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December 31, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #602

TEJAS AND I WISH YOU AND YOURS A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

2008 IN REVIEW

Throughout 2008 we witness our country's nosedive into economic discomfort with a housing slump, a credit crunch and a banking crisis which chip away the major appliance, electronics and auto sales. Bank fortunes plunge. Domestic auto manufacturers cannot sell gas-guzzeling SUVs and trucks that stack up on dealers' shelves. These are high profit vehicles but Detroit rests on its laurels until the big tent falls to the ground. Our government prints $700 billion to bail out the banks who Bungle in the Jungle like in Jethro Tull's 1975 lullabye but what about our car builders? Ford already mortgages away its soul so their pockets are full for the time being. But if they lose they lose everything lock, stock and barrel.

Speaking of barrels, this past summer the price of a bbl of oil touches on $150 which brings the price of a gallon of gasoline past $4 a gallon. Jerry Lee Lewis pumps his piano and screams Goodness Gracious! Great Balls of Fire! There are still a few of us around who remember gas wars in the Fabulous Fifties where a gallon of firewater is 16.9c a gallon and less. Elvis Presley is the King of Rock'n'Roll with several of his hits on the radio around the clock. When car fuel hits 50c we are panic-stricken. Lord amighty! Feel my temperature rising! But $4 and higher a gallon?

The leaders of America's three auto manufacturers arrive in Washington D.C. with hands out as they sing the Bee Gees' 1977 smash Staying Alive. But they commit a major faux pas when they arrive like Arab princes in private jet aircrafts. Our nation's lawmakers give thumbs down. So they tuck their tux tails and head back to Motown with empty pockets. Even Motown records is long gone from Detroit as they head west. Next, the big car shots return to our nation's capitol behind the wheels of automobile hybrids. Enter Dinah Washington from summer 1959 with My what a difference a day makes. Our nation's leaders haggle among themselves and finally come up with $17.4 billion to save our auto manufacturers from being like Kansas' 1978 hit recording Dust in the Wind. After the the big bucks bankers receive the first portion of their billions they celebrate with billions in bonuses to their failed corporate heads and throw lavish parties.

Are these the Sunday comic strips? We regular folks here at home who barely get by sing along with Rick Nelson at our Garden Party. The Democrats want the White House back into their stable. So queen Hillary nominates herself to be the winner of the presidential coronation. She Waltzes Across America without Ernest Tubb. She puts on a happy face as she waves to crowds, claps for the Wolfman and declares victory for the Clintons. But wait just a minute! In the Shadows of the Night is a senator from Illinois which has a history of the most corrupt state in politics. This guy's voting record contains mostly votes of PRESENT. But he walks the walk and talks the talk. This slick politician is high college bred with the vernacular of a statesman. Wherever he goes women and children faint at the mere presence of this pied piper of the hamlet of Chicago. It does not matter that this fellow hangs out with a known terrorist who bombs government buildings, attends church for 20 years under a pastor who damns America, has a wife who is not proud to be an American.

All the while the Republican party has a list of candidates who are in desperate need of review. One of them, Mitt Romney, seems to be the perfect candidate but his faith is of the Mormon persuasion. So the powers that be X him out. First mistake. The candidate that they choose is the Wild Thing of the bunch. He rides into town as a maverick. But James Garner is the only real Maverick. This guy from Arizona, John McCain, cannot muster enough votes to become dog-catcher in D.C. but he becomes the Republican candidate. In all of Washington this is possibly the worst choice but look what we have from which to choose.

There needs to be no election because the liberal press already declares the glad man from Chicago as their choice for president. McCain reaches up North to Alaska and locates Sarah Palin as his VP. Sarah who? This woman totally brightens up the extremely dull John McCain run for the office of president. Citizens fall in love with her bright and shiny out-going personality but sister Sarah needs to quickly abandon her high five hair piece. The liberal press goes into a panic mode and dispatches all troops to Alaska to try to uncover any snakes in Palin's tee-pee.

Our president finally fesses up and tells us what we already know. America is in a recession since December 2007. Food prices sky-rocket, people lose their jobs by the thousands, folks lose their homes which causes home prices to plummet, no one can get any credit financing to buy a new or even used car or home, plus most of us folks hang on tight to any cash that we may still have hidden under our mattresses.

Remember governor Eliot Spitzer, who for years rants and rails against prostitutes. Elegant Eliot forces his lovely wife to stand beside her man in his admission of guilt that yes he does fork over dinero for the company of ladies of the night and day. Oh yes! There's the pretty boy Democratic candidate, John Edwards, who pays $600 for haircuts and shouts out loud that he is a morality candidate. But low and behold Big John gets caught up in un-marital bliss when we discover that he cheats on his physically ill wife and fathers a Love Child who has no connection with the Supremes. Edwards says this is tabloid trash.

After all of these political shenanigans we do not even want to discuss the almost total loss of sales for CDs that cause uproars in the music industry. One bad thing causes another good thing because we now can afford to buy the once overpriced CDs at rock bottom prices. Almost forget this little item. A major supplier of VHS tapes ships his last truck load out to stores. Manufacturers no longer produce stand alone VCR machines. We folks who have lots of VHS tapes in our stashes soon have no VCR players to view them because Blue-Ray is now the video machine of the day. May you have the Happiest New Year ever with peace, love and joy in your home.

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COCA-COLA LAUNCHES A GREEN BILLBOARD

For New Year’s Eve 2008 Coca-Cola flaunts a new Refresh. Recyle. Repeat message on its Times Square billboard. The Atlanta Business Journal reports that the new campaign is part of the Coca-Cola's goal to recycle or reuse all cans and bottles that we buy here in the good ole USA. This coincides with all the billboards on the surrounding three buildings in Times Square that already switch to wind power. Coke’s new billboard is one of about 30. According to Coke this switch alone equals the equivalent of the removal 75 cars off the road or the conversion of 38 houses to clean energy for one year. The Coke-Cola Recycling team are in the park outside the NYC Public Library’s main branch from January 10-11, 2009. Pedestrians learn about recycling, play trivia and interactive games, glance at items that come from recycled bottles and learn what they can do to keep our earth clean.

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MARY LYNN KNOCHELMAN (Cincinnati, Ohio) Jim and Tejas...I know I'm a few days early. But I hope you have a HEALTHY and HAPPY 2009. You haven't told me personally but I have read in your most recent Jim Rose Remembers Radio Newsletters that you are concerned about your prostate, worrying that it could be cancerous and that you might have to see a surgeon. Literally a couple of minutes ago, I was visited by a two days away from turning 21 years old friend of my son Matthew, already 21 years old. The friend's first name is also Matthew and his last name is Schmeh. His father Gary is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Matthew reported to me that his father did not have surgery but had radiation pellets inserted. That has proven to be successful for him, he is feeling great, his treatments are about to end, and hopefully when he's checked again after the first of the year, he'll be cancer-free. If you would like to talk to Gary Schmeh about it, his email address is gschmeh@zoomtown.com. I gave your email address to his son Matt, who will then give it to his dad. That way when he sees your email for the first time, he'll know it's not SPAM. Just explain that you are a friend of mine. The two Matts have been friends since they were toddlers, both graduating from the same grade school (St. Dominic) and High School (Elder), one year apart. You are already in my prayers Jim for a complete recovery, and I hope you have a trusted friend who will care for Tejas during your absence, if it has to come to that. I remember you telling me one time that she has Husky in her. That's exactly the type of dog Matt Schmeh has! See that's something else you can talk about with Matt's dad Gary! Mary Lynn Knochelman Cincinnati, Ohio

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PAUL WILLIAMS (Houston, TX) Subject: THANK YOU JIM FOR A GREAT 2008!!! Just a short note to thank you for making us ‘Radio Folk" a little more informed in what’s going on in the wonderful world of radio! We have lost a lot of good people this year but, we have also had some fun times. You make it all possible to keep up with each other. We couldn’t do it without your hard work and dedication. I hope your health is OK and you are ready for 2009. By the way, if Dr. Bruce got an e-mail from Arch Yancey there was a very LARGE...BRIGHT star in the East!!! Keep up the good work and "Happy New Year" to you and Tejas!!! Paul Williams, Senior Account Executive, Univision Radio

JOHNNY SHANNON (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim, Wishing you and Tejas the best for the Holiday Season, and good fortune for your upcoming surgery. Couldn't have said it better than Joe Ford did about that, and your devotion to JRRR for all of us. What a great guy Joe was to work with back in my old KILT days of the early 1970's, after enjoying hearing Joe for years on KNUZ in Houston. And thanks to Bob Crowley for saying Hi to me in his letter to Elizabeth Ruiz. What a pleasure Liz is for all of us who work with her. She and I came to KTSA around the same time back around 1980. Haven't seen her since I've been on vacation over a week. Will be back at work on Friday January 2nd at good old 550 KTSA. Looks like Scott Hodges doesn't feel the same. Too bad his ride through the 'Big T' was a bad rub. All of my four tours here have been wonderfully memorable. Small world, I guess Scott and I just missed seeing each other at WXLO (WOR-fm) New York. I left there in early 1973 to return to San Antonio, after working in the Big Apple for the late, great Bill Drake a while. All the best to you, Jim! Johnny

CHARLES LAMB (1775-1834) New Year's Day is every man's birthday.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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December 29, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #601

TEJAS AND I WISH YOU AND YOURS A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

CATWOMAN SUCCUMBS

The sultry female vixen that we fans remember as Catwoman in the 1960s Batman TV series dies of colon cancer at 81 on Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25, 2008. Eartha Kitt is the second Catwoman after Julie Newmar leaves the role. Eartha comes to life on January 17, 1927 as Eartha Mae Keith. Over the years, Kitt earns a strong reputation as a Jazz singer and actress. Eartha makes her film debut in 1950 in Dr. Faustus. Orson Welles personally handpicks her for the role of Helen of Troy. Eartha records the classic Christmas song Santa Baby which Madonna later brings back to the charts. In 1984, Kitt returns to Billboard's Top 40 with her disco hit Where Is My Man. In the 1960s, Kitt marries Bill McDonald that lasts for 5 years. They have one child plus two grandchildren, Jason and Rachel. Visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6656 Hollywood Boulevard to see Eartha Kitt's bright shiny star.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

The annual Associated Press (AP) Entertainer of the Year award goes to actress Tina Fey. We remember Tina not only for her rectangular eyeglasses but also her appearances on the Saturday Night Live news desk and last but not least is her on target impersonation of Alaska's governor and VP candidate Sarah Palin. Newspaper editors and broadcast producers across the good ole USA bestow this annual honor onto worthy performers.

TAYLOR TOPS THE CHART

Music sales for the Christmas holiday period receive a big boost from the new teen senation Taylor Swift. Taylor's album Fearless sells 330,000 copies in the week that leads up to Christmas 2008. This puts her at the #1 spot on Billboard's album chart.

CARRIE STREAMS THE MOST

#1 on the CMT.com Year-End List Top 20 Countdown is Carrie Underwood. Carrie's video All-American Girl gains her the most-streamed artist of 2008 on CMT.com with more than 1.4 million streams. Carrie Underwood's video Just a Dream is #1 on the year-end edition of CMT's Top 20 Countdown. Her Just A Dream video spends all but 2 weeks in the Top 5 during her entire 16-week run on the CMT Top 20 Countdown.

TRIVIA QUESTION: When do The Beatles first appear on American TV? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•GENE AUTRY & BRENDA LEE Country Music Hall of Fame members receive the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Awards in Los Angeles, CA on February 7, 2009. •BIG B HITS MINNEAPOLIS: Hubbard News/Talk KSTP-1500 loses AM Drive co-host Willie Clark & producer Jeremy Kienitz while John Wanamaker & Cory Kampschroer news reporters on CBS Radio News/Talk WCCO-830 leave due to the big BC - budget cuts. •WLVE FM Clear Channel Miami, FL switches from Smooth Jazz to Rhythmic AC as 93.9 MIA. (http://939mia.com/main.html)

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1959 PER GESSIE producer/acoustic guitar/songwriter with Swedish Pop-Rock duo Roxette (Joyrise #1-1991) born on June 12th. •1967 THE OSBORNE BROTHERS' Classic Rocky Top releases on Decca records on December 25th. •1973 HANDE YENER Turkish Pop-Rock Superstar born in İstanbul, Turkey on January 12th. •1982 JOHN ANDERSON's single Wild And Blue is his first #1 Billboard chart tune on December 25th. •1996 PAUL GUNTER drummer with Bluesman Clarence Gatemouth Brown dies. •2004 BLAKE SHELTON's single Some Beach hits #1 on Billboard's Country chart on December 25th.

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SCOTT HODGES (Shreveport, LA) Good morning Jim, seems you and I had a similar experience at one time. I was anchoring news at WTIX New Orleans for Jim Swiler in 1968 when I first heard from John Rhodes at KTSA. I, along with the late Art Kevin from KHJ were covering the Clay Shaw Conspiracy trial in the Crescent city at the time. John made me an offer. I opted instead for an anchor slot at KTVE-TV 10 where I worked for Mack Ward and co-anchored the 6 and 10 with Chuck Machen and Clay Scott. While at KTVE John made me another offer to join his news staff at KTSA. After a while I accepted, packed the wife and new daughter up and off we went to the Alamo city. Biggest mistake for me too. However, all worked out well after Kahn L. Hammon introduced me to Roy Eaton at WBAP Ft. Worth. Eaton made a slot for me there. Was at WBAP for only 3 months when Art Kevin made an opening for me at KHJ in L.A. This slot ultimately took me to the top news slot at New York's WXLO-FM with Jerry Clifton. I literally hated New York City so I returned to Seattle, then to Dallas at KLIF with Joe Holstead in '71, and in the early '80s in Dallas at KNUS with Larry James. Great ride! Worst move though was to KTSA in San Antonio. Still a great ride! Cheers, Scott (http://OnHoldMarketingofAmerica.com)

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GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Hi Jim, Tom Kelly was his real name and that is all he every used to my knowledge. I Googled up his name and there were a lot of them named Tom Kelly but none I found was the one I was looking for. I was hoping one of your readers might know him from his history at KBAT. He was an Airman from Lackland AFB and we played at their golf course many times. I was about an 8 handicapper and he was a scratch player but he tolerated me anyway. He was single so he spent a lot of time at our house visiting. I think he was homesick being so far away from Ohio. I had just returned from Akron and darn glad to be back in Texas so I could relate. He would be in his early sixties I believe. If you run my request I hope someone will know about him. Thanks, George

DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) An e-mail from Arch Yancey...Was their a star in the east spotted???? Praise the Lord !! Dr. B

JOE FORD (Houston-Spring, TX) Jim, You are in my thoughts and prayers for a speedy and quick recovery from your upcoming surgery. I just heard about your problem and I wish you all the best. You are to be admired for your devotion to JRRR and your hard work updating all of us on what's up with the biz. I wish you and Tejas a wonderful Christmas and a healthy New Year. Joe Ford

BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Happy Christmas night, Jim. I hope this finds you happy and well in your own home. It has been a very good Christmas for the Arlington Crowleys. It will probably be the last before the boys start heading out of town to college. It's been fun to see them enjoying each other. We made a quick trip down to San Antonio to take my mother to Mass. Liz Ruiz was singing in the choir. She sang a solo, and it was excellent. Liz has been with KTSA for at least a quarter- century. I was able to visit with her for a few minutes after mass. She's still doing afternoon news. I asked her to pass along greetings to Johnny Shannon. My mother pointed out another family in courch, and asked if I knew them. She said it was the Mays. Indeed it was Mark Mays, President of Clear Channel with his wife and about half a dozen children. I thought of approaching him, but I'm not sure he would remember me, and besides, I wanted to talk to Liz Ruiz. I came back home with a plate of cookies, a bushel of mesquite wood and some homegrown oranges from my brother's tree. It was a good visit. I'm writing Christmas night from the WBAP Newsroom. Bob Morrison was going to work the holiday for me, but has been hospitalized with some internal issues. I'm hoping he will be back very soon. And you get well, or stay well. Give that big doggie a hug. Hope the new year brings you everything you need. Bob Crowley

DADE MOORE (Houston, TX) Jim How are you, Haven't seen you since the reunion, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Dade Moore (www.dade.cc) / (www.dade.cc) / (www.angelfireradio.com) / (www.rockandroll.fm)

MIKE HARTMAN (Ft. Worth-Joshua, TX) Subject: Heavens Gates ~White Christmas~ The Drifters 1954. Jim...Thank you. I love that version. It's obvious that it influenced Elvis' 1957 version. Clude McPhatter...What a vocalist!!...The original lead singer for the Drifters. He left a great group, "Billy Ward and the Dominoes", to go an even greater group, The newly formed, "Dfifters", in 1953. "Ah-oom, ah-oom, You know the landlord ring-a-my front door bell...Money Honey". That my friend is Rock and Roll!! Daddy-O Hartman

NEWTON MITCHELL (San Antonio-Spring Branch, TX) MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!! best to you both for Christmas. BOB

TRIVIA ANSWER: The Beatles first appear on American TV in various newsclips but on January 4, 1964 they sing She Loves You on film on The Jack Parr Show. The Beatles first live appearance on American TV is on The Ed Sullivan Show on January 4, 1964 and the rest is history.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) "Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Saturday December 27th. 3pm-6pm PST, 6pm-9pm EST, 11pm-2am GMT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California streaming on http://KOCIRadio.com The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday December 30th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888) Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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December 26, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #600

THROW A SHOE AT BLAGOJEVICH

During a news conference on Sunday evening, December 14, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq President George W. Bush dodges a shoe that someone in the room tosses at him. Not to be outdone, on Monday, December 22, 2008 from 8-9am Chicago, IL radio station WGN-720 AM Drive host John Williams and weekender Dan Deibert station themselves at WGN’s Showcase Studio on Michigan Avenue with a whole bunch of shoes. A mere $1 donation to the WGN Radio Neediest Kids Fund buys three shoe throws at Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Of course it's just a life-size cutout of the politician.

O'REILLY'S RADIO REPLACEMENT

After 6 years as the host of The Radio Factor, Bill O'Reilly decides to leave his radio show to concentrate on his hot cable TV talk program. Westwood One, the largest independent provider of network radio programming in America is the producer. Remember presidential candidate Fred Thompson? On March 2, 2009 the star of TV's Emmy Award-winning NBC drama Law & Order Fred Thompson officially replaces O'Reilly with his new talk show The Fred Thompson Show which airs live from noon-2 pm Monday-Friday at the Westwood One studios in Washington D.C. In addition to his role in Law & Order, the native of Lawrenceburg, TN appears in several movies and TV programs that include No Way Out, In the Line of Fire, Die Hard II, Days of Thunder and The Hunt for Red October. In a news release Thompson says, When folks listen to a radio show, they make an appointment with it. It is the ideal way for me to continue my dialog with America about the issues we all face each day.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Bing Crosby's White Christmas enters Billboard's Pop chart and returns for several years but what is the only song in history to reach #1 on Billboard's Pop chart in two different years? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•UNIVISION sells KRTX-980 (Que Buena 980) Houston-Rosenburg/Richmond, TX to Aleluya Christian Broadcasting for $3 million. •DAVE MOREY 26 years at Cumulus Triple A KFOG FM (104.5) San Francisco, CA and AM Drive since 1993 does his last show on Monday, December 22, 2008 as he announces his retirement. •DAVID G. HALL resigns his PD/OM spot at CBS Radio KNX-1070 and KFWB-980 Los Angeles, CA to join crosstown Citadel Talk KABC-790 as Operations Director beginning on January 5, 2009.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1954 STEVE WARINER (I Got Dreams #1-1989) born on December 25th in Noblesville, IN. •1964 BRAD ROBERTS singer/guitarist with Rock band Crash Test Dummies born on January 10th. •1976 THE GATLIN BROTHERS join the Grand Ole Opry on December 25th. •1982 CALEB FOLLOWILL lead singer/rhythm guitar with Rock band Kings of Leon born on January 14th in Memphis TN. •1995 FREDDY FENDER's home in Corpus Christi, TX catches on fire on December 24th while he attends church services. •2007 MAX ROACH top Jazz-Bebop drummer at age 20/composer dies at 83 in NYC on August 16th.

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DAN ROSEN (Tokyo-Kamakura, Japan) Dear Jim, I've been out of town and unable to access JRRR for a while. Tonight, when I saw it for the first time in two weeks or so, I was sad to learn of your prostate problems. I hope and pray you will be well. Best, Dan (Rosen)

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MIKE HARTMAN (Ft. Worth-Joshua, TX) Jim...That really saddened me to hear of Dennis Yost's passing. The height of the Classic IV's career was during my high school years. I graduated in 1970. If you remember, another group did a cover of "Spooky" years later. They couldn't touch the Classics IV. My hats off to Bowser of Sha-Na-Na fame for his charitable efforts during Dennis' illness. Jim, thanks for another year of "JRRR". I can only imagine the countless hours of research and preparation you put into each edition. Thank you doesn't sound like enough. But, from the bottom of my heart...Thank you! Mike

WALTER HAMMOCK (Houston, TX) Jim I think h*** just froze over...you got an email from Jan and Arch Yancey! I guess the internet finally made it to Alvin and Arch FINALLY capitulated and got a computer! Tell the old f*** to get ready for some spring time Golf and that he MIGHT consider sending ME an email! OH and Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! You'll be in my prayers Jimbo that surgery ain't no climb for a stepper, you'll do fine.

BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) When I was in Houston in '72 it was the suicide capitol of the United States. When I returned in 1980, it was the Murder Capital of the U.S. I will toss your name and needs into my prayer group. All the best! Billy t

GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Thanks jim, I will reply to John Hale. I was curious about which of my writings he was referring to. The other one, Bruce Nelson (Stratton), worked with me at KENR in '72 and '73. I have already contacted him throught the email address you forwarded. I have a few more funny tidbits about radio I'll send. I will keep them short. Thanks, George Lester

JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) I was probably up while you were...i'm fighting a bout with the flu, and between the fever, the aches and pain, and the congestion, it's hard to sleep. That's why I wrote you this morning as early as I did...you and I just a couple of night guys! Thanks for passing on my email to George. I know of him, but don't know him, but I suspect we will get to know each other as we share a lot of radio stuff in common...not the least of which is location...one of my first full-time gigs was working KNET in Palestine with Fred Richardson and Ron Selden, both of whom made it back to the piney woods. I've always regretted moving from there, especially to move to KBST in Big Spring. I'm not a Permian Basin, west Texas kinda guy. Yours Truly, John Hale, Mobile Magic Music (33.Music) "We're at the best parties!"

RON SELDEN (Palestine, TX) Thanks for the reply, Jim. Hopefully, someone will know where the REAL Jay Thomas (John Teekle) is these days. We all attended the U of H from 1965 to 1967 and Jay was one of the first jocks to work the original KLOL. Ron

JAY THOMAS The other night on the David Letterman TV show I see Jay Thomas as a guest. He's a very witty comedian. Jay says that he once is a radio DJ in Charleston, VA. He now has a radio show on Sirus XM satellite radio plus he sits in for the infamous Howard Stern on Fridays. Is this the same Jay Thomas on which we speak?

DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Jim, Have a most Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hope you get that prostrate problen under control. DrBruce KFTX in Corpus Christi. Toss in a Hi to George Lester.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Merry Christmas to you & Tejas. Your friendship has meant a lot to me this year in Houston; may your new year be even brighter! Col. Robert Hanger & Sonny Lee.

RICK CANDEA (Houston, TX) Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Rick Candea

WAYNE GRAHAM (Niles, MI) Merry Christmas Jim" your friends from the Radio Ranch in Southwestern Michigan....Wayne & Kathy Graham & Deputy Dave Spurlock (www.waynegrahamministries.org)

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Hey, Jim...My best to you, Jim...and here's my hope for success with your surgery and ultimate full recovery....your pal, Dan McCurdy, Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee 2004, KLIF, KBOX-Dallas, WMEX-Boston

DON TIFFIN (Dallas-The Colony, TX) Have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year! A Christmas song for you... (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooc5eJc5SHA) Don

TRIVIA ANSWER: Chubby Checker's hot song that creates a dance sensation, The Twist, rushes to #1 both in September 1960 and January 1962.

JOSEPHINE DODGE DASKAM BACON (1876-1961) Remember, This December, That love weighs more than gold!

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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December 24, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #599

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM TEJAS AND JIM!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

STERN RETURNS TO LAND?

In January 2006 controversal talk show host Howard Stern makes the jump from CBS terrestrial radio to Sirius Satellite Radio. After Stern leaves CBS they sue him. On Stern's radio show he calls satellite radio the next big thing, On CNNMoney.com he says that commercial radio is no longer a safe haven for shock jocks like him. Howard says The Super Bowl did us in. Remember the infamous half-time show when Janet Jackson exposes her breast in a live performance? Viacom-CBS receives a fine for $550,000. In 2008 Sirius and XM satellite radio merge and become Sirius XM. Recently Howard Stern makes a return engagement to terrestrial radio in a 90 second commercial for Sirius XM that airs on terrestrial radio: Hey. This is Howard Stern. I know you thought you’d never hear me again on regular radio, but I haven’t forgotten about you and I hope you will join me over here at Sirius XM... Entercom's David Field and others say they will never accept radio spots for Sirius or XM. The times they are a changin'. With the present economy advertisers make major cuts in their budgets. So, all of a sudden Howard Stern's radio ads are welcome on terrestrial radio. Howard brags I’m finally uncensored, nobody bleeps me here. He boasts the show has never been better.

CBS DEALS TRIO TO WILKS

On Monday morning, December 22, 2008 CBS Radio announces that it agrees to sell three FM radio stations in Denver, CO to Wilks Broadcasting for $19.5 million in cash. In the deal Jeff Wilks takes control of Country KWLI FM (Wolf 92.5), AC KIMN FM (Mix 100) and Classic Hits KXKL FM (Kool 105.). Jeff says Denver is the market where I started my career, and I’m excited to come back and operate these three leading stations. In about a week's time, CBS sells or swaps eight radio stations in five markets.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the drummer for late 1960s Rock group Harpers Bizarre?

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•JODY DEAN AM Drive DJ on CBS Classic Hits KLUV FM (98.7) Dallas, TX is not sure if he returns to its airwaves after Christmas: We may or may not return in two weeks, but rest assured [cluster manager] David Henry will still have a job. •BRIAN BEDDOW former PD of WGRX FM (Thunder 104.5) Fredericksburg-Falmouth, VA plus 10 years on Regent Rock WWBN FM (Banana 101.5) Flint, MI exits on Friday, December 19, 2008. Reach Brian at Brian@BrianBeddow.com. •JIM CONLEE 5 years morning anchor on Clear Channel AC KQXT FM (Q101.9) San Antonio, TX vacates just in time for Christmas. Jim is ready for you at Jim@JimConlee.com.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1958 THE KINGSTON TRIO's Tom Dooley wins 1st Grammy for the best Country & Western performance. •1965 CAIT O'RIORDAN bassist with British-Irish Punk/Folk band Pogues born on January 4th. •1970 JOHNNY CASH records Kris Kristofferson's Sunday Morning Coming Down on July 10th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. •1980 JASON JAMES (Richter) actor born on January 29th in Medford, OR. •1998 FAITH HILL & Vince Gill's Let Me Let Go hits #1 on Billboard. •2007 JON LUCIEN Smooth Jazz baritone singer-songwriter dies at 65 in Florida Hospital in Orlando near his home in Kissimmee on August 18th.

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DAVE LEWIS (Harrisburg, PA) ...(19)69-70 while in the army I was stationed in Ft Hood...I heard what was to me the very best AM rock station of all time, the Big T--KTSA in San Antonio. I remember all the jocks that were there at the time and their air shifts. I have had some correspondence by email with Tim Kelly and a couple of phone chats with Barry Kaye by the way. I wound up getting air checks from some of the guys in that time period, but I remember Ron Houston the morning jock and couldn't find a copy of any of his. Doing an internet search on him and all the sites it takes you to, I got Liz's email and chatted with her about two years ago. I was looking for anything from KTSA and Ron...she sent me a photo from that year (2006) of a DJ reunion and she also told me about your site and that is how I signed up. I enjoy the issues and look forward on receiving them. Hope you have a great day too! Dave

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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Noted your mention of birthdate for Dave Matthews in 12/15 issue JRRR. Prior ro his prominence in music-biz, I remember Dave Matthews when he was a bartender in a pub on the downtown mall in Charlottesville, VA. He now sports hit albums on RCA, successful tours, movie soundtracks & is a board member of "Farm-Aid," where his group appeared again this past Sept. Matthews owns a farm near Scottsville, VA & is father of twin girls and a young son. Col. Robert Hanger.

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Hey, Jim...in response to Wayne Graham's question about Larry Glick (JRRR #597-46, December 19, 2008)...Larry was doing his overnight 'talk shtick' on Boston's WMEX-AM (1510) in the summer of 1965 while I was pulling the morning drive show 5:30-9:00 a.m. ...a heckuva nice guy, we used to talk radio, politics, the Red Sox and the Boston scene as I was taking over the mic for my 'Emperor Fenway' early morning gig on WMEX...I lasted only 4 months working for the most contemptible radio person I have ever had the displeasure to meet, Maxwell Richmond (who also owned WPGC-AM, a Washington D.C. area station)...look under 'b*st*rd' in the dictionary, and you'll find a framed photo of Max Richmond. He was, arguably, the clear Boston embodiment of The Grinch. But on a much more pleasant note, Larry Glick, in 1969, wisely made the move to WBZ's blowtorch 50,000 watt signal, compared to WMEX's 5,000 watts; he did his nighttime talk show at WBZ (1030) and handed the mic over daily to longtime morning mogul Carl DeSuze (who celebrated his 20th year with WBZ in 1961.) Larry is alive (as of March 18, 2008) 86 years young, and is doing well in Boca Raton, FL. The link below will take 'Glick Shtick' fans to an article published in the Boca Raton News about Larry and his new life and 27-year younger wife in The Sunshine State. My best to you, prayers and healing thoughts for your acute pain and possible surgery, and a Merry Christmas 2008 and Happy New Year 2009 to you, Tejas and all of your many readers. Dan McCurdy, Sherman, TX - Dan Patrick, Charlie Brown: KLIF, KBOX - Dallas; WMEX - Boston; 2004 Inductee in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame... www.bocanews.com/news/local/211-larry-still-live.php

ARCH & JANET YANCEY (Houston-Alvin, TX) Yes, we live in Alvin. We are hotshot drivers for Bright Delivery Service out of Pasadena, TX. Arch retired from being on-air in 1989. He was in sales until Clear Channel bought out the station he was with and then they let everyone go. Sound familiar? He then worked for Walt Hammock for a few years and suddenly Arch decided he wanted to be a truck driver. I was a teacher's aide in special aide working on teaching certificate. Believe it or not, this pays more than teaching! So I bought a truck and do this too! We are seeing Texas a little at a time! Good luck with your surgery. We shall pray for you tonight and again tomorrow. Arch and Jan

BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Hello, Jim. Just a note to wish you a Merry Christmas, a great 12 months next Year and that everything goes well with the doctor. Everyone can use a prayer. Let me know what you like prayed for and I will pass it along to strong Prayer group I happen to know. All the best! Billy t

TRIVIA ANSWER: John Peterson originally plays drums for Rock group the Beau Brummels (1965-66), one of my favorite bands, but joins Harpers Bizarre, another especial, for their first Billboard tune on February 18, 1967 Feelin' Groovy which rises to #13.

FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Jim, you must do the "deed" and have the surgery. I tell you the truth, you will be glad you had it done. You will feel so much better. It's just something us "old guys" have to go through. Merry Christmas my friend, Frank (The Old Texan) Haley cjf Isa. 9:6 "When the sunshine of God's love meets the showers of our sorrow, the rainbow of promise appears."

HELEN STEINER RICE (May 19, 1900-1981) Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO

December 22, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #598

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM TEJAS AND JIM!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

NEWS CORPORATION CANCELS CHRISTMAS PARTY

Our nation's present state of the economy causes lots of cut-backs and lay-offs in radio and TV. Fox News Channel cancels its Christmas party. But we cannot keep a good bunch of news hounds down. Janice Dean, FNC's Weather Machine forecast prognosticator, gets the Fox crew together for their own private Christmas celebration which they call America's Newsroom/Happening Now/Live Desk Christmas party. Janice Dean's blog has some great photos of their celebration. ( http://weather.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/12/11/christmas-party-pictures/ )

WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS:

BLAKE LINDSAY Texas radio personality's inspirational book Out of Sight Living! with Blake's link for voice-imaging and other very fascinating tidbits is available just in time for Christmas at www.blazinblake.com. ROY ORBISON limited premier edition deluxe white linen package The Definitive Roy Orbison collection has 107 songs on 4 CDs that cover 1955-88 with Ooby Dooby on Sun records to Pretty Woman and You Got It. Also, It's Over from Roy's last concert. A 96 page book with liner notes. Great music like Roy Orbison's is what draws me to radio in 1964. JOHN GORMAN popular Ohio radio personality has a very interesting tell-all book The Buzzard that talks about his glory days on WMMS FM in Cleveland and other radio stations is available at your favorite book store or from publisher Gray and Company at www.grayco.com.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Where do Country group Dixie Chicks get their name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•THE BIG B STRIKES AGAIN!: SCOTT GAINES APD/MD/PM Drive DJ on Clear Channel WDTW (The Fox) Detroit, MI leaves the building on Thursday, December 18, 2008 due to strictly a budgetary decision. Contact Scott at gainesradio@gmail.com. •DON JEFFREY (Hoppalong Cassidy) MD/PM Drive DJ and his traffic partner Ginny Heiland (Toady) longtime personalities on KFRG FM (K-Frog 95.1) Riverside-San Bernardino, CA exit because of the big B. Lee Douglas OD for the cluster relates, Don was one of the original staffers when the Frog launched almost 19 years ago, and he will be missed. Reach Don at dakadasm@sbcglobal.net.

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CASEY JAMES PUTNAM (Denver, CO) Subject: concerning dave hale. Hey jim wishing you a merry christmas. If there's anything I Can do for you please ask. I was also wondering about an old bird i had befriended long ago and lost touch with. I'm talking about the old kulf bird Dave Hale. If you have his email, I would be grateful retreiving it from you. It would mean the world to me. Thanks from your old fan Casey James Putnam

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DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) While these can be tough, troubling and uncertain times, I think it is important, as we celebrate this joyous season, to remember we are ALL one. Remember how blessed we are to be connected to each other in some way or another, and that we are all in this thing called Life together. I wish all of you a blessed and prosperous Christmas Holiday season and the New Year to come. Life is too short, so remember to tell your loved ones how much you love them; it's a gift that cost nothing but is truly priceless. As my gift to you, I say, "I love you" … and I invite you to click on the link below, sit back, smile, sing and enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM Merry Christmas and Happy New Year... Dan McCurdy and The Sherman, TX Gang: Kathryn, Mike, Peyton and Ryan... P.S. – please feel free to pass this message on to others

PARRIS AFTON BONDS (Dallas, TX) Jim, I must have missed a couple of your newletters, because I was unaware of your prostate problem. Know that you are in my prayers -- and I am absolutely positive we'll reconnect (again) after we make our transition! (www.parrisaftonbonds.com/)

FR. BOB TOMLINSON (Ft. Worth, TX) Jim you're in my thoughts a prayers for the appointment... May the doctor find surgery is not needed and other means can be found to bring relief. A blessed Christmas to you and Tejas and a Happy New Year. May it be better than 08. Bob Tomlinson

ARCH & JANET YANCEY (Houston-Alvin, TX) Jim Rose Remembers Radio Issue #596 Merry Christmas from Arch and Jan Yancey! Enjoy your newsletter. Look forward to another year of it.

BOB GREEN (Houston, TX) Oh Jim: So very sorry to hear about the prostate issue...I do hope you've had a second opinion. I've been lucky in that hi PSA etc. hasn't been cancer...but your comment on catheter brought tears to my eyes, Should you want a recommendation for a Dr. I have great faith in...e-mail me. In the meantime, as all this will allow...a blessed Christmas and Happier New Year. Bob Green

DWIGHT Shotgun COOK (Houston, TX) Subject: Hang in there big boy. Wow, sorry to hear about the old prostate. I have had several friends have the medication work for them. Did you see the movie "The World's Fastest Indian", starring Anthony Hopkins? In it he met a Native American who helpfully doled out powdered dog testicles as a remedy for his prostate problems. Not sure if that is not worse than the surgery. I’ll pray for you. His and yours, Dwight Cook (www.dwightcook.com)

CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX) Dear Jim, I hope that you and Tejas have a very merry Christmas and a terrific 2009. You certainly deserve to have a good year. I hope that 2009 will be it. Chet Maxwell

GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Jim: I don't know if you are having the radical cancer surgery but when I had the radium seeds implanted last December 10th, it was in at 6:30, out by noon...Of course, they didn't put in a catheter immediately and that caused problems but a year later, there is no trace of the cancer. My best to you and God is always there for us. God Bless you...and Merry Christmas although you might not think it is right now. Gary D. (www.garydnews.com)

FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Jim, concerning the prostate surgery...or possible surgery. I had prostate removal in February, no cancer, but it had to come out, I was on a cath from Oct till Feb 12, They kept trying to get the thing to work, but "no flow" would ever happen. The prostate was so large it was closing down the tube. So, they cut it out, I was only in the Hospital for 4 days, off the cath in a week and half, healed up real quickly, I was off the cath. in 2 weeks, I am really glad I had the surgery. I really healed up fast. See if you can talk to someone who has used your Dr. and try to get a good report from former patients. Good luck, you'll feel a lot better after you get it removed. I'm all healed up. Frank (The Old Texan) Haley cjf Isa. 9:6 "When the sunshine of God's love meets the showers of our sorrow, the rainbow of promise appears."

BEN LAURIE (Dallas, TX) Merry Christmas To All... (www.naturesinspirationmovie.com/)

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I will be praying that your visit to the doctor/hospital goes the way it should and you recover. My favorite song by Clyde McPhatter has to be Lovers Question. I first heard it while attending Stephen F. Austin State University. There was a guy who played oldies on KTBC, I thought it was Brook Benton only later did I learn the truth when here in Dallas I called KLIF 1190 and a cool announcer said he did not know of a recording by Brook Benton but... A few minutes later he plays it and mentions the artist, etc. Even though it has ben said many times before, Merry Christmas. Charles George

TRIVIA ANSWER: Country group Dixie Chicks get their name from the song Dixie Chicken by Lowell George of Rock band Little Feat.

GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Season’s Greetings! To All My Democrat Family and Friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2009, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country, nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wish. To My Conservative Southern Patriotic Family and Friends: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

JAY LENO (April 28, 1950-p) The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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December 19, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #597

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM TEJAS AND JIM!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

CBS RADIO MAKES CHANGES IN CHI-TOWN

Here's news of the latest CBS Radio shakeup in Chicago-land. On Friday, December 12, 2008 a tsnumai hits Chicago radio. Rod Zimmerman SVP/Market Manager announces a realignment in management. Dan Richman 17-year GSM leaves WXRT FM (93.1) and WSCR-670 (The Score). Paul Agase moves backwards from GM at Adult Alternative WXRT FM and WSCR-670 to GSM at the The Score. WSCR and WXRT report directly to Zimmerman who already manages all-news WBBM-780. Rod hands over the GM title at WBBM FM (B96) and WJMK FM (Jack 104.3) to Peter Bowen, who still is DOS for the cluster. Still up in the air is if Peter latches onto the GM nomenclature at B96 and Jack. But Rod does say that Dave Robbins continues oversight of WUSN FM (Country US99.5) and Fresh (WWFS FM 105.9) while leading the programming efforts of all seven stations. Got that?

