule revolt fads by society's drop-outs
turn into helter-skelter live-in fetishes. This makes it mighty frightening for
reporters to cover the news. The cop squad moves in with riot gear to try to
calm the restless sea. Hey mister DJ! Play Oh What a Night by the Dells.
JRRR RETURNS TO TWICE A WEEK When JRRR begins in
May 2004, it is once each week. Due to the heavy amount of email it increases
to 2 per week then 3 each week. Three issues of JRRR each week requires over 50
hours of around the clock research to read and evaluate all of the news sources
plus to nail down each item that appears in JRRR. There is a lot of
misinformation on the Internet. It takes a lot of time to verify those items.
There is not much time left because on November 16, 2011 I will reach 68 years
on God's green earth. The ER physician says that I need more rest. So, JRRR
returns to 2 issues each week on Monday and Friday. Lacy and I thank you for
your email and we want you to continue to send us your radio stories, news
items plus to let us know what's going on in your world and your opinions. We
want to know. Muchas gracias and merci.
COMPUTER HACKING GONE WILD Recently, our email
address is hacked with a barrage of messages that promotes everything from
vitamins to Viagra. This hex occurs during the several days that our land line
is down which also means no Internet. What kind of 8-legged cretin attack is
this? Several scans remove that virus. The other day, a prankster hacks into
movie star Scarlett Johansson's email account to snoop into her private life. Blockbuster
says that she is one of the sexiest women in Hollywood. We remember Scarlett
vividly in Brian De Palma's 2002 femme fatale The Black Dahlia. On Wednesday,
October 12, 2011 FBI agents arrest computer hacker Christopher Chaney on
federal wiretapping and other charges. Christopher tells WTEV TV CBS CH47 in
Jacksonville, FL: I've always used computers - gaming, Facebook, things
everybody uses computers for. Honestly I don't even remember how or when it
started or with who it started. It just happened and snowballed. The FBI
reports that he snuck into the email accounts of 50 celebrities. A federal
judge bans Christopher from using the Internet.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Edward R. Murrow leave
CBS TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CHRIS FLANAGAN former Good Morning Texas morning
show anchor on WFAA TV ABC CH8 Dallas, TX relocates to WEWS TV ABC CH5 in
Cleveland, OH as possible 11 PM co-anchor. •WMC-790 Entercom Classic Country
Memphis, TN flips to Fox Sports Radio on Monday, October 17, 2011. •CARL
ANDERSON Cumulus SVP/Programming and Distribution Dallas, TX since 2008 bids
farewell on Friday, October 14, 2011. No word on his next move. •WOAI-1200
Clear Channel News/Talk San Antonio, TX needs experienced news reporter.
Contact Jim Forsyth at jimforsyth@clearchannel.com.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 SAM BOTTOMS actor as Lance in Apocalypse Now
(1979) born on October 17th. •1967 DOLLY PARTON replaces Norma Jean on The
Porter Wagoner Show on October 16th. •1975 MAURICE GIBB of The Bee Gees marries
Yvonne Spencely on October 17th. •1987 THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND's single
Fishin' In The Dark lands at #1 in Billboard Country on October 17th. •1994
BILLY JOEL performs the opening concert at Cleveland's Gund Arena on October
17th. •2006 TIM MCGRAW receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October
17th at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Virgin Records store.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Subject: Jim, a couple of
radio guys you know. Mr. Rose, (I sure appreciate you emailing me) Around 1970
I went to N.Y. and was interviewed by Wolfman Jack. I believe he was doing a
radio show at NBC. (maybe you can remember where he was doing his show). The
photo you see here is Wolfman and I in the 80s. He introduced me on stage at a
show in Nashville. Johnny Cash was also on the bill. The other photo is of Mike
Harvey of SuperGold and myself around 2008 at a place called The Villages in
Florida. Harvey was the DJ who broke "Love Can Make You Happy" by the
group Mercy who I was a member of. He tells the story in his own words. I have
released a new version of the Mercy million seller and it's currently in the
Top 10 in Cashbox. According to Bruce Elrod at Cashbox Magazine I'm one of only
5 artists in the history of Pop music to have their hit go up twice in the Top
10 in either Billboard or Cashbox. Thanks Jim, James Marvell (formerly of
Mercy) P.S. Many more stories if you'd like some and some about my shows with
Mercy etc.
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LYNN WOOLLEY (Waco-Killeen-Temple, TX) Subject:
Local Radio: We hardly knew ye. Clear Channel to Restructure Management in
Medium and Small Markets. 'Scuttlebutt in the industry that Clear Channel’s
regional managers meetings in Atlanta would reveal some sort of management
reorganization plan appears to be true and, though concrete details are still
few, it appears the company will be employing more regional market managers to
oversee its medium and small markets. Sources close to the story indicate that
each regional market manager will oversee anywhere between 10 and 15 markets in
order to give each manager less to focus on than the current system which has
fewer regional vice presidents responsible for many stations. The new setup
reportedly also includes a programmer to assist each regional market manager.
What this means for local talent and local programmers remains to be seen
however, it would not be unusual to see some sort of programming consolidation
where management feels it can contain costs without harming the on-air
product.' (www.BeLogical.com)
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LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Hi Jim, I
visited with Cumulus Radio KNFM, KBAT, KMND in Midland, Texas Thursday morning
where the Business Manager (female), Sales Director (male) told me that they
will not have local programming and are going w/ technology. Which means to me
you will hear the announcer sometimes not often enough between the songs talk
about stuff in the area. Though the person you hear doing the talking could be
coming from Waco, Austin, Lubbock, Arp {near Tyler, Longview), Art, Texas where
Barry Kaye lives {just east of Mason, Texas or about 90 miles northeast of
Austin} or anywhere on this planet or from anywhere in the vast Universe. Meaning
the local on air talent is not broadcasting live any more from the control
rooms in Midland or Odessa possibly. Thank you, Leslie
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1961 tensions erupt between
Edward R. Murrow and CBS TV. President John Kennedy appoints him as head of the
United States Information Agency. But he only has that position for three years
before he receives a diagnosis of lung cancer. In 1964 he wins the Presidential
Medal of Freedom. In 1965 Edward R. Murrow dies on his farm in New York.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Hello
Jim: Looking over my archives today...the 1966 edition of Who’s Who in Country
Music & noticed some interesting tid-bits: Recall a Jim Newton, DJ at KPCN,
Dallas? I had met Gabe Tucker several times, but did not know he had been a DJ
at KRCT Houston in 1961! Then there was a blurb about thievery at KBER, San
Antonio, where their station promo covered wagon was taken in March, 1965.
Always fun to look back over the archives now & then. from your friends,
BOB & BARB at the Southwest Outpost
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965) To build may have
to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless
act of a single day.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 14, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1038
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TV STATION TWEETS STORM BULLETINS When a storm zaps
the power from KTVT TV CBS CH11 in Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX for almost an hour during
its 5 pm broadcast, Larry Mowry whips out his Twitter to keep viewers informed.
Mowry Tweets about several severe thunderstorm warnings in the area plus when
KTVT TV's power comes back on the air. Larry Tweets: I’ll tweet my weather
forecast to you as we are off the air right now. Should be fun. Viewers Tweet
Mowry about when KTVT gets back on the air on their TV sets.
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HD TV ARRIVES IN BRAZOS VALLEY KBTX TV Gray
Television CBS CH3 Bryan-College Station, TX begins to air its newscasts in HD.
KBTX TV produces six newscasts Monday through Friday plus three on the
weekends. All of them are now broadcast in HD. This makes KBTX TV the first HD
newscast broadcaster in the Brazos Valley. Mike Wright, KBTX TV VP/GM, brags:
The Brazos Valley is one of the fastest growing regions in Texas and deserves
the latest in HD technology. KBTX has been partners with this area since 1957
and will always work to improve the product we air. Toward the end of 2011,
KBTX will have an all new HD-optimized set.
TV VET RETURNS TO LINCOLN Erika Summers returns to
KLKN TV ABC CH8 Lincoln, NB as morning
and midday anchor. In 2008, Erica exits KLKN TV for KMTV TV CBS CH3 in Omaha.
The Nebraska native tells TVSpy in an email: My last day at KMTV is Friday. I
sure will miss my co-workers here! But I am excited to head back to KLKN. In
April 2011, she suffers a broken wrist in a car crash on her way to cover a
story for KMTV TV. Erica returns to KLKN TV on October 19th. She replaces
Brittany Jeffers, who joins KOKI TV Tulsa, OK.
MOONVES RECEIVES MILESTONE AWARD The Producers
Guild of America hands Leslie Moonves, CBS Corporation honcho, its Milestone
Award at the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 21, 2012 at
the Beverly Hilton. Previous winners are Clint Eastwood, Jeffrey Katzenberg,
Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and James Cameron. Paula Wagner and Michael Manheim,
Producers Guild Awards co-chairs, report: Les Moonves is a true visionary, with
the rare combination of exemplary managerial skills, singular creative
instincts and forward thinking leadership of CBS and our industry. Les Moonves
leads the network's turnaround after he becomes CBS Entertainment President in
1995.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What other Rock star dies at
another time in the same apartment where Mama Cass Elliot singer with Pop group
The Mamas & Poppas passes away? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WLVW FM EMF Broadcasting Christian AC (K-Love
96.5) Moundsville/Wheeling, WV sells to Keymarket Communications for $550,000
who flips its format to Biggie Country 96.5 with new tower that pushes its
signal closer to Wheeling. •DAVE FRANKEL former WPVI TV ABC CH6 and KYW TV CBS
CH3 Philadelphia, PA weathercaster who evolves into law practice launches a new
website www.mykidslawyer.com. •KTRH-740 News/Talk Houston, TX Morning News
needs morning editor with two years TV reporter/editor writing experience. Rush
your stuff to News Director Roger Hudson RogerHudson@ClearChannel.com.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 WTEN TV ABC CH 10 in Albany, NY begins
broadcasting on October 14th. •1967 TAMMY WYNETTE's I Don't Wanna Play House is
her 1st #1 Billboard Country single on October 14th. •1977 BING CROSBY
singer/actor (1944 Academy award for Going My Way) dies of a heart attack at 74
on October 14th just after a round of golf in Madrid, Spain. •1989 CLINT
BLACK's single Killin' Time zooms to #1 in Billboard Country on October 14th.
•1997 HAROLD ROBBINS novelist (The Carpetbaggers-1964) dies at 81 on October
14th. •2003 JOSH TURNER's debut album Long Black Train releases on MCA records
on October 14th.
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ROY LEMONS (Grove, OK) Subject: Good to read your
column. I am 73 and sorta retired, we still own 4 small newspapers in Denton
County and I do the company's website and some internet sales. We live on Grand
Lake of the Cherokees in NE Oklahoma but have sold our house for a tidy profit
and will be moving to Kansas City that has a tad more nightlife. I have been
volunteering at nearby Joplin. When its 100 degrees it's really hard to do
much. Joplin is coming back very, very slowly (from the tornado). The high
school was destroyed and 900 kids are going to school in portion of a mall.
Love your column and remember the great days of radio...glad to have been a
part of it. Roy Lemons, KIKK SM, KBUY GM, KTYL/KJET GM, WBOK GM, KTYL Owner
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JAY WEST (Houston, TX) Subject: Charlie Trub. Hello
Jim, Sad to report that South Texas radio mogul Charlie Trub has passed away at
age 86. Charlie retired out of radio many years ago and was living in Port
Isabel-Padre Island area. Charlie became owner and GM of KRIO, McAllen while I
was program director there in late '60's and '70's. I, however left that post
in Nov., 1971 to jock at KILT in Houston for 5 years. The funeral is being held
in San Antonio at noon, Tuesday October 27th. Just the mention to let folks know
Good time Charlie is gone for those who may have known him or passed through
while he was there. He owned KRIO-AM (McAllen), KRIX-FM (Brownsville), XRIO
(TV) McAllen as well as other properties around the state of Texas. Thank you
Jim for passing this on. Jay West
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JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Several years back,
someone put together a show at The Bass Hall in downtown Fort Worth. The idea
was to feature three of Fort Worth's great talents. It was a nostalgic concert
of sorts with Delbert McClinton opening, Bruce Channel coming out on cue when
Delbert began playing the opening of "Hey Baby" on the harmonica and
then Ray Sharpe followed with the guitar opening of "Linda Lou".
After the opening, they each sang their "roots" songs with McClinton
doing The Ron-Dels "If You Really Want Me To Go I Will". Channel did
"Mr. Bus Driver" or "Number One Man", I don't remember
which, and Sharpe sang "There's Icicles On My Bicycle". It was a nice
evening or reminiscing. Each of the three talked a little about their past and
it was during that time that Channel, who lives in Nashville, mention several
songs he had written, one being "Party Time". Ray Sharpe mentioned
that when he cut "Linda Lou", they went to Arizona to cut that song
because that's where Dwayne Eddy lived at the time and it was him and his
guitar that did the opening and lead on "Linda Lou". A very nice evening!!
Jay Weaver
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1974, after two weeks of sold-out
solo concerts at the London Palladium, Mama Cass Elliot singer with Pop group
The Mamas & Poppas dies in her sleep at 32 from a heart attack in London
flat, #12 at 9 Curzon Place, Shepherd Market, Mayfair which is on loan from Pop
singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson. Four years later, Keith Moon, drummer for Rock
band The Who dies in the very same flat. An often repeated myth is that Elliot
dies as she chokes on a ham sandwich. The rumor begins after police tell
reporters that a partially eaten sandwich they find in her room might cause her
to choke to death. But a post-mortem examination finds that Mama Cass Elliot
dies of a heart attack. They find no food in her windpipe.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) JIM: One
of the original founders & bassist for the recording group, The Tymes,
Donald Banks, passed away on Oct. 7. Their lead/singer, George Williams died 7
years ago. Their #1 hit in 1963 was: "So Much In Love," followed by
"Wonderful, Wonderful," peaking at #7 later that year. The Tymes are
inductees into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2005. Bob & Sonny Lee.
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1034) October 05,
2011 [Wednesday] I was also glad to hear my old friend Joe Ford is still
kicking and knocking out those spots in his studio near Houston. It's good to
know another one from the 'old days' is still doing great work. Joe has always
been one of my favorite 'commercial' announcers. Jim Gough
DR. DON ROSE [KFRC-610 San Francisco, CA November
1973] I'd like to do more for ya, but I gotta get outta here before my
deodorant quits.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 12, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1037
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COUNTRY SINGER-SONGWRITER TAKES LAST BOW A singer
and songwriter who pens more than 400 tunes during his 60-plus-year career, Country
Johnny Mathis, dies at 80 in his Cornersville, TN home on Tuesday, September
27, 2011 just one day before his 81st birthday. Country music's Johnny Mathis
shares the same name as legendary Pop crooner Johnny Mathis. In 1949, he signs
with StarTalent records. For much of the 1950s, he is a regular performer on
the Louisiana Hayride. He also appears on the Big D Jamboree, The Grand Ole
Opry, The Wilburn Brothers Show and TNN's Nashville Now. In 1953, as the duo
Jimmy and Johnny, he hits the Top 10 on Chess Records with If You Don't
Somebody Else Will. In 1963, his biggest solo single, Please Talk to My Heart,
on United Artists Records lands at #14. During the 1950s, 60s and 70s he
records on Chess, Columbia and Mercury records. Many top artists record Johnny's
songs: George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Charley Pride, Johnny Paycheck, Johnny
Horton, Jimmy Dean, George Hamilton IV, Freddy Fender, Webb Pierce, The Whites,
along with Rock singer Elvis Costello. He spends much of the 1970s, 80s and 90s
writing and singing Gospel music. A massive stroke in 1999 disables him.
Country Johnny Mathis's survivors include his wife of 43 years, Jeannie Mathis,
and four children.
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TV CHAIN UNLOADS 9 STATIONS About four months after
McGraw-Hill places its TV stations up for sale, it closes the deal on its
9-station group for $212 million in cash to E. W. Scripps. The McGraw-Hill
package includes ABC affiliates in Denver, CO (KMGH TV); San Diego, CA (KGTV
TV); Bakersfield, CA (KERO TV); Indianapolis, IN (WRTV TV) plus
Spanish-language network Azteca America TV affiliates in Denver, Fort Collins,
Colorado Springs, San Diego and Bakersfield. Scripps properties include six
ABC-affiliated stations: WXYZ TV (Detroit, MI); WEWS TV (Cleveland, OH); WCPO
TV (Cincinnati, OH); KNXV TV (Phoenix, AZ); WFTS TV (Tampa, FL) and WMAR TV
(Baltimore, MD). Scripps also has three NBC affiliates: Kansas City, MO (KSHB
TV); West Palm Beach, FL (WPTV TV) and Tulsa, OK (KJRH TV); plus independent
KMCI TV in Lawrence, KS. This brings Scripps ownership to 10 ABC affiliates for
a total of 19 TV stations. Scripps' whose base is Cincinnati, OH reports $97
million in revenue in 2010. It has 460 people on its staff.
SMARTPHONE CHOICE REVEALS WHO WE ARE RBR-TVBR
reports that a BIGresearch Prosper Mobile Insights study reveals its user's
personal characteristics. RBR-TVBR observes: If you use an Android/Droid type
mobile device, chances are you are younger, perhaps a student, and apt to play
games on them. If you use a Blackberry, you are older, maybe you're a business
owner or professional with a nice income. If you use an iPhone, you may be
somewhere in between.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS TV debut its first
news documentary series? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KEITH MONAHAN weathercaster exits KIAH TV CW CH39
Houston, TX after 11 years to replace Brett Cummins KARK TV NBC CH4 Little
Rock, AR. •RALPH BARBIERI longtime KNBR-680 Sports talk personality in the San
Francisco Bay Area reveals that he has Parkinson's disease. He receives the
diagnosis in 2005 but keeps mum so as to not damage his career. Barbieri says
that he has few symptoms of the disease. •LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS inducts Rascal
Flatts into the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday night, October 8, 2011 during the
Opry’s 86th birthday anniversary.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 KBTV TV (now KUSA) ABC CH9 in Denver, CO
begins broadcasting on October 12th. •1969 RHETT AKINS Country
singer/songwriter (Don't Get Me Started #1-1996) born on October 13th in
Valdosta, GA. •1971 GENE VINCENT 1950s Rock'n'Roll icon dies of bleeding ulcers
at 36 on October 12th. •1985 MARIE OSMOND & DAN SEALS' single Meet Me in
Montana lands at #1 in Billboard Country on October 12th. •1991 STATLER
BROTHERS SHOW premieres on TNN on October 12th. •2006 SARA EVANS files for
divorce on October 12th in Franklin, TN and withdraws from ABC-TV's Dancing
with the Stars.
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CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Subject: Your
mishap... Hi Jim, Boy, I'm so sorry to hear about your fall and subsequent trip
to the hospital to get stapled. As bad as it was, I guess it could have turned
out even worse for you, so a smidgeon of luck probably came into play, thank
God! Take care, be careful, and you and Lacy have a good weekend! Connell
CHARLIE OCHS (Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL) Subject:
Staples! Be careful of the staples in your head...I understand they might act
as an antenna and bring in unwanted distant signals. Charlie Ochs; Ochs Media
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1036) October 10,
2011 [Monday] Glad to hear about my dear friend Patsy Montana. She was a guest
on my radio show at KRLD in 1995. I met Patsy at the National Cowboy Symposium
in Lubbock in 1991 where both she and I performed on the same stage. My
Grandfather, Judge L. Gough was honored as Texas' first cowboy poet that year.
Patsy sang her signature song and we reunited several times at
"cowboy" events around the Southwest. The last time I saw her she was
back in Lubbock for that annual show and dragging her guitar case up to stage.
I offered to help, but she refused. Patsy was a trooper and if you haven't
heard it, you should find her recording of "Willie, cowboys don't look
like that"! She and I were on a panel on western songs once and someone
asked if she still wrote tunes. Patsy said, "it's not easy anymore to
write about cow-persons and native Americans"! The great Patsy
Montana...one of a kind! Jim Gough
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Jim and Lacy, I found TV
to be the absolutely hardest thing I ever did. I never got used to talking to a
lens. But I appreciate that you thought my performance was reasonably good.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_HmOvFhoGU) Bill
MICHAEL JAMES LUCAS (Austin, TX) Subject: Bad email
on Thursday and Friday. Thanks Jim...it happens more often than you might
think. I get something like this every few months or so from someone else, and
once you open it, you can tell it’s bogus. No worries over here. BTW...do you
do Facebook? Michael James Lucas (www.LucasArtistManagement.com) /
(www.LucasVoiceOver.com) / (www.LucasOnHold.com)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Do send me info on Country Johnnie (Mathis), unless all in
newsletter. I remember him as solo & duo too. Sylvia Robinson also
produced,"Love On A Two-Way Street," a #3 hit by The Moments, April,
1970. Her son, Joey is in the music biz too. Thx for your reply, BOB.
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Not sure
about the TRHOF dinner yet, but if I go, I would love to sit with you and chat.
Blaine Lindsay, who once worked at KISS in Dallas and does voiceover work now
needs a ride, and I may take him.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On November 18, 1951 CBS-TV debuts
its first news documentary series, See It Now, with legendary host Edward R.
Murrow. The program that runs through July 7, 1958 is the first live
coast-to-coast commercial television broadcast. See It Now, produced by Fred
Friendly and directed by Don Hewitt, pretty much invents the TV news
documentary. It shows viewers both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
simultaneously with its newly laid coaxial cable. See It Now wins three Emmy
Awards (Best Public Affairs Program-1952; Best Program of News or Sports-1953;
Best Public Service Series-1953).
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Wow! I hope you recover
from your fall, I have taken a few falls in my time. I need your address for my
files. I don't save information on my computer, due to attacks. I think it is
time to renew my subscription to the newsletter.
CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) I never could have done
what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence,
without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 10, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1036
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
GOOD OLE BOY IS NO MORE We Blues Brothers fans
remember all too well the lead singer and driver of the Winnebago for The Good
Old Boys band who chases John Belushi and Dan Ankyroid up and down the highway.
Veteran Hollywood actor Charles Napier is Good Old Boy Tucker McElroy in The
Blues Brothers movie. Charles L. Napier (April 12, 1936 - October 5, 2011) is
an actor who is known for his portrayals of square-jawed tough guys and
military types. According to a family friend, Charles who is a resident of Bakersfield,
CA since the 1980s dies at 75 on Wednesday afternoon, October 5, 2011 at
Bakersfield's Memorial Hospital. Over the years, we see Napier in many movie
roles. He is Lt. Boyle in Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Murdock, the
intelligence officer who commands Rambo in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985).
Charles also appears in The Dukes of Hazzard (1981) and Oscar-winning films
like Philadelphia (1993). Napier provides some of The Hulk's growls in 1970s TV
series The Incredible Hulk. From 1997 through 2001, he is the voice of Zed on
Men in Black: The Series. On and on for eons, we see Charles Napier on both TV
and in the movies. His last film is The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009).
Charles Napier leaves behind two wives including Delores Wilson and three
children: Chuck Whitnel, Charles Hunter Napier (named after famed writer Hunter
S. Thompson, an acquaintance of Charles') and Meghan Saralena Chariece Susanna
Napier. (www.charlesnapier.com/gallery/framgall.htm)
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NEW APPLE IS AT THE BOTTOM In Shakespeare's Romeo
& Juliet, she tells her lover Romeo that she loves the person, not the
name. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Apple's new IPhone 4S Siri
is now the butt of jokes in Japan because in Japanese, Siri is a slang word for
a person's rear end. Apparently, Apple hits a bum note in Japan with the name
of its voice-activated personal assistant for the new iPhone 4S. Wall Street
Journal reports that one Tweet said that when you typed in the 'Siri' in that
country on Google, the search engine asks if you meant the slang word instead.
Some say that Siri sounds like the name of a feminine hygiene product. As fast
as a speeding bullet on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Apple's new IPhone 4S Siri
lights up Twitter's tweets in Japan with chatter and laughter. Soothsayers
divine by the noise of crows and ravens. But who are the samurai to snicker
about Siri? After all, it is they who give us the Wii. All things must pass.
Dallas Business Journal says: With any luck, Apple will also be able to put
Siri, too, in its rear-view mirror without any major damage in Japan.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What female artist has the first
million-selling Country single record? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•AL DAVIS Oakland Raiders rebellious NFL 1992 Pro Football
Hall of Fame owner dies at 82 on Saturday, October 8, 2011. •KENA-1450 Mena, AR
latest owner Elvis L. Moody and Norman McChristian M and M Media hands $70K
cash to Jay Bunyard’s Ouachita Broadcasting for the operation. Its new CP
widens its 1 kW signal and moves the city of license to Fort Smith, AR.
KENA-1450's motto is Gospel Good News 1450. •PETER EDGE new RCA CEO shuts down
Sony's three biggest labels: Arista, Jive and J Records. He moves their artists
over to the RCA Records label. In 1974 ex CBS records head Clive Davis forms
Arista records, discovers top new artists. In 1977 Clive Calder founds Jive. In
2002 he sells Jive to BMG for $2.74 billion.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 HO CHI MINH enters Hanoi, Vietnam on October
10th after French troops pull out. •1960 GREGG HUBBARD keyboard player and
singer Mark Miller form Sawyer Brown born on October 4th in Orlando, FL. •1976
CONNEE BOSWELL one of the most popular female vocalists of her time with over
30 charted recordings from 1932 through 1954 dies at 68 on October 10th. •1981
T.G. SHEPPARD's Party Time scores #1 in Billboard Country on October 10th.
•1994 NEW YORK GIANTS retire Lawrence Taylor's #56 on October 10th. •2001
LONESTAR's video With Me debuts on October 10th on CMT's Most Wanted Live.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: Johnny and Jack. Thanks for an interesting article on the death of
Johnny Wright and the J and J bio. I had forgotten that once Chet had joined
them. J and J made country music history especially their country versions of
old R&R songs that mainstream country (at the time) said it'll never work.
My all time favorite is their Ashes Of Love. Sadly, we are losing the
traditional greats but leaving behind a legacy that remains. Now CMA might
decide that their legacy belongs in the Hall Of Fame. So many have to pass
along before they are really recognized. Red Jones Georgia Radio Hall Of Fame
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: Rose
Wright (Beth Rose) has died. Rose Wright, 20-year DFW radio vet, died Sept 25,
2011, at age 56. She was the former morning co-host with "Humble"
Billy Hayes at KEGL ("The Rude Awakening," in the station's earliest
days) and again with Hayes later at KTKS (106.1, the original Kiss-FM.) She also worked as "Beth Rose" at
KNUS in the 1970s, and again as "Rose Wright" later at KCDU
(CD-107.5) and at the 2nd incarnation of Oasis (KOAI-107.5.) She was still
living in the Dallas area, working in private industry. Her real name is
Elizabeth Ann Sheppard, and was married for a time to Billy Hayes. Services
pending; here's the obit link:
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Elizabeth-Sheppard&lc=2251&pid=153844486&mid=4827701
007 JAMES BOND The James Bond movie enterprise
intrigues us fans for decades. There are several actors who portray Bond on the
big screen but to me Sean Connery and Roger Moore are the only true James
Bonds. All the rest are imitations. Hands down, my all time favorite James Bond
flick is Goldfinger. Shirley Bassey's rendering of the theme song sends shivers
up and down my spine. What a magnificent voice she has! Please tell us. What is
your favorite James Bond film? What is going on in your life at the time that
you go to the movie theater to see 007? Quick! Let us know before it slips your
mind. Rosekkkj@earthlink.net
JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1031) September 28, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim, I wonder how many
people know that Sly Stone's a Texan from Denton, and if memory serves, worked
for a while at KDNT before heading out to San Francisco. He was in radio out
there as well, and was a record producer who worked with the Beau Brummels,
among others. It's too bad that he apparently thought the fame, and money,
would last forever. Yours Truly, John Hale; Mobile Magic Music (33.Music)
"We're at the best parties!"
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Roger Williams. the virtuoso pianist who topped the charts in the
50's has died @ 87, Sat, Oct. 8, from complications of pancreatic cancer.
Williams, diagnosed in March, performed his last concert a few days later at
Palm Desert, CA. His hit "Autumn Leaves" in 1955, was the first instrumental tune to reach #1 on Billboard
pop charts, & he performed before nine Presidents at the White House. He
also scored two more Gold chart single records & released 115 albums, of
which 18 went gold & platinum. He had radio shows as a teen on stations
KRNT & later WHO, Des Moines. He also won Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
show, as well as "Chance of a Lifetime," with Dennis James. His star
on Hollywood Walk of Fame was first to honor a pianist. Barb & I met Roger
Williams as he performed in Scottsdale, AZ., on his birthday, Oct. 1, 1996. BOB
& Sonny Lee.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On October 30, 1908 Ruby Rebecca
Blevins is born in Beaudry, AR. In 1930, she moves to California. In 1931, she
wins a talent contest and begins to appear on KTMR in Los Angeles as Rubye
Blevins, the Yodeling Cowgirl from San Antone. She adds the additional e for
sophistication. In 1932, she appears on KMIC in Inglewood, CA with Country
music star Stuart Hamblen. Yodeler Monty Montana's appearance inspires her to
use Montana as her last name. Hamblen suggests Patsy as her first name. Patsy
Montana becomes a feisty cowgirl entertainer who yodels. In summer 1932,
KWKH-1130 in Shreveport, LA books her for one week. Her self-penned 1935 single
I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart is the first recording by a female Country
artist with sales of a million copies. On May 3, 1996 at 87 Patsy Montana
perishes at her home in San Jacinto, CA. In fall 1996, she inducts into the
Country Music Hall of Fame.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Was
that Steel, hardened Plastic, or Dissolving Staples. Jim, I get this picture of
you looking like Frankenstein? I hope these were dissolving staples? How are
you today? Leslie Wayne Hodges
OLD ENGLISH PROVERB: A stitch in time saves nine.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 07, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1035
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
R.I.P. STEVE JOBS (1955-2011) Computer innovator
Steve Jobs who co-founds and is CEO of Apple Incorporated dies at 56 on
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 from a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. In
2004, Jobs announces to his employees that doctors diagnose him with a tumor in
his pancreas. The Apple computer head steps down in August 2011 as CEO due to
his failing health. Steve's replacement is Tim Cook. Ironically, Jobs passes
away just one day after Apple unveils its new iPhone 4S. This is the first new
product presentation in years where Steve is not on stage in his signature
jeans and black turtleneck. Apple issues a statement: Steve’s brilliance,
passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and
improve all of our lives. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his
family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his
extraordinary gifts. (www.apple.com/)
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ROCKY TOP GOES TO THE HEAD OF THE CLASS In 1967,
famed songwriter husband and wife team Boudleaux and Felice Bryant pen the
popular up tempo hit song Rocky Top. Many artists perform the tune but two have
the biggest selling versions. On February 2, 1968 Bluegrass icons The Osborne
Brothers land on Billboard with Rocky Top which peaks at #33. On June 6, 1970
Country-Pop singer Lynn Anderson scores #17 with the melody. But for decades at
the University of Tennessee, Rocky Top is #1. So much so that it becomes the
Volunteer's unofficial fight anthem. The U of T Pride of the Southland Marching
Band begins playing Rocky Top in 1972. The Bryant's sons Dane and Del form a
partnership with the school. The Tennessean reports that the Bryants also
donate money for the creation of the Rocky Top Institute, which will allow
students to build the Rocky Top brand and develop new products. The Rocky Top
Institute location is in UT's Department of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism
Management. Professor Emeritus Nancy Rutherford is the director. Good ole Rocky
Top! Rocky Top, Tennessee!
MR. ED HITS THE BIG SCREEN The popular 1960s TV
series Mr. Ed who is a talking horse along with its owner Wilbur Post might
possibly soon hit the big screen. The original TV series on CBS runs from
October 1, 1961 to February 6, 1966. Alan Young plays Wilbur Post while Allan
Lane voices Mr. Ed the horse. Mr. Ed only talks to Wilber when no one else is
around which creates many comical episodes. Recently, Elizabeth Gabler's Fox
2000 acquires the film rights to the 1960s TV series Mr. Ed. This is not the
first equestrian film for Gabler, who is an avid horse devotee. Her Fox 2000
also produces the 2006 film Flicka. Friendly Films head David Friendly (Little
Miss Sunshine-2006) and Jim Mahoney are to be the producers of the live-action
family film, along with a real horse that has a CG-animated mouth. Mahoney is
very familiar with the project since he is Executive Producer of the 2004 TV
movie Mr. Ed with David Alan Basche as Wilbur and Sherman Hemsley is the voice
of Mr. Ed. The search is on for a writer and director of the new movie Mr. Ed.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the TV broadcast date of
the first NFL Super Bowl game? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KXAS TV NBC O&O CH5 Ft. Worth-Dallas, TX bids
adieu to weekend anchor Ashanti Blaize and reporter Susy Solis. •CHARLIE THOMAS
is new Market Manager of Mary Quass' NRG Media's four-station Central Wisconsin
radio cluster: WYTE FM, WBCV FM, WGLX FM and WLJY FM. •VANESSA MURDOCK
meteorologist exits WTKR TV CBS CH3 in Norfolk, VA to join CBS O&O WCBS TV
CH2 in NYC on Monday, October 10, 2011 as weekend morning meteorologist and
weekday reporter. She also is an adjunct instructor of meteorology at Virginia
Wesleyan College.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 MARIO LANZA opera tenor singer dies on
October 7th at 38 of a heart attack in Rome, Italy. •1966 TIM RUSHLOW lead
singer of Little Texas born on October 6th in Arlington, TX. •1977 STEVE
HACKETT guitarist quits Rock group Genesis on October 7th. •1984 HAL DAVID (It
Was Almost Like A Song #1-1977) and Billy Sherrill (Stand By Your Man #1 for 3
weeks-1968) induct into The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame on October 7th.
•1991 LEO DUROCHER baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants) dies at 86 on
October 7th. •2000 CHRIS LEDOUX has a liver transplant on October 7th in Omaha,
NE.
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CHARLIE OCHS (Tampa-St. Petersburg-Lutz, FL)
Subject: Staples! I understand the tail bone pain. I rode a buffalo across a
rodeo ring once in a promotional race with other DJs in Phoenix in about
1975...In case you've never noticed, the back of a buffalo is like the peak of
a house. I did my morning show sitting on a blow up donut for about 3 months!
Charlie Ochs; Ochs Media
BUTCH RYAN [Tampa, FL] Subject: Butch Ryan. Mr.
Rose, Just wanted to say thank you for all you do in helping indie artists like
myself in promoting our unheard music. It is very appreciated. Thanks, and take
care, Butch Ryan (www.butchryan.net)
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) A.C. Nielsen
Jr., Who Transformed Research Firm, Dies at 92 - NYTimes.com.
(www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/business/media/ac-nielsen-jr-who-transformed-research-firm-dies-at-92.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries)
JIM GOUGH (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) [Mr.
Texas-actor-voice actor] Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1034) October 05,
2011 [Wednesday] I too was saddened to hear of Jerry Hayne's passing. Back in
the early stages of my advertising career I was an art director with Aylin
Advertising in Dallas. We had the Cabel's Dairies account and sponsored Jerry's
first TV show. He and I became friends over the years as we both began getting
character parts in movies around Texas. I would always run into him at
auditions and we'd visit and catch up on our careers. He'll be missed by many.
Jim Gough/ Austin
BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: Rascal McCaskill.
Jim, About 8 years ago, I did this TV piece about Rascal for News24-Houston.
(I've been loading on YouTube the most interesting ones of those that I did).
It might be fun for your readers to have the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_HmOvFhoGU. Rascal was released from the
nursing home a couple of months back, and is at home doing quite well
considering his illnesses. The only annoying thing for him is that he has to
eat his food processed in a blender in order for him to be able to digest it.
Even then, the only time he complains is when he's given mushed up pizza.
Regards, Bill Cherry
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DEAN DANIELS (Dallas-Lewisville, TX) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. I doubt that they can steal your password but
there are hacker programs that can put a worm on your computer and get your
address book (which is probably what happened). Then they send out messages to
your address book contact using your Jim Rose name but not your actual email
address (they use an email address of their own with your name in front,
example: jimrose123@aol.com or something similar). The spam I got was like
that, the idea being that you'll click on the email seeing your name but not
noticing the bogus other address (@whatever.com) in the email. I recently got
some emails from the host of our Sing Out America gospel music series using his
name and a new address. Clicked on that without looking beyond the name and
discovered my old friend also had deals on the "blue pill!" LOL!
Hospital ER? YIKES! I sure hope you're doing ok now! I'm sure Lacy needs her
sherbet too! Be well! Dean Daniels; Video Specialist, NOC, CSC; Freeman Audio
Visual Solutions (www.cmtcountry.com) / (http://cmtcountry.com/)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On January 15, 1967 CBS TV
broadcasts Super Bowl I between Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers and the
Kansas City Chiefs from Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA. Ray Scott, Jack
Whitaker, Frank Gifford and Pat Summerall are in the booth for CBS. 39.9
million viewers watch Quarterback Bart Starr receive MVP prize.
JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1034) October 05, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim, I hope you're
recuperating well from your fall. I've discovered that at 65, I'm not nearly as
light on my feet as I used to be, and my recovery time has doubled. Be
careful...we all want you around for a long time! Yours Truly, John Hale;
Mobile Magic Music 512.336.8742 (33.Music) "We're at the best
parties!"
MARK TWAIN [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (November
30,1835 - April 21,1910) Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't
mind, it doesn't matter.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 05, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1034
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
POPULAR TV PITCHMAN DIES Arizona TV pitchman Don
Lapre's face and voice are very familiar to us TV viewers on his infomercial
dissertations. U.S. Marshals arrest Lapre on June 23, 2011 in Tempe, AZ after
he does not appear for his arraignment. They place him in federal jail without
bond, as he awaits trial on charges of defrauding at least 220,000 people out
of nearly $52 million. Prosecutors accuse Don of selling worthless vitamins
that could not live up to advertising claims. A grand jury indicts the
47-year-old on 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and promotional
money laundering in connection to his company 'The Greatest Vitamin in the World'.
Spokesman Matt Hershey says: Donald Lapre was found dead in his cell at a
Florence facility Sunday morning.
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NO MORE HANK WILLIAMS For us NFL fans, Monday Night
Football on TV is a regular ritual. Former Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Dandy Don
Meredith, ex NY Giants running back Frank Gifford and sports journalist Howard
Cosell become our heroes as they describe each play. Decades later, we expect
to hear Hank Williams, Jr. yell out the familiar phrase: Are You Ready for Some
Football? As another exciting year of NFL opens, we discover that ESPN suddenly
yanks Hank and his signature song away from Monday Night Football's game
between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts. It seems that ESPN
gets all het up because of Hank, Jr.'s comments on Monday morning's interview
on Fox News' Fox & Friends when he speaks of BHO's recent golf game with
House Speaker John Boehner. ESPN issues a quick statement: While Hank Williams
Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our
company through the open to 'Monday Night Football'. We are extremely
disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the
open from tonight's telecast. Hank Williams, Jr. kicks off Monday Night
Football since 1989. It's as big a part of the game as the teams and players
themselves. Hank, Jr.'s 1984 hit All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight
remixed version All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night scores Hank
Williams, Jr. four Emmy Awards as the opening theme to Monday Night Football.
A.T. & T. FIXES BROKEN LINK On Wednesday
morning, September 28, 2001 around 2:30 am, our telephone line goes dead which
also means that our link to the Internet that publishes JRRR is out. After a
little over 45 minutes, our telephone line reconnects to the Internet. For the
next several days, most of the time our telephone line is DOA. On Friday, an
A.T. & T. technician will arrive to fix our cable. But as I vacuum the
floor, the cord wraps around my foot. Give it a swift kick, fall backwards and
smash the back top of my head on Lacy's large steel cage. Hospital ER shoots 6
staples to seal the wound. On Monday, A.T. & T. reroutes another lineman
for the county. He says that our underground line is bad. He plugs us into a
new outside line. So, we're back in service after 6 days.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What are the call letters of NYC's
second all news radio station? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•SUSAN BARNETT KYW TV CBS CH3 Philadelphia, PA and
husband Dr. Greg Persichetti welcome baby #3 Cruise Theresa Persichetti at
6:03pm. Friday, September 21, 2011. •DON WILLIAMS receives the ASCAP Golden
Note Award at its 49th annual Country Music Awards on Sunday, November 6, 2011.
Don amasses 45 Top 10 hit records and 17 #1 songs. •KTEK-1110 Businessradio
Houston Licensee LLC Houston-Alvin, TX court-ordered sale. Bids due by October
10, 2011. (http://KCMReceivership.com) For more information contact: Thomas L.
Taylor III, Receiver taylor@tltaylorlaw.com 713-626-5300.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 KRTV TV CBS CH3 in Great Falls, MT begins
broadcasting on October 5th. •1966 LORETTA LYNN records Don't Come Home A
Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) on October 5th at Bradley's Barn in Mt.
Juliet, TN. •1970 PAPA JOHN CREACH joins San Francisco Psychedelic Rock group
Jefferson Airplane on October 5th. •1986 THE EVERLY BROTHERS gain a star on the
Hollywood Walk Of Fame on October 2nd. •1992 EDDIE KENDRICKS falsetto singer
co-founder of The Temptations dies of lung cancer on October 5th at 52. •2005
SARA EVANS' album Real Fine Place releases on RCA records on October 4th.
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JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Subject: Bad email
on Thursday and Friday. Thanks, Jim. I knew what had happened. Very thoughtful
of you to let everyone know. So busy with my health issues and taking care of
my mother that I'm lucky to get to read your newsletter at all, but I try
unless Yahoo/ATT won't let me do anything. My daughter is talking to her I.T.
guy at the cancer treatment place where she works on Monday. She says they've
eliminated anything that has to do with Yahoo from their systems. I know little
about how all the computer things work, but she did tell me that by using
MSN.com or comcast.net, I wouldn't have to put up with all the ads, my info
being given to other people, etc. I thought I had to use ATT or Yahoo as my
homepage since I have SBC as my phone company and internet. Seems all I have to
do is use Internet Explorer, check out what I want to use and then do it. IF I
ever get a chance, I will. They sure don't tell you that. J.
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SAM MORROW (Houston, TX) Subject: Weaver Morrow.
Mr. Rose, Please let your readers know that Houston Radio Icon Weaver Morrow
(my father) passed away today (Wednesday, September 28, 2011) at 63. He had
been battling cancer. If anyone would like to get more info please post my
e-mail samtmorrow@yahoo.com. Sam Morrow Houston
MIKE HARTMAN (Ft. Worth-Joshua, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1032) September 30, 2011 [Friday] Jim...I'm sorry to
read about your fall. I hope you're recouping well. You'll be in my prayers.
Thank you, so much, for JRRR...and all the efforts you put into it. Also,
thanks for mentioning Jerry Haynes...a sad loss. I was nine when he began
"Mr. Peppermint", here in the D/FW area. Saturday (10-1-11) I had the
honor, and joy, of entertaining the 55th Reunion of Geen B. Trimble Tech High
School's Class of 1956. It was actually a double honor. I graduated from that
same school in 1970. A couple of the alumni did an updated skit of the old
Abbott and Costello's "Who's on first". Instead of baseball the theme
was computers. It was pretty funny. And, of course, the music I sang was right
up my alley. Easy on the vacuuming, and give Lacy a pat on the head for me.
Mike
ED MILLER (Austin, TX) Subject: Bad email on
Thursday and Friday. Jim, You have been hacked. It happens to people all the
time. Most often when it happens to me, it is a Trojan or a Worm that has been
snuck into my system from something forwarded to me by someone else. I no
longer open unexpected forwards, even from someone I know...especially if the
subject line is blank; that seems to be a dead giveaway. -Ed
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
company. All the answers you received on bad emails reminds me what mama always
said. "if you want to have company cook a big meal and invite them."
If you want to see all who read you, put out a bad email. They will answer
quick. Haven't seen so much responses since the woman wrote the nasty emails to
you a while back. Remember her?
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DEAN DANIELS (Dallas, TX) Subject: Bad email on
Thursday and Friday. Hi Jim, I don't think it's just you. We're getting spammed
with names of people on our address books but with different AOL or other
addresses. Someone may be hitting your address book and then sending out these
bogus emails using your (and others) names with their own addresses. On the
other hand... Do you really have the best blue pill available on the market?
LOL!!! Dean Daniels; Video Specialist, NOC, CSC; Freeman Audio Visual Solutions
TRIVIA ANSWER: On August 28, 1967 CBS WCBS-880
becomes NYC's second all-news radio station. NYC's first all-news format Group
W (Westinghouse) WINS-1010 breaks ground in April 1965.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: A Singer/songwriter/producer/later a record owner & hip-Hop
pioneer, has died in NJ. Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson died @ 75 on 9/29. She
teamed with Mickey Baker in 1957, on the #1 hit, "Love Is Strange,"
as Mickey & Sylvia & a later solo, the sultry, "Pillow Talk"
in 1973. BOB & Sunny Lee
LINDA ELLERBEE (NBC TV) And so it goes.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 03, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1033
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
60 MINUTES ICON SIGNS OFF What is CBS TV's Sunday
News series 60 Minutes without Andy Rooney? His final appearance on the CBS TV
newsmagazine is Sunday, September 30, 2011. Andy keeps us viewers up to date on
exactly goes on in this large world of ours. Rooney's observations are like
none other on TV because political correctness is not in his vocabulary. Andy
comes to life on January 14, 1919 in Albany, NY. He attends Colgate University
until 1941 when Uncle Sam awards him a place in the Army chow line. In February
1943, Rooney is one of six correspondents to fly with the Eighth Air Force on
their first bombing raid over Germany. The 92 year-old Andy Rooney begins his
end-of-show commentator analyses on 60 Minutes in 1978. His first full season
as the 60 Minutes commentator in fall 1979 helps bring the program #1 status
for the first time. In 1949, Andy joins CBS as a writer for Top 10 TV hit
Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts that moves on up to #1 in 1952. From 1959-65 he
is a writer for The Garry Moore Show. Jeff Fager, CBS News Chairman and 60
Minutes Executive Producer, says: It’s harder for him to do it every week, but
he will always have the ability to speak his mind on 60 Minutes when the urge
hits him. Rooney's home is in New York. In 2004, his wife, Marguerite [Margie]
Rooney passes away of heart failure after 62 years of marriage. He has three
daughters Emily, Martha, Ellen and son Brian.
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BBC CUTS LOCAL PROGRAMMING The British Broadcasting
Corporation's 40 radio stations seek 20% budget cuts. According to The Guardian
...certain dayparts will remain local – breakfast and drive times – but other
dayparts will be considered fair game for a regional rather than local
approach, with stations increasingly sharing syndicated content. Also under
consideration is sports coverage. At the present time, each BBC radio station's
air staff provides highly partisan coverage of each station’s local football team
(in U.S. speak that means soccer). The Guardian reports: there already is some
content being shared, and the entire group takes BBC 5 programming overnight.
Another idea put forth for the evening hours is a national program that would
go to all of the stations except for those who are running play-by-play of a
sporting event.
TRIVIA QUESTION: How many seasons does The Mary
Tyler Moore Show last on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Bobby Rich DJ on Journal AC KMXZ
FM (Mix 94.9) in Tucson, AZ tacks on one more year of living on Monday, October
3, 2011. •JEFF DINETZ succeeds Dennis Collins retiring after 30 years as new
SVP/GM of Lincoln Financial Media's Miami, FL cluster: AC WLYF FM (101.5),
Classic Hits WMXJ FM (102.7) and Sports Talk WAXY-790. •BUCK OWENS BROADCASTING
debuts Variety Hits KRJK FM (Jack FM 97.3) Lamont, CA in the Bakersfield
market. Other Owens Bakersfield stations include: Country KUZZ-550/KUZZ FM
(107.9) and Classic Country KCWR FM (Real Country 107.1).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KGGM TV CBS CH13 in Albuquerque, NM begins
broadcasting on October 3rd. •1967 GILLIAN WELCH Alternative Country
singer-songwriter (O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack) born on October 2nd
in NYC. •1972 DENNY VAUGHN orchestra leader on CBS TV's Glen Campbell Goodtime
Hour born on October 3rd. •1989 MARTY STUART's album Hillbilly Rock releases on
MCA records on October 3rd. •1994 DUB TAYLOR [Walter Clarence Taylor II] actor
(Bonnie and Clyde-1967) dies of heart attack at 87 on October 3rd in Los
Angeles, CA. •2002 FAITH HILL's video Cry premieres on CMT on October 3rd.
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CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Subject: Bad email
on Thursday and Friday. Ain't it weird how the digital world can go askew! I
still get ads for a Canadian pharmacy from cousin Ed in Austin and another
friend in Tulsa, SHEEESH AND ARRRGH! -C
CHARLIE OCHS (Tampa-St. Petersburg-Lutz, FL)
Amazing...I am never surprised any more at the dishonesty we face daily. Hope
everything else is going good for you. I had a hip resurfacing three weeks ago
(a new method for hip replacement). Margaret and I just arrived in St. Thomas
Virgin Islands for a week with our son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. Modern
medicine is great...I am walking without a cane most of the time and will be
back to golf in 3 or 4 weeks! Charlie Ochs; Ochs Media
LEN HART (Geneva, Switzerland) Subject: Bad email
on Thursday and Friday. Jim, Thanks for the heads up, Jim. I suspected as
much...anyway, it's good hear from you and that you are back in biz. Again
--thanks, Len
LAUREN ESPOSITO (Wallingford, CT) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. Jim, No problem! I had a feeling it was either
spam or a virus, or a stolen password. Hope you are doing well :) Lauren
Esposito
GLEN ASHWORTH (Lebanon, OR) Subject: Bad email on
Thursday and Friday. You too?
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PARRIS AFTON BONDS (Dallas-Allen, TX) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. Good luck, Jimmy. Don't understand why people do
this. Hugs, Parris (www.parrisaftonbonds.com/)
JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Tulsa, OK) Subject: Glad to
read that you're doing better, Jim. My mother fell and hit her head earlier
this year and I was shocked to see the ER staff staple her head closed...so I
know what you're talking about. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!!! Again,
best wishes for a very speedy recovery, take care of yourself and know you are
appreciated. Joanie
BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) You have had a
tuff week Jim. I feel for you on what all you have gone through. You certainly
described your eventful accident in a very talented writing way. I admire your
ability to write well. Your Bud, Blake (www.blazinblake.com)
JOHNNY SHANNON (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim, and Good
Morning back to you...thanks for the quick response. It was right after finding
the unplanned email that I discovered and read today's JRRR where I learned
about your computer line crisis. As you may be aware, the bogus email with ad
link also was also sent YESTERDAY WHEN YOUR SERVICE WAS DOWN, so it had to be
beyond your control, figured the bogus
email/links were somehow due to the ISP problem (Thank you AT&T and
Earthlink!). What a nightmare it must be, so please don't apologize. Also my
sympathy for your unpleasant fall and injuries. Wishing you and your computer
speedy recovery, and a lack of such unnecessary misery in the future. Johnny
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
address. When someone sends you a forward with "bunches" of email
addresses on top if just one of those emails on list has a virus you can catch
it. I always delete the addresses. This is what computer man told me. If I get
any of these I delete it. I will never forward any unless I delete names. Like
on mine from you it had ultravision.net. It has been many years since I had
that one. When I got the one from what was not you, my virus protector warned
me to not open. Don't know if this helps you or not. Have you tried going back
to a date before this started? It might fix the problem.
EVELYN PATE-ALLEN (Kemp-Tool, TX) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. thanks for the warning.
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JOE FORD (Houston-Shenandoah, TX) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. This just happened to my next door neighbor and
my granddaughter. Sent from my iPhone. (http://joefordvoiceworks.com)
CARLA SPRINGER (Dallas-Allen, TX) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. Same thing happened to me last year. Messages
were about mail order drugs. My sympathies, Carla Springer
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Mary Tyler Moore Show premieres
on CBS TV on September 19, 1970. MTM makes its final bow with a group hug on
March 19, 1977. MTM scores three Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series (1974-75,
1975-76 and 1976-77 seasons).
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Bad email on Thursday and Friday. Yes, I did receive both, but deleted; I knew
you would not send it. They each came one-day apart. Thx for alert...BOB.
CLIFFORD STOLL (June 04, 1951-p) Treat your
password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one
every six months.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 30, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1032
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COUNTRY MUSIC'S BRIGHT STAR DIMS The Wright family
produces several music icons. On October 30, 1937 Johnny Wright and 18-year-old
Muriel Deason tie the knot of matrimony. Johnny really likes to hear his
teenage bride sing and play the guitar. He gives her the stage name Kitty
Wells. Johnny also presents her biggest hit record It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky
Tonk Angels. As an innovator, he gives Kitty Wells headline status on package
shows. This is when female singers do not receive top billing. As a band
leader, Wright hires the young Chet Atkins as a fiddle player. Chet goes on to
head RCA records as one of the finest guitar players in America. Johnny Wright
and Jack Anglin team up as Johnny and Jack with new wave Latin beat Country duo
hits Ashes of Love, Poison Love (#4-1951) and (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely
(#1 for 2 weeks in 1954). From 1951 to 1962, Johnny and Jack have 15 Top 20
singles. From 1948-52 Johnny and Jack are regulars on the Louisiana Hayride. In
1952 they join the Grand Ole Opry. Unfortunately, on March 7, 1963 Jack dies in
a car crash at 46. Ironically, he is on the way to Patsy Cline's memorial
service. As a solo artist, in 1965, Johnny's single Hello Vietnam is #1 for 3
weeks. Johnny and Kitty's offspring also have hit records. Daughter, Ruby's
Dern Ya answer song to Roger Miller's Dang Me reaches #13 in 1964. Son, Bobby
has a string of chart records that tops off with Here I Go Again at #13 in
1971. Johnny and Kitty's marriage lasts more than 73 years. In 1995, they bring
fiddler Eddie Stubbs to Music City to perform with them. Stubbs becomes a
well-known air personality on WSM-650 as well as a Grand Ole Opry announcer. In
2009, at Wells’ 90th birthday party, Stubbs relates: There are celebrity
marriages that don’t even last 72 days now. This is possibly the longest
celebrity marriage in history. Country legend Johnny Wright dies at 97 on
Tuesday morning, September 27, 2011 in his home in Madison, TN.
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A.T. & T. AND ME Around 2:45 on Wednesday
morning, September 28, 2011 the search mechanism on this computer ceases to
function. The ISP is DOA. That's why Friday's issue of JRRR doesn't make its
way to you. Give Ma Bell, which now is A.T. & T., a call. A female clerk
says that Mr. Fixit will knock on our door sometime after 8am the next day
which is Thursday. That morning I whip out the vacuum cleaner. The long cord
gets tangled around my right foot. Give it a massive kick to try to unravel the
line. Then, I fall backwards and smash the upper rear of my head on Lacy's huge
steel cage. Hemoglobin pours down both sides of my face. Grab a small towel in
the latrine. Place it on the top of my hemorrhaging crown. This finally stops
the red river's flow. Faster than a speeding bullet I land at Memorial
hospital's ER. The surgeon says they no longer stitch stitches on big
lacerations such as mine. They now use staples. The good doctor shoots six
staples on the top of my head. On Friday morning near the 5 o'clock hour I
switch on the PC. Glory be! We now have access to the Internet for the first
time in three days.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Fall 1965 produces what top CBS TV
series? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Wayne Watkins DJ on WHGO FM
(105.9)/PD of Sports WLOX-1490 & News/Talk WTNI-1640 in Biloxi, MS
(http://RocknOldies.com) grows one year older on Sunday, October 2, 2011.
Salute! •WJJG-1530 Joseph J. Gentile's 760 watt daytime only radio signal in
Elmhurst, IL tacks on #3 Michael Savage Show weekdays from 10am-noon to beam
into Chicago up against #1 Rush Limbaugh in The Windy City. •WEHT TV Gilmore
ABC CH25 blends news department with Nexstar WTVW TV Fox CH7 & relocates
its Evansville, IN operations to WEHT TV building that Nexstar purchases from
Gilmore.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 WKYT TV CBS CH27 in Lexington, KY begins
broadcasting on September 30th. •1963 EDDIE MONTGOMERY of 2000 CMA Vocal Duo of
the Year Montgomery Gentry born on September 30th in Lancaster, KY. •1977 RINGO
STARR releases his album Ringo the 4th on September 30th. •1985 STEVE EARLE
Austin, TX Country singer records Guitar Town on September 30th at Nashville,
TN's Sound Stage. •1995 GEORGE KIRBY comedian/Pearl Bailey impressionist dies
at 71 on September 30th. •2003 UNIVERSAL SOUTH releases Carl Jackson's Livin',
Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers on September 30th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
JIM PREWITT [Catfish] (Sacramento, CA) Subject: For
those of you who think radio is dead...read on... Number Won!!! Arbitron's
Radio Today 2011 report is out, and it's full of good news about the Country
format, which ranked No. 1 in Fall 2010 with a 13.3 share, compared to a 13.4
the previous year. Country also was No. 1 overall in both diary metros (14.5%)
and non-metro areas (with a whopping 25.6%), and is No. 4 in PPM markets. The
format reached more than 65 million listeners each week on more than 1,700
stations, the most of any music format (excluding 300 Classic Country
stations). It also ranked No. 1 among most age groups including a big lead with
adults 25-54 (with a 12.7% share), and in most dayparts. Country delivers some
of the longest TSL of all formats, and its listeners set a new high in college
degree attainment. Country leans 52% female, and is No. 2 among teens and
adults 18-24. The report offers a "heat index" of states where
Country is particularly strong, as well as other interesting details here. JP
(www.Facebook.com/CatfishJimPrewitt) / (www.Facebook.com/CatfishKNCI) /
(www.JimPrewitt.com)
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: For
those of you who think radio is dead...read on... My only question is this: How
can a company like Arbitron involved in radio be trusted to give an objective
view and accurate information...about radio? To me, it's sort of like
"Automobile" magazine accepting $50,000 in advertising from Ford and
afterward the magazine reviews Ford's F150 or a Mustang. Do you simply accept
it at face value? Not me. Tony
DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX)
Subject: U.S. Newspapers "dropping ombudsmen left and right". Hi,
Jim, I'm saddened by the loss of so many "ombuddies," as we were
called. And I'm saddened by editors' comments regarding the role. They confine
the role to such a narrow involvement with readers when, in fact, we dealt with
a full range of reader issues, which can involve everything from accusations of
bias in news coverage to questions about unlabeled advertorial content,
complaints about products purchased from Parade magazine advertisers, wrinkled
copies of the paper, too much ink, marketing issues, etc. -- basically the full
range of a publishing company's operations and how they can impact readers.
Takes, and took, a lot of time to track down answers for readers and help them
understand what was going on. Doing so helped every department of the
newspaper, too. It kept everyone more reader-aware. Take good care and thanks
for all you do. Your newsletter is super. Best, David House; Freelance Writer
(www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association,
Online News Association
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DANNY MACK MCWILLIAMS (Houston, TX) Subject: Sign
Me Up. Jim, Jim Gough told me about your newsletter. I sure would like to be
placed on the mailing list! Respectfully, “Danny Mack” McWilliams
TRIVIA ANSWER: CBS TV's Fall 1965 series premier
lineup includes Hogan's Heroes (September 17, 1965 - July 4, 1971), Green Acres
(September 15, 1965 - September 7, 1971), The Wild, Wild West (September 17,
1965 - September 7, 1970), Lost in Space (September 15, 1965 - September 11,
1968), My Three Sons (September, 1965 - August 1972), and The Smothers Brothers
Show (September 17, 1965 - September 9, 1966).
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Wikipedia
Writes: Declining ratings in all of daytime television, combined with the
departures of longtime actors such as Ray MacDonnell, David Canary, and Julia
Barr, as well as the deaths of senior cast members Ruth Warrick, Eileen Herlie,
and James Mitchell, had the ABC network reconsidering its schedule. On April
14, 2011, it was announced that All My Children would be canceled after 41
years on the air. On July 7, 2011, ABC sold the licensing rights of All My
Children to third-party production company Prospect Park with the show set to
continue on the internet as a series of webisodes and possibly on cable
television. All My Children taped its final scenes for ABC on August 30, 2011
and its last episode on the network aired on September 23, 2011. It is unknown
when exactly Prospect Park will air its first episode of All My Children, but
the company hopes to revive the series for the first quarter of 2012. On
September 26, 2011, ABC will replace All My Children with a new talk show
called The Chew. Leslie Wayne Hodges
LYMAN FRANK BAUM (1856-1919) No matter how dreary
and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there
than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful...There is no place like
home.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 28, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1031
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
LOCAL TV WHERE ARE YOU? A very interesting article
by Michael Callahan in the About Philadelphia Magazine about past local TV
celebrities brings back fond memories. In the early 1960s in my hometown
Dallas, TX Jerry Haynes is Mr. Peppermint on WFAA TV ABC CH8 from 1961 to
summer 1969. We giggle along with Mr. Peppermint and his cast of puppets:
Muffin the Bear, Mr. Wiggly Worm and Captain Candy. Jerry is a 1944 graduate of
Dallas' Woodrow Wilson High School. He has roles in several movies such as the
Patsy Cline biopic Sweet Dreams where he plays legendary record producer Owen
Bradley. In 1990, Haynes inducts into the Woodrow Wilson Wildcat's Hall of
Fame. In 1996 the Lone Star Film & Television Awards bestows upon him the
Lifetime Achievement Award. We no longer have local TV celebrities in our towns
like Mr. Peppermint. As I write these words in the wee hours of Monday morning,
September 26, 2011 unbeknownst to me Jerry Haynes passes away. What an ironic
twist of fate. Do not discover that tragic news until the WFAA.com breaking
news bulletin flashes on the screen of this computer around noon Monday. Jerry
Haynes is an eyewitness to history at Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas on
November 22, 1963 when an assassin kills President John F. Kennedy. Jerry says
that he dashes four blocks to the WFAA studios to be one of the first to
describe the tragic scene on WFAA TV. In a 2008 interview, he remembers: I ran
back as quick as I could. I was 34 years old, so I was a sprinter. I heard a
lady say 'Oh my Lord, they killed him!'
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RADIO SHOW ATTENDANCE UP Radio Ink reports that the
2011 NAB and RAB joint Radio show attendance grows 24% to 2,206. For years they
kick around the idea to conduct joint shows. In 2010, the NAB and RAB's first
joint Radio show attendance is 1,785. Radio Ink reports that their very
unscientific poll of attendees is very positive. Vendors indicate that foot
traffic around their booths is strong. Attendees have positive comments about
Bob Pittman's pro-radio speech, Eddie Combs of Sears, Neil Golden at McDonalds
and representatives from Allstate and Walgreens. The 2012 Radio show will be in
Dallas, TX.
SLY STONE IS BROKE AND HOMELESS Sly Stone, former
lead singer of Sly & the Family Stone, reveals to The New York Post over
the weekend that he is broke and that his home is now his van. The 68 year-old
Stone describes how his use of drugs and money mismanagement turns him into a
homeless life on the road: I like my small camper. I just do not want to return
to a fixed home. I cannot stand being in one place. I must keep moving. We
remember in 1968, when Stone hits the charts with a string of hits: Dance to
the Music, Everyday People, Family Affair and Stand! Ironically Stone's drug
problems in the 1970s keep him stoned so much that by the 1980s heavy cocaine
use dries up his money supply. Plus, expensive cars and a wild lifestyle
evaporates the bank account. The R&B star Sly Stone appeals to The New York
Post: Please tell everybody, please, to give me a job, play my music. it will
feel good to step on stage. I see all the guys playing those old songs. Let
these guys know, like Lady Gaga, let me come in, just let me come in and pay me
if you like it.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first televised
presidential debate in American history? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•PRICKLE & TOWNSEND (Army Sgt. Adam Prickel
& Don Townsend) Armed Forces Network Freedom Radio Morning Show broadcast
weekday mornings to the troops in Iraq final broadcast begins at 6 am on
September 23, 2011 after eight-years in Baghdad. •JAMES EMBRESCIA Media One
owner reports that Jeffrey Storey is the new VP/GM/Director of Sales of its
Western New York radio cluster: WJTN, WWSE, WHUG, WQFX, and WKSN. •BOB
MACKENZIE longtime KTVU TV Fox CH2 San Francisco, CA Bay Area 13 local Emmy
winning reporter dies at 75 on Thursday, September 21, 2011 after a long battle
with cancer.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KOAT TV ABC/PBS CH7 in Albuquerque, NM begins
broadcasting on September 28th. •1967 KAREN FAIRCHILD founding member of Little
Big Town (Boondocks-2005) born on September 28th in Gary, IN. •1974 THE BEACH
BOYS single Surfin' USA reenters Billboard and peaks at #36 on September 28th.
•1984 GEORGE STRAIT's album Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind releases on
MCA records on September 28th. •1997 DAVID BRINKLEY NBC news anchor retires at
74 on September 28th after 54 years. •2002 DIAMOND RIO's single Beautiful Mess
lands at #1 in Billboard Country on September 28th.
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JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1029) September 23, 2011 [Friday] Hi Jim, Jim here...with a
hot tip! Very proud of this guy. Just went to his CD party held in famous Ybor
City Florida and caught the Butch Ryan Band. Ryan has even appeared on the very
stage that the Beatles got their start. Folks can read more about him at: http://countrymusicnewsinternational.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-with-butch-ryan.html
(a little secret - Butch is my cousin) Thanks Jim, from James Marvell formerly
of Mercy. Million seller "Love Can Make You Happy"... P.S. My best to
Lacy!
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DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX)
Subject: US: Newspapers "dropping ombudsmen left and right". Hi, Jim,
Good to hear from you. Yes, many newspapers that once provided readers with an
ombudsman have cut that role. I was cut from the Star-Telegram in April 2008 in
a "realignment" that also cut a managing editor and other staff in
management and non-management positions. I was 63 but couldn't retire, still
can't and wouldn't if I could. Had to reinvent myself, and that's been
interesting. But I'm doing OK. Take good care and thanks for all you do. Your
newsletter is super. Best, David House; Freelance Writer
(www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association,
Online News Association
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Texarkana.
What a memory. The only time I was ever fired was WOAI (1200), as engineer.
Weird career. I was at KOSY in TXK for a year. Where do we start? How about the
$75 light bulb. I was a starving jock doing mornings and the engineer came to
the control room and said "Hey, you want to make $75...tax free?"
Well, that was...in 1978 and I needed some new disco clothes, so I accepted.
Then I asked what I had to do. Come to find out, he wanted me to change a light
bulb on one of the towers. The top light bulb. The frequency was 790 KHz. Doing
simple math for the quarter wave, that tower was 257 feet. I started climbing
and I went forever, then stopped to take a break. I yelled "HEY, HOW AM I
DOING??" He said "you don't have to yell. You have only been about 10
feet." It took me an hour to get to the top. Did I mention that the winds
were about 15 mph at 40 degrees? Did I mention that I got religion that day? I
promised God that I would go to church every Sunday for the rest of my life if
He would just get me down safely. He kept me safe and I kept my promise until
the following Sunday. Jeff Cunningham, DC; Kyle, TX (www.zoesplaceclinic.com) /
(www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On September 26, 1960 the first
televised presidential debate in American history is at the television studios
of CBS affiliate WBBM TV in Chicago, IL between young senator from
Massachusetts John F. Kennedy and President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon. All three networks carry the broadcast. Another famous
historical fact is that critics report that people who watch the debate on TV
think that JFK is the winner. But radio listeners believe that Nixon is the
champ.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Tom Ellis
Issue 1030. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Congratulations to Tom Ellis on making
the Golden Circle. Reruns of the original Hawaii Five O are my Pug's favorite.
I think she likes the theme song. :) Peace, David Faulkner
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
DJ Obit. Jim: Great job you did on this DJ-friend Obit. Yes, Chuck was B. 1947;
now 64. I just watched the orig, Ch 5 coverage, WEWS-TV, CLE. Thanks for your
efforts too. BOB
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) The price of
gas here dropped 10 cents since last weekend. Perhaps with kids back in school,
demand is down somewhat. Sometimes gas prices often bob up and down like a yo
yo one day to the next. The Kroger gas station near me obviously tries to
undercut the competition so people will buy groceries at Kroger and get the gas
discount. I can save more simply using my automatic three-cent discount at
Kroger gas and shop at ALDI. The rebel leadership pledges to increase
production at Libyan oil fields. We receive only about 2 percent of crude oil
from Libya, but it might make a slight dent in gas prices.
JOHN ADAMS (October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826) There
are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is
by debt.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 26, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1030
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COUNTRY DJ EXPIRES SUDDENLY Longtime Cleveland, OH
WGAR FM (99.5) MD/Air Personality Chuck Collier passes away at 64 from a
massive heart attack on Thursday, September 22, 2011 while on vacation with his
family in Cincinnati. The Ohio native's voice soars on radio waves for 48 years
with 40 of them on WGAR. Collier is born in Greenfield, OH but he grows up in
nearby New Vienna. In 1963 Collier's radio career begins in Hillsboro on WSRW.
After his radio stints in Dayton, Cincinnati and New York City he lands on the
original Adult Contemporary WGAR-1220 in Cleveland. Later, he moves over to
Country WGAR FM. In 2005, Chuck inducts into the Ohio Radio-TV Broadcasters'
Hall of Fame. In 2007, he receives the National Association of Broadcasters'
Marconi Award for Large Market Radio Personality of the Year. In 2009, Collier
inducts into the Country Music Radio Hall of Fame. Chuck Collier's survivors
include his wife, Joni, daughter Melanie, son Jason, dog named Riley and cat
named Bernie.
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CUMULUS-CITADEL MERGER CREATES CONFUSION Mike McVay
is the new SVP/Programming over the new Cumulus after its Citadel merger is
complete. First reports about Cumulus-Citadel's new procedures indicate overt
harshness that prevents programmers' contact with record companies and their
promo people, plus dress codes and other very interesting items of interest.
Next reports indicate that Mike McVay says that many of those items that leak
through to media sites are not true. Here's what we find in All About Country's
Web site: According to Mike (McVay), some of the leaked email details from the
meeting were not correct. To clear up any confusion, some of the things
discussed in that email never came up on the call. For the record, Cumulus does
not have a policy that prohibits PD’s from talking to record labels or the
trades. However, all adds will be sent to Atlanta, so Mike can know what they
are doing before he reads it on-line. Also, Cumulus will not be doing group
adds, however, Mike told the stations they should not do individual promotions
with the labels without the approval of corporate. Mike does not plan on
"cramming down" network programming from Cumulus Media Networks.
However, he feels that many of the old Cumulus’ stations and new Cumulus
stations have many unmanned day parts. He suggested that they might carry great
network programming in those spots instead of just running sweepers and jingles
without a talent. In regard to a PD dress code, nothing was discussed about a
dress code for programmers.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the original Hawaii
Five-O premier on CBS TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Tom Ellis former KONO-860/KONO TV
(now KSAT TV) CH12 News anchor who resides way up north near Boston, MA kicks
the ball through another life goal post on Thursday, September 22nd! Salute!
•VIACOM hands out pink slips on Thursday afternoon, September 22, 2011 to
members of its music group: MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo. •DR. JAMES DOBSON, host of
syndicated Family Talk & founder of Focus On The Family radio programs,
falls while on horseback in Montana suffers multiple injuries plus broken bones
but doctors expect a full recovery. •LEN ZOLA Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall
of Fame founder of the Media Gang dies on Saturday, September 17, 2011.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern MA.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 KODE TV CH12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins
broadcasting on September 26th. •1960 DOUG SUPERNAW (Reno #4-1993 and I Don't
Call Him Daddy #1 for 2 weeks-1993) born on September 26th in St. Joseph
Hospital in Bryan, TX. •1979 JOHN CROMWELL [Elwood Dager] actor/director (Of
Human Bondage-1934) dies at 91 on September 26th in Santa Barbara, CA. •1989
CLINT BLACK's Killin' Time is his first Gold album on September 24th. •1991
MILES DAVIS Jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader and composer dies on September
26th at 65 in Santa Monica, CA from a combination of pneumonia and a stroke.
•2002 TERRI CLARK's video I Just Wanna Be Mad debuts on CMT on September 26th.
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JAYE ALBRIGHT [Bainbridge Island, WA] Subject: New
Cumulus procedures. I have no idea. It is true that they are firing all
consultants who worked with Citadel. Thanks! Personally, I believe the rumors,
more or less. Jaye Albright, Partner, Albright & O'Malley Country
Consulting/RadioIQ (www.radioconsult.com)
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, Some good news on my birthday yesterday...got a call from the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences informing that I'm being
inducted into their Golden Circle on November 16th. Only Old ___s like me can
get into that, because you have to have been in the business for 50 years.
Yesterday was the end of Summer...and my 79th birthday. Summer always ends on
my birthday...and I LOVE Summer. Tom
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Charles 'Chuck' Collier, a radio legend in Cleveland with WGAR over
4 decades, died suddenly 9/22/11 @ age 64. He was inducted into Country Music
DJ Hall of Fame in 2009. BOB & Sonny Lee. (Story/obit in CLE Plain dealer
9/23-24/11)
BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: Goodbye Local
Radio! In case you haven't seen this news from Cumulus, local radio is over.
Video may have killed the radio star but consolidation is killing local radio.
Check out the last statement about dress code. Remember when radio and
television stations were fun places to work? Bud 'Cumulus Sets New House Rules,
Programming Structure: Music programming will come from a suggested list. The
degree to which programmers can deviate depends on their "designated
leeway," which will presumably be based primarily on market size.
Programmers will also receive a list of suggested adds. They will be allowed to
ask for other adds, but those will be subject to corporate approval. Stations
will no longer be permitted to talk with record company promotion personnel;
all promotions, communication and activities will be conducted through Cumulus'
Atlanta headquarters. All adds by all stations will be reported exclusively to
Mediabase by one person in Atlanta. Programmers will have to make "good
arguments" if they choose not to carry Citadel Media-supplied programming.
Sometime in October, a new "Programming Operating System" will be put
into effect. All communications with trade publications will come from Atlanta;
individual employees are not permitted to talk to the trades. A dress code has
been implemented: no blue jeans, flip-flops, piercings or exposed tattoos.'
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JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1028) September 21, 2011 [Wednesday] Hi Jim, Just a note to
let you know why I've been out of touch for a while. Friday is my last day as a
training specialist with the Department of Public Safety, but try as hard as I
might, I can't seem to retire at 64...the economy isn't conducive to retirement
these days. I'm moving up to your old stomping ground of McKinney to go to work
as an adjunct instructor with the Law Enforcement Academy at Collin College.
I'll still be teaching law enforcement folks how to use the state's crime
information center, but in a college atmosphere. I would love to dabble in
radio in north Texas, but I'm not sure all that many stations use live talent
anymore. It's funny...I always heard life slows down after you hit sixty...I'm
still waiting for that to happen. I hope everything's going fine with you and
the pup. Yours Truly, John Hale; Mobile Magic Music (33.Music)
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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I think the
Internet has a good side and a bad side, a person can find quality music,
programming, but it will make for less competition due to ownership by a
limited group. My favorites at the moment to listen to are: KDFC, KCSM, KMFA,
WQXR, KING. While when using my radio my favorites are: KGVL, KLUV HD2, 107.5
HD2, KNTU, KNON, WRR, 100.3 HD2.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On September 23, 1968 the original
Hawaii Five-O premiers on CBS TV with Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett who heads
the elite branch of the Hawaii State Police that answers only to the governor.
Hawaii Five-O is the longest continuously running police show in TV history. It
airs through April 26, 1980.
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Schlitz. Once in college a group of us sent a freshman out for beer. He came
back with Schlitz. Thus begat the phrase: "When you've got Schlitz, you're
still out of beer."
CARROLL O'CONNOR [Archie Bunker] (August 2, 1924 -
June 21, 2001) You can never buy beer, you just rent it.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 23, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1029
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WHO SAYS RADIO CONSOLIDATION IS DEAD? The Telcom
Law of 1996 opens up a massive can of worms in the broadcasting community. This
new open borders policy sets in motion the Mays family of bankers in San
Antonio, TX and their Clear Channel Radio to reach out and grab bags of radio
stations to form clusters of over 1100 frequencies under their umbrella to
become America's largest radio operation. Number crunchers only think about the
bottom dollar so they annihilate thousands of radio programmers and air
personality positions and consolidate radio properties into smaller operations
with less people on their payrolls. This move does cut back on expenses but it
also causes a gargantuan exodus of radio listeners to other means. What
complicates matters even more is the birth of new technology like XM and Sirius
satellite radio plus iPods that lure music listeners into their spider webs. Uh
oh! The moneybags people catch themselves in a quandary as to what to do. Radio
stations under their belt no longer command colossal listening audiences.
Bankruptcy looms. CCR sells over half of its radio stations. Bain Capital and
Lee Partners buy what is left. Well, here we go again with the same old song
but with a different verse as the second largest radio boom box, Cumulus,
purchases the third largest radio group, Citadel, to become the new #1 Walkman
chain of 571 radio stations. Let the firings commence.
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WHERE IS PLASTER? On Friday, September 16, 2011 the
Nashville Business Journal reports that sports talk personality George Plaster
is AWOL from his show on WGFX FM (The Sports Zone 104.5). This comes just hours
after a $2.5 billion anschluss between two of radio's monster gorillas, Cumulus
and Citadel, of which WGFX FM is a fragment. In the wake of Plaster's very
public feud with Cumulus eight years ago, rumors persist about his status after
the sale between the two radio giants is complete. According to The Tennessean,
Plaster's 3-6 pm show generates nearly $20 million a year in WGFX FM ad bucks.
On Monday, September 19th Sports talk radio host George Plaster confirms to The
Tennessean that he is no longer a part of WGFX FM. Mike Organ of The Tennessean
writes: Plaster decides on Friday not to remain at the Citadel-owned sports
talk show station where he has worked for the past eight years after it was sold
to Cumulus earlier in the week. Plaster sighs: It’s the toughest decision I’ve
ever had to make in radio. Kind of just kick back for a few weeks and kind of
see what options are out there. One possible alternative for Plaster might be
Cromwell's WPRT FM (102.5) which recently catapults back into all-sports as The
Game.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first major network TV
news program broadcast in color? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•FCC AND FEMA moves ahead the implementation date
for Emergency Alert System (EAS) receiver upgrades deadline to the new Common
Alerting Protocol (CAP) compliance from September 30, 2011 to June 30, 2012.
The FCC and FEMA National EAS test is on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. The EAN
test does NOT involve the CAP. •MISSISSIPPI BROADCASTERS acquires from Clear
Channel Radio for $1.1 Million: Country WMSO FM (101.3) Meridian, MS; Urban
Contemporary WZKS FM (104.1) Union, MS; Gospel WYHL-1450 Meridian; Top-40 WJDQ
FM (95.1) Marion, MS and Classic Country WUCL FM (97.9) Newton, MS.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KHQA TV CBS CH7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO begins
broadcasting on September 23rd. •1965 BOB LUMAN [Let's Think About Livin'
#9-1960] joins the Grand Ole Opry on September 18th. •1977 CHERYL LADD replaces
Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels on September 23rd. •1989 RODNEY CROWELL's
remake of Buck Owens' single Above And Beyond leaps to #1 in Billboard Country
on September 23rd. •1994 ROBERT BLOCH screenwriter of the horror film Psycho
dies of cancer on September 23rd at 77. •2006 VINCE GILL & ALISON KRAUSS
tape CMT Cross Country on September 23rd at The Factory in Franklin, TN.
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CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Subject:
Life. Ah man what a life. Now that I've retired for 5 years, I've come to the
conclusion that the elder on fixed incomes are at best a target for anyone
trying to make a buck. It's depressing. Really depressing. I have to overcome
my feelings of remorse just to go to perform 3 or 4 nights a week. The week of 9/9/11 I did the Star Spangled
Banner 6 different times and I felt very good after every performance even thou
I blew the words the first time out. No excuses but I had one. Three times in
coffee houses and a bar, then 9/11 at exactly the same times the planes hit the
towers and the Pentagon I did the SSB again. It was a lonely Sunday morning at
the San Diego Kook... (surfers statue) until a retired fireman Phil Garcia
showed up. I videoed all three
performances one of which is available on utube.com/chuckcashmere,
myspace.com/chuckcashmere and www.showcaseyourmusic.com/chuckcashmere As I
understand some of the stations in the USA sign on with my version of the SSB.
That is an honor. So I'll be doing the SSB again on 11/11 & 11/12 Veterans
day and the Marine corp. birthday. H*** if I'm ever in Houston again I'll sing
the SSB for u and Ms. Lacy. LOL CC
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ED STERN (San Antonio, TX) Sorry to report another
one of the good guys of Corpus Christi radio has gone to that big sky
transmitter. Joel Yowell, former sales manager at KUNO, account exec at K
ZTV-TV and GM at KRYS died September 16th at the age of 74. In Joe's later
years he was the party chair of the Nueces County Republican Party. Joe and I
were always friendly competitors but unlike so many of our "friendly
competitors", he was one I could always trust and count on with truthful
answers. Ed Stern
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ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Columbia
School of Broadcasting. Hey Jim, By the time I started work at Columbia School
of Broadcasting they were already in trouble. In addition to the studio we had
a suite of offices, including my plush office with an extremely large desk. We
also had a conference room with a large conference table plus two other
offices. Myself and the receptionist were the only two employees. To be
enrolled in school you had to first do an audition tape. It was a negative
sale, where you had to show that you had what it takes to be an announcer
before being accepted by Columbia. I had left KBUC to go to work at Columbia
but could still be heard on the air as I continued to work weekends there. I
think that helped my student recruitment. I was rewarded, one day, when I heard
one of my students doing a news piece on a national network. I loved working at
Columbia and wish I could have been there from the start because I feel I could
have made that school successful. Andy Carr PhD, Radio in San Antonio and Las
Vegas and formally a PACE instructor on a US naval ship in the Mediterranean
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PAMELA STEELE [Pamela Day] (Dallas, TX) Subject:
Don Thompson, formerly WBAP. Hi Jim, Would you happen to know where Don
Thompson is these days? I worked with him around 1979-80 at KPAR in Granbury, a
station I believe he had a stake in after leaving WBAP. Thanks, Pamela Day
Dallas, TX
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) I mentioned
to someone that I cannot wait until I am complaining...about the cold. Some of
my neighbors have $500 electric bills. Of course, their AC never gets a rest
either.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On August 19, 1965 the CBS Morning
News with Mike Wallace is the first major network news program that broadcasts
in color. The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite is the first regularly
scheduled evening half-hour network TV news program that broadcasts in color.
The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite begins its continuous broadcasts in
color on January 31, 1966.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I find that the stations
I hear carry the same stories and music as the locals most of the time.
Regionalization has gone where a local act can be heard getting a start.
Besides I like listening to stations over the Internet which carry programming
I like, makes even a small town station a big player. Like I like listening to
KBON, KUT, KMFA, KPFT, WBAI. I enjoy Folk Music which is not found on any
station in the area except KETR when doing Bluegrass on Sunday Nights. Also
KNON has several Blues programs with Folk Music thrown in. Charles
H. G. WELLS (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946)
It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with
their own.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 21, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1028
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COUNTRY BUMPKIN IS DECEASED One of my all time
favorite tunes is Country Bumpkin by Cal Smith. It lands in Billboard Country
in 1974 and quickly rises to #1. The song's story begins simple but gradually
expands to tell the lifetime tale of a fella who is obsessed with a girl who
continually rejects him with the words See ya later, Country Bumpkin. The song
ends in tragedy. Country Bumpkin's writer is Don Wayne. He is born Donald
William Choate on May 30, 1933 in Nashville, TN. As a youngster, he listens to
the Grand Ole Opry on his family’s radio. Don's interest lies in songwriting.
In 1953, his poet skills surface when George Morgan records his Lonesome Waltz.
Cal Smith's version of Country Bumpkin brings Don Wayne 1974 Song of the Year
awards from the CMA, ACM and NSAI. Don pens two more telling tunes for Cal
Smith: It’s Time to Pay the Fiddler (#1-1974/75) and She Talked a Lot about
Texas (#13-1975). He writes hits for other artists as well: Lefty Frizzell
Saginaw, Michigan (#1 for 4 weeks-1964), Del Reeves The Belles of Southern Bell
(#4-1965), Faron Young Walk Tall (#10-1965), Jean Shepard If Teardrops Were
Silver (#10-1966), Lefty Frizzell The Marriage Bit (#59-1968), David Houston
Nashville (#9-1971), Hank Williams Jr. Hank (#12-1973) and Eddy Arnold What In
Her World Did I Do (#21-1979). In 1978, he inducts into the Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame. Don is in the hospital for a good while before he
moves into home hospice about a week ago. Mark Ford of the NSAI says that Don
Wayne dies at 78 on Monday night, September 12, 2011.
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WILL THE LONE RANGER RIDE AGAIN? Deadline Hollywood
wonders if Disney's on again off again status will let The Lone Ranger once
again race across the big screen with his famous Hi Yo Silver! Away! Money
talks. The original estimate of $275 million shakes and rattles the Disney
board room because the latest mega-budget western movie Cowboys & Aliens
hits the skids. It is one of the 2011 summer’s biggest fiascos. So, the home of
Mickey Mouse pulls the rug out from under The Lone Ranger project. But they do
feel that the inclusion of Johnny Depp as Tonto will create big revenue. Depp
demands that if his director on the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films
and Rango, Gore Verbinski, leaves so will he. Disney slashes the budget down to
$232 million but that figure is still too high for a Western. Disney wants to
tow the chiffer down toward $200 million. Deadline Hollywood reports that
producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski have been trying for a
number closer to $215 million. Bruckheimer, Depp and Verbinski each make salary
concessions to get the movie on film. Let's hope that The Lone Ranger rides again
across the big screen.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who provides the harmony back up
voices on Marty Robbins hit record, El Paso? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WGMY FM Clear Channel Hot AC (My 107.1)
Tallahassee, FL flips to CHR (Hit Music Now 107.1) with syndicated Elvis Duran
in AM Drive, JJ from Z100 NYC in PM Drive and Billy The Kidd from KHKS FM
Dallas, TX at night. •COURTNEY FALLON exits the news department at WHDH TV NBC
CH7 Boston, MA to join WLNE TV ABC CH6 as Bean Town weekend sports anchor and
reporter. •WZNN FM Cox Alternative (97.3) Birmingham-Gardendale, AL flips to
Sports Talk as The Zone. •LARRY KING ex CNN talk host anchors the 2011 National
Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday, November 5th in Chicago, IL.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KRDO TV ABC CH13 in Colorado Springs-Pueblo,
CO 1st broadcast is on September 21th. •1967 FAITH HILL one of Country music's
most prominent female singers is born on September 21st in Jackson, MS. •1970
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL premieres on ABC TV on September 21th with the final
score of the Cleveland Browns 31 and the NY Jets 21. •1988 CRYSTAL GAYLE &
HER SISTER, LORETTA LYNN perform at a concert together for the first time on
September 20th. •1992 BILL WILLIAMS star in The Adventures of Kit Carson TV
show (1951-1955) dies at 76 on September 21th of a brain tumor in Burbank, CA.
•2002 WILLIE NELSON's 15th Farm Aid on September 21st at the Post-Gazette
Pavilion in Burgettstown, PA features Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Lee Ann Womack,
Toby Keith, Kid Rock and Dave Matthews.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1027) September 19, 2011 [Monday] Jim, I taught at both
Elkins Institute & Columbia School of Broadcasting Dallas, TX. Not at the
same time, while I was a news man at KVIL and KLIF, in that order. That had to
have been in 1966 and '67. So long ago that I can't remember any of the
people's names I worked with, except Elkin's Jim Craddock (I think that's the
name) The man who ran Columbia was a part time weather forecaster on one of the
Dallas TV stations. Can not remember his name, but he was truly a broadcaster,
unlike the Elkins Management folks. Take care and keep praying for Obama.
Psalms 109:8. The Bible commands we pray for our leaders.
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim:
Another member of the Grand Ole Opry has left us. Wilma Lee Cooper has died @
90 in Sweetwater, TN. Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper had many country hits on
Decca, Columbia & Hickory while members of Old Dominion Barn Dance,
Wheeling Jamboree & finally Grand
Ole Opry. Both natives of Randolph County, W. Va, Stoney died in 1977 &
their daughter, Carol Lee has appeared on the Opry since 1975. Wilma Lee had a
stroke @80 in 2001 ending her solo singing career. Bob & Sonny Lee
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Morning Jim,
Retirement is great if not to busy at times. Just returned from my 50th class
reunion and from meeting our new granddaughter "Millie Faith" she's a
special little girl. Staying busy and still doing a Saturday morning 9am-noon
on KFTX, handling a few special accounts and working on a book about my 53
years in radio. Lots of g rated stuff along with plenty of X rated tales. I've
got 91 pages finished so it is a work in progress. Will be in Houston for inductions.
Finally got a little rain here in the Coastal Bend so we are headed to church
to say "Thank ya Lord!!! You and the pooch stay well!! DrB (www.kftx.com)
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DAVID HOUSE (Ft. Worth, TX) Hi, Jim, I got a very
heart-warming email this morning from Larry Fox at KWKH. He posted on his blog
the request I'd sent Saturday, the 40th anniversary of mom's death, to remember
her by playing "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy," the first song she
sold and the one that launched her career, thanks to Hank Williams who bought
it. Larry also added photos that I sent. Here's the link
kwkhonline.com/hank-williams-my-son-calls-another-man-daddy/. I'd sent the
request to many stations. Only KWKH responded, and I found that highly
appropriate, because KWKH was always very special to mom and a part of her life
and work. In the depths of my memory, I associate mom with KWKH. Grew up in the
'50s hearing those call letters over and over as I listened to mom and artists
talk. "KWKH" is etched forever in my memory as a single generic
entity along with others like "Coke-Cola," "Hayride" and
"Opry." Best, David House; Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com)
Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association, Online News Association
TRIVIA ANSWER: Nebraska natives The Glaser Brothers
(Jim, Tompall & Chuck) are the backing harmony voices behind Marty Robbins
on his hit record, El Paso. One my favorite tunes by Jim Glaser as a solo
artist is Woman Woman. Another big favorite is The Glaser Brother's Faded Love
with Leon McAuliffe and the Cimarron Boys in summer 1971 when I'm a newscaster
on KBOX-1480 in my hometown Dallas, TX.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: 10 Years Since
9/11. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Before 9/11, as part of an email, I had asked
Ron Chapman if I could be in the KLUV studios during his show on Friday of that
week. He said that I would be welcome. It would be a birthday present of sorts
& certainly an honor to see him & his outstanding team doing their
show. 9/11 was the main news & topic of conversation in the KLUV studios
& elsewhere that day, as it would be for some time. Take Care, David
Faulkner
GEORGE ELIOT [Mary Ann or Marian Evans] (1819-1880)
As to people saying a few idle words about us, we must not mind that, any more
than the old church-steeple minds the rooks cawing about it.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 19, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1027
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
KYW-1060 LOSES TWO REPORTERS Frenzy overcomes the
staff of KYW-1060 due the loss of two of its long time reporters just days
apart. Jack O'Rourke veteran Newsradio KYW-1060 Sports reporter collapses and
dies suddenly at 80 after he covers the Phillies-Cardinals game at Citizens
Bank Park on Friday night, September 16, 2011. This is less than one week after
the death on Tuesday of 53 year-old KYW-1060 community-affairs reporter for
more than 30 years, Karin Phillips. KYW newscaster John Ostakovich remembers
on-the-air on Saturday morning: O'Rourke is noted for his grin and the twinkle
in his eye. Tom Maloney, KYW sports reporter recalls in an interview: He was
always in a good mood. You wouldn't know if anything was wrong. Obviously, he
loved what he does, or what he did. Ron Corbin KYW colleague says that there is
no indication that anything is wrong with O'Rourke: I talked to him from the
Phillies game [Friday], not only on the air but before the game, too. He was
talking about covering the rest of the weekend and a couple of games during the
coming week. O'Rourke completes his 15th year in coverage of the Phillies for
KYW-1060. During his long KYW career, Jack O'Rourke delivers broadcasts on the
Sixers and the Flyers as well.
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NETFLIX 600K EXODUS On Friday, September 16, 2011
the New York Times declares: The world’s best deal in TV and movies has just
gone away. The Associated Press reports that since Netflix imposes as much as
60% hike in prices of DVD and Online Movies, it loses 600,000 customers since
June 2011. These customer defections in the U.S. are much greater than Netflix
anticipates with its cost increase. Netflix has just about 25 million U.S.
subscribers. Michael Pachter, Wedbush Securities analyst, sighs: Netflix isn't
looking like it's as good a deal because their prices are getting higher and
their content isn't getting any better. It's like they have taken the beef away
from the buffet. The standard combo of Internet video and DVD rentals rises
from $10 to $16 per month.
2011 MARCONI AWARDS On Friday night, September 16,
2011 at the NAB Radio Show dinner in Chicago, IL the Marconi Awards winners
receive their trophies. News/Talk/Sports stations are big winners: WTOP FM
(103.5) Washington, DC (Legendary Station); WSB-750 Atlanta, GA (N/T Station of
the Year); WCCO-530 Minneapolis, MN (Large Market Station); WDEL-1150
Wilmington, DE (Medium Market Station); Van & Bonnie on WHO-1040 Des
Moines, IA (Medium Market Personalities) and WBZ FM (106.7) Boston, MA (Sports
Station of the Year). The annual awards are named after inventor and Nobel
Prize winner Gulielmo Marconi. In 1989, the NAB establishes the Marconi Awards.
Friday night's presentation host is Premiere Networks syndicated personality
Elvis Duran.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What three Classic TV shows
premier on CBS TV in fall 1964? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! David Faulkner [ex KFJZ-870,
KTNS-1600] grows one year older on Thursday, September 15, 2011. •KJMY
FM/K256AE-HD2 (Classic Country 99.1) Provo-Bountiful, UT Clear Channel
translator that covers the southern portions of Salt Lake City flips to Classic
Rock (Rock 99.1). •KHOW-630 Denver, CO Talk host [Troubleshooter] Tom Martino
files for bankruptcy due to losses on his real estate investments. •JOHN OLSEN
22-year broadcast veteran is new PD of Cox Media’s (former Alternative WZNN FM)
new Sports station in Birmingham-Gardendale, AL WZNN FM (The Zone 97.3).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW 1st appears on CBS-TV on
September 19th. •1965 CONNIE SMITH [Once a Day #1 for 8 weeks-1964] joins the
Grand Ole Opry on September 18th. •1970 MARY TYLER MOORE show premieres on CBS
TV on September 19th. •1981 MICKEY GILLEY's single You Don't Know Me hits #1 in
Billboard Country on September 19th. •1995 ORVILLE REDDENBACHER popcorn TV
pitchman has a heart attack & drowns in his Jacuzzi at 88 on September 19th
in Coronado, CA. •2003 JOHNNY CASH wins 3 trophies at the Americana Music
Awards in Nashville, TN on September 19th just one week after he dies.
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CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Subject:
KIKK and other things. Hi Jim, Another bit about KIKK...in the early eighties I
was traveling thru the Navajo reservation in Nev/Utah and carried a country
station fading in & out all the way to the Grand Canyon. When I got to the
Canyon, it was finally loud & clear...that signal was KIKK 650...that's a
lot of communities served.
FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Jim, Any word on
Richard Mock in Joplin, MO?? I sure hope he is o.k. Gotta go do the dishes.
Sweet Alice had to go pick up our 4 grand daughters from school, they got out
early yesterday, today and tomorrow. Mom and Dad both work. Frank
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DAVID HOUSE (Ft. Worth, TX) Hi, Jim, Yes, there are
two things I'd deeply appreciate your help with. I understand that singer Ann
Raye is living, but I haven't been able to find her. She was friends with
mother. I've love to interview her. Can you post a request for contact
information for her as you did with Bob Sullivan? Also, I'm attaching a promo
b&w from the '50s of an artist who evidently was a friend of mother's, but
the photo has no ID, and I haven't been able to find anyone who can tell me who
she is, much less whether she's living. If she's still with us, I'd like to
interview her. I wish I could contact Johnnie Wright, because mother was close
to him and Jack, but I can't reach Kitty Wells much less Johnnie, so I don't
know if that's possible for a nobody like I am. I'll let Don (Logan) know what
a great help you've been in locating Bob Sullivan. Again, I thank you very much
and look forward to reading your column-newsletter. Best. David House;
Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American
Journalists Association, Online News Association
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JOHN BASS (Tyler, TX) Hi Jim. The Real Estate
business has been very slow, but since I have the background that I do in
broadcasting, I decided to give it another try, and make more money and have
fun at the same time!! So far, all is looking very exciting! Hopefully, in
2012, our economy will slowly begin to recover, and people will be able to go
back to work in this country!! Well, enough for now. Good luck on your
broadcasting newsletter for all us old folks! I have often wondered whatever
happened to Dick Mock, Dick Glancey, and a few of the others I knew back in
those days. I still hear about Ken Dow (and Granny Emma) occasionally, but
otherwise, it is a whole new ball game out there now in radio...and also in
TV!! The internet has changed EVERYTHING!!! Take care and let me hear from you
from time to time. Let me know what you need from me RE: signing up for your
newsletter, and I'll get back to you. Take care, and God Bless!! John Bass
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Country music pioneer, Wade Mainer, has died @ 104 at his home in
Flint Township, MI. The last surviving member of Mainer's Mountaineers
(1934-65) is credited with inventing two-finger banjo picking style that paved
the way for the Blue-Grass era. He & sibling J.E. Mainer (1898-1971)
recorded on all major labels & is last of the old-guard tradionals from
20's & 30's. The funeral was Friday 9/16. Bob & Sonny Lee
TRIVIA ANSWER: In fall 1964, three Classic shows
premier on CBS TV: Gomer Pyle, USMC (September 25 through September 9, 1970),
Gilligan's Island (September 26 through September 4, 1967) and The Munsters
(September 24 through September 1, 1966).
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Andy Carr
Issue 1022. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Elkins Institute & Columbia School of
Broadcasting Dallas, TX. I knew Joe Goodwin (KWXI, KGVL, etc.) He ran the
Broadcasting School at Elkins in the 1980's. My friend Judith Powell (KSKY,
KRLD) was a student there. Joe & Judith took me on tours of the school
& I was there with Judith a time or two when she was working on her
audition tape. That's my connection to Elkins. I graduated from the Dallas
Columbia School of Broadcasting in early 1986. From mid 83 to early 86, it
seemed like a pretty good school to me. However, it did go under & close down
in the late 80's. I'll write more about my time there in part two. Take Care,
David Faulkner
MARK TWAIN [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (November 10,
1835 - April 21, 1910) Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart
people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 16, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1026
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
VETERAN MOVIE AND TV PRODUCER SUCCUMBS Veteran
Hollywood movie and TV producer John Calley's long career as a studio mogul
brings new life to Warner Brothers, United Artists, and in recent years, Sony
Pictures Entertainment. He dies at 81 after a long illness. The soft-spoken
Calley is not the typical Hollywood mogul. John Calley is born in NJ. After his
stint in the U.S. Army, at 21, he eases into the entertainment industry in
NBC's mailroom in NYC. In the 1950s, he produces the TV Classic series Mr. Ed.
He goes on to produce Filmways films like The Cincinnati Kid, Ice Station
Zebra, The Americanization of Emily and Catch-22. From 1968 until 1981, Calley
is head of production, P/Vice Chairman of Warner Brothers. His production
efforts there include the memorable movie Classics: Dirty Harry, A Clockwork
Orange, Deliverance, Enter The Dragon, Mean Streets, The Exorcist, A Star Is
Born, What’s Up Doc, Blazing Saddles, The Towering Inferno, Dog Day Afternoon,
Jeremiah Johnson, Klute, All The President’s Men, Superman, Barry Lyndon,
Chariots of Fire and Woodstock.
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SEVEN TV STATIONS CHANGE HANDS According to
Radio-TV Business Report, Cerberus Capital Management sells its Four Points
television stations to group owner Sinclair Media for an estimated $200M.
Sinclair gains one TV station in Austin, TX; one in Providence, RI; two in Salt
Lake City, ID plus three in West Palm Beach, FL. This transaction brokers
Sinclair's colonial empire into markets where it does not yet sit. The list of
TV stations includes one in Austin, TX KEYE TV CBS CH42. Other annexations
affix one in Providence, RI WLWC TV CW CH28; two in Salt Lake City, ID KUTV TV
CBS CH2 and KMYU TV MNT CH9 plus three in West Palm Beach, FL WTVX TV CW CH34,
WTCN TV MNT cable CH50 along with WWHB TV AZTECA cable CH48. David Smith of
Sinclair brags: We are very excited about the acquisition of the Four Points
television stations and welcome their employees into Sinclair. The stations,
which are in prime middle-markets, are a perfect complement to our portfolio of
assets and TV footprint. Sinclair expects these good vibrations to climax in
the first quarter of 2012.
PARTNERS SUE HICKS The Dallas Business Journal
reports that the Texas Rangers Baseball Partners file a lawsuit against former
Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks. The affidavit suggests that Hicks ignored his
fiduciary duties to the club while he worked on real estate deals. The summons
alleges that Hicks uses tens of millions of Rangers' money to buy land and
build parking lots and roads for a Hicks-owned entity called Ballpark Real
Estate LP. The plaintiff argues: That company generates millions of dollars a
year on events at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington and could be valued at $100
million or more. The Texas Rangers Baseball Partners is the bankrupt entity
that used to own the team before it emerged from bankruptcy court a year ago
with new owners. Currently, Nolan Ryan is the owner, CEO and team president of
the Texas Rangers baseball team. As we all know, Nolan Ryan is the former ace
pitcher for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros and the Texas
Rangers. Nolan and his family reside south of Houston in Alvin, TX.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who writes the words to the
timeless Gospel tune Precious Lord? The answer is below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•SAN ANTONIO, TX according to Arbitron reports in
its Fall 2011 Market Survey moves up from #31 on its Metro Survey Area Rankings
and Population list to #28 in line with The Alamo City’s estimated metro
population of 1.8 million people ages 12 and up. •KZRM FM Classic Rock (96.1)
Chama, NM owner Lance Minnite's Lance Broadcasting sells to Chama Broadcasting
for $250K cash. •CENTENNIAL BROADCASTING dismantles its Rock (The Bone
104.9/105.5) simulcast in Winchester, VA. WXBN FM (104.9) Strasburg, VA is now
WZFC FM. WWRE FM (105.5) Berryville, VA hijacks 104.9′s former WXBN FM
call letters.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 CKLW TV CBC CH9 in Windsor, ON begins
broadcasting on September 16th. •1967 DAVID HOUSTON & TAMMY WYNETTE's
single My Elusive Dreams written by Curly Putman is #1 in Billboard Country on
September 16th. •1977 MARC BOLAN Glam Rock vocalist/guitarist with T. Rex dies
in a car crash on September 16th at 29. •1981 ALABAMA's Feels So Right is its
first Platinum album on September 15th. •1994 JACK DODSON actor (Howard Sprague
on Andy Griffith Show) dies at 63 on September 16th. •2000 JO DEE MESSINA's
single That's The Way smashes #1 in Billboard Country on September 16th.
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CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Subject:
KIKK and other things. Hi Jim, Every one is talking about the great days of
radio, KSON the country powerhouse in San Diego recently scaled back its pay
roll by losing the entire morning shift: These were some really good folks. I
feel a corporate mentality in the programming and we know what that means. I'm
amused by the writings of some of the ex KIKK people. They were the boss of
country radio for so long and deservedly so. LeRoy never did like me. I tried
to sell him a station in 1965...and he assured me he didn't need the channel.
Then when I auditioned for a job at TV 39 he shot me down for the job which
went to Roger Gray.
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STEVE EBERHART (Dallas, TX) Subject: quick update.
hi jim...no big deal but you have me listed at KVIL...I haven't been there
since 1992!...but these days, in addition to running the station I own, KGAF in
Gainesville, I also work part time at Citadel (the former ABC Radio Network)
here in Dallas on the weekends on their AC format, and began weekends at KDMX
(Mix 1029) in Dallas back in the Spring...Lately, I have also been doing
middays for them. I still do freelance work from the home studio for several
stations as well. Thanks! Steve Eberhart
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Jim, You might enjoy
looking at my Facebook wall. Jackson Douglas (a Facebook friend of mine)
periodically posts old Radio/TV ads, etc on it. I & others offer comments,
memories, etc to go with them. Only Facebook friends (which you are) can see
it. Scroll through from today back through August if you have time. Thanks,
David
TRIVIA ANSWER: Many consider Thomas A. Dorsey the
father of Gospel music. He is born on July 1, 1899 in Villa Rica, GA. He passes
away on January 23, 1993 in Chicago, IL. His father is a Baptist minister.
Dorsey's music teacher mom teaches him how to play the piano. In 1910, his
family relocates to Atlanta, GA where he becomes a local Blues pianist. During
World War I, his family journeys to Chicago, IL to join the Pilgrim Baptist
Church. Dorsey studies music at the Chicago College of Composition and
Arranging. He plays piano in one of Al Capone’s Chicago speakeasies. Ma Rainey
hires him as a piano player in her Jazz band. In 1928, Dorsey and slide
guitarist Hudson [Tampa Red] Whittaker record the Blues hit, Tight Like That.
Thomas A. Dorsey pens more than 460 R&B and Jazz songs. In 1932, his Dorsey
House of music in Chicago is the first independent publisher of black Gospel
music. That same year, during his grief after the death of his first wife in
childbirth is when he composes his Classic and most famous song, Precious Lord.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Who wrote Precious Lord? Hello Jim: Thomas A. Dorsey, known as the father of
gospel music, for his merging of religious music with the blues, died at 93 on
Jan. 23. 1993. A personal conflict over his strict religious upbringing, and
love of bawdy, bluesy tunes inspired by slave songs, led the young jazz pianist
to create what he called "gospel music." Dorsey's best known gospel
song, "Take MY Hand Precious Lord," was made famous by the late
Mahalia Jackson, who once toured with Dorsey. His daughter Doris said he had
been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. From my archive/files, BOB 9/9.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Who wrote
Precious Lord? As Georgia Tom he backed Tampa Red and was the pianist for Ma
Rainey. There are several mentions of his work as Georgia Tom in the book:
Spreadin' the Rhythm Around Black popular songwriters, 1880 -1930; David A.
Jasen and Gene Jones; Schirmer Books, New York.
THOMAS A. DORSEY (July 1, 1899 - January 23, 1993)
When my way grows drear, Precious Lord, linger near. When my life is almost
gone, Hear my cry, hear my call. Take my hand lest I fall. Take my hand
Precious Lord And lead me home.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 14, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1025
REMEMBER 9/11
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WHERE ARE YOU WHEN THE TWIN TOWERS EXPLODE? Country
singer-song writer Alan Jackson remembers that he goes to bed with Ground Zero
on his mind. He wakes up in the middle of the night with the words to Where
Were You (When the World Stopped Turning). Before he beds down for the evening,
Alan performs at a children’s home benefit in his home state of Georgia, The
words to the song are on his mind so he gets out of bed and records the melody
and lyrics to the tune on his tape recorder. I’ve had songs come to me before
like that, but nothing seems as clear as this. The next morning, I started
putting all the verses together about things I had seen or heard about. In
November 2001, Alan performs the tune live for the first time at the CMA Awards
at the Grand Ole Opry House. Wade Jessen, Billboard Senior Chart Manager in
Nashville, TN recalls that tears dwell up in his eyes along with the rest of
the audience as Jackson sings the song. That’s not something that happens in mass
at the CMAs. Where Were You is another career song for Alan Jackson. He sings
it at the Pentagon for 9/11 survivors, as well as on the streets of New York
City. He sings the song on Sunday night, September 11, 2011 at Washington
National Cathedral during the nationally televised A Concert for Hope.
President Barack Obama is the 4th president for whom Jackson performs.
STEVENS APPLIES COMEDY INTO THE TRAGEDY Pop-Country
singing star and maker of comedy tunes Ray Stevens (Ahab the Arab #5-1962) says
that he pens a comedy song (Osama Yo Mama) about the Twin Towers disaster
because if you can invoke a smile or a laugh it makes what you’re saying more
palatable to a lot of people. Rock-Country singer Charlie Daniels offers no
apologies for his This Ain’t No Rag, It’s a Flag. I wrote it because it’s my
way of saying, This is America and we’re not going to put up with what you did
to us. We’re coming after you and there ain’t no place you can hide, and we
proved that a little while ago.
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THE OAKS ATTEND JONES' 80TH Country Music Hall of
Fame member George Jones celebrates his 80th birthday on Tuesday, September 13,
2011 in grand style that begins at Rippy’s Ribs & Bar-B-Que, 429 Broadway
in beautiful downtown Nashville, TN from 5-6 pm. Next, he heads on over to The
Grand Ole Opry to finish out his birthday bash. But his actual birth date is
September 12th. In attendance at George Jones' birthday shindig at The Grand
Ole Opry are The Oak Ridge Boys, Alan Jackson, Montgomery Gentry, Joe Diffie,
Pam Tillis, Jamey Johnson and Blackberry Smoke. Admission is free to the George
Jones pre-party at Rippy’s. If you would like to join in the celebration of
George Jones' 80th birthday party at The Grand Ole Opry on September 13 at 7pm,
the tickets are $34-$55 at www.opry.com or give them a call at 1-615-871-OPRY.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS Radio debut its
programs from the new CBS Broadcast Center in NYC? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WLZT FM Clear Channel AC (Soft Rock 93.3)
Ashville/Columbus, OH stunts Top 500 countdown that leads up its new Classic
Hits (Oldies 93.3) after Labor Day 2011. •WKRK FM CBS Radio Modern Rock (Radio
92.3) Cleveland, OH flips to Sports (The Fan 92.3) on Monday, August 29, 2011
with Andy Roth as its new PD. •GLEN BECK is baack! The all new 2 hour Glenn
Beck Show launches on Monday, September 12, 2011 exclusively on www.GBTV.com
weekdays at its cachet 5pm ET ink blot. •NBC ENTERTAINMENT rechristens TV
studio wing as Universal Television plus snubs out execs for new blood.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 WTAE TV ABC CH 4 in Pittsburgh, PA begins
broadcasting on September 14th. •1963 GARY BAKER songwriter (John Michael
Montgomery I Swear, Reba McEntire One Honest Heart and Alabama Once Upon A
Lifetime) born in Niagara Falls, NY. •1974 BARBARA JO ALLEN actress (Ice
Capades 1941, Melody Ranch 1940) dies on September 14th at 68 in Santa Barbara,
CA. •1986 REBA MCENTIRE's single Little Rock hits #1 in Billboard Country on
September 13th. •1999 HARRY CRANE writer on TV's The Honeymooners dies at 85 on
September 14th. •2007 BRAD PAISLEY's album 5th Gear strikes Gold on September
12th.
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JOHN SUMMERS [ex KHJ-930/KLIF-1190] (Los Angeles,
CA & Reno, NV) Subject: John Summers in Los Angeles. Jim, I always appreciate
your column, having been a member of the DFW broadcast past at 1190-KLIF way
back. Wanted to send you an update... I accepted the offer of News Director at
Reno's #1-rated 50,000-watt conservative news/talker, 780-KOH. Looking forward
to working with program director Dan Mason & an awesome local staff of show
hosts & journalists, along with syndicators Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity,
Mark Levin, & Coast-to-Coast AM w/George Noory, just to mention a few. A
sidenote here...Ross Mitchell & Monica Jaye are the morning crew that
wakes-up Reno & the West weekdays from 5 to 9. Ross is also the incredible
'voice of Coast-to-Coast AM'...the guy with pipes 20 feet deeper then anyone
else I know in the biz! You can listen-in on the station website: www.kkoh.com/.
Listeners in your part of the States would hear 780-WBBM out of Chicago
over-the-air as it covers the Eastern half of the country. I begin my duties
Monday September 12th (tomorrow). John Summers; Los Angeles & Reno
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STEVE EBERHART [ex KVIL FM] (Dallas, TX) Subject:
Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1024) September 12, 2011 [Monday] Hi Jim I am hoping
you might help me with a question I have. I have asked many of the players from
the time, but haven't got a definitive answer. The question is when did KLIF
move IN to the "Triangle Point" studios at 2120 Commerce in downtown
Dallas If anyone knows for sure I'd like to know. I know they were in the
Jackson Street building when the assassination occurred and it was not too long
after that. Also does anyone have any photos of anything KLIF from either
studios? Thanks! Steve Eberhart (www.klifhistory.com)
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: 10 Years Since
9/11. Greetings Jim & Lacy, 9/11 of 2001 seems like a long time ago, but
it's only 10 years. Was at work that Tuesday morning, managing a Phillips 66 in
Dallas. Customers were mentioning that one of the World Trade Center towers had
been hit by a plane. Soon, Ron Chapman, Peggy Sears & Mitch Carr (on KLUV)
were reporting all the details. It became a slow, quiet day at the store. (All
who could were staying home, watching TV coverage of the attacks.) We kept up
via radio & word of mouth. KLUV would have frequent updates throughout the
day & our customers were speaking of little else. Around noon, a longtime
friend met me at the store & we went to a nearby Jakes for lunch.
Continuous coverage of the attacks was on all the TVs there. I hope the tragic
events of that day are never repeated. Peace, David Faulkner
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: DFW
Radio/TV "Lunch Bunch" set for Saturday, Sept 17. Hi Jim! Thanks for
the note. What you see there are the folks that I don't have on Facebook,
and/or ones who don't have a Facebook account. Not sure on Colonel (Mason)...I
hardly ever hear from him, and I think he's leaned more towards the science end
of things lately. He does a weekly radio show about nanotechnology. But he may
have signed onto JRRR because of all the KDNT chatter that was going on awhile
back. Do want to thank you for plugging these lunches on JRRR...we're in much
the same boat in our own way, gathering radio folks in one place to let them
reminisce, all the while for no profit and just for the occasional thank you.
And I know it's not said enough to you, so THANK YOU for all you do! Will see
you in November at the Hall of Fame? Take care, Mike (www.knus99.com/)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On July 26, 1964 CBS Radio programs
begin to radiate from its new headquarters at CBS Broadcast Center at 524 W. 57
Street in NYC.
CHARLES GEORGE [ex KCHU FM] (Dallas, TX) I have
been listening to various artists on Pandora.com. Wish they told about the
music. I liked listening to Pat Patterson, Jazz Workshop on KFAD, since he
would mention the artists and background about the music in a informative and
educational manner. The dial string had broken on a radio that I like to listen
to, I would then take the back off to tune it manually. I had a few shocking
experiences before getting a radio I could tune from the controls.
JOSEPH STALIN [Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili]
(December 18, 1879 – March 5, 1953) Without the help of useful idiots, our
ideology will not succeed.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 12, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1024
REMEMBER 9/11
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
HOLLYWOOD MOVIE LEGEND BIDS FAREWELL Charly is a
first-rate motion picture. The 1968 film brings actor Cliff Robertson an Oscar
for his portrayal of the mentally disabled Charly. Doctors perform an
experimental operation that takes Charly out of his menial janitor job into
mental brilliance. But, like in the Ames Brothers hit tune, it only lasts for a
little while until he regresses back into his previous mental state. Cliff also
appears in Three Days of the Condor with Robert Redford. Clifford Parker
Robertson III is born on September 9, 1925 in La Jolla, CA. He learns drama in
high school. He attends Antioch College. He goes to work at the nearby
Springfield, OH newspaper and radio station. In 1948 he lands a role in the
Chicago Company of Mister Roberts. In 1955, Joshua Logan casts him in a
supporting role in the film version of Picnic. President John F. Kennedy
chooses Cliff Robertson to portray him in the 1963 picture PT 109. Cliff's
first marriage to Stephanie Robertson, ex-wife of actor Jack Lemmon, produces
daughter Cynthia Stone. His second marriage is to actress and heiress Dina
Merrill, who is the daughter of financier E.F. Hutton and Marjorie Merriweather
Post, heiress to the Post cereal fortune and one of the world's richest women.
They have a child who dies of cancer. The couple gets a divorce in 1989. His
secretary for 53 years, Evelyn Christel, says that Cliff Robertson died of
natural causes Saturday afternoon, September 10, 2011 in Stony Brook, a day
after his 88th birthday.
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REMEMBER 9/11 Throughout America on Sunday,
September 11, 2011 we remember the harrowing horror that rips apart our country
when terror strikes the Twin Towers in NYC. Foreign medieval insurgents hijack
two jet airliners and crash them into the Twin Towers. In Gotham City WABC-770
broadcasts live all day from Ground Zero. WOR-710 morning host John Gambling
and newsman Joe Bartlett are live from the site from 8-11am. News-Talk radio
stations WINS-1010, WCBS-880 and WEMP FM (101.9) air live coverage from
Sunday’s memorial ceremonies in Lower Manhattan. In Washington, DC WMAL-630
airs a three-hour special on Sunday morning Live from the Newseum. Its hosts
include Morning Majority team Brian Wilson, Mary Katherine Ham and Bryan
Nehman, plus veteran midday host Chris Plante. All-news WTOP FM (103.5)
presents special programming during the weekend anniversary of the flying
machine attack on the Pentagon in the nation’s capitol.
TURN OUT THE LIGHTS THE PARTY'S OVER Just before
midnight on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 as I put the finishing touches on
Friday's issue of JRRR, the ISP goes completely dead. Restart the computer and
attempt everything that comes to mind for this infidel to restore contact but
the ISP is DOA. Our telephone line is also on the blink. Panic strikes! So
close but yet so far from publishing Friday's issue of JRRR but my hands are
tied behind my back. All of a sudden after about 45 minutes, from out of
nowhere, bingo! The ISP automatically reconnects! What causes this to happen?
On Thursday night almost the same thing occurs when a sudden blackout shuts
down power to millions of homes and businesses that includes NTS MediaOnline
Today headquarters plus a wide region of Southern CA, parts of Arizona and
northern Baja, Mexico. But NTS MediaOnline Today uncovers the root of that
calamity. No, it's not Al Gore's global warming that shuts down a portion of
America's power grid. The utility company says that it is human error that
causes the sudden freeze of its electric current.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is The Beatles first
appearance on CBS TV's The Ed Sullivan Show? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KLZK FM Ramar Communications AC (Stars 97.3)
Lubbock, TX stunts with Country, Hip-Hop and Showtunes until it rebounds as Yes
FM 97.3 but its new format remains a secret. In Lubbock, Ramar also owns Fox
Talk KJTV-950/KJTV FM (100.7), Tejano KXTQ FM (Magic 93.7) and Sports KTTU FM
(Double T 104.3). •WMKK FM (Mike FM 93.7) Entercom Boston, MA ends its Adult
Hits music on Monday, September 12, 2011 in favor of a simulcast of Sports Talk
WEEI-590 as another FM music format bites the dust. •RONA DANZIGER is new PD of
CBS Radio Talk WXYT-1270 Detroit, MI.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KNTV TV ABC CH11 in San Jose, CA begins
broadcasting on September 12th. •1967 BOBBIE GENTRY's single Ode To Billie Joe
strikes Gold on September 11th. •1974 JEFF [Skunk] BAXTER joins The Doobie
Brothers on September 12th. •1988 HIGHWAY 101's single (Do You Love Me) Just
Say Yes lands at #1 in Billboard Country on September 10th. •1994 MAJOR BILL
SMITH (good friend) Ft. Worth, TX record producer dies at 72 on September 12th.