POPULAR ACTOR BIDS FAREWELL

As we mention in JRRR sometime back, actor and sometime singer Patrick Swayze receives a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in January 2008 but he carries on with his acting career. We remember Patrick from his great roles in Red Dawn,The Ghost and other wonderful movies. Swayze undergoes chemotherapy but doctors cannot rid his body of the cancer and it spreads to his liver. But like a Timex watch the 56-year old Patrick Swayze keeps on ticking with his movie career. In 2008 he shoots his part in the upcoming TV show The Beast. Generally speaking, the prognosis for liver cancer is poor. Primary liver cancer hardly responds to treatment. Doctors do perform therapy for Patrick's cancer at the Stanford Medical Center in California. But in recent weeks Swayze's condition intensifies. Patrick Swayze now bids farewell to his family and friends.

PROSTATE SURGERY

On Friday, December 19, 2008 I go back to the urologist for possible removal of a catheter after almost two weeks. The doctor originally says that surgery is necessary but I do not want that to happen. He adds another medication to see if it helps but the pain only worsens to a horrendous condition. Can barely make it from one day to the next with this tremendous agony of defeat. Plus, the old car remains inoperable for 5 months which leaves me with no transportation. All of this is quite depressing to say the least and makes everything extremely difficult but I must carry on. JRRR goes out as usual but under immense pressure. So if I do go in for surgery, JRRR goes into a holding pattern. How much time in the hospital does it take for prostate surgery? What do I do about my precious Tejas? Please pray that the enormous pain goes away and everything flows freely again. See you on the other side of the river Jordan.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Throughout the 1970s how many of Rock band Led Zeppelin's four members have wives? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY to former Deep Purple Rock star Ozzy Osbourne who is born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948. •MARK MASON is CBS Radio NY's new VP/Digital Media over WCBS-880, WCBS FM (101.1), WFAN-660, WINS-1010, WWFS FM (102.7) and WXRK FM (92.3). •DAVE WILLIAMS morning news host on CBS News KNX-1070 Los Angeles, CA for 5 years leaves the building. He is anxious, able, ready and willing right now for your radio news anchor or talk host spot. Quick! Contact Dave at dwradio@verizon.net.

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WAYNE GRAHAM (Niles, MI) Hi Jim, I asked you some time ago if you had any info. on Larry Glick an all night Dj I use to listen to out of WBZ Boston and you were kind enough to give me what you had, tonight while going through some old tapes I had taken off the radio 30 years or more ago I found the one and only old cassette tape that I thought had been destroyed and Larry is interviewing a guy who still made and sold "SNAKE OIL" like the old medicine shows and of course crazy people are calling in to the show. Well Just thought I would pass this on because it sure brings back memories of when I was a kid here in Michigan and on a clear night during a Michigan summer while the other kids were asleep I was listening to Larry Glick. God's Best to you, your friend from One on One Syndicated radio Wayne Graham PS Our new web site is (www.waynegrahamministries.org)

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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#596-31) December 17, 2008 [Wednesday]. RE:your JRRR#596, 12/17; You certainly bring back memories often. Bill Lowery of Atlanta (producer/booker of Classics 1V) was a good friend indeed. He always attended annual DJ Conv in Nashville. He was the youngest A-M radio station MGR in a major market in the nation at age 21 (Atlanta) & later became a music publisher, record producer & head of his own talent booking agency. I personally booked recording artists such as Johnny Tillotson, Kris Jensen, Billy Joe Royal, The Tams & Tommy Roe from his office. Lowery became a legend in Atlanta music circles; sadly Bill Lowery died on June 8, 2004. You were also a fan (as I) of The Drifters & I had the opportunity to bring them on stage on several dates; sadly the last surviving member of original Drifters, Bill Pinkney, died on July 4, 2007 @ 81 in his hotel room at Daytona Beach. Your newsletters alway renew memories of that golden era in broadcasting for me & many others. Col. Robert Hanger

THE DRIFTERS' Classic White Christmas that they record in 1954 becomes a #2 R&B hit. It lands on Billboard's Pop chart during Christmas 1955. Have a copy of that 45 rpm record with its picture sleeve of The Drifters in my Oldies collection. (http://heavens-gates.com/50s/whitechristmas/)

GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Hi Jim, I have been enjoying reading about the old gang from San Antoio radio and TV. I'm glad to know so many are still among the living. Maybe one of your readers can help me. In 1966 and 1967 when I worked a KBAT in San Antonio my best friend was a deejay named Tom Kelly (his real name). He did the seven to midnight shift and had a sidekick he called "The Count". He was an in the airforce while he worked for KBAT and when he was discharged he went back to his home state of Ohio. That is where the trail ended for me. After Googling my fingers off I have drawn a blank trying to find his whereabouts. Tom Kelly was a true friend in need and in deed. It would mean a great deal to me if anyone can tell me where he is now. Thanks, George

PARRIS AFTON BONDS (Dallas, TX) Subject: Heavens Gates ~White Christmas~ The Drifters 1954. Jim, the Drifters' White Christmas was fabulous. Hope this is the the best Christmas for you ever. Parris (www.parrisaftonbonds.com/)

JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Jim and Tejas, This is just to let you know that the two of you are in my Christmas wishes this year, and in hopes that any problems of 2008 for you become benefits this next year. What you do for those of us who get the newsletter means a lot. Happy holidays, and here's hoping Tejas gets a great big Christmas toy for a present from Santa! Yours Truly, John Hale, Mobile Magic Music (33.Music) "We're at the best parties!"

FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Thanks Jim, and Merry Christmas to you too. I can't sing you a Merry Christmas, but I can send you a picture of Santa and my 4 grand daughters. Blessings, Frank Haley Isa. 9:6 "When the sunshine of God's love meets the showers of our sorrow, the rainbow of promise appears."

BOBBY REYES (San Antonio, TX) Hey there Jim...here is hoping you and Tejas have a good holiday season and try to stay warm! ...here is also hoping for you a good 2009 and keep up the fabulous work you do with the J. R. Remembers Radio newsletter...all the best! Bobby Reyes, Clear Channel Radio

DWIGHT Shotgun Cook (Houston, TX) You are a blessing, I look forward to your weekly emails to keep up with what’s going on in broadcasting. Have a Merry Christmas! His and yours, Dwight "Shotgun" Cook (www.dwightcook.com)

WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject: Heavens Gates ~White Christmas~ The Drifters 1954. Thanks, Jim. Those were the GOOD days! Wendel Hulse

WOODY ROBERTS (San Antonio, TX) Hi, Jim, Long, long ago a Christmas card from Elvis and the Colonel said it well: "Have a cool Yule and a Friendly 1st!" --Ho, Ho, Ho, and best in '09, Woody

TRIVIA ANSWER: In the 1970s 3 members of Rock band Led Zeppelin have wives - Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham. Out of all four Led Zeppelin muscians Jimmy Page is the only one who is single during the 1970s.

MIKE HARTMAN (Ft. Worth-Joshua, TX) Jim, As you know, from some of my e-mails, I'm a singer. So, this year my gift to my friends is going to be...me...me singing, that is. The song is called "Joseph's Song"...Joseph is asking God, "How Can A Man Be Father To The Son Of God?" I sang this song at the Rodeo City Music Hall, in Mesquite, TX, back in December of 2004. I make it a point to close my shows, during the Christmas season, with this song. The original version was recorded back in the 80's by the man who wrote it...Michael Card. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Tejas. Jesus is the reason for the season. Mike

ST. LUKE 10-12 And the angel said unto them, Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, Which shall be to all people. "For unto you is born this day in the city of David A Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, Lying in a manger.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO

December 17, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #596

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM TEJAS AND JIM!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

CLASSICS IV DEPARTS

On Sunday, December 7, 2008 Dennis Yost, lead singer of Soft Rock group the Classics IV, dies at 65 of respiratory failure at Fort Hamilton Hospital in Hamilton, OH which is about 30 miles northwest of Cincinnati. We fondly remember these Classics IV hits: Spooky (#3-1968), Stormy (#5-1968) and Traces of Love (#2-1969). Many Memory Makers too numerous to mention. Bill Lowery, founder of Lowery Music Inc., and Buddy Buie in Atlanta, GA are the producers of The Classics IV hit recordings. Buie, who along with Classics IV guitarist, J.R. Cobb co-writes their songs, remembers: Dennis had an incredible voice — just a great voice for love songs. The 67-year-old Buie who retires to Eufaula, AL adds: I am deeply saddened by his passing. 65 year-old Cobb says he and Yost grow up in Jacksonville, FL and ride motorcycles together before they form the Classics IV. J.R., who later plays guitar with the Atlanta Rhythm Section and the Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson), lives in retirement in Monticello, GA. Dennis continues to perform with the Classics IV until 2005 when he falls down a flight of stairs at his home and suffers serious brain trauma. Jon Bowzer Bauman, singer with Rock group Sha Na Na, holds a benefit concert in 2008 to help with Dennis Yost’s increasing medical costs. Yost undergoes much rehabilitation in nursing homes but never is able to perform again. Dennis Yost leaves behind his wife, Linda Yost, of suburban Hamilton and five children. JRRR sends out our prayers to the Yost family.

BREAKING NEWS!

In another issue JRRR reports that Bill O'Reilly drops his The Radio Factor talk show. TVNewser tells us that John Gibson replaces O'Reilly on January 19, 2009 on his FOX News Talk radio show. Gibson's current show on FOX News Talk is from 6-9pm ET. The new Gibson on FOX show airs live from Noon-3pm ET.

CLEAR CHANNEL AND CBS EXCHANGE FREQUENCIES

The rumors they are a flyin' about what Clear Channel Radio does to solve its problem with the DOJ. On Monday morning, December 15, 2008 CBS Radio announces an agreement with Clear Channel Radio to swap 5 mid-size market stations for 2 large market stations. This swap meet involves 7 radio stations in five-markets. The tight economy forces a no-cash swap. CBS trades 5 FMs in 4 markets to CCR: CHR KBKS FM (106.1) Seattle, WA; Classic Hits WQSR FM (Jack 102.7) Baltimore, MD; Rhythmic KXJM FM (107.5) and Classic Hits KLTH FM (106.7) Portland, OR and KQJK FM (Jack 93.7) Sacramento, CA. CCR retains ownership of their 6 Houston radio stations: Talk KTRH-740, Sports KBME-790, Talk KPRC-950, KKRW FM (93.7), KTBZ FM (94.5) and KODA FM (99.1). In return CBS receives from CCR: Hot AC KHMX FM (Mix 96.5) and KLOL FM (Mega 101.1) both here in Houston, TX. These 2 FMs add to what CBS Radio already has here in Houston: Country KILT FM (100.3), Sports KILT-610, Talk KIKK-650 and Hot Hits KKHH FM (95.7). This now clears CCR with the DOJ for Clear Channel Radio to go private. Dan Mason, CBS Radio President/CEO, says We are thrilled to be adding them to our portfolio and believe they will nicely complement our four existing stations.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What 1950s Doo-Wop group has a wonderful version of White Christmas that becomes a hit record? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

DALLAS, TX radio changes: •TERRY KING midday DJ on CBS Radio KVIL FM (102.7) leaves the building reportedly before his airshift on Monday, December 15, 2008. •CARLA MARION morning anchor exits CBS Radio News/Talk KRLD-1080. •RUSS MARTIN former afernoon personality on Live 105.3 rumors say might just do all night Sports Talk on KTCK-1310 (The Ticket). CHICAGO, IL radio changes: •BOB SHOMPER leaves Tribune Talk WGN-720 immediately to be the new PD of crosstown rival Citadel talk WLS-890. Kevin Metheny Clear Channel/Cleveland, OH VP/Programming takes Bob's spot on WGN.

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JAYE ALBRIGHT (Bainbridge Island, WA) Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Take some time off and enjoy this lovely season! Thanks, -J. Jaye Albright, Consulting Partner, Albright & O'Malley Country Consulting/RadioIQ (www.albrightandomalley.com/) / (www.jaye-albright.com)

WAYNE WARNER (Springfield, MO) Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks, Tejas and Jim Rose. Yes, I did hear from someone I had not heard from in a long time. He was in a Sunday school class I taught in the 1950s, and now he is 67. Lives in Nashville and said his step-daughter is the 1980s pop star Tiffany. And he told me that he manages a singer, Max Reedes (or Reeds), son of Jack Reeds (or Reedes). You might know of them. Merry Christmas. Wayne Warner

MARY LYNN KNOCHELMAN (Cincinnati, Ohio) Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The same to you and Tejas Jim. What a clever email! I understand that you had a "Snowstorm" in Houston yesterday. I've just received an email from my cousin, including snow photos to prove it! She lives in Chanelview. Mary Lynn Knochelman

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SUZANNE CALVIN [Susan Weber] (Dallas, TX) Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And a lovely, peaceful and relaxing Christmas season to you, as well. All the best, Suzanne Calvin, Assoc. Dir. of Marketing, Media and PR, The Dallas Opera

JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake,TX) merry christmas from joan

MARGARETA SMITH (Houston, TX) Merry Christmas from margareta & tommy !!!!!!!

BILL YOUNG (Houston-Sugar Land, TX) Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks Jim...hope you have a great holiday. Bill Young

PAUL WILLIAMS (Houston, TX) Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! BACK AT YOU JIM & TEJAS !!!! Paul Williams, Senior Account Executive, Univision Radio

JAY PENNINGTON (San Antonio-Boerne, TX) Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks, Jim. It has been a real pleasure reading your website this year. I hope there are good times in front of you! Merry Christmas! Jay Pennington (www.penningtontechnicalarts.com/KEXL)

BLAKE LINDSAY (D/FW-Addison, TX) Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! You are very welcome Jim. Jennifer and I sure do think a lot of you, and it is all good too. Merry Christmas from the Lindsay's to you Jim. Your Friends, Blake and Jennifer (www.blazinblake.com)

DON TIFFIN (Dallas-The Colony, TX) Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Hey Jim! Thanks! Merry Christmas to you too...good to hear from you. Hope you have a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year of 2009. Mostly retired here now....doing some substitute teaching, sometimes like 3 days a week and some other stuff. Its cold up here in the north tonight. Have Good Christmas! Don and Patsy Tiffin in The Colony, Texas by Lewisville Lake...

TRIVIA ANSWER: Irving Berlin writes White Christmas in early 1940 as he sits poolside at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix, AZ. Bing Crosby introduces White Christmas in the 1942 musical Holiday Inn. 1950s Doo-Wop group The Drifters record White Christmas in November 1953. It zooms to #2 on the R&B chart in 1954. The great doo-Wop tune finally makes it over to the Billboard Pop chart during Christmas 1955. As a 12 year old teeny-bopper I fall in love with the Drifters' version of White Christmas the very first time that I ever hear it that Christmas in 1955 on The Mighty KLIF-1190 in my hometown Dallas, TX. Over the years the Drifters have many members who drift away but we remember Clyde McPhatter as the tenor voice on White Christmas and the marvelous deep bass man is Bill Pinkney. Let's go back to the Fabulous Fifties for that great tune: http://heavens-gates.com/50s/whitechristmas/ Those are the days my friend.

JAY WEAVER (D/FW, TX) Hi Jim - This version of "White Christmas" is no doubt one of the greatest versions of the song ever recorded, although not many folks have ever heard it. It always brings to mind my old friend, Ken "Hubcap" Carter, may his soul rest in peace. I was listing to him one Saturday night on KAAM, here in D/FW, several years back on a warm August night and he played this version of "White Christmas". He was ask by his broadcast partner why he played it afterwards, and he said, "I was just in the mood to hear some great 'doo-wap!'" Enough said! Jay Weaver (D/FW) MERRY CHRISTMAS, JIM, TO YOU AND ALL YOUR LOYAL READERS!!

WILLIAM E. (Bill) VAUGHAN aka Burton Hillis (October 8, 1915–February 25, 1977) The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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December 15, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #595

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

MCINTYRE LEAVES THE BUILDING

CNN announces on Friday, December 12, 2008 that it is redeploying some of its Washington-based correspondents on that day. This move puts Ed Henry in the role as Senior White House correspondent; Dana Bash, Senior Congressional correspondent and Jessica Yellin National Political correspondent. Other changes involve Correspondent Veronica De La Cruz who exits CNN along with Henry Mauldin head of on-air hiring. Jamie McIntyre, who covers the Pentagon since 1992, leaves CNN. Jamie writes an internal memo that he and CNN were unable to reach an agreement on another assignment, so after a friendly discussion, I decided to pursue other opportunities. CNN and I both agreed it was time for a change. Chris Lawrence is the new CNN Pentagon correspondent. Miles O'Brien also leaves CNN plus the entire science, space, environment and technology unit in Atlanta, GA falls to the ground. After the presidential election campaign, CNN's Washington-based correspondents take up battle stations in preparation of the new BHO administration plus the incoming 111th Congress. David Bohrman, CNN's SVP and D.C. bureau chief, declares, During the election, CNN's political reporters established themselves as the class of television news, both cable and broadcast. Now we're positioning them in key roles that will ensure the most thorough and informative coverage as President Obama and Congress tackle the thorniest problems America has faced in our lifetimes. This is the latest in a series of CNN evacuations. Are more to come? Don't touch that bat channel.

NO MORE HANNITY AND COLMES

Beginning on January 12, 2008, FOX News Channel program Hannity & Colmes at 9pm (ET) becomes just Hannity as Sean flies solo. If we remember for the past 12 years it's Hannity & Colmes as the dynamic duo of controversy. At first, anti-Colmes viewers rejoice dear hearts but after a moment of silence realize that no longer is Colmes on our TV screens for loud criticism. The new program's title is Hannity and The Great American Panel. It includes three in-studio guests nightly with three different outlooks on life: a liberal, an x factor and a conservative. There's a mix of commentary with features that include the Hate Hannity Hotline which is a collection of voice mails and videos from listeners who contradict Hannity on his daily ABC Radio Networks/Premiere Radio Networks Talk radio show. Bill Shine, FNC SVP/Programming, says, When Alan Colmes left us with a void we decided to build a new program utilizing Sean's signature talents rather than take on the monumental task of replacing someone as exceptional as Alan and attempting to rebuild a rare chemistry that is unlikely to ever be matched in cable television again.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the first Country singer to sell over 10 million copies of an album? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•RTNDF honors Susan Grant, EVP of CNN News Services, and Cokie Roberts, ABC News and NPR commentator, during its First Amendment Awards Dinner on March 12, 2008. •RUSSIAN TV by presidential order clears schedules of entertainment shows and 3 state channels on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 for live telecasts of the funeral of Russian Orthodox Church patriarch Alexy II, who dies at 79 on Friday, December 5th. •JOHN CASTLEBERRY and his co-host Nick Haldalet vacate their 2-4p talk show on Red Zebra Sports WXTG FM (The Game 102.1) Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Hampton, VA due to BC - budget-cuts.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1957 BOBBY HELMS' My Special Angel is a #1 Billboard Country single on December 9th. •1967 DAVE MATTHEWS guitar-vocals with Dave Matthews Band born on January 9th in Johannesburg, South Africa. •1974 GEORGE JONES leaves wife Tammy Wynette on December 13th. •1994 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY & ALL-4-ONE's separate versions of I Swear reach American Music Awards Favorite Single nomination in both Soul/R&B and Country on December 13th. •2000 JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL internationally renowned French flutist dies of heart failure at 78 on Friday, May 20th.

EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL

TOM ELLIS (Boston-Newton, MA) Thanks, Jim, for including the emails from Lee Baby Sims and Gary Allyn. They are among the Superstars of the Golden Era at KONO Radio. They, along with Howard Edwards, Jerry Miller (Mueller), Don Couser, Skinny Don Greene, Charlie Van, Ben Laurie, Doug China and a couple of others of that time, along with my news colleagues, Dick Porter, John Wilson, Coit Butler, and Jim Lawrence, absolutely ruled the ratings for a decade or more in Texas radio. They are the best there ever were or ever will be in the history of KONO. (www.necn.com/)

JOHNNY ROSE (Nashville, TN) Dear Jim Rose Productions, My name is Johnny Rose and I work with Orbison Music Productions. Dec 6th marked the 20th anniversary of the passing of Roy Orison. This coincides with the release of the "Soul of Rock and Roll" box set and Black and White Night Blu Ray DVD. We have two radio specials available as well as box sets for on-air prizing Throughout December we have a free download promotion just for signing a petition at Royorbison.com, to help get Roy a commemorative US Stamp. Roy’s last concert, recorded two days before his passing and never before released just became available last week exclusively at iTunes. Roy is launching into Rockband 2 next month. There is an all-star tribute album releasing in 2009. As you can see…Roy Orbison is a very busy man. We are requesting any awareness you might be able to provide in this regard. If you would like additional press materials or info, please let me know and thank you for your time. All the best, Johnny Rose, Orbison Music Productions

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RON SELDEN (Palestine, TX) Jim, Just see an e-mail asking the whereabouts of Jay Thomas (real name John Teekle) of the old album rock station KFMK back in '67. He was a good buddy of mine and I've lost touch with him over the years. If you find out anything about him, please drop me an e-mail. I would love to know where and how he is. Enjoy your newsletter very much. Ron

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Ref to inquiry on issue #594, 12/12 by Simon Walmsley of Tucson: subject, Perry Damone. Due to JRRR I have been in contact with Perry Damone; he is a salesman with Direct-TV in Phoenix & his father, singer Vic Damone is retired in south Florida area near Miami. Col. Robert Hanger

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) I was listening to WSM and they mentioned it was snowing there. It is cold but I have enough heat in my apartment to stay warm for now. I even went bicycling around lunch time. I was able to hear tonight for a few minutes before it was wiped out by static a station whose call letters I hear stand for Keep The Resume Handy. I still remember when KVIL started playing oldies before bringing in the crew with Ron Chapman, Jack Schell(sp), Ron Wortham. That year my parents gave me a copy of the Lp Sounds Of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel. Strange how my mind associates things... Sometimes when walking I would take a longer route when I heard a song on the radio I liked. Charles

TRIVIA ANSWER: Garth Brooks is the first Country singer to sell over 10 million copies of an album. In 1990 Garth Brooks 2nd album, No Fences, dominates the charts. The album eventually shatters records with 13 million in sales. Some familiar tunes from the album are Friends in Low Places #1-1990, Unanswered Prayers #1-1990 and The Thunder Rolls #1-1991.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday December 16th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/ "Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Saturday December 20th. 3pm-6pm PST, 6pm-9pm EST, 11pm-2am GMT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California streaming on http://KOCIRadio.com

DAVID PERKINS (D/FW, TX) Subject: KBUY reunion. Bo (Powell) lives in River Oaks a suburb NW of Fort Worth. He said he didn't even have a computer. But Ron Rice has his phone number. Ron and his family live in Sugarland. How he had it I don't know. Jay and I of course go through you and the DFW DJs lunch bunch. Ron emailed me off my website several months ago. He told me about his father, who was a preacher, also. I didn't know that. I don't remember anything about goats at KPCN but as you may remember, it was out in a field south of Arlington or Grand Prairie and I would never, ever put anything past Bo. David Perkins, The Ecumenical Church for the Followers of Christ, The Jesus Christ Said Ministries (www.JesusChristSaid.com)

AMERICAN PROVERB There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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December 12, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #594

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

NPR SHAFTS STAFF

The stressful economy strikes all media companies in both the for profit and even non-profit organizations. National Public Radio slashes 64 (7%) of its artisans plus another 21 spots remain empty. NPR has a current staff of 889. On Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Wired's Jeff Howe, while at the mediabistro.com panel on how social networking is good business, says he is bullish on non-profit journalism: The NPR model is working. NPR's press release tries to explain the cuts: Tough Economy Forces NPR To Address Unexpected Shortfall In Revenue. Steep Decline in Corporate Underwriting Leads to Budget Reductions, Despite Growing Audiences. NPR claims that 26.4 million people listen to its programs each week and 8 million visit NPR.org each month. NPR expects staff and expense reductions in reporting, editorial, production, station services, digital media, research, communications and administrative support. Travel and discretionary expenses are also cut. Wonder if our government issues NPR a bail-out plan, too? Before long we all bail-out.

OASIS SEEKS POSITIVE WOMEN

In early 2007, Mark Follett founds Sovereign City Communications, LLC. He assembles a team of radio and media professionals who have a passion for life and a belief in the healing power of music. Joe Giganti, President/COO of Sovereign City Communications' Oasis Adult Contemporary music format hires vet Mike Tanner of WLS-890 Chicago, KMPC-710, AC KMGG FM (Magic 106) Los Angeles fame for the 3-7pm spot. Joe brags: Without a doubt, Mike Tanner is one of the most respected and well-known voices in our industry. His positive outlook on life, love of radio, passion for excellence and his immense talent is a wonderful addition to our growing on-air team. After conducting a national search, we are delighted to find a show host of his caliber and we welcome him to the Oasis family. The Oasis radio lineup includes Great Day with Jim and Debbie mornings, Robin Marshall middays, Mike Tanner afternoons, Wendy in Your Oasis evenings and Jeff Elliot overnights. Sovereign City’s target audience is women age 35-54 with positive music, positive lyrics, positive personalities that lead to positively adult contemporary. JRRR believes that's postively devine.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Eric Clapton releases his Rock classic tune Layla under what band name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•LARRY KING receives the 2009 R&R News/Talk/Sports Career Excellence Award in L.A. on March 14, 2008. •RYAN SEACREST's morning show On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Clear Channel KIIS FM L.A. re-broadcasts from 10am-1pm M-F on sister Z100 NYC. •MARK CHERNOFF VP/CBS Radio Sports Programming and OM for Sports WFAN-660 NYC moves on up to VP/Programming of the NYC cluster. •VIRGIN MEDIA U.K. cable giant cuts 2,200 jobs to save an estimated £120 million ($183.6 million) a year. •KEN BRUCE Radio 2 presenter hosts the PRS Radio Academy Hall of Fame Lunch to discover he also is an inductee.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 BERNARD SUMMER guitar/vocals on Techno-Dance group New Order (Regret #28-1993) from Manchester, England born on January 4th. •1967 GARY ALLAN (Her Man #7-1996) born Gary Herzberg on December 5th in Montebello, CA. •1979 VAN MCCOY singer/producer (The Hustle #1-1975) dies of a heart attack on July 6th. •1983 KENNY ROGERS & DOLLY PARTON receive a Platinum single for Islands In The Stream on December 7th. •1999 ROB GRETTON manager Techno-Dance group New Order/Joy Division dies on May 15th. •2007 LEANN RIMES & JOSS STONE perform Nothin' Better To Do on CMT Crossroads on December 7th.

EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL

SIMON P. WALMSLEY (Tucson, AZ) Subject: Perry Damone. I realise that you said he had disappeared but is there any update? In 1950 I saw a film in England with his mother; Pier Angeli; Domani è troppo tardi (1950) .... Mirella ... aka Tomorrow Is Too Late (USA) Ever since I moved to the US I have sought a copy of it to no avail so I thought that he or his father might be able to say if it is available. It is a beautiful story of young innocent love. Thank you for any assistance you could provide, Simon P Walmsley

GARY ALLYN (San Diego-Fallbrook,CA) Just read Tom Ellis' email, followed by Lee Baby's. I had the pleasure of working with both-how fortunate am I, eh? I was around many fine new people in my career, but Tom Ellis, to me, was right at the top of my list of favorites. Tom was/is what news delivery and content is all about. Tom, as did most of the KONO news staff in the sixties, re-write each newscast every hour, every day. No "rip 'n readers" there. Tom's professionalism and writing/gathering ability was without peer. His clear,concise and authoritative delivery added to our sound hour immensely. Tom's popularity matched that of any of our air talent. I remember Tom was the "Center" on our KONO charity basketball team, and before, after & during the game he was usually "swooned" over by the numerous females in the crowd. The lines for his autograph were long-like those for a Rock Star. I keep writing this as if Tom is no longer with us, my apologies Tom. It's not a eulogy,It's merely a memory of a true professional newsman who did his job well. Tom, your absence from the scene will certainly be broadcastings' loss. Now, more than ever, we need your kind on our airwaves. You, like Lee Baby Simms, had the "knack" for audience connectivity. One listen is all it took to hear real greatness. Glad I had the opportunity to know and admire you both. gary allyn-KONO: 1963,'64-1966,'68 (www.garyallyn.com) / (http://garyallynsradiopinion.blogspot.com/)

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JOHN VANVLECK (Austin, TX) Do you know how to contact Jay Thomas former DJ in Houston'67 on KFMK? thanks JVV.

GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) I am passing this on to you because it definitely worked for me today, and we all could probably use more calm in our lives! Some doctor on the TV this morning said that the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started. So I looked around my house to see things I’d started and hadn’t finished and, before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of shhhardonay, a bodle of Baileys, abutle of vocka, a pockage of Pringlies, tha mainder of a boti Prozic and Valumscriptins, the res of the Chesescke an a box a chocolets. Yu haf no idr who gud I fel. Peas sen dis orn to anyy yu fee ar in ned ov mr pece.

RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Hi Jim: Please tell Dan McCurdy the election is OVER! Another thing, nowhere did the Fairness Doctrine ever censor conservative views. If it did you would have never had Fulton Lewis the third, Paul Harvey, Joe Pyne, Allan Dale (WOAI in the 60's), Dan Smoot, Or "Liberty Lobby". All it is is for both sides to heard equally, fairly, NO censorship on either side and gosh actually allow the listener to choose and make up their own mind. What a concept!! Ray

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Hey, Jim...I remember playing "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" by the Vince Guaraldi Trio in 1962 and for years afterwards...Guaraldi is probably more celebrated for his famous "Lucy and Linus" theme for the numerous 'Charlie Brown' Peanuts TV cartoon series. Guaraldi died of a heart attack at age 47 in between jazz sets in Menlo Park, CA in 1976...a real shocker...so talented and so young...but his great music lives on...a legacy that becomes a sort of immortality for him... Bestooya, Jim... Dan McCurdy, Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee 2004, KLIF, KBOX-Dallas, WMEX-Boston

TRIVIA ANSWER: Derek & The Dominoes is the name of the Rock band that Eric Clapton releases his classic tune Layla which lands on Billboard on March 27, 1971. The tune makes a return engagement on Billboard on May 13, 1972 and zooms to #10.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Far as I know Soupy & Trudy Sales still reside...NYC. He was born in Franklinton, NC (near Raleigh) on Jan 8, 1926. He appeared in a wheel-chair at dedication of his STAR on Hollywood Walk of Fame at age 79. Got his address from a most reliable source, but never visited him there, altho I wrote him 3 or 4 years ago, but got no reply. He did grad from HHS, Huntington, WVA in 1943. (I grad there in 1951) As you are well aware, it was the Col's decision not to book Elvis on shows outside of U.S. for his own personal reason. I had met Col. Parker several times in Nashville (as I did Elvis twice there at DJ Conv., 1954 & '55) & tried to book him into Univ.Hall, Charlottesville, VA where I booked so many top shows, but the Col. turned me down twice "'cause the venue wasn't big enough." Instead Elvis appeared several times in Richmond, Norfolk & Roanoke, VA. When I first met Col. Parker, his ofc was in Madison, TN., long before the move west. He had been Mgr of Eddy Arnold & then Hank Snow when I first knew him & later became Mgr of "The Hillbilly Cat" after securing him from Elvis's first Mgr, Bob Neal in Memphis. I knew Bob well from DJ days in Memphis, then to his talent-booking & Mngt Agcy in Nashville. I go way back to the golden era of rock and country, & could write a book indeed. BOB & Sonny Lee.

BILL CLINTON [42nd US President 1993-2001] (1946-p) When our memories outweigh our dreams, we have grown old.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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December 10, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #593

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

JAY REMAINS ON NBC TV

As we mention in an earlier issue of JRRR, the longtime host of The Tonight Show Jay Leno leaves the show on May 29, 2009. Breaking news! To prevent Jay's departure to another network that rumors suggest are ABC TV in 2010, NBC TV invents a brand new prime time weeknight show at 10 pm for Leno to host. As a sort of insurance policy just in case Jay's Tonight Show replacement Conan O’Brien stumbles in the ratings, NBC TV still has its star Jay Leno on its staff. An industry executive says, If Conan does fail miserably, it opens up Jay to come back (at 11:30). If I was Conan, I’d be furious. But maybe he kicks b*** at 10 and doesn’t want to come back. Don't touch that bat dial.

DALLAS HAS A NEW FAN

On Monday, December 8, 2008 at 3 pm CT CBS Radio Talk KLLI FM (105.3) Dallas, TX transforms into All-Sports 105.3 The Fan. KLLI Morning Host Jagger continues his spot but midday hosts Ben & Skin move to PM Drive at 3 to 7 pm. They replace longtime Dallas radio host Russ Martin who hits the news headlines in early 2008 when cops arrest him on misdemeanor charges because, according to news reports, he has an argument with his girlfriend. A glance at the new Web site (www.1053thefan.com) indicates that Russ is not on the new schedule. The Web site has a beautiful picture of the new Dallas Cowboys stadium that is under construction. It too has an open roof but this one opens and closes.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous recording artist records a song under the name The Imposter? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•JOANNE WILLIAMS TV anchor/reporter in Milwaukee, WI retires from the tube on November 7, 2008 after nearly 29 years at WITI-TV CH 6. In 1971 Joanne joins WTMJ-TV CH 4 as a film editor. The 59-year-old Williams continues to work with reporters as VP of marketing and public relations at Cardinal Stritch University. •WPGC-1580 CBS Radio Washington, D.C. flips Inspirational Talk Heaven 1580 to a simulcast of its sister Urban WPGC FM. Sam Rogers GM tells RBR that a Reggae/Caribbean format is under consideration.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1953 MALCOLM YOUNG guitar with AC/DC born on January 6th. •1965 EDDY ARNOLD's Make The World Go Away smashes the #1 spot on Billboard's Country single chart on December 4th. •1978 SANDY DENNY singer-piano-guitar with Fairport Convention dies of a brain hemorrhage at 31 in Atkinson Morley Hospital on January 21st. •1980 RONNIE MILSAP's Smoky Mountain Rain lands at #1 on Billboard's Country chart on December 6th. •1994 JOE PASS Jazz guitarist dies from liver cancer at 65 on May 23rd in Los Angeles, CA. •2004 LORETTA LYNN snags 5 Grammy nominations for her album Van Lear Rose on December 7th.

EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL

LEE BABY SIMS (Walnut Creek, CA) Dear Jim...I see that Tom Ellis has retired from the fray. My goodness, My Friend ...Time is taking us on isn`t it? Tom and I worked together, decades ago at KONO in Old San Antonio. Back in 65. I was the Jock, Tom was the Newsman. I remember seeing him through the glass and thinking, What a good looking guy, What a great voice, What a great delivery. What Is he doing here In little ole` San Antone... He should be in the Big Time. Well, I'll be a s*******... I was right... It did not take him long... And he was there for a long time... I don`t know how he put up with those cold cold New England Winters, After Iced Tea and Enchiladas sitting there in the shade along the The River Walk...In Ole` San Antone... Please tell him I said...Tom... Lee...

TOM ELLIS (Boston-Newton, MA) One other bit, Jim. Just in case anyone's interested, you can Google Tom Ellis, Journalist, and there's my life as a broadcaster revealed, along with a lot of other junk which came from out of nowhere near the truth. It has indeed been an interesting life. Tom (www.necn.com/)

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JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake,TX) Subject: SAM PATE. Thought you would like an update on Sam. Things can't get much worse. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance Thursday night. He could not move or walk. Janet says it was hard to get him transported. Sam talks like all is well, but he keeps saying things that do not make sense. The strange thing is, he remembers his radio days and you guys. Like it happened yesterday. Janet brought him home from the hospital today but he will have to go back tomorrow for awhile. Not much the staff can do for him. At this time he can not walk. It hurts me to write these things but I promised I would keep you informed. I talked to him shortly and by his voice no one would think he is even ill. His daughter Debra went to see him today and said he looks as if he has aged ten years in the past six months. He weighs 172 pounds.

FR. BOB TOMLINSON (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Say Jim, tell Jay Weaver someone else remembers the old Joey Bishop show and Regis being on it. Not sure how long that show lasted but Regis wasn't hurt too bad by it I guess. Jay you and I are in the same area, how about coffee sometime? Jim I agree with others, you do a great service here and I'm glad to be a small part of it as a reader. Bob Tomlinson FTW, Hurst

GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Yes, what is happening to the Opry and country music in general makes me sick. I watched the CMA awards and, once again, 75 percent of it didn't sound vaguely like country to me. I'm not a purist to the extent that I don't want backup singers, strings or drums but I would like to be able to tell it is country without seeing a label on it. Some times I wish all the "real" country singers would revolt and start a movement to bring the country back to country. Like George Jones said in his song, "There Was Murder on Country Row".

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Hey, Jim...fair and balanced is where it's at for the really good blogs like JRRR...I just pray the Democrap gummint doesn't require the resurrection of the "UNfair and UNbalanced" UNfairness Doctrine in our beloved broadcast industry...Printing the leftist comments will keep the socialists from accusing you of only printing conservatives' missives...My best to you, my friend...Dan McCurdy, Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee 2004, KLIF, KBOX-Dallas, WMEX-Boston

TRIVIA ANSWER: Elvis Costello is born Declan Patrick MacManus on August 25, 1954 in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington in London, England. In 1976, Jake Riviera, his manager at independent label Stiff records, suggests a name change. They combine Elvis Presley's first name with his mother's maiden name Costello to come up with Elvis Costello. To coincide with the 1983 UK general election Elvis Costello releases his UK hit Pills And Soap under the name The Imposter to attack changes in British society by Thatcherism. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time ranks Elvis Costello at #80. Rolling Stone Magazine ranks the real Elvis that we know and love by the last name of Presley at #3 on its 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. They rank Bob Dylan at #2 and The Beatles at #1. But we all know The King, Elvis Presley is always #1.

BOB GRANT (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) I am fortunate to have met most on your list: I have brought Hank Jr on stage in Charlotteville, Alexandria & Culpeper, VA shows many times. I was fortunate to meet his Dad on the Hadacol Caravan show in Huntington,W VA, Sept, 1950 & his mother in Nashville. When young, Hank was a rounder even more so than his Dad. Others you named I brought on stage as M/C include: Never worked a show with C. Pride, but was present in Nashville when RCA introduced him to the world (and the ahhhhs went forth..& he was always at later conv there. He has had only one wife, Rozene & they still live in Ft. Worth; he was back on the Opry last month. First time I saw J>Cash was in 1956 at Verona Ranch show in northern KY...many times at DJ convention. I even remember his first wife, Vivian, whom he met in San Antonio (1934-2005) I never presented him on stage, but also saw him perform in Tampa, Richmond & Staunton, VA June Carter was a comedian on Opry when I first saw her, but later many times at Conv, plus shows above with Cash All the Carter family is now gone & I have dates for all of them. I have a long list of acts at Univ. VA where I was M/C. BOB

DENNIS MILLER (November 3, 1953-p) Santa is very jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO

December 8, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #592

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

RADIO LEGEND LEAVES THE BUILDING

Is Arbitron's new PPM listener measurement system in Chicago, IL the blame for a radio legend's ratings to drop or is it all of the latest technology? For a good while legendary radio talent Steve Dahl is PM Drive host on CBS Radio Talk WCKG FM (105.9) Chicago-Elmwood Park, IL. But in November 2007 CBS Radio flips the Talk format over to Hot AC with new call letters WCFS FM and Holiday (Christmas) music. So Steve moves to AM Drive on CBS Adult Hits WJMK FM (Jack FM - Playing What We Want 104.3). When the Chicago radio market switches to Arbitron's new PPM measurement system Dahl's ratings suffer a huge loss in audience share points. Todd Cavanah WJMK PD tells R&R that it's sad that it doesn't work out with Steve. Todd says that Dahl is a real pleasure to work with and one of, if not the, hardest working radio hosts with whom he ever works. Steve moved around a lot over the years. Some people probably had a hard time finding him. People are busy. They don't live radio the way we do. Cavanah also mentions new technology as a possible factor. A lot of Steve's fans are high-tech. We got a lot of notes from people who listened to his podcast, at their convenience, rather than he was on air in the morning. Todd does say that he might bring Steve back in an Internet-based format. The Chicago Tribune estimates that Steve Dahl's salary is over $1 million per year.

THERE'S FAITH IN A NEW FRAGRANCE

Coty and Country Superstar Faith Hill get together to develop and debut her own fragrance for 2009. This is Faith’s first time to have a perfume fragrance all her own. Coty tells us that it will capture Hill’s natural beauty, warmth and strength. Hill remarks I had no idea of how exciting and creative it would be to work not only with a great company like Coty, but with some of the leading perfumers in the world. In one respect, putting out a fragrance is like releasing a new album you just hope that everyone will enjoy it. Faith Hill's new fragrance goes on sale just in time for Christmas 2009. Does this qualify for a new category in the already full 110 Grammy Awards categories?

TRIVIA QUESTION: Which Wings album features guest musicians Pete Townshend, Dave Gilmour and John Bonham? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•BILL O'REILLY's radio show The Radio Factor in syndication by Westwood One on Fox News Channel bites the dust in the first quarter of 2009. Westwood One has no comment. •JOEL GRAY VP/PD Bonneville Adult Hits KPKX FM (The Peak 98.7) Phoenix, AZ leaves the building after 8 years in the market. Joel aids in the opus of America's first non-Bob-Jack Adult Hits radio stations and it rises to #1 in adults 25-54. You can find Joel at JoelGrey1@cox.net. •R&R Talk Radio Seminar 2009 is March 12-14, 2009 at the Marina Del Rey Marriott in Los Angeles, CA. For more info contact Mike Stern at mstern@radioandrecords.com

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1955 BRIAN PROUT drummer with Diamond Rio born on December 4th in Troy, NY. •1967 STEVE HARWELL lead vocals with Smash Mouth born on January 9th in Santa Clara, CA. •1971 CHARLEY PRIDE's biggest hit Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' leaps to #1 on Billboard's Country chart December 4th. •1981 JASON JAMES bass guitar-vocals Welsh Metalcore band Band Bullet for My Valentine born on January 13th. •1993 JEFF HANNA of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band marries singer-songwriter Matraca Berg on December 5th. •2006 ROGER (Syd) BARRETT lead singer-guitar with Pink Floyd dies on July 6th.

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TOM ELLIS (Boston-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim, After almost 15 years here at NEW ENGLAND CABLE NEWS I'm leaving the building. Sad to say that due to the "economic circumstances" of my employer, my weekend anchor gig here will be over on 12/27/08. After having begun in television in Fort Worth, Texas as an 18 year old in 1951, I've had a remarkable run in some fantastic markets. So, I can certainly say without regret that I've had my turn, and I'll have to find a new horse to ride. I'll be signing off on this email site on that late December date, and I'll let you know soon where you can continue to reach me with JRRR. Meanwhile, give em H***, JR. Here's to health, wealth and happiness, Tom Ellis (www.necn.com/)

BRUCE ELROD [President, Cash Box] (Ridgeway, SC) Jim, Beach music dj Fessa John Hook is now in charge of all Cashbox Radio Countdown shows. Check it out. Bruce Elrod (www.Cashboxradio.com/) / (www.cashboxmagazine.com/)

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GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Hello Jim, I emailed Jim Travis and thanked him for his kind words. So far I haven't received a reply. The email address must have been correct because it didn't bounce. If he contacts you again please pass my thanks along to him. I think I told you that I have recording equipment at my home here in Elkhart. I do most of my music tracks with computer software programs and even do my own backup singers. I have produced several CDs for myself and others. I also record radio spots and send them in MP3 format by email to the stations. From what I read in your website that's about as close to radio as I want to get anymore. By the way, I appreciate your posting my little bits in your column. It gave this octogenarian a thrill. Thanks, George Lester

BOB GRANT [Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#588-31) November 28, 2008 [Friday] Just learned of death of rockabilly artist, Jody Reynolds on 11/7/08. His self-penned "Endless Sleep" hit #5 on Billboard in May 1958 & sold over a million; Ralph Joseph Reynolds had retired to Palm Springs & sold real-estate in LaQuinta. He was awarded a "star" on Walk of Fame on Palm Springs, Dec.1999.Born in Denver & raised in Oklahoma, he began his rockabilly career in West Texas in 1955, & is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Just thought you'd like to know FYI. BOB & Sonny Lee

BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) It's official!!! I have inked a deal with KSEV AM 700 The Voice in Houston, Texas for the return of the Family Law Radio Program!!!! The show will air Sunday 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM beginning November 30, 2008. We plan to expand the show to two hours soon and plan to simulcast the show on KSEV's sister station in Dallas. The show will also be streamed on the internet world wide. I will be the host and the program will feature guests such as Family Law Attorneys, District Court Judges, Political Figures, members of the Attorney General's Office, Law Enforcement Officials, etc. and will also feature calls from listeners. Don't be surprised if you are asked to be a guest....oh yes, this time around we will be offering advertising. If you would like more information on that you can contact me at phone # below or call Walter Hammock at Hammock Advertising 713-291-5757. A special note of thanks to Senator Dan Patrick and Bonny English at KSEV for making this program possible again. Barry Kilgore, Executive Director, Fathers For Equal Rights, FER helps men, women and children with all family law problems.

TRIVIA ANSWER: The Wings album Back To The Egg which releases in June 1979 has guest musicians Pete Townshend (Who), Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd), John Bonham & John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and others.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday December 9th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/ The next "Rabbitt Report" Saturday & Sunday December 13th. & 14th 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/

DAVID PERKINS (D/FW, TX) Jimbo and Tejas. I figured Jay Weaver (Joe Fuchs) would email you about this but just in case (he keeps very busy) Jay and his wife Rhonda, my wife Pat and I along with Ron Rice and his wife Jerri from Houston and Bo Powell and his best friend Greta and her 10 year old son Alex got together for a KBUY reunion last Saturday (Oct 18th, 2008) at Riscky's Steak House in the stock yards area in North Fort Worth. Also there was Ron and Jerri's daughter Rhonda who flew over from her husband and family and job in Glasgow, Scotland. We had a great time talking about the past (and the future) of radio and everything else that walked by the restaurant! Ron and I both came to KPRC, Houston to play country music at night. I stayed there 1968-70 before leaving for WBAP, Fort Worth and back to KIKK in Houston and Ron was there 10 years. What's different about today? Well, we talked a lot about our grandchildren. Back then we just talked about how to avoid children! David Perkins, The Ecumenical Church for the Followers of Christ, The Jesus Christ Said Ministries (www.jesuschristsaid.com/)

JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Jim - I have had this sign hanging in my garage for close to 20 years. I found it at a Goodwill store in Fort Worth on East Belknap Street. I cleaned it up and added the "Jay Weaver - Weekends on KPCN". Thought you might enjoy seeing it. Do you remember it hanging anywhere at KPCN when you were there? Jay

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) Remembrance of things past.

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December 5, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #591

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

U.S. GOVERNMENT ADMITS WE HAVE A RECESSION

Some tell-tale signs of a recession include things like Viacom with 3rd Q revenue down 37% freezes salaries, sends 850 (7%) employees on their way home to save $200 million to $250 million in 2009. NBCU makes major cuts with up to 500 jobs (3%) gone. TV Newser. L.A. correspondent John Larso says this affects NBC News bureaus in Dallas, TX and Los Angeles, CA. Chicago Tribune gives 12 Newsroom employees the rest of the week to clean out their desks, more cuts on the way. Cox Television president retires. Cox Target Media's CEO resigns. Atlanta, GA-based media company Cox Newspapers shutter Washington, D.C. news bureau on April 1, 2009. After the Cox national bureau shutters, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Dayton Daily News manage their own Washington, D.C. and international news bureaus independently with dedicated correspondents. In August 2009, Cox plans to sell several of its newspapers in TX, NC and CO. The Virginia Symphony Orchestra with a $1.5 million debt load cuts the 27 full- and part-time administrative and artistic staff members' salaries by 20% effective January 1, 2009 and cancels some of its spring concerts. The Virginia Symphony gives its 5,000 subscribers other options. It is the region’s top orchestra that performs in halls throughout the area. Good news! They do not reduce the symphony’s 79 musicians' pay.

LET'S HAVE A PARTY!

Legendary 1960s Rock group The Doors throw a party at West Hollywood biker bar Barney’s Beanery on Monday, December 8, 2008 to celebrate its lead singer/songwriter Jim Morrison's 65th birthday. Since it moves from Berkeley, CA in 1927 to its current location on Santa Monica Boulevard the historic saloon hosts a wide variety of counter cultural events from avant-garde art, movies, literature to Rock and Roll. Surviving Doors members Ray Manzarek and Robbie Kreiger appear that evening for a special live broadcast on L.A.'s Classic Rock KLOS FM (95.5) with its famous host Last D.J. Jim Ladd's night show. They talk about and sign copies of their CD Live at The Matrix 1967 on The Doors’ Bright Midnight Archives and Rhino Records. The two-CD set is from two nights in San Francisco in March ’67. This is the 4th album in the Bright Midnight archives. In the 1960s Rock icon Jim Morrison hangs out with Janis Joplin at Barney’s Beanery. David Houston, who buys Barney’s in 1999 from Erwin Held, says We decided to celebrate this occasion because Barney’s is a place where Jim Morrison hung out often. Whatever point in time you go back to, whoever was making history in pop culture, they seemed to have a foot in the Beanery.

TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Rock legend Jim Morrison die? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•WKRK FM CBS Radio Active Alternative 92.3 K-Rock Cleveland, OH switches to Gold Alternative Radio 92.3. All DJs leave the building and that includes the syndicated Opie & Anthony show. •WXRK FM (92.3 K-Rock) CBS Radio NYC has mass evacuation. Out are PD/MD Mike Tierney & GSM Steve Townsend. GM Maire Mason moves into the GSM seat. Don Bouloukos is the new GM. Mark Chernoff clustermate WFAN PD tacks on PD duties. •TONY ROBBINS self-help guru has a new reality show on NBC TV. Casting begins for the pilot show. •VIRGIN MEDIA U.K. cable giant slashes 2,200 jobs to save £120 million ($183.6 million) a year.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 DWIGHT YOAKAM Country singer-actor born on October 23rd in Pikeville, KY. •1963 ERIC ERLANDSON guitarist with Seattle, WA based Rock band Hole born on January 9th. •1975 DAVID ROGERS opens Country Green Club on August 15th in Atlanta, GA. •1980 KRZYSZTOF CZERWINSKI Polish conductor-organist-voice teacher born in Poznan, Poland on January 13th. •1990 REBA MCENTIRE's single You Lie hits #1 in Billboard on November 3rd. •2006 JOHN THOMAS JOHNSON tuba player on 2,000 film soundtracks dies on October 16th.

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LEN HART (Geneva, Switzerland) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio Issue #538 Your mention of Chris Collier of KIKK brings back lots of memories. I must confess --I played a roll in getting Chris into radio. I was trying to stay in college back in the late sixties by working three FM stations in Odessa-Midland --a small FM station in Odessa, the more powerful KNFM in Midland, and 'student station manager' for KOCV-FM, a 5000 watt educational station at Odessa College. I met Chris at KOCV and recommend he interview for KNFM. The rest is history. I was working in the Houston market (KILT) when Chris came to Houston. I recall that he arrived in Houston with a case of Coors beer. In those days, Coors was unavailable in Houston. Does anyone know how to get a message to Chris?

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JOE PESCE (Ventura, CA) Mr. Rose- I discovered your web site via Google. I have been given a Trans-oceanic by my aunt that is in wonderful condition—a 3000-1—probably late 1960s vintage? These radios have always fascinated me and I am thrilled to have it. She lives in Palm Desert, so the radio has no rust or corrosion of any sort, though the black vinyl sides are "curled" up and pulled away from the metal case. I cleaned it up last night and used a little metal polish to shine it up, then I put in some new batteries. Fortunately, there were no old batteries in it, so no corrosive issues that I’m aware of. Now for the puzzling news. I turned it on and all’s good except the volume is VERY low. Even with it turned all the way up, I can barely hear it. I also notice that there’s quite a bit of noise—at a higher volume—when I switch between bands. I live in the Ventura area and wonder if you can refer me to someone that might not be too far from me for some repair/restoration advice? I noticed in the info shown on the Google search results the name Carl Warren as someone who repaired a Trans-oceanic for you? Perhaps he’s located in the LA or valley area? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. -- Joe Pesce

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Jim...believe me, I'm aware of the challenges facing a writer/editor of newsletters and printed ilk...I've been there, done that, and certainly empathize with the daily/weekly rigors of your efforts. I just appreciate the dedication and work you undertake to keep all of us on top of 'what's happening' broadcast-wise and in touch with our fellow 'radio-heads,' plus, allowing us to share our memories, ideas and comments... My very best to you, Jim... Dan McCurdy, Sherman, TX, Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee 2004, KLIF, KBOX-Dallas, WMEX-Boston

JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Jim, not trying to make you look bad, but I remember Regis Philbin as the announcer/sidekick on the old Joey Bishop late night show on ABC back when ABC was trying to get something together to compete with The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and his announcer/sidekick Ed McMahon. Actually that probably makes me look bad because I remember that show very well and ... gulp, that probably means I'm older than you! I remember that Regis had a resume at that time that consisted of radio work on a couple of New York City radio stations. Jay

BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Jim; I picked up a copy of "An Epic Life: Willie Nelson", the latest from Joe Nick Patoski. I highly reccomend it. I ready Susie's book and Willie's book, and thought I knew everything about the man, but Joe Nick goes way beyond, with many names and places. I am getting a real thrill from the description of Willie's radio career, in Fort Worth, Pleasanton, Houston and Vancouver Washington. I see familiar names, such as Groovy Joe Poovey, Biff Collie, Arlie Duff and many more. I'm also impressed with the struggle involved in getting his music published, recorded and performed. I highly reccomend it. Bob

WILLIE NELSON arrives in Nashville, TN in the 1960s and finds a job as a songwriter at a music publishing firm. Hear a story one time that they place him in an empty room and tell him to write a song. Out comes the classic tune, Hello Walls.

BOB GRANT [Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Thought you would like to know the U.S. Postal Service will commemorate entertainer Bob Hope with a First Class stamp next spring in recognition of his work with the U.S. Armed Forces. Although Hope never officially served in the military, he was heavily involved throughout his life entertaining US service personnel from 1941 through Operation Desert Storm. Hope died at his home on 7/27/03 just two months after his 100th birthday. (I was fortunate to have met him 4 or 5 times & once interviewed him on radio & TV live from Tampa airport, along with singer Molly Bee and the late Jerry Colonna (1904-1986) all at the same time! I still treasure Hope's personal autograph. Col. Robert Hanger

TRIVIA ANSWER: Jim Morrison comes to life on December 8, 1943 in Melbourne, FL. He dies at the young age of 27 on the morning of July 3, 1971 in Paris, France. His remains are in Paris’ Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise where Irish author Oscar Wilde and French singer Edith Piaf also lie.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rabbitt Report" Saturday & Sunday December 6th & 7th 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/ The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday December 9th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/

CAROL NELSON (May 11, 1944-p) Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home.

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December 3, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #590

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

REGIS PHILBIN SIGNS NEW TV CONTRACT

Seems like he's on our TV screens since the beginning of time. The timeless host of Live with Regis & Kelly inks a new contract with the Disney Company to continue his show on CH 7 in NYC for many more years. But the 77 year-old Regis Philbin's new contract is a tough row to hoe. No details come to light but JRRR has it on good authority that the popular TV host just might not be on any other TV networks in the future if Disney has anything to do with it. Regis recently tells the NY Daily News that his contract expires in 2011. Forbes magazine reports that his annual salary is $21 million. We remember Philbin as host of game shows and reality competition on ABC TV. This past season he is host of Million Dollar Password on CBS TV. Before that he hosts NBC TV's America's Got Talent. In 2006, Regis also is the host on Fox TV's New Year's Eve show. Salute!

ILL ECONOMY HITS COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR

Our nation's economy affects the rich and famous, too. Country music star Alan Jackson and Ronnie Gilley Properties plan a Panhandle condominium and town home development near Panama City Beach, FL but it now is on hold due to our nation's recession. In 2006 Alan makes an appearance at the groundbreaking ceremonies of the La Borgata development. His image is also on a billboard for the project. Ronnie Gilley Properties says that it doesn't expect to sell the property but will play a wait and see game with the economy.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you know the name of Fleetwood Mac's only #1 single in the USA? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•DAVID RHODES 34-year-old VP of Fox News exits to join Bloomberg TV as head of U.S. TV operations. David is with FNC since its beginning in 1996. •DOC HOLIDAE (Alvin Reaves) Alabama DJ dies at 57 two weeks after a heart attack. The Selma Times Journal reports that he is behind the mic at 2 different radio stations every day, CHR WALX FM (100.9) & Country WDXX FM (100.1). •LARRY KING receives the 2009 R&R News/Talk/Sports Career Excellence Award at the 2009 R&R Talk Radio Seminar March 12-14, 2009 at the Marina Del Rey Marriott in Los Angeles, CA.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1950 STEVE MCRAY keyboards/vocals with Rock groups 38 Special and Ted Nugent is born on January 9th. •1968 CONWAY TWITTY's first #1 Country single is Next In Line on November 2nd. •1971 LEFTY BAKER (Eustace Britchforth) guitar/banjo/vocals with Rock group Spanky & Our Gang dies on August 11th. •1984 SUZY BOGGUSS moves to Nashville, TN on November 22nd. •1994 DANNY BARKER Jazz singer/songwriter/guitar/banjo/ukelele dies on March 13th. •2004 MONTGOMERY GENTRY & LYNYRD SKYNYRD tape an episode of CMT Crossroads at The Factory on November 17th in Franklin, TN.

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LEN HART (Geneva, Switzerland) Jim, Looking back, it seems like I must have worked every radio station in Houston at one time or another --KILT AM-FM, KTRH, KIKK AM-FM, KULF, KXYZ (ABC 0 and 0) and KENR. Your mention of Chris Collier brought back lots of memories. I left a comment on your blog. Indeed, I knew Chris when both of us were classmates in Wally Jackson's broadcasting class at Odessa College. Chris was sleeping in his car and my mom found him either a cheap or no rent two room just across the street from where I lived at the time. We were all dirt poor but had visions of making BIG BUCKS in radio! Those were heady days for the biz. Chris Eric Stevens covered the night shift at WLS and could be heard like a local DJ in Odessa. I was first exposed to Steve Lundy's 'big town' when I was going to UH and he was rockin' the nights at KILT. Later, I listened to him on WLS. By the time, I got to KILT, Lundy had returned from his gigs at WLS, KFRC, and KROQ (Los Angeles). I worked him at KULF and, later, KENR. Lundy was incredible on the air but a warm and very friendly person. A nice guy in a tough business. He is missed. Another name from the 'era' --Scotty Brink. I first worked with Brink at KELP, El Paso. He had been doing afternoon drive on WLS. I used to wonder why the h*** would anyone leave WLS for KELP! Brink wanted to be a PD and El Paso --and its Mexican sister city --was a good platform. I later worked with Brink again at KULF. Brink left KULF for a morning show in New York City and big bucks. We'll have to compare notes. Someone should write this history before it is all lost. Ol' radio guy. Len Hart PS I am living in Geneva, Switzerland. (http://classicacts.blogspot.com/)

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GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Subject: Happy Thanksgiving! Here's one you might have heard. When A.V. Bamford was working out of Nashville he managed a couple of country singers. One day her got a call from a young fellow who said someone had suggested he call Bam and see if he would be interested in managing him also. Bam told him he had heard his singing and didn't see much of a future for him. That young singer was Elvis Presley. Bam told this on himself.

BOB GRANT [Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Subject: Bill Drake. Just learned of death of Bill Drake, radio programmer, in Los Angeles on 11/29/08 (lung cancer). Drake ( Phillip Yarbroug) was born in GA, 1/14/37. He syndicated & narrated radio special: "The History of Rock'N Roll." Inducted into GA Radio Hall of Fame. Col. Robert Hanger

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Jim, I sure hope we get some comment going about the dilemma that radio media buyers face: wanting to make the most efficient buys they can for their clients (biggest bang for the buck) and the hurdles they face from stick-in-the mud mega-monster media conglomerates who (1) want to maintain the present outmoded "status quo" (2) don't want to pony-up the costs that Arbitron charges them for audience measurement in their many markets and (3) big broadcast media moguls who really don't want to know what their real audience numbers are in clearly defined dayparts due to their fossilized, long-entrenched habit of praising the ARB numbers when they reflect well on their radio properties, and screwing themselves into their corporate ceilings while simultaneously yelling " FLUKE BOOK!!" when the numbers don't go their way. Ad agencies and small advertisers alike deserve to have the ACCURATE audience measurement that the ARB "Portable People Meters" (PPMs) bring to the ratings game. Without the PPMs, everyone is at the mercy of the "I could care less" diary keepers who, I know from empirical evidence, let their children fill out the daily diaries...skewing the numbers way out of proportion to younger and younger demographic groups and fuzzy dayparts. The PPMs are almost flawless in their ability to accurately track repondents' choice of stations, time spent listening (TSL) and the precise daypart in which the listenership occurred. Dan McCurdy - Charlie Brown, Dan Patrick - KLIF, KBOX - Dallas; WMEX - Boston; Inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2004.

JERRY MILLER [Mueller] (Houston, TX) In light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: 'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.' In light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: 'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'

TRIVIA ANSWER: Fleetwood Mac's only #1 single in the USA is Dreams from their 1977 hit album Rumours. It also is their only single to sell over a half million.

RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#589-47) December 1, 2008 [Monday] HI Jim my young friend: Yup Clear channel, cheap channel and other variations of this cesspool of brilliance took the heart and soul out of radio. I remember a few years back staffers of CC ferociously denied there was a CENTRAL Program log, and Music selection, though it was plain to see it existed. They stated that the PD multi tasker of various formats in one market had the complete absolute say so on what songs were played not CC on Basse Rd. in San Antonio. Pure homogenized CR@P. They took the blood of radio and drained it dry, and the listeners sought entertainment elsewhere. So I am delighted CC had to sell some of their stations and I hope this parasite of broadcasting is forced to give up more. Its a tad bit late for what used to be called radio, but it's nice to see Goliath take a fall and hopefully stay down. Ray

YOGI BERRA (1925-p) It ain't over till it's over.

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December 1, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #589

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

THE 2009 RADIO BUZZWORD IS CENTRALIZING

We can now forget about the consolidation of the Telcom Act of 1996 and how it changes radio into a conglomerate mess. Let's concerntrate on another new wave to sweep our beloved radio. In 2009, rumors have it that centralizing is the new key-word that affects radio in the good ole USA. Under the consolidation raincoat Clear Channel, the pied piper of Hamlin, transforms 1229 radio stations into one heaping bowl of sameness. Here comes centralizing. Centralizing office duties. Centralizing morning shows. Maybe even centralizing Christmas music. Does the Christmas music come from Santa Claus at the North Pole? Clear Channel Cincinnati, OH is the main server in the soup line. Most of the CC radio stations that switch to all-Christmas music receive their selector databases with pre-programmed logs from CC Cincinnati. Centralizing squeezes all of the ingredients into one small bowl of porridge. How many more talented radio folks end up in the gazpacho line?

NFL IN 3D!

If you live in Boston, Hollywood or NYC in December 2008, NFL action comes your way in 3D for one game. The NFL offers a live feed of the Thursday night match between the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders in 3D. When we put on our pair of 3D goggles the football players seem to leap right into our faces. According to the NFL, the three-dimensional broadcast experience could create a new home viewing standard for televised sports. The game transmits by 3ality Digital to invited guests at RealD 3D-enabled theaters. Howard Katz, NFL’s SVP of broadcasting and media operations, says The NFL has played an important role in the evolution of media and consumer acceptance of emerging technologies and we’re pleased to work with 3ality Digital and RealD to glimpse into the future. This broadcast will be an exciting test of how 3D could affect fans’ experience in the future. Remember Cinerama in the Sizlin' Sixties? Not too sure if 3D NFL is my cup of tee.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does Country-Rock band Pure Prairie League get its name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•JEFF MAZZI MD/overnight DJ on CBS Radio Classic Hits WCBS FM (101.1) NYC is no longer on their Web site due to BC - budget cuts. David Hinkley of the NY Daily News says that Joe Causi assumes the vacant midnight-6 am spot. •WBZ-1030 CBS Radio News-Talk releases 3 due to cluster-wide JC - job cuts. Alan Segel Sports anchor/Bruins studio host, Bob McMahon news anchor and Scott Cooper producer leave the building. •DAVE STEWART celebrates 19 years at Citadel Hot AC WPLJ FM (95.5) NYC. Dave governs the late night spot longer than any other DJ in America's #1 radio market. Salute!

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1959 PAUL HESTER Australian drummer with Split Enz & Crowded House born on January 8th. •1962 GRETCHEN PETERS songwriter (The Secret Of Life, Independence Day, You Don't Even Know Who I Am, Let That Pony Run) born on November 14th in Bronxville, NY. •1971 KAREN POOLE singer with British Pop duo Alisha's Attic born on January 8th in Dagenham, East London, England. •1982 ALABAMA's album Christmas In Dixie releases on RCA on November 5th. •1994 DANNY BARKER Jazz singer/songwriter/guitar/banjo dies on March 13th. •2005 REBA #1's double-disc CD releases on MCA on November 22nd.

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GARY ALLYN (San Diego, CA) Subject: Bill Drake has died. In case you haven't heard: (November 29 - LARadio.com Bulletin) Bill Drake, the architect of the legendary "Boss Radio" format, died this afternoon of lung cancer. He was 71. gare A.

ALAN SHAPIRO (Westlake Village, CA) I knew Frank (Anderson) very well. Frank was an unbelievable guy...he passed away quite a few years ago. I came down to Houston from New York and went to the U of H from 1966-1970. I worked in Houston until 1989 when they transferred me to Dallas and in 1991 was transferred, again, to Burbank. In 1994 I went to work for Giant Records, a division of WB as their GM in Nashville. WEA hired me back in 1998 and moved me back to Ca. I just bought a vacation home on Lake Conroe which I will eventually move to. I remember you at KILT. I was good friends with Bill Young at that time. Alan

FRANK ANDERSON is the Warner Brothers record promotional person for Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX who becomes a very good friend during my time as Music Director of Top 40 KXOL-1360 from 1975-76. Frank is one of the most knowlegable and professional record promo people that I ever encounter all across Texas. He is a total class act. This news of his death quickly brings tears to my eyes. We just do not encounter people like Frank Anderson anymore.

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FR. BOB TOMLINSON (Ft. Worth, TX) Jim I hope you and Tejas have a very Happy Thanksgiving. Looks like the Cowboys are bringing you one wish today. Bob Tomlinson Fort Worth

JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Jim, Here's wishes for you to have a happy Thanksgiving. I don't know that this is any reason to be thankful, but I have made note of several things you've run lately on the troubles of corporate radio as it exists today. Several of us over the last couple of years have written about the demise of radio as we knew it, when it was local, and entertaining. I'm not sure that radio can ever really get back to that, and with the hiring of announcers at the local level, but I am sure it won't happen as long as the mega-corporations control most over-the-air radio. I also think an F.C.C. with new, more stringent regulations, is needed. I picked up on an article recently that a lot of teens and twenty-somethings are turning to local radio, such as it is, as an alternative to I-Pods, satellite radio, and M-Tv. Done right, over-the-air radio still offers the huge advantage that it can be local, something that X-M and Sirius can't do. Local radio can entertain and inform between the songs, something I-Pods can't do. As a mobile DJ, I get asked a lot how someone can break into DJ'ing. I don't have a set answer for that, but I'm encouraged that some younger folks still want to get into the business. Perhaps when over-the-air radio is no longer that profitable for the mega-corporations, when it no longer makes economic sense to support satellite broadcasting, when new rules are in place that prohibit the virtual broadcasting monopolies that exist today, local radio will be sold back into the hands that should own it, local ownership. If that does happen, there will be a need for broadcasting professionals that can teach a new generation the ropes. It would be great if some of the true talents that subscribe to this newsletter are among the professionals hired. I'm thankful this year for the newsletter, Jim. You perform a wonderful service in helping to keep alive a time when broadcasting was a primary entertainment in peoples' lives. Yours Truly, John Hale Mobile Magic Music "We're at the best parties!"

KASO-1240 in Shreveport-Minden, LA in early 1965 is the first radio station in my long career behind the mic. Ironically, long time radio friend George Lester is behind the mic at the same radio station at a much earlier time when its call letters are KAPK-1240. We radio DJs sometimes receive weird phone calls on the request line. Below is one of George's stories from his time on KAPK.

GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) When I first went to work at the Minden radio station i got a call from a women. When I answered she said "Can I speak (to) Lucy May?" I told her she had the wrong number. I waited for her reply but all I heard was muffled voices in the background and breathing. I repeated that she had the wrong number. She repeated, "can I speak to Lucy May?" I could have just hung up but I wanted to see how far it would go. I asked her what number was she trying to dial and she told me. I told her where the mistake was and how she had missdialed. Then the same question came again,"can I speak to Lucy May?" It was getting to be a game with me and I wanted play it out. I asked her to look at the phone dial and she said she was doing it. I then carefully explained to her that when she placed her finger in the dial and twirled it she had accidentally put her finger in the wrong hole and got one of the numbers wrong. "Yessuh, can I speak to Lucy May?" After about ten minutes of this when she asked again to speak to Lucy May I said "Just a minute" and off phone shouted "Lucy May, someone wants to talk to you" I waited a few seconds and said "I'm sorry, she said she doesn't want to talk to you" and hung up.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Country-Rock band Pure Prairie League (Amie #27-1975, Let Me Love You Tonight #10-1980) gets its name from a 19th century temperance union that receives a mention in the 1939 Erroll Flynn film Dodge City.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rabbitt Report" Saturday & Sunday, December 6th & 7th 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/ The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday, December 9th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/

JEAN PAUL GETTY (December 15, 1892–June 6, 1976) Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.

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November 28, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #588

HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

GO DALLAS COWBOYS!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

HALF OF THE RADIO STATION COMPANIES DIE In the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Lew Dickey Jr. Cumulus Media President predicts that half of today's radio companies are gone in three years. He says that this is the most challenging time in more than 20 years. Lew does say that radio is still a sound business. His company Cumulus currently has a half-billion dollars that it still can borrow. That's in addition to nearly $75 million in Cumulus liquidity.

GRAND OLE OPRY SALUTE! Country crooner Craig Morgan becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Craig receives the good news while onstage at Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville, NC. Ironically, Morgan is formerly with the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg from 1990-1992. Craig Morgan officially inducts into the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday, October 25, 2008.

BOOTH MOVES UP Alison Booth moves on up from Senior Director of A&R administration to VP of A&R administration at Sony BMG Nashville. Alison is responsible for A&R administration and pre-production of four record labels in the Sony BMG building: Arista Nashville, BNA Records, Columbia Nashville and RCA Records Nashville. In 1989, Booth arrives at RCA, before that MTM Music and SESAC.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember the names of the four members of legendary Rock group Led Zeppelin? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•KLTI FM Saga Communications AC (Lite 104.1) Des Moines, IA switches to All-Christmas Music on Friday, November 14, 2008 for the 7th year in a row. •TODD SHANNON Clear Channel 14 year vet leaves his RVPP post as honcho over 60 radio stations in 10 markets plus the programming of CHR/Top 40 WFKS FM (Kiss FM Hit Music 97.9) Jacksonville-Neptune Beach, FL. •BOB KERR retires as GM of Forum Communications' ABC affiliate WDAZ-TV in Grand Forks, ND in January 2009 after 32 years. •WOLS FM Oldies (106.1) Charlotte-Waxhaw, NC flips to Regional Mexican to ring in the new year on January 1, 2009.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1950 CHRIS STEIN guitar/song writer with New-Wave sextet Blondie born on January 5th. •1960 PATSY CLINE records I Fall To Pieces on November 16th during an afternoon session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville, TN. •1978 JOHNNY Jok O'KEEFE Australian singer/TV personality dies on October 6th. •1989 VINCE GILL's album When I Call Your Name releases on MCA records on November 14th. •1990 JO ANN KELLY British Blues singer/acoustic guitarist dies at only 46 on October 21st. •2006 BLAKE SHELTON's Don't Make Me video premieres on November 16th on CMT.

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JOHNNY ROSE [Roy Orbison Music Productions] (Nashville, TN) Hello Jim, My name is Johnny Rose and I work with Orbison Music Productions. We wanted to let you know about some of the many events supporting the release of Roy’s Soul of Rock & Roll box set and his Black & White Night Blu Ray DVD. Attached are Links to a FREE DOWNLOAD PROMOTION currently running at Roy's Website thru Dec 5th that we would hope to draw your listener's attention to. There should you have interest to help in our efforts to bring awareness to this wonderful release. Attached in this email are: Info and Order Forms for 2 One Hour Radio Specials Order Forms for On Air Promotions of the Soul of Rock & Roll Box Set– provided by Sony BMG A FREE DOWNLOAD simple Banner Ad and Link to Roy's website for placement or to include as a special offer in your eBlasts. (ends Dec 5th) Images, links and information about this amazing collection and 20th anniversary events on Dec 6th 2008 We greatly appreciate any help you can provide and wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving. All the best, Johnny Rose, Orbison Music Productions, 615.335.5096

JIMMY STIX (Sand Point, NY) Yes!! I do want to recieve it Jim! jimstix@nycap.rr.com use this e-mail address ok! I can not understand why it rejected it? If it rejects it then please let me know. I then want to know why? and I'll look into this problem...for if it's rejecting then I'm probably missing lots of e-mail that I want sent to me...and that's what I don't want to happen! Thanks for bringing it to my attention Jim! Sincerely, Jimmy Stix (www.jimstix.com)

GLEN ASHWORTH (Lebanon, OR) Jim; Have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Glen Ashworth

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GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Happy Thanksgiving to you too. We will be with my wife's family at one of her daughters in Magnolia tomorrow. I dread the long drive but her getting to be with the family is worth it.

CARLA SPRINGER (Dallas-Allen, TX) Subject: JFK's death and change my address please. The assassination day I was 15 years old and attending Plano High School (now Williams school). I had a split plane geometry class; 30 class minutes then lunch then 30 more class minutes. We had just started our second session when Principal Williams made the announcement over the PA system. I remember everyone putting their heads on their arms on top of their desks and sobbing. I was never a JFK fan, but was horrified that this happened in our beloved Dallas. Well, Jim, the economy got me too as my job has been eliminated after 20 years. Please change my address from cspri3@jcpenney.com to frogmaniac1313@yahoo.com effective Nov. 26 midnight. I look forward to your emails. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Carla R. Springer

RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Hi Jim; I don't why its really news that Clear Channel is cutting jobs,just look at the calendar. Their holiday tradition has been for the last 5 years alone slashing payrolls in order to show a year end profit.The talent is the first to go, then news people,then producers, but got to keep those account execs,and white shirt bubbas in the office. If they offered a better product and let Program Directors ,Program one station and ONE station only, with LIVE talent, they could actually show a profit,but why invoke logic? So like Christmas music ,they started a tad bit early to usher in the holiday season. At least they could do is provide drinks at Texas Workforce. Their ugly step child Cumulus always spreads the ax of joy around the holidays too. So kids get the wrapping paper out and fill out the resumes for "Santa Layoff" is coming to town. Ray

WALTER HAMMOCK (Houston, TX) Subject: Re: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#584-42) November 19, 2008 [Wednesday] I worked with a Paul Cannon at KFSA in Fort Smith, Arkansas. I wonder if it was the same guy? He was a hoot, did mornings for us for awhile. I know he was from the Tulsa area.

PAUL CANNON is a wonderful friend who uses that air name on Top 40 KXOL-1360 in Ft. Worth, TX while I'm a DJ on Top 40 KFJZ-1270 (1973-75). But Harrel Banks fires him in 1974 along with all the other KXOL DJs. Harrel never hires a DJ that he doesn't love to fire. Paul's voice is huge and mighty like a blast from a cannon. His real name is Benny Smith. He never does return to radio. Sadly, he dies in 1974. Paul Cannon is a real fine tribute to radio with all of the prima donnas in existence. Why oh why do good people die so young?

BOB GRANT (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Yes, I noted Bob Grant & knew about him in NYC broadcasting. I took the name in 1959 in Florida radio. When I was in school at Huntington,WVA, there was a dJ named Lloyd Gartin; he used L-G in Studio 3, so I remembered that & adopted Bob Grant (B-G in Studio 3) Did you know that Hawkshaw Hawkins was a grad of my high school about 12-13 yrs ahead of me? Also, Soupy Sales was grad of my Huntington HS in 1943 (He turned 82 on 1/8/08 & I have his home add in NYC.); he was once a DJ in Huntington for a short time prior to moving on to Cleveland, Detroit & NYC. Just some tid-bits FYI & interest. I do hope your DJ friends come to your aid & rescue in time for holidays. Barb returned Sat evening & today I've completed 7 consecutive days of work with another wk starting tmrrw. I've even vol to work Turkey day, 10-4 when store closes. May you & Tejas enjoy the holiday. BOB & Sonny Lee

TRIVIA ANSWER: The names of the four members of legendary Rock group Led Zeppelin are Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Redneck Round-up" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Sunday November 30th. 2pm - 5pm PST / 5pm - 8pm EST / 10pm - 1am GMT on http://KAFMradio.org/. The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tuesday December 2nd Noon - 3PM PST - 3PM - 6PM EST - 8PM - 10PM GMT on http://KAFMradio.org/. (http://JJradio.com/)

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Jim...another quote, quite apropos in light of recent events comes from Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) who said, "There is no distinctly criminal class in America except Congress." The man was a prophet...only he left out the new Prez... My best wishes for a Happy T'Day, Jim... Dan McCurdy

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November 26, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #587

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

ARE THE CLEAR CHANNEL RUMORS TRUE?

Many sources hint at a wave of lay-offs at Clear Channel. If we remember the giant 1229 radio station CC hacksaws itself down to half that amount. Now that its new owners Bain Capital/Thomas H Lee Partners are at the helm many say that it whittles away local programming chores except in the biggest markets. But the Mays banker family in San Antonio, TX still manage the operations. Almost like the so-called changes in presidentional elections. Change to what? It's the same old same old business as usual. But Bain Capital still has to pay the over $10 billion bill to the Mays family. Do like the auto industry. Dispatch its employees to the guillotine room. Lean really does get mean. See below.