•2003 JOHNNY CASH dies of diabetes at Nashville's Baptist Hospital on September
12th, just four months after the death of his wife, June Carter.
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JEFF THOMPSON (Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC)
Subject: Memories of Cactus Pryor. I was very saddened to hear of the passing
of Cactus Pryor, a real icon of quality local broadcast talent. I got to know
him while I was a student from 1955-59 at the University of Texas, as Broadcast
major, and then during my early broadcast career until I moved to KXYZ in
Houston in 1961. I met Cactus first, through my cousin, Bill Montandon, a
prominent Austin realtor, who also happened to be a fine singing tenor. I was
also an instrumental musician, a singer, and ventriloquist. So Bill and I
appeared on Cactus's TV shows on KTBC a few times. But then, Cactus and I also
performed on stage at numerous community events together. He was THE face and
the good humored voice of every good cause, as well as the station. I also sang
Station ID jingles for KTBC radio and TV. During my college years I did work at
several other Austin stations, KAZZ, KUT, and I helped put KASE on the air,
where I was eventually program director. While I never had a real job at the
"Lady Bird" Johnson's station, some of my class mates did, like Harry
Blackstone, Jr., the great magician, But I will always treasure performing
there while learning and having great fun with Cactus, a great man, a wonderful
comedian, and a broadcaster's broadcaster. - Jeff Thompson
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Andy Carr
Issue 1022. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Andy's description of the San Antonio
Columbia School of Broadcasting sounds a little different than the Dallas
location. At Dallas there were people on site to listen to our tapes, offer
guidance, etc. Ron Knowles (KOAX, KAAM 1310) was the manager. Rick Stoughton
(KLIF 1190, KZEW/KRQX) & Doug Saye (KTXQ, KZEW) were two of the
instructors. We had an in-house student station (KDCS). Rick built it using
equipment that KZEW/KRQX no longer wanted. Some Saturdays we had special stuff.
One Saturday Bud Buschardt (WFAA, KVIL) came & spoke to us (& answered
our many questions) about KVIL, music, etc. (I think he was MD of KVIL at the
time.) On another Rick took a van full of us on a tour of KZEW & KRQX's
studios & transmitter sites. (He was their CE.) Fun times. Take Care, David
Faulkner
MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: DFW
Radio/TV "Lunch Bunch" set for Saturday, Sept 17. Time again to
gather all local media types, past and present, for our quarterly casual
gathering at Humperdink's on Northwest Hwy between 35E/Stemmons and Loop
12/Walton Walker in NW Dallas. We'll meet up Saturday, Sept 17 between 12:30
and 3:30PM. See old friends, meet new
ones, do some networking, etc. Same as always--no speeches or agendas, drop
in/drop out, each person pays for their own...and always a fun time for
everyone! Please mark your calendar and plan to be there! Details or questions...just email me. And if you haven't already, please join our
Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/133439276685661/. Thanks to all...Mike
Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
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DAVID HOUSE (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Bob Sullivan.
Hi, Jim, Just finished the issue of your newsletter that you sent. It's
wonderful. Excellent work. And you did a great job with my request. Thank you
for adding me to your subscriber list. Interestingly, after I clicked on a
Cashbox link, I was scrolling down and lo and behold there was an ad for my
first cousin, Chuck Hancock. Small world. I'll bet Lacy's a superb and highly
charming assistant. I get a lot of help from our little shelter doggie,
Finnegan, who has a bent right ear and looks like a Disney dog. Thanks for
being open to stories about mom and radio. I'll share as often as I can. Best,
David House; Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native
American Journalists Association, Online News Association
TRIVIA ANSWER: February 9, 1964 is The Beatles
first appearance on CBS TV's The Ed Sullivan Show.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I gave in
Wednesday, and got an Android phone...then got the app, Tune-in. I find now I
can listen to stations from various places. I find other markets have better
programming than the Dallas Market. I know this will probably upset some, but
there is more to Dallas than North Dallas.
JOE BOB BRIGGS (January 27, 1953 - p) Apparently we
love our own cell phones but we hate everyone else's.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 09, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1023
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
SUPER BOWL SELLS OUT According to Seth Winter, SVP
of NBC Sports Group Sales & Marketing, literally a handful of units are on
hand for the Super Bowl XLVI broadcast. Five months before the Super Bowl kicks
off in Indianapolis, IN on February 5, 2012 NBC almost sells out just about all
of its entire 63 open 30 second Super Bowl football slots available. But only
six remain open. This is despite the 4 month long lock out. On March 11th, just
two months after the lockout begins, half of NBC's Super Bowl spot load is
spoken for. In 2011, Fox gets $3 million per spot. But for 2012, NBC raises the
ante to $3.5 million for each 30 second ad. For each Super Bowl spot sold,
other NBC Sports items are attached such as the 17-day 2012 Summer Olympics
spectacular in London from July 27-August 12, 2012. Nielsen report says that
the Pittsburgh Steelers-Green Bay Packers Super Bowl game shatters the record
for most-watched single TV event in American history with an average of 111
million Fox viewers on February 6, 2011. A little more than half the total U.S.
population sees a portion of that game.
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ROCK STAR KICKED OFF PLANE Southwest Airlines
removes Rock group Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong from a flight
because his pants are too low. The Green Day singer is on a flight from Oakland
in Northern California to Burbank. A stewardess tells him that he will have to
get off of the airplane because his pants are too low. He answers back: I’m
just trying to get to my...seat. After he exits the airship, Billie Joe Tweets
a message: Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too
low! No joke! The incident boils into a public relations catastrophe for the
airline. Southwest issues a statement of apology: As soon as we became aware of
what had happened, we reached out to apologize for this Customer's experience.
He elected to take the next flight. We followed up with this Customer and
involved Employees to get more details and, in our latest conversations,
understand from the Customer the situation was resolved to his satisfaction.
BRUNO RETURNS WPEN FM (The Fanatic 97.5) Philly's
first All Sports FM radio station welcomes back Tony Bruno to host Philadelphia
Midday Show Monday through Friday noon-2pm with co-host Harry Mayes beginning
on Monday, October 3, 2011. In the recent past, Bruno is both a local
Philadelphia WPEN FM radio host as well as host of the national show Into the
Night with Tony Bruno from Los Angeles, CA. Tony Bruno’s radio career covers
more than 30 years which begins at age 18 on the legendary WFIL-560 (Famous
56). He becomes an award winning reporter, anchor and talk show host. Tony
sighs: This is the best sports city in America and having done national sports
talk for more than 25 years, nothing beats being back in Philly where it all
started with my family, friends and great radio fans...with a total commitment
to 'local only' radio, this should solidify us as the best sports radio station
in Philly, period! Greater Philadelphia Radio, Inc., a subsidiary of Greater
Media, Inc., owns WPEN FM. Also, 23 AM and FM radio stations in Boston,
Charlotte, Detroit, New Jersey and Philadelphia.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the CBS Morning News
with Mike Wallace debut? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Ron Samuels (Houston, TX) [KILT
FM-KDAY-KPRC-KBLX-KCOP TV-WKIS] Sunday, September 11, 2011. •REGIS PHILBIN
longtime host of Live with Regis and Kelly wraps up 28 seasons with his
farewell on Friday, November 18, 2011. Highlights of Regis' time on the show
airs for two months as part of the Regis Farewell Celebration Season. •KBZC FM
Entercom GenX Hits 80's Rock (The Buzz 106.5) Sacramento, CA flips to Rhythmic
AC (Feel Good Music) with new kids on the block Christopher K. middays
(10am-2pm) plus Monica Lowe, formerly of 100.5 The Zone from 2 to 6pm.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KGTV TV ABC/NBC CH10 in San Diego, CA begins
broadcasting on September 9th. •1968 BUCK OWENS performs Act Naturally and I've
Got A Tiger By The Tail for President Lyndon Johnson at the White House on
September 9th. •1975 JOHN MCGIVER actor (Patty Duke Show) dies at 61 on
September 9th. •1989 THE LATE KEITH WHITLEY's single I Wonder Do You Think Of
Me lands at #1 in Billboard Country on September 9th. •1994 PATRICK O'NEAL
actor (King Rat-1965) dies of cancer at 66 on September 9th. •2006 THE
WRECKERS' debut single Leave The Pieces smashes Billboard Country on September
9th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) OK Jim, I have some
time now. My first job at age 19 is KDNT Denton, 1960. did a 2-hr C&W
afternoon show. then 1961, KCPA-fm Dallas, (a classical FM that went broke).
then 1962-63, KGAF Gainesville; 1963-64 KEEE Nacogdoches as ND. in 1965 moved
to Tyler worked at KDOK and KTBB at the same time until the manager at KDOK
found out and let me go, said "I can't have someone working for me and the
competition too. I used different names. I was afternoon DJ on KTBB as Randy
Lee and KDOK week-end newsman as Frank Daveney. Then worked at KVIL Dallas in
1965-66 afternoon drive DJ and also taught at Elkins. (worst job I ever had)
Then in the fall of 1966, did week-ends at KLIF and after a short time became
full time on KLIF. (Thanks to Dick Glancey.) In 1967 I went to Houston as ND at
KILT. (Thanks to Bill Young) In 1973 went next door to KTRH Houston to do talk
and afternoon news anchor. In 1977, came out to Albuquerque to do morning news
on KOB and did that for 20 years. in 1999 I moved over to KFLQ-fm and did
morning news for 8 years on a Christian FM. In 2008 I moved to where I am now
KKIM (FM) doing morning news in Albuquerque. End of story. Have a good one, FH
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LARRY SCOTT (Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Bob
Sullivan. Jim, I haven’t talked to Bob Sullivan in two or three years. I just
tried to call him and there was no answer but here is his phone number and last
address I had on him. Bob Sullivan; McAllister, OK. I don’t know if you should
include it in your news but maybe you can email David House. Larry
DAVID HOUSE (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Bob Sullivan.
God bless you mightily, Jim. And Larry Scott, too. Thank you so much. I'll get
a letter off to Bob today and also will let him know about your Web
column-newsletter. David House; Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com)
Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association, Online News Association
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JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1021) September 05, 2011 [Monday] Jim, I worked for the
better part of ten years in the news department of KLBJ, so needless to say, I
got to know Cactus Pryor well. I don't have many heroes, but he is definitely
one I did have. Yes, he was well-known, a celebrity in his own right, and
somewhat bigger than life, but you'd never know it by being around him. He had
common sense, needless to say a quick wit, and was modest and very comfortable
with himself. He was a towering talent in broadcasting, but without a runaway
ego. I never failed to listen to his early morning thoughts on KLBJ, and they
never failed to inform and entertain. Some of his family followed him into
broadcasting, and were and are very good, but I think they'd agree that no one
will replace Cactus. You hear it said a lot, but he literally was one of a
kind. I miss him greatly on KLBJ. Yours Truly, John Hale; Mobile Magic Music
"We're at the best parties!"
TRIVIA ANSWER: On September 2, 1963 the CBS Morning
News with Mike Wallace debuts from 10:00-10:30 am EDT. It is the first daily
half-hour morning network news program on TV.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
JRRR Issue #1021, 9/3/11. Jim: A friend/reader Roy Lemons, asked about the
great 50's DJ Martin Block. Block (3/2/03 to 9/9/1967) was MC of the All-Star
Show I attended at The Storz Stations' 2nd Annual Internat'l radio &
program Seminar & pop Music D.J. Conv, Americana hotel, Miami Beach, May
29-31, 1959. Block was celebrating his Silver Jubilee "as a
platter-spinner," the program states. Most all the top DJs & recording
artists of the day attended, & I still hold the official 27-page program of events. Of interest also
to your TX readers is that Gordon McLendon was on a panel, as was Paul Berlin,
KNUZ, sked for two, plus serving as a moderator & member of the planning
committee. It's a memorable event in radio I will never forget. Randy Wood
& most record execs were there, plus nearly 30 top acts of the day
performed on Block's show. DJ Tommy Edwards, WERE, Cleveland, who steered me
into radio previously, renewed friendship. When I was with you at TRHOF, Nov.
2008, I wanted to chat with Paul Berlin, but he apparently left early &
dashed my plans. BOB & Sonny Lee
GORDON MCLENDON (June 08, 1921 - September 14,
1986) What harm is there in making 100,000 people happy on a hot summer
afternoon?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 07, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1022
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
ROLLING STONE SAVES RADIO STATION Lightning strikes
Angel Radio's transmitter on the Isle of Wight in the UK and knocks it off the
air. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones comes to Angel Radio's rescue with a
Ł3,000 check to help repair its transmitter. At first, Angel Radio's staff
presumes that it is a prank when they receive the check. But it really fires
them up when the Rock star comes forward to help get them get back on the air.
Bev Webster, Angel Radio Director, tells British newspaper The Sun: We thought
the cheque was a joke. But accountants confirmed it was the real Keith
Richards. I've written to say thanks. It is so exciting to think he might be a
fan. Angel Radio is a small UK radio station that broadcasts pre 1969 music.
The staff believes that Keith is a fan of the radio station. A spokesman for
the 67-year-old Keith Richards confirms that he indeed does make the donation,
but he has no comment.
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TV ANCHOR EXITS AFTER PROTEST Frances Rivera
evening anchor on WHDH TV Boston, MA joins other anchors to protest WHDH TV's
annual Health and Fitness Expo recently. The NBC affiliate is involved in a
battle with AFTRA, which is the union that represents WHDH TV on-air talent,
over salary and age discrimination concerns. During the protest, Frances and
her on-air teammates hand out fliers that urge people to call WHDH TV GM
Christopher Wayland to express their support for them. The Herald reports that
WHDH TV is very unhappy with Rivera’s decision to participate in the protest.
After 10 years with WHDH TV evening anchor Frances Rivera leaves Boston for a
local TV position in NYC but she does not disclose which station. WHDH TV GM
Wayland says: We wanted her to stay. She did a great job for us and we wish her
the best.
BUDDY HOLLY TURNS 75 If he is still alive,
Rock'n'Roll legend Buddy Holly will be 75 years old on Wednesday, September 7,
2011. On September 9th there is to be a celebration called the Buddy Holly
Avenue Birthday Bash in his home town Lubbock, TX. But the late singer's wife
Maria Elena Holly who has legal rights to Buddy’s name, likeness and image
objects to the concert. Maria's attorney, Stephen Easley of Washington, DC,
sends cease and desist notices to KEND Radio, KEND owner Bill Clement and Melt
management, saying the concert organizers and a Buddy Holly impersonator,
Johnny Rogers, cannot legally put on the show. Maria's attorney Stephen Easley
says that The Buddy Holly Center has exclusive rights to use her late husband’s
name, image and likeness. He adds that Maria Holly supports only the September
7th celebration at the Buddy Holly Center. Also, on September 7th actor Gary
Busey of The Buddy Holly Story joins Phil Everly and Peter Asher as speakers at
the Holly star ceremony where the late Charles Hardin [Buddy] Holly receives a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS TV kick off football
Instant Replay? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Tommy Overstreet [A total of 20
Top 20 songs in the 1970s including (Jeannie Marie) You Were a Lady #3-1974]
celebrates another great year on September 10, 2011. •DANNY BONADUCE bids adieu
to mornings on CBS Radio WYSP FM (94.1) Philadelphia, PA as it abandons Rock
music after Labor Day to become Sports WIP FM with a simulcast of sister Sports
WIP-610. •WPRT FM Nashville, TN flips from Hot AC The Party 102.5 to Sports The
Game 102.5 at 6:00am on Monday, August 29, 2011. •JOHN GORDON legendary
Minnesota Twins announcer retires after 25 years in the team’s broadcast booth.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 WWL TV CBS CH4 in New Orleans, LA begins
broadcasting on September 7th. •1963 MARK CHESNUTT (Brother Jukebox #1 for 2
weeks-1991) born on September 6th in Beaumont, TX. •1978 KEITH MOON drummer for
legendary Rock group The Who dies of drug OD at 31 on September 7th. •1985
ROSANNE CASH's I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me lands at #1 in Billboard
Country on September 7th. •1994 DENNIS MORGAN (Earl Stanley Morner) leading
male actor and singer of the 1940s dies at 83 on September 7th in Fresno, CA.
•2006 SUGARLAND's video Want To debuts on CMT on September 7th.
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DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Jim, Now, let me help you get in good with our people. I
am including their e-mail above in the address part. Please feel free to put
them on your mail-out list, and I ask, with this e-mail, that you are put on
theirs. Kathy Harris is in our office. Sandy Brokaw is in Los Angeles. Kirt
Webster is in Nashville. They all do our PR and Press and Media Relations. With
this I ask Kathy to make sure you have our new CD and anything you need from our
past. Our new CD will be released by Cracker Barrel on Sept. 19th. It is called
"It's Only Natural". Please feel free to contact our people to keep
you up to date. And, once again, Thanks for your years of friendship. Duane
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JOAN PATE-DAY [Sister of KLIF-1190/KBOX-1480/KVIL
FM Mobile News Reporter Sam Pate] (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Duane Allen (Oak Ridge
Boys) I am proud of you guys. If you happen to run into Willie Nelson would you
please ask him which of the Abbott family was his kin? I have been trying to
find out for several years with no luck. I want to know the name of his
grandparent and great grandparent on the Abbott side of his family.
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DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX)
Subject: trying to contact Bob Sullivan. Dear Mr. Rose, Don Logan, Alton
Warwick and Doug Davis all recommended that I contact Bob Sullivan in regard to
research I'm conducting. They do not have his contact information. If you do,
would you share it with me? I'm David House, a freelance writer and son of the
late songwriter Jewell House of Texarkana, Texas. Mom wrote with and for Hank
Williams, Webb Pierce, Red Sovine and other artists during the '50s and into
the '60s and had deep connections with the Louisiana Hayride. I've begun
research for a book about her and am contacting those who knew and worked with
her. I was in Shreveport Wednesday and Texarkana Thursday, interviewing Logan,
Warwick and Davis. They felt that Bob Sullivan could be of help to me but that
he was in Oklahoma and they had no contact information for him. Thanks in advance
for any help you can share. Best regards, David House; Freelance Writer
(www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association,
Online News Association
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ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Columbia
School of Broadcasting. Jim, David Faulkner referenced Elkins Institute and
Columbia School of Broadcasting: I attended Elkins in Dallas to earn my first
class radio license, making it easier to be employed. I think they called us
"combo jocks." I left KBUC to become Director of Columbia School of
Broadcasting in San Antonio. The school had a suite of beautiful offices that
included a broadcast booth, a video tape recorder, and a news set, but there
were never any classes taught in this impressive building because the school
was a correspondence school. The students did their practice tapes at home and
mailed them. The schools were franchised: Mine and several others were owned by
some lawyers in New Orleans. The schools folded while I was there, even though
my school was doing really good financially. In my opinion the owners errored
by hiring suit and tie directors instead of long stringy haired people like me.
No one wanted to be a suit and tie jock...Jocks just didn't look like that.
Andy Carr, KBER, KMAC-KISS, KBUC, KKYX (weekends), KVEG, KRAM, KENO, KWBY, and
Columbia School of Broadcasting
TRIVIA ANSWER: On December 7, 1963 CBS TV makes
technological history when it introduces the first-ever Instant Replay during
the Army-Navy football game.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) My G. E. Superadio was
$80 but I bought it from Bruce Elving, FM Atlas since I had a tunable SCA
installed. Several stations have specialty foreign language programs on their
SCA. Also NTRB, North Texas Radio For The Blind is on the SCA of KERA-FM. I
bought this in 1990. Fryes has the unmodified Superadio II for about $50. I
bought mine after talking with Gary Ketler. He has the original Superadio which
actually was a superior DX machine. I use to enjoy UT games that were sent over
KFJZ-FM on their SCA. The background music stations on SCA now have gone since
they have other delivery methods available. I also have a Select-antenna from C
Crane and a loop from Radio Shack. The select-antenna works best with my
Sangean ATS-818 while the Radio Shack loop works best with the G. E. Superadio.
This morning at 10 a.m. BBC African Service was putting in a very good signal
on 17830 KHz. It came in better on my Sangean ATS-818 than on my Eton E1/XM
which does better on pulling in amateur and utility signals. Charles
CLIFFORD STOLL (University of California-Berkeley
astronomer) Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called
users?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 03, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1021
LACY AND I WISH YOU A JOYOUS AND SAFE LABOR DAY
WEEKEND!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BRILLIANT IDEA FOR A RADIO STATION Sports/Talk KRLD
FM (The Fan 105.3) in Dallas, TX has a dazzling idea for a Sports/Talk radio
station. In fall 2011, KRLD FM opens an 8,000 square foot sports-themed
restaurant for every age group with food, thirst quenchers and the whole ball
of wax for sports fans and do it seven days a week. Bill Teague, local
restaurant and club operator owns and operates the restaurant. This is a slam
dunk because The Fan Sports Lounge's location is inside Dallas’ Victory Park,
which is precisely across from the American Airlines Center. In addition to
KRLD FM's state-of-the-art broadcast studio, the Lounge contains a bundle of HD
TVs, theater-size projection screens, high-tech game room, private dining rooms
and plus lots of other gizmos. Bruce Gilbert, VP of Talk and Sports Programming
at CBS Radio News/Dallas, brags: When it comes to brand extension we could
think of nothing better than a place to gather where you can interact with the
station (KRLD FM) while enjoying watching your favorite teams play. This is a
great way for us to grow The Fan franchise and welcome our friends and
listeners into our world, while providing North Texas sports fans with an
affordable, fun, and comfortable experience.
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SUN SUES OVER JOHNNY CASH REHASH Sun Records
Nashville, TN pursues a lawsuit against a Houston company about its licensing
rights over Johnny Cash tunes in advertisements that includes a trailer for the
movie Zombieland that features a remix of Cash's songs. According to the
disagreement, in 2007 Sun signs a licensing pact with Compadre Records that
allows it to remix Johnny Cash - The Complete Sun Recordings - 1955-1958 for a
new album. Problem is that Sun says that Compadre does not make the required payments
under the agreement. Sun alleges that it does not receive its share of the
$40,000 that the producers of Zombieland pays Compadre for the Johnny Cash
product. Also, in question is the $23,250 that ABC pays Compadre for its use of
the remixed song used in promotional ads for the CMA Music Festival and Awards.
Columbia pays Compadre $70,000 for its use of the remixed version of Get Rhythm
in an ad campaign. Sun accuses Compadre of breach of contract and copyright
infringement. So far, Compadre ignores the forthcoming U.S. District Court
lawsuit in Nashville, TN.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Walter Cronkite become
the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Chuck Joseph [KILT-610 DJ] turns
39 for about the 2nd or 3rd time on Wednesday, September 5, 2011. •KTAR-620
Bonneville Sports Phoenix, AZ rebrands itself as Arizona Sports with ESPN
Radio’s lineup. •DENNY SOMACH former DJ/MD returns to WYSP FM on Tuesday,
August 30, 2011 from 7–9 pm just before WYSP FM (94.1) begins to simulcast All
Sports WIP-610 on September 6th. •HOWARD ESKIN Philly Sports radio and TV
legend for over 30 years leaves PM Drive on WIP-610 on Friday, September 2,
2011. He remains part-time plus continues his Sports Final on WCAU TV NBC CH10.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 WKRG TV CBS CH5 in Mobile, AL begins
broadcasting on September 5th. •1961 LORETTA LYNN (Patsy Cline's She's Got You
#1-1977) signs with Decca records on September 3rd. •1977 JERRY LEWIS' 12th
Muscular Dystrophy telethon is on September 5th. •1981 TOM GOSSIN guitarist
with Gloriana born on September 4th in Utica, NY. •1999 ALLEN FUNT inventor of
reality-TV when he creates and hosts Candid Camera dies at 84 on Sunday
afternoon, September 5th of complications from an earlier stroke. •2007 TAYLOR
SWIFT's single Teardrops on My Guitar rings a Gold chime on September 5th.
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DERRILL HOLLY [KIKK FM] (Washington, DC/Arlington,
VA) Subject: Cactus Pryor's passing. A sad loss of a funny man. I met Cactus
Pryor in the 1970s and knew him to be an author and humorist. He was also a
good friend to those who knew him and a courageous man. The late John Henry
Faulk use to talk about how Cactus helped him get work in the angry days of the
Blacklist. He was also a friend to folks like LBJ and the Daniels brothers of
East Texas political fame. He deserves posthumous induction into the Texas
Radio Hall of Fame. As our old friend Bob Cole so eloquently put it in an obit
I read back East: “Austin is Austin, in large part, because of Cactus
Pryor." Derrill E. Holly; Senior Writer-Editor, Electric Co-op Today;
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
CACTUS PRYOR and I are judges in the Peach Festival
Beauty contest in Stonewall, TX in 1969 during my tour of duty as PD/MD/PM
Drive DJ on KBUC FM-AM in San Antonio. Cactus and I notice the smooth fuzz on
the Peach beauty contestants but they won't let us examine any farther. By that
time Cactus Pryor is a long time living legend on Austin radio and TV but he is
a meek and mild gentleman that I will never forget.
ED RYAN [Radio Ink Editor-in-Chief] (Boynton Beach,
FL) Subject: Jim...You out there? Jeff Pollack wants to debate me tomorrow
(09/02/11 [F]). He says the classic rock format is alive and well. You have any
questions you want me to throw at him. Ed Ryan; Editor, Radio Ink Magazine
(www.radioink.com)
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DAVID FAULKNER [KFJZ-870/KTNS-1600] (Dallas, TX) I
think Elkins (Institute of Radio) is no longer around. In the 1980's Joe
Goodwin (or was it Godwin) was running it. He had worked for Texas State Network
& KWXI-97.1 (that was a good station!) We were members of the same church
at one time. I graduated from The Columbia School of Broadcasting. (defunct,
the last I heard) Not sure where my diploma went. Must've been lost in one of
the several times that I've moved since then. I recently found one of their
newsletters that says I graduated. (Guess I better not lose that!)
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-movie/TV actor-radio voice
actor] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1019)
August 31, 2011 [Wednesday] Yep...in those days the media called Cactus the
"President's favorite after-dinner sppeaker". There will never be
another like him...a great talent and as you said, a nice man to boot. Jim
Gough
JOANNE BUSSELL [KLDE FM/Mix 96.5/Metro
Traffic/Clear Channel/Atlanta's Z93 and V103] (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1020) September 02, 2011 [Friday] Thanks for the story about
B'ham (WJOX FM Birmingham, AL). I worked with these people back in the day.
Great...post today!
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ROY LEMONS [GM KBUY-1540/KTYL/KJET GM/KWIC/WBOK GM/KMGC/SM
KIKK-650/KTYL Owner] (Grove, OK) Whatever happen to Jim Stewart, afternoon
drive guy at KIKK (650) in late 60's? Great personality. I have lots of old
network radio schedules from 40's and 50's I'm going to scan and send your way.
Anyone remember Martin block? 50's jock on WABC (770) and ABC radio net. At one
time had a 7 car garage, one for each car of the day. I think he had 7
different wives also. His son Michael block worked for me at Beaumont FM in the
70's. Tremendous voice. Have a great weekend inside.
CHARLES GEORGE [KCHU FM] (Dallas, TX) Subject:
Horse Of A Different Color. Hi, I guess the story about Mr. Ed could be called
a horse of a different color. When I played as a DJ at KELC, in the basement of
El Centro, I often had requests for A Horse With No Name. They had a Gates
Board, Two Cart Machines, two Turntables and a Wollensak Reel to Reel. I once
stopped the reel to reel before letting it slow down...
TRIVIA ANSWER: On April 16, 1962 Walter Cronkite
becomes the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News.
TONY WILLIAMS [WKY-930/KRLD-1080/Metro Traffic]
(Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: Schlitz. Yep. I am not a big beer drinker, but
with pizza it is great. When I was at the University of Oklahoma, Coors was big
because at that time you could not get it in Oklahoma. You might recall that
Gerald Ford, on one trip to Vail, Colo., had Air Force One stocked with Coors
to take back to the White House. Now all this talk makes me want a beer and
pizza...and it is too late. And it is all your fault Jim.
DAVE BARRY (July 3, 1947 - p) Without question, the
greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the
wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with
pizza.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 02, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1020
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
IRENE REELS AND ROCKS ROCKER Former NY Skid Row
quintet Hard Rock lead singer Sebastian Bach reels and rocks at the loss of his
home in New Jersey because of Hurricane Irene's flood damage. He posts his
sorrow on Facebook: I am numb, in shock, & devastated to report that my
home of 21 years has been destroyed, condemned, & deemed uninhabitable.
People.com reports: Lost in his flooded basement were irreplaceable items such
as Skid Row master tapes, a KISS pinball machine and other band memorabilia,
but it appears Bach will be able to salvage the possessions he kept on higher
floors in his home. Bach further elaborates in Facebook: What makes me happy is
that my children & ex wife are safe. No one got hurt. People.com says that
Bach had been hanging onto the house since he filed for divorce from his wife
of 18 years in November (2010). He plans to start over in Los Angeles (CA).
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SPORTS TALKER SUES BOSS What if sometime we decide
to file a law suit against the company who signs our paychecks? Well, popular
sports talk host Paul Finebaum does just that. He files a lawsuit against
Citadel which is the company that currently is his employer. The Paul Finebaum
Show airs from 2-9 p.m. weekdays on Sports Talk WJOX FM sister station of
Sports Talk WJOX-690 in Birmingham, AL. Paul has a network of 38 radio stations
as well as Sirius/XM satellite. Radio Ink receives word that Finebaum claims
that Citadel does not pay him according to their mutually agreed upon contract.
The Birmingham Business Journal reports the dollar amount is $75,000.
Finebaum's contract goes through 2013. Word has it that he does not have one of
those nasty non-competes with which to deal. How convenient. Wonder if he just
might want to jump ship over to a competing radio station? Radio Ink suggests:
If he can prove he's not getting paid he can declare the contract invalid. Bill
Thomas, WJOX-FM GM, responds: Citadel has a positive and productive
relationship with Paul. Our relationship will not change because of his legal
filings. I personally have considered him a friend since the 1980’s. Stay tuned
to this Bat channel.
LOCAL TV ON ITS WAY BACK For the past 14 years,
Emily Barr, P/GM of WLS-TV ABC in Chicago, IL manages to hold onto top ratings
in the Windy City despite heavy competition, bad economy and the recent loss of
its flagship program Oprah. For the show's replacement Barr goes local with
Windy City Live which is a talk show that features cooking segments plus a
focus on local Chicago guests. Emily brags: I looked at it immediately as a
tremendous opportunity for us to go back to doing live local television. JRRR
applauds WLS-TV P/GM Emily Barr for her forward thinking. Hopefully, other TV
outlets in other cities will follow suit.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS TV use its first
film slow-motion replay in a football game? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Dave Crockett's [KKBQ FM] birthday
is on Sunday, September 4, 2011. •SEAN RIMA Talk host on Border Media KXTB FM
San Antonio, TX (which flips from Talk to Oldies in August 2011) transfers to
sister Talk KTSA-550 to succeed Kevin Wall in PM Drive. •KELLY IRIS PD of Clear
Channel AC clustermate WSRW FM (ex WOOD 105.7) replaces Paul Cashin as PD of
CCR News/Talk WOOD-1300 & Talk WTKG-1230 Grand Rapids, MI. •TOM [Killer]
KOWALSKI WDFN-1130 Detroit, MI personality and Sports columnist dies suddenly
in his home at 51 on Monday, August 29, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 KAYS TV CBS CH7 in Hays, KS begins
broadcasting on September 2nd. •1962 MARTY ROBBINS' single Devil Woman triggers
8-weeks at #1 in Billboard Country on September 1st. •1970 ALLAN WALKER
actor-writer on The Red Buttons TV Show dies at 64 on September 2nd. •1981 JAKE
OWEN (ACM 2009 Top New Male Vocalist) born on August 28th in Winter Haven, FL.
•1996 MILT LARKIN Jazz trumpet/band leader dies at 85 on August 31st. •2001
JERRY LEWIS Muscular Dystrophy Telethon features Country artists: Reba
McEntire, Alan Jackson, Mickey Gilley, Sara Evans and The Oak Ridge Boys on
September 2nd.
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DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Jim, The Opry induction was such a huge honor that it
really makes no difference "WHEN" it happened, just that it
"DID". We have been hanging from the clouds by our fingernails since
Saturday's induction into the Opry family. I think the time was right. Decades
ago, when we were first approached, the appearance requirements were much
higher than now, and they only had shows on Fridays and Saturdays. Now, they
have shows on those days and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, most of the year. So,
it will not be any challenge to meet the 10-12 requirements that they ask for.
And, if we make a good effort to meet that and come up short, it is still no
problem. We are very tight with the Opry people, and I feel we have a great
team. Thanks for your years of friendship. Duane
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-movie/TV actor-radio voice
actor] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1019)
August 31, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim...I imagine by now you've heard of the passing
of our old friend Cactus Pryor. He was one of my early radio heroes and mentors.
Both my wife Gail and I played on his TV show at KTBC in the late 1950's. He
had a great voice and tremendous wit. Cacti will be missed by all that knew
him. Jim Gough
JIM BELL [KUHF FM 88.7 Morning Edition anchor
retired 2010] (Lufkin, TX) Subject: sad news. Hey Jim, One of the all time
greats of Texas radio has passed. Cactus Pryor has moved on and is now doing
the morning show at the big radio station in the sky, reunited with his long
time friend and on-air partner "Packer Jack" Wallace, who passed on
in 1973. “Cac and Jack” were the two funniest and most creative radio people I
ever had the privilege of working with. 99 percent of their stuff was ad-libbed
and off the cuff. I never saw them doing any “show prep”. I did the early
morning lead-in show for their morning show at KLBJ AM in the mid and late 60s,
when it was still called KTBC. As a young DJ who had only been in the business
a year and a half, I learned much of what I know about being on the air from
watching Cactus and emulating him. I can tell you that Cactus was a completely
down to earth and unpretentious guy and huge fun to be around with no trace of
a "star complex." Unlike many of today's so called
"personalities." RIP Cactus. Jim Bell; Lufkin TX (1965 to 2010 and
retired)
JOE LADD [KIKK FM] (Houston, TX) Subject: KIKK
HOUSTON Derrill Holly. I also remember and lived through those terrible days of
Bob Young...fortunately he didn't last very long...the guy was totally
incompetent, had no personality especially when he was on the air. His only
claim to fame was that he would play some obscure LP cut and say "that was
a positive love song". Bill Figenshu came to the rescue...letting the
jocks be themselves and left the music to a competent MD. See you at the Texas
Radio Hall Of Fame in November...
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BLAKE LINDSAY [KLUV FM] (Dallas-Addison, TX) Subject:
Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1017) August 26, 2011 [Friday] Jim, What an
enjoyable kickoff to my TX radio career. I last worked with 106.1-KISS-FM in
DFW, ten years ago exactly. Beginning six years ago, I began enjoying the audio
production side of broadcasting. It’s a kick I producing commercials and
branding which are played all over the country. It’s been a fun transition, but
I do miss being on air a few days each week on KISS. Keep up your excellent
work Jim, with your Jim Rose Remembers Radio. It’s that winning combo of
entertaining and educational. Edutainment at its best another words. Blake
Lindsay (www.blazinblake.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On December 30, 1961 CBS TV uses its
first film slow-motion replay during the Gator Bowl football game.
ROY LEMONS [KIKK SM, KBUY GM, KTYL/KJET GM, WBOK
GM, KTYL Owner] (Grove, OK) Subject: Rich and famous. I wouldn't classify us as
rich. We have 7 kids and 11 grandchildren and probably more on the way. We are
rich in family and good health and that's what's it's all about. We've had a
house in Texas on the market for 4 years. Finally rented it out. Have a great
weekend inside.
ALAN ALDA (January 28, 1936 - p) It isn't necessary
to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 31, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1019
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
STORM TROOPERS GET TOO CLOSE TO THE ACTION Radio
and TV news hounds rush to the scene to be the first to cover hurricane Irene's
storm damage and almost tsunami like tides but some of them get too close to
the action. In NYC, Christine Sloane of WCBS TV CBS CH2 gives an account of the
stormy beach at Asbury Park around 7 Sunday morning, August 28, 2011 but a huge
wave comes mighty close to where she stands. She leaps out of harm's way. Lou
Young WCBS TV journalist talks about the scary scene of a parking lot that
floods. All of a sudden, waves hop over the boardwalk. Young shouts above the
wind, I think it’s time to wrap this up and pull back a little bit. Chris
Wragge does somewhat better in the WCBS TV Mobile 2 vehicle when he interviews
a local resident who refuses to leave Belmar, NJ. WNBC TV pokes fun at the
Weather Channel's Al Roker who ties himself to a boardwalk bench with a rope in
Long Beach, NY. Big Al points out how a lifeguard building, along with its
foundation, moves 10-15 feet. In Long Branch, NJ WNYW TV Fox CH5 reporter John
Huddy talks about a bride and groom who brave the storm to hold their wedding.
Lyle Schulze, GM of WCTI TV ABC CH12 Greenville, NC sighs: Power is out in 95%
of the viewing area and New Bern took a direct hit from the storm. We survived
the storm and we never left the air. There’s plenty of damage, but we can
report that today, all is well.
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IRENE BRINGS OUT THE RADIO IN US While much of
Providence, RI is powerless, due to hurricane Irene, radio comes to the rescue
as TV broadcasts are down. On Monday, August 29, 2011 WJAR TV NBC CH10's News
at Noon's audio shines brightly in a simulcast on WHJJ-920 for residents who
have battery-operated or wind-up radios. For those who still have access to the
Internet, the newscast also streams live on www.turnto10.com. Local broadcast
stations rely heavily on Internet chatter boxes to aid in storm coverage. Media
General's WJAR TV psyches up viewers to post questions, information, comments
and photos on Facebook. In the wee hours of August 28th WNCT TV CBS CH12 has a
prime vantage point for Irene's arrival at its headquarters in Greenville, NC.
WNCT TV posts video clips from Facebook users because it cannot air live shots.
HURRICANE PROVIDES NEW HOOD ORNAMENT As Hurricane
Irene rumbles across Petersburg, VA it places a tree on the hood of Salem Radio
News Network Chief Engineer Dave Terry's truck. Dave opens the front door of
his home to see a large portion of a tree hump parked on the hood of his truck
by way of Hurricane Irene. Have no fear because according to Tom Tradup Salem
VP of News and Talk Programming, the SRN News staff conducts a Good Night Irene
bake sale to help pay for the damages to Terry's truck.
TRIVIA QUESTION: During the Dukes of Hazzard's six
year run, what two cast members are the only ones who appear in all 146
episodes? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KMBZ FM (98.1) & Entercom sister station
KMBZ-980 Kansas City, MO win Large Market Station of the Year at the 2011 KAB
awards along with 7 other 1st and 2nd place awards: Complete Newscast, Complete
News Feature, Spot News, Special Program and Complete Severe Weather Coverage.
•LORENA RABAGO beats it from KFSN TV ABC CH30 Fresno, CA to join WTSP TV CBS
CH10 Tampa Bay, FL as new traffic reporter and fill-in weather anchor. •LITTLE
JIMMIE DICKENS Grand Ole Opry member wearing a long beard proclaims The Oak
Ridge Boys on stage on August 6, 2011 as the newest members of The Grand Ole
Opry. Salute!
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KTRE TV ABC/NBC CH9 in Lufkin, TX begins
broadcasting on August 31st. •1968 JEANNIE C. RILEY (Harper Valley PTA #1 for 3
weeks-summer 1968) debuts on the Grand Ole Opry on August 31st. •1973 JOHN FORD
legendary movie director for more than a half a century (Stagecoach, The
Searchers) dies of cancer at 78 on August 31st. •1982 GEORGE STRAIT's Fool
Hearted Memory is his 1st #1 single on August 28th. •1992 HOWARD STERN's radio
show debuts in Cleveland, OH on WNCX FM (98.5) on August 31st. •2006 TOBY
KEITH's video with Heather Locklear Crash Here Tonight debuts on August 31st on
CMT.
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DERRILL HOLLY [KIKK FM] (Washington, DC/Arlington,
VA) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1014) August 19, 2011 [Friday] Jim, I
remember that the P-D (KIKK FM) that replaced Chris Collier was Bob Young (the
guy constantly blinked his eyes and had the personality of road kill. He
shuffled a lot of us around very quickly and then did not last out the autumn
before they brought Bill Figenshu in from WMZQ to fix a lot of problems and set
us on a competitive track. I’ll check this with the Mrs. and if a trip to
Houston for November can be in the cards...just maybe!
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JOE GRACEY [KOKE FM, KNOW-1490, KXOL-1360, KUT FM]
(Austin, TX/France) Hi Jim, Hope all is well with you and your cute doggie. We
have a golden, Lily, that we are doting idiots over. I think she is in the
feature photos in fact. Kimmie (Rhodes) is not only a wonderful partner but a
great platinum award winning songwriter and performer. She has a big following
in Europe and the UK where we tour twice a year, thus the need for the house in
France we can use as our home base there. I'm 3 weeks away from a respite and I
am headed for France fast as I can go. Please see the blog below... Joe
(www.kimmierhodes.com) / (www.lucktexas.com) /
(http://graceyland.blogspot.com/)
JOANNE BUSSELL [KLDE FM, Mix 96.5, Atlanta's Z93
and V103] (Houston, TX) Subject: I agree with Ray Whitworth's comments on radio
and the way it sounds today. This impersonal way that our so very personal,
personable medium is treated is precisely the reason why Gen X, Y, and Z has
turned to their iPods, iTunes, and YouTube. It's because that today there is no
"you or I" on the airwaves. If they'd bring back real people, real
warmth of the personalities as we were, music beyond the "overplay
list" and the Top 200 we'd have an on-air product that people of all ages
could love and everyone would enjoy. Live, local, fun, and spontaneous. That's
the way it used to be and it worked. When the big boys go broke and we buy up
the stations? Now that's what I'm talking about. This is why many major market
talents are going to work in small markets as Dan Mason of CBS suggested that I
do. They hire you for your knowledge of what works, how to do it, and they turn
you loose with your talent. Not a bad idea. I just might do that very thing. I
wanna rock and yes, I shall.
STEVE EBERHART [KVIL FM] (Dallas, TX) Subject: KGAF
in Gainesville. Hey Jim, My experience in small market radio tells me that we
also must target not only hometown listeners but hometown clients as well. If
the clients don't listen or cannot relate to the station at all, your chance at
selling them is greatly reduced. If they are a fan of the station, it's usually
a breeze. I also have found that much of what is expected in a smaller market
such as the "good old boy network" isn't as much a factor as
expected. Many of the long term businesses have been handed down to a younger
generation or sold off to a younger group. The people running these businesses
are quite often better educated and more progressive in their thinking. It is
important to understand who you are trying to sell to as much as it is anything
else. In a smaller market, your target must be not only listeners, but clients
as well. If anyone would like to check us out, we stream at
www.memories1580.com. Steve Eberhart, owner/operator KGAF "Memories
1580" Gainesville, TX (www.klifhistory.com)
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LARRY SCOTT [KWKH-1130, KVOO-1170, KLAC-570, KBOX-1480]
(Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Irene. While doing the all night show at KWKH I
would get calls, occasionally, from a lady in Marshall, TX telling me about
something interesting concerning that area. After playing “Good Night Irene”
one time she called to tell me the black lady that Leadbelly wrote the song
about and for was actually his niece and was still alive and living in
Marshall. She sent me a newspaper article to back up her story. In fact, she
said she knew Irene. I wish a thousand times I had gone to Marshall and met
Irene. Larry
TRIVIA ANSWER: During the Dukes of Hazzard's six
year run from 1979–1985, Denver Pyle (Uncle Jesse Duke), Sorrell Booke (Boss
Hogg) are the only two cast members who appear in all 146 episodes.
BLAKE LINDSAY [KLUV FM] (Dallas-Addison, TX)
Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1017) August 26, 2011 [Friday] Hi Jim! Just returned from Austin. Huge turnout at
our ACB convention. I saw my friend Stephen Curr who has worked afternoon’s at
Magic-95.5 for eleven years running. He is also totally blind and about fifty.
I’m trying to secure transportation to Houston. I absolutely will come by and
shake your hand, and chat it up a little bit Jim. Talk with you soon.
GROUCHO MARX (October 02, 1890 - August 19, 1977)
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have
to do is live long enough.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 29, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1018
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
GOOD NIGHT IRENE All along the Atlantic Coast, TV
and radio stations scramble for the onslaught of hurricane Irene. Many remember
the category 5 hurricane of 1938 as one of the worst storms to ever hit Long
Island. It produces a tidal surge of 14 to 18 feet and causes $308 million in
damages. That tempest wipes out 25,000 homes and kills at least 708
inhabitants. Based on their experiences with the earthquake this week, spring
tornadoes and last year's hurricanes, East coast radio and TV stations utilize
social Internet chatter boxes like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube to aid in their
reporting. Dennis Wharton, NAB spokesman, says that Tuesday's earthquake on the
East Coast jams some mobile phone networks for hours. Due to hurricane Irene,
NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo shuts down NYC’s subway and bus system. NY & NJ
Port Authority closes all incoming and outgoing flights. Local radio reigns
supreme. Hurricane Irene makes landfall in eastern NC and rushes toward our
nation's capital. The #1 request song on East coast radio should be Good Night
Irene. A bit of trivia. In 1933, Blues singer Huddie Ledbetter who uses the
stage name Leadbelly is the first to record Irene good night, Irene good night,
Good night Irene. I'll see you in my dreams. Other memorable recordings of the
song are by The Weavers (1950); Frank Sinatra (1950); Jerry Lee Lewis (1957);
Johnny Cash (1958); The Kingston Trio (1969); Little Richard (1972);
Slide-Guitarist, singer and composer Ry Cooder (1976); Phoenix, AZ Rock trio
Meat Puppets (1994) and indie folk band Deer Tick (2009).
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GOVERNMENT RAIDS GUITAR MAKER The Department of
Justice raids Gibson Guitars in Nashville and Memphis. TN to confiscate what it
believes to be illegal wood when they should concentrate on the deportation of
illegal aliens. The DOJ is now under fire for boldly sending armed troops into
the factories of Gibson Guitar in search of ebony wood. The Feds at DOJ in
Washington, D.C. proclaim that the use of wood from India that is not finished
by Indian workers is illegal. This is not the first time that government agents
raid Gibson factories for the same reason. In 2009, more than a dozen agents
with automatic weapons invade the Gibson factory in Nashville, TN where they
seize guitars plus a substantial amount of ebony fingerboard blanks from
Madagascar. The wood seized on August 24, 2011 abides by Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC) standards. Gibson is the premier guitar maker worldwide.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Classic CBS TV comedy Mr. Ed features
a cantankerous talking horse. Do you remember when it airs? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•MITCH HENCK Clear Channel WIBA-1310 News/Talk
Outside The Box host 8-11am weekdays Madison, WI tacks on co-host duties of
Madison’s Morning News 6-8am weekdays. •JAMES T. HARRIS vacates Journal
Newsradio WTMJ-620 in Milwaukee, WI for 10 am-noon on Journal KQTH FM (The
Truth 104.1) Tucson, AZ on October 3, 2011. •SAM ROGERS former CBS Radio
Washington DC Market Manager who exits in June 2011 lands on his feet as
Cumulus VP, political & platform sales. •PAUL CASHIN leaves his PD post at
Clear Channel News/Talk WOOD-1300 in Grand Rapids, MI after just over a year
and a half.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KHSL TV CBS CH12 in Chico, CA begins
broadcasting on August 29th. •1968 TAMMY WYNETTE writes and records her hit
single Stand by Your Man at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, TN on
August 28th. •1976 ANISSA JONES actress as Buffy in TV's Family Affair ODs at
18 on August 29th. •1981 RONNIE MILSAP's single (There's) No Gettin' Over Me
hits #1 in Billboard Country on August 29th. •1990 SADDAM HUSSEIN proclaims on
August 29th that America cannot defeat Iraq. •2005 MERLE HAGGARD's single Okie
From Muskogee ranks #1 in CMT's 20 Greatest City Songs on August 27th.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: DC earthquake. The cause of the DC earthquake? The cemetery. All our
founding fathers rolling over in their grave. Red
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Bruce
Hathaway. Hi Jim: After almost five weeks of hospital stays following surgery,
re-hab and staph infection, Big Bruce Hathaway is at home and hopefully, can do
the radio show this week end..He uses crutches and wheel chair but his wit
hasn’t changed a bit...Gary DeLaune (www.garydnews.com)
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BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1017) August 26, 2011 [Friday] Thank you very much Jim,
for your kind wishes on moving forward to another promising year. I had a very
nice 47th birthday. Jennifer and I are headed to Austin for the weekend. I am
being honored with an award at the American Council for the Blind Texas wide
conference. We will also have the opportunity to observe new assistive
technology which will be demonstrated for people who are blind and low vision.
Austin is the Texas radio market where I began broadcasting full time. You and
I both began in Austin at KHFI-FM. I worked there 1983-1984. Blake Lindsay
(www.blazinblake.com)
KHFI FM is not where my radio career begins. From
1964-66, have to earn my way up there to great radio on the wonderful KHFI FM
in Austin, TX with 2 years in radio boot camps on KASO-1240 in Minden. LA and
KTER-1570 in Terrell, TX. Takes a lot of hard work and tremendous perseverance
to make it out of small town radio boot camps in 1966 to the great studios of
KHFI FM, KHFI-970 and KVUE TV CH42 in Austin, TX. If all goes as planned I will
have a seat at San Antonio and Houston radio legend John Steel's table at the
2011 TRHOF induction ceremonies here in Houston in November just in time to
celebrate my 68th birthday. Come on down and say Hi!
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Steel. I do not know Steel, but Prewitt said he met him in San Antonio. Did you
two work together? You and Steel. Was KTSA the dominate station on top-40
during those years or was it a tossup with KONO. When I worked at WKY, I guess
a lot of radio people thought KOMA was the top dog...and still do believe that.
The truth is KOMA rarely beat WKY. Someone once said that the only way KOMA
would ever beat WKY was if WKY signed off the air. WKY had ratings higher than
KLIF in the 1960s. A 5,000-watt non-directional signal at 930 was much better
than KOMA's directional 50,000-watts to the west northwest at night since much
of eastern Oklahoma City got a weak signal at best from KOMA. KOMA, for much of
the time, was a fake-Drake station. WKY allowed almost total freedom.
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STEVE EBERHART (Dallas, TX) Subject: Joe Leonard
JR. FYI...this from Joe Leonard Jr in Gainesville, TX, regarding Frank Haley
wondering about Joe! 'Tell him I am still alive and send him emails every day
and surprised that he is not receiving any. Just forward my email address and
tell him to write. Thanks, Joe' (joeleonardjr@yahoo.com) /
(www.klifhistory.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: Originally, the Classic TV comedy
Mr. Ed begins in syndication. Soon, CBS TV picks up the show. Mr. Ed the
talking horse runs in primetime from October 1, 1961 through September 8, 1965.
Mister Ed is a palomino horse who speaks only to his owner, Wilbur, played by
Alan Young who is only 5'4" tall but they make him appear to be much
larger. The horse does not cooperate. The show is almost canceled before it
begins until one of Mr. Ed's trainers discovers a Grevy's zebra in nearby
Jungleland animal park in Thousand Oaks, CA which they use in live shows for
daily tour visitors. Jungleland handlers call the female zebra, Amelia.
Handlers train her to perform the same actions required for Mr. Ed such as
opening and closing her mouth on cue and stomping her feet on cue. Amelia saves
Mr. Ed because the show is in black and white and no one notices that the male
palomino Mr. Ed is actually a female zebra. The show's producers give a
generous donation to Jungleland for the continued use of its zebra named
Amelia. She lasts throughout the entire 5 year run of Mr. Ed.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Here's list of "Four Freshmen:" Don Barbour, D. car crash
@ 32, 10/5/61; Ken Errair, D. plane crash, 6/14/68; Bob Flanigan, D. @ 84,
5/15/2011; Ross Barbour, D. @ 82, 8/20/2011; replacement w/name Kratzsch, D.
1970. Ross had Ret(ired) to become group's Mgr in 1992. This is info from my
files. They are ALL now gone, Jim. BOB
WOODY ALLEN (1935-p) I'm not afraid to die, I just
don't want to be there when it happens.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 26, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1017
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
JOBS RESIGNS FROM APPLE On Wednesday, August 24,
2011 Apple issues a breaking news statement that its co-founder Steven P. Jobs
steps down as its Chief Executive Officer. Steven is the creative genius behind
Apple as it becomes the world’s most valuable technology company. For the past
few years, Steven struggles with cancer. January 2011 marks the third time that
Jobs takes medical leave. In 2004, he has surgery for pancreatic cancer. In
2009, he receives a liver transplant. Apple releases a letter that Steven sends
to the company which states: I have always said that if there ever came a day
when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would
be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
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ROCK MUSIC STILL ALIVE ON FM Awhile back, we
mention that so many FM Classic Rock radio stations flip to either All Talk or
All Sports that it looks like the end of Rock tunes on FM. Plus, there are way
too many song repeats. Many Rock music lovers turn to new gizmos like iPods and
such for their music likes. Well, a flood of email comes in from radio folks
who loudly proclaim that Rock music is still alive and kicking on the FM dial.
At the head of the herd is David Field, Entercom CEO, who declares that because
CBS Radio's flip of WYSP FM to Sports as well as other FM radio stations that
catapult from Classic Rock to spoken word we fail to mention that there are
other formats on the FM dial that also switch oars in mid-stream. David
mentions a few examples to back up them fightin' words: WTOP FM was classical,
WSB FM was hip hop, KIRO FM was oldies/classic hits and The Ticket/Detroit was
hot talk.
TV REPLACES PAPER SCRIPTS WITH IPADS Today, it
seems like almost every single day that passes we discover some new form of
electronic communication device. WSIL TV ABC CH3 has an FCC license for the
city of Harrisburg, IL but it blankets southern Illinois and southeastern
Missouri as well as a portion of Western Kentucky. According to the WSIL
website, it replaces paper copies of news anchor reports with iPads.
Reportedly, this saves an estimated $4,000 a year in paper costs. WSIL TV
admits that paper texts which they keep on hand in case of a teleprompter
failure...printed for each anchor can generate as many as 100 pages for a
half-hour newscast. Mark Kiesling, WSIL
TV 5 pm anchor, confesses: After more than 20 years of flipping script paper,
it took some getting used to. But I was sold after the first newscast. WSIL TV
anchors now download scripts onto their iPads as pdf files before the newscast
begins. Other TV stations begin to use the popular Apple iPads in their
newscasts, too. In April 2011, WFXL TV Fox CH31 in Albany, GA switches from
paper scripts to iPads. In March 2011, WKRG TV CBS CH5 in Mobile, AL blends the
Apple iPad into their broadcasts.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Which is the first TV network to
broadcast the Olympics? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Blake Lindsay well-known Dallas,
San Antonio and Austin DJ grows one year older on Sunday, August 21, 2011.
•ROBERT AUSFIELD Townsquare Market Manager in Albany, NY retires after 38
years, all in Albany. •DAN AUSTIN former CBS Seattle, WA Director of Sales;
Pamal honcho of Albany, NY cluster and Citadel Syracuse, NY boss replaces
Robert Ausfeld as Townsquare Market Manager in Albany, NY. •STEVE KOSTAN night
DJ on Greater Media Classic Rock WCSX FM Detroit, MI (94.7) celebrates 34 years
in Motown Rock radio with an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 KREY TV CBS/NBC CH10 in Montrose, CO begins
broadcasting on August 26th. •1961 JIMMY OLANDER guitarist with Diamond Rio
born on August 26th in Minneapolis, MN. •1974 CHARLES LINDBERGH first pilot to
fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean dies of cancer at 72 on August 26th.
•1984 THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND's Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)
hits #1 in Billboard Country on August 25th. •1995 RONALD ANTHONY WHITE, JR.
baritone singer with The Miracles dies at 57 of leukemia on August 26th. •2004
LONESTAR's video Mr. Mom debuts on CMT on August 26th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1016) August 24, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim... Thanks for the
mention of KGAF and "good bye to the old building". I worked there in
1962 and 63, Do you know if KGAF-1580 original owner Joe Leonard, Jr is still
around, I used to get e-mails from him, but have not heard from him in a long
time. I checked the Obit column of the Gainesville paper, but didn't see one
for him. His dad owned that paper and I'm sure they would run something on him
if he died. There were lots of other articles on him. Can you find out??? Maybe
ask Steve E. thank, Frank
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DERRILL HOLLY [E] (Washington, DC/Arlington, VA)
Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1014) August 19, 2011 [Friday] Jim, the summer of 1977 was an exciting time
in radio and for Houston radio in particular. That was the summer, managers
gambled on flipping the script from AM toward FM market domination. A lot of
people who arrived at KIKK’s old Pasadena, Texas studios formed the corps group
of performers that fought the country radio wars on the Upper Texas Coast. Some
stayed for decades, others just a few months or years, but so many of us have
remained great friends in the many years since. KIKK, KILT, KNUZ and eventually
KKBQ were great places to work with good people. We were competitors, but we
were also partners willing to share shout outs when any of us showed up at a
concert, club or honky-tonk. From part-timers, to overnighters, to drive time
stars we were just plain ole radio folks. By the way, Elvis may live on in our
hearts, but Aug. 16 was definitely not his birthday. Even an aging urban cowboy
like me knows that.
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Hound Dog Lyrics. Hey Jim, Unless you were a fan of "Race
Music", which was what R&B was called in the ‘50s, you probably didn't
know that "Hound Dog" was recorded by Big Mama Thornton several years
before Elvis Presley did it as a Rockabilly song. I had never heard of it till
Elvis made a monster hit out of it. We also didn’t know how Elvis changed the
lyrics. We’d never heard the original words, which were about a guy with a
reputation for one night stands. These days we would call him a “Horn Dog”.
Jerry Lieber and his partner Mike Stoller hated what Elvis did to the song. In
their autobiography “Hound Dog”, Lieber wrote that "Lick for lick, there's
no comparison between the Presley version and the Big Mama original." Lieber also said he never figured out that
business about a rabbit. He always wondered where that came from and what it
had to do with anything. So did I. But, as much as Lieber and Stoller disliked
Elvis’s version of Hound Dog, they disliked it all the way to the bank. Elvis
made them very rich. Jim Bell; Lufkin TX
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1015) August 22,
2011 [Monday] The drought is serious my friend...everything here in the Hill
country is brown and we are running out of water fast. Brush fires are cropping
up all around Austin. You're right...we are all praying for a hurricane! Best,
Jim
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1960, CBS TV is the first network
to broadcast the Olympics with 13 hours of the Winter Games from Squaw Valley,
CA. Walter Cronkite is the anchor. Jim McKay, Harry Reasoner and Dick Button
are the reporters. A highlight is that the U.S. Olympic Hockey team takes home
the Gold prize. CBS TV also broadcasts the summer Olympics from Rome, Italy.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: The last surviving original member of "The Four Freshmen",
Ross Barbour, died @ age 82 on Saturday, August 20, 2011. From 1952-'56, the pop/jazz
group charted 8 albums, recorded 50 albums & 70 single records. They earned
six Grammy nominations with hits including: "Graduation Day",
"Day By Day", "Charmaine" & "Mood Indigo".
The group originated as 'The Toppers", 1948, Indiana, consisting of two
brothers, their cousin & a singing friend. Bob & Sonny Lee
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) Hitch your wagon to
a star.
Jim Rose and Lacy
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August 24, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1016
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
YOU AIN'T NOTHING BUT A HOUND DOG Big Mama Thornton
is the first singer who growls and moans that statement in her R&B
recording of Hound Dog. In 1953, her Hound Dog is #1 on Billboard's R&B
survey for 7 weeks with sales of almost 2 million copies. Those soulful words
also are very familiar to us avid Elvis Presley fans. Elvis the Pelvis' version
of the tune is #1 for 11 weeks with sales of over 3 million copies. The song's
writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are extremely successful with tunes by
several other singers in the 1950s and on into the 1960s. Their tunes are fun
and exciting. Leiber and Stoller write more than 50 Classic Rock and Roll hits
for singers and groups like The Coasters, The Drifters, Ben E. King, Elvis
Presley and many others. In November 1969. when Jazz singer Peggy Lee records
Leiber and Stoller's Is That All There Is? she weaves her very own piece of
magic. Plus, it is her last #1 tune. So very sad to report that on Monday,
August 22, 2011 Jerry Leiber dies of cardio-pulmonary failure at 78. JRRR
extends our deepest sorrow to Jerry Leiber's family, friends, fans and to
Jerry's creative partner and friend for more than 50 years, Mike Stoller.
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LIBYAN TV ANCHOR WAVES GUN Libyan state news anchor
Hala Misrati receives criticism for her defense of the Gaddafi regime in spring
2011 as NATO and the U.S. launch an attack. She says that she doesn't want
Tripoli or all of Libya to fall to rebels. Hala glares about the rebel attacks
as her country engages in civil war. She declares herself to be a Martyr to
Protect Colleagues. Misrati waves a pistol while on the air during her weekend
broadcast. She shouts: With this weapon, I either kill or die today. You won't take
the channel, Tripoli or all of Libya. I will protect my colleagues at the
channel… We are willing to become martyrs. On Monday, August 22, 2011 the head
of Libya's rebel National Transitional Council brags that the rebels capture
Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif Al-Islam. At press time the anarchists pretty much
are in control of the city of Tripoli. Breaking news! Foxnews.com issues this
statement: Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi’s son and heir Saif al-Islam, who was
believed to have been captured by rebels, appears at a Libyan hotel and tells
Fox News that the rebels have been lured into a trap and will be crushed. Stay tuned to this Bat channel.
RADIO LANDMARK BULLDOZED The city of Gainesville,
TX says sayonara to the original KGAF-1580 architectural monument that is full
of radio and music history. Dallas, TX radio icon Steve Eberhart, owner and
operator of KGAF-1580, gazes at the old building as it crumbles into pieces in
the sake of progress as the station's brand new radio hut awaits its new
occupants. Steve says that when he is just 16 he is a DJ on KGAF-1580. Its
original owner is Joe Leonard. Bud Foster who is 79 begins his long radio
career on KGAF-1580 as a teenage DJ on the Buffalo Bud Foster show. Foster
sighs, Well I hate to see the old thing go but you know ya can't hang around
forever I guess.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What are the CB handles that Uncle
Jesse, Bo and Luke Duke and Daisy use on the Dukes of Hazzard? The answer
appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KXBT FM (The Big Talker 98.9) Austin-Leander, TX
flips from Talk to Oldies in early September 2011. •SEAN RIMA former KXBT FM
(98.9) local talk host gains mornings on Border Media's new online-only Talk
gizmo AustinTalk.com in September 2011. •JULIUS GENACHOWSKI FCC Chairman
removes the Fairness Doctrine off the books as an unnecessary distraction. The
FCC says that it eliminates 83 outdated or obsolete media rules. •BRETT JENKINS
is new VP/Chief Technology Officer at LIN Media. •JOEL BROWN jumps ship as CBS
Newspath correspondent for Disney WTVD TV ABC CH11 as a weekend
anchor-reporter.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 MIKE HUCKABEE 44th Governor of Arkansas -
2008 Republican Presidential candidate - host of Huckabee TV talk show born in
Hope, AR on August 24th. •1963 BOBBY BARE records 500 Miles Away From Home at
RCA Studio B in Nashville, TN on August 24th. •1978 LOUIS PRIMA Jazz
singer/band leader (That Old Black Magic #18-1958) dies at 66 on August 24th.
•1985 DOLLY PARTON & KENNY ROGERS possess Real Love on August 24th at #1 in
Billboard Country. •1992 LARRIE LONDIN (Ralph Gallant) Elvis Presley drummer
dies at 48 on August 24th. •2001 JUNE CARTER CASH has pacemaker surgery on
August 24th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, I'd gladly share some of this rain and cool temps with you. We got
near ten inches and it's down to below 60*. August on Cape Cod has gotten to be
a very rainy month. We're WAY over our limit, and the month is only half gone.
I know...that's nothing to complain about, but I'm just venting. Sorry you guys
are in such a hot/dry cycle. Tom
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RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1015) August 22, 2011 [Monday] Hey Jim" Great
commentary. radio is not all that compelling to listen to anymore unless it's
severe weather moving into an area, traffic report or some major news flash. I
bristle when I hear some kid on the air with an oldies...oh pardon me...I mean
"classic hits" station who can't pronounce some group names, sounds
less than thrilled about being on the air plus you can tell they are reading a
liner. Those hooked on phonics courses need to be revamped. Ad libbing is gone,
knowledge about the music is gone, reading info from entertainment weekly E!
channel, "Access Hollywood" is not prep. "researched music"
in one market doesn't mean it fits all markets. There is no sense of local
identity, except call letters and geography. Contests used to be local and
large, like give away dream vacations, cars, cash giveaways in the amount of
the frequency. Now it's call at 7:20am to a toll free number, where you are unbeknownst
competing with others across the country via their station that may have a
completely different format at the same time, trying to get through. Then there
is Voice tracking, CHEAP, no local atmosphere, slotted when the 34 song
playlist rotates. requests are banked and "maybe" played back if that
particular song comes up in rotation perhaps a month later. Radio is on life
support and the oxygen level has reached critical, All my best to you Jim. Ray
Whitworth
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Re: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1015) August
22, 2011 [Monday] We were talking about KRIV TV-26 in Houston when my computer
crashed. My office was in the building at 3935 Westheimer when 26 occupied the
bottom floor. George Elliott was manager and he asked me to represent the
station. I created the logo (they remembered I had recently done the logo for
KPRC channel 2) and we started a campaign called: "KVRL...it's an eyeball!"
The station got way behind with paying my bills and I had to get Leon Schindler
(who ran their ranch) in Ellinger to make Raymond pay up! Another good friend
from the station, Pat Burt was in sales along with my good friend Erik Johnson
whom I still work with in Colorado Springs to this day. And now you know the
rest of the story. Jim Gough
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ROY LEMONS (Grove, OK) Subject: Good to read your
column. I was at KIKK (650) in the beginning. We were dead last in the Bayou
City and had to overcome signing off at sundown. After Buffalo Bill Bailey
joined the station as PD we started kicking a**. Bailey, Arch Yancey, Richard
Dobyn and other Top 40 retreads brought modern country music to Houston.
Amazing what that station did, Leroy Gloger was a promoting genius and he
pulled the right strings. Love your column and remember the great days of
radio...glad to have been a part of it. Roy Lemons, KIKK SM, KBUY GM, KTYL/KJET
GM, WBOK GM, KTYL Owner
TRIVIA ANSWER: On TV's the Dukes of Hazzard, Uncle
Jesse's CB handle is Shepherd, Bo and Luke Duke's handle is Lost Sheep and the
foxy Daisy's handle is Bo Peep.
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: idea.
Jimbo why don't you get a giant fan, put it by the Gulf, face it toward this
direction and blow some of the water this way. We have had no rain this summer.
The wild animals are coming to my yard for feed and water. Our water is
rationed. The lake is over five foot low. It has ranged from 108 to 113 degrees
on average. Trees are shedding brown leaves like snow.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882) The best
thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 22, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1015
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
ANOTHER SUMMER ROCK CONCERT STAGE TUMBLES DOWN
Reports arrive on Thursday, August 18, 2011 from Belgium and Holland about
three people who perish at the Pukkelpop music festival. Chaos erupts when a
strong gale causes the Pukkelpop stage to collapse while Chicago, IL Rock band
Smith Westerns perform during its annual three-day festival just east of
Brussels in Hasselt, Belgium. The 60,000-person event struggles when a tempest
uproots trees and crashes into the stage. Hasselt's mayor claims that at least
three spectators die and possibly 40 others receive injuries. Rick Hoogkamp, of
Dutch NOS TV, informs the Associated Press that the sky got dark and violent
winds as well as hailstones threatened the concertgoers. Festival organizer
Chokri Mahassine confesses to the AP: We have for now put the festival on hold
until we understand the situation completely. Other bands experience mayhem
during typhoons. On July 27, 2011 Cheap Trick ducks out of the way when the
Ottawa Bluesfest stage crumples during a storm that causes a few injuries. On
August 7th, Flaming Lips lighting equipment is destroyed by a storm in Tulsa,
OK.
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BYE BYE FM ROCK RADIO Rock music on the FM dial
today fast becomes like Rock music on the AM dial in the 1970s as News-Talk
radio pushes Rock groups like the Rolling Stones off into the sunset. Shock
Jock Howard Stern takes credit for the demise of Classic Rock music on CBS WYSP
FM (94.1) when he exits terrestrial radio five years ago. Beginning on Tuesday,
September 6, 2011 37-year Rock WYSP FM in Philadelphia, PA debuts its simulcast
with CBS Sportsradio WIP-610. But the annihilation of Rock music on the FM dial
goes much deeper than that. Listeners are sick and tired of hearing the same
old 300 tunes over and over again with a handful of them on rotation almost
hourly. There are other great songs that never reach the Top 10 which still are
favorites of ours. But they disappear like dust in the wind as all FM Rock
stations play the exact same tunes over and over again. This is probably
because today's new FM Classic Rock programmers are not even alive when these
songs first hit the airwaves. Each one of these new FM programmers uses the
very same list of guidelines plus the same stacks of CDs that someone far away
says that they must play over and over.
TV ANCHOR HITS EXIT RAMP Veteran WPEC TV CH12 news
anchor Curt Fonger in West Palm Beach, FL leaves the building after 22 years.
Robert Emmers, a Freedom Communications spokesman declares that Fonger's last
News 12 broadcast is on Wednesday, August 10, 2011. Emmers tells news sources
that WPEC TV does not renew Curt's contract. The 60 year old Fonger arrives on
News 12 in 1989 after TV positions in Fort Pierce, FL; Mobile, AL and Grand
Rapids, MI.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous American movie icon
directs the first talking picture in Great Britain? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! [Young] Tom Fontaine [KILT FM
Houston, TX] celebrates 4 decades on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. The year that
Tom is born I'm a DJ on clear channel 50,000 watt WFAA-820 in Dallas, TX. •BOB
MERRRIL is new GSM at Clear Channel News-Talk KTRH-740 Houston, TX. •JEFF
ROSINKI claims GSM of Clear Channel Talk KRPC-950 and Sports/Talk KBME-790
Houston, TX. •LARRY [The Legend] JOHNSON former Chicago, IL and Milwaukee, WI
air personality dies at 78 on Wednesday, August 17, 2011. •HOWARD ESKIN exits
PM Drive on Philly Sports-Talk WIP-610 after 25 years on September 2, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WPTV TV NBC CH5 in Palm Beach, FL begins
broadcasting on August 22nd. •1968 GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE announce
their marriage six months in advance on August 22nd. •1977 SEBASTIAN CABOT
actor as Mr. French in TV's Family Affair dies at 59 on August 22nd. •1983
CRYSTAL GAYLE and husband-manager Bill Gatzimos' first baby, Katherine Claire,
arrives on August 22nd. •1995 LON HORIUCHI FBI agent shoots at Randy Weaver's
cabin in Idaho on August 22nd. •2001 ALAN JACKSON's album When Somebody Loves
You goes Platinum on August 22nd.
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FRANK HALEY [Legendary 1960s KLIF-1190 Newscaster]
(Albuquerque, NM) There's an old sea story about a ship's Captain who inspected
His sailors, and afterward told the first mate that his men smelled bad. The
Captain suggested perhaps it would help if the sailors Would change underwear
occasionally. The first mate responded, "Aye, aye sir, I'll see to it
immediately!" The first mate went straight to the sailors berth deck and
announced, "The Captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you to change
your underwear." He continued, "Pittman, you change with Jones,
McCarthy, you change with Witkowski, and Brown, you change with Schultz."
THE MORAL OF THE STORY: Someone may come along and promise "Change",
But don't count on things smelling any better.
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JOHN BASS [Legendary 1960s KLIF-1190 Newscaster]
(Tyler, TX) Subject: East Texas Woods And Waters. We are doing a barter
arrangement, where we will have 6 minutes of commercial time, and the TV
stations will have the other six minutes. We did our pilot show on Lake Fork a
few weeks ago, and have now finished production. We have to produce 4 more
shows by the end of December, before we release it for airtime. Then..we just keep producing. We've lined up
fishing guests, including Troy Aikman and Moose Johnson of the Dallas Cowboys,
Brad Paisley, the C&W singer, and several others...all of whom Ron has
contact with. So as you can see, even though in January I will be 72, I will be
doing TV again, and also still keeping my interest in the Real Estate office,
since I am the Broker. Take care, and God Bless!! John Bass
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim:
That was a downtown public theater in Nashville that featured movies 7 days a
week. Also, in my files on Waylon (Jennings): He won a talent contest in
Littlefield (TX) & got a 15-min radio show there; he never went to Lubbock
radio (KLLL-1590) until 1958. Also in that year, he recorded his first single,
produced by Buddy Holly at Norman Petty studio in Clovis, NM. (Norman & Vi
are both deceased & studio now owned by City of Clovis as a museum.) Many
others first recorded there including Buddy Knox, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Gilmer,
Buddy Holly, etc. Waylon was married 4-times & retired from road-tours in
'97. (Married first time @ 19) Was a High school drop-out. JD's Club where he
met Jessi & played regularly in 1961 was at 707 Scottsdale Rd in Tempe,
AZ...PHX Metro.
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-movie actor-voice actor] (Austin-Liberty
Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1013) August 16, 2011 [Wednesday]
I lost it again. Anyway I got it all straightened out with Leon Schinldler who
ran the ranch at Ellinger. I also did ads and brochures for Hurricane Fence. One
of my favorite directors from TV-26, Tom Schmidt, is in Austin today. I did
many a spot in those old studios on Westheimer. Best, Jim Gough
TRIVIA ANSWER: The helmsman of the UK's first
talking picture is well-known American director Alfred Hitchcock. The 1929
movie's title is Blackmail. The film is an early Hitchcock black and white
thriller that involves a Scotland Yard detective, bread knife, murder and of
course blackmail in 1920's London.
JOHN STEEL [Legendary KONO-860, KNUZ-1230 DJ]
(Houston, TX) Subject: Radio Hall of fame lunch in November. Jim, I have a
table for 8 at the Texas radio hall of fame and I would love you to join me
there in November if you can. I was also pleased to hear that an old friend Ed
Stern was home and mending. He was the General Manager of KEYS in Corpus
Christi when I was the Program Director of their sister station KZFM in the
late 70's and early 80's. John Steel
VIN SCULLY (November 29, 1927 - p) It's a mere
moment in a man's life between the All-Star Game and an old timer's game.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
August 19, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1014
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
DOUBLE O ICON DEPARTS Bob Sherman is a versatile executive
who has a media career that extends four decades in radio on into cable TV and
the Internet full circle back into radio. Bob passes away from liver cancer on
Sunday, August 14, 2011. His radio management career starts in 1974 when CBS
promotes him to general manager for what is then WCAU-1210 Philadelphia, PA.
Four years later he becomes EVP of NBC Radio over all of the NBC-owned radio
stations. Under his leadership, WNBC-660 places Howard Stern, Don Imus and Dr.
Ruth Westheimer on the air. Almost instantly, the money-losing WNBC-660 becomes
a NYC powerhouse. Sherman, later, becomes Chairman/CEO of Double O Radio. Two
weeks ago Townsquare Media purchases Double O.
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TULSA'S TOWER MAN COMES DOWN In the last issue of
JRRR we file a report on a man who climbs half way up the 300' tower of a
Tulsa, OK TV station on Thursday morning, August 11, 2011. This ties up
two-dozen cop cars plus no telling how many fire and EMS units. Police identify
the 25 year old guy simply as William. We learn that William Boyd Sturdivant II
is well-known to local authorities because of his history of mental illness
plus he just leaves jail in April 2011. Because of the heat William pulls off
his shirt and pants down to his boxer shorts. He refuses to come down from his
ivory tower for over 6 days. On Tuesday evening, August 16th retired police
negotiator, Tyrone Lynn, coaxes the man down off of the tall TV tower. Around
6:40 pm Tuesday Sturdivant climbs into a Tulsa Fire Department truck lift which
brings him 100 feet down to the ground.
AUGUST 16, 1977 On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 I
receive an email from a JRRR reader way up north near Wilmington, DE with a
reminder that I forget a very important date. She says that Elvis Presley dies
on August 16, 1977. JRRR keeps me knee deep in so many things that it
completely slips my mind. Well, August 16, 1977 also marks the day that I'm on
I-10 on my way to Houston, TX as a new DJ on KIKK FM. Back then KIKK FM is a
solid #1 here in the Bayou City. It shares its studios with KIKK-650 in a
hurricane worn old 2-story building in Pasadena. Chris Collier is the KIKK FM
PD who hires me. The legendary Joe Ladd is the KIKK Music Director. Charlie
Ochs is to be the new KIKK FM MD. At the same time a brand new 2-story building
is under construction at 6306 Gulfton in the exciting and popular SW Houston.
KIKK FM simulcasts with sister station KIKK-650 but the two go separate ways in
the new building. When we move into the new location I'm to be the new mid-day
DJ on KIKK FM. But until then I fill in on weekends on KIKK FM plus whenever
needed on KIKK-650. But before we move into the new building toward the end of
1977 Chris leaves the building and a new hot shot PD is his replacement. In
early 1978 when both KIKKs go on the air in their separate studios with brand
new equipment I am the first voice that they choose to be a DJ in the new KIKK
FM studio. After that I move down the hall to the KIKK-650 studio as its first
voice in the brand new building. The new KIKK FM PD and I do not see eye-to-eye
on several things. So, Larry Vance KNUZ-1230 PD makes me an offer that I cannot
refuse as a DJ.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the popular radio series
Inner Sanctum debut? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Paul Christy (long time Houston,
TX DJ) stands back as hundreds of candles fire up his birthday cake on Sunday,
August 21, 2011. •CBS RADIO adds iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad portal apps to
access CBS Radio news, talk and sports stations on mobile gadgets in six
markets. •BUBBA THE LOVE SPONGE loses two FL morning show affiliates as Cox
abandons Rock for news in Orlando. Cox WFYV FM (Rock 104.5) Atlantic Beach, FL
airs its last Bubba show when it takes a more music in the morning local slant.
•FCC FEES due on September 14, 2011. It no longer mails reminders as the
payment system moves online.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 WINS-1010 NYC announces on August 19th that
it will not play copy white artist cover versions of R&B tunes. Its DJs
must play Fats Domino's Ain't It a Shame not Pat Boone's. •1966 LEE ANN WOMACK
(2000 CMA Single of the Year-I Hope You Dance) born in Jacksonville, TX. •1979
THE KNACK's single My Sharona on August 19th begins a stay at #1 for 6 weeks.
•1989 RICKY VAN SHELTON scores four CMA award nominations on August 17th. •1993
KIM BASINGER actress weds actor Alec Baldwin on August 19th. •2003 DIERKS
BENTLEY's self-titled debut album releases on Capitol records on August 19th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
PAT MCGOWAN [Patrick] (Chandler, AZ) Subject:
KVRL-TV. Jim, You do a GREAT job with the newsletter, don't give it a 2nd
thought. Thought I'd share the story about 26 got its call letters in case you
find it interesting. KVRL later became KDOG. Crest sold out to Fox and became
KRIV, later moving out the SW Freeway. But I was long gone by then. Moved back
to Chicago and WSNS-TV44 in 1974. Pat; NCP 3 New Century Productions
JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1012) August 15, 2011 [Monday] Yes Jim, I remember Billy
Grammer. Sorry to hear of his passing. He sponsored me in the early '70s when I
had the duo The Country Cavaleers ( after leaving Mercy ). Ck out the Grammer
guitars in this article. You’ll notice Billy gave me the Rebel guitar and my
buddy got the American flag guitar. I still play mine as you see in the recent
photo at the top of the story at -
http://countrymusicnewsinternational.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-with-james-marvell.html
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: Radio memories. January '58 to I think October, 58 - KWED - sign on to
10am, then sell commercial time till 4, then back on the board till signoff at
sundown. That's Monday through Friday. Off Saturday. Sunday - sign on to sign
off...only body in station running transmitter by remote control. (and I only
have a 3rd class)
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. ...Rod Roddy heard me
and stopped in at KBOX while on his way to WQXI in Atlanta. I was so
impressed. I'd listened to Rod when he
was "Hot Rod Roddy" on KOMA in Oklahoma City. Rod recommended me to
Kent Burkhart. I stayed there for a year
until Ron Chapman suggested to the McLendon folk that I was the only guy who
had beaten KLIF, so I should return to DFW.
But, this time to KLIF. So, I'd
made it. And, Russ "The Weird
Beard" and I were working together at KLIF. Chuck Dunaway come over to
KLIF, too. Joe Long was at KLIF, as
well. He and Gordon handled the Kennedy
assassination on air, hour after hour.
Quite incredible work. Better (by
far) than any network. Years later, I hired Rod to work for McLendon. (Paying it forward.) I gave Rod a couple jobs
when he was out of work. I always
believed in him. It was as much fun for
me as for Rod when he'd call me and say stuff like, "Hey, Kenny! I'm in my new convertible, cruising through
L.A. traffic on my way to tape a few PRICE IS RIGHT shows! Can you believe I'm in Hollywood!!"
JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Hi Jim, John Hale
here. I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I have been getting
the newsletter at the alternate email address I sent you a while back. I
haven't had the chance to write much lately, due to traveling a lot in my
training job with the state. I've also had some minor health issues with my
heart. (Some folks I know are surprised to hear that I have one.) I'm getting
tested and treatment, and not too worried. Yours Truly, John Hale; Mobile Magic
Music 512.336.8742 (33.Music) "We're at the best parties!"
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Hello Jim: The Tennessean was not my source, but I will now check it out.
My country historian close friend in Va (since 1965), who was always in contact
w/B. Grammer, says in his last years of retirement, Billy was blind from that
eye disease. So sad. His other records included "Bonaparte's
Retreat," & "I Wanna Go Home." He was magical on that guitar
too. Saw list of inductees this Nov into TRHOF, & was sorry to see your
name was not on that list. I am amazed indeed at this obvious oversight. We do
appreciate you. Your friend, BOB, at The Southwest Outpost.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On January 7, 1941 the popular
old-time radio program Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuts on Sunday nights on the
Blue Network (ABC). A memorable trademark of the show is the squeaking door
that opens and closes each episode. The scary voice of Boris Karloff adds
terror to the show. In fall 1943 the show relocates to CBS. Inner Sanctum's
creator is producer Himan Brown. A total of 526 episodes air until October 5,
1952.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Sending
again Jay Fox. Hi Jim and Lacy, Jay Fox was on the air on the ABC OLDIES
Satellite Music Network when I was with KMCM 97 GOLD 96.9 FM in Midland, Texas
2003-2004. I was wondering what Jay is doing today. I see his web site is
www.jayfoxproductions.com. Jay is a volunteer fire fighter with the Lewisville
Texas Fire Department. Leslie Wayne Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
GEORGE ORWELL [’1984′] During times of
deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 17, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1013
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TOWNSQUARE LOSES ICON In 1939, Bill Heiderich is a
newspaper carrier in West Utica, NY. He joins the U.S. Secret Service. Bill
becomes a WW II vet when Uncle Sam inducts him into the U.S. Army. In July 1947
when Harry S. Truman is U.S. President, Nathan J. (Nate) Cook hires Bill
Heiderich as a salesman at WIBX-950 in Utica, NY. Bill spends over 60 years at
WIBX-950 -- 20 years as sales manager and 30 years as GM. Norma Taylor
Heiderich is his loving wife of 57 years. During their entire marriage, the
couple resides in the same house in West Utica. They have three children Kurt,
Scott and Kim. After he retires, William John Heiderich becomes public
relations director until he passes away at 89 on Saturday, August 6, 2011.
Steven Price, Townsquare Media CEO, remembers: Heiderich was a wonderful man.
Consummate professional who loved WIBX and represented us so well. It was an
honor and a privilege to work with him.
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INDY WIND STORM SPAWNS RADIO COVERAGE Tragedy
strikes at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday night, August 13, 2011 when a
wind blast from Hades knocks down heavy scaffolding that supports the stage.
Emmis Country WLHK FM (Hank FM 97.1) sponsors Sugarland as they are about to go
on stage when tour manager Hellen Rollens glances up at the sky and decides to
keep Sugarland off stage. An instant later, 60 to 70 mph wind gusts topple the
roof and metal scaffolding that holds lights and other equipment. That snap decision
may have saved Sugarland's lives. Charlie Morgan WIBC-1070 GM springs into
action with his live on the scene radio coverage while he stands close to the
gridiron as the wind takes it down. Five bystanders die and more than three
dozen others receive injuries. This is another example of how important that
live on the scene radio coverage really is.
STANDOFF ATOP TV TOWER A 25-year old man who police
only identify as William climbs the FOX 23 TV tower in Tulsa, OK during a
rain-and-lightning storm and he's still there. Shortly after 11am Thursday,
August 11, 2011 employees at FOX23 notice the guy trespassing on the property.
He runs to the roof and climbs about two-thirds of the way up the broadcast
tower. He is still there for over six days. KTUL-TV CH6 reports that the 25
year old man has a history of mental health problems. The tower is near the
Clear Channel Communications studios in east Tulsa. He refuses to come down
from his perch. More than 25 police units and fire trucks remain on the scene. After
4 days, a police officer climbs up the tower and leaves him a bag with water
and a cell phone. The man says that he has to work out some issues and that he
can remain on the tower for a week if he wants. Cops fire pepper spray balls to
try to get him to come down, but he just climbs further up the 300-foot tower.
Things worsen as severe weather approaches. The Tulsa Fire Department's
technical rescue team uses a bucket truck to help him down but high winds force
them to pull the bucket back. The longest standoff in Tulsa, OK police history
passes day 6. At press time the man is still high up in the tower. Where is
Superman when we need him the most?
TRIVIA QUESTION: What earth shattering news event
takes place on November 22, 1963? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•NEWS/TALK claims another FM Rock station as Cox
launches a simulcast of its 87-year old heirloom News/Talk WDBO-580 Orlando, FL
on Rock WHTQ FM (96.5) beginning at 5am on Friday, August 19, 2011. •THE
WEATHER CHANNEL melds Twitter into its programming with Twitter users as field
reporters ready to be put into action whenever severe weather erupts. •MARIA
MENOUNOS bids adieu to NBC News for Telepictures. •LUCILLE BALL's 100th
anniversary birthdate is on August 6, 2011. Sixty years ago on October 15, 1951
I witness the debut of I Love Lucy on our new 17" TV set.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 BELINDA CARLISLE GoGos lead singer (We Got
the Beat #2 for 3 weeks-1982) born in Hollywood, CA on August 17th. •1969 MERLE
HAGGARD's single Workin' Man Blues lands at #1 in Billboard Country on August
16th. •1979 VIVIAN VANCE as Ethel Mertz in I Love Lucy dies of cancer at 67 on
August 17th. •1985 WAYLON JENNINGS, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash & Kris
Kristofferson's LP Highwayman roars to the top in Billboard Country on August
17th. •1990 PEARL BAILEY singer dies of heart attack at 72 on August 17th.
•2004 SUGARLAND's 1st hit single Baby Girl releases on Mercury records on
August 17th.
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PAT MCGOWAN (Chandler, AZ) Subject: KVRL-TV. Hi
Jim, I'm sure you meant that KVRL-TV Ch 26 in HOUSTON went on the air in August
1971. I would know, part of the original sign-on crew! Was owned by Crest
Broadcasting, and the call sign was for the three Schindler brothers Victor,
Raymond and Leon. Raymond was the one who ran the store as well as Hurricane
Fence Co. We went on the air from an office building across the parking lot
from the future studios at 3935 Westheimer Rd. Later in the fall moved
everything over during an all night session. Both buildings long gone. Hope you
and Lacy are surviving the heat. Patrick McGowan; NCP 3 New Century Productions
DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1011) August 12, 2011
[Friday] Jim, I love the visits. It is obvious that you have had your arms
around The Oak Ridge Boys for years. I am thankful for all of those years of
love and support. And, your story in radio in Texas is that of legends. It is
only a natural thing that you, too, will be inducted into the Texas Radio Hall
of Fame. You "ARE" Hall of Fame. Thanks for your years of friendship.
Duane
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LARRY SCOTT (Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1012) August 15, 2011 [Monday] So happy to see The Oaks have
finally been accepted as members of The Opry. The Oak Ridge Quartet worked The
Opry many times when it was Wally Fowler and The Oak Ridge Quartet. Their piano
player, in those days, Livy Freeman is still living and resides in Greensboro,
NC. My acquaintance with The Oaks goes back to the late fall of 1958. I was
going to embalming school, in Nashville, and working weekends at WAGG in
Franklin,TN. Smitty Gatlin was the manager and tenor singer for the group. He
brought me a single that I still have. The Oaks were what we call four manin’
it. Smitty sang tenor, Herman Harper, bass, Ronnie Page, baritone and lead and
Tommy Fairchild played the piano and he and Ronnie would switch lead and
baritone, depending on the song and key. Willie Wynn, from Moultrie, GA joined
the Oaks in late December of 58 and made his Nashville debut on The Wally
Fowler All Night Singing, at The Ryman Auditorium, in January of 59. I had the
pleasure of being there. I’ve known Bill Golden for goin’ on 50 years. That was
back when his hair was styled and not a hair out of place. Been knowin’ Duane
since his days with The Prophets Qt. out of Knoxville. Duane sang lead and
another ol’ boy from Paris, TX, Dave Rorgers sang bass. ls
DANNY MACK MCWILLIAMS (Houston, TX) Jim, I found it
amazing that Ed Stern’s letter showed up just below mine, in your latest edition.
He was my GM for five-years from 1987-1992, in Uvalde, during that time he
became my close friend and my second Dad. He was instrumental in my move to
Corpus Christi in the early 90’s. I am so happy he’s home and will be following
his progress! Danny
BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: Enjoyed visit.
Jim, Really enjoyed visiting with you and talking about radio in the days when
it used to be good. Thanks for the nice comments in Monday's JRRR.. Best wishes
and take some time to get out them old records and listen to them! Bud
BOB POER [ROBERT] (Dallas-Highland Village, TX)
Subject: Bud Buschardt. Hello Jim. Good to hear you and Bud had a nice visit.
Bud is a great guy and has been a good friend to me over the years. We get
together for lunch visits as often as possible. We both love the great music
from the 50's, 60's, etc. It's always good to see him. I enjoy your
newsletters. Very informative. Keep up the good work!! Bob Poer; Mobile Music
PBP (www.mobilemusicpbp.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On November 22, 1963 CBS TV anchor
Walter Cronkite reports that President John Fitzgerald Kennedy has been shot in
the motorcade near downtown Dallas, TX. At 1:40 PM, EST, a special report
interrupts As the World Turns. At 2:28 PM Dan Rather reports (on audio from
Dallas, TX) that president John Kennedy is dead. At 2:38 PM Walter Cronkite
announces the official confirmation of JFK's death. Beginning at 2:00 PM on
November 22, CBS News airs 54 hours and 53 minutes of uninterrupted coverage of
the death of President John F. Kennedy along with its aftermath. The long
around the clock broadcast about the death of President Kennedy ends at 11:37
PM on November 25.
MIKE SHUPING (Dallas-Carrollton, TX) Subject: You
can count on me...Yeah right. They sent my Census form back! AGAIN!!! In
response to the question: "Do you have any dependents? " I replied -
"12 million illegal immigrants; 3 million crack heads; 42 million
unemployable people, 2 million people in over 243 prisons; Half of Mexico; and
535 idiots in the U.S. House and Senate. Apparently, this was NOT an acceptable
answer.
GEORGE ORWELL (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950)
Big Brother is watching you.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 15, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1012
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BILLY GRAMMER TRAVELS ON From 1957-58,
singer/guitarist Billy Grammer is a regular guest on CBS TV's The Jimmy Dean
Show. He is a well-known Nashville, TN guitar session musician. In 1959, Billy
lands the #5 spot on Billboard's Country survey with a rousing up-tempo tune,
Gotta Travel On. The hot song travels on over to #4 on the Pop map. Grammer's
follow up tune Bonaparte’s Retreat is another favorite of mine that finds a
place on Billboard's Pop graph in 1959 but for some strange reason misses out
on the Country blueprint. However, the song does reach Billboard Country's page
by Pee Wee King (1950), Carl Smith (1970) and Glen Campbell (1974). Billy
Grammer is born on August 28, 1925 in Benton, IL. He joins the Grand Ole Opry
in 1959. Billy Grammer passes away on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 85. In
1965, he co-founds the Grammer Guitar Company which designs acoustic
instruments that remain popular with guitarists. In fact, Country Music Hall of
Fame member Vince Gill recently buys a vintage Grammer guitar. Vince remembers:
Billy was a really big, friendly soul. He was a guy who could do everything.
There’s a kinship between those of us who have been able to garner respect from
the musician community and as singers, a sweet brotherhood. He was also a neat
guy to get to know.
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OAKS JOIN THE OPRY For decades I am a big fan of
the Oak Ridge quartet's fine Gospel music. In 1969, my latest flame Betty and I
attend the Oaks in concert in San Antonio, TX. They are absolutely marvelous.
We meet the Oaks tenor Willie Wynn backstage for a chat. Really nice guy. In
the late 1970s when the Oak Ridge quartet becomes a Country group with their
new name The Oak Ridge Boys, Willie chooses to leave to form his own Gospel
quartet. In summer 1977 when I'm MD/noon-3pm DJ on KTRM-990 the Oaks new
Country tune Ya'll Come Back Saloon arrives on my desk. The terrific song is an
instant add to our play list. For the next 10 years The Oak Ridge Boys top the
Country charts as well as cross over into the Pop surveys. The Oaks still sell
out concerts wherever they appear. They win many awards. But their latest
achievement may top them all because on Saturday night, August 8, 2011 Little
Jimmy Dickens inducts The Oak Ridge Boys - William Lee Golden, Joe Bonsall,
Richard Sterban and Duane Allen - into the Grand Ole Opry. President George
H.W. Bush surprises The Oaks with a video greeting. Salute!
BUD BUSCHARDT continues as Professor of Radio,
Television and Film at the University of North Texas. He also is a legendary
Oldies expert on WFAA-570 and KVIL FM in Dallas, TX. His Oldies stash of vinyl
records puts mine to shame. A celebration dinner honors Buschardt as he retires
from his Program Director command center at ABC Radio Network in 2007. From
1967-68 when I'm a DJ on WFAA-820 and WFAA-570, Bud is a Director at WFAA TV
ABC CH8 in my hometown Dallas, TX. On Tuesday, August 9, 2011 long time friend
Bud stops by for a visit out here in far west Houston, TX. We take our radio
chat down the street to a favorite Tex-Mex restaurant on Memorial Avenue. Bud
Buschardt is a class act, real nice fella and a wonderful tribute to radio.
BREAKING NEWS! Mike Fleming of Dateline Hollywood
reports that Disney shuts down production on The Lone Ranger movie because of
its budget. Armie Hammer is to play The Lone Ranger while Johnny Depp is Tonto.
Fleming says: Disney wants to reduce the film's cost from $250 million (some
even say $275 million) down to $232 million. But it wasn't the $200 million
that Disney wanted to spend. And between Depp, Bruckheimer, and Verbinski, the
gross outlay on the film is substantial. The scheduled release date for The
Lone Ranger movie is to be December 21, 2012. Stay tuned to this Bat Dial.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does The Dick Van Dyke Show
premiere? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•LONDON, ENGLAND RIOTS: Three teenagers arrested on
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 for fire that destroys 25 Million discs in Sony
warehouse during riots on Monday, August 8th. •BO BROWN Clear Channel News Talk
KTRH-740 Houston, TX GSM moves on up to Director of Sales for the Bayou City
cluster. Since 2001 KTRH is one of the city's top-billing radio stations.
•WXNT-1430 News/Talk 7-year Morning Man in Indianapolis, IN replaced by
syndicated program due to that familiar phrase budget cuts. WSJ reports: That's
the way our industry works...here today gone tomorrow.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 WXEX TV ABC CH8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA
begins broadcasting on August 15th. •1964 ROY ROGERS King of the Cowboys
endures 9-hour surgery on August 14th to repair back vertebrae damaged by years
of riding his horse, Trigger. •1971 KVRL TV (now KRIV) NBC CH26 in
Shreveport-Texarkana, LA begins broadcasting on August 15th. •1982 ERNEST TUBB
makes final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry on August 14th. •1993 ROBERT
TILTON TV evangelist announces divorce of wife Marte on August 15th. •2001
RASCAL FLATTS' self-titled debut effort is the trio's 1st Gold album on August
15th.
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DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1011) August 12, 2011
[Friday] Good Morning Jim, My friend. I enjoy catching up with you through your
weekly releases. The Boys are proud new members of the Grand Ole Opry, and we
are honored to be called "Opry Stars"...HAHA... I am writing you to
mention a friend of mine, Lanny "Hoss" Huggins...Hoss has just been
inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. We grew up together in the Paris,
Texas area, and worked in radio together. We also played some music together as
I did some work with the Huggins Brothers. Hoss is a dear friend, He has a
Facebook page and if you could check him out, and give him a little mention, I
know he would be thrilled. I am very happy for my lifetime friend. Thanks,
Duane (www.oakridgeboys.com/)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Singer/guitarist Billy Grammer passed away Aug. 10 @ 85. His hit,
"Gotta Travel On," made three charts in early 1959 (pop, country
& R/B) & was the first million-seller for Monument. He had retired to
his southern IL home 20 years ago & was inducted into IL Country Music
H[all] of Fame in 1990. His first designed model guitar, 1969, is in the Co.
Music H[all] of F[ame], Nashville. He played in many bands & was a session
guitarist on many hit records, & had his own syndicated TV series in 1965,
maintaining a long career on the grand Ole Opry too. Bob & Sonny Lee
DANNY MACK MCWILLIAMS (Kerrville, TX) Jim, I grew up
in Houston, in Spring Branch, and started my radio career at KFRD, in
Rosenberg, where I got to know Jim (Gough). Like so many others my career took
me to all points in Texas. I now call Kerrville home. I have been out of the
business for a year, after purchasing a business in Kerrville. Sadly the
business climate forced me to close the 25 year old business in April. I am
trying to decide what my next adventure will be. I am also good friends with
Dr. Bruce Nelson. We were in Corpus Christi together, though at different
stations, and I was proud to get to know him. He, Hal McCain, Bill Bailey, Arch
Yancey and Hudson & Harrigan were all my early heroes in the Houston. More
later, Danny
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ED STERN (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Back Home at
Last. I'm finally home from almost 3 months recovering... On May 13 I suffered
a compression fracture at T6 in my spine. Had to wait for surgery until June 24
so I could be completely free of the pneumonia I had in March before my
neurosurgeon would do the deed. Following surgery I went into rehab at Parklane
West, a rehab facility next to the high rise where we live. I'm having a hard
time regaining my mobility and have to spend most of my time getting around in
a wheel chair. The therapists are working hard at trying to get me back in
shape and I start eight weeks of PT/OT tomorrow. While I've been gone, Judy has
done a great job keeping my inbox in workable shape but I still have over 500
messages I have to go through. Hope you never have a compression
fracture--ain't no fun, GI. Ed
TRIVIA ANSWER: On October 3, 1961 The Dick Van Dyke
Show premieres on CBS TV and runs through September 7, 1966. During its 1962,
1963, 1964 and 1965 seasons the popular The Dick Van Dyke Show wins four Emmys
for Outstanding Program Achievement in Humor/Comedy/Entertainment. In the
series, Mary Tyler Moore plays Dick Van Dyke's wife.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) I always look forward
to your newsletter. Like...I enjoy amateur radio, since it allows me to talk
with people in various fields that I would never get a chance to
otherwise....still only have a Tech License...just glad that you have me on your
mailing list. From my time editing a column for the ADXR, Association of DX
Reporters, a now defunct club an editor can have people mad from what they
print and/or don't print. I think you know you do a great service and you have
proven the quality of workmanship, so you will always have a place in the
Kingdom. I admire the work you do, at times I wonder how you get the energy,
also I have tried to redirect questions to you from another broadcaster, since
I figured you would be much better at helping him than I would be since you
knew the industry, I could only speculate. Best regards, Charles George, KC5RAI
WALTER CRONKITE (November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009)
This opens the door on another chapter of history.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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BEWITCHED RETURNS TO TV? The Bewitched TV series
runs from 1964-1972. We fondly remember Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha
Stephens and her husband Darrin Stephens. Samantha twitches her nose to cause
objects or people to disappear or appear. Darrin is first performed by 6'
1" tall Dick York who leaves the series in 1969 because of chronic back
problems. The 6' 2" Dick Sargent fills in as the second Darrin. His three
seasons in the popular series introduces him to millions of viewers. Agnes
Moorehead plays Samantha's flamboyant witch-mother, Endora. Initially she turns
down the role in Bewitched, but when Elizabeth asks her in person, she changes
her mind. Agnes joins the cast but she doesn't expect the series to last more
than one season. But Bewitched becomes a long-running hit. David White is
Darrin's advertising agency boss, Larry Tate. Bewitched is set in Westport, CT.
In 1968, ABC TV buys its re-runs for nine million dollars. Another of my
favorites is Barbara Eden as the beautiful two thousand year old blonde genie
by the name of Jeannie in I Dream of Jeannie (September 18, 1965 to September
7, 1970). Larry Hagman plays the confused astronaut Anthony Nelson. In 2005,
the big-screen movie Bewitched stars Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell and others but
doesn't do well at the box office. In 2011, CBS orders a script for the
2012-2013 season from Sony Pictures Television for a remake of the classic TV
series. Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher from the 2005 movie are its new producers.
Marc Lawrence will write the script, plus is executive producer.
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ACTOR CRASHES MILLION DOLLAR MCLAREN SUPER CAR
Actor Rowan Atkinson, known to Britishers as Mr. Bean and the Blackadder TV
series, suffers a minor injury after his McLaren F1 supercar, which is one of
the world's fastest road autos, spins off a road and crashes into a tree and
lamppost in Haddon, Cambridgeshire about 85 miles (140 kilometers) north of
London, England late Thursday, August 4, 2011. The exclusive McLaren F1
supercars can cost as much as $1 million. Its road tests crank out speeds of up
to 230 mph. East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson says that Rowan
suffers a minor shoulder injury. Police report that he passes a routine breathalyzer test at the scene and faces
no criminal charges. Britain's Daily Mirror says that he walks away from the
vehicle and flags down motorists for help. On Friday afternoon, witnesses see
Atkinson leave Peterborough City Hospital with four security guards at his
side. But he is silent to reporters.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when the first
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV show premieres? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Keith Bilbrey (announcer on RFD
TV's Larry's Country Diner/celebrated WSM-650 DJ for over 30 years /voice of the
Grand Ole Opry for decades in Nashville, TN) counts his golden birthday stars
on Sunday, August 14, 2011 to make sure that there's enough of them.
•TOWNSQUARE MEDIA joins the radio fray in April 2010 but heads fast toward #3
in most radio stations in its bundle. Gap Broadcasting already under
Townsquare's wing while Millennium awaits final FCC approval. •SHERYL CROW
Grammy Award-winning singer corrals $5.2 million, 50-acre estate in Forest
Hills kingdom of Nashville, TN.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 KOTI TV NBC/CBS CH2 in Klamath Falls, OR
begins broadcasting on August 12th. •1966 DAVID HOUSTON's Classic single Almost
Persuaded zings #1 in Billboard Country on August 13th. •1974 MICKEY MANTLE
& WHITEY FORD NY Yankees are 1st teammates elected to baseball Hall of Fame
on same day on August 12th. •1989 PATTY LOVELESS' Timber, I'm Falling In Love
is her 1st #1 Country single on August 12th. •1997 LUTHER ALLISON Blues
guitarist dies at 57 of cancer on Tuesday, August 12th in Madison, WI. •2003 ALAN
JACKSON's album Greatest Hits Volume II releases on Arista records on August
12th.
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MICHAEL O'SHEA (Bellingham, WA) Subject: Ken Dowe
(KLIF-1190). Jim...When I got back to WOHO I put together a composite tape with
a bit of our mornings, midday, PM drive and just a few snippets of what Bobby
Rich and I were doing on our nighttime "team" show. Three months
later Ken called me and said: "We have an opening and we'd like to hire a
'good Yankee jock'...you wanna come to Big D??" My first big market job,
joining the Amazing 50,000 watt Texas Giant, "Big Kliff", doing Noon
to Three. The station was solidly earning mid 30 percent shares in the Hooper
and Pulse ratings. Ken later told me he had a bet with McLendon National PD
Chuck Boyles as to whether or not this "Yankee jock" would make it in
Dallas. Four months later the Hooper rating for Noon to Three was a 44.3 Share.
I have the print out sheet and will scan it and send it to you. Ken won the
bet, but I won the best radio experience and found the best teacher a young
jock could ever have, Ken Dowe. We had two teenage jocks on the staff at the
time: Charlie Van Dyke, PM drive and Hal Martin (Mike Spears), 9-Midnight, both
18. I was barely 20... but we all received a PhD in top forty radio programming
working with Ken Dowe and the amazing team at KLIF. Thanks, Ken!! Sincerely,
Michael O'Shea
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Jim, here's another Clint Eastwood story. I have an
old friend from Austin that I've known since Jr. High days. He has been very
successful in radio station management and has owned several small market Texas
stations over the years. He owned KAND in Corsicana for a long time. Richard C.
Parker Also had a piece of KTEM and still owns one in Louisiana. He's a great
guy...we used to pick and grin together and both went to the Navy during Korea.
He and his wife have a condo in Carmel where they spend most of their Summers.
Once a few years back they were at a social function there and were standing in
the buffet line next to Clint. My friend said he had enjoyed Eastwood's movies.
Clint said something like.."did you like Space Cowboys, my latest?"
My friend said..."sorry Clint, I don't care much for
Science-Fiction"! Adios for now, Jim Gough
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
exits. How come in broadcasting when a person leaves a job, he or she
"exits". Seemingly, they never resign or are fired in the trades.
They always exit. Or when they win awards, they receive kudos. Who uses those
words? Friday, I saw a documentary, "Page One", about The New York
Times. Part of the documentary included The Times coverage of the Tribune Co.
collapse. Did you ever meet Sam Zell or Randy Michaels? What a pair of goofed-up characters.
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BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Hi Jim! Jennifer
and I are happy that you and Lacy Girl are doing well in this extremely hot
summer. Dallas Fort Worth is currently in 2nd place for the hottest summer over
113 years, and unfortunately the driest also. Not the healthiest combo in town.
I'll give radio stories some good thorough thinking this weekend Jim, and do my
best to send a good one your way. I'll keep it short for you too. I still love
to read your column three times each week. When a musician or broadcasting
celebrity passes away, I learn more from your research, than anywhere in normal
cases. Thank you for putting your passion in to Jim Rose Remembers Radio. You
made a fan out of Jennifer also. Blake Lindsay (www.blazinblake.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: The popular Alfred Hitchcock
Presents premiers on CBS TV on October 2, 1955 and runs through September 1960.
From 1960–1962 NBC airs the series. The serial returns to CBS TV from September
1962 and runs through September 1964. NBC airs the final series from 1964–1965.
The half-hour series features dramas, thrillers and mysteries. Its host is the
intriguing Hollywood film director Alfred Hitchcock. Later, the show extends to
a full hour with a new title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The program's theme
music is Charles Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette. Some of the show's
guest stars become household names: Charles Bronson, Peter Falk, Suzanne
Pleshette, Burt Reynolds, William Shatner, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen and
Robert Duvall. Despite what the show indicates, Alfred Hitchcock only directs
17 of the actual 268 filmed episodes.
MICHELLE PLUNK (Austin-Marble Falls, TX) Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1008) August 05, 2011 [Friday] I will be on Vacation from
July 30th until Aug 14th, 2011. I will not be able to receive emails or phone
calls but will get back with you as soon as possible on my return. Hope you all
are having a safe and fun Summer... Michelle and family...
KIN HUBBARD (September 1, 1868 - December 26, 1930)
If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a
vacation.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 10, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1010
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
DON IMUS' BROTHER DIES According to the New York
Daily News and Radio Ink, WABC-770 morning host Don Imus' younger brother Fred
is found lifeless at 69 on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at his home in Tucson, AZ.
We often see and hear Fred as a guest on his brother Don's syndicated talk
show, Imus in the Morning, on Citadel Talk WABC-770 which simulcasts on the Fox
Business Network cable TV channel. Reports suggest that after Fred does not
show up for his Saturday radio show, Fred's Trailer Park Bash, that he co-hosts
with former western actor Don Collier and Missy on Sirius XM's Outlaw Country,
friends find him resting in peace in his trailer. Talent runs in the family
because Fred Imus is also a radio talk host and songwriter. Along with Phil
Sweet he pens Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius' #1 hit I Don’t Want to Have to
Marry You. In 1977, Music City News proclaims it as the song of the year. Fred
Imus also appears on the cover of The Fred Book that he co-writes with NY Daily
News columnist Mike Lupica. The I-Man credits his brother Fred with the idea to
banter back and forth with his producer Bernard McGuirk and engineer Lou Rufino
on Imus in the Morning. In 1942, Frederic Wayne Imus is born in Los Angeles,
CA. He grows up in the Southwest before he serves in the Army. He later is a
brakeman on the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1963, before his brother Don Imus
enters radio, both he and Fred write and record the tune, I'm a Hot Rodder (And
All That Jazz), on Challenge records. They go by the names Jay Jay Imus and
Freddy Ford. Before he moves to Tucson, AZ Fred assists in the operation of Don
Imus' Ranch for kids with cancer in Ribera, NM. To express your sentiments
about the passing of Fred Imus click www.wabcradio.com/article.asp?id=2255571.
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NEXSTAR SWAPS FOX FOR ABC Nexstar Broadcasting
loses its Fox TV affiliation in Evansville, IN. Almost in retaliation, Nexstar
ends up swapping its Fox affiliate WTVW TV in Evansville for Gilmore ABC
affiliate WEHT TV for $18.5 million. In effect, Nexstar trades its Fox TV
station for an ABC affiliate in the same market. Nexstar reports 2010 revenue
of $313 million. But it is in a duel with Fox about programming fees or reverse
compensation that Fox begins to demand from all of its affiliates as part of
affiliate renewal. Rather than pay the fees, Nexstar decides to give up its Fox
affiliations in four markets: Evansville; Terre Haute, IN; Fort Wayne, IN and
Springfield, MO. Nexstar also sells its one-time Fox affiliate WTVW TV to
Mission Broadcasting for $6.7 million. But
continues to operate WTVW TV under a local services agreement (LSA). The
deal increases Nexstar's number of ABC affiliates to 11.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Why do some radio station call
letters begin with the letter W while others start with the letter K? The
answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•STEVE BEARANCE moves on up from Cumulus General Sales
Manager to Market Manager as overseer of 5 station cluster in Lexington, KY.
•TOWNSQUARE buys Double O Radio's 26-stations all across Texas, Illinois,
Missouri and New York to bring its total to 191 stations in 40 cities. •STEVE
SMITH SVP of programming at Clear Channel leap frogs to Cox Radio in Atlanta,
GA as Programming Director. Previously. Steve is Emmis VP of programming.
•SIGNAL MEDIA acquires Clear Channel Gospel KHLR FM (Hallelujah 106.7) Little
Rock-Benton, AR and flips it to Rhythmic Oldies (Heartbeat 106.7).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1950 ERIC BRAUNN Iron Butterfly guitarist born on
August 10th. •1960 JOHNNY HORTON tapes his single North To Alaska at Bradley
Recording Studio in Nashville, TN on August 9th. Dies in a head-on car crash on
November 5th driving home after a concert in Austin, TX. •1979 DICK FORAB radio
singer/Western actor (156 roles) dies at 69 on August 10th. •1986 THE JUDDS'
Rockin' With The Rhythm Of The Rain strikes #1 in Billboard Country on August
9th. •1994 BILL BAKER lead singer of the re-formed Five Satins dies at 58 on
August 10th. •2006 KENNY CHESNEY's video You Save Me debuts on CMT on August
10th.
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MICHAEL O'SHEA (Bellingham, WA) Subject: Ken Dowe
(KLIF-1190). Jim...I enjoyed reading Jeff McClain's comments about how KLIF PD
Ken Dowe influenced his career. My story is similar. While I have thanked Ken
personally, I have not publicly declared how important he was to my early
career and development: I was doing nights at WOHO, Toledo, Ohio in the late
sixties. My mother was a travelling executive for a company and based out of
Dallas, listening to Ken Dowe and Granny Emma every morning. While visiting she
suggested that I go to meet Ken. I was a bit shy to "bother" a big
league radio PD like Ken, being just a night jock in small market Midwest...so
my mother made the call without my knowing and set up an
"appointment" for me to meet with Ken at KLIF. Like Jeff, I went to
the famous "triangle point" studios of Big Kliff a bit nervous that I
was interrupting Ken's day. He was gracious, giving and accommodating...visited
with me about radio trends, gave me a tour of the terrific facility (midday
jock Dave Ambrose on air at the time). As I left Ken asked me to send him a
tape of what our station in Toledo was doing. Sincerely, Michael O'Shea
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. Dottie and I would be in
Los Angeles on business from time to time and Rod (Roddy) would always take us
to dinner. Every time was déjŕ vu. Rod would enter MORTON's (always Morton’s)
and the folks having dinner would erupt into applause and say together:
"ROD RODDY! COME ON DOWN...ROD!!" Then, he'd order his favorite drink
to go with his steak. A DIET Coke, to which he would add 8-10 teaspoons of
sugar. I never got it, either. And so...the ADVENTURE continues. Beats working
for a living, doesn't it? Keep up the good work, Jim. Ken
GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1009) August 08, 2011 [Monday] Hi Jim; To let you know; Bruce
Hathaway is still recovering from back surgery on July 30th but has had
complications and has been transferred from Stone Oak Methodist to a re-hab
pain management facility. He might be released today or Monday. Needless to say
doing the Bruce and Gary Program without Bruce is a challenge. Gary DeLaune.
(www.garydnews.com)
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: The
Fugitive. My favorite too. Never got to see it as a kid because my parents made
me go to bed before it aired. So I watched all the episodes (taped all too)
when A&E aired them about 1991. A guy in Needles (another hot place) has
some of my video tapes. In a latter episode, Robert Keith, Brian's real-life
father, portrayed Kimble's dying father. Robert Keith died in 1966 I think. He
was in a great number of films as well as television. Nearly all the episodes
were on YouTube a few years ago and then removed probably because of copyright
infringement. Now someone else is posting them again. Lately, I have been
watching "Route 66" on RTV -- 31.4 in Dallas. Another great show.
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Music Obit. Hello Jim: I'm certain you are aware of death yesterday A.M. (Aug.
7) of Marshall Grant @ 83 in St. Bernard's Medical Center, Jonesboro, AR. He
was an original member of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two Band, 1954-1980, first as
a guitarist, then gaining fame as bassist, with never formal training in music.
(He was in AR to participate in the Johnny Cash festival fundraising shows for
restoration of his boyhood home in nearby Dyess, AR) Grant was an inductee of
Musicians Hall of Fame, 2007, & was Manager of Statler Bros until their
retirement in 2004. I know you have much more info on this famous, well
respected musician & key component in Cash's band. BOB
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1923, the Federal Communication
Commission (FCC) orders that all radio station call letters east of the
Mississippi river begin with the letter W while those west of the Mississippi
river start with the letter K. The only exceptions are those radio stations
that go on the air prior to the new law.
CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Jim, Actually, to use the computer at sea is an infraction of the
rules...as it is the Captain's and it is only a courtesy to be used for family
correspondence and then only for once-in-awhile use. Since the ships I sail on
are under government security bond, and the cargo we handle is classified, we
are not allowed to be free with our emailing. This will be probably be the last
one you will get from me for some time.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE [The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner] (1772-1834) Water, water, everywhere. Nor any drop to drink.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 08, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1009
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
RADIO DJ DIES WHEN HIT BY A CAR Jevon Hollywood
(Jevon Hotchkiss) known as The Mouth on Dance WDTW FM (The Beat 106.7) in
Detroit. MI dies from injuries he suffers after a car hits him on Thursday
night, July 28, 2011. A vehicle strikes 34 year-old Jevon as he walks along a
dark stretch of Seven Mile Road. He is on his cell phone to find a ride home.
Police who investigate the accident report that the driver of the car suffers
minor injuries. But at this time he receives no charges. The Beat's Web site
contains a remembering Jevon page where listeners can post their sentiments.
Jevon begins as Lisa Lisa's intern on WDTW FM. From that position WDTW FM
promotes him to the Late Show (10 pm to 1 am).
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BIG CHANGES IN SAN FRANCISCO RADIO A good friend of
JRRR, Bill Conway, exits his PD/Station Manager post at Entercom AC KOIT FM
(Lite Rock 96.5) in the Bay City after 14 years. Andy Holt comes all the way
from New Orleans, LA as Operations Manager of AC Continuous Soft Rock Entercom
WLMG FM (Magic 102) and Classic Rock WKBU FM (Bayou 95.7) as Bill's
replacement. Holt's resume includes Cox Radio Hot AC WFLC FM (The Coast 97.3)
Miami, FL and Hot AC KSMG (Magic 105.3) San Antonio-Seguin, TX and SFX
Broadcasting Oldies WTRG FM (The Great 98) Roanoke Rapids-Gaston, NC and Soft
Rock AC WRSN FM (Sunny 93) Raleigh, NC. Holt declares: KOIT is one of America's
truly great radio brands, and I look forward to working with the Entercom/San
Francisco team to continue its evolution and success. I'm tremendously excited
about this opportunity.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does The Honeymooners debut
on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KURT JOHNSON VP of CBS Radio programming in
Dallas, TX exits to Townsquare Media as SVP of programming. •TOM THON is new
Townsquare SVP of radio. •WKRK FM CBS Radio WKRK FM (K-Rock 92.3) Cleveland, OH
jettisons Alternative Rock in favor of Sportsradio 92.3 The Fan on August 29,
2011. Sports radio vet Andy Roth is new PD. •DAVID LYLE leaves Fox Look TV for
new CEO post at National Geographic Channels U.S. and global programming on
Thursday, August 4, 2011. •LEO GRECO Iowa Radio legend 2010 Marconi Personality
of the Year on News/Talk WMT-600 Cedar Rapids since 1973 dies at 89.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 WDIQ TV (now KMCT) PBS CH2 in Dozier, AL goes
on the air on August 8th. •1961 PATSY CLINE's single I Fall To Pieces rings #1
in Billboard Country on August 7th. •1975 JULIAN EDWIN [Cannonball] ADDERLEY
Jazz sax player dies suddenly at 46 on August 8th from a stroke while on tour. •1987 REBA MCENTIRE's single One Promise Too
Late slams #1 in Billboard Country on August 8th. •1991 BRAD DAVIS as Billy
Hayes tries to smuggle drugs out of Turkey ends up in prison in the 1978 movie
Midnight Express dies at 41 on August 8th. •2005 JOSH GRACIN's Nothin' To Lose
lands his first Gold single on August 8th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Subject: Marvell listed
by Radio Historian (Great radio news). Hi Jim, thought you should know. I've
been sending your reports out and some news folks are picking them up!