CLEAR CHANNEL DOES THE HOUSTON HUSTLE

More rumors fly about Clear Channel. Does CC dance with CBS Radio? To comply with its DoJ bargain in February 2008 that lets CC go private under the Bain Capital/Thomas H. Lee Partners banner, CC has to ditch its two FM radio stations here in Houston, TX. Look out because the big gun is in town. Hot AC KHMX FM (Mix 96.5) and KLOL FM (Mega 101) just might do the hustle over to CBS Radio because its CEO Dan Mason is in our city and he packs a lot of muscle. Remember when CC switches long time Album Rock KLOL FM over to music from south of the border down Mexico way? As of September 2008, KLOL FM is the #7 radio station in the Bayou City. Because of the current financial crisis money is extremely tight so a swap is the order of the day. But swap for what? Stay tuned. Don't touch that Bat dial.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous Fabulous Fifties TV comedian sings Bob-a-loo? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•J.K. MARTIN longtime Burlington, IA radio journalist/former Pritchard Talk KBUR-1490 News Director dies at 51 inside his home on Monday, November 10, 2008. •KEITH OLBERMANN signs MSNBC/NBC contract extension that takes him through the 2012 presidential election. •SIRIUS XM RADIO posts a $4.88 billion 3rd Q loss after a $4.8 billion write-down. This is mostly due to a share price drop since February 2007 when the Sirius - XM merger surfaces. •BBC slashes its corporate hospitality belt - no more wine & dine of opinion formers at big UK sports events like the Wimbledon tennis tournament. •RUSSIAN FILM AND TV PRODUCERS call for cuts of up to 50% in crew and talent fees to stay seaworthy during the current global recession.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1954 JEANNIE KENDALL of The Kendalls (Heaven's Just A Sin Away #1-1977) born on November 30 in St. Louis, MO. •1963 GRANT YOUNG drummer with Soul Asylum (Runaway Train #5-1993) born on January 5th. •1977 AARON LINES Canadian Country singer (You Can't Hide Beautiful #4-2002) born on November 17th in Fort McMurray, Alberta. •1988 BILLY BUTTERFIELD Jazz trumpet player dies on March 18th. •1997 LEANN RIMES' album Blue certifies Quintuple-Platinum on November 17th. •2003 SAM PHILLIPS record producer founder of Sun Records dies of respiratory failure on July 30th.

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JOYCE WEBSTER (Mena, AR) Hi Jim, Guess we all remember where we were the day Kennedy was assassinated. Remember the big ugly ad in the papers with the black around it. Adlai S. had been treated ugly when he came, and I think many of us were worried. I know I was. Didn't expect him to be assassinated, just thought someone might cause some kind of embarrassment. We went downtown on Saturday, I think, to put flowers where everyone was putting them. It was all so sad in Dallas for such a long time, long after the funeral which the entire country watched. I was with my mother who was watching a soap opera, and it was interrupted with the news, "Shots have been fired into the President's motorcade." The first we heard was that the Governor had been wounded. Those were the days I became familiar with Dan Rather. It was all so sad. My brother and I watched Jack Ruby kill Oswald on t.v. that Sunday morning. I had stayed home from church to get ready for company, and was cleaning in the living room while my brother watched television. I remember my father saying that it was stupid they announced when they would be transferring Oswald. He said they were telling people how they could kill him. Have a really good Turkey Day, and enjoy football! The Boys playing Seattle should make for a good day for Cowboy fans! JC

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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, Seeing the item in your column about the drummer for Hendrix passing made me think about Buddy Miles and also Miles Davis. I always liked the song Them Changes. I liked Buddy Miles version but really liked the version by Jimi Hendrix better. I always wondered what Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis would have sounded together, since Miles Davis said they had been working on some musical ideas. My favorite album by Miles Davis would have to be In A Silent Way, but I am glad I don't have make a choice of only one since I also love Kind Of Blue. I was wondering whether anyone recalls a group the Five By Five since they had a version of Fire that Jimi Hendrix did. Thinking of drummers. I think every friend of mine all liked a solo by Iron Butterfly. A friend of mine before speech class started would sit there and do the drum roll from In A Gada Vida. I was in my Spanish class, I had a teacher Mrs Kennedy from Cuba. A student goes can Charles sing for us... She goes solomente en Espanol. Short engagement... Later the word Vida is given in an exercise and the student goes I know In A Gada Vida is that Spanish? I don't think things change that much just people... I still recall walking down Military to take a look at the tower of KIXL 1040 behind what was Hancock Fabrics near where Forney and Military come together. Also in school I always noticed the sign for KLIF 1190 which had towers on Scyene near Jim Miller Rd. I am not sure whether they were ever used. I found it interesting to know it had been a daytimer at one point in time.. I wish a few would go back to that so I could hear DX, I know I am being selfish... 73, Charles George, KC5RAI

KELLY HALL (Longview, TX) Jim, I thought you’d enjoy some of our family pictures. See attached. Grandma Thompson and her parents. My grandfather (Frank [Rose}) and his brothers. Paul is my dad (small boy). Happy Thanksgiving. Kelly Hall (www.longviewchamber.com)

DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Jim: Just want to wish you and Tejas a Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas season. Sorry I haven't kept in better touch, but my health issues have slowed me down quite a bit. I have discovered an old hobby that I picked up again: playing the Les Paul guitar with dual 5E3 stereo amplifiers and JBL Speakers. It is great therapy for any illness and it gets rid of pesky neighbors. So far I have also made good friends with 3 police officers who are not music lovers. Happy Holidays! Jeff Cunningham, DC (www.zoesplaceclinic.com) / (www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) ...Jim...McLendon had promoted the "KTSA brand" since the early 60's, so the call letters had incredible "top of mind awareness" in San Antonio...beat 'em over the head with your call letters long enough, and with creative promotion, people will "swear" they're listening to your station regardless of who they're listening to. This happened with regularity in Atlanta with WSB-AM...the station was located on Peachtree Street and had an ante-bellum mansion facade with huge Doric columns. So, with years of promotion, WSB became "White Columns on Peachtree" to the local listeners. Soooo, when ARB tried to get a semblance of accurate radio audience measurement in Atlanta, many local folks would firmly state that they were listening to "White Columns on Peachtree" instead of the station(s) they were actually listening to. As far as I know, ARB never got that mess untangled. My best, my friend... Dan McCurdy

TRIVIA ANSWER: The fantastic TV comedy show I Love Lucy which stars Lucille Ball and Dezi Arnaz debuts on October 15, 1951 on CBS TV. Dezi Arnaz plays band leader Ricky Ricardo who sings Bobaloo in front of his Cuban orchestra. As a 9 year old, remember when our next door neighbor has a woman's products demonstration. Already my record collection is in full swing so I purchase a padded vinyl 45 rpm record case. Still have that same item in my vast record collection. It's now almost 60 years old but in perfect condition. Dad buys us a brand new big screen 17" table model TV which includes an AM radio. FM radio is new and only offers back-to-back lush instrumental music that we later know as Beautiful Music or Elevator Music. Our neighbors across the street have a 5 or 6" console TV. The new I Love Lucy TV comedy show is about to come on so I rush next door to watch it. We never lock the front doors to our houses and we never lock the doors to our cars. Crime is totally non-existant in our wonderful Beckley Heights neighborhood in the newest section of Oak Cliff in far southwest Dallas, TX. Like the hymn: Neighbors are so kind. We love them everyone. If any of us needs any kind of help our neighbors rush to our rescue and so do we. Those really are THE days my friend but the times they are a changin' and the change we are about to receive is not very attractive.

WILL ROGERS (November 4, 1879-August 15, 1935) I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

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November 24, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #586

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

WHERE ARE YOU 45 YEARS AGO?

Too young? Do not remember that far back? On November 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy (JFK) dies from a gunshot wound in Dallas, TX that supposed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald fires from his 6.5 mm caliber Italian bolt-action Carcano M91/38 military rifle. Authorities tell us that Lee fires his weapon from a window high up in the Texas School Book Depository building. Remember that date very well because after I graduate from Justin F. Kimball (JFK) high school in 1962 my first real job is as a bookkeeper at Sentinel Indemnity auto insurance company near beautiful downtown Dallas, TX. Everyone's eyes light up because the President of the United States of America pays us a visit. Along the route of the presidential parade all of the downtown businesses call a truce and let us employees flock to the sidewalks to see JFK and First Lady Jackie pass us by. On the sidewalk in front of the insurance company we stand 2 and 3 rows deep to witness history right in front of our very own eyes. Here comes the big black Lincoln convertible. There's Texas Governor John Connally on the right side in a jump seat. Behind him is JFK. The gorgeous Jackie Kennedy sits on the driver's side. We wave as their huge motor car silently moves along. Wow! What a marvelous day this is. The president comes to our home town. Just behind us is a wonderful Greek estiatorio where I dine often. Find a booth near the front of the small tabepna with an outside view through the huge picture window. As I feast on the delectible delights a guy throws open the bistro's front door. He screams The President is shot! We think the fella pulls a very rude joke. Of course we do not believe this crazy loonatic. He repeats himself: The President is shot! Then like a dismounted Paul Revere he hurries to carry the news everywhere. Finish my meal and head up the elevator to the office. When the elevator door opens, desks are empty with no one in their seats. Female secretaries and file clerks surround a radio that blasts out the unbelievable news: The President of the United States of America is shot! Reality sets in. Oh no! All businesses send employees home because of this horrible tragedy that strikes our city. The usually full of traffic Stemmons freeway has almost no cars. For us Dallas citizens, November 22, 1963 lives forever in infamy.

REMEMBER PAULA ZAHN?

From 1981-83 here in Houston, TX we see Paula Zahn as an anchor and reporter on CH 2 KPRC-TV. Paula attends Stephens College in Columbia, MO on a cello scholarship. In 1978, Zahn graduates with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She is an intern at WBBM TV in Chicago, IL. She drifts from WFAA TV (Dallas, TX) to KFMB TV (San Diego, CA); KPRC TV (Houston, TX); WNEV TV [now WHDH-TV] (Boston, MA) and KCBS TV (Los Angeles, CA). After 9 years on CBS TV News she moves to cable news on Fox News Channel (FNC) to anchor the FOX Report. Zahn moves over to CNN on September 11, 2001. She leaves CNN in July 2007. Richard Huff of the NY Daily News' reports that Paula finds herself a new gig at Noon ET on Sunday, November 23, 2008 as co-host of Sunday Arts on NYC's PBS CH 13 WNET TV. Her co-host is Philippe de Montebello. Zahn discusses her first presidential campaign in three decades as a viewer instead of as reporter. She tells reporter Huff, It's an entirely different experience. When you're in the trenches and covering the daily campaign, you're privy to information you don't have on the sidelines. On her new TV show Paula discusses the arts, but she also is a participant because she plays her cello at Carnegie Hall on December 2, 2008 with the Sejong Soloists. JRRR wishes a very merry Christmas to Paula Zahn!

TRIVIA QUESTION: Can you name the first and the last #1 songs on Billboard in the 1970's? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•DAVE HUDDLESTON co-anchor of the Ten O'clock News on Fox CH 29 WTXF TV Philadelphia, PA since June, 2002 leaves to join CBS CH 3 KYW TV Eyewitness News on November 17, 2008 in the Friendly City. Dave co-anchors the weekend evening newscasts with Mary Stoker Smith. •BRIAN JENNINGS Citadel news/talk/sports corporate VP for more than 14 years downsizes right out the door on Friday, November 14, 2008. •DR. CHARLES ANDERSON Western Kentucky University VP of information technology and his wife, Faye donate $100,000 to create the Charles M. Anderson Public Broadcasting Fellowship.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1951 CHRIS BELL singer/songwriter/guitarist/co-founder of Power Pop band Big Star born in Memphis, TN on January 12th. •1960 JOHNNY HORTON dies in an auto accident after his performance at the Skyline in Austin, TX. Johnny's last words before the accident: You know, Tillman, the Lord's been real good to me this year. Also injured: manager Tillman Franks & guitarist Tommy Tomlinson who's brother Jim is a classmate of mine at Elkins Institute of Radio in Dallas, TX in 1964. In 1978 the legendary Tillman Franks and David Houston pay a visit to us at KNUZ-1230 here in Houston, TX. •2002 TIM MCGRAW's She's My Kind Of Rain video that shoots in London, England debuts on CMT on November 22nd.

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JIMMY STIX (Albany-Troy-Sand Lake, NY) Hey Jim...My son is off to college in New York City...I wish you, and yours a happy, healthy, and successful life now, and for many years to come...have a good one Bud! Jimmy Stix (www.jimstix.com)

JOYCE WEBSTER (Mena, AR) Enjoy the emails probably more than the rest of the news, Jim. I see Charlie Brown of KLIF, KBOX, WBAP, etc., and it brings back all my good memories from Dallas radio days, and before...the years I was in Dallas as a teenager. Dan Mc was before my time at KLIF, and I'm sure there was a time when I knew when he was there, but age and health have affected the OLD memory! Fun to hear from him, anyway. As a young teenager, the battle between KBOX and KLIF was exciting, and I remember when KBOX gave up and changed to country! Dan's another deserving member of TRHOF! As you're aware, my first boss in radio was Michael O'Shae who was inducted this year. I also remember the days of the great old powerful AMs from when I was just a very small child, and it's fun to hear about them and how call letters came about. Loved the old radios, too. My beloved "Uncle Walter" who passed away when I was 14 repaired radios mostly for the fun of it, and I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old in California, he had one of those beautiful big ones that was a major piece of furniture! I was enthralled by the old sounds when it was being tuned to any station. One of my former bosses in radio and a dear friend who has recently gone back into radio as an owner in Austin collects the beautiful old radios, and I envy him! Hope you're well. JC

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DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) ...GREAT IDEA!! When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card and send it to this address. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have sacrificed so much would get. When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following: A Recovering American Soldier; c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center; 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW; Washington, D.C. 20307-5001. If you approve, please pass it on. ...your pal, Dan McCurdy, Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee 2004, KLIF, KBOX-Dallas, WMEX-Boston

COLONEL ST. JAMES (Houston, TX) Hey Jim, Just wanted to drop a note to wish you and Tejas a very Happy Thanksgiving. Among other things, I'm thankful that I got to meet you at the Radio Reunion, and that I get your newsletter. It really makes my day! Hope your Turkey Day is the best ever! Aloha, Colonel St. James (www.colonelstjames.com) Listen 7pm til 12Mid CT online at www.kkrw.com!

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) I hope you have a good Thanksgiving. Charles

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) "The Rabbitt Report" is heard next on Saturday & Sunday November 22nd. & 23rd. on: http://JJradio.com/ Noon-3PM PST, 3PM-6PM EST, 8PM-10PM GMT

MARK CARRILLO (San Antonio, TX) Certainly there are those guys and gals playing the hits and you know their hearts are true to the traditional ways and attitudes. To them we say keep on keepin’ on. To those that contributed to the demise of Radio, I send a great big Texas boot in their a**. Mark Carrillo

TRIVIA ANSWER: According to Billboard the first #1 tune in 1970 is BJ Thomas' Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head. Fondly remember that tune from the movie as I spin it on Country KBUC FM-AM in the Alamo City. Billboard says the last #1 song of the 1970s is Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes. Play that neat tune on Top 40 KULF-790 here in the Bayou City.

BOB GRANT (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) I understand The Eagles dedicated in person their statue "Standing on the Corner" in Winslow, AZ several years ago on that downtown corner. I'm certain the CofC in Winslow could provide all the details. BOB & Sonny Lee.

GARY ALLYN (San Diego, CA) Subject: A column closer for you. "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher - Gary Allyn

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November 21, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #585

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

HENDRIX DRUMMER DIES

The Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer, Mitch Mitchell, who just finishes a tour in a Hendrix tribute show dies at 61. Before he becomes a drummer with Jimi Hendrix he is a child actor in his native England. In 1964 and '65, he is a member of the Riot Squad, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames and the Pretty Things. Then he joins Hendrix's troupe. Officials find Mitch Mitchell's body at 3 am in a room in the Benson Hotel in Portland, OR on Wednesday morning, November 12, 2008. The Multnomah County medical examiner tells the Portland Oregonian that he dies of natural causes. Mitchell, who's birth name is John, performs in the 18th and final stop of the Experience Hendrix Tour on Friday at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. He takes a vacation in Portland before he returns home to the UK. We remember that one of rock's finest guitarists Jimi Hendrix dies in 1970. Mitchell sells his rights to the Experience for about $200,000. In 1993, The Jimi Hendrix Experience inducts into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1998, Da Capo publishes The Hendrix Experience which Mitchell co-writes with John Platt. John Mitch Mitchell's survivors are his mother, wife of 24 years, daughter and two grandchildren.

TV ADS DROP AS THE ECONOMY CRUNCHES

NBC TV still has 8 open holes for Super Bowl spots that do not yet sell. Fox TV has a couple of openings left in its Thanksgiving Day game when the Dallas Cowboys take on the Seattle Seahawks. Word has it that CBS TV has problems with open slots for ads its Thanksgiving Day game which features the winless 0-9 Detroit Lions against the terrific Tennessee Titans who remain undefeated with 9 and 0. Remember? These are usually the most exciting football games of the year with special out-of-the-ordinary TV spots that go for outrageous prices. NASCAR feels the punch, too. Do we see a coming blue-light special on TV ads? The NY Times shuts down its new quarterly sports magazine Play which hits the newstands just 2 years ago on Super Bowl Sunday. But on the other hand New York shoppers find paradise in Lower Manhattan. Since 2002, nearly 100 new stores and restaurants open up in Lower Manhattan plus the New York Downtown Alliance does its best to promote Lower Manhattan as a premier destination for holiday shopping. Have yourself a merry little Christmas.

GOTHAM CITY RADIO CHANGES

WABC-770 NYC alters its line up. The NY Daily News reports that Curtis Sliwa gives up his 5-6 am & 10 am-noon spots to zero in on his new 9 pm-1 am ET air shift. Curtis simulcasts in Boston on Greater Media Talk WTKK FM (96.9) and tape-delays on WABC sister station KABC-790 Los Angeles, CA. Rumors have it that Talk Radio Network hostess Laura Ingraham is prime for Sliwa's daytime hours. This slashes local host Bob Grant to just a 1-hour show. In the meantime, Mark Simone fills-in on Curtis' morning shows but announces on-the-air that he does not want it to be permanent. Don't touch that Bat dial.

TRIVIA QUESTION: When do remote controls for TV sets arrive in America? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•ANTHONY Roach PROFFITT APD/Midday DJ on Beasley Alternative WJBX FM (99X) Ft. Myers, FL exits after only 2 1/2 years with a bad case of BC - budget cuts. Reach out and touch Anthony at antproffitt@yahoo.com. •SHERRY BROWN morning news anchor on Entercom AC KOIT FM (96.5) San Francisco, CA leaves the house because of that dreaded BC disease. Julie Shannon APD/MD assumes Sherry's morning news slot. Her other duties spread around the Thanksgiving table to the rest of the KOIT family. •BBDO ad agency in Detroit, MI lays off 145 employees (22.1%) as a result of the drastic drop in sales for Chrysler which is its main client. Advertise in times like these! •KWLI FM (The Wolf 92.5) CBS Radio says Happy Holidays with all-Christmas music as Colorado's Christmas Channel.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1958 VLADIMIR OVCHINNIKOV Russian classical pianist graduate of the Moscow Conservatory born on January 2nd. •1969 MERLE HAGGARD hits #1 in Billboard Country with Okie From Muskogee on November 15th. •1970 SANDA LADOSI foxy Romanian Rock singer born on January 2nd. •1980 ANNE MURRAY zooms to #1 on Billboard's Country chart on November 15th with Could I Have This Dance. •1998 JOHNNY ADAMS New Orleans R&B singer (Recondider Me #28-1969) dies of cancer on September 14th. •2005 SARA EVANS' video Cheatin' and Jason Aldean's Why debut on CMT on November 17th.

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JIM TRAVIS (Hot Springs, AR) Most of our e-mails are a team effort. I write 'em; she corrects the spelling, then adds her 2 bits. I have just started reading your archives. Most interesting. I have heard of Joe Long many times over the years but never heard him on the air. Where would I go to hear an old air check? Was George Lester at KIKK while you were there? I know he ended up there after his departure from KBUC. I always enjoyed his shows; especially the time that he decided that his imaginary side kick (Cousin Ed) would sober up. It was one of the better bits I've ever heard. Jim (www.JimWWTravis.com)

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DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio Issue #584 Jim, RE: "See You Later Arbitron" article in JRRR issue #584: Well, that's what Arbitron gets for becoming more innovative and attempting to more accurately measure TRUE radio listenership in accurate dayparts through the use of the space-age PPMs. Yep, even if you're the Bible of the audience measurement world (as is AR, you don't tread on the toes of the STATUS QUO kings with an innovation that will give adverisers more accurate audience readings by which to judge their radio buys. The BIG BOYS like it just the way it is, thank you...imprecise estimates in run-on dayparts, all due to the whim of "who cares less?" diary keepers, many of whom (I know from empirical data) toss the diaries to their kids and say "here, kiddos, have fun...do what you want with this piece of junk." Yep, the BIG BOYS like the idea of tussling it out with each other each time a new book comes out...either by touting its accuracy or yelling that the book is a "fluke." As a former agency buyer, I hope that the PPMs finally see the light of day; only then will accuracy be the measure by which radio time is purchased. - Dan McCurdy | Sherman, TX Dan Patrick, Charlie Brown - KLIF, KBOX - Dallas; WMEX - Boston; Inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2004.

DEAN DANIELS (Dallas-Lewisville, TX) Subject: Almost like Tejas but smaller... She's a beauty! Of course ALL dogs are smaller than Tejas! LOL! Dean (www.cmtcountry.com) / (http://cmtcountry.com/)

BOB GRANT (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) By the way, I made many trips to Dulles &/or Nat'l Airport during my p/t limo driving days in VA (1990-94) to pick up actress Jessica Lange as a passenger for the 2-hr. trip back to her Scottsville, VA farm. Lange was Patsy in the movie, "Sweet Dreams." I drove many famous actors in those days & she was just one of many! When I retired & moved to Phoenix Sep. 1, 1994, I continued my Limo driving for 8 years & even continued for 2 more yrs in San Angelo, 2002-2004. In latter city, I got to pick up singer Mary Wilson at airport for a local concert...nothing unusual there, except for fact that I had been M/C of show when she was member of Supremes at Univ. of Va, Nov. 1965 at dedication of the Univ-Hall (arena); we had quite a chat about the show...she did remember opening act I brought on, The Lovin'Spoonful. It's a small world indeed. BOB

TRIVIA ANSWER: Let's go way back if we can to June 1956. Elvis Presley is all we hear on the radio. That's also when hand-held TV remote control boxes first arrive in our homes. Remember? The remote control connects by a wire to the TV and they're not very long. Watch it! Don't trip on the TV remote control wire!

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rabbitt Report" Saturday & Sunday November 22nd & 23rd 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/ The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday November 25th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I may have to add that to my Christmas list. I don't like to buy presents for others, since I always make bad choices. There was a girl, Elaina that I liked she was singing in a choir and we talked about music, so I went and bought her a copy of Harvard Dictionary Of Music. She goes that was a nice present but if you knew me you would have known... So I don't buy music, books, movies for others. I realize the other is true, Elaina goes I know you like Jazz so that is why I got you the album by Spyro Gyra for you. I definitely liked the album but I did not consider them Jazz, sort of like Kenny G and calling him Jazz. I realize Smooth Jazz was a Marketing Concept than a true style of music but then I would be a hypocrite to say I did not like KOAI at times. Though I preferred and still do the Jazz played on KNTU (FM). I am enclosing a photo I took at a Park in Cairo, IL. The confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Charles

MEISTER ECKHART (1260-1328) If the only prayer you said in your whole life was 'thank you' that would suffice.

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November 19, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #584

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

SEE YOU LATER ARBITRON!

On April 14, 2008 Atlanta-based Cumulus Broadcasting invites vendors to make bids for new ways to measure the sizes of its radio audience in 50 of its small-and mid-size markets. Cumulus wants an audience measuring company that grades both quantitative and qualitative audience characteristics to begin no later than January 1, 2009. At which time its dissolves its relationship with mother superior Arbitron. This ancient broadcaster remembers when the Pulse rating service is in full swing in 1972 when I am a newscaster on the Mighty 11-90 KLIF in Dallas, TX. Long before that it's the Hooper rating company that radio stations place their reliance. Even before that it's radio listeners who discuss their favorite radio stations over the fences in their back yards. A reminder of George Harrison's triple album All Things Must Pass that he releases after the break-up of The Beatles. On Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Cumulus proudly proclaims that The Nielsen Company is its new audience measurement company. Not to be outdone, radio giant Clear Channel also signs the dotted line with Nielsen to measure its audience in 17 of the 50 Cumulus markets.

STOP THE PRESSES! BREAKING NEWS!

CMT veteran columnist Hazel Smith reports that during the next primary election legendary Country Superstar Hank Williams Jr. announces that he runs for the U.S. Senate as a Republican candidate. Hot flash Hazel says that Bocephus already checks out his leap into the political firestorm with Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander and former Senator Bill Frist. All three are Republicans. We see Hank Jr. a lot on the campaign trail with John McCain's VP running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. What a pair this can be! Look! Off into the sunset! It's President Hank Williams Jr. and his VP side-kick Sarah Palin as their horses gallop into Washington D.C. to have a shoot-out with the mangy desperadoes in the congress and senate. What a day - Glorious day - that will be. A Country boy CAN survive.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Where do The Eagles come up with their hit song Take It Easy? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•MARK PHILLIPS MD/PM Drive DJ of Cumulus Country KPLX FM (The Wolf 99.5) in Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX edges up the ladder to the PD spot. •ALEXANDRA CAMERON Emmis-NYC director of sales moves on up to SR VP/GM of the Big Apple cluster to replace TX native Dan Halyburton who has that position since May 2006. She is in charge of Rhythmic WQHT FM (Hot 97), AAA WRXP FM (101.9 RXP New York's Rock Experience) and Urban AC WRKS FM (Kiss FM 98.7). Dan heads back to my hometown Dallas, TX to kick off his new media technology company Halyburton Connected. •JOHN MICHAELS News Director/co-host at CBS Classic Hits KOOL FM (94.5) Phoenix, AZ leaves the building due to BC - budget cuts. Lee Bortel full-time morning show producer hangs onto weekends/swing.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1958 GEORGE HARRISON at 14 joins the Quarry Men in the latter part of February. •1963 KEITH BURNS singer-guitarist with Trick Pony born on November 16th in Atlanta, GA. •1972 RORY STORM (Alan Caldwell) lead singer of Liverpool's leading Rock group Rory Storm & The Hurricanes dies on September 28th. •1986 RESTLESS HEART's first #1 single is That Rock Won't Roll on November 15th. •1994 WILBERT HARRISON R&B singer/piano/guitar (Kansas City #1-1959) dies of a stroke on October 26th. •2005 SARA EVANS' album Real Fine Place goes Gold on November 17th.

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WAYNE WARNER (Springfield, MO) Hello, Jim. Haven’t communicated for a while. How are you doing? We are OK, just the usual old age problems. Last month we took a trip to Oregon for a college dinner and visited with family. I had my radio repairman—Carl Warren-- tune up a Zenith Trans-oceanic (tube model). Plays great. I have three Trans-oceanics—2 tube models and 1 transistor 1000. All three play. Carl Warren, by the way, is in his 80s and is the only old-time radio serviceman I know in the Springfield, MO area. I don’t know what collectors will do once he closes his shop. Best wishes. Wayne Warner

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RAY FLOWERS (Denton, TX) Thanks Jim! Another name just popped into my head. Do you guys remember Allen Farmer? He was on one of the stations (maybe KRLD FM/92.5) as Elwin Farmer and then went to (I think) KLIF as Allen. He was a good guy, who did not disparage a closet DJ wannabe. Ah, well... I turned 55 a week ago and am now an official "old f***" I guess, so it is normal that I forget what I don't want to, and remember that which is not all that important...Ray

JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake,TX) Subject: Ron McAllister. Jim, reading of Ron McAllister reminded me of the first time I met him and his wife Ann. He was Ron Jenkins then. He had just hired out for the newsroom. If I remember right, it was KBOX and not KLIF. We were living in Mesquite and Sam brought Ron and his family over to our house for dinner. They had a new baby. Sam introduced us and said Ron had just hired out and had no place to stay. Sam did not have room in his home, as someone else who needed a helping hand was staying with him at the time. He needed a place to stay with Ann and the baby until a couple of paychecks came in. I invited them to stay with us, which they did for about three months. We became close friends during that time. Until Sam became too ill to drive, he would visit with Ron in the nursing home, where he was placed when he had a severe stroke which took away his speech. Sam would talk to him about their old days in radio, which Ron seemed to respond to. Some of the radio friends (can) write or call him: Sam Pate, 3009 Shasta; Mc Kinney, Tx 75001; 972.569.8285 Thanks to you the word does get out on his condition.

BOB GRANT (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Yes, I have this info in files, but no-one can put it together like you can! I first met Johnnie/Jack & Kitty Wells in spring of 1953 at their show in Akron, Ohio Armory. I attended many show there, befriended by DJ Cliff Rodgers, (M/C), WHKK, Akron, so I got in free to all his many shows early 1953. I left area in May to start in radio myself at WDNE, Elkins, WVA. I have made many attempts to learn fate of Cliff, but to no avail. (WHKK changed call-letters a few yrs later) Can you help me find out whatever happened to my old DJ buddy there? You're so good at this sort of thing...not for JRRR but I knew you'd like this challenge. Advise later & thanks. A few other great Texans Cliff introduced me to included, Ray Price, Hank Thompson & Lefty Frizzell, etc. Don't feel obligated to learn about Cliff for me, but am interested in event you dig-up any news. My best for your weekend too...BOB & Sonny Lee

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, It is marvelous that any of us survive as long as we do. I don't buy as many CDs now since I tend to try and create the tune by playing it on my guitar. I heard a song I like but not sure of the group/singer. It was on WSM 650, Saturday. It had the words Roll On Big River Roll On. I think I would like having that in my collection to play. I do enjoy seeing the titles displayed on my HD Radio, since when stations when play a long set I would usually miss the name of the artist/group playing a song. Though many new songs sound the same to me... Charles

ALABAMA has 32 #1 hit tunes from 1980-93. All of their tunes are fantastic. The one that Charles George mentions is one of Alabama's #1 songs called Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler). It hits Billboard's Country chart on January 21, 1984 and rolls on Billboard's chart for 17 weeks. Music is great. That's what lures me into radio in 1964. And that's 44 years ago.

MARK CARRILLO (San Antonio, TX) I frequently join Rick Upton and Sonny (Rio & Reyes) Rio’s band Midlife Crisis to sing some Dave Clark Five or McCoys. They’re a lot of fun. So funny that music is such a part of our lives that if we’re not playin’ the hits for the masses we’re singing them for the masses. There’s 3 bands locally with ex-jocks, mine included and plenty of other ex-jocks that are musical. You can Reach Rick at rupton@bmpradio.com. Scratch Tejas behind the ear and have a BIG weekend. Mark

TRIVIA ANSWER: Glenn Frey and Jackson Browne are good friends. Jackson finishes about 2/3 of Take It Easy but he hits a snag and can't finish the lyrics. Glenn asks if he can have a lick at the tune. Frey adds the verse standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and Take It Easy becomes The Eagles first national hit.

DAVID PERKINS (D/FW, TX) Subject: KBUY reunion. I don't know where Randy Ryder is. We talked an awful lot about Gene Kelly, now deceased, who worked on KBUY and went to KVIL, Dallas and then on to SA radio. great jock, one of the best! Do you ever hear from Charlie Seay of Houston, who went to Beaumont and also Paul Cannon of KTOW Tulsa? David Perkins, The Ecumenical Church for the Followers of Christ, The Jesus Christ Said Ministries (www.JesusChristSaid.com)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790) In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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November 17, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #583

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

TEXAS RADIO VET EXPIRES

A fellow radio executive and programmer who uses the airname B.J. Hunter during the days when he plays music on the radio dies on Thursday, November 13, 2008. The Elk Grove, WI native Andrew Ashwood once is PD of WKTI FM (as of November 2008 it's WLWK FM) Milwaukee, WI; WQAM-560 Miami, FL; OM at News-Talk WOAI-1200 and Sportsradio KTKR-760 The Ticket San Antonio, TX. Andrew also touches bases in the Charlotte, NC; Phoenix, AZ; Orlando, FL, Detroit, MI and Green Bay, WI radio markets. In October 2003, as he prepares to move to the West Coast, Ashwood tells the San Antonio Business Journal, It’s not often that you get to go from one dream job to another dream job. I really fell in love with San Antonio. On November 1, 2003, Ashwood joins Premiere's Fox Sports Radio in Los Angeles, CA as VP/GM and Executive Producer. He battles cancer for over a year. At 51 he suffers a massive heart attack on Monday and passes away on Thursday. Charlie Rahilly, Premiere Radio Networks President, issues a staff memo where he calls Andrew an immensely positive force who inspired all who knew him...we lost a beloved member of our Premiere family. Andrew Ashwood was an immensely positive force who inspired all who knew him. He was truly a valued mentor, boss, employee, friend and all around good man who accomplished great things. He was the heart and soul of Fox Sports Radio. Always our winner, Andrew will be missed greatly, but his legacy lives on...'Dare To Be Great.' Our hearts go out to Andrew Ashwood's wife Sandra and two sisters Lorry and Ann, plus his many friends and associates.

$9000 FOR THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM?

A first edition number 0000005 vinyl version of The Beatles White Album is up for bids on e-Bay. It releases as The Beatles on November 22, 1968 but becomes known as The White Album. The LP is the last Beatles vinyl record that arrives in both stereo and mono versions. Copies with numbers 1 through 5 are originally given to The Beatles. This particular pressing #5 is in mono. eBay says: Some years ago, this album was taken into the collectors shop named 'Vinyl Revival Records' in Newbury, Berkshire, England by a musician (they did not disclose who) who had visited John in the flat that he shared with Yoko in late 1968 (that was owned by Ringo) at 34 Montague Square, Marylebone, London W.1. The musician saw a pile of White Albums on a table and asked for one. John readily agreed, but said 'Don't take No.1 - I want that'. Instead he took No. 5'. The album then passed into the hands of Beatles specialist dealer 'Good Humour' who then sold it to its current owner who has now commissioned me to sell it on his behalf. Better hurry because the auction ends in 7 days.

TRIVIA QUESTION: In the Fabulous Fifties the Beatles first call themselves the Quarry Men. Where do they get that name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•MIKE HUCKABEE former Arkansas governor/presidential candidate steps up to the plate for a new ABC Radio Network program The Huckabee Report that begins on January 5, 2009. •BOB DAILEY 44 years at Bliss Communications WJVL FM (Pure Country 99.9) Janesville, WI with 41 as GM retires at the end of 2008 but remains mornings on sister News-Talk WCLO-1230 plus Bliss-ful broadcast division EVP. •MATT HOAG AM Drive/Promotions Director of NRB Radio KXLW FM (The Wolf 96.3) leaves the building as the big d - downsize - hits Anchorage, AK. OM Tom Oakes takes over Matt's 6-11 am spot on the dial.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1951 HANK WILLIAMS SR makes his 1st national TV appearance with Hey, Good Lookin' on CBS-TV's The Perry Como Show on November 14th. •1961 STUART SUTCLIFFE bass guitar- the Fifth Beatle decides to quit the group in April. •1970 DOUG VIRDEN Country singer-bass player born on October 14th in Denver, CO. •1982 ASIA British Rockers' Heat Of The Moment scores #4 in Billboard. •1998 DIXIE CHICKS begin 4-weeks at #1 in Billboard on November 7th with Wide Open Spaces. •2008 PAUL VARLEY drummer with Rock bands Purple Haze & The Arrows dies of pneumonia on July 2nd at 59 in London, England.

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CHARLIE OCHS (Tampa, FL) When a senior manager leaves CBS they leave the email intact for some time and monitor it to make sure they receive important emails. Therefore, it will look like I am still there. I can't say I miss the rat race of corporate America. I would have loved to be still in a corporate environment when that darn Sarbanes-Oxley law is revoked. That was the most cumbersome, troublesome, useless law every foisted on American business. Charlie Ochs

TOM ELLIS (Boston-Newton, MA) You're Quite Welcome, Jim, Sorry to hear about your old car. Boy oh boy - you sure do have some hard luck with that old geezer. Don't know what I'd do without wheels. No public transit where I live - nor any taxi cabs. I'd have to hitch, which I used to do all the time as a young man. Nowadays, that definitely would be questionable. Hope some good luck breaks your way soon. Thanks for keeping us up to date on JRRR. Tom (www.necn.com/)

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DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Hey Jim...I totally understand the tightrope you need to walk...keep it balanced and try to avoid the nutcases both left and right...it IS your blog, but I agree about the need to maintain subscribers and not give the appearance of ANY obvious favoritism...as I said, I've been a professional writer for 40+ years and I LOVE a good battle of the wits... I'm honing my Sweeney Todd straight-razors for a subtle, slashing comeback... My best to you, Jim... Dan McCurdy, Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee 2004, KLIF, KBOX-Dallas, WMEX-Boston

RAY FLOWERS (Denton, TX) Hello Jim. I am a fan that started listening in the era of KLIF. I listened to everything from KLIF to The Zoo, KAFM, KNUS, Q102, and all the requisite hoorah. [Somewhere, I still have a "genuine imitation silver bullet" from one of KLIF's promos.] I was just starting college at UTA when KRLD FM (92.5) was playing "Alternative Country". As far as employed at the station, sadly, no. It was always a dream. I used to hang around KLIF, KVIL, and KFAM (that was one SMALL studio!). At one time, I had aspirations of being a radio newsman and had Bob Schuman, who was at KLIF, I think, at the time, critiquing some demo tapes. I also got kicked out of the station by Chapman at KVIL for a dumb mistake, but that's long gone. I still have my "Class C" broadcast license somewhere, though. But then I got married, had kids, and could not see being able to support them in that kind of a market, so I pursued other things. Another reason that I found your site was a google to find out if Jim Thomas was on the air any these days. I used to talk with him while he was on nights at WFAA and I worked for 7-11. While I was in school, I did an analysis on the Choctaw language and called him once, greeting him with "Ha'alito" (Hello), which kind of freaked him out. I've followed his career over the years because he always gravitated towards the music that I liked. I believe that I am subscribed to the newsletter, but if not, please sign me up. I stumbled across your site while looking for radio "happenings". I used to love the column in DMN about radio in the area, and miss the gentleman who used to write it, although I can't recall his name at the moment. I appreciate the reply and look forward to reading your news letter. Regards, Ray Flowers

JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake,TX) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

WALTER HAMMOCK (Houston, TX) Happy Birthday!!! Many more!

SHIRLEY ROSE-REPASS (New Orleans-Mandeville, LA) Happy, happy, birthday. I was just getting ready to send you e-mail birthday greetings when I saw your e-mail. I'm glad the card made it to you on time. You never know with our mail service out of New Orleans. Bill picked out your card and I thought it was very cute. (Hope you did, too.) Well, 65 years old, huh? Hopefully, I'll make it there, too. But that's still young in this day and age. Where has all the time gone? When you're young you can't imagine even being 40, much less 65, but it comes much too quickly. We are ordering a Thanksgiving meal for you so be on the lookout for it. I will arrange for it to arrive before Thanksgiving so you can enjoy it for several days. I have attached some pictures for you. The kids look a lot better than we do, but I thought you might enjoy looking at them. Bunny was just chillin' in the grass. Love, Shirley, Bill, and Alexis

TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1957 the 16 year old John Lennon attends Quarry Bank Grammar school. He and his friends form a new Rock group that they aptly call the Quarry Men. Of course they eventually become the Beatles where they change the face of popular music forever.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) November 10th. thru November 17th. "The Rabbitt Report" is heard next on Sat. & Sun. Nov. 15th. & 16th. on: http://JJradio.com/ Noon - 3PM PST 3PM - 6PM EST 8PM - 10PM GMT. The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tues. Nov. 18th. 2-5pm CST on: http://KAFMRadio.org The next "Redneck Round-up" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Sun. Nov 30th. on http://KAFMradio.org.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856-1950) Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

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November 14, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #582

THANK GOODNESS IT'S FRIDAY!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

BIG WEEK FOR COUNTRY MUSIC!