(supposedly several hundred stations/DJs & industry folks). 'Especially
taylored for everything about radio and the history of radio is the report. Jim
Rose is a well respected historian on radio facts. Everyone should read his
news releases. James Marvell is mentioned in his recent updates. Marvell who
has always had a great respect for DJs and radio is in this week's 'Jim Rose
Remembers Radio' Click icon here http://news.jimroseremembersradio.com.' Thanks
again! James Marvell
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Bubba Smith. Smith was also an All-America at Michigan State under coach Duffy
Daugherty and played in the controversial 10-10 tie with Notre Dame in 1966
often referred to as "The Game of the Century." At the time, Notre
Dame was ranked #1 nationally while Smith's Spartans were #2. For some reason I
cannot remember, that game was not on television in Oklahoma City. So I sat in
the kitchen and listened to the game on my mother's AM-only radio. How did you
like Austin? I was already on my own when my dad was hired to head the Texas Press
Association.
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. First, Chuck Dunaway
gave me my start in Big D at KBOX. Chuck was fresh from WABC and now was PD at
KBOX. He was missing one jock. Somehow he found Mike Ambrose's name...then at
KDEO...working with me. Mike said he didn't want to leave California, but he
had a friend named Ken Dowe who'd love to be in Dallas. Chuck hired me. (Later,
Mike's brother Dave worked for me at KLIF.)
CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Jim, We stay at sea for a long time in the shipping lanes that are not
that frequented and it takes longer to make a haul. The strategy on this is
that the security is higher. We also have submarine support. Can't go into this
any further than that. Can't tell you the name of the ship or the shipping
line. If I were to be caught doing this email right now it could mean my job,
or the brig. This is serious stuff and I've been with it for many years. Got to
go to late mess. I think Cookie has some steaks for us tonight. It's also movie
night. At least they provide popcorn and soda. No alcohol allowed onboard.
That's grounds for dismissal and immediate time in the brig. Life at sea, under
these conditions is no yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum movie plot! Have a great
week. The Old Salt, Charles P.S. Best wishes on your continued success with the
newsletter. Great job. And thanks for using my submission.
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: B.J.'s
(Facebook) box is too full... Jim, I should apologize. When I saw your mention
of his upcoming birthday in the latest JRRR it crossed my mind that you two
should be friends on Facebook. I saw that he already had a lot of friends but
was hoping that you'd be able to get through. Good to hear that he's a JRRR
subscriber. Of his many hit records, one of my favorites is "Mighty Clouds
of Joy." Used to hear it on the Mighty 1190. I'll have to think of some
radio stories. Always look forward to reading your newsletter. Peace to you
& Lacy, David
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Honeymooners debuts on CBS TV
network's The Jackie Gleason Show. It films before a live audience. The show
begins as a half-hour series on October 1, 1955 at 8:30 pm Eastern Time (during
prime time) opposite Ozark Jubilee on ABC TV and The Perry Como Show on NBC TV.
It runs with its original cast through September 22, 1956. The Honeymooners is
in continuous syndication ever since. Through 1978, Gleason continues The
Honeymooners in sketches and hour-long specials. It is one of my all time
favorite TV shows. The Honeymooners cast includes Jackie Gleason as bus driver
Ralph Kramden at the fictional Gotham Bus Company. His best pal is NYC sewer
worker neighbor Ed Norton played by Art Carney. Ralph's wife is Alice Kramden
played in the first seven episodes by Pert Kelton. But actress Kelton is
blacklisted on the Red Channels blacklist. Audrey Meadows replaces her as Ralph's
wife during the rest of the 39 episodes. Joyce Randolph is Ed's wife Trixie
plus Alice's best friend. Ralph Kramden is the inspiration for the animated
cartoon character Fred Flintstone in the Flintstones.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim: He
(Waylon Jennings) died in his sleep from diabetes related complications; in
fact, his left foot was amputated in a Phoenix hospital, Dec. 2001, 3 months
prior to his death. Another little-known tragic fact: In 2003, a 22 year old
Ft. Worth man reportedly ran a red-light at approximately 80 mph at the corner
of Pioneer Pkwy & W. Freeway in Grand Prairie; the accident killed two.
Turns out Dallas Morning News said he was illegal immigrant, with no driver's
license & no Insurance. Blood tests revealed alcohol registered 0.24 or 3
times legal limit, with trace of cocaine. He was later sentenced to 16 years in
prison. The victims were Taylor Ray Jennings, 22, & his 19 yr old
girlfriend, Stacey Norman. He was grandson of Waylon! BOB
NATHAN DEAL (August 25, 1942 - p) Births to illegal
immigrants now account for nearly one out of every ten births in the United
States.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
_________________________________________________
WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
August 08, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1009
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
RADIO DJ DIES WHEN HIT BY A CAR Jevon Hollywood
(Jevon Hotchkiss) known as The Mouth on Dance WDTW FM (The Beat 106.7) in
Detroit. MI dies from injuries he suffers after a car hits him on Thursday
night, July 28, 2011. A vehicle strikes 34 year-old Jevon as he walks along a
dark stretch of Seven Mile Road. He is on his cell phone to find a ride home.
Police who investigate the accident report that the driver of the car suffers
minor injuries. But at this time he receives no charges. The Beat's Web site
contains a remembering Jevon page where listeners can post their sentiments.
Jevon begins as Lisa Lisa's intern on WDTW FM. From that position WDTW FM
promotes him to the Late Show (10 pm to 1 am).
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BIG CHANGES IN SAN FRANCISCO RADIO A good friend of
JRRR, Bill Conway, exits his PD/Station Manager post at Entercom AC KOIT FM
(Lite Rock 96.5) in the Bay City after 14 years. Andy Holt comes all the way
from New Orleans, LA as Operations Manager of AC Continuous Soft Rock Entercom
WLMG FM (Magic 102) and Classic Rock WKBU FM (Bayou 95.7) as Bill's
replacement. Holt's resume includes Cox Radio Hot AC WFLC FM (The Coast 97.3)
Miami, FL and Hot AC KSMG (Magic 105.3) San Antonio-Seguin, TX and SFX Broadcasting
Oldies WTRG FM (The Great 98) Roanoke Rapids-Gaston, NC and Soft Rock AC WRSN
FM (Sunny 93) Raleigh, NC. Holt declares: KOIT is one of America's truly great
radio brands, and I look forward to working with the Entercom/San Francisco
team to continue its evolution and success. I'm tremendously excited about this
opportunity.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does The Honeymooners debut
on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KURT JOHNSON VP of CBS Radio programming in Dallas,
TX exits to Townsquare Media as SVP of programming. •TOM THON is new Townsquare
SVP of radio. •WKRK FM CBS Radio WKRK FM (K-Rock 92.3) Cleveland, OH jettisons
Alternative Rock in favor of Sportsradio 92.3 The Fan on August 29, 2011.
Sports radio vet Andy Roth is new PD. •DAVID LYLE exits Fox Look TV for new CEO
post at National Geographic Channels U.S. and global programming on Thursday,
August 4, 2011. •LEO GRECO Iowa Radio legend 2010 Marconi Personality of the
Year on News/Talk WMT-600 Cedar Rapids since 1973 dies at 89.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 WDIQ TV (now KMCT) PBS CH2 in Dozier, AL goes
on the air on August 8th. •1961 PATSY CLINE's single I Fall To Pieces rings #1
in Billboard Country on August 7th. •1975 JULIAN EDWIN [Cannonball] ADDERLEY
Jazz sax player dies suddenly at 46 on August 8th from a stroke while on
tour. •1987 REBA MCENTIRE's single One
Promise Too Late slams #1 in Billboard Country on August 8th. •1991 BRAD DAVIS
as Billy Hayes tries to smuggle drugs out of Turkey ends up in prison in the
1978 movie Midnight Express dies at 41 on August 8th. •2005 JOSH GRACIN's
Nothin' To Lose lands his first Gold single on August 8th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Subject: Marvell listed
by Radio Historian (Great radio news). Hi Jim, thought you should know. I've
been sending your reports out and some news folks are picking them up!
(supposedly several hundred stations/DJs & industry folks). 'Especially
taylored for everything about radio and the history of radio is the report. Jim
Rose is a well respected historian on radio facts. Everyone should read his
news releases. James Marvell is mentioned in his recent updates. Marvell who
has always had a great respect for DJs and radio is in this week's 'Jim Rose
Remembers Radio' Click icon here http://news.jimroseremembersradio.com.' Thanks
again! James Marvell
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Bubba Smith. Smith was also an All-America at Michigan State under coach Duffy
Daugherty and played in the controversial 10-10 tie with Notre Dame in 1966
often referred to as "The Game of the Century." At the time, Notre
Dame was ranked #1 nationally while Smith's Spartans were #2. For some reason I
cannot remember, that game was not on television in Oklahoma City. So I sat in
the kitchen and listened to the game on my mother's AM-only radio. How did you
like Austin? I was already on my own when my dad was hired to head the Texas
Press Association.
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. First, Chuck Dunaway
gave me my start in Big D at KBOX. Chuck was fresh from WABC and now was PD at
KBOX. He was missing one jock. Somehow he found Mike Ambrose's name...then at
KDEO...working with me. Mike said he didn't want to leave California, but he
had a friend named Ken Dowe who'd love to be in Dallas. Chuck hired me. (Later,
Mike's brother Dave worked for me at KLIF.)
CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Jim, We stay at sea for a long time in the shipping lanes that are not
that frequented and it takes longer to make a haul. The strategy on this is
that the security is higher. We also have submarine support. Can't go into this
any further than that. Can't tell you the name of the ship or the shipping
line. If I were to be caught doing this email right now it could mean my job,
or the brig. This is serious stuff and I've been with it for many years. Got to
go to late mess. I think Cookie has some steaks for us tonight. It's also movie
night. At least they provide popcorn and soda. No alcohol allowed onboard.
That's grounds for dismissal and immediate time in the brig. Life at sea, under
these conditions is no yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum movie plot! Have a great
week. The Old Salt, Charles P.S. Best wishes on your continued success with the
newsletter. Great job. And thanks for using my submission.
CONTACT JRRR WITH TIPS! Do you know something that
we should know? We want to hear from you. Send your radio tips and stories to
Rosekkkj@earthlink.net.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: B.J.'s
(Facebook) box is too full... Jim, I should apologize. When I saw your mention
of his upcoming birthday in the latest JRRR it crossed my mind that you two
should be friends on Facebook. I saw that he already had a lot of friends but
was hoping that you'd be able to get through. Good to hear that he's a JRRR
subscriber. Of his many hit records, one of my favorites is "Mighty Clouds
of Joy." Used to hear it on the Mighty 1190. I'll have to think of some
radio stories. Always look forward to reading your newsletter. Peace to you
& Lacy, David
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Honeymooners debuts on CBS TV
network's The Jackie Gleason Show. It films before a live audience. The show
begins as a half-hour series on October 1, 1955 at 8:30 pm Eastern Time (during
prime time) opposite Ozark Jubilee on ABC TV and The Perry Como Show on NBC TV.
It runs with its original cast through September 22, 1956. The Honeymooners is
in continuous syndication ever since. Through 1978, Gleason continues The
Honeymooners in sketches and hour-long specials. It is one of my all time
favorite TV shows. The Honeymooners cast includes Jackie Gleason as bus driver
Ralph Kramden at the fictional Gotham Bus Company. His best pal is NYC sewer
worker neighbor Ed Norton played by Art Carney. Ralph's wife is Alice Kramden
played in the first seven episodes by Pert Kelton. But actress Kelton is
blacklisted on the Red Channels blacklist. Audrey Meadows replaces her as
Ralph's wife during the rest of the 39 episodes. Joyce Randolph is Ed's wife
Trixie plus Alice's best friend. Ralph Kramden is the inspiration for the
animated cartoon character Fred Flintstone in the Flintstones.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim: He
(Waylon Jennings) died in his sleep from diabetes related complications; in
fact, his left foot was amputated in a Phoenix hospital, Dec. 2001, 3 months
prior to his death. Another little-known tragic fact: In 2003, a 22 year old
Ft. Worth man reportedly ran a red-light at approximately 80 mph at the corner
of Pioneer Pkwy & W. Freeway in Grand Prairie; the accident killed two.
Turns out Dallas Morning News said he was illegal immigrant, with no driver's
license & no Insurance. Blood tests revealed alcohol registered 0.24 or 3
times legal limit, with trace of cocaine. He was later sentenced to 16 years in
prison. The victims were Taylor Ray Jennings, 22, & his 19 yr old
girlfriend, Stacey Norman. He was grandson of Waylon! BOB
NATHAN DEAL (August 25, 1942 - p) Births to illegal
immigrants now account for nearly one out of every ten births in the United
States.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
_________________________________________________
WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
August 05, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1008
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
NFL PLAYER/ACTOR FOUND DEAD NFL fans cheer the 6'
7" Bubba Smith during his time on the Baltimore Colts (1967-1971). He
earns his first Super Bowl ring during Super Bowl V. After a knee injury in
Tampa Bay, FL the Colts trade him to the Oakland Raiders (1973-1974). Bubba
finishes his NFL career on the Houston Oilers (1975-1976). Smith plays in 2 Pro
Bowls (1970, 1971). He is a First team All-Pro in 1971. Bubba retires from the
NFL after 9 years as a starting defensive end. He then turns to Hollywood, CA
for an acting career where he lands small roles in TV shows Wonder Woman,
Charlie's Angels and Eight is Enough. In 1984, he gains a starring role as
Lyman Bubba Kelsey in the TV series Blue Thunder. On the big screen he makes
his biggest splash as the soft-spoken police Cadet Moses Hightower in Police
Academy which carries him through six out the seven Police Academy movie
series. In 1997, his role moves over to TV in Police Academy: The Series. Smith
guest-stars in TV series Married With Children, MacGyver and Family Matters. On
February 28, 1945, Bubba Smith is born Charles Aaron Smith in Beaumont, TX. He
attends the city's Pollard High School. On Wednesday, August 3, 2011 a
spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office reports that a
caretaker finds Bubba Smith dead at 66 of natural causes in his Los Angeles, CA
home.
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MORE ARRESTS IN NEWS PHONE HACKING SCANDAL The
Guardian reports that British bobbies arrest former News of the World Managing
Editor Stuart Kuttner on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 on suspicion of eavesdropping
on phone conversations and greasing the palms of five-oh officers while in the
employ of News Corporation's now comatose British tabloid. Police charge that
he violates two codes: the Criminal Law Act of 1977 and the Prevention of
Corruption Act 1906. These are the same charges that both of the two News of
the World editors, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, face. The gendarme already
busts them in connection with the phone bugging scandal. The London
Metropolitan Police nab Kuttner on Tuesday when he arrives for questioning.
Brooks admits that she uses private investigators, but she has no memory of
making specific payments. She passes the buck on to Kuttner who is her
underling.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the first female CBS TV
news correspondent? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Charlie Cook's [VP/Country - McVay
Media www.mcvaymedia.com/] birthday is on Sunday, August 7, 2011. B.J. Thomas
[Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head] also on Sunday, August 7, 2011 has his
annual celebration. •JOE SCIALFA moves on up after 3 years from APD to PD of
Journal News/Talk WTMJ-620 Milwaukee, WI. •THEA MITCHEM advances from OM of
CC's DC/Baltimore cluster to President/Market Manager of the cluster.
•STRINGBEAN AKEMAN'S brutal killer is denied parole for the 4th time. The
monster faces the 7 member board again in April 2014.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 WJZ TV CBS CH13 in Baltimore MD begins
broadcasting on August 1st. •1968 TERRI CLARK Country Star (Poor Poor Pitiful
Me #5-1996) born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada but raised in Calgary. •1971 WNPE
TV PBS CH16 in Watertown, NY begins broadcasting on August 1st. •1989 DOLLY
PARTON's single Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That? lands #1 in Billboard
Country on August 5th. •1997 DON STEELE L.A. radio personality dies of cancer
on August 1st at 61. •2010 CHARLEY PRIDE + an investor group that Nolan Ryan
heads buys the Texas Rangers for $593 million on August 5th in Fort Worth, TX.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, All of us old radio guys can tell stories, but not nearly as well or
as clearly as you...with your photographic memory of every stop in your career.
There are a lot of things I remember of my early days in Fort Worth, Austin,
Seguin and San Antonio, but not nearly so accurately and graphic as you. You
remember the brand names of all of the equipment, the layout of the studios,
the personnel and everything about the job. I only remember certain things and
certain people, and the rest is history. Tom
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Hey Jim, You're right. The WORST thing an announcer can do is call
attention to an on-air booboo. That Fox news anchor showed her inexperience by
apologizing for Patty Shieh’s on-air no-no and calling attention to it.
Something like that happened to me when I was at KPRC Radio in the early 70s.
As morning newscaster, I used taped stories the overnight guy left for me.
Those were the days we would take a stack of clean cartridges into the
production room and record our stories straight onto cart. One morning I had a
story about an overnight traffic fatality, so I hit the cart button and KPRC's
audience heard the overnight guy say a few words, followed by a lot of obscene
cursing. He had stuck his label on one of his blown takes. I was taught the
worst thing to do in that situation is to call attention to it, because most
listeners probably didn’t notice. So I pretended it didn’t happen and continued
the newscast. News Director John Davenport heard it, and he wasn’t happy, but
he just told me and the overnight guy it just showed why we should ALWAYS
audition our news tapes before the newscast. We were lucky we didn’t get fired.
Jim Bell
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STEVE EBERHART (Dallas, TX) Subject: KGAF in
Gainesville. Hey Jim, We just received the yearly Arbitron County ratings for
Cooke County and again this year, KGAF 1580 is the number one radio station in
Cooke County! This, despite the fact that essentially all Dallas Fort Worth
stations come in like a local in Cooke County, plus several out of Oklahoma.
ARB says we are #1 12+ total week Monday thru Sunday and #1 18+ as well. To be
#1 against 30+ signals out of a major market like that is really amazing. Needless to say, we are thrilled with the
results! If anyone would like to check us out, we stream at www.memories1580.com.
Steve Eberhart, owner/operator KGAF "Memories 1580" Gainesville, TX
(www.klifhistory.com)
JEFF MCCLAIN (Houston-Cleveland-TX) Subject: Your
Barracuda filter bounces JRRR. Jim, I’m not familiar with Barracuda. It may be
something my server is using. I use WebWise to host my web site and email
account. They use various protection software I’m not aware of. I’ll make sure
you are in my address book, maybe that will help recognize your email. I read
your news letter religiously and enjoy it very much.
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
"Another Tear Falls" by Gene McDaniels. Jim, Here is Gene's website:
http://genemcdaniels.com/ I would not have recognized him with the white beard.
CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Subject: Follow Up. Jim, By the way...I just happened to get your latest
email, as we are very limited to Internet time out here. They have to use
satellite feed and with the many guys on-board, they only have ONE computer
hook up. Fact is, they want us WORKING most of the time. Imagine that. We do
have off-time, but that is usually spent doing odd-jobs and such. This ain't no
pleasure cruise. Food's not bad. That's about all. Pucking overboard helps cut
the boredom at times. (That's a bit of Old-Salt humor, there, Jim. Take care.)
Charles
TRIVIA ANSWER: Before Barbara Walters, before Katie
Couric, there is Nancy Dickerson (nee Hanschman). In February 1960, she becomes
the first female CBS TV News network correspondent. She is the first female
member of the Washington, DC TV news corps. Nancy is the first reporter to
speak to President Kennedy after his inauguration. The night after the Kennedy
assassination she has dinner with LBJ. Dickerson is ambitious, beautiful and
smart. She dates senators and congressmen. Legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow
bestows accolades on her as he gives her advice. She is one of President
Johnson's favorite reporters. He often greets her on-camera with Hello, Nancy.
Prior to her acclaim, Dickerson is a producer for CBS News in the 1950s.
CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Subject: New Pistola.
Ruger is coming out with a new pistol in honor of Senators and Representatives.
It will be named the “Congressman”. It doesn't work and you can't fire it.
WILL ROGERS (November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935)
Congress and the Senate, don't scold em. They are just children that's never
grown up. They don't like to be corrected in company. Don't send messages to
'em, send candy.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
August 03, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1007
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
LONGTIME RADIO EXECUTIVE DEPARTS Buckley
Broadcasting owner Rick Buckley dies suddenly early Sunday morning, July 31,
2011. Rick is a 39-year chief executive of Buckley Broadcasting. Buckley
Broadcasting names its longtime COO Joe Bilotta as its new President/CEO. Joe
issues a statement: It is with a deep and profound sadness that I must inform
you that early Sunday morning, Rick Buckley passed away. His passing was
peaceful and without pain. He suffered a brain embolism at his beach home in
Quogue, NY. Peter Smyth, Greater Media CEO, is a friend of Rick Buckley for
over 25 years. Recently he attends the Stu Olds Memorial Golf Tournament with
Buckley. Smyth refers to Rick as an optimistic beacon of hope who always had a
winning attitude and always put people before profit. Since 1972, Richard D.
Buckley is President of Buckley Broadcasting. He succeeds his father as head of
the company. Buckley Radio owns and operates 20 radio stations in 7 markets.
Rick is a graduate of The University of Miami, FL. He and his wife, Connie,
live in Greenwich, CT. Their daughter Jennifer is Director of Sales at WOR
Radio in NYC.
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ANOTHER CHICAGO MUSIC FM BITES THE DUST Randy
Michaels CEO of Merlin Media teams with a Chicago private equity firm to buy
and flip former Emmis Alternative Rock WKQX (Q101) to All News WWWN FM (101.1)
on Sunday, July 31, 2011 as Chicago, IL's first 24-Hour all news FM radio
station. Randy does this just one day ahead of CBS Radio WCFS FM (Fresh 105.9)
Chicago ejection of Hot AC format on Monday, August 1, 2011 to a simulcast of
sister station Newsradio WBBM-780 at Two Prudential Plaza, Its powerful signal
begins to fill the airwaves in 1923. WBBM's call letters come from its first
owner Mallory Battery Company: World's Best Battery Maker. Its All News format
begins 43 years ago. Michaels hires Windy City's former Clear Channel radio vet
John Gehron as Chairman of the Advisory Board. Randy reveals: My favorite
format has always been spoken radio. I've long had a nostalgic love affair with
the big AM stations known for the format, and today, as music moves to the
iPod, it's time for spoken word to move to FM. I'm proud to be part of
Chicago's only 24-hour all-news station. At 8:10am Monday, August 1, 2011
Chicago's new Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn flip the
electronic switch for WCFS FM (105.9) to begin its simulcast of All News
WBBM-780. Now, Chicago has two All News FM radio stations but it is also minus
two Rock FM radio outlets.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does legendary newsman Edward
R. Murrow's Person to Person TV interview show premiere? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Don Couser's [KONO-860/TV]
birthday is on Thursday, August 4, 2011. •SARA CELI Cincinnati native exits WXIX
TV Fox CH19 after over 4 Years in Newport, KY across Ohio River from
Cincinnati, OH for anchor position in OKC. But Sara is mum on which TV station.
•MEG STEVENS PD of Clear Channel Country WMZQ FM (98.7) Washington,
DC-Baltimore, MD tacks on OM duties of CC's DC/Baltimore cluster. •ELVIS DURAN
syndicated Morning DJ on Clear Channel CHR WHTZ FM (Z100) NYC hosts annual NAB
Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show on September 15, 2011 at the Radio Show
in Chicago, IL.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 JAY NORTH actor as TV's Dennis the Menace
born on August 3rd in North Hollywood, CA. •1966 DEAN SAMS keyboard player for
Lonestar is born on August 3rd in Dallas suburb Garland, TX. •1975 RUTH LEE
actress whose largest role is as mom June Cleaver in the classic 1939 movie
Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair. Ruth dies at 79 on August 3rd. •1985
ALABAMA's single Forty Hour Week (For A Livin') zings #1 in Billboard Country
on August 3rd. •1995 IDA LUPINO actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra) dies
on August 3rd at 77. •2001 TRACE ADKINS video I'm Tryin' premieres on CMT on
August 3rd.
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JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Hello Mr. Rose, Thanks
for answering. A few years back (about 15) I did some TV work here in Tampa
with the producer of "Love Can Make You Happy" his name is Mike
Epsey. At that time he was with PBS. There was another guy who also helped
produce the song. I think his name was Ron. We went back and forth into the
studios adding different voices and I wound up on the recording becoming part
of Mercy in the '60s. There are so many stories to tell and I don't mean to
skip around but going into my country days, you'll see me with some super DJs
at this site: http://jamesmarvell.com/index2.html James Marvell (of Mercy -
Love Can Make You Happy)
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
"Another Tear Falls" by Gene McDaniels. McDaniels really sings from
the heart on "Another Tear Falls". Quite different from his hits, all
of which I thought were great. He was an amazing talent. Hit after hit for
about a year and a half, then he practically disappears for years. Take a
listen if you haven't. It's from an old UK film from 1962. The film was a dud.
The song is not. Tony
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JIM BELL [KUHF FM 88.7 Morning Edition anchor since
1997] (Lufkin, TX) Subject: In Defense of Patty Shieh. Hey Jim, The Patty Shieh
story reminds me of a famous incident at KTRK Ch 13 in 1964. KTRK News
Anchor/Commentator Ray Conaway was going to New York for the New York World's
Fair, and he was in a hurry to get to the airport after the 10 PM news. He
asked some carpenters in the studio to take a break while he taped his nightly
“Conaway Comments” commentary. In the middle of the taping, a noisy cooling fan
in the rafters came on for some reason and Conaway exploded with _ _. When he calmed
down, he continued taping from where he was interrupted. When he was done, he
personally took the tape off the VTR, wrote "EDIT BEFORE AIRING" in
big red letters on a big piece of paper he taped around the reel, handed it to
the director and left to catch his plane. For reasons never explained, the note
was ignored, the tape was not edited, and Conaway’s “language” was the talk of
the town for weeks. KTRK got a stiff fine and Conaway retired not long after
that. So sad. Ray Conaway was one of Houston’s great ones. Jim Bell (Lufkin TX)
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JEFF MCCLAIN (Houston-Cleveland-TX) I never worked
at KLDE or WWL. I did work at WNOE-AM, New Orleans from 81-85 and KFMK Houston
1986 for awhile after coming back from New Orleans. Like you I stopped at a lot
of stations along the way. Beginning in 1964 after Elkins my first job was KVLB
1410 in Cleveland. I went on to many others along the way until I hung up my
microphone in 1988 doing mornings at KNUZ 1230. Working for Dr. Bruce was a
blast. We had worked together at KENR for a short time before he moved to KNUZ
and I had gone to New Orleans. When I came back to town he offered me a job at
KNUZ. Believe it or not, I really enjoyed that time. I had the pleasure of
working with a lot of talent there. Across the hall at KQUE-FM was the home of
Paul Berlin and Mike Scott. Mike and I used to drink coffee in the break room
telling radio stories. Mike had a thousand of them. He was also one of the best
production guys I ever worked with. Enjoy your column...Jeff
TRIVIA ANSWER: On October 2, 1953 legendary newsman
Edward R. Murrow's Person to Person TV interview show premieres on CBS. For the
next six years, he interviews approximately 500 newsmakers that includes U.S.
Senator-elect John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline and Marilyn Monroe.
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1006) August 01,
2011 [Monday] I'm glad to hear about Eastwood's friend buying the little jazz
station in Carmel. In 1996 my friend Herb Remington, the great steel guitarist
from Houston called and asked me to take a western swing band to Carmel and
play a private party for some stock brokers from San Francisco. The party was
held in Clint's resort. I had a great band and we had planned three hot sets to
play. After playing only an hour, a dude with a 'sheriff's' badge came up to
the bandstand and told me to stop playing! He said they had only contracted for
ONE hour. For several years the boys asked me if I couldn't take them back to
California to play another hour! Keep swinging...Jim Gough
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (1469 - 1527) The first method
for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around
him.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 01, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1006
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
1960S POP SINGER SUCCUMBS Gene McDaniels, who
charts several Top 10 hits in the early 1960's passes away at 76 on Friday,
July 29, 2011. From 1961-62, we hear Gene's hit tunes on the radio from morning
to night. These evergreens still sound great: A Hundred Pounds of Clay
(#3-1961), Tower of Strength (#5-1961), Chip Chip (#10-1962) and Point of No
Return (#21-1962). Gene is born on February 12, 1935 in Kansas City, KS. He
grows up in Omaha, NB. His father is a minister. In Gene's early life he
listens to Gospel music by the Swan Silvertones and Soul Stirrers. He sings in
choirs and attends the Omaha Conservatory of Music. In the early 1950s, at 11
he forms his own group. Gene appears in the musical comedy movie Ring-A-Ding
Rhythm that releases on March 30, 1962. Recording artists who are present in
the film include Acker Bilk, Chubby Checker, Del Shannon, Gary US Bonds, Gene
Vincent and Gene McDaniels. His professional debut is with the Mississippi
Piney Woods Singers who tour the west coast performing in Jazz clubs. Liberty
Records signs him to a contract. The legendary Snuff Garrett is his producer.
He writes songs for others like Roberta Flack's Feel Like Makin' Love
(#1-1974). His last effort is a series of YouTube videos.
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PLAY MISTY FOR ME Do you remember the 1971 Clint
Eastwood movie, Play Misty for Me, where he is a DJ on a Jazz radio station in
Carmel, CA? A female listener in a seductive voice asks him to play misty for
me. Eventually they meet and disaster strikes Eastwood because the woman is
totally insane. From 1978-81 I have a similar situation with a female listener
here in Houston, TX who falls in love with my voice. Wherever I move she
manages to show up. Well, the same radio station in the movie where Clint spins
Jazz LPs KRML-1410 (Jazz by the Sea) in Carmel, CA is up for sale for $350K. A
national organization wants to buy the radio station and flip its format to
Country. But Clint's friend, Scot McKay, purchases KRML at a greatly reduced
price of only $150K, plus he will keep the Jazz format. Eastwood is overjoyed,
I am very excited Scot McKay has bought KRML and will keep it going. Carmel
deserves to have this wonderful station that will continue to feature great
music. Clint Eastwood is a former Republican mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA. He
owns the inn Mission Ranch in Carmel.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when Gunsmoke
debuts on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•MERLIN MEDIA WWWN FM female focused news (FM News 101.1)
Chicago, IL jumps the gun on CBS Radio by a weekend with WCFS FM Hot AC (Fresh
105.9) flip to news on the FM dial. •WSJW FM (92.7) Harrisburg-Starview, PA is
another Smooth Jazz radio format that bites the dust as it stunts toward a new
direction. •CFJL FM Evanov Radio in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada introduces CHR
(Energy 106) at 12pm on Friday, July 29, 2011 as Winnipeg's New #1 Hit Music
Station playing 10,000 commercial free songs in a row. •FRANK MARTIN 55 year
Erie, PA radio legend last 8 years on WFGO FM (Froggy 94.7) now WXBB (Bob FM)
dies at 85.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 WAAY TV ABC/NBC CH31 in Huntsville, AL begins
broadcasting on August 1st. •1966 MERLE HAGGARD records his single The Fugitive
on August 1st at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood, CA. •1970 KTSD TV
PBS CH10 in Pierre, SD begins broadcasting on August 1st. •1981 KIX BROOKS
marries Barbara on August 1st in Nashville, TN. But he oversleeps and barely
makes it to the church on time. •1995 WESTINGHOUSE purchases the CBS TV network
on August 1st. Later, the company's name changes to CBS Corporation. •2005
RASCAL FLATTS flies to the Persian Gulf on August 1st for its first USO tour.
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JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Hi Jim, Just a quick note
to mention I've been surfing your radio stories. I remember KIKK & KNUZ,
KENR in Houston. Was interviewed by Ric Libby. Also remember Max Gardner at
KKYX in San Antonio. I use to visit Bill Mack at WBAP and so many other great
stations in Texas in the '60s & 70s. James Marvell (formerly of Mercy -
Love Can Make You Happy)
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: In Defense of Patty Shieh. Hey Jim, The First Commandment of TV
news. Reporters must never EVER use foul language anywhere near a live
microphone. It's clear from that YouTube clip that her story was pre-recorded,
which means there are two people to blame for that "no-no" word
getting on the air. Shieh shouldn't have
said it, and she is responsible, but let the person among us who has never said
words just like it -- or worse -- after blowing a "take" cast the
first stone. The person I also blame is the newsroom tape editor who should
have caught that "re-take" and edited out the offending language. Did
that person also get fired? I doubt it.
At the same time, when someone gets fired for a minor offense like this one, it
usually turns out that it was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
People rarely get fired for just one offense. Jim Bell Lufkin TX
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Good stuff, Jim. I'd first
heard Russ Knight on KLIF (1190) in 1961 (just after Dottie and I eloped) and I
was driving from Alabama to San Diego. I was barely 20 and she was barely 17. I
left Dottie in Mobile until I could gather enough money to get rent an
apartment in San Diego when I was hired as the new morning man for KDEO (690)
[now XETRA-690 Tijuana, Baja California] after a very short stint as their
night guy. I'd never been west of the Mississippi River and when I got near
Dallas, the first song I ever heard on KLIF was THE BRISTOL STOMP. Russ was
playing it. With that in my ears and the Dallas skyline in my eyes I promised
myself that one day I'd make it back to Dallas. Maybe...even to "Big
Klif."
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JEFF MCCLAIN (Houston-Cleveland-TX) Got to tell you
quick story about Ken Dowe. Way back during the summer of 1964 I had talked my
folks into letting me attend Elkins Institute 1st Class License course in
Dallas. KLIF (1190) and KBOX (1480) were the big Top 40 guns in town. Naturally
at 16 my radio was locked on 1190 and 1480 in Dallas. I think Ken was the KLIF
PD at the time. I called him on the phone one afternoon and ask if I could come
and visit the studio. He didn’t hesitate, gave me an invite and when I got
there gave me the grand tour. When we got to the control room, Jimmy Rabbit was
on the air. It was late in the day, as I remember after 6 PM. Ken left me in
the control room for a few minutes with Jimmy while he really put on a show for
me and the radio audience. I was all eyes and ears. Those were the great days
of Top 40 radio. I was totally impressed. Ken was very kind to a 16 year old
kid beginning his career in radio. I’ll never forget it. First impressions last
a life time. I tried to remember that as I traveled on to KULF, KENR, WNOE,
KNUZ and many others.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Gunsmoke debuts on CBS TV on
September 10, 1955 and runs until September 1, 1975 for 635 episodes that makes
it the longest-running prime-time drama series. The Gunsmoke CBS Radio series
begins in 1952 with radio voice actor William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillon of
Dodge City, KS. Conrad stars as a detective in the TV series Cannon from
1971–1976 and Nero Wolfe in 1981. On TV, James Arness is Marshall Matt Dillon,
Amanda Blake plays Miss Kitty, Milburn Stone is Doc Adams, Ken Curtis is Festus
Hagen, and Dennis Weaver is Deputy Chester who walks with a limp. Burt Reynolds
as blacksmith Quint Asper goes on to become a huge movie star as Bandit in
Smokey and the Bandit. In 1956, Charles Bronson plays killer Crego in Gunsmoke.
We all remember Charles in his Death Wish movies. Originally, Gunsmoke almost
doesn't happen because James Arness is under contract to John Wayne's
production company. He nearly turns down the role but John Wayne pushes him
into accepting it. Recently, on Friday, June 3, 2011 the 6'7" tall James
Arness passes away at 88.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Gene McDaniels. Obit. Hello Jim: Soon as I can run down my source on Earl
Carroll, I'll notify Joe Goins, your reader in Bronx. Thx... Just got report of
death of singer, songwriter, Gene McDaniels. (Eugene Booker McDaniel) @ 76 on
July 29, 2011. His major hits were: "A Hundred Pounds of Clay",
"Tower of Strength" and "Chip Chip," all top ten hits in
1961 & 1962. Bob & Sonny Lee
JOHN GILLING (May 29, 1912 – November 22, 1984)
Death is an incident producing clay. Use it, mold it, learn from it.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
July 29, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1005
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
AMERICA LOSES ANOTHER SINGER Co-founding member of
Folk Rock legendary singing group America, Dan Peek, enters Heaven at 60 on
Sunday, July 24, 2011. His wife Catherine discovers him lifeless in the bedroom
of their home in Farmington, MO. America has to be one of my all time favorite
Rock groups. Sister Golden Hair still has a special significance. In 1969, Dan
forms America with Dewey Bunnell and Britisher Gerry Beckley. They meet in a
London high school. England is where their fathers are stationed with the
United States Air Force. During the 1970s they rule Top 40 radio with big hits:
A Horse with No Name (#1 for 3 weeks-1972), I Need You (#9-1972), Ventura
Highway (#8-1972), Tin Man (#4-1974), Lonely People (#5-1975) and Sister Golden
Hair (#1-1975). In 1976, Dan becomes a born-again Christian and exits the
group. His Contemporary Christian album, All Things Are Possible, on Pat
Boone’s Lamb & Lion Records becomes a crossover hit. Peek writes an
autobiography about his time with America plus his spiritual journey. The
book's title is An American Band.
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HOUSTON TV REPORTER RELEASED On July 15, 2011 Fox
O&O KRIV TV CH26 Houston, TX reporter Pattie Shieh delivers her final
report on local electronic media. KRIV TV releases her after 6 years at the
station. A station representative explains: Pattie’s contract has not been renewed.
An extensive search for her replacement is underway. Her departure is just over
a month after the graduate of the University of Houston attains unintended
consequences with a no-no word in one of her reports.
MORE TV MOVES Longtime primetime anchor since 1992
Carole Lambert vacates KTUL TV ABC Tulsa, OK in August 2011 to return to her
hometown of Springfield, MO. In fact,
KTUL TV really shakes up the scene with major changes to the evening TV anchor
lineup as they replace all three veteran anchors. Lambert’s co-anchor, Charles
Ely, departs the 6 pm and 10 pm news broadcasts to move to a new 4 pm half-hour
show. KTUL TV P/GM Pat Baldwin tells The Tulsa World: It will be his own
new-formatted show. It will be news but it will be different than the other evening
newscasts we do. Lambert and Ely's replacements are morning anchor Kristin
Dickerson and 5 pm news anchor Mark Bradshaw. The third primetime anchor move
is Chris Lincoln, who is executive sports director at KTUL since 2007. His new
duties involve a variety of broadcasts, reporting on the major sports stories
of the day.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when Father Knows
Best debuts on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! T.J. Lambert's [ESPN/ABC Radio SVP,
Drake-Chenault, WIBG-990 (now WNTP), WPOP-1410, WIFI-1460] blast from the past
is on Saturday, July 30, 2011. •ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?! NFL team
owners and players agree to end the 2011-2012 season lockout! •AMY WINEHOUSE
album sales skyrocket since her death on Saturday, July 23, 2011. Nielsen
SoundScan reports more Amy Winehouse albums sell in the past few days than the
entire first six months of 2011. •KSOC FM (K-Soul 94.5) Radio One Urban AC
Dallas-Gainesville, TX flips to a Gold-based format at 5:00pm on Friday, July
29, 2011. Gone are all DJs except the syndicated Tom Joyner morning show.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 WCKT TV (now WSVN) IND CH7 in Miami, FL
begins broadcasting on July 29th. •1966 MARTINA MCBRIDE CMA 1999 Female Vocalist
of the Year born on July 29th in Medicine Lodge, KS. •1974 MAMA CASS ELLIOT
singer with the Mamas and Papas dies of a heart attack in her sleep in London
on July 29th at 32. •1989 REBA MCENTIRE's rehash of the old Everly Brothers hit
Cathy's Clown smashes #1 in Billboard Country on July 29th. •1998 JEROME
ROBBINS choreographer West Side Story dies on July 29th at 79. •2005 GRETCHEN
WILSON's video All Jacked Up debuts on CMT TV on July 29th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1004) July 27, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim, I know for a fact that GRANNY EMMA/KEN DOWE
are alive and well, I saw them in Albuquerque's Old Town last Saturday, in fact
Granny bought my 4 grand daughters some ice cream before she headed back to her
estate in Santa Fe. She's a doll. Frank
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. I guess that's when I
realized I was working with two personas, which I should've realized that
"Miss Emma" had taken over my own personality when friends asked
Dottie questions like: "Isn't it hard for him to 'do' Granny Emma?" Dottie's
classic response: "No. It's hard for him to 'do' Ken Dowe. I...live with
Granny Emma." The other common questions were: (to me) "I KNOW that's
you, doing that voice....isn't it?" Also, "I KNOW it's two people in
the studios because I've heard them talking at the same time." I quit
arguing that this wasn't true. I never...recorded Granny or myself for
conversations. It was all mike-technique, breathing so that I could nearly
instantly switch, and the dissimilarity of the two characters that made them so
unalike as to (apparently) be "different" people. Anyway, since you
brought up those past memories...I thought you two might appreciate a couple
examples of what was going on behind the curtains at another McLendon Magic
Show. (Emma told me to write this to you.) Stay in touch and come see me some
time...Kindest regards, Ken
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TONY WILLIAMS [Lyndell] (Dallas-Richardson, TX)
Subject: Ken Dowe's comments. A neighbor of mine, a former Air Force colonel
and ex-mayor of Sachse, Texas, named Woodrow Wilson, said he always checked the
obits first thing in the morning to make sure he was still alive. Once Woody
and I were discussing the good old days, he was in his 90s then, and suddenly
he said, "no indoor plumbing, no air conditioning, no TV, outhouses, no
electricity, no radio, plowing with a mule, no street lights, no refrigerators,
The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, etc." "The good old
days?" Woody continued. "These are the good old days."
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Subject:
remembering. Jim, my good friend, Jo Bussell, and I were sitting around
remembering the days gone by as old DJs do and I told of a time when I was
doing mornings at the legendary KNUZ (1230) Houston and had the opportunity to
bring the Beach Boys out on stage for a concert in the Astrodome after an
Astros game. I'm in heaven because I surfed to these guys when I could surf. I
bring them out and they are all behind me and after I briefly told some surfer
stories. I yelled "The fabulous BEACH BOYS" and bounded off stage.
They didn't start playing right away. Then Mike Love comes off stage, walks up
to me and says, "Barry you have my mic". I had taken his wireless mic
with me. It was hot and the 25 or 30 thousand in the dome heard that. Everybody
was laughing and hollering. It was so cool. After the concert he asked if I
wanted to come to their suite and hang out. Which I did. Very cool. Barry
Kilgore; CCIC Radio/TV/Film/Print/Art
TRIVIA ANSWER: One of our favorite 1950s TV shows
is Father Knows Best about a middle class family's life in the Midwest. In the
1940s, writer Ed James creates the idea for the radio series which airs on NBC
Radio from August 25, 1949 - March 25, 1954. The TV pilot of Father Knows Best
premiers on May 27, 1954 as an episode of The Ford Television Theatre show
called Keep It in the Family. When the radio series moves to CBS TV, only
Robert Young remains. Father Knows Best debuts on CBS TV on October 3, 1954 and
runs through March 1955. It stars Robert Young as Jim Anderson. His wife
Margaret (Jane Wyatt), older daughter Betty [Princess] (Eleanor Donahue),
younger daughter Kathy [Kitten] (Lauren Chapin) and son Bud (Billy Gray). In
fall 1955 it relocates to NBC TV. But the popular series returns to CBS TV from
September 1958 through September 17, 1960. In 1960, at the height of the show's
popularity, Young leaves the series to work on other projects. Reruns continue
to air in prime time for another three years on CBS from September 1960 to 1962
and on ABC from 1962 to April 1963.
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THOMAS EDISON (1847-1931) I have not failed. I’ve
just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
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Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 27, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1004
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
HEAVEN GAINS NEWS ANCHOR On Sunday, July 17, 2011
former longtime WVEC TV ABC CH13 Hampton Roads/Norfolk, VA news anchor Jim
Kincaid dies at 76 from a heart attack in his home in Farmville, VA. The native
of Arkansas Kincaid begins his career in newspaper and radio news before he
joins ABC News as a correspondent. He covers celebrated stories: civil rights
protests, Vietnam War and the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. In 1978, he leaves
ABC TV and relocates to a farm in central Virginia. Then-State Senator Hunter
Andrews suggests that Kincaid meet with WVEC TV's owner at the time Tom Chisman
who hires him in October 1978 as WVEC TV's main news anchor of the evening news
where he remains for 18 years. His WVEC TV closing personal thoughts make him a
Hampton Roads media hero. A collection of his thoughts mesh into a book, Notes
to My Friends. He retires from TV and moves with his wife, Catherine, to a farm
in Elam, VA. In 2006, they migrate to Farmville, VA. Jim's wife Catherine
fondly remembers, He had style. Everybody loved him. That's comfort for me. I
love him very much, he was my buddy. Along with his beloved Irish Setter,
Murphy, the Kincaids' doggies are rescue tail-waggers. The Kincaid family
requests that, instead of flowers, send memorial contributions to the Southside
SPCA, POB 66, Meherrin, VA 23954.
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TV VET FIRED AFTER CRASH John Tyson 25-year veteran
of KOLO TV ABC CH8 Reno, NV tells us that he is fired on Wednesday, July 20,
2011 after he informs the station about his involvement in an on-the-job
traffic accident in Reno on Thursday. The 66 year old Tyson asserts that KOLO TV
fires him after he mentions that his car bumps into a bicyclist as he speaks on
his cell phone. Tyson declares: Those of us who work in television news, we
live in a very precarious (situation). They can let us go for anything. I just
thought I could go out on a higher note. John, who videotapes and reports his
own stories, says that he is on his way to Idlewild Park when the accident
occurs: A guy came out in front of me. I didn’t see him. I tapped a guy on a
bicycle coming down the wrong side of the street. The impact of the accident
did not even knock the rider from his bicycle. He reports the accident to KOLO
TV and gives a statement to its insurance company: When I did report it,
Channel 8 dinged me for being on my cell phone. My feeling is we’re always on
our cell phone. The newsroom calls us or someone else calls us. The state of
Nevada law makes it illegal to drive and talk into a cell phone in your hand or
to drive and text at the same time. But Peace officers only issue warnings
through December 31, 2011. Tyson says that by October 2011 he completes his
25th year at KOLO TV. Tyson remarks that he drives more than 2 million miles
covering news stories. I’m still a little dazed about the whole thing. My main
goal right now is to contact an attorney and find out what my rights are.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Amy Winehouse is now a member of
the 27 Club. What is the 27 Club? Can you name the other five members? The
answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•AMY WHITEHOUSE'S 2007 Album Back to Black zooms to
#1 on iTunes on Saturday after the news of her death. •ROCK RADIO struggles
with new PPM ratings system. The loss of NYC and Chicago Rock radio is
indicative of declining Rock format. Since beginning of 2011, 5 Rock radio
stations vaporize in Top 30 markets. 4 of the FM stations become talk radio.
Programmers have no solution. •SIXTH AVENUE ELECTRONICS A/V specialty chain
hammers shut its three NYC locations. Also closed are stores in Langhorne and
Deptford, NJ. Overall it has 19 stores in New York, New Jersey and Delaware
with more than 700 employees.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 DIZZY DEAN inducts into the Baseball Hall of
Fame on July 27th. •1963 JOHNNY CASH's single Ring Of Fire burns a hole in the #1
spot in Billboard Country on July 27th. •1974 LIGHTNING SLIM (Otis Hicks)
Louisiana swamp Blues singer (I'm a Rollin' Stone-1957) dies at 61 on July
27th. •1986 RANDY TRAVIS' On The Other Hand is his first #1 single in Billboard
Country on July 26th. •1990 ZSA ZSA GABOR begins a 3 day jail sentence because
she slaps a cop on July 27th. •2002 KENNY CHESNEY's single The Good Stuff hangs
in for seven-weeks at #1 in Billboard Country beginning on July 27th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, Remember me telling you to write a book of your radio memories?
They're unique, and nobody in the business can tell em better than you. I well
remember Forney...a little town up the road from Ben Wheeler on Hwy. 80...lotta
curves in that old highway...and lotta cotton farms on both sides. Traveled it
dozens of times on the way to Big D from the Big Thicket to see my grandma and
aunts who lived on Astor and Catherine streets off Clarendon Drive in Oak
Cliff. There were still wheat fields behind Grandma's house on Astor. Wheat
fields as far as your eye could see. But that was during the Great
Depression...in the 30's...and the wheat market crashed, and so did those wheat
fields. Then the developers moved in. It's a familiar story everywhere. Thanks
for the history lesson on Lake Ray Hubbard. They sure flooded a lotta cotton
fields with that water...but I reckon it's all paid off. Thanks, Tom
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CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Amy
Winehouse. Jim, Your piece on the passing of Amy Winehouse was, by far, the
best I read in any medium. You handled it in a very comprehensive, yet
tasteful, manner. It was a job well done. Regards, Chet
KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim: I saw the story FEMALE
ROCK STAR FOUND DEAD...then a few paragraphs later...GRANNY EMMA/KEN DOWE. For
a minute I thought I was dead! Ken :)
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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Serious about
Radio. Hi, My Eton E1/XM radio has a place to dock an XM receptor; however;
living in an apartment and the trees make it impossible to use. Besides I like
radio that I can pull in over the air, why I don't have Cable either. I don't
even give to NPR stations, since they think programming I like only finds a
niche audience. I have always thought it interesting when non-profit
organizations talk about making a profit. They have gotten too conservative
with talk shows and very trendy, they don't have the plays, game shows and
music like they used to in the past. I guess I need to learn to play Living In
The Past.
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TRIVIA ANSWER: The 27 Club is a group of famous
Rock singers who die at 27. Amy Winehouse who passes away on Saturday, July 23,
2011 now joins Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Robert Johnson and Jimi
Hendrix in that fateful group. All perish at 27. On April 5, 1994 Kurt Cobain's
life ends with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Janis Joplin succumbs to a
heroin overdose on October 4, 1970. Jim Morrison breathes his last breath in
his bathtub at his apartment in Paris, France on July 3, 1971. Morrison wills
everything to his girlfriend Pamela Courson. But the will does not go into
affect until a week after she expires. So, Jim Morrison's property goes
directly to her parents. Blues singer Robert Johnson expires on August 16,
1938. Johnson inducts into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Jimi Hendrix
bids farewell with a drug overdose in London on September 18, 1970. Who's next
to join the 27 Club? Only the Shadow knows.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
TWO Artists. Jim: It was announced that Glen Campbell has been diagnosed with
Alzheimer's disease & I also learned that Earl "Speedo" Carroll
is now confined to a nursing home. "Mr. Earl" of The Cadillacs is 73
& left the group to join The Coasters in 1958. BOB & Sonny Lee
DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#990) June 24, 2011 [Friday] Hey, Jim. I just got my
inheritance check from the Monopoly game and I used it to buy a 2007 Kawasaki
Ninja, solid black, with a shiny black "Marvin the Martian" helmet
and a cold black super cool riding jacket. If you don't hear from me for an
extended period of time, it means that I likely had the bad judgment to ride
the thing at night. If the mail BOUNCES, you can presume that I was near the
Mexican border when I did it. Nice knowin' ya! Jeff Cunningham, DC; Kyle, TX
RICHARD E. LINGENFELTER (November 9, 1875 - April
30, 1953) For it is a land of illusion, a place in the mind, a shimmering
mirage of riches and mystery and death. These illusions have distorted its
landscape and contorted its history.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 25, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1003
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
FEMALE ROCK STAR FOUND DEAD A young woman with a
big jet black beehive hair style, cat-eye mascara and what some describe as old
sailor's tattoos emerges as a brand new Rock sensation. Amy Winehouse's singing
style that covers many music genres: Rock, R&B, Jazz, Soul and Classic Pop
mesmerizes fans throughout the entire world. Amy is born in 1983 to taxi driver
Mitch Winehouse and his pharmacist wife Janis. She grows up in the north London
suburbs. From an early age her destiny is a career in show business. At 10, she
and a friend form a rap group, Sweet 'n' Sour. Winehouse is Sour. She attends a
factory for British music and acting talent, the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Later,
she enters a performing arts academy, the Brit School. Her 2006 LP Back to
Black is what brings her to international stardom when it wins five Grammy
Awards. On Saturday, July 23, 2011 London Ambulance Service finds the 27 year
old Amy Winehouse dead inside her north London home. A Metropolitan Police
spokesman says there is no explanation for her death. Tweets from fans express
shock. Former prime minister's wife Sarah Brown: It's deeply sad - the most
completely tragic waste of talent that I can remember. Myleene Klass, singer
and presenter: OMG. Amy Winehouse. Exceptional talent and really nice lady.
RIP. Daily Telegraph Rock critic Neil McCormick says that he is utterly shocked
at her death.
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THE LONE RANGER RIDES AGAIN! Hi-Yo, Silver! A fiery
horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo Silver - the
Lone Ranger! Yes kiddies one of our all time favorite TV western heroes, The
Lone Ranger, will soon fill the big screen at a theater in our neighborhood.
Another of our favorites Country music star Dwight Yoakam signs the dotted line
to become Lone Ranger's arch villain Butch Cavendish who is leader of the wild
bunch Cavendish gang. Armie Hammer is the masked man while Johnny Depp is his
sidekick Tonto. James Badge Dale clones the Lone Ranger's older brother, Dan
Reid, who leads the fearless Texas Rangers. You may remember Dale for his
starring role in HBO's The Pacific and AMC's Rubicon. Barry Pepper is in talks
with Disney to portray Captain J. Fuller, the leader of the seventh cavalry.
Most recently, we see Pepper in Paramount's True Grit. Disney is trying to
lasso Helena Bonham Carter to depict the colorful madam of a local brothel.
Currently, she films at WB in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows. Presently, Dwight
Yoakam has a role in the flick Jayne Mansfield's Car alongside its star bright
Billy Bob Thornton. Pirates of the Caribbean franchise scribes Ted Elliott and
Terry Rossio with Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road) pen the new Lone Ranger
script. Cannot wait to see The Lone Ranger which arrives at our movie theaters
just in time for Christmas on December 21, 2012.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous Rock star writes the
Pointer Sisters' biggest hit, Fire? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•TV NETWORKS cable TV channels and fans are
relieved because NFL owners approve a deal on Thursday July 21, 2011 to end the
lockout. But NFL players must approve the new deal. This is the first lockout
since 1987. •SHARON OSBOURNE Ozzy's main squeeze takes a breather from CBS' The
Talk to spend more time with her hubby after he returns from an 18 month tour.
The cute couple just unloads their Hidden Hills Estate for $12.999 Million.
•WCAU TV NBC CH10 Philadelphia, PA announces on Thursday, July 21, 2011 that
they hire Lou Dubois as Social Media Editor and Strategist.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1966 CASEY STENGEL Yankee manager elects to the
Baseball Hall of Fame on July 25th. •1950 LEFTY FRIZZELL records If You've Got The
Money, I've Got The Time on July 25th in his first recording session at Jim
Beck's Studio in Dallas, TX. •1977 JERRY REED opens The Nashville Palace on
July 25th across the street from the Opryland Hotel. •1986 VINCENTE MINNELLI
director of Gigi and Goodbye Charlie dies in LA on July 25th at 76. •1992 GARTH
BROOKS' single The River strikes #1 in Billboard Country on July 25th. •2003
JOHN SCHLESINGER director of the movie Midnight Cowboy dies on July 25th at 77.
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CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Subject: 1958's
"Real Wild Child" by Ivan. Don't know if ya'll remember this one. It
came out the summer of 1958 and was played quite often ("heavy
rotation" as they say in the biz) on KLIF (1190), Dallas' Top-40 radio
pioneer. Didn't find out until some years later that the mysteriously named
"Ivan" was actually Buddy Holly and the Crickets, featuring drummer
Jerry Ivan Allison on vocals and Holly on guitar. It was recorded at Norman
Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico where many of Holly's hits were made.
Unfortunately, my well scratched-up copy disappeared in a move years ago.
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FQ7BGyWibQ) This is the flip side to the above. And
no, if you're listening closely, the ears are not playing tricks on you.
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=i60NtW4_vAI) Ya-hoooo old-time hot rods and rock 'n
roll!! Connell
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. It is strange, even to
me, how the (Granny Emma) character evolved into such a "real"
person. The bottom line to "her" success (I think) was that Emma said
all the things others "thought." (Including me.) Couple of my
favorite anecdotes include the time Dottie told me that her friend said she'd
met me at the hair salon. "Oh, great," Dottie said. "Isn't he
nice?" The lady pondered the question and answered that, "Yes,"
I was very gentlemanly. "But, he doesn't look or act the way I'd expected.
He looks and acts like a lawyer, or a doctor. He was sitting in a corner by
himself, very well dressed, and reading the Wall St. Journal." Dottie was
puzzled. "Well, yes. That would be Ken. What were you expecting?" The
lady became animated telling her that she thought I was a short blonde guy, who
wore Hawaiian shirts, and told jokes non-stop. Dottie was stunned: "Ken?
Really? Ken sits in his favorite chair at home and reads one book after
another. In reality he's very quiet and thoughtful." The woman remained
confused. "But...on the radio...he's...he's...like a crazy man!"
"That? Oh, he's not like that. He's an actor! He's just acting!!"
Kindest regards, Ken
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JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: granny
emma. I think I speak for most everyone who listened to the Mighty 11-90 during
the 60s and 70s when I say that Granny Emma was one of my favorites. You could
tell that it was an attempted ripoff of Winter's character, but that was fine.
She was funny, and you never knew what was coming next. Thanks, Ken Dowe and KLIF for being our
constant companion during the great days of radio.
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CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Subject: KTRH and Houston Radio. Jim, It's a sad time in the Houston
radio marketplace now that KTRH has become but another victim of the boobs at
Clear Channel whose only agenda, it seems, is to completely kill real radio as
we knew it. K-T-R-H ... must now stand for "Kill The Radio Hosts"...
Seriously ... I no longer care a ding-dang-dong about listening to KTRH. And,
tune around for that Chinese station in the mornings. It's a hoot and it's for
real! I can't get local stations out here on the ocean, and the company limits
our online time. So, I play a lot of CDs, cassettes and hum as much as I can.
The Old Sailor; Charles Drake (somewhere at sea with the merchant marine)
TRIVIA ANSWER: Bruce Springsteen writes the Pointer
Sisters' biggest hit Fire. In 1978, their tune rings #2 for 2 weeks with sales
of over a million copies. Australian singer-songwriter, keyboardist and
producer Brian Cadd pens the B-side Love Is Like A Rolling Stone. Ironically,
songwriters on both sides of a single or LP share equal songwriting royalty
paychecks. In 1978, the sensuous Fire sounds great when I spin it on Houston,
TX's KULF-790. In 1976, The Pointers join two of my favorite comedians Richard
Pryor and George Carlin in the movie Car Wash. In 1974, we spin The Pointers'
Country flavored tune Fairytale on Ft. Worth's premier Top 40 radio station
KFJZ-1270. In 1971, The Pointers form in Oakland, CA. Their vocal training comes
from their father's church, The Church of God, in West Oakland, CA. The R&B
blood sister quartet includes Ruth, Anita, June and Bonnie. At first, they are
a trio until their youngest sister June joins in the early 1970s. In 1978,
Bonnie marries Motown Records Producer Jeffrey Bowen. She signs with Motown. On
March 2, 1985 Bonnie appears solo on Soul Train.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Your column is a must
for any student of Radio/TV, if I were in college and were a college professor,
I would have it as required reading. That would put even more strain on you. I
still remember reading (Claude Hall's) VOX JOX, when I would go downtown to the
Library where my father worked. Best regards, Charles George, KC5RAI
JOHN FRANKENHEIMER [Director of The Manchurian Candidate
{1962} and Birdman of Alcatraz {also 1962}] (February 19, 1930 - July 6, 2002)
The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 22, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1002
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
CASH CAB STRIKES PEDESTRIAN Dateline: Vancouver,
British Columbia. A replica taxi that is used in the Canadian version of the TV
game show Cash Cab strikes and kills a pedestrian after it finishes production
for the day in Vancouver. Police report that a 61-year-old man from Surrey, BC
dies in a hospital just after he is struck by the counterfeit yellow cab on
late Friday night, July 15, 2011 in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside district.
Cash Cab originates in Britain in 2005. It has since been licensed to TV
networks in more than two dozen countries. North American Cash Cab is broadcast
on the Discovery Channel. Unaware people who flag down a replica yellow taxi become
instant contestants on a TV game show where they answer trivia questions for
cash prizes. The Canadian version, with host comedian Adam Growe, who is a
licensed taxi driver, is broadcast on Discovery Channel Canada since 2008. The
U.S. version since 2005, which is now filmed in New York and Chicago, is
broadcast on the Discovery Channel.
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RADIO DJ GROPS TSA AGENT AT AIRPORT The new airport
security system where TSA agents seemingly feel their way up and down and all
around flight passengers' bodies does not bode well with some American
travelers. Some say turn about is fair play. A Colorado woman is accused of
groping a Transportation Security Administration agent at the Phoenix, AZ
airport. Yukari Miyamae is a volunteer radio DJ on Public Radio KGNU FM (88.5)
in Boulder, CO. A judge permits her to use airports to journey back and forth
to Arizona as part of her work as a translator. Sam Fuqua, KGNU station
manager, says that he does not buy into the TSA report. Fuqua remarks: I know
she would speak up for herself if she felt she was being mistreated. But
speaking up is very different than groping. Phoenix cops say that 61 year old
Yukari Miyamae enters the airport screening area in Terminal 4 on Thursday,
July 14, 2011. She became argumentative and refused to be screened by TSA
staff. Miyamae replies on Twitter, Police statement and Fox coverage does not
depict accurately what happened to me on July 14th at Phoenix Airport in
Maricopa County, Arizona. People who are unhappy with airport security modus
operandi rush to Facebook. They canonize Yukari Miyamae as a hero. As a result,
the Yukari Miyamae Legal Defense Fund page now has 223 fans. The Acquit Yukari
Mihamae Facebook page fills with more than 2,000 fans. An open Facebook page,
the Free Yukari Miyamae, has 60 posts that protest TSA agents' actions. Yukari
says: I am commuting from Colorado to Phoenix every week for the job I am
currently working. She tells the New York Post that she runs into a problem
with the TSA on a weekly basis.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when The Beverly
Hillbillies debuts on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Jo Interrante (KRLD-1080,
KFRC-610, KNUS FM, KVIL AM-FM) celebrates her annum on Friday, July 22, 2011.
Kent Burkhart owner of Burkhart/Abrams has a birthday bash on Friday, July 22,
2011. •STEVE SCHWAID former WCAU TV NBC CH10 News Director returns to
Philadelphia as Vice President and News Director at WTXF TV Fox CH29. •WGTM-590
Spirit Broadcasting Wilson, NC receives a $25,000 FCC fine for multiple
violations: failure to maintain operational EAS equipment, improperly enclosed
antenna tower and failure to maintain and make available a public inspection
file.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WTHI TV CBS CH10 in Terre Haute, IN begins
broadcasting on July 22th. •1961 PATSY CLINE enters Grand Ole Opry stage in a
wheelchair on July 22nd after car accident in June to let fans know that she's
ready to perform. •1979 HOPE SUMMERS Aunt Bee’s best friend Clara Edwards on
the Andy Griffith Show dies on July 22th at 78. •1989 GEORGE STRAIT's single
What's Going On In Your World hits #1 in Billboard Country on July 22nd. •1995
DAVE CLARK music promoter/songwriter dies on July 22th at 85. •2008 SUGARLAND's
album Love On The Inside releases on Mercury records on July 22nd.
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GENE SCULATTI [Rolling Stone writer - Radio &
Records first editor - Billboard magazine Director of Special Issues -
Biographer for the Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH - Warner Brothers Records
Editorial Director] (Los Angeles, CA) Hi Jim, Boy, not much news from here on
the radio front, though the infamous ex-KIISer Rick Dees has been back for a
while, on Hot 92.3 (www.hot923.com), where 80s old-school seems to be the
format. Never did get through to Russ Knight, but thank you guys for trying. I
only found out last week that the R&R Hall of Fame’s ‘On the Air’ exhibit,
which we wanted to get hold of (Weird Beard Russ) Knight for, is up and
running. The curator should have more news on it. He’s Howard Kramer:
hkramer@rockhall.org. I did see a sample page of the exhibit, and it looked
pretty good. Best, Gene
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1001) July 20, 2011 [Wednesday] Subject: Robert Wood. I
worked with him at KRNN for about a year and we got to be casual friends. I did
engineering and helped out on the board on weekends. Robert was a very big man,
but a few years ago he lost a STUNNING amount of weight and didn't even look
like the same person. He was covering the capitol for TSN, I think, the last I
heard. Jeff Cunningham, DC; Kyle, TX
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ROBERT WOOD (Austin, TX) Hey Jim: Wanted to let you
know that after 29 years in radio I'm leaving the business on August 1st to be
the new Communications Manager for the Texas Association of Business. Over that
time I've covered a lot of stories and met some really great people. In the
80's I worked in the San Antonio market, starting at KGNB, New Braunfels, the
original KBUC, KRNN and was news director at KONO/KITY. From there I moved to
Austin, hosting the morning show on KLBJ-AM for a couple of years before going
to the capitol in 1992. Since leaving KLBJ in 1993 I've been the Capitol Bureau
Chief for the Texas State Network. Thanks to everyone that had a hand in a
wonderful radio career. On to new things. Robert Wood
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CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Subject: KTRH and Houston Radio. Jim...my generation (the over 60 crowd)
simply does not have a representative radio station out there anymore to
provide us with the "sounds" of our times. I still prefer music from
the 1940s, 50s and 60s, and mostly instrumentals at that. Nobody does it any
longer and they are missing out on a vast market in "radio land".
Somebody has sure fooled advertisers into thinking that old folk don't respond
to advertising and don't have the bucks to spend on products/services. T'ain't
so, McGee. It's all us old fogies out here that actually keep the economy
going. If it were up to the young whippersnappers we'd all be in a pickle. The
way they "blow and go" with their finances they're going to have the
devil to pay when they try to retire. But...that's another topic. The Old
Sailor; Charles Drake (somewhere at sea with the merchant marine)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On September 29, 1962 The Beverly
Hillbillies debuts on CBS TV. The very popular TV show runs for nine years
through September 7, 1971. The Beverly Hillbillies has 274 episodes.
Originally, it is to be filmed in NY, but because of high production costs they
change the setting to Beverly Hills. Its actual filming location is at 750 Bel
Air Road, Bel Air, Los Angeles, CA. During its first two seasons it is TV's #1
regularly scheduled primetime program. The Beverly Hillbillies creator is Paul
Henning. Its stars include Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett), Max Baer Jr. (Jed's
nephew Jethro Bodine), Donna Douglas (beautiful Elly May Clampett), Irene Ryan
(Granny Daisy Moses), Raymond Bailey (greedy banker Milburn Drysdale) and Nancy
Kulp (bank secretary Jane Hathaway). The Clampetts strike oil, receive millions
of dollars, move into a giant mansion, but still live like hillbillies in
Beverly Hills, CA.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) As for Awards, I think
your column is a great reward. Like The Apostle Paul said, love is the gift
that can never be fully repaid. 73, Charles George, KC5RAI
LARRY LUJACK [WLS-890 Chicago, IL DJ] (June 6, 1940
- p) When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the
stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 20, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1001
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WHISTLEBLOWER DEATH CAUSES CONSPIRACY THEORIES
There's trouble brewing in Rupert Murdock's media empire. The discovery of a
phone-hacking scandal in the UK causes the dominos to fall rapidly. What sparks
the frenzy is whistleblower reporter Sean Hoare who steps up to the plate to
allege that phone hacking is widely used and even encouraged at News of the
World under the guidance of then-editor Andy Coulson. Former communications
chief and a former editor of News of the World, Andy Coulson, is arrested on
Friday, July 8, 2011. Rebekah Brooks, former CEO of News Corp's British
newspaper arm News International, resigns on Friday, July 15th. When the fiery
red-haired 43 year old vixen arrives for questioning at noon on Sunday, July
17th Metropolitan police surprise her with an arrest. Rebekah is editor of
Sunday News of the World during the time of the alleged phone hacking. The
thrilling plot thickens even further with the death of whistleblower reporter
Sean Hoare. Is this a movie or reality? Quick! Someone grab the cameras! This
movie is in full swing. Officials release a statement saying: the death is
currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. As
soon as that news pours forth, the Internet flood gates explode with shock and
awe and overloads with conspiracy theories. There's even a hint that CNN's
Piers Morgan is linked to the phone hacking scandal. Piers is a former News of
the World editor. Is he the next domino to fall? Stay tuned to this Bat dial.
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LOCAL NEWSCAST FILLS OPRAH'S OPEN SPOT KHOU TV CBS
CH11 Houston, TX will fill Oprah's former 4 pm spot with a new newscast
followed by Jeopardy at 4:30 pm beginning on August 1, 2011. Since her
departure in May, KHOU airs repeats of Opra at 4 pm. Philip Bruce, KHOU’s
executive news director, boasts: KHOU 11
News at 4 gives us a chance to bring viewers the big news of the day, while the
stories are still developing. It’ll be immediate, fast-paced and plugged-in to
what’s happening at the moment. Len Cannon will anchor the 4 pm newscast. He
continues to co-anchor KHOU TV's 6 pm newsbreak. KHOU’s announcement means that
TV stations in six of the top 10 markets replace Opra with local news. WABC TV
CH7 NYC, WLS TV ABC CH7 Chicago, WPVI TV CH Philadelphia, KGO TV ABC CH7 San
Francisco and WSB TV ABC CH2 Atlanta all fill Oprah's spot with local news.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the popular CBS radio
series Life with Luigi premier? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CBS RADIO CHICAGO begins a simulcast of
top-rated/top-billing All News WBBM-780 on its under performing Hot AC WCFS FM
(105.9) on August 1, 2011 in anticipation of Randy Michaels' flip of
Alternative WKQX FM (101.1) to News-Talk. •KNUS-710 Salem News-Talk Denver, CO
adds D-town radio-TV vet Steve Kelley as host of Kelley & Company 7-9am
weekdays. •FARID SULEMAN makes $1.25 million in salary and a $2 million bonus
in 2010 plus a compensation package worth more than $27 million in stock option
awards when he sells Citadel to Cumulus. The deal expects to close by Labor Day
2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1950 ARTHUR MURRAY PARTY variety show premieres on
ABC TV (later on DuMont, CBS, NBC) on July 20th. •1968 JOHNNY CASH's live
version of Folsom Prison Blues rushes to #1 in Billboard Country on July 20th.
•1973 BRUCE LEE [Lee Yuen Kam] founder of Jeet Kune Do martial arts star of
Enter the Dragon dies at 32 on July 20th. •1987 THE JUDDS' I Know Where I'm
Going hits #1 in Billboard Country on July 18th. •1999 SANDRA GOULD actress as
nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched dies at 73 on July 20th. •2004
GRETCHEN WILSON's album Here for the Party goes Double-Platinum on July 19th.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: Newspaper article. At the point of being self-serving I do feel kinda
proud of an article. Go to Times Georgian dot com and with (Sunday) edition the
lead-line is 63 years on the air, etc. Click there for full front-page story.
Stories like these are generally followed in a few years with the Obituary
notice. Hopefully I can stall it off. Red Jones
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim, Leaving "Granny
Emma" behind for a day or two when I returned was a bit that caused a lot
of talk. That is, "Hey. Where's Granny?" (Code for: Who needs you?)
To answer your questions: Rod ("Come on down!") Roddy was a friend
with whom I worked at WQXI in Atlanta. I would play around with that voice
(stolen from Jonathan Winters) and Rod would tell me I should turn it into a
character and use it frequently. Fortunately, I did. (I'm glad, too. Gave me
somebody to talk to on those long weekend shifts!) For the name I chose my own
maternal grandmother's. Emma was not the elegant and sophisticated name it is
these days. My grandmother was poorly educated and the wife of a mule trader
and share cropper. I thought it was such an embarrassingly ugly name, I stole
it. A bit ironic considering its present popularity. Kindest regards, Ken
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CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Subject: KTRH and Houston Radio. Jim, a news station should concentrate
on providing the local news first and all else second. KTRH is trying to turn
the morning "get-ready-for-work" time into another frantic/hectic
talk show format of which there are far too many already in the marketplace.
There is TOO MUCH talk, period, on radio these days. Frankly, I stopped
listening from the first hour I realized what had happened. Believe it or not,
I have discovered a Chinese station in the Houston market that actually plays
American oldies music (1950s, 60s, 70s) in the morning before they go into
their news about China and international content. Who would have thunk it?! The
Old Sailor; Charles Drake (somewhere at sea with the merchant marine)
TRIVIA ANSWER: Life with Luigi, sitcom story of
newly arrived Italian, German and Scandinavian immigrants to Chicago, presented
by DeSoto-Plymouth auto dealers premieres on CBS radio on September 21, 1948.
The 155 episodes come to a close on March 3, 1953. J. Carroll Nash is Luigi
Basco. Luigi grows up on the outskirts of Rome, Italy and immigrates to the New
World. One of my all time favorite TV character actors Hans Conried is German
immigrant Schultz. Alan Reed is Pasquale, Luigi's friend and sponsor who
already is a success in America as a restaurateur. Later on, Alan Reed becomes
the voice of Fred Flintstone. Cy Howard, who creates My Friend Irma, also
creates Life with Luigi. The radio series moves over to the new medium of TV on
CBS on September 22, 1952 and runs to June 4, 1953.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject:
Mastered in Odessa Texas 'In the Year 2525'. Jim, for a fact the song was
mastered in Odessa. July 6, 2011. On this day in 1969 'In the Year 2525' by
Zager & Evans was the #1 song. From Wikipedia: "In the Year 2525
(Exordium and Terminus)" is a hit song from 1969 by American pop-rock duo
Zager and Evans. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks
commencing July 12, 1969. The song was written by Rick Evans in 1964 and
originally released on a small regional record label (Truth Records) in 1968. A
year later, an Odessa, Texas radio station popularized the disc, which RCA
Records quickly picked up for nationwide distribution. The word around Midland
is that it was recorded at Tommy Alsup’s studio on East County Road (Dixie) in
Odessa Texas. It was picked up by RCA and the strings were added. Leslie Wayne
Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
YOGI BERRA (May 12, 1925 - p) The future ain't what
it used to be.
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July 18, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1000
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BROOKS RESIGNS FROM NEWS INTERNATIONAL Rebekah
Brooks resigns as CEO of Rupert Murdoch’s News International. She is also
editor of the now defunct Sunday News of the World British tabloid. Rebekah is
the most prominent casualty in the gazette's phone hacking belittlement. Police
inquiries about the possible phone-hacking of nearly 4,000 individuals plus
allegations against Rupert Murdoch's media empire mushroom daily. Brooks is
with News International for more than 20 years. In 2006, she is editor of the
News of the World when many of the phone hacking allegations occur. On Friday
morning, July 15, 2011 she tells News International in London that Rupert and
James Murdoch accept her resignation and that she no longer wanted to be the
'focal point of the debate' concerning the future reputation of the News
International brand.
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MOVEMENTS AT NEWS CORPORATION Rupert Murdoch's News
Corporation announces the appointment of Tom Mockridge as Chief Executive
Officer of News International to replace Rebekah Brooks who resigns. Since its
launch in 2003, Mockridge is CEO of Sky Italia. He is also Chief Executive
European Television of News Corporation outside the UK. Mockridge joins News
Corporation in January 1991. Laura Cioli, Chief Operating Officer, and Domenico
Labianca, Chief Finance Officer, assume Mockridge’s responsibilities at Sky
Italia on an interim basis, reporting to James Murdoch, Deputy Chief Operating
Officer and Chairman and CEO, International, News Corporation. Prior to joining
Sky Italia, Mockridge is Chief Executive of the publicly-listed New Zealand
Independent Newspapers and Chairman of Sky New Zealand. Previously, he holds
various roles at Star Group Limited. He spends three years as CEO of Foxtel, News
Corporation’s Australian pay TV joint venture. Les Hinton, Wall Street Journal
publisher, resigns on Friday, July 15, 2011. Hinton, as a long-time confidant
of Rupert, runs News International, the British publishing subsidiary of
Murdoch’s News Corporation from 1997 to 2005. This is when the alleged phone
hacking scandal takes place.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Remember Captain Kangaroo and Mr.
Green Jeans? When does that popular kiddies TV show premier? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•LORETTA LYNN 76-year-old Country star rests at
home after suffering heat exhaustion. She cancels 2 weekend shows. The Country
Music Hall of Famer plans to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry on July 23
and resume touring on August 1. •KATE SNOW Dateline NBC correspondent follows
Harry Smith to Brian Williams' new yet unnamed primetime news show. She also is
a fill-in anchor on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams as well as an
eye-catching world-wide news correspondent. Kate joins NBC News in May 2010
from her anchor spot on the weekend edition of ABC's Good Morning America since
it begins in September 2004.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 KWGN TV IND CH2 in Denver, CO begins
broadcasting on July 18th. •1964 ROGER MILLER's single Dang Me slams #1 in
Billboard Country on July 18th. •1970 WJCL TV ABC CH22 in Savannah, GA begins
broadcasting on July 18th. •1981 ALABAMA's single Feels So Right smoothes its
way into #1 in Billboard Country on July 18th. •1994 HOUSTON ASTROS tie the NL
comeback record trailing 10-0 beats St. Louis Cardinals 15-12 on July 18th.
•2006 RODNEY ATKINS' album If You're Going Through Hell releases on Curb
records on July 18th.
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BOB MILLER (Detroit-Plymouth, MI) Subject: Norro
Wilson. Hi Jim and Lacy, Yes, I have heard his rendition of "Only
You". He's just an all around great guy. When he left St. Croix to go back
to Nashville he sent me a few boxes of great albums. It was hard getting record
service in the islands and he just cut through the bs and sent them. Another interesting
story I have involved the crew of the "Euphoria". That was Jimmy
Buffet's boat in the 1970's. I was the owner of a little liquor store in the
Comanche Hotel in Christiansted along with my radio gig. One day a few guys
popped in and explained they were the crew of the boat but didn't have any
cash. I loaned them $50. They then invited me to the room for a call to Buffet
who was in Memphis at the time. They explained to him that they had a broken
mast. They also said that all they had was $50 from the guy in the store and a
piece of hash the size of Rhode Island. Now I don't know if that's true, or
not, but it sure makes a great story to tell now. By the way, they came in the
following day and repaid the loan! Bob Miller
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CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX port)
Subject: KTRH and Houston Radio. Jim, Bean counters and lawyers ... they
control everything in all businesses in today's world. There is no more talent.
Robots and yes-people. That's it. Not a creative bone in the bunch. I heard a
caller on the new Matt Patrick Show try to complain about the new format and
Patrick rudely cut him off and talked over the poor guy who was just trying to
let the station know that they made a mistake in changing the format.
Well...they HAVE made a mistake. A big one. Wait and see. Ratings will tell.
Advertiser bail-out will also be an indication. Clear Channel ain't God, my
friend. The Old Sailor; Charles Drake (somewhere at sea with the merchant
marine)
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers
Radio (#997) July 11, 2011 [Monday] Thanks for the nice words, Jim. You can
always print anything I say, but it isn't necessary. This is just something I
thought Lacy and you would probably appreciate. I do remember returning to KLIF
(1190) and Gordon putting up giant billboards: "Guess Who's Coming to
Breakfast?" I had to leave him twice because: 1) "You're too young to
be a PD." And, 2) "You're too valuable in programming to get into
sales, too." Had to stay away about a year each time before Gordon said:
"OK, OK. You can do that with us, too. Come on back." These days I'm
not TOO OLD. Kindest regards, Ken
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TOM BLACKWELL (Dallas, TX) Subject: Subscribe - Jim
Rose Remembers Radio. I found it (JRRR) after Linnie Henderson died. I did a
search on his name. Yes, David Coursey and I helped build the station that
later became KNON. He went on to KLIF-1190, where he made it a point to
introduce me to Linnie at 2120 Commerce St. I've been interested in radio &
radio theory from a young age. Over the years the FCC has adopted two petitions
for rulemaking I submitted on amateur radio. I know the people who started
Clear Channel, but have not worked for them. I grew up in Dallas listening to
McLendon's stations and would like to find more information on Chuck Boyles. I
also knew Lou Staples. There are some long stories about radio in Dallas.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On October 3, 1955 CBS TV premieres
an all new kiddie’s show, Captain Kangaroo. The very talented Bob Keeshan is
Captain Kangaroo. His sidekick is Mr. Green Jeans, played by Hugh Lumpy
Brannum. In 1982, 1983, and 1984 Bob receives three Emmy awards for Outstanding
Performer. He is born Robert James Keeshan on June 27, 1927 in Lynbrook, NY.
While still a high school student, Bob becomes a page at NBC. In 1945, he joins
the Marine Corps. His first TV appearance is in 1948 when he plays the voiceless,
horn-honking Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody Show. This is a role that
he creates and plays for five years. Captain Kangaroo airs until 1984, which
makes it the longest-running network TV children's series. In 1990, his wife of
40 years, Anne Jeanne Laurie Keeshan, passes away leaving him with three
children. On Friday, January 23, 2004 Bob Keeshan passes away at 76 in Windsor,
VT.
BOB EDWARDS [Blade Parker] (Houston, TX) Jim, all I
can remember was the flip (KILT) was in early 1981. Remember AM flipped (to
Country) first. I was there and quickly noticed we began mixing country with
Top 40. When AM completely flipped...FM was not far behind. I guess one could
say KLOL (FM 101.1) won the battle on FM and AM was losing its music audience.
Of course, KKBQ (790) proved Top 40 AM wasn't completely dead when John Lander
and the Q Morning Zoo hit the AM airwaves with impressive numbers before moving
completely to (KKBQ) FM (92.9). It really began on July 2, 1982 as the New
79Q/KULF. They became KKBQ in August 1982 and by December 29, 1982 KYND (FM
92.9) flipped from beautiful music to Houston's Stereo Combination as they
simulcast with KKBQ AM...and was called the new 93KBQ until the FCC approved
the call letter change.
RAL DONNER (February 10, 1943 – April 6, 1984) You
don't know what you've got (Until you lose it).
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 15, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #999
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
CLASSIC TV WRITER BIDS HIS LAST FAREWELL Veteran TV
writer Sherwood Schwartz who creates two of our most favorite TV shows dies at
94 on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.
Sherwood brings to our TV screens Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch which
become instant Classics. Neither show pleases the critics. What do they know?
After their initial network runs, these two popular shows appear on our TV
screens for decades in syndication. They become a part of pop culture like no
other TV series. Schwartz says that he dreams up Gilligan's Island in 1964 as a
kind of take off on Robinson Crusoe about seven travelers whose small boat
comes apart in a storm and maroons them on a deserted Pacific island.
Gilligan's Island airs on CBS TV from 1964-67. It spawns three highly-rated TV
movies. From 1974-77, a children's cartoon, The New Adventures of Gilligan,
appears on ABC TV. In 2004, Schwartz contributes to the production of TBS'
reality TV show The Real Gilligan's Island.
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AMERICA AWAITS RADIO LEGEND'S DECISION On its 32nd
anniversary, Chicago, IL radio listeners remember Steve Dahl's Disco Demolition
on July 12, 1979. Steve's fantastic marketing event marks the end of the disco
era. Guess news travels slow down south because we DJs on Houston, TX's
KULF-790 still have to labor with the likes of Amil Stewart's Knock on Wood,
the Bee Gees' Staying Alive and Donna Summer's Hot Stuff. Chicago radio legend
Steve Dahl says that the CBS Radio contract that he has to sit out expires on
Friday, July 9, 2011. Dahl will proclaim his future plans on Monday, July 11 at
12:00 central time. America sits still. Beginning Monday, August 1, 2011 Steve
Dahl's radio fans can gain exclusive access to DahlCast for a monthly fee. The
popular podcast, receives over 7.5 million downloads since its launch in
September 2009. On August 1st it evolves into a subscription-based service
where devoted Dahl fans can hear their favorite radio personality unregulated
and uncensored for a monthly fee of $9.95. Can you dig it baby? Former Tribune
CEO Randy Michaels buys three radio stations from Emmis; two of which are in
Chicago while one is in NYC. Rumors fly about Steve Dahl returning to WLUP FM
(97.9). Stay tuned to this Bat dial.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does the name of the boat
S.S. Minnow on TV's popular series Gilligan's Island come from? The answer
appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KBWF FM Entercom (95.7) San Francisco. CA flips to
SportsRadio 95.7 as the Bay Area's only FM Sports station. •THE RISE GUYS
Whitey Gleason and Mark Kriedler exit long-time mornings on CBS KHTK-1140
Sacramento, CA for 6-10 am on Entercom's KBWF FM (SportsRadio 95.7) San
Francisco. Dan Dibley hitches a ride from KNBR-680 to join them. •DON GERONIMO
moves on up from middays to morning drive on KHTK-1140 Sacramento, CA. Mark
Phantom Lowe joins Geronimo’s morning show. •CARMICHAEL DAVE eases into
Geronimo's 12pm-3pm spot on KHTK-1140 Sacramento. He remains Geronimo’s show
producer.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 THE EVERLY BROTHERS' first #1 Country single
is Bye Bye Love on July 15th. •1963 KAIT TV ABC CH8 in Jonesboro, AR begins
broadcasting on July 15th. •1975 JAMEY JOHNSON singer-songwriter (Trace
Adkins-Honky Tonk Badonkadonk and George Strait-Give It Away) born on July 14th
in Enterprise, AL. •1980 JOHNNY BENCH hits his 314th home run as a catcher on
July 15th to break Yogi Berra's record. •1998 ALAN JACKSON's video I'll Go on
Loving You debuts on July 15th on CMT. •2010 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
40,000 people flee their homes as entire villages burn to the ground on July
15th.
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BOB MILLER (Detroit-Plymouth, MI) Jim, We must have
crossed each other on the way in/out! I don't really remember much about the
people there (KBUC FM San Antonio). I was working at KVOU (1400) in Uvalde (TX)
in late 1965 and filed a story about a flood with WFAA (820/570 Dallas). They
called me up for an interview but I was 1A in the draft and couldn't type at
the time. Both are now, thankfully resolved! While in San Antonio, I was also a
booth announcer at KONO-TV. It switched to KSAT while I was there. It was at
that time I was also a cameraman for Tom Ellis who regularly files his thoughts
on your website. There was one jock I recall at KBUC. His name was Geoff Britt.
Bob
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: I'm sure you've heard of passing of Rob Grill @ 67 on 7/11. He was
lead-singer of The Grass Roots who had 14 top-hits 1966-1972. My favorite of
them all was "Let's Live For Today" peaking @#8 in 1967. Grill
reportedly suffered a fall & brain injury about a month ago. Ironically, he
lost his son, Christian, a drummer for group Villains died on 8/11/10 & the
drummer, Rick Coonce, of The Grass Roots died in Canada earlier this year,
2/25/11. Bob & Sonny Lee
IRA [Eye] LIPSON [Dallas, TX] Subject: Hall of
Fame. I’m honored to be voted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame joining such
talented peers. Although I had wonderful experiences programming WFAA and
consulting the startup of The Ticket, my fondest memories are from creating The
ZOO and guiding the menagerie for its first 5 wonderful years. Ira “Eye”
Lipson; Certified Media Hotshot (www.LipsonWorks.com)
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VICKY PICKERING [John dies on Monday, 02/28/11]
(Houston, TX) Subject: High school reunion...PRICELESS!! That is a great video.
My high school - Lubbock High School Class of '55 (Buddy Holly and several
musicians, girlfriends, etc.) is having a reunion in Kerrville this month and
over 100 of us are going to see "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story". We
all went to high school with Buddy. The show is at the Point Theater in Ingram,
TX. This is probably the biggest crowd of LHS Class of '55 grads to see the
show at one time. I took family to see the "Buddy" musical at UpStage
Theatre in the Heights last week. It is a good production of the show. It is on
weekends through July. Really miss ole John. Especially over the weekend when I
saw the musical and Sunday at church when he was remembered in a service for
the Deacons. Talk about memories - over 58 years. Vicky
(www.buddyhollyandthepicks.com) / (www.myspace.com/thepicksbuddyholly)
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#996) July 08,
2011 [Friday] Hey Jim..."Cactus" Pryor's real name is Richard! JG
TRIVIA ANSWER: The name of the boat on Gilligan's
Island the S.S. Minnow comes from early 1960s FCC chief, Newton Minow. Newton
becomes famous for his proclamation that television is a vast wasteland. Minow
takes the attention that his comment draws in good stride. He brags that he has
a friendly correspondence with Gilligan's Island's creator Sherwood Schwartz.
Gilligan's Island's main characters include: The S.S. Minnow's Skipper (Alan
Hale, Jr.), Gilligan (Bob Denver), the Professor (Russell Johnson), Mary Ann
(Dawn Wells), Ginger Grant (Tina Louise), Thurston Howell, III (Jim Backus) and
his wife Mrs. Howell (Natalie Schafer). Hans Conried appears in one episode as
fighter pilot from World War I, Wrongway Feldman, who gets stuck on the island
when he tries to fly around the world in the Spirit of the Bronx. We remember
Bob Denver as Dobie Gillis' best friend, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs. Maynard says
that the G stands for Walter. Though he is most famous for his role as Thurston
Howell III on Gilligan's Island we also fondly remember Jim Backus as the movie
voice of Mr. Magoo.
MIKE HARTMAN (Ft. Worth-Joshua, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#996) July 08, 2011 [Friday] Hey, Jim...I hope all is
well with you and Lacy. In regards to the song "Mother-in-law". Years
ago, my mother-in-law was visiting us, and I told her I had a song I wanted to
play for her. Yep...she sat through the entire song. My wife informed me that
it wasn't very funny. My mother-in-law got back, years later, though. Her
husband, youngest daughter, and she were living with us, while they were
searching for a new place, after selling their home. Everyday, when I was
leaving for work, my mother-in-law would sing "Hallelujah! Thine the
Glory, Hallelujah! Amen..."(from the hymn "Revive Us Again").
But...I got the last laugh. When they were moving from our house into their new
home, I got out my Ray Charles tape and played this one..."Hit the Road
Jack". That's a true story. She's 80 now, and has a great sense of humor.
We still, from time to time, joke about that. Try to stay cool, and give Lacy a
pat on the head for me. And though I don't express this enough...thank you very
much for JRRR. Mike
ERNIE K-DOE [Ernest Kador, Jr.] (February 22, 1936
- July 5, 2001) Satan should be her name. To me they're 'bout the same. Every
time I open my mouth. She steps in, tries to put me out. How could she stoop so
low? Mother in Law...Mother In Law. Mother in Law...Mother In Law.
Jim Rose and Lacy
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July 13, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #998
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BLUGRASS' GREATEST FIDDLER SUCCUMBS Kenny Baker,
longtime member of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys band, with his polished long
bow sound makes him one of Bluegrass music’s most mirrored fiddle players. The
85-year-old musician, who resides in Sumner County, TN suffers a stroke earlier
this week and dies on Friday, July 8, 2011 in Nashville, TN. Kenny is born in
Jenkins in far eastern Kentucky. Both his father and grandfather are fiddlers.
He begins to play the fiddle at 8. As a teenager, Baker labors for Bethlehem
Steel in Kentucky coal mines. During World War II, he joins the U.S. Navy. Bill
Anderson, Country Music Hall of Fame member who shares the Grand Ole Opry stage
with Monroe and Baker in the 1960s and 1970s remembers: For me, Bill Monroe
never sounded as good as when Kenny was playing with him. God, what a touch he
had on the fiddle. He was just so good. Bill Monroe, The Father of Bluegrass,
introduces Kenny Baker to audiences as The greatest fiddler in Bluegrass music.
Eddie Stubbs, WSM-650 and Grand Ole Opry announcer who is a fiddle player in
The Johnson Mountain Boys Bluegrass band reminisces: He brought a smoothness to
the music that hadn’t been prevalent before. His playing impacted not just
up-and-coming talent but also people who were already playing professionally.
He was Monroe’s instrumental voice during a very important time in the music.
In 1993, Kenny Baker receives a National Heritage Fellowship from the National
Endowment for the Arts. Kenny's funeral arrangements and survivor information
are not available at press time.
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WGN RESCUES ANIMALS Chicago’s Animal Welfare League
discovers that thieves steal two air-conditioning units plus strip the copper
piping from the two metal boxes that they leave behind. Over 100 animals
languish in the heat. John Williams, WGN-720 midday host, rises to the
occasion. At 12:30 pm on his Thursday, July 7, 2011 show, Williams launches a
fundraising drive. He asks listeners for donations with a goal of $20,000 by 10
am Friday morning. By the time that John’s show ends at 3 pm on Thursday, an
unbelievable $23,580 pours in from donors. In addition to this outstanding
support of thousands of listeners, several companies step up to the plate with
contributions: the Chicago Blackhawks, LaGrange Pet Parade and Mack Companies.
Mack is a Tinley Park-based company that volunteers to install the a/c units
for free. Linda Estrada, director and president of the Animal Welfare League,
tells The Chicago Tribune: We beg for everything, and now we don't have
air-conditioning. We desperately need help and homes. She cheers with Williams
on-air: I am jumping up and down. I can’t believe it. Once again, local radio
is there to serve its community in time of need.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Fall 1954 brings several great new
TV series. Do you remember when the very first Lassie show debuts on TV? The
answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•BARRY BERNSON co-anchor of Block Communications
WDRB TV Fox CH41 Louisville, MO morning show since 2003 retires on Friday,
October 7, 2011 after 47 years as a journalist. •SCOTT KENYON radio legend of
the KFMB FM (B100) Morning Zoo's Rich Brothers passes away at 61 in the home of
his friend Ceci Cesna in San Diego, CA. Scott's radio career includes stints in
San Diego, CA; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO and Salt Lake City, UT. •ENGLEBERT
HUMPERDINCK is 55th Star on the Las Vegas Walk Of Stars on Hump Day July 20,
2011 at 11:00am in the Paris Theater at the Paris Hotel and Casino at 3645 Las
Vegas Blvd. South.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 WCBI TV CBS CH4 in Columbus, MS begins
broadcasting on July 13th. •1965 NEIL THRASHER songwriter (Kenny Chesney-There
Goes My Life, Rascal Flatts-Fast Cars And Freedom and Montgomery Gentry-Some
People Change) born on July 13th in Birmingham, AL. •1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols
No One is Innocent on July 13th. •1980 CHARLEY PRIDE's remake of Hank Williams'
You Win Again hits #1 in Billboard Country on July 12th. •1994 EDDIE BOYD Dixie
Rhythm Boys singer/pianist dies at 79 on July 13th. •2010 JERROD NIEMANN's
debut album Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury releases on Arista records on July
13th.
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BOB MILLER (Detroit-Plymouth, MI) Subject: Norro
Wilson. Hi Jim, Got a note from an old friend, Norro Wilson yesterday. He's
retired and enjoying his 11 month old grand child. He says he practicing some
"spoliation" on her. Folks ought to remember Norro for his song
writing as well as having produced most of the giants in country music. His hit
songs included "Behind Closed Doors" and The Most Beautiful Girl in
the World" performed by Charley Rich. Anyway, he's a great guy with some
great stories and we spent some time in the Virgin Islands back in the early
80's. Bob Miller Plymouth, Michigan
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NORMA ELLIOTT (Houston-La Porte, TX) Subject: Where
do you read JRRR? Thanks for such a quick response. I was figuring on a couple
of days at least. ;~) I came across your website when I Googled Pasadena 1960
archives. I grew up in Pasadena on the North side before Hwy. 225 existed. I
don't mind at all you giving my email address to Mr. (Roy) Lemons. I would love
to be able to "converse" with
him. Thank you so much and I look forward to reading your newsletters. I'm sure
Lacy keeps you in line and out of trouble. LOL Thanks again.
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CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Subject: KTRH and Houston Radio. Jim, I'm shipping out right about now,
but wanted to express my disgust with the shake-up at KTRH. Lana and J.P.
(Prichard) were mainstays and held to the "hometown" sound that we
all miss these days in radio. (Does anyone know if they are out of radio
entirely or landing on their feet elsewhere?) As a Native Houstonian, aged 65,
I grew up listening to KTRH and its variety of programming. Unfortunately,
today, it is but a ghost of its former glory. Lana and J.P. were about the last
of the local touch we had left in a cesspool of cookie-cutter, fakey-sounding,
pointless and ego-laden, plastic radio thrown together by people who never were
in the trenches and know absolutely nothing about how radio is actually
supposed to work. The Old Sailor; Charles Drake (somewhere at sea with the
merchant marine)
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Amazon.com. Will all due respect, it was unfair for California's retailers to
collect sales tax, yet Amazon was exempt. 1992 federal law that exempts these
internet companies should be changed. What Amazon is attempting to do is simply
disobey what is now California law. Those sales taxes will be due Oct. 1, 2011.
Amazon says they will refuse to obey the law. Amazon has already attempted to
fight the ruling in New York state...and lost. It is now on appeal. Certainly,
eBay will not be far behind. But the point is this: Amazon already operates
physically in the state of California, so the company will have no choice but
to collect sales taxes. One example is a laboratory which Amazon operates to
develop Kindle reading devices. Simply put, if Amazon has any "brick-and
mortar" presence in the state, Amazon probably will have to pony up.
TRIVIA ANSWER: A truly wonderful show, Lassie,
premieres on CBS TV on Sunday, September 12, 1954 and runs through Sunday,
March 24, 1973. Lassie is one of the longest running dramatic series on TV. It
lasts for 17 seasons on CBS before its final 2 seasons go into first-run
syndication. Its beginning seasons as Jeff's Collie follow Lassie's adventures
in a small farming community with 11-year-old Jeff Miller (Tommy Rettig), his
mother and grandfather. In its 4th season with a new title, Timmy and Lassie,
7-year-old Timmy Martin (Jon Provost) and his adoptive parents are Lassie's
human companions. For its 1954 and 1955 seasons, Lassie wins two Emmys for Best
Children's Program. Stars Jan Clayton and June Lockhart receive Emmy
nominations. Campbell's Soup sponsors the entire 19-year run of Lassie to
become its life-long sponsor. A huge surprise comes to us Lassie fans when we
learn that she is really a male Collie doggie.
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#995) July 06,
2011 [Wednesday] That's cool Jim...glad you liked the pix. I'd be happy to have
it next to anyone! So you MC’d a Bob Wills benefit...terrific. The Texas
Playboys were always my biggest heroes! One of the greatest things that I ever
accomplished was knowing and playing with so many of them over the years! I'm
honored you enjoy my stories. I intend to do the memoir book this year...lots
of work, but it's time I did it. Will write to you soon. God Bless, Jim
IRVING MILLS (January 16, 1894 - April 21, 1985) It
don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 11, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #997
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
GRAMMY WINNER DEPARTS The Recording Academy
describes Manuel Galbán as a dynamic musician with a unique guitar style. We
hear the Grammy winning Cuban guitarist on recordings by Los Zafiros, Grupo
Batey and the Buena Vista Social Club. Galbán becomes an ambassador of Cuban
music throughout the entire world. His enduring talent covers several music categories:
calypso, bossa nova, bolero and Rock. During the 1940s, The Buena Vista Social
Club is a members' only club in Havana, Cuba that features dances and musical
activities. It becomes a popular location for musicians to meet and jam. In the
1990s, nearly 50 years after the club closes, it inspires a recording by Cuban
musician Juan de Marcos González and American guitarist Ry Cooder. They join
traditional Cuban musicians, some who are veterans of the club during the
height of its popularity, to record a tune called Buena Vista Social Club. The
song becomes an international success. With the passing of this fine Cuban
guitarist, the music world loses a passionate and legendary artist. His music
lives on forever in the hearts of his family, fans plus all of us who are moved
by his talent.
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DOVE AWARD WINNERS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT Jeff &
Sheri Easter receive two 2011 nominations for Country Album of the Year
(Expecting Good Things) and Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year (Workin’ on a
Road). In 2010, they win a Dove Award for Southern Gospel Song of the Year for
Born to Climb. In Los Angeles, CA they celebrate their second lifetime Grammy
nomination. On Friday, July 8, 2011 around 2:00 am, the group travels on US Hwy
82 in Lewisville, AR when a driver enters their lane which causes a collision.
They had just left their appearance in El Dorado, AR and are on their way to
Mesquite, TX. Sheri remembers: We were on a long stretch of road on Hwy 82
headed into Garland, AR. Our driver, Tyler, noticed one headlight coming toward
us in our lane. He veered to avoid hitting the driver. All of a sudden, the
driver of the car made a hard right hitting the side of our bus. Jeff says, We
called 911 and Madison, Kyle (drummer), Tyler (driver) and me went to check on
the man driving the car. He was fine and out of the 9 people involved in the
wreck, there were no injuries. Police arrest the uninsured driver of the car
and charge him with DWI.
NETWORK NEWS ANCHOR EXITS In 2010, CBS TV replaces
Harry Smith, along with Maggie Rodriguez and Dave Price on CBS's Early Show.
Just six months after that, CBS TV News veteran Harry Smith vacates the Eye
network to join NBC TV. According to broadcast news sources, Harry joins Brian
Williams' new NBC primetime show. In an email to his staff on Friday, July 08,
2011 CBS TV news president David Rhodes says: Harry Smith has been a fixture
here at CBS News for a generation. In my own recent time at CBS News I enjoyed
working with Harry as he reported from Egypt, Libya, Malta and Japan. NBC
confirms that Smith is joining the Peacock, but has no comment about his new
position at Williams' still-yet unnamed primetime hour. NBC will issue an
announcement on Monday.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first network radio
and television editorial broadcast? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CLARK HOWARD host of Dial Global's The Clark
Howard Show inducts into The Georgia Association of Broadcasters' Hall of Fame.
•LARRY KRUGER longtime Providence, RI radio personality and TV traffic reporter
who is Salty Brine's sidekick on Citadel's WPRO-630 morning show as Larry Ice
Cold Kruger dies at 66. The Rhode Island Radio Hall of Famer joins WPRO in
1973. •ENTERCOM announces on Thursday, July 7, 2011 that it dumps the
syndicated Jim Rome Show in favor of the live Bill Michaels Show from 11am to 2
pm weekdays on WSSP-1250 in Milwaukee, WNFL-1440 in Green Bay and WHBL-1330 in
Sheboygan. Michaels' 10 year contract with Journal WTMJ-620 Milwaukee does not
renew.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 HANK WILLIAMS records You Win Again at the
Castle Studio in Nashville, TN's Tulane Hotel on July 11th one day after his
divorce finalizes. He weds Audrey Sheppard in 1944. •1969 ROLLING STONES
release Honky Tonk Woman on July 11th. •1970 GARY LEVOX lead singer of Vocal
Group of the Year Rascal Flatts born on July 10th in Columbus, OH. •1987
HEART's single Alone remains at #1 for 3 weeks beginning on July 11th. •1993
JOHN ANDERSON's single Money In The Bank hits #1 in Billboard Country on July
10th. •2007 Lady Bird JOHNSON LBJ's wife dies of natural causes at 94 on July
11th.
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LEN HART (Geneva, Switzerland) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#991) June 27, 2011 [Monday] Jim, Just a quick line to bring
you up to date. When last we corresponded, you had mentioned that you would be
interested in my writing a short article about Houston radio. As I have not yet
written the article, I hope you don't think I am ignoring you. I was, in fact,
honored. But --I hope your offer is open ended. At the moment (in spite of some
computer glitches) I am at last wrapping up two screenplays, one of which has
already been well-received in Hollywood. Of course, like radio, there are no
guarantees in the film biz. But my attitude about films is not unlike my
approach to radio: if you have a good product, folk will buy; 'if you build it
(and it is good) they will come' :) By the way, one of my scripts will have
highly fictionalized references to the Houston radio scene circa the late
1970s. Keep up the great work, Len (http://classicacts.blogspot.com/)
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KEN DOWE [KLIF-1190 PD/DJ] (Dallas, TX) Subject:
Death of Cousin Linnie. Hi, Jim...Long time buddy Don Sundeen was kind enough
to be sure I saw your posting on the death of Cousin Linnie. Linnie was a
wonderful person who loved to embarrass me greatly every single time I saw
him...with his standard line: "Hey! Looka here. Y'all come over and meet
my man Ken Dowe! Ken gave me a job in the '60s...on not just a
"white" radio station, but one of the greatest stations of all time.
'Big KLIF in Dallas! THE MIGHTY 1190!' And, he never said a word about color.
He just said they needed a good jock, and he wanted me. How 'bout that?? Then,
I overhead a fella talkin' to Ken in the hall way right after I went on the air
at KLIF." "But, Ken. Cousin
Linnie is a black man." Ken was walking off, ignoring the fella, when he
said: "Is he? Linnie? Thanks for letting me know. I hadn't noticed."
Maybe I said it, and maybe I didn't. But, I did feel like that about this good
man. And, for decades...Ole Linnie just wouldn't let it go. I'll miss him...
Keep up the good work, Jim. I look forward to reading you every day. Your
friend, Ken
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MIKE SHUPING (Dallas-Carrollton, TX) Subject:
Linwood “Cousin Linnie” Henderson. Jim, This was in this morning's Dallas
Morning News. There was a 1/8 page obit on him. Mike 'Linwood “Cousin Linnie”
Henderson, longtime Dallas DJ, dies at 74 By Joe Simnacher Published July 8,
2011 10:50 PM Linwood “Cousin Linnie” Henderson was a household name to radio
listeners during his long disc jockey career in Dallas. He was the overnight
voice of KLIF-AM (1190) for about 15 years during the Top 40 station’s heyday,
beginning in the mid-1960s. Later, he developed a following as the afternoon
drive-time announcer...'
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JOE LADD (Houston, TX) Jim, Andy Waldrop failed to
mention that with the induction of Bill Bailey into the Country Music DJ Hall
of Fame on February 23rd in Nashville that he will be joining Arch Yancey and
Joe Ladd who also have been inducted in recent years. All three worked together
at KIKK Houston/Pasadena in the 60s and 70’s. Joe
TRIVIA ANSWER: On August 26, 1954 the first network
radio and television editorial is broadcast when CBS President Dr. Frank
Stanton pleas for open hearings by the U.S. Senate committee about the censure
resolution against Senator Joseph McCarthy. On September 2nd, Judge Harold R.
Medina of the U.S. Court of Appeals presents his case against the allowance of
radio and TV coverage of the hearings.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim:
"Burn-Ban" in effect in West TX & NO fireworks privately. City
shows exempt, but no cookouts unless using propane! Still in triple-digit temps
daily, as usual for past 3 weeks. Send rain & sunscreen. Have a happy
holiday! BOB
CHRISTY WHITEHEAD (Photography-Journalism) How is
it that one match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box of matches
to start a campfire?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 08, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #996
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
CRESCENT CITY ANCHORS HIT THE HIGH ROAD On
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 two morning TV anchors bid adieu in New Orleans, LA.
Melanie Hebert, who is with WDSU TV NBC CH6 since 2008, announces to her
viewers that she leaves to take some time off for awhile. Wayne Carter morning
anchor on Belo WWL TV CBS CH4 says adios just about a year after he joins the
operation. Bill Siegel, WWL TV news director, tells The Times-Picayune: He
wanted to pursue other opportunities. It was amicable, obviously. Randi
Rousseau will solo anchor WDSU TV’s morning newscast until Hebert’s replacement
arrives. WWL TV's website posts a Morning Show Anchor opening.
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NEW CALIFORNIA LAW CAUSES AFFILIATE EVACUATION
Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signs a new California budget that includes a requirement
that out-of-state Internet retailers must collect California sales tax. He
brags that his bill produces an estimated $317 million a year in new tax
revenues. Amazon warns that the new tax law presents a loss of $152 million in
California revenue. Amazon instantly terminates all 10,000 California
affiliates effective Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Paul Misener, Amazon's vice
president of global public policy, protests: This legislation is
counterproductive and will not cause our retail business to collect sales tax
for the state. Rebecca Madigan, executive director of trade group Performance
Marketing Association, fears: Many of about 25,000 affiliates in California,
especially larger ones with dozens of employees, are likely to leave the state.
The Sacramento Bee reports that California-based eBay which is a big name in
the state has also grown deeply concerned about the effects of the proposed
legislation. California lawmakers thought they were targeting Amazon.com, the
out-of-state giant... It turns out eBay Incorporated, California’s own golden
child of e-commerce, isn’t so thrilled about it, either. George Runner, a
member of the Board of Equalization, criticizes Brown's new tax law: Even as
Governor Jerry Brown lifted his pen to sign this legislation, thousands of
affiliates across California were losing their jobs. The so-called 'Amazon tax'
is truly a lose-lose proposition for California. Not only won’t we see the
promised revenues, we’ll actually lose income tax revenue as affiliates move to
other states.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when you see the
very first compatible color television program? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•ELIOT SPITZER's low-rated CNN talk show In The
Arena is canceled. If you remember after a sex scandal he resigns in disgrace
as New York's governor. •ANDERSON COOPER's AC360 at 10 pm on CNN moves to In
The Arena's former 8 pm spot. AC360 repeats at 10 pm. •JOHN KING USA CNN
relocates to 6 pm. •ERIN BURNETT CNN new hire takes over John King USA's former
7 pm position. •COX re-positions its under-performing 1980s format WPOI FM (The
Point 101.5) into CHR as Hot 101.5 to end Clear Channel WFLZ FM (93.3)'s
22-year run as Tampa, FL's only mainstream CHR which is #1 in both 18-34 and
25-54.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 KMOX TV (now KMOV) CBS CH4 in Saint Louis, MO
1st broadcast on July 8th. •1961 TOBY KEITH former semi-pro football player
(Should've Been A Cowboy #1 for 2 weeks-1993) born on July 8th in Clinton, OK.
•1979 MICHAEL WILDING Elizabeth Taylor's British actor husband (Waterloo-1970)
dies on July 8th at 66. •1987 HANK WILLIAMS JR.'s album Born To Boogie releases
on Warner/Curb records on July 7th. •1994 DICK SARGENT actor as Darren in TV's
Bewitched dies of cancer on July 8th at 64. •2000 LEE ANN WOMACK's single I
Hope You Dance begins 5-weeks at #1 on Billboard Country on July 8th.
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MICHAEL O'SHEA (Bellingham, WA) Subject: Cuzzin
Linnie. Hi Jim...We appreciate your posting email remembrances of the beloved
Cousin Linnie Henderson, KLIF-1190, circa late sixties and early 70's.
"The Cuz" was a unique on-air performer and a warm, considerate,
giving man, with a heart of gold. I was on staff at KLIF when Ken Dowe hired
Cousin Linnie in '69, then (I) became KLIF's program director in 1970...and it
is Ken to whom I give all the credit for breaking the radio color barrier. But
in those days I don't recall one single utterance about hiring a black dee jay
at a big mainstream radio station like KLIF. I just recall that Linnie brought
a great attitude, terrific energy and all around likability, transcending any
color coding. My thoughts go to his wife, Lovee and family. Linwood Henderson
was a class guy who will be loved and remembered by many for a long time.
Michael O'Shea; Bellingham, WA
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#995) July 06,
2011 [Wednesday] Great memories my man! "OL Cactus (Jack Pryor) was my
mentor and lifetime friend. When I got back to Austin in 2000 the first thing I
did was go to KLBJ and visit with Cacti. He almost cried when we recalled all
the old days in Austin. I have another old friend who used to own the jazz
station KJZZ (I think that's what it was called) in 1960. Cactus has the
Alzheimer’s disease...too sad. Austin was a wonderful place in those days...glad
you got a taste of it. We still go to Stonewall to get those terrific peaches!
Have a goodun...JG
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: William A.
"Rascal" McCaskill. Jim and Lacy, It's really amazing. It honestly
is. I thought this time we'd probably lose him. God once again said yes to our
prayers and is letting him stay awhile longer. Thanks for letting his friends
know. Bill
JOANNE BUSSELL (Houston, TX) You know, I have
searched for airchecks and every site I find charges for them? Idea. That may
very well be your cash cow. You can use keywords in your embedding to make
Google hit it on the first or second search page. Kess knows how to work it.
He's a night owl too and just sent an e-mail thanking me for this referral. As
for being a night owl, I have worked nights & overnights all my life. Since
I began radio in Huntsville, Alabama at age 15, my nighttime creativity is not
easy to time-shift. And I love my nights. Jo Bussell, Houston (Former Oldies
KLDE, Mix 96.5, Metro Traffic, Clear Channel, Atlanta's Z93 and V103)
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JOHN BUTLER [KLIF-1190 DJ] (Dallas, TX) Yes Jim, it
was a thrill to be behind the mic for both of us at KLIF (1190). Ted Agnew was
a great News Director and hired super talent. You were one of them. One thing
for sure, we have lived through the best years in broadcasting and music.
Thanks for all the dedication and work you put into your column. Best wishes to
you. - John
TRIVIA ANSWER: On October 8, 1953 the first
compatible color television program is CBS TV's Eye Opener. An example of the
performers includes Pat Kilts who is a professional trick roper and trick rider
from the 1930s who begins her performances as a child. In 1953, she signs a
CBS-TV contract for $250 to appear on Eye Opener. Since 1987, Pat and her
husband operate a hay and cattle ranch just east of Joseph, OR in Wallowa
County.
SCOTT GILBERT (Houston-League City, TX) Subject:
Brett Clanton. I've been reading about Brett in the last issues of your
newsletter, but nobody's mentioned that he's been doing sports on KPRC TV for a
while now. Or, is he out of that too? Thank you very much, Scott Gilbert; The
Radio Mall
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Mother-In-Law. Hello Jim: In your July 4th Issue #994 you closed w/quote from
Ernie K. Doe (Ernest Kador, Jr) of "Mother-In-Law" fame, 1961.
Ironically, he passed away on July 5, 2001 @ 65. He first recorded in 1955
& opened his "Mother-In-Law" Lounge in New Orleans, 1995. The
deep-voice open & refrain on his hit-record was that of Benny Spellman, who
died @ 79 on June 3, 2011. Both artists were inducted into the Louisiana Music
Hall of Fame in 2009. Bob & Sonny Lee
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON (1805-1875) Every tale must
end at last.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 06, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #995
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TV PREDATOR CHASER BUSTED Dateline NBC's TV series
To Catch a Predator has behind the scenes cameras that capture footage of males
who travel miles to meet in person underage girls and guys who they encounter
on the Internet. But when the show's host Chris Hansen along with his camera
crew strut out from behind closed doors we hear all kinds of excuses of why the
obvious predator is there. Well, undercover cameras catch Predator's host Chris
Hansen cheating on his wife with WPTV TV reporter Kristyn Caddell, who is 20
years younger than he is. The National Enquirer says that Hansen has an ongoing
affair with the young lass for about four months. Chris lives in Connecticut
with his wife and two sons. But recently he spends time in South Florida on a
story about the disappearance of a local man who is missing since 2006. A
source tells the Enquirer that Hansen and Caddell first meet in the VIP area of
a West Palm Beach club and there was an immediate physical attraction between
them. The Enquirer receives a tip about the alleged affair. So they set up a
sting operation to catch Hansen in his alleged relationship with the young,
blonde TV reporter. Last weekend, the Enquirer films the two lovebirds as they
enjoy a romantic dinner before they spend the night together in her apartment.
And the beat goes on.
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RONALD REAGAN TURNS 100 YEARS OLD The world
remembers President Ronald Reagan as The Great Communicator. But some of us may
not recall that from 1934-1937 former President Ronald Reagan in his young life
is a radio announcer. According to www.rockhawk.com/Iowa.htm WOC-1420
Davenport, IA is the first commercial radio station west of the Mississippi River
and in 1932 it is the first radio station to hire Ronald Reagan. He moves on up
to bigger and better things on 50,000 watt clear channel NBC affiliate WHO-1040
in Des Moines, IA. In 1937, Ronald Reagan's film debut is in Love Is on the Air
where he plays a radio announcer. Ronald's acting career extends from 1937 to
1964. The former President is born on February 6, 1911. He dies in 2004 after a
struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Former British Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher sighs that Reagan brought millions of people to freedom. On July 4,
2011 a statue to commemorate President Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday unveils
in London to coincide with America's Independence Day celebrations. Neither
former First Lady Nancy Reagan, nor former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher are
able to attend the event. The Independent reports that former US Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice and former British Foreign Secretary William Hague are
there to sing the praises of the Hollywood actor turned leader of the free world.
Hague says: Statues bring us to face to face with our heroes long after they
are gone. Hail to the Chief!
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the first big television
quiz show debut? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•ALL MY CHILDREN's final episode airs on ABC TV on
September 23, 2011. The multiple-Emmy-winning soap opera begins more than 41
years ago. •KBPO-1150 Vision Latina in Port Neches, TX receives a $25,000 FCC
fine for failing to maintain a main studio, meaningful staff, management
presence and failing to maintain a complete public file. Each time the FCC
agent visits the station the door is locked. No sign of any employees. Later,
an employee informs the inspector that his boss is in Mexico and will be back
in a week. •KOBW FM Clear Channel Classic Rock (104.1 The Brew) Houma/New
Orleans, LA flips to Voodoo 104.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 JOHN JORGENSON guitarist with The Desert Rose
Band (also Pam Tillis, Rick Trevino and Mary Chapin Carpenter) born on July 6th
in Madison, WI. •1965 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE forms their Rock group on July 6th.
•1974 ANNE MURRAY's remake of He Thinks I Still Care on July 6th is her first
#1 Billboard Country single.•1980 GAIL PATRICK actress in My Man Godfrey dies
of leukemia on July 6th at 69. •1991 ALAN JACKSON's single Don't Rock The
Jukebox begins a three-week stay at #1 on Billboard Country on July 6th. •2003
BUDDY EBSEN star of TV's The Beverly Hillbillies dies on July 6th at 95.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers
Radio (#993) July 01, 2011 [Friday] Jim, thanks for the update on Dick Mock.
re: your tribute to Glen Campbell. Did you know Glen Campbell got his start in
Albuquerque on KOB TV, his uncle had a country music show called "The K
circle B" show on KOB TV and Glen would 'guest' on it some times. Yes, it
is a small world. No fire works this 4th of July, too dry and too many fires in
New Mexico. Pray for rain. Remember, 'praying' for rain is "hope",
carrying an umbrella is "faith". Frank
SAM LEE (Beverly Hills, CA) Subject: Dallas Radio
Has Lost a Legend, Linwood Henderson, Better Known as Cuzzin' Linnie.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/07/dallas_radio_has_lost_a_legend.php.
Sam Lee; The Zeitgeist Corporation (www.ZeitgeistCorp.org)
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JOHN BUTLER [KLIF-1190 DJ] (Dallas, TX) Subject: Cuzzin'
Linnie. Hi Jim, I am saddened by the news of Cuzzin' Linnie's death. I worked
with Linwood Henderson at KLIF (1190) when Gordon McLendon hired him. The Cuz
was a great big ball of energy. He put all his energy into doing his show;
loved doing his show and his audience loved him. The last time I talked with
him was about a year ago. We had fun remembering the "good ole days"
of KLIF and rock n' roll radio. Jim, as you apply pointed out, the Cuz was also
a reflection of Gordon McLendon's innovative thinking in programming. He
recognized Henderson's talent and gave him an opportunity. - John Butler Former
KLIF DJ
MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject:
Services announced for Cuzzin' Linnie. Services for Linwood
Henderson/"Cuzzin' Linnie" are as follows: Wake - Friday, July 8th,
7:15 to 8:15 pm. Celebration of Life Legacy - Saturday, July 9th at 9 am. Both
@ Golden Gate Funeral Home, 4155 S. R.L. Thornton Frwy, Dallas, TX. 75224.
214-941-7332. Thanks Kaye Fullylove and Maria D for the info. (www.knus99.com/)
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: William A.
"Rascal" McCaskill. Rascal reports that after a nearly 40 day stay in
a Victoria, Texas nursing home, he is back home. He has gained back 18 lbs of
his weight loss and can once again walk without his walker. For digestion,
though, he has to eat pureed food...even his pizza. Bill Cherry
RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#990) June 24, 2011 [Friday] HI Jim: I hope things
continue to go well for you. On Glen Campbell he was also a "Beach
Boy" He played on a few early sessions and when Brian Wilson didn't go out
on tour with the boys, he was Brian's "sub". He also has been
credited with playing guitar on the Champs big hit "Tequila",
supposedly with Dash Croft and Jimmy Seals who later officially became known in
he 70's as Seals and Croft. Keep rocking on! Ray Whitworth
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SCOTT GILBERT (Houston-League City, TX) Subject:
The Radio Mall. I keep up databases of all of the radio & TV stations in
the US. We sell sound effects, music libraries, production music and so forth
to radio stations. We also sell our different databases to broadcast related
businesses and individuals. Sign me up! Please! Scott Gilbert; The Radio Mall
TRIVIA ANSWER: On June 7, 1955 The $64,000 Question
with host Hal March debuts on CBS TV as the first big television quiz show.
During its 1955-56 season it is the #1 rated scheduled primetime program. In
1955, the show wins an Emmy for Best Audience Participation Series (Quiz,
Panel, etc.).
DAVE DWORKIN (Minneapolis, MN) Subject: Elkins
Institute. Scott (Gilbert) forwarded me your letter as he knew I would find it
of interest. Yes, my name is Dave and I'm an Elkie. I went to the Minneapolis
outpost of Elkins in 1972. By this time FM was in full swing and only
directional AM's needed a jock with a first class license. But I wanted to work
at a specific AM/FM combo, so I got my first ticket. The Dallas location closed
its doors in 1990. It took me six years to reach my target station (KQRS AM/FM)
but I never worked anywhere that required that license again. Regards! Dave Dworkin
- Owner The Radio Mall
HERBERT GARDNER (December 28, 1934 - September 25,
2003) Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them
almost anything.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 04, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #994
LACY AND I WISH YOU A HAPPY AND SAFE 4TH OF JULY!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
LONGTIME DALLAS, TX RADIO DJ EXPIRES During the
1950s, 1960s and 1970s Gordon McLendon perfects Top 40 radio on his powerhouse
The Mighty 11-90 KLIF-1190 as it completely dominates the Dallas, TX airwaves.
The Old Scotsman gets credit for establishing many radio innovations. His
KLIF-1190 is also the first Top 40 radio station in America to hire a black DJ.
In 1969, a young black fellow by the name of Linwood Henderson becomes
KLIF-1190's all night DJ. He establishes himself as Cuzzin' Linnie and becomes
a very popular air personality. In 1974, Cuzzin' Linnie moves over to 105.3 MOR
KXXK FM (ex KMAP FM). For many years, he is heard on Soul 73 KKDA-730 (ex
KPCN-730) until 1998. Since last year Henderson is ill. Recently, his care
giver Maryann tells us: ...just to let you know that Linnie is back in the
hospital and declining rapidly. His organs are starting to shut down and they
are just going to keep him comfortable until something happens. Friday morning
brings us the sad news that Linwood Henderson passes away in his sleep on
Thursday night.
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MORNING RADIO SHOW SHAKEUP Lana Hughes and J.P. Pritchard's
morning news show on KTRH-740 is the longest-running in Houston, TX. Lana and
J.P., who both are 63, host KTRH's four-hour morning news block for 27 years.
In 2009, they are inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. But in radio all
things must pass. On Tuesday morning at 5 am their replacements, Matt Patrick
is the new host along with former Denver, CO talk show host Lois Melkonian as
news reader hit the local airwaves. The new show's format is supposed to mirror
Fox TV News' Fox and Friends. KTRH-740's current lineup includes syndicated
political conservatives Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. The 52 year
old Patrick is in radio since 1979 on stations in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland
and South Bend, IN. His resume says that he likes to engage, entertain and
discuss local and national events from a conservative viewpoint. He brags: I'm
excited to be in Houston. It's not easy to be replacing somebody who has been
on the air for so long...I'm excited to be part of that.
JUDGE SUES TV REPORTER The Nashville Business
Journal reports that Nashville General Sessions Judge Daniel Eisenstein files a
law suit against News Channel 5 WTVF TV and its investigative reporter Phil
Williams for libel. The City Paper reports that Eisenstein's suit differs with
a July 2010 story by Williams: Is Another Nashville Judge Under Ethics
Investigation? Eisenstein disputes that story. He argues that Williams pursues
the story in retaliation for the way Eisenstein presides over Williams' two
parking tickets issued in May 2010. And the beat goes on.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when Omnibus
debuts on CBS TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•MICHAEL SMERCONISH debuts on Talk KIKK-650
Houston, TX on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 from 11:00am-2:00pm. •THE SCHNITT SHOW
debuts on Talk KIKK-650 Houston, TX on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 from
2:00pm-5:00pm. •LAUREN BECKHAM FALCONE Boston Herald writer joins the Loren
& Wally Morning Show on WROR FM (105.7) to replace longtime morning show
news personality Sue Cope. •RONALD REAGAN former USA President becomes a member
of the National Radio Hall of Fame's Class of 2011. The induction ceremony and
national broadcast takes place on Saturday, November 5, 2011 in Chicago, IL.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WMSL TV (WYUR, now WAFF) ABC CH48 in
Huntsville, AL begins broadcasting on July 4th. •1960 TEDDY CARR steel
guitarist with Ricochet (Daddy's Money #1 two weeks-1996) born on July 4th in
Lafayette, TN. •1970 CASEY KASEM's American Top 40 debuts on LA radio on July
4th. •1982 RONNIE MILSAP's single Any Day Now strikes #1 on Billboard country
on July 3rd. •1997 CHARLES KURALT news anchor on CBS Sunday Morning program
dies at 62 on July 4th. •2010 TOBY KEITH performs at the Charles River
Esplanade in Boston, MA on the CBS special Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on
July 4th.
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FRANK HALEY [Former KLIF-1190 Newscaster]
(Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#985) June 13, 2011 [Monday]
Jim, JOHN BASS [KLIF-1190 Newscaster] (Tyler, TX) is correct; those really were
the "good old days" we just didn't know it. First News First!! The
mighty 1190, KLIF was the king. Have a blessed week my friend.
SAM LEE [Former KLIF-1190 Newscaster] (Beverly
Hills, CA) To: Sam Lee. From: MaryAnn. Subject: Linnie. Sam, Linnie (KLIF-1190
DJ) passed away tonight (Thursday) at 7pm. I'll let you know later of the
arrangements. At least he's not hurting anymore. MaryAnn From: Sam Lee. Jim,
When I hear from Mary about Cuz I'll send it ASAP. Have a happy holiday, my
brother. Sam Lee; The Zeitgeist Corporation (www.ZeitgeistCorp.org}
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Cuzzin'
Linnie. Jim, You've probably heard, but in case you haven't, Cuzzin' Linnie
(KLIF 1190, Soul 73 KKDA, KNON) has passed away. He will be missed by many fans
& friends. Here's an article with more info:
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/07/dallas_radio_has_lost_a_legend.php
You & Lacy have a peaceful & safe 4th of July weekend, David Faulkner
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JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
memories. Mike Shannon seems to be a young man who cares about others more than
himself. He helped the family with Sam's (Pate) memorial and did a wonderful
job. Lots of foot work. Sorry to hear of Dick Mock. He was one guy you either
liked or didn't. (if you worked with him) You were speaking of the shooting of
reporters reminded me of when Sam was surprised with a car bomb. He got into
his car to go to the station and when he turned the key, wham. Just barely
burned as the bomb was placed in a place it did not do much damage. Scared him enough he started carrying
protection. This happened shortly after Kennedy was assassinated.
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FR. BOB TOMLINSON (Ft. Worth-Hurst, TX) Subject:
Ballot for TRHoF. Hi Jim, Thought I'd let you know I've put my ballot in the
mail for the TRHoF. Yes I did vote for you. I certainly hope this is your year.
A lot of names I know and many I don't know. Not many from small markets. I
think there really should be a division, with large medium and small market
inductees. Some of us labored long and hard in small to barely medium markets
who might never be recognized. I read with interest Lee Anderson's remarks
about the FCC visit. Same thing happened to me. I was working nights at KIOX in
Bay City one night when the FCC inspector just walked in. The last person
leaving the building had left the front door open and he just walked in. Yes
back then you could leave doors unlocked and be safe. When I saw the badge I
thought he had said FBI and I wondered "Oh, dang, what I done". He
calmed me down and while I called the manager (Jeff McClain, I think) he
started looking at logs and such. Only problem we had was a meter that was out
on our directional array. Two hours later he was on his way and the rest of my
career I never saw another inspector. More memories as I think of them. Fr. Bob
Tomlinson; Fort Worth, Texas
TRIVIA ANSWER: On November 9, 1952 Omnibus debuts
on CBS TV live on Sunday afternoons at 4:00pm Eastern time. Its host is
Alistair Cooke with assorted subjects such as science, the arts and the
humanities. While on CBS TV the program wins three Emmy awards. In 1957, the
program relocates to NBC TV until 1961. In 1981, ABC TV revives the series for
a brief time.
DAVID PERKINS (Fort Worth, TX) Subject: Happy
Birthday America, and hello Jimbo and Lacy. Long time no talk to, so. We've got
a new addition to the Perkins family. No not another granddaughter (we got six
now) but a new little brother for "old man" Benny -who is six.
Another mutt Mini Schnauzer mix, Max, 13
pound rompin' stompin' shoe and house chewer, was rescued by us at the
Fort Worth Humane Society. I'm teaching him to howl like Wolfman Jack so loud
Lacy will sit up and wag her tail. Wish we had more room. I'd take on some of
those orphans from Alabama and Joplin. Hope everything is well down in Houston.
Heading down close to Brazoria to visit Mother in Law. Life is good. Take care.
David Perkins (WBAP and KPRC Charlie Brown)
ERNIE K-DOE (February 22, 1936 - July 5, 2001) The
worst person I know (Mother-in law, mother-in law) She worries me so. If she'd
leave us alone...we would have a happy home. Sent from down below. Mother in
Law. Mother in Law.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 01, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #993
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ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
SHOTS FIRED AT TV NEWS VAN News happenings often
place radio and TV reporters in harm's way. Have many tales about where the
KBOX-1480 mobile news unit takes me on the streets of Dallas, TX in 1971 and
1972. But never experience any gun play while on duty. Not so for WCVB TV ABC
CH5 reporter Kimberly Bookman in Boston, MA. Her news van is fired upon as she
and a photographer finish up a story about a gunfight that happens earlier.
According to the Boston Herald as the two pack up their gear after a report on
the late newscast, they hear gunshots. Two bullets hit the WCVB TV van. Neither
of them receive injuries. Police do not believe that they are the targets of
the gunfire. Andrew Vrees, WCVB news director, issues a memo to staff that
states police do recover the firearm which they believe is used in the
shooting. The firearm is under investigation for fingerprints and DNA. Cops at
the scene report that the gun they find on the street has fired at least nine
shots.
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BERMAN RETURNS TO TODAY SHOW On Wednesday morning,
June 29, 2011 Matt Lauer announces on NBC TV's Today show: It is a pleasure–and
we mean that–to welcome back our good friend, Len Berman. The veteran New York
sportscaster contributes to the Today show for 20 years before his WNBC TV
contract expires in 2009 and is not renewed. WNBC sends Berman packing in
spring 2009 after 24 years with the station. Berman tells FishbowlNY I’m
thrilled to reconnect with my good buddies Matt, Al, Ann, and Natalie on Today.
A great crew on and off camera. It was always one of my highlights. From 1979
to 1982, while at WCBS TV, Berman creates Spanning the World. The series makes
its return on Wednesday.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first sponsored Television
Spectacular variety show? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•MARCIUS DORVILUS age 30 is charged with a felony
for a pirate radio station. The Broward County Sheriff and the FCC shut down
his FM radio station on 92.7 for unauthorized transmission. The Palm Beach Post
reports that the man rents a room where the FCC confiscates a transmitter,
mixer and a laptop. •WTKK FM (Boston Talks 96.9) adds Philadelphia
lawyer-turned-political commentator syndicated The Michael Smerconish Program
to its daily lineup 6-10 pm. •TED ROWLANDS former reporter on KTVU TV Fox CH36
San Francisco, KSBW TV ABC CH8 Salinas-Monterey and KBJR TV NBC CH6 Duluth
heads back to the Midwest as CNN’s Chicago-based correspondent. Ted is the
first fulltime CNN correspondent in Chicago in nearly two years since Susan
Rosegen was let go.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KTVH TV (now KWCH) CBS CH12 in
Hutchinson-Wichita, KS begins broadcasting on July 1st. •1961 MICHELLE WRIGHT (Take
It Like A Man #10-1992) born on July 1st in Morpeth-Chatham, Ontario, Canada.
•1975 LIV TYLER (daughter of Rock singer Steven Tyler) actress as Arwen in The
Lord of the Rings trilogy born on July 1st in NYC. •1980 JOHN ANDERSON's
self-titled debut album releases on Warner Brothers records on July 1st. •1995
WOLFMAN JACK (Robert Weston Smith) DJ on 250,000 watt XERF-1570 Ciudad Acuńa,
Mexico/TV host of The Midnight Special dies at 57 on July 1st. •2005 JOE DON
ROONEY Rascal Flatts guitarist is engaged to Tiffany Fallon aboard a cruise
ship in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on June 30th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#992) June 29, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim, have you heard anything
about Dick Mock and the Joplin, MO tornado he was in?? Paul Menard and Jimmy
Rabbit know the details. Did I miss you mention of him...or what?? frank
PAUL MENARD (San Diego, CA) Former Irving Harrigan
of Charlie and Harrigan on KCBQ-1170 reports: Richard (Mock) has had some
recent misfortune and has lost everything. He lived in Joplin (MO) and when the
tornado hit...he lost it all. On the block where he lived there were 6 homes.
Every home was totally destroyed and every resident was killed...except Richard
and his caregiver...an ambulance took him to St John’s Hospital in Springfield
where he’s been since the tornado hit. His condition has improved and he will
finally be able to go home this Thursday (June 30, 2011).
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#992) June 29, 2011 [Wednesday] It is with regret that I
report to you the passing of Alex Price (Kissire). Alex passed away Monday,
June 27th, just after midnight. He had been in hospice care. I worked with Alex
at KROZ (92.3) in Tyler back in 81 and he was a really unique character and a
great fellow. He had a career that included KLIF (1190) in Dallas during the
70's and over 30 years in Tyler radio. I had lost touch with Alex over the last
several years, but he is one fellow that you don't forget. Jeff Cunningham, DC
(www.zoesplaceclinic.com) / (www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: The Five
Americans. Jim, Mike Rabon, former leader of the 60's Rock 'n' Roll group
"The Five Americans" has written a new book called "High
Strung". I'm sure many of your DJ readers played "I See The
Light", "Western Union" or their other hits. The book deals with
how the group got started, a crooked manager/record company owner, his
lack-of-talent want-to-be-a-singer son, no royalties for the group, personal
appearances, sex, drugs, groupies, but mostly with how Mike lived through a
life of fame, alcohol, and drugs. The book is available at Amazon, Barnes &
Noble, and www.thefiveamericans.com where you can also see old videos of the
group. Just thought you might want to pass this along someday when you have
some extra space in the letter. Thanks, Bud
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#991) June 27, 2011 [Monday] Hi Jim! Just responding to a
couple of posts on the last JRRR. Comedian (and now rap artist) Jamie Foxx was
indeed from Terrell, TX. In fact, the
city's Bradshaw Street has been co-named "Jamie Foxx Way," and the
commemorative red street sign there also has a football helmet insignia with
the number "12" on it, to celebrate Foxx's athletic contributions to
Terrell High School (where he was known under his real name, Eric Bishop.)
Jamie Foxx Way is just off Moore St/Hwy 80, not far from the old KTER studios.
BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#990) June 24, 2011 [Friday] Hi Jim, I sure enjoyed your
tribute to Glen Campbell. I enjoy his music very much, and like what you have
to say about him. Hope you and Lacy are doing fantastic! Your Friend, Blazin’
Blake still live and awake! (www.blazinblake.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: The first sponsored Television
Spectacular variety show is Ford's 50th Anniversary Program. The live, two-hour
show airs on both NBC TV and CBS TV at the same time from 9:00 to 11:00 pm on
June 15, 1953. Ford Motor Company presents the show without commercial
interruption. Its hosts are Edward R. Murrow and Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical
numbers are by Rudy Vallee, Bing Crosby (on film), Frank Sinatra (on film),
Eddie Fisher, Marian Anderson, Ethel Merman and Mary Martin. Lowell Thomas
appears in a piece about old-time radio. The program features a look back at
the history of the United States and the world up to 1953. Also featured is
archive footage of Charles Chaplin, Winston Churchill, Greta Garbo, John
Gilbert and Al Jolson. In person are Wally Cox, Kukla and Ollie, Burr
Tilstrom's puppets and others. Henry Ford II closes out the program with a hope
for peace and prosperity in the future.
CASEY JAMES (Houston, TX) Subject: Texas radio hall
of Fame. I just sent in my votes to the Radio hall of fame for Chuck Buell, Jim
Rose of KULF (790) legend and I sure encourage others to do the same. The
smooth golden throats of Jim Rose, Chuck Buell, Jim Tate, Roger ST John and the
only radio station that had its own night club in The Central Bank building
should never be forgotten, God bless, Casey James Putnam
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON (May 29, 1874 – June 14,
1936) The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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June 29, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #992
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
CNN SPORTS ANCHOR PASSES Nick Charles, CNN's very
first sports anchor, dies at 64 of bladder cancer on Saturday, June 25, 2011.
CNN says that he battles the disease since 2009. Nick starts as a CNN sports
anchor on June 1, 1980, which is the same day that the network begins. For
almost two decades he co-hosts Sports Tonight with Fred Hickman. Charles grows
up in inner-city Chicago and puts himself through college as a taxi driver. He
still drives a taxi on the day that he auditions for his first TV job at WICS
TV ABC CH20 in Springfield, IL. His birth name is Nick Nickeas but someone
tells him that his Greek surname sounds too ethnic. So, at 24 he becomes Nick
Charles. His TV career takes him to Baltimore and Washington, DC before CNN hires
him at their launch. Jim Walton, Nick's field producer in his early days and
current president of CNN Worldwide, says: His passing is a loss to CNN, to the
sports world and to the fans and friends everywhere who were with him to the
end of his extraordinary life.
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BAYOU CITY REPORTER MOVES ON Dave Fehling, 18 year
reporter on Belo KHOU TV CBS CH11 in Houston, TX decides to try something else.
In 1989, Fehling first joins KHOU TV. From 1994-98, he is a CBS News
correspondent. He later becomes a key member of KHOU TV's investigative team.
In addition to his reports on KHOU TV, he also teaches broadcast news courses
at the University of Houston. KHOU TV executive news director Philip Bruce says
about Dave: He has the talent and experience to do many more great things in
whatever he wants to pursue.
FIRST FCC INSPECTION One very cold, dark November
or December morning in 1972 when I'm PD/MD/AM Drive DJ on KBER FM-AM in San
Antonio, TX a guy in a fancy three-piece suit enters the control room. Figure
that he is just another record promo guy but why is he here so early in the
morning? Tell him to wait while I get out of the break. Turn around to look at
him. He lunges forward and flips out his ID holder. This is not The Man from
Glad. This is the real thing. He is a government FCC inspector! In all my years
in radio this is a first for me. In an FBI voice he says call the GM and Chief
Engineer and tell them to get here pronto. So, I call the owner, A.V. Bamford,
who also is the GM and tell him that we have been raided by the FCC. Faster
than I can say you are busted both the GM and the CE arrive at the scene of the
investigation.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the host of the popular
1950s series General Electric Theater? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•JEFF PROBST Emmy-winning host of Survivor signs a
contract for a syndicated one-hour CBS TV talk show that debuts in fall 2012.
•MIKE VAUGHN VP/GM of Nexstar KNWA-KFTA in Fayetteville-Ft. Smith, AR moves on up
to VP/GM of KARK-KARZ Nexstar's Little Rock duopoly. •U2 and Bruce Springsteen
pay tribute to Clarence Clemons at a concert in Anaheim, CA on Saturday night,
June 18, 2011. Bono says his sax playing is a beautiful, symphonic sound. Eddie
Vedder dedicates Better Man to Clarence. •GARY MARENZI MGM's top international
TV executive exits after four years. •LADY GAGA is sued by a law firm in
Michigan that alleges she keeps some of the proceeds from the We Pray For Japan
bracelets that she sells to fans to raise money for the earthquake recovery
effort in Japan.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 XETV TV IND CH6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA
begins broadcasting on June 29th. •1968 TAMMY WYNETTE's single D-I-V-O-R-C-E
lands at #1 in Billboard Country on June 29th. •1978 BOB CRANE former radio DJ
who is Colonel Hogan on TV's Hogan's Heroes series is murdered at 59 on June
29th. •1987 ROSANNE CASH's single King's Record Shop is named after Gene King's
music store on West Jefferson Street in Louisville, KY. Gene is brother of
Country Music Hall Of Fame member Pee Wee King. •1995 LANA TURNER Screen Siren
known as the Sweater Girl stars in Madame X dies on June 29th at 74 of throat
cancer because of years of heavy smoking. •2009 TRACE ADKINS' single Honky Tonk
Badonkadonk goes Platinum on June 29th.
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ROBERT [Bob] MILLER (Detroit-Plymouth, MI) Subject:
Norro Wilson. Hi Jim, Got a note from an old friend, Norro Wilson yesterday.
He's retired and enjoying his 11 month old grand child. He says he practicing
some "spoliation" on her. Folks ought to remember Norro for his song
writing as well as having produced most of the giants in country music. His hit
songs included "Behind Closed Doors" and The Most Beautiful Girl in
the World" performed by Charley Rich. Anyway, he's a great guy with some
great stories and we spent some time in the Virgin Islands back in the early
80's. Bob Miller Plymouth, Michigan
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JOANNE BUSSELL (Houston, TX) Subject: Lee
Anderson's post, my .02. I could relate quite well to Lee Anderson's post in
your previous issue. The FCC Inspector walked into WSGN, Birmingham when I was
on duty. The Agent did much the same as Lee described. This guy whipped out the
badge and picture ID just as the TV feds do. The dude even wore a shoulder
holster. Yep. I was face to face with "The Man". He knew he had
scared the…outta me and asked for my transmitter log. Thank God I had it caught
up that day...other days not so much. He said "Who's the engineer on
duty?" I told him I was. He laughed and said "Woman engineer? There
ain't no woman engineers!" So I called the FCC Agent a "male
chauvinist pig" which was our word back in the day. I pointed to my First
Class license on the wall, remember those? The Agent was so taken aback by my
smart mouth that he left laughing. Next day there were two dozen roses in my
production room and a note from "The Man" asking me to kindly have
dinner with him. I did. We got married soon after. That was Husband #1. I refer
to him as Fed-X.
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#991) June 27, 2011 [Monday] Hi Jim! Bob Crowley asked
about Brent Clanton. Unfortunately, the news he heard is true...Brent's deal
with KIKK (650) in Houston ends on June 30 as CBS is changing the station's
format. Brent was my boss as well in recent years, and an upstanding man and
informative radio talk show host. I'm sure he'll have no problem finding
another home for his morning program in the Houston area very soon. Thanks,
Jim, for all you do, and take care! Mike
Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
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do you read JRRR? Hi, My name is Norma Elliott and I live in La Porte, Harris
County, TX. Harris county is the same county Houston is in. La Porte, TX is
probably about 25 miles from the east side of Houston. I am trying to get some
information about the radio station in Pasadena, TX in the 60's which, as I
have read, Roy Lemons was there at that time. Is there any way I can get an
email address for him? You have a very interesting website. Enjoyed reading it.
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1953 the filmed anthology series
General Electric Theater begins. At the beginning of its 1954 season, Ronald
Reagan is its host through its end on September 16, 1962.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim: We
will now exchange cigars! My records show Waylon (Jennings) was youngest DJ in
America @ 12 when he started in radio. He & Jessi (Colter) met at JD's club
in Phoenix (Mesa), where Waylon performed regularly. At his death on 2/13/02,
they lived in nearby Chandler, but he is buried in Mesa. On Valentine's Day,
2/14, Jessi received as usual candy & flowers (ordered earlier) from
Waylon! They were indeed a dynamic pair. I was at Tennessee Theater in
Nashville in mid 60's for premiere of his movie, "Nashville Rebel",
hosted by Dick Clark. Their son, Shooter Jennings, is a recording artist &
lives in L.A. Best to you & Lacy...BOB
WAYLON JENNINGS (June 15, 1937-February 13, 2002)
So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess.
I never wanted to be.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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June 27, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #991
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
OH...JUST ONE MORE THING One of our most popular TV
shows features the lovable Los Angeles police homicide detective Lieutenant
Columbo in his rumpled tan raincoat. Columbo begins in fall 1971 as one of
three 90-minute shows on the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie. It alternates with
McMillan and Wife and McCloud. Columbo becomes the top show of the trio. By the
time that Lt. Columbo arrives on the scene we TV viewers already know who
commits the crime. But our enjoyment comes as we watch how Columbo pieces
together the clues. His phrase, Oh just more thing completely unravels the
criminals. Peter wins four Emmys for his starring role in the television
detective series, Columbo. In 1959 and 1960, he also receives Academy Award
nominations for movies. Falk suffers from Alzheimer's disease plus advanced
dementia that intensifies after his series of dental operations in 2007. At a
conservatorship hearing in 2009 a doctor testifies that Falk suffers from
dementia and cannot remember the Columbo role which makes him famous and dear
to our hearts. Sad to report that Columbo's star Peter Falk dies at 83 at his
home in Beverly Hills, CA on Thursday evening, June 23, 2011. In a more than
50-year acting career that spans Broadway, movies and television, Peter Falk
appears in more than 50 movies. A co-star in one of his movies, Gena Rowlands,
tells the Times: Today we lost someone who was very special and dear to my
heart. Not only a wonderful actor but a very great friend.
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MUSIC PRODUCER'S HOME CATCHES ON FIRE Famed
Nashville, TN record producer Cowboy Jack Clement's Belmont area home catches
on fire. Clement is in the back yard when his girlfriend’s son hears smoke detectors
going off upstairs. A few minutes after 2 pm, the fire crew arrives. Happy to
say that everyone, including Jack's three cats, Fred and Ginger and Edwina, get
out of the house safely with no injuries. Inside his house are recordings and
other memorabilia from a lifetime of producing records. His favorite guitar, a
Gibson J200 that he buys in 1951, is saved from the blaze. Sun records owner
Sam Phillips hires him as a producer. At Sun Jack engineers and produces
records for Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Charlie
Rich. He pitches She Thinks I Still Care to George Jones which lands at #1. He
writes Charley Pride's first two hits, Just Between You and Me and I Know One,
plus he produces Pride's first 13 albums on RCA records. Clement writes several
songs for Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Ray Charles, Carl Perkins, Bobby Bare,
Elvis Presley, Jim Reeves, Jerry Lee Lewis, Cliff Richard, Charley Pride, Tom
Jones, Dickey Lee and Hank Snow. In 1973, Jack Clement is inducted into the Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What year does the popular Red
Skelton Show debut on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•JIM PATTERSON prior Fresno, CA mayor buys Spanish
KGED-1680 along with pastor Jim Franklin and retired Judge Annette LaRue to
launch a Christian talk format on September 1, 2011. •JEFF DEMINSKI & BILL
DOYLE former afternoon DJs on Millennium Talk/Classic Hits WKXW FM (New Jersey
101.5) Trenton from 1993 to 1999 return to replace The Jersey Guys Casey Bartholomew
and Ray Rossi whose contracts do not renew. •AMY FREEZE previous WCAU TV NBC
CH10 Philadelphia, PA weather anchor is the new weekend meteorologist on WABC
TV Fox CH7 in NYC. •CHRIS DINAN senior broadcast producer of the CBS Evening
News since September 2007 exits to join ABC News. Both former anchor Katie
Couric and executive producer Rick Kaplan are now at ABC News, also.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 JULIA DUFFY seven-time Emmy Award nominee actress
as Stephanie in the Bob Newhart TV Show born Julia Margaret Hinds on June 27th
in Minneapolis, MN. •1962 HANK SNOW records his Classic I've Been Everywhere on
June 27th at RCA Studio B in Nashville, TN. •1974 FLIP WILSON SHOW last
telecast on NBC TV is on June 27th. •1987 REBA MCENTIRE files for divorce from
Charlie Battles on June 25th which is just four days after their 11th
anniversary. •1993 DON HENLEY of The Eagles receives boos from the audience in
Milwaukee, WI on June 27th when he dedicates It's Not Easy Being Green to
President Bill Clinton. •2001 TRACY LAWRENCE and his wife Becca have daughter
Skylar JoAnn Lawrence born on June 27th in Nashville, TN.
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LEE ANDERSON (McAlester, OK) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#989) June 22, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim...(KBER-1150) Was nothing
but one trailer with studios and an office..studio doubled as production room.
The log cabin to the right as you walked out the door had just been completed.
KBER had been on about a month. I had heard about but never seen an FCC guy.
KBER's directional required a first class license operator to be on duty. I
didn't have one. But an engineer was on duty most of the time. I think his name
was Dick Jones. We signed on at 7am. He went to restaurant up on Roosevelt Ave
to eat breakfast...7:30am. Man walks in suit, flashed ID card and scared me so
bad ... He looked around a couple minutes. Said he was going to go get coffee
and told me the engineer better be there when he returned. When he returned he called
that engineer every name in the book. Made a believer out of me...Lee
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: You
are as good as IN!! Well, in 2010 and 2011 you got nominated (TRHOF). I did it
myself and will keep doing it until I croak or they close it down. But I got my
ballot in today and you can rest assured that one of your friends talked the
talk and walked the walk. I appreciate your newsletter and your radio career
should stand on its own merits. But you know how aristocrats are. These are the
people that thought they were better than somebody long before any HOF was
around. What is really funny is that Mark Mays is on the list of nominees.
That...did more to dismantle the broadcasting profession than any person alive.
He and his family ruined job opportunities for thousands and thousands of broadcasters...all
for an easy buck. Jeff Cunningham, DC (www.zoesplaceclinic.com) /
(www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#990) June 24, 2011 [Friday] HI Jim: I hope things
continue to go well for you. On Glen Campbell he was also a "Beach
Boy" He played on a few early sessions and when Brian Wilson didn't go out
on tour with the boys, he was Brian's "sub". He also has been credited
with playing guitar on the Champs big hit "Tequila", supposedly with
Dash Croft and Jimmy Seals who later officially became known in he 70's as
Seals and Croft. Keep rocking on! Ray Whitworth
BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: 650. My
old boss Brent Clanton indicates in his blog that CBS is changing the format of
his station. I'm not sure, but I think he does mornings on KIKK 650. I do know
he owns the show, and I also know they're giving him a chance to stay on for a
few more weeks. What's up with that? Do you have any info? bc
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Hello
Jim: You write as I do & I can dig it so don't run out of paper. I could
swear actor Jamie Fox is from Terrell, TX too! (Played Ray Charles in movie
version of his life couple of years ago.) Also, just saw him on the Tonight
Show within last 3 weeks. I may mention something else for your memories. I was
hired from Ch. 13 TV in my hometown to Ch. 13 Tampa, September 1, 1958 WTVT-TV
by Crawford Rice. When I replaced him, he goes to sister station KTVT-TV, Ft.
Worth! The Alabama boy had that southern accent, so if you saw him on news
there, you'd know of whom I speak. I understand he is now retired & is no
longer in TX. (I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could!) Best
to you & Lacy... BOB at Southwest Outpost
TRIVIA ANSWER: In September 1953 The Red Skelton
Show debuts on CBS TV. This is one of the most popular programs to ever land on
our TV screens. Our family has a 17" TV screen which at the time is the
largest size available. We also have a brand new light gray 1953 Dodge
Meadowbrook 4-door sedan. The Red Skelton Show airs through June 1970.
JOANNE BUSSELL (Houston, TX) I had a young man
stalking me in Atlanta who, after two years, finally was nabbed when he was
caught by station security taking the plug wires off my car. Subsequently,
Atlanta's Finest gave him a little ride downtown. Wondered if he enjoyed
listening to the rest of my show in jail? LOL Jo Bussell, Houston (Former
Oldies KLDE, Mix 96.5, Metro Traffic, Clear Channel, Atlanta's Z93 and V103)
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) I stalk about her
door like a strange soul upon the Stygian banks staying for wattage.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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June 24, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #990
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
GLEN CAMPBELL HAS ALZHEIMER'S On Wednesday, June
22, 2011 the 75-year-old Glen Campbell reveals to the world that he has
Alzheimer’s disease. This incredible revelation completely shocks us long time
fans of Glen Campbell. It's difficult enough to realize that he is now 75 years
old but that he has Alzheimer’s is completely beyond belief. During my many
years as a DJ on top radio stations all across TX quite possibly the most
memorable and pleasant radio interview that I ever have is with Glen Campbell
in 1969 on KBUC FM-AM in San Antonio, TX when he is at the height of his
career. During that year he sells more records than the Beatles. He has the
very popular The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS TV. Glen is a most gracious
and refreshing person. The KBUC control room window looks out on the very busy
Commerce Street. By the middle of our interview automobiles stop still in front
of the radio station blocking traffic. Attractive females rush up to the window
for a glimpse of their idol. After the interview ends he has trouble trying to
exit the control room because the hall is jam packed with lovely females.
Campbell's hit tune Rhinestone Cowboy can very well be my theme song. Since
1962, Glen Campbell releases nearly 60 record albums. His Gentle on My Mind is
a five-time Grammy Award winner. Sad to say that Alzheimer's has no cure.
According to a National Institutes of Health task force: It strikes one in 8
people age 55 and older. Our deepest prayers are with Glen Campbell as he
struggles with his illness. Despite his adversity, Glen Campbell says that he
plans to complete his farewell performances during fall 2011. Pop & Hiss
reports that his farewell tour supports his new album Ghost on the Canvas that
is due out on August 30, 2011. Glen Campbell's new record album features guest
artists Chris Isaak, Dick Dale, Billy Corgan, Brian Setzer and Cheap Trick's
Rick Nielsen.
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AUSTIN, TX GAINS NEW EARLY MORNING NEWSCAST
Beginning at 4:30 Monday morning, June 20, 2011 NBC KXAN TV in Austin, TX
debuts a new expanded morning newscast. KXAN TV’s established morning anchors
Chris Willis and Sally Hernandez, weathercaster Shawn Rutherford and traffic
reporter Debra Wynn begin a half hour earlier. Eric Lassberg, KXAN TV
President/GM, explains: Our expanded morning show with our entire morning team
will be poised and ready at 4:30 a.m. to provide our viewers the best in local
news every morning. This is not a first for Austin TV viewers because ABC KVUE
TV and Fox O&O KTBC TV already broaden their newscast schedules to 4:30 AM.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Lucy Ricardo give birth
to Little Ricky on TV's classic series I Love Lucy? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Guy Zapoleon's [Zapoleon Media
Strategies-KRTH FM-KRQQ FM-WBZZ FM-KZZP FM] birthday bash is on Monday, June
27, 2011. •MARK COPELAND 23 year radio vet receives walking papers from Cumulus
O&O Adult Album Alternative WQKL FM (107.1) Ann Arbor, MI after 6 and a
half years due to downsizing. Mark says that he understands business is
business. •GORDON SMITH NAB President and CEO boasts that local radio and TV
ads add $1.17 trillion to annual GDP. •BOB RICHARDS consultant to Tribune’s
Digital Media division replaces Matt Edgar as PD of Sports/Talk WQXI-790 (The
Zone) Atlanta, GA. •KFGO-790 Fargo, ND 3 time NAB Marconi Small Market Station
of the Year Award winner annual listener appreciation picnic draws over 1,500
fans.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KSWS TV NBC CH8 (now KOBR) in Roswell, NM begins
broadcasting on June 24th. •1964 CONNIE SMITH (Once A Day #1 for 8 weeks-1964)
signs with RCA records on June 24th. •1972 JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH's single
Troglodyte lands at #6 on June 24th. •1982 JOHN ANDERSON's version of Lefty
Frizzell's Classic The Long Black Veil on June 24th is the last recording
session in the historic Columbia Studio B. •1992 BILLY JOEL (It's Still Rock
and Roll to Me #1 for 2 weeks-1980) at 43 gets an honorary diploma from
Hicksville High School on June 24th. •2007 REBA MCENTIRE and Pop singer Kelly
Clarkson team up on Because Of You and Why Haven't I Heard From You on CMT
Crossroads cable TV debut on June 24th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#988) June 20, 2011 [Monday] Jim, Jim Bell is correct about --
Howard Finch -- I worked with Howard for 5 years at KTRH, he was a class act,
had wonderful stories and kept us in stitches all the time. He was one of the
reasons radio used to fun. No voice tracking. He said the first Tonto on radio
was an Irishman who was afraid of horses. In personal appearances, the Lone
Ranger rode a white horse, and Tonto ran beside his paint horse. What a sight.
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#988) June 20,
2011 [Monday] On the Lone Ranger story...My favorite radio show of the 1940's
was "The Lone Ranger". It came on three days a week around supper
time. My Father and I loved the show as we thought Brace Beemer had the
greatest voice on the air! The tricks I learned from that show helped me
greatly when I narrated over 60 'western' audio books over the years. They are
like a one-man radio show. I had to play all the characters and the announcer.
When I was in Detroit in the late 60's doing Dodge commercials, I actually
worked with character actors who had played on the Lone Ranger radio show. What
great memories! Too bad today's kids don't have that kind of heroes! Jim Gough
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: Fred
Foy. Jim, For those interested in Fred Foy, the longtime announcer for
"The Lone Ranger", the following link on YouTube has some videos in
which Foy discusses his announcing career, "The Lone Ranger", his
meeting Clayton Moore, etc. www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fred+foy&aq=f
P.S. Great site. All the best and keep up the good work. Tony Lyndell Williams;
Richardson, TX 75081
DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) At KXOL
(1360), we had a music director named Scott Reese. He was a really nice guy and
got along well with everyone. It turns out that Scott was very close to his
family and he brought his mom, dad and sister to the station to see what it
looked like. It turns out that the production director, Dave, had a bit of a
drinking habit. To say the least he could pack away the wine. But Dave was a
cheapskate. He bought large quantities of Boone's Farm wine. So here comes
Scott on a Saturday afternoon with his family and out staggers Dave with a full
half gallon of wine. Scott nervously laughs "are you going to drink that
all by yourself?" Dave answers, slurring words like crazy, "Wy not,
uh dunk the firsss one by muhsself." Jeff Cunningham, DC Kyle, TX
(www.zoesplaceclinic.com) / (www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
TWO Artists. Jim: It was announced today that Glen Campbell has been diagnosed
with Alzheimer's disease & I also learned that Earl "Speedo"
Carroll is now confined to a nursing home. "Mr. Earl" of The
Cadillacs is 73 & left the group to join The Coasters in 1958. BOB &
Sonny Lee
TRIVIA ANSWER: On January 19, 1953 a national event
occurs when Lucy Ricardo gives birth to Little Ricky on I Love Lucy.
Ironically, the star of the show Lucille Ball gives birth to Desi Arnaz, Jr. on
the very same night.
JOANNE BUSSELL (Houston, TX) You are spot-on when
you said basically that corporate radio "the suits" have turned radio
into a train wreck along with so many lives. But you do know that CC is going
bankrupt and Citadel just sold off 14 stations? The bigger they are the harder
they fall. When they do, people like us will buy those stations and make them
the kickers they should be. Talent will return to the airwaves and they'll hire
old...like me to whip them into shape and to rock them purple. The listeners
will return to radio, maybe even flush their iPods down the toilet, we'll stage
a bonfire to burn the automation units; then we'll sell it for scrap metal.
Live + local = listeners. Simple equation. But it makes their suits explode.
Hey, this is FUN!! Talk to you soon...Sincerely, Jo Bussell, Houston (Former
Oldies KLDE, Mix 96.5, Metro Traffic, Clear Channel, Atlanta's Z93 and V103)
ROBERT H. SCHULLER (September 16, 1926-p) I'd
rather attempt to do something great and fail, than attempt to do nothing and
succeed!
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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June 22, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #989
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
HOUSTON'S THE ZONE GOES BUST Cox Media Group ends
the Alternative Rock KHPT FM The Zone 106.9 format in Conroe, TX just seven
months after it begins with a simulcast of sister Classic Hits KGLK FM The
Eagle 107.5 in Lake Jackson, TX. The simulcast begins with the Monday morning,
June 20, 2011 Dean and Rog Show on KGLK FM. Each FM signal rimshots opposite
north and south sectors of Houston. Mark Krieschen, CMG-Houston VP, brags that
the simulcast creates the largest coverage area in southeast Texas. Combining
the format on both frequencies will super-serve the entire metro market and
beyond and offer our brand to a wider listening audience. The 107.5 FM signal
has very strong coverage in the Southeast region of our market while 106.9 FM
is robust in the Northwest. From 1998-2000, KGLK FM 107.5 simulcasts northeast
of Houston with KKTL FM 97.1 (now Country Legends 97.1 KTHT FM). In November
2010, KHPT FM 106.9 flips from 1980s/1990s Oldies The Point to Classic
Alternative. That format moves on over to HD2 and online only.
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NORAH FLIPS NETWORKS Norah O'Donnell exits MSNBC
after 12 years to become Chief White House correspondent at CBS News. Current
CBS Chief White House correspondent Chip Reid reverts to a position as national
correspondent. It's a big move for Norah. Previously, she is a Capitol Hill
newspaper Roll Call staff reporter. She wins an Emmy for her Sept. 11, 2001
Dateline story D.C. in Crisis. O'Donnell will also be the principal substitute
anchor on the CBS Sunday show, Face the Nation, plus with reports on other
network newscasts that includes 60 Minutes. This comes in a series of shifts
among broadcast news personalities. CNBC's Erin Burnett recently heads to CNN
to lead its financial coverage. Ann Curry succeeds Meredith Vieira on NBC's
Today. Katie Couric leaves CBS Evening News for ABC. Scott Pelley is her
replacement.
DEVITO RECEIVES TV AWARD The Broadcast Television
Journalists Association (BTJA), which is a new offshoot of the Broadcast Film
Critics Association, announce on Thursday June 16, 2011 that Danny DeVito
receives its first Critics’ Choice Television Icon Award at the inaugural
Critics’ Choice Television Awards. Cat Deeley hosts the event at a luncheon at
the Beverly Hills Hotel on June 20, 2011. Rob McElhenney, It's Always Sunny in
Philadelphia creator and star, presents the award to DeVito. Other presenters
of the first ever Critics’ Choice Television Awards include: Elijah Wood, Tyler
Posey, Gillian Jacobs, Sam Trammel, Kevin Connolly, Connie Britton, Adam Scott,
B.J. Novak, Wilmer Valderrama, Kaley Cuoco and BTJA’s own Sam Rubin.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the term anchor first used
to describe a prime time TV news reporter? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Joe Salvador is a newscaster on
WFAA-820/570 in Dallas, TX while I'm a DJ on both WFAA-820 and WFAA-570 from
1967-68. He is an A-1 person and an ace newscaster who celebrates his birthday on
Thursday, June 23, 2011 with his wife Judy in Las Vegas, NV. •ED HENRY CNN
Senior White House correspondent leap frogs to Fox News Channel as Chief White
House correspondent. •CHARLIE MEYERSON Chicago news vet exits his News Director
post at WGN-720 in the Windy City on Friday, June 17, 2011 after two years.
•BILL WHITE replaces Kevin Metheny as PD of WGN-720. •ROB GUARINO WTXF TV Fox
CH29 meteoroglist Philadelphia, PA heads west after 11 years to join KVOA TV
NBC CH4 Tucson, AZ. Previously he is at KOAT TV ABC CH7 Albuquerque, NM.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 HANK WILLIAMS' single Hey, Good Lookin'
releases on MGM records on June 22nd. •1965 DAVID O. SELZNICK producer of Gone
With the Wind dies at 63 on June 22nd. •1974 WAYLON JENNINGS' This Time is his
first #1 Billboard Country single on June 22nd. •1987 FRED ASTAIRE actor/dancer
American Film Institute's fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time (Easter
Parade-1949 and Funny Face-1957) dies at 88 on June 22nd. •1996 TRACY
LAWRENCE's Time Marches On begins a three-week stay at #1 in Billboard Country
on June 22nd. •2008 GEORGE CARLIN movie-TV and records stand-up comedian dies
of heart failure at 71 on Sunday, June 22nd in Santa Monica, CA.
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SAM LEE (Beverly Hills, CA) Subject: Reply 1 to
Linnie. From: MaryAnn. Sam, just to let you know that Linnie is back in the
hospital and declining rapidly. his organs are starting to shut down and they
are just going to keep him comfortable until something happens. the doc said
that if he stayed stable he might go back to Heritage but he doesn’t see that
happening. Just thought I'd better let you know. will keep you up to date.
MaryAnn From: Sam Lee. Thanks for the update, Mary: My prayers are with you and
Cuz. I'll keep the rest of our crew in the loop. If you need me, just call.
Love, Sam; The Zeitgeist Corporation (www.ZeitgeistCorp.org)
JUDY SALVADOR (Las Vegas, NV) Subject: Happy
Birthday to Joe Salvador! June 23rd...Happy Birthday to Joe Salvador...KMUS
Muskogee, Oklahoma, KOMA Oklahoma City, WHB Kansas City, WFAA Dallas, Texas,
KLIF Dallas, Texas and KNEWS Las Vegas, Nevada...HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE.
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Dallas
visit. I was in Dallas this week and had the opportunity to visit with two
great friends who have been a part of the Dallas news scene for a half century.
Former KLIF and KRLD-TV newsman Roy Nichols will be 87 this month...He is
partially blind, doesn't leave the house but is as mentally sharp as when he
reported Dallas news events including those days of November 1963 when he was
at Parkland Hospital when JFK died. It was a great reunion. My other stop was
at the home of James R. Leavelle, the detective hand-cuffed to Lee Harvey
Oswald when Jack Ruby performed his avenging act. We stayed until sundown
reminiscing and remembering. What a great guy and we'll meet again this summer
to do a TV interview for our files of historical memories. J.R. will be 92 this
summer and is indeed an encyclopedia of that era in our history. Gary DeLaune
(www.garydnews.com)
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JOHN BASS [KLIF-1190 Newscaster] (Tyler, TX)
Subject: Texas Radio Hall of Fame Nominees for 2011. Jim, When I was at KLIF
(1190), my mom could listen to the station early when I was on the air with
Charlie and Harrigan...even though on paper their pattern showed that it
stopped short of the Tyler market. To this day, I can get a slight signal of
KLIF in certain parts of the city. But again...too much static and fading to
enjoy listening. That's "progress" I suppose! P.S. Someone needs to
tell those youngsters to read Bill Young's book to learn the facts and the
truth! I finished reading it last night...having gotten a copy from Barns &
Noble after you mentioned it to me.
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JOANNE BUSSELL (Houston, TX) Barry and I listened
to 60s On 6 on Sirius XM until 6 this AM. And we took turns hitting posts &
walking intros. Radio tales like no one could imagine. All of a sudden I glanced
out the window and the sun was coming up. It was 5:50! I have never had such a
good time and I told him I felt as if I was 13 again listening &
remembering where I was when I heard those songs. We're both crazy with makes
for great radio talent, as you know. So, I'll put some short versions together
for you within the next day or so. Hey, I have endless free time since the Big
Layoff. 16 months...nothing. But Barry has some well-paying voice work for me
very soon. Jo Bussell, Houston (Former Oldies KLDE, Mix 96.5, Metro Traffic,
Clear Channel, Atlanta's Z93 and V103)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On July 7, 1952 the term anchor is
first used to describe Walter Cronkite's role at the Democratic and Republican
National Conventions. The conventions also are the first nationally televised
convention coverage. CBS News provides 139 hours of televised convention
coverage.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Fred Foy. Jim: Your reader, Frank Haley, mentioned earlier he thought the great
Lone Ranger announcer/narrator, Fred Foy, had died. Indeed, his bio-file in my
archives show Frederick William Foy
passed away on December 22, 2010 @ age 89. He was inducted into the
Radio Hall of Fame, 2000. He wrote his autobiography in 1986, "Fred Foy
From XYZ to ABC: A Fond Recollection." He also released a 45-min
CD/cassette of memories, "Meanwhile, Back at The Ranch." Quite a
story indeed. BOB
STEVE ALLEN (1921-2000) Radio is the theater of the
mind; television is the theater of the mindless.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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June 20, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #988
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
THE BIG MAN IS NO MORE As we follow Bruce
Springsteen's long time saxophonist in the E Street Band from his massive
stroke on June 12th and two brain surgeries soon after, our prayers are that he
receives a remarkable healing. But we now are in ultimate sorrow at his
untimely death. The 69 year-old Clarence Clemons passes away on Saturday, June 18,
2011 almost one week after he suffers a massive stroke at his home in Florida.
In an attempt to save his life, doctors perform two brain surgeries but sadly
his time has come. Clarence, who is a 40-year member of the E Street Band, is
the heart and soul of the band. The New Jersey-born legendary Rock saxophonist
appears on Springsteen's 1973 debut album Greetings from Asbury Park. Two years
later, he is on the cover of Bruce's Born to Run album. A sax is one of my
absolute favorite musical instruments. With the nickname The Big Man, the
6'4" tall former college football player never misses an E Street band
appearance. His last performance with E Street is in December 2010. In April
2011, Clemons lures the crowd with his sax to the tune of the National Anthem
at the Florida Marlins' season opener. Clarence's final live TV rendezvous is
on American Idol's closing show on May 25th when he joins Lady Gaga on her
single Edge of Glory. Clemons also appears in the song's new video. He is
featured on two tracks on her latest album Born This Way. Clarence Clemons'
survivors include his fifth wife, Victoria, and four sons.
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REPORTER RESCUES MOO THE CAT A South Strabane, PA
family spends eight seemingly helpless days and nights struggling with the fact
that their kitty cat is stuck high up in a tree. The Carr family cat, Moo,
climbs a 40-foot tree in the woods near their home but somehow cannot make it
back down. The family puts in a call to the local fire department but they say
that their trucks cannot navigate the hilly area to free their kitty cat Moo.
Family member Jessica Carr sighs: ...lost a lot of sleep over it. You can hear
him crying outside the window. He’s been out there for eight days without any
water or food. On Monday, June 12, 2011 the Carr family gets the idea to call
WTAE TV to see what they can do to rescue their kitty cat Moo. The ABC
affiliate sends reporter Sheldon Ingram out with a crew. Like Superman, Sheldon
comes to the kitty's rescue. He climbs a tall ladder and lures Moo into his arms
with a bag of treats. Kitty cat Moo is back home safe and sound.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the landmark series You
Are There with Walter Cronkite first appear on our TV screens? The answer
appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Joel Raab's (Country Radio
Consultant) birthday is on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Chuck [Boom Boom] Cannon DJ
on WGCO FM (Big 98.3) in Savannah, GA celebrates another year of living on
Monday, June 20th. •KINGSLEY SMITH VP/News Director of Fox-owned WTXF TV CH29
Philadelphia, PA leaves to join KTTV TV CH11 Los Angeles, CA as News Director.
Previously Kinglsey is with Fox in Dallas, TX and Fox's former station in St.
Louis, MO. •DENNY SCHAFFER exits WGKA-1190 Atlanta, GA to replace Michael Castner
at Clear Channel News/Talk WRNO FM (99.5) New Orleans, LA as its new morning
host.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 ALAN LONGMUIR guitarist with Scottish Rock
group Bay City Rollers born on June 20th. •1964 PORTER HOWELL
guitarist/co-founder of Little Texas born on June 20th in Longview, TX. •1970
RAY STEVENS SHOW debuts on NBC-TV on June 20th. •1980 CHRIS THOMPSON drummer
with the Texas-based Eli Young Band [Always The Love Songs #11-late 2008] born
on June 20th in Bend, OR. •1997 LAWRENCE PAYTON Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
tenor singer with The Four Tops dies of liver cancer on June 20th at 59. •2006
TAYLOR SWIFT's debut single Tim McGraw releases on Big Machine records on June
19th.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: Edited story. Very early in my 63 year career I was told by the
General Manager "Kid you ain't got it. Get another profession." That
lit my fire and I made it through another 9 successful years to become PD of
KILT (610) when we "owned" Houston radio. A jingle salesman came in
one day to "see the PD" and guess who it was? The (ex) GM who asked
"What are YOU doing here?" We were loaded with jingles (and he was
loaded too) as he passed away from the booze not long after that. Morale: Watch
who you criticize. They might pass you by in the home stretch. Red Jones;
Georgia Radio Hall Of Fame
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Joe Bowman ('the straight shooter") and I were
close friends for many years in Houston. As a matter of fact he did his fast
draw act at many of the gigs my band, The Cosmopolitan Cowboys, played around
town. Joe was an amazing guy, fast as lightning with his pistols, wonderful at
card tricks and even learned how to make his own boots! He made a special trip
to Gene Autry OK to visit with me one Summer and did a great exhibition. I have
a signed picture of him in my office with Robert Duval. Joe taught him to pull
his pistols for "Lonesome Dove". We were scheduled to take a show to
Jordan once but had the trip cancelled due to riots there. I miss him a lot.
Jim Gough, actor/announcer...Liberty Hill, TX
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JIM BELL (Lufkin, TX) Subject: Lone Ranger Voices.
Hey Jim, There's a Houston connection to the story of The Lone Ranger
announcers. The late great Fred Foy definitely put his indelible stamp on the
famous intro, on radio and TV, but he was hardly the first. Foy got the job in
1948, 15 years after the show began at WXYZ in Detroit. The first announcer was
Brace Beemer, from 1933 to 1941. Beemer moved over into the title role in 1941,
when the original LR, Earle Graser, was killed in a car accident. Between '41
and '48, a string of local Detroit radio people did the announcing. The best of
those was a guy we all remember -- Howard Finch -- who went south to work in Houston
radio and TV in the 1950s. I worked with Howard at KTRH in the '70s, and
believe me he had some great stories to tell about his own "thrilling days
of yesteryear" working with the Lone Ranger live radio crew in Detroit.
Jim Bell - Lufkin, TX
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JOHN BASS (Tyler, TX) Subject: Texas Radio Hall of
Fame Nominees for 2011. Jim, The golden days of radio are gone forever...but we
were blessed to have been born just at the right time to have lived and
experienced those days. My...how times have changed!!! So...let the youngsters
have their turn at it. But they cannot and will not ever experience what we
were blessed to have experienced back in the "golden days of radio"
during "our time in the saddle"!
BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) I read Jo
Bussell's comments in the latest edition of JRRR...and she was absolutely
accurate. I heard her air checks and she is very good. She went through the
wars all of us radio old timers went through and has persevered. And as for
being a very dear friend, that is very true. Barry Kilgore; CCIC
Radio/TV/Film/Print/Art
TRIVIA ANSWER: On February 1, 1953 Walter Cronkite
begins his Classic You Are There CBS TV series that features dramatic
re-creations of historical events. Its last broadcast is on October 13, 1957.
JOANNE BUSSELL (Houston, TX) Subject: I love this
site!! Hey, your reply made my night. I'll write some stories of my crazy life.
But what a good ride it's been. I don't regret a second and we know that a
second is an eternity on the radio! Barry (Kilgore) loves my radio tales! Boy
do I have some doozies! I'll write them up for you and will absolutely LOVE
contributing to your website. It's the best one I've found. Any way you could
put up airchecks on the site? That would attract loads of fans. Believe me. I
have searched & searched the Net for airchecks; particularly Barry's. He
says they're in a box someplace & he has no idea where. I have a big box of
reels (only you & I remember those ;-) and cassettes. But I truly, truly
want some tape of Barry. What a genius. Truly amazing. Jo Bussell, Houston
(Former Oldies KLDE, Mix 96.5, Metro Traffic, Clear Channel, Atlanta's Z93 and
V103)
WINK MARTINDALE (December 4, 1933-p) Radio is
immediate.
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Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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June 17, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #987
HAPPY FATHERS' DAY!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BLUES BROTHER DIES Trumpet player Alan Rubin who
plays Mr. Fabulous in The Blues Brothers movie dies of lung cancer at 68.
Sources reveal that Rubin passes away at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at
New York’s Memorial on June 8, 2011. During his career, Alan plays his trumpet
for many famous entertainers like Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, The Rolling
Stones, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Ray Charles,
Dr. John, James Brown, BB King and Billy Joel. Rubin is a member of the
Saturday Night Live band. He plays Mr. Fabulous in the 1980 Blues Brothers
movie plus its 1998 sequel. Alan Rubin's survivors include his wife Mary,
sister Sharyn and brother Marshall.
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ALAMO CITY TV GM RETIRES Jim Joslyn, VP/GM of KSAT
TV ABC CH12 in San Antonio, TX announces his retirement on July 1, 2011. Joslyn
heads the Post-Newsweek TV station for 20 years. Alan Frank, Post-Newsweek
President/CEO, issues an internal memo: The results speak for themselves. It's
a dominant station by every measure. This success is a reflection on Jim's
leadership, his character and the great team that he has assembled. According
to BIA/Kelsey, KSAT TV is the revenue leader in DMA #37. In his memo to the
staff Joslyn sighs: I take with me 20 years of treasured memories and I could
not have asked for a better team.
THE BIG MAN HAS BRAIN SURGERY In Wednesday's issue
of JRRR we report that Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band sax player Clarence
Clemons suffers a heart attack in his Florida home on Sunday, June 12, 2011.
The next day he undergoes emergency brain surgery. Springsteen fan site
backstreets.com reports: He’s responsive. His eyes are welling up when we’re
talking to him. He was paralyzed on his left side, but now he’s squeezing with his
left hand. After Clemons suffers a massive stroke, doctors perform two brain
surgeries on Monday, June 13th in a Florida hospital. At 69, Clarence is the
oldest original member of Springsteen's E Street Band. The group forms in 1972.
In recent years, doctors perform both spinal and knee surgeries on Clarence.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the popular Our Miss
Brooks TV show premier? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•ED KOSOWSKI new VP of news and Digital Content at Denver,
CO duopoly KDVR TV (FOX) CH31 and KWGN TV (CW) CH2 declares: I'm very hard news
oriented as he shifts the stations' focus from entertainment to hard news.
•LISA BADEN former Bonneville (now Hubbard) News WTOP FM (103.5) Washington, DC
traffic reporter joins crosstown Citadel News/Talk WMAL-630 with 15-year WMAL
veteran Jamee Whitten as the new morning drive Traffic & Transit Team.
•DOUG BARDEN exits his news director chair at KBAK TV CBS CH29/KBFX TV Fox CH58
in Bakersfield, CA to lead the newsroom at KSBY TV ABC CH6 San Luis Obispo, CA.
Barden replaces Dave Schermer who vacates the NBC-affiliates earlier in 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 JIMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA's single So Rare hits
#2 on June 17th. •1966 MICHAEL BRITT Lonestar guitarist (1995 Academy of
Country Music Best New Group award) born on June 15th in Fort Worth, TX. •1972
LOOKING GLASS Rutgers University one-hit-wonder Rock group releases Brandy on
June 17th. •1988 DWIGHT YOAKAM & BUCK OWENS release Streets Of Bakersfield
on Reprise records on June 17th. •1992 DON IMUS WFAN-660 NYC Talk Host
exchanges places with Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker for one day on June
17th. •2006 KENNY CHESNEY's Summertime begins a five-week stake at #1 in
Billboard Country on June 17th.
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MICHAEL O'SHEA (Bellingham, WA) Yes, Jim…I am so
fortunate to have some great “stories”, only embellished slightly due to the
passing of four decades and one century. And I’ll offer them up from time to
time. Thanks for asking about Bellingham, Washington. It is truly one of the
greatest secrets of quality of life. It’s a charming seaside city sitting about
45 minutes north of Seattle and about 30 minutes south of Vancouver, British
Columbia...two of the most amazing cities in North America. Immediate coverage
area of about 300,000 population, city of about 65,000. After spending 6 years
in Los Angeles radio and 26 years in Seattle radio as general manager,
corporate exec and station owner...not wanting to retire, but not wanting to
spend hours a day in traffic I accepted the VP/GM position with Saga
Communication’s 5-station group here in Bellingham just over a year ago. Jim,
it is “real radio”...huge community involved AM stations, seven person news
department (where do you find that in anything but a huge market), 24/7
local-manned operation (never go without someone monitoring the scanner and the
stations), two huge FM signals (literally from Seattle to Vancouver), with
heritage formats (AC and Classic Rock), multiple person morning shows on
virtually all stations, etc. Best wishes for health and happiness... Michael
O’Shea
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JOANNE BUSSELL (Houston, TX) Subject: I love this
site!! I am a longtime friend of Barry Kilgore. In fact, he's my best friend.
What radio tales we share, we got a million of 'em! I did a search for some
airchecks of his and stumbled upon your page. May I sign up and become a
member. Jim Rose, my friend, you rock eternally! Btw, I'll submit my demo. You
talk about some eternal rock, Dudes. Barry says I'm one of the best he's ever
heard and certainly one of the best female jocks. Hire Me, Hire Me! I'll get
packing NOW... Jo Bussell, Houston (Former Oldies KLDE, Mix 96.5, Metro
Traffic, Clear Channel, Atlanta's Z93 and V103)
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Chuck Connors. Chuck Connors, before he was "The Rifleman" on TV,
played for the Boston Celtics, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs.
Connors was a heavy smoker who died at 71 of pneumonia while battling lung
cancer. In addition to "The Rifleman", Connors also starred in three
other TV series -- "Arrest and Trial", "Branded" and
"Cowboy in Africa".
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: death. For
your info, I sent you an email of an article from www.tylerpaper.com concerning
the death of a Tyler native who was lead singer with the Coasters back in the
50s and 60s. If you did not get the first email, you can go to their website
and read the article today. Good luck in the TRHOF voting.
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BILL LEGRAND (Waco, TX) Jim, I came to KTHT
(790)...was there for 12 years...was not born until 1942...worked at KTHT for
the last few months before the call letter change (KULF) in Summer of 1970 and
was there as DJ, production director and salesman till 1980...found your
website by Google-ing Houston radio history. Good luck and keep up the good
work. Bill LeGrand; General Manager: KRMX FM (92.9), KRZI-1660, KWBT FM (104.9)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On October 3, 1952 Our Miss Brooks
starring Eve Arden premieres on television. The show runs until September 21,
1956. Our Miss Brooks originates on CBS radio in 1948. Eve Arden plays English
school teacher Connie Brooks at the fictional Madison High School. Throughout
the mid-1950s, we do not miss a single episode of Our Miss Brooks on our TV
sets.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Fred Foy. Jim: Your reader, Frank Haley, mentioned earlier he thought the great
Lone Ranger announcer/narrator, Fred Foy, had died. Indeed, his bio-file in my
archives show Frederick William Foy
passed away on Dec. 22, 2010 @ age 89. He was inducted into the Radio
Hall of Fame, 2000. He wrote his autobiography in 1986, "Fred Foy From XYZ
to ABC: A Fond Recollection." He also released a 45-min CD/cassette of
memories, "Meanwhile, Back at The Ranch." Quite a story indeed. BOB
FREDERICK WILLIAM FOY (March 27, 1921-December 22,
2010) A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty
'Hi-Yo Silver!' The Lone Ranger!
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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June 15, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #986
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
RADIO REPORTER SHOT DEAD According to the Committee
to Protect Journalists behind Iraq and Somalia, the Philippines is the 3rd most
dangerous country for journalists. While on his way to work in the eastern
Philippines, 49-year old Romeo Olea is fatally shot. Olea is now the 4th
journalist who is killed in the Philippines in 2011. Two witnesses bring
Romeo's body to a local hospital where he dies. The bystanders admit that they
do not see who shoots the reporter. A police superintendent says the killing
was most likely related to Olea's work. Olea’s wife tells police that her
husband receives death threats. Olea is a reporter on provincial radio station
DWEB FM (99.9).
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E STREET BIG MAN SUFFERS STROKE Clarence Clemons,
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's legendary sax player, reportedly
suffers a stroke on Sunday, June 12, 2011 in his home in Miami, FL. Several
reports indicate that Springsteen's 69 year old long time sax musician Clarence
Clemons suffers a stroke in his Florida home. One authority affirms that he is
seriously ill. According to veteran entertainment journalist Roger Friedman's
Showbiz 411: He is said to be seriously ill after a stroke at his home in
Florida. The legendary, magnificent saxophone star of Bruce Springsteen’s E
Street Band has had health complications in the past and overcome them. But
this situation, as described to me this evening, sounds pretty dire. I am told
that members of the E Street Band were advised to get down to Florida as soon
as possible. Clemons...was scheduled to play at game 2 of the NBA finals but
was sidelined by a hand injury. In 2009, he publishes his memoir, Big Man: Real
Life and Tall Tales. In December 2010 Clemons performs with Springsteen and the
E Street Band at Asbury Park's Carousel House during a special taping of a Web
broadcast. The towering beloved saxophonist who fans know as The Big Man
records two songs on Lady Gaga's new album Born This Way. In May 2011, he
performs with Lady Gaga on stage during the American Idol season finale.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first live coast-to-coast
sustaining television program broadcast? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•JIM THORNTON morning newscaster on CBS Radio
all-news KNX-1070 Los Angeles, LA is the new voice of one of the most popular
shows on television, Wheel of Fortune. Jim is a guest announcer on the show but
he goes fulltime when its 29th season begins in September 2011. •KSON FM
Lincoln Financial (Today’s Country 97.3) San Diego, CA adds John Flint and
Tammy Lee on the morning show (5-10 am) beginning in July 2011. For the past 10
years John & Tammy are #1 on WMAD FM in Madison, WI. •DAVE BENSON Program
Director of Entercom's Seattle, WA cluster exits after two years.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 WLFI TV CBS CH 18 in Lafayette, IN begins
broadcasting on June 15th. •1963 BUCK OWENS' Act Naturally is his first #1
Billboard Country single on June 15th. •1974 RAY STEVENS The Streak lands at #1
on the U.K. Pop chart on June 15th. •1985 RICKY SKAGGS Country Boy on June 15th
is the only #1 Billboard Country single that features the Looney Tunes theme in
its instrumental break. •1990 DICK TRACY motion picture starring Warren Beatty
and Madonna premieres on June 15th. •2004 TIM MCGRAW's video Live Like You Were
Dying debuts on CMT.com on June 15th.
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JEFF THOMPSON (Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC)
Subject: James Arness. The only comparably BIG TV cowboy I met was "The
Rifleman", Chuck Connors. Although he seemed just as tall, he was quite
lean and nowhere near as massive as Arness. Jim was a great interview...and in
later years, when he visited the NASA area in Houston, where I built and ran
KMSC radio, he gladly welcomed long lines of people (mostly women) just wanting
to meet him for a moment at his local hotel across the street from the space
center. By the way, not everyone recalls that James Arness played the huge
alien in the original Howard Hawkes 1951 Sci-Fi movie..."The Thing".
But...you never saw his face! Respectfully, Jeff Thompson, Winston-Salem, NC
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Hello Jim: Founder & lead-singer of The Coasters, Carl Gardner, Sr.,
has died @ 83 on Sunday, 6/12. His current home was in Port St. Lucie, FL. I
still have Coasters autographs from a show we worked at ole Tampa Armory. I do
not have their records, however. BOB
JOHN BASS [KLIF-1190 Newscaster] (Tyler, TX)
Subject: Texas Radio Hall of Fame Nominees for 2011. Jim, I also remember the
days when I could tune in to WFAA (820/570), WBAP (820/570) and numerous of the
other 50,000 watt clear channel stations that we could receive in Tyler...and listen
to them almost as if they were just in the next county. Today, there are so
many x-ray machines and other medical devices, digital thievery detectors,
etc...operating 24/7, that I can hardly even get KRLD (1080) or WBAP (820) at
all in a manner to which I can listen to them. So much static it's not worth
the time to keep the radio dial on their frequencies.
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IRA [Eye] LIPSON [Dallas, TX] Subject: Radio Now.
Jim...Your subscribers write a lot about the good old days, but I wonder what
the old radio pros enjoy listening to now. We hear a lot of bad radio, but what
about the good stuff? What stations & personalities get kudos today? Ira
“Eye” Lipson; Certified Media Hotshot (www.LipsonWorks.com)
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: new age of
radio? After a brief hiatus off the air, 103.3 KJCS (Nacogdoches-Lufkin) is
back on, playing classic country. The music is about the same as played by
Country Legends 97.1 (Houston), but with a much longer playlist--and no personalities.
Just music and Liners. Could this be the future of radio? No news, no DJ, no
nothing. Just music and liners? It's boring, but I like the music.
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JIM BELL (Lufkin, TX) Subject: More of the James
Arness story. Hey Jim, I have another James Arness story. Actually, it's more
about Joe Bowman, the Houston fast-draw artist who challenged Arness to a duel,
when Arness was the guest star of the old Houston Fat Stock Show in 1959.
During one of Bowman's practice sessions, he shot himself in the foot and his
big toe had to amputated. His duel with Arness was canceled, but to his credit,
Bowman used the exposure he got to launch his career doing fast draw
exhibitions and teaching movie and TV actors how to do it. But wait! There's
more! A few months after Arness came to town, a young singer-songwriter wrote a
very funny song about Bowman. "The Ballad of No Toes Joe" told the
story of a gunfighter wannabe named Joe who shot off all his toes, one by one,
in his efforts to learn the fast draw. I saw this kid sing that song on the old
Larry Kane Dance Show one Saturday on KTRK Channel 13. I wish I could remember his
name because I think he went on to some success in the 60s. Am I the only one
who remembers this? Jim Bell Lufkin TX
TRIVIA ANSWER: On September 4, 1951 the first live
coast-to-coast sustaining television program is President Truman's speech at
the beginning of the Japanese Peace Conference in San Francisco, CA. President
Truman's speech is carried by 87 stations in 47 cities. The San
Francisco-Chicago portion is an AT&T experimental circuit with microwave
facilities at no charge. Truman's Chicago speech is patched into existing
coaxial network facilities.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Tonto's
Steed. Jim, the following I found on a web site called Fun Trivia. Tonto's
horse is Scout. Further on the name of Tonto's horse. He was named Scout in the
TV series, but was apparently called White Feller in the early Lone Ranger
novels. Originally, Tonto rode double with the Lone Ranger on Silver. After a
publicity photo was taken of the Lone Ranger and Tonto this way, WXYZ wisely
decided to give Tonto his own steed. Scout was originally supposed to be solid
white like Silver, but when they made the movie serials they realized that it
would make Silver less impressive that way, so Scout was changed. Leslie Wayne
Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
PAT PARELLI (March 17th, 1954-p) A horse doesn't
care how much you know, until he knows how much you care.
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June 13, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #985
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
R.I.P. LEONARD STEIN Emmy-winning executive
producer and writer of the popular TV series Get Smart who also writes for The
Honeymooners, The Phil Silvers Show and The Jackie Gleason Show, Leonard Stern,
dies at 87 on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. In the 1950s, Stern is also a writer on
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show. His movie credits include the 1952 film The Jazz
Singer that stars Danny Thomas along with Abbott And Costello's In The Foreign
Legion. Leonard Stein's survivors include his wife, Vanda Stein; son, Leonard
J. Stein, Jr.; daughter, Leonara Stein and three sisters.
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TREVINO RETURNS TO HOUSTON TV Ron Trevino former
morning anchor on KHOU TV CBS CH11 here in Houston, TX returns on Monday, June 13,
2011 to anchor KHOU’s morning show along with Christine Haas, Katherine Whaley
and David Paul. Other changes at KHOU TV involve Saturday morning anchor
Allison Triarsi who moves on up from her weekend anchor spot for full time
reporting duties. Lisa Trapani Shumate, Director of Programming says that KHOU
TV will fill in Saturday mornings with various staff members.
KXAS TV EXITS BROADCAST HILL KXAS TV begins its
life in 1948 as WBAP TV which is then owned by Amon G. Carter Sr. who is the
longtime publisher of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. The compound also houses
WBAP-820 and sister station WBAP FM which later flips to KSCS FM. This spot,
off Interstate 30 near Oakland Boulevard in east Ft. Worth, TX becomes known as
Broadcast Hill. After almost 65 years, KXAS TV NBC CH5 plans to vacate its
historic facility on Broadcast Hill. On Tuesday, June 7, 2011 KXAS TV officials
inform Ft. Worth council members that it plans to construct a $16 million
studio on 8 acres in the Centre Port office park south of Dallas/Fort Worth
Airport if it receives tax incentives from the city. KTVT TV CH11 is also in
Fort Worth on the north side of Interstate 30 just east of Oakland Boulevard.
It's not too far from KXAS TV CH5. WFAA TV CH8 studios are near downtown
Dallas.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Art Linkletter's
legendary variety show House Party premiere on radio? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Ira [Eye] Lipson's birthday is on
Monday, June 13, 2011. •WESTWOOD ONE signs up affiliates: Talk KASI-1430 Ames,
IA (Dennis Miller Show); Newstalk KERN-1180 Bakersfield-Wasco-Greenacres, CA;
News Talk and Sports WSBT-960 South Bend, IN and News Talk WSVA-550
Harrisonburg, VA (Bill O’Reilly’s Talking Points) and News Talk WFTL-850 West
Palm Beach, FL (First Light). •DANA MILLS Kent State Journalism graduate major
market news vet replaces Amy Holmes as John McCaslin's co-anchor on Talk Radio
Network Entertainment's America's Morning News. •ERIC DETERS exits WLW-700 in
May 2011 but returns to the Cincinnati,
OH market air waves on WQRT-1160 Florence, KY.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KOAA TV NBC CH5 in Pueblo-Colorado Springs,
CO 1st broadcast on June 13th. •1968 BRETT JAMES songwriter (Martina McBride's
Blessed, Rascal Flatts' Love You Out Loud, Wynonna's What The World Needs Now
and Jessica Andrews' Who I Am) born on June 5th in Oklahoma City, OK. •1970
BEATLES' album Let It Be hits #1 on June 13th and remains for 4 weeks. •1987
RANDY TRAVIS' Forever And Ever, Amen begins three-weeks at #1 on Billboard
country on June 13th. •1994 CHARLES A. BECKWITH retired Army colonel who leads
the 1980 mission to free American hostages in Iran dies on June 13th at his
home in Austin, TX. •2006 SUGARLAND's Just Might (Make Me Believe) receives a
Gold single on June 13th.
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JEFF THOMPSON (Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC)
Subject: Facebook link no longer works!. That's Okay, Jim & Lacy. We ALL
wind up passing along faulty Internet data. For instance, I just sent out a
photo to about 100 people, that I received in good faith from someone else
interested in my life-long HOBBY...Astronomy. AND, as it turned out that while
BEAUTIFUL...it was a total phony astro-picture that had been "Photo
Shopped!" Still, it WAS a very inspiring piece of "Astro
Art"...though not the real thing. However, as art, It DOES make one think
of our place in the universe. But it was ONLY art...not science...and others in
the hobby spotted it "Egg all over my face!" But I just told everybody it was "only a
test", as we used to say on the radio about the "Conalrad Alert
System". I said I sent it merely to see "how acute their eye and
knowledge was." It was sent to me by a young NEW astronomer who was
totally inspired by it. So what's wrong
with that...making people think about our place in the universe...and where we
should be reaching out and going out into it. So sometimes our Internet
glitches...work out for the better. Thanks, Jeff Thompson, NOW, Winston-Salem,
NC
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JO TRAVIS [Jim] (Hot Springs, AR) Subject: (Jim)
Trav(is) Update. As of this morning (Friday), Trav is still in ICU, but they
think they are getting a handle on his blood pressure. A new complication has
arisen though. An MRI has revealed that he has 2 aneurisms in his brain...a
small one at the back of his brain, which they said is too small to do anything
with right now, and a very large one in the front of his brain, which needs to
be "clipped". So, he will now be referred to a neurosurgeon. That's
where we stand now. I'll try to keep y'all posted. Jo FRIDAY EVENING UPDATE:
Trav has been moved to a private room...#2114 at Nat'l Park Hospital. The
direct number is 501-620-2114. SATURDAY UPDATE: Have just been told that the
hospital will be releasing Trav shortly. They said it will be about 2 weeks
before they deal with the brain issue. (www.JimWWTravis.com)
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STEVE EBERHART (Dallas, TX) Subject: KGAF in
Gainesville. Hey Jim, Thought I'd let you know about the changes at KGAF in
Gainesville. We flipped to a new format January 1st. We are now "Memories
1580" playing what I call "All Time Favorites". It is
essentially a Gold based AC. So far, the response has been very positive. Our
issue with the Country format was, although it was a somewhat progressive
Contemporary Country format, our listeners didn't seem to distinguish it from
the decades long "Old Country" format that existed. We felt like an
identity change might be in order as a means of moving the demographics a
little lower than 60+ (not that there's anything wrong with 65 year old
listeners!). We are now being heard in offices and businesses that never
carried us before. If anyone would like to check us out, we stream at
www.memories1580.com. Steve Eberhart, owner/operator KGAF "Memories
1580" Gainesville, TX
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JOHN BASS [KLIF-1190 Newscaster] (Tyler, TX)
Subject: Texas Radio Hall of Fame Nominees for 2011. Jim, your line about the
youngsters at KILT FM remind me of what Richard Nixon said in his farewell
speech the day he left office..."you have to have been face down in a
ditch...to ever know and appreciate what it was like to have been on the
mountain top". Those KILT youngsters may be good at what they do...but
they have absolutely no concept of what the grand old radio days were
like...and how amazingly good and wonderful they were when old timers like you
and me were cruisin' the airwaves!! I don't say that in a bragging way at all.
It is just a statement of fact!
TRIVIA ANSWER: Art Linkletter's daytime variety
show House Party premieres on CBS radio in 1944 and runs through October 1967.
MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: DFW
Radio/TV/Media "Lunch Bunch". You asked for it, you got it! The next
Dallas-Fort Worth Radio/TV/Media Lunch Bunch is Saturday, June 18 at 12:30PM.
Same place...Humperdink's on NW Hwy between 35E/Stemmons and Loop 12/Walton
Walker in the 'Restaurant Row' district in northwest Dallas in the
"atrium." Same as always...casual, come-and-go as you please, no speeches
or agendas, each person pays for their own and expect plenty of conversation
and networking and fun! We'll hang out until the last person leaves...so if you
can't make it on time, we'll likely still be there until 3 or 4PM. See you
there! (www.knus99.com/)
WILL ROGERS quotes (1879-1935) If all the time
consumed in attending dinners and luncheons was consumed in some work, the
production of this country would be doubled.
Jim Rose and Lacy
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June 10, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #984
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
DELILIAH'S STALKER ARRESTED According to the Kitsap
Sun, on Monday, June 6, 2011 police arrest a 51-year-old Seattle, WA man near
syndicated radio night host Delilah Rene's home. Police reports indicate that
the guy has a long history of making unwanted gestures directed at her.
Delilah's private eye finds the suspect creeping around near her home. He and
another man take the suspect into custody and hold him until sheriff's deputies
arrive. Delilah tells deputies that the suspect goes to jail more than five
years ago for stalking her. According to a sheriff's office report, the deputy
positively identifies the guy from a Department of Corrections photo. The
sheriff's department books the unidentified suspect into Kitsap County jail on
$50,000 bail.
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ERNIE IS ON THE ROAD AGAIN Former Houston, Dallas
and Austin, TX radio broadcaster, Ernie Brown, heads north to Washington D.C. as
a co-anchor on America’s Radio News Network. Ernie is the new co-anchor on
ARNN’s news block from 3–6 pm EST, Monday through Friday. Brown has over 32
years experience in radio in major markets all across America that includes:
Seattle, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Cleveland and Las Vegas. Before he joins
ARNN, Ernie is a newscaster on The Dallas Morning Show on CBS News Radio
KRLD-1080 in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX metroplex. Brown brags: America's Radio
News Network is the type of organization I have wanted to co-anchor the news. I
am happy to be reporting to you live from Washington D.C. and to be
co-anchoring on ARNN. We can hear Ernie online at
www.AmericasRadioNewsNetwork.com.
HOWARD STERN IS A COMIC - REALLY! The days of
action heroes in comic books takes on a new twist as publisher Bluewater
Productions announces a new 32-page comic book that stars Howard Stern. This
marvelous piece of literary acclaim lands on the shelves of our favorite
publication stores on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. The comic book's motif is happy
Howard's favorite topic: himself. Its title is Orbit: Howard Stern. Bluewater
Productions, its publisher, says the comic lifts the veil on the man behind the
microphone. JRRR believes that we already know enough about that subject.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS televise the
one-hour premiere of color television? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•ABBY NIEZGODA Houston, TX native Emerson College
grad is a new Multi Media Journalist on WLNE TV ABC CH6 in Providence, RI.
Previously Abbey is anchor-reporter on WERS FM (88.9) Boston, MA for 4 years.
•RICK BUCKLEY, Chairman/CEO of Buckley Radio; Joseph A. Reilly, NYSBA President
and the late William B. Williams, NYC radio are new members of NY Broadcasters
Hall of Fame. •JOHN ILLK former Talk show producer-production pro on News/Talk
WOOD-1300 and Talk WTKG-1230 (ex WCUZ) Grand Rapids, MI exits Talk Radio
Network. Contact John at jillk93@hotmail.com. •VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY sells all
student radio station WRVU FM (91.1) Nashville, TN to Nashville Public Radio
for $3.35 Million. NPR flips WRVU FM to (Classical 91) WFCL FM on June 1.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KWEX TV IND CH41 in San Antonio, TX begins
broadcasting on June 10th. •1966 BRUCE ROBISON Alternative-Country
singer-songwriter (Tim McGraw's Angry All the Time) born on June 11th in
Bandera, TX. •1972 ELVIS PRESLEY records a live album at New York's Madison
Square Garden on June 10th. •1988 RICKY VAN SHELTON joins the Grand Ole Opry on
June 10th as he sings his hit tune Somebody Lied. •1996 HOWARD STERN Radio Show
premieres on WBUZ FM (106.5) on June 10th in Toledo, OH. •2005 CARRIE UNDERWOOD
American Idol winner debuts on the Grand Ole Opry on June 10th singing Roy
Orbison's Classic 1961 tune Crying.
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JO TRAVIS [Jim] (Hot Springs, AR) Subject: (Jim)
Trav(is). I haven't been on the computer for a few days and haven't
acknowledged any emails. Monday, Trav had what the doctors are calling a small
stroke. His carotid arteries are almost completely blocked, so, around noon
today they are going to put stints in to open them up. They said there appears
to be no permanent damage and the stints should work. I'll let y'all know. Jo
(www.JimWWTravis.com) UPDATE: Trav is out of surgery and in the ICU. They will
keep him there tonight and possibly tomorrow, but they said on the up side he
can possibly be home by Sat... Jo
JEFF THOMPSON (Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC)
Subject: James Arness. Sorry to hear of James Arness Passing. He was a very
impressive man...and a solid character as Matt Dillon...much like his mentor,
John Wayne, who he told me had recommended that he take the job. Jim still
thought Wayne would have been a better fit for the role. Arness was AWESOME! I
first interviewed him for my nationally syndicated celebrity show while I was
still in college at UT. At the Driskill Hotel in Austin...he FILLED the entire
couch he was sitting on...and when he stood up, my camera pointed upward
displayed a "keystoned" image...more like looking up at a tall building
than at a man. And, as everyone knows, on Gunsmoke, he required an extra-large
horse for him to ride, so there would not be a disproportionate image of
Sheriff Dillon galloping after the bad guys. Respectfully, Jeff Thompson,
Winston-Salem, NC
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BILL LEGRAND (Waco, TX) Hi Jim, I am enjoying your
radio memories online. I don't know if you remember me. My air name at KULF
(790) was Bill Grant. I was one of the original air staff when we changed over
from KTHT to KULF in the summer of 1970 and was there as DJ, production
director and salesman till 1980. I still stay in contact with Bill Bosse and
Frank Costa and a few of the others over the years. I was telling some stories
about my friend Hal McClain this morning and it prompted me to go online and
look for an air check of him. But, no luck yet. Somewhere in a box in the attic
I am sure I have some. Anyway, I just wanted to say hello and let you know that
I enjoyed your material. Good luck and keep up the good work. Bill LeGrand;
General Manager: KRMX FM (92.9), KRZI-1660, KWBT FM (104.9)
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HANK MOORE (Houston, TX) Subject: Radio
Nomination....noticed that you are nominated in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. I
will vote for you. I am nominated, as well. Perhaps you will reciprocate by
voting for me. Kindest regards. Hank Moore (www.hankmoore.com)
DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: You
are as good as IN!! I sent out my ballot today for the HOF and I voted for you.
If you only get one vote, I will be really p****d. Hopefully someone will step
up and get a movement going for you. Did you see the nominees? My heavens,
everybody who ever walked past a control room was nominated. Jeff Cunningham,
DC (www.zoesplaceclinic.com) / (www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Growing up in
Oak Cliff. As a child, I used to wonder why my grandmother (We called her
Granny.) would often call the Kroger in Wynnewood (where we shopped) Wyatt's.
The Cafeteria in Wynnewood (where we liked to eat) was still called Wyatt's.
(It's no longer there. I guess most Cafeterias are no longer around, at this
point.) My father worked at Cliff Food on Jefferson for several years. He left
Cliff Food in 1963. My father & grandfather graduated from Adamson. I was
born the year you graduated (1962).
TRIVIA ANSWER: On June 25, 1951 CBS televises the
one-hour premiere of color television. This is the CBS Field Sequential System
not Compatible Color. The Premiere program airs from 4:35 to 5:34 pm with
entertainment by leading personalities such as Arthur Godfrey, Faye Emerson,
Sam Levenson, Robert Alda, Ed Sullivan, Isabel Bigley and Garry Moore, plus
statements by William S. Paley and Dr. Frank Stanton. Premiere and its 16
sponsors are fed to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim: Do
you have list of nominees for TRHOF? We outsiders are interested too. Ever hear
of recording artist Link Davis?? He was on 12 labels & even recorded
"Ballad of Jole Blon" on Allstar. Also a tune called "Big
Houston" on Western label. He had been on KNUZ (1230) & Home Town
Jamboree in Houston, later on KWKH (1130). Born 1914 & Died 2/5/72. Thought
of you when I ran into his bio recently. BOB
WILLIAM LOUIS PETERSEN (February 21, 1953-p) It’s
not where you’re from; it’s where you’re going. It’s not what you drive; it’s
what drives you. It’s not what’s on you; it’s what’s in you. It’s not what you
think; it’s what you know; it’s not what you do; it’s how well you do it.
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June 08, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #983
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
MATT DILLON'S FINAL SHOOTOUT James Arness, who we
all remember as Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running TV western series
Gunsmoke dies on Friday, June 3, 2011 at 88. The 6' 7" James Arness plays Marshal
Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke for 20 years. The Los Angeles Times reports that he
dies of natural causes. Arness is born on May 26, 1923 in Minneapolis, MN.
During World War II, he is a rifleman. While in the military he is wounded in
combat in Italy. Arness receives both a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. In
1945, he starts out as a Minnesota radio announcer. He soon moves to Los
Angeles, CA. In 1947, he lands his big break as Loretta Young's co-star in the
movie The Farmer's Daughter. During his career, he and John Wayne become
friends. CBS' first choice for the role of Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke is
John Wayne but instead he recommends James Arness for the part. In the course
of his time on the show, he receives three Emmy nominations. Gunsmoke, one of
the longest running dramatic series ever produced, airs from 1955-75. His death
comes one year after his brother, Peter Graves, star of Mission Impossible dies
of a heart attack at 83. James Arness' survivors include his wife Janet, three
sons and three grandchildren.
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NEW TV MORNING SHOW COMES TO HOUSTON Texas' largest
city previews a new two-hour morning show on KIAH TV CH39. On May 9, 2011 TV
weekday viewers in Houston wake up at 6 am to see a new program called Eye
Opener that features a mix of news, information and entertainment. The
program's main anchors are Kirby O’Connell, Sean Dowling and Adam Lee Campbell.
Its local news coverage comes from former KIAH TV News anchor Mia Grandy. Also,
in the lineup are regulars like the gadget guru, Bohuš, and handyman, Wrench,
with helpful hints to keep your house in shape. Four-time Emmy winner, Raymond
J. Brune, is Eye Opener's executive producer. He previously is executive
producer of ABC's Good Morning America Sunday and World News Now.
DISNEY HANDS OUT PINK SLIPS Walt Disney Studios
announces that beginning next week it will lay off about 5% of its staff
members. This represents about 250 out of its total 5000 employees. Rich Ross,
Disney chairman, says that the move is to streamline studio operations as the
company releases fewer movies and receives less revenue from its home video
division. The move affects distribution and post production more than other
departments. But some of the home entertainment and product management staff
are also affected. Soon after Ross takes command in January 2010, Disney
initiates a small round of layoffs. On March 20, Lionsgate reduces its
500-person workforce by 2%. While it cuts members of its home entertainment
staff, Lionsgate also hires several in its digital operation.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What year does CBS's Television
City open? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•ANN RUBIN wraps up her 6 pm report on Gannett KSDK
TV NBC CH5 in St. Louis, MO on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Two cars crash just
feet away. Like a pro she maintains her composure and finishes her report.
Salute! •WNNF FM (Frequency 94.1) Cumulus Adult Alternative Cincinnati, OH
flips to AC Journey 94.1 on May 20, 2011 at 9:41 am. •CLAY HUNTINGTON longtime
Tacoma, WA radio-TV broadcaster/owner of KLAY-1180 who founds the State of
Washington Sports Hall of Fame dies at 89 on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. •DEAN
BAQUET Washington bureau chief succeeds Jill Abramson as NY Times managing
editor.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 WDAM TV NBC CH7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS
begins broadcasting on June 8th. •1962 SKEETER DAVIS records The End of the
World on June 8th at RCA Studio B in Nashville, TN. •1974 RICK WAKEMAN
keyboardist quits Rock group Yes on June 8th. •1984 LORRIE MORGAN joins the
Grand Ole Opry on June 9th. •1992 BEVERLY CARTER movie-TV actress (Cigarette
Girl on The Jimmy Stewart TV Show) dies at 51 on June 8th. •2003 TAMMY
WYNETTE's ex-husband George Jones' single He Stopped Loving Her Today rings up
#2 on Billboard Country on June 8th.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: TXRHOF Voting. Don't think I mentioned it but I am a member of the
TXRHOF who can vote. The voting was last month and I sent it in--one vote--your
name. They ask for details and I used part of the bio you had sent me. You had
mentioned in your writings that possibly not all votes are registered. I trust
my vote will be cast. Red
FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Thanks Jim, you have
a good week-end also. Yes, that voice of Fred Foy who did the intro for the
Lone Ranger was wonderful. He just recently died I think. All the real heroes
are gone now. With the recent passing of Glenn Ford, that was the last one of
the real old timers. fh
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JIM GOUGH (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) On the Lone
Ranger, I have an autographed picture of me and Clayton Moore at Happy Shahan's
Alamo Village in 1981. We were there doing a series of TV spots for J. Walter
Thompson Advertising selling Ford "Long Ranger" pickups. I enjoyed
three days of visiting with Clayton and listening to his stories. I too believe
Clayton was the only Lone Ranger! Long live the Lone Ranger! Jim Gough /
Liberty Hill, TX
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IRA [Eye] LIPSON [Dallas, TX] Subject: WFAA FM
automation room. Jim...Answering your question...That strange long thin room
remained unused until at least 1978 when I left Beloville. That old Shafer
automation system from the WFAA-FM era just sat there collecting dust. May it
rust in peace. Ira “Eye” Lipson; Certified Media Hotshot (www.LipsonWorks.com)
WFAA-820/570 DALLAS, TX In summer 1967, after I
exit the noon-3 pm spot on KPCN-730 in Big D, give the WFAA FM PD a call about
an opening. At the time, WFAA FM has live programming with DJs who spin
records. The FM PD says that he thinks Charlie Van PD of sister station
WFAA-820/570 has an opening. By the time Charlie hires me in August 1967 as the
7pm to midnight DJ on 50,000 watt clear channel WFAA-820 all of the WFAA FM DJs
are already gone. WFAA FM flips to Mr. Shafer's famous automation system. Each
night during the week, immediately after I get off the air at midnight on
WFAA-820, have to rush to that narrow little rectangular room and change all
six of the huge WFAA FM automation tapes that are on heavy 12" aluminum
reels. Remember those jewels? On Sunday afternoons from noon-6pm I spin records
on 5,000 watt WFAA-570. Never in my long radio career do I ever run across a
control room so vast as WFAA. It has lots of space for a live orchestra or a
group of singers. That's 44 years ago. Memories are made of this.
DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Jim, how do
you propose that I get a movement going to get you in the hall (TRHOF)? I don't
have the email list of all the people in the HOF or of all the people on your
list. Is there anything that I can do to make this come to fruition? I hate for
the Texas Radio HOF to be a hand picked group of people that are the very ones
that made many days in radio miserable. There has to be a place in the hall for
the people that worked in the trenches and weren't prima donnas. Just let me
know what you want me to do and I will try to see this happen. Jeff Cunningham,
DC Kyle, TX (www.zoesplaceclinic.com) / (www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obits. Jim: Singer/Guitarist, Andrew Gold, has died @ 59 on 6/3/2011. His hit
"Lonely Boy" charted #7 in '77; "Thank You For Being a
Friend" charted #25 in 1978 & was adapted as theme for TV's
"Golden Girls" series. Jazz Pianist, Ray Bryant, died @ 79 on
6/2/2011, His 1960 hit "The Madison Time," charted @#30. He was uncle
of Jazz Guitarist Kevin Eubanks, formerly bandleader of The Tonight Show with
Jay Leno. Bob & Sonny Lee
TRIVIA ANSWER: CBS's landmark production facility,
Television City, opens in Los Angeles in 1952.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Lone
Ranger's Nephew's horse. Jim, What is the name of the Lone Ranger's nephew's
horse? Dan Reid's horse is named Victor a descendant of the Lone Ranger's
horse, Silver. Clayton Moore with his silver bullets in the original 1950s TV
series on the back of his white stallion Silver is the only real Lone Ranger.
Leslie Wayne Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
THE LONE RANGER (1949): Only you, Tonto, know I'm
alive. To the world, I'm buried here beside my brother and my friends..forever.
Tonto: You are alone now. Last man. You are lone ranger. The Lone Ranger: Yes,
Tonto, I am...the Lone Ranger.
Jim Rose and Lacy
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June 06, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #982
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COUNTRY SINGER'S HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE When Country
star Trace Adkins is on a plane on its way to Alaska on Saturday, June 4, 2011
he doesn't know that his home is destroyed by fire. As she watches firemen
battle the blaze of their once beautiful home on Millsford Court, Trace's wife,
Rhonda sighs: He’s gonna freak. He’s probably gonna think I’m dead. She says
that she is in Atlanta, GA until the afternoon of the fire. She arrives home at
3:45 pm about 10 minutes after the fire starts. She is about three minutes away
from their house when she sees the smoke. Trace arrives in Alaska at 11:30 pm.
Security meets him at the airport gate and gives him the bad news about his
house fire plus the good news that his family is safe and unharmed. The
Tennessean reports: Neighbors were out in force to support the famous family.
They brought food and drinks and even watermelon for the family and
firefighters battling the blaze. Two of their five children are in the house at
the time of the fire. The youngest ages 9 and 6 along with houseguests who look
after them make it out safely. Fire officials report that the Trace Adkins home
off Concord Road in Brentwood, TN is a total loss. Adkins returns to Nashville
for the CMA Music Festival. He will take the stage at LP Field on Saturday
night.
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COURIC LEAP FROGS TO ABC The news is out all over
town that former CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric will move to ABC TV. She
makes the declaration on Monday, June 6, 2011. That's the day when her 5-year
contract with CBS expires. Scott Pelley replaces Couric on CBS Evening News on
that same Monday. A person who is familiar with the negotiations tells us that
this move includes a syndicated daytime talk show and contributions to ABC
News. The deal brings Couric to daytime TV in fall 2012. This comes at a time
when daytime TV programming is in the process of massive changes. Oprah's exit
along with the cancellations of two beloved ABC soaps One Life to Live and All
My Children leaves a huge gap. Couric formerly co-hosts NBC's Today show with
Matt Lauer. But he recently says that they will not reunite for a new show. In
his own words Matt says that their getting back together is not going to
happen. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper adds his second new talk show called simply
Anderson which debuts on September 12th. It tapes at Jazz at Lincoln Center's
The Allen Room in New York's Time Warner Center which also houses the set for
CNN's Anderson Cooper 360. Soap fans are concerned that Couric's new TV show
might force the cancellation of another much-loved soap, General Hospital. My
goodness! The times they certainly are changing.
NAB'S TOP LOBBYIST HITS THE RAILS National
Association of Broadcasters EVP of government relations Laurie Knight trades in
her old radio for a railroad track. Laurie receives an offer that she cannot
refuse from the Association of American Railroads to ride the rails as their
influence peddler. In 2005, she joins the NAB from her stint as a powerbroker
with the National Beer Wholesalers Association. While at the beer stop she
works with former NAB chief David Rehr.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the first CBS President of
News? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CHRIS BAKER exits his wake-up show on Clear
Channel News/Talk KTLK FM Minneapolis, MN earlier in 2011 to join KSEV-700
Houston, TX. His replacement in the vacant 6-9am spot is Davis & Emmer in
the Morning. •JILL ABRAMSON as its new executive editor is the first woman to
lead The New York Times in its history. •JAY EUBANKS 56-year radio veteran
retires from radio on Monday, May 30, 2011. •PAUL GATES longtime WAFB TV
anchor-reporter announces to viewers that he has the early stages of
Alzheimer’s disease. The 64 year old Gates retires after 34 years with the
Baton Rouge, LA CBS-affiliate.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS legendary tune Rock
Around the Clock hits #1 on June 6th. •1964 BUCK OWENS' single Together Again
takes #1 in Billboard Country on June 6th. •1971 WHAE TV (now WGNX) CBN CH46 in
Atlanta, GA begins broadcasting on June 6th. •1982 ALABAMA the hometown band
sponsors the first June Jam on June 4th in Ft. Payne, AL. •1991 NBC announces
on June 6th that Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992. •2008 LEE
ANN WOMACK's single Last Call releases to radio on MCA records on June 6th.
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CARL B. PEEPLES (Douglasville, GA) Subject: Red
Jones retirement. Hi Red, Annie and I just returned home from a weeklong visit
with family in Mississippi. And, I find your announcement in my inbox. Wow!
What news! Well, it’s about time. Retirement…After 63 years of loving service
to a wonderful medium, you’ve certainly earned yours! I’m so glad that I was
privileged to get to know you, work with you and have you become a good friend.
You truly are a broadcasting pioneer and icon. Especially in the great state of
Georgia! What an honor and achievement to have been inducted into the Georgia
Radio Hall of Fame! I’ve been allied closely enough with radio over the years,
especially in Top 40 radio of the fifties and sixties, to be truly in awe of
you and your contributions to radio! Annie and I wish for you and Betty one of
the best and happiest retirements that one could have. Cheers! Remember…we’re
just down the road…you and Betty have a standing invitation to come see us
anytime! We’ll throw a steak on the barbie, sit on the back porch and have a
blast telling radio stories! You know that old broadcasters never ever run out
of stories to tell. Your friend, Carl
FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Thanks for the
mention of the new Lone Ranger Movie. I have an autographed picture of Clayton
Moore with his silver bullets on the back of his white stallion Silver. He
really is the only real Lone Ranger. He was in Albuquerque in 1986. Frank
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IRA [Eye] LIPSON [Dallas, TX] Subject: Tom Lodge.
Jim...If you could pass this along it would be much appreciated. Tom Lodge,
pioneering DJ & PD of Britain’s Radio Caroline has contracted cancer and
needs to go to the clinic of Dr. Burzynski, which is in Texas. This clinic has
a high success rate in curing cancer with non-chemo, non-operational and
no-radiation, which is his preference. He needs to stay for 4 weeks and it
would be ideal to gather enough funds to cover the treatment, the stay and the
travel and to send a companion to help with his care. Please forward to all you
know that would like to participate from his Radio Caroline days. To make a
donation go to this PayPal account. (http://umiji.org/donations) The Umi
Foundation is a non profit organization and tax receipts are available for U.S.
Donations. For those sending snail mail the address is 7919 Empire Grade; Santa
Cruz, CA 95060 Ira “Eye” Lipson; Certified Media Hotshot; Dallas, TX, USA
(www.LipsonWorks.com)
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Sex Scandal? OMG! Hey Jim, Did you see this one about the Syracuse,
NY TV Anchor who resigned when it was learned he was fooling around with the
Consumer Affairs reporter? She had to resign too.
(www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/other-shoe-drops-in-wsyr-sex-scandal-as-reporter-jennifer-lewke-resigns_b10984)
OMG. Say it ain't so. An anchor and a reporter getting it on? What's the world
coming to? Who would a thunk it? Seriously, is this really news? If ALL the TV
canoodling news anchors and reporters get fired, there won't be anyone left to
do the news. Don't you know all the others are busy covering their tracks,
deleting all those hot emails and pretending they don't even know each other,
now that they know that a News Room affair can get them fired. Then again,
sometimes it can help your career. Look what it did for Chris Wragge. Jim Bell;
Lufkin
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BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Hello Jim; I'm
still doing newscasts for the Audience Bakery network. I believe we have 15
stations now and are preparing a proposal for custom local newscasts for our
client stations. Take care. bc
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1951 at 37 Sig Mickelson becomes
the first CBS President of News and Public Affairs. In 1954 he moves on up to
Chief Executive of a combined radio and television division. Next he is
President of another new division known as CBS News. Sig Mickelson dies at 86
on Friday, March 24, 2000.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Valerie
Hart Up and Down the Dial. Jim, I have put your name in for nomination (TRHOF)
a month ago. I wish you well on this. Valerie Hart is one young lady I want to
put in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame nomination. She is a graduate of Texas
A&M...has also worked in Austin. Valerie grew up in Bryan where her Dad was
a Professor at A&M. She has a very professional personality in this
industry. ): Leslie Wayne Hodges
ELLE MACPHERSON (March 29, 1964-p) I've done all
this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.
Jim Rose and Lacy
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June 03, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #981
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
MASS EXODUS AT WTOL TV After more than a decade with
Raycom Media WTOL TV CBS CH11 Toledo, OH News director Andi Roman leaves the
building. Two other high-profile members of the WTOL TV news team also hit the
exit ramp. Lauren Lowrey, morning anchor and reporter, who joins WTOL TV in
2008 leaves to join Lin Television WISH TV CBS CH8 in Indianapolis, IN. Mike
Stone, morning meteorologist, who is a New Jersey native decides to defect to
the east coast to be closer to his family. A reliable source says that WTOL TV
asks him to take a significant pay cut. In fact, family is also the reason that
Roman gives for her farewell party. The mother of two teenage sons, she tells
the Toledo Blade that she wants to able to spend more time with them. Her last
day is June 6, 2011. Melissa Voetsch, who is WTOL’s 9-10 am morning show
anchor, tacks on Lauren Lowrey's early morning anchor spot.
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LOCAL RADIO RETURNS TO AIRWAVES KPAM-860 (The Voice
of Portland) Pamplin Media Group News-Talk Portland-Troutdale, OR puts the
finishing touches on its new local lineup that begins in March 2011. The
addition of a daily three-hour news and information program The Afternoon
Download with Pat Boyle and Charlie Maxton debuts on May 31st each night from
3p-6p. What a welcome change. Is this a new trend that takes us back to what
makes radio great - local programming?
HI YO SILVER AWAY! A fiery horse with the speed of
light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi Yo Silver! are familiar words to us Lone
Ranger fans. The Social Network star Armie Hammer saddles up to ride the range
in Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer's adaptation of The Lone Ranger on the big
screen. Johnny Depp is his Kemo Sabe Tonto. This is Bruckheimer's next feature
movie following his fourth Pirates of the Caribbean picture. Disney does not
mention a release date but it could hit our local movie houses as early as fall
2012. Originally, The Lone Ranger launches as a radio show in 1933 before it
becomes a TV show during the 1950s. It also appears in comic books. We diehard
fans believe that Clayton Moore with his silver bullets in the original 1950s
TV series on the back of his white stallion Silver is the only real Lone
Ranger.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS Radio and Television
split into two separate divisions? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Connell Miller grows one year
older on Monday, June 6, 2011. •WNSP FM (105.5) Dot Com Plus Sports Radio
Mobile-Bay Minette, AL flips from ESPN to Sporting News Radio on Wednesday,
June 1, 2011 plus it adds a two-hour mid-day local show. •DENNIS ANDERSON 50
year broadcast pro anchor on WDIO TV ABC CH10 in Duluth, MN retires on the
Wednesday, May 22, 2011 Eyewitness News at Ten. •DARREN DANIELSON replaces
retiring Dennis Anderson on WDIO TV Eyewitness News at Six and Ten. •RENEE
PASSAL is new WDIO TV Eyewitness News at Five anchor.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KLFY TV CBS CH10 in Lafayette, LA begins
broadcasting on June 3rd. •1968 JAMIE O'NEAL 2000 ACM Top New Female award
winner (There Is No Arizona-2000 and When I Think About Angels-2000) born on
June 3rd in Sydney, Australia. •1976 QUEEN's single Bohemian Rhapsody goes Gold
on June 3rd. •1989 REBA MCENTIRE marries manager Narvel Blackstock on June 3rd
in Lake Tahoe, NV where she performs at Caesar's. •1997 DENNIS JAMES TV game
show host of The Price is Right (1972–1977) dies at 79 on June 3rd. •2009
GEORGE STRAIT's album Troubadour certifies Platinum on June 3rd.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: Retirement. To: Steve Gradick. From: Red Jones. After much thought I
feel that now is the time for me to fully retire. With 63 years in the business
and becoming 80 in August along with my remarriage I have things left that I
can do while I'm still physically and mentally healthy. I've had 10 full years
at WKNG (1060) as of June first and feel I've done well here. I would like for
my last day to be June 15th. Red
STEVE GRADICK [Owner Gradick Communications]
(Carrollton, GA) To: Red Jones Subject: Retirement. Best wishes for a long and
enjoyable retirement. My gratitude for ten excellent years of service.
Congratulations on a radio career that is unparalleled. Steve Gradick
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CLIF JONES [Red's son] (Sherman Oaks, CA) To: Red
Jones Subject: Retirement. Dad, Well that's big news! What a career indeed! My
goodness...63 years in front of a microphone...and you still have it! The air
waves are losing a legend. I wish I could be there for your last show but am
traveling to New York the week-end before. I propose to all receiving this
e-mail that your last day be spent taking a call on the air from all who would
like to chat with you for a few minutes on your last day of a brilliant career.
I will be calling in from California. Love You Dad! Cheers! Clif Jones
(www.lavintagegear.com)
PATTI REEVES [Red's daughter] (Atlanta, GA) To: Red
Jones Subject: Retirement. Wow! Red that is really big! We are so proud of you
and all you’ve accomplished in your career! We wish you many happy years of
retirement! And best of luck to Betty! ;-) Love, Patti and Dean
DEAN REEVES [Red's son-in-law] (Atlanta, GA) To:
Red Jones Subject: Retirement. Red, That is indeed big news. You are one of a
kind and will never be replaced. You provided listeners with the best they
could ask for. A perfect 63 years. WOW! I hope you will take some calls on that
last show. But it may take you all day to work everyone in. I think your timing
is perfect as you and Betty have much to see and do. God Bless You Red, you are
one of your generation's greatest. Love, Dean
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BOB TODD [Robert Thurgaland Sr.-Thurgaland
Marketing & Consulting, Inc.] (Ocala, FL) To: Red Jones Subject:
Retirement. Everyone that knows you are so proud to know you Red for all you
have meant to us over the years. You and Betty so deserve to spend your last
two decades doing whatever comes your way. All of us share the feeling that our
lives would not be what they are without having had you in them. God Bless You. Love what everyone is writing
you and loved what Sam had to say also. Thank you for your enduring friendship.
Let's do it again in Cedar Key (FL). Best always, Bob
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MIKE STEED [President Sertoma Club] (Bowdon, GA)
To: Red Jones Subject: Retirement. Red, say it isn't so! We will miss your
dulcet voice on WKNG. 63 years is a remarkable legacy. You have earned a happy,
healthy retirement. I look forward to a continuing friendship for a long, long
time. Much happiness to you and Betty. With respect, Mike Steed
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1951, CBS Radio and Television
split into two separate divisions.
BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Dialing
for dollars. Hello Jim; VNR-1 has called me in to work on another project. I'm
calling radio stations to schedule interviews with the senior travel expert for
Priceline.com. I always enjoy talking with radio people across the country. I
get the chance to catch up with old friends like Jim Forsyth at WOAI, Steve
Murphy at WCCO and Jack Williams at KUHF. It always surprises me a little how
polite most of the people I call are, especially since many don't know me from
Adam and most are usually busy when I call. Sometimes the automated attendant
asks me to spell the name of the person I'm trying to reach. That never works. But
I'm still laughing at the phone message for KFI-AM Los Angeles morning host
Bill Handal. "I don't care who you are or what you want!" *Beep*. Bob
KATHARINE HEPBURN (May 12, 1907-June 29, 2003) It's
a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.
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June 01, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #980
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
KERN CUTS COSTS DEEPLY To chop expenses; News Talk KERN-1180
in Bakersfield-Wasco-Greenacres, CA fires two longtime anchors plus severs its
relationship with a popular talk show host. Brett Reckamp, director of AM
programming, confirms on Friday, May 27, 2011 that news anchors Danielle
Sullivan and Bill Curtis and former host Inga Barks are laid off effective this
past Wednesday: It was just a straight-up economic issue. Working for the news
department can be quite expensive. Reckamp says that KERN's news team is parent
company American General Media's largest in its seven-station radio group. The
layoffs bring KERN's news team down to six people, which includes two anchors,
one producer, a show host and two anchor/reporters. Brett is also KERN's news
Program Director: We're just doing more with less when it comes to doing news.
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JOE MANNIX SUES CBS Mike Connors is the actor we
fondly remember as detective Joe Mannix in CBS' long running TV series Mannix
from four decades ago. The 85 year old Connors wants to find out where all of
his royalty payments went. Can Joe Mannix really be 85 years old? Connors files
a law suit on Thursday, May 19, 2011 against Paramount Pictures Corporation and
CBS Television Studios in Los Angeles Superior Court. He claims breach of
written contract, negligent misrepresentation and unfair business practices,
among other charges. Mike alleges that they owe him royalties on DVDs and other
products from the long running TV series. We fans avidly watch Mannix on our TV
screens from 1967 to 1975. According to his law suit, Connors has an agreement
that grants him 10% of the gross proceeds derived from the use of Mr. Connors'
name and likeness in merchandising, subject to a 50% fee for the first four
seasons, and 20 percent of the net profits from seasons five through eight. This
appears to be a good case for detective Joe Mannix to solve.
JAYNE MANSFIELD'S CAR Country singer and actor
Dwight Yoakam once again teams up with his 1996 movie drama Sling Blade co-star
Billy Bob Thornton for another romp on the big screen. Dwight tells the San
Luis Obispo Tribune: Billy wrote a new screenplay titled ‘Jayne Mansfield’s
Car'. It’s supposed to star myself, Billy Bob and Dennis Quaid as three
brothers in 1969 who are ex World War II vets wrestling with their own families
and lives on a large cattle ranch in western Alabama. Billy Bob Thornton's
Sling Blade brings him an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1996.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does The Jack Benny Show join
CBS Television? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•ED BAXTER 35-year radio veteran Morning News
co-anchor on News/Talk KGO-810 San Francisco, CA retires. •JON BRISTOW replaces
the retiring Ed Baxter at News/Talk KGO-810 San Francisco, CA. •KEVIN MCCARTHY
former Entercom-Seattle, WA market manager replaces 16-year market manager Lisa
Decker as SVP/market manager of CBS Radio’s 4-station Seattle cluster. •WDUQ FM
Duquesne University's Jazz radio flips to all News & information
programming on July 1, 2011 under new owner Essential Public Media. •RAY RAMSEY
20 year weathercaster on KOMO TV ABC CH4 Seattle, WA dies at 87 on Sunday, May
22, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1950 WKZO TV (now WWMT) CBS CH3 in Kalamazoo, MI
1st broadcast is on June 1st. •1964 DOLLY PARTON moves to Nashville, TN on June
1st one day after she graduates from high school, She meets her future husband,
Carl Dean, at a laundromat. •1971 ED SULLIVAN's final TV show on CBS is on June
1st. •1988 KEITH WHITLEY's album Don't Close Your Eyes releases on RCA records
on May 31st. •1991 DAVID RUFFIN The Temptations lead singer dies of a drug
overdose at 50 on June 1st. •2009 JOE NICHOLS' first tour of U.S. military
bases in Iraq begins on June 1st.
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SAM LEE (Beverly Hills, CA) To: Sam Lee. From: Mary
Ann. Subject: (Cousin) Linnie. Sam, the nursing home just called and said they
were going to do a re-evaluation on Linnie and maybe not put him in Hospice
after all. She said she didn't think he was near death but that he certainly
wasn't improving. He is getting worse but some of the personnel there don't
think he needs hospice just yet. I hope that means some good news. I know he
will have to go on it eventually but maybe it can be put off for a while.
maryann. Subject: Reply 1 to Linnie. Thanks for the update, Mary Ann. I have
you both in my prayers. I will let Jim Rose and Scott Hodges know about this
good news. Peace & Grace, Sam. The Zeitgeist Corporation
(www.ZeitgeistCorp.org)
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BILL LEGRAND (Waco, TX) Jim, It sounds like you
arrived at KULF (790) at about the same time as I left. I worked there from
Summer of 1970 (KTHT) until May of 1980. I was a jock at first working the 6PM
til 9PM shift, following Hal McClain. Then I became Production Director in 1972
for a year. I went into sales in 1973 until I moved to KODA (FM 99.1) in 1980.
The LeGrand you remember from Beaumont was my brother Joe. He went by Lee Grant
on air. He also used that name at KENR (1070) and KNUZ (1230). It's funny that
you did the (KULF) Oldies Show. Jim Heath started the show and when he left, I
did it for about a year. I think that was about 1977. Except then it was on Sunday
nights. Small world of radio!
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Hi Jim! Letting
you know about a great event put on last Wednesday by the Press Club of
Dallas..."Living Legends of Journalism." Lots of folks from DFW
radio, TV and print. Honored were Wes Wise (former Dallas mayor and KRLD-TV
sports reporter), Bobbie Wygant (now celebrating 63 years at WBAP-TV/KXAS-TV Ch
5 in Fort Worth as an entertainment reporter), Bill Mercer (sportscaster,
college professor & wrestling announcer) Dick Wheeler (former WFAA-TV news
anchor & longtime radio news anchor), Bert Shipp (former longtime news
director & reporter at WFAA-TV), Ron Chapman (former WFAA-TV personality
&longtime radio maestro extraordinaire) and Alex Burton (former newsman,
anchor and personality at KRLD/KDFW-TV and the old KDTV Ch 39 in Dallas). See
the complete list at
www.pressclubdallas.com/living-legends-of-north-texas-journalism-may-25th/.
Also attending were Bob Morrison, Charlie Hodges, Bud Buschardt, Clarence &
Margaret Bruyere, Mark Oristano, Jo Interrante, Brett Shipp (Bert's son who's
an ace investigative reporter at WFAA-TV now), Bill Brown, Pierce Allman, Troy
Dungan, Joyce Martin (wife of the late, great WFAA-TV and ABC news anchor
Murphy Martin,) and many others...a crowd of over 150! Honorees Blackie Sherrod
and Eddie Barker were not able to attend. Thanks and take care! Mike Shannon
(www.knus99.com)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim: Far
as I know, Jimmy Sacca is still living. When Hilltoppers disbanded, he went to
NYC as distributor for DOT. (he formed a new Hilltoppers group in 1968 after
leaving Dot.) Billy Vaughn left in 1955 to become musical arranger for Dot
& went on to become the bandleader with most hits in the rock era! HT
tenor, Seymour Speigelman died @56, 2/13/87. Last time I was in Bowling Green,
KY I visited the Corvette National Museum. BOB @ SW Outpost Trivia Center
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1950, Jack Benny begins to appear
infrequently on CBS Television. Beginning in 1952, CBS televises The Jack Benny
Show once every four weeks. After a summer break, The Jack Benny Show returns
on an alternate week basis. In 1960, The Jack Benny Show airs every week
through September 1965. The program wins an Emmy for Best Comedy Series
(1958-59 season) and Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor
(1960-61 season).
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Wolfman
Jack & Hal Evans Shreveport. Jim, Hal Evans has Audio Scan that measures
radio audiences. Parker used his service in 1983. Hal managed Bob Smith, AKA
Wolfman Jack when Wolfman was in Shreveport. Hal gave Wolfman the new 1964 1/2
Mustang. Hal is very busy with all that it takes in keeping the Marshall Depot
functioning. I looked this up in Google. I would like to hear more from you on
this. Thanks. Leslie Wayne Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
WOLFMAN JACK (January 21, 1938-July 1, 1995) Come
on down here and party with the Wolfman!
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 30, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #979
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ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WSIX MANAGEMENT IMPLODES The legendary WSIX FM's
revolving door in Nashville, TN continues to swing wide with the ouster of its
General Manager, Tom English. Clear Channel issues no explanation for their
rash decision plus no replacement for its figurehead is on the chalk board. Hey
Mr. DJ! Cue up the Amazing Rhythm Aces 1976 tune The End Is Not In Sight
because it's only about two weeks ago that WSIX FM Sales Manager, Mike
Carpenter, jumps ship over to Cumulus as its new GM. What's up doc? Nashville
radio has no non-compete clauses to muddy up the stream. All's fair in love and
war. Keith Kautman gets no respect for his 15 years at the helm as WSIX FM PD.
Jon Anthony steps up to the plate as his replacement. What's next on WSIX FM's
agenda? Only the shadow knows. Don't touch that bat dial.