On Tuesday night, November 11, 2008 performance rights organization BMI presents Hank Williams Jr. with its Icon Award for extraordinary musical achievement at BMI's 56th annual Country awards celebration in Nashville, TN. Then on November 12, 2008 at Wednesday night's 42nd annual Country Music Association awards show the CMA hands Kenny Chesney his 4th entertainer of the year trophy in Nashville, TN. Also, George Strait, Brad Paisley and Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles receive 2 awards each. Strait wins Single of the Year for I Saw God Today and Album of the Year for Troubadour. Paisley takes home the Male Vocalist prize for the 2nd year in a row. He and video directors Jim Shea and Peter Tilden share Video of the Year honors for Waitin' on a Woman. Sugarland lands the Vocal Duo award for the 2nd year. Nettles collects an additional trophy for Song of the Year for Stay.

LONGTIME NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST LEAVES THE BUILDING

For 28 years Chicago Sun-Times radio columnist Robert Feder keeps his readers on the inside scoop of Chicago's broadcast scene. As is the case today with major newspapers all over America cutbacks now are the norm. Newspaper subscriber bases and advertising revenues are at all time lows. Robert accepts a buyout that includes a full year's pay with benefits. Feder writes in his column, After devoting all of my energy to covering the same beat for 28 years, I'll be able to take a break, step back and think about what else I want to do.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does Country Pop singer Jessi Colter get her name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•MIKE JOSEPH morning co-host exits Country WXCY FM (103.7) Wilmington, DE. His co-host Paula Ryan remains in solo flight. •WMVN FM (Movin' 101.1) Bonneville Hot AC flips to Sports Talk as St. Louis, MO's 3rd Sports station. WMVN continues with music until after Christmas 2008. •BILL IVEY former Country Music Foundation director - according to the Tennessean - joins President-elect Barack Obama's transition team on arts and culture. •HERB SCORE longtime announcer for the Cleveland Indians dies at 75. •WALLY KNIAZ of Techtalkradio show dies on Monday, November 10. 2008.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1953 KEITH STEGALL producer-songwriter (Don't Rock The Jukebox, Lonely Nights & A Lady Like You) born on November 1st in Wichita Falls, TX. •1968 STEFANIE SARGENT Punk Rock guitarist born on June 8th. •1972 BRAD PAISLEY Country singer debuts on the charts in 1999 born on October 28th in Glen Dale, WV. •1986 HUGO PERETTI producer-songwriter for Hugo & Luigi dies at 70 on May 1st in Englewood, NJ. •1990 PAM TILLIS' 1st Top 5 hit Don't Tell Me What To Do releases on Arista records. •2008 JERRY RITCHIE singer with Gospel group Gold City dies of cancer on July 1st in Nesbit, MS.

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CHARLIE OCHS (Tampa, FL) Jim...I haven't heard from you since I left CBS last month. Is the newsletter still producing? This past month has been "interesting" to say the least. Three days after my last day at CBS my 95 year old Mother, who lives with us, had a health issue ... We also have my wife Margaret's mother living with us and take care of our 15 month old granddaughter during the day... So, as you can see, things have been a bit hectic and my plans have been on hold. I can't imagine retiring and doing nothing. So now, I am getting together information to begin a management consulting company. I have over 46 years of experience in on-air, programming, general management, and cluster management that should make me helpful for a wide range of needs in these days of downsizing that have left many tasks undone. With all the consolidation of jobs in radio and other businesses there is a need for outside contractors to help create efficiencies and pick up the slack caused by loss of so many management personnel. I am very good with organization and systems that could be valuable in the current environment. Do you have contact information for Jim Long? He was a partner and mentor back in the 80s when I had a programming consulting company on the side while still the Program Director at KIKK. Charlie Ochs

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JERRY MILLER [MUELLER] (Houston, TX) Prayer request for Gary and Cindy Hogman. Gary is serving in Iraq while his young wife is fighting cancer here. Prayer is a powerful thing. This couple needs our prayers. Please read this. It must be terribly difficult to be in Iraq with a sick wife at home. Bobby S. Briggs, MSgt, USAF 823 ESFS/SFOC Flight Sergeant Baghdad AB, Iraq Tough times don't last... Tough people do. My name is Gary Hogman. Some of you receiving this know me, some do not. My wife, Cindy, is 32 years old and has just been diagnosed 3 days ago with stage 4 cervical cancer and her chances for survival are very slim. She was pregnant with our second child and had miscarried recently at 3 months, and now we know why. This is a request for you to forward this e-mail to everyone you know asking for prayer. The more people that pray for her to be healed, the better. Pray and forward. It only takes a second to hit 'forward'. Please do it and don't delete this, your prayer can, and perhaps will, save her life. Please pray and ask everyone you know to pray for the HEALING of Cindy and the removal of all cancer in her body, so she may enjoy all that life has to offer, and to continue to be the wonderful mother to our 5-year-old son Michael. The power of Prayer is unsurpassed. I want the whole world to have her in their prayers the next few weeks. God will hear our cry. Please do not be offended by my plea.. This is only a request for your help. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading this and helping with our request for healing! No words can express the power we have when we each do a little to come together. Regards, Cindy's husband - Gary Thank you, and please send it to the far reaches of our world.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Mirriam Johnson is born on May 25, 1947 in Mesa, AZ. She marries legendary Rock guitarist Duane Eddy from 1962-68. Then she weds Country legend Waylon Jennings in October 1969. Mirriam's great great uncle's name is Jesse Colter. That becomes her show biz name. Jesse's biggest hit is her slow ballad I'm Not Lisa which zooms to #1 on the Country charts in the summer of 1975 and crosses over to the Pop charts at #4.

GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim; Let's all remember the men and women who served our country in the Armed Forces and the sacrifices they made. In case and point: I provided transportation today to 82-year old Charles Wiley who has homes in California and New YOrk and who speaks around the nation for a company called; "Accuracy in Media" he is appalled at the recent coverage and the biased reporting by most members of the media. Charlie served on Okinawa and was highly decorated and he is as spry and bright as a 40-year old. He is speaking in Uvalde, Eagle Pass, San Antonio and Alpine this week before returning home. He is an inspiration and on Veteran's Day he 'll be speaking at SA"s Air Force Village. He is a close friend of Mike Wallace and tells him all the time how liberal his reporting is. Take care and God Bless America. Gary DeLaune US 541 88 957 3rd Armored Division Ft. Hood, Texas (www.garydnews.com)

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rabbitt Report" Saturday & Sunday November 15th & 16th 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/ The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday November 18th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/

BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) I am so pleased to see Carol Sowa join the JRRR list. I really appreciate the work she's done on behalf of the musicians and music fans of San Antonio. We met in '71, at the old 1st Repertory Company, in Alamo Heights. (Last summer when I visited S.A. I saw a bulldozer knocking the old building down. It had been Alamo Heights Garage for the past few decades.) Carol and her husband were an early influence, and the main reason I chose to attend U of H. A few weeks ago I told of hearing Bob Morrison on KLIF. That turned out to be an audition, and unfortunately they decided to put their Program Director on the morning news shift. Fortunately for me, Bob Morrison has joined the WBAP news staff. I'm sad to see that 'Mad John' has asked to leave the list. I can understand how someone could have overloaded on all of the bile that passed for political discourse in the past elections. We've got a lot of problems to address, and setting the terms as 'us vs. them' doesn't help. My father in law used to say, "no one has a lock on the good guys and the bad guys". Maybe we can develop a little more respect and appreciation for the people we choose to represent us. Bob Crowley

LEO DUROCHER (July 27, 1905-October 7, 1991) Nice guys finish last.

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November 12, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #581

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

MCCAIN 570 DISAPPEARS

Red Zebra Conservative Talk WTNT-570 in Bethsda, MD also covers the Wahington, D.C. market as well. During the recent hotly contested U.S. presidential election its moniker becomes McCain 570. Not to be outdone, Liberal Talk WWRC-1260 adopts Obama 1260 as its title. After the election McCain 570 returns to just WTNT. But Obama 1260 remains WWRC's triumphant radio coat of arms. Word has it that we can now buy McCain/Palin T-shirts, hats and hot pants at greatly reduced prices. Does Conservative Talk radio lose its bright bloom? Rush Limbaugh and other Conservative Talk show host's rantings and ravings do not seem to sway public opinion anymore. Do the election results of the latest Grand National presidential Derby leave enough fodder for future gab fests? Don't touch that dial.

MUSIC CDS A DYING BREED?

All across America music CD sales plummet to all time record lows. Wal-Mart always seems to be on top of their game. The big box discount house responds in a big way. Richard Greenfield, Pali Capital analyst, mentions in his report: We believe Wal-Mart is increasing its exposure to consumer electronics, video games and Blu-ray, and reducing floor space devoted to CDs and standard DVDs. Does this spell doom and gloom for music CDs? Big price roll-back stores like Wal-Mart can care less about music but they are extremely passionate about money. To Wal-Mart music is just another of its products like underwear and socks. If it doesn't move, get rid of it. But the music industry depends on high-traffic stores like Wal-Mart to sell its music CDs. Remember when 8-track tapes arrive on the scene and vinyl records disappear off the shelves? Then cassette tapes make 8-track tapes look like troglodytes. CDs come along and tread water alongside cassettes for a few years but then topple them like dust in the wind. Along comes free mucic downloads on the Internet and now even CDs are in trouble. The times they are a changin'.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Under what name does Led Zeppelin use in their first audition? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•THEO PD/night DJ at Magic Urban AC KDAY FM (The Beat 93.5) Los Angeles, CA gives up his PD spot to concentrate on his syndicated program Theo After Dark. •ADRIAN AD SCOTT production director at KDAY FM Los Angeles, CA moves on up to the OM/PD rung. •PETE SIMMONS former GCap Media network PD replaces Adrian Stewart as PD of Magic 105.4 in London, England. •ANDY FISHER 24 year Cox vet retires as TV President at the end of 2008. Bruce Baker EVP, 20 year Cox vet is his replacement.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1951 ARTHUR RUSSELL cellist-composer-singer with Disco group Avant-Garde born in Oskaloosa, Iowa. •1960 MERLE HAGGARD gets out of San Quentin Prison on November 3rd to complete last 2 years of his sentence on parole. •1970 RIVER PHOENIX movie actor-Rock guitarist for Aleka's Attic and older brother of actor Joaquin Phoenix born River Jude Bottom in Metolius, OR on August 23rd. •1988 ALABAMA's Song Of The South releases on RCA records on November 7th. •2004 ROGER MILLER's King Of The Road is #1 in CMT's special 40 Greatest Road Songs on November 7th.

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ALAN SHAPIRO (Westlake Village, CA) I am a 35 year vet of the music industry. I started out in Houston working at Disc Records for 4 years and worked for WEA Corp for the next 25+ years. I retired in 2001 as SR VP of Sales for WEA in Burbank. A few years ago I put together a syndicated radio show with Rod Tanner and Dan Gallo, both in Houston but really never got it off the ground...too bad, good show. Now, vegging out...ha! I found the site just the other day while surfing around Houston radio history sites. Alan

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DAN GALLO (Houston, TX) Jim, Just an observation here: Obama has gone on the record as saying that he is NOT in favor of restoring the "Fairness Doctrine". Then again, why would he favor it? He's fully aware of just how much the networks were in the tank for him. He knows this. Now, if the Fairness Doctrine was restored, those very networks that were so instrumental in putting him in the White House would have to, BY LAW, give equal time to the Republicans. Why would he want that? Can you imagine what the election results would have been like if the Fairness Doctrine had been in place prior to this election? Trust me, McCain and Palin would have sent Barry packing! Can you imagine what Chris Matthews’ program on MSNBC would look like with the Fairness Doctrine in place? (Frankly, I’d LOVE to see that!) I, too, like many of your readers, am very uncomfortable with Obama’s lack of experience. Here’s a frightening thought: Obama has even less experience than Jimmy Carter had when he was elected. Remember the Jimmy Carter years? Ah, yes; gasoline lines, 17.5% home loan interest rates, 25% credit card interest rates, double-digit unemployment and double-digit inflation. If we can take Obama’s intentions where the nation’s energy problems are concerned at face value, it will be only a matter of time before gasoline prices skyrocket again and our utility bills will be out of sight. Sorry to be such a "wet blanket", but, like you, I’ve "been there, done that, and still have the T-shirt". Take care of yourself, Jim! Dan

BOB GREEN (Houston, TX) Jim: Your radio stories and memories are wonderfully told, by you and many of those who write...and my thanks to you for them. But it is getting harder and harder to see some of the posts regarding politics. On the one hand a beautiful note from Bob Miller...on the other a sophomoric rant by Dan McCurdy. It has NOTHING to do with your political inclination. Most of us are, by the luck of our birth or citizenship, fortunate to be able to have a point of view. We have the right and privilege to hold our leaders accountable, to respectfully disagree. But divisive, mean spirited rants are well, frankly...un American. They're not a point of view. The fact of a Euphoria sweeping the country at this time is something to BUILD on, not something to deny or tear down. Whatever your political inclinations, you should hope for the best, and when and IF it is not forthcoming...THAT'S when your voice or REASON should be heard.

RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Hi Jim; Well Jim as mush as this may "urk" you and other whom I call friends, but Bob Miller hit the right tone and the right thing to say. If the country is still going downhill in 4 years then you vote the guy out until you get it correct. I was not in favor of Dubya being elected but on 9-11 I stood by him like everyone did. We are the only country on Earth that is constantly in an election. One ends the other side that didn't win starts the nay saying once more. Some paint each political party with one brush,when there are some good persons in each. Some voted based strictly on party which is just plain ridiculous instead of issues ,same goes for race. Some will never be convinced their narrow point of view is just wrong rather than maintaining an objective mind. That is democracy. We exercised it, let's solve this crisis together and move forward and cut the bickering. Ray

RAY FLOWERS (Denton, TX) I just stumbled on your site today doing a search on Jim Thomas. I really wish that I had caught you guys while you were on the air on 1360. If you talk to Jim, tell him "Ha'alito" Regards, Ray

TRIVIA ANSWER: In British Heavy Metal Rock artists Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (guitar), John Paul Jones (bass) and John Bonham (drums) first audition in October 1968 their choices for the name of their group are either The Whoopie Cushion or The Mad Dogs. But The Who's drummer Keith Moon says, You'll go down like a lead zeppelin. Thus is born Led Zeppelin.

DARYL HENLEY (Houston, TX) Jim, I am a dentist in Houston. My office radio was always tuned to KIKK-FM because I enjoyed the older country stuff. I remember that I wrote a letter to the PD of KIKK when they changed to the newer country music format. I asked him why they quit playing the older country (classic country now) in lieu of the top 40 stuff. I told him that if I wanted to listen to the top 40 country that I would be listening to KILT FM. I can't remember his name now, but he wrote back and said they were going to mix the older classic country into the rotation so listeners like me should be satisfied with the product. I wasn't, so I switched over to KILT AM which was playing the classic country format at that time. I enjoyed the format of KILT-AM at that time. It had a small town flavor. You could make requests and they would get played. As a result, Steve Weldon (The Horse Doctor) and Arch Yancey became patients in my practice. Keep up the good work, Daryl Henley

HARRY S. TRUMAN [33rd President of U.S.] (1884-1972) You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

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November 10, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #580

LET'S CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

NASHVILLE MUSICIAN DIES

A renown steel guitar player with Hank Snow and Don Gibson's bands, Howard O. White Jr., dies late Sunday evening, October 19, 2008 at 82 in his home in Gallatin, TN. In the 1940s, Howard serves in the U.S. Navy. Howard is known not only for his steel guitar playing but also his personality. Friend, neighbor and fellow steel guitarist Billy Robinson remembers, He had an opinion about everything, and he wasn't afraid to share those opinions. Howard made friends all across the country. He was a neat guy, and a good musician. White teaches himself to play the steel guitar. He is born and grows up in Charlotte, NC. In 1950, he joins Don Gibson in Knoxville, TN. In 1952, he signs up with the Cowboy Copas' band and moves to Nashville, TN. He becomes friends with the legendary steel player Lloyd Green, Howard became my friend about 30 minutes after I got to Nashville. He was a character, and I will miss him. In 1964, he decides to quit tours. He joins Music Row publishing companies to pitch songs to recording artists. There is no funeral service for Howard O. White Jr. Howard's wife Ruth White says that she does plan a tribute to him at the Nashville Association of Musicians union building where is a lifetime member.

BIG CHANGES AT WESTWOOD ONE

Susan Love and Michael Reznick are new Senior VPs of Sales at Westwood One. Both are outside hires although at one time Reznick is Westwood’s Regional VP of Sales for the West Coast. Michael comes up through the ranks as local sales manager at radio stations KABC-790 and KFWB-980 in Los Angeles, CA. As of late he is EVP of In Focus Advertising. His latest venture is as SVP of Metro Traffic Ad Sales at WW1. He reports to Steve Kalin who is WW1 company COO and Metro Traffic Division President. Susan comes from her position as VP of Sales and Marketing at Jones MediaAmerica. Her new adventure as Senior VP puts her in charge of ad sales for WW1's Network. She reports to Network Division President Gary Schonfeld.

TRIVIA QUESTION: America's new president has a huge cult following. Even after his death in 1971, Rock singer Jim Morrison also has a cult who worship his very words and every move. What Rock band does he front? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•42ND ANNUAL CMA AWARDS are Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at the Sommet Center, 501 Broadway in Nashville, TN. We can watch the show live from 8:00-11:00 pm ET on ABC TV. Now hear this! Tickets are only $110-$382.50 at Ticketmaster.com. Be there! Be there! •KABC-790 Citadel Talk Los Angeles, CA adds controversial Conservative radio talk host/anti-crime activist/founder of the Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa to the midnight-3 am PT spot. •ROB HECKMAN APD/MD Hearst-Argyle Active Rock WIYY FM (98 Rock the Rock Station) Baltimore, MD leaves the building after 14 years on Friday, November 7, 2008.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1955 NICK FELDMAN bass-keyboards with British Rock group Wang Chung (Let's Go! #9-1987) born on May 1st. •1964 ROGER MILLER records King Of The Road on November 3rd in Nashville, TN. •1978 KATIE REIDER Folk Rock singer-guitarist-songwriter born on May 23rd in Cincinnati, Ohio. •1984 WILLIE NELSON's remake of Arlo Guthry's tune City Of New Orleans rises to #1 on Billboard's Country chart on November 3rd. •1992 BARRY BACK Folk-Jazz-Jugband guitarist with The Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra dies.•2006 SUGARLAND's album Enjoy The Ride releases on Mercury records on November 7th.

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JIM TRAVIS (Hot Springs, AR) Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program 'The Rest of the Story' and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired. With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called 'One nation under God.' This man sure has a good view of what's happening to our country! Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation. 'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!'

BOB MILLER (Plymouth, MI) I guess I am in the minority regarding the election. Having just read another post slamming the President-Elect, it occurs to me that those of us who have voted for Senator Obama owe George W. Bush a debt of gratitude. Without his handling of our country for the past eight years we would not have been able to garner the majority of Americans, of all races and religions, to see that democracy was actually well served. The election was not even close and I would ask those who did not vote for the winner to remember that the majority of us gave him a mandate to govern. Coming from Texas, I know this is a tall order. I worked at KVOU, then KBUC, KSAT, KEEZ-FM in the 60's. I was raised among folks who knew no tolerance and had report news events that included actions of people who were motivated into action by stupid paranoia. I don't want to see a repeat of that kind of news I do know that the country didn't collapse under LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, or Bush II (yet). I seriously doubt it will fold under Obama. It may just become better. I'm an optimist and willing to give this guy a chance. He earned it. You can keep all the scary scenarios, racist remarks and jokes, and be responsible broadcasters or continue the rhetoric of fear. It didn't work in this campaign and it won't work in the next. Liberals have given the ultimate sacrifice as much as conservatives. My son fought in Iraq and he is a liberal. Zoom out and try and be big enough to respect that, regardless of your political position, we are all Americans.

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MARK CARRILLO (San Antonio, TX) Re: that knucklehead who wants to unsubscribe... Listen fella, This is not an equal opportunity rant newsletter. This is something very personal to a wonderful man who is providing us with a great service. He is not obligated to do as you demand. Besides, I see you're JUST an audio producer. While all folks are welcome to view this newsletter it is for Radio people. Capice? (Now, that's my own opinion and not JIM's) This ain't get on your soap box and bump your gums in an equal rebuttal thing. So, get a grip and go have a piping hot cup of Shut The H*** Up!!! Jim Rose is the man and we love his newsletter. Mark Carrillo, A Radio Person

CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) I have a friend who did quite well in TV after leaving radio and he is seriously considering leaving the country...Chuck

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Hey, Jim...fair and balanced is where it's at for the really good blogs like JRRR...I just pray the Democrap gummint doesn't require the resurrection of the "UNfair and UNbalanced" UNfairness Doctrine in our beloved broadcast industry... Printing the leftist bozo's comments will keep the socialists from accusing you of only printing conservatives' missives... My best to you, my friend... - Dan McCurdy, Charlie Brown/Dan Patrick: KLIF, KBOX - Dallas; WMEX - Boston; Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inductee, 2004.

TRIVIA ANSWER: As a student at the University of California, singer/songwriter James Douglas Morrison organizes bandmates Ray Manzarek (keyboards), John Densmore (drums) and Robby Krieger (guitar) to form the Classic Rock group The Doors. The name of the group comes from William Blake’s poetry If the doors of perception were cleansed...All things would appear infinite. We remember The Doors great hits: Light My Fire (#1-1967), People Are Strange (#12-1967), Love Me Two Times (#25-1968), Hello I Love You (#1-1968), Touch Me (#3-1968), Love Her Madly (#11-1971) and Riders on the Storm (#14-1971). All of The Doors records are on Elektra/Asylum Records. Jim Morrison is born on December 8, 1943 in Melbourne, FL. He dies at the young age of 27 in the wee hours of the morning on July 3, 1971 in Paris, France. His remains are in Paris’ Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise where Oscar Wilde and Edith Piaf also lie.

CAROL SOWA (San Antonio, TX) Hi, Jim, Will add you to the TMC e-mail list and would love to be on your e-mail list as well, as I personally have some long ago background in radio, having gone to work for KTSA here in S.A. as my first job out of college back in 1969, when they were still Top 40 music. (If I'm remembering right, we said we were "Top 55" - our dial number.) I graduated from the University of Houston in Radio-TV and have fond memories of RTV profs there Dr. Tom Battin and Dr. Richard Hawes. Good to hear from you... Carol Sowa, 1st Vice President, Texas Music Coalition

JAMES MADISON [4th U.S. President] (1751-1836) Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. — Federalist No. 10

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November 7, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #579

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

NEWSPAPER SALES ARE HOT!

The heavily contested presidential election of 2008 has front pages of newspapers with the big story of what some call an historic election in our country. Newspapers with front page headlines about the election results fly off the shelves faster than they roll out of the print shops. For instance, Mark Quan circulation director of The Virginian-Pilot says they rush to print 15,000 extra copies of the Wednesday, November 5, 2008 edition for distrubution at area 7-Elevens, Farm Fresh stores and Wawas because of high demand after Tuesday's historic election. Things are no different at the Washington Post where long lines of customers cannot wait to get their hands on Wednesday's newspaper with headlines and pictures of the new president of the United States of America. In today's computer-Internet world why do folks have such strong desires for copies of paper newspapers? Thousands of folks long for something a little more old-fashioned and tangible like extra copies of the morning paper. Some say that this is history that we can hold in our hands. Folks want mementos to store away for the future to say I was there when this happens. An office manager, 56 year old Joyce Mutcherson-Ridley, comes to The Washington Post's 15th Street NW headquarters but soon discovers that the first printing sells out by 11 am. Joyce says, You can't put a computer screen into a scrapbook. This is much bigger than the Davy Crockett phenomenon of the 1950s. Or even the Beatles in 1964. This excitement goes on coast to coast as newspapers find themselves in a hurry to meet unbelievable demand. News stands are out of copies even before the crack of dawn. Some copies of the newspapers make it onto eBay for as much as $100 a copy as the bidding process continues. Craigslist has copies for $50 that are still in plastic bag. Just like the hula hoop all of this frenzy eventually dies down. Lots of folks empty their pocket books but wake up to find all they have left are worthless pieces of old newspaper. These sheets of paper end up as expensive ways to fill the bottoms of bird cages where parrots, parakeets and canaries can drop their opinions on the whole silly mess.

HOUSTON COUNTRY RADIO STATIONS

When I am a DJ on KILT FM in the early 1990s Westinghouse Country KILT FM is a solid #1 and has the younger crowd in the palm of its hand. Viacom Country KIKK FM hangs on at #2 with the a strong grasp of the upper demographics. Then Westinghouse gets the bright idea to buy out the competition. Anyone who ever has a brain has not a doubt in their mind that KIKK FM becomes a Country Oldies outlet. But NO! All of the great KIKK FM DJs bite the dust. KIKK FM goes into direct competition with its sister KILT FM. All the while their competitor across the street Country KKBQ FM does all the right things. Next, Westinghouse buys CBS Radio and that becomes the name for all of its radio stations. So many changes go on at KIKK FM that their audience goes to other types of music. KIKK FM becomes Smooth Jazz KHJZ FM with yet another new group of DJs but the ratings remain in the Bayou City bayous. Viacom comes back and buys CBS Radio. Still another about face, Smooth Jazz KHJZ FM flips to KKHH FM with a Top 40 format. In the latest ratings game KKBQ FM moves up slightly from 4.4 to 4.8 and ranks #5. But KILT FM slides downhill from 4.3 to 3.2 to put the once mighty radio station at #13.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does Rock group Little River Band form itself? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•LEE CHABRE PD/morning host on Bicoastal Media Talk KPNW Eugene, OR dies at 63 after a long battle with lung cancer on Tuesday, October 21, 2008. •2008 CMA AWARDS show is 8p/7p cst November 12, 2008 on ABC TV. •EMMIS-CHICAGO cuts loose Bill Klaproth PD of Classic Rock WLUP FM (Loop 97.9) also Kevyn Howard imaging specialist at WKQX FM (New Rock Alternative Q101.1). •CUMULUS budget cutbacks include Paul Hannigan News Director at Newstalk WROK-1440 Rockford, IL plus Dan Claxton News Director and Fred Parry morning co-host on Newstalk KFRU-1400 Columbia, MO.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 LYLE LOVETT Grammy-winning Country singer (Cowboy Man #10-1986) born in Klein, TX. •1960 IOSU ESPOSITO singer-guitarist with Punk Rock band Eskorbuto born in Santurce, Spain. •1978 BARBARA MANDRELL's 1st #1 Country single is Sleeping Single In A Double Bed on November 4th. •1985 FRANCISCO ANDRES BELENO member of Los K Morales born in Valledupar, Colombia. •1993 REBA MCENTIRE & LINDA DAVIS' Does He Love You hits #1 in Billboard. •2008 TOM FURTAW guitarist with The Spitting Nickels collapses on stage and dies at 43 on August 15th.

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GENE THOMAS (Birmingham, AL) Thank you for reminding readers about the Birthday of the Grand Old Country Music Station. W S M "We Shield Millions." is the station that years ago many of us from across this nation listened to on Saturday night. Was a wonderful experience hearing the great voices of Tex Ritter and T Tommy Cutrer. I knew Tex, and worked at a couple stations with T. Tommy. 'Edwin W. Craig was the driving force behind the creation of WSM. Craig had joined his father's company, the National Life and Accident Insurance Company, as a field representative fresh out of college and by 1922 he had risen to vice-president. It was around this time that Craig began tuning into the pioneer radio stations which were popping up around the country. In time, Craig began corresponding with a number of broadcast personalities, anxious to learn more about them. He was soon convinced a radio station would enhance National Life's identity while also providing a valuable public service to the community. The board of National Life readily agreed, and appointed Craig to serve as the liaison between the parent company and its fledgling offshoot. Craig was determined that the call letters of the new radio station would be "WSM" to reflect National Life's motto: "We Shield Millions." Unfortunately, the U.S. Navy had already been assigned those letters. Undeterred, Craig successfully petitioned the Secretary of Commerce to transfer the call letters and thus was born WSM.' Thank Jim, Gene Thomas, retired from Radio and Television after 45 years, now living Birmingham, Alabama was living in Jamaica Beach, Texas until Hurricane "Ike"

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DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Folks...my last massive missive...honest. - Dano. I am so fearful of what this TOTALLY UNKNOWN entity will do to harm our beautiful Republic...so fearful; the thing that amazes me is that, with no experience as one, NObama wouldn't get elected dog-catcher in my home town of Sherman, TX. Yet, here he is, a totally unproven individual in terms of governance, elected to the most powerful position on our planet by most of the completely hoodwinked citizens of our country. He has charisma and talks a persuasive game, but will he walk the walk? My guess? An unqualified "h***, NO." On a less strident and more personal note: The Colorado polling folks were very helpful and quite kind in allowing me to vote for president on a 'provisional ballot.' Whew! If not, it would have been the first presidential election I hadn't voted in in 44 years...my first, BTW, was for Goldwater vs. LBJ in 1964...didn't vote for the victor then, either... Dano ::::who cast his 'Texan vote' in a state that needed a McCain vote - Colorado::: PS...in the spirit of 'brutha-in-the-hood' I just deleted a massive, scathing anti-BHO rant before I fired this off to you ...I figgered you all were firmly aware of my stance...and what-the-h***, he's the Prez for at least the next 4 years... - Dan McCurdy, Sherman, TX - Charlie Brown/Dan Patrick: KLIF, KBOX - Dallas; WMEX - Boston; Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inductee, 2004.

PAUL WILLIAMS (Houston, TX) Congratulations H.G.!! now….let’s take Jim’s advice and get those old movies ("Captain Harold’s Theatre of the Sky") back on the tube!! Since I was your favorite "Co-Star", I demand you reconsider and let’s do it again!! What a lot of fun!! I know we are both too busy now to actually do it on a regular basis, perhaps once a month? P.W. ("Wild Child’) Paul Williams, Senior Account Executive, Univision Radio

TRIVIA ANSWER: Rock group Little River Band forms in 1975 in Melbourne, Australia. Their biggest hit is Reminiscing which lands at #3 in summer 1978.

DAVID PERKINS (D/FW, TX) No at KKGM. That GM over there...well you know what our Mamas taught us about saying things about people. (Although PD Paul Hughs is the absolute best...well not as good as Don Day at WBAP or Sam Sitterlee at KPRC, but close.) I've gone and got myself into the election process as election judge tomorrow down at the high school. It's a LOT of work! And this old man is going to be very tired Wednesday and may sleep all day. I don't care who the prez is...hahaha. I'll see if I can get some angels who were mechanics or car salesmen in their past lives to help you out! Love, David Perkins, The Ecumenical Church for the Followers of Christ, The Jesus Christ Said Ministries (www.JesusChristSaid.com)

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rabbitt Report" Saturday & Sunday November 8th & 9th 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/ The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday November 11th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/

WILKIE (WILLIAM) COLLINS (January 8, 1824-September 23, 1889) We neither know nor judge ourselves; others may judge, but cannot know us. God alone judges and knows us.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyon

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November 5, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #578

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

TOP HIP-HOP SHOT

Police report that Hip-Hop music label Def Jam Recordings' EVP, Shakir Stewart, dies at 34 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Cobb County police spokeswoman Cassie Reece reports they find Stewart on Saturday, November 1, 2008 in the bathroom of his home around 4 pm in the Atlanta, GA suburb of Marietta. Police do not say who discovers his body. The nearby Kennestone Hospital pronounces him dead. Before he becomes EVP of the record label in June Stewart signs artists Rick Ross and Young Jeezy to the label. Shakir inherits the top spot that Jay-Z once holds. Stewart previously is with Hitco publishing company. He signs Beyonce. At Arista Records he signs Ciara. On Sunday, Shakir's friend of 18 years and fellow music executive, Christopher Hicks, tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, He was a one-of-a-kind individual.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WSM!

Country-Soul music legend Ronnie Millsap kicks off the 83rd birthday of Nashville, TN's WSM-650 at Ryman Auditorium on Thursday, November 6, 2008 in a Listener Appreciation Concert. Over many decades WSM becomes a Country music institution as it brings us the beloved Grand Ole Opry broadcasts live from the historic Ryman Auditorium. Modern day bluegrassers The Grascals open the show at 7:30 pm. Here's one of the best features of the show. Tickets are only $6.50 and that's not a typo. We can get our showtime tickets at Ticketmaster.com and 615,255.9600.

BRIT HUME RETIRES

As we report in an earlier issue of JRRR, Fox News anchor Brit Hume says he calls it quits right after the presidential campaigns end. Well like it or not that time is here. Before he signs with FNC Hume spends 23 years at ABC TV. Brit comments on when he signs with FNC: Easiest decision I ever made. What about the current presidential campaign? After a while it just gets to be tiresome. Dispiriting, even. What lies ahead for Brit Hume? I want to explore my faith more vigorously.

EMMIS RADIO CUTS TO THE BONE

A Texas radio station that the late President Lyndon Baines Johnson owns that bears his initials, KLBJ FM in Austin, has a recent round of layoffs. Emmis Communications reacts to America's economic situation when it cuts loose over 30 of its employees on a nation-wide basis, plus other employees receive pay cuts. Here in our neck of the woods, Classic Rock KLBJ FM (93.7) long time midday DJ/APD Jeff Carrol leaves the building after 26 years. During that time Jeff also is Progam Director and Music Director. On Monday morning, November 2, 2008 Scott Gillmore, Emmis VP/Market Manager tells R&R: We're still talking to Jeff about some possibilities at this point.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the lead singer of Rock group Pink Floyd? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•DAVE DILLON PD of Cumulus Adult Hits KHJK FM (Jack FM 103.7) Houston, TX leaves the building after 1 year. Steve Robison with 14 years Bayou City experience mostly at KTBZ FM (94-5 the Buzz) arrives on November 10, 2008 as Dave's replacement. •JIM TATE exits PM Drive at Buckley WSEN FM (Oldies 92.1) Syracuse-Baldwinsville, NY. Expect more changes. •JOHN CARUCCI fills PD Jim Tate's afternoon spot on Oldies WSEN FM. •TOM WATSON formerly PD KVIL FM Dallas, TX & WASH FM Washington, D.C. vacates Cumulus as regional director/operations for Southern CA. Catch Tom at LAXConsultant@yahoo.com.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1951 JERRY NOLAN drummer with Punk Rock band The New York Dolls born on May 7th in Brooklyn, NY. •1964 DARRYL WORLEY (album dedication to U.S. soldiers: Have You Forgotten? #1-2003) born on October 31st in Savannah, TN. •1976 MONTE LIVINGSTON songwriter for Amy Grant & David Meece born on March 11th. •1985 THE JUDDS' Rockin' With The Rhythm album releases on RCA records on October 30th. •1992 JEAN ABERBACH music publisher (his brother Julian & Max Dreyfus) dies in NYC. •2000 SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO's Janis Gill marries horse trainer Roy Cummins in Hawaii on October 30th.

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DAVE LEWIS (Harrisburg, PA) Hey Jim how are ya today? Well how I came across JRRR was through Liz Patranella...kind of a long story, but I will give you the scoop...I only did short amount of radio work back in the early 70's here in the Harrisburg area (news on a country format station). I always was interested in radio however...had favorite jocks just like a kid would a favorite player or players on a sports team. In the 60's when I was a kid a local station WFEC at the time changed format and two guys who came here to jock were John Barger and Buzz Long (chatted with him a few times by email---I see he passed on a few years ago) and they were phenomenal. I remember coming into town with a buddy and visiting at the station,,,they let me and my buddy sit in with them while they were on the air--fantastic--treated us great and told us all about Texas radio---I enjoy the issues and look forward on receiving them. Hope you have a great day too! Dave

JIM TRAVIS (Hot Springs, AR) I tried something new this year. This morning at 2 am instead of setting my clocks back one hour, I set them back 25 hours. Here at 1071 it's late Saturday afternoon. I'll let you know how it works out. So far no problems.

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HAROLD GUNN (Houston, TX) Jim, A news blurb. Harold Gunn has been elected to a third term as President of the Texas Auto Writers Association, famous for their annual "Texas Truck Rodeo" competition where they name the "Truck of Texas" among other categories. At this year's "Rodeo" near Dallas the attendees included Mark Fields, President of Ford of the Americas, and Jim Press, President of Chrysler. Thanks, HG

SALUTE! to our friend Harold Gunn. We see Harold on really neat TV ads all the time. They are 30 second TV sit coms which are original and very delightful. In the past we watch Harold Gunn on his several TV shows. We sure do miss those TV shows very much! Bring 'em back!

JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Jim, Just a brief response to the guy who wants to unsubscribe from the news letter. Don't let the door hit him on the rear end getting outta here. The last time I checked, this is your news letter, and you can allow or not people to post whatever viewpoint they like, without having to offer equal space to those that disagree. I don't happen to support the current Republican ticket, but I also don't wear my feelings on my sleeve, such that I'd be offended to hear from those that do support McCain/Palin. I'm one not-so-liberal Democrat who looks forward to getting the news letter, no matter what political stance shows up in it! Yours Truly, John Hale, Mobile Magic Music, "We're at the best parties!"

DAVID PERKINS (D/FW, TX) Hey there Jimbo and Tejas (good girl!) Thanks so much for running my "promo" about our radio ministry. You have been more than generous! However, my wife Pat and I had to give it up last month because of the cost. The radio outreach part of our ministries was costing around a $1000 a month and with contributions almost non-existent, we just ran out of money. I am looking for FREE radio outlets anyplace in the USA and/or a swap of my time playing 3 1/2 hours a week of gospel/Christian music (which you run your regular commercials on) then 30 minutes for my sermon someplace in the DFW area. You don't pay me and I don't pay you. What could be better? In the meantime my friends can go to our website for past sermons and other Christian outreach information. Love, David Perkins, The Ecumenical Church for the Followers of Christ, The Jesus Christ Said Ministries (www.JesusChristSaid.com)

TRIVIA ANSWER: Roger Waters is the lead singer of legendary Rock group Pink Floyd. Their Another Brick in the Wall Part II album sails to #1 in 1980 with over a half million in sales.

BOB GRANT (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) You may wish to salute (JRRR) James Cecil Dickens on his 60th annvsy w/ Grand Ole Opry on 11/1/2008...longest tenured member now. I know you have his history & I've known him for 45 years; he was first c/w artist to circle the globe on a world tour in 1964. If you need any other bio material, just let me know..I have it all! Just an idea for your column. ("Mickey-Mouse in pajamas!). "The only difference between a tax-man & a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin" (Mark Twain, 1835-1910) Have a great week...BOB & Sonny Lee. (I did not offer this idea to see my name in JRRR...only a tip for you.)