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TV ANCHOR CELEBRATES 25 YEARS Rosanna Scotto
celebrates 25 years at Fox O&O WNYW TV CH5 NYC. She says her key to
longevity is not thinking about it too much but instead she places a focus on
the day-to-day task of covering the news: Despite the changes to the business
over the years, I kind of kept my head down and kept my focus on trying to get
the big story of the day. I think that’s not only how I survived, but thrived.
During her 25 years at WNYW TV, Scotto’s schedule changes. In the 1990s, she
anchors WNYW TV’s 10 pm newscast. In 2008, she moves to the morning show to
join co-host Greg Kelly. Rosanna says that the morning newscast is still a
challenge: I don’t feel like 100 percent comfortable in doing this format. This
is unscripted, throw in your opinion on things that you won’t get in trouble
with, and you have to know a lot about pop culture.
NEWS DIRECTOR ESCORTED OUT OF BUILDING A reliable
source reports that Michael Sullivan News Director of WJCLTV ABC CH22 in
Savannah, GA has been relieved of his duties. Michael is News Director of
WJCLTV since 2007. Reportedly, Sullivan is escorted out of WJCLTV on Tuesday,
May 24, 2011. During the process, station management asks staff members to
remain inside. This is Sullivan’s second time at New Vision Television's WJCL
TV. Under an agreement with Parkin Broadcasting, New Vision also operates WTGS
TV Fox CH28. After New Vision purchases WJCL TV in 2007, it appoints Sullivan,
who is its consultant, to his old position as News Director. Viewers remember
Michael from 2008 when he allows reality TV cameras to follow WJCL TV’s news
team to do a show on the TV Guide Channel called Making News: Savannah Style.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Why does CBS honcho William S.
Paley exit the network in 1943? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Sonny Melendrez’s birthday is on
Tuesday, May 31st. •WTAP TV NBC CH15 Gray Television Parkersburg, WV is first
TV station in West Virginia to produce local newscasts in true high definition
beginning on Sunday, May 29, 2011 with WTAP News at 11. •ROGERS rebrands its
Canadian The Fan Sports stations to CityNews: CKGL (570News) Kitchener, CFFR
(660News) Calgary, CFTR (680News) Toronto, CKWX (News1130) Vancouver, CIWW
(1310News) Ottawa, CHNI FM (News 88.9) Saint John, CKNI FM (News 91.9) Moncton
and CJNI FM (News 95.7) Halifax.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KMVT TV CBS/NBC/ABC CH11 in Twin Falls, ID
begins broadcasting on May 30th. •1964 WYNONNA JUDD of The Judds is born on May
30th at King's Daughters Hospital in Ashland, KY the same day that her mother,
Naomi Judd, graduates from high school. •1971 AUDIE MURPHY WW II hero/actor as
wild horse breaker Ring Hassard in the movie Sierra dies at 46 in an airplane
crash on May 30th. •1981 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS' Elvira slams home #1 in Billboard
Country on May 30th. •1996 BOB STROUP Jazz trombonist/educator dies on May 30th
at 57. •2000 MARK CHESNUTT's Greatest Hits album goes Platinum on May 30th.
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SAM LEE (Beverly Hills, CA) Hi, Jim: I'm sending
this as an update so you can start to prepare. I'm sad Jim we/our generation
are starting to depart. I'm in touch with Mary Ann and will keep you informed.
Sam From: Maryann. Subject: Linnie. Sam, The nursing home just called me and
said they were going to put Linnie on Hospice care starting today. He has
deteriorated rapidly in the last 2 weeks. I got your call today but I won’t be
taking the phone back up there. he is pretty confused and doesn’t know who he
is talking to. I'll keep you posted but we have already started making
arrangements and such with his pastor. the doctor said it could be a week or a
month, who knows. Maryann To: Maryann Thanks for the update, Mary Ann. My
prayers are with you and Cuz. I do hospice work, and the average time before
passing is 17 days after one enters into that program. I'm letting Jim Rose and
Scott Hodges know the situation. I know there is nothing I can do, but if you
can tell him I said "Thank you" and that I love him. Some patients
do, however, live awhile in hospice. My dad lasted about a month. Peace, Grace,
& Love, Sam; The Zeitgeist Corporation (www.ZeitgeistCorp.org)
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: Bill
"Rascal" McCaskill. Hi, Jim -- I thought you'd want an update on Bill
"Rascal" McCaskill's (KREL, KZYZ, KTRH, KILT and the only white DJ at
KCOH) health. You will recall that you reported to your readers his previous
problems. This time Rascal went to the hospital a few days before Christmas. He
had multiple health issues. Most of those responded to medicine and he seemed
to be coming out of the woods, although he was in the hospital for about two
months. But then he began having serious digestive issues. He was unable to
keep his food down. That is still a problem, so much so that his weight has
dropped to about 135 lbs. He's pretty weak and because of that began to fall a
lot. Rascal is 84. Jerry, his wife, emailed this morning that they have put
Rascal in a nursing home. Here's the address: Mr. W. A. McCaskill; Twin Pines
Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; 3301 East Mockingbird Lane (Room #204);
Victoria, Texas 77904. Sincerely, Bill Cherry, Dallas
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject:
KDNT. I wasn't at KDNT (1440) for very long at all, but I worked with some
really good people there. We all loved starvation and shared M&M's in our
off-time. I had gotten a desire to go into news and it was something that I
felt was a great position for advancement. Sure enough, I advanced right back
behind the turntables. Jeff Cunningham, DC; Kyle, TX (www.zoesplaceclinic.com)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
DOT records. Jim: First time I met Pat Boone was at Todd Storz' famed DJ
convention, Miami, May 1959, but there were many more times to come later in
Nashville. Recall Robin Luke & "Susie Darlin" inspired by his
sister, Susie, a High School Senior? (She & husband, 2 children, live in
Columbia, MO.) Robin is a Professor (DR) @ MO State University, Springfield,
MO. (Robin a grad of Pepperdine & University of MO) Robin released 4
singles, but only the one-hit charted. He was raised in Hawaii. BOB
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1943 William S. Paley takes a
leave of absence from CBS to serve as a colonel in the U.S. Army. He is
assigned to General Eisenhower's staff in London to head the Office of
Psychological Warfare. Paul Kesten is named Executive Vice President to head
CBS during Paley's absence. Dr. Frank Stanton is one of CBS's top four
executives.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Serious about
Radio. Hi, Thanks to the Internet, I do like to listen to KPFT and WBAI but the
Pacifica Stations haven't had a new idea in years. Bought last week a Yamaha
FG-401 Acoustic Guitar with Hard Shell case for $250. Have been practicing some
tunes. Find most of my playing is on my Classical Guitar, but for Folk tunes I
like my Acoustic better. If I need to go electric then I like my Ovation
Acoustic/Electric. Tried to record on my computer but the audio was too low.
Don't think any station plays Josh White or Richard-Dyer Bennett in their
playlists. It's Late, so will close for now. Charles, KC5RAI
MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD (July 28, 1943-February 15,
1981) A good player can make any guitar sound good.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 27, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #978
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ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
RADIO PREACHER MEETS HIS MAKER Many radio listeners
in Cincinnati, OH fondly remember the Sunday morning religious show God Is Just
A Prayer Away. The program's pastor-host Ed Bousman sends out his broadcasts
from the tiny town of Lynchburg, OH which is 50 miles east of Cincinnati.
Bousman broadcasts his God Is Just A Prayer Away on 50,000-watt WCKY-1530 and
WLW-700 for nearly 50 years. Listeners hear his radio program around the world
on short wave stations in India, Russia, Europe and Africa. Evangelist Ed
Bousman dies at 92 on Monday, May 16, 2011 at his Highland County home. Bill
Wills, Lynchburg native and former WLW-700 personality who now co-hosts mornings
on Cleveland’s WTAM-1100 recalls: He loved radio, and he knew that if could get
on a 50,000-watt station, he could preach the gospel to a lot of people. Ed
Bousman is born in 1918 in Matewan, WVA. He earns a bachelor’s degree from the
Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary, plus a master’s in communications from
Xavier University. His ministry begins in 1943. He begins his radio broadcasts
in 1962 when he buys air time on WCKY-1530. Around 1970 Bousman switches over
to WLW-70 when he purchases a time slot there. Wills says about his long-time
family friend: He did not want to be called a ‘reverend.’ He was a pastor and
an evangelist. Ed Bousman's survivors include his wife, Naomi Angel Bousman;
daughter, Melanie (Joe) Rightmyer; son, Eric (Tina) Vail; three grandchildren,
Amanda (Alex) Rosen, Emily Vail and Cassandra (Jessie) Atwell.
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TV CAMERAS REVEAL REPORTER'S MESSY DESK Journalists
who spend many hours on the computer sometimes have messy desks with stacks of
books, papers and stuff. The reason why I do not like for anyone to view my
work area is because things might not look too neat to the average person. But
in a split second I know where everything is. Lisa Petrillo, WFOR TV CBS CH4
Miami, FL reporter, describes the desk of CBS O&O’s chief consumer reporter
Al Sunshine, as: It’s safe to say, it’s a mess. For a sweeps story on messy
work spaces, WFOR TV decides to aim its cameras on veteran reporter Sunshine
whose desk is cluttered with files, newspapers, and memorabilia–evidence of his
nearly 25 years with the station. He reveals to TVSpy via email: It was not a
comfortable position to be in. The ‘junk’ was memorabilia from years of
consumer reporting I never really wanted to get rid of. I still miss some of
those old props.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the popular TV program
Studio One first go on the air? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CLEAR CHANNEL moves 3 on up: Thea Mitchem - new
Market Manager Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD; Pam McKay - Market Manager San
Antonio, TX and Mary Menna - Market Manager Boston, MA and Providence, RI.
•MSNBC suspends host Ed Schultz for one week without pay for calling
conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham a right-wing slut on his syndicated
radio program on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. •MARK HAINES 22 year CNBC vet co-anchor
of 'Squawk' dies at 65 on Tuesday night, May 24, 2011. On Wednesday morning,
New York Stock Exchange traders pause for a moment of silence in Haines'
memory.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 RED BUTTONS Show last airs on NBC-TV on May
27th. •1968 GLEN CAMPBELL records Wichita Lineman on May 27th at the Capitol
Recording Studio at Hollywood & Vine in Los Angeles, CA. •1975 EZZARD
CHARLES heavyweight boxing champion from 1949-51 dies at 53 on May 27th. •1989
RODNEY CROWELL's single After All This Time reaches #1 on Billboard Country on
May 27th. •1994 LARRY KING ends his radio show on May 27th. •2006 JASON ALDEAN
hits #1 for the first time on Billboard on May 27th with Why.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: Buddy Holly's songs. Hi, Jim and Lacy, Very interesting stuff, Jim.
That's what I like about you. Give you a cue, and you're off and running on a
beautiful historic journey into the world of music and records and stuff that
matters to all of us old radio heads. That's what makes you so special to us.
You know so much more than any of the rest of us that we love to dial you up
and turn you on and let you ramble through the pages of radio and music and
recording history. You are indeed unique...and the champion of radio history as
we know it. Thanks so much for all the bio and info on Buddy Holly and the
Crickets. I'd heard smatterings of some
of it somewhere along the line, but nothing anywhere near as definitive as
you've laid it out for me. You have the knowledge that we have only dreamed of
possessing. And your amazing brain can dial it up and spit it out like nobody
else on the planet. How's that for a positive review? Tom
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JOHN BASS [Legendary 1960s KLIF-1190 Newscaster]
(Tyler, TX) Hi Jim. I never really missed broadcasting, but Barry Hanson...a
guy I brought into the business back in the 60's, retired from KLTV and thus
his career and his TV fishing show were no more. A few months later, there was
expressed need for another TV fishing show (I produced "Outdoors With John
Bass" for about 7-8 years when I was at channel 7). I have another friend
whom I brought into the radio business back in the 60's (Ron Whitting), and he
has worked all over the country in radio, then got into TV production. So...the two of us will go on the air with
"East Texas Woods And Waters", a new TV fishing show, which will be
on KETX CBS 19 in Tyler, as well as on their MYTEX18 cable lineup which runs
from Conroe all across NE Texas all the way up to Texarkana. We are also having
discussions with "The Sportsman's Channel" on satellite, and have
already lined up about 8 other TV stations in Texas that want to carry the
show. Take care, and God Bless!! John Bass
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: KDNT
(1440). When I was there I was getting up early in the morning to read the
traffic reports at the city hall and go through the fender benders that were so
boring the little old ladies complained about hearing it. Then, the story of a
lifetime hit. I was sitting at my desk (1923 model, 3 legs and a cinder block)
when Harley Belew buzzed me up. Harley was the original practical jokester. He
said "Have you heard that Elvis died?" Well, I laughed and asked what
the punch line was, but I looked over into the control room and he had tears in
his eyes and was white as a sheet. At almost that exact moment, we got 10
bells. The next day I got an offer from Texarkana. I gave my 2 minutes notice
and limped east. For me, the Elvis death was the worst day of my career. I have
never seen anything like it and I hope I never do again. Jeff Cunningham, DC;
Kyle, TX (www.zoesplaceclinic.com / (www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
MEMORIES. Hey Jim: I never met Garth (Brooks); he was after my era, I guess.
Frankie Miller was on Columbia & StarDay records. Neal Merritt was born in
SAT (11/10/30) He was on Capitol & Starday. He served in Korean War. Then
to KENS, 1961; his band name: "Bandera Ranch Hands" from age 18, but
his DJ career was after Korean conflict. Neal was on Louisiana Hayride (KWKH)
as both singer & pianist. I should have listened to both Smiley Wilson
& Ed Hamilton who suggested that I audition at WENO. And I knew Don Pierce
at Starday, then HDQ in Madison. When I first met Col. Tom Parker his agency
was also hdq in Madison (Believe I remember it was called "Jamboree Attractions.")
I could write a book! Your friend BOB at Southwest Outpost.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On November 7, 1948 Studio One
begins producing one hour of live, original television drama each week on CBS
TV.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: 'My God and
I'. A person once gave me a windup turntable and some 78s. My favorite being
'My God and I'. I have found time to do most of the things I enjoy, and I have
to admit my parents put up with me more than the average parents. If I had to
repay the debt... I would have to say my favorite hymns would be: 'Just A
Closer Walk' and 'Take Time To Be Holy'. My favorite passage in the Bible was
set to a tune by Pete Seeger and is in the book of Ecclesiastes. I also like I
Corinthians 13. I am glad I am not a parent, I find people make an issue when
there really should be none. Charles George
PETE SEEGER (May 3, 1919-p) [KJV Ecclesiastes 3:1]
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 25, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #977
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BRITISH SONGBIRD PERISHES Kathy Kirby is born
Kathleen O'Rourke on October 20, 1938 in Ilford, Essex on the East London
borders. In the mid-1960s fans call her The Golden Girl of Pop. At one-time,
Kathy Kirby is the highest paid female singer in all of England. Between 1963
and 1965 she scores 5 Top 40 hits on the Brit charts. In 1963, her vocal
version of the Shadows former #1 instrumental hit Dance On brings her
wide-spread success. She has Top Ten singles with her bouncy covers of Doris
Day’s Secret Love and Joan Weber's Let Me Go Lover. In 1965, Kathy's rise to
international fame comes after she represents the UK in the Eurovision Song
Contest. Because of her coquettish blond hair and pretty face, she bears a
striking resemblance to Marilyn Monroe. She appears in the Royal Command
Variety Performance and in three BBC television series. In 1971, her career seems
to implode after the death of her mentor and lover bandleader Bert Ambrose. One
of her last appearances is at Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in February
1977. She retires in her mid-40s. In 2005, she records the tune He with Amy
Winehouse’s father Mitch but the song never officially releases. In 2009, her
first meet with the press in 26 years is with the Sunday Express but it is her
final interview. She reveals that some of her unreleased recordings will be
available in 2010 but that never happens. The popular British singing star of
the 1960s, Kathy Kirby, dies on May 19, 2011 at 72.
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TV EDITOR TO THE RESCUE A fire breaks out early
Monday morning, May 16, 2011 in an apartment building across the street from
the KCCI TV studios in downtown Des Moines, IA. KCCI TV assignment editor Tom
Torpy explains: The scanner started going off with a fire call and the address
was right across the street from us. He springs into action. As black smoke
begins to flow out of the building’s windows, Torpy rushes around knocking on
doors and shouts Your building’s on fire! Your building’s on fire! Two building
residents are fast asleep in the basement apartment. As fire trucks arrive, he
leads the surprised tenants out of the dark smoke to safety. All the while,
KCCI TV's cameras roll as the big news happens right across the street from
their studios.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the popular program
Candid Camera first join CBS? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KTKY FM (106.1) Refugio, TX currently silent
relaunches in early July 2011 as Classic Hits KYRK FM (The Shark 106.5) as
Killer Hits of the 60′s, 70′s, and 80′s for the Corpus
Christi market. •ANGIE MOCK exits morning news anchor spot on KOKH TV Fox CH25
in Oklahoma City, OK to join KTVI TV Fox CH2 as morning anchor in St. Louis,
MO. •CHESLEY [Sully] SULENBEREGER III U.S. Airways pilot hero joins CBS News as
its aviation and safety expert to contribute analysis to CBS News stories. •TIM
ALLEN sitcom vet returns to primetime with his new comedy series Last Man
Standing on ABC TV at 8/7c on Tuesdays.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KUHT TV PBS CH8 Houston, TX 1st
non-commercial educational television station goes on the air on May 25th.
•1968 BOBBY GOLDSBORO's Honey zings #1 on the Billboard Country singles list on
May 25th. •1974 JIM MORRISON lead singer of the Doors wife Pam Courson dies at
27 on May 25th of a drug overdose just three years after his death. •1981
ALABAMA's Feels So Right is its first Gold album on May 27th. •1992 JAY LENO becomes
the permanent host of the Tonight Show on May 25th. •2002 ALAN JACKSON's single
Drive (For Daddy Gene) begins a four-week residence at #1 on Billboard on May
25th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, Like your use of Ray Charles' lyric.."night time is the right
time". I'm a huge Ray Charles fan. You, the young radio virgin are there
in Minden (LA-1965) practically running the whole machine. Sounds like the
perfect first experience, and a great training ground for future greatness in
the biggest markets in Texas. You musta been up to the task or the boss
wouldn't have given you all of that responsibility. And I can tell, despite
your distaste for the Sunday shows, that you had a great time in Minden with
some interesting memories to recall. Those were certainly worthwhile days for
you...even some of the times that weren't all that pleasurable. Speaking of
Louisiana...I think I told you I made a big pot of gumbo Saturday...with
shrimp, crabmeat, sausage, chicken, okra, tomatoes, onions, peppers red and
green and some hot, and a whole boatload of spices. Too bad I can't share it
with you. It is some delicious, whooooo, I guarantee. Tom
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ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Janie Walker.
Jim, Janie Walker's note in JRRR brought back some old memories. I didn't know
Janie but her mention of Playland Park reminded me of the good old days. Every
time I drive down Broadway I am reminded of Playland Park, which was right off
Broadway. That area is still fenced in and vacant and for many years there were
still some remnants of the concession and game buildings. The rollercoaster was
one of the first things to go. Occasionally I will park my car there and just
reminisce about the many wonderful times I enjoyed with the many young ladies I
took there. Kiddie Land Park, down the street at Brackenridge park, is still
operating as it has been since I was a kid. The horses that you could rent to
ride through the park have been gone for years but the little train is still
there, or was the last time I checked. Hemisfair 1968 was much fun. I worked at
KMAC at the time and all the radio air people were given metal badges so that
we would have freedom to access any and all areas of the fair. I witnessed what
was to be the top of the Tower of Americas as it daily inched upward. The Placio
Del Rio hotel was quite a wonder: They built the rooms first and then put them
into place with a crane. When the structure became too high for the crane they
set the rooms in place with helicopters. Because the hotel was prefab it was
constructed in record time. Andy Carr
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) I worked at
KXOL (1360) in 1977 for about 6 months. I did weekends and during the week I
helped out Leo, the chief engineer. The weekend night gig was fun because it
was pretty much "anything goes". I still had to stay with the format,
but drunk girls showing up at the door at 2 am was a common occurrence. For
several weeks I had 3 girls that came to the station and basically asked me to
shut the station down and spend time with them. Sorry. This is a paying job.
Their reply? "We will pay you!" Ah, the joys of being a 20 year old
boy with a radio gig. Jeff Cunningham, DC Kyle, TX (www.zoesplaceclinic.com) /
(www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obits. Jim: Two obits to report today: (1) Bob Flannigan, founding member &
tenor of The Four Freshmen died May 15 @ age 84. His cousin Ross Barbour, now
82, is the only remaining original member of the famed music group, who
recorded some 50 albums & 70 singles. (2) John Carter, A & R executive
producer, songwriter & manager, died May 10 @ age 65. In 1967, he co-wrote
the pop-psychedelic hit "Incense & Peppermint" for the group he
named "Strawberry Alarm Clock." He produced hits including Tina
Turner's "Private Dancer" album, which revitalized her career. Bob
& Sonny Lee
TRIVIA ANSWER: In September 1949 Candid Camera
along with its host Allen Funt join CBS for one season. The show returns from
October 1960 to September 1967.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: East
Texas Radio History June 11, 2011. I saw where Tony Bridge wrote in JRRR. There
is a big East Texas History of East Texas Radio beginning June 11, 2011 at the
History Museum in downtown Longview. Tom Perryman is talking about this on The
Ranch 104.1 and 1410 KCUL AM in Marshall broadcast from Tyler 9A.M. to 11A.M. I
enjoy listening to Tom Perryman talk of his lifetime experiences w/ those that
have made the music we listen to. Leslie Wayne Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
DICK VAN DYKE (December 13, 1925-p) I wanted to be
a radio announcer.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 23, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #976
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
MACHO MAN IS DEAD How many of us radio DJs remember
spinning the Village People's hot 1978 disco tune Macho Man? This is the
group's first song to hit the charts. It peaks at only #25 but sells a whopping
million plus copies. How about the time that WWE professional wrestler Macho
Man Randy Savage hurdles off the top of the ropes to knock the Honky Tonk Man
down to the mats? All of a sudden, a pair of wrestlers in awful pink tights
leaps into the ring, double team and beat the stuffings out of Macho Man. The
Honky Tonk Man grabs his guitar to wallop Macho Man into submission. His valet,
Miss Elizabeth, dives into the ring to plead with The Honky Tonk Man to not
smack her main squeeze with his git fiddle. The Honky Tonk Man slams Liz down
to the canvas. She rushes out into the screaming maddening crowd. This damsel
in distress returns to the ring with the incredible Hulk Hogan to save her man.
Together, Macho Man and Hulk Hogan defeat the threesome in an awesome battle of
the fittest. Well, on Friday, May 20, 2011 Macho Man Randy Savage is not quite
so lucky. As he and his bride of one year, Lynn Payne, motor down Park
Boulevard in Seminole, FL in his Jeep Wrangler a heart attack strikes the 58
year old wrestling Super Star. His Jeep leapfrogs a concrete median, whips into
oncoming traffic and plunges into a tree head on. Sad to report that Randy
Savage dies from his injuries at Largo Medical Center. His birth certificate
reads Randall Mario Poffo. Randy and his new bride, Lynn, just finish
celebrating their first wedding anniversary. Hulk Hogan Tweets: He had so much
life in his eyes & in his spirit, I just pray that he's happy and in a
better place and we miss him. Dwayne The Rock Johnson Tweets: I lost a close
friend today. If anybody in heaven is wondering who the cat in the ugly cowboy
hat is it's Randy. Savage helps put WWF wrestling on the map in the 1980s and
'90s. Randy Savage's outrageous outfits and his Oooh Yeah! catch phrase makes
him a fan favorite. He, along with Hulk Hogan, becomes WWF's biggest draw.
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EBERSOL IS OUT After Comcast conquers NBC, the
chips begin to fall. At the peak of the takeover, a shocking revelation is the
ouster of legendary NBC Sports innovator and Chairman of the NBC Sports Group
Dick Ebersol who resigns on Thursday, May 19, 2011. According to the New York
Times' Richard Sandomir: Ebersol says he couldn't come to agreement on new
contract. Ebersol will not attend Olympic negotiations in June. NBC and Comcast
representatives remain silent on his departure. In April 2011, Ebersol, NBC and
Comcast outbid ESPN, TBS and others with a new 10-year, $200 million pact with
the National Hockey League for the rights to broadcast games on NBC and Versus.
His epic exit comes on reports of growing friction between NBC Universal and
Ebersol over the network's upcoming 2014 and 2016 Olympics bid. Dick Ebersol
heads the NBC Sports Group since 1989. This includes NBC Sports, Versus and the
Golf Channel. If we remember, it's Dick Ebersol who is the longtime architect
of the NBCUniversal sports empire. He's the driving force behind the network's
Olympic coverage. But according to the New York Post, Ebersol and Comcast clash
on his approach to broadcasting the Olympics -- packaging coverage for
primetime, rather than airing events live. According to the NY Times, Mark
Lazarus, President of the NBC Sports Cable Group, is Ebersol's replacement.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Rock singer Neil Young is with
what three popular musical groups? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Ed Salamon's birthday is on
Monday, May 23, 2011. We know him as Country radio's most influential
programmer. In February 2006, Ed inducts into the Country Radio Hall of Fame.
Salute! •JASON ALLEN relocates from WFTV TV CH9 in Orlando, FL to CBS O&O
KTVT TV CH11 as a reporter in Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX. •ROB MUNOZ exits KXXV TV
ABC CH25 in Waco-Temple, TX to join KSNV TV NBC CH3 as a reporter in Las Vegas,
NV. •CHRIS TRANE veteran radio personality on Golden Isles Broadcasting Hot AC
WXMK FM (Magic 105.9) Brunswick, GA dies of a heart attack at 50 on May 17,
2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 WHIZ TV NBC/ABC CH18 in Zanesville, OH begins
broadcasting on May 23rd. •1961 DANA WILLIAMS bass player with 3-time winner of
the Country Music Association's vocal group award Diamond Rio born on May 22nd
in Dayton, OH. •1979 TOM PETTY Rock singer files chapter 11 bankruptcy on May
23rd. •1981 ROSANNE CASH's Seven Year Ache is her first #1 Billboard Country
single on May 23rd. •1990 ROCKY GRAZIANO former middleweight champion
boxer/writer/actor (Mr. Rock and Roll) dies on May 23rd. •2000 LEE ANN WOMACK's
album I Hope You Dance releases on MCA records on May 23rd.
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SAM LEE (Beverly Hills, CA) Subject: FYI on Cousin
Linnie (KLIF-1190). Figured you would like to know, so as to keep Cuz in
prayer. Subject: Linnie. Sam, Just wanted to let you know that Linnie is
getting a little worse. He can't walk anymore and has trouble falling out of
bed everyday. His memory is fading but not as much as his body. I will keep you
posted. Maryann (www.ZeitgeistCorp.org)
DAVE MICHAELS (Los Angeles, CA) Jim, I am leaving
L.A. and moving to Cleveland, Ohio...e-mail address will NOT change. How are
you doing my friend? BEST REGARDS... Cousin Billy is going with me...he hates
California.
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JIM GOUGH (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) [Mr. Texas-movie
actor-voice actor] Jim…here’s an item for your newsletter: I enjoyed reading
about my old friend Cactus Prior in the recent newsletter. Cactus and I go way
back in Austin. When I was a teenager, he was staff announcer at KTBC and he
did the “Jesse James and his gang” show each day at noon. Those folks were my
heroes and I tried to emulate Cactus when I started as an announcer. Years
later I played guitar on his weekly TV show. My wife Gail also accompanied
Cactus when he sang around town and she played piano on the TV show as well.
Since I returned to Austin recently, I’ve visited with Cactus several times. I
was even mistaken for him at restaurants around town. Too bad my old friend has
that terrible Alzheimer’s! He’s a radio legend!
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Jim, Thanks for
the card very nice. I haven't been on email, Facebook, LinkedIn or anything for
awhile. I had to be out of town for a couple of days. When I got back, I was
walking, had a spell of vertigo, fell and cut my arm pretty bad above my wrist.
Cut it to the bone. Was losing a lot of blood so I was rushed to the emergency
room. Got I think 17 stitches in it. It's OK but hurts and since I cut muscle
and tendons to the bone my use of that arm and hand are limited. Great fun.
Have a great day and thanks again. Barry Kilgore; CCIC -
Radio/TV/Film/Print/Art
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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Time For
Living. Hi, I was thinking of a song with the title, Time For Living. I had it
on a 45 that I wore out. I think the Association did a very good song. I also
use to like a song that I still have in my collection Lets Live For Today. I
have been getting calls for candidates and I let them know it is too late. I
have already voted. I bought the Grundig loop for AM Radio. I find that it is
not as good as the Supertenna from C. Crane but better on certain radios than
the Radio Shack loop antenna. But the Radio Shack antenna does a good job with
the G. E. Superadio III. But then the G. E. Superadio is good except the
calibration is awful. But it gets KPYK almost like it was a stereo FM station.
I used to love Fractured Aesop Fairy Tales. Of course I always wanted to rush
home to see Icky Twerp and the Three Stooges. November 8 my mother will be 80.
I could always remember her age, but not her actual birthday, she was 6-years
younger than my father. My father once got me a tour of the Library in Austin.
I always thought a library was a library until then. I still find your column
the greatest. So be looking for my subscription fee sometime this week.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Neil Young is with three different
popular music groups: Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse and Crosby, Stills, Nash
and Young.
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Love your
newsletter, Jim. Keep on keepin' on... Tony Williams
DEAN MARTIN (June 7, 1917-December 25, 1995) Keep
those cards and letters coming in.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 20, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #975
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
GREASE AND TAXI STAR IN COMA The 1978 musical movie
Grease takes us back to summer 1959. We Grease fans remember Jeff Conaway in
his role as T-Birds bad-boy Kenickie. The gang from Rydell High includes John
Travolta as greaser Danny Zuko and Olivia Newton-John as his main squeeze,
Sandy Olsson. Stockard Channing is the raunchy leader of the Pink Ladies, Betty
Rizzo. Recently, the 60-year old Jeff Conaway is taken to a hospital in Encino,
CA where doctors place him in critical condition. Jeff's manager says that the
former Taxi costar is in a coma after a drug overdose, possibly from pain
pills. Since he is a teenager, Jeff has a long battle with drugs and
depression. During his appearance on Celebrity Rehab he reveals that as a child
he is the victim of a pedophile. On the Grease movie set he meets Olivia
Newton-John’s sister, Roni. They later make wedding vows. The Grease soundtrack
record is the second-best selling album of 1978. Jeff Conaway's last movie role
is in Dark Games in 2010. JRRR asks for prayers that Jeff Conaway awakens from
his coma a completely healed person.
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HOUSTON GETS NEW SPORTS PD Sporting News Radio
flagship KGOW-1560 (The Game) Houston, TX places SNR Program Director Craig
Larson in charge of KGOW's daily programming chores. Craig succeeds Chance
McClain who now watches over SNR's new media initiatives. The Houston Chronicle
reports that Sean Pendergast KGOW midday host from 12-3pm might have a spot on
the SNR syndicated network sometime in the near future.
PHILLY TV AND RADIO NEWS FROM LAURA NACHMAN: NBC10
People On The Move. We are hearing that former NBC10 (WCAU TV) anchor Kristen
Welker will become the White House correspondent for NBC News and that NBC10
morning anchor Aditi Roy will be joining the NBC network news as a reporter.
Nightly News anchor Brian Williams once worked at NBC10 and NBC Nightly News
producer Steve Capus is a Temple University graduate and former employee of
Channel 10.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS begin its first
regularly scheduled television broadcasts in America? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•JOE [PAGS] PAGLIARULO WOAI-1200 San Antonio and
KPRC-950 Houston, TX talk host alerts fans that he will undergo immediate
treatment for testicular cancer. •BILLY GIBBONS (ZZ Top) and Country star Lyle
Lovett each receive Texas State Musician award for exceptional quality of their
work and for their outstanding commitment to the arts in Texas. •JEAN DINNING
former Tennessee singer/songwriter (Teen Angel recorded by brother Mark #1 for
2 weeks-1960) dies on February 22, 2011 at 86 in Garden Grove, CA. Jean's
memorial service is at 1 pm on Saturday, May 21st at First Baptist Church in
Joelton, TN.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 JIMMY HENDERSON guitarist (ex-Bloodrock) with
Southern Rock sextet Black Oak Arkansas born on May 20th. •1962 GEORGE JONES'
single She Thinks I Still Care lands at #1 on Billboard Country on May 19th.
•1970 THE BEATLES' movie Let it Be premieres on May 20th in the UK. •1980
ALABAMA's album My Home's In Alabama releases on RCA records on May 20th. It's
their first album to hit the chart. •1995 CBS NEWS fires co-anchor Connie Chung
on May 20th. •2005 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS sing the National Anthem at Shea Stadium
on May 20th when the NY Mets play the cross-town Yankees.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Jim
and Lacy, ...Fats (Domino) and the
Chucks (Berry & Willis) and the R&B and Rock n Roll bigs...it's almost
like a smoke dream for me now when I remember getting to sit right up front to
watch these giants perform. They were really great. Etta (James) got into drugs
and pimps and bad times and almost disappeared for some years. I got to see her
a few years later when she was really down in the pits at a black night club
called the Eastwood Country club on the far eastern outskirts of San Antonio.
She was playing there with a young Gate Mouth Brown...and you wanna talk about
somebody who could really knock your socks off playing "Honky Tonk".
Gate Mouth could lay it down big time. Every time he saw me walk into the club
and sit down up front, he'd start playing "Honky Tonk". Poor Etta was
having a bad time then...but when she sang the blues, you knew she knew what
she was singing about. "You really got me goin now". Tom
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MARK CARRILLO (San Antonio, TX) Subject: San
Antonio DJ Reunion. It would be so grand if you were able to incorporate
pictures on your site…that way you could see the smiling faces of those
attending our bi-annual Disc Jockeys of the 50s, 60s and 70s Reunion a coupla
Saturdays ago. First off, Tom Ellis flew in for the occasion and we sure
enjoyed seeing him and his son. There were other local vets like Dick Porter,
Sonny Melendrez, Mike Roberts, Sonny Rio, Bobby Reyes, Johnny Shannon and
Jockey John Steel. We’ll meet again in the fall and other jocks, news people or
engineers who view this and are from that era are invited. To get on our
roster, email me at themofc@satx.rr.com or dial 210-887-8808.
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JEROME DAVIS (DFW-Colleyville, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#973) May 16, 2011 [Monday] Jim, Saw your story on Jim
Lehrer. You may remember he began his television career at KERA-Channel 13 in
Dallas-Fort Worth when he took charge of the Newsroom program. A lot of great
people were associated with that program including Lea Cullum and Bob Ray
Sanders. Prior to KERA, Jim was an editor at the old Dallas Times Herald. I
used to see him when I went over about mid-morning from KRLD (1080) Radio to do
a five-minute report from the DTH newsroom. Jerome Davis
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Western movies. Hi Again: Some trivia on 2 of your favs; (1) Bob Steele born
Robert Bradbury, Portland, OR 1/23/1907. He appeared in 105 movies. died
12/21/1988 buried in Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, CA. (2) Johnny Mack Brown,
born September 1, 1904 Dothan, AL. He was an All-American college football
player & Rose Bowl hero, to some 300 mostly western films, starting in
1930. He was halfback on University Alabama team beating University Washington
20-19 in 1926 Rose Bowl (He returned in 1927 as Asst Football coach.) UA was
first southern team to appear in Rose Bowl. He died November 14, 1974 at 70 due
to kidney failure; cremated with remains at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA. (His
horse in most films named "Reno.") I was fortunate to have met JMB at
Ohio State Fair, Columbus, 1957-58. Each year, the JMB Western Festival is held
in May at Dothan, AL. I hold in my hand as I write this, the 2008 edition
program-history-book, to which I was invited. His daughter Cynthia was there
from Tucson & son "Locky" from Southern Pines, NC. The book
chronicles entire life of JMB in pics & story. Have no word on dates of
2011 Festival. From your 1-Stop SW Outpost Trivia friend, BOB.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On July 21, 1931 CBS begins its
first regularly scheduled TV broadcasts in America on experimental station
W2XAB in NYC. By the end of 1931, CBS TV broadcasts seven hours a day, seven
days a week. CBS TV programming includes Bill Schudt's Going to Press, which is
an interview show that features correspondents, columnists and editors. This is
the first regularly scheduled program to be simulcast on both radio and
television.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, From the summer of
1960, between the 1st and second grades, until I started the 7th grade I played
the violin. I never did get very far. I preferred to play recordings by others
than practice. The violin takes more practice than the other instruments I have
tried to play. Anyway, Friday I bought a violin I found at a pawn shop at the
corner of Buckner and I-30. I realized that it would not be an easy task to
learn to play; however; I have already learned to play a few scales and the
tune 'My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean'. It helps keeping my mandolin near by
since it is tuned the same as the violin but has frets making it easier to
play, but you can't bow a mandolin... I like making home grown music I think
the consolidation of the media is bad for performers, etc. I will never be a
super star but it is fun to talk with others about music and other topics. I
have started cooking fish on my George Foreman Grill. I like to cook fish and
then have some rice on the side. Charles
JANIS JOPLIN (January 19, 1943-October 4, 1970)
Onstage, I make love to 25,000 people, then I go home alone.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 18, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #974
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
NETWORK NEWS PIONEER DEPARTS The CBS News producer
and reporter who assists Edward R. Murrow on his Joe McCarthy expose in 1954
and is one of the original 60 Minutes producers dies at 90. Joseph Wershba is a
CBS News producer and reporter whose work on the McCarthy expose is the
centerpiece of the movie Good Night, and Good Luck. Joseph is one of the six
original 60 Minutes producers. He dies of pneumonia in his home on Long Island,
NY on Saturday, May 14, 2011. Wershba is born in Manhattan on August 19, 1920.
He attends Brooklyn College and serves in the U.S. Army during World War II. In
1944, Joseph joins CBS News as a radio news writer. Four years later, CBS sends
him to the Washington bureau as a radio correspondent where he works on the
Edward R. Murrow-Fred Friendly Hear it Now series, which is the radio version
of See it Now. While in Washington, Wershba also works on-air with Walter
Cronkite in early TV news at CBS' local station. In 1988, Wershba retires from
CBS News. Along with his journalist wife, Shirley, they operate a documentary
production company. Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of
60 Minutes issues this statement: Joe Wershba was a wonderful man who was a pioneer
of broadcast journalism. Almost everything he touched became part of the
foundation for CBS News, including '60 Minutes'. Joseph Wershba's survivors
include Shirley, his wife of 63 years; brother, Charles; daughter, Randi; son,
Donald and two granddaughters.
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JERRY LEWIS RETIRES FROM THE TELETHON On September
29, 2010 the Friars Club in NYC presents Jerry Lewis with the Lifetime
Achievement Award for his long-running TV telethon work in behalf of the
Muscular Dystrophy Association. In recent years, Jerry struggles with numerous
health issues. The 85 year old Hollywood movie icon Jerry Lewis says that he
will appear for the final time on the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association
Labor Day Telethon in summer 2011. Lewis issues a statement on Monday, May 16,
2011: As a labor of love, I've hosted the annual telethon since 1966 and I'll
be making my final appearance on the show this year by performing my signature
song, 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. I'll continue to serve MDA as its national
chairman as I've done since the early 1950s. I'll never desert MDA and my kids.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first time that
on-the-scene European field correspondents link with a central anchor in NYC
for a daily national broadcast? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! M.N. [Buddy] Bostick 1996 TAB
Pioneer Broadcaster of the Year - 50 years as station manager and owner of
KWTX-1230 in Waco, TX turns 93 on May 18, 2011. Salute! •BILL ANDERSON Country
music legend and four-time Grammy Award winner Keith Urban each receive their
stars on the Music City Walk of Fame on Sunday, May 15, 2011. Country star
Ronnie Millsap makes the introductions. The total number of stars on the Walk
of Fame is 50. •MIRANDA LAMBERT & BLAKE SHELTON make wedding vows on
Saturday evening, May 14, 2011 at the Don Strange Ranch in Boerne, TX in front
of 550 attendants.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 DIANE DUANE science fiction author (Star
Trek) born in Manhattan, NY on May 18th. •1967 GLEN CAMPBELL records John
Hartford's Gentle On My Mind on May 17th at the Capitol Recording Studio in
Hollywood, CA. •1974 RAY STEVENS' The Streak hits #1 on May 18th. •1983
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN recognizes White House guest Bill Monroe as the only
living American credited with originating an American music form on May 17th.
•1990 RETURN TO GREEN ACRES TV movie airs on May 18th. •2010 THE BAND PERRY's
If I Die Young releases to radio on May 17th on Republic Nashville records.
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FRANK HALEY [KLIF-1190, KVIL FM-AM, KOB-770]
(Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#973) May 16, 2011
[Monday] Thanks Jim for your JRRR today. On the e-mails, Michael O’Shea said it
all and got it all right. He is correct, it has happened in all businesses in
the last 25 years. Tell Michael hello, glad you are still around. Frank Haley
(KLIF, KILT, KVIL + some others)
MICHAEL O'SHEA [KLIF-1190] (Bellingham, WA)
Jim...Saga is a real broadcast company, headed by CEO Ed Christian...also a
real “lifer” broadcaster. We do remotes every day, high school football and
basketball, 4-6 games per weekend, sometimes more. We do editorials (remember
Gordon McLendon’s editorials), cover every breaking local story we can. I tell
our AE’s that when someone sees a plume of smoke coming from the horizon they
don’t go out to buy a newspaper. If there ever is a little corner of the world
where radio IS more the way it used to be than not...it is here. How fun is
that? Best wishes for health and happiness... Michael O’Shea
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MIKE BRAUN (Fort Worth, TX) Subject: Birthday: M.N.
"Buddy" Bostick. Jim, Please send happy birthday greetings to M.N.
"Buddy" Bostick, who will be 93 on May 18. Mr. Bostick was just 28
years old when he was hired as station manager and helped put KWTX (1230 AM,
Waco) on the air in 1946. This was the start of a 50-year career as a station
manager and owner. Mr. Bostick would become president of KWTX Broadcasting
Company and the ownership group would put KWTX-TV (Channel 10) on the air in
1955, followed by KBTX-TV Bryan-College Station (Channel 3) in 1957 along with
the purchase of KXII-TV Ardmore, Oklahoma (Channel 12). The company acquired
KNAL radio Victoria, Texas in 1959 and KLFY-TV Lafayette, Louisiana in 1965.
KWTX-FM Waco (97.5) would go on the air in 1970. Mr. Bostick was honored with
the Pioneer Broadcaster of the Year Award in 1996 by the Texas Association of
Broadcasters. Mike Braun, KWTX-AM/FM, 1975-1979
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LARRY SCOTT [DJ on KWKH-1130, KVOO-1170, KLAC-570]
(Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Jole Blon. Jim, I hate to correct people with good
intentions but Bob Grant was right and wrong. Harry Choate had the first hit on
Jole Blon but he did not write it or have the first recording. It was first
recorded in 1928 by Amadie Breaux with his brother Ophy and sister Cleoma. It
was recorded in 1935 by Leo Soileau and The Hackberry Ramblers. I used to play
that version, occasionally, when I was doing all nights at KWKH.
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
MEMORIES. Jim: It's good to recall memories of past TX hit-makers & radio
people & I didn't even live in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could!
It's all still of great interest to me in my daily searches for more trivia
from this music-biz. My files are bulging. Your friend, BOB at the Southwest
Outpost.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On March 13, 1938 CBS radio
broadcasts a 35-minute special report from multiple locations around the world
as the pre-war crisis mounts. This is the first time that on-the-scene European
field correspondents link with a central anchor in NYC for a daily national
broadcast. The initial broadcast's host is veteran newscaster Robert Trout with
short-wave reports from Paris, Berlin, Rome, London and Vienna. The program's
title later becomes CBS World News Roundup. It remains the longest-running news
presentation in the history of broadcasting.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I wanted to say my
prayers are for those that make others happy and help others to enjoy life, get
to enjoy their life. I have found what irritates me most in when trying to tell
someone something and they don't let you finish since they think they already
know, also they want to solve the problem without listening. I learned this too
about myself, I made an A in a Speech Course that dealt with communication. The
next semester I was taking a course in Management, a test in the course was on
Communication Skills, I thought I made an A last semester so this will be
easy... turns out the worst grade I made in the Management course was... I did
get an A in the Management Course. I guess that is why I have never gotten to
be that star in Radio the way I dreamed. However; I had fun listening to those
I enjoyed and admired. My list of favorites but not in any order: Dave Thomas,
David Jancey, John R., Ron David McCoy, Frank Jolle, Curtis Pierce, Cuzzin
Lenny, Roy Johnson, Jim Lowe and of course a certain Columnist/Radio
Personality/Newsman. 73, Charles George
GEORGE BURNS (1896-1996) First of all you've got to
have talent. And then you've got to marry her (Gracie) like I did.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 16, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #973
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
DALLAS COWBOY DIES In September 9, 2007 before the
NFL football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants, Dallas
Cowboys defensive back Everson Walls (#24) and running back Ron Springs (#20)
receive MVP honors at Cowboys stadium in Irving, TX. Ron suffers from diabetes.
In 2005, doctors amputate his right foot. After he undergoes a minor procedure
to remove a cyst from his arm in an October 2007 operation, Hall of Fame
running back Tony Dorsett's former backfield mate Ron Springs loses oxygen.
Springs lies in a coma for over four years. He never awakes from the coma.
Everson says that the Springs family tells him that his friend dies at 54 about
4:30 pm on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Dallas Medical City hospital. That's
exactly 226 days after Ron's good friend former Cowboy Everson Walls' kidney is
transplanted into his body. From 1981-84, Walls and Springs are Cowboys team
mates for four years. We Dallas Cowboys fans remember Ron Springs as one of the
best and most classy running backs in the entire NFL. JRRR sends our deepest
sympathies to the family of Ron Springs who remains one of our favorite Dallas
Cowboys players.
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LEHRER LEAVES PBS NEWSHOUR After 36 years in the
PBS NewsHour anchor chair, Jim Lehrer steps down effective June 6, 2011. Upon
his exit, the program's new name narrows down to simply PBS NewsHour. On
Thursday morning, May 12, 2011 Lehrer issues a press statement: I have been
laboring in the glories of daily journalism for 52 years - 36 of them here at
the NewsHour and its earlier incarnations - and there comes a time to step
aside from the daily process, and that time has arrived. But you cannot keep a
good man away from the TV cameras long because Lehrer returns on Friday
evenings to moderate weekly analysis from columnists Mark Shields and David
Brooks.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS News provide its
first dual radio and TV coverage of the political conventions? The answer
appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KEN BARLOW WBZ TV CBS CH38 Meteorologist Boston,
MA exits after 4 1/2 years to return to Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN on Hubbard
KSTP TV ABC CH5 in June 2011. Prior to WMZ TV, Barlow spends 16 years with KARE
TV NBC CH11 in the Twin City. •ANDREW PAUL exits his PD post at News/Talk
KBOI-670 and All-Sports KTIK-1350/KTIK FM (93.1) Boise, ID as the new PD of
NewsRadio KXNT FM (100.5)/KXNT-840 CBS Las Vegas, NV. •JON ANTHONY joins Clear
Channel Country WSIX FM (97.9) Nashville, TN as its new PD beginning on Monday,
May 16, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 WTOM TV NBC CH4 in Cheboygan, MI begins
broadcasting on May 16th. •1964 BUCK OWENS' single My Heart Skips A Beat wins
the #1 Billboard Country position on May 16th. •1975 WINGS release Listen to
What the Man Said on May 16th in the UK. •1980 ALABAMA's single Tennessee River
releases on RCA records on May 16th. •1990 SAMMY DAVIS, JR. singer/actor (The
Candy Man #1 for 3 weeks-spring 1972) dies from throat cancer at 64 on May 16th
in Beverly Hills, CA. •2000 TRISHA YEARWOOD (She's in Love With the Boy #1 for
2 weeks-1991) plays a forensics expert on CBS TV's JAG on May 16th.
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MICHAEL O'SHEA (Bellingham, WA) You know, when I
hear from people complaining about the way the business has changed from “the
good ole days”...yes I agree it has. We were mavericks in a “shoot from the
hip” industry throughout the 60’s, 70’s, even into the 80’s. Certainly
consolidation and investment banking has changed our industry. But, Jim, I
think that is true with virtually every industry...banking, hardware,
insurance, retail, food service…all of them. But we just need to be thankful
that “we” were in the middle of that wild and wacky period where the first rule
was that there are NO rules <smile>. The world changes, it's dizzying at
times...meanwhile M.O. is up here in the very tip-top corner of the US doing
real-radio and “playing the hits of the 60’s 70’s 80’s, 90’s and today”
<grin>. Best wishes for health and happiness... Michael O’Shea
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, I thought I'd been a gypsy till I read...of your radio travels...or
should I say travails? Your experiences were similar to mine when it came to
management changes. Those are the WORST of all my experiences...the new hot
shot managers who know everything and wanna bring aboard their OWN
personnel...the folks they know will kiss their ***. It was my experience that
most of those new managers didn't know beans about the business but thought
they did, and after a very short while began to run down the quality and the
ratings. I had some very good experiences too...especially at KONO-AM and
TV...and in two of my venues in Boston. Several other of my venues were good
stops as far as money goes, but the work environment was not pleasurable. I
think most of us who've spent our lives in the business can say similar things
of our experiences. Still, I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat. Tom
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Before I
moved to KXOL (1360), I was at KSCS (FM 96.3). It was a laid back environment,
but highly secured because of Bill Mack and the TV station, etc. So I couldn't
get away with having "friends" up to the station. KXOL was one of the
few places where I could get away with having a girl or three into the place. The
overnight guy, Tony, hooked up with these two chicks at a club and brought them
to the station with him. Tony was a married man who couldn't resist the charms
of a lady. Or a girl that was
"NOT" a lady. Preferably the latter. Well, he brought these two girls
to the station about the time I got off the air. I sat down against the wall,
pretty much exhausted and the two girls sat down on either side of me. I stole
one of them and the newsman got the other. Tony said "you aren't that good
looking." I told him I wasn't good looking at all, which should explain
how bad HE looks. He was speechless and I was happy. I don't remember the
girl's name, but we dated for a long, long time (2 weeks). I miss my radio
gig...but not the payday. Jeff Cunningham, DC Kyle, TX
(www.zoesplaceclinic.com) (www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Hello
Jim: Yes, "Jole Blon" (pretty blonde) was first written &
recorded by Harry Choates, a Cajon fiddler/singer born 12/26/22, Rayne, LA
& first released in 1946. (His name misspelled on record as
"Coates.") Also recorded by Roy Acuff & Moon Mullican in 1947,
the year Choates charted. Choates also released "Poor Hobo";
"Catting Around;" "Port Arthur Waltz." Sadly, Harry died in
jail at Austin, TX @ age 28, from Cirrhosis of liver on 7/17/1951. Waylon
(Jennings) never charted with his first record from Clovis (NM). His movie
"Nashville Rebel" was released in 1966 & spawned the chart
record, "Green River" in early 1967, from that movie soundtrack. Just
adding left-overs...BOB @ SW trivia Outpost!
TRIVIA ANSWER: On November 2, 1948 CBS News
broadcasts its first dual radio and TV coverage of the political conventions.
Radio coverage is nationwide; TV coverage is primarily in the East. CBS also
provides all-night reports of presidential election returns from 8:00 pm
Tuesday night to 5:40 am Wednesday morning.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Book Value.
Hi, Do you ever sleep? I hear sleep is good for the health if you don't do too
much of it like Rip Van winkle. I ordered a few books from Alibris, since I
needed to review, etc. I bought American Folksong, Woody Guthrie; Westminster
Dictionary of Christian Ethics edited by John Chilton, and Marguerite de
Angeli's Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes. Some of the Nursery Rhymes
mean more as an adult. I am enjoying my HD radio from Radio Shack since I like
KLUV 98.7-2 with their oldies from the 50's with no advertising, I wonder how
long that will last. I still find good radio to enjoy but then I am the type
that likes to scan for stations also. ARB would never ask me to fill a
dairy...wait they have changed their methodology? I don't think they would find
my listening to WGN, WBBM, WLS, WSM of much interest. Also Cuba has been
putting in a strong signal on 720 and 890 at night the past few nights here. I
enjoy the campesinos and salsa music from their stations. Charles
WIM WENDERS (August 14, 1945-p) The Cuban people
have an amazingly strong and unbroken spirit.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 13, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #972
HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
THE CHAMPAGNE LADY MAKES HER EXIT In 1951, the
Lawrence Welk Show begins as a local program on KTLA TV in Los Angeles, CA. On
July 2, 1955 the Show airs on ABC TV until its cancellation in 1971. Welk's
production company broadcasts the show on PBS TV from 1971 to 1982. The Lennon
Sisters debut on Lawrence Welk's Christmas Eve show in 1955. They receive lots
of fan mail. Lawrence hires them as regulars until they leave the show in 1968.
In 1956, their hit record Tonight You Belong to Me lands at #15 on Billboard.
Lawrence crowns his female lead singers with the title of Champagne Lady. From
1955–1959 Alice Lon wears that title. She is my family's favorite Champagne
Lady. But, in a scene where she crosses her legs on a desk, Lawrence fires her
on-camera. Welk binds his singers with an unofficial set of morals. Thousands
of cards and letters fill the ABC mailroom. They scream out that Welk rehire
their beloved Alice Lon. He asks her to come back but she refuses. So, in 1960,
Norma Zimmer becomes the new Champagne Lady. Norma is born in July 1923 in
Larson, ID. She grows up in Seattle, WA. She sings in The Girlfriends quartet
with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Bing Crosby. We hear her voice on Bing
Crosby's unforgettable recording of White Christmas. Norma remains Lawrence
Welk's Champagne Lady until the show ends in 1982. Lawrence Welk's son, Larry,
gives us the sad news on Wednesday, May 12, 2011 that Norma Zimmer dies in her
home on Tuesday in Brea, CA. Norma's survivors include her sons, Ron and Mark.
Husband, businessman Randy Zimmer, passes away in 2008.
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NETWORK EXECUTIVE FOLLOWS COURIC OUT THE DOOR CBS
Evening News executive producer Rick Kaplan follows in the footsteps of anchor
Katie Couric as she exits the newscast. Kaplan's final day with the broadcast
is on Thursday, May 12, 2011. No word on a new replacement. In 1971, Rick
begins his career at CBS News. He is with ABC News for 18 years. From
1997-2000, Kaplan serves as president of CNN/U.S. From 2003-04, as ABC News
SVP. From 2004-06, as MSNBC President. Couric's CBS contract ends on June 4,
2011. Two weeks ago, she confirms her departure from the CBS TV Evening News.
On June 6, Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes correspondent, replaces her on the
newscast. On Monday, May 9 CBS News announces that David Friedman, executive
producer of The Early Show will also soon depart.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does NBC Radio debut its all
new Monitor format? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Dr. Bruce Nelson KFTX FM (97.5)
Corpus Christi, TX retiree is 1 year older on May 15, 2011. •DON GERONIMO
veteran KHTK-1140 Sacramento, CA Sports Talk host tacks on PD duties along with
his new contract extension that keeps him in the daily noon-4pm spot through
2014. •BOB NEIL retires as President of Cox Radio after 25 years effective May
31, 2011 to open his own consulting firm, Neil Consulting, LLC. His first
client is Cox. •CLEAR CHANNEL three senior executives exit: George Toulas (EVP
of operations) plus Dave Crowl and Tom Thon (SVPs).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 MILTON BERLE's (Mr. Television) Kraft Music
Hall with the Billy May orchestra last airs on NBC TV on May 13th. •1966 THE
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND performs for the first time at The Paradox on May 13th
in Orange, CA. •1970 THE BEATLES movie Let it Be premieres on May 13th. •1986
HANK WILLIAMS JR.'s Greatest Hits Volume 2 certifies Gold on May 13th. •2003
JOE NICHOLS debut album Man With A Memory is his first Gold record on May 13th.
•1993 KNOTS LANDING ends 14 year run on CBS TV with 344th two-hour series
finale on May 13th. The spin-off of Dallas premiers in December 1979.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: Buddy Holly's songs. When I was 17 and a side show barker traveling
with a road show through West Texas in the summer of '50, we played Buddy
Holly's hometown for three nights, and there were a couple of young hands on
the tent crew who grew up with him, and they talked about him all the time. So
I guess he was a pretty well liked kid in high school, and certainly had the
talent only to be snuffed out way too soon. Speaking of lines from
songs...today I was emailing an old buddy of mine from 50's and 60's San Antonio
radio daze, and we were talking about "the things I used to do" in
our teens and 20's. As you know...those were wild and crazy days. You have
plenty of your own stories, which I enjoy hearing you tell. Didn't mean to send
an epistle...but you know how it is once started. Tom
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JEROME DAVIS (DFW-Colleyville, TX) Jim, see if this
stirs some old memories. "I was just 16 when I got my first job in radio
at KMHT (1450) in Marshall. It was the summer of 1958. It was so much fun I
just wondered why anyone would pay me to do it. Well, I quickly learned why you
need pay. I had been there about a month and it was election time. And the
salesman were selling spots like they were going out of style. We had four
reel-to-reel recorders which you had to load, play, rewind, and reload. On
Saturday mornings, we had the top 40 countdown and on most Saturdays we got through all 40. plus a few extras. But
this particular Saturday morning, just a few days before election, we had so
many spots on the log, they were writing some out in the margin. I don't think
I've ever moved so fast as I did that morning. Probably lost five pounds, and
I'm sure had a few seconds of "dead air." When 12 o'clock came I was
"whupped." The number of records I'd played? Ten. Well, actually 9
1/2; I cut one record short because I
had to run a spot I had overlooked." Jerome Davis
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Hey Jim, KTBC's big stars in those days were Cactus Pryor and Packer Jack
Wallace - one of the best morning duos I've ever heard. As famous as he was,
Cactus had no trace of a star complex and he was a great man to work with. You
had to hear Jack Wallace to believe someone could be as quick and funny as he
was. He was a great foil for Cactus and they worked together like a Swiss
watch. The Johnson family owned KTBC then, and Jack also had some great LBJ
stories. Jack passed away many years back, but Cactus is almost 90 years old
now and I've heard that he suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. Stop me before I
remember anymore. Yes those were the days. Jim Bell
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Bubbles Gone. Jim: Norma Zimmer, The Champagne Lady for the Lawrence Welk Show,
has died at 87. She was on the show, 1960-1982. Welk died in 1992. Bob &
Sonny Lee
TRIVIA ANSWER: Listen up radio programmers. By the
mid 1950s, Television takes away most of radio's audience. Sound familiar? Obviously,
something new and different must happen fast. NBC President Sylvester L. {Pat}
Weaver Jr., who already creates the Today and Tonight TV network shows, comes
up with a format so audacious and grandiose that nothing like it has ever been
heard before or since. NBC Radio debuts its splashy Monitor format on Sunday,
June 12, 1955. Weaver calls it a kaleidoscopic phantasmagoria. Monitor runs
continuously the next weekend from 8 am Saturday to midnight Sunday for 40
hours. Monitor has everything listeners can imagine: news, sports, comedy,
interviews, remote pick-ups from around the world and music. Monitor is a true
magazine of the air. During any Monitor hour dozens of different people, places
and things were presented all presided over live by hosts...Weaver called
'communicators' in mammoth New York studios NBC named 'Radio Central'. Monitor
is a smash hit with listeners, advertisers and critics. Monitor quickly becomes
NBC Radio's best moneymaker. It almost single-handedly keeps NBC afloat in radio.
In the mid 1950s, NBC's Monitor is the biggest thing in radio. Then, Gordon
McLendon invents Top 40 radio on KLIF-1190 in Dallas, TX. That's huge another
radio story.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I am moving so am
trying to decide what to keep and discard rather than move to my new place even
though it is in the same apartment complex. I will be getting a 2 bedroom so
will have some more elbow room, I decided this after bumping into a few things
once too often. Take Care, Charles George
DANIEL BOONE (November 2, 1734 to September 26,
1820) I want more elbow room!
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 11, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #971
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WALKER BROTHER PASSES In 1964, during the beginning
of the British Invasion of America's music scene, Los Angeles guitarist John
Maus adopts the surname Walker when he forms The Walker Brothers with fellow
Californian bassist Scott Engel (Scott Walker) and drummer Gary Leeds (Gary
Walker). With John singing lead, the group's smooth, elegant harmonies blend in
well with the sound of British groups The Hollies, Peter and Gordon and others.
The Walker Brothers score big in England with 10 hits on the UK chart. They
manage to pull in two evergreens here in the good old USA with Make It Easy on
Yourself {#16 around Thanksgiving 1965} and The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)
{#13 spring 1966}. In 2009, John and Gary publish a joint biography titled The
Walker Brothers: No Regrets – Our Story. American-born musician, John Maus
(Walker), front man for The Walker Brothers, one of the most successful bands
of Britain's Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll loses his battle with liver cancer at
67 on Saturday morning, May 7, 2011.
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SPORTS BROADCASTER SCORES BIG The National Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences unveils its nominees for the 32nd annual
Sports Emmy Awards. ESPN leads with 36 nominations that includes 10 for its
coverage of the FIFA World Cup during summer 2010. NBC TV's 2010 coverage of
the Winter Olympics in Vancouver receives the most individual nominations with
11. But our all time favorite NBC's Sunday Night Football sports broadcaster Al
Michaels receives the Lifetime Achievement Award. And why not? Al calls just
every sport in the book with his magic touch of genius. America probably
remembers him best for his phrase Do you believe in miracles? as the U.S.
hockey team upsets the favored Soviet Union during the Cold War-tinted 1980
Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY.
MOTHERS' DAY'S SEA OF PINK COVERS PITTSBURGH On
Mother’s day, May 8, 2011 women of Pittsburgh, PA plus their men proudly
display their favorite color of pink to promote breast cancer awareness.
KDKA-1020 Pittsburgh traffic reporter Bonny Diver in her hot pink Survivor
shirt along with friends kick off Sunday’s one-mile Mother’s Day Fun Run in the
Steel City to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Race For The Cure.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS TV first broadcast a
Broadway play? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WCSX FM Classic Rock (94.7) Detroit, MI wins
coveted PPM 25-54 demographic in March 2011 amidst strong Classic Hits and
Adult Hits competition. •JULIA WALLACE Cox Ohio SVP of News and Programming
moves on up to CMG Market VP in charge of all newspaper, TV and radio
properties in Dayton, OH and Louisville, KY markets. Julia succeeds Alex Taylor
who promotes to Atlanta, GA CMG Executive VP earlier in 2011. •ARNOLD
SCHWARZENEGGER movie actor/former CA governor and spouse Maria Shriver put in a
request for Tammy Wynette's tune D.I.V.O.R.C.E. after 25 years of wedded bliss.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 EDD BYRNES & CONNIE STEVENS' single
Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb reaches #4 on May 11th. •1968 KEITH WEST bass
player/background vocals with Heartland (I Loved Her First #1-2006) born on May
11th in Huntsville, AL. •1976 MARCUS WELBY, MD's last broadcast on ABC TV is on
May 11th. •1986 THE JUDDS' single Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)
lands at #1 on Billboard Country on May 10th. •1997 BRENDA CARLIN TV producer
& wife of comedian George Carlin passes away at 57 on May 11th. •2006 TOBY
KEITH's video A Little Too Late debuts on CMT on May 11th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
BILL CONWAY (San Francisco, CA) Subject: (Jim Bell
on) Arch Campbell. Hi Jim, This is in response to the email you had last issue:
I knew Arch from my young punk days at WFAA Radio when he called himself “your
Atwater Kent Disk Jockey, jockeying those disks.” Arch has been an
entertainment reporter in Washington DC for many years here is a link to his
web site www.archcampbell.com/blog/?page_id=2. here’s some of what it says-
'Arch Campbell has reported on movies theatre and entertainment in Washington
DC and nationally since the 1970’s. He joined WJLA-TV/ABC7 and NewsChannel
8/TBD in 2007. He appears weekly on 97.1 WASH-FM. In 2007 he received the
Mayor’s Arts Award from Washington, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty for a generation of
coverage of the arts. He hosts The Arch Campbell Show on cable channel
TBD/NewsChannel 8, a half hour entertainment talk show that airs Thursdays and
Fridays at 8:30 pm with several repeats including Saturday night at 9 pm.
Campbell moved to DC from his native Texas in 1974 joining NBC owned WRC TV News
as a feature reporter. He went on to create that station’s entertainment beat,
hosting twice daily segments on WRC’s local news. NBC syndicated Arch’s movie
reviews nationally. From 1985-1990, he hosted The Arch Campbell Show, a late
night comedy forum and ratings hit which won more than a dozen EMMY awards,
including the “Best Local Entertainment Show” three years in a row.' Love the
newsletter, Bill Conway; KOIT Program Director
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: KTBC in the 60s. Hey Jim, I was at KTBC in Austin from 1966
through 68 under Program Director Joe Roddy. Joe was a firm and stern boss, but
he was great fun away from the station. He'd meet up with us at the Plantation
Restaurant on 19th street for late night coffee and regale us with tales of
when he was one of LBJ's press aides. He told LBJ stories that would curl your
hair, things you'll never read in a history book. Like the night he p**d with
the President on a country road near the LBJ Ranch with the Secret Service
watching. Jim Bell
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Hey, JR.
Still alive and well in Texas. Has anyone nominated you for the Texas Radio
Hall of Fame this year? I am sure that you are getting tired of being the Susan
Lucci of Texas Radio, but I figure it can't hurt to try. Maybe we should take a
different approach. Perhaps we should ALL nominate you and give our
"concealed handgun license" numbers as proof that we are good
citizens. ::joke alert::: Regardless, the only way I can get into the Hall of Fame
is to pay my way in for the banquet. I am now, by the way, a single father and
have custody of Zoe, so I have had several friends wish me a Happy Mother's
Day. That is NOT entirely comforting because I am not sure in what context they
mean that phrase to be. Hope all is well with you these days and keep in touch.
I have been very busy recently, what with having to travel to Pakistan and sign
death certificates for a few people. :::joke alert::: Have a great day and I
appreciate your ongoing working with JRRR. Maybe you will get in the HOF for
the newsletter some day. But I am not a betting man, either. :) Jeff
Cunningham, DC Kyle, TX (www.zoesplaceclinic.com)
(www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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JERRY MILLER [Mueller] (Houston, TX) Hey
Jim...Jerry Miller (Mueller) here. I started in Texas radio in 1952 first in
Beeville at age 19, then Victoria, later KONO, KLIF, KONO again and then KNUZ.
Bill (Young) mentions in the book some of his great hirings. I had a few
too...like Marc Avery, Don Couser, Mike Scott, from his boot camp at Lackland
AFB, & Buddy Holiday!! If I feel like taking the time to write it, my book
would be the RISE and SUCCESS of Top 40 Radio, the "Happy
Days"....when a consultant was only a guy with a briefcase from out of
town! You had to be there!!...and I hope you and a lot of others "still
gotta love the Fonz!" Sincerely, Jerry Mueller, happily retired for 13
years now from the Big 610 and FM 100! And, once again..God Bless Dickie
Rosenfeld!..Manager of the Century!
TRIVIA ANSWER: In March 1948, CBS Chairman William
S. Paley proclaims that on Tuesday, April 6 at 7:00 pm: CBS-TV cameras visit
the Alvin Theater in New York City to present...actual play scenes and
behind-the-scene glimpses of the Broadway smash hit 'Mr. Roberts' starring
Henry Fonda.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
MEMORIES. Jim: WENO (760) was licensed as a Madison station, not Nashville
& I knew a lot of DJs there at one time; they always broadcast daily events
at annual DJ Convention Live as did WSM (650). Pop Stone was involved with his
stations in stage shows of Elvis (Presley) & others Jan 5, 6, 7, 1955 in
(San) Angelo, Lubbock & Midland. Your friend, BOB at the Southwest Outpost.
BOB DYLAN (May 24, 1941-p) When I first heard
Elvis' voice I just knew that I wasn't going to work for anybody; and nobody
was going to be my boss. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of
jail.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 09, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #970
HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
JACKIE LEAVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD For as long as I can
remember there is Jackie Cooper in movies or on TV as a kid all the way up to a
grown adult. Jackie Cooper passes away on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in a Beverly
Hills, CA hospital. John [Jackie] Cooperman Jr. enters this world on September
15, 1922 in Los Angeles, CA. He makes his film debut at 3 in the Lloyd Hamilton
film shorts. Hal Roach signs Jackie as the new tough kid in the Our Gang movie
series, also known to us fans as The Little Rascals. In early 1931, at 9, he
leaves Our Gang to star in the film Skippy where he receives an Academy Award
nomination for Best Actor. Jackie's cousin, Joan Bernhoft, is one of the
Munchkins kids in the 1937 film The Wizard of Oz. Throughout the 1930s, his
career blossoms. During World War Two, he joins the Navy. Jackie perfects his
craft as a character actor. He works alongside such movie greats as Jackie
Coogan, Judy Garland, Wallace Beery, Henry Fonda and Mickey Rooney. In later
years, he becomes VP of program development at Columbia Pictures' Screen Gems
division. As a director, he wins two Emmy Awards for M*A*S*H* and The White
Shadow. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, we remember seeing Jackie Cooper as
Perry White in four Superman movies. In 1989, he announces his retirement.
Cooper is wed three times: June Horne (1944 to 1949), Hildy Parks (1950 to
1951) and Barbara Kraus (1954 until she dies in 2009). Jackie has 4 children.
He outlives his two daughters, Julie and Cristina. Jackie Cooper leaves behind
sons, John and Russell.
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IMUS IN THE MORNING CO-HOST CALLS IT QUITS One of
the longest lasting teams in radio history comes to an end on Friday, May 6,
2011 when Imus In The Morning news anchor and sidekick Charles McCord
officially hangs up his cans for the final time. Charles McCord and Don Imus
are together as a team since the early 1970s when they first pair-up on what is
then News-Talk WNBC-660 NYC. They are still a team when WNBC-660 flips to
WFAN-660 with Sports Talk. During his final tirade with Imus on Friday
morning’s WABC-770 New York-based Citadel Media syndicated program, McCord
screams: Starting Monday [new Imus In The Morning newsman] Connell McShane will
be getting the same c*** that I’ve been putting up with here for the past 35
freakin’ years! I just want you to know that I’m sick of it, and I’m going to
be glad to be headed down to Arkansas because I’m not going to have to sit here
and stare at that freakin’ frame of yours! For God’s sake, eat something
besides that voodoo food you eat now. You look like Phyllis Diller! How many of
us would love to close out our final shows with such gusto? Starting Monday
morning, May 9, 2001 Connell McShane is Don Imus' new radio sidekick on
WABC-770.
SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR! KRIV TV FOX CH26 Houston,
TX morning meteorologist Mike Iscovitz has a rude awakening this week on his
way to the studio when he comes upon a 7-foot alligator. Mike captures video of
the gator. KRIV TV uses it as part of a larger segment that covers alligator
sightings in the Bayou City. Mike Iscovitz grows up in Florida, so he has seen
a few gators in his time. But this latest encounter ends up on the evening
news.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In the late 1930s how many daytime
serials are on CBS radio? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Henry LaRocca is a high school
senior/weekend DJ and good buddy on KTRM-990 in Beaumont, TX during my time as
MD/Noon-3pm DJ from 1976-77. He is also on KLVI-560/KAYC-1450/KAYD FM (97.5)
and KYKR-1510. On Monday, May 9, 2011 former young teenager Henry LaRocca turns
52. Salute! •SCOTT REINHART Clear Channel PD exits Rock WEBN FM (102.7)
Cincinnati, OH to program sister Talk The Big One WLW-700. •JAMES BURTON wins
the Goldener Rathausmann from the city of Vienna, Austria to salute his career.
Other Goldener Rathausmann winners include Billy Joel and Gregory Peck.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1950 TOM PETERSSON bassist with Rock band Cheap
Trick born on May 9th Rockford, IL. •1968 MERLE HAGGARD records Mama Tried on
May 9th at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood, CA. •1977 PATTY HEARST
newspaper heiress/kidnap victim/convicted bank robber let out of jail on May
9th. •1989 KEITH WHITLEY (Don't Close Your Eyes, When You Say Nothing At All
and I'm No Stranger To The Rain) dies at 33 on May 9th at home in Nashville,
TN. •1995 MARSHALL ROYAL Jazz Sax/Clarinet player dies at 82 on May 9th. •2005
KENNY CHESNEY marries actress Renee Zellweger on May 9th in the Virgin Islands.
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JOANIE GREEN-GALLO [Longtime Houston, TX DJ/traffic
reporter] (Tulsa, OK) Jim,something I read that was said by the great Margaret
Thatcher. "Being powerful is a lot like being a lady. If you have to tell
people you are...you aren't." JRRR is powerful...as shown by its
following. I don't know where you get all of your information and goodness!
It's always informative, fun, "right on" and simply put, feels like
an old friend. And don't you ever forget it!!! Take care and I look forward to
your next edition of JRRR! Joanie
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Hey Jim, Al Mustin came over from KHFI early in 67 to join me, Paul Jones,
Arch Campbell, Bruce Williamson and some others. Bruce was the same guy who
later was at KILT in Houston for many years. Speaking of Arch Campbell, I know
he got into TV in Dallas, but I've lost track of him. Anybody know where he is
now? He was a great guy to work with too. Al Mustin was an enormously talented
and creative radio guy who later got out of radio to be a successful
motivational speaker. Al and I roomed together, and he was Best Man at my first
wedding in late 67. Al passed away in Austin a couple of years ago. Jim Bell
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JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Subject: Frankie
Miller. Jay Weaver (D/FW-Hurst) Hi,
Jim! Hope all is well with you and Lacy!
I read Bob Grant's comments about Frankie Miller and it brought back some
recent memories. While was working a KBOC in Bridgeport, TX in 2004, a couple
of the other air personalities and I would drop by the Ernest Tubb Record Shop
in The Stock Yards in Fort Worth on Saturday afternoons. Frankie Miller would
regularly come by the shop to play and sing with the house band. He would cover
many of the older C & W artists of his day, Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce, Faron
Young and of course he would sing all of his hits of the past. Frankie looks
good, was very friendly and, obviously, very happy to be there! I was involved
in a conversation one Saturday afternoon as to whether or not Frankie would
have been as big as some of the other C & W artists of the day had he
decided to stay with C & W music instead of pursuing other interests. The
conclusion was, yes. Frankie is good! By
the way, that was the last time I saw Shootin' Jim Newton. Other radio
personalities would also show up like Bob Bick and Morgan Choat, plus other
artists who were booked in at various night spots in for a week-end date.
Thanks, Jim, for all you do!
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DR. BRUCE NELSON [GM/AM Drive DJ KFTX FM 97.5
Retired 12/31/2010] (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio
(#967) May 02, 2011 [Monday] Retirement is wonderful, Jim. I'm working on my
book and new movie (another western) and as you know still doing a Saturday
shift. Sandi likes having me around (she doesn't have to clean the cat box
anymore) and yes I have met Frankie Miller when he was inducted in to the
Country Music Association of Texas Hall of Fame. I'm on the board of directors
now. Frankie is a great guy and I have his "Greatest Hits" on CD.
"Backland Farmer" went to #5 on the Billboard Country Chart in 1959
AND again to #16 in 1961 (country chart again) because of some "Pop"
play on the record it reached 82 on the pop chart. It was a BIG Garner State Park
record. (www.kftx.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: By 1938, CBS radio has about 20
daytime serials. Some of them include: Our Gal Sunday, Ma Perkins and The
Romance of Helen Trent.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I remember when
KVIL (FM ) let go their Top-40 personalities and they were playing
"Oldies". A song I heard and I
enjoyed but did not realize the truth of at the time 'Chip, Chip' by Gene
McDaniels. I later came to like a song he wrote that Eddie Harris and Les
McCann did on the album Swiss Movement, 'Compared To What'. I hope you are
staying dry, I miscalculated the other day and got drenched going to the store.
The weather makes me think of a song 'Backwater Blues', Bessie Smith.
RUDYARD KIPLING (December 30, 1865-January 18,
1936) God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 06, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #969
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COURIC OVERPLAYS HER HAND The once Grand Dame of
CBS Evening News loses her crown. She eyes a talk show on The Eye. But the new
CBS hierarchy reins in any form of a future syndicated talk show with Lady
Couric. Katie and the new CBS honchos have a chilling effect on each other.
Sources tell JRRR that CBS TV cools on Couric for a talk show because her focus
is more on newsmaker-type interviews rather than the usual fodder of daytime
TV. NBC and Warner Brothers drop out of the running in April 2011. That leaves
only ABC TV because its axing of soap operas All My Children and One Life to
Live opens up huge programming holes. But CBS still holds the cards in the deck
because it retains the right to match any competitive offer through June 4,
2011 when her contract officially ends. The question of the day is does CBS
hold a poker face in this game? All is quiet on the western front.
Representatives for CBS, Couric and ABC decline to comment. Stay tuned to this
Bat dial.
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RELEASE PHOTOS OR NOT? At this very moment Ella
Fitzgerald's fine 1959 tune What A Difference A Day Makes is very apropos. Just
two days after President Obama announces the death of terrorist leader Osama
Bin Laden, media debate lingers about whether it's really in the public's
interest to release a panorama of his ghastly corpus corporis. The bloody
photos reveal Bin Laden's gaping gunshot wound to the head. The main reason for
the delay is that Obama’s own cabinet is split on the photo issue. What is good
taste and what is bad taste? The dastardly deed is done. That's all that really
matters. CBS News reports that President Obama decides not to release the
photos of Osama Bin Laden's corpse. But on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 Leon Panetta,
CIA director, tells Brian Williams on NBC's Nightly News that the White House
will soon release a proof of death photo. On Wednesday, Jake Tapper, ABC News
senior White House correspondent, says that President Obama is increasingly
doubtful that there's a compelling reason to release a photograph of Osama Bin
Laden's corpse. Panetta reiterates: The government, obviously, has been talking
about how best to do this, but I don't think there was any question that
ultimately a photo would be presented to the public. The bottom line is we got
Bin Laden, and I think we have to reveal to the rest of the world the fact that
we were able to get him and kill him.
TORNADO HELP POURS IN FROM RADIO The devastating
tornados that sweep through Alabama still have us in total shock. What can we
do to help these poor folks who lose their homes, cars and just about
everything else? Well, Cumulus radio stations in Music City come to the rescue
with drop off points to collect vital needs that we take for grated like
flashlights, baby wipes, pet food and other essentials. All of these items are
to help with the disaster relief in Alabama. More than 200 listener volunteers
join over 50 Citadel staffers in Birmingham, AL to load 10 semi-trucks with
donated supplies for storm victims from thousands of listeners over a four-day
period. A great big thanks to R&D Trucking of Indian Mound, TN and Woodlawn
Paparock Travel Center in Clarksville, KY for the delivery of these much needed
items to Huntsville, AL for distribution. Our prayers continue for Alabama
residents' lives to get back to normal as soon as possible.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Where is the filming location for
the CBS hit TV series NCIS?
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Steve Martin Lexington
Broadcasting ages another year on Friday, May 6, 2011. Jim [Catfish] Prewitt
Houston, Dallas & CA radio is one year older on Sunday, May 8, 2011. •KEZE
FM Morgan Murphy Media AAA (The River 96.9) Spokane, WA flips to Rhythmic CHR
(Hot 96.9) as Spokane’s Hottest Music. KEZE FM Music Director Kristen Kurtis
leaves the building. •WSYI FM WayMedia (105.9) Louisville, KY switches from its
simulcast of flagship sister Christian CHR WAYI FM (93.9) to WSYI FM Christian
AC (Shine 105.9). Prior to selling to WayMedia, Salem O&O WSYI FM is
Christian AC (The River 105.9).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 RANDY TRAVIS born Randy Traywick on May 4th
at Memorial Hospital in Monroe, NC. •1961 GEORGE CLOONEY movie actor born on
May 6th in Lexington, KY. •1977 LORETTA LYNN's picture is on the cover of
Rolling Stone on May 5th. •1989 GUY WILLIAMS actor ( Zorro black and white TV
series from 1957–1959) dies unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm on May 6th in his
apartment in Buenos Aires. •1998 SHANIA TWAIN's single You're Still The One
certifies Platinum on May 6th. •2004 VIRGINIA CAPERS actress/singer 1974 Tony
Award as Lena Younger in the musical Raisin dies at 78 on May 6th.
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JOANIE GREEN-GALLO [Longtime Houston, TX DJ/traffic
reporter] (Tulsa, OK) Jim, I love getting JRRR. I find it so wonderfully
interesting, informative and fun. Reading your article about traffic reminded
me of the good ol' days in Houston reporting traffic in the mid 70s for Traffic
Central and Traffic Line with the incomparable Marty Ambrose, Chuck Messer and
Mike Leon. They built a wonderful network of affiliates and "traffic
spotters" to provide the community with current information. Regards, Joan
Gallo
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Bob White and his brother. Hey Jim, Years ago in the mid 60s, one
of my early jobs was at KTBC AM/FM in Austin, where I worked with a guy named
Paul Jones, the morning man. I had met Bob White on a few occasions in Houston
in the early 60s, and one day I told Paul he reminded me of White, whereupon he
admitted that Bob was his brother. For years I've wondered if that's true, and
now that I know Bob White's real name is Jones, I'm a believer. So, Dr. Bruce,
please tell your buddy Bob to say hello to my old colleague Paul Jones. I hope
Paul is still living. He was one of the funniest and most inventive morning men
I ever worked with. He had a way of reading the morning hog and cattle prices
in a Tex Ritter voice that was for the ages and would put you on the floor. Jim
Bell
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
MEMORIES. Jim: Just found info on Frankie Miller of Cowtown Hoedown, KCUL,
Ft.Worth. (B.12/17/30) Ring a bell?? Your alert correspondent at Southwest
Outpost, BOB
FRANKIE MILLER is born in Victoria, TX in December
17, 1930. He has a one-of-a-kind hit record called Black Land Farmer that is a
favorite tune. In the summer of 1959 it lands at #5. It remains on Billboard
Country for 19 weeks. When I'm a teenager, hear it all the time in Dallas, TX.
Lots of radio air play on KPCN-730 in Big D. His song returns in the summer of
1961 at #16. Remains on Billboard Country for 5 weeks. Its label is Starday out
of Nashville, TN. He has 3 other tunes that hit the chart. Family Man #7 around
Thanksgiving and Christmas 1959 for 21 weeks on Billboard. Baby Rocked Her
Dolly #15 summer 1960 for 14 weeks on the survey. And A Little South of Memphis
#34-1964 for 6 weeks on the chart.
LARRY SCOTT [KLAC-570, KWKH-1130, KVOO-1170 DJ]
(Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Frankie Miller. Just got home from church and
lunch. We go to First Baptist in Dallas and then another couple joins us for lunch.
Frankie Miller is a good friend. He is retired and lives in Arlington. 'Black
Land Farmer' came from being raised on a farm in the black land around
Victoria, TX. After he stopped touring he went to work as an automobile parts
man. Wonderful person. Tracy Pitcox has put out one or two CDs on Frankie and
uses him on several of the shows he promotes in Brady, Llano, Mason and Marble
Falls. Larry
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Subject: just an
FYI. Vincenzo's Italian Grill 12500 N. Freeway, Houston is set to cater the
KPFT FM 90.1 Fundraising Drive Tuesday May 10th at the KPFT (FM 90.1) studios.
Barry Kilgore; CCIC Radio/TV/Film/Print/Art
TRIVIA ANSWER: The set of the CBS hit series NCIS
film and television production location is 24800 Avenue Rockefeller in
Valencia, CA.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I always have
admired people in the broadcasting field, but never got the talent or skills
needed, but I have enjoyed listening to stations that had you, Curtis Pierce,
Tim Spence, Dave Thomas, Phil Cook, Ron David McCoy. In school I use to dream
about the perfect line up of shows and hosts to have. With me doing the over
night where I did not have to follow a strict format, etc. Seems the after
hours were where the best music was. I can remember a station playing 'Dance To
The Music', the announcer saying here is a brand new tune. I called and said to
him, “That is interesting. I heard that tune about two years ago on KNOK played
by Roy Johnson".
HENRY VAN DYKE (1852-1933) Use what talents you
possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those
that sang best.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 04, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #968
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE On Sunday, May 1,
2011 the U.S. Navy Seals nab the world's most sought after terrorist, Osama bin
Laden, as he hides out not in a cave but in plain sight inside a million dollar
walled Abbottabad compound near Islamabad, Pakistan. Seven hours before
America's president boasts of the capture, all of us already know the details
because of a series of Twitter leaks from high-level sources that includes
former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Chief of Staff, Keith Urbahn, who
Tweets: So I’m told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden. Hot
damn. It only takes one unknowing phone call from one of Osama bin Laden's most
trusted aides to lead the U.S. Navy Seals to bin Laden's front door step. A
Pakistani IT consultant, Sohaib Athar, who Tweets under the handle of
ReallyVirtual lives in the vacation town of Abbottabad where U.S. Navy Seals
capture and kill Osama bin Laden in a nearby enclosure that contains
residences. Athar's first Tweet: Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM is
a rare event. Sohaib reports on Twitter that a loud bang rattles his windows.
He adds that he hopes it wasn't the start of something nasty. A few hours
later, Athar Tweets: Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid
without knowing it. Just hours after Obama’s address, Sohaib Tweets: I am just
a tweeter, awake at the time of the crash. Not many twitter users in
Abbottabad, these guys are more into Facebook. That’s all.
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MOVIE TEAM FOLLOWS NAVY SEALS IN THE HUNT FOR BIN
LADEN Filmmaker Mark Boal's team follows in the footsteps of U.S. Navy Seals in
their quest to locate and capture world terrorist Osama bin Laden. This is for
a film project that has a schedule to go into production in summer 2011 with
Kathryn Bigelow as its Director. The yet unnamed movie plot thickens as U.S.
Navy Seals helicopters land inside a walled compound in Abbottabad which is
near Islamabad, Pakistan. Cameras roll as Navy Seals burst through the front
door of the room. Bin Laden quickly hides behind a woman. Alas! America has in
its possession the world's most wanted fugitive - Osama bin Laden! You may
remember Mark Boal's 2008 Iraq war-on-terror drama, The Hurt Locker, with stars
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty. For his new bin Laden
thriller, things move so fast that Mark barely has time to work on his new
script. The shootout and capture of the world's most sought after terrorist
makes for a must see in motion pictures theaters.
ANOTHER NETWORK NEWS ANCHOR HITS THE EXIT RAMP We
just barely get over the big news that Katie Couric exits the CBS Evening News
anchor chair when we learn that another network TV news anchor shakeup is on
its way. This time it's on the NBC TV Today show. Hot off the presses from US
Weekly comes breaking news that news anchor Ann Curry will replace Meredith
Vieira as she departs the Today show. Meredith's contract is good through
September 2011 but as we in sho biz quickly learn, things happen fast.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When and where does The Arthur
Godfrey radio program begin on CBS? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Steve Martin of Lexington
Broadcasting in Lexington, KY gains one more year on Friday, May 6, 2011. •TOBY
KEITH: Oklahoma Country music Superstar currently on his ninth USO/Armed Forces
Entertainment tour as he performs for troops stationed at a remote base in Iraq
declares: It's a great day to be an American. •DEBORAH MCDERMOTT remains
President of Young Broadcasting after it files for bankruptcy in 2009. •PAUL
MCGONAGLE moves on up from Assistant to News Director on Fox O&O WFXT TV CH
25 Boston, MA. Paul succeeds Lisa Hall who bids adieu on Friday, April 22, 2011
after 14 years.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 GENE VINCENT records Be-Bop-A-Lula on May 4th
at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville, TN. •1964 KIII TV ABC
CH3 in Corpus Christi, TX begins broadcasting on May 4th. •1971 JOHN HOPKINS
bass guitarist with The Zac Brown Band (The Foundation double-platinum album)
born on May 3rd in Gainesville, GA. •1981 ROCKLINE premieres on KLOS FM (95.5)
in Los Angeles, CA on May 4th. •1991 TRAVIS TRITT debuts on the Grand Ole Opry
on May 4th. •2005 COLONEL DAVID H. HACKWORTH Vietnam War vet America's most
decorated living soldier, Defending America columnist dies at 74 on May 4th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: streaming. I think I had sent an email re/WKNG now streaming. It was a
problem with Yahoo and was off more than on. We went to a new server and it
seems to have gotten the bugs out. simply click www.gradickcommunications.com/
to take you to the home page of Gradick Communications. Look for the station's
logo under Community Events and click arrow. By the way we are up to 6 stations
now within Gradick Communications.
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TONY BRIDGE (Fort Worth-Benbrook, TX) Greetings to
Jim and Lacy. Here is information that might be of interest to radio folks.
East Texas radio history will be featured in a month long free exhibit
beginning June 11 at the Gregg County Historical Museum in Longview. Former
Texas Association of Broadcasters Chairmen Tony Bridge and Bev Brown are
heavily involved in the event, along with other broadcasters whose careers
included stations in East Texas. The main emphasis will be recognition of
broadcasting pioneers of stations that signed on the air prior to and during
the giant East Texas Oil Boom. Memorabilia and photographs from the era will be
displayed, and the event will also feature live music and refreshments. Any
station employees, or former employees at any time, from the East Texas region
are urged to be a part of this observance. More information will be forthcoming
nearer the event date.
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MIKE BRAUN (Fort Worth, TX) Jim, KWTX-AM, Waco,
celebrates 65 years of serving Central Texas on May 1. KWTX was founded by
Beauford Jester of Corsicana and a group of Waco businessmen. Jester would
later become the 36th governor of Texas, serving from 1947-1949, when he died
of a heart attack while in office. The application for KWTX was made in 1941,
but the start of World War II imposed equipment and construction restrictions,
which delayed approval and completion for five years. The inaugural broadcast
occurred at 11 a.m. on May 1, 1946, at "1-2-3 on your dial" (1230kc)
from a studio in downtown Waco. The station aired a mix of music, news, sports
and drama, and was affiliated with the Mutual radio network.
Twenty-eight-year-old M.N. "Buddy" Bostick was station manager. Mr.
Bostick later became president of KWTX Broadcasting Company. KWTX moved to a
new facility on Bosque Boulevard in Waco in the early '50s. The building would become
known as Broadcast Center and share space with KWTX-TV (Channel 10) in 1955 and
KWTX-FM (97.5) in 1970. The radio stations were sold to GulfStar Communications
in 1996 and are now owned by Clear Channel Communications. Mike Braun,
KWTX-AM/FM, 1975-1979
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) [Retired
12/31/2010 [F] GM/AM Drive DJ KFTX FM 97.5] Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio
(#967) May 02, 2011 [Monday] Jim, Tell Roy Lemons that Bob White is retired
here in Corpus Christi from TV management and stays busy with civic activities,
and politics. Bob White was Chairman of the city cable commission a couple of
years back and I was his Vice Chair. He is well and still full of p*** &
vinegar. Dr. Bruce (www.kftx.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1941, CBS President Dr. Frank
Stanton persuades Arthur Godfrey to move his show from a local radio station in
Washington, D.C. for a radio show on WCBS in NYC.
ROY LEMONS (Grove, OK) Hi. I greatly enjoy your
newsletter. I live on Grand Lake of The Cherokees in NE Oklahoma. I do the web
page for our newspaper group which I own in north Texas. I still play indoor
tennis 3 days a week, enjoy yoga and Pilates and a bottle of red wine every
night. At 73 I haven't slowed down.
JAY RED EAGLE (Cherokee) Money may talk, but it
still hasn't learned to speak Cherokee.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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May 02, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #967
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TV & RADIO ALERT VIEWERS TO DEADLY STORMS With
all of today's technology in place, local TV cameras and radio station
reporters outshine them all in alerting local Alabama citizens about the
approaching deadly tornadoes. This helps save lives because live TV pictures
show the force of the storm much better than radar reflections or federal
warnings. James Spann of ABC affiliate WBMA TV CH33 Birmingham, AL reflects: If
you can show a live tornado with a camera, there's no doubt that people will
react in a more urgent way. The storm's devastation causes NBC TV News anchor,
Brian Williams, to cancel his plans to lead the network coverage of the royal
wedding. Instead, Williams flies back to the USA. Brian writes: For now, for
us, for this story, one of us had to go back and lead a separate coverage team
as the death toll grows. Radio Ink reports Clear Channel's WERC FM News/Talk
(105.5) Birmingham-Hoover, AL radio staff had to shelter from the approaching
twister for 20 minutes but went to work immediately after for nonstop coverage.
Citadel's WJOX (690 AM/94.5 FM) in Tuscaloosa is among the stations fielding
calls from listeners trying to track down their loved ones. Citadel also is
coordinating donations of food and other items for storm victims.
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WW ONE DITCHES METRO NETWORKS Talk about
consolidation! This one takes the cake. In a pact that consolidates radio’s
traffic industry, Clear Channel announces on Friday, April 29, 2011 that it
gobbles up the entire Metro Traffic division from Westwood One. Crazier things
than that occur. Over the years, Westwood One plays chess games with CBS, Metro
Networks, Unistar, Infinity and Viacom. For instance, on March 30, 1993 WW One
sells KQLZ FM Los Angeles, CA to Viacom for $40 million in cash. On February 5,
1994 WW One finalizes the deal for Unistar Radio from Infinity for $101.3
million, thus creating America's 2nd-largest radio network. In 1997 and 1998
Metro Networks begins to buy several smaller traffic reporting agencies. In
1998, WW One acquires Shadow Broadcast Services. On June 3, 1999 WW One then
scores rival Metro Networks. This makes WW One the #1 traffic news operation in
the homeland. WW One buys back $200 million of its own stock. At the time, CBS
Corporation owns about 25% of WW One. After that, Shadow Broadcast Services and
Metro Networks merge. In 2000, WW One snaps up SmartRoute Systems and then merges
it with the Metro Networks-Shadow Broadcast Services operation. Other traffic
providers exist like Traffic.com but on down the road this transaction just
might raise antitrust claims. Probably in some markets many radio stations will
now use Clear Channel traffic services because they may have no other
alternative.
TRIVIA QUESTION: After WWII ends, who becomes the
new President of CBS? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WARREN ELLY legendary Tampa, FL reporter retires
at 60 after nearly 29 years with WTVT TV Fox CH13. Elly tells the St.
Petersburg Times: I gotta get out of the grind. It’s time to slow down. •AARON
NERETIN CE Journalist/Market Analyst/publisher/member Consumer Electronics Hall
of Fame dies at 82 on Monday, April 18, 2011 at NYC's Beth Israel Hospital.
•TONY CASSERA longtime Young Broadcasting veteran TV executive/board member
succeeds Vincent Young as CEO of the 10 station group's recent reorganization.
•TOM SULLIVAN is elected board chairman of Young.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 WGBH TV PBS CH2 in Boston, MA begins
broadcasting on May 2nd. •1962 TY HERNDON 1996 TNN/Music City News Star of
Tomorrow award winner born on May 2nd in Butler, AL. •1970 KOAI TV (now KNAZ
TV) NBC CH2 in Flagstaff, AZ 1st broadcast on May 2nd. •1985 WAYLON JENNINGS,
WILLIE NELSON, JOHNNY CASH and Kris Kristofferson's Highwayman album releases
on Columbia records on May 2nd. •1997 DONALD TRUMP & MARLA MAPLES announce
their split on May 2nd. •2008 GEORGE STRAIT's Troubadour album goes Gold on May
1st.
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ROY LEMONS (Grove, OK) Hi, Chuck Dunaway mentioned
Bob White from KILT (610), does anyone know what happened to him? He moved to
KBUY-Ft. Worth in the late 60's as my Program Director at the country station.
He was the hardest working guy I have ever met. He left to join a TV station in
Corpus Christi. I believe his real name was Alan Jones. Someone also mention
the late great Gene Kelly, he was our morning man at KBUY (1540) replacing Bill
Mack. Kelly got us in trouble with the NAB one morning when he accidentally ran
a Prep H commercial in morning drive. I think the NAB code said you could not
run Prep H spots before 10 am.
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JERRY MILLER [Mueller] (Houston, TX) Hey
Jim...Jerry Miller (Mueller) here. In Houston, the KNUZ (1230) little teapot
gave KILT (610) a great run. I was on the air there against Young and Mac
Hudson middays; we held our own thru the period from 1965-68, 'til Houston
outgrew our signal as Bill (Young) mentions in his biography. I was very happy
that KILT asked me to join their Sales Staff, 'cause acid rock burned me out of
the DJ biz. (The Day the Music Died). I left KNUZ & worked for 12 of Bill's
15 years and on for a total of 28 years at the KILT-A/F I loved dearly...in
Sales! I was and still am happy for Bill's success in his Production Commercial
and Music efforts, his first love, and for wife Sharon, our ex Sales Secretary.
We shared good times at KILT. Sincerely, Jerry Mueller happily retired for 13
years now from the Big 610 and FM 100!
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LARRY SCOTT [KWKH-1130, KVOO-1170, KLAC-570 DJ]
(Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Charlie Booth. Jim, Charlie also told me he was
the one that produced "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (B.J. Thomas).
Charlie Booth stories could fill a book. I wish he was still with us so we
could hear them again. Larry Scott
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: KCLV
1240 Clovis NM. Jim, I was in Clovis New Mexico on KCLV 1240 1974-1975 when
Phoebe Snow had her ‘Poetry Man’. John Gentry the Program Director; Jim Davis
Station Manager and Cotton Hall Sales Manager. Leslie Wayne Hodges
(www.kzqx.com)
ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Some of my old
girlfriends and other friends have located me with Google when an item with my
email address appears in JRRR. I have always appreciated that and when you
publish something I wrote then feel free to include my email address. What are
your advertising rates? Andy Carr (Imashrink@satx.rr.com)
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COLONEL ST. JAMES (Houston, TX) On Air Personality
at Clear Channel Radio. Join my network on LinkedIn. Colonel St. James has
indicated you are a Friend: I use LinkedIn to keep track of my professional
network, and would like to add you. - Colonel St. James
(www.colonelstjames.com) / (www.facebook.com/col.stjames)
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1945, William S. Paley becomes
Chairman of the CBS Board. Paul Kesten CBS President steps down. Dr. Frank
Stanton assumes the role of CBS President.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
MEMORIES. Jim: I have friends in high places, like you, who continually send me
bits & blurbs on DJs & musicians. My own daily sources provide
remainder of info on regular basis. I met Frankie Miller (Black Land Farmer
#5-1959) at DJ Convention, but don't recall Neal Merritt; I'm sure he was there
too. Dave Stone was owner who flipped (KLLL-1590) to KDAV. He also owned KPEP
in San Angelo & one other at same time (1955 era). Sounds as if to me Neal
Merritt & others like you should be in the TX RHOF! Someone is missing the
boat out there at the TX docks. Your friend, BOB at the Southwest Outpost.
WALTER WINCHELL (1897-1972) A real friend is one
who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 29, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #966
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
PHOEBE SNOW, R.I.P. One of the sweetest voices this
side of Heaven now sings praises in Canaan Land. Phoebe Snow dies from a brain
hemorrhage at only 58. Phoebe Ann Laub enters this earth on July 17, 1952 in
NYC. She grows up in NJ. In the early 1970s, Phoebe briefly marries and gives
birth to daughter Valerie who is born with brain damage. She cares for her
daughter Valerie until 2007 when she passes away at 31. In 1974, Leon Russell's
Shelter Records releases Phoebe Snow's first self-titled album that contains
her biggest hit, Poetry Man. In 1975, when I'm MD/DJ on Top 40 KXOL-1360 in Ft.
Worth, TX Phoebe's Poetry Man is a hot tune. The song quickly rises to #5.
Later, she teams up with Paul Simon for a rousing good time Rock and Roll song
Gone At Last in his album Still Crazy After All These Years. In 1978, Phoebe's
album Against The Grain features Paul McCartney's tune Every Night. In 1970
Paul releases Every Night in his McCartney album. Phoebe’s last appearance on
the chart is in 1989 with her album Something Real which lands at #29. After
that, she eases back on her music career. One of her last live performances is
at Camp David in 1999 for Bill and Hilary Clinton. She also sings at Howard
Stern’s wedding in 2008. In 2010, Snow plans to release a comeback album. She,
also, schedules a tour. But, in January 2010, she suffers a stroke that causes
a brain hemorrhage. Phoebe Snow never records or appears on stage again.
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COURIC EXITS THE EYE Countess Katie Couric
begrudgingly relinquishes her coveted CBS Evening News crown to a lesser feudal
subject. Her $15 million-a-year CBS contract expires on June 5, 2011. Couric
confirms in a statement on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 that the end draweth nigh to
her place setting at the CBS Evening News table. She still is reluctant to give
an exact date. Why doesn't she just take the money and run before a stage hand
reaches out with a hook to yank her off the stage? Five years of the heavily
promoted Katie Couric and CBS Evening News remains at #3 behind ABC and NBC
television prime time news. Doesn't seem that very long ago that CBS TV lures
Katie away from her anchor seat on NBC's Today show with high hopes of her
lifting CBS out of #3 doldrums but five years later and it's still the same.
Couric places the blame on local TV stations not giving her good lead ins. As
early as next week CBS expects to pull in 60 Minutes show vet Scott Pelley as
her successor.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In 1948 what radio actors does CBS
President William S. Paley move over to CBS TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Lee Abrams former Tribune Chicago,
IL head/ex XM Radio chief and Duane Allen lead singer of the Oak Ridge Boys
(www.oakridgeboys.com/) are one year older on Friday, April 29, 2011. •WARREN
ELLY (60) legendary WTVT TV Fox CH6 Tampa, FL crime and politics reporter
retires after nearly 29 years. •GAYLEN YOUNG veteran anchor-business reporter
for over two decades on KGET TV NBC 5, 6, and 11 pm newscasts in Bakersfield,
CA dies in an auto accident on Thursday, April 21, 2011 in central Utah.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 WWBT TV NBC CH12 in Richmond, VA begins
broadcasting on April 29th. •1962 ROBERT REYNOLDS bass player/founding member
of CMA two time Vocal Group of the Year The Mavericks born on April 30th in KC,
MO. •1974 PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON releases edited tapes made in White House
on April 29th. •1989 CLINT BLACK's debut album Killin' Time releases on RCA
records on April 29th. •1997 MIKE ROYKO Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist voice
of Chicago Tribune for more than 30 years dies of a stroke at 64 on April 29th.
•2000 RASCAL FLATTS debuts on the Grand Ole Opry on April 28th.
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DAVE MICHAELS (San Diego-Culver City, CA) Subject:
Still alive and Well... Jim...in the words of Johnny & Edgar Winter
(Roadwork Album) I was also sorry to hear about Dave's passing. My Texas radio
career included Elkins Institute circa 1967 (License course 1st Phone) and than
some Lone Star radio work at KQRO, (KEIR), KBUC FM, KONO and too many U-hauls
to remember! Many of us have been there, done that; and a marriage along the
way. It's all a growing experience! I guess what "life" is all about.
Dave Michaels Culver City, CA
FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Jim, I was also
teaching at Elkins then (1967), Broadcasting, I probably taught Dave
(Michaels), I just don't remember, too long ago. I remember Richard Poynter and
Leonard Hancock the engineer, both great guys. And I did the night news
(KLIF-1190) with Chuck Boyles. Wow, a long time ago. Take care. Happy Easter.
Remember to pray for President Obama Psalms 109:8. Frank Haley cjf New Mexico:
"Land of the flea and Home of the plague" My life's verse: Isa. 9:6
(read it) No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a great
number of electrons were inconvenienced.
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ROY LEMONS (Grove, OK) Hi. Sorry to hear about Huey
P. Meaux. I first met Huey in the early 60's when I joined KRCT (KIKK-650) in
Pasadena as Sales Manager. Leroy Gloger had just bought the station after
Robert C. Touchstone moved it to Pasadena (TX) from Baytown. Touchstone also
owned a furniture store in Galena Park, Gloger had sold his service station to
buy KRCT. Huey had a barbershop in the building that KRCT operated from in
downtown Pasadena. Huey was a good barber but had some great tales. Not sure
where he moved to after KIKK moved to the suburbs.
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Too Much Sex and Violence? You're right. Charlie Sheen IS playing
himself on that show. Every detail of the character he plays comes from his own
personality and the kind of life he leads. Watching it was one of my
"guilty pleasures" for a long time because he was laugh out loud
funny, the way a middle age reprobate uncle can be funny. There IS comedy
potential in that, but when he started parading his drugged out life with
hookers and porn stars around the country in public, and allowing them to live
in his house with his two small kids, he stopped being funny and I stopped
watching. He lives that way because he can. He makes millions and spends every
dollar of it on drugs, hookers and porn stars. What a guy. His parents must be
so proud. Jim Bell (Ret); Lufkin, TX
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JEROME DAVIS (DFW-Colleyville, TX) Greetings Mr.
Rose. I don't know that we've ever met, but I've heard great things about you
over the years. I was in radio-TV in the 60s and 70s, before taking a public
relations turn (see brief resume). Tony Bridge, the man who gave me my first
gig at KMHT in Marshall, has nominated me for the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, and
I'd like to ask for your support for that nomination. It would be most
appreciated. If you have any questions, please get back to me. Hope to see you
and say "hi" at the fall installation event. Thanks very much. Jerome
Davis
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1948 William S. Paley moves CBS'
biggest radio stars Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Edgar Bergen (father of future CBS
star Candice Bergen) and Amos 'n' Andy over to CBS TV who become even bigger
television stars.
MIKE BRAUN (Fort Worth, TX) Jim, KWTX-AM, Waco,
will celebrate 65 years of serving Central Texas on May 1 (2011). KWTX was
founded by Beauford Jester of Corsicana and a group of Waco businessmen. Jester
would later become the 36th governor of Texas, serving from 1947-1949, when he
died of a heart attack while in office. The application for KWTX was made in
1941, but the start of World War II imposed equipment and construction
restrictions, which delayed approval and completion for five years. The
inaugural broadcast occurred at 11 a.m. on May 1, 1946, at "1-2-3 on your
dial" (1230kc) from a studio in downtown Waco. The station aired a mix of
music, news, sports and drama, and was affiliated with the Mutual radio
network. Twenty-eight-year-old M.N. "Buddy" Bostick was station
manager. Mr. Bostick later became president of KWTX Broadcasting Company. KWTX
moved to a new facility on Bosque Boulevard in Waco in the early '50s. The
building would become known as Broadcast Center and share space with KWTX-TV
(Channel 10) in 1955 and KWTX-FM (97.5) in 1970. The radio stations were sold
to Gulf Star Communications in 1996 and are now owned by Clear Channel
Communications. Mike Braun, KWTX-AM/FM, 1975-1979
BRENDAN GILL (1914-1997) Not a shred of evidence
exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 27, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #965
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
LEGENDARY TX MUSIC PRODUCER ENDS HIS JOURNEY What
would Texas music be without Huey P. Meaux? Some of the familiar names that he
takes to the top of the charts include Roy Head (Treat Her Right), The Sir
Douglas Quintet (She's About A Mover), Barbara Lynn (You'll Lose a Good Thing),
B.J. Thomas (I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), Dale and Grace (I'm Leaving It All
Up to You), Joe Barry (I'm a Fool to Care), Sunny & the Sunliners (Talk to
Me) and Jivin' Gene [Bourgeois] (Breaking Up is Hard to Do). The walls of his
Sugar Hill Recording Studios become laden with hit records. In 1975, he springs
South Texas Tex-Mex singer Freddy Fender into #1 status with Before the Next
Teardrop Falls. When Huey is 12 his father, who loves to play accordion, moves
the family from southern Louisiana to Winnie, TX just east of the Houston Ship
Channel. He gets a discharge from the Army and enters barber school. Meaux
opens his clip joint in Winnie. He becomes a DJ on KPAC-1250 in nearby Port
Arthur, TX. This opens up doors in the music industry. His big break as a
producer arrives in 1962, when he produces Barbara Lynn Ozen of Beaumont as
Barbara Lynn with You'll Lose a Good Thing. In 1965, he cashes in on the
British Invasion when he puts together a make-belief British Rock band that
features San Antonio-born singer-songwriter Doug Sahm. He decks out The Sir
Douglas Quintet in British mod clothes, along with long hair and boots. Their
biggest hit is She's about a Mover. The Houston Chronicle reports that the
former producer of Rock, R&B and Swamp Pop hits, Huey P. Meaux, dies on
Saturday, April 25, 2011 at 82 in Winnie.
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COURIC CLOSES IN ON HER DEPARTURE FLIGHT The rumor
mill is rife with ink lets about CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric as she
edges closer and closer to the exit ramp. Many questions rise to the top. What
is her next move? Who is her replacement? Katie's CBS contract ends on June 4,
2011. The New York Times' Brian Stelter reports on Monday morning that CBS is
set to announce Couric's successor during the first week in May. This is right
after Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding. Brian indicates that 60
Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley is Couric's most likely replacement. With
the cancellation of ABC soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live that
leaves a wide open gap just fit for a talk show. Only the Shadow knows for sure
Katie Couric's next move.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the first CBS television
programming begin in NYC? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•DAVID E. DAVIS, JR. dean of automotive journalism
founder of Automobile magazine dies on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 80 from cancer
surgery in Ann Arbor, MI. David turns Car and Driver magazine into one of the
most literate and entertaining auto magazines in America. He is my favorite
auto writer. •THE NASHVILLE CHOIR presents A Tribute to the Songs of Bill &
Gloria Gaither at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Music City on May 1, 2011
at 7:30pm. (www.NashvilleSymphony.org) •JIM VARGAS 41-year Bay Area reporter
retires from KTVU TV Fox CH36 Oakland, CA after 10 years on April 29, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 ACE FREHLEY Heavy Metal Rocker with Kiss
(Beth #7-1976) born in Bronx, NY on April 27th. •1968 MERLE HAGGARD's single
The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde rises to #1 in Billboard Country on April 27th.
•1979 GEORGE HARRISON releases Love Comes to Everyone on April 27th. •1980
DOTTIE WEST's A Lesson In Leavin' slams home #1 on Billboard Country on April
26th. •1999 AL HIRT Jazz master trumpeter dies of cancer at 76 in New Orleans,
LA on April 27th. •2004 LORETTA LYNN's album Van Lear Rose produced by Jack
White of Rock group White Stripes releases on Interscope records on April 27th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#964) April 25, 2011 [Monday] Jim, so sorry to hear about Dave
Michaels, and the e-mail he sent you probably shortly before he died: Here's
the weird part: "Dave was at Elkins Institute of Radio in 67 and I remember
KLIF's (1190) 20/20 Double Power Newscasts. I had never heard anything like
that before. Very professional, hard hitting - rapid fire delivery. I was very
impressed." I did the 20/20 double power news with Ben Laurie. That was
great fun. Ben did all the work, he wrote the news stories on double copy
carbon paper on a manual standard typewriter. The double power news was
instituted by McClendon's National PD, Bill Stewart. A great programmer.
"Dave was getting his First Class License. Richard Poynter, Jack Schell
and Bobby Elkins maybe taught there and Leonard Hancock taught engineering
classes (math etc); it was a great summer in Big-D. I used to listen to some
guy named Chuck Boyles overnight on KLIF. KLIF went from 50,000 watts to 1000
watts; that's crazy...good memories Jim! Happy Easter. Frank Haley
DAVE MICHAELS There are two separate Dave Michaels
in Monday's issue of JRRR. It just so happens that Dave Michaels in Culver
City, CA sends an email just about the same time that the other Dave Michaels
enters Rock and Roll Heaven. When I place Dave Michaels email in JRRR for
contrast it causes a bit of confusion. Not a good idea because I should clarify
that they are not the same fellas. Therefore, the Dave Michaels in Culver City,
CA is still Rocking and Rolling.
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CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Subject: Huey P. Meaux.
Jim; I think you’ll find that Charlie Booth produced the B.J. Thomas tune and
Huey got involved in the leasing of the tune to Scepter records. Local
promotion man Steve Tyrell (Steve Bilao) was also involved after it became a
Houston hit by directing it to the label he did promotion for. It was picked
from a session of tunes that were on tape and brought to KILT by Charlie Booth.
Bob White and I listened to the tape and picked “I’m So Lonesome I Could cry”
(B.J. Thomas) from the tape session. Booth said if we’d play it on KILT (610)
then he’d press it into vinyl. I heard from Jerry Greenberg who was President
of Atlantic Records about when he signed his first act from Huey. It was
Tighten Up by Archie bell and the Drells. Huey was a man who could “smell” a
hit and got involved in anything that came from this region when he could. Huey
was the master deal maker and a man who enjoyed making the deal more than the
rewards. I spoke to Huey at his home in Winnie (TX) several times in the past
couple of years and he always seemed content with his fate. He was constantly
getting invitations to speak at colleges around the country and planned to do
that when he could travel. Without Huey it is possible that many Louisiana and
Texas singers may never have been discovered and he brought to mainstream
America. Chuck
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MIKE BRAUN (Fort Worth, TX) Subject: Robert
Weathers. Jim, I never met Robert Weathers -- just knew he was with WACO (1460)
radio. Don't know if you heard, but he passed away a few months ago. I clipped
his obit from the Waco paper but seem to have misplaced it. I'll look again and
let you know. Mike
ROBERT WEATHERS VP/GM of Top 40 WACO-1460 in Waco,
TX hires me as PD/AM Drive DJ in 1971. Soon, Joe Long ND of KBOX-1480 in Dallas
makes me an offer that I cannot refuse to return to my home town as a
newscaster plus I roam the streets of Big D in one of two 1971 Ford Mustang
mobile news units. One of my very favorite tunes sung by Tommy Duncan with Bob
Wills and The Texas Playboys Time Changes Everything is so very true. WACO-1460
ejects from Waco and lands south of Ft. Worth in Burleson as KCLE-1460. Those
call letters originally begin in Cleburne, TX as KCLE-1140. Robert Edwin
Weathers born in Waco, TX on March 4, 1928 passes away in a local hospital on
Saturday, April 24, 2010. Time certainly does change everything.
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: An Easter
Greeting for You! To Jim, Thinking of you during this holiday season. Wishing
you joy and HAPPY EASTER! From Joan
TRIVIA ANSWER: On July 1, 1941 CBS begins fifteen
hours a week of black-and-white TV programming with mostly News on WCBW TV
(later WCBS).
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Hello
Jim: I do enjoy all records by Willie, too. Not familiar w/Panther Hall album,
but would like to hear it. (He is off road a week due to illness & cancelled
some dates, but due to resume his tour schedule next week in Dallas.) First
time I ever brought Willie on stage (Richmond, VA), he sported a crew-cut or at
least very short hair, back in latter 60's...those golden days of country! Did
see Bam (A.V. Bamford - KBER) speak about promo tours in Nashville once, but I
met Gabe (Tucker) many times & had some dealings w/him for Ernest Tubb
shows. Enjoy your stories, keep 'em coming. You really need to write that book.
Best to you & Lacy... BOB at Southwest Outpost
THOMAS HARDY (June 2, 1840-1928) Everybody is so
talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real
distinction are those who remain in obscurity.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 25, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #964
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
RADIO LEGEND EXPIRES Cancer takes the life of
Citadel Media Classic Hits 24-hour format Program Director, Dave Michaels, who
passes away at 60 at 11:35am on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 after a long battle
with cancer. In 1968, Dave Michaels begins his radio career as the night DJ on
KMAK-1340 Fresno, CA. He moves on to greener pastures in Los Angeles, Boston,
Sacramento, Tampa, St. Louis, Nashville and Hartford. In 2000, he joins ABC
Radio Networks as PD and midday personality with the then Oldies Radio format
which he expands into Classic Hits. John Rosso Citadel media president
remembers: Dave Michaels was a consummate broadcaster and wonderful friend to
everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him. For more than four decades, his
vibrant personality shined through as he graced the microphones of local
stations across the country and entertained millions of music listeners. His
charming wit and presence will be tremendously missed both in our hallways and
on the air. The playlist in heaven just went up a few notches.
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THOUSANDS SIGN PETITION Freelance war correspondent
Jim Foley leaves his comfortable home in Milwaukee, WI to journey to the Middle
East to report on the Libyan conflict. Jim is a 1996 Marquette graduate who
teaches at-risk students. Next, he enters journalism school. For the past three
years he files reports from the Middle East. On Tuesday, April 5th, while he
travels with Libyan rebels, pro-Gaddafi forces accost him and three other
journalists: James Foley (USA), Clare Gillis (USA), Manu Brabo (Spain) and
Anton Hammerl (South Africa). Jim's family and friends pray for his release by
the Libyan government. Dan Nigro, Foley's former college roommate, pleads: You
just hope that these prayers could be answered, that maybe the media attention
can apply some pressure. Jim's friends in Milwaukee get together on Wednesday,
April 20, 2011 in T-shirts with the words, Free Foley. Dan Hanrahan says: There
have been many second-hand reports about his location and condition, but
there's no conformation from the Libyan government. Jim's friends create the
website http://FreeFoley.org/. They also open a Facebook page plus an online petition
that calls for his release. So far over 5000 supporters sign the petition.
Foley's parents, who live in New Hampshire, understand that their son may be
able to make a phone call in the next few days. Tom Durkin says: His parents
are waiting on that, it's not official but it's hopeful. It suggests that he's
alive, that's the main thing.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What year is the first televised
World Series? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•TED QUILLIN legendary Los Angeles, CA radio
personality one of KFWB-980's original Seven Swinging Gentleman during its
1950s Top 40 days dies at 81 on April 20, 2011. •DONNA BAKER longtime Cumulus
Kansas City, MO GM flees to Houston, TX as honcho of Top 40 KRBE FM (104.1) and
Sports Talk KFNC FM (The Ticket 97.5) Beaumont, TX. •MARK SULLIVAN
Cumulus-Nashville GM succeeds Donna Baker at Cumulus Kansas City, MO cluster.
•ADAM JOSEPH weekend weather reporter on WPVI TV ABC CH6 Philadelphia, PA moves
to the 4 pm weeknight news spot. WPVI TV is in need of a new weekend weather
forecaster.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WDEF TV CBS CH12 in Chattanooga, TN begins
broadcasting on April 25th. •1968 TIM WOMACK singer-guitarist with Sons of the
Desert born on April 23rd in Brownwood, TX. •1970 MELANIE releases Lay Down on
April 25th. •1986 THE JUDDS' Why Not Me is their first platinum album on April
25th. •1995 ART FLEMING legendary Jeopardy TV game show host dies on April 25th
at 74. •2003 BILLY CURRINGTON sings Walk A Little Straighter as he debuts on
the Grand Ole Opry on April 25th.
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DAVE MICHAELS (Culver City, CA) Subject: Dallas -
KLIF (1190). I was going to Elkins Institute of Radio in 67 and I remember
KLIF's 20/20 Double Power Newscasts. I had never heard anything like that
before. Very professional, hard hitting - rapid fire delivery. I was very
impressed. I was getting my First Class License. (Crash course); just about
killed me. Ha ha... I remember eating at Luby’s' Cafeteria. I walked to class
each day from a room I rented by the school. Hotter than hell that summer. The
lady's house was right in the landing path of Love Field - low flying Blue and
Orange planes roaring bye each day; I finally got used to the noise. Richard
Poynter, Jack Schell, and Bobby Elkins maybe taught there and Leonard Hancock
taught engineering classes (math etc); it was a very fast paced Course. Some
students did not pass the test! I think they could stay and re-study and
re-take the test. It was NOT easy... I was in a class with Ray Bond (Jan) and a
guy from LA that had a car and we were hit during the 5pm rush hour in downtown
Dallas. I was in the back seat and flew-up and hit the clothes rack (Cut my
head) and went to Parkland Hospital for treatment. Cleaned out the cut &
gave me a tetanus shot. It was a great summer in Big - D. I used to listen to
some guy named Chuck Boyles -overnight on KLIF. KLIF went from 50,000 watts to
1000 watts; that's crazy...good memories Jim! Dave Michaels
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#963) April 22, 2011 [Friday] Here's a heads-up on
another radio person passing. Dave Michaels. Problem here is that I can't get
confirmation. I believe he's the Dave Michaels that's programmed and jocked at
the ABC Radio Networks/Citadel for years, up to his passing Wednesday. Will
send more details when I get them. Thanks, Mike (www.knus99.com/)
LARRY SCOTT [KLAC-570, KWKH-1130, KVOO-1170 DJ]
(Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Dave Michaels? Dave came after me (KLAC-570) and
most of the old crew. I don't recall ever meeting him. We better be ready when
the Lord calls. Thanks. Larry
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Ben Laurie.
Greetings Jim & Lacy, This is a slightly revised version of what I posted
on Facebook & Radio-Info. I feel like I grew up hearing Ben Laurie on the
radio. Guess I did. Met him at (I think the first) of Mike Shannon's DFW Media
Lunch Bunches that I went to (about a year ago). Ben came in a bit late &
sat right across from me. He was gracious & kind, seemed a bit weary, and
said that all the years of smoking he had enjoyed were catching up with him. It
was good to get to meet & visit with him for a bit. As others have
mentioned, Ben worked at numerous stations around Texas. The ones I remember
hearing him on were in DFW, primarily: KVIL, KLUV & WBAP. Heard him on BAP
a week before he passed. His weekend traffic reports on 820 helped me avoid a
number of traffic jams. Rest in Peace, Ben. You will be missed by many. Peace,
David Faulkner
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
DOT records. Jim: of those you list on DOT, I was fortunate to have met: Pat
Boone (several times), Tommy Overstreet, Sanford Clark (now RET in Louisiana),
Freddy Fender, & Billy Vaughn. Billy wrote me a note & I still have it,
but first time I met him was way back in his Hilltopper Days at Western KY
Univ. Brought Tommy Overstreet on stage at show in Culpeper, Va. (He's now RET
in Portland, OR). BOB
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1947, CBS TV broadcasts the first
televised World Series as the New York Yankees take on the Brooklyn Dodgers
with limited coverage to NYC and surrounding area. The Yankees beat the Dodgers
in 7 games in that first televised World Series. Winning player’s share is
$5,830. Losing player’s share is $4,081. This is the first World Series to
produce over $2,000,000 dollars in total receipts. Gate receipts total
$1,781,348.92. Radio Rights equal $175,000.00. Television rights are $65,000.
Bucky Harris is the first manager to win the World Series with two different
teams.
JANIE WALKER-MORRIS (Houston, TX) Subject: San
Antonio Memories. Hi Jim, Hope you are doing well. I am at work now on this sunny
afternoon having San Antonio flashbacks! Those were great days. I think of
Playland Park, Brackenridge Park, the River Walk and how much fun HemisFair
days were. All of those times were spent connected to the radio and the music
of those days; we had the wonderful Jim Rose, Ricky Ware, Bruce Hathaway. Guess
you can tell my stations were KBUC, KTSA and KONO depending if I was leaning to
country or rock and roll. I hope the young people of today can have those fond
memories. Thanks for being a part of mine.
CHARLES MORGAN (January 22, 1894 – February 6,
1958) There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. It is
God's finger on man's shoulder.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 22, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #963
HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WAR JOURNALIST DIES IN LIBYAN CONFLICT
Award-winning photojournalist Tim Hetherington lives his life in harm's way as
he films war stories in Kosovo, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan and the latest
battles in Libya. He is in Libya since April 10, 2011. His work appears in
major U.S. newspapers and magazines. Hetherington co-directs the
Oscar-nominated documentry about the Afghanistan war along with journalist
Sebastian Junger. The National Geographic Film wins the Grand Jury award at
Sundance. He is the recipient of numerous awards that include a Fellowship from
the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (2000-04), a Hasselblad
Foundation grant (2002), four World Press Photo prizes including the World
Press Photo of the Year 2007, the Rory Peck Award for Features (2008) and an
Alfred I. DuPont award (2009). Born in Liverpool, UK but his base is NYC. He is
a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. In 1999, Tim begins to film conflict
zones. The 40-year old photojournalist is on a freelance assignment in Misurata
which is one of the major places of political unrest and violence in the Libyan
rebellion. On April 19th his last Tweet describes in a nut shell what is going
on: In besieged Libyan city of Misurata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi
forces. No sign of NATO. A rocket-propelled grenade kills Tim in Misurata on
Wednesday, April 20th. Getty photographer Chris Hondros also loses his life.
Two other photographers, Guy Martin and Michael Christopher Brown, receive
injuries. Tim Hetherington leaves behind his mother, father, brother and
sister.
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RADIO CAROLINE IS 47 YEARS OLD British music
aficionados of 1960s offshore pirate radio station DJ Tom Lodge on Radio
Caroline celebrate its 47th birthday this Easter weekend. The festivities begin
on Easter Friday, April 22, 2011 at 7:00 am UK time live from the Ross Revenge
for a very special 11 day celebration of Radio Caroline's 47th birthday. Radio
Caroline broadcasts on AM 531 to south Essex and north Kent, in addition to Sky
0199 channel to the UK and Europe and worldwide internet streams. For 2011
there are two very special gifts for those who join the Support Group or make a
donation of Ł30 or more at any time during the Birthday Bash! If you enjoy
listening to Radio Caroline consider helping. Radio Caroline can only continue
with your generosity. Listeners who join the RCSG or make one-off donations of
Ł30 or more between Friday, April 22 and Monday May 2 UK time receive two free
gifts. For details click www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who receives the most fan mail on
the Dukes of Hazzard? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Ernie Phillips premiere
independent music promoter in Dallas, TX who now resides in Greenville, MS
celebrates another year of living on April 22, 2011. •ALAN CLEPPER morning show
radio personality on KOFM FM (Today’s Hot New Country 103.1) in Enid, OK broadcasts
in front of Champlin Park inside a 40 foot long bass tub to raise funds for the
Make-A-Wish foundation. •KTRU FM drops its Alternative format and shifts over
to Classical music as it prepares to switch colleges, too, from William March
Rice University to the University of Houston system for $9.932M.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 CONGRESS orders all U.S. coins bear the
national motto In God We Trust on April 22nd. •1967 HEATH WRIGHT lead singer of
Ricochet (Daddy's Money #1 for 3 weeks-1996) born on April 22nd in Vian, OK.
•1976 BARBARA WALTERS signs a $5 million five year contract with ABC TV on
April 22nd as the 1st female nightly network news anchor. •1989 CLINT BLACK
debuts on the Grand Ole Opry on April 22nd. •1993 ALLEN FUNT creator of Candid
Camera suffers a stroke at 78 on April 22nd. •2000 GEORGE STRAIT's single The
Best Day slams #1 on Billboard Country on April 22nd.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Frank
Haley's 71st birthday is on Friday, April 15, 2011. Wow, it's also the day
President Lincoln died, he was shot the day before, and it's also the day the
Titanic sank...and Leonardo Da Vinci's birthday, Hans Conried, Elizabeth
Montgomery, Roy Clark, Claudia Cardinale and Heloise birthdays, Looks like I'm
in good company. Take care my friend. Sure will miss Ben Laurie. So sad. FH
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Alycia Lane Does Get Around. Hey Jim, That hot Philly-filly Alycia
Lane does get around, and at the rate she's going she may get around to all of
us sooner or later. She's a real piece of work. Remember Chris Wragge? The
former KPRC TV sports guy who went trotting off to larger markets and more
money? He went to WCBS in NY in 2004, and he's now one of the hosts of CBS's
morning show. ANYWAY, Wragge was one of her boyfriends too, and a significant
figure in her personal scandals. Check out this link:
http://phillyist.com/2007/08/27/alycia_lane_dro.php Tally ho! Jim Bell Watching
and enjoying all this from a VERY safe distance in east Texas.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
DOT. Jim: I am certain you are aware of death of the pioneer in record
mail-order. Randy Wood, founder of Randy's Record Shop & later Dot Records,
both in Gallatin, TN, died @ 94 on April 8, 2011 at his home in La Jolla, CA.
Dot records ended business in 1977 & the record shop closed in 1991, truly
the end of a music era. BOB & Sonny Lee
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: BEN.
Last saw Ben Laurie at surprise birthday party he, Charlie Payne, Dick Glancey
threw for Sam Pate. I had so much fun watching those crazy guys laugh and
recall some of the shenanigans they did during radio days. I was snapping
pictures and got some great shots. I felt as if I was in a room of famous men.
Each passing fills me with sadness. Look on the bright side: I still have Frank
Haley, Dick Glancey and you Jim Rose. You are my family.
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JIM PREWITT [Catfish] (Sacramento, CA) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#962) April 20, 2011 [Wednesday] Hi Jim...So sad to hear
about Ben Laurie. Ben and I worked together at Metro Traffic and KLUV. Ben sent
me emails just about every month. They were always good ones. He had a warped
sense of humor which I loved. Ben and I once had a heart to heart talk about
life. I had just lost my wife to cancer and he was very helpful to me during my
grieving years. He once told me back in 2001 he led a lonely life. Lived in a
small apartment and had no living relatives that he ever talked to. I bring
this up because there are a lot of people who have lost loved ones and live
alone. I think if Ben had been married or someone living with him he may be
alive today. I've never remarried myself and live alone. It's difficult and I
worry who will take care of me if I ever have a stroke or Heart attack. Kinda
scary the future as you get old. To my good friend Ben...may you rest in peace!
Jim
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JOHN BASS (Tyler, TX) Subject: Ben Laurie Death.
You can sign the guest book in Ben Laurie's obit:
www.northdallasfuneralhome.com/index.cfm Ben Laurie, longtime Dallas radio
personality, passed away Friday, April 15, 2011 in Dallas at the age of 73. A
memorial service will be held on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:00 pm in the Brooks
Family Chapel at the North Dallas Funeral Home, 2710 Valley View Lane, Farmers
Branch, Texas 75234.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Memorial
Service for Ben Laurie. Jim, You've likely heard, but just in case, a Memorial
Service for Ben Laurie has been scheduled for 2pm Sunday May 15th. It will be
in Brooks Chapel @ North Dallas Funeral Home, 2710 Valley View Lane, Dallas, TX
75234. Peace, David Faulkner
TRIVIA ANSWER: During its run from 1979–1985 the
bright red 1969 General Lee Dodge Charger receives over half of the Dukes of
Hazzard fan mail.
RANDY MORGAN [Ed Duffel] Subject: KBUC. Hello!
Enjoyed your writings on KBUC. I worked at KBUC from June 1975 until October of
1976. Had a great time at the corner of Houston and Commerce. Randy Morgan
GARRISON KEILLOR (August 7, 1942-p) That's the news
from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are
good-looking, and all the children are above average.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 20, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #962
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TV NEWS ANCHORS BITTER RIVALRY Philadelphia cheese
steaks are not the only hot items in The City of Brotherly Love. Reuven Fenton
contributor to the NY Post reports ...two fired high-profile TV news anchors
from Philadelphia features salacious details of their alleged make-out sessions
and lovey-dovey on-air texting and a toy frog dressed like a prince. Things
cannot get more cheesy in Philly than this latest live soap opera. In one
corner is 38 year-old journalist Alycia Lane, Long Island-born hot item, who
experiences a mishap with a NYC cop. In the opposite corner is CBS Broadcasting,
her ex-employer, plus her ex-co-anchor, Larry Mendte, who now is a NYC WPIX-TV
reporter. Alycia Lane accuses Larry Mendte, her former Philadelphia co-anchor,
of making unwanted advances. Larry fires back that they have a torrid
relationship. TV networks are canceling soap operas right and left but this
latest incident tops them all. Alycia sues both Mendte and CBS TV for damaging
her reputation. This exciting case will erupt in a Philadelphia courtroom in
May 2011.
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AGE DISCRIMINATION IN BEANTOWN Sunbeam Television,
owner of NBC-affiliate WHDH TV CH7 in Boston, loses an age discrimination case
in Miami, FL in August 2010 brought on by former WSVN TV Fox CH7 reporter
Marilyn Mitzel. As WHDH TV continues to add more young talent, AFTRA readies
itself for a similar fight in Boston. Tom Higgins, AFTRA assistant executive
director, tells the Boston Globe: You have to wonder whether they are looking
to try to do to the talent here in Boston what a jury convicted them of doing
to the talent in Miami, which was fire you on the basis of your age. Since
2010, many WHDH TV staff members tarry on without a labor contract. A real
sticking point seems to be a similar issue that slows union negotiations in
other markets: the skills required of reporters and anchors. As TV news
production methods evolve, many stations require that their on-air talent do
more, like shooting and editing their own stories. Critics say that this is
just an excuse to trade out the higher-paid veteran reporters for younger, less
expensive journalists. Higgins tells the Globe: Age discrimination is 'the
dirty little secret of this business'.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What 1950s and 1960s Country-Pop
music legend produces Marie Osmond's 1973 smash hit Paper Roses? The answer
appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Frank Haley Friday, April 15, 2011.
•MARY BETH MCDADE is the fresh new weekend morning anchor on Tribune KTLA TV CW
CH 5 Los Angeles, CA. •RUSTY HUMPHRIES tacks on 10 more affiliates to the 22 he
adds in January 2011. Talkers Magazine says The Rusty Humphries Show is 8th
largest syndicated show with over 2.75 million weekly listeners. •WHJX FM
Progressive Talk (105.7) Jacksonville-Baldwin, FL adds the syndicated Leslie
Marshall Show. Marshall also joins Politico.com as a weekly blogger.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 MOROCCO demands the departure of Spanish
troops on April 20th. •1969 WADE HAYES (Old Enough To Know Better #1 for 2
weeks-1994) born on April 20th in Bethel Acres, OK. •1974 PAUL MCCARTNEY
releases his single Band on the Run on April 20th. •1987 EDDIE RABBITT performs
at the annual White House lawn Easter Egg Hunt on April 20th in Washington,
D.C. •1992 MADONNA signs $60-million pact with Time Warner on April 20th. •2006
MARTINA MCBRIDE's album Martina certifies Double-Platinum on April 20th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#961) April 18, 2011 [Monday] Jim, Sunday afternoon, just saw
your JRRR on Ben Laurie. What a shock. He died on my 71st birthday. Ben and I
did the news together on KLIF in 67-68 in "KLIF 20/20 double power
news". I can't believe he's gone. When we worked together, he did most of
the work, I was just a green newbie, he wrote the double scripts on carbon
paper, on an old standard manual typewriter. Boy, could he type fast. A great
radio talent. I sure hope he knew Jesus. May he rest in peace. FH
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JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Subject: Ben Laurie.
The last time I saw Ben and spoke with him at one of Mike Shannon's D/FW Lunch
Bunch get togethers - I guess a year ago - I asked Ben how he was doing and he
told me "Good!" And I
questioned him because he didn't seem to be himself. He Said, "Yes, I'm good!" As a
school kid in Fort Worth, I listened to Ben way-way back in the late 50's at
KXOL and have loved him ever since. At one of the first Lunch-Bunch
get-togethers at the Ball Park in Arlington, I introduced myself to Ben and
told him of those old days when I listened to him. He looked at me and asked me
how old I was. I told him and he said, "Well, I'm not much older than
you!" Now I say, you were right Ben - you were not much older than me and
that brought me closer to Ben and the good, bygone days of radio the way he and
I knew it, the radio we fell in love with!
You were one of my all-time radio favorites. I loved you and I'll miss
you! RIP, Ben. I'll never forget you! You were one of the great ones!! Another
boyhood hero gone!
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ROBERT REYES [Bobby] (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim...sad
to hear of the passing of Ben Laurie. He is pictured in between Sonny Melendez
and Mark Carrillo. When I met and chatted with him, I mentioned how wonderful
it was to have the opportunity to meet one of my "growing up" radio
favorites, especially from KONO!! Mr. Laurie was so gracious and cordial! It's
always great to read your newsletter...but I do get sad when one of our radio
pioneers passes ...enjoy the photo, thanks again for your newsletter and all
the best to you and Lacy! Bobby R
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Ben Laurie.
We never know when the Lord's calendar has our name on it but Ben Laurie was one
of the most genuine talents in this business. He hadn't emailed me in two or
three weeks but you're right...he always forwarded humorous stories or
politically incorrect tid bits. It was amazing he was still working on a
regular basis but he was a true broadcaster. So long Ben...Let us know the
intersections we should avoid. Gary DeLaune (www.garydnews.com)
CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Ben Laurie.
Hi Jim, Thank you for the details. Ben did a regular weekend traffic shift at
WBAP (820) and worked on call for Metro Traffic. I don't think that he had a
regular gig at KLUV (FM 98.7), but they may have called him to fill in for
someone on Friday. I hope that you and Lacy have a fun weekend. Chet
TRIVIA ANSWER: Sonny James has the unforgettable
1957 hit record Young Love that sells over one million copies, plus it scores a
Gold disc. In the early 1970s, Sonny helps launch Marie Osmond's solo career.
He produces her first three albums, also her 1973 smash record Paper Roses.
From 1953 to 1983, Sonny James has 16 straight #1 Country singles out of 72
that land on Billboard. His career #1 one total equals 23. In 1971, James
receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6630 Hollywood Boulevard. In
1987, he inducts into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. In 2006, James inducts
into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. On November 6, 2006 he appears
on TV for the first time in nearly 20 years to accept his induction during the
CMA Awards ceremony.
MIKE BRAUN (Fort Worth, TX) Subject: KWTX-AM 65th
Anniversary / Radio Reunion. Jim, My March 28 e-mail must have gotten lost.
Here's an UPDATE on KWTX-AM 65th Anniversary / Radio Reunion: (Mike Braun, Fort
Worth) -- Hi, Jim! KWTX-AM (1230), Waco, celebrates its 65th anniversary on May
1. A radio reunion will be held Friday, April 29 in Waco. Past and present KWTX
radio and TV folks are welcome. Should be a great time of fellowship, stories
and photos. M.N. "Buddy" Bostick plans to attend. Mr. Bostick, who
will be 93 in May, was the station manager when T-X went on the air in 1946. A
"KWTX Radio Reunion" group is set-up on Facebook or former T-X folks
can e-mail me at MikeBraun101@aol.com. Thanks. Mike Braun, KWTX-AM/FM,
1975-1979.
HELEN KELLER (1880-1968) Alone we can do so little;
together we can do so much.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 18, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #961
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BEN LAURIE R.I.P July 27, 1938 - April 15, 2011 A
radio voice that is familiar to Texas listeners since the 1950s all across the
Lone Star State in Austin, Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas exits the
control room for the last time. Ben Laurie dies at his home in Big D on Friday,
April 15, 2011. Word has it that when Laurie does not show up for his air work
on Friday at WBAP-820 someone goes to his home and finds him unconscious. So
very sad that another TX radio legend enters the Golden Gates. Many times Ben
forwards emails with items that he considers witty. He has a good sense of
humor plus Ben is one of the nicest people that you will ever meet. The very
first time that I run across him in person is at the 2004 TRHOF induction
dinner in San Antonio. He and another radio icon Charles Payne sit at a table behind
us. Thank goodness that I bring along my instant camera because I snap a
picture of both fellas. Charlie also is no longer with us. Some of the top
radio stations that carry Ben's voice as either a DJ, newscaster or traffic
reporter are KNOW-1370, KONO-860, KTSA-550, KILT-610, KXOL-1360, KLIF-1190,
KVIL FM (103.7), KLUV FM (98.7), KRLD-1080 and WBAP-820. Ben Laurie has an
extensive radio career that lasts from the 1950s to April 2011. Ben inducts
into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2004 in San Antonio.
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COURIC WRAPS UP HER 5 YEARS AT CBS TV Well, Katie
Couric is about to step down from her role as CBS TV Evening News anchor. At
the top of her new agenda is Stephanie Soechtig and Jason Lindsey's feature
documentary on obesity. The duo directs the 2009 documentary Tapped which talks
about the negative impact of bottled water on people's health and the
environment. She has her hands full of activities whether if she will sign up
for a possible syndicated daytime talk show, news network appearances plus the
potential launch of her very own production company. A leading contender is CBS
as a reporter on 60 Minutes. She has a new Random House book called The Best
Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Live.
BON JOVI BURGLER BUSTED Police nab a 21-year old
sneak thief who breaks into the Middletown, NJ riverside home of Rock singer
Jon Bon Jovi. After he trips an alarm, cops discover Nicholas J. Tracy of
Beachwood, NJ as he lurks in a bathroom at Bon Jovi’s $22 million waterfront
palace in Monmouth County. He attempts to sneak out with around $100,000 worth
of Bon Jovi’s wife Dorothea's jewelry. This cat burglar is quite a busy chap.
The gendarme also busts him for the break in of American Eagle Outfitters CEO
George Kolber's home on March 14, 2011. In that heist he makes off with
$103,912 worth of jewelry. On April 1st in the same neighborhood, detectives
deck him for heisting $300,000 worth of jewelry in another caper along the edge
of Jersey Shore on Navesink River Road. Nicholas J. Tracy's name is now written
down in the pages of the book of life with four counts of third-degree burglary
and three counts of second-degree theft.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first time that
on-the-scene European field correspondents link with central anchors in NYC for
daily national broadcasts? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CHARLES MCCORD longtime Imus In The Morning newsman/sidekick will retire from the Citadel
WABC-770 Media syndicated program in NYC on May 6, 2011. FOX Business Network
anchor/correspondent Connell McShane is Charles' replacement beginning Monday,
May 9, 2011. Imus’ contract expires in December 2012. He says that he plans to
remain. •ABC TV cancels two long-running soaps All My Children and One Life to
Live. Susan Lucci is on ABC's All My Children since its beginning in January 5,
1970. Those two soap operas end in September 2010 and January 2011
respectively. •KBWF FM Entercom Country (The Wolf 95.7) San Francisco, CA does
an about-face to Sports/Talk SportsRadio 95.7. KBWF FM is MLB Oakland A’s new
flagship.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 KIM STONE bassist with Jazz fusion band Spyro
Gyra (Morning Dance-1978) born on April 18th. •1969 GLEN CAMPBELL's Jimmy Webb
tune Galveston smashes #1 on Billboard Country on April 19th. •1975 JOHN LENNON
releases Stand by Me on April 18th. •1988 REBA MCENTIRE's album Reba releases
on MCA records on April 18th. •1990 ROBERT D WEBBLove Me Tender dies on April
18th at 87. •2006 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND's director of Elvis Presley's first
movie final stop on a Stars For Stripes tour is at Camp Liberty in Baghdad,
Iraq on April 18th where he performs for U.S. soldiers.
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TOM BIGBY (Detroit, MI/Dallas, TX) Jim, I have
always lived in Dallas...with a second home on the Jersey Shore. I have some
opportunities. No one has come calling in Houston yet? grin...4 stations in the
market and none can win with their signal, it is a shame...great town. Thanks
for the Note, Keep in touch. Tom Bigby TomBigby@aol.com / tombigby@verizon.net
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: Ben Laurie. Hi, Jim and Lacy, Just got word today from Mark Carrillo
in San Antonio that our dear friend and colleague, Ben Laurie, had passed away
in Dallas yesterday (Friday). Hard to believe. He was one of the hot KONO DJ's
that I had the pleasure of knowing and working with while I was doing news
there beginning in '58. He also loved doing news reports when we needed an
extra hand. His was a very special
talent. His father had owned stations in Palestine and Jacksonville, Texas...my
neck of the woods. So he and I always had that special regional identity and
pride thing going for us as friends. He had a very long career...probably one
of the longest in Texas Broadcasting history, given that he started working as
a very young kid in his father's station in Jacksonville. Another of our Texas
radio icons has left us. Tom
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BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: Ben Laurie. In
case you haven't heard, Texas Radio Hall of Famer Ben Laurie was found dead
this afternoon (Friday, April 15, 2011) at his home. John Summers at KLUV
called me this afternoon about 4:30 to tell me the news and ask if I knew of
any relatives. At the time police were still trying to find the next of kin. I
called some of his close friends here in Dallas and no one seemed to know about
the kin folks. Story is that he didn't report for work today and the company
sent someone out to check on him. Ben and I first met at WFAA when he did an
all night show on radio. We later discovered that we both lived in the same
apartment complex behind what used to be Sterling Jewelry & Distributing
Co. on Northwest Highway. Will keep you posted when I hear anything else. Bud
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CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX) Facebook entry by
Mike Shannon (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) sent a Facebook message to the members of
DFW Radio/TV/Media "Lunch Bunch." Subject: Ben Laurie bulletin...need
your help. Sad news...Ben Laurie, one of our Lunch Bunch regulars and a Texas
radio legend, passed away earlier today (Friday) [April 15, 2011]. No details
or anything so far, and there is one issue...no one knows of a next-of-kin. If
anyone has any ideas, please let me know and I'll pass the info to the right
people. Ben was such a good guy and I know we'll all miss him greatly. Thanks,
Mike (www.knus99.com/)
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CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Ben Laurie.
Hi Jim, They located Ben Laurie's next-of-kin. The details of the services have
not yet been set. Have a good weekend, Chet
TRIVIA ANSWER: On March 13, 1938 CBS broadcasts a
35-minute special report from multiple locations around the world as the
pre-war crisis develops. This marks the first time that on-the-scene European
field correspondents link with central anchors in NYC for daily national
broadcasts.
DEAN DANIELS (Dallas-Lewisville, TX) Subject:
Coyote McCloud. Hi Jim, Back in the late 70's and 80's Coyote McCloud was my
favorite DJ. So when I suggested his be the voice of CMT for all the network
ID's (originally called "CMTV" but always "Country Music
Television," my father Glenn Daniels agreed (he didn't want his own superb
voice to be the network voice, considering that to be a bit "much,"
although I did get him to voice numerous PI spots on Country Music Television).
Coyote did a wonderful job, adding a nice country touch while maintaining his
Top 40 personality as well. Coyote's voice-over was the first thing heard on
CMT with, "You're watching CMTV, Country Music Television...in
stereo." I always enjoyed seeing him when he came by our Video World
Productions Studios in Hendersonville, TN to cut his numerous station ID
voice-overs and considered it cool that a rock DJ was crossing over (something
that's quite the norm today). Coyote my old friend, you will be missed.
(www.cmtcountry.com) / (http://cmtcountry.com/)
GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON (1885-1945) If a man does
his best, what else is there?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 15, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #960
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
SHOOTOUT ON THE CUMULUS-CITADEL TRAIL Well the
cards are all on the table for the much anticipated Cumulus-Citadel shootout
merger of the giants. So far only 14 radio stations bite the dust. That's not
too many when we consider that 500 radio stations' fortunes are at stake.
Speaking of stake. How many thousands of broadcasters will hammer their stake
in at the unemployment office? Cumulus does have to give up their grandfathered
status in a few markets plus they will usurp ownership status in other markets.
The 14 radio stations that Cumulus-Citadel send to the hangman's noose will be
attended to by Scott Knoblauch as trustee over Volt Radio, which is a
divestiture trust. The word trust appears often in this gunfight at the OK
corral. Sad to say, the only thing that we can trust is that a lot of
broadcasters will no longer have Cumulus-Citadel as their employer. Only one of
those 14 radio stations that heads to the south 40 is in TX. Talkradio
KKLF-1700 in the north Dallas suburb of Richardson, TX casts its fate to the
wind way down on the end of the dial. As the soothsayers say, Let the chips
fall where they may.
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BIGBY EXITS CBS AFTER 23 YEARS CBS Radio
VP/Strategic Programmer Tom Bigby tells NTS MediaOnline that he bids adieu to
the organization after 23 years at the helm. Tom advises that he remains on
duty as a consultant for other CBS radio Sports outlets. The 40 year broadcast
veteran elaborates that he is no longer a full time CBS employee because they
do not agree on a deal to renew his contract. Since the 1990s, CBS Radio
experiences a topsy turvy world. In 1995, Westinghouse's Group W buys CBS. In
1996 Group W purchases Infinity Broadcasting. In 1997, Westinghouse changes its
name to CBS Corporation. In 1999, Group W sells out to Viacom. In 2005, Viacom
renames itself as CBS Corporation. In 1988, Bigby first joins the then Infinity
Broadcasting Company. Tom is a long time Sports/Talk pioneer at WIP-610
Philadelphia, PA. In recent years Bigby programs CBS’ KRLD-1080 Dallas, TX. As
of late he heads to the Motor City to program Sports/Talk WXYT-1270 and its FM
counterpart. Tom is ready for his next mission. You can reach him at
tombigby@verizon.net.
TODAY'S RADIO IS ALL ABOUT STREAMING Dan Mason CBS
President says in Radio Ink that 5 years ago CBS does not stream any radio
stations on the Internet. But, now Dan proudly proclaims he has a player on his
desktop where he switches back and forth from WFAN in New York to other
stations on the CBS roster. That's not the way it was in the past. Mason sighs:
Our biggest frustration is educating and bringing along our own people, and to
a lesser extent, repositioning this within the industry. Again, we do see this
as co-mingling. We don't see this as one app, one source replacing another. At
Kurt Hanson's R.A.I.N. conference on Monday, April 11, 2011 Mason is very clear
about the new push for radio royalties: From a terrestrial standpoint,
broadcast radio, our position is radio has served the record industry well for
a long time. We believe that we bring promotional value to the record industry.
We don't believe we should pay a royalty. That's our position. Bravo!
TRIVIA QUESTION: When CBS Television Network forms
what is its first affiliate? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Dalene Richelle Dallas, TX singing
sensation gains another year on Friday, April 15th. Shirley Ann Rose-Repass in
Mandeville, LA adds one more year on Friday, April 15th but she still is 5
years younger than her big brother Jim. •WXXB FM ERI CHR (B-102.9)
Indianapolis, IN loses two tower workers who attempt to install a tower piece.
Ernesto Garcia (29) and Paul Aliss (32) both from TX fall 340 feet to their
death. •CUMULUS ejects WFMS FM (95.5) PD/PM Drive DJ J.D. Cannon after 32 years
of service. J.D. replies that he wants to remain in Indy City.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 KTVI TV ABC CH2 in Saint Louis, MO begins
broadcasting on April 15th. •1963 PATSY CLINE's Sweet Dreams (Of You) releases
on Decca records on April 15th five weeks after her death in a plane crash.
•1975 RICHARD CONTE actor (Don Barzini in Godfather) dies at 65 in Los Angeles,
CA. •1981 RONNIE MILSAP records his single I Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the
World on April 15th. •1997 HOWARD STERN Radio Show premieres in Charlotte, NC
on WXRC FM (95.7) on April 15th. •2003 TRACY LAWRENCE and his wife Becca roll
out the red carpet for daughter #2 Mary Keagan Lawrence on April 15th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Wonderful
KBOX-1480! Jim, You know my friend Pat Hughes went on to work for Ken Dowe at
WQXI in Atlanta, and died there of a heart attack as a very young man. What a
loss. He was such a talent. I have an air check of Pat from Wonderful K-BOX. I
loved his closing line of every show, "If you have been, thanks a lot of
listening, and if you were driving, thanks for the ride". Great radio
memories. Take care my friend and remember to vote the bums out on Nov. 2.
Remember: pray for Obama Psalms 109:8. Frank Haley cjf New Mexico: "Land
of the flea, and Home of the plague". My life's verse: Isa. 9:6 (read it)
and My "getting through the day" saying: "When the sunshine of
God's love meets the showers of our sorrow, the rainbow of promise
appears."
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JERRY MILLER [Mueller] (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#959) April 13, 2011 [Wednesday] Hey Jim...Jerry Miller
(Mueller) here. I just read Bill Young's book, SORRY, I MEAN HIS BIOGRAPHY. But
with the title of the book, The Rise and Demise of Music Radio, I thought it
might be a well done history of how the Happy Days of Top 40 came and went.
Instead, we get a trip of 'How I Was & Became'...and a story of KILT (610)
only! Who cares about family life, a divorce never mentioned, and mistakes in
the book like "Sully Sullivan safely crash landing his airliner in Hudson
BAY! " ...and KTSA's (550) San Antonio boo-boo, turning Call Letters to
KAKI..and claiming it lasted only 24 hours! C***. KAKI lasted for several weeks
or longer, & then...back to KTSA! Sincerely, Jerry Mueller, happily retired
for 13 years now from the Big 610 and FM 100!
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BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) I saw an opening for
a morning anchor at KRLD (1080), so I checked in with Ernie Brown. Turns out,
it's his position that's opening up. Ernie says he's on his way to Washington
D.C., but I don't yet know what he'll be doing there. As you know, I worked
with Ernie back in '84 at KSAQ-96 FM in San Antonio. He spent some time in
Austin at KVET (1300), and later had a show on the Texas State Network. He was
back at KRLD/TSN when I arrived in '01. He left, and did some time at KOMO in
Seattle, and had an overnight syndicated talk show for a time, before returning
to KRLD about 6 years ago. His co-workers jokingly refer to him as the
'Boomerang Anchor", and many of us expect him back again. I wish him good
luck, and know he'll do well at whatever he does. I have no idea who Mike Rogers’
new co-anchor will be, but I don't think it will be me. My boomerang function
seems to be inoperative.
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MARK CARRILLO (San Antonio, TX) Been writing that
book recently. Wrote a coupla chapters recently. Taking my time and don’t know
that it will ever be published. Tough to not name names and keep some of the
naughty stories out. I guess I’m too nice...plus, fearful to share some of my
escapades for fear of embarrassing my wife or sons. Ha!
TRIVIA ANSWER: After the CBS Television Network
forms, WCAU TV (now NBC) CH10 in Philadelphia, PA is its first affiliate.
During its first year, CBS TV adds 30 affiliate stations. CBS radio forms on
September 18, 1927. CBS TV forms on July 1, 1941.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Jim, as soon as
I get paid which is this Saturday I'll load a debit gift card then...put my
$15.00 Texas Radio Hall of Fame lifetime Member on Pay Pal so then I can be a
voting member. Leslie Wayne Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
BILLY JOEL (May 9, 1949-p) You can't go home with
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You don't sleep with the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame. You don't get hugged by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and you don't have
children with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I want what everybody else wants:
to love and to be loved and to have a family. Being in love has always been the
most important thing in my life.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 13, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #959
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
THE COYOTE IS NO MORE The Tennessean announces the
passing of long-time Music City radio personality Coyote McCloud who dies at 68
with cancer on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 in Nashville, TN. Coyote's ex-wife,
Susan Thomas who is a former reporter at the Tennessean, remains close to him.
Many Radio folks and fans leave messages and their memories on his Facebook
page. McCloud gains fame as Nashville's first shock jock. He becomes one of the
most controversial Nashville air personalities of the late 1980s on Y107's The
Zoo Crew. In 1992, CBS' 48 Hours features him in an episode about shock jocks.
He is behind the mic for 30 years on several Nashville radio stations that
include WMAK-1300, WYHY FM Y107, WZPZ-AM and WRQQ FM (97.1) Nashville-Belle
Meade, TN. When it launches in 1983, McCloud is the voice of CMTV (now CMT).
Jeff Ray, former WKRN TV News CH2 weatherman and a friend of McCloud's brags:
Coyote was a radio star. Until 2006, he hosts Coyote & Cathy in the Morning
on WMAK and WRQQ. First on-the-scene reports are that McCloud was wrapped up in
a comforter with his dog, Sawyer Black, cuddled on the floor next to the couch.
His former wife Susan Thomas writes: Coyote died at 1:40 p.m. He loved you all.
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ROCK STAR ARRIVES IN THE BAYOU CITY Well-known
reality TV cooking star, Chef Paul Petersen, unpacks his kitchen utensils in
Houston, TX. The Rock star chef prepares to open a Bayou City version of one of
Austin’s favorite Tex-Mex restaurants, Vivo. Petersen opens his version of
Tex-Mex food in May 2011 with a giant 6,000-square-foot Vivo restaurant at 4200
San Felipe Street which is just behind the St. Regis Houston Hotel. Know that
regal area well because in 1989 I have an office on the 38th floor of the
majestic Marathon oil tower just down the street a bit at 5500 San Felipe. In
the 1990s, San Felipe spreads its wings into a nice wide thoroughfare.
Houstonians remember Petersen well from his days on TLC’s BBQ Pitmasters TV
show where barbecue chefs from all over America are in direct competition to
outdo themselves. His online cookbook Keeper of the Flame tabulates recipe
amounts based on the number of guests at the dinner table.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What city is the huge gas station
explosion in the movie Christine filmed?
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•EDDIE FRITTS former NAB chief wins National
Association of Broadcasters Distinguished Service Award on Monday, April 11,
2011 in Las Vegas, NV. Eddie leads the NAB for 23 years. He exits NAB in 2005
to run a successful Washington, DC lobbying firm. •GEORGE ANASTASIA veteran
Philadelphia Inquirer mob crime reporter on WTXF TV Fox29′s Mob Talk is
guest speaker at the next Press Club luncheon at the Edgemont Country Club on
Wednesday, April 20, 2011. •MEL MCDANIEL Grand Ole Opry star's memorial service
is on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 from 2-4 p.m. at the Grand Ole Opry House. Mel
is a member of the Opry since 1986. He passes at 68 on March 31st from lung
cancer at his home in Hendersonville, TN.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 KETA TV PBS CH13 in Oklahoma City, OK begins
broadcasting on April 13th. •1963 BILL ANDERSON's biggest hit Still smashes #1
on Billboard Country on April 13th. •1975 LARRY PARKS actor (Al Jolson in the
1946 biopic The Jolson Story) dies from a heart attack at 60 in Studio City, CA
on April 13th. •1983 COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION celebrates its 25th anniversary
on CBS-TV on April 13th. •1990 PAT SAJAK's late night CBS TV show final episode
is on April 13th. •2003 PATRICK MILLER Iraq POW is rescued after several weeks
in captivity but Patrick annoys his captors when he sings loudly Toby Keith's
Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American).
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DAVE MICHAELS (San Diego, CA) Subject: KBUC 1980.
Jim...We got with each Pay Check a Turner-Sigmore Gas free Coupon for $10 and I
thought that was cool. Harrel (Banks) as I remember wore some gold and diamond
(rings). Bubba Redding was the true Star of the cast of characters (I say with
fond memories) ...and I have NEVER still to this day met anyone like Bill
Merriman. Bill DeWeiss was in the newsroom, also a great guy to work with.
Happy times for me in San Antonio. Mark Jon Holiday
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Highwaymen. Jim: A former singer/guitarist with The Highwaymen, Gilbert (Gil)
Robbins, has died at his home in Mexico @ 80, on 4/5/11. He had also been with
The Cumberland Three folk group & was father of actor-director, Tim Robbins.
The Highwaymen, known for their 1961 hit record, "Michael," not to be
confused with the country music group by same name. Robbins sang baritone
w/group on 5 albums, from 1962 until they disbanded in 1964. He later managed
The Gaslight Club in Greenwich Village. BOB
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Too Much Sex and Violence? Hey Jim, You want to know if we think
the FCC should issue fines against networks and broadcasters for putting sex and
violence on TV. I say NO. It's the viewers who should be fined, or slapped
upside the head. Viewers are the ones to blame for the sex and violence,
because the networks are just giving us -- the viewers -- what they know we
want to see. It's what the ratings tell them. If the ratings told them millions
of people won't watch sex, T&A, and violence, they wouldn't put it on the
air. FCC fines won't change TV programming. Ratings and money are the only
things network executives understand. They don't change racy programs that draw
big ratings and make money. Top rated programs like Two and a Half Men live
forever and begat more programs like them. Programs that don't attract viewers
and don't make money get canceled. It really is that simple. It's funny when people
complain about seeing something no one forced them to watch. They were so
offended they watched every minute and frame of it over and over in the DVR. I
say if it offends you, DON'T WATCH IT. I've never seen a TV set that didn't
have a channel selector and an ON/OFF switch. Jim Bell (Ret); Lufkin, TX
BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Subject: sex
violence etc. Jim, In regards to the mention of too much sex, violence, and
profanity (the term used in JRRR was saucy) in the media: I was taught radio by
former NAB President, the late J.C. Stallings. His approach to on air
acceptability was simple. In the late '60/early ‘70s he called a staff meeting
and told us that it was becoming vogue to use "hell & damn" on
the air in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc. He said he wanted us all to
know that we were more than welcome to use those terms on our next job. In J.
C.'s opinion profanity and blue humor were a crutch and a substitute for
talent. Barry Kilgore; CCIC' Radio/TV/Film/Print/Art
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MARK CARRILLO (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Bob
Crowley's letter. Re: Bob Crowley’s amazement that our bunch goes back 35+ years...JIM
ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #954. I was able do 30 years on the air in my home
city of San Antonio and it’s such a blessing but, putting aside all that is
wrong with radio, the long time friendships are precious. We got to do radio
when it was golden and that softens the blow to those of us that were replaced
by a machine. To know that you have friendships with some of the nicest people
you’ll ever know...after all, radio people are just nice folks...that’s a great
thing. I communicate with Bob and Tom Scheppke through Facebook and I sometimes
sing a few with Hector Reyes’ band Canela. Life after radio...we’ll always have
each other.
TRIVIA ANSWER: The set for the gas station
explosion in the 1983 movie Christine was constructed and filmed on a vacant
lot in Valencia, CA. As we remember Christine is a red 1958 Plymouth Fury
convertible that takes revenge on unsuspecting villains in the Steven King
thriller. One of my all time favorite films.
HECTOR REYES (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Jingles
needed. This Just in. Need some assistance. I am looking for a copy of 55 KTSA
& KONO 860 Jingles. The Big T Channel 55 and Dial 86 would be great but any
Jingle from the 60's, 70's era would do. I'm working on a project and with
these elements; it would make the presentation GREAT! Can anybody help? Thanks.
Hector Reyes (bigtortr@satx.rr.com)
TOM HANKS [Forrest Gump - 1994] The best thing
about visiting the President is the food!
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 11, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #958
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
AMERICAN FILM CLASSIC ICON DIES The New York Times
reports that Sidney Lumet, director of several American Film Classics, dies at
86 on Saturday morning, April 9, 2011 in his home in Manhattan, NY. As a
director, Sidney prefers the streets of New York as opposed to the back lots of
Hollywood, CA. The Oscar winner films stories of conscience like 12 Angry Men
(1957), Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The
Verdict (1982) that become American film Classics. In his some 50 films Sidney
brings forth 17 Oscar nominations for actors that include Katharine Hepburn,
Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda and Faye Dunaway. He gains a Lifetime Achievement
Oscar in 2005. Sidney is a child actor onstage and also appears in the 1939
feature One Third of a Nation. Lumet serves in WWII. His stepdaughter, Leslie
Gimbel, says that the cause of his passing is lymphoma. Sidney once states,
While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film in which I
believe goes one step further. It compels the spectator to examine one facet or
another of his own conscience. It stimulates thought and sets the mental juices
flowing. Social issues are what fires up his sensibilities. Sidney Lumet's best
films probe the consequences of prejudice, corruption and betrayal while they
also celebrate individual acts of courage. Sidney survives four marriages:
actress Rita Gam; socialite Gloria Vanderbilt; Gail Jones, daughter of Lena
Horne, with whom he has two daughters, Amy, a sound editor and
actress-screenwriter Jenny. His last marriage is to Mary Gimbel who is his
survivor. Sidney Lumet also leaves behind a grandchild.
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TOO MUCH SEX AND VIOLENCE Inside Radio reports that
35% of Americans believe there’s too much sex, violence and saucy language in
the media but they also admit that the FCC should not fine broadcasters for
indecent material. What is your opinion? Should the FCC levy fines against
broadcasters for indecent material? Let us know your opinion.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In the TV Series I Married Joan
that runs from 1952–1955, Joan Davis plays Joan Stevens. What popular actor is
Joan's husband Judge Bradley Stevens? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•GLENN BECK says that he wants his buddy who sits
in for him now and then Judge Andrew Napolitano to succeed him in his former 5
pm spot on Fox News channel. Marvelous choice! •JEFF BOLTON morning host on air
live in Japan on KLIF-570 Dallas, TX experiences 7.4 earthquake that rocks and
reels the island country. •CHRIS MICHAELS exits PD/PM Drive at CHR WABB FM
(97.5) Mobile, AL/Pensacola, FL to move on up to PD/PM Drive DJ on WMC FM
(99.7) Memphis, TN. He reports for duty at the fort on May 2, 2011. •BOB
KINGSLEY King of Country countdowns (www.ct40.com) receives the 2011 Tony Snow
Award from the Wounded Warrior Project at WWP's 6th annual Courage Awards and
Benefit Dinner in NYC.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1950 PRINCE RAINIER III becomes ruler of Monaco on
April 11th. •1961 MARTY ROBBINS' El Paso wins 3rd annual Grammy Awards Best
Country & Western Performance on April 12th. •1971 WBFF TV IND CH45 in
Baltimore, MD begins broadcasting on April 11th. •1981 DAVID FRIZZELL &
SHELLY WEST's Evergreen ballad You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma lands at #1
on Billboard Country on April 11th. •1992 JAMES BROWN actor Lt. Rip Masters in
1950s TV series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (October 1954 - August 1959) dies
of lung cancer at 72 on April 11th in his home in Woodland Hills, CA. •2001 LEE
ANN WOMACK's I Hope You Dance is her 1st Double-Platinum album on April 11th.
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DREAMA MANKINS [Drema] (Hickory, NC) Hi,
Jim...Legally, my name is Drema, but I sometimes use Dreama to prevent being
called “Dremma.” I tell people my mother spelled phonetically, but actually I
was born in West Virginia where the name is as common as dirt and spelled both
ways. Briefly, or maybe not, I worked in radio for many years at various
stations beginning in 1969, always in an administrative capacity...no talent
here! I met Bruce (Nelson) in the early 70’s when he was hired by WMIL/Malrite
Communications in Milwaukee where I was working. Bruce was extremely
entertaining and humorous, and was a breath of fresh air for Milwaukee radio.
He immediately became a hit, both on air and in the community. We had the same
sense of humor and became great friends, corresponding for over 20 years
afterward with random visits here and there. Some of us in the original group maintained
our friendships. Sadly, Bruce and I have lost touch since he got married this
last time. Sincerely, Drema
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IRA [Eye] LIPSON [Dallas, TX] Subject: Gary Shaw
(Niemi) update. Please replace last note with this: I received a note from Gary
Shaw’s brother that Gary passed away Saturday morning in Florida. Gary was one
of the original ZOO Crew at KZEW (FM 97.9) in Dallas, and later was a DJ at
KTXQ (FM 102.1). No service will be held. Ira “Eye” Lipson; Certified Media
Hotshot (www.LipsonWorks.com)
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BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Jim...I always
hope for the best for you, and I’m glad you are doing your best to hang in
there. Still enjoy your columns, and I read each one. When a TV or radio star
passes on, I always like your in-depth reporting on their life, and accomplishments.
Thank you for keeping Jim Rose Remembers Radio alive. Talk with you soon Jim.
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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) I learned a longtime
ago I would rather eat turkey than to have to eat crow. When others hated to
work the holidays at the grocery store I loved it, since my family and
relations they already knew all about me, and sometimes more than me. The first
year, I learned that some have different traditions. I kept getting asked where
the tamales, chili, enchilada mix was. My favorite at this time of the year,
egg nog and mince meat pie. I wanted to impress a lady friend so I asked her
out to dinner, anyway in front of her the waitress goes, "Is this your new
girlfriend?" My date goes, "What did she mean by that?" I told
her you need to ask her. That did not seem to work. Makes me think of a song,
'That's The Way Love Is'. English has so many words and several that can never
fully be defined or explained. I guess it makes me think of I Corinthians 13.
Charles
TRIVIA ANSWER: In the Fabulous Fifties TV Series I
Married Joan, Jim Backus plays Joan Stevens' husband Judge Bradley Stevens. I
Married Joan has 98 episodes that run from 1952–1955. For over five decades,
Jim Backus enjoys an extensive career in radio, TV and in the movies. In 1949,
Jim is the voice of the nearsighted Mr. Magoo in the UPA cartoon Ragtime Bear. His
most famous screen role is as James Dean's dad in Rebel Without a Cause. Also
in the film is the foxy Natalie Wood. We probably remember him best as Thurston
Howell III in the 1960s TV sitcom Gilligan's Island. His roles are too numerous
to list in this tiny space. Sadly, Parkinson's Disease ends Jim Backus' life at
76 on July 3, 1989 in Santa Monica, CA.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Great Memories of the past. Good Morning Back at'cha, Oh Mystic One, as in Amos
N Andy: You paint such a great word-picture and I am even more convinced you
should write that book. You certainly have the knowledge and ability, so
have-at-it, my friend, as all of us radio people would want a copy too. Yes, I
do recall the Del Vikings & those hits you listed, though I do not have
copies. You are probably aware that 3 members of that group are now gone: David
Lerchey 1/29/05; Clarence Quick 5/5/83 and Krips Johnson 6/22/90. That was one
of the first racially integrated rock groups to chart, too. You may also recall
that Dot released an album, 1966, "A Voodoo Man" & Mercury
records won a court case involving the group. Just a bit of trivia to brighten
your early morn between us Mystic early-rising brothers! BOB
GEORGE 'Kingfish' STEVENS: [as he accepts an award
from his Mystic Knights of the Sea lodge brothers] Thank you, brothers; and, in
the words of that great American poet Ralph Walnut Emerson, you all has my
infernal gratitude.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 08, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #957
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BECK'S DAILY FOX TV SHOW REACHES ITS OMEGA Premiere
Radio Networks talk host Glenn Beck ends his daily Fox TV show later in 2011
but remains at Fox News Channel to develop and produce a variety of other
projects. Beck refers to it as a new phase in his association with Fox News CEO
Roger Ailes. Glenn’s TV program consistently ranks as the third-highest rated
show on cable TV news. His current contract at Fox ends in December 2011. Fox
does not yet announce a replacement for his time slot. Fox says that it will
work with Beck's Mercury Radio Arts production company for future TV and
digital projects. Glenn's daily Fox TV show is not his prime source of income.
According to Forbes, Beck's $2 million-a-year contract with Fox News is just a
small percentage of the $32 million total that he makes in other projects
during 2009-10. For instance, his books bring in an estimated $12 million. His
radio shows haul in $10 million. Those two account for the lion's share of his
total earnings.
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KATIE BLAMES HER LOW RATINGS ON LOCAL NEWS LEAD-INS
CBS Evening News TV anchor Katie Couric places the blame for her low ratings on
CBS TV local affiliate newscasts that lead into her show. But a lot of those
CBS TV affiliate newscasts have #1 local ratings. She declares: I believe we
were in third place for 13 years before I got here, and I think habits,
particularly with an evening news broadcast, move at a glacial pace. And I
think that local news stations have something to do with it. She is most likely
to leave The CBS Evening News when her contract ends in June 2011 so that she
can develop a syndicated talk program. Couric joins CBS TV News in fall 2006
with a $15 million a year contract. But she does not seem to be able to pull
the newscast out of its longtime bottom spot among the Big Three nightly
newscasts. Speculation is that she will join 60 Minutes as a correspondent in
addition to a new syndicated TV talk show.
MEREDITH MAY SAY GOOD BYE TO TODAY SHOW NBC's Today
host Meredith Vieira's contract ends in fall 2011. According to a source that
is familiar with the program, she ponders taking the exit ramp from the anchor
chair in order to spend more time with her husband, who suffers from MS. If she
does decide to leave the show will Matt Lauer remain on the set? A lot of
speculation enters the picture. If Vieira does leave, a source says that her
successor would most likely be 'Today' news anchor and frequent 'Nightly News'
substitute anchor Ann Curry. An NBC News spokeswoman issues a statement that
brushes off the rumors of Meredith's exodus as baseless speculation. The
'Today' show anchors are currently under contract and firmly in place. For more
than 15 years, the Today show consistently rates above its competition ABC's
Good Morning America and CBS TV's The Early Show. Meredith Vieira's contract is
reportedly $11 million.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the original name for The
Ed Sullivan Show on CBS TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Chuck Blore's birthday bash is on
Sunday, April 10th. •MARY ROGERS nine years with CMG's Tulsa, OK radio
operations moves on up to Cox radio General Sales Manager of WWRM FM (94.9) and
WXGL FM (107.3) in Tampa, FL. •LEX AND LARRY after being away from Jacksonville
radio for seven months since Clear Channel ends Planet 107 on WJGH FM (107.3)
are back on the morning show on sports WJXL-1010XL weekday mornings 6-10. •BOB
RIVERS returns to Clear Channel Oldies KJR FM (95.7) Seattle, WA on
www.oldiesseattle.com and at www.iheartradio.com.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN fires General
Douglas McArthur on April 11th. •1962 PATSY CLINE's single She's Got You scores
#1 on Billboard Country on March 31st. •1976 PHIL OCHS Rock producer/song
writer hangs himself at 35 on April 9th at his sister's house in Far Rockaway,
NY. •1989 KEITH WHITLEY's single I'm No Stranger to the Rain lands at #1 on
Billboard Country on April 8th. •1996 BEN JOHNSON cowboy actor (Shane in 1953
with Alan Ladd) dies of heart attack on April 8th at 77 in Mesa, AZ. •2003
TRACY BYRD tapes his music video The Truth About Men on April 8th in Nashville,
TN.
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DAVE MICHAELS (San Diego, CA) Subject: KBUC 1980.
Jim...Don White was music director and afternoon drive. Bubba Redding was sales
Manager, Gene Kelly was PD and followed Don White on the air. Tom Allison
followed Tom East on the air for awhile. Bill Merriman was Sports director and
Harrel was the big Papa'''''''. I can remember walking past Harrel's office and
across the glass-sliding door into the Turner-Sigmore Complex which was much
bigger than all of KBUC Studios. Gene Kelly's PD office was about as big as a
phone booth...kidding (very small) I remember being in there with him, and
thinking...this is small. Happy times for me in San Antonio. Mark Jon Holiday
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Ral Donner. Jim: You mentioned artist Ral Donner in your Issue #956 of 4/6/11.
In late 60's, I booked Ral & was MC on a series of stage shows in Virginia.
He was a good singer & entertainer; for a number of years, Ral kept in
contact with me & I still have his handwritten letters from his then home
address in Chicago area. Your newsletters always seem to bring back some great
memories from the by-gone era of music & radio. BOB & Sonny Lee
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Jim, Saturday, I
had the honor of serving as a judge for the Annual Lions Club Youth Scholarship
Competition for the greater Houston Region. Four judges included people from
Denver and even Lebanon. The Competition was held at Vincenzo's. High school
students from as far away as Conroe & Cut N Shoot made presentations in
three categories: Juvenile Diabetes Awareness; Drug Abuse Awareness and
Outstanding Student Award. Judging was difficult. Contestants were dedicated to
the competition & their presentations. They were well rounded, high school
seniors with 4.0 GPAs, aspiring to attend colleges like UT, Texas A&M,
Rice, Baylor, Duke, Syracuse, etc., to
pursue educations in medicine, space technology & engineering. One wanted
to become a broadcast journalist who, in her words, "wanted to fix what's
wrong with the broadcast industry". After hours of deliberation, 7 winners
were awarded thousands of dollars in scholarships from the Lions Club. The top
three winners will go on the next level of competition. All these young men and
women are winners. I want to do this again next year. Barry Kilgore; CCIC
Radio/TV/Film/Print/Art
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SCOTT REESE (Dallas, TX) Hi Jim, its Citadel Media.
I was trying to remove the ABC from LinkedIn but it's too complicated for my
computer challenged brain. Or maybe it has to do with my hunger strike; I'm not
eating until the Astros win a game. Hope all's well with you! Scott
TRIVIA ANSWER: On June 20, 1948 Ed Sullivan's Toast
of the Town debuts on CBS TV. The name changes to The Ed Sullivan Show on
September 18, 1955, which is the year that it wins an Emmy for Best Variety
Series. On September 9, 1956 Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed
Sullivan Show. The Beatles' debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964.
The long time variety show runs through June 6, 1971.
GRADY MCALLISTER (Houston, TX) Subject: Ad for TV
reporter PM "Preditors" [Predators]. Hello, Jim, Yes, I actually
responded to that ad. It is definitely one of those "wide catch" ads.
I think their use of the phrase "of any age" was my excuse to waste
time on that ad. But really, you know they are looking for someone young who is
even more technically switched on than I am. Even when I was still young and
had current journalism experience, it was hard to get an interview at a TV
station. When I was a teenager I used to put together a simulation of a radio
show which I called PM. We just played it over the phone line. I also remember
that PM TV show in the 70's. It featured a bright and bubbly man and woman
doing light news features. It seemed to be a local version of a syndicated
show. Actually, I am so technically switched on that I have a sixteen year old
TV that requires an adapter. I haven't watched the news on a UHF channel in many
years. I suspect this new show will be some high tech "City Under
Siege". They used to treat every strip club raid like it was the end of
everything. Grady McAllister; (http://vasthead.com)
STEVE IRWIN ['The Crocodile Hunter'] (February 22,
1962 – September 4, 2006) My field is with apex predators, hence your
crocodiles, your snakes, your spiders.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 06, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #956
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
LEGENDARY RADIO PROGRAMMER IN ILL HEALTH Harry
Nelson is one of radio's great programmers, who gains fame in the 1960s and
1970s at WRKO-680 Boston, MA and KFRC-610 in San Francisco, CA. According to
Texas broadcaster Guy Zapoleon, Harry receives a diagnosis of a rare lung
disease. He spends two weeks in ICU. Nelson does progress, but his hospital
stay continues for an unspecified amount of time. Besides his health issues the
giant swarm of numerous hospital costs produces financial concerns as well.
JRRR prays that Harry Nelson conquers all of these maladies and he rises again
in triumph.
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MIRANDA HAULS IN FOUR TROPHIES Reba McEntire hosts
the Annual ACM Awards show for her 13th time. Blake Shelton is her co-host at
the 46th Annual ACM Awards show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV
on Sunday night, April 3, 2011. Nearly 600,000 fans cast their votes. The queen
of the ball is Miranda Lambert with four awards: Female Vocalist as well as
Song, Single and Video for The House That Built Me. Brad Paisley hits pay dirt
with his fifth consecutive Male Vocalist award. Sugarland takes the Duo statue.
Lady Antebellum scores Album and Group of the year. The Band Perry carries the
day with the New Artist honor. Host Laura Bell Bundy has to stretch until the
arrival of the Country stars to headline the Fan Jam After Party.
TV PREDATOR COMES TO HOUSTON If we remember on
Monday, December 8, 2008 Tribune newspapers and TV stations file for
bankruptcy. Tribune’s head, Lee Abrams, leaves the building. But Lee jumps
right back into the fire with a new idea to try to shake up local TV broadcast
news - which now is a very dull medium. Abrams has now completely reinvented
Houston's Tribune KIAH TV CH39 newscast into a non-anchor broadcast. On Sunday
night, April 3, 2011 JRRR subscriber and sometimes contributor Grady McAlister
sends us an email about an ad that he runs across about a very intriguing TV
opening. That's what this ad is all about. A new program on Tribune KIAH TV
CH39 called PM "Preditors" (Predators). Have a pretty good idea what
this new program is all about but will keep it under wraps for now. So, it
looks like Tribune presents Lee Abrams with another new news challenge right
here in the Bayou City. Lee is a subscriber to JRRR. Last month I send him an
email that asks what he is about to do with CH39 but he never responds. Must be
a hush-hush affair like America's bombing of Libya. This ad is about a new TV
program on Tribune KIAH TV CH39's new news concept without anchors. Looks like
Lee tosses his line way out into the Gulf of Mexico with a big hook to see what
he can troll ashore. This ad opens up the waters of the great River Nile about
what is about to land onshore.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What movie actor's dancing and
singing in the rain in the movie with the same title wins him no Oscar? The
answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! John Driscoll, Merle Haggard &
Bobby Bare's birthdays are on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. •PAUL BAXLEY longtime director/stuntman
on The Dukes of Hazzard passes away at 87 earlier this month. On April 16, 2011
The Dukes will reunite at Braemar Country Club in Tarzana, CA to mourn the
death of Paul Baxley who also doubles for other stars like Marlon Brando, James
Dean, William Shatner on Star Trek and many others. •DAVE LOGAN PM Drive
co-host of The Ride Home with Lois Melkonian on Clear Channel News/Talk KOA-850
Denver, CO plus KOA Denver Broncos broadcast booth signs new 3-year contract.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 CAPITOL RECORDS opens the world's first round
office building on April 6th at the corner of Hollywood & Vine in
Hollywood, CA. It looks like a stack of record platters. •1968 HEMISFAIR 1968
opens on April 6th in San Antonio, TX. •1972 PAT GREEN 2003 Grammy nominee born
on April 5th in San Antonio, TX. •1984 RAL DONNER Elvis Presley sound alike
singer narrator of movie This Is Elvis dies of cancer at 41 on April 6th. •1992
BILLY RAY CYRUS' Achy Breaky Heart releases on Mercury records on April 6th.
•2003 DAVID BLOOM TV journalist dies in Iraq at 39 of non-war-related causes on
April 6th.
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JOHN SUMMERS (Los Angeles, CA) Subject:
WTNT-WEZO/Summers. Jim, Caught the story of Van Lane's passing & how he
began his radio career at WTNT in Augusta, Georgia. Turns out WTNT was one of
an early series of call letters that eventually leads to my latest
venture...Augusta's New Easy 1230, WEZO. The station was also WJBF, WBIA &
WNRR. My wife Dana & I bought it & changed the format & call letters,
as I've communicated to you before. You can listen in to our very unique
easy/nostalgia/oldies format at http://WEZO.AM. I'm attaching a piece of WTNT
memorabilia which your readers might enjoy. We really appreciate your postings.
Keep up the terrific job. John & Dana Summers; Los Angeles & Augusta
JONATHAN FRICKE (Nashville-Mount Juliet, TN) Hey
Jim - What great memories you have. Life was much simpler back then (1950s).
Green stamps, telephone party lines, 45's, penny candy, soda shops...great times!
Jonathan Fricke, Broker, GRI, SFR; FRICKE Realty
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GRADY MCALLISTER (Houston, TX) Subject: Ad for TV
reporter PM "Preditors" (Predators). This is an employment ad for a
local TV show called PM. I just wasted an hour of my life responding to this
ad. I don't think I am the young cool dude they are looking for. I don't know
which local station is owned by The Tribune Company. Notice that the editors
are called "Preditors". Producer/Editor - "Preditors" Job
ID: 2010-15215 Location: US-TX-Houston 'The TV revolution is upon us – and the
new Tribune Company is leading the resistance. We’re recruiting a solid team of
anti-establishment producer/editors, “preditors”, to collaborate on a
groundbreaking PM news format unlike anything ever attempted on local TV. Don’t
sell us on your solid newsroom experience. We don’t care. Or your exclusive,
breaking news coverage. We’ll pass. Or your excellence at writing readable copy
for plastic anchor people. Not interested. Tribune is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.' Grady McAllister (http://vasthead.com) / (http://vasthead.com/Radio/retro.html)
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DAVE MICHAELS (San Diego, CA) Subject: KBUC 1980.
Jim...was reading the recent memories from folks about KBUC. I was hired by
Gene Kelly in 1980 for the 9am-noon shift following Ricci Ware & Judd Ashmore.
As I recall, KBUC AM-FM separated at 9am and Tom East took the AM in another
down the hall Studio and I was on FM only in the big front Window Studio over
looking Commerce and Houston Street. We were told the Window was bullet-proof.
Really? don't know for sure. Judd Ashmore seemed to think so! Happy times for
me in San Antonio. Mark Jon Holiday
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JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: big name.
I think it was in the 70's that Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches
hired Belo Broadcasting mogul Mike Shapiro (deceased) to teach a class in
radio/TV. The university bigwigs had already picked out a "textbook"
for him to use in the class. He took a copy of the book home, read it, and
tossed it into the trash. He sat down and wrote his own textbook and then had
it Xeroxed and gave it to each student for the cost of printing it. Saved each student
about a hundred bucks. He was very knowledgeable in radio and TV operations and
was as down to earth as you can get. He had a retirement home on Lake
Jacksonville during that time, and I met him and his wife several times in
various eating joints around Jacksonville. For those who don't recognize the
name, Mike Shapiro was manager of Belo's operations in DFW (WFAA radio &
TV).
TRIVIA ANSWER: The movie Singing In the Rain earns
two Oscar nominations but Gene Kelly's outstanding performance is nowhere on
the Academy's list.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) I have been working on
a guitar arrangement of 'Softly and Tenderly'. I have been moved more by
Christians doing as Christ than those with correct theology using it to put
others down. I once was riding the bus when two ladies from my church see me
and start talking to me. I mentioned that a certain Choir Director had inspired
me to take up playing the guitar. They go, "Oh, he was ...” I told them I
was only talking about music. Now that makes me want to find a copy of 'Bus
Stop'. Also with the light rail opening to North Carrollton, I keep thinking of
'Train Kept a Rolling'. I was also trying to find a copy of 'Picking Wild
Mountain Berries'. I use to love it when Curtis Pierce played it on his show.
He would sometimes play songs I called up and requested. Best regards, Charles
George
WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER (in reference to strawberries)
Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 04, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #955
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BECK'S BIDDING WAR ERUPTS IN NYC In Friday's issue
of JRRR we report a new trend that catches everyone by surprise when News/Talk
WTOP FM (103.5) in Washington, DC knocks top biller CHR KIIS FM (102.9) in Los
Angeles, CA off its #1 pedestal. WTOP FM in radio market #9 with its 2010 yield
of $57 million makes it the #1 biller in America. Rick Buckley drops Glen
Beck's 7-8 am conservative talk show from WOR-710's airwaves in NYC. Cynics
proclaim that Glenn Beck is on his way out. But those rumors appear to be
false. Critics fail to mention that from March 2010-March 2011 Beck's Premiere
Radio Networks show gains 88 new affiliates to bring his total to 433. Radio
Ink publisher Eric Rhoads mentions: WOR's decision to drop Beck is a trend of
one. No other radio stations are dropping Beck, and his remains a strong and
viable program with more than 430 affiliates. When Rick Buckley at WOR dropped
Glenn Beck in New York, he may have empowered what will soon be the
highest-billing radio station in the world. Glenn Beck is mighty good for
business. What if Emmis, Clear Channel or another high dollar broadcaster flips
one of their NYC FM signals to News/Talk with Glen Beck as their apex?
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JOEL PULLS OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE Evergreen
Pop-Rock singer-pianist Billy Joel puts his life's experiences together in his
autobiography with the title The Book of Joel which HarperCollins is very
anxious to publish on June 14, 2011. But at the very last second, songbird Joel
says No! Billy's book relives his past marriage to Christie Brinkley, tough
times with his daughter Alexa, addictions, accidents and rehab. After Billy
Joel reads the final version of the edited copy of his ill-fated book he
suddenly backs out. He tells AP that it takes writing the book to realize he's
not interested in talking about his past. Maybe he realizies that he should
keep all of those things private. This sudden decision completely takes his
publisher HarperCollins by surprise. Roger Friedman of www.Showbiz411.com has a
sneaking suspicion that the decision comes after Billy Joel reads the final
version of his autobiography, he finds his admissions too revealing and would
carry too many repercussions of telling the truth about (his) life.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What does Boss Hogg tell Daisy in
the episode Happy Birthday General Lee? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•BROOKE MERIS exits the PD post at Top 40 WZRT FM
(Z97.1) Lebanon-Rutland, VT to become the new APD/MD/night personality on
Country KILT FM (100.3) CBS Radio Houston, TX effective April 6, 2011. Brooke
replaces Greg Frey who leaves KILT FM in October 2010 for a high up programming
spot at Cumulus. •ENTERCOM pays Clear Channel Aloha State Trust $9 million to
add Classic Rock KUFX FM (K-Fox 98.5) San Jose, CA to its Bay Area cluster of
AC KOIT FM (96.5), Country KBWF FM (The Wolf 95.7) and Classical KDFC FM
(102.1) which rolls over its Beethoven in favor of a simulcast of KUFX FM's
Rock'n'Roll music.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KFDA TV CBS CH10 in Amarillo, TX begins
broadcasting on April 4th. •1967 TROY GENTRY with 2000 CMA Vocal Duo of the
Year duo Montgomery-Gentry born on April 5th in Lexington, KY. •1979 EDGAR
BUCHANAN actor Uncle Joe in Petticoat Junction dies from a stroke in Palm
Desert, CA at 76 on April 4th. •1987 GEORGE STRAIT's Ocean Front Property
drives home #1 in Billboard Country on April 4th. •1994 TONY CURTIS (Some Like
It Hot-1959 with Marilyn Monroe) undergoes heart-bypass surgery on April 4th.
•2001 SARA EVANS‘ Born to Fly is her second Gold album on April 4th.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: record sales. I see a lot of controversy regarding record sales and
that of a number of artists who have moved from so called "major
labels" to independent companies. But no mention of one place with record
counters seeing record results. The 497 Cracker Barrel stores. Artists who are
now on the Cracker Barrel label report sales far better than they were with the
majors. And the numbers are increasing. Red Jones; Georgia Radio Hall of Fame
BOBBY COPELAND [J.] (Knoxville-Oak Ridge, TN)
Subject: Mel McDaniel obit. www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/4621525-418/country-singer-penned-babys-got-her-blue-jeans-on.html
MEL MCDANIEL singer/songwriter/Grand Ole Opry
member dies at 68 of lung cancer on Saturday night, April 2, 2011 in his
Hendersonville, TN home. Mel's biggest hits are: Louisiana Saturday Night
(#7-1981), Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On (#1-1985) and Stand Up (#5-1985). He
writes tunes for Conway Twitty, Kenny Rogers, Bobby Goldsboro, Hoyt Axton and
others. Mel scores 8 Top 10 tunes. His survivors include one daughter and one
grandson.
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) You're
right, Jim and Lacy, Those were very
heady days for a kid outta the deep woods of the Big Thicket. I'd never even
dreamed of being able to enjoy a life like that...it just sorta
"happened". One thing after another kept me heading in some kind of
direction. I really had no idea where I was going...but I just kept letting the
wind blow me forward from one opportunity to another. Tom
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BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: Bill Griggs.
Jim, Don't know if you saw this or not but Buddy Holly historian Bill Griggs died
in Lubbock. He also wrote and published a magazine in the mid-1980s on early
Rock 'n' Roll music history called "Rockin' 50's". From Lubbock
Avalanche:
http://lubbockonline.com/entertainment/2011-03-29/bill-griggs-dead-69 Bud
MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#954) April 01, 2011 [Friday] Hi Jim! Hope all is still going OK out your way. That
last trivia question about the "Dukes of Hazzard"...to get more
specific, it was Covington, GA...the very same town where the TV version of
"In the Heat of the Night" was filmed. The railroad tracks where the
General Lee "got air" in the show's intro can be seen often on
"Heat". Covington's a hoot 'n
a holler from Atlanta. I drove through there about 13 years back. Hope you don't
mind my overly-trivial trivia! Take care, Mike (www.knus99.com/)
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RANDY MORGAN [Ed Duffel] (Nashville, TN) Subject:
KBUC. Jim, I really enjoyed my time at KBUC. Primarily worked weekends and on
occasion a weekday air shift. Bill King was the program director. Don White was
the music director. Ricky (Ware) and Jud (Ashmore) of course did mornings.
Always enjoyed talking with Jud about his Air Force days. Guy with the air name
of Ed Tree did evenings. Spent lots of air shift in the remote trailer all over
San Antonio. Randy Morgan
MIKE HARTMAN (Ft. Worth-Joshua, TX) Subject: I
WON...I WON!! You won't believe this. I still don't!! Just a little after noon,
our time, Dave Sayers. Yeah...from Publishers' Clearing House rang our door
bell. Just like you see on TV. He arrived with a camera man, balloons, and of
course...The Big Check!! I was a little worried about how Judy took it. She's
OK. We've both been crying like babies. All we have for now are some still
shots. Please, share in our joy. Scroll down and check out the pics. More
details later. APRIL FOOLS! HA! HA! Mike Hartman
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LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Exiting
the System @TSTC Marshall 75672. Jim, I have to Go Now (Moody Blues) as Bob
Griffin long time Shreveport TV Personality is to talk after 6 p.m. to a Church
Wide group at St. Luke's Methodist Church here in Marshall. This is near where
I have been camping since October 2006. Bob Griffin was on KSLA TV since 1961
then not sure what happened. He has been with KTBS 3 for maybe over a year?
Leslie Wayne Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: In the episode Happy Birthday
General Lee Boss Hogg tells Daisy that she has the best legs in all of Georgia.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: FM Atlas. Hi,
Here is the e-mail address for FM Atlas and FM Media: fmedianews@gmail.com.
Another source/resource for those interested in broadcasting, especially FM.
Thanks to his FM Atlas, I was able to ID CBC FM Toronto that sent me a
beautiful QSL. I also ID'd and obtained a QSL from 3WS in Philadelphia. I like
FM DXing but it is becoming harder to do with all the move-ins and also with
the streaming over the web, less stations are interested in DX reports. Easter
has always proved a good time to pull in DX on FM. Charles, KC5RAI
CHARLES ATLAS (October 30, 1893-December 24, 1972)
Practice, Perseverance, and Patience-Win always.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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April 01, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #954
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WSIX DEEP SIXES KAUFMAN Shock and awe strikes the
broadcast industry as radio dominos begin to fall. Clear Channel Market Manager
Tom English posts an alarming email: Keith Kaufman is no longer a member of the
WSIX team. We wish Keith well in all of his future endeavors. Our search for
the Next Great Country Programmer begins immediately. Interested parties should
send their information to PD@wsix.com. Keith is WSIX FM (97.9) PD in Music City
for nearly 15 years. Prior to WSIX FM, Kaufman is Director of Marketing &
Broadcast Operations for Clear Channel's 5-station group in Nashville, TN.
Before that, Keith is CC's group Marketing & Promotions Manager. For radio
magic, reach out and touch Keith Kaufman at Keith2112@comcast.net.
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LOUISVILLE CHOPPER MIRAGE Visualize a news
helicopter hovering over a crime scene. We see huge graphics on its side with a
TV station's call letters. How exciting this is to be this close to real news
live in action. But when the copter swirls around, we see call letters from a
different TV station on its other side. We are thousands of miles away from
Muammar al-Gaddafi's Libyan Desert in North Africa so this cannot be a mirage.
No, it's not an April Fool's joke, either. This is merely a new news helicopter
partnership between two top TV stations in Louisville, KY. WHAS TV CH11 and
WAVE TV CH3 enter into an unusual game plan. According to
http://louisvilleky.com/ beginning on Friday, April 1, 2011 Belo-owned
ABC-affiliate WHAS TV and Raycom Media-owned NBC-affiliate WAVE TV will begin
sharing a news helicopter provided by Helicopters Incorporated from its base in
St. Louis. Mamma mia! Broadcast consolidation breeds constipation.
COURIC AND ANDERSON TO 60 MINUTES? Katie Couric's
five-year contract at CBS TV ends in June 2011. A person who is familiar with
the situation tells The Wrap that she is likely to step down as the anchor of
"CBS Evening News", but could stay with the network as a regular on
"60 Minutes" and host a daytime talk show. Anderson Cooper launches
his own talk show in fall 2011 to take over Opra Winfrey's TV time spot which
ends on May 25th. She plans to concentrate on her new OWN cable TV Network.
This places two arch rivals Anderson Cooper and Katie Couric in a TV talk
sparring match. Matthew Hiltzik, Couric's spokesman, explains: Katie’s on a
long-planned vacation with her family this week and hopefully people can take
time off from the speculation, too.
FM NEWS TALK MAKES RADIO HISTORY Up to now the
top-billing radio station here in America is Clear Channel CHR powerhouse KIIS
FM (102.7) in Los Angeles, CA. But according to BIA/Kelsey, KIIS FM moves to #2
because Bonneville’s News/Talk WTOP FM (103.5) Washington, DC leaps to #1 with
2010's largest revenue of more than $57 million in billings. News/Talk conquers
AM radio and now the FM band is in its hand, too.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Where is The Dukes of Hazzard TV
series filmed before it moves to the Warner Brothers set in Burbank, CA? The
answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•NEWS CORPORATION on Wednesday, March 30, 2011
names 39-year-old son of Chairman/CEO Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch, in
newly-created title of deputy CEO/International CEO. •JASON TOY PD of Adult
Hits WXBW FM (101.5) tosses Bob out of Huntington, WV in favor of Classic Big
Buck Country 101.5. Jason says the average age in the market is 48. He and GM
Randy Dunn believe WXBW FM's new Country format partner(s) well with sponsors
on sister soft AC WMGA FM (Magic 97.9). •DAWSON TACK NAIL dean of the
Washington, DC communications press corps dies at 82 on Friday, March 25, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WQED TV PBS CH13 in Pittsburgh, PA begins
broadcasting on April 1st. •1962 BILLY DEAN (Billy The Kid #4-1992) born on
April 1st in Quincy, FL but tells fans his birthday is April 2nd, so they don't
call him an April Fool. •1976 FREDDIE LENNON Beatle John Lennon's dad dies at
63 on April 1st. •1989 GEORGE STRAIT's Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye grasps the
#1 position on Billboard Country on April 1st. •1990 CBS TV does not renew
[fires] sportscaster Brent Mussburger's contract on April 1st. •2006 ERIC
CHURCH debuts How 'Bout You on the Grand Ole Opry on April 1st.
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CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Hi Jim,
The big record labels have combined their assets...they now have a gangnopoly
over the music business. Even those artists who have created their own labels
are distributing thru the old labels...the percentage of $$$$ in some case is
as much as 50% of everything. Radio play is almost non existent for people such
as myself. The labels push only those who kowtow to the beat of their drum. The
reason for some people making a big splash and then fading into the sun
set...if their dollars don't add up...lots of luck. Internet distribution is OK
for some major acts...but they make little $$ if they try to go independent. I
know the headlines about some of the groups doing well...some even give their
music away to attract people to live venues. It's changed big time Jim. Even if
I get a major hit as a writer...I'll probably have to give up 50% of my
copyright minimum...just to get the opportunity. That's just the way it is. CC
RANDY MORGAN [Ed Duffel] (Nashville, TN) Subject:
KBUC. Hello! Enjoyed your writings on KBUC. I worked at KBUC from June 1975
until October of 1976. Had a great time at the corner of Houston and Commerce.
Randy Morgan
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BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Jim; I've been in
touch with some of my favorites from the S.A. Radio days. Mark Carrillo, Hector
Reyes and Tom Scheppke. Hard to believe we go back 35+ years. Also hard to
believe none of us are on the air right now (except for the 15 stations my
newscasts air on with Audience Bakery.) Son Patrick volunteered at SXSW, and
was given access to some of the shows. He got to see the Bubble Puppy reunion!
He also saw The Strokes and some others. He says he had a good time. Ah, to be
19 again! Take care Jim. bc
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DON TIFFIN (Dallas-The Colony, TX) Jim, Well you
turned out OK and became a good radio personality well known. So things work
out. Me, a kid that almost hated school at times, finished college and got a
degree in physics and did several different things. I went to school for three
years before getting the degree and got a summer job at TI in their main lab
and worked there almost 4 years...then went back to school to finish. Then worked
for the Germans, Siemens and was a field service engineer on electron
microscopes, covered all of Texas by myself...lots of late nights and driving
and flying around...Got tired of that got a job back in a new lab at Mostek
(they made DRAMs). Became lab manager and the lab got larger. Left there and
started my own small company doing lab work at universities for 26
companies...then went to AMD to start their fab support lab and manage it in
Austin, then tried to retire early at 50. But, the stock market crashed and I
ended up back at Sematech in Austin running their lab for another 3 years
before heading back to DFW where we are now. Got to do some interesting things
and work with some interesting people along the way. Sort of glad to be retired
though and out of that stuff. Got more time to do other stuff now, not that we
do that much. But it's OK... Don
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HAROLD LEVINE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Launching our
fifth internet station. Jim, just to let you know that we are launching the
fifth station of The Bop Radio Group hopefully in the next two weeks: R.A.B.
Radio 1 - "Celebrating the First Two Decades of Rhythm & Blues!"
covering the hits as charted on the various Billboard R&B charts from
1942-1961. Any bets who will send me a cease and desist order first--Radio One,
the BBC or the Radio Advertising Bureau...but the name flows really well in the
jingles. Harold Levine; Program Director; Radio Bop | RadioBop.com | "Your
Never-Ending Nonstop Sock Hop!"
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Dukes of Hazzard TV series runs
from 1979–1985. Its first five episodes are filmed in Georgia, before it
relocates to the Warner's set in Burbank, CA, where it remains for the rest of
the series.
ALEX ALVAREZ (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Change of
email address. Hi Jim I will be getting a new email address. My current email
is: alexalvarez8565@sbcglobal.net. My new email is: alexalvarezut@gmail.com.
Thank you and keep up the good work. Alex Alvarez KBER, KBUC, KSYM, KEPI and
KKYX.
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965) There is nothing
wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
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March 30, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #953
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
IS ROCK 'N' ROLL DEAD? Scott Cox writes in The
Bakersfield Californian ...the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, as we knew it, is no
more. It hasn't been boarded up yet, but it really should be because the folks
who run it did the next best thing. They just inducted Neil Diamond. The same
Hall of Fame that enshrined Elvis, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling
Stones has seen fit to place alongside them that perennial favorite of both the
elderly and very elderly, Neil freaking Diamond. Well, it has been quite some
time since Diamond Rocks us with Cherry Cherry, I Thank the Lord for the Night
Time and Kentucky Woman. Over the years Neil mellows out a bit with tunes like
Sweet Caroline, Holly Holy and Cracklin' Rosie. As we glide up to the 38th
floor in the elevator we hear lush instrumental arrangements of those same
tunes. How many of our favorites who are honest to goodness Rockers are on the
outside looking in? Let's take a look at a small list of real Rockers whose
names are not on the honor role: The Doobie Brothers, Chicago, Rush, The Moody
Blues, ELO, Steve Miller Band, Yes, Jethro Tull, Foreigner, Bad Company and
Cheap Trick. The guy who sighs You Don't Bring Me Flowers is now in the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame? What has come over those folks in Cleveland, OH? Country
music begins its downward slide in the 1980s when Columbia Records dumps Johnny
Cash. Then that goldilocks marsh mellow Taylor Swift wins a Grammy. Stuff like
this causes Hank Williams, Webb Pierce and Faron Young to toss and turn.
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BERRY MOVES ON UP Chris Berry 14 year Walt Disney
News/Talk/Sports radio veteran most recently President/GM of ESPN Radio west
coast flagship KSPN-710 (formerly KMPC) Los Angeles, CA moves on up to SVP of
Westwood One-owned Metro Traffic's Metro Source. Berry relocates to Metro
Source headquarters in Phoenix, AZ. He reports directly to EVP/Affiliate Sales
Mike Haake. Steven Kalin, President of Metro Traffic, gleams: I am pleased to
welcome Chris to the Metro Traffic news team. With more than 1,500 radio and
television stations. Chris’ deep industry experience and news and programming
background will be a valuable asset to our business. Chris is a graduate of
Manatee high school and the University of Mississippi. His radio resume
includes time as President/GM of WMAL-630 Washington, DC; VP of ABC News Radio;
Director of News of WBBM-780 Chicago, IL and Executive Producer of CBS Radio
News in Washington, DC.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the filming location for
the Power Rangers TV series?
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•SCOTT SAMS Morning Anchor since 2007 on KTVT TV
CBS CH11 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX contract does not renew. •STEVE HAWKINS WCYB TV NBC
CH5 Tri-Cities Bristol, VA - Kingsport/Johnson City, TN News Director/Anchor
exits after more than three decades. Steve is with WCYB TV since junior year of
college in 1976. •WALA TV Fox CH10 and WFNA TV CW CH25 LIN Broadcasting Mobile,
AL/Pensacola, FL launch W82TXT (Wait to Text) campaign to encourage drivers to
not text while driving. •ERIC RASMUSSEN exits reporter position on WFTV TV ABC
CH9 Orlando, FL for Fox KTVU TV CH2 San Francisco, CA.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 WNED TV PBS CH17 in Buffalo, NY begins
broadcasting on March 30th. •1967 BARBARA MANDRELL and Navy pilot Ken Dudney
engage to marry on March 30th. •1972 NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS enter South
Vietnam on March 30th. •1984 JUSTIN MOORE Southern Rock-Country singer (Small
Town U.S.A. #1-2009) born on March 30th in Poyen, AR. •1992 WNSR FM (105.1) NYC
flips its call letters to WMXV FM on March 30th. •2006 PHIL VASSAR's video Last
Day Of My Life debuts on CMT on March 30th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Jim and
Lacy. My experiences in the business are not nearly as interesting and exciting
as yours have been. I just worked my arse off and somehow managed to keep my
nose clean...and had a lotta good luck along the way. The main thing was having
the chance to work in the business during some of its most exciting days...the
fabulous 50's, sensational 60's, super 70's, exciting 80's, naughty 90's and
deep into the first decade of the turbulent 2-thousands. I still have some juice,
but there's not much demand for a 78 year old TV News Anchorman. Glad to see
you're back up and running with JRRR. It's a vital link to reality for me. Stay
well, Tom.
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LYNN WOOLLEY (Waco-Killeen-Temple, TX) Subject:
Jolley. Jim, When I was a kid, I often spent part of the summer with my cousins
in Dallas. They were KBOX Kids. There were, as you know, KLIF Kids. But my
cousins were loyal to Frank Jolley. We listened to Wonderful KBOX at night
while having pillow fights. But we liked Jimmy Rabbitt too. When I think back
to what we had in those days in Dallas: Jolley, Rabbitt, Dave Ambrose, Paxton
Mills, Charlie Van Dyke, Charlie & Harrigan, Dan Ingram, and all the great
newscasters, it make me sad for what we have today. The disc jockey is
essentially dead and there's not much local news. Personality radio is now on
the AM talk shows and the music channels are often just mindless juke boxes.
Today's I-Pod generation has no clue what it missed. Lynn (www.BeLogical.com)
BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Jim; I had a
couple of nice conversations with Gary Moss of M&M Broadcasting (Moss and
George Marti) about what he will do with KVTT 1110. He thought he might launch
a news/talk/sports effort, but today I hear them playing Indian (south Asian)
music, so I guess the decision is made. I was telling Gary to hire Mark Watkins,
but the day I said that, Mark started on afternoon drive at WBAP. He sounds
great. The Friends of the Arlington Public Library book sale was super this
year. I snagged some excellent LP's, and about 50 pounds of books. My Christmas
shopping is done! Take care Jim. bc
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Yes DJs may tend
to exaggerate their incomes and their ratings. Magical Matt Allen (KRBE) was
bad about that. He was bragging one night at "Radio Days" about how
he had increased his ratings by a point. I said "you do afternoons don't
you?" He said yes. I told him I did too. He asked where I was ranked and I
delighted in telling him, "number 1". I have copies of my ratings
that I thought were worth saving. I was fortunate from my second job on. J.C.
Stallings doubled my salary from my first station and like I said, I got good
advice on how to say no and wait for a better offer. Believe me though, I have
starved at times. Barry Kilgore; CCIC; Radio/TV/Film/Print
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LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Working
w/Barry Kaye. Jim, I worked with Barry on KAGG AGGIE 96 in Bryan College
Station 1992-1993. I moved to Brady August 1993 where I was on KNEL-1490 &
KIXV FM then, now KNEL FM. Barry and Jeff Taylor stay with me for two hunting
seasons. They got a deer lease at Santa Ana. I moved on to west Texas A&M
in Canyon in January 1995. In December 1995, Barry says he has a band and needs
me to help get the equipment and trailer to his shows while he is at this time
on afternoon drive on KLDE 94.5 FM. Then June, I become a one man band on KNUZ
AM 1090 in Bellville TX where I remain through 2000. What Barry Kaye does in
Mason, TX is what I do here in Marshall, Jefferson, at the Maude Cobb Center in
Longview Saturday evening BBQ with the East TX Lions. Though I am not on air I
am being visible. Thus to earn their ad business on www.kzqx.com. Leslie Wayne
Hodges
TRIVIA ANSWER: The filming location for the Power
Rangers TV series for eight seasons from 1993 to 2001 is Valencia, CA.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, When I was in San
Miguel De Allende, GTO, Mexico, I was singing a song and a lady goes I know
that and she sings the Spanish Version. In English it was Romantic while in
Spanish it was Sentimental. The difference a Romantic looks forward to the next
kiss; a Sentimentalist thinks about the past kiss. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, A
Taste Of Honey. I see that George Shearing has gone to perform up on high now.
Take Care, Charles George
SACHA GUITRY (February 21, 1885-July 24, 1957) I am
in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing ladies' hands...after all,
one must start somewhere.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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March 28, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #952
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
THE BOOGIE MAN IS BACK! Famous Texas Radio Hall of
Fame DJ Barry Kaye is back filling the airwaves once again. Radio legend, Barry
Kay, who celebrates 40-years behind the mic as The Boogie Man in Houston,
Dallas and Los Angeles lands on the KHLB FM (102.5) morning show deep in the
heart of Texas in Mason. Seasoned radio vet Kaye knows that the most important
words to anyone are the words to their name. If a radio DJ mentions a lot of
local names behind the mic it adds a tremendous local touch that we hardly ever
hear on the radio anymore. Consolidation brings voice-tracking which takes away
the local touch that makes radio great. Another vital programming item that
Barry knows is to get out there and meet your listeners face-to-face. Kaye
visits local businesses and tells the owners the exact time that he will
mention their names on the radio. The business person tells several of their
friends to be listening for their name. Before you know it Barry Kaye has just
about everyone in Mason, Harper, Doss, Junction, Brady, Hext, Yates, Pontotoc,
Skeeterville, Melvin and Calf Creek with their radios turned up loud to his
morning show. Barry brags: I feel I can’t talk about these people unless I’ve
stood there, even if there is only one store and a house. If you tell them you
are going to mention them, they’ll listen. If they tell 10 people who tell 10
other people, in a small town it won’t take a week for everyone to know. This
is my last hurrah. I didn’t think I’d ever have another shot at being good on
radio. I haven’t been this excited in years. They are letting me be me, going
on the air and having fun again. Radio is fun here, buddy!
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LOCAL TV REVENUE RISES According to a TVB analysis
of Kantar Media data, Local television showed a 23.5% revenue gain in 2010.
Local TV stations can say thanks to automobile and political advertising for
the rise in their revenue. Broadcasting & Cable reports that auto ads that
are largely absent in the 2009 doldrums, roared back last year to pace station
revenue to big increases. Broadcast network TV posted a 5.7% advertising
increase, syndicated TV was down 2.8% and cable TV was up 10%. Those added up
to a 10.2% gain for all of television. In comparison to the same period in
2009, automotive ads are at the top of the heap, up 53.7%. B&C says: Next
was communications/telecommunications, up 14.7%, while No. 3 was restaurants at
8.1. Political, meanwhile, was up 598.8% in last year's election year. Orpheus
Media Research reports that radio is still the greatest single influence
of...music listening. 82% of those surveyed said radio was the greatest
influence in their lives when it comes to listening to music. Another 57% said
they "most often" relied on radio or word of mouth to learn about new
music.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What year does The Guiding Light
premier on radio? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•SCOTTY O'NEIL long time Los Angeles radio vet
co-host on Dennis Bono Show on KDWN-720 Las Vegas, NV dies at 69 during remote
broadcast. •MARY BETH GARBER 13 year leader of Southern California Broadcasters
Association advances to Katz Radio as EVP under Group President Mark Gray.
•KMBZ-980 Entercom Newsradio Kansas City, MO begins a simulcast on former Soft
AC KUDL FM (98.1) at 2:00pm on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. •KGEX FM (99.7)
sister to Entercom KUDL FM KC, MO flips to more modern-leaning AC format. •KXFX
FM Maverick Media Active Rock (101.7 The Fox) Santa Rosa, CA detours to CHR Hot
101.7.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KCAU TV ABC CH9 in Sioux City, IA begins
broadcasting on March 28th. •1969 RODNEY ATKINS 2006 album If You're Going
Through Hell scores four #1 hits born on March 28th in Knoxville, TN. •1974
RASPBERRIES Rock group (Go All the Way #5-1972) breakup on March 28th. •1981
HANK WILLIAMS JR.'s single Texas Women lands at #1 on Billboard Country on
March 28th. •1995 HUGH O'CONNOR actor with his father Carroll O'Connor (In the
Heat of the Night) dies at 32 from an overdose on March 28th. •2009 LIVE AND
THEFT debuts Runaway on Grand Ole Opry on March 28th.
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FRANK JOLLEY (Los Angeles, CA) Subject: KBOX-1480.
Jim, I replaced Bobby Brock at KBOX. You may ask why? When I was hired I was
told not to listen to KLIF (1190) and not to look at the ratings until they
show them to me. I did not see the ratings until one day in late June '65 Bob
Hanna came to the control room and said, 'Jolley come in here I have something
for you'. I went into the sales office and he handed me two Pulse reports. Pulse
report number one (1964) showed a nighttime listening measurement of KLIF -
Russ "Weird Beard" Knight 59.7 and KBOX - Bobby Brock 5.0. The other
Pulse Report showed KBOX - Frank Jolley 37.9 (7-12 Midnight) and KLIF - Jimmy
Rabbitt 37.7. This Pulse report may also be found in the July 4th issue of
Billboard magazine. It wasn't Until the June July Hooper Rating came out that
they moved Rabbit to 3 PM-7 PM when Ken Dowe left for Cincy. From the time the
ratings came out in 65 till the time I left for New York 12 (count em) 12 jocks
aired 7-12 midnight against me, one being Khan Hammon, who was hired by KBOX
shortly after that as PD at Wonderful KBOX in Dallas.
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ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Subject: KBUC sales,
Jim, I used to just cringe when Harrell would chew Bubba out right in front of
everybody. Like you experienced, Harrell would chew me out, but in private. He
had a love hate relationship with me. I would quit and go to KBER and he would
talk me into coming back. I liked Harrel but despised the way he acted. Harrel
stabbed Bamford in the back when he left KBER, moving to KBUC. Eddie Daniels
was also a back-stabber. I never thought he was that great as a jock and when
the market begin to require intelligent C & W jocks he was not able to find
a job. Do you remember GG Gale’s daughter Georgie...think large mammary glands.
I have been corresponding with her. She said she had reduction surgery. Have
you received the letter from the San Antonio local radio folks who are trying
to submit nominees for the Hall of Fame? I am taking the liberty of forwarding
the letter to you. My name is in the mix and I would certainly appreciate your
support. Andy
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Radio Stories.
Jim, I enjoy contributing to JRRR very much. I don't know that I have enough
stories to commit to writing something weekly. I'm happy to contribute anytime
that I have something (news, remembrance, etc, mostly remembrances, I get a
good deal of my news from JRRR & some from Radio-Info discussion boards.)
The current story that I'm sending in parts should run 4 to 5 parts (I'm
planning to work in a part about my summer 86 job at KFJZ.) But I'll be happy
to send anything that I can whenever I can. ...KMAE (McKinney) from 9/1947
& flipping to country with calls KYAL in 9/1965. I remember listening to it
as a country station & them running commercials on KTVT channel 11. My
recollection is that the TV ads used the slogan "All American
Country." David Faulkner; Dallas, TX
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
West TX radio. Jim: You are exactly correct. I also have a library spanning
genres of music. I even like the soundtrack of "El Cid!" I'm a firm
believer in letting the DJ decide his music, for the most part. I've been a PD
too, but I always listened to in-put from the DJs, which I felt most important.
BOB
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Guiding Light premiers on radio
in January 1937. If we combine both the radio and TV totals, The Guiding Light
enters its 66th year by January 2003. On June 30, 2002 The Guiding Light
becomes the longest running entertainment program in TV history.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) As for as Charlie
Sheen, I did not like watching his show it was crass and vulgar, also it was
just stereotypical without being funny. The only way to laugh was that they had
a laugh track. I think giving him attention is the worse thing to do for him,
much better. Like there are so many good TV shows why waste time on a bad one,
even My Mother The Car was funny compared to his show. Now I just need to find
the Susquehanna Hat Company...Charles George
THE JOKER [in Batman] Ever danced with the Devil by
the pale moonlight?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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March 25, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #951
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
A NATIONAL TREASURE DEPARTS A man who not only
invents the pedal steel guitar but also co-writes the timeless 1956 song, Crazy
Arms, that places Ray Price at #1 on Billboard's Country survey for 20 weeks
passes away on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 82 from cancer at his home in
Kennedale, TX. The legendary Ralph Mooney's pedal steel guitar helps make Ray
Price a Country music Superstar even before that title is invented. Ralph is a
session musician at Capitol records in the 1950s and 1960s. He is one of the
creators of the Bakersfield sound. In Wynn Stewart's Sing A Sad Song Wynn
introduces the solo steel with: Now here’s Ralph Mooney. That's Ralph Mooney's
steel on Wynn Stewart's big hit that I spin on KPCN-730 in Dallas in summer
1967, It's Such a Pretty World Today. Ralph's style helps make martyrs of Buck
Owens, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart, Wanda Jackson and others before he joins
Waylon Jennings for 20 years. Remember Buck's great tune Under Your Spell
Again? Haggard's The Bottle Let Me Down and Swinging Doors? Those are just a
few of the timeless recordings that feature Ralph Mooney's unmistakable steel
guitar. Mooney is born on September 16, 1928 in Duncan, OK. As a teenager in
the 1940s, he relocates to California. Ralph soon finds work playing the steel
in club bands and in studio sessions. In the 1970s, Ralph joins Waylon Jennings
band the Waylors. His marvelous steel guitar shines on Classic Jennings albums
like Dreaming My Dreams, Honky Tonk Heroes and This Time. His pedal steel
guitar is a central part of Waylon and Willie Nelson’s #1 hit Mammas Don’t Let
Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys. In the 1980s, Ralph continues his work with
Waylon, but also finds time for Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Marty Stuart and
others. In January 2011, Mooney’s health is not good. Marty Stuart gives him a
call: I talked to him...mostly about all the regular stuff. As we were about to
hang up, he said, ‘I love you, and everything is alright. The Lord knows what
to do with me'. Ralph Mooney's burial is on Wednesday, March 21, 2011 at 10 am
at the Pleasantville Baptist Church in Arlington, TX. Ralph leaves behind his
wife Wanda.
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ALL HAIL THE CHIEF! All Together Now - A
Celebration of Service pays tribute to former President George H.W. Bush to
celebrate the role voluntary service can play in overcoming the challenges faced
by communities on Monday, March 21, 2011 at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Onstage are Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Garth Brooks, Kid
Rock, Sam Moore and Darius Rucker to salute former President George H.W. Bush
for his service efforts. In addition to George W. Bush also in attendance are
former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, plus Japan's ambassador Ichiro
Fujisaki. The Points of Light Institute, the event presenter of Monday's event,
helps raise more than $1.4 million for disaster relief efforts in Japan. A week
later, we can eye witness portions of the milestone occasion on NBC TV on
Monday. March 28th.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What actor tops Robert Shaw in
1975's movie Jaws for the Oscar? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Waltraud Hofmeister JRRR subscriber
in Lake Constance-Lindau, Germany celebrates her birthday on Friday, March
25th. •DEBORAH COLLURA Post Newsweek news VP moves up to VP-managing director
of news at KPRC TV NBC CH2 Houston, TX. Previously she is news director of Post
Newsweek WDIV TV NBC CH4 Detroit, MI. •KENNETH MOTON exits reporter position on
WFTV TV ABC CH9 Orlando, FL for Walt Disney WPVI TV ABC CH6 Philadelphia, PA.
•KIM VOET after 14 years in the newsroom moves on up to News Director of WDIV
TV CH4 Detroit, MI.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 RCA manufactures 1st 12-inch color TV set for
$1,000 on March 25th. •1966 BUCK OWENS' live record album concert at New York's
prestigious Carnegie Hall on March 25th begins with Act Naturally. Dick Curless opens the show. •1971 TOM JONES'
single She's a Lady goes Gold on March 25th. •1981 EDDIE RABBITT's Drivin' My
Life Away is his second Gold single on March 25th. •1992 NANCY WALKER actress Ida
Morgenstern in Rhoda dies of cancer at 69 on March 25th. •2003 JOSH GRACIN
performs Garth Brooks' Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up) on FOX-TV's
American Idol on March 25th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, These doggone computers can really put one into a funk. Mine crashed
last week and spent 4 days in the local computer hospital before whatever
problem it had cleared up. The technician told me he had NO idea what had gone
wrong...but his best guess was that my Windows somehow could not digest the
latest update that came down the internet line, and as a result just got jammed
up. I had not realized just how hooked I am on this electronic contraption
until I didn't have it available 24/7. I can't even imagine how frustrated you
must be given that you devote your life to your JRRR...it's like your lifeline
to survival. Would you by any chance have a friend there close by in Houston
who happens to be a computer wizard? Sounds like someone like that would come
in handy right now. Hang in there. Tom
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
OBIT. JIM: Famous songwriter, Hugh Martin, has died in Calif. @ 96 (on 3/11).
He & his songwriting partner co-wrote such tunes as "Have Yourself a
Merry Little Christmas", "The Trolley Song" & "The Boy
Next Door" from musical, "Meet Me In St. Louis". He wrote of his
exploits in show-biz with his 2010 auto-bio, "The Boy Next Door". BOB
& Sonny Lee
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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Big John R. In
Living Color. Hi, When I went to Youtube.com, I typed in John R. I also typed
in WLAC both gave me the air check, however; sometimes Youtube.com takes things
off for various reasons. I bought a new radio, like I need one with everyone
leaving the air. It is a Satelit 750, Grundig. I enjoy listening to Radio
Exterior Spain in both their English and Spanish Broadcasts. Also in the early
evening hours like listening to Radio Portugal on 9455, though I don't speak
Portuguese, but love the music. In the mornings I enjoy Radio Australia on
9580. I find the loop is great on MW and also enhances the thrill of hearing
beacons on the LW band. 920 yields KARN and a station in Spanish, I think it is
in the Houston Area but not sure at this time. Charles George
WLAC-1510's three other DJs beside John R are Gene
Noble, Herman Grizzard and one of my favorites Bill Hoss Allen.
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Jim, Don't brag
about any money I was paid. Sometimes got paid dog poop but did sometimes make
a lot. At one point owned a Porsche and a lake house and had an airplane and a
pilot. That lasted only a few years, though and involved a lot of V/O's,
narrations and assisting with political campaigns. Barry Kilgore; CCIC;
Radio/TV/Film/Print
TRIVIA ANSWER: Jaws receives 3 minor Oscars plus
1975's Best Picture. But why is Robert Shaw missing from the Academy's list?
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Yep
That is BUG. Jim, That is Barry Kaye who some call "Bare" some call
"BUG". I think short for the BOOGIE MAN. Well it sounds like they are
saying "BUG" to me. That very attractive young lady on Barry's left
is the astounding Valerie Hart who is currently captivating radio audiences in
the Springs as they call their town in Colorado Springs from 5:30 A.M. to 10
A.M. on KCCY. The female on Barry's right is/was an anchor on KBTX 3 in Bryan.
The bearded is Tom Turbyville. Not sure the spelling on Tom's name. He is with
A&M sports and KBTX 3 in Bryan. Tom was with us on AGGIE 96 in 1992 when I
was there. The female to his side had been on KRLD. Her last name I think is
Carter. Not sure the first name. She was news for Aggie 96 in 1992. Leslie
Wayne Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
'THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS' (1993) OOGIE
BOOGIE MAN: I am the shadow on the moon at night. Filling your dreams to the
brim with fright.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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March 23, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #950
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
JACKSON IS A TRAIL STAR The Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo is the largest rodeo in the entire world. On Saturday, March 19, 2011
the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo inducts Country music Superstar Alan
Jackson into its Star Trail of Fame to honor the 1 millionth fan in attendance
at his Show. Friday night is Alan's 19th performance on the RodeoHouston stage
since 1992. Skip Wagner, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo president says: Alan
is obviously a favorite of our fans. We’re excited to honor him for bringing so
many people to the Show over the years. The location of the Star Trail of Fame
is on the second floor of Reliant Center, which is just outside the Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo’s offices that are open year-round. Jackson joins a
truly exclusive gazette of entertainers who have at least one million-plus
RodeoHouston fans. Featured entertainers include Gene Autry, Elvis Presley, Roy
Rogers, Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire, Charley Pride, George Strait and now
Alan Jackson. The 2011 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ends on March 20th.
(www.rodeohouston.com)
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RADIO-CONTROLLED CARS Today's automobile drivers
trust new gadgets like GM's On Star and Ford's Sync for safety. Bluetooth
connections that allow hands-free phone calls are really neat. But wait just a
minute! Researchers Tadayoshi Kohno, assistant professor of computer science at
the University of Washington, and Stefan Savage, professor of computer science
at the University of California, San Diego, explain how they can take total
control of a car's computer system through its onboard diagnostics...under the
dashboard in almost all of our modern autos. They present their findings to the
National Academies Committee on Electronic Vehicle Controls and Unintended
Acceleration. This new research comes about due to the 2010 scandal that
concerns Toyota's supposed problems with computerized braking systems.
www.FreedomsPhoenix.com has the report: ...the researchers...analyzed ways they
could get at a car's computer systems without having physical access...a 2009
mass-production sedan equipped with fewer computer systems than many high-end
cars...they confirmed that they could take complete control of all of the car's
internal computer systems. George Orwell's shocking 1949 novel, 1984, becomes
more true each and every day.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What captivating film Director
receives 5 nominations but zero Oscars? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Moose Rosenfield Former manager of
Houston's 1st All Sports KILT-610. Late KILT Houston, TX GM Dickie Rosenfield's
son. President of Mooser Travel & Regional Director of AdzZoo.
(www.mooserosenfeld.com) gains one more year on Thursday, March 24th. •THE WRAP
confirms on Friday, March 18, 2011 that The Hollywood Reporter and its four
sister publications: Billboard, AdWeek, MediaWeek and Brandweek are for sale.
•AT&T buys America's fourth-largest wireless carrier T-Mobile USA from
Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 CHAKA KHAN lead singer of R&B group Rufus
(Tell Me Something Good #3-1974) born on March 23rd in Great Lakes, IL. •1963
JOHNNY CASH records Ring Of Fire at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, TN
on March 25th. •1979 WINGS release Goodnight Tonight on March 23rd. •1985 RAY
CHARLES and fellow chess player Willie Nelson's tune Seven Spanish Angels
strikes #1 on Billboard Country on March 23nd. •1993 DWIGHT YOAKAM's album This
Time releases on Reprise records on March 23nd. •2000 HELEN MARTIN Broadway,
film and TV actress dies of a heart attack on March 25th at 90.
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JIM TRAVIS [Jo] (Hot Springs, AR) Subject: John R. Jim,
I read a few days ago that someone had found an air check of John R on YouTube.
I looked for it today to no avail. Can you ask who ever it was where he found
it? I listened to John R. on WLAC in Gallatin, Tenn. Another thing. While I was
in Tex, I was reading in my deceased wife's journal. She was writing about when
we lived in Ft. Worth. She said, 'At least we have Jim Rose and Rocky Davis
here with us'. Which got me to wondering, how did you end up there? Did not you
and H.B. have a falling out when you left KBUC? Little bits of info like that
seem to be gone from the memory bank. What say you? (www.JimWWTravis.com)
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) According to
houstonblog.net, Chris Baker has been fired from KTRH/KPRC. Chris was doing
well in ratings on his show on KTRH, a 50,000 watt station. So the logical
thing for Clear Channel to do, in their way of thinking, was to move him to the
much less powerful KPRC. Then with Chris enduring that and still doing well,
they fire him. The blog's mention of the political connections necessary to
maintain your position at KTRH/KPRC may need to be supplemented by the
necessity to be a “yes man”. While I was there I kept thinking that if the
nachos at the two stations would gather around a table, they could come up with
something even more stupid to do. I had trouble not telling them that.
KTRH/KPRC and probably all of Clear Channel has brought the concept of the
“Peter Principal” to all new towering heights. The principal embraces the
reality that they have risen to their own level of incompetence. Just a
reminder to anyone who would ever consider working for KTRH/KPRC. The standard
joke in the broadcasting world is that KTRH is an acronym for Keep That Resume
Handy. Barry Kilgore; Former “You're the best we have at KTRH” (their words not
mine) to “Mr. Insubordination” Barry Kilgore; CCIC; Radio/TV/Film/Print/Art
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-TV/movie actor-TV/radio
voice-overs] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Radio story. Jim, You're too
kind, my friend! I know what you mean about the 'worst'...try KFRD! Thanks for
prodding my memory. I love recalling those old war stories. Gotta start lining
up some more interviews for Bob Wills Radio. (www.bobwills.com) Billy Thorman
has been a real pal letting me do all the promos for NCHA Radio. It's good to
stay on the air if it's only on the internet. God Bless, JG (www.jimgough.com)
ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Subject: KBUC sales.
Odie Crabtree and a guy with the last name of Jones were in sales when I was at
KBUC. Bubba Reding, who later bought KPOP in Pleasanton and years later
acquired the old KBUC call letters from the Turner family, was the sales
manager. Odie, who had been a TV personality in another state, left KBUC and
opened up his own ad agency. Jones left KBUC to become director of Columbia
School of Broadcasting, a job I eventually ended up with. If you would like to
see the whole crew, sales and jocks, then buy the Claude King movie "Year
of the Yahoo" from Amazon.com. Andy Carr
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obits. Jim; Pinetop Perkins, believed to be oldest of Delta Blues musicians
still performing, has died in Austin, 3/21 @97. His latest of 3 Grammys makes
him the oldest winner, edging out the late George Burns. He had an 80-year
career, didn’t start recording until his 70's & had 15 solo records since
'92! Also, Joe Morello has died @82 on 3/12. He was a drummer on some 120
albums, including his work with Dave Brubeck's "Take 5", & the
1959 album, "Time Out", reported to be the first Jazz album to sell
more than a million. Morello played on some 60 albums with the Dave Brubeck
Quartet. Bob & Sonny Lee
TRIVIA ANSWER: Famed Director Alfred Hitchcock's
Rear Window and Psycho and other thrillers gain him 5 nominations but no
Oscars. Go figure that!
DON TIFFIN (Dallas-The Colony, TX) Jim, Yep, its
true that Kimball had some snooty kids and then some good old normal acting
ones too. So on the whole, I guess it was OK. I'm retired all the way now, had
been doing part-time stuff...sub teaching lately and also marketing services
for the old lab I started at AMD in Austin which became a separate company. The
lab does work for many companies and about half their work is done supporting
the fab operations for Spansion, which is a "spin-off" of AMD in
Austin...its the old Fab 25. Those guys were slow to pay and sometimes seemed
to forget that I brought them some business. Too slow for me. So enough of that
and nice to just be off now. Don
WALTER WINCHELL (April 7, 1897-February 20, 1972) A
real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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March 21, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #949
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TWO OF OUR FAVORITES DEPART This week brings sorrow
to us fans with the loss of two of our favorite performers. The Associated
Press reports that 1950s and early 1960s Country music icon, Ferlin Husky,
whose hits include A Dear John Letter [with Jean Shepard] (#1 for 6 weeks in
1953), Gone (#1 for 10 weeks in 1957) and Wings of a Dove (#1 for 10 weeks in
1960) dies at home at 85 on Thursday, March 17, 2011. Also, Michael Gough,
British actor we remember as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred in a series of Batman
movies, passes away at 94 on Thursday, March 17th. Gough's acting career takes
him through more than 150 movies and TV shows. We remember him best as Alfred
Pennyworth with three different Batmen: Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George
Clooney.
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TV FACES DOUBLE JEOPARDY Daniel Frankel &
Johnnie L. Roberts bring up a good point in The Wrap. When CBS TV loses their
star attraction Charlie Sheen that breeds disaster. A more damaging effect is
if both the National Football League and the National Basketball Association
don't quickly find a solution to their labor disputes. The hit to the NFL puts
$3 billion in danger for NBC, CBS, Fox and ESPN. A top TV sports executive
tells The Wrap on Sunday, March 13, 2011: Networks could get hurt even if all
the games ultimately get played (because) media buyers will shift their dollars
by summer if no resolution has been reached. This is a reminder of what happens
not too long ago. ...in 1987, the NFL lost an entire season due to a
lockout...the NBA sacrificed half of its 1998-99 campaign. The latest Super
Bowl has an awesome 111 million viewers. For us NFL fans we endure months in
between seasons but with a lock out we lose the entire season.
COMIC APOLOGISES FOR REPULSIVE COMMENTS Court
jester Gilbert Gottfried is the raspy voice of Aflac insurance company's
quacking duck ads in the U.S. Over the weekend, Gilbert Tweets a rash of jokes
that make light of the horrible earthquake and tsunami that strike Japan. 75%
of Aflac contracts are in Japan. On Monday, March 14, 2011 Aflac immediately
fires him as the quacking duck in their ads. On Sunday, the insurance company's
CEO, Daniel Amos, flies to the Asian nation in support of its employees and
agents. Aflac releases a harsh statement on Monday that Gottfried's jokes do
not represent the feelings of the company. Aflac donates 100 million yen ($1.2
million) to the International Red Cross to help with disaster assistance in
Japan. On Tuesday Gilbert pleads via The Hollywood Reporter: I sincerely
apologize to anyone who was offended by my attempt at humor regarding the
tragedy in Japan. I meant no disrespect, and my thoughts are with the victims
and their families. Tanya Tucker's tune that we play on KILT FM in 1993, It's a
Little Too Late, is applicable.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the name of Sheriff Rosco
P. Coltrane's basset hound in the Dukes of Hazzard? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•JASON ALLEN exits reporter position on WFTV TV ABC
CH9 Orlando, FL for CBS O&O KTVT TV CH11 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX. •KWCX FM
(104.9) Willcox, AZ relocates to Tanque Verde, flips to a simulcast of Journal
Broadcasting Sports KFFN-1490 (The Fan) with new moniker ESPN Tucson. •JIM
SEAVER retired professor of Western Civilization and Ancient History since
1947, on-the-air for over 58 years as host of Opera Is My Hobby on University
of Kansas Public Radio KANU FM Lawrence since September 19, 1952 passes away at
92 on Monday, March 14. 2011. Jim's nephew is MLB Hall of Fame pitcher Tom
Seaver.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 KFBB TV ABC/CBS/NBC CH5 in Great Falls, MT
begins broadcasting on March 21st. •1963 FLATT & SCRUGGS The Ballad Of Jed
Clampett hits #1 on Billboard Country on March 19th. •1971 WCPB TV PBS CH28 in
Salisbury, MD begins broadcasting on March 21st. •1981 WILLIE NELSON's Angel
Flying Too Close To The Ground zooms to #1 on Billboard Country on March 21st.
•1991 LEO FENDER inventor of the Fender Stratocaster guitar (Jimi Hendrix, Jeff
Beck and other Rock greats) dies at 82 of heart failure on March 21st. •2000
NICKEL CREEK's self-titled debut album releases on Sugar Hill records on March
21st.
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JIM TRAVIS [Jo] (Hot Springs, AR) Subject: Long
Tall (Texan). I don’t remember Long Tall working at KBER, but it is possible.
He was a great little guy. I laughed more during the time that I knew him than
any other in my life (KBUC). The little guy also had a knack for getting me
into many tight spots. When we were on remote he would work standing up. From
outside the trailer all you could see of him was his cowboy hat bobbing around.
When he would ride with me in a car he would stand on the seat so he could see
out the window. He sounded like a little squeak toy. I have nothing but good
memories of him. He was very small but he left a great big mark on the wall.
(www.JimWWTravis.com)
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LYNN WOOLLEY (Waco-Killeen-Temple, TX) Subject:
KTEM (1400) anniversary. Dear Jim, KTEM (1400) is coming up on its 75th
anniversary (1936 - 2011) and is going strong as a talk station and flagship
station for my talk show. Best records show that KTEM went on the air December
1, 1936 -- 13 years to the day before I was born. Some great names have passed
through the doors over the years. My earliest memory as a child is of a
deep-voiced announcer named Ralph Burgess. Jim Ham (another incredible voice)
started at KTEM and then had a long career at KCEN-TV. David Garcia went from
KTEM to KYLE-FM to WFAA to WFAA-TV to ABC News where he covered the White
House. Travis Linn, another KTEM alumnus went to WFAA-TV and later headed up
the Southwest news bureau for CBS. Mike Richardson started at KYLE-FM (atop the
Kyle Hotel) and went to TSN as news director and then a long stint at KTSA.
Jackie Sprott (as Jay Scott) worked TV news around the country including an
anchor slot at WABC-TV in New York. Other KTEM names include Chuck Baker (the
Original Nite-Flite), Gaylon "Korn Kobb" Christie, Mike Wright (now
GM at KBTX-TV), Barry Kilgore, Chuck White, Don Maples, Bill Gaylon, Gentleman
Jim Carter, Chuck Kelly (from KOMA), Mark Sampson, Mark McLain (KTRH), and Jim
Rose! The current PD is Jamie Garrett. Happy birthday KTEM. Lynn Woolley
(www.BeLogical.com)
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Jim, Biggest
raise I ever got was at KQUE. I had been there for a few years and got an offer
from Chicago or Pittsburg (can't remember which...been a long time). I do
remember the money was great and the perks too, though. Told Dave Morris that I
had been made the offer and was going to have to take it for the sake of my
family. He told me no I wasn't and he'd talk to me the next day. Next day he
calls me on the request line and tried to disguise his voice which was futile.
He asked me if I thought I was any good. I told him I was...good. He told me he
thought so too and said you got your money here. Barry Kilgore; CCIC;
Radio/TV/Film/Print
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ALEX ALVAREZ (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim it is
wonderful to hear from you. I am doing well and have been doing the KKYX (680)
Sunday Morning Gospel Program since 1988 after KBUC (1310) went Tejano. I am
sorry but I do not know anything about retrieving lost data. I do well just
turning on the computer. Gosh, I don't know anyone who could help with data
retrieval. My new email is now active and the old email address will be
discontinued in a week. Other than Bubba what were the names of some of the
other sales staff at KBUC. I cannot seem to remember their names. Keep up the
good work my friend. Take care and God Bless you... Alex Alvarez
TRIVIA ANSWER: In the Dukes of Hazzard, Sheriff
Rosco P. Coltrane's basset hound's name is Flash who is owned and trained by
Alvin Mears.