TEDDY ROOSEVELT (1858-1919) A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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November 3, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #577

THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN OUR LIFETIMES! PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

STUDS TERKEL: 1912-2008 R.I.P.

A legendary writer and radio personality dies of old age at 96 in his home in Chicago, IL. Louis Studs Terkel is born on May 16, 1912 in NYC. When he is just a boy, his family moves to the Windy City. Studs turns everyday folks' conversations into interesting stories that captivates generations of readers. Terkel charms us with his histories about World War II, the Great Depression and other fascinating themes. Studs roams America and records on tape conversations with ordinary folks about their everyday lives and thoughts. He interviews, deciphers, edits and collects their words into books that seize America's palates such as Division Street, Hard Times and Working. His book The Good War wins the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. Terkel says his secret is simple: It's listening. Charles Kuralt the late CBS newsman once says: When Studs Terkel listens, everybody talks. The Cleveland Plain Dealer writes of his World War II book, Readers will experience emotions they didn't know they had. He also is an actor in radio soap operas, usually as a gangster. In the 1940s, radio hooks Terkel into a full time occupation. He begins as a newscaster then becomes a DJ with a variety-show on Chicago's WFMT FM (98.7). Terkel changes his given name to Studs as a tribute to the fictional Studs Lonigan who is a rough and tumble character that novelist James T. Farrell creates. For 45 years Studs is a legendary radio personality with his daily music and interview show on fine arts and classical music station WFMT FM. Window To The World Communications manages WFMT. It also owns one of Chicago's 2 PBS TV stations, WTTW TV. WFMT is the flagship of the WFMT Radio Network and the Beethoven and Jazz Satellite Networks. WFMT also is a member of the European Broadcasting Union which makes it the only local broadcast radio station of any kind in the USA with that title. Studs Terkel once makes the remark, It's not that Chicago is that great. In fact, it's horrible. But living here is like being married to a woman with a broken nose. There may be lovelier lovelies, but never a lovely so real.

JOE THE PLUMMER HIRES AN AGENT

In the past couple of weeks a name that should be on the cover of Rolling Stone is Joe the Plumber. It all begins when presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama strolls down Joe's neighborhood street, waves at the crowd, kisses mothers and their babies. Joe the Plumber asks a simple question of the candidate that strikes a nerve. The whole procession stops right there in its tracks. All of a sudden all across America Joe the Plumber's image flashes on our TV screens. He quickly develops into a star, himself. Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher is Joe the Plumber. He becomes so much in demand that he decides to sign a deal with a Nashville, TN PR firm, The Press Office. Country recording artist Aaron Tippin is his mentor.

TRIVIA QUESTION: YYZ is the name of an instrumental tune by Rock group Rush. Where do they get that title? The answer appears below.

ROCK GUITARIST ENDORSES MCCAIN

We see and hear a lot about Hollywood celebrities and recording artists who toss their support toward the left side of politics. Hold your horses. Rock Supergroup Aerosmith generally leaves America's politics to bands like the Dixie Chicks and U2. But Aerosmith's lead guitarist Joe Perry says national security and present economic conditions inspire him to show his support for presidential candidate John McCain. From his home in the Boston. MA coastal suburb of Duxbury, Perry says, We pretty much stay out of it, but seeing so many people come out for Obama, I just felt like ‘What the h***, I might as well raise my hand for this side. Joe Perry's endorsement of McCain marks a first for the Platinum-selling guitarist-songwriter. The polls seem unbalanced so Joe urges his fans to get out and vote: I’m an optimist. It ain’t over till its over. I think that he’s got a chance. Tucker Bounds, presidential candidate John McCain spokesman, says: Joe Perry is an icon of rock-and-roll and a great American. John McCain absolutely appreciates his support.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•CHRIS ROBERTS leaves his PD/midday DJ spot at Tejas Broadcasting Hot AC KLTG FM (the Beach 96.5) Corpus Christi, TX on November 9, 2008. •WSNA FM Entercom Rhythmic AC Snap 94.1 Memphis-Germantown, TN becomes WKQK FM (Classic Hits 94-1 KQK) at 2 pm on Friday, October 17, 2008. Bob Seger’s Old Time Rock & Roll kicks things off. •KAREN PERRIN morning co-host on WMC-FM (FM100) moves across the hall to sister WKQK FM (94.1) on Monday, October 20, 2008. She joins her former co-host Steve Conley on the morning show.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1954 T. GRAHAM BROWN (Hell And High Water #1-1986 & Darlene #1-1988) born on October 30th in Atlanta, GA. •1965 YUTAKA OZAKI Rock pianist/songwriter HMV rated #23 in Japan's top 100 musicians born on November 29th in Tokyo, Japan. •1976 KASSIDY OSBORN of SHeDAISY born near Magna, UT on October 30th. •1980 WILLY GRAVES Punk-Jazz bassist born in San Diego, CA. •1995 DIAMOND RIO's Jimmy Olander marries Claudia Fontenot on October 30th. •2008 JOHNNY SCHOU bassist/guitarist with Rock group Tickle Me Pink dies at 22 of a heroin overdose on July 1st in Fort Collins, CO.

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JIM TRAVIS (Hot Springs, AR) WHAT DID YOU PRINT THAT UPSET JOHN McMURRAY SO? if he can't take a joke... (www.JimWWTravis.com)

FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) I see from your Friday JRRR that it IS John McMurray. In the early 70's he was my producer of my talk shows at KTRH. He lives near Austin, and his main job unless he's retired, is to record all of the Texas Legislative sessions every year. He's done that for 25 plus years. Great drummer and great audio production talent. I never realized he was so liberal until a few months back, and he sent me that Obama reply I told you about. Too bad. Frank (The Old Texan) Haley cjf Isa. 9:6 "When the sunshine of God's love meets the showers of our sorrow, the rainbow of promise appears."

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WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject: JOHN MCMURRAY (Austin, TX) unsubscribe me! Gee, I am sorry Mr. John McMurray of Austin, TX is not happy with the JRRR web site. He says, "Our founding fathers set it up so all voices would be heard." (But not necessarily on THIS web site.) He says, "The right wing-nuts are trying to kill that idea." (Yeah, right wing-nuts like Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senators John Kerry, Richard Durbin, Jeff Bingaman and, of course, Barack Obama and their "Fairness Doctrine".) He says, "Y'all are not fair and balanced in your trashing liberals." (Please, Jim, in the future be more fair and balanced in trashing liberals.) He says, "This is America in case you have not noticed." (Yes, it is, and we have noticed, and he has every right to be unsubscribed and, if he wishes, to start his own liberal web site. I say, "Good Bye and Good Luck!")

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Jim...I fervently hope the 'Fairness Doctrine' doesn't rear its Medusa-like head in radio again...I was working in Dallas radio (KLIF) during the 'fairness doctrine' mandate...my employer, Gordon McLendon, ran against the incumbent US Senator Ralph Yarborough from Texas in the Democrat primary in '64. Gordon offered Sen. Yarborough equal time on his three Texas radio stations: KLIF, Dallas; KILT, Houston and KTSA, San Antonio from the time he (Gordon) started running his own commercials in February, 1964. To our surprise, the canny senator refused the equal time offer initially...that is, until about three weeks before the primary election in May, when he demanded an equal number of commercials, retroactive to February. I can remember playing as many as 10 Yarborough commercials an HOUR for my 5-1/2 hour midnight to dawn show for a full three weeks...the same was true for all the other DJs on the station, PLUS the DJs/stations in Houston and San Antonio. Due to his 'saturation' radio campaign in Texas' three largest markets, he defeated Gordon in the primary. The wily "Ole Perchmouth" Senator Ralph Yarborough had outfoxed one of the greatest radio minds in the US; in fact, Gordon McLendon (some say Todd Storz) was the genius given credit by many broadcasting experts of literally creating, in the late 50s, what later became the nationally ubiquitous "Top 40" radio programming concept...still existing in its myriad forms today. For the sake of jocks who control the boards along with their support staffs, I would NEVER wish the egregious curse of monitoring any form of the "Fairness Doctrine" being proposed by one presidential candidate. It is a "Doctrine," but there's nothing "Fair" about it. - Dan McCurdy, Sherman, TX - Charlie Brown/Dan Patrick: KLIF, KBOX - Dallas; WMEX - Boston; Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inductee, 2004.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday November 4th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/ The next "Rabbitt Report" Saturday & Sunday November 8th. & 9th 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/

TRIVIA ANSWER: When Rock group Rush records their album Moving Pictures they are short one song title. Their Toronto airport baggage tag contains the code YYZ. That becomes the title of Rush's new instrumental tune. On the song's beginning is the morse code for YYZ.

SIR FRANCIS BACON (January 22, 1561-April 9, 1626) Sir Henry Wotton used to say that critics are like brushers of noblemen’s clothes.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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October 31, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #576

WE MOVE OUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR ON HALLOWEEN WEEKEND 2008

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

ELVIS PRESLEY TOPS LIST AGAIN

Among the list of the highest paid celebrities who are no longer with us The King tops the list again. As we well know Elvis Presley passes away at 42 on August 16, 1977 in his Graceland home in Memphis, TN. For me that day lives on in infamy because Elvis is always my favorite singer and entertainer, plus that's the same day I'm on I-10 on my way to Houston as a new DJ on KIKK FM. In 2007 alone he makes $52 million. The visitor flow increases to Elvis' Graceland mansion to mark the 30th anniversary of his death, plus he still sells lots of records, and there's his Sirius Satellite Radio show. He makes more money after his death than some of the world’s biggest living popstars and that even includes Madonna who earns a mere $40 million in 2007. Second on Forbes.com's annual list is Peanuts creator Charles Schultz. He dies in 2000 but earns $33 million between October 2007 and October 2008. Third on the list is actor Heath Ledger who plays The Dark Knight Joker in Batman but dies at only 28 from an accidental prescription drug overdose in January 2008. His earnings estimate is $20 million. All of this just goes to show that even in death Elvis is still The King.

AIN'T THAT THE DICKENS?

Legendary Country music singer and comedian Little Jimmy Dickens celebrates his 60th anniversary with the Grand Ole Opry, When he receives his first invitation to appear on the Opry, the 28 year old Dickens lives in Saginaw, MI: I remember now that when I was going to walk out on that stage, I felt like I was in my first talent show. I looked around and saw all these great people like Mr. Acuff standing around to watch what I was going to do. I really got upset and nervous. I guess what I did was accepted because in a month or two they called me back for another appearance. Jimmy says, I never dreamed I'd be there this long, really. It's hard for me to tell you what's going through my mind, I am so excited about it. During his 60 years on the Opry the 87 year old star performer witnesses a lot of Country music history. He talks of the historic Ryman Auditorium, We were limited on space down there and there were no dressing rooms. Everybody came to work in costumes. It was a wonderful time. We can watch Little Jimmy Dickens' 60th anniversary celebration on the Great American Country cable TV channel's Opry Live at 8 pm on Saturday, November 1, 2008.

PARTRIDGE FAMILY HITS PHILLY

Former child actor on TV's Partridge Family, Danny Bonaduce, finds new success behind radio headphones as a sometimes controversial but highly entertaining morning radio DJ. It all begins over 20 years ago as a sidekick on John Lander’s Nut Hut morning show on WEGX FM (Eagle 106) in Fayetteville-Dillon, SC. Later, Danny soars like an eagle with his very own morning show on some of America's top radio stations. Currently we hear Bonaduce on his one-hour daily radio show on CBS Radio KLSX FM (97.1) in the City of Angels that also is in syndication to other cities. But his latest adventure brings him back to the city of his birth Philadelphia, PA for a celebrity boxing appearance. Michael Klein of the Inquirer reports a quote that Danny makes on October 1, 2008 that if he receives an offer to do the morning show on WYSP he's on the next plane to Philly. We better watch what we wish for because on Wednesday, October 29th a mention in Klein's online column suggests that Bonaduce signs a contract for his new CBS Radio Rock WYSP FM (94.1) morning show to begin on November 10th. And his very anxious and able comrade Shila comes along as his co-host.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the 27 Club? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•TOM BUESSE Westwood One President/CEO receives more than $2 million as he exits his command post after only 10 months. How about this? He gets to keep his health insurance benefits for 18 months and at the same rate as an active employee. •KEVIN RYAN leaves Premiere Radio Networks after 8 years as Manager of Sales Planning to join Dial Global as its new VP of Sales Planning. •MACROVISION ditches the unprofitable TV Guide magazine and all its liabilities to OpenGate Capital for $1.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1958 MARK MILLER lead singer of Sawyer Brown born on October 25th in Dayton, OH. •1960 JOHN FISHER keyboards/trombone/drums in Rock group Wishbone Ash born on December 8th in Buxton, England. •1972 BRAD PAISLEY Country singer-songwriter-guitarist born on October 27th in Glen Dale, WV. •1982 NICKY GANBIRR YUNUPINGU yidaki player in Dance/Rock band Yothu Yindi born in Biranybirany, Australia. •1991 TRACY LAWRENCE's debut album, Sticks And Stones releases on Atlantic records on October 27th. •2008 PAUL VARLEY drummer with Rock band Purple Haze dies of pneumonia on July 2nd in London, England.

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DAVE LEWIS (Harrisburg, PA) Subject: How far away? Hi Jim, I'm Dave Lewis and I live in Harrisburg Pennsylvania...enjoy every issue.

DERRILL E. HOLLY (Arlington, VA) Hey Jim, are you aware that Cumulus Radio is hemorrhaging people? The last week or so has been really bloody in markets like Columbia, S.C., Topeka, KS, and Macon GA. Those are just places I've heard from longtime staffers who've been put on the beach because of budget cuts. For many of us who've stayed connected to the business long after we decided to bail on budget watchers who've carried the industry down the syndicated programming, "good-better-best" group ownership route, this is no surprise. But while Cumulus has refused to discuss the reasons why entrenched, involved and engaged voices with at least a decade on the air in some markets are being pushed out the door with no advanced warning and without a chance to even say "See ya" to their listeners, the company is at least offering the general public a chance to listen in on their discussion with shareholders about their budget woes. Of course, even if you can't ask questions, it might be interesting to your observations. Perhaps e-mails to the right business news cites could stimulate good discussion about the dangers of dumbing down the business to a few national voices and local cut-ins for traffic and weather in multiple day parts. The syndicators started with morning drive two decades ago, they've got afternoon drive in some big markets now...can middays really be that far behind. Sad to say, but board operators don't need good pipes, and some of the rising syndicated talent I've heard recently can't even pass the listenability standards many of our friends here had to meet to have a crack at anything besides overnight shifts. Success at stand-up comedy does not necessarily make for good radio...but that's just my opinion. Derrill E. Holly

JIM TRAVIS (Hot Springs, AR) I know you will be overjoyed to know that my PC is now acting like it should. I only wish that I had something important to say but I don't. Be forewarned...Jo can now forward e-mails. (www.JimWWTravis.com)

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rabbitt Report" Saturday & Sunday November 1st & 2nd 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/ The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday November 4th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/

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SHOTGUN COOK [Dwight] (Houston, TX) My wife Karen and I got a chance to go to the Texas Radio Hall of Fame and see my buddy CC McCartney inducted. CC and I used to work together at KRBE back when we were good lookin’. It was my first TRHOF event and required Billy Bob’s Texas in Ft. Worth to fit all the egos under one roof – Larry Shannon and many others pulled off a great event. CC is alive and well – trying to stay out of trouble with CC McCartney Voice imaging. He thinks the deer are bigger in Tennessee but he still has a hankering for Texas. Shotgun Cook

TRIVIA ANSWER: The 27 Club is a list of famous people who die at the age of 27. Some say that Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix are the most memorable members of this select group.

JOHN MCMURRAY (Austin, TX) Subject: unsubscribe me! Y’all are not fair and balanced in your trashing liberals. This is America in case you have not noticed. Our founding fathers set it up so all voices would be heard. The right wing-nuts are trying to kill that idea. I will not be a party to reading or listening to that kind of treasonous talk! John McMurray, Audio Producer, Voice Talent and Drummer

DAVID PERKINS (D/FW, TX) To all my friends, family and neighbors. I want to remind you that I will be preaching on the radio (KKGM-1630 in Dallas/Fort Worth) Sunday afternoon at 12:30 pm Central Time. If you're not in the DFW area you can listen live on the internet at www.KKGMam.Com. You can also go to my website www.JesusChristSaid.Com and listen to past sermons. Love, David. The Jesus Christ Said Ministries

BILL HYBELS (1952-p) The local church is the hope of the world and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

Jim Rose and Tejas

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October 29, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #575

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

FAMED SONGWRITER DIES

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Danny Dill dies at 84 on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at a hospital in Nashville, TN. Danny's birth name is Horace Eldred Dill. A couple of Danny's most memorable tunes are The Long Black Veil and Detroit City. As we remember, The Long Black Veil is a haunting folk medley that tells the sad tale about a murder. Lefty Frizzell takes it to the Top 10 on the Country charts in 1959. We all remember Bobby Bare's Detroit City that rises to #6 on the Country charts in the summer of 1963. It even crosses over to the Pop surveys. A familiar line from the song remains on my mind almost all the time. Songs from Dill's pen feature the voices of legendary recording artists Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, The Band, Kingston Trio, Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Carl Smith, Webb Pierce and Faron Young. Danny Dill inducts into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.

INTEREP COLLAPSES

As we mention in Monday's JRRR, Interep, one of America's largest radio representation firms sinks and its SOS calls are futile. In recent good times national accounts roll in for its top clients and Interep rides tall in the saddle. But here in 2008 America's economy suddenly falls on tough times. Big national accounts begin to hold back their ad dollars. This of all times is when ads should increase but a potential tsunami rages offshore. Interep begins to lose the firms it represents: Susquehanna, Cumulus, Citadel, Emmis, and Radio One. CBS Radio's 2/3 share of its revenue halts a total cave-in. But several attempts to save Interep fail. Its financier Oaktree Capital with 50% interest tosses $100,000 into the burning fire. Silver Point holds about 40% of Interep. The trio have pow-wows but still no solution arises from the flames. On March 31, 2008 Interep files Chapter 11 protection with no success. Interep goes into Chapter 7 which causes its long list of smaller clients to ponder their future. 300 employees are also at stake. On Monday, October 27th Interep starts its week-long employee lay-offs. The once powerful Interep comes apart at the seams. Rumors suggest that CBS Radio might even form its very own rep company. What this leaves us with is Clear Channel's Katz Media for major radio ad representation. JRRR wants to hear your thoughts about the fall of the Interep empire.

ROCK'N'ROLL TRAIN

One of the late, great British radio legend John Peel’s favorite tunes is Does This Train Stop On Merseyside. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft is born on August 30, 1939. Well, John now has a Rock'n'Roll train with his name on it. The train's official launch is on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at the Liverpool South Parkway station. Liverpool band Amsterdam performs the song in John's honor. Peel’s wife Sheila Ravenscroft is at the ceremony.

MSNBC AND NIELSEN RATINGS SWINGS

Fox News Channel talking head Bill O'Reilly lashes out at Nielsen for what he says are unexplained ratings swings that benefit MSNBC. Bill proclaims, There may be some big time cheating going on in the ratings system. O'Reilly claimes afoul. An examination of Nielsen reveals that their personnel is remarkably liberal. Nielsen Media Research Chairman Susan Whiting and 25 other executives make donations to Democratic campaigns.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Who has the hit song Chevy Van? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•JOHN MCCONNELL vacates his position as SVP/Programming of ABC Radio Networks on Friday, October 24, 2008. He programs ABC Radio Networks' music and talk formats. •CLEAR CHANNEL gives programming execs new long-term contracts: Alfredo Alonso, Darren Davis, Clay Hunnicutt, Phil Hunt, Tom Owens, Tom Poleman, Gene Romano, Brad Hardin, and Alan Sledge. Moving on up are Davis, Hunnicutt, Hunt, Hardin, and Poleman. •87 HISPANIC NETWORKS serve the Latino community in the USA. •ITALY & CUBA sign an agreement for Silvio Berlusconi's Medusa to shoot a comedy by Italo's Paolo Virzi on the Caribbean isle.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1958 RAY PRICE's City Lights hits #1 on Billboard's Country singles chart on October 20th and becomes the 1st #1 song from the pen of Bill Anderson. •1961 THE SHIRELLES' single Mama Said lands on Billboard on April 17th and rises to #4. •1970 JIMI WESTBROOK of Little Big Town born on October 20th in Jacksonville, AR. The group's 1st hit Boondocks arrives in 2005. •1980 IAN CURTIS singer/songwriter with Joy Division reportedly hangs himself at 23 on May 18th while he listens to Iggy Pop's The Idiot. •1991 GARTH BROOKS' No Fences is the 1st Country album to certify for more than 5 million copies on October 24th. •2008 MEL GALLEY (Melville) Rock guitarist/songwriter/singer with Whitesnake, Trapeze, Phenomena & Finders Keepers dies with cancer of the oesophagus on July 1st in Cannock, Staffordshire, England.

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DAVE LANE (Atlanta, GA) Your Brother Dave comment reminds me of a Frankie Laine interview I did in '94 or '95 at KQUE when he was visiting at Don's Record Shop and Don had him call me while I was on the air...caught H*** for that and later that year I got a call from Helen Reddy while she was between planes at Bush airport...I didn't put her on the air and she's never spoken to me since! Dave Lane (www.memorylaneoldies.com)

MARCOS RODRIGUEZ (Aspen, CO) howdy! mike was GM of KXOL when i worked there (as i recall, spring 76 to fall 77). he was also employed by KBUY before that and KESS after that. when i worked at kxol chuck brooks and gary stone were in sales. tom was the PD, tony berta was a jock. Marcos Rodriguez (www.aspenglenwood.com)

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ROBERT REYES [Bobby] (San Antonio, TX) Dear Jim...am most appreciative of your getting the info about Fred Weiss in! ...even more sad was the passing of the reporter from Arkansas!! ...will try to get back to you again, but the past few weeks for me have been crazy! ...talk at you again... Bobby R.

BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: My visit to the induction ceremonies. Ya shoulda been there! Dozens of JRRR subscribers were in attendance at Billy-Bob's Texas for the 2008 TRHoF inductions. Both Sammy Allred and Bob Cole made the trip up from Austin. Dave Cooke was decked out, dressed to the nines with a jaunty fedora, and beaming like the Port Isabel lighthouse. Bob Morrison was surrounded by family friends and well-wishers, and looked pretty darn good. Also looking good was the legendary Kent Burkhart. What a charmer! Rowdy Yates pointed out that KIKK (or was it KILT?) had more inductees than any other station. Josh (his real name) was a hoot, and he mentioned many familiar names, including Andy Waldrop. Larry Shannon looked like he was having a good time, but it was his capable assistant, Mike Shannon, who made sure I had a good time. I sat with Mike, John Scott (of WBAP) and Jason Walker, afternoon man on KLIF 570. CC McCartney was sharp as a tack, Michael O'Shea looked to be having the time of his life. All three of the surviving Hicks (Tom, Steve and Bill) accepted the induction for their Dad, John Hicks Jr. Jo Interrante was ravishing. Her daughters and daughter in law were pleasing to the eye as well. Joe Leonard was shown the love and respect a legend should get. All in all, another success. Bob

MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#574-34) October 27 2008 [Monday] Hi Jim, Just wanted to let you know that a fixture on the DFW airwaves and in local radio management has passed away. Nancy "Nan" Burns died after a long battle with throat cancer this past week. She was employed by KSKY for many years, and moved to KKGM in 2004, where she's been since. I haven't been able to locate funeral plans or other information, but I'm sure it will be posted on Legacy.com early this week. Thanks, Mike Shannon, Dallas, TX (www.knus99.com/links.html)

TRIVIA ANSWER: Remember Sammy Johns' neat tune Chevy Van in 1975? It hits #5 on Billboard and sells over a half-million copies.

DAVID PERKINS (D/FW, TX) Subject: KBUY reunion. Jimbo and Tejas. I figured Jay Weaver (Joe Fuchs) would email you about this but just in case (he keeps very busy) Jay and his wife Rhonda, my wife Pat and I along with Ron Rice and his wife Jerri from Houston and Bo Powell and his best friend Greta and her 10 year old son Alex got together for a KBUY reunion last Saturday (Oct 18th, 2008) at Riscky's Steak House in the stock yards area in North Fort Worth. Also there was Ron and Jerri's daughter Rhonda who flew over from her husband and family and job in Glasgow, Scotland. We had a great time talking about the past (and the future) of radio and everything else that walked by the restaurant! Ron and I both came to KPRC, Houston to play country music at night. I stayed there 1968-70 before leaving for WBAP, Fort Worth and back to KIKK in Houston and Ron was there 10 years. What's different about today? Well, we talked a lot about our grandchildren. Back then we just talked about how to avoid children! David Perkins (Charlie Brown), The Ecumenical Church for the Followers of Christ, The Jesus Christ Said Ministries (www.JesusChristSaid.com)

BOB DYLAN (May 24, 1941-p) Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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October 27, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #574

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

TV REPORTER DIES A GRISLY DEATH

The headline of the Wednesday, October 22, 2008 issue of JRRR is TV ANCHOR SURVIVES BEATING but we now have very sad news. Little Rock, AR TV reporter Anne Pressly who suffers severe injuries when a deranged thug breaks into her house, beats and stabs her now dies from those horrible wounds. This totally shocks any normal human being beyond belief. Anne's family does not release any details because no words can describe the sadness this tragedy brings. Police have no suspects. The 26 year-old Anne Pressly is a young attractive woman who has a brilliant career ahead but everything comes to a schreeching halt on that horrible night. In Oliver Stone's new George Bush biopic, W., Anne plays the role of a Conservative TV reporter. Arkansas residents know Pressly from her chance interview with Vice President Dick Cheney. She captures Cheney in the ammo isle of a local sporting goods store. Anne's parents, Guy and Patti Cannady, release this statement: We are profoundly saddened to tell you that our dear Anne has lost her struggle for life. It was our hope, as was yours, that Anne would overcome the injuries inflicted upon her in the brutal attack at her home. We were with her in her last moments, and although our hearts are broken, we are at the same time comforted by our faith knowing that Anne is now with our Heavenly Father. The outpouring of compassion we have received is truly a testament to the way in which Anne has touched so many people in a positive way. Thank you for your prayers and your many acts of kindness. We are grateful for the wonderful care Anne received from her doctors, nurses and others at St. Vincent. Our lives will not be the same without her. We ask that you continue to pray for us as we struggle to move forward without our dear sweet daughter. We also ask that you give us the privacy we need at this very difficult time.

INTEREP FILES CHAPTER 7

Last minute efforts to save Interep do not pay off. David Kennedy, Interep CEO, announces that the independently-owned mega-rep goes into liquidation. Interep backer, Oaktree Capital, supports the company while it endures reorganization under Chapter 11 but the efforts prove futile. Oaktree states that it will not buy the rest of Interep. The mega company's first series of layoffs begin October 27-November 9, 2008. Interep loses radio groups Citadel, Cumulus and Radio One. CBS Radio, a major client of Interep, says the company improperly uses funds that belong to CBS which brings in as much as two-thirds of Interep's revenue. As Interep disappears, Katz Media, which Clear Channel owns, now dominates the national sales-rep field. And the beat goes on.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does Elton John get his name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAL JAY & MARK DAVIS host WBAP-820's Texas Ball-The Coalition To Salute America's Heroes benefit to a sell-out audience which pays tribute to & provides financial assistance for families of American military men & women who suffer injuries in the line of duty. •PETE VAN WIEREN announcer for the Atlanta Braves (The Professor) announces his retirement after 33 years. •SOVEREIGN CITY launches its new morning show Great Day With Jim & Debbie for national distribution as part of its positive AC Oasis format lineup. •ERIC WELLMAN APD/MD Clear Channel Classic Rock WAXQ FM (Q104.3) NYC moves on up to PD. •COMCAST cuts 300 out of a total 20,000 jobs in its eastern division as part of a restructuring according to Bloomberg News.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1951 DAVID WILLS Country singer/songwriter/guitarist (There's A Song On the Jukebox #10-1975) born on October 23rd in Pulaski, TN. •1968 D'ARCY WRETSKY-BROWN female bass picker with Smashing Pumpkins (1979 #12-1996) born on May 1st. •1978 DON WAYNE writer of one of my favorite tunes Cal Smith's Country Bumpkin inducts into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame on October 15th. •1989 PHINEAS NEWBORN, JR. brilliant jazz pianist dies at 57 at his home in Memphis, TN on Friday, May 26th. •1990 NAOMI JUDD tells reporters on October 17th that she has hepatitis and has to stop her performances. Both Naomi and Wynonna hold that fateful press conference in the same room where they originally audition for RCA in 1983. •2008 CLIVE HORNBY drummer with Rock group The Dennisons dies of Hypoxia on July 3 in Leeds, England.

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MARCOS RODRIGUEZ (Aspen, CO) the FCC auction 5 years ago. they have had other since of course. we went on the air over 3 years ago. one radio station various frequencies. due to mountain environment we have translators and repeaters.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday October 28th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/ The next "Rabbitt Report" Saturday & Sunday November 1st & 2nd 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/

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BOBBY REYES [Clear Channel WOAI-1200] (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim...my apologies for not replying lately...have had a lot goin' on here and have been a bit busy...while I never had Fred as one of my "profs", I knew him as always friendly and thankful for my helping with the annual KSYM Pledge Drive at San Antonio College...he was dearly loved by his students though...separately is another e-mail on an event this coming Tuesday the 28th...hopefully maybe one of your readers see this and pass along good thoughts...hope you're doing OK and we will get back w/you! Bobby R.

FRAN LANDSWICK [Clear Channel Radio] (San Antonio, TX) Sent: Fri 10/24/2008 To: ROBERT M REYES Subject: fred weiss Posted 2008-10-22 Fred Weiss, a founder of TMC, has passed away. It is with great sadness we report that charter TMC member Fred Weiss, who was so instrumental in the founding of the Texas Music Coalition (TMC) and served on its founding steering committee, passed away last Sunday, Oct. 19, following a brief illness. Fred, a longtime professor in the Radio/TV/Film department at San Antonio College, influenced a generation now serving in those fields, as well as many in the area music scene, in which he was also very active. Fred was program coordinator for SAC’s new Music Business Department and was known for his enthusiasm and dedication as a teacher. He was also a music publisher (Dukie & Yanaguana Music), video producer and co-founder of local film organization CineSA, which served the area cinematic community in past years. Formerly active in the old Texas Music Association’s S.A. chapter, when that statewide organization folded in early 1998 (putting an end to the local chapter as well) he was one of a handful of former TMA leaders who met informally to decide on a course of action. It was decided to hold a citywide planning meeting, calling on everyone involved in the area music scene who was interested to attend. Fred subsequently designed the flyer that was posted and faxed out for this meeting. Well, here TMC is 10 years later, due in large part to Fred’s input at our start. Over the years Fred organized and served on panels for TMC, served as a judge when we inaugurated our scholarship program, and was an invaluable resource whenever we needed advice or assistance. We last saw Fred when he attended our July panel on getting airplay for CDs. In June, he showed up at TMC’S annual Meet & Greet saying he’d gotten the word help was needed at the entry table, but could only stay for a little while. We already had a full crew for the first table shift, so he stayed on to enjoy the event a bit and posed for a picture with the TMC banner, which we’d hung outside Casa Chiapas. That photo is the opening one for the 2008 Meet & Greet in the Photo Gallery on this web site and will now serve as a tribute to Fred’s many contributions to the Texas Music Coalition over the years and a reminder of all the lives he touched with his generosity and enthusiasm. We will miss him greatly. Details on a memorial service for Fred will be posted as soon as we know them.

BOBBY REYES [Clear Channel WOAI-1200] (San Antonio, TX) Hi again, Jim...here is another bit of info on Fred's passing and a get together being planned...hope you will consider a mention in your newsletter. Bobby R.

DEBORAH M. MARTIN (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Remembering Fred Weiss. On Tuesday, October 28, at approximately 10:45 a.m., a reporter from KSAT 12 is planning to visit the Longwith Radio, Television and Film building at San Antonio College to visit with faculty, staff, students, alumni and others who may want to talk about what Fred meant to them. If you are interested, please feel free to be here, and pass the word along to others who might also be interested. Deborah M. Martin, Public Relations Director, San Antonio College

TRIVIA ANSWER: Reginald Kenneth Dwight aka Elton John takes his first name from Bluesology saxophonist Elton Dean and his last from John Baldry.

DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER [34th U.S. President] (October 14, 1890-March 28, 1969) The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.

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October 24, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #573

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

O'REILLY IS STILL A FOX ON THE RUN

TV's most-watched personality on cable news signs a new four-year contract with Fox News Channel that reports suggest are for $10 million a year. Bill O'Reilly, the Conservative host of The O'Reilly Factor, tops the list of cable news shows in the 8 pm time period for a long time. O'Reilly's ratings prove his knock-out punch. He averages 2.9 million viewers in the third quarter. That figure is up 42% from his 2007 number. Bill issues a statement: I decided to come back because under (FNC chief exec) Roger Ailes, Fox News is a great place to work. And, if I retired, I know my friends in the elite media would miss me greatly. He also says that he wants to retire from his nationally syndicated Westwood One radio show which draws about 3.5 million listeners. O'Reilly tells the New York Daily News: I can't work 60 hours a day. I'm going to have to make some kind of adjustments. In an interview with the Washington Post, O'Reilly indicates that he likely gives up the radio talk show by early next year. He never mentions how long he wants to remain on our TV screens. He does say: I'm not going to be Andy Rooney, much as I respect him. There comes a point where what you're doing isn't worth it anymore. I don't need any money.

FAIRNESS DOCTRINE REARS ITS UGLY HEAD

U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM] says in his recent appearance on Jim Villanucci's show on Citadel Talk KKOB-770 in Albuquerque, NM that he wants the Fairness Doctrine to return. He also states that he wants KKOB change its Conservative format. KKOB host Villanucci asks the senator if he wants our government to force changes in KKOB's programming. Does an Obama administration push to reinstate the repealed Fairness Doctrine? The U.S. Democratic senator Bingaman from NM bluntly states, I would. I would want this station and all stations to have to present a balanced perspective and different points of view instead of always hammering away at one side. I think that radio and media in general should have a higher calling than just reflecting a particular point of view. For many, many years we operated under a Fairness Doctrine and I think the country was well served by that. I think that public discussion was at a higher level and more intelligent in those days than it has become since. America needs our prayers in these desperate times. Hang on...here comes the night.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Whose pop parody recording career includes the hit Eat It? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•ABC SHIFTS NEWS CORRESPONDANTS Miguel Marquez moves from Los Angeles, CA to the London bureau. Miguel joins ABC news in May 2005. He spends most of his time in the battlefields of Iraq. Mike Von Fremd transfers from Dallas, TX to Los Angeles, CA. Ryan Owens leaves NYC for Dallas, TX. •DOM THEODORE accepts the VP/Programming position at CBS Radio's 6-station cluster in Detroit, MI also the corporate role as VP of CHR Programming. •KNRJ FM Sierra H dance duo (Energy 92.7/101.1) in Phoenix, AZ switches to a new format after October 31, 2008. The question is: What format?

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1952 HANK WILLIAMS marries Billie Jean Jones Eshliman on October 18th in Minden, LA. Their car runs out of gas. •1969 TOMMY EDWARDS R&B singer/songwriter'pianist (It's All in the Game #1-1958) dies with a brain aneurysm on October 23rd. •1977 ELVIS PRESLEY's funeral service is at Graceland on August 18th. •1984 ESTHER PHILLIPS R&B singer (Release Me #8-1962) dies of liver & kidney failure on August 8th. •1990 TIM MCGRAW signs a recording contract with Curb Records on October 22nd. •2007 BILLY HENDERSON tenor singer with The Spinners dies with diabetes on February 2nd.

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MARCOS RODRIGUEZ (Aspen, CO) howdy! mike bradley (virgil dowell) passed away over the weekend (oct 18) of heart failure. he was GM of KXOL in the 70's and in texas radio for decades. it appears that kxol1360.com is offline. does the content have another web address? Marcos Rodriguez (www.aspenglenwood.com)

JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Mike Bradley obit: Dowell, Virgil Earl "Mike Bradley" Virgil Earl Dowell, also known as Mike Bradley, lost his courageous battle with heart failure Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. His sense of humor, smile and great DJ voice will be missed. Memorial service: A service to celebrate his life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at North Dallas Funeral Home. Memorials: May be made to Southwind Haven (Animal Rescue), 2207 Westmoreland Road, Ovilla, Texas 75154. It is with heavy hearts and much love that we send him off to his long-dreamed-of horse ranch so he may live a healthy, happy and eternal life. He will always remain in our hearts and memories. Mike Bradley grew up in Cut and Shoot and Cleveland and lived most of his working life in Fort Worth, Arlington and Dallas. He enjoyed a long radio career working with KDSX in Sherman, Rodriguez Communications, KLTY, KESS, KXEB, KLAT, KRVA, KTCY, KSCS, WBAP, KXOL, KBUY and KILT. Survivors: His wife, Charleen; children, Michael, Heather, Cindy Washlesky and Thomas White; and most important of all and the light of his life, his grandchildren, Savannah, Channing and Jessica, who made each day a bright new adventure and encouraged him to strive for another day to spend with them; and sisters, Gwenda Stephan and Bonnie Gayle Dowell. (www.legacy.com/dfw/Obituaries.asp?Page=SEARCHRESULTS)

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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I admire the time you put into getting out such a great newsletter. I was thinking of in school my grandmother would send me some extra money as a gift for my birthday, Christmas, etc. She always liked a Thank You. My father told me if asked to tell her I made a sound investment knowing that it had usually been used to purchase Lps. When CDs came out my mother hated the fact they did actually sound better than Lps, she knew that my father and me would want to convert our collections. My mother's sister will be 80 in December, so the family will be having a get-together for Thanksgiving/Birthday Party in Johnson City, TN. My mother will have her birthday in November she turns 78. I am beginning to realize more and more how I was like my father, but I would not want to admit it... Since the weather has cooled down a bit, I am starting to bicycle more and taking longer trips. I find I get some places bicycling faster than using DART. Besides DART does not go certain places at all due to various reasons. Charles George

BOB GRANT (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) I am fortunate to have met most on your list: Dick Clark first time, Nashville, premiere of movie, "Nashville Rebel"; another at world premiere of The Hank Williams Story, & many times he was at the annual DJ Convention, Nashville..those I attended from 1954 to 1960 & then 1961 to 1973. There is where I also meet Chill Wills (from Seagoville,TX, 1902-12/15/78). Met George Kennedy at Sun City Sr. Ctr in AZ, "Senior Expo" annual event. I never got to meet Slim Pickens (Louis Bert Lindley, Jr, 1919-12/12/83) or Lou Rawls (12/1/35-1/6/2006) Others you named I brought on stage as M/C include: Jerry Lee Lewis (5 or 6 times in VA & NC), Sonny James 2 or 3 times in VA shows.. (born James Loden 5/1/29, Hackelburg, Ala.) Glen Campbell M/C of his show at Univ. Hall, Charlottesville; (he moved a few years ago from Phoenix to Malibu); Tanya Tucker at same venue (you would enjoy her auto-bio bk, "Nickel Dreams" from 1997 -born 10/10/58, Sherman,TX; raised in Willcox, AZ, & I've seen her old house in Willcox, AZ from where Rex Allen befriended her & got her on the "Lew King Ranger" TV show in Phoenix from 1969..her Dad with her at my show in 1973, 1-yr after "Delta Dawn." I have a long list of acts at Univ. VA where I was M/C, including the Four Tops. (original four) I can provide them all upon request. Better stop this rambling until I sign back on tmrrw around 5PM. Goodnight for now, BOB

TRIVIA ANSWER: Wierd Al Yankovic's lampoon of Michael Jackson's 1983 hit Beat It is Eat It which is his biggest single. It rings the chime at #12 in 1984. Rick Derringer is the guitar picker.

BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Thanks for including the item, Jim. btw- check the stock prices for my two employers... Westwood One and Citadel. Westwood One is at 15 cents...Citadel's Market Capitalization is less than the value of the DFW cluster alone...Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? bc

JERRY GARCIA (August 1, 1942-August 9, 1995) Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

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October 22, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #572

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

TV WEATHERCASTER DIES

Syracuse, NY’s first TV meteorologist Horace Stormy Meredith passes away on Sunday, October 19, 2008 just four days away from his 91st birthday. Horace plays a game of golf with his daughter at Liverpool Golf and Country Club, becomes ill and dies at University Hospital. Meredith is a champion senior golfer who plays every day. As a meteorologist he first is with NewsChannel 9 (then WNYS-TV). During the Blizzard of '66 he calls in reports and forecasts from his home. Stormy is known for his weather cube map that he uses to indicate weather patterns and forecast terms. He stays at channel 9 for twelve years. In the early 1980’s he returns as a part-time weekend meteorologist. Horace Meredith is born in Guilford, NC on October 23, 1917. He studys meteorology at Western Carolina University. In 1942 he joins the US Air Force as a cadet. His military career takes him to France, Germany and Okinawa. In 1965 he retires as a lieutenant colonel at Hancock Field in Syracuse. He and his wife, Mildred, just celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. Horace Meredith leaves behind his wife and three daughters. Burial is in the Onondaga County Veterans Cemetary.

TV ANCHOR SURVIVES BEATING

A popular TV anchorwoman in Little Rock, AR who has a small part in the Bush biopic W is in critical but stable condition on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 after she suffers a severe beating in her home. The 26 year-old Anne Pressly's personality makes her a hit with Little Rock's ABC affiliate KATV TV viewers. Police Investigators do not know if this is a home invasion or if she is a target because of her high-profile job. Cassandra Davis, police spokeswoman, says (It) is possible that it is something other than robbery. Our detectives are talking with co-workers because she was a public figure, because she was on the news, in the media. On Monday just a half-hour before she is due on the set of Daybreak her mother, Patricia Cannady, finds her in her bed battered, bloodied and unresponsive after she doesn't answer her wake-up call. Cassandra describes her injuries as severe wounds and that she suffers stab wounds. The KATV Web site says that her most notable interview is with Vice President Dick Cheney who travels through an Arkansas town. Anne finds the highway blocked in front of a hunting goods store because Cheney is inside. Pressly asks for an interview. She talks with the VP in the ammunition aisle.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Who writes the lyrics for Elton John's biggest hits in the 70's? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•JENNIFER SCHACK is the new early morning weekend weathercaster on Belo WFAA TV CH 8 Dallas, TX. Formerly chief meteorologist at independent CH 6 TV News on the Sunflower Broadband cable system in Lawrence, KS Jennifer is a native of California, KY. She replaces Meghan Danahey who heads south on I-35 to Belo KVUE-TV in Austin, TX. •MACLOVIO PEREZ (Mac) veteran WOAI TV CH 4 weathercaster resigns after 6 years to become spokesman for the Edgewood Independent School District. Tanji Patton anchorwoman leaves after 17 years. Recently Greg Derkowski director of creative services departs after 10 years.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1952 KEITH KNUDSEN drummer with Rock's Doobie Brothers and Country's Southern Pacific born on October 18th in Ames, IA. •1963 STEVIE WONDER's Fingertips - pt. 2 reaches #1 when he is only 13 years 1 month old. •1972 LORETTA LYNN wins the first female Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year award on October 16th. She gains 3 trophies at the 6th annual event at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. •1997 SHeDAISY's Kelsi Osborn marries Steve Simpson on October 17th. •2001 US launches strikes against Afghanistan's Taleban on October 7th in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.

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PERRY MICHAEL SIMON (Malibu, CA) So, you got laid off, huh? Sorry to hear that. I'm always sorry to hear that. And I'm hearing that so much lately, it's...depressing...Anyway, you got the ax, and your head is spinning. I know the feeling, although in my case(s), I saw the ax coming sufficiently early to go through the whole Kübler-Ross Five Stages of Grief before getting called into the General Manager's office. You know the five stages: Denial ("They can't fire me - the ratings were UP in Men 49-54 in our Hot Zips!"), Anger ("You #(%!& glorified salesman! You're ruining radio! Why, I oughta...."), Bargaining ("Wait! I'll do overnights! Weekends! I'll board op!"), Depression ("Why bother? I'll eventually get replaced with syndication anyway"), and Acceptance ("Well, that didn't work out. Maybe I ought to update my resume. Do I have a resume?"). You're probably somewhere early in the process right now. Let it play out. It always does...Stay confident in yourself. Your unemployment doesn't necessarily mean you suck. Good people, talented people, worthy people get fired. I mean, this is radio - getting fired is part of the tradition. And, above all... good luck. This, too, shall pass. Perry Michael Simon, Editor, All Access News-Talk-Sports Read more at www.allaccess.com/ News/Talk/Sports

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BOB GRANT (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) From: tracy@hillbillyhits.com Subject: Joe Paul Nichols Diagnosed With ALS. Texas Country Music Legend Joe Paul Nichols has announced that he has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Joe Paul is currently feeling great and he and his wife Carolyn are currently researching various options for Joe Paul. He is also in the process of working on his book about his life in Country Music. The book will look at not only Joe Paul's extradionary life, but also a glimpse into the music business during the last five decades. "Joe Paul was one of the first entertainers that we ever had the opportunity to book," Tracy Pitcox said. "Not only is Joe Paul a great entertainer, but he is also one of the truly greatest men that I have ever had the pleasure of calling friend." Joe Paul may be contacted at 301 North Church Street; Jacksboro, Texas 76458.

BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Hall of Fame. Jim; I've been pleased to get to know Larry Dixon these past few weeks. You may recall Larry from the glory days of KVIL and later from KLUV. Now he's the morning man on our sister station, the new KPMZ-FM, Platnum 96.7. What a prince of a man. His side-kick is Gail Lightfoot, another wonderful person. As I write this, I recall that both Larry and our own WBAP morning man Hal Jay were inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame last year. This year, four more people I have worked with are being inducted, including Sammy Allred and Bob Cole (from KVET) as well as Bob Morrison and Dave Cooke (who I know from my days at KRLD). I don't get out much these days, but I've got my ticket to this Sunday's TRHoF induction, and am looking forward to it. Bob Crowley

MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) OK, plans are now set for the DFW Radio Lunch Bunch for this Friday 10/24 at the usual place, Boston's Pizza in Irving, 635/LBJ just west of MacArthur (on the WB service road.) We'll meet around 12:30 PM. Same as usual...no speeches or agendas, just mingling amongst old friends and making new ones...and perhaps a little networking? Come and go as you please, and it's Dutch treat, so everyone pays for their own. It's open to any radio people, anywhere, from any era, and even TV folks are welcome to come by. And it's ok if you're a present/former/"on the beach" radio person...we don't care...plus there's plenty of opportunities for networking! Please shoot me an email to RSVP to the Lunch Bunch so I can get a rough head count. mike@knus99.com (or shannon914@wans.net) let me know ASAP...c'mon by! See ya there! Thanks! Mike Shannon (www.knus99.com/)

TRIVIA ANSWER: Beginning in 1969 Elton John teams up with lyricist Bernie Taupin. Around Christmas 1970 Your Song is their first hit. It lands at #8 in Billboard. They have several #1 and Top 10 tunes throughout the 1970s. The team squabbles, breaks up between 1977 and 1979 but rejoin in 1982.

LIZ HOUSTON PATRANELLA (Austin, TX) It's time once again for all us old, former, retired and some still active San Antonio Broadcasters to get together to renew old friendships and share old memories. Make your plans now to attend! And, please bring all those old photos and any memorabilia you have with you! We all want to see and share the memories! San Antonio DJ Reunion Lunch; Wednesday, November 5, 2008; 11:30 am; Sea Island Restaurant; I-10 North at Amerisuites Drive between Wurzbach and Huebner (on north side of I-10) San Antonio (210) 558-8989 Please remember -- Our agreement for use of the private room is that attendees purchase a meal. Please be considerate of our hosts and order as you arrive. R.S.V.P. A.S.A.P. Reservations are required. If you can't come, but would like a short message read to the group, please email the message to me and I'll read it at the luncheon. Our thanks again to Don Couser for making arrangements with Sea Island for our gatherings. And special thanks to Don "Skinny" Green for his continuing efforts to maintain our "Roster". I look forward to seeing all my old friends again...and hopefully some who haven't been able to join us before. I await your email replies! Liz Houston Patranella; KBAT 1966; KQXT 1968; KTSA 1968-69

ELEANOR H. PORTER (December 19, 1868-May 21, 1920) It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?

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October 20, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #571

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

A MOTOWN VOICE SILENCES

The baritone voice singer who is the member of one of America's most beloved singing groups dies at 72 after a long illness in Michigan. Levi Stubbles comes to life on June 6, 1936, in Detroit, MI. We music fans know him as Levi Stubbs the lead singer of the éclat Motown R&B group The Four Tops who mesmirize us with many wonderful tunes in the Sizzlin' Sixties and Solumn Seventies. Their first #1 hit is I Can't Help Myself in the summer of 1965. Remember that song very well because I spin their 45 rpm record as a DJ on my first radio venture on KASO-1240 in Shreveport-Minden, LA. Love all of their tunes but perhaps my favorite is one that I play in 1973 on KFJZ-1270 in Ft. Worth, TX Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) which rises to #4. In 1954 Levi and his school chums Abdul Duke Fakir, Renaldo Obie Benson and Lawrence Payton form the Four Aims. In 1956 they change the name of their group to The Four Tops as singers in supper-clubs. In 1963 Motown records signs them to a contract and the rest is history. The Four Tops remain intact as a team until Lawrence dies in 1997, Theo Peoples takes his place. In 1990 The Four Tops become members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Renaldo dies on July 1, 2005. Levi Stubbs passes away on Friday, October 17, 2008.

WESTWOOD ONE HAS MAJOR CHANGES

On Friday evening, October 17, 2008 Westwood One ousts CEO Tom Buesse after just 10 months on the job. Reports suggest that WW1's CFO Rod Sherwood III, who joins WW1 on September 17th from L.A.-based investment fund the Gores Group becomes the new President/CEO. Since Beusse arrives, the Gores Group pours $100 million into the troubled programming distributor. All of a sudden Gores has sort of a wake up call which produces these massive changes. WW1 brings in Jones MediaAmerica SVP/COO Cathy Csukas and former Jones President Gary Shoenfeld as co-DOS's. They recently receive pink slips from Dial-Global after Jones MediaAmerica takes over. Just weeks ago WW1 fires its EVP/Sales Paul Gregrey. The recent credit crunch spells bumpy roads ahead for media companies with heavy debts on their shoulders. Then the helicopter crash north of Houston, TX near The Woodlands that we report in Friday's JRRR which causes the two onboard to die just adds to WW1's miseries. Bloomberg says that WW1 meets with financiers to either refinance or extend their $85 million in debt that comes due in 2009. What's next? Only the Shadow knows. Don't touch that dial.

TOM BIGBY EARNS HIS STRIPES

More good news for our buddy the veteran radio programmer Tom Bigby who CBS Radio recently sends to Detroit, MI to spice up the programming of Sports WXYT-1270 & WXYT FM (The Ticket 97.1). Awhile back, Tom tells me that he still maintains his mansion in Dallas, TX. He also does his best to keep the airline companies afloat with his back-and-forth journeys back home. Both cities are Big Ds but Dallas is near and dear to us Texans' hearts, plus it's my home town. Well, Tom adds a new corporate title to his already elegant radio resume. Bigby tacks on VP/Strategic Programming to his post as OM/PD of the CBS Radio operation in Motor City. In addition to the Detroit radio Sports duo his new duties include direct work with the CBS Radio corporate bunch that includes VP/Programming Chris Oliviero and SVP/Programming Greg Strassell to create and develop on-the-air and online formulas for all CBS Radio formats. Salute!

TRIVIA QUESTION: Who does the original version of I Love Rock 'n Roll? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•JACK REYNOLDS well known Cleveland, OH sportscaster on WHK-1420 and WWWE-1100 dies at 71 on Thursday, October 17, 2008 after bypass heart surgery and an intestinal operation. •LAURA INGRAHAM show replaces Reese Hopkins from 10 am-12 noon on WRKO-680 Boston, MA. This brings Laura to 21 of the top 25 metro markets and 42 of the top 50 metro markets. •GLOBAL RADIO the largest radio group in the UK signs a new two year contract through a deal with Trafficlink with UBC Media Group to supply traffic and travel bulletins for the entire Global Radio group that includes Heart FM, LBC and Galaxy stations.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1951 DENNIS FREDERICKSEN lead singer Rock group Toto (1984) born on May 15th. •1967 DOLLY PARTON replaces Norma Jean on The Porter Wagoner Show on October 16th. •1979 MINNIE RIPPERTON (Loving You #1-1975) dies of breast cancer on July 12th in Los Angeles, CA. •1980 JOSH GRACIN American Idol winner born on October 18th in Westland, MI. •1994 STING receives an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA on May 17th. •2005 CARRIE UNDERWOOD's Jesus, Take The Wheel releases on Arista records on October 18th.

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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: It's The Same Song. Hi, I just noticed Levi Stubbs has now departed company. He was only 72... I've heard that song before... I remember getting CKLW 800 with Rock but the only other station from Detroit I could hear was WJR 760. I use to enjoy listening to Captain Jay on WJR with his Jazz program, since as many Jazz artists came from Dallas it was hard to find anyone playing Jazz, and I got hooked on Jazz hearing it on KFAD before they went to Rock only. Houston and Austin would get the Big Name Artists that I wanted to hear but they did not come to Dallas. I remember KNOK had a jazz show that came on at Midnight the host used All Blues as a theme song. Charles George

JOYCE WEBSTER (Mena, AR) Hi Jim! So sad about the helicoptor crash. Thoughts and prayers are with the families and the co-workers. While I was at KLIF we had a young "gopher" named Cary who died of the London Flu. It was a very sad time. Regarding the news staff at KLIF when I was there, the team consisted of Joe Holstead, Bruce Hughes, Scott Hodges, Bob Richmond and a young woman whose name I have forgotten. I believe her first name was Gail, and I remember that she had an accident in a news car. There may have been other part-time folks I have forgotten. I particularly remember Gail as she and I once did an interview of James Drury, who starred as The Virginian on television. It seems we were having a/c problems the day he was interviewed, and I was asked to help the young woman interview him at a restaurant, watering hole down the street from KLIF. He was such an ego-maniac that I strongly disliked him. Particularly, I remember asking him if this was his first visit to Texas and how he was enjoying Dallas. His response was that he couldn't get a decent shoe shine or cigar in Texas. Years later I had an opportunity to "get even", and I did while visiting a radio friend in West Texas, in fact it was at the time Elvis passed away. That is fodder for another radio story. Hope you are making progress on getting the old transportation repaired. Always, JC

SCOTT HODGES (Shreveport, LA) Hey Jim, I mentioned 1972 at KLIF because Bob Richmond, one of the guys I worked with at the station swears up and down he was there only in '72. Personally, I recall being there during the whole of '71 when Joe Holstead hired me and Michael O'Shea was PD. J.C. was there, at the time. Bruce Hughes was there along with Ron McAllister, Sam Lee, and Lou Staples. I worked across the window from Dave Ambrose and sometimes subbed for Hughes across from Mike Seldon and Dickie Heatherton. My memory tells me I arrived at KLIF in the early spring of 71, and left for Seattle a year later. Guess you and I were special, both being hired by John Rhodes, and both feeling that was the worst career move mistake we'd made. When Rhodes hired me I came in at about the same time at KTSA with Barry Kaye, Jon Mathews, and worked with Kahn L. Hammon, Bruce Hathaway and a host of others I don't remember. By the way, any chance you will use the "donation" concept on your website and/or the CashBox site? Good luck with that and let me know how it works out. I feel certain you'll get the needed subscriptions to keep your column going and get your American Iron running again. Cheers and best regards, Scott Hodges, CEO; On Hold Marketing of America, LLC; Shreveport, LA (www.OnHoldMarketingofAmerica.com)

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BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) There was a time when static was limited to the radio dial. Eventually, it crept into our radio lives. b

TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1975 Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker of The Arrows write and record the very first version of the song I Love Rock 'n Roll and release it on on RAK Records but the tune never hits the national chart. Mickie Most is the producer. Joan Jett and Britney Spears each record their covers of the song and receive international chart success.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt Tuesday October 21st. 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org/ The next "Rabbitt Report" October 25th. & 26th. 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/

CICERO (106 BC-43 BC) The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

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October 17, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #570

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

BATMAN COMPOSER DIES

To us ardent Batman fans the TV series is the real deal. The music is also a knockout. The genius behind TV's Batman music is Big Band trumpeter/arranger and composer Neal Hefti. Neal's son Paul says that he dies unexpectedly at 85 on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at his home. Neal Hefti's 1960s Batman theme song becomes a Top 40 radio hit. In 1966 the song wins a Grammy Award for best instrumental theme. Neal does TV's The Odd Couple sound track, movies Barefoot in the Park and Harlow, too. Hefti's son says that the Batman theme is his dad's most difficult piece. It takes him at least one month to compose the driving bass and explosive trumpet bursts. Paul Hefti tells The Associated Press, He threw away more music paper on this thing than any other song, It got down to the blues with a funny guitar hook, the lowest common denominator and a fun groove. He didn't write songs in between jobs and when he retired he never wrote another song. Former KMPC-710 Hollywood, CA radio personality and co-star on TV's Laugh In, Gary Owens, who is a longtime friend, tells the Los Angeles Times, He was one of the really great arrangers and composers of all time. Neal Hefti is born on October 29, 1922 in Hastings, NB. As a teen he plays trumpet with local bands to earn money. In his adult life, Neal works with and arranges music for the greats of the Big Band era that includes Count Basie, Woody Herman, Charlie Spivak and Harry James.

LAYOFFS IN THE SKY

As we all know Sirius satellite radio and its lone competetitor XM recently merge. Sirius acquires XM in summer 2008 for about $3.3 billion. CEO, Mel Karmazin, alerts investors and analysts in September that Sirius XM Radio loses about $350 million this year with revenue of $2.4 billion. Sirius XM Radio lays off at least 50 employees on Wednesday. October 15, 2008 that includes on- and off-air talent on channels with formats that range from Oldies to modern-day Rock. XM DJ Kandy Klutch says, It's not a surprise at all. It's actually a relief. She is a DJ on XM's '80s channel with XM since 2001. Matt Baldassarri, Washington-based DJ who until Wednesday night hosts a show called Night Prowl with music from the '50s says it shocks him when he finds out he loses his job. Baldassarri just marries a week and a half ago and returns home from his honeymoon with the breaking news: This is probably going to be one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. Analysts say that as the merged companies consolidate their staff layoffs are to be expected. April Horace, radio industry analyst with Janco Partners, says, It shouldn't be any surprise that some people will be relieved of their duties as a result of the merger. This is part of the overall cost synergy that Mel [Karmazin] has talked about. Mel's company's shares steadily decline even before the stock market's recent difficulties. A year ago, his shares trade at almost $4. On Wednesday, October 15, 2008 the satellite radio company's shares close at a remarkable 42 cents.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Which member of Rock group Kiss writes songs for TV's Happy Days & Joanie Loves Chachi'? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•BOB MOORE VP/GM of Talk KLSX FM (97.1) Los Angeles, CA moves on up to Station Manager for CBS Radio's L.A. cluster that includes News KNX-1070 & KFWB-980. •WMVN FM Bonneville Hot AC (Movin' 101.1) joins Big League Broadcasting KFNS-590 & FM (100.3) and Simmons Media KSLG as St. Louis, MO's 3rd Sports Talk radio station on January 1, 2009. •PHIL GUERINI switches over from Walt Disney records to VP/Marketing for Walt Disney radio. •GREG BERRY anchor/executive producer of DayBreak and MidDay is new News Director of New Vision CBS affiliate KIMT TV CH3 Mason City, IA.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1957 THE EVERLY BROTHERS hit #1 on Billboard's Country chart on October 14th with Wake Up Little Susie. •1964 DAVE ROWNTREE drummer with Techno Rock group Blur born on May 8th. •1972 DONNA FARGO's Funny Face rises to #1 on October 14th on Billboard. •1989 RON WILSON sensational drummer with Surfaris (Wipe Out) dies of an aneurysm at 44 on May 19th. •1991 TRACY LAWRENCE's debut single Sticks And Stones releases on Atlantic records on October 15th. •2006 NAUSHAD ALI Indian music director/Bollywood films composer dies at 86 on May 5th of natural causes.

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JOYCE WEBSTER (Mena, AR) Jim, I keep hoping you can get that old car fixed. I know how difficult life can be without transportation of any kind. Regarding Joe H., he may have spoken gruffly but he had a heart of gold, seriously. He was a very sweet man. He came to KLIF after Ted so you must have been there during the early months of 1972. I'm sure my friend Scott would tell you the same thing, that Joe H. was a nice man. I remember being intimidated by him the first time I met him, but he turned out to have a wonderful sense of humor, and he helped a lot of people. He made a wonderful friend. Later, JC

SCOTT HODGES (Shreveport, LA) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio Issue #568. Good morning Jim, seems you and I had a similar experience at one time. I was anchoring news at WTIX New Orleans for Jim Swiler in 1968 when I first heard from John Rhodes at KTSA. I, along with the late Art Kevin from KHJ were covering the Clay Shaw Conspiracy trial in the Crescent city at the time. John made me an offer. I opted instead for an anchor slot at KTVE-TV 10 where I worked for Mack Ward and co-anchored the 6 and 10 with Chuck Machen and Clay Scott. While at KTVE John made me another offer to join his news staff at KTSA. After a while I accepted, packed the wife and new daughter up and off we went to the Alamo city. Biggest mistake for me too. However, all worked out well after Kahn L. Hammon introduced me to Roy Eaton at WBAP Ft. Worth. Eaton made a slot for me there. Was at WBAP for only 3 months when Art Kevin made an opening for me at KHJ in L.A. This slot ultimately took me to the top news slot at New York's WXLO-FM with Jerry Clifton. I literally hated New York City so I returned to Seattle, then to Dallas at KLIF with Joe Holstead in '71, and in the early '80s in Dallas at KNUS with Larry James. Great ride! Worst move though was to KTSA in San Antonio. Still a great ride! Cheers, Scott (http://OnHoldMarketingofAmerica.com)

JENNIFER BROOKINS-VIHARO (Atlantic City-Pittsgrove, NJ) Jim, Do you have any idea of how I could get "I pledge of allegiance" to the McCain/Palin team? It’s like breaking into Fort Knox? The liberal media is just brutalizing her but I really like this woman and she is taking them all on – but I have a dreadful feeling the dark side is winning out – well you never know. People are taken by his so called charisma and he is a great orator – however that isn’t what makes the measure of the man. Here we are 3 weeks out from the election and no one really knows anything about this guy – and what’s worse don’t care. And what we do know is enough to turn your hair on fire. They just listen to all the spin and bingo – there goes the neighborhood. Love to you kiddo and my gal Tejas Jennifer Brookins; VP Marketing & New Product Development; Embe Enterprises, Inc.; Frogtown Records (www.frogtownrecords.com) Podcast Playhouse (www.podcastplayhouse.net) Willow Grove Publishing; Frogtown Sound Cards

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EVELYN PATE-ALLEN (Kemp-Tool, TX) I talked to Sam yesterday. He has been in the hospital off and on for several weeks. Seems he is losing blood somewhere and the doctor's can't find where. He gets 4 pts. blood and three or four days he has to have 4 more. This has been going on nearly a month. When Janet gets him out of the house to go anywhere he has to have a wheel chair. He can walk a short distance but it wears him completely out. I thank the guys that call or write him. Some of the radio friends write or call him: Sam Pate, 3009 Shasta; Mc Kinney, Tx 75001; 972.569.8285 Thanks to you the word does get out on his condition. Evelyn Pate Allen

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio Issue #569. Hey, Jim...the last email in this issue from Andy Waldrop has a great deal of merit; as much work as you put into JRRR, you certainly need to be compensated for it. Ads would do that for you. With more than 3 million hits, the attention of ad directors would be piqued; as a former ad director myself, I can give credence to that assertion. All ad directors are looking for are warm bodies...tonnage...and JRRR certainly offers that in spades. Think about it, Jimbo...your pal, Dan McCurdy, Sherman, TX, Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee 2004, KLIF, KBOX-Dallas, WMEX-Boston

TRIVIA ANSWER: Vinnie Vincent aka Vincent Cusano replaces Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley in 1982. Vinnie also writes songs for TV's Happy Days & Joanie Loves Chachi'.

BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Radio was a blast! However, many have been left shell shocked from having our careers blown up by deregulation. That sort of radio shrapnel has been the death of many talented but rebellious DJ's who work under the guise of, "It's easier to gain forgiveness than to get permission". b

AESOP (620 BC-560 BC) I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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October 15, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #569

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

HOUSTON TV CHOPPER CRASHES

Federal and state authorities investigate the site where a KTRK TV CH13 helicopter crashes in thick woods in Montgomery County on Monday, October 13, 2008. The impact kills the pilot and a photographer who are on their way to cover a nearby news story. KTRK says it loses contact with the aircraft about 11:15 am. The two men who die in the crash are pilot John Downhower and TV photographer Dave Garrett. Downhower's employer is Helicopters Incorporated the owner of the avion. Garrett is a Westwood One Metro News employee. Texas DPS trooper Sgt. Kenneth Hiebert reports that the two are on their way to the scene of a shooting about four miles from the crash site. Sgt. Hiebert saysThe helicopter went down about 200 feet off Peoples Road near Pine Acres Road, west of Interstate 45 in the W.G. Jones State Forest. The spot is about one mile south of FM 1488. The craft came down at a sharp angle, hit the ground and bounced up into the trees. It was shattered by the impact and both men were ejected. Seva Kaiser, spokeswoman for Helicopters, says the aircraft is a 1993 Bell 206L4. The company leases aircraft to about 70 news organizations throughout the USA. In Houston, TX Helicopters also leases helicopters to KPRC TV Channel 2 and to Westwood One's Metro Traffic. Channel 13 news anchor Art Rascon expresses his sorrow at the shocking news and gives his condolences to the families of Garrett and Downhower. During his newscast Art says Having been in and out of that chopper many times and working with the gentlemen involved here, it certainly is a heartbreaking story we bring to you.

ELVIS PRESLEY HAS TWIN GRANDKIDS

Cindy Guagenti, spokeswoman for the King of Rock 'n' Roll's 40 year old daughter Lisa Marie Presley confirms that she gives birth to twin girls on October 7, 2008. Cindy adds The babies and mom are happy and healthy and resting at home. Lisa Marie and her fourth husband, musician and her producer, Michael Lockwood are the proud parents. Since 2003, Lisa Marie Presley releases two albums. Both reach the Top 10 and sell more than a million copies each. If we remember, Lisa Marie is only nine years old when her daddy Elvis dies at 42 on August 16, 1977.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What jazz musician shortens his nickname Satchel Mouth? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•LEW FISHER former news anchor on WINS-1010 NYC dies at 90 on October 3, 2008 in New Hope, PA. Lew is is one of the original news anchors when WINS flips to all-news on April 19, 1965. He is on WINS for a remarkable 36 years. •RON HARRIS vacates his OM/PD spot at Gap Broadcasting Rock KATS FM (Home of Classic Rock'n'roll 94.5) Yakima, WA and AC KQMY FM (Big Country 99.3) Yakima-Naches, WA to pursue other interests. How often we hear those words. Someone should write a song with that as the title. Phil also co-hosts the morning show with Todd Lyons on KATS.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1955 EDDY ARNOLD's The Cattle Call hits #1 on October 8th in Billboard's Country chart. •1966 DAVID NARCIZO drummer with Alternative Rock band Throwing Muses born on May 6, 1966 in Newport, RI. •1979 T.G. SHEPPARD's Last Cheater's Waltz tops Billboard's Country chart on October 6th. •1985 MUTYA BUENA Filipino British singer with Sugababes born Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena on May 21st in Kingsbury, London. •1990 GARTH BROOKS' Friends In Low Places is #1 on October 6th on Billboard's Country chart. •2003 JOE (Guitar) HUGHES R&B guitarist/singer dies of a heart attack at 65 on May 19th.

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TANJA CROUCH (Nashville, TN) Dear Jim, You did such an incredible job of spreading the word when it was Roy Orbison’s birthday. I wondered if we could enlist your help again? We just launched a new website for Roy, www.RoyOrbison.com that has all the latest news on Roy. It really is a beautiful site with loads and loads of information, music, videos, reviews and more. Please visit yourself and let others know. Could we link our sites together? Also, you have so many radio contacts. Barbara has been promoting the release of Roy Orbison The Soul of Rock and Roll box set (I will attach a press release, Barbara and Roy Jr’s liners notes, and our Rolling Stone 5-Star review) and the Black & White Night concert on BluRay. Could you put out the word to stations that she would love to do an interview with them? If they want to schedule, they can call or email me direct at 615-850-1171 or Tanja@orbison.com We don’t care if they are a large or very small station, she will talk with whoever would like to schedule. Lastly, please send me your address. Best Regards, Tanja Crouch; Vice President, Barbara Orbison Productions; The Orbison Building; 1625 Broadway, Suite 600; Nashville, TN 37203 USA. Please visit us at www.myspace.com/RoyOrbison and look for www.RoyOrbisonRadio.com a 24-hour radio station to launch in November 2008!

WHERE DO YOU READ JRRR? Tell us how far away from Houston, TX that you read JRRR.

BILL SHOMETTE JR (DFW-Richardson, TX) To: Bob Crowley. Cc: Jim Rose Remembers Radio. Subject: Great Memories. Bob, In the last "Jim Rose Remembers..." you talked about WOAI studios on St. Marys and that brought back some great memories. Dad was Radio Farm Director at WOAI for about 13 years, on the radio from 5 - 7 each morning. Then each weekday morning at 7:30 AM he MCed a live country music show, Radio Rodeo, with Curley Williams, Patsy Clay, Spud Goodale, Mel Winters and others. Radio Rodeo was also broadcast Saturday nights with additional guests. It was a real treat when he would take me to work with him mornings when school was out. I have attached a recording I found of the Saturday night show. When WOAI started broadcasting TV the same characters were part of TV Dude Ranch. For a period of time Pedro Gonzales Gonzales was part of TV Dude Ranch before he was discovered after appearing on the Graucho Marx Show. I attached an MP3 File you might enjoy. I wish it was possible to get more recordings like this. Bill Shomette

JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) I thought about you Jim, when KXAS-TV here in Fort Worth celebrated it's 60 anniversary as a television station recently, the first television station in Texas. Some of the history was printed in the local newspaper, the Star-Telegram. One of the shows mentioned to be on WBAP was "Barn Dance" a teen variety show hosted by then-North Texas State University student Pat Boone, who would go on to be one of the biggest hitmakers of the late ’50s and who continues to perform. You'll recall that you and I discussed that show and I had thought it was set in a drug store-soda fountain backdrop. Have a good time!

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Subject: New Entry at Jim Rose Remembers Radio. JRRR issue #565. Well, you've done it again, by mentioning someone in my past that brought back memories. I had pleasure of presenting the "Menzies-Family (of singers) on stage at East Coast Talent Championship Contest (annually), Eastside Speedway, Waynesboro, VA....must have been 1969 or 1970 & I believe they won the event, with Tim Menzies & his extended family of singers, with Mom,Dad & all the siblings. They lived in Mechanicsville, suburban Richmond, VA. Had not heard of him again until your issue. That annual event drew many good acts, & some went on to stardom. Other shows at that venue for which I was M/C included George Jones, Mac Wiseman, Buck Owens, Sheb Wooley, Tex Ritter (his sons Tom & John Ritter made that trip w/Dad & I got to introduce both on stage with his show), etc. These were just some of the great acts that appeared there over those years. Thanks for reigniting some good-ole days from radio back in the "colonies.!" Col. Robert Hanger

BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Cool. The CD's are from my fantasy Armadillo World radio stations. There's one for Tx Country, TX Oldies and for Classic Texas Artists. I had talked to you about them before but I don't have sent you a copy of the hour demos. I heard about your car conking out and am sorry to hear that. I have been without a vehicle for 4 years now. Kinda odd when my favorite pastime is driving. Anyway, I sent you 40 bucks which you should get by Monday or Tuesday. I hope that helps. If I was rich, I would send you 40 buicks instead. All the best! Billy t

JESSE SMITH JR. (Houston-Tomball,TX) Jim add jessecsmithjr.texasmusician@blogger.com and I will publish your news letter to my Texas Musician Blog.

SONNY MELENDREZ (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim! Congratulations on your success! We are also enjoying a growing community of members: www.sonnyradio.com/alexarating.htm Sonny Melendrez

TRIVIA ANSWER: Jazz great Louis Armstrong shortens his nickname Satchel Mouth to Satchmo.

ANDY WALDROP (Houston, TX) Subject: Jimroseremembersradio.com has a traffic rank of 3,064,003. What would be the possibility of running a story/ad in your column that you're looking for someone that is web site savvy that could volunteer to build a very simple web site, with options to run ads, for you and/or somebody that could add something to your current blog site (like a "donation" button connected to PayPal)?

EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.

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October 13, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #568

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

POPULAR TV DANCE SHOW HOST DIES: LLOYD THAXTON (1927-2008) R.I.P.

The host of a popular Los Angeles TV dance show in the 1960s with a daily rock 'n' roll party for teenagers dies on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 81. Lloyd Thaxton's wife Barbara says that he dies of multiple myeloma at his home in Studio City, CA. In 1957 the Toledo, OH TV personality arrives in Hollywood. In 1959 he launches Lloyd Thaxton's Record Shop on KCOP-TV CH 13. In 1962 he updates and renames his show Thaxton's Hop. By 1964 his TV show becomes such a hit with young Southern Californians that it goes into nationwide syndication. In 1957 Dick Clark's popular TV dance show from Philadelphia American Bandstand also goes national on ABC-TV. Lloyd's TV dance party The Lloyd Thaxton Show features teens as they dance to records plus guest appearances by top recording artists like the Byrds, Jan and Dean, the Righteous Brothers, Sonny and Cher, and the Turtles. Lloyd Thaxton later becomes the Emmy Award-winning producer and director of TV's long-running consumer advocacy program Fight Back! With David Horowitz. In his Web site (www.lloydthaxton.blogspot.com) Thaxton discusses a 2003 interview with The Times, People started calling me a musical Ernie Kovacs, He signs off, The name of the show is 'The Lloyd Thaxton Show' and my name is Lloyd Thaxton. Teen dancers in the studio shout back, SO WHAT!

IT'S A SIGN OF THE TIMES

On Tuesday, October 7, 2008 a significant number of employees at Denver, CO’s KWGN TV CH2 receive permanent furlough papers. This is part of a consolidation edict with KDVR TV CH31 as the two merge their operations. Dennis O’Brien, KWGN TV CFO, says, Employees at Channel 2’s Denver Tech Center studios were notified of the layoffs Tuesday. Were there a significant number [laid off]? Yes. The separately owned channels 2 and 31 have joint managers since October 1, 2008. Is this the sign of things to come? Dennis adds, Local TV Holdings LLC owns Channel 31, which is a Fox network affiliate, while Channel 2, a CW affiliate, is owned by Tribune Co. Channel 2 plans to relocate its operations and staff to the Channel 31 offices at 100 E. Speer Blvd. by early next year. Dennis Leonard, the new KDVR GM, is now in charge of both TV stations. Dennis says, The newscasts and sales departments remain separate, but there would be consolidation involving the back office and newsgathering areas. The two stations would share camera crews and editors. O’Brien confirms that Carl Bilek, KWGN TV's news director, has not been retained.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Who receives the writer's credits on Manfred Mann's Earth Band's #1 1977 hitBlinded By The Light? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•STEVE NICHOL PD News-Talk KLIF-570 Dallas, TX has advice for broadcasters who want to stop or stall PPM audience measurement: Welcome To The Real World! •CHUCK GIEGER 3-year PD of Clear Channel KHGE FM (Big Country 102.7) Fresno, CA leaves the building because of non-contract renewal. Chuck comes to KHGE in January 2006. OM Paul Wilson takes over programming - Kris Daniels handles the music. Chuck Gieger is availble at provencountrypd@gmail.com •PATRICK DE CAROLIS President of France Televisions calls for greater co-operation between state broadcasters around the world to develop joint projects.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1958 TANYA TUCKER (Here's Some Love #1-1976) born on October 10th in Seminole, TX. •1965 BETH GIBBONS vocalist with British Alternative Trip-Hop trio Portishead born on January 4th. •1970 JOHNNY CASH sings Kris Kristofferson's Sunday Morning Coming Down for a #1 Billboard's Country hit on October 10th. •1981 JAMELIA NIELA DAVIS British R&B singer-songwriter born on January 11th. •1992 ALAN JACKSON's album A Lot About Livin' (And A Little 'Bout Love) releases on Arista records on October 9th. •2003 ARTHUR CONLEY R&B singer-songwriter (Sweet Soul Music #2-1967) dies on November 16th.

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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Subject: Another radio-tv pioneer from our era is gone! Just learned of death of DJ, writer, producer, TV host, Lloyd Thaxton of multiple myeloma in Studio City, CA on Oct. 5, 2008. B. Memphis, 5/31/27; hosted Tv's Lloyd Thaxton Show on west coast that featured acts such as: Sonny & Cher, Byrds, Jan & Dean, Righteous Bros, Turtles, Bobby Fuller Four (of Texas) & about every other hit-maker over the years. He also recorded, "Image of a Surfer." You probably have all this info, but share in event it missed you. Your "reporter" on-duty, Col. Robert Hanger.

JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Jim, You say Michael O'Shea and Bob Morrison in your little email from me. Did you say you were at KLIF in Dallas in 1972? When did you leave KLIF? You must remember Joe Holstead, the News Director...great guy! Michael O'Shea was Program Director at KLIF in 1972. I worked there in programming under him and later Dave Ambrose. Michael went on to various successes...National PD for more than one company, including Golden West Broadcasting in Los Angeles. He's been in Florida, Seattle, and other places in various capacities. A very talented and experienced radio person. Bob Morrison of KVIL DFW fame, also worked for various radio stations, don't think I could name them all. Big guy. Great voice and lots of talent! He is still in radio in Dallas. Don't want Michael or Bob to think I referred to them as Starr employees or as Stars...although they both have been, and in my opinion still are. Nice people both, and they deserve to be in the TRHOF. Manygreat people are in the TRHOF...so it only becomes more meaningful! Other inductees for 2008: Sammy Allred, KVET Austin; Bob Cole, KVET Austin; Dave Cooke KRLD DFW; John Hicks, Jr., KLVI Beaumont; Josh Holstead (Rowdy Yates) KILT FM Houston; Jo Interrante KNUS DFW; Joe Leonard, Jr. KGAF Gainesville; C.C. McCartney KRBE Houston, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) KTRM Beaumont; Jerry Thomas, KNOK DFW. I worked for Starr Broadcasting Group at their station KDTX/KMGC in Dallas, and later in a corporate capacity. I then went to KNUS/KLUV...my final involvement in radio in Dallas. JC

KLIF-1190 in my home town of Dallas, TX in 1972 is the place to be when News Director Ted Agnew adds me to his news staff as a newsaster. Michael O'Shea is Program Director. Mike Selden is afternoon drive DJ. Remember Pulse? That's the main radio rating service of the day. If I remember correctly Mike polls 100% of all Dallas teens in that particular survey. Completely unheard of anywhere in radio. Lance Rentzel is the star wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys. His wife is the lovely actress Joey Heatherton. Dickie Heatherton is a DJ on KLIF during my time behind the news mic. He tells me one day that Joey is his sister. DJ John Butler with his deep voice draws listeners to their speakers like magnets. In the news department Bruce Hughes is the main man with the news. KLIF the Mighty 11-90 is the best and most listened to radio station in our land. Words do not describe the feeling one gets while behind the mic at KLIF-1190 when it is at the top of its game. Well in San Antonio John Rhodes moves over from KTSA-550 to head the news department of KITE-930. John makes me an offer that I cannot refuse. So it's back to the Alamo City for the PM Drive news spot on KITE. On the surface this is a great move on my part but have no earthly idea what lies ahead. Proves to be one of the biggest mistakes in my long radio career. Live and learn.

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RUSSELL BARNETT (Portland, OR) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio Issue #566 Tell us how far away from Houston, TX that you read JRRR. Portland, OR. Russell Barnett KILE Galveston, Texas 1976-1980

BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Jim; I really enjoyed Bobby Reyes description of the Clear Channel facility in San Antonio. It was much different when I worked there in the mid 1980's. Back then it was just WOAI and KAJA. John Barger was the Vice President back then. He had an office on the ground floor, by the back door. He bought the property and designed the first facilities, when WOAI moved from the KMOL-TV facility on St. Marys downtown. One distinctive feature of the facility, before it was remodeled, was the width of the hallways. They were quite narrow. I asked, and was told they were kept small to allow for more floorspace in the studios, but that each was "...exactly one Barger-width". John was quite rotund back then. If you saw him coming down the hall, you'd have to duck into a studio so he could pass. Bobby sent me some pictures from the last S.A. radio reunion, and Mr. Barger has slimmed down a lot since then. John could be a bit gruff, but I always enjoyed his respect and appreciated his honesty. Respect and honesty are two traits I look for in a boss. bc

TRACY PITCOX (Brady, Tx) Please put me on your list. Tracy Pitcox; Heart of Texas Records; 1701 South Bridge Street; Brady, Texas 76825

TRIVIA ANSWER: Bruce Springsteen writes Manfred Mann's Earth Band's 1977 #1 hitBlinded By The Light.

BLAISE PASCAL (June 19, 1623-August 19, 1662) Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #567

WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO

October 10, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #567

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

ROCKER GETS THE KNACK FOR CHEMO

Lead singer and guitarist for Rock group The Knack, Doug Fieger, tells Undercover News that his health is stable since 2006. Doug still undergoes chemo treatment but says he feels good and his condition remains unchanged since his cancer goes into remission. Fieger tells us fans Nothing is any different for me on the health front than it has been since 2006. In August 2006 doctors remove two brain tumors. Scans in 2007 indicate that the cancer is in remission. Doug tells Undercover News that he enters his final stages of the treatment that takes him into January 2009. He is well enough to visit Australia in 2007 to perform in the Countdown tour. The Knack's biggest hit record is My Sharona which lands at #1 in summer 1979. Fieger wants us fans to know that he is well and do not worry. Doug says that he is in the best shape he can be and he feels good.

HANNITY SIGNS THROUGH 2012

The Daily News reports that Sean Hannity signs a new multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract with Fox News Channel that keeps him onboard FNC through the next presidential election. Sean hosts both Hannity & Colmes and Hannity's America. He says I'll be honest, I'm just glad to be on the air having an opportunity to get my voice out there. When I started my career, I never got into it for fame, fortune or money. My first professional job was for $19,000 a year. I stayed in it because I really loved it. FNC is the most watched cable news channel in America for more than six years and is available in more than 90 million homes. News Corporation owns FNC. In summer 2008, Sean signs a radio deal for $100 million that lasts over five years. Hannity hosts The Sean Hannity Show on ABC Radio Network. Its syndication runs to more than 500 radio stations in all of the top 50 markets with 13.5 million anxious fans.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What are the names of the two female singers in the Rock band Heart? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Clint Wright on Monday, October 13, 2008. •GOLDMAN SACHS projects all sectors of the media including newspapers & local TV suffer slumps in local advertising from weakened economy of 2008 & 2009. •ACADEMY AWARDS OSCARCAST for first time runs movie ads during its 81st ceremony due to a vote by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences board of governors who lift its movie ad ban. •AMC marks The Sting's 35th anniversary plus the recent passing of Paul Newman on Monday, October 13, 2008 at 7 & 9:30 pm. During October 2008 AMC airs Paul's The Hustler that also stars Jackie Gleason.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1955 EARL SCRUGGS suffers a fractured hip in an early-morning car accident on October 3rd 15 miles east of Knoxville, TN. •1962 ROBIN GUTHRIE guitar/keyboards Scottish alternative Rock band Cocteau Twins born on January 4th. •1977 DOLLY PARTON's Here You Come Again releases on RCA records on October 6th. •1985 RIE FU Japanese pop & folk rock singer/songwriter born on January 11th. •1990 GARTH BROOKS joins the Grand Ole Opry on October 6th - Alan Jackson makes 1st appearance on the show. •2005 NELL RANKIN American mezzo-soprano opera singer dies at 81 on January 13th.

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JOYCE WEBSTER (Mena, AR) Jim, I want to ask you how things are going as far as the recovery down that way. Other things have kept most news coverage nationally off of the damage down that way. Someone sent me some horrific photos of the Galveston area thru the internet. My older kids used to go there pretty regularly with their dad. I never spent much time in that area at all. I did have a wonderful short vacation once at Padre Island after a business meeting that took place in Houston. I don't know if I've heard anything about Padre...just thought about it this morning. I'm assuming that life in Houston is getting pretty much back to normal for most people.

JENNIFER BROOKINS-VIHARO (Atlantic City-Pittsgrove, NJ) Jim, Hi kiddo – I’m so happy to see this. There is no reason why you couldn’t start charging for subscriptions? Have you thought of this? Anyway – I ‘ve been away for quite some time and your good news greeted me. Your friend, Jen…and hey! Love to my best gal Tejas

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LIZ PATRANELLA (Austin, TX) Subject: DJ Reunion Lunch - Nov 5. It's time once again for all us old, former, retired and some still active San Antonio Broadcasters to get together to renew old friendships and share old memories. Make your plans now to attend! And, please bring all those old photos and any memorabilia you have with you! We all want to see and share the memories! SAN ANTONIO DJ REUNION LUNCH Wednesday, November 5, 2008; 11:30 am Sea Island Restaurant; I-10 North at Amerisuites Drive between Wurzbach and Huebner (on north side of I-10) San Antonio (210) 558-8989. Please remember -- Our agreement for use of the private room is that attendees purchase a meal. Please be considerate of our hosts and order as you arrive. R.S.V.P. A.S.A.P. Reservations are required. If you can't come, but would like a short message read to the group, please email the message to me and I'll read it at the luncheon. Our thanks again to Don Couser for making arrangements with Sea Island for our gatherings. And special thanks to Don "Skinny" Green for his continuing efforts to maintain our "Roster". I look forward to seeing all my old friends again...and hopefully some who haven't been able to join us before. I await your email replies! Liz Houston Patranella KBAT 1966; KQXT 1968; KTSA 1968-69

TRIVIA ANSWER: The two female singers in the Seattle, WA Rock band Heart are singer Ann Wilson and her sister Nancy on the guitar and keyboards. It's a family affair because brothers Roger and Mike Fisher are guitarists in the group.

BOBBY REYES (San Antonio, TX) Hey there Jim...your articles are most interesting to read and I truly appreciate your work on this...don't know if you were aware of the huge renovation performed many years ago at the 222 building...where as woai was facing Spencer Lane, 'oai is in the n.e. corner and facing IH-10, which is cool so you can see what's goin' on outside in the real world...kaja is down the hall on the n.w. corner of the building...in between is kmmx (mix 96.1 ), a few offices for kaja, mix 96, a couple more offices for p.d. types, the main studio for 'oai and the talk show segments are within viewing distance...as you walk back down the hall is another studio for news people types to do news segments...keep on going down the hallway is the talk studio for ktkr, ticket 760, then the main control room for the ticket (remember the photo I sent you of MOI sittin' on the bar stool?)...after that is the office for our p.d. ('oai and the ticket )...Peter Bolger is his name...then there is the space for the total traffic network with about four or five work stations for people who do traffic for the stations...turn the corner there is the main control room for krpt (92.5, the outlaw...Texas flavored country music)...where we also do some high school football broadcasts and Texas Tech...keep going down the hall is a production studio, Phil Lowry's production room (Phil's alter ego is Hank T. Moon and he is the primary voice on the outlaw as the entire station is automated)...down the hall are more production studios, going back up the hall in the opposite side of the building (west side) is another production studio and THEN our new tenant, KZEP (formally the old kexl) our classic rock station...b-t-w, the kzep studio used to be KSJL...but that station is history...KQXT (Q101.9) is next up the hall, a small office and then kaja's studio...all stations are hooked into a system where you dial it up and you can get everything that's wired up in the building, it's also where we dial up satellite receivers, isdn, comrex hotline and zephyr telephone lines and a whole bunch of inputs too numerous to mention... there are more areas in between all of this for the news department and another space for what we call producers row...office cubicles for people who work for the different stations...the first floor is sales people, g.m., promotions department, traffic (building program logs and stuff) and other goodies like the Sprint lounge where we have a small and intimate stage for music artists to come in and perform for selected listeners and for the building staff...it's really neat! and most innovating for us to have this feature...there is so much more in the building it's hard to relate...but the BIG rumor is that clear channel wants to move everything to their corporate office area in the Stone Oak area on Loop 1604 and highway 281...yuk, I am NOT going to like having to deal with the long and crazy drive up there! ...as it is, right now I am only less that 10 minutes away from the 222 building...eeek, looks like I might retire some day...that's it for now Jim, I'm gettin' fatigued working on this but again I really enjoy the service you provide for all us radio types and hope you can continue this neat feature you have...all the best and I'll touch base w/you again! Bobby R.

DANIEL DEFOE (April 26, 1660-1731) It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #566

WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO

October 8, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #566

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

TEXANS RESCUE IKE

Early on Saturday morning, September 13, 2008 the massive hurricane Ike strikes Galveston island with a mighty force. Ike sweeps over Houston as he mashes houses and buildings, unearths big trees, shrubs and knocks the Bayou City completely off the power grid. Hurricane Ike lifts trees, fences, patios, shrubs and other things like toothpicks. The Houston Texans NFL football team announces a charitable campaign before their game against the Tennessee Titans on September 21, 2008. The Texans raise $2.45 million to benefit the victims of Hurricane Ike. Bob McNair Texans owner donates $500,000. The NFL and its players’ association pitch in $500,000 to the league’s disaster relief fund. McNair’s son, Cal, donates $50,000. Chevron Corporation makes a $250,000 donation. PricewaterhouseCooper donates $150,000. Jim Irsay Indianapolis Colts owner donates $50,000. The Texans play the Colts in the first game at Reliant Stadium since Ike makes its landfall. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says We all know the tragedy that took place here and the great effort that’s taken place to help rebuild and support this community in a difficult period of time. We at the NFL are glad to be here and I am personally glad to be here to represent our support for this community. Mayor Bill White establishes the Houston Ike Relief Fund for short-term relief for food, water and medicine and the United Way fund for longer-term goals.

STONEWALL SETTLES WITH THE OPRY

In 2007 legendary Country music performer Stonewall Jackson files an age discrimination lawsuit against the Grand Ole Opry for $10 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damage. The 75-year-old singer claims that he loses his health insurance through the Opry because general manager Pete Fisher reduces his personal appearances. We fondly remember Jackson's #1 country hits Waterloo (1959) and B.J. the D.J. (1963) as well as his many other hits. Well all parties come to terms. Stonewall Jackson settles his federal age discrimination lawsuit against the Grand Ole Opry and its management. The terms of the settlement remain hidden. Stonewall Jackson is back on the Opry stage picking and he grins a lot.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the name of the apartment building where John Lennon dies? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•LARRY BIRLEFFI veteran broadcaster best known as the Voice of the Wyoming Cowboys dies at 90 on Saturday, September 27, 2008. •HELEN POWERS vacates mornings on Clear Channel WYYD FM (107.9) Roanoke-Lynchburg-Amherst, VA heads back home on October 13, 2008 for the midday DJ spot on Saga Communications Rock WWWV FM (Killer Classics & the Best New Rock 97.5) Charlottesville, VA. •WMNY-1360 former Talk in Pittsburgh, PA but as of September 15, 2008 now is all business and financial programming. •BOB SCHIEFFER moderates 3rd and final Presidential debate on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1951 BRIAN DOWNEY drummer with Rock band Thin Lizzy born in Dublin, Ireland on January 27th. •1966 TIM RUSHLOW lead singer of Little Texas born on October 6th in Arlington, TX. •1972 DAVID SEVILLE né: Ross Bagdasarian (David Seville and The Chipmonks) dies on January 16th. •1989 K.T. OSLIN & CLINT BLACK play Carnegie Hall on October 5th. •2005 TRACE ADKINS' Honky Tonk Badonkadonk video debuts on CMT on October 6th. •1995 BENAY VENUTA singer/actress/dancer (Annie Get Your Gun 1950, Call Me Mister 1951, Bullets Over Broadway 1994) dies at 84 of lung cancer in NYC on September 1st.

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JOYCE WEBSTER (Mena, AR) Jim, For some reason I've always had terrible radio reception in my little house here in Mena. No one has ever been able to quite figure out why. I live close to the station, and we are in a mountainous area. When I first came here, it was an AM and an FM...and their signal was all over the place. The FCC didn't bother with our area at all, and the station took advantage of it, too. These days it seems the FCC bothers with not much of anything, either. I rarely listen to radio but I did catch part of that song by Larry G. the last time I was driving. Sounded like a great song. Larry and his brothers grew up with Southern Gospel, as I did, and it seems they've all pretty much gotten their lives back on track. Just so you know, I forward your report to as many radio people or radio fans as I can but not each day, enough to get them interested. These are going to be some really tough times for a lot of us, Jim. We all need to hold each other up, and do what we can for each other. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Always, JC

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JESSE C. SMITH JR. (Houston-Tomball, TX) Hi Jim, It is so good to find your writings again. I still have the old band from 1970 called Jesse Smith & The Lonestar Cowboys. We were real busy in the KENR, KIKK and KNUZ days. Arch Yancey, Hal McClaine and Bruce Nelson helped us stay busy. The same old music I have done for years will actually draw a crowd in Austin. Most of the new Houston crowd has no idea what Western Swing is. I always appreciated the way you treated us with respect when our careers would cross. I am going to add a link to my Texas Music blog so more of my old crowd can keep up with you. Have you heard this band out of San Antonio called TwoTons of Steel? They have an original sound that is very good. Thanks again for your extensive knowledge you share. -- Jesse C. Smith Jr. http://TEXASdomainsales.com / http://TEXASmusician.blogspot.com / http://theTOMBALLblogger.com / www.jessecsmithjr.com / www.lonestarcowboys.com / www.youtube.com/user/TomballPI

BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Very kind words from my friend and former boss Andy Carr. Andy, "the Crazy Cat in the Cowboy Hat," is Country radio legend. Andy was one of my radio idol's growing up in San Antonio and the first of which, I was fortunate to have worked with. Other San Antonio legends include, Don Couser, Bruce Hathaway, Captain K, Ricci Ware, George Cooper, Barry Kaye, Lee Randall, Lee Taylor and Pat Tallman. Funny story about Couser, Don was one of my college radio instructors. When I returned to San Antonio in '79 Don was doing mornings at KONO and I was brought in as a salesperson. Prior to my arrival, advertisers had been filled with many false promises and what I believed to be true was no longer a valid presentation. I spent most of my time arranging promotions for the programming staff which included San Antonio's first major gas giveaway, insuring KONO listeners from being hit by fallen pieces while handing out T-Shirts that read, "Chicken Little Was Right." One day, during a sales meeting, a fight broke out over a candy bar. After breaking up the fight, I dumped my brief case out on the Sales manager's desk stating, "I'm on the street fighting for advertisers while you guys are fighting amongst yourselves over a candy bar. I'm out of here. Before pulling out of the parking lot, I realized that I was new in town, out of work and out of money. I went back in the station and told Jo Jo Kincaid, KONO PD at the time that I had quit sales and asked him, "If I could do a weekend shift to earn some gas money. Jo Jo asked, "You quit? Whose gonna get all our prizes for giveaway. Hang on!" Jo Jo got up, left his office and after a bit of screaming came back and said, "Congratulations, you're our new afternoon drive person. You're on the air in thirty seconds." About six weeks later, Jo Jo headed back to Boston and I was made the PD. After three months we went from a 2.5 to a 6.5 and was number two in 25-54 adults. in typical Jack Roth fashion, the day the book came out, I was told over the phone that I was no longer the PD and was now the promotions director for the stations. The following morning, I saw Couser in the hallway and he said, "When you took over as PD, I had my doubts. But, I just want to tell you, I think you did one hell of a good job." It was a great compliment from Couser that day as it was when Andy hired me back in 1972. All the best! Billy T

TRIVIA ANSWER: Fanatic fan Mark David Chapman shoots former Beatle John Lennon to death in front of the entrance to his luxury home at The Dakota on December 8, 1980.

MARK CARRILLO (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Paul Newman and Butch & The Kid. Isn’t funny, the things we remember. It was Christmas Day in 1969 and my brother and I went to see BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID. We were 12 & 13 respectively and thought it was a great movie. Of course we come from the generation that loved westerns. Gonna look in the fridge and see if we have any NEWMAN’S OWN for my salad tonight…in his honor. Last night MSNBC played an interview clip with GENE SHALIT where he asks Paul what his epitaph would read. Shalit said his would read I WON’T BE BACK AFTER THESE MESSAGES. Paul didn’t know his, but I thought immediately that it could be CUT…THAT’S A WRAP. Toss Tejas a num-num and have a BIG week. MARK CARRILLO themofc@satx.rr.com / www.myspace.com/psyjuke

CHARLIE DANIELS (October 28, 1936-p) A brief candle; both ends burning An endless mile; a bus wheel turning A friend to share the lonesome times A handshake and a sip of wine So say it loud and let it ring We are all a part of everything The future, present and the past Fly on proud bird You're free at last. Written en route to the funeral of his friend, Ronnie Van Zant of Rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO

October 6, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #565

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

TRIO MEMBER DIES

Three guys who begin a Folk music revival in the 1960s that sweeps America like a hurricane are well-known to us fans as The Kingston Trio. They pave the way for singer-poet Bob Dylan. Remember in the fall of 1958 the tune, Tom Dooley? Wow! What a great sing-a-long song. It zooms to #1. There's the tale of the man who gets lost on the MTA. How about Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Greenback Dollar and the Reverend Mr. Black? The Kingston Trio causes a Folk music invasion of our land even before the British send their Beatles to America. Nick Reynolds, a founding member of The Kingston Trio dies at 75 of acute respiratory disease in San Diego, CA on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. The original Trio lineup is Dave Guard, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds. Five of the group's first six albums become #1 and last 46 weeks on the charts. In 1961 Dave leaves to form the Whiskeyhill Singers. John Stewart steps up to the plate as his replacement. In 1967, John writes a #1 hit for The Monkees, Daydream Believer. George Grove joins The Kingstom Trio in 1972. In 1979, John Stewart scrores #5 for himself with Gold. Dave Guard passes away at 56 of lymphoma on March 22, 1991. John dies on January 20, 2008 in his birthplace San Diego, CA. Nick Reynolds leaves behind his wife Leslie, sons Joshua and John Pike Reynolds, daughters Annie Reynolds Moore and Jennifer Reynolds, and his two sisters.

STEVEN TYLER SUES HIMSELF

Aerosmith front guy Steven Tyler sues Steven Tyler, or at least his impersonator. It seems that a couple of individuals steal the 60 year-old Rock 'n' Roll star's identity as they portray him and his girlfriend Erin Brady on Web blogs. On Friday, September 26, 2008 Steven sues these cyber-thieves in L.A. Superior Court because they impersonate both him and his favorite flame on the Internet. Tyler knows not the names of the mimes but believes it's the same duo who portrays him on the Web in 2007. Google removes their websites in December 2007 but like roaches in Beaumont they reappear on the Web. Steven's lawsuit alleges that the impersonators post pictures and intimate details about [his] private life, including [Tyler's] relationship with his girlfriend, his children and his mother. The impersonated statements relating to (Tyler’s) mother are perhaps most hurtful given that she recently passed away. In 2008 one of the posts has 31 entries. Recently another blog by a person who uses the name Brady contains seven entries. Ah, the price the rich and famous pay for their fame and fortune.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What is former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney's first name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

• KAREN DINKINS veteran CBS Radio news reporter WWJ-950 Detroit loses her job because she wears a Barack Obama T-shirt while she covers a rally for him at the Detroit Public Library. •JODY MCDONALD midday host on Greater Media Sports WPEN-950 Philadelphia, PA returns on Friday. October 3, 2008 after he is on injured reserve from heart surgery in late August. •MARK SAMANSKY & LYNNE RYAN leave their morning show on Denver Radio Company Alternative KTNI FM (101.5) Denver-Strasburg, CO. Whip, the afternoon drive DJ, moves to mornings. Weekender Tom Frye fills in on afternoons.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1959 TIM MENSY Country singer/guitarist/songwriter born Timothy Ray Menzies on August 25th in Mechanicsville, VA. •1961 EIICHI HAYASHI alto saxophonist born on January 1st. •1975 WILLIE NELSON's 1st #1 single is Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain on October 4th. •1981 TOM MEIGHAN lead singer English Rock band from Leicester, Kasabian, born on January 11th. •1996 TY HERNDON scores his 2nd #1 Country single with Living In A Moment on October 5th. •2000 ERICH SCHMID Swiss conductor/composer Tonhalle Orchestra; Radio Orchestra; Birmingham Symphony Orchestra dies in Zurich on December 17th.

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DAVE MICHAELS (Culver City, CA) Jim...hope doing well. I have read all the "Jack Ruby" related newsroom & Russ Knight KLIF Studio information and the Warren Report etc. I knew your Radio Report would be able to answer my question...Jim- "You" just have the most informative people...have a great weekend from the State that someday may fall into the Ocean, and no one will care. In the words of Michael Savage - I could live in San Fran-sick-o. Dave Michaels, Culver City, CA

FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Thanks, I'm praying for you, Blessings, Frank (The Old Texan) Haley cjf Isa. 9:6 "When the sunshine of God's love meets the showers of our sorrow, the rainbow of promise appears."

WHERE DO YOU READ JRRR? Tell us how far away from Houston, TX that you read JRRR.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) I'm certain your sources have notified you of death of Nick Reynolds @75, Oct 1 in San Diego..one of founders of Kingston Trio. I had pleasure of working a show with them back in VA in about 1962. Advise if you need info. Make it a great weekend...BOB

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi. We are at least better off than the founder of the Kingston Trio who died today. Their performances inspired me to want to learn more about Folk Music. I also found out about others because of the group. I sent a link to your newsletter to several people yesterday. Charles George P.S. I will be keeping you in my prayers. I have learned to do it often it keeps me from being a prey... Ephesians 6 has always come in handy for me in times like these. Makes me think of a Hymn I use to sing when in grade school that was song at Sunday Night Services, In Times Like These.

STACEY NASSER MILLER (Houston, TX) Hello Jim, Thanks so much for writing. Michael will be missed greatly by my family and his many, many friends. And, thank you so much for adding me to your list. I thought I’d send Michael’s obituary so that you have all the information you might need. Hopefully this is a minor request, but the Dream Fund was very generous to my brother and his family during his illness and I would appreciate it if you could add remembrances be directed to The Dreamfund.org. I’ll look forward to seeing our comments. I appreciate your kindness during this difficult time. Stacey Nasser Miller, Research Director, Univision 45/TeleFutura 67 Houston

ROBERT REYES (San Antonio, TX) Hey there Jim...not to worry, I always keep good thoughts and prayers out for you and those of good faith...you have to forgive me it's just been crazy the past few days and couple of weeks for MOI with wnba finals, doing high school football, trying to keep our mother ship (clear channel, that is) afloat, and having an extended last weekend that put the fatigue factor in me big time! I still need to pass along my Tom Ellis moment to you and a transition in the woai radio news room with the leaving of one very good and competent reporter and getting back an equally great reporter who is quite multi talented...news reporter, part time high school teacher, AND he's a pilot formerly with the Civil Air Patrol...will try to correspond w/you in the near future so have a great weekend and we'll get back to you! Bobby R.

GENE HUGHES (Houston-Kingwood, TX) Jim keep publishing those wonderful stories from Harry Martin in San Diego. I'm thankful for you and Harry for sharing your stories with the rest of us. Keep them coming Harry. Many of your stories bring back great memories for many of us old broadcasters. Gene Hughes; Kingwood, Texas; Retired after 40+ years

MARK CARRILLO (San Antonio, TX) Jim, My son just helped me install my new SIRIUS radio. I wore out my first one. I also put my Sirius sticker on my back window to show my pride in Satellite and snub the people responsible for the demise of something we all loved...Radio. BUT I’M NOT BITTER!!! Hey to Tejas. Keep on newslettering. We all love it. Mark Carrillo; San Antonio (mySA.com)

ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Jim, I never realized my friend Bill Thorman was such a wordsmith. I hired him away from a station in Bryan when I was managing KWBY in Edna,Texas, back in the early seventies, just before I replaced you at KBER. That was before he found his niche here in San Antonio. His statement about us being a dime a dozen until you get a half dozen is certainly accurate. Thanks to your paper I was able to reconnect with him after all these years. I've got your back Billy. Andy Carr, KBER, KMAC, KBUC, KKYX, San Antonio. KRAM, KVEG, KENO, KLSQ, Las Vegas.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney's first name is James.

VERNON KAY (Cleburne, Tx) Jim Travis ask me to drop you an e-mail and let you know that he is getting settled in the new abode on the outskirts of Hot Springs, Ark. at this time he is able to read your reports and some of the e-mails but is unable to answer any of them. When I spoke with him this afternoon he was trying to hook up a puppy powered electricity making machine so he could find out what was going on in the outside world. He wanted me to let you know he is able to read your messages and will answer them as soon as Arkansas catches up with the outside world. Vernon Kay

FROM A 19TH CENTURY HALLOWEEN POSTCARD When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween.

Jim Rose and Tejas

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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO

October 3, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #564

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

WICKED STAR DIES

The world`s longest running Phantom in Phantom of the Opera, Rob Guest, slips into the night on Tuesday, September 30, 2008. The 57-year old star suffers a massive stroke at his home in Melbourne, Australia. He enters St. Vincent’s Hospital with bleeding from the brain and dies overnight. Rob is one of Australia's most popular and famous musical actors. In the 1970s the English born actor begins his sho-biz career as a Pop Star in New Zealand. During the 1980s he moves to Las Vegas, NV to host shows on the strip. Rob returns to Australia for the main role in Les Miserables. In 1991 he becomes The Phantom. For the following 9 years, he is the most enduring Phantom in the entire world. Guest plays a remarkable record of 2289 performances in the role as the Phantom. In July 2008 he stars as The Wizard in the Australian production of Wicked. After it opens in Melbourne on July 12, Wicked sets a box office record. The $18 million production already grosses $27 million in ticket sales. Rob’s family flies into Melbourne from New Zealand to be by his side in the hospital. Rob Guest leaves behind his children Christopher (19), Amy (17), their mother Judy Barnes plus his present mate Kellie Dickerson. All are there with him in his final moments.

NEW CBS CHIEF IN TAMPA

As we mention before here in JRRR our long-time friend and former associate on KIKK FM in the 1970s, Charlie Ochs, leaves his SVP/MM post at CBS's cluster in Tampa, FL. CBS wastes no time in the announcement of Charlie's replacement. Ed Krampf exits Clear Channel after 5 years as SVP of CC's Western region for a similar spot at CBS-Tampa. Prior to that, Ed's experience at CC includes the honcho spot over 29 radio stations in 7 Northern California markets, also Market Manager of CC-San Francisco. In Los Angeles his other management positions include KBIG, KOST and KLAC. Krampf comes on board CBS Radio's Tampa operation right away. Charlie Ochs remains to assist in the transition phase. Charlie bids farewell to the position on Friday, October 3, 2008. JRRR anxiously awaits the news of Ochs' next radio challenge.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous comedian is an original member of Steely Dan? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•GENESIS COMMUNICATIONS buys Mega's Spanish Adult Hits WMGG-820 in Tampa-Largo, FL. New format plans for WMGG are underway. This adds to 2 other Genesis radio operations in the market: News/Talk WWBA-680 and Sports WHBO-1050. •GE announces on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 its sale of $3 billion in stock to Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway. •TOM KELLY vacates his GM desk at Marconi's Adult Standards WHAT-1340 Philadelphia, PA. •LARRY MUNSON legendary voice of the University of Georgia Bulldogs retires at 85. He has brain surgery in spring 2008 but he returns for two home games.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN Singer-songwriter (This Kiss-Faith Hill, Here We Are-Alabama, Five Minutes-Lorrie Morgan) born on September 14th in Harlington, TX. •1969 JAMES CARTER jazz musician saxophone/flute/bass clarinet born in Detroit, MI on January 3rd. •1976 WAYLON JENNINGS receives 6 CMA nominations on September 14th - Willie Nelson has 5 at its annual awards in Nashville, TN. •1992 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY's 1st single Life's A Dance releases on Atlantic records on September 14th. •2000 VICTOR BORGE Danish pianist/comedian dies at 91 at home in Greenwich, CT on December 23rd.

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HARRY MARTIN [Happy Hare] (San Diego, CA) Bye Bye Balinese Room…from Happy Hare. I grieve over the destruction of Galveston’s Balinese Room, that fabled night club that had been shuttered for years, but now was a splintered wreck. My daughter, Melanie, went to Galveston a few weeks before Ike, and got permission to enter and view the launch site of my career years ago. She took pictures of the bandstand where, as a young man, I had emceed national remotes of the greatest dance bands in the country. Mel was asked by the new owner for my picture which they would hang on the wall when they reopened. My 1949 remotes resulted in a job offer from VP Don Fedderson at KLAC in Hollywood, who thought enough of me to put me in Al Jarvis’ afternoon drive slot, when Jarvis moved over to television. I went on from there to other major markets, but…. they say that if you were born in Galveston no matter where life takes you, you never get the sand from between your toes. I didn’t believe it till recently, when I saw the horrendous pictures of Galveston after Ike. Then it hit me with hurricane force: once a Galvestonian, always a Galvestonian.

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JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Hi Jim, John Hale here...I am very happy that you and Tejas made it through the big blow okay...a friend sent me some video that didn't make it to network tv showing the aftermath, especially down NASA way and toward Galveston...the destruction looks like a war zone. (Not to mention that I've lost some of my favorite seafood eateries down your way...big guy that I am, I'm in mourning!) I noticed that you've gotten some email from Wayne Hodges up in Marshall, Texas. He and I worked at sister stations back in the late sixties, and I'd love for you to give him my email and have him give me a shout. Yours Truly, John Hale Mobile Magic Music 512.336.8742 (33.Music) "We're at the best parties!"

PAUL WILLIAMS (Houston, TX) Jim, If you could mention the passing of my very good friend and successful radio salesperson and manager in Houston and Dallas...Michael Nasser. I would appreciate it. Thank you very much Jim. Paul Williams, Senior Account Executive, Univision Radio

STACEY NASSER MILLER (Houston, TX) Hello Jim, Thanks so much...Michael Kent Nasser after a lengthy battle lost his courageous fight with cancer on September 26, 2008. Born on September 8, 1956 in Danville, Illinois, Michael was a graduate of Danville High School, David Lipscomb College in Nashville, TN and Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL where he received a bachelor and master’s of art degree. Michael enjoyed a successful career in radio broadcasting rising from the ranks of play-by play commentator in Charleston, IL to general manager of the successful Planet radio station in Houston, TX. Michael launched his successful radio career with WELH in Charleston, IL and then with WITY in Danville, IL. He also held executive and managerial positions with radio stations KILT, KODA and KPLN in Houston, TX, KOSI in Denver, CO and with KBFB and KERA in Dallas, TX. Michael served as President of the Houston Association of Radio Broadcasters in 1997 and served as a Board Member from 1995-1998. Michael was awarded the prestigious Group W President’s Award in November 1984 and again in July 1986. He also was recognized as part of the Winner’s Circle with Group W Radio in 1984 and again in 1989. Michael was a member of the Prestoncrest Church of Christ in Dallas, TX. Michael is survived by his wife Kendall (Hubenak), two sons Morgan and Mason and daughter Kenzie. Michael is also survived by his parents Ray and Sue (Tucker) Nasser, sister Susan (Michael) Rayburn, Stacey (Jeff) Miller, sister-in-laws Kim (Russ) Small, Kelly (Tim) Flannery, numerous nieces and nephews and many precious friends. I would appreciate it if you could add remembrances be directed to The Dreamfund.org. I’ll look forward to seeing our comments. I appreciate your kindness during this difficult time. Stacey Nasser Miller, Research Director, Univision 45/TeleFutura 67 Houston

JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Pass on to Dave Michaels, he can find out all about Jack Ruby from Sam Pate. Sam was the only newsman allowed into Jack's hospital room at Jack and his sister Eva's request. He told Sam during that time, the government was getting all he owned and holding it and to go by his house and pick up the suit he wanted to be buried in and then take it to the funeral home. When Sam showed me the suit, I sneaked a little note into the inner pocket that said "so long Jack". I was kinda silly in doing that. Often wondered if it is still there. Sam was kind and tender to his sister Eva, as all of this was hard on such a sweet lady. My dad died a short while later and Eva sent the most beautiful flower arrangement and sat next to Sam during the funeral. I still have the little card that came with the arrangement. I have a tape Sam gave me of the interview of both Jack and Eva. I cannot put into writing what else Jack told Sam, but Sam will give him all he needs to know by telephone. But don't wait too long to call, as his health grows worse each day.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Comedian-actor Chevy Chase is Steely Dan's drummer in its early days.

JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Just had to pass this on as we are a nation seriously in trouble, and none of us really have the answers! It is so true. BCC all. Once again, thank you Linnia! YOU always remind us, and with a scripture. Need to be reminded daily. We also need to remember that we are one nation, it seems, as the bickering and fighting is so divisive these days in times when all of us should be putting each other first. Free speech is a great thing, but even though we are a Republic and we are free, we don't need to kill each other with words and spitefulness, do we?!? Whoever said that sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me was WRONG. As my dear friend Jane would say, "I have spoken!"

VLADIMER LENIN (1870-1924) The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we hang them.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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October 1, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #563

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

THE EYES OF TEXAS CREATOR RIDES OFF INTO THE SUNSET

A Houston, TX radio-TV Newscaster, News Director and pioneer origininator for over 50 years, Ray Miller, passes into the night at 89. Ray is a member of the KPRC-950 radio staff when the Hobby family, its owners, decide to move into the hot new thing on the scene, Television. The Hobbys buy Houston's KLEE TV CH2 and change its call letters to KPRC TV. Miller serves as KPRC TV News Director in the 1960s and '70s before he retires in 1979. Among future well-known names in his news staff are former CBS anchor Dan Rather and future Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Senator Hutchison remembers Ray Miller: Ray never understood the word mediocre. He always went for the best. He wanted to do not just a job, but he wanted to do a job well. Phil Archer, who Miller hires in 1976 at 25, says He had incredible intellect, practically glowed in the dark. Ray begins a popular TV program which we all enjoy very much, The Eyes of Texas. Miller's 30-minute show features interesting people, places and things throughout the great state of Texas. After Ray retires a well-respected CH2 TV news anchor Ron Stone takes the reins of The Eyes of Texas. According to our sources Ray Miller's funeral is Friday, October 3, 2008 at St. Michael's Catholic Church here in Houston. Ray leaves behind his son, U.S. District Judge Gray Miller of Houston.

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NAB PUSHES AM FM HD ONTO SATELLITE RADIO

Remember when our nation's leaders consider satellite radio? Two companies vie for their spots in our sky - XM and Sirius. They quickly put their Yes on the dotted line that dictates the two shall never merge to form a monopoly. Well what do we have in 2008? Our nation's leaders vote to let XM and Sirius join hands, marry and become one. But a few tiny things slip by our government when they give the OK for the merger. The boys and girls on Capitol Hill and the National Association of Broadcasters want to declare that AM, FM and HD reception on satellite radio receivers become the law of the land, too. Ed Markey (D-MA) leads a bipartisan effort in the House. Greg Walden (R-OR) a former small radio group owner is among the co-sponsors of the Radio All Digital Channel Receiver Act, H.R. 7157. Lee Terry (R-NE), Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Dan Burton (R-IN) join the wild bunch. The NAB stands up and yells Let's do it to it! David K. Rehr, NAB President and CEO, says, NAB salutes the leadership of Chairman Markey and a bipartisan group of lawmakers for sponsoring this important bill that will boost the integration of HD Radio in satellite radio receivers, including those installed in automobiles.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1973 debut Southern Rock album contains 8 songs that includes Gimme Three Steps which mentions The Jug. Does The Jug really exist? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•ANDREA SCOTT is the new Market Manager of Main Line Broadcasting's 5-station Dayton, OH cluster: Sports WING-1410, Country WKSW FM (101.7) Springfield-Urbana, Adult Hits WGTZ FM (92.9) Dayton-Eaton, Rhythmic WDHT FM (Blazin' Hip Hop & R&B 102.9) Dayton-Springfield, and Urban WROU (U92 Jams the Most Music) Dayton-West Carrollton. •SIRIUS XM's 5 new music programmers include: Kid Kelly (Pop/Dance/Urban); Trinity (Classical/Jazz/Latin); Gregg Steele, (Rock); Jon Anthony (Country) and Mitch Todd is Sr. Director/Music Production.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1959 JOHN BERRY Country singer-songwriter (Your Love Amazes Me #1-1994) born September 14th in Aiken, SC. •1966 AMELIA FLETCHER British Pop singer-songwriter-guitarist with several groups born January 1st. •1976 THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS receive a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 24th. •1980 ROB ARNOLD lead guitarist of Metal Rock band Chimaira born January 3rd. •1991 MARK CHESNUTT's debut album Too Cold At Home is his 1st Gold release on September 24th. •2004 DORIS TROY (Higginson) R&B singer-musicals-songwriter (Just One Look #10-1963) dies on February 16th.

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DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Subject: Jack Ruby at KLIF...Dave Michael's question about Jack Ruby at KLIF the night before he shot Oswald... Jack Ruby at KLIF? Yes. I was there. So was Russ Knight. My testimony is in the Warren Commission report under the name "Danny Patrick McCurdy". So is Russ's. The night before he shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby was with me in the control room of KLIF…he was there for the better part of an hour discussing his feelings about the