DON TIFFIN (Dallas-The Colony, TX) Jim, There is a
group on Facebook now called Oak Cliff Boomers that is made up of folks that
went to all of the different Oak Cliff High Schools (Dallas, TX) back in those
days. Some of them get together once a month or so and eat out somewhere. We
have done that a few times and that's fun. I don't know that many of them,
sometimes a few from Kimball show up that I know, but it’s a good group. I
think that in many ways those days were the peak of American life, at least in
some ways...we have many more modern things now, but we all did have lots of
fun back in the 1950's in Beckley Heights. Your Friend, Don; In The Colony, by
Lake Lewisville and southern part of Denton County...
FRANKIE VALLI (May 3, 1937-p) You can take the guy
out of the neighborhood but you can't take the neighborhood out of the guy.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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March 18, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #948
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COUNTRY SINGER HELPS INJURED VET Jared LaDuke
suffers severe injuries in Iraq when he almost loses his left leg from a terrorist
attack. Jared describes the scene to CMT's Alison Bonaguro: We were taking our
new major around to see some bases, and our route was barricaded. So we took an
alternate, which was the plan of the insurgents, and they blew us up. Our troop
commander died, and I was in the gunner's hatch, so my leg took a royal
beating. I almost lost it. For a year, LaDuke is in a wheelchair. He now wears
a halo brace around his leg. During his recovery, Jared lives in Operation
Homefront Village. He recently moves into his own apartment: And when we walked
in, the whole apartment is fully furnished with brand new stuff. I was in
shock. Then Tim McGraw walks in a few minutes later. Like as if a furnished
apartment ain't enough? It was so surreal. My wife was totally tearing up. Tim
said, 'I was just in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd stop by. He walked
around with us, then picked up Talon and walked him into his new room that
they'd decorated with Thomas the Tank stuff. I was in shock. LaDuke doesn't know why he receives these
blessings because many other soldiers also have injuries: I don't think I'll
ever be able to be thankful enough. And if that isn't all. a few days after Tim
McGraw's surprise visit, the LaDuke family receives more Thomas the Tank Engine
trains and tracks. An attached note reads: It was a real pleasure getting to
meet you, Talon! Sincerely, Tim McGraw. Country music Superstar Tim McGraw and
his equally famous Superstar wife Faith Hill are well-known for their charity
endeavors but this one just about takes the cake. This should be a wake up call
to others in the entertainment field.
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NEWSFIX HITS HOUSTON A dramatic new idea in TV news
broadcasting enters Houston, TX on KIAH TV CH39 on Saturday, March 19, 2011.
This new approach is the brain child of former Tribune Company executive Lee
Abrams who brings a different twist to TV news. Lee's idea is to ditch the
traditional newscast format with the elimination of anchors and most of the
on-camera reporters. Roger Bare KIAH TV GM says that longtime meteorologist
Keith Monahan already leaves the building last week. Sports anchor Jorge
Vargas' final day is Friday, March 18th. Bare mentions on Monday: We are
reallocating the screen time that used to go to anchors and reporters and using
that to give the viewer more content. KIAH TV's heavily promoted anchor Mia
Gradney, who is at the center of channel 39's Watch me at 9 promotion, remains
to deliver news updates but she no longer is on-camera. Harris County Constable
Victor Trevino lets loose with KIAH TV's crime report every night. Steve Simon,
former Channel 39 prime-time anchor, hosts a new daily program called Simon
Says. Dean Myers and Roger Beaty, co-hosts on the KGLK FM (107.5) morning show
have a new feature called The Day in Music.
TRIVIA QUESTION: How many times does Eddie Rabbitt
sing I Love a Rainy Night in his 1981 song by the same name? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•GREG KNAPP 15 year talk veteran exits News-Talk
KLIF-570 Dallas, TX for morning drive on KCMO-710 Cumulus Talk Radio Kansas
City, MO. •KEN BUCKNER vacates APD/MD/afternoon host duties on Wilks
Broadcasting Country KLLL FM (96.3) Lubbock, TX for a return engagement on KPLX
FM (99.5 The Wolf) Dallas which is his previous home from 1999-2004. •STEVE
KERRIGAN former air personality on Country WHKO FM (K-99.1) and Classic Rock
WTUE FM (104.7) passes away at 51 from cancer. Steve inducts into the Dayton,
OH Area Broadcasters Hall of Fame later in 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KGNC TV (now KAMR) NBC CH4 in Amarillo, TX
begins broadcasting on March 18th. •1964 SCOTT SAUNDERS Keyboard player with
Waco band Sons Of The Desert born on March 18th in Fort Worth, TX. •1970 KAEC
TV ABC CH19 in Lufkin, TX ceases operations on March 18th. •1985 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
inducts into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame on March 18th. •1991 JACK MCCOY
Radio/TV personality KCBQ's Last Contest dies at 72 on March 18th. •2000 TOBY
KEITH's How Do You Like Me Now?! lasts for 5 weeks at #1 on Billboard Country
beginning on March 18th.
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CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Subject:
Unfinished 2010 business. I went to San Francisco and I found someone's heart.
Now what? Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic. All I ask is
a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Someone told me I was
gullible and I believed them. Experience is the thing you have left when
everything else is gone. Is it just me--or do buffalo wings really taste like
chicken?
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JIM GOUGH (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) THE OLD
SUBURBAN HOMES MAN - I always love to remember this one! I was just getting
going good with my voice-over career in Houston in the early seventies when I
got a call from a jack-leg ad-man wanting me to do some radio spots with my
guitar for his client, Suburban Homes. These were low priced houses in
sub-divisions on the outskirts of town. When I heard he only was going to pay
25 bucks a spot, I decided I would use a Mexican guitar I bought on the border
for a mere eight dollars some years before. I would take the old guitar to the
KULF (790) radio studios, go into the control room, put my foot up on the
console and start humming and strumming. The directions to the subdivisions
took up at least 45 seconds out of every minute! I’d just play chords and start
talking. You know, that old eight dollar guitar, like me, still works today!
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DON TIFFIN (Dallas-The Colony, TX) Subject:
Obituaries: Jimmy Lee Grubb. Jim, Thanks for telling me about Jimmy Grubb. Sorry
to hear that he is gone. He was not all that old. I remember that he was your
good friend back in the Meade Street days. I never knew him that well
though...you guys were a little older than me. I remember that you were one of
the best baseball players around in those days though! I am sorry to hear of
Jimmy's passing. I had talked to him on e-mail a few years ago, had not heard
from him though in the last few years. I am trying to remember which house on
Meade Street Jimmy lived in? It’s been too long, can't remember. It was a good
time and a good bunch of kids at that time on the whole anyway. I hope that you
are doing OK there in Houston and things are going OK for you. Patsy and I here
both have retired all the way now...had been doing part-time jobs. Thanks again
for telling me about the loss of Jimmy, one of the old bunch from Meade Street.
Your Friend, Don; In The Colony by Lake Lewisville and southern part of Denton
County...
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JIM BELL [KUHF FM 88.7 since 1997 Retired 2010]
(Lufkin, TX) Subject: On the air again. Hey Jim! This is Jim Bell with news
that I'm on the air again in Lufkin. I retired last year after 45 years in the
business, but I've found the perfect little part time job to supplement my
retirement income. KSFA in Lufkin has hired me to write and record news and
issues commentaries that are played on the air several times a day. KSFA is an
AM talker that carries conservative talk shows all day and Fox Sports Radio all
night. I write my commentaries at home, and post local and state news items on
the station's web site from home. I only go to the station to record the
commentaries. KSFA Nacogdoches/Lufkin is one of five Lufkin area stations owned
by Town Square Media. TSM got them when it merged with Gap Broadcasting last
year. Gap acquired them from Clear Channel only three years ago. Can't tell the
players without a program. Only the ownership has changed. TSM is keeping the
local managers, and I can tell you that group manager Tami Koonce and group
programmer Danny Merrell are two of the nicest people I've ever worked for. Yes
life is good here in the Piney Woods. Check us out at http://ksfa860.com/ Jim
Bell
TRIVIA ANSWER: Eddie Rabbitt sings I Love a Rainy
Night 26 times in his 1981 song by the same name. The RIAA certifies it Gold
with sales of 1 million units.
BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Jim, I learned
from guys like Young and Kirby that you cut your deal going in. That way it's
always better. I've been told by some of the stations that "they could get
anybody for a low X amount"...a lot less than I asked for. would just say
"get them". Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. KNUZ (1230)
paid pretty low but I didn't apply to them. They contacted me so pay was better
than most. Trade off was that it was fun for me and it was a job for life if I
wanted it. Stayed there and KQUE (FM) for 13 years. Barry Kilgore; CCIC;
Radio/TV/Film/Print
TONY CURTIS (Born Bernard Schwartz on June 3, 1925
- dies on September 29, 2010) But my longevity is due to my good timing.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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March 16, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #947
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
JAPAN FACES NUCLEAR MELT DOWN Prime Minister Naoto
Kan of Japan goes on international TV to say that radiation spreads from four
reactors of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Fukushima province which is
one of the hardest-hit in Friday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake after the
devastating tsunami that levels buildings and destroys property. Kan's words
are very clear: The level seems very high, and there is still a very high risk
of more radiation coming out. Elaine Kurtenbach of the Associated Press reports
from Tokyo: This is the worst nuclear crisis that Japan ever faces since World
War II's atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Chief Cabinet Secretary
Yukio Edano says that a fourth reactor at the complex is on fire: Please do not
go outside. Please stay indoors. Please close windows and make your homes
airtight. Don't turn on ventilators. America prays for the citizens of Japan in
their dire time of need.
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YEMEN DEPORTS JOURNALIST President Ali Abdullah
Saleh controls Yemen for 32 years. On Monday, March 14, 2011 armed Yemeni
security forces raid an apartment that four Western journalists share and
deport them because of their coverage of the intense uprising against the
country's longtime ruler. The journalists include two Americans and two Britons
in their 20s who are contributors to the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine,
the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. Oliver Holmes, a 24 year old
British journalist says: They came into our apartment this morning and they
told us all to come to the immigration office. They sat us down and said
'You're being deported'. Oliver speaks by telephone from the Qatar airport: We
have all been reporting on the use of violence by the police.
COURIC EXITS CBS? In June 2011 CBS Evening News
anchor Katie Couric's $15 million annual contract bites the dust. The 54
year-old Couric's ratings are not something to write home about. If she re-ups
at CBS News, she might have to take a pay cut. According to two sources that
are familiar with her plans, Katie might be interested in a multi-platform
production company and syndicated talk show. She tosses the idea around about a
possible syndicated talk show with one of her advisors, Ed Wilson, who is the
founder and former president of NBC Domestic Television Distribution. Observers
say that she already has conversations with Time Warner, NBCUniversal and CBS.
But she needs to make up her mind pretty fast to vacate CBS Evening News and
get things rolling because the 2012 presidential election draweth nigh. Stay
tuned to this Bat dial.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Where is the actual location of
Walley World in the movie National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase?
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Jerry Jeff Walker Austin, TX
singer-songwriter extraordinaire [Mr. Bojangles summer 1968] celebrates his
birth on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. (www.jerryjeff.com/) •WALL STREET JOURNAL's
launch date for its new Michael Castner-hosted evening news show Daily Wrap on
the WSJ Radio Network is on April 4, 2011. •ATLANTA FALCONS of the NFL sign a
four-year pact with Lincoln Financial Media to make Sports Radio WQXI-790 (The
Zone) and Hot AC WSTR FM (Star 94) its new flagship radio stations. •BEACH BOYS
will release The Smile Sessions after 44 years of them lying on the shelves.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 RAY BENSON Grammy winning lead singer with
Asleep At The Wheel born on March 16th in Philadelphia, PA. •1964 KCOY TV CBS CH12
in Santa Maria, CA begins broadcasting on March 16th. •1974 GRAND OLE OPRY's
1st performance in new Grand Ole Opry House is on March 16th. Roy Acuff gives
President Nixon a yo-yo expo. •1983 ARTHUR GODFREY TV host of the Arthur
Godfrey Show dies at 79 on March 16th. •1998 LEANN RIMES' debut single Blue
certifies Gold on March 16th. •2001 JOHN PHILLIPS singer with the Mamas and the
Papas (Monday Monday #1 for 3 weeks-1966) dies at 65 on March 18th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: When I was a Kid growing up in Dallas... Hi, Jim and Lacy, Thanks for
that wonderful stroll down memory lane. Many of the names and places you
mention are very familiar to me. I worked at TEMCO twice, once on
reconditioning WW II P-38 Thunderbolt fighter planes for Nicaragua, and on the
assembly of B-52 wings. I remember the names of those mayors, and used to get
milk and butter from Cabells. It's always amazing to me how much you can
remember including dates, times, places, etc. And you always worked, just as I
did going way back before child labor laws like they seem to have today where
they're afraid to let the kids work. Tom
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
R/R Heaven. Jim: Sadly, some more music news; (1) Jeannie (Eugenia) Dining, one
of the famed Dining Sisters act, died on 2/22/11. They had hits w/"Once In
A While" & "Buttons & Bows". She also co-wrote with
brother Mark his 1960 #1 hit, "Teen Angel". Mark had passed away
3/22/86. (2) Rick Coonce, drummer with The Grass Roots, died in Canada on
2/25/11. They hit in '67 & '68 with "Midnight Confessions" and
"Let's Live For Today". (3) Bernard (St. Clair) Lee, founding member
of The Hues Corporation, died @ 66 on 3/8/11. They hit #1 in 1974 with
"Rock The Beat". (4) Bobby Phillips, founding member of The Cadillacs
in 1953, formerly the Carnations, died on 3/10/11, Among the first R & B
vocal groups to use choreography & flashy outfits on stage performances,
they hit with "Speedo" in 1956 & "Peek-A-Boo" in 1959.
The former title was lead singer, Earl Carroll's nickname, who later left the
group & joined The Coasters. BOB & Sonny Lee
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IRA [Eye] LIPSON [Dallas, TX] Subject: WFAA-820/570
(1967-68), KBOX-1480 (1971-72), KLIF-1190 (1972). You were in Dallas in
exciting times. I became PD of WFAA 570 in 72. Bobby Brock was gone. Denson
(Walker) shifted to HR manager for radio and TV. John Dew was brought in as
radio GM and he brought me from Detroit where I was his PD at McLendon's WWWW FM.
Ira "Eye" Lipson; Certified Media Hotshot; Dallas Texas
(www.Lipsonworks.com)
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
question. Tried for years to find out a question from Willie Nelson. Internet
does no good. Trying to find out which of his great great grandparents was his
on Abbott side of family. With your contacts can you find out?
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Jim, KHFI FM or
as we named it, Super Rock K-98, was a radio and financial blast when I was PD
there. Got paid lots and had ratings at one time of 41.2 for my afternoon show
and ratings for the station that did not dip below the mid 30s. They treated me
very good there. Really good staff too. I had one guy who rode a bicycle from
Seattle to Austin to work for me. The set up was still the radio upstairs and
the TV downstairs but there was no AM station anymore. Barry Kilgore; CCIC;
Radio/TV/Film/Print
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Walley World theme park in the
movie National Lampoon's Vacation is actually shot at Six Flags Magic Mountain
in Valencia, CA.
DAN MCCURDY (Sherman-Denison, TX) Jim, a few
thoughts on 'Bishop' Sheen...aka: 'Charlie as Our Supreme Being'. First, it's
painfully apparent that the guy is as loony as a jihadist sporting a bomb
vest...but I digress... When I first heard Sheen's initial radio rant this
week, I thought, "I haven't heard that level of unpasteurized hubris since
once hearing a translated harangue by Benito Mussolini." Further, as I
listened, slack-jawed, to his unhinged 'celebrity-as-Yahweh' bloviation, I
couldn't shake a mental picture of Sheen cast as the strutting Italian fascist
buffoon, complete with 'Il Duce' costume, cross-armed arrogance and jutting-jaw
expression. "This ego-blinded bozo is committing professional
suicide," I thought at the time. And that, dear reader, has clearly come
to pass. Truthfully, only the crazed Italian dictator got what he deserved more
than Sheen. Any doubt that his present 'instant karma' reward becomes permanent
throughout the entertainment industry? Personally, I'll never view anything
featuring Sheen again; that is, on the off-chance that he ever gets another
gig. Best of all the good stuff to you and Miss Lacy... Dan McCurdy, Sherman,
TX - 2004 Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee; KLIF, KBOX - Dallas; WMEX -
Boston; retired ad/PR exec. for Fortune 500 corporation; freelance writer/voice
talent
PORTER WAGONER (August 12, 1927-October 28, 2007)
[#7-1963] I've enjoyed as much of this as I can stand.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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March 14, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #946
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
GOLDEN VOICE EBBS For 46 years, Mike Murphy is
behind the mic on radio stations in Kansas City, MO. Mike is a fixture on the
local radio dial on KMBZ-980, KCMO-810 and Classic Rock KFIX FM (Rock N Roll
Radio 96.9). Murphy thrills his radio audience with one of his favorite subjects:
unidentified flying objects. Bottom Line Communications reports: At times, over
50 percent of people in Kansas City listening to radio were listening to
Murphy. In 1998, he was the winner of the Marconi Award, radio's highest honor.
Local and national celebrities participated each year in Murphy’s hugely
successful Salvation Army Christmas Charity Drive. In 2004, Mike retires from
Talk Radio KCMO-810 after more than 25 years behind the microphone. In 1973, a
radio publicity stunt makes him well-known when he brings back the St.
Patrick's Day parade. It grows to become one of the largest St. Patrick's Day
parades in America. In 2005, parade officials establish the annual Mike Murphy
Honorary Irishman of the Year award in his honor. He has another legacy that
marks Kansas City's cow-town roots when he co-founds the famous downtown cattle
drive. On Wednesday night, March 9, 2011 Mike Murphy dies at 71 of a stroke at
his home. Kevin Bundy 2011 St. Patrick's Day Parade Senior Co-Chairman brags:
The modern parade owes a lot to Mike Murphy. Our prayers are with Mike's
family. He was a good man and Kansas City was lucky to have him. Jenny Forney,
Murphy's daughter, tells the Kansas City Star that her dad has a gift for being
funny and irreverent. He had a huge following of salesmen, in their cars all
day listening to him. Mike Murphy's survivors include his three children and
four grandchildren.
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MOBILE RECORD STORE HITS TEXAS A recent report in
The Tennessean boggles our minds: Third Man (Records) says a 'recent study'
shows that 97% of all current high school students have never been to a stand
alone record store. NEVER?! As the saying goes: Won't that just knock your hat
in the dirt? Well, Jack White’s Third Man Records goes mobile. That's right git
up and boogie! White and his friends have a new invention that may solve the
current record store dilemma. It's called the Rolling Record Store which is a
custom truck-van that has its own sound system (for DJs and live performances)
plus a full menu of Third Man releases and promotional items to shake your
booty. Third Man’s Ben Swank says that the truck will make its grand debut at
the South by Southwest music festival from March 16-20, 2011 in Austin, TX.
While in the Capital City the Third Man truck hosts musical performances, guest
DJs and giveaways, plus exclusive items for sale. Be there! Be there!
TRIVIA QUESTION: In Johnny Cash's #1 song in 1969
Daddy Sang Bass who sings the part mama sang tenor? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CUMULUS' $2.5 billion buyout of Citadel makes it
the new radio superpower with 567 stations in 120 markets. Let the lay-offs
begin. •WSOS FM Renda Soft AC (Sunny 94.1 - Familiar Favorites) in
Jacksonville, FL flips to Classic Rock. •HEATHER MILLS vacates her anchor chair
on CBS KAUZ TV in Wichita Falls, TX to join NBC KOB TV Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM
as reporter and weekend co-anchor with Joe Vigil. She begins on March 14, 2011.
•JIM RYAN exits GSM spot at Trumper Hot AC KMVA FM (Hot 97.5) to be new GM of
Salem Communications Religious Talk KPXQ-1360 and Conservative Talk KKNT-960 in
Phoenix, AZ.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 LARRY STEWART Country-Rock group Restless
Heart lead singer born on March 2nd in Paducah, KY. •1964 JACK RUBY receives a sentence
of death by a Dallas jury on March 14th for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.
•1970 MERLE HAGGARD's The Fightin' Side Of Me lands at #1 on Billboard Country
on March 14th. •1986 MARLIN PERKINS host of TV's Wild Kingdom dies at 80 on
March 14th. •1992 JOHN ANDERSON's Straight Tequila Night is his first #1 single
in nine years on March 14th. •2010 JAPAN's central portion is battered by a 6.6
magnitude earthquake on March 14th.
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DAN ROSEN (Tokyo-Kamakura, Japan) Subject: Tsunami
strikes Japan... Hey Jim, Thanks for your concern. The Tokyo area, where I am,
took a big hit, but nothing like the Tohoku region in the northeast of the
country (several hours away). That's where most of the video you're seeing on
TV comes from, including the terrifying pictures of the tsunami sweeping up
everything in its path. The nuclear plant is in that general area too. I'm OK.
Hope things are more calm where you are. Best, Dan
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JIM MCCOY (Berkeley Springs, WV) Subject:
subscribe. Hi, Bob Hanger asked me to contact. I want to be a part of your
venture and help you any way I can. My name is Jim McCoy; Berkeley Springs, WV
25411 USA. I was involved with Patsy Cline in the early days of her career. Jim
McCoy
RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#944) March 09, 2011 [Wednesday] Yes Jim Andy Carr was
correct. Patsy Cline was a contestant on Arthur Godfrey's Talent scouts. She
sang "Walking After Midnight". She was a semi regular before that on
Jimmy Dean's local TV show in Washington, DC. All the best Amigo. Ray Whitworth
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#944) March 09, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim, Andy Carr is
correct on Patsy Cline, And she won on the Godfrey show when she sang
"Walkin' after Midnight" if memory serves me...DrB And he (Jim
Stafford) does a GREAT show at his theater in Branson where Moe Bandy also
appears!!!! Take care!!
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IRA [Eye] LIPSON [Dallas, TX] Subject: Radio People
wanted. Hi Jim...North Texas Radio For The Blind is looking for more readers
for their station, and also for recording books. This is a great volunteer gig
for current and retired radio pros. I’ve been reading there for a few years and
it’s a fun way to spend a couple of hours a week and help some great folks.
Anyone interested, contact program director Steve Cumming –
Steve@readingresource.org. Steve did mornings at WRR FM and news at KLIF (570)
and WBAP (820). Ira “Eye” Lipson; Certified Media Hotshot Dallas, TX USA
(www.LipsonWorks.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: Country music legend Jan Howard
sings the part mama sang tenor in Johnny Cash's original #1 song in 1969 Daddy
Sang Bass. Ironically, Jan goes back into the recording studio in 2009 to sing
that same line on Norway's Aslak Gjennestad's rerecording of Johnny's big hit.
In Jan's Web site she remembers: One of the highlights of early 2009 was the
opportunity to sing on a recording by my friend Aslak Gjennestad from Norway.
Aslak recorded the Johnny Cash hit 'Daddy Sang Bass' and he asked me to
contribute the 'mama sang tenor' part as I did on Johnny’s original
recording...which was No. 1 on the country charts exactly 40 years from when we
re-recorded it on February 9, 2009 at Soundshop Recording Studio on Music Row.
JANIE WALKER-MORRIS (Houston, TX) Subject: KBUC
Late 1960s. How cool! What a small world...sign me up for your web
column-newsletter. Gosh so much has happened in the last 40 some odd years. I
am married and have been married to the same man for 38 years. My last name is
now Morris. We have a grown daughter who is 35 years old and we have three
beautiful grandchildren. I went to college to be in the dental field. I worked
in that business for sometime and during those years our daughter developed
leukemia. I started a Real Estate career then so I could spend more time with
her. She is healthy today and I am still in Real Estate. We live in Houston. I
am the Custom Sales Manager for Johnson Development in a community called Fall
Creek; I really love what I do. Looks like you moved around too. We lived in
New York, Wisconsin, Nevada and Florida before coming back to Texas. This is
fun catching up. I prefer Conway Twitty’s version (Last Date), but I love Floyd
Cramer too. It is really fun hearing from you; I will be watching your column.
Give Lacy a hug. Janie
NATALIE COLE (February 6, 1950-p) The greatest
thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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March 11, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #945
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
ROCK BASSIST FOUND DEAD Authorities find 44 year-old
founding bassist for Alice In Chains, Mike Starr, dead in a house in Salt Lake
City, UT. In their formation in 1987, Starr is a bass player in avant-garde
Seattle, WA Grunge-Metal Rock band Alice In Chains. After the release of their
cutting-edge 1992 album Dirt, he vacates the band during the group's touring
engagements. In 1994, the troupe's lead singer Layne Staley tells Rolling Stone
that Starr exits because of a difference in priorities. We wanted to continue
intense touring and press, Mike was ready to go home. Eight years later in
2002, Layne is found dead from a long struggle with the use of opiates. Starr
also has a sweet tooth for hallucinogenics. In 2010, Mike appears in VH1
reality TV series Celebrity Rehab. In a follow-up episode, he declares himself
sober for six months. On February 18, 2011, Salt Lake City police arrest Starr
on suspicion of felony drug possession.
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HUSKY HOSPITALIZED Country Music Hall of Fame
member Ferlin Husky enters the critical cardiac care unit at Hendersonville, TN
Medical Center. We remember Ferlin's giant crossover hit, Gone, which is #1 for
10 weeks on Billboard's Country survey in spring 1957. His toe-tapping
Gospel-Rock tune Wings of a Dove also lands at #1 for 10 weeks in 1960. Husky's
first #1 record is a duet with Jean Shepard on A Dear John Letter that is #1
for 8 weeks in 1953. Ferlin's recording of Gone opens the door wide for the
gravitation toward the Pop-Country Nashville Sound of the late 1950s and 1960s.
Husky takes on another stage persona with his comedic character Simon Crum. The
now 85 year-old Ferlin Husky inducts into the Country Music Hall of Fame in
2010. What takes them so long?
DEVO WANTS SHEEN Remember way back in 1980 when the
song catch phrase is Whip It? That's the name of New Wave Punk Rock group
Devo's #14 half million selling tune on Billboard in fall 1980. We recall that
the band's robotic stage show really steals the scene. In an interview with
stand-up comedian and regular at The La Jolla Comedy Store, Gordon Downs, who
also is Music & Comedy Editor of www.sandiego.com, guitarist Bob Casale
says that Devo rarely tours because its founding member (lead singer) Mark
Mothersbaugh doesn't like to go out on the road. But he would love to get
Charlie Sheen in the band. Downs asks Casale: Would you take this moment and
officially extend an invitation to Charlie Sheen to become a member of Devo and
go on this upcoming tour? Bob sighs: We’d be honored. Any of our songs that he
wanted to sing. Well actually now I realize what I have to do today, which is
since Mark doesn’t want to tour, I need to ask Charlie Sheen if he’d be our
lead singer. Casale appears to be a huge Charlie Sheen fan: This guy’s
brilliant, he’s a philosopher of our devolved culture. He impresses me with
the...he says, it’s unbelievable. Well, there you have it. Since Warner
Brothers fires Charlie Sheen from its hit TV series Two and a Half Men in March
2011 maybe we do indeed locate a new job for good time Charlie to put an end to
his Blues.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What awesome 1980 motion picture
does the Academy Awards snub in favor of the drab Kramer vs. Kramer? The answer
appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Jan Howard Nashville, TN
singer-songwriter 1971 Grand Ole Opry inductee [For Loving You #1 for 4 weeks-1967]
gains another glorious year on Sunday, March 13th. (www.janhoward.com/) •DAVID
S. BRODER Pulitzer Prize-winning dean of American political writers, reporter
and columnist for the Washington Post dies of diabetes at 81 on Wednesday,
March 9, 2011. •KNPB TV PBS CH5 Reno, NV fire damages transmitter filter knocks
them off the air. KNPB TV engineers along with filter manufacturer rebuild
system puts them back in the saddle on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1950 BOBBY MCFERRIN NYC Jazz singer (Don't Worry
Be Happy #1 for 2 weeks-1989 Grammy winner) is born on March 11th. •1969 LESTER
FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS officially split on March 11th after 25 years as
successful bluegrass duo. •1977 HANAFI MUSLEMS hold 130 hostages in Washington
D.C. on March 11th. •1981 EDDIE RABBITT's single I Love A Rainy Night certifies
Gold on March 10th. •1996 VINCE EDWARDS star of TV series Ben Casey dies of
cancer on March 11th at 67. •2000 JOE DIFFIE Tulsa, OK Country singer/songwriter/guitarist
marries Theresa Crump on March 11th at Nashville's Opryland Hotel.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: JRRR response. Hi, Jim and Lacy, Your JRRR edition concerning recent
moves at New England Cable News makes me think you somehow must be
"hardwired" to NECN. Comcast
has revamped the entire staff and program schedule since acquiring full
ownership of the regional cable news network. Also, your report of George Jones
attending his sister's wedding at Woodville, Texas reminds me of my native
headquarters. I spent the first 5 years of my life in Chester, a tiny sawmill
town just 12 miles from Woodville at the northern edge of the Big Thicket.
George also grew up in that neck of the woods, and his father worked at one of
those Big Thicket sawmills near Beaumont. It's a small world. Tom
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Country Singer Ferlin (Husky)/Simon (Crum). Ferlin Husky is under treatment in
critical cardiac care at Hendersonville, TN. Keep him in your prayers. BOB
ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Good to hear from you
Jim. In August of year before last I had spinal surgery. The doctor cut into my
neck from both the front and back and inserted a metal plate to protect my
spine. After the surgery we planned a move to Alabama where I was offered a job
as Associate Dean of a college. The money they offered was more than I have
ever made working for someone else but Angeles and I flew up there and while
there decided San Antonio was where we had rather be. Money isn't everything.
Now I am just goofing off and Angeles is teaching elementary school. We just
bought a house on the north side: We had rented on the south side for five
years while Angeles attended A & M. Everything is good with me and I hope
with you as well. Regards, Andy Carr
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Jim, I'm working
on some projects so sometimes I'm here and sometimes I'm not. Prior to KHFI I
had some success at KOKE (KOKE won the Billboard Magazine Trendsetter of the
Year Award when I was there in 1974). I was successful as its PD, and morning
and/or afternoons at KTEM Temple. That was pretty cool because I was the
highest paid person on the staff and I made enough to live at Morgan's Point
Resort on Lake Belton. Also got Charlie Van Dyke to do show openers &
voicers for me there. Before that it was KEEE Nacogdoches. Learned a lot there
because the hands on owner was former President of the NAB, J.C. Stallings and
he pulled in guys to consult me like Bill Young from KILT and Paul Kirby (Paul
Van Cycle) WCFL Chicago. Barry Kilgore; CCIC; Radio/TV/Film/Print
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LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Very
Interesting. Jim, Before joining the Black Eyed Peas, winning Grammys, or
landing Josh Duhamel, Stacy Ann Ferguson was just another blonde girl in
Hacienda Heights, CA. I appreciate reading what you are writing to us. Leslie
Wayne Hodges
TRIVIA ANSWER: Monumental movie Apocalypse Now that
keeps us on the edge of our seats loses out to Kramer vs. Kramer in the 1980
Academy Awards.
JANIE WALKER-MORRIS (Houston, TX) Subject: KBUC
Late 1960s. Hi Jim Rose, are you the same Jim Rose that was on KBUC 10:00 till
2:00 in San Antonio, Texas in the 1960s? My name was Jane Walker and one night
a Jim Rose pulled up next to me on Broadway in San Antonio. I was driving a
1968 dark green fast back Mustang. We ended up talking and this Jim Rose took
me to the station and showed me where he worked. Shamrock gasoline was the
sponsor then. We saw each other a few times after that. I remember when you
introduced yourself to my Dad you shook his hand and said “Hi, I am Jim Rose
KBUC 10-2”. You were proud of your position and very good at it. So if this is
the right Jim Rose, hope you are doing well. We were both very young then so I
am sure we have experienced a lot since those days. Good Luck. Jane
MARK CHESNUTT (September 6, 1963) [#5-1992] All my
old flames now have new names.
Jim Rose and Lacy
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March 09, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #944
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
ANOTHER BROADCASTER DEPARTS THIS WORLD Acclaimed
radio, TV veteran talk-show host Joel A. Spivak (75) dies of cancer on Friday,
March 4, 2011 in his home in Alexandria, VA. Joel has a radio show in
Philadelphia, PA from 1968 through 1980. According to news reports, for 12 years
Spivak appears on WCAU-1210 (now WPHT) and WCAU TV ABC CH10 as a news anchor,
reporter and commentator. In the 1970s, Joel hosts the Morning Newsbeat radio
program where he features guests plus he takes phone calls from listeners. Back
then this is a controversial format for morning talk radio. In the late 1970s,
he hosts a local TV news show that has a live studio audience. A 1976 WCAU TV
news release refers to him as the moderator, catalyst, interviewer and devil's
advocate. He exits WCAU to be a talk-show host on WRC-980 (now WTEM) in
Washington, DC from 1987 until 1995. In a 1990 interview with C-Span, he says
that radio is more fun than TV: You don't have the time constraints that you do
with television. People have more fun listening to the radio because they can
see anything they want to see. It's a very personal medium. At one time, Spivak
also is on-the-air at KILT-610 Houston, TX; WPRO-630 Providence, RI and
KLAC-570 Los Angeles, CA. Since 1996, Spivak travails against the use of
tobacco as a spokesman for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Joel A. Spivak's
survivors include his wife, Ann Decker Spivak; daughter, Amanda Clare Spivak
Barrett; sons Matthew Alexander and Jonathan Moss Spivak and four
grandchildren. Funeral services are at 11 am on Friday, March 11, 2011 at
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2701 Cameron Mills Rd., Alexandria, VA.
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DOBBS DABBLES BACK ON THE TUBE Former CNN TV Talk
host Lou Dobbs signs a multiyear contract with Fox Business News cable channel
to make a return engagement to our TV screens with his Lou Dobbs Tonight on
weeknights at 7 pm beginning on Monday evening, March 14, 2011. If you
remember, Lou departs CNN in 2009 after his controversial remarks that deal
with illegal immigration plus President Obama's birthplace. Essentially, CNN
says No! We must not talk about those topics on international TV! Well, where
do we hash over those maladies in our free country? Dobbs now has a new soap
box to issue his comments about the day's top topics and what impact they have
on America's economy. However, we do notice that Dobbs' rhetoric appears to
level off after he raises quite a few eyebrows with his previous harsh
commentaries on those subjects. Only time will tell his latest tale. Lou Dobbs
Tonight replaces FBN's America's Nightly Scoreboard which flips to 9 pm. Fox
Business News cable channel impacts approximately 50 million households.
NBC-Universal's CNBC is its arch rival. But CNBC reaches out and touches more
viewers.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What other actors are under
consideration for Tom Wopat's role in the Dukes of Hazzard? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WARNER BROTHERS TELEVISION formally notifies
Charlie Sheen on Monday, March 7, 2011 of his immediate termination from the
hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. •CLEAR CHANNEL unloads two San Jose, CA radio
stations. KUFX FM (98.5) goes to Entercom. Principle Broadcasting now owns
Modern Rock KSJO FM (Channel 92.3). •TIC TAK ALLEN PM Drive DJ on Top 40 WXRK
FM (92.3 Now) NYC, NY exits after 2 years for a programming position elsewhere.
•LIL’ CEE weekend wonder on WXRK FM replaces Tic Tak Allen on WXRK FM.
•DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY sells News/Jazz WDUQ FM (90.5) for $6 million to Essential
Public Media.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WMUR TV ABC CH9 in Manchester, NH begins
broadcasting on March 9th. •1964 FORD MUSTANG's 1st vehicle rolls off the line
on March 9th. •1975 CONWAY TWITTY's Linda On My Mind lands at #1 on Billboard
Country on March 8th. •1981 DAN RATHER becomes CBS-TV News primary anchor on
March 9th. •1995 BLACKHAWK's self-titled debut album is the trio's first
platinum effort on March 9th. •2007 BRAD DELP lead vocalist for Rock band
Boston commits suicide at 55 on March 9th in his home in Atkinson, NH.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: Joel A. Spivak. Joel has passed away. Go to Joel A. Spivak for more on
his life. I worked with him years ago. Good man. Red Jones; Georgia Radio Hall
Of Fame
CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Hi Jim, Always
enjoy your repartee with cuz' Ed in Austin. The several times I visited him at
KPCN (730), the aggregation of you, "Groovy" Joe (Poovey), Randy
(Ryder), Bill (Mack), "Elvis has left the building" Horace (Logan) and
others was definitely a trip and a welcome respite from the semi-blandness of
my own daily gig at KMUS in Muskogee (unfortunately, Elvis and everybody else
has now left the building, which is vacant and overgrown with weeds!). You and
Lacy have a good weekend down in ol' H-Town... Connell
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JIM BELL (Lufkin, TX) Hey Jim, Johnny Preston was a
talented guy but sadly he was just one of the many "One Hit Wonders"
who came and went almost weekly in the early 60s. He did have some other
recordings, but none of them was as big as Running Bear. It made him famous. I
got to know him in the mid 60s, when I was jocking records at easy listening
KMSC FM in Nassau Bay near the Johnson Space Center. He was the featured
entertainment at the Flintlock Inn just down the road near Webster. He was
billed as Johnny "Running Bear" Preston, so he was still milking that
"One Hit" for all it was worth. I can testify that Johnny was a
talented and entertaining singer and piano player, and I’ve always believed
that with better management he could've had more hits and a longer recording
career, but that's show biz. I remember him as a friendly and outgoing guy and
I’m saddened to know he's passed on. My sympathies go out to his family. Jim
Bell
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Jim, Very sad
to see the great Johnny Preston pass on. He was a great pal. I booked him on
several KNUZ (1230) "Yesterdays Back" concerts. He was always a top
performer. I also booked him way up North into the county fair in Ontonagon,
Michigan. He was used to his wife packing his underwear but this time she
forgot. But after a quick trip to the store we got him ready for the show and
he put on a great show. We remained friends and we lunched with him in Branson
(MO) when he was performing at the Dick Clark "American Bandstand"
Theater. Sandi & I had lunch with him and his wife on several occasions. A
Real big talent and a SUPER GUY who I will miss. Rest in piece Running Bear.
DRBruce
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VICKY PICKERING (Houston, TX) Subject: Date of
John's death? Thanks for catching any errors. I found John collapsed Friday
night February 25th. EMS declared him dead, but then revived him although he
never regained consciousness. On Monday February 28th, the life support was
taken off and the doctor declared him dead at 9:47 p.m. I counted Feb. 28th to
March 8th as 9 days. The date we should use is Monday February 28, 2011 when he
was declared dead by the doctor. Let me know if there is any thing else that
needs correcting. I, too, want it all to go out to history correct. I know how
the music fans want all the facts to be correct for the Holly legacy history,
as do I. Thanks. Vicky
TRIVIA ANSWER: Before the Dukes of Hazzard chooses
Tom Wopat for the role of Luke, other considerations are Dennis Quaid and
Gerald McRaney.
ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Arthur
Godfrey. Jim, I don't remember for sure but I think Patsy Cline might have been
a contestant on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Show. I do remember that she was on
the show and I think that is probably what gave her national exposure. I
remember watching her on TV and thinking that she wasn't a country singer like
the country singers we were accustomed to. Andy Carr
CONWAY TWITTY (September 1, 1933-June 5, 1993)
[#1-1979] I may never get to Heaven but I once came mighty close.
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March 07, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #943
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
1950S ROCK ICON BIDS HIS FINAL FAREWELL Johnny
Preston who is born John Preston Courville in Port Arthur, TX on August 18,
1939 succumbs after heart surgery on Friday, March 4, 2011 at Christus St.
Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. We are all familiar with Johnny's massive hit
record Running Bear that remains #1 for three weeks around Thanksgiving 1959.
The Big Bopper J.P. Richardson discovers Johnny Preston as he sings at the
Twilight Club in Port Arthur, TX. Running Bear's writer, J.P. Richardson, is
born south of Beaumont in Sabine Pass. Incidentally, the Indian sounds in the
background of Running Bear are none other than The Big Bopper and George Jones.
When his tune Chantilly Lace (#6-1958) hits the national charts, J.P. is a DJ
on KTRM-990 in Beaumont. Know that radio station quite well because from
1976-77 I'm KTRM's noon-3pm DJ and Music Director. That part of deep southeast
TX is known as The Golden Triangle of Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange. In
Nederland there is a beautiful authentic tall Dutch windmill. Bridge City has a
bridge that breathtakingly points straight up toward Heaven. As we all know,
The Big Bopper dies in that fateful airplane crash on early Tuesday morning, February,
3, 1959 in a farm field on a snowy winter’s night about five miles north of
Clear Lake, IA that also takes the lives of 22-year-old Buddy Holly, Richie
Valens and the pilot.
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HOLLY'S LAST CRICKET VOICE EXPIRES Buddy Holly
begins his musical career at Tom S. Lubbock High School as a member of the A
Cappella Choir. The original Buddy Holly Cricket band who appears on the Ed
Sullivan Show on December 1, 1957 is Joe B. Mauldin, Jerry Allison, Niki
Sullivan and Buddy. In 1957, Clovis, NM record producer Norman Petty asks John
and Bill Pickering to overdub their harmony backup vocals on nine Holly tunes
on the The Chirping Crickets LP on Brunswick records. The voices of the
Crickets on Buddy Holly's initial hit tunes are The Picks: brothers lead singer
John and tenor Bill Pickering, plus fellow Texas Tech student Bob Lapham as
baritone. Bill Pickering is born on April 5, 1927. He dies on January 25, 1985.
John and Bill sing back up on Holly hit tunes Not Fade Away, Oh Boy and Maybe
Baby. John Winton Pickering is born in Murchison, TX on March 8, 1933. His wife
Vicky sends the sad news that he is taken off life support at 77 on Monday,
February 28, 2011. First meet John, Bill and Vicky in 1969 when John places a
call to me at KBUC FM-AM in San Antonio to say thanks for playing their new
Stop record, Proud Mary. They motor to the Alamo City for us to meet in person.
We get out of touch for a few years until I move to Houston on the day that
Elvis Presley dies - August 16, 1977 - for a DJ position on KIKK FM. John and
Vicky live in the southwest portion of the Bayou City. John is Deacon, Bible
Teacher, Soloist and Sunday School Music Director at Houston's First Baptist
Church. Every year they journey to Lubbock to be a part of the Buddy Holly
anniversary celebration. Bob Lapham is the entertainment editor of the Abilene
Reporter-News. In November 2007 The Picks induct into the New Mexico Music Hall
of Fame and Museum in Albuquerque, NM. Vicky says that John Pickering is a
petroleum geologist for 53 years. Our sympathies are with Vicky, their 3
children and 6 grandchildren. (www.buddyhollyandthepicks.com)
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the popular Arthur
Godfrey Show end on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KINB FM Alternative (105.3) Oklahoma City, OK
drops The Real Spystage name and transgresses into Pop Standards 105.3 The
Martini at 6:00pm Central time Saturday, March 05, 2011. •CITADEL removes
Robert Minton VP/Business Development at Citadel Media/ABC Radio Networks
Dallas, TX. His last official day is Friday, March 4th, 2011. Robert escorts
Citadel through its loss of Paul Harvey, ABC Radio brand plus its recast into
Citadel Media. •WLXN-1440 and translator W260BG FM (99.9) Davidson County
Broadcasting Lexington, NC brings Oldies back into the Greensboro/Winston-Salem
market on Monday, February 28, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 ERNIE ISLEY vocalist/guitarist with The Isley
Brothers (It's Your Thing #2-1969) born on March 7th. •1964 SKIP EWING Country tunesmith
(Love, Me; Someone Else's Star and Something That We Do) born on March 6th in
Redlands, CA. •1970 WXOW TV ABC CH19 in La Crosse, WI begins broadcasting on
March 7th. •1986 RANDY TRAVIS debuts on the Grand Ole Opry on March 7th with
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry from an introduction by Little Jimmy Dickens. •1999
STANLEY KUBRICK movie director (The Shining - 1980) dies at 70 on March 7th.
•2006 MIRANDA LAMBERT's 1st Gold single is Kerosene on March 6th.
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JIM TRAVIS [Jo] (Hot Springs, AR) If you will
remember HB hired me to be the Morning Drive guy at KXOL. I was the first jock
to go on the air when the Country switch was made. You would not believe all
the hate calls I got that day. It seems to me that Tom Wayne from KBUC was the
PD at that time. Yes the wife I had in San Antonio died two years ago this Feb.
She had cancer. Her name was Kay. She had fiery red hair. Jo and I have been
married for 30 years. You can see a picture of her on my Web page.
(www.JimWWTravis.com) Somewhere on that site is a picture of you standing by my
old truck with all the other KXOL DJs.
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VICKY PICKERING (Houston, TX) John W. Pickering,
singer and songwriter and petroleum geologist, died on February 28, 2011 from a
stroke. Visitation at Forest Park Westheimer Funeral Home on Friday, March 4th;
Private burial services on Saturday; Memorial Service and Celebration of John's
life on Sunday at Forest Park. The obituary in the Houston Chronicle Thursday
and Sunday (www.chron.com). Vicky Pickering (www.buddyhollyandthepicks.com)
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-TV/movie actor-TV/radio
voiceovers] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#939)
February 25, 2011 [Friday] Good stuff, Jim...enjoyed all the news...I knew all
those cats from Houston and worked with most of 'em. I was at KENR (1070) in
Greenway Plaza many times. Jim Gough
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Jim, it was good
to read JIM GOUGH's mention of Joel Block. He ran his Austin (TX) studio the
entire decade I was in Austin and on Lake Travis. I spent many a day in Joel's
studio recording the V/O's I used to do. His studio was The Production Block. I
do believe his dad, NYC personality Martin Block, gave Diana Shore her first
interview. Barry Kilgore; CCIC; Radio/TV/Film/Print
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LARRY SCOTT (Dallas-Terrell, TX) Jim, I was still
in Bakersfield in 66. Bill Ward hired me to come to KBOX when they changed
formats. That was in January of 67. Bill was hired by Cameron Communications
not long after I got to Dallas to change KBLA in Burbank from top 40 to
country, so I went back to the coast. Alan King, was doing afternoon drive at
KBOX also went along with Bill. We changed KBLA to KBBQ and went country on
June 17th, 1967. Bill was hired by Bruce Johnson, KLAC manager, in August of 71
and that's when I went to KLAC. Larry
TRIVIA ANSWER: Arthur Godfrey debuts on CBS
Television with Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (which is already on CBS Radio).
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts becomes the number-one rated regularly scheduled
primetime program of the 1951-52 season. Followed by Arthur Godfrey and His
Friends (title later changes to The Arthur Godfrey Show) on January 12, 1949.
The show runs until April 28, (which is already on CBS Radio). 1959.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, Borders at Preston
Road has announced their closing, I hate that, even the store at Lovers Lane
and Greenville looks empty. I still like a book that I can lay out and study. I
think cutting teachers and books is the wrong move, I think it will lead to
more ignorance and chicanery in the future. I also don't like the idea of
expurgating a book by a Famous Author, if a person doesn't like a book they
should write their own and get it published. Almost have to go along with those
who don't want a bible changed that came out in 1611; however; it was a
translation and like most have problems. Take Care, Charles George
GRACIE ALLEN (July 26, 1895-August 27, 1964) Never
place a period where God has placed a comma. God is still speaking.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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March 04, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #942
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
THE OAKS RECEIVE ANOTHER HONOR Duane Allen and the
Oak Ridge Boys celebrate the 30th anniversary of their legendary hit tune
Elvira with yet another honor. Master song craftsman Dallas Frazier is the
song's tunesmith. In 1981, Elvira earns the Oaks both ACM and CMA Single of the
Year awards. To add to their bragging rights their images will now live on for
a mighty long time on a wall at The Palm restaurant in downtown Nashville. The
Nashville steakhouse garnishes its walls with animation cartoons plus
autographs of elite politicians, Country music artists and other celebrities.
Fellow Oak tenor Joe Bonsall opines: This Palm has always been a favorite
eating spot for all of us, and now we can look at ourselves as we dine on the
best Chilean sea bass in the south. When you visit the Palm restaurant in Music
City search out the Oak Ridge Boys' display above one of the booths on the back
wall of the dining room.
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NECN LANDS ACE REPORTER Former San Antonio, NYC and
Boston radio-TV top news anchor Tom Ellis celebrates his 14 year reign behind
the TV anchor desk on New England Cable News (NECN) before he retreats to his
mansion on the hilltop in 2008. NECN seems to have a knack for reining in top
TV talent. WBZ TV CBS CH4 fails to renew veteran reporter Eileen Curran's
contract in November 2010 after nearly 10 years at the Boston TV station. So it
goes in broadcasting. But she resurfaces on 24-hour cable news channel NECN.
Curran appears on Monday, February 28, 2011 on NECN as she covers a story about
a group of frail dogs that arrive in New England illegally. NECN TV anchor Mike
Nikitas introduces her as our Eileen Curran. That's a strong indicator that her
new employer is NECN. Eileen has good credentials in New England TV. Before she
joins WBZ TV she is a weekend anchor on WFXT TV. Eileen is just the latest
local talent to breeze into the Comcast-owned channel which charges forth to
revitalize its news lineup to go head-to-head with Boston network affiliates. An
example is NECN’s new morning and evening newscasts with Providence, RI WPRI TV
CBS CH13 product Steve Aveson who co-hosts NECN’s new 7 am morning show plus
John Daly recently joins NECN's evening newscast.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Is the rumor of a Led Zeppelin reunion
a reality? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Billy Thorman [KONO-KTFM-KFWR FM
(95.9) Production Director] celebrates another year of living on Sunday, March
6, 2011. •FOX NEWS announces on the air on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 that they
suspend two of its commentators former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and former
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) for sixty days because of their possible Presidential
nomination efforts. •LINCOLN FINANCIAL MEDIA celebrates 10% revenue increase
for its 14 radio stations in Atlanta, Miami, San Diego and Denver. •ADAM BAGNI
WNCF TV ABC CH32 Sports Director Montgomery, AL rejects multi-year extension.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KAY LENZ actress (American Graffiti - 1973) born
in Los Angeles, CA on March 4th. •1967 MERLE HAGGARD's first #1 Billboard
Country single is The Fugitive on March 4th. •1979 ALL IN THE FAMILY's 200th
episode is on March 4th. •1983 GEORGE JONES marries Nancy Sepulveda at his
sister Helen Scroggins' home on March 4th in Woodville, TX. Their wedding
dinner is at a Burger King in nearby Jasper. •1994 JOHN CANDY actor (SCTV,
Uncle Buck - 1989) dies from a heart attack at 43 on March 4th. •2008 ALAN
JACKSON's album Good Time releases on Arista records on March 4th.
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DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Subject: Elvira is 30 years old! Jim, I actually first
heard "Elvira" in 1966. Little did I know that 15 years later it
would be a huge career multiplying experience for us. I am feeling great, on a
nine day "World Tour" of Florida. DUANE
CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Hi Jim,
This might be my last CD. I have to quit writing songs because I always believe
in them so much. The only way to make $$ in music these days is to be a big
player in the music machine. Not a lot of great music but a lot of big
business. The labels are making deals with artists that would make Colonel
Parker blush. 30 years ago my current project would be a sensation. Today I'm
not even sure I want to release it...except on the internet as I did my last
one. Happy day to you. CC
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-TV/movie actor-TV/radio
voice-overs] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) MORE JIM GOUGH REMEMBERS...A funny thing
happened in Austin recently. A longtime friend of mine, Joel Block, who owned a
top-flight recording studio for over 30 years…shut it down and has
semi-retired. All radio folks would remember Joel’s father the famous Martin
Block who’s show “Make-believe Ballroom” emanated from New York in the 1950’s.
My agent held a party for Joel and asked if we would recall things about our
relationship over the years. When I was introduced, she said…”here’s Jim Gough,
the voice in the bathroom”. She was referring to a recorded bit called ‘so you
want to talk Texan’ that I did a few years back for the County Line Barbeque
restaurants. I’ll admit, it’s a funny piece. I began by saying something
like... ’if you are diligent and work very hard in the voice-over business,
just think, you too might be the voice in some bathroom one day! What a thing
to have on your resume, right? Jim Gough…stay tuned! (www.bobwills.com) /
(www.jimgough.com)
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ED MILLER (Austin, TX) Subject: A controversy. Jim,
KCUL/KBUY's (1540) studios were in Fort Worth's Seminary South Shopping Center,
and their transmitter and towers were south of Arlington. KFJZ (1270) was
always a solid #1 in FW, and KXOL (1360) always a close-behind #2. As to
whether KCUL/KBUY ever beat out McLendon's KLIF (1190) or KPCN (730) or KNOK
(970-the local R&B station) for #3 in Fort Worth, I can no longer recall.
Possibly so, since they broadcast in Spanish until noon, and had a sizable
following among Mexican-Americans who had no other local station to listen to
back in the day. KPCN's transmitter and towers were just a mile or so across
the Tarrant/Dallas County line near Grand Prairie, so, yes, it was located a
few miles closer to Dallas than to FW. Good to hear from you, Jim. Keep up the
good work. Regards, -Ed
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JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Hi Jim - KBUY (1540) was the only C&W station in
Fort Worth with big name personalities such as Bill Mack, Lawton Williams and
my friend, Morgan Choate.
TRIVIA ANSWER: British Heavy Metal group Led
Zeppelin forms in October 1968. Album sales are their forte. Their biggest
single is Whole Lotta Love which zooms to #4 on Billboard just after Christmas
1969. Their last single to land on Billboard's Top 40 is Fool in the Rain that
languishes at #21 near Christmas 1979. The band folds in December 1980. Rumors
persist of the crew's reunion. In a January 2011 issue of Rolling Stone, the 62
year-old Robert Plant appears to put that gossip to rest: I've gone so far
somewhere else that I almost can't relate to it. Plant expresses his contempt
for bands that continue to tour with Classic hits but no new original material.
He enjoys a successful solo career for over 30 years. But sighs that his 2007
Led Zeppelin benefit reunion show at London's 02 Arena with Jimmy Page, John
Paul Jones and late drummer Jon Bonham's son Jason Bonham is probably the last
time that Led Zeppelin will ever perform together.
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake,TX) Subject:
memories. He loved the field so much he would have worked for nothing. Sam's
(Pate) problem he was so good looking the women wanted him and he aimed to
please. He could not say no. Cost him his marriage. I get a kick out of Glancey
telling of the women in Sam's life during their radio days. I am sure with your
voice and radio personality you had a few after you as well. Young girls are
funny that way always wanting someone out of reach. Being close to Sam you guys
were special to me. I knew how hard you worked. Always on air live not like
today as you said when one can pre record go home to bed and pre record the
next day.
TONY DOBBIN (May 1, 1972-p) Did you see me on the
radio?
Jim Rose and Lacy
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March 02, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #941
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
ROCK ICON DIES Another music great sails away. Top
song producer Pat Moran bids farewell at 63. The Rock guru who expertly
finesses the audio of Robert Plant's first two solo albums expires after a long
battle with Pick’s Disease which is a form of dementia. In 1998, Pat first
shows signs of the disease. Since 2005, he is unable to care for himself.
Record producer Pat Moran engineers Robert Plant's first post-Led Zeppelin
opus, Pictures at Eleven. Pat mixes Plant's second album, The Principle of
Moments. He is one of the key elements in the fine tuning metamorphosis of
Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin into a solo artist. Pat is the assistant
engineer on Queen's 1975 album A Night at the Opera. Moran also mixes the audio
on Lou Gramm's Ready or Not, Danny Wilde’s Any Man’s Hunger, Big Country's No
Place Like Home, Iggy Pop's Soldier, Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians’ Shooting
Rubber Bands at the Stars as well as with Jon Butcher Axis, Tom Cochrane, John
Miles' Transition album and others.
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SHEEN DOESN'T MAKE THE ROSTER ABC TV's Dancing With
the Stars appears to scrape the bottom of the celebrity barrel for its 12th
season. On Monday night, February 28, 2011 the show spectacularly proclaims its
mighty list of unknown stars for its dance floor. But it's going to be mighty
difficult to top a couple of its past wizards. Former U.S. House Minority
Leader Tom DeLay does the Texas Two-Step with Cheryl Burke to close out the
2009 season. No one can top DeLay's bright red bell bottoms and disco clogs.
And then there's Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol for 2010. For season 12 we
figure that Charlie Sheen is unavailable because of his CBS TV fracas. Who is
left but a crew of nobodies? The Texas Tribune pulls no punches: They're a
boxer, a talk-show somebody, a Super Bowl Steeler, one of Playboy founder Hugh
Hefner's former girlfriends and a has-been comedic actress. Dancing With The
Stars' 2-hour season premiere is at 9 pm EST on Monday, March 21, 2011 on ABC
TV. Don't forget your 3-D goggles because as Ed Sullivan sounds off: This is
going to be a really big show.
LITTLE ROCK ADDS ASSISTANT TV NEWS DIRECTOR After
two news department execs takeoff for greener pastures, KATV TV ABC CH7 in
Little Rock, AR fills one of the spots with a journalist from their crosstown
rival. In January 2011, Alan Faulkner, Assistant ND, vacates his post. In early
February longtime News Director Randy Dixon also abandons ship. Nick Genty
comes over from rival KTHV TV CBS CH11 as KATV TV's new Assistant News
Director. Nick is a 21 year KTHV TV vet first as a photojournalist and later as
Executive Producer. Genty is overjoyed: This job just kind of found me, and it
was just a really good opportunity. I’m always a believer that news finds you.
The search is still on for a new ND at KATV TV.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who records the huge 1950s hit
Little Darlin'? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KATHI BELICH expert reporter who covers ongoing
trial of murder suspect Casey Anthony signs new long-term contract with Cox
Media WFTV TV ABC CH 9 Orlando, FL. Belich is with WFTV since 1992. •LARA
MORITZ KMBC TV ABC CH9 Kansas City, MO top-rated co-anchor of 6 and 10 pm
newscasts takes indefinite personal leave. Weekend evening news anchor Kelly
Eckerman is her replacement. •SALEM COMMUNICATIONS hires 20-year radio
management pro Mike Shields as new San Francisco, CA GM for Religious KFAX-1100
and Business News KDOW-1220.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 JOHN COWSILL drummer with 1960s Rock group
The Cowsills (Hair #2 for 2 weeks-1969) born on March 2nd in Newport, RI. •1963
PATSY CLINE's final show on March 3rd features Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas,
Dottie West, Billy Walker and George Jones. •1974 1ST CLASS POSTAGE increases
from 8 cents to 10 cents on March 2nd. •1980 WAYLON JENNINGS' Rodney
Crowell-written I Ain't Living Long Like This zings #1 on Billboard Country on
March 1st. •1993 CLAUDETTE COLBERT actress suffers a stroke at 89 on March 2nd.
•2007 JAKE OWEN's video Startin' With Me debuts on CMT on March 1st.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, 1951 I break into television as host of "The Curtiss Knot Hole Gang Club" kids' baseball
program...live for half hour before the home games of the Dallas Eagles and the
Fort Worth Cats. Not quite as popular as 'I Love Lucy', but a real winner for
me as an 18 year old hot shot. Tom
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JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Subject: Another
Obituary. Hi Jim, Saw another Obituary in the Star-Telegram this morning:
Subject: Kurt Meer, Jr. has died while
in Venice, Italy, at age 86. He owned and operated KCUL-AM and KCUL-FM and WMQM
in Tennessee in the 60's. I went to work at KCUL-AM and KCUL-FM in 1966 after
leaving KLBK in Lubbock, Texas. I was hired by Jay Elston at KCUL not realizing
that Mr. Meer had sold the station to John Walton and Mr. Walton took ownership
of the station the first of January, 1967. Shortly there after, the call
letters were changed to KBUY-AM and KBUY-FM. Mr. Meer had taken ownership of
KJIM (870), a daytime station in Fort Worth, after selling KCUL-AM and FM. Mr.
Meer's career lead him, through radio, construction and real estate. Mr. Meer
was another radio "good guy". Jim, I promise I won't write to you
only when people die! I promise! Take Care, Jay
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JOAN PATE-DAY [Sister of KLIF-1190, KBOX-1480, KVIL
FM Mobile News Reporter Sam Pate] (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Thanks for letting us
know about the fire of Carl Knight's home. Indeed this is sad news. Such a loss
is priceless to Country Music history. The old saying was "Sam Pate first
news first." I feel you have replaced him with the honor of being first.
Keep up the excellent work.
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-TV/movie actor-TV/radio
voice-overs] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#939)
February 25, 2011 [Friday] The wall full of Silver Mike and Telly awards is
plenty. Getting into 5 Western Swing Halls of Fame is pretty nifty too! Did you
know JD French in Houston...sold for KPRC-TV and KIKK? Also ran a Mexican
station for awhile. He's my neighbor down the road. We both went to Austin
High. One of my proudest was winning a Clarion Award for Best Documentary
Series in 1993. Got it for my radio show, Today in Texas. You probably knew my
old podner Casey Martin too. He was all over Houston radio and TV. Another one
of the best commercial announcers is my friend Erik Chase...still doing
production there! Have a great weekend, JG
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JIM MCCURDY (Austin, TX) Subject: Two Performances
- 47 Years Apart - The Diamonds! Wow! I had no idea! They still have it after
all of these years. Good to hear from you Jim and keep up the wonderful work
that you do with JRRR! I know it is a passion for you and it shows! We old DJ's
and TV types from the past really appreciate you remembering the glory days of
radio and TV. I'm glad I was involved then...and not now! My best, Jim
(www.flixxy.com/the-diamonds-little-darlin-1957-2004.htm)
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Diamonds are incredible! The
group forms in Toronto, Canada in 1953. They record their big hit Little
Darlin' as a spoof to poke fun at doo wop black groups that are quite popular
at the time. The song lasts for 8 weeks at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles
survey in spring 1957 with sales of over a half million copies. In the Fabulous
Fifties a half million in record sales is tremendous. The tune remains on
Billboard for 26 weeks. It goes on to be their signature song. The Diamonds
other half million seller is The Stroll which peaks at #4 right after Christmas
1957. It remains on Billboard for 21 weeks. The group has a total of 9 Top 20
songs. Fifteen of their tunes land in Billboard's Top 40. Possess three of
their Mercury 45 rpm platters in my stash of Oldies But Goodies.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I was wondering
whether DUANE ALLEN might know my former minister here in Dallas, Claude
Weingand? Claude was the minister at Urbandale Christian Church where I
attended until 1980. I think Claude now attends Hendersonville Christian
Church. I have been around great people, just never have become great myself.
Take Care, Charles George
FRED A. ALLEN (1894-1956) The first time I sang in
the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 28, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #940
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
FIRE DESTROYS CASH'S GUITARS On Thursday evening,
February 25, 2011 a massive fire breaks out at the home of Nashville, TN
songwriter Carl Knight. The 81 year-old Knight says that he and his wife grill
food on their back patio when the barbecue catches fire. Dozens of items that
he collects over the years as a songwriter for legends such as Loretta Lynn,
Mel Tillis and Jerry Lee Lewis go up in flames: Everything’s gone. There’s just
no way to replace stuff like that. The flames devour four of Johnny Cash’s
guitars along with a piano and a 102-year-old mandolin that Maybelle Carter
once owns. Carl says that these are items that he buys from one of Johnny's
children. Knight resides in the 9,000-square-foot home on Forest Retreat Road
in Hendersonville, TN since 1983. He says that the Discovery Channel films a
special at his home recently that describes his music career and music
collection. The show goes on the air in April 2011. In 2003, Johnny Cash passes
away. Carl remembers that he and Johnny perform together on the radio plus TV's
Louisiana Hayride. The first time I did the show, he let me use his band. In
2010, Carl inducts into the Mississippi Songwriters’ Hall of Fame. He also
earns a Lifetime Achievement award from the Nashville Songwriters Festival.
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SHEEN AND 'MEN' DOWN AND OUT FOR THE COUNT Warner
Brothers and CBS TV will not resume production of Two and a Half Men for the
rest of the 2011 season and new production may never resume at all. The show's
execs try to force its star Charlie Sheen into rehab treatment after monumental
episodes of drugs, booze and prostitutes that recently bring SOS rescue signals
to his exquisite chateau. Of prime importance is that this chain reaction of
events leads to the immediate loss of jobs for 200 employees. What causes the
show's abrupt shut down is Sheen with his brutal clumps of fury toward series
creator-executive producer Chuck Lorre. Two and a Half Men is the most watched
comedy on American television. Charlie Sheen's $1.8 million take per episode
makes him the highest paid actor on TV. When recordings of Charlie's interview
with Austin, TX syndicated radio host Alex Jones land on the Internet, the
solar system goes ballistic. Some interpret Sheen's remarks as anti-Semitic
when he refers to creator-executive producer Chuck Lorre as Chaim which is the
Hebrew translation of Lorre’s first name Charles: OK, last I checked, Chaim, I
spent I think close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting
your tin cans into pure gold, and the gratitude I get is this charlatan chose
not to do his job, which is to write. Charlie tells TMZ: I was referring to
Chuck by his real name, because I wanted to address the man, not the...TV
persona. Charlie Sheen's shuck and jive attitude and rock house mentality reaps
havoc on scores of people other than just himself.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What lead singer of a famous
singing group demonstrates his limited edition Excalibur auto on TV's My
Classic Car with Dennis Gage?
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•RUSS HILL 14 year Director of News/Talk and Sports
Programming at News/Talk/Sports KTAR-620 & KTAR FM (92.3) Phoenix, AZ exits
to launch social marketing and digital brand development company Owned Media
Group in March 2011. •PAUL FREIDMAN CBS News EVP leaves the network on Friday,
February 18, 2011. In 2006, Friedman joins CBS News as SVP in charge of hard
news. In 2009, he moves on up to EVP. Paul's son David Friedman is the
executive producer of The Early Show. •THOM CALLAHAN AP Radio General Manager
for 11 years exits due to a cost-cutting move.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 PAUL KRUGMAN columnist with NY Times born on
February 28th. •1966 ROGER MILLER is Man of the Year and Top Songwriter at
Academy of Country & Western Music awards on February 28th at the Palladium
in Hollywood, CA. •1971 WDRB TV IND CH41 in Louisville, KY begins broadcasting
on February 28th. •1982 DON WILLIAMS' Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good hits #1 on
Billboard Country on February 27th. •1993 TONY CURTIS weds 4th wife Lisa
Deutsch on February 28th. •2006 JOSH TURNER's Your Man wins a Gold album from
The Recording Industry Association of America on February 28th.
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BOB MILLER (Detroit-Plymouth, MI) Subject: Eli
Wallach. Hi Jim, I heard a rumor that Eli Wallach will get an Oscar for a
lifetime achievement award this week. He's 95 and his portrayal of Tuco in The
Good The Bad and the Ugly was a terrific role. He was born in a Jewish
neighborhood in Brooklyn and graduated from UT in 1938 with a Master's degree.
During that time he was in a play with Walter Cronkite and Ann Sheridan. But,
I'll always remember him as "Tuco"... Bob Miller, Eastern Michigan
University, Ypsilanti, MI
ROY LEMONS [KCUL-1540, KBUY-1540 GM] (Grove, OK)
Subject: Bill Mack. Bill Mack worked for KBUY. I was General Manager when he
left the station. Not sure of the year, he did the morning slot 6-10. Roy
Lemons; Grove, Ok.
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ED MILLER [KPCN-730 Owner/OM/Newscaster] (Austin,
TX) Subject: A controversy. Jim, KPCN (730) really was a blast, wasn't it?
Although like you and many others I went on to work at a dozen or more other
stations around Texas and the rest of the country, when I think back to the
good ol' days of having fun in hot, creative, and personality-driven local
radio, it's KPCN that I'm really thinking of. We didn't know how good we had it
then, did we, until we left there and had to go to work for some of the other
stuffed shirts and bean counters in broadcasting that squeezed all the life out
of radio in their relentless search for profit. Good to hear from you, Jim.
Keep up the good work. Regards, -Ed
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-TV/movie actor-TV/radio
voice-overs] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Radio story. Jim, One of my
listeners at KRLD called one night and said "Jim you're always talking
about your cowboy poet friend in South Dakota...that ain’t nothin'. I'm calling
from North Dakota, driving an 18 wheeler with a load of hogs!" The
listeners and their stories are what I miss the most. I'll send some more of
these kind. Good to link up with you man! Jim Gough (www.bobwills.com) /
(www.jimgough.com)
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IRA [Eye] LIPSON [Dallas, TX] Subject: Ira
"Eye" Lipson shared a message with you on Plaxo and wanted you to
know. My totally new voice website is now up & rolling.
(www.Lipsonworks.com) Let me know how you like it. Always fun to wake to your
newsletter.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Duane Allen lead singer of the Oak
Ridge Boys appears in season 2 (1998) episode #1 of My Classic Car with Dennis
Gage. Duane shows us his Classic car collection plus he takes us for a spin
with Dennis in his limited edition Excalibur. We ask Duane if he still has his
marvelous Excalibur motor car.
DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer of The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Subject: Classic Excalibur automobile on My Classic Car TV
show? Yes it was...and, that "X" was the cover of the magazine. It is
#14 of 50 built in 1984, their anniversary year. It has less than 10,000 miles,
never been titled, and is in excellent shape...price $125,000. It is the first
year that they made a back seat. It has a hard top and a soft top. It is for
sale, and the first check that clears a bank account for that amount will have
a new Excalibur. Oh yes, I still have all my car collection. We are going
through all of my cars and I am selling them off, one by one...DUANE
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES [KRCS-550 DJ] (Marshall, TX)
Subject: Did you know Jim, KVIA TV in El Paso, Texas was KILT TV? From
Wikipedia, the station signed on the air on September 1, 1956 on channel 13,
originally as KILT TV and was owned by famous television and radio personality
Gordon McLendon. It adopted the KELP TV call sign in 1957. After short period
of ownership, the McClendon Investment Corporation sold KILT TV to Joseph
Harris and Norman Alexander in March 1957. The TV station became KELP TV before
the John B. Walton, Jr. purchase in January 1966. Leslie Wayne Hodges
(www.kzqx.com)
SPIKE MILLIGAN (1918-2002) Is there anything worn
under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 25, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #939
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TV NEWS CREW ATTACKED On Sunday, February 20, 2011
a mob assaults KTXL TV Fox CH40 News Sacramento, CA reporter John Lobertini and
photojournalist Rebecca Little. The KTXL TV crew is on the scene to video-tape
a group who mourns the death of a young man shot and killed over the weekend
outside a local IHOP. All of a sudden members of the entourage begin to rush
KTXL TV's cameraperson Little and knocks her and her camcorder to the ground.
Is this Egypt or America? Reporter Lobertini tries to reason with the male
aggressors to no avail. Things really begin to get out of hand when a young
female swiftly surges forth screaming with both arms that castigate the skies.
The KTXL TV news crew arrives on the scene in the afternoon to see if anyone
will talk about the tragic death over the weekend. But this wild bunch is mad
at the sun. This kind of activity further illustrates the dangers that lurk for
journalists whether they be on the streets of Egypt or safely back home here in
America. Is anyplace safe anymore? In times like these, JRRR firmly believes
that radio and TV reporters and their crews should receive combat pay for their
appointments with the news of the day.
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NEWSPAPER REWARDS STAFF WITH COLD HARD CASH Wow!
What a turnaround! In 2009, the Minneapolis Star Tribune cuts back heavily on
its staff and reduces benefit allotments. Reporter David Brauer says that due
to the big savings, the Star Tribune beats its 2010 earnings goals. So, in
2010, Tribune publisher Mike Klingensmith hands out checks for $1,163 to each
and every full-time journalist who remains on his staff. Klingensmith makes it
perfectly clear for them not to expect such wonderful monetary surprises for
fiscal year 2011 because 2010′s numeric success is due largely to 2009's
jumbo cost-cutting and rollbacks.
AMARILLO'S MORNINGS LOOK BRIGHTER KFDA TV CBS CH10
in Amarillo, TX is the first to broadcast HD Newscasts in West Texas. Brent
McClure, KFDA TV GM, tells the Amarillo Globe-News: Geographically, there’s no
high-def TV station right now between Dallas and Albuquerque, Oklahoma City and
San Antonio. There’s nobody doing this. We’re the first in the whole West Texas
region. The Drewry Communications Group CBS-affiliate begins the transition to
HD two years ago when they add HD equipment to their studio plus educate their
staff about the new technology. The HD switch officially occurs on Wednesday,
February 23, 2011. McClure adds: We are trying to stay on the edge and bring
people what they want.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Always a nominee, never a winner. How
many actors receive many nominations but no Oscars? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Don Pardo [Saturday Night Live
announcer-NBC TV announcer with a lifetime contract] turns 93 on Tuesday,
February 22, 2011 and is still going strong. •WYPY FM Guaranty (Country Legends
107.3) Baton Rouge-Baker, LA switches to 104.9 which is the home of Active Rock
KNXX FM (The X 104.9) Donaldsonville. Guaranty is silent about what's next on
107.3. •DAN MANDIS PD of WOWO-1190 Ft. Wayne, IN jettisons to Clear Channel
Talk KHOW-630 Denver and KKZN-760 Thornton, CO in the same role. •MARK GRAY
Katz Media Group President reports 2010 national spot radio bounty up 18%
versus 2009.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 ELVIS PRESLEY's I Forgot To Remember To
Forget is his first #1 Billboard Country single on February 25th. •1963 THE
BEATLES release their 1st U.S. single Please Please Me on February 25th. •1972
STEVE HOLY (Good Morning Beautiful #1-2001) born on February 23rd in Dallas,
TX. •1989 DALLAS COWBOYS' new owner Jerry Jones fires its 29-year head coach
Tom Landry on February 25th. •1994 DESERT ROSE BAND's final concert is on
February 26th in Indio, CA. •2005 RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL celebrates its
60th anniversary on February 25th.
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LARRY SHANNON (Tarkio, MO) Subject: Monday April
4th - Nominating begins for the 2011 Texas Radio Hall of Fame! Monday April 4th
is the first day you can nominate individuals to be inducted into the 2011
Texas Radio Hall of Fame! That's the day the nominating ballot will be posted
at www.trhof.com. 3 things you can do between now and Monday April 4th: 1. Be
thinking about 1 or more individuals you wish to nominate. 2. Talk with or
e-mail your media friends and associates and round up support for those you are
going to nominate. 3. Go online to
www.texasradiohalloffame.com/inductionspecial.html to get information on a
nominee's qualifications and how the nominating and voting process works.
e-mail larry@texasradiohalloffame.com with your questions!
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-TV/movie actor-TV/radio voice-overs]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#938) February 23,
2011 [Wednesday] Jim...great to hear from you pardner! Us old radio dudes are
getting fewer all the time. Glad you remember my work. I feel blessed to still
be in the game after some 40 years. Am in the midst of doing radio and TV for
the Austin Rodeo. I'll certainly send some stories when time permits. Check out
www.bobwills.com for my recent interviews. All the Best, Jim Gough
(www.jimgough.com)
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ED MILLER [KPCN-730 Owner/OM/Newscaster] (Austin,
TX) Subject: A controversy. Jim, Bill Mack was on KCUL (1540), as I recall, not
on KBUY. Their call letters changed at some point in the mid '60's, though I'm
not sure exactly when. Bill had been on KPCN (730) for several years when you
came on staff in '67, long enough to have generated a very strong following
well before he ever became the Midnight Cowboy. Bill had an imaginary character
named Freda the Frog in those days, and got in a lot of trouble by inserting
false reports of Freda’s misadventures into was supposed to be just a
rip-and-read midday newscast. Good to hear from you, Jim. Keep up the good
work. Regards, -Ed
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JEFF MCCLAIN [KENR-1070 DJ] (Houston-Cleveland, TX)
Subject: Bill Young's "Dead Air". Just finished Bill Young’s book
“Dead Air”. Like most, I couldn’t put it down until I finished it. What a great
time for broadcasting. Bill managed to stir up lots of memories and emotions
from that era. Bill was an inspiration to many young jocks and program
directors climbing the later from small market to the big city. He certainly
set the mark high for all who loved the business and strived for perfection.
The very talented people who appeared through the years on KILT were listened
to and emulated by so many. You didn’t have to work for Bill to appreciate and
respect his work. Thanks Bill for telling it like it was...Jeff (Mack) McClain
TRIVIA ANSWER: Peter O'Toole is the most nominated
actor to never receive an award. He receives 8 nominations for Best Actor but
no Oscar. Richard Burton receives 7 nominations, Arthur Kennedy 5 and Albert
Finney 5. Each of these receive at least one nomination but no Oscars: Cary
Grant, James Dean, Steve McQueen and Harrison Ford. Several female actresses
are in the same boat. Deborah Kerr receives 6 nominations but no Oscar, Thelma
Ritter 6, Kate Winslet 6 nominations but she finally wins for The Reader in
2008. These actresses receive at least one nomination each but no Oscars: Greta
Garbo, Judy Garland and last but certainly not the least in our memories is
Marilyn Monroe.
DEAN DANIELS (Dallas-Lewisville, TX) I’m in Seattle
today handling video lead on Microsoft “TechReady 12”. Saturday, my wife joins
me here and we travel to Canada for a week of skiing at Whistler. Have a great
day and I’ll continue to faithfully follow you on JRRR! G. Dean Daniels; Video
Specialist, NOC, CSC; Audio Visual Solutions Freeman (www.cmtcountry.com) /
(http://cmtcountry.com/)
RICK NELSON (May 8, 1940–December 31, 1985) I'm a
travelin' man. I've made a lot of stops all over the world.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 23, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #938
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
LIFE GETS TEEJUS FOR EGYPTAN CORRESPONDANTS Brutal
attacks on foreign reporters who attempt to cover the anti-government Egyptian
protests intensify. On Friday, February 11, 2011 the day Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak steps down, CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan covers the
excitement in Tahrir Square for 60 Minutes. All of a sudden, she and her team
and their security are surrounded by a mob of more than 200 people who are
whipped into a frenzy. ABC News correspondent Christiane Amanpour reports that
her car is surrounded by men who bang on its sides and windows, plus a rock
shatters their windshield. Demonstrators on horses and camels shove CNN
reporter Hala Gorani against a fence and try to trample her. Four employees of
ABC News, Producer Brian Hartman, cameraman Akram Abi-hanna and two others are
carjacked. A group of angry Egyptian men threaten to behead them. Fox News
correspondent Greg Palkot is hospitalized after a pro-Mubarak gang severely
beats him and cameraman Olaf Wiig. CNN’s Anderson Cooper gasps that a mob
begins to punch him, a producer and camera operator. The maddening crowd tries
to smash their camera. Ashley Webster of Fox Business Network reports that
security officials burst into the room where he and a camera operator eyeball
the demonstration from a balcony. They force the camera back inside the room.
The list goes on and on. The end does not seem to be in sight.
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TV ANCHOR RETURNS TO THE AIR South Florida TV
anchor for 28 years, Laurel Sauer, returns to the screen after WPTV TV NBC CH5
West Palm Beach, FL banishes her from its kingdom in 2009. This time she
provides special reports on arch rival WPBF TV ABC CH25 for the February 2011
sweeps. The 55 year-old Sauer has a similar run on WPBF TV during the November
2010 sweeps. In a recent interview with The Palm Beach Post she says: It’s been
fun. I get my hands back in, certainly show my face back on TV. For over two
decades before she is suddenly terminated, Sauer co-anchors WPTV’s top-rated
newscast with Jim Sackett. This abrupt exit from WPTV still ruffles her
feathers: I never got a chance to say good-bye on the air. It was a very sad
ending.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Is long-time Saturday Night Live
announcer Don Pardo live or on Memorex?
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Chumbe Salinas' annual anniversary
is on Thursday, February 24, 2011. •KBHP FM (Continuous Country KB 101)
Bemidji, MN is 2nd station to receive NAB Crystal Heritage Award at NAB Show
Radio Luncheon on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. •KLVO FM (Radio
Lobo 97.7) Albuquerque-Los Alamos, NM flips to Christian AC (Shine 97.7) at
noon on Friday, February 18, 2011. KLVO FM duels with EMF Broadcasting
Christian duo KQLV FM (K-Love 90.7) & KQRI FM (Air-1 105.5). •JOHN DEPETRO
morning host on Citadel News/Talk WPRO-630 Providence, RI does an about-face
back to middays 9am-noon.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 JOHNNY CASH's single Don't Take Your Guns To
Town wins Billboard's #1 Country spot on February 23rd. •1969 WWVU TV (now
WNPB) PBS CH24 in Morgantown, WV 1st broadcasts on February 23rd. •1976 WAYLON
JENNINGS & WILLIE NELSON's Good Hearted Woman hits #1 on Billboard Country
on February 21st. •1983 ADRIAN BAULT London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor
dies on February 23rd. •1990 REBA MCENTIRE's son Shelby Stephen Blackstock enters
life on February 23rd in Nashville's West Side Hospital. •2000 OFRA HAZA
popular Israeli actress/singer dies on February 23rd at 42.
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TOM 'CAT' REEDER (Washington,
D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA) Subject: The Wammie Awards. Hi Jim...The 25th
Wammie Awards (Washington, DC Area Music Association - WAMA) were held Sunday
night at the State Theater in Falls Church, VA. The Stoneman Family
won...Ernest V. (Pop) & the Family. The only remaining members are Patsy,
Donna & Roni. They all live in Tennessee. They couldn't make it. So, Patsy
asked me to present & accept the Award for them. I was delighted to do so.
It was a great evening. I think your readers would enjoy hearing this GREAT
news. Thanks, Tom 'Cat' Reeder
PAST WAMA winners include: Emmylou Harris, Joan
Jett, The Clovers, The Orioles, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Dean, Mary Chapin Carpenter,
Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker.
DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Subject: Update on your marvelous tunes. Thank you, Jim. I
cherish our memories. Thank you for being a part of them.
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ED MILLER [KPCN-730 Owner/Newscaster] (Austin, TX)
Subject: A controversy. Jim, Well, you're asking questions that go back to what
seems like almost the dawn of time. KPCN (730) as we knew it ended in early
'68, when Ben Barnes and a group of other investors that went by the name of
Republic Broadcasting bought the station. The days of an AM daytimer were over
by then, done in by the rise of FM, and first KBOX (1480) and then WBAP's (820)
move to follow our success at KPCN by changing formats to play country music on
their stations with full-time 24 hour licenses. In retrospect it probably was
the right time to sell out and move on, as a business decision, although I
bitterly hated to see it happen. Good to hear from you, Jim. Keep up the good
work. Regards, -Ed
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JAY WEAVER [KBUY-1540 DJ] (D/FW-Hurst, TX) You're
right, Jim, but Bill Mack had been at KCUL (1540) in 66 into 67. When John
Walton bought KCUL, the manager that came with the deal was Roy Lemons. That
was January, 1967. Roy and Bill locked horns because Roy wanted formatted
radio, or at least some format. Bill wanted to do his program the way he had
been. The result was the exit of Bill Mack and he went to KPCN (730) getting
there a couple months before you. When Bill left, we had a parade of Program
Directors starting with Mike Bradley, who was doing afternoons at the station,
Bob White, Don Thompson and Boppin' Bob Allen. Bob Allen was the one who
brought "Open Line" to KBUY, a call-in formatted program in the early
evening which HE hosted. Bill Mack later came back to KBUY while Lemons was
still there and was there until he got the call from WBAP. And yes, KBUY was
the only C&W station in Fort Worth at that time. The cities of Dallas and
Fort worth were rated separately at that time and KPCN was on the Dallas side.
KBUY continuously throughout my 5-6 years there, was always #3. Lemons used to
get so upset because we were always #3. KFJZ and KXOL seemingly fought for the
number one spot forever. Take Care, Jay
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BILLY THORMAN [KONO-KTFM-KFWR FM (95.9) Production
Director] (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Jim Gough. Hey Jim. I saw Jim Gough's name
mentioned. He's a great guy and the voice of my NCHA Radio station.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Long-time NBC announcer Don Pardo
says that for 2011's 36th season of Saturday Night Live, he will pre-record his
parts from his home in Arizona rather than perform them live anymore in New
York City. Don Pardo officially retires from NBC in 2004 and moves to Tucson,
AZ. But the producers of Saturday Night Live persuade him to continue voicing
the introductions for their show in Studio 8H. On Saturday, February 23, 2008
Pardo appears on the closing portion of SNL to blow out the candles of his 90th
birthday cake. For the 36th season of SNL, Don Pardo insists that he pre-record
his parts for the show from his home in AZ. 93 year-old Don Pardo is one of two
people to ever have a life-time contract at NBC. The other person is comedian
Bob Hope.
JOE LADD [KIKK FM DJ] (Houston, TX) Hello Jim, It
normally takes me three weeks to read a good book. I just finished Bill Young's
"Dead Air" in one night. In my opinion a must read for anyone who
worked or listened to Texas radio in the glory days of our business. Jim, could
you give me Len Hart's email address? Since I travel to Switzerland and other
parts of the EU occasionally I would like Len to buy my dinner in the near
future. Joe Ladd - KIKK
P.J. O'ROURKE (November 14, 1947-p) Always read
something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 21, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #937
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
DEMISE OF CRESCENT CITY'S FIRST NEWS DIRECTOR Bill
Monroe, former Meet the Press host (1975-84), NBC’s previous Washington Bureau
Chief and the Today show’s DC editor dies in a suburban Washington, DC nursing
home on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 90 with his four daughters at his
bedside. The WWII vet is a pioneer TV journalist who is the first ever news
director at Hearst WDSU TV CH6 affiliate of NBC, MSNBC and CNN in New Orleans,
LA. After his World War II tour of duty in Italy, he begins his career in
journalism as a reporter for the Item (now the Times-Picayune) in his hometown,
New Orleans. He briskly moves into broadcast journalism at NBC WDSU TV in the
Big Easy. In 1961, he moves from the Birthplace of Jazz to Washington, DC as
NBC's Bureau Chief. He then progresses into producer/moderator of Meet the
Press. In 1972, as the Washington Editor of The Today Show he wins the
prestigious Peabody Award. After he departs NBC, Monroe assumes the role of
editor of the Washington Journalism Review (now the American Journalism
Review). Next, he journeys to the Pentagon as the ombudsman for Stars and
Stripes. He finishes his career at the Pentagon as the editor of the Early
Bird. Joel Vilmenay, WDSU TV President/GM praises Bill Monroe's broadcasting
contributions: We express our sympathies to the family of our colleague, Bill
Monroe. We are proud he served as our first news director...we strive every day
to uphold the standard of journalistic excellence he established during his
tenure with the station.
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THE BAYOU CITY HAS A NEW TV NEWS DIRECTOR Philip
Bruce returns to KHOU TV CBS CH11 in Houston, TX as Executive News Director.
Bruce exits his position as Senior Network News Manager at NPR. Originally,
Philip is with KHOU TV from 1985-1995 as a reporter and its Washington bureau
chief. Susan McEldoon, KHOU TV President/GM, is pleased: His experience in top
ten markets is extensive and we are looking forward to his return to Houston
and his KHOU family. In Dallas, Philip heads up KDFW TV's Washington bureau. In
L.A., Bruce is Independent KCET TV PBS CH28 News Director. Philip is happy to
return to the Bayou City: Houston has a warm, can-do spirit...professionally
this is an incredible news market that’s at the center of most major events.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous Country-Pop-Gospel
group makes two appearances on The Dukes of Hazzard?
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KENNETH MOTON reporter on WFTV TV ABC CH9 Orlando,
FL exits in late March 2011 for WPVI TV ABC CH6 Philadelphia, PA. Before he
joins WFTV, Moton broadcasts on 24-hour cable news CH14 Carolina in Raleigh,
NC. •KDLW FM Hip Hop (97.7) Albuquerque-Belen, NM leaps over to 106.7 on
January 31, 2011. •LUDLOW PORCH (Bobby C. Hanson) Georgia Radio Hall of Fame
member former Talk host on WRNG-680 (now WCNN) and WSB-750 Atlanta, GA dies
from a stroke at 76. •WXOS FM Bonneville Sports/Talk (ESPN 101.1) East Saint Louis,
IL seeks a full-time talk host. (coxrecruiting@coxohio.com)
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1950 WOI TV ABC/PBS CH5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA
begins broadcasting on February 21st. •1969 ELVIS PRESLEY records Eddie
Rabbitt's Kentucky Rain on February 19th at Memphis' American Studios. Ronnie
Millsap is a backup vocalist. •1975 JOHN LENNON releases his Rock 'n' Roll
album on February 21st. •1981 CHRIS THILE mandolin player with Bluegrass group
Nickel Creek born on February 20th. •1996 MORTON GOULD Pulitzer Prize &
Grammy-winning composer & conductor dies on February 21st in Orlando, FL at
82. •2004 TOBY KEITH's single American Soldier wins the #1 Billboard battle on
February 21st.
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LEN HART [KILT-610 Newscaster] (Geneva,
Switzerland) Jim, Indeed, I try to keep up with Houston radio from time to time
and have always found your work of great interest. I would be happy to send you
a short 'memoir' from time to time. I have vivid memories of Houston --from the
politicians I covered/interviewed (George Bush Sr, Nelson Rockefeller, Richard
Nixon, Jimmy Carter, et al ) to some of the larger than life air personalities
--Jim Carola, Steve Lundy, Hal McClain, Lee Jolly, Joe Ladd, Dave Ward, Deborah
Wrigley et al) By the way, if you should be in contact with Jim Guidry (KULF,
Guidry News Service) please say hello. Guidry worked at KULF (790) while I was
chasing down news and broadcasting for Jim Carola (KILT-610). Thanks for your
great email. Wonderful hearing from you. Sincerely, Len (http://classicacts.blogspot.com/)
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BILL YOUNG [KILT-610 Program Director/DJ]
(Houston-Sugar Land, TX) Subject: Bill Young response to recent post. Response
to John Butler post... What a surprise, as you know Jim, I have spent the last
three years collecting and writing about my career, which is now published on
Amazon under the name ‘Dead Air – The Rise and Demise of Music Radio'. I
actually wrote about the 319 mile “Great Texas Bike Race” that John Butler
refers to (although the chapter was cut at the last minute --- I had to realize
that a 3000 page book was a bit overkill!) John (Butler) did indeed represent
Dallas while Woody Roberts represented San Antonio and Scotty Tripp was the
KILT cyclist. The race started in San Antonio, traveled to Dallas and then
ended the race in Houston at Memorial Park. The police officer who handled all
the ‘clearance’ and highway issues was named “Officer Gambino” and he became
quite the celebrity during the race. The last mile was a barn burner and KILT's
Tripp won in a last minute surge with Woody Roberts a close second.
JOHN BUTLER [KLIF-1190 DJ] (Dallas, TX) Thanks Jim.
You have an incredible memory. We did experience some of the best days of
radio; there was magic behind the mic. We should run you for FCC Commissioner
with the mission of breaking up the centralized corporate control ... go back
to locally owned and operated. Hey, there's a plan. I am always amazed at how
much you put into your JRRR. It is obviously a labor of love that you enjoy.
Know that it is appreciated by us old DJs out in the hinterland. Best wishes to
you and Lacy. - John
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JOHN BASS [KLIF-1190 Newscaster] (Tyler, TX) Hi
Jim. I left KLIF (1190) in November 1966 and get into television in Tyler at
KLTV. I started their sports department in April of 1967, since...at that
time...they didn't have a sports department. I served as sports director there
and also produced commercials until June 1977 when I got out of broadcasting,
got my license and started selling Real Estate. Two years later, I got my
Broker's License and after about 25 years with Ben Fitzgerald Realty (the
largest agency in Tyler at that time) my brother and I opened Turner Bass
Realty. He had been in the insurance business (Turner Bass Insurance) for about
40 years, so we have a combined agency. Take care, and God Bless!! John Bass
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LESLIE WAYNE HODGES [KRCS-550 DJ] (Marshall, TX)
Jim, Jim Gough's Cousin lives near Bellville and she tells we need to get
together. I have enjoyed working with and talking with Jim Gough (Mr. Texas -
Actor, Musician, narrator and commercial voice overs). He had me over for
Thanksgiving and Christmas Lunch and Dinner in 1997. Thank Goodness. The food
and the conversation was great. Les
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Oak Ridge Boys make two
appearances in The Dukes of Hazzard in the 2nd season 1979 episode #23 Granny
Annie and in the 3rd season 1980 episode #48 State of the County.
DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer of The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Subject: The Dukes of Hazzard... Jim, We are a part of the
"Dukes" history. We were on two episodes, and all of those people
were super to us, I guess that is why we worked it twice. We sign lots of
(General Lee) hoods and trunk lids all over the country. HAHA..DUANE
JOAN PATE-DAY [Sister of KLIF-1190, KBOX-1480, KVIL
FM Mobile News Reporter Sam Pate] (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: memories.
Pleased to hear from Dick Mock. He had an exciting sound in his voice when he
broke to announce Sam Pate in the mobile news unit (KLIF-1190, KBOX-1480). Sam
often referred to Dick Mock, Dick Glancey and Dick Moore as the "three
Dicks he worked with". Sam really loved those guys. He considered them
family.
JIMMY JAMES [From the TV series News Radio] I'm out
of here.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 18, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #936
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
HANNAH DESTROYS HIS FAMILY Country music singer
Billy Ray Cyrus scores big in summer 1992 with his smash hit Achy Breaky Heart
that hangs in at #1 for 5 weeks. During my DJ shows here in Houston, TX on KILT
FM, that ditty causes all of the request lines to ring off the wall. Media
success seems to run in the Cyrus family. His daughter Miley Cyrus is a teen
sensation with her hit Disney TV series Hannah plus she fills amphitheaters
throughout the kingdom. Is celebrity acclaim really what it's really cracked
out to be? But audiences are mighty fickle. We witness elliptical galaxies rise
and fall like the morning sun. Recently,
Billy Ray tells GQ magazine that the TV series Hannah destroys his family.
Billy Ray divorces Miley's mother Tish in fall 2010. He says that he's scared
for daughter Miley who finds herself in a series of media scandals that
includes revealing photos in Vanity Fair, plus a risqué 2009 Teen Choice Awards
dance routine. If that's not enough to knock our hats in the dirt, someone
leaks film footage of teen idol Miley as she smokes from a water pipe. Billy
Ray exclaims: She's got a lot of people around her that's putting her in a
great deal of danger. I want to get her sheltered from the storm. Stop the
insanity for just a minute.
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IT'S ALL PERFECTLY CLEAR NOW In the Wednesday,
February 14, 2011 issue of JRRR we report that CBS KCBS TV’s on the street
Grammy Award reporter Serene Branson may suffer a stroke during the opening line
of her live broadcast. After her report she tweets on her Twitter that
everything is OK and that she is doing fine. During her report she experiences
technical disruptions. What looks like a stroke that causes speech problems for
her turns out to be that there is an audio delay in her ear-piece. Something
like this can discombobulate a reporter's dialogue. And that's the end of that
story.
BOSS HOGG'S WIFE PERISHES Peggy Rea actress who
plays Boss Hogg's wife LuLu in the hit TV series The Dukes of Hazzard dies at
89 of congestive heart failure on Saturday, February 5, 2011 in Toluca Lake,
CA. Peggy is born on March 31, 1921 in Los Angeles, CA. During her acting
career she performs many roles. Rea springs up in 18 episodes of The Dukes of
Hazzard. She appears 51 times as the mother-in-law Jean Kelly in the TV series
Grace Under Fire, 19 times as Ivy Baker in Step by Step and one episode of The
Golden Girls as Mrs. Contini. Her other roles are too numerous to mention in
this short space.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In the Dukes of Hazzard TV series
what does the 'P' stand for in Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane's name? The answer
appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•DAN MANDIS PD of News/Talk WOWO-1190 Ft. Wayne, IN
named Program Director of the Year by WOWO's parent company Federated Media.
•STEVE DEACE Talk host exits Clear Channel News/Talk WHO-1040 Des Moines, IA.
His last show is on Friday February 11, 2011. •JON PETROVICH broadcast
executive who begins his career as a reporter in 1970 on WHAS-840 Louisville,
KY dies at 63 of diabetes on Thursday, February 10, 2011. •TIME-WARNER CABLE TV
signs a 20-year pact with L.A. Lakers to launch two regional sports channels to
carry Lakers games beginning with the 2012-13 NBA season.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KOLN TV CBS CH10 in Lincoln, NB begins
broadcasting on February 18th. •1965 TENNESSEE Governor Frank Clement proclaims
The Tennessee Waltz as its official state song on February 17th. •1977 ANDY
DEVINE (Jeremiah Schwartz) as Jingles on Wild Bill Hickok TV series from
1951-1958 dies at 71 of leukemia in Orange, CA on February 18th. •1988 DOLLY
PARTON & PORTER WAGONER perform together for the first time on February
18th since their 1974 breakup at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. •1998 ROBERT
MERRILL songwriter of Patti Page's #1 1953 hit (How Much Is) That Doggie in the
Window? and other memorable tunes dies at 76 on February 18th. •2004 MONTGOMERY
GENTRY's video If You Ever Stop Loving Me debuts on CMT on February 18th.
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CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Hi Jim, I
recently returned from Nashville and the production of a new CD. While in the
studio I met a family from Corpus Christi. They were there to record a song
their daughter had written and won the opportunity to record from a local radio
station. After stretching my memory for a few second I recalled Dr. Bruce was
located in that area. It turns out he was the man behind the contest she won.
Sweet folks, nice tune I had the best recording session of my life. I don't
know why it took me so long. CC
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: Bill "Rascal"
McCaskill. Jim and Lacy, Jerry (McCaskill's wife) is nearly 80 years old, and
she's had to handle everything by herself in addition to worrying about Rascal.
You've just got to forgive her for not keeping you up to date. We were starting
to wonder if Rascal would rebound this time. The way I kept up was that I got
in touch with her every weekend. I'll tell Rascal that you'd like to hear from
him. Nevertheless, we all appreciate
your keeping him in your prayers as well as letting your many readers have the
same opportunity as a result of your Rascal report. Bill
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JOHN BUTLER [Legendary KLIF-1190 DJ] (Dallas, TX)
Jim, maybe you or one of your readers can help. I am trying to locate a copy of
Billboard Magazine from 1970 or 1971 that featured the GREAT TEXAS BIKE RACE.
The race was between DJ's from KILT (610) in Houston, KTSA (550) in San Antonio
and KLIF (1190) in Dallas. I represented KLIF. We rode from the Alamo to
downtown Dallas to Houston. (That is when I found out Texas is not flat.) It
was the cover story on Billboard Magazine. If you know where I can find a copy
or scanned copy let me know. Thanks for all the effort you put into all your
Jim Rose Remembers Radio issues. Thanks. John Butler
DURING MY TIME ON KLIF-1190 as a newscaster in 1972
the huge deep voice of John Butler rattles the walls of the Mighty 11-90's
famous triangle point studios on the edge of downtown Dallas at 2120 Commerce
Street. If those walls can only talk they will tell tales of some of radio's
largest legends who pass through its doors. At www.klifhistory.com/pgtwo.html
you can take a walk down memory lane with Gary DeLaune's live reports of JFK's
arrival in Big D along with historical photos of the President's convoy on the
streets of Dallas, TX. There's gorgeous pictures of KLIF-1190's control room.
Also, a snapshot of several KLIF-1190 air personalities: Michael O'Shea, Jimmy
Rabbitt, Charlie Van Dyke, Ken Dowe, Hal Martin, Dave Ambrose and Don
Robertson. Dean Martin's tune Memories Are Made of This takes us back to those
Golden days of yesteryear when radio is genuine and real.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Abilene, TX) Subject:
Jazz Great. Jim: Jazz-piano legend, Sir George Shearing, passed in NYC on 2/14
@ 91 (knighted in 2007, Born 8/13/19 in England). Came to U.S. in 1947; his
Quintet had a 1949 hit "September In The Rain" but he wrote his
signature song "Lullaby of Birdland" in 1952, named after a NYC jazz
club. He began his music-career at 16 in a London pub. Though his Quintet was
disbanded in 1978, he was active into his 80's, but had retired after a fall in
2004. BOB & Sonny Lee
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LARRY SCOTT [Legendary KWKH-1130, KVOO-1170 DJ]
(Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Ron Knuth. Jim, someone asked about a fiddle tune
KNUZ used for filler music by Ron Knuth (Lady of the Lake). Ron is a dear
friend and great fiddler. He lives in Spring Branch, TX. Larry Scott
TRIVIA ANSWER: In the Dukes of Hazzard TV series
the 'P' in Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane doesn't appear until the 2nd season. The
'P' stands for Pervis.
FR. BOB TOMLINSON (Ft. Worth-Hurst, TX) Subject:
Thank You. Hi Jim and Lacy. Thanks for the birthday notice. I had a special
birthday with a visit to California to see the granddaughters and I was able to
perform the wedding for my son and his new bride. I then return home and
attended the DFW Radio/TV Lunch Bunch. Meeting Jay Weaver and David Faulkner
regulars on JRRR and other's I've listened to and studied as I worked my craft
was meaningful. I look forward to attending again. I see where nominations for
this years TRHOF will be accepted soon. My hopes are this is your year. Take
care Jim and hug Lacy for me, Bob Tomlinson, Fort Worth
FRANK SINATRA (1915-1998) May you live to be 100
and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 16, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #935
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
SHAKY GRAMMY REPORT IN LA LA LAND Rumors are afloat
about KCBS TV’s lovely on-the-scene reporter Serene Branson's somewhat muddled
opening remarks at the Grammy Awards Sunday night, February 13, 2011. At the
top of KCBS TV’s late newscast right after the Grammys, anchor Paul Magers
checks in with Serene Branson who is outside the Staples Center. Serene begins
her live report with a big smile but her opening line comes across quite
befuddled. Los Angeles TV viewers cannot understand a single word that she
utters. Some fear that she has a minor stroke while on the air. Eyewitnesses
describe her report this way: What did she say? It sounds like she was on a cell
phone with a bad signal. This sounded to me like aphasia, a possible mini
stroke. She definitely should have been checked out by a medical specialist. UK
newspaper The Telegraph reports: It is feared that she may have suffered a
stroke on air. On Sunday evening, she hastily opens up a Twitter account that
tries to clear things up: I am not in the hospital. I’m sorry, it was just the
nerves. Only the Shadow knows for sure exactly what takes place.
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SUPER BOWL AD PRICES ON THE INCREASE If $3 million
for one 30 second advertisement doesn't phase you out, how's about an increase
in that fee? Yes indeed, with more than 111 million TV viewers who watch the
Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV at Jerry
Jones' new billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Fox TV, NBC wants a bigger piece
of the pie. Marianne Gambelli, president for network ad sales at NBC, says in a
panel discussion in NYC on Thursday, February 10, 2011: Obviously with the
ratings and what it's done, we're going to push price. Where it goes, I'm not
exactly sure yet. Bill Koenigsberg, CEO and founder of Horizon Media, adds: It
is an incredible venue. I think it's getting more valuable than it's ever been.
Edward Gold, ad director for State Farm auto insurance, compares the Super Bowl
to the World Series: I don't see that changing...it's its own special thing.
David Levy of Turner Broadcasting and Pam Zucker of MediaVest mention that the
Super Bowl is the holy grail. Is too much really too much? An increase in the
already incredible $3 million for one 30 second ad brings a trickle down
increase for everything else including seat prices and the cost of snacks and
beverages at the game.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What do Johnny Otis, The Grateful
Dead, Eric Clapton, Sha Na Na and Grease have in common? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Robin Marshall formerly on WWFS FM
(Fresh FM 102.7) NYC (www.RobinMarshall.com) / (www.JayneFM.com) celebrates
another year on Thursday, February 17th. •CHRIS BAKER heads back down south to
Houston, TX for his new afternoon Talk show on Dan Patrick's KSEV-700 after his
recent resignation at KTLK FM in Minneapolis, MN. •ENTERCOM ends the
syndication of the nighttime show Second Shift that is heard on 7 different
Country outlets. The program's host Alan Kabel also exits. •PHILADELPHIA
BROADCAST PIONEERS luncheon at noon on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 salutes the
rise of FM radio in Philly with Dean Tyler as moderator. The discussion panel
includes Rod Carson, Annie Haslam, T. Morgan, Kal Rudman, Michael Tearson, and
Bill Vitka.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WNEM TV NBC CH5 in Bay City, MI begins
broadcasting on February 16th. •1960 DOUG PHELPS bass player/founding member of
The Kentucky HeadHunters born on February 16th in Leachville, AR. •1970 SASKIA
LINSSEN Dutch model and actress who is Playboy's Playmate of the Month for June
1991 is born on February 16th in Venlo, Holland. •1986 JOHNNY CASH, Willie
Nelson and Kris Kristofferson star in the NBC-TV movie The Last Days Of Frank
& Jesse James on February 16th along with Ed Bruce, David Allan Coe and
June Carter Cash. •1996 BROWNIE MCGHEE Blues guitarist who performs as a duo
with harmonica player Sonny Terry dies on February 16th at 81. •2006 RASCAL
FLATTS' video What Hurts The Most premieres on CMT on February 16th.
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DICK MOCK [Legendary KLIF-1190 newscaster] (Joplin,
MO) Subject: What ever happened to... Knock! Knock! It’s Richard Mock and
you're not - Back during the Christmas holidays you had a paragraph or two in
your "What ever happened to" section wondering what ever became of
this "used to be" news person. I'm still around and I'm super pleased
there are those who still remember. Would most appreciate hearing from you!
kcmock@sbcglobal.net
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: I'm Back!!!
Sunday, February 13th. Here's today's update on Bill "Rascal"
McCaskill. I thought you'd like to pass the great news on to your readers. Bill
Cherry
BILL [Rascal] MCCASKILL [wife-Jerry] (Victoria, TX)
Subject: I'm Back!!! Dear Friends, After 58 days in solitary confinement, I am
once again back home! I am having to hobble along with a walker until I am able
to navigate on my own. Hopefully, that will be soon! I will elaborate on what put me there at a later
date, but right now I have about 2000 emails to go through that have built up
these past two months. Please don't send me any more for the time being unless
they are important. I want to thank you for all the well wishes you sent to
Jerry and for all the telephone calls and personal visits I got at the
hospital. Sure helped pass the time!! Best Wishes. Bill McCaskill
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LARRY SCOTT [Legendary KWKH-1130, KVOO-1170 DJ]
(Dallas-Terrell, TX) Jim, The Reverend Warren Daniels was still on KPYK
(formerly KTER-1570) that last I heard. They carry one of my shows at seven am
Saturday Mornings and the other at three on Sunday afternoon. It's good to see
Duane Allen is corresponding. I've known Duane since his tenure with the
Prophets Qt. out of Knoxville, Tn. If I recall correctly that was 1965. Larry
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Death of Doc Williams. Jim: Another sad story. I knew Doc & Chickie well.
Doc was born Andrew J. Smik, Jr. in Cleveland, Ohio 6/26/14. He was to The
Wheeling Jamboree what Roy Acuff was to the Opry! (When it closes in 2005,
WWVA-1170 Jamboree is 2nd-longest-running live country music show behind the
Grand Ole Opry) He & Chickie marry in Winchester, VA in 1939; wed for 68
years. She was born in Bethany, WVA & died 11/21/07 @ age 88. (The state of
WVA honor Doc and Chickie with a section of highway in Wheeling) Their biggest
hit record "Beyond The Sunset" charted #3 in 1948. He was leader of
his own group since 1937 & also hit with these songs: "Silver
Bells" & "Willie Roy, the Crippled Boy" among other recordings.
Their grandson, Andy McKenzie, became a Senator in WVA @ age 37. (Doc Williams
leaves behind three daughters Barbara, Madeline and Karen plus four grandsons)
Bob (www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=93536)
TRIVIA ANSWER: In summer 1958, R&B
bandleader-composer Johnny Otis creates The Hand Jive with his #9 smash Willie
and the Hand Jive. In the 1960s, Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead perform The
Hand Jive as part of their stage act. Around Thanksgiving 1974, Eric Clapton
comes up with his own version of Willie and the Hand Jive which peaks at #26.
In summer 1978, Doo Wop revival group Sha Na Na revise the tune as Born to Hand
Jive in the movie Grease with Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. How can we
ever forget these other dance sensations: The Jitterbug, The Locomotion, The
Mashed Potato, The Stroll, The Boogaloo, The Pony, The Monster Mash, The Swim,
The Backfield Motion, The Stomp, The Bristol Stomp and of course The Twist?
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I find that the
stations I hear carry the same stories and music as the locals most of the
time. Regionalization has gone where a local act can be heard getting a start.
Besides I like listening to stations over the Internet which carry programming
I like, makes even a small town station a big player. Like I like listening to
KBON, KUT, KMFA, KPFT, and WBAI. I realize I have had problems tying up the
phone when living at home...had a separate phone line. I enjoy Folk Music which
is not found on any station in the area except KETR when doing Bluegrass on
Sunday Nights. Also KNON has several Blues programs with Folk Music thrown in.
Charles
DAVID SANBORN [Jazz saxophonist] (July 30, 1945-p)
The audience is interested in different stuff, not the same old, same old.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 14, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #934
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BARAJAS SIGNS OFF Longtime prime-time news anchor on
Fox-owned KRIV TV CH26 in Houston, TX, Mike Barajas, issues a statement on
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 that he is no longer with the station. A KRIV TV
representative says: KRIV and Barajas mutually agreed to part ways. Mike's last
day on CH26 is January 18, 2011. The 55 year-old Barajas elaborates: In many
regards, (television) is like professional sports. You have a limited window of
opportunity, and at some point your playing days may be over. The only thing
you can do is your best while you’re in the arena. Mike moves to Houston, TX at
3. He is a graduate of Milby High School and the University of Houston.
Barajas' voice is on several Houston radio stations. In 1986, he exits KPRC TV
CH2 to join KRIV TV. Mike is KRIV's 9 pm anchor since 1992. Since it debuts, he
also anchors KRIV's 5 pm newscast. Barajas explains: All of us who enter into
this business hope to make a name for ourselves, and in that regard I feel
satisfied that it’s been mission accomplished. I can tell you that it’s been a
childhood dream fulfilled. Mike’s nephew Eric is a KTRK TV CH13 reporter. His
son, Bill, is on a radio station in the Rio Grande Valley. David Barron of the
Houston Chronicle reports that Mike's last day at KRIV TV is Tuesday, January
18, 2011. Tom Zizka co-anchors the 9 pm newscast. KRIV TV still does not have a
permanent replacement.
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HALEY MISSES FOOTBALL HOF Dallas Cowboy super
defensive end, Charles Haley, receives another nomination for the Pro Football
Hall of Fame but once again sportswriters who cast the votes reject him from
the Hall. Can anyone name a single NFL player any better than Charles Haley? He
has one Super Bowl ring for each of the five fingers on his right hand. Three
of those Super Bowl rings are with the 1990s Dallas Cowboys. Halls of Fame are
politics as usual. Even today, there is none better than Haley. Here are a few
comments from the Dallas Morning News Sports Day DFW column: Something needs to
be done about this process. Only player in NFL history with 5 rings and he
can't get into the HOF? Haley was a difference maker; even Aikman has stated we
would not have won those Super Bowls without him. What a joke. Deion Sanders is
the second most overrated player in NFL history behind Joe Namath and he gets
in first ballot? Charles was an awesome talent that caused every team he ever
lined up against to specifically ‘game-plan’ against him and even then they
were at best only able to ‘contain’ him. Charles Haley was an awesome defensive
end and deserves to be considered next year! If Haley doesn’t make the Hall
next year the public and the media should start a public ‘shaming’ campaign.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What Country-Rock-Bluegrass band
from Missouri's Ozarks portrays the Darlings family jug band on the Andy
Griffith TV show? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Fr. Bob Tomlinson [Rector - Holy
Trinity Anglican Church] is one year older on Friday, February 11th. •ROGERS
BROADCASTING buys CHBN FM (91.7 The Bounce) Edmonton and CHST FM (102.3 Bob FM)
London, ON from CTVglobemedia and gives new names to the stations: The Bounce
becomes Kiss 91.7. Bob FM zigzags to Jack FM. Doncha think all this Bob and
Jack stuff is a lotta Jack? •WXYZ TV Scripps Media ABC CH7 shags Detroit Lions
NFL games broadcasts at Ford Field and all away games and more for the 2011
season from The Motor City's WWJ TV CBS CH62.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WTOC TV CBS CH11 in Savannah, GA begins
broadcasting on February 14th. •1967 EDDY ARNOLD - President's daughter Lynda
Bird Johnson requests that Eddie attend a special White House dinner on
February 14th. But he gets stuck in the elevator. •1970 SIMON PEGG British
comedian born Simon John Beckingham on February 14th. •1981 CHARLY MCCLAIN's
single Who's Cheatin' Who rises to #1 on Billboard Country on February 14th.
•1994 JERRY GARCIA (51) of the Grateful Dead marries Deborah Koons on February
14th. •2006 LITTLE BIG TOWN's Boondocks receives RIAA Gold single award on
February 14th.
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DUANE ALLEN [Oak Ridge Boys lead singer]
(Hendersonville, TN) Thanks, Jim...Yes, I have a lot of footage from
(hurricane) Ike. It was quite a storm. It shut down the Opera House [Grand 1894
Opera House in Galveston, TX] and their goal all year was to get it open so
that we could have our annual show...and, we did...Duane
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JIM MCCURDY (Austin, Texas) Jim, I'll copy brother
Dan this email. One of the more memorable television bloopers I had was when I
was the first host for KRBC-TV's Jackpot Movie. It was a dialing for dollars
format and a filler between network shows in the afternoon. We called viewers
to see if they knew how much was in the jackpot. Long story short, the B movie
we showed that day starred Forrest Tucker, and you guessed it, I said. "
we'll be back to this great movie starring Torrest F&@$%# after this
message". Plenty bad scene Chemosabe as Tonto would say followed, because
my cameraman fell in the floor laughing causing the camera to pan the studio
and my director screaming to "go to black". This was in 1973, and
occurred in the buckle of the Bible Belt. I thought my young TV career had
ended. No one called to complain however, which tells me that no one was
watching! I got to interview some greats like Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush,
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and many more. I wouldn't trade those days for anything!
Great memories from a much more innocent time. I know brother Dan has many
stories he could share as well. My Best, Jim McCurdy; Austin, Texas; Sent from
my iPhone
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KELLY PAUL GRAHAM (Houston, TX) Back in the 1970s,
on radio-station KNUZ 1230 AM in Houston, Texas sometimes they would play - for
lack of a better term - "filler-music" usually when going into a
station-break. One of the pieces I absolutely fell in love with was a version
of "Lady of the Lake" by a fiddle whose name, I think, was Ron (or
"Rod") Canute. Has anyone else heard this version of "Lady of
the Lake"? Does anyone have a copy of this version? And, does anyone know
the history of this piece of music? Also: Whatever happened to Mr. Canute? Did
he have anything out besides "Lady of the Lake"? Thank you for
letting me walk down memory lane :) Kelly Paul Graham; Houston, Texas
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Abilene, TX) Subject:
Don Rondo. Jim: Just learned of passing of recording artist, Don Rondo
(Rondeau) from lung cancer @ 81 on 1/27/11. Back in 1956-57, he charted with
"Two Different Worlds" & "White Silver Sands." BOB & Sonny Lee
TRIVIA ANSWER: Country-Rock-Bluegrass band The
Dillards (brothers Doug and Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne and Dean Webb) portray
the Darlings Appalachian family jug band on the beloved Andy Griffith TV show.
They appear regularly as the Darling Family for three years. Denver Pyle plays
father, Briscoe Darling. Maggie Peterson is Briscoe's cute and Country daughter
Charlene. The Andy Griffith Show TV series runs from 1960–1968. Its filming
location is the Desilu Studios 40 Acres back lot in Culver City, CA. The
Dillards are influences for The Byrds, Eagles and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Mitch Jayne, Dillards founder and bass-playing Darling boy in Mayberry, passes
away on August 2, 2010 in Columbia, MO.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) I notice that KGVL
1400, Greenville is playing oldies. Hmm... I am not old just 57. I think
playing oldies inhibits the growth of new performers especially with so many
stations owned by the same companies. But I still can make my own kind of music
and sing my own kind of song, I just don't expect anyone to care. But if they
do they can find some tunes I posted at www.FlatpickerHangout.com/ as
TexasFolkie. I have been trying to learn how to play The Girl With The Flaxen
Hair, Debussy on the guitar. At the moment I can play a portion of the tune but
not ready for Prime Time. I hope you are staying safe and warm. Charles George
DECCA RECORDING COMPANY [rejects the Beatles in
1962]: We don't like their sound and guitar music is on the way out.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 11, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #933
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
OLBERMANN IS BACK ON THE TUBE No sooner do we lose
former MSNBC anchor and host Keith Olbermann do we gain him back again. Keith
is Current TV's new chief news officer. Olbermann is to anchor a one-hour
primetime show each weeknight. Former Vice President Al Gore who is the
chairman and co-founder of Current TV is overjoyed: We are delighted to offer
Keith the independent platform and the freedom that current will provide.
Current TV executives mention that Olbermann's new show will debut in late
spring 2011. Joel Hyatt, co-founder of Current says: This is as far as we are
concerned the best investment that Current has ever made. Keith proudly
proclaims that his new show will be a better version of what I have done
previously.
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AOL BUYS HUFFINGTOM POST The Huffington Post, which
begins in 2005 with a $1 million investment grows into one of America's most
heavily visited news Web sites. Internet Company AOL snags the Huffington Post
for $315 million in a deal of the century between two online media giants. Huffington
co-founder Arianna Huffington moves on up the ladder to be in charge of all AOL
content. It also brings AOL an additional 25 million unique visitors each day.
AOL struggles along as its makes an attempt to turn itself into a content
provider and move farther away from dial-up Internet. AOL's CEO, Tim Armstrong,
views this giant step as vital in the reversal of a decade-long decline at AOL.
Early Monday, February 7, 2011 in a statement that announces the pact Armstrong
avows: This deal will create a next-generation American media company with
global reach that combines content, community, and social experiences for
consumers.
SUPER BOWL XLV HALF TIME WORST OF THEM ALL The
Black Eyed Peas Super Bowl halftime performance is far from super. More like Darth
Vader having a bad night at black rock. What might be more exciting is if one
of the peas happens to accidently rip off Aguilera's uppermost garment. Now
that is something special. To top it off Christina Aguilera flubs the National
Anthem. The five-time Grammy winner professes to be a fan of America's theme
song: I have been performing the anthem since I was 7 years old and I must say
the Super Bowl is a dream come true. I am really excited to be part of such an
iconic event. But only about 50 seconds into the song, she belts out: What so
proudly we watched, at the twilight’s last gleaming. Someone please inform the
diva that Francis Scott Key's lyrics actually say: O’er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming. Close only counts in napalm or horse shoes.
TRIVIA QUESTION: CBS opens a new $2 million studio
and office building in Hollywood on what date? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CBS NEWS moves 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff
Fager into its chairman's chair. Sean McManus CBS news and sports president now
fills the chairman's spot at CBS Sports. David Rhodes is new CBS News
president. •WBAL-1090 Hearst News/Talk regains Baltimore Orioles play-by-play
broadcasts after a 4-year hiatus on CBS Sports WJZ FM (105.7 The Fan). The Orioles'
flagship station is WBAL for 41 of its 57 years in Baltimore. •KQMQ FM Ohana
Broadcasting CHR (93.1 The Zone) drops its format at noon on Friday, February
4, 2011 to stunt with all Bob Marley reggae music magic.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 WTVC TV ABC CH9 in Chattanooga, TN begins
broadcasting on February 11th. •1967 LORETTA LYNN's Don't Come Home a 'Drinkin'
(With Lovin' on Your Mind) is her 1st #1 Country single on Billboard on
February 11th. •1979 ABC TV's special Elvis! on February 11th has 43 million
viewers. •1989 Song Of The South by Alabama reaches #1 on Billboard Country on
February 11th. •1998 KVBC FM in Las Vegas, NV offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for an
interview on February 11th. •2006 SUGARLAND without Kristen Hall performs its
first official concert as a duo at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo on
February 11th.
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JAYE ALBRIGHT (Bainbridge Island, WA) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#925) January 24, 2011 [Monday] Happy New Year, Jim!! I
hope things as a good as possible in this crazy time of evolution in the
economies of everything. Cheers, with thanks for your steadfastness. -Jaye
Albright, Consulting Partner, Albright & O'Malley Country
Consulting/RadioIQ New! www.albrightandomalley.com/ Contribute to my blog:
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BILL YOUNG (Houston-Sugar Land, TX) Subject: Book.
Jim...I'm resurfacing after three years of being dead-bolted to my computer
writing about the unique events and the talented but sometime outrageous people
that I encountered during my radio career. There is also some interesting
bonuses about an after-radio career of creating commercials for thousands of
concert events - from AC-DC to ZZ Top! "Dead Air -- The Rise and Demise of
Music Radio" is available now through Amazon.com and various e-book
readers listed on the book's website at www.deadair-thebook.com. Working side
by side with industry innovators Gordon McLendon, Bill Stewart, Chuck Dunaway,
Don Keyes and building - then re-building different incarnations of Hudson and
Harrigan are just parts of the wild radio roller-coaster ride! There's also
some never-told personal background stories about extraordinary talents such as
Steve Lundy, K.O. Bayley, Barry Kaye, Alex Bennett and Richard Dobbin -- people
that for a decade and a half, turned the national radio spotlight on Houston,
Texas!
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: DFW
Radio/TV/Media "Lunch Bunch" is next Sat Feb 12! Time again, with the
holidays behind us (and the Super Bowl, too, by the time Feb 12 gets here) so
let's do lunch! Same place as usual, Humperdink's on Northwest Hwy between Loop
12/Walton Walker and 35E/Stemmons in NW Dallas. We'll meet SATURDAY, Feb 12 at
1PM, but feel free to drop in/out as you please, as there'll likely still be
folks chatting it up until 4 or so. We'll probably be in the banquet room to
the right of the bar again. Same deal...Dutch treat, casual dress, no speeches
or agendas, just a gathering of anyone from local radio, TV or other media,
then or now, who wants to see old friends, meet new ones, and maybe even do a
little networking! RSVP not necessary.
ALSO...Ron Chapman plans to stop by for his very first Lunch Bunch visit! See
you all then...Mike PS...Sorry if this is a duplicate message. Most of you are
not on Facebook, but if you are, join the Lunch Bunch event page so you'll get
direct FB messages each time we do one of these. In Facebook, simply search for
DFW Lunch Bunch, and that should take you to it! (www.knus99.com/)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Abilene, TX) Subject:
DOC Williams. Jim: WWVA was & is West Virginia's ONLY 50kw station (AM).
The Jamboree began in 1933 & ended 72 years later, 2nd in longevity only to
Grand Ole Opry (now at 85). I was named Jamboree DJ USA & co-hosted the
big, live shows, June 2-3, 1972. It was an all-expense-paid trip for me, an
honor I cherish to this day. (I was booked into MacArthur Hotel, Wheeling,
where Mr. Statler began his storied hotel career as a bell-boy,
elevator-operator. Statler sold his hotel chain to the Hiltons in 1955). We are
cold with a dusting of snow out here in the badlands of west Texas today. But,
better days are ahead. BOB
TRIVIA ANSWER: On April 30, 1938, at a cost of over
$2 million CBS opens the new seven-story Columbia Square Building in the heart
of Gower Gulch at 6121 West Sunset Boulevard. Swiss-born architect William Lescaze
constructs the Columbia Square building at a cost of over $2 million. In 1938,
this is more money ever spent on a broadcasting facility. Columbia Square is
the home of CBS’ Los Angeles radio and TV operations from 1938 until 2007. On
April 21, 2007, KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV exit and relocate to the CBS Studio Center
in Studio City.
DIANNA MILLER-GRAY (Houston-Cypress, TX) Subject:
Hi j rose. Have 2 beeeeooootiful daughters, one is the mother of my very fine
14 year old grandson who is a real DOLL and has been raised in fine fashion.
The daughter you spoke of in the email is married and living in Indiana and
blessed us with Abby in October. I was there for the month but left just in
time for the weather to make nasty (today it was high of 8 degrees and low of 2
plus wind chill!!! not for this thin blooded southern person) The night we
called, we were buzzing around in her Mustang Convertible and I couldn't
believe my ears (Jim Rose on KILT FM); should have followed up on it. Take care
and love that doggie. Dianna Gray, CLHMS. Di Sent from my iPhone.
ROY ROGERS (November 5, 1911–July 8, 1998) When my
time comes just skin me and put me up there on Trigger, just as though nothing
had ever changed.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 09, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #932
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
CBS NEWS ANCHOR EXPIRES Veteran CBS Radio News
anchor, reporter and journalist Jack Popejoy passes away at 63 on Saturday, February
5, 2011 of cancer at his home in Los Angeles, CA suburb of Sherman Oaks. Jack
is born in Austin, TX in 1947. He begins his professional broadcasting career
after he graduates from Amherst College with a degree in astronomy. In the
early 1970s, Popejoy arrives in Southern California. He writes jingles for
commercials. In 1972, KIIS hires him as a weekend DJ, then fulltime weekday
announcer. Eventually Jack becomes the KIIS Program Director. In 1976, he is a
newscaster on KPOL AM-FM. In 1977, he becomes Program Director and flips KPOL
FM's call letters to KZLA. He is a television news director and anchor in San
Francisco before he joins KCOP TV CH13 as a reporter and fill-in anchor in
1983. From 1986-2009 he broadcasts on KFWB-980 Los Angeles. He also creates
KFWB’s original website. He is its webmaster for 10 years. Since February 2009,
Jack anchors the morning news program on KNX-1070 Los Angeles with Dick Helton
and Vicky Moore. Popejoy co-hosts KNX Tech News on Saturday afternoons. He
continues on-the-air until late January 2011. Jack is a multiple-award winner
for his broadcast excellence. In 1998, the Society of Professional Journalists
recognizes Popejoy as Journalist of the Year. During his long radio career he
wins 27 Golden Mikes from the Radio Television News Association of Southern
California (including a ‘Best Newscast’ award in January 2011) plus eight Press
Club Awards.
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TALK HOST'S ABRUPT DEPARTURE In late 2007, Chris
Baker, popular 4-7 pm talk host on NewsRadio KTRH-740 and 2-4 pm on News Talk
KPRC-950 (Radio Mojo) Houston, TX exits to the far north for his new morning
show on Clear Channel News Talk KTLK FM (100.3) Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.
Syndicated Talk host Mancow gains two extra hours from 2-5 pm to fill Baker's
time slot on KPRC. Fast forward to February 2011. Chris Baker suddenly resigns
his 7-11am air shift on KTLK FM. Andrew Lee, KTLK Program Director, issues this
statement: Effective immediately, Chris Baker has parted ways with News/Talk
100.3 FM to pursue other opportunities. We wish him great success in his future
endeavors. Bob Davis will serve as our interim morning host while we conduct a
nationwide search for our next great morning host. Thank you for choosing to
spend some of your time with News/Talk 100.3 FM. (www.ktlkfm.com/main.html)
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Dr. Peter Goldmark join
CBS as an engineer? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•DON BUTLER International Gospel Music Association
Hall of Fame member - Gospel Music Association founder dies on Thursday,
February 3, 2011 at 80 in his home in Brentwood, TN. •KLTO FM Univision Active
Rock (97.7 Rock) rimshot San Antonio-McQueeny, TX flips to CHR as (Party 97.7)
to compete with Clear Channel KXXM FM (Mix 96.1), Border Media KTFM FM (94.1)
and sister Rhythmic CHR KBBT FM (98.5 The Beat). •WESTWOOD ONE broadcasts the
NFL for more than four decades, signs new 4-year pact for $17 million in rights
fees during the 2011-2012 season that increases to $20 million in its final
year.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 JOHNNY CASH Ballad Of A Teenage Queen rings
#1 on Billboard's Country singles chart on February 3rd. •1969 KGTO TV ABC/NBC
CH36 in Fayetteville, AR begins broadcasting on February 9th. •1975 WILLIE
NELSON records Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain at Autumn Sound studios in east
Dallas, TX suburb of Garland on February 9th. •1996 WYNY FM (97.1) in NYC flips
its call letters to WKTU FM on February 9th. •2009 SUGARLAND's single It
Happens releases to radio on Mercury records on February 9th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
DUANE ALLEN [Oak Ridge Boys lead singer]
(Hendersonville, TN) Hey Jim! Nice to hear from you after all these years. To
keep up with what is happening with the Oak Ridge Boys, you can go to our Web
site. (www.oakridgeboys.com/) We hit the high points there. I don't do a lot of
socializing here, it is just for business. I do socializing on the social
networks. Interviews can be set up through Sandy Brokaw in California, Kirt
Webster in Nashville or Kathy Harris in our office. PR stuff and news releases
come from them. So, send me some of your releases so I can see what you are
doing...Duane
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JOE GRACEY (Austin, TX) Hi Jim, News of my death
has been greatly exaggerated. I am still alive here in Austin and half the year
in France. I am currently having a little bout of cancer but I am, as usual,
winning and plan to be back in France by June. I get cancer like most people
have a bout of heartburn and mostly for my own amusement, just to see what new
techniques they have developed here at MD Anderson every 30 years or so. So, I
bid a fond hello to all my shipmates at KXOL, KNOW, KRMH, KUT, KOKE-FM and then
my own producing and record label businesses since I lost my voice in 1979 to
heartburn. My wife, Kimmie Rhodes, is an internationally successful
singer-songwriter and we tour Europe several times a year. I have been lucky
enough to produce or engineer a long string of great artists and consider my
life to have been quite charmed in that respect. Lately I have been writing
food and travel for Saveur Magazine out of New York and preparing to write a
lurid tell-all in which everybody I ever knew will have all of their sins and
foibles exposed in great detail and it will sell and I will at last retire.
Merci Beaucoups, Joe Gracey (www.kimmierhodes.com) / (www.lucktexas.com) /
(http://graceyland.blogspot.com/)
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JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Subject: Bob Bick. Jim
- Jay Weaver (D/FW-Hurst) Subject: Babblin' Bob Bick. This morning (Sunday) in the (Fort Worth) Star-Telegram,
I read an obituary for William H. Bickett, better known to his radio audiences
as "Babblin' Bob Bick". I
don't know if you ever met Bob Bick during your radio career because Bob spent
much of his career in East Texas. He began his career at the same station where
Ken "Hubcap" Carter began and they worked together for a period of
time. Bob also worked for Morgan Choate when he was PD in the 80's when KJIM in
Fort Worth was country. I met Bob late in his career at KBOC in Bridgeport in
2004 when Bob was doing the mid-day shift and I was doing week-ends and, in
fact, sat in for Bob for several weeks when he was ill. Bob spent 50 years in
radio and retired in mid 2004 at age 70 when KBOC changed formats not too long
after Bob's wife had died. He remarried and moved to Granbury. As the saying
goes, Bob forgot more about radio than many others knew. The story I remember
most about Bob was his claim that he once dated Wanda Jackson for a period of
time. Every time he talked about it, he would smile real big. He was a great
guy another one of the pioneers of radio as we knew it. Take care, Jim, Jay
Weaver
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Abilene, TX) Subject:
West TX radio. No, Jim, most of these stations today couldn't afford you and me
because we are true professionals & we were good at our craft. It was a
pleasure, not just a job & we shared our knowledge & expertise with our
listeners to entertain and inform. This all seems now to be lost to the ages
and it is very sad. So much for the soapbox today, but I could write a book.
BOB
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1936, German-Hungarian engineer
Dr. Peter Carl Goldmark joins CBS Laboratories. During his time with Columbia
Records he develops the long-playing (LP) microgroove 33-1/3 rpm vinyl
phonograph disc. Goldmark also develops the technology for color television.
Its first demonstration is on August 29, 1940. In 1948 Columbia introduces the
long playing LP record. CBS broadcasts in color with the Goldmark system in
1950–51.
DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) [Retired
12/31/2010 [F] DJ KFTX FM 97.5] Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#930)
February 04, 2011 [Friday] Brrrrrrrrr, Howard (Reynolds) is a super guy. Thank
you for address...By the way, I'm still doing a Saturday Morning shift @KFTX
from 9am-Noon each week but is sure is nice not to get up at 3 each morning, I
sleep late till 5:30-6am now ha ha. Will pass along your "Howdys" to
Howard, DrB
ARISTOTLE (384-322 BC) The antidote for fifty
enemies is one friend.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 07, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #931
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
NILE RIVER TURMOIL DISRUPTS REPORTERS This past
week's demonstrations in Cairo, Egypt begin with large groups of anti-Mubarak
protesters' high-pitched shouts for him to resign. Pro-Mubarak followers hit
the streets. Anti and pro dissidents clash like Titans of war. In a 24 hour
period the situation evolves from a mass march into a riot with roving gangs
who target journalists. News reporters quickly find themselves in
life-threatening situations. These fire-breathing goons seek out news journalists
to beat, torture and maim. FOX News Channel veteran foreign correspondent Greg
Palkot broadcasts safely from a hotel's 19th floor balcony: ...they were
shaking sticks at us and making threatening gestures. So we've had to step
back. A Molotov cocktail smashes through their window. They make a run for it
rushing down the stairs and out onto the street into a battle zone amidst
hurling rocks, gas bombs and other projectiles. Bursts of gun fire crackle and
pop. Egyptian soldiers stand on their tanks across the street, watching but not
interceding. Palkot recalls his agony: Olaf and I were spotted as foreigners
and attacked. They hit us with their open hands, their fists, sticks, bars,
rocks, whatever was around, especially aiming at our heads. They grabbed us and
punched us. Several dug through my pockets. All the while screaming madly in
our faces. This situation is even much bigger than it appears on our TV screens
because amidst all of the anguish, on Thursday, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
demands that any government which replaces Hosni Mubarak's regime to withdraw
from the 32-year-old peace treaty with Israel.
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NEWS ANCHORS FLEE THE COUNTRY CBS News' Katie
Couric travels to Egypt. But after 5 pm ET on Thursday, she Tweets on her Twitter
that she quickly shuffles off back to Broadway: Thank u everyone for your
concerns! I just landed at JFK..may go back, but for now very happy to be home.
See u at 6:30 I hope! ABC News' Diane Sawyer remains out of harm's way here in
America. But ABC News' This Week anchor Christiane Amanpour is right there on
the front lines in Cairo like Ernie Pyle in WWII. She is there since Saturday.
CBS News anchor Anderson Cooper's auto is hit by rocks as he peels out for a
hasty get away. A CNN executive says that it's a fluid situation and they are
making decisions about who's staying and who's going on an hourly basis.
EGYPT'S INTERNET GOES BLACK In the wake of mass
anti-government demonstrations, the Egyptian government blacks out the Internet
for five days. But the Internet iron curtain does not prevent antagonists from
taking to the streets. Other nations fear Internet kill switches, too. In a
television interview on Tuesday, February 14, 2011 Andreas Bogk of Germany's
Chaos Computer Club (CCC) expresses anxieties: We are observing with concern
the efforts in Germany to introduce an Internet kill switch here as well. The
German interior ministry quickly retaliates: There are no plans on the part of
the federal government to introduce a so-called ‘kill switch’. Austrian
Chancellor spokesman, Leo Szemeliker, denies the existence any kind of
government strategy to cut off Internet access: That would be indefensible from
a democratic standpoint. In addition, it would require enormous technical
effort that runs against the basic structure of the Internet. History teaches
us that denials quite often mean affirmations. And the beat goes on and on.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the Dallas Cowboys'
historic Ice Bowl? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! America's 40th President Ronald
Reagan's birth date makes him 100 years old on Sunday, February 6, 2011. All
hail the Chief! •LIZBETH STARR aka Liz Matt former WPVI TV ABC CH6 AM
Philadelphia co-host joins Sharla Feldscher Public Relations of Old City.
Lizbeth's other credits include WTXF TV Fox CH29 and KYW TV CBS CH3. •WREF-850
Berkshire Broadcasting Oldies daytime only Danbury-Ridgefield, CT adds Oldies
WAXB FM (B107.3) translator simulcast. Berkshire also owns News/Talk WLAD-800
and Adult CHR WDAQ FM (98Q) in the Danbury market.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 BRIAN TRAVERS Rock saxophonist with Reggae
octet UB40 (Red Red Wine #1-1988) born on February 7th. •1962 GARTH BROOKS (CMA
and ACM multiple Entertainer of the Year awards) born on February 7th in Tulsa,
OK. •1979 PINK FLOYD premieres live version of The Wall in Los Angeles on
February 7th. •1980 GEORGE JONES records He Stopped Loving Her Today at the
Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, TN on February 6th. •1993 NFL PRO BOWL:
AFC beats the NFC 23-20 on February 7th. •2009 TAYLOR SWIFT's video White Horse
debuts on CMT on February 7th.
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BOB HAMILTON (Carmel, CA) Subject: New Radio Star
Celebrates 28th anniversary. The last issue of the "Hamilton Report"
newsletter was printed out on February 1st, 1983 and all the information was
put on a mainframe computer in Newport Beach, California, creating the very
first on line service for the radio/music industry, becoming live on February
2nd, 1983. It has operated every day since as Radio Star. The New Radio Star
became the new version of The Star as the Internet was born and the information
was moved to the Net as well. Some three years ago New Radio Star moved to this
Blogtronix social network platform to become the first on line service for
radio/music on a social network. With Radio Superstar, born in 1987, we became
the first on line service for morning radio..Soundstar became the first on line
service for audio sharing as became a part of the development of the mp3 audio
format. All of the services continue to operate today.
(http://nrs.blogtronix.net/NRS/30416)
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HANK WILLIAMS [Henry] (Austin, TX) Subject: Joe
Gracey. Jim: FYI - Former KOKE DJ Joe Gracey is alive and well and living in
Austin. He is married to and manages the career of singer Kimmie Rhodes. He
also produces her recording sessions. (www.kimmierhodes.com) As Barry Kilgore
mentioned in his e-mail to you Joe was diagnosed with cancer in the 1970's and
doctors removed his larynx. He left radio, but thankfully he is still in the
land of the living. Along with Joe, I worked at KOKE FM/AM under the DJ name
Steve Gary. Some others at the station during that time frame, in addition to
Joe and Barry, were Rusty Bell, Candy Kicker, Larry Dinger, Jim Ray, Skip Lamb,
Ken Moyer, Jim Rankin and Fermin 'Speedy' Perez. Joe Gracey also worked at KXOL
in Fort Worth and at KNOW in Austin. I wanted to set the record straight on his
reported demise. Sadly, KOKE's Rusty Bell, Skip Lamb and Speedy Perez have left
us. - Henry 'Hank' Williams
JOE GRACEY speaks for himself in Wednesday's issue
#932 of JRRR.
BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Subject: Joe
Gracey. In response to Lynn Woolley’s Joe Gracey post, Joe is alive. Steve Gary
from KOKE FM, Austin contacted me with that news and said he keeps in touch
with Joe. It was my bad mistake to state otherwise. I thought I remembered that
from years ago but that was not the case. Mark this date...me making a
mistake...well, admitting to one anyway. Good news: I checked this morning and
much to my surprise, I was still alive...well... parts of me. Barry Kilgore,
CCIC, Radio/TV/Film/Print
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JIM MCCURDY (Austin, Texas) Subject: Speedy Perez.
Jim, I worked with Speedy Perez in Abilene at both KRBC and KNIT radio back in
the late 60's. He was our music director if I recall correctly. Interesting guy
to say the least. He once got us some "free tickets" to see The
Association in the Will Rogers Auditorium in Ft. Worth. When we arrived...he
actually didn't have any tickets. He somehow managed to get us into the show.
Quite the salesman. I lost contact with him when I moved into Televison in
1971. Thanks for the great work you do with JRRR! You and Lacy take care! Jim
McCurdy; Austin, Texas
TRIVIA ANSWER: On December 31, 1967 on CBS TV the
NFL Championship Game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys is
one of the greatest games in NFL history. Due to the fragile icy conditions, it
becomes known as the Ice Bowl. Game time temperature is 20 degrees below zero.
This is a fierce rivalry between two future Hall of Fame head coaches: Tom
Landry and Vince Lombardi. Dallas is in the lead 17-14. With 16 seconds left on
the clock, Green Bay's Bart Starr runs a quarterback sneak. The Packers
surprise the Cowboys with a 21-17 win. The Ice Bowl becomes the greatest game
in NFL history. On Sunday, February 6, 2011 on Fox TV the Green Bay Packers
take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV inside the Dallas Cowboys new
billion dollar stadium in Arlington, TX.
DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) [Retired
12/31/2010 [F] GM/DJ KFTX FM 97.5] Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#930)
February 04, 2011 [Friday] Jim, If you want to share Howard's e-mail I will
drop him a "Thank you for the kind words" note!! You and the pooch
stay well and WARM!!!! DrB
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (October 11, 1884–November 7,
1962) I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the
fireside and simply look on.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 04, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #930
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
SUPER BOWL ADS SELL OUT AGAIN! As Hank Williams,
Jr. yells: Are you ready for some football? Sunday's Super Bowl match-up
between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers is going to be a football
game full of razzle dazzle hits, punches, knocks and bruises. This is the first
Super Bowl to be played in Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones' brand new billion
dollar stadium that has every single bell and whistle available to mankind. Fox
sells out the 2011 Super Bowl $3 million spot ads very early but at the last
minute Pizza Hut changes its mind and pulls its ads. Fox declines to tell us
what company buys that last available spot. Each and every year the Super Bowl
is the most-viewed event on TV. Even non-football fans party-down during the
Super Bowl. A poll conducted by BIGresearch for the Retail Advertising and Marketing
Association (RAMA) reports that about 171 million viewers will tune in Super
Bowl 2011, which is the most in its survey history. Mike Gatti. RAMA executive
director, brags: Consumers hoping to wow their friends and family with a new
HDTV should act fast as this is one of the most popular times of the year to
buy new televisions. According to a new survey, the average consumer expects to
blow $59.33 on game-related products, garments and snacks. This is up from
2010's $52.63 total. Super Bowl total spending should reach $10.1 billion in
2011, plus 171 million screaming, yelling fans will cheer on the Super Bowl
game on Sunday, February 6, 2011. May the best team win!
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IS I-MAN IN TV'S OUT LAND? JRRR uncovers a red hot
rumor that ABC radio shock jock Don Imus and Fox Business Network appear to be
heading for divorce court. When Fox bursts on our TV screens with a new concept
called Fox Business Network it needs a strong launch pad. Who among us wants to
watch a dull series of stock reports? Voila! What better way to get our
attention than to place the heady Don Imus in their morning show? Imus still
has several years left on his contract with RFD TV when he joins Fox in October
2009 to sit in their fancy studio and simulcast his ABC radio show. This works!
It draws hair-trigger response to spiritless hum-drum business transactions.
Paul Bedard's Washington Whispers column reveals this astonishing turn-about:
Less than two years into a reported $3 million, multi-year deal, shock jock Don
Imus and Fox Business Network appear to be going their separate ways. According
to industry sources, this recent retrospection of Don Imus's morning show
simulcast comes along as FBN appears to be near profitability.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What do you call a Dallas Cowboy
who has a Super Bowl ring? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WPTR FM Crawford Christian AC (Pulse 96.7)
Albany-Clifton Park, NY flips to Oldies as The New Legends 96.7 to compete with
Clear Channel WTRY FM (Good Times Great Oldies 98.3) Albany-Rotterdam, NY.
•WPVI TV ABC CH6 Philadelphia, PA after Oprah ends her 25 year run launches new
4 pm Newscast with anchors Brian Taff and Shirleen Alicott in May 2011. Adam
Joseph and new reporter Alicia Vitarelli are also part of the news team. •KEITH
OLBERMANN is out at MSNBC. JRRR predicts his next move is to CNN. •MERLE
HAGGARD receives Kennedy Center Honors award at all-star gala event in
Washington, DC.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 LAWRENCE TAYLOR (L.T.) who becomes the NFL's
greatest linebacker while on the New York Giants is born on February 4th. •1962
CLINT BLACK CMA 1989 Horizon award winner raised in Houston, TX is born on
February 4th in Long Branch, NJ. •1972 SENATOR STROM THURMOND suggests on
February 4th that John Lennon be deported. •1982 JESSICA HARP member of The
Wreckers born on February 3rd in Kansas City, MO. •1996 NFL PRO BOWL: NFC beats
AFC 20-13 on February 4th. •2008 GEORGE STRAIT's MCA records single I Saw God
Today releases to radio on February 4th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#925) January 24, 2011 [Monday] Suggestion: listen to the
non-profit fm station K-LOVE for a week. Nothing else. Tell me if you don't
think it sounds like the golden days of KLIF (1190). The music and the DJ's.
They've got over 400 fm signals across the US. Tell me what you think. Remember
to pray for President Obama Psalms 109:8. Frank (The Old Texan) Haley cjf New
Mexico: "Land of the flea, and Home of the plague". My life's verse:
Isa. 9:6 (read it) and My "getting through the day" saying:
"When the sunshine of God's love meets the showers of our sorrow, the
rainbow of promise appears."
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HOWARD REYNOLDS (Houston, TX) Subject: Dr. Bruce
Nelson. Jim please publish this: I read where Dr. Bruce Nelson retired from
radio. I want to wish him a great retirement. I worked for him at KNUZ (1230)
from August 1983 to his departure. I was so sad to see him go. Dr. Bruce will
always be close to my heart for giving me the opportunity to work at KNUZ and
with him. I had been fired from KRBE AM (KENR-1070) in April of 1983. I had
applied at all of the radio stations in town again, but mainly I wanted to work
at KNUZ. So, I decided to stalk Dr. Bruce. I would listen to him and show up at
his appearances. About the third time of doing that he said I am going to hire
you, so you don't have to keep showing up. He said he just didn't have anything
right now. I said OK, and went home. About a month later the phone rang and it
was Dr. Bruce, thus starting a long and satisfying relationship. I worked part
time for him until he left KNUZ. He always took good care of me, and used me
often for fill in vacations and remotes. He was a great help to me in my time
of need, and I have never forgotten that. One of the crowning moments of my
life was the night that he and I were at the HARB radio party. We were standing
outside of the ballroom. He said to me "If I had an entire staff made of
of people like you, I would never have any problems." Coming from him,
that meant the world to me because he was not one to give compliments like
that. He was wearing a KNUZ tie tack with a small diamond in it. He took it off
his jacket and said you deserve this. He handed it to me, and I just stood
there shocked (in a good way). I still have it, and it is one of most my
treasured possessions. All I can say is Thank you Dr. I hope you have the best
retirement any one can have. I love you man. -Howard
LYNN WOOLLEY (Temple, TX) Subject: Joe Gracey. Last
time emailed me he was still alive. It's been a couple of years since I heard
from him. I just emailed him. We'll see. If he responds, I'd say he's alive.
...he appears to live in France and has a FACEBOOK page. I sent a friend
request. We'll see if he responds. Doesn't appear to be expired at this time. I’ll
let you know if Joe becomes my Facebook friend. Lynn (www.BeLogical.com)
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: "K-V-I-L
We're Havin' Fun." Greetings Jim & Lacy! Bought a new mattress. It was
delivered today. Reminded me of an old radio bit. One day, on KVIL, Lynne Haley
opened her show by saying that there'd been lots of excitement at her house
earlier in the day. She awakens to find the place surrounded by Police. Out
every window, on all sides, Police. Soon there was a knock at the door. When
she opened it, the Officer said "Ms. Haley, we understand that you've
removed the tag from your mattress." :) Take Care, David Faulkner
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Abilene, TX) Subject:
West TX radio. Jim: There is so much radio & music history out here in West
Texas, but the current crop of stations/DJs don't seem to be aware of this
legacy. Back in my day, when a recording star passed away, we immediately did
tribute shows on radio; I haven't heard a DJ even mention any such news...it's
just business as usual. Most seem to have no concept of the service they could
provide listeners & the heritage available to them. BOB
TRIVIA ANSWER: Old is what we now call a Dallas
Cowboy who has a Super Bowl ring.
DIANNA MILLER-GRAY (Houston-Cypress, TX) Subject:
Hi j rose. I sent you a picture of Scootie this morning; he is my rescue dog,
all 57 pounds of him (if I would take him to get a haircut, it probably would
be 54 lbs) He is part EVERYTHING; vet says mostly bearded collie, but has a
black tongue so some Chow back in his lineage somewhere. Travelled for the
Olympic Committee for 3 years; good fun, but the last time I was gone, it cost
me about 20K in missed business, so I quit doing that. Take care and love that
doggie. Dianna Gray, CLHMS. Di Sent from my iPhone.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894) You think dogs
will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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February 02, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #929
HAPPY NEW CHINESE YEAR OF THE RABBITT!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
007 COMPOSER PERISHES Goldfinger is my absolute
favorite James Bond movie. Especially adore Shirley Bassey's title song, plus
all of the beautiful scenery that definitely includes 007's lovely female
companions. John Barry composes the music to Goldfinger, as well as several
other James Bond flicks: From Russia with Love, Thunderball, You Only Live
Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds are Forever, The Man with the
Golden Gun, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights.
Barry also writes the score to Born Free (1966) that wins him two Oscars. He
earns one statue each for The Lion in Winter (1968), Out of Africa (1985) and
Dances with Wolves (1990). John receives nominations for his scores in Mary,
Queen of Scots (1971) and Chaplin (1992). The British-born music composer
enters life in York, England as John Barry Prendergast. He becomes a pianist.
Next, he masters the trumpet. In 1957, Barry founds the jazz group, John Barry
Seven. Singer Adam Faith joins the group with hits like What Do You Want? and
Poor Me. When Faith stars in the movie Beat Girl this moves Barry into motion
pictures. In a 1991 interview with The Associated Press Barry remembers, The
James Bond movies came because we were successful in the pop music world with a
couple of big instrumental hits. They thought I knew how to write instrumental
hit music. He fills out divorce papers three times. John Barry's survivors are
his wife Laurie, four children and five grandchildren.
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MANCOW SNATCHES TIGER'S TIGRESS One of several
names that pops up awhile back in golfer Tiger Woods series of off course
escapades is the foxy Rachel Uchitel. Her name rises once more. Erich [Mancow]
Muller, Talk Radio Network syndicated host, brags that fresh off her time on TV
reality show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Rachel Uchitel will audition as his
new partner on The Mancow Experience. Can you dig it, baby? We recall Tiger
Woods’ alleged mistress in 2010 when her steamy texts to the pro golfer surface
on radio, TV and newspapers everywhere. Rachel's live hot auditions are
on-the-air this week on The Mancow Experience from Wednesday-Friday. Uchitel is
not new to sho-biz. She is a former producer for Bloomberg Television. She also
manages the VIP section of some of the hottest nightclubs in New York and Las
Vegas. And that's not all because furthermore, she is a special correspondent
on celebrity TV news show Extra. Mancow boasts about his potential new on-air
partner: Rachel’s charisma, charm and personality are overwhelming. She knows
how to please and I can’t wait to have her live on air this week.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the first radio network
news operation form? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•BILL CUNNINGHAM's Premiere Radio Networks' Live on
Sunday Nights It's Bill Cunningham adds its 300th affiliate, KLIF-570 Dallas,
TX. •SCBA reports Los Angeles radio 2010 revenue is up 4%. •AMERICAN GENERAL
moves Hip Hop KDLW FM (97.7) Albuquerque-Belen, NM to 106.7 on January 31, 2011
to replace Regional Mexican KLVO FM (Radio Lobo 106.7) Los Alamos, NM. •LAURA
INGRAHAM's Talk Radio Network syndicated show adds Hot Talk KSFO-560 San
Francisco, CA and Red Zebra Talk/CNN News WTNT-730 (The Truth) Washington,
DC/Alexandria, VA. Laura's show is now in 8 of Top 10 American markets.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 SONNY JAMES' single Young Love snares #1
Billboard Country on February 2nd. •1969 KMST TV CBS CH46 in Monterey-Salinas,
CA begins broadcasting on February 2nd. •1974 DOLLY PARTON's single Jolene hits
#1 on Billboard Country on February 2nd. •1986 NFL PRO BOWL: NFC beats AFC
28-24 on February 2nd. •1992 DOUG STONE's single A Jukebox With A Country Song
rings #1 on Billboard Country on February 1st. •2006 SAMUEL ALITO sworn in as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on January 31st.
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MARY LYNN KNOCHELMAN (Cincinnati, OH) Subject:
Musical Hosts At WLW. The new morning host 9am-12pm Weekdays is Doc Thompson.
He becomes the second morning host since Mike McConnell moved to WGN a few
months ago. The former morning host Scott Sloan has moved to 3-6pm weekdays to
be the co-host with Tracy Jones, replacing Eddie Fingers, who was fired Oct. 7
in a contract dispute. Thompson had just been hired a couple of weeks ago to be
the 9pm-midnight guy, a slot Sloan held for 10 years before replacing McConnell
in June. Thompson also has a 3-6pm show on Clear Channel's WRVA-AM in Richmond,
Virginia. He lived and did that show there, before accepting a job in
Cincinnati. He's already found a Cincy home and will broadcast from a Cincy
studio his WRVA show. Mary Lynn Knochelman; Cincinnati, Ohio
TOM LODGE (Santa Cruz, CA) Subject: The Ship. Hi
Jim, My home right now is Santa Cruz, California. I'll create some radio
stories for you. I am mailing you off a copy of my book.
(www.shipthatrocked.com/radiocaroline.html) Thanks for sending the email off to
Ira Lipson, we worked together on Radio CHLO in the 60s after I left Radio
Caroline. He lived in our house in Canada. You have a very interesting English
heritage. Thanks and all the best, Tom Lodge
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Jack Starr (Jim
Huntley) and I left KOKE to make a giant killer out of KHFI FM in Austin. Joe
Gracey passed away a long time ago from the tongue/throat cancer he developed
from those little cigars. Don't know what happened to Speedy Perez but remember
he had the longest hair I've ever seen on a dude. We spent many hours on the
balcony of that funky building on Lamar solving something. Barry Kilgore
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Abilene, TX) Subject:
West TX radio. Sorry Jim; must delay answer as to my choices. What we need is a
good country station that would play good country music. What a concept! Must
be getting old, as I am tired of hearing everyone sound alike & the
over-dubbing of teeny-boppers, who seem to be taking over. Most DJs now are
time & temp youngsters, with very few appearing to know just how important
their job should be on radio. You & I need backers & operate our own
station, the way it should be. There's gold in them-thar hills, but no one
seems to know how to pan for it! BOB
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LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Bob
Grant & Dan McCurdy. Hi Jim and Lacy, this will be a fine 2011 for all of
us. Will you send Bob Grant (Robert Hanger) an email and ask if he was with
KRBC AM radio in Abilene 1975-1976? I was there from October 1975 to April 1976
5 am to 8 am. News Breaks to 1 pm and 9 am to noon on Saturday playing records.
Dave Dalzeel was the Program Director. Also, I have not forgotten talking with
Dan McCurdy in 1994 when he called as I was going into my weather forecast at
5:43 pm live on KNEL 1490 AM in Brady. Where I was on the air LIVE playing
records, CD's and carted commercials including his Town & Country spots
which Dan was calling to see if Steve Everett the owner manager of KNEL was in.
I spoke with Dan how I enjoyed his Town & Country spots. He was working and
living in San Angelo then in 1994. Thanks, Leslie Wayne Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1930 William Paley hires Ed
Klauber to institute a CBS news and public affairs section. In 1933, CBS News
Editor Paul White organizes the Columbia News Service which is the first radio
network news operation with news bureaus in NYC; Washington, DC; Chicago and
Los Angeles plus newspaper reporters in most of America's largest cities. By
1935 CBS becomes the largest radio network in the United States.
DIANNA MILLER-GRAY (Houston-Cypress, TX) Subject:
Hi j rose. Well, lookie here!!! I was going down what I told you were a BUNCH
of emails and I find the salient one down in the pack; the emails were running
fast and furious and my iPhone only has a little screen; I get to the desktop
finally between the Packers and the Jets and there down the way is the
important one I missed. Yep, I have done VERY well in Real Estate here; if I
had done it instead of teaching school, I probably would be retired by now, but
such is life and we are dumping money in our little-existing retirement
accounts hoping to have enough so I don't have to go rock on the old realtor’s
home front porch!! Take care and love that doggie. Dianna Gray, CLHMS. Di Sent
from my iPhone.
FRANK DANE - If the real estate gang could, they'd
raise the rents in the graveyard.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 31, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #928
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BAY AREA HALL OF FAMER PERISHES Citadel reports
that one of KSFO-560 San Francisco's most legendary former radio personalities,
Carter B. Smith, succumbs to brain cancer at 74 in his home in Tiburon on
Monday, January 24, 2011. KSFO's Web site (www.ksfo.com) reads: Smith had three
different stints at KSFO, most notably as part of the Don Sherwood Morning Show
throughout the 1960’s. A dedicated radio man, ‘Carter B’ once spent 18 hours
riding a San Francisco cable car to raise funds for the efforts toward their
restoration. He also had one of the largest collections of T-shirts in the
world, numbering over 6,000, some of which he donated to the Smithsonian Museum
in Washington, DC. San Francisco-born Carter Blakemore Smith receives his early
education at Lowell High School and San Francisco State College. His radio
career begins as an intern at KSAN-1450 in the mid-1950s. His first fulltime
on-air position is in Red Bluff. Before his name becomes a household word on
the Don Sherwood morning show on KSFO, he is behind the mic on Berkeley's
KRE-1400, KRE FM (102.9) and KSFR FM (94.9). Over the years he is on-the-air on
KSFO three different times. Carter's voice is also heard on KNBR-680, Magic 61
KFRC-610 and KABL-960. In the mid 1980s he migrates to KABL FM (92.1) in Walnut
Creek. Carter Blakemore Smith The Prince Trapped inside the Body of a Disc
Jockey elects to the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2007.
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MID-EASTERN JOURNALISTS BEATEN For the past few
days all across our TV screens are pictures of violent eruptions from Egyptian
plainclothes and uniformed security personnel toward youthful protestors. In
just two days at least 10 journalists are beaten. Others detained. The Committee
to Protect Journalists condemns this violence with respect to journalists who
cover the demonstrations in Egypt. According to news reports, the protests
begin on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 after an Internet campaign calls for a
national Day of Anger with anti-government protests. These are the largest mass
demonstrations since the January 1977 bread riots. Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ's
Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, shouts: We call on Cairo to
bring to an immediate end all forms of violence against the media, release all
detained journalists, and lift online censorship. Local journalists say that
CPJ Egyptian authorities block access to at least two websites of local online
newspapers: Al-Dustour and El-Badil. According to multiple news reports, the
Egyptian government also jams domestic access to social networking sites
Twitter and Facebook, plus video-streaming website Bambuser.
TRIVIA QUESTION: How does the name Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) come to
be? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! John Steel (KONO-860, KNUZ-1230,
KUHF FM) gains one more year on Tuesday, February 1st. •CLEAR CHANNEL sells
KSJO FM (92.3) San Jose, CA and KCNL FM (104.9) Sunnyvale to Principle
Broadcasting. •CBS TV's popular Two and a Half Men goes into immediate hiatus
after Charlie Sheen parties down, enters rehab. •TRIBUNE moves the taping of
early afternoon WLW-700 Cincinnati, OH host Bill Cunningham's syndicated
daytime TV show from WGN TV studios in Chicago, IL to NBC Universal's production
center in Stamford, CT in late September 2011. •JIMMY BUFFETT at the end of his
concert at Sydney, Australia's Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday night, January 26,
2011 walks to stage edge to sign autographs, falls off stage, hits his head,
unconscientious 8 minutes. St. Vincent's hospital treats and releases him with
an A-OK. Amen!
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 RCA demonstrates its 1st music synthesizer on
January 31st. •1968 MERLE HAGGARD inspired by the Bonnie & Clyde movie
records The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde on January 31st at the Capitol Recording
Studio in Hollywood, CA. •1972 ARETHA FRANKLIN sings at Mahalia Jackson's
funeral on January 31st. •1988 KATHY MATTEA's Goin' Gone is her 1st #1
Billboard Country single on January 30th. •1999 SUPER BOWL XXXIII Pro Player
Stadium [Miami, FL] Denver Broncos beat Atlanta Falcons 34-19 on January 31st.
•2008 CARRIE UNDERWOOD's video All-American Girl premieres on CMT on January
31st.
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AARON CRISLER [The Judy Nelon Group] (Nashville,
TN) Subject: GMA Hall of Fame - Trace Adkins, Jeremy Camp, Larry Gatlin, Ernie
Haase & Signature Sound and more. Here you go Jim! Performers Set For GMA
Hall of Fame Inductions! Trace Adkins, Jeremy Camp and Larry Gatlin are among
the performers slated for the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Joining the hall of fame will be Johnny Cash, DeGarmo & Key, Golden Gate
Quartet, and Bill “Hoss” Allen. The GMA Foundation (GMAF) inducts the honorees
at Trinity Music City Auditorium in Hendersonville, TN. Appearances by TobyMac,
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, The Fairfield Four, Bobbie Mason, Chonda
Pierce, Russ Taff, Bobby Jones and Lee Williams & The Spiritual QC’s. “The
impact this group of inductees has made on gospel music is immeasurable,” said
Ed Harper,Chairman, GMA Foundation. “It’s an honor to recognize them for their
contributions.” “I’m very excited about this year’s slate of inductees. All
come from different cultures and backgrounds but have helped elevate gospel
music to a much higher plateau throughout our universe which is in need of good
news more than ever,” added Tom Long, Chairman, GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Committee. Aaron Crisler [The Judy Nelon Group]
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Subject: Rusty
Bell. Thanks to Henry for the info on Rusty Bell. I wondered what had happened
to him. I worked for him for a short time at the appropriately named KOKE FM.
In addition to Rusty and Henry were the likes of, "Candy Kicker", Joe
Gracey, Speedy Perez and Jack Starr (Jim Huntley) We frequently made trips in
Rusty's Judge to the Broken Spoke, Alliance Wagon Yard, Soap Creek Saloon, Raw
Deal and of course the 'Dillo". We used to make bets on which of us would
be arrested first. Oddly, even though we tried, neither was when we went
together. I, of course, was fired for something as expected. Perhaps it was
when I told then GM Ken Moyer that he shouldn't be in radio but rather should
be selling bar b que. Interestingly, when he left KOKE he opened a bar b que
place. Glad I could help. Barry Kilgore
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Abilene, TX) Subject:
Marvelettes. Jim: The co-founder & lead singer of the Marvelettes, Gladys
Horton, has died @ 66 from a stroke on Wednesday, 1/26/11. She was 15 when her
group had Motown's first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman", October 1961.
She & her friends formed the R/B group in Detroit's suburb of Inkster &
charted 9 more songs before disbanding in 1969. She left the group in 1967. BOB
& Sonny Lee
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BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: My memory's
fading. My mistake, Jim. It was not Domino Rippy on the programmer's Digest. It
was King Kong Kirby. Domino came on after him and eventually took over 6-10
(PM) on the Ape.
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1927, Arthur Judson founds United
Independent Broadcasters (UIB). Columbia Phonograph buys UIB for $163,000 to
become the Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System. In 1928, Columbia
Phonograph sells the operating rights back to UIB who then shortens its name to
the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). William Paley, son of a Russian cigar
company owner, invests $400,000 in the network.
DIANNA MILLER-GRAY (Houston-Cypress, TX) Subject:
Hi j rose. Actually by '72 I was married and living in Indiana. I do remember
that tennis game; you hit a serve that whacked my sunglasses right between my
eyes! Oh well, good to have contact with an old and dear friend. I was mightily
crazy about you, but could not get commitment so had to find fresh waters and
met Dear David...the rest is history. We must talk, so call me tomorrow
morning; I will be in my home office working until about 11:30; then I have to
go celebrate a friend's birthday. Take care and love that doggie. Dianna Gray,
CLHMS. Di Sent from my iPhone.
ARTHUR ASHE (July 10, 1943-February 6, 1993) I
don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 28, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #927
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TWO COUNTRY ICONS PERISH Country Music Hall of Fame
member Charlie Louvin succumbs to pancreatic cancer on Wednesday morning, January
26, 2011 at his home in Bell Buckle, TN. Charlie begins life on July 7, 1927 in
Section, AL as Charlie Elzer Loudermilk. Many of us remember Charlie and his
brother Ira who perform as the Louvin Brothers with such Classic 1950s hits as
When I Stop Dreaming. From 1955-1962, the Louvin Brothers score 12 tunes on
Billboard's Country survey. They join the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. Sadly, Ira
dies at 41 in a car crash on June 20, 1965. As a solo artist, Charlie lands at
#7 in 1965 with See the Big Man Cry. From
1964-89, he places 30 tunes on Billboard. Another Country music legend former
Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadour Buddy Charlton passes away on Wednesday, January
26, 2011. Nowadays, recording artists who call themselves Country, dress and
look like washed-out hippies from the 1960s with their ragged faded jeans and
long mane. They can easily pass for street people. But when Ernest Tubb's Texas
Troubadours take the stage they are a pure class act. We witness Country music
history in the making when we see the dueling stringed instruments of Leon
Rhodes' Grammer guitar and Buddy Charlton's pedal steel on the lively 1960s
instrumental called Cool It. Two Country music icons die this week.
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CD PLANT SHUTS ITS DOORS Alternative sources for our
music supply quickly causes CDs to be unhip. Remember when 8-track tapes first
hit the scene? Our generation’s Sputnik moment erupts into something special.
In September 1965, Ford introduces factory and dealer-installed 8-track tape
players as an option on three of its 1966 models. In 1967, all Ford autos offer
that option. Remember your first 8-track tape? Still have my ZZ Top with La
Grange and Tush. CDs come along. Instantly those big thick 8-track tape boxes
become Troglodytes. But CDs have ridiculously high price tags. In the 2000s,
MP3s and multitudes of other sources cause CD sales to plunge. CD prices drop.
So, we journey over to our local corner pharmacy to buy CDs on the cheap. Sony
USA's reaction to extremely low CD sales is to shut down its Pitman, NJ CD
plant in March 2011. Pitman is one of 4 Sony CD manufacturing mills in the USA
along with 2 others South of the Border. In 1988, CBS Records' Pitman plant
begins to manufacture CDs. In 1989, CBS Records sells out to Sony lock, stock
and barrel. Pitman's over 2000 employees can build 600,000 CDs a day but no
more. Pitman's artisans soon drop to 350. When Sony's CD foundry bites the
dust, all but 50 lose their jobs. What remains is only IT, finance and customer
service staff but they leap into new leased office space. After all of its
employees leave the building, Sony hails Leroy Van Dyke to sing his #9-1957 hit
The Auctioneer that asks what am I bid? for its dusty, empty ghost of a
structure. Who is the next CD architect to follow suit?
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS TV expand its
telecasting beyond New York City? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Dick Glancey [outstanding KLIF-1190
newscaster] tacks on another year on Sunday, January 23rd. Kendall Dunaway
[wife of illustrious KLIF-1190 radio legend Chuck Dunaway] observes a fresh
annum on Tuesday, January 25th. •PIERS MORGAN's goal as new host in Larry
King's former CNN spot is to beat Fox Cable News. After one week he does smash
MSNBC but trails FNC significantly. •CUMULUS brings its KRUZ Adult Alternative
format into its 3rd market on Hot AC KYNF FM (Y94.9) Fayetteville, AR. •EDDIE
MONTGOMERY's [Montgomery Gentry] prostate cancer treatment is successful.
Salud!
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 ELVIS PRESLEY's 1st national TV appearance is
on The Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show on January 28th. •1965 THE WHO make their
1st appearance on British TV on January 26th. •1973 TOM T. HALL's (Old
Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine zooms to #1 on Billboard Country on January 27th.
•1980 JIMMY DURANTE TV comedian (Jimmy Durante Show) dies at 86 on January 28th
in Santa Monica, CA. •1995 ALAN JACKSON's Gone Country rings the bell on
Billboard Country on January 28th. •2001 Super Bowl XXXV Raymond James Stadium
[Tampa, FL] Baltimore Ravens beat NY Giants 34-7 on January 28th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#925) January 24, 2011 [Monday] Thanks Jim, I saw the word
this week on Hubbard buying the radio properties from Bonneville, having worked
for Hubbard when he owned KOB AM & FM in Albuquerque, NM I can say you can
not find a better company to work for. Back in the '70's, Hubbard was all for
his employees, benefits, benefits, benefits. It was wonderful. Not sure how it
is today. Remember to pray for President Obama Psalms 109:8. Frank (The Old
Texan) Haley cjf New Mexico: "Land of the flea, and Home of the
plague". My life's verse: Isa. 9:6 (read it) and My "getting through
the day" saying: "When the sunshine of God's love meets the showers
of our sorrow, the rainbow of promise appears."
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BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Mark
Watkins. Howdy Hey, Jim. I guess I owe you an update. Last year I reported that
Mark Watkins had gone to KRMG in Tulsa. Right after that he and Cox Radio
parted ways. He considered a chance to settle down at KRMS in Osage Beach
Missouri, but that wasn't a good fit. This week I checked in with him to learn
that he has taken the afternoon drive news shift at WBAP. He tells me the
current anchor, Alan Scaia, will shift to reporting. BTW - the man Mark had replaced
at KRMG, Dan Potter, is back in Fort Worth. I knew Dan from his long tenure as
morning drive newsman at WBAP. He still travels to Tulsa to do a weekly cooking
show and is very involved with his own production company. Who else? Jerry
Overton and Carla Marion are also on board with WBAP News. I knew both from
KRLD. Give that puppy a hug for me. bc
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BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Domino
Rippy. I've got a lot of stories, Jim. However, it seems I have very little
time. I will try to jot some down for you, though. Domino was in Jacksonville
at WAPE doing 6 to 10pm while I was working in Gainesville, Fl. Domino appears
on a Programmer's Digest disc, spoutin' out, "WAPE, Jacksonville. The Big
Ape! And, I've got balls, baby! And tennis rackets on the Billie Jean King Rip
Off Weekend!" My claim to fame is, I was standing behind him in the studio
at the time. '74 or 75. I never worked at the APE. They offered me a job in
sales but I was into programming at that time. I knew Domino through a friend
of a friend.
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Charles George
Issue 926. Greetings Jim & Lacy! Likely several have answered Charles'
question by now. But if not, 1600 AM in Plano had the KXVI calls from 1976
until June 1985. It became TalkRadio 1600 KTNS in July of that year. Under the KXVI
calls the station had a variety of formats. I remember hearing it as Oldies
& Contemporary Christian. Take Care, David Faulkner
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1947, CBS TV stretches out beyond
NYC to feed its programming to other stations in Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and
Philadelphia.
DIANNA MILLER-GRAY (Houston-Cypress, TX) So this
means you are my jrose who had the green Dodge Charger to match my green Dodge
Challenger? Guess I will have to go back to Facebook and find that guy who used
to sit on the floor and spin records with me until the wee hours and I would
have to call my principal and beg off sick... Such is life... Thanks...I too
live in Houston and sell real estate. You can Google me and I show up as
realtor in Cypress. Dianna Gray
GROUCHO MARX (October 2, 1890-August 19, 1977) I
was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
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Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 26, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #926
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
FITNESS GURU PASSES AT 96 Since as far back as the
very early 1950s we remember Jack LaLanne in his jet black sportswear touting
physical fitness on our family's 17" black and white Western Auto TV set.
In those days a TV with a 17" screen is big news because our neighbors
across the street have an 8" console TV set in their home. We sit and
marvel at Jack LaLanne as he teaches us how to build muscles and eat right. In
1990, LaLanne avows: I could be 20 or 100. I never think about it, I'm just me.
Look at Bob Hope, George Burns. They're more productive than they've ever been
in their whole lives right now. In 2006, Jack jokes: I can't afford to die. It
would wreck my image. On Sunday, January 23, 2011 Jack LaLanne passes away at
96 in his home at Morro Bay on the central coast of California. LaLanne's
longtime agent Rick Hersh says LaLanne ate healthy and exercised every day of
his life up until the end. The 87-year-old former Price is Right TV host Bob
Barker tells The Associated Press on Sunday that he credits LaLanne for
encouraging him to start exercising often: He never lost enthusiasm for life
and physical fitness. I saw him in about 2007 and he still looked remarkably
good. He still looked like the same enthusiastic guy that he always was. Jack
LaLanne's survivors include his wife of 51 years Elaine, two sons Dan and Jon
and daughter Yvonne.
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REGIS AND KELLY MEN OF RADIO With almost 900,000
votes cast after a week of voting Live! with Regis and Kelly hosts Regis
Philbin and Kelly Ripa announce the five Men of Radio Co-Host for a Day Search
to join them as co-hosts from January 24-28, 2011. And the winners are: Bobby
Bones KHFI FM Top 40 (Kiss FM 96.7) Austin-Georgetown, TX; Eric Ferguson WTMX
FM (The Mix 101.9) Chicago-Skokie, IL; Fitz KKWF FM Entercom (The Wolf 100.7)
Seattle, WA; Jeff Mauler CIHT FM (Hot 89.9) Ottawa/Gatineau, Ontario, Canada
and Mike Catherwood [Psycho Mike] KROQ FM CBS Radio (106.7) Los
Angeles-Pasadena, CA.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In November 1928, CBS Radio covers
the Herbert Hoover - Alfred E. Smith presidential election night. What are the
results? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•PIERRE ROBERT celebrates 30th anniversary on Rock
WMMR FM (93.3) Philadelphia, PA. He signs up for 4 more years. •MONTICELLO
MEDIA flips Variety Hits WWTJ FM (Tom @ 107.5) Charlottesville, VA into a
simulcast of News/Talk WCHV-1260 as WCHV FM. •JIMMY KIMMELL's new ABC TV
two-year pact moves him on up from 12:05 AM to midnight as of February 4, 2011
which shortens Nightline to 25 minutes. •CARSON DALY in negotiations to host
NBC TV's new singing competition series (American Idol rival) The Voice from
top reality producers John de Mol (Big Brother), Mark Burnett (Survivor) and Warner
Horizon TV.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 KOKH TV IND/PBS CH25 in Oklahoma City, OK
begins broadcasting on January 26th. •1963 KEECH RAINWATER Lonestar drummer
(1996 ACM Top New Vocal Group) born on January 24th in Plano, TX. •1971 CHARLES
MANSON receives conviction of murder on January 26th. •1988 RANDY TRAVIS wins 4
awards on January 25th at the 15th annual American Music Awards. •1997 SUPER
BOWL XXXI at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA Green Bay Packers beat
the New England Patriots 35-21 on January 26th. •2010 LADY ANTEBELLUM's album
Need You Now releases on Capitol records on January 26th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Wonderful
KBOX-1480! Jim, thanks so much for the invite on doing stories about K-BOX. But
the thing is, I never got the opportunity to work there, I applied for a news
job at Wonderful K-BOX in 1961. Ray Carnay (sp?) was the ND, but I just didn't
have the experience at the time. I was a friend of DJ Pat Hughes, in fact he
came by the KCPA FM studios in 1961, we had just gone on the "air" as
a Classical station, ended up going broke. Great radio memories. Take care my
friend and remember to vote the bums out on Nov. 2. Remember: pray for Obama
Psalms 109:8. Frank Haley cjf New Mexico: "Land of the flea, and Home of
the plague". My life's verse: Isa. 9:6 (read it) and My "getting
through the day" saying: "When the sunshine of God's love meets the
showers of our sorrow, the rainbow of promise appears."
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BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Domino
Rippy. I just saw his name mentioned in the subject line of one of the emails.
Did I miss a story on him?
TRIPPY DOMINO RIPPY Sandy Lawson writes in from
Lexington, KY awhile back with the sad news that Trippy Domino Rippy bids his
final farewell in 2005. That truly is sad news because he is one of several of
our wonderful 6-10 pm DJs on Top 40 KXOL-1360 during my time there as MD/DJ
from 1975-76. In 1975, Domino looks like Gabby Hayes with his long sandy bushy
hair and long bushy beard. Rippy is a biker who could pass as a Hell's Angel
but he is a great guy. He is what we used to refer to as a screamer because he
talks loud and very fast on the air. We become good friends. Decades ago he
resurfaces on an FM radio station on the CA coast. He also is popular on Top 40
KDWB-630 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN and Top 40 WAPE-690 Jacksonville, FL.
DIANNA MILLER-GRAY (Houston-Cypress, TX) Subject:
Hi j rose. ...you don't remember the red headed teacher who lived out by
Randolph? we are in parallel universes. Di Sent from my iPhone.
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JOAN PATE-DAY [Cedar Creek Lake, TX] Sam Pate had
callers inquiring about his involvement with the Kennedy assassination. Movies
and television specials were shown with his voice announcing the event. Hearing
the story from him I would listen hoping the tale would soon be finished.
People were dying during that time who had anything to do with it. Sam was shot
at and his car bombed. He escaped and cautious in each move he made. Telephone
calls came to family members saying they were reporters could we give Sam's
address. We were warned to hang up. My family as he told of Kennedy hoped it
would soon be over. During last years he was losing his memory. Talking and
forget what he was saying. Sometimes he could talk and be understandable. Until
the last he didn't forget those radio days. Sam's walls were full of memories.
Men he worked with he proudly displayed their photos in his office giving a
story of them. He favored Dick Glancey and Frank Haley. Sam would look at the
photo of them and grin remembering
something. Until the day of his funeral I don't believe I realized what a part
of history he became. Taking something so important for granted. Most of us want
to see someone like our mother in heaven. Sam won't stop searching until he
finds John Kennedy. I would give anything to hear him tell me once more of his
radio days. I wish I had listened more carefully.
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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: KXVI. After
seeing your column. I was thinking KXVI was once used as a call on 1600, but my
memory maybe playing tricks. I hope you had a good thanksgiving. I ended up
going to a small gathering of a friend, his sister and her daughter. I took my
guitar and played a few hymns, etc. I still remember tuning in KDSX and KRRV
when the Dallas stations did not offer programming I wanted to hear. I am
trying to locate a song done by Jimmy Witherspoon for my CD collection, Times
Getting Tougher Than Tough. I still have not decided which vocalist I like best
singing with Count Basie. Wonder what others think? 73, Charles George
TRIVIA ANSWER: In November 1928, Ted Husing, one of
CBS's earliest announcers, reports returns from the Herbert Hoover - Alfred E.
Smith presidential election with a microphone in the city room of The New York
World from 8:00 pm to 6:00 am. CBS receives 12,000 telegrams of
congratulations.
DR. BRUCE NELSON [Retired 12/31/2010 GM/AM Drive DJ
KFTX FM 97.5] (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Dr. Bruce attached this message:
From Corpus Christi Caller Times: HALL-OF-FAME CAREER: Dr. Bruce Nelson to
retire at year's end. From: Corpus Christi Caller Times.
(www.caller.com/news/2010/nov/26/hall-of-fame-career-dr-bruce-to-retire-at-years/)
GEORGE BURNS (January 20, 1896–March 9, 1996)
Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 24, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #925
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
OLBERMANN TURNS OUT THE LIGHTS The news is out all
over town. On Friday, January 21, 2011 MSNBC issues this shocking statement:
MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of
'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for
his integral role in MSNBC's success and we wish him well in his future
endeavors. MSNBC declares that it runs the provocative liberal’s contract
through the shredder immediately after his last telecast on Friday evening. The
truculent talk host moans on his Friday show that it is his last broadcast on
MSNBC. As Don Meredith used to sing on MNF: Turn out the lights. The party's
over...Olbermann.
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REGIS RETIRES - IS HE OR IS HE NOT? Regis Philbin,
longtime co-host with Kelly Ripa on Disney-ABC TV's Live With Regis and Kelly,
says that he bows out toward the end of the summer, but he doesn't give an exact
date. The 80 year-old Regis Philbin's exodus from Live With Regis and Kelly
opens wide his possible return to our TV screens in a rematch of maybe ABC's
popular Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Philbin exits Paradigm and his agent of
25 years Jim Griffin to rejoin WME who is his former rep for decades. Do you
remember when Regis is a co-host on the Joey Bishop ABC TV show?
BONNEVILLE UNLOADS 17 RADIO STATIONS Bonneville
parent company Deseret Management jettisons 17 radio stations in 4 markets to
Minneapolis-based Hubbard Broadcasting for $505 million. Bruce Reese,
Bonneville President/CEO, transfers to Hubbard as President/CEO. Drew Horowitz,
Bonneville COO, also joins Hubbard. The properties include: St. Louis, MO: WARH
FM (106.5), WIL-1430, WXOS FM (101.1); Chicago, IL: WDRV FM (97.1), WILV FM
(100.3), WTMX FM (101.9), WWDV FM (96.9); Washington, DC: WTOP FM (103.5),
WFED-1500 (ex WTOP-1500), WWWT FM (107.7), WTLP FM (103.9), WBQH-1050 (ex
WTOP-1050), WWFD-820; and Cincinnati, OH: WKRQ FM (101.9), WREW FM (94.9),
WUBE-1230, WYGY FM (97.3) Cincinnati, OH. Ginny (Hubbard) Morris, Hubbard Radio
Chairman, tells RBR-TVBR that her family has been in radio a long time and this
seems a good time to expand. Bruce Reese confirms that Bonneville will hang on
to its frequencies in L.A., Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Seattle. He avows that
Bonneville and Hubbard are a wonderful cultural fit. With the purchase, Hubbard
Radio's staff expands by 547. Hubbard affirms that it does not expect to make
any programming or personnel changes at the stations after closing.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the CBS TV studio
equipment installed in NYC? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Little Jimmy Dickens beats the
drum at his 90th birthday festivity on Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Tater is a
member of the Grand Ole Opry for 63 years. Dan Halyburton (39-year radio vet -
VP Innovation at Mike McVay's New Media - President RadioTime) celebrates
another year of living on Wednesday, January 26th. •ALAN JACKSON one of the
top-selling musicians of the last 20 years vacates Arista Nashville record
label after 22 years. •WRDW FM Beasley Rhythmic CHR (Wired 96.5) Philadelphia,
PA interim PD/afternoon DJ Kannon moves on up to PD to succeed outgoing PD Leo
Baldwin.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 HANK WILLIAMS' Classic I'll Never Get Out Of
This World Alive hits #1 on January 24th just weeks after his death. •1966 WDIO
TV ABC CH10 in Duluth, MN begins broadcasting on January 24th. •1978 JOSH
THOMPSON's 1st single (Beer On The Table) debuts Top 10 born on January 23rd in
Milwaukee, WI. •1982 SUPERBOWL XVI: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals
26-21 on January 24th in Pontiac, MI. •1994 GEORGE STRAIT's Pure Country
soundtrack is his 1st Triple-Platinum album on January 24th. •2002 CARRIE
HAMILTON actress/writer Carol Burnett's daughter dies at 38 on January 21st.
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J.D. ADAMS [B.J. Adams] (Richmond, VA) Hi, Recently
moved to Richmond, VA to work with Hummingbird Productions out of Nashville. I'll
be handling the west coast. Excited about the new position. These are the guys
who created the Budweiser Frogs, Coca Cola Pandas and dozens of other famous
spots. I'll be working with radio stations to sell jingles to their clients and
increase their revenues. www.HummingbirdProductions.com. Very excited to be
working with my old friend Paul Meacham (Eagle Marketing) again. Hope everyone
is well...JD
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village,
TX) Subject: 2 more Again. Jim: just received word that recording artist, James
O'Gwynn died this morning (1/19) in a Hattiesburg, MS Hospital. He suffered
from severe COPD & pneumonia & would have been 83 on January 26. Known
as "The Smilin' Irishman," he placed six songs on the country charts
between 1958 & 1962. His last chart hit was his biggest single, "My
Name Is Mud," peaked at #7 in 1962. Also, Don Kirshner, the man with the
golden ear, as Time magazine formerly described him, died 1/17 at 76 in a Boca
Raton, Fl hospital. BOB & Sonny Lee at The Southwest Outpost.
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HANK WILLIAMS [Henry] (Austin, TX) Subject: news
tip. Jim: I noticed your time frame at KBUC. Do you remember a KBUC DJ by the
name of Rusty Bell? He would have been there for a brief period during that time.
His real name was Tom Hartley. He later became Program Director of KOKE-FM in
Austin, and I worked under him there as Music Director. Rusty passed away
several years ago. - Henry
RUSTY BELL is the last 6 pm-midnight DJ that we
have on KBUC FM-AM before I exit for KBAT-680 in 1970. He hones his
Country-Rock roots under my music format. Rusty sounds really up like a Top 40
DJ. He moves over to WOAI-1200 and KOKE-1370 His dad is a county judge in deep
south TX near the border. He drives a brand new bright orange Pontiac GTO The
Judge automobile. Brenda Lee's tune Rusty Bells is his show opener. So very
sorry to hear of his passing.
DIANNA MILLER-GRAY (Houston, TX) Subject: Hi j
rose. I was actually looking for an old friend from my days in San Antonio late
late 60s early 70s. Dianna Miller then and my JRose was at KBOX in Dallas
then...fit you? I think your license plate was KBOXJR. Sent from my iPhone.
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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Serious about
Radio. I am not a big fan of Scanners, I only hear men at work. I do like the
scanner I have for photos but sometimes it won't come on like it used to,
besides it is a luxury. I have a handheld scanner but that is so I can get the
weather before taking off somewhere on my bicycle, walking, etc. A radio I
still like is a small pocket radio from G.E. which I bought in San Francisco
while on a trip. It is analog but it hears at times stations my bigger radios
miss. To coin a phrase,"I have never met a radio I didn't like". I
have some I liked better than others. I had a friend who swore by his R-390 and
another by his Racal. I always had the budget sets. But I am a hobbyist. Charles
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1939, CBS TV installs its studio
equipment in the former tennis courts above NYC's famed Grand Central Terminal.
CBS transmitters begin to send out signals high atop the Chrysler Building
tower.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: From
KCCY FM Colorado. Jim, I have a friend Valerie Hart who is on morning drive on
KCCY-FM Colorado Springs. Valerie and I worked together on KAGG AGGIE 96
College Station Madisonville in 1992. Then in 1993 I helped Valerie move to
WACO FM where I was on air on Double U-A-C-O AM in April 1976 their FM was then
KHOO. This had an owl looking through the O's. In 1993 I noticed the bathroom
still in the same location had the same latch on the door. Miller is his last
night at the moment I am not sure his first name. Miller the morning driver
came in to the Double U A C O control just as started the last record back
timed to 6 AM. Miller with his right index finger says as he writes on the
console "it's Double U A C O' Then he gets the newsman on the air and the carted
actuality that the newsman plays sounds muffled. So Miller puts hand over his
mouth to mimic to the news man what he is hearing. It was funny. Les
GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON (November 11,
1885-December 21, 1945) Give me an army of West Point graduates and I'll win a
battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win the war.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 21, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #924
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
DUELING GUITARIST MEETS HIS MAKER Tommy Crain,
former guitarist with the Charlie Daniels Band who co-writes The Devil Went
Down to Georgia, passes away at 69 on Thursday, January 13, 2011 in Franklin,
TN. In 1975, Crain signs up with CDB after his group, Buckeye, performs at
Daniel's 1974 Volunteer Jam. Tommy appears on over twenty albums. He also is a
co-writer of over sixty songs that includes the CDB's most famous record, The
Devil Went Down to Georgia, where he has the legendary guitar/fiddle duel match
with Charlie Daniels. He wins a Grammy for that famous exploit. In 1990, Tommy
exits CDB to assist his wife with her horse training hobbies. Crain also works
for Rogers Remodeling and Southbound Trains. Prior to CDB he leads Tommy Crain
and the Crosstown Allstars of Atlanta, GA. In his Web site Charlie Daniels
writes: Tommy Crain will always be a part of the CDB family, and his music will
always be a part of the CDB sound. We have lost a good friend, and the world
has lost a unique, creative and precious human being. We send our deepest
condolences to the family of our brother. You were special, buddy. We’re gonna
miss you.
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BEWARE CYBERSTALKERS Nowadays we believe that we're
mighty hip when we post our photos on our Android or Blackberry smartphones or
Apple iPhones or in Facebook, Twitter or anywhere else on the Internet
cyberspace. Beware, because cyber stalkers think that's pretty cool, too. A
picture's worth a thousand words. Fox News reports that cyber stalkers can
trace our locations from hidden encoded GPS stamps called geotags that lie deep
inside our digital photos. Aha! These geotags disclose the exact location where
our photos are taken with their embedded longitude and latitude coordinates.
These sneaky snake geotags also reveal our favorite haunts to track us down at
our favorite Friday night hang outs. Snap! We're on candid camera. Boom! We're
hit by a bazooka! Have no fear because if we do not want those demonic geotags
to remain active, we can disable them on most smartphones. Fox News says that
the http://ICanStalkU.com website
reveals details about how we can disable that disgraceful geotagging menace.
Like FNC's Bill O'Reilly says: The spin stops here because we're looking out
for you.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What effect does WWII have on
local TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•ENTERCOM buys Classic Rock KUFX FM (K-Fox 98.5)
San Jose, CA from Clear Channel for $9 million. •KDFC FM (102.1) after 60 years
of Classical music in San Francisco, CA reverts to a simulcast of Classic Rock
KUFX FM. •WIOD-610 Clear Channel News/Talk Miami/Fort Lauderdale, FL celebrates
its 85th Anniversary of South Florida coverage since January 19th 1926.
(www.newsradio610.com) •KALW FM (Information Radio 91.7) San Francisco, CA
receives up to $200,000 from troubled S.F. schools to help stabilize the
financially struggling public radio station. •MARK WILLIAMS talk vet is ready:
(mark@marktalk.com).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1950 RED FOLEY's toe-tapping tune Chattanooga Shoe
Shine Boy tops Billboard Country on January 21st. •1961 KIFI TV NBC CH8 Idaho
Falls, ID 1st airs on January 21st. •1973 JERRY LEE LEWIS breaks promise of no
Rock & Roll on his Grand Ole Opry debut. The Killer pumps out Johnny B.
Goode, Great Balls Of Fire & Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On on January 20th.
•1987 B.B. KING donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of MS on
January 21st. •1995 THE WYNONNA album certifies Quadruple-Platinum on January
20th. •2002 PEGGY LEE actress/singer (Is That All There Is?) dies at 81 on
January 21st.
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SANDY LAWSON [Sanders] (Lexington, KY) Subject:
Domino Rippy. Yes, knew them all. Haven't been in touch for a long time. No
longer in electronic media. (Was not AM
on air talent...primarily sales). Traded all that excitement for horses! Thanks
for your reply. I like knowing where my old friends are; please keep me on your
list. Sandy
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Remembering Chester Gould. Hey Jim, Al Capp didn't draw Dick
Tracy. That was Chester Gould. You're probably thinking of the Al Capp
cop/character named Fearless Fosdick, who was a parody of Dick Tracy. Capp used
him to lampoon the h*** out of Tracy, and Tracy's creator Chester Gould
himself. Gould didn't feel picked on because Capp also lampooned just about
everybody else in the world of comic strips. Chester Gould was a real
visionary. He created Dick Tracy in 1931, and he equipped Tracy and his fellow
cops with a lot of highly advanced gadgets and even forensic science techniques
that wouldn't be developed until decades later. Tracy's famous "2-way
wrist radio" was the first "cell phone". That revolutionary
device became a "2-way wrist TV/Radio" in 1964. Today practically
everybody has a cell phone that does the same things. Incidentally, the name
"Dick Tracy" was a double pun. In those days, the word
"dick" was street slang for "cop". And "Tracy"
came from the word "trace", which is what cops do for a living.
Here's a link to everything you ever wanted to know about Chester Gould and
Dick Tracy. (www.dicktracymuseum.com/chester-gould/biography/) Tally Ho. Jim
Bell
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IRA [Eye] LIPSON (Dallas, TX) Subject: Mike Taylor.
Hi. I’ve pretty much kept in touch with the original ZOO CREW from KZEW in the
early 70’s, except for Mike Taylor. Does anyone know whatever happened to him?
Mike did middays on the ZOO and was the music director. One of Mike Taylor’s
best moments was a live interview with John Lennon. Last anyone heard he was
selling radio time in Miami. Ira “Eye” Lipson, founding Zoologist,
KZEW-Certified Media Hotshot Dallas, Texas USA (www.LipsonWorks.com)
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Abilene, TX) Jim: Info I
had was Tommy Crain (B. 01/16/41, Nashville) & dies 01/12/11 in Franklin,
TN. He had played guitar/banjo with Charlie Daniels Band, Flat Creek band &
Crosstown Allstars. Sorry I neglected to forward, but you are on top of the
news, as usual. (That would make him 69.) BOB & Sonny Lee at The Southwest
Outpost.
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DENISE SCHMIDY (DFW-N Richland Hills, TX) Subject:
Jim Rose. Is that you Jim Rose from Grand Rapids MI? I may have found who my
pal Mike Ray is looking for….Please reply. Am looking for a dear friend from my
Collage days. I've lost track of him some 30 years ago. Does anyone know the
where abouts of Jim Rose. He performed in many of the school plays at Grand Rapids
Baptist Collage. Any info on him would be most helpful. Denise Schmidt; Konica
Minolta Graphic Imaging, USA
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1942 WCBW TV CBS CH2 NYC [first
commercial call sign for WCBS TV] cuts programming back from 15 hours a week to
4 during the war.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: HDTV and HD
Radio. Hi, I find that since I have an HD Radio and also a DVD/VCR with digital
tuner that I have enough choices to listen to and watch. I find that I am
constantly getting sales pitches from AT&T and Time-Warner. They could save
money by not sending and calling asking and then cut their prices. My favorite
stations to listen to are: KNTU 88.1, 100.3-2 with their MOR/Standards, 107.5-2
with Smooth Jazz. I find I like KPYK (ex KTER) 1570 better than KAAM 770, the
programming is more consistent and I like the old radio shows. I...make a dip
to snack on while watching TV, 31.4 and 31.3. I like their old TV shows. Best
regards, Charles George
FRED ALLEN [1988 Radio Hall of Fame inductee] (May
31, 1894-March 17, 1956) I always have trouble remembering three things: faces,
names, and I can't remember what the third thing is.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 19, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #923
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
SUPERMAN'S MOM - RIP One of the most moving motion
pictures that I ever see is Sidney Pollack's flick They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
in 1969 with Susannah York, Gig Young, Red Buttons and Bruce Dern. It's the
story of a 1930s marathon dance that seems to go on forever. In 1955, Susannah
is a student at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) in London. York
experiences an eventful career that wins her both a BAFTA and an Oscar
nomination. She gains fame in a string of movies. In 1963, York appears as
Sophie Western along with Albert Finney in the raw for the time movie Tom
Jones. In 1966, she portrays Thomas More's daughter with Orson Wells in A Man
for All Seasons. In 1984, Susannah is Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol with
George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge. But probably what many of us remember her
most is as Superman's mom Laura in 1978 alongside pop Marlon Brando in the film
Superman. Reuters reports that veteran motion picture and stage actress
Susannah York dies at 72 on Saturday, January 15, 2011 after a battle with bone
marrow cancer. Her actor son Orlando reveals to the Sunday Telegraph that as a
single mother with two children her career sometimes takes second place next to
her role as mother and she is a much beloved parent: She was an absolutely
fantastic mother, who was very down to earth and loved nothing more than
cooking a good Sunday roast and sitting around a fire of a winter's evening.
Susannah York's survivors include her two children. grandson and granddaughter.
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DICK TRACY WRISTWATCH The U.S. Army soon receives
what many refer to as a real Dick Tracy wristwatch from Hewlett-Packard that
has digital maps and a flexible plastic screen that will not shatter or crack
like glass. H-P researchers report that they expect to deliver to the U.S. Army
a working prototype of what they refer to as a Dick Tracy wristwatch in 2014.
Generations of us are avid readers of Chester Gould's syndicated newspaper
series about ace crime fighting detective Dick Tracy who wears on his wrist a
radio watch that connects him to almost any entity that he wants. H-P claims
that its new invention is a lightweight, wearable device that soldiers in the
field can use to view digital maps and other data on a flexible plastic screen
that won't shatter or crack like glass.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the first battlefield
broadcast in radio news history? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•ROYAL MARSHALL Neal Boortz Show producer suddenly
dies of a heart attack at 43 on Saturday, January 15, 2011. •PAT FRISCH
News/Talk KKOB-770 PD Albuquerque, NM boasts 42 years at #1 (12+) ratings with
8.9 in the fall book. This is up from summer's 7.7 share. •ANDY FREED Tampa
Bay, FL Rays radio voice re-ups with co-host Dave Wills for another three years
in the team’s broadcast booth. •SCOTT HASTINGS ex NBA champ/midday host agrees
to multi-year renewal with Lincoln Financial KKFN FM Sports (The Fan 104.3)
Denver-Longmont, CO. He continues as color commentator for Denver Nuggets’ TV
broadcasts.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 THE MILLIONAIRE debuts on CBS TV on January
19th. Marvin Miller plays Michael Anthony on 206 episodes from 1955-1960. •1963
FLATT & SCRUGGS The Ballad Of Jed Clampett hits #1 on Billboard on January
19th. •1971 BEATLES' Helter Skelter is played at Charles Manson's trial on
January 19th. •1985 REBA MCENTIRE's How Blue hits #1 on Billboard Country on
January 19th. •1998 CARL PERKINS singer/songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes) dies at
65 on January 19th. •2001 LORRIE MORGAN & others sing Only In America at
George W. Bush's inaugural celebration in Washington, D.C. on January 19th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: songs. I tried to remember the lines you threw to me, but failed to
score. I think those songs came along shortly after I was outta the DJ chair,
and onto the news desk. I saw in your JRRR today the mention of Little Richard
and "Tutti Frutti". THAT was during my time, and I absolutely loved
Little Richard (weird as he is) and played him as much as I thought I could get
away with without turning off my teeny boppers.
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Hi Jim! Nice
remembrances from Harold Levine about KGAF. Far as I know, White Fuel Corp. was
the owner of White's Stores...those Western Auto-ish stores in the 60s-70s-80s
that sold tires, TVs and even washers! Last one left DFW in mid-1985. Steve
Eberhart just flipped KGAF to an adult AC gold format and it sounds great. His
is a good coming-full-circle story of being a 16 yr old kid working his first
radio job in 1973 who comes back after a stellar broadcast career to buy the
very station he started at...AND with the intention of staying true to KGAF's
heritage by being live and local! Anyway, take care and hug that pup for
me...Mike Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: David
Nelson. David Nelson was great athlete having done his own stunt work in the
movie "Trapeze" with Burt Lancaster. When I started working as a mail
boy at CBS Radio we had a basketball team in the Hollywood League along with
Warner Bros., Universal, etc. Ozzie and Harriet's studio had a team and both Ricky
and David were the stars. We played one night at the Hollywood YMCA and I was
lucky that night having scored 28 points with Ricky guarding me and I was
guarding David. After the game we all went over and visited with Ozzie and
Harriet who were sitting on the front row and they were genuine and friendly
people. Ricky, David and I shook hands and said we looked forward to playing
again. One of the players for Warner Brothers was a guy by the name of Ty
Hardin who had gone to Texas A and M and was a star in a series called
"Bronco". I only wish I had kept the score sheet from that night.
Gary DeLaune (www.garydnews.com)
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Croquet Is
Okay. Greetings Jim & Lacy, In the 1980's on KVIL 103.7 Lynne Haley did the
most wonderful show from 7 to 11 on weeknights. Many who were in DFW during
that time will remember her show & may recall that one of her running jokes
was that anytime she placed a call in the People's Choice contest & no one
answered, that it was clearly because they were outside playing croquet. At
some point in 1983 Lynne was having a meet & greet type of thing during the
lunch hour at a restaurant in Plano. So, in light of all the croquet jokes, I
arrived at the event with a croquet ball for her to autograph. She signed it
"Croquet is Okay. Lynne Haley KVIL" & we had a good laugh. She
opened her show that night joking that clearly her radio career had reached its
zenith, that earlier in the day she'd been asked to autograph a croquet ball. I
still have it & of course my official Lynne Haley Show flyswatter. :) Take
Care, David Faulkner
TRIVIA ANSWER: The first live radio battlefield
report in radio news history is H.V. Kaltenborn's on-the-ground (literally)
coverage of the Spanish Civil War from the French/Spanish border on CBS Radio
in September 1936.
DAN MCCURDY (Sherman-Denison, TX) ...wow,
Jim...congrats on bein' a young 'un. I'm 69 on November 25 (they'll bring me my
turkey and dressing instead of what I really want...a Springfield 1911 model
.45 ACP w/a 14-stacked magazine)...PLUS, my son, the PhD in New York will be 36
on the 16th...how smallish be dis world? Hey, glad you got a friend to take you
to the TRHoF festivities...just think of all your JRRR fans you'll get to meet
and greet at the award ceremony! Wish I were there to go! HAVE A BALL...and
walk in the place like you're the radio star that you are! NOBODY in the room
has done so much for so long and as well as you in bringing us radio brothers
and sisters back together THREE TIMES A WEEK for our little JRRR share-a-thons!
My ever-loving' thanks and the appreciation of thousands will accompany you to
the gathering! My bestooya, pal... Dano
VIN SCULLY {L.A. Dodgers voice for over 40 years/12
World Series/6 All-Star Games/1995 Radio Hall of Fame} (November 29, 1927-p) As
long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 17, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #922
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TOP POP SINGER SUCCUMBS Margaret Whiting is born on
July 17, 1924 in Detroit, MI but grows up in Hollywood, CA. Margaret is one of
the top female vocalists of the 1940s. She lands on the Pop chart with 36 hits
from 1945-67. Her two #1 hit recordings include A Tree in the Meadow, plus her
duo with Jimmy Wakely of Slippin' Around which lays claim to #1 for 17 weeks in
1949 on Billboard's Country linage. She has 9 Top 10 Country hits from 1949-51.
A couple of her memorable Pop tunes are The Money Tree (#20-1956/57) and Wheel
of Hurt (#26-1966). Margaret’s dad is Richard A. Whiting who pens the music for
the 1918 Classic Evergreen tune 'Til We Meet Again. Raymond B. Egan composes
the lyrics. The song is written during the Great War. It tells of the parting
of a soldier and his sweetheart. Toward the close of WWI many performers sing
the song but in 1919 Henry Burr and Albert Campbell's version of 'Til We Meet
Again is the #1 song of the year. The tune's title comes from the final line of
the chorus - 'Til We Meet Again.
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'AT LAST' SINGER HAS DEMENTIA Blues singer Etta
James mesmerizes us with her smooth soulful tunes. She is born Jamesetta
Hawkins in Los Angeles, CA on January 25, 1938. Etta's recordings include some
of the most fantastic songs of all time. Her Pop crossover tunes that I enjoy
the most are: At Last (1961), Fool That I Am/Dream (1961) and It's Too Soon To
Know (1961). In 1959, James sings backup vocals on Chuck Berry's hit Back in
the USA. In 1978, Etta opens tour dates in the USA for The Rolling Stones. Etta
wins 4 Grammys, plus 17 Blues Music Awards. In 1993, she inducts into the Rock
& Roll Hall of Fame. Her 1993 LP Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday
brings her 1st Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. In 1995, James
publishes her autobiography, A Rage to Survive. In 2001, she joins the Blues
Hall of Fame. She inducts into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 for At Last; in
2008 The Wallflower (aka Roll With Me Henry). In 2003, she receives a Grammy
Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2005, her LP Let's Roll wins her another Grammy for
Best Contemporary Blues Album. On April 7, 2009, at 71, Etta appears on Dancing
with the Stars as a guest performer. On May 7, 2009, in Memphis, TN the Blues
Foundation awards Etta James the Soul/Blues Female Artist of the Year which is
her 9th award. Her 1961 ballad At Last is a timeless Classic. It appears in
many movies and TV commercials. In 2009, she receives a diagnosis of
Alzheimer's disease. On January 14, 2011 Etta is diagnosed with Leukemia and
dementia. She is currently under treatment.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In 1944, CBS Radio Network has how
many affiliates? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•MICHELE MCPHEE exits Greater Boston Talk WTKK FM
(96.9) Boston, MA for the 1-3pm slot on crosstown Entercom Talk WRKO-680.
•WNRP-1620 FOX News/Talk (Pensacola's New Choice for Newsradio) Pensacola, FL
seeks afternoon news anchor/reporter. Contact Ann Schiller at
aschiller@newsradio1620.com. •JOHN ROBERTS CNN American Morning co-anchor from
2007 until December 2010 leaves to join Fox News Channel in Atlanta, GA as a
senior national correspondent. •JOSH DICKEY joins Variety as film editor
beginning on December 27, 2010.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 NFL PRO BOWL: East beats West 20-9 on January
17th. •1969 ELVIS PRESLEY records Mac Davis' Don't Cry Daddy on January 15th at
the American Studios in Memphis, TN. •1971 SUPER BOWL V: Baltimore Colts 16,
Dallas Cowboys 13 in Miami Superbowl on January 17th. •1981 EDDIE RABBITT's I
Love A Rainy Night drowns the #1 spot on Billboard's Country weather chart on
January 17th. •1992 CHARLIE VENTURA Jazz saxophonist dies of cancer at 75 on
January 17th. •2006 SUGARLAND's website announces the departure of Kristen Hall
on January 17th to concentrate on songwriting.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, Sun's out this morning, and it's a beautiful scene, but cold as a
well digger in Idaho. (I cleaned that one up a little.) Made a big pot of chili
and passed some around to a few friends. Mmmmmm good stuff. Gotta get out and
shovel some snow. Stay warm, Tom
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: Update on Health
Conditions of Rascal McCaskill. Jim, I got this update from Jerry McCaskill,
Rascal's wife. Regards, Bill Cherry
JERRY MCCASKILL (Victoria, TX) Hi, They haven't
called it pneumonia, however, they have started his breathing treatments and
Leveque IV's again. He is walking a little further with help and sitting up
more than before. They have a bed side procedure scheduled for tomorrow to see
how he swallows. He is still supposed to have the scope to inject the toxins to
open up the flap that goes to the stomach, but we don't know when. The latest
problem is that I am sick with a nasty cold and can't go to the hospital to see
him. Billy went today and stayed for a long time and they had a good visit.
Thanks for caring, Jerry
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Abilene, TX) Subject:
Singer. Jim: I'm certain this is not a bulletin for you, but did wish to
mention (the) death Monday, 1/10 of famed singer Margaret Whiting, age 86. Hers
is quite a story indeed. Your friend, Bob at Southwest Outpost.
VICKY PICKERING [John] (Houston, TX) Subject: Saw
Scott Arthur on TV. Thanks for your answer. I also asked Barry Kilgore on
Facebook and he said he thought Scott does PR for Star of Hope. We were at M.D.
Anderson all day Tuesday with our daughter-in-law who had some corrective
surgery on December 9th. Today I picked her up at MDA and took her home to The
Woodlands and stayed with her to be sure she was OK. Our son is an auditor
working at an oil company site during this busy tax season, so we helped him
out with taking care of his wife today. Hope you are doing fine. We are just
getting older and it shows on the outside! You can keep up with us on the web
site www.buddyhollyandthepicks.com. Happy New Year! Vicky (and John)
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MICHELLE PLUNK (Austin-Marble Falls, TX) Subject:
Subscribe. Hey Jim, I am Jim WW Travis's daughter. I would like to sign up for
your newsletter :) Thanks... Michelle
DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Hall
of Fame. www.crb.org click on Hall of Fame at top right...it goes back to
1975...interesting stuff... (www.kftx.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1944, CBS Radio Network has 147
stations.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Cold Snap. Hi,
The weather made me pull out a CD by Albert Collins. I like his song Cold Snap.
I liked his instrumentals, unfortunately I did not know of his work until a few
years before he left the scene. Also thanks to YouTube, I keep listening to
It's All Right, The Impressions. Amazing what a person can find when doing a
search on Youtube.com. There was an air check of John R. and that made wonder whether any one has
posted air checks of WHB. I use to enjoy hearing WHB when KFJZ (1270) and KLIF
(1190) had songs I did not care for, especially when they were playing the same
song at the time. When I attended SFSA there was a top-40/MOR station on the
AM, but it was hard to hear at night even in Nacogdoches, besides it was
automated. You could hear it sometime start playing two tapes at once. My
favorite song that they played was Right Back Where We Started From. The way
the weather was earlier in the week I thought I might have to Wade In The
Water. I was also thinking about dreams, I used to dream of being a big time
radio personality, best I got to it was being a Volunteer at KCHU (FM), and a
year before being in the make believe station KELC that played music through
the basement of El Centro Community College. My Elusive Dreams, and I know with
the weather just wait it will change, Chili Today and Hot Tamale. Best regards,
Charles
GEORGE CARLIN (May 12, 1937-Sunday, June 22, 2008)
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely
scattered light by morning.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 14, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #921
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
RICKY'S BIG BROTHER DIES The popular radio show
about the home life of bandleader Ozzie Nelson and his wife Harriet (Hilliard)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debuts in 1944. At first, child actors are the
voices of the Nelson children. But in 1949, the 12 year-old David and his 8
year-old brother Ricky join the show. In 1952, the show moves to ABC TV. The
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is the longest running family sitcom ever. New
episodes go on the air for 14 years. The show gracefully makes the transition
from black-and-white TV to color. We watch David and Ricky literally grow up
before our eyes on TV. When David and Ricky get married in the early 1960s we
see their real wives on TV. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet remains on ABC
TV until 1966. The show is the MTV of its generation because each episode
features Ricky Nelson singing his latest recording. Ricky Nelson's exposure on
the TV show launches him as a teen-idol. The fantastic guitar player on his big
hit records is James Burton who later joins Elvis Presley's touring and
recording band. Some of the tunes where we hear James' great guitar is on
Ricky's Poor Little Fool and Elvis' Burning Love. Big brother David chooses a
career behind the cameras as a director. Ricky tragically dies in an airplane
crash in 1985 which is about 10 years after his dad, Ozzie, passes away due to
liver cancer. In 1994, mom, Harriet, dies of heart disease. David Nelson who is
the last surviving member of the Ozzie and Harriet Nelson TV family dies at 74
on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at his Century City home with complications of
colon cancer.
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SIRIUS SLASHES SALARIES Bubba the Love Sponge
claims that he quits his Sirius XM satellite radio show because they want to
drastically reduce his salary: They've asked everybody to take a pay cut. After
Sirius XM signs expensive deals with Hollywood personalities Oprah Winfrey,
Martha Stewart and Jamie Foxx, they ask some of their top radio talent to take
dramatic pay slashes. Bubba the Love Sponge is the #2 talk-show host on Sirius
XM for five years until he quits after he says management wants to cut his
salary by 80%. In December 2010, Sirius XM CFO David Frear talks of more
favorable economic terms as contracts came up for renewal. It's quite evident
that Sirius XM wants to rein in some of its costs. Even top talk host Howard
Stern isn't immune from the cost cuts. Analysts determine that his new Sirius
XM contract drops to about $80 million a year, which is down from his previous
arrangement that pays him $100 million each year.
TRIVIA QUESTION: How does CBS Radio rank in 1950?
The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•ANDERSON COOPER signs syndicated daytime talk show
pact with Time Warner that debuts in fall 2011. He keeps job as CNN host of
Anderson Cooper 360. •COLONEL MASON ScienceNews Radio Network managing
editor/host of weekly Promise of Tomorrow radio program in Dallas, TX receives
IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering the Public
Understanding of the Profession at annual IEEE-USA banquet in Austin, TX on
March 5, 2011 at 7pm. •CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION show Las Vegas, NV has
over 140,000 industry professionals in attendance.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 LITTLE RICHARD releases Tutti Frutti on
January 14th. •1968 JOHNNY CASH records his live album Johnny Cash at Folsom
Prison in California on January 13th with his remake of Folsom Prison Blues.
•1976 LINDSAY WAGNER's Bionic Woman debuts on January 14th on ABC TV (later NBC
TV). •1983 ROSANNE CASH's 1st Gold album on January 6th is Seven Year Ache.
•1993 DAVID LETTERMAN announces that his show moves over from NBC to CBS on
January 14th. •2006 GEORGE STRAIT's She Let Herself Go rises to #1 on
Billboard's Country survey on January 14th.
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BILL GARCIA [WUSN FM US99] (Chicago, IL) Subject:
Hi Jim. Read every one of your JRRRs that I receive! Love it! Got all my
fingers and toes crossed that the Chicago Bears make it to Dallas for the Super
Bowl! Grew up in Bryan/College Station, TX listening to Houston and Dallas
radio in Texas (even listened to you too!) and enjoyed it immensely, but I've
spent the majority of my radio career in Chicago and the Bears are my team!
Still in radio but doing something new and exciting. After leaving US99 I've
teamed up with John Gehron of WLS fame (and who helped start Oprah's Radio
Network). He's got something new up here and we're ready for the new Internet
radio craze that will soon hit when the new cars rolls out. Check me and my
partner (Nancy Turner) out on ChicagoRadioOnline.com. I'm there with my
buddies: Fred Winston, Tommy Edwards, Scotty Brink, Clark Weber, Doug Dalhgren,
Mitch Michaels and more legendary Chicago Radio stars.
(www.chicagoradioonline.com}
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HAROLD LEVINE (Dallas, TX) Subject: KGAF memories.
Jim, you asked me to share my recollections about KGAF, Gainesville, back when
I worked there in the late 60s/early 70s. The station was owned by Joe and Bud
Leonard and Bob Couch (mornings) and Pat Bolin (afternoons) were the primary
announcers/programming team in 1967 when I started. Dave Cooke had been there
about two years and Jay Wimberly was doing nights on the FM. Sometime in 1968
the Leonards sold out to the White Fuel Corp. out of Wichita Falls and Phil
Keener was brought in as GM...somewhere along the format changed from MOR to
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STEVE EBERHART (Dallas, TX) Subject: KGAF-1580. I
had an idea a couple years ago of doing a Saturday Morning Sportstalk show but
had a hard time finding a host for it live on Saturday mornings...so this year
(2010) I came up with a way to do it recorded. What we do is run it 8 to 9
Saturday mornings. We start with our Scoreboard Show of the scores from Friday
nite (recorded late nite Friday after the games are done) and follow that with
a repeat of the Post Game show from our game broadcast - think about it, all
that is, is a complete review of the game which is perfect to play again
Saturday Morning for anyone who didn't hear it - We then roll into the college
preview which is the same recording we used on the Friday Nite Warmup and the
NFL follows that per the same...it wraps up with a repeat of all area local
teams and makes for a good sportstalk show on a Saturday morning after Friday
nite football. AND gives us yet another hour of football related programming to
sell! It works and again, most of it is all repeat programming if you will, but
doesn't necessarily sound like it. I've had a lot of good comments about it.
Thanks. Steve (www.klifhistory.com)
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VICKY PICKERING [John] (Houston TX) Subject: Saw
Scott Arthur on TV. Good Morning. I have a question. I saw Scott Arthur on TV
with an announcement for Star of Hope. Is he working with them now? Vicky
Pickering (www.buddyhollyandthepicks.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1950 CBS Radio has 14 out of
Nielsen's Top 20 nighttime radio shows plus eight of the Top 10 daytime shows.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: KLIF (1190)
& KBOX (1480). Greetings Jim & Lacy, Wanted to say how much I've
enjoyed all the recent emails about KLIF & KBOX. Never tire of hearing
about those legendary stations. I should also thank you for the times that
you've shared with me about working at both of them. Take Care, David Faulkner
DR. BRUCE NELSON [Retired 12/31/2010 GM/AM Drive DJ
KFTX FM 97.5] (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#913)
December 27, 2010 [Monday] Jim, Have a great 2011...Tom Cat Reeder and I worked
together years ago at WDON in Wheaton Md. DrB
MALCOLM COWLEY (August 28, 1898-March 27, 1989)
Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they
are kind to kittens.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 12, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #920
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BULLITT DIRECTOR DEPARTS Deadline Hollywood reports
that 4-time Oscar nominee British film director/producer Peter Yates passes
away at 82 in London after a long illness. Peter's first American film, Bullitt
in 1968 that stars Steve McQueen is one of the definitive cop movies of all
time. The fast-moving car chase scene through the streets of San Francisco with
Steve behind the wheel of a Ford Mustang still thrills us movie buffs. Peter is
a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is a stage actor before he
becomes an assistant director for Tony Richardson. Yates' debut as a feature
director is the early 1960s low-budget film Summer Holiday in 1963 with Rock
singer Cliff Richard and the Shadows. He quickly moves on up with his 1967
crime thriller movie, Robbery, which depicts Britain's The Great Train Robbery.
Next comes Bullitt with Steve McQueen. Yates directs several films that
includes John and Mary (1969), Murphy's War (1971), The Hot Rock (1972), The
Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973), For Pete's Sake (1974), The Deep (1977),
Breaking Away (1979), Eyewitness (1981), The Dresser (1983), Krull (1983),
Eleni (1985), Suspect (1987), The House on Carroll Street (1988), An Innocent
Man (1989), Year of the Comet (1992), Roommates (1995) and Curtain Call (1999).
Peter makes fine actors like Robert Mitchum look even better. How about Jackie
Bissett in a wet T-shirt? Robert Redford in his prime. He catches Peter O'Toole
pre Lawrence of Arabia. We sit in the passenger seat of Steve McQueen's ultra
fast Mustang. Peter Yates is a one-of-a-kind movie director/producer the likes
of we may never witness again.
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WORLD'S LARGEST RODEO COMES TO HOUSTON Are you
ready to rodeo? We rodeo fans need to dust off our cowboy hats, shine our boots
and clean up our spurs because once again The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
comes to town. Twenty-one star entertainers are onboard for the 2011 Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo from March 1-20, 2011. This is the world's largest
livestock exhibition and rodeo. Big stars fill the massive new Reliant Park
Stadium: Clay Walker (Tuesday, March 1), Trace Adkins (Wednesday, March 2),
Sugarland (Thursday, March 3), Black Heritage Day with Janet Jackson (Friday,
March 4), Billy Currington (Saturday, March 5), Selena Gomez (Sunday, March 6),
Tim McGraw (Monday, March 7), Keith Urban (Tuesday March 8), Martina McBride
(Wednesday, March 9), Rascal Flatts (Thursday, March 10), Lady Antebellum
(Friday, March 11), Gary Allan (Saturday, March 12), Go Tejano Day with La
Arrolladora Banda El Limon and La Leyenda (Sunday, March 13) Kid Rock (Monday,
March 14), KISS (Tuesday, March 15), Miranda Lambert (Wednesday, March 16), Zac
Brown Band (Thursday, March 17), Alan Jackson (Friday, March 18), Brad Paisley
(Saturday, March 19) and Jason Aldean closes out the rodeo on Sunday, March 20,
2011.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the popular The Jackie
Gleason Show debut on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•DEL REISMAN Veteran TV writer and former Writers
Guild of America - West President dies at 86 of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles,
CA suburb of Toluca Lake on Saturday, January 8, 2011. •KBYO FM Talk (Fox 92.7)
Monroe, LA flips to Fun Radio 92.7 on Tuesday, January 18, 2011. •KEZP FM Opus
Broadcasting Modern Rock (Red 104.3) Alexandria, LA goes all talk as
TheTruth1043.com. •WBLI FM Cox Media CHR (106.1) WBLI Patchouge, NY morning
show co-host Dana DiDonato adds new co-host Jeffrey Jameson on Monday morning,
January 10, 2011. Jameson's resume includes roles on TV's Gossip Girl, 30 Rock,
and Ugly Betty.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 KOED TV PBS CH11 in Tulsa, OK begins
broadcasting on January 12th. •1968 KEITH ANDERSON Country singer/songwriter
(Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll - album certifies Gold 2005)
born on January 12th in Miami, OK. •1974 STEVE MILLER BAND's The Joker peaks at
#1 on January 12th. •1980 CRYSTAL GAYLE's Miss The Mississippi is 1st Country
album to go Gold in the 1980s on January 10th. •1991 KEYE LUKE actor (Charlie
Chan's #1 Son) dies from a stroke at 86 on January 12th. •2009 LADY
ANTEBELLUM's I Run To You releases to radio on Capitol records on January 12th.
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JIM TRAVIS [Jo] (Hot Springs, AR) Subject: Too Old?
Well, I went, I jocked, and now I'm headed back to Arkansas. After doing only 9 shows, the 30 something GM
of the new KBAY in Marble Falls, TX handed me my walking papers. She said I
wasn't "lively" enough, which I think must be the PC way of saying
"too old". She replaced me with a 20 something guy. I guess she
wanted a young, shock jock type. I just did what I've always done. It was
supposed to be classic country after all, and if I'm not classic country, who
is? Oh well, I just hope at my age, I can find my way back to the hills of
Arkansas without getting lost. (www.JimWWTravis.com)
JIM PREWITT [Catfish] (Sacramento, CA) Hey
Jimbo...I'm now at CBS Owned KNCI (FM New Country 105.1) Sacramento
www.kncifm.com doing nights and having a blast! I started officially January 3,
2011. Hope You and Lacy had a wonderful New Years and Congrats on the Cashbox
catch!! Jim Prewitt
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Abilene, TX) Subject:
Two More, Now Less. Jim: Two more music-biz deaths to report: (1) Gil Garfield
on 1/1/11,from vocal trio, "Cheers," who had a #6 hit, "Black
Denim Trousers" in 1955; and (2) Joseph 'Lil Joe' Jones, at 64 on
12/31/10, member since 1972 until he retired in 2008 of the famed Atlanta R/B
Quintet, The Tams, who hit #9 in 1964 with "What Kind of fool (Do you
think I am)." BOB & Sonny Lee
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DR. BRUCE NELSON [Retired 12/2010 GM/AM Drive DJ
KFTX FM 97.5] (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#914)
December 29, 2010 [Wednesday] Ol' Larry "Swikard" Vance was (RIP) was
one of the most impatient persons I ever worked for...best thing about
KNUZ/KQUE was the job security. Not a lot of $$$ but a little raise each year
and Christmas bonus which is what I as a family man needed AND Morris never
laid off a soul during the oil bust. WE extended shifts when somebody would
leave but once Dave decided you were ok you just about had to kill somebody to
get fired. Be well. DrB
EILEEN PACE FITZSIMMONS (San Antonio, TX) Subject:
subscribe. I was searching for Don Couser and didn't find him on Facebook, so I
Googled him. His comment came up, so I started surfing around your site. It was
fun. I work at NPR in S.A. Long, long ago I was at KIKK in Houston, when it was
"the" country station. It was my second job, back in the late 70s,
early 80s. Then I took 8 years off, moved to S.A. and went back to work at
WOAI. Now at TPR. I like your website! Thanks for doing it!! -- Eileen
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HOWARD REYNOLDS (Houston, TX) Subject: Dr. Bruce
Nelson. Yes, I am still at KODA, KKRW, and HISD. The KNUZ documentary might be
completed sometime in my life time. At this point it looks like a retirement
project. I have much to do always. Thanks for your writing. I read it every
week. Howard
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Changes @
KSCS. Jim, You may already have this, but, 96.3 KSCS in DFW making some
changes. Here's an article about it by Robert Philpot.
www.dfw.com/2011/01/05/336533/changes-at-kscs.html. You & Lacy Take Care,
David Faulkner
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Jackie Gleason Show debuts on
CBS TV on September 20, 1952 and runs until September 12, 1970.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Where
are they now? Jim and Lacy, after Citadel took over November 2009 do you know
what became of these on the ABC Music Satellite Network at 13275 Montfort Drive
Dallas, TX 75420. I read that everyone was terminated. Here is what I just
pulled up this afternoon January 5, 2010. (Jay Fox, Teresa Brown, Dave
Michaels, Ron Foster, Mile Preston and Lou Warren) These were on the air when I
was with KMCM 96.9 FM 97 Gold in Midland 2003-2004. Leslie
MARY SCHMICH (November 29, 1953-p) Understand that
friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you
get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 10, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #919
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BRITISH ACTOR MEETS HIS FATE Pete Postlewaite,
British Actor that Steven Spielberg once describes as the best actor in the
world, dies at 64 in a hospital on Sunday, January 2, 2011 from a long battle
with cancer. In 1994, he receives an Oscar nomination for In The Name of the
Father. Pete stars in the movies The Usual Suspects, The Lost World: Jurassic
Park, Amistad and Alien 3. Most recently he appears in The Clash of the Titans,
Inception and The Town.
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KSCS FM GOES WITHOUT DJS Recently, listeners to
long-time morning show The Dorsey Gang on Country KSCS FM (96.3) in Ft. Worth,
TX are shocked by their absence. If that isn't enough to knock your cowboy hat
in the dirt, the KSCS FM Web site now features a New Country logo, plus there
is no more airstaff link. KSCS listeners wonder what's going on in Cow Town?
Dave Kelly, KSCS FM PD, says not to fear because, We're relaunching the radio
station. Basically, the station is focusing on new country and the biggest acts
in country music, and the intent is to be playing the most country music in
North Texas. For the time being, Terry Dorsey, Mark [Hawkeye] Louis and APD/MD
Chris Huff will remain. On Tuesday, January 4, 2011 former Dorsey Gang member
Rebecca announces that she exits The Dorsey Gang but remains with KSCS FM in
other activities. Kelly says that KSCS FM is without DJs until a new air staff
is announced on Monday, January 10th. Dave does not mention a word about air
personalities Allan Peck and Kim Stewart. Kelly says that the change is not
actually a format flip. It is a relaunch: We're focusing on the new, bigger
acts of the format. KSCS has been country in this town for a very long time.
We're just reinventing the brand.
WMA LOSES MILLIONS THROUGH PONZI Jim Wiatt former
William Morris Agency CEO sues Winston & Strawn law firm in U.S. District
Court in New Jersey on Monday, December 20, 2010 because of what he alleges is
a Ken Starr ponzi scheme. The suit claims that former W&S partner Jonathan
Bristol offers legal advice to Jim Wiatt that causes him and his wife Elizabeth
to lose millions of dollars due to a money laundering scheme through a trust
account which Bristol administers. Federal prosecutors indict Bristol on claims
that he conspires with disgraced money manager Ken Starr to launder more than
$20 million from Starr's celebrity and Hollywood insider clients. The SEC sues
Bristol on similar charges about his control over Starr-related trust accounts.
The Wiatts' lawyer David Stone of Stone & Magnanini issues a statement: It
was bad enough that Ken Starr defrauded his clients, but what makes this even
more egregious is that, Bristol – a prominent partner of a prominent firm –
abused his client relationships with the Wiatts. This type of conduct warrants
not only compensatory but punitive damages to deter such conduct in the future.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS televise its
first-ever broadcast of the National Football League? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•STAN RICHARDSON retires after 41 years with
Cromwell Group Country WCRC FM (95.7) & News-Talk WCRA-1090 Effingham, IL
on Friday, December 31, 2010. •DAVID FIELD Entercom President/CEO signs a
restated employment agreement for an initial three year period plus automatic
one-year extensions. Entercom EVP/CFO Stephen Fisher also renews his business
accord. •WESTWOOD ONE METRO TRAFFIC signs a new multi-year deal with Citadel
News-Talk WLS-890 & Oldies WLS FM (94.7) Chicago, IL and expands its
services to News-Talk KABC-790 & Classic Rock KLOS FM (95.5) Los Angeles,
CA.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 JERRY LEE LEWIS' Great Balls of Fire smashes
#1 on January 10th. •1961 JOHNNY HORTON's Classic tune North To Alaska lands at
#1 on Billboard's Country map on January 9th. •1976 HOWLIN' WOLF (Chester
Arthur Burnett) Blues singer/guitarist dies on January 10th at 65 after brain
surgery. In 1991, he inducts into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, •1982 THE OAK
RIDGE BOYS' Bobbie Sue releases on MCA records on January 10th. •1994 BOBBY
PRATT Jazz trombone/piano player dies on January 7th at 67. •2010 JOHN RICH and
wife Joan have son Cash Rich born in Nashville, TN on January 10th.
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WAYNE WATKINS [WHGO FM (105.9)] (Biloxi, MS)
Subject: Plaxo post. There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all
the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make
you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat
you right. Forget about the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything
but happy. (http://RocknOldies.com)
DREAMA MANKINS [Drema] (Hickory, NC) Hi, Jim...When
the station (WMIL) changed formats from country to rock, two announcers (one of
whom was Bruce) and two of our newsmen ended up in Houston and San Antonio. I
love Texas and considered going there myself. I always had a feeling I had
lived in Texas in a previous life – probably as a dance hall girl. (I did live
in El Paso for a while, but that didn’t count.) I left WMIL when I was
transferred to Malrite’s home office in Cleveland as administrative assistant
to Mr. Maltz. Sincerely, Drema
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#915) December 31, 2010 [Friday] Hi back to Dreama and
thanks for the kind words. I Kan 2 spel n stuff jus kouldnt hit the right keys
:-) Jim, if you want to share her e-mail I'll drop her a line. b
BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: Important News
About Rascal McCaskill. Jim, KREL (Baytown, Texas) was 1360. He was at KREL
from 1954 thru 1956. A total of 3 years. It now has other call letters (KWWJ)
and is a gospel music station. The locally famous Skipper Lee Frasier, way into
his 80s, still broadcasts there via a remote from the funeral home he owns.
Rascal, who is white, began at all-black KCOH with a "black" accent,
then KREL, then KXYZ, then KTRH then KILT plus several others. Later he was the
area representative for Dot Records. He went to Victoria to head up the
founding and management of a TV station. In later years he owned a putt-putt
golf course and substitute taught in the public schools for about 30 years. He
was also well-known for his civic work. Was once a Kiwanis Club governor. Those
in my email list who are radio people are already subscribers to JRRR. Those
who I sent the email to (about 75) who aren't radio people were listeners of
Rascal's. I'll forward your edition to them with the further suggestion that
those who are radio buffs would enjoy JRRR and can subscribe. (By the way, I'm
one who enjoys it) Thanks for writing about Rascal. Bill Cherry
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GENTLEMAN JIM CARTER (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#910) December 20, 2010 [Monday] Jimbo: I was doing
mornings at KTEM (1400) in 1970. Bill Gallion (News Director) was also PD. I
could NOT get along with that dude! So I gave Cheney two weeks notice & I
bailed to KDOK (1330) Tyler. Big Joe Lombardy did afternoons when I was there
and J. Hugh Sprott did 7-sign off. Jackie (Sprott) was my roommate and a guy
named Bubblehead Ed did mid days. Quite a motley crew. :) GJC
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#916) January 03, 2011 [Monday] Hi Jim! Sorry I've gotten way behind on emails again
lately. Just wanted to thank you for the multiple mentions of my new KDNT
(1440)-Denton website. Great responses to it posted here and received by email.
Sorry that I didn't have any ideas for you on getting your website back online,
but it looks like everything's fixed and good to go now. Wishing you and your
four-legged pal a wonderful 2011, and again, it was a pleasure to finally meet
you in person there in Houston after many years of being your "email pen pal"!
All the best to you, Mike Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On October 11, 1946 CBS Television
Network presents its first-ever TV broadcast of the National Football League.
DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: Bye
Bye Nancy (Pelosi)! Jeff Cunningham, DC
WILLIAM E. SIMON (November 27, 1927-June 3, 2000)
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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January 03, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #916
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
LEGENDARY HOUSTON DJ IN HOSPITAL In the late 1940s
to early 1950s black music is referred to as Race Music. It evolves into
several other titles such as R&B and Soul Music. In those days for radio
listeners to hear Race Music they have to tune in black radio stations that
have black DJs. But a couple of white DJs notice that white kids dig black
music so they decide to spin some R&B wax on their shows. The most famous
white DJ in the Fabulous Fifties who spins black music is Alan Freed who many
say invents the term Rock'n'Roll. In the early 1950s word spreads about a hot
tune by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters called Annie Had A Baby. But the
only places on the radio dial that we kids can find that hot tune is on the
John R show on the powerful WLAC-1510 in Nashville, TN and Wolfman Jack on
XERF-1570 across the border in Cuidad. Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico. These white
radio DJs become very popular when they spin black music. In the 1950s,
Houston, TX also has a white radio DJ who plays black music. Bill [Rascal]
McCaskill becomes a local celebrity with his R&B records on KREL-1460 in
Baytown which is a suburb of the Bayou City. From 1954-56, Rascal's radio program
leads off each night with Buddy Morrow’s saxophone on Night Train which is the
title of his show. Houstonians later hear McCaskill on KNUZ-1230, KLIF-610 and
other local radio stations. Currently, the 83 year-old Rascal McCaskill resides
in a Victoria, TX hospital suffering from a severe case of pneumonia. Rascal
has lost a lot of weight and needs our prayers to regain his strength and for
his full and complete healing.
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YOUR THIN SCREEN TV IS OBSOLETE! Most Americans
already toss out their old big, bulky, boxy TV sets for the sleek new
flat-panel displays. By now, most folks who want a flat-screen TV already own
one. Industry observers and manufacturers estimate that nearly two-thirds of
U.S. households have flat-screen TV sets in their homes and businesses. Paul
Gagnon, director of North American TV research at DisplaySearch, says, Those
were the golden years. During that period, the whole pie grew. Technology
inflated the size of the category. The laggards are stubborn. They will not
move as quickly as the rest of the market has. Now manufacturers want to
convince folks that their once-futuristic TV sets are obsolete. At this week’s
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV which opens Thursday, January 6,
2011 every TV maker crows about things like 3-D and Internet connections. But
these new features show lukewarm response.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What popular CBS radio
entertainment series broadcast in 1952? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•TONY VINCIGUERRA News Corporation's Fox Networks
Group CEO exits after 10 years at the helm. •DAVID HALL joins WCAU TV NBC CH10
Philadelphia, PA as sports fill in & general assignment reporter. •CHUCK
TWEEDLE Bonneville International SVP retires after 38 years. •SECOND CIRCUIT OF
APPEALS tosses out FCC fine against ABC TV for its shot of Charlotte Ross' bare
rear end on NYPD Blue. •WMVX FM Clear Channel Hot AC Cleveland, OH emerges as
Adult Hits WMVX FM (The Lake 106.5). •MICHAEL SAVAGE sues his syndicator TRN in
a contract dispute to allow him to sign with Norm Pattiz' Courtside Radio.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 DRAGNET with Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday
premieres on NBC TV on January 3rd. •1969 JOHNNY CASH's single Daddy Sang Bass
written by Carl Perkins with vocals by The Statler Brothers and The Carter
Family hits #1 on Billboard's Country survey on January 4th. •1971 DALLAS
COWBOYS beat San Francisco '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game on January
3rd. •1989 DWIGHT YOAKAM's album Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room strikes Gold
on January 4th. •1998 GRANDPA JONES suffers a stroke on January 3rd. •2006
SUGARLAND's Baby Girl is their 1st Platinum single on January 3rd.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
WCAU TV NBC CH10 (Philadelphia, PA) Subject: Winter
Storm: First Snow of 2011. Light snow moves in for morning commute. Should
taper off by lunchtime. 1-to-2 inches expected in Philly. A little more North
and less than an inch South of the city. WATCH LIVE snow coverage on NBC
Philadelphia Nonstop: Comcast 248; Verizon 460; Over-the-Air at 10.2. 24/7 coverage
on www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/stories/First-Snow-of-2011-113064564.html.
DREMA MANKINS [Dreama] (Hickory, NC) Hi, Jim...I
don’t have anything at the moment for you to include in your newsletter, but I
will definitely give that some thought. Yes, I would like to subscribe to your
newsletter! I found it quite by accident after hearing a rumor that Dr. Bruce
was going to retire. I did a search for his name, and your newsletter popped
up…lucky “accident” for me. Your newsletter is full of information, nostalgia,
trivia, etc., and I enjoy reading about everyone’s broadcasting career,
including yours. Fascinating. I also like reading about Lacy and the puppies
you had before her. I read your archived newsletters. I could really empathize
after losing my cat and my dog in 2010. They let me live at their house for a
long time, and find I really think more of my pets than I do of most members of
my human family. I wish you and Lacy a very long and happy companionship. I
don‘t trust anyone who doesn’t love animals. Sincerely, Drema
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: Important News
About Rascal McCaskill. Jim, I inadvertently failed to send you this. Bud
Buschardt caught my error. I'm going to send you a separate email that has a
story I wrote about him some years back. Our friend, former host of KREL-AM,
Baytown's "Night Train," has pneumonia and is in the hospital in
Victoria, his wife, Jerry "Blond Top," emailed me this evening. He
has gotten pneumonia every year about this time of the year for the past six
years. He is unable to be vaccinated against the disease because of his heart
condition. This time, though, other complications have followed. His blood
pressure is very low (something like 50/30) and his weight has dropped by about
50 pounds. Rascal is 83. I knew you would want to know about this, and that you
will also want to make certain Rascal is on your prayer list and that of your
church. Rascal has been a mentor of mine since 1954. I treasure his friendship
and his counsel. If you have a copy of my book, Bill Cherry's Galveston
Memories, his story begins on page 64...Rascal McCaskill: The King Is Alive and
Living in Victoria Texas. I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, thanks. Bill Cherry
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CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Subject: Bill
"Rascal" McCaskill. Jim; Legendary Houston radio Jock Bill “Rascal”
McCaskill is in Victoria Citizen’s medical center and has been since December
15th. In my senior year at Austin high in Houston I was motivated to choose
radio as a career by the likes of Bill McCaskill. He was one of the first and
best. Please pray for his recovery. Chuck
DR. BRUCE NELSON [Retired 12/2010 GM/AM Drive DJ
KFTX FM 97.5] (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#913)
December 27, 2010 [Monday] Jim, Glad you’re up an running again...
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HECTOR REYES (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Jingles
needed. This Just in... Need some assistance... I am looking for a copy of 55
KTSA & KONO 860 Jingles. The Big T Channel 55 and Dial 86 would be great
but any Jingle from the 60's, 70's era would do. I'm working on a project and
with these elements, it would make the presentation GREAT! Can anybody help?
Thanks, Hector Reyes
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1952, CBS Radio listeners tune in
to entertainment series such as People Are Funny, Jack Benny, Amos 'n' Andy,
Gangbusters, Perry Mason, Bing Crosby and The New York Philharmonic.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Nomination
Time Approaching. Greetings Jim & Lacy! Glad you're back on the air, er, I
mean, back on the web. :) Missed JRRR. The New Year has begun. If you will, as
you have time, start sending me a list of all the stations in Texas that you
worked at. When TRHOF nominations get underway, I want to write a good one for
you, with a complete list of the stations you worked for. Take Care, David
Faulkner
DENIS WAITLEY [International Speakers' Hall of
Fame] A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and
fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to
come.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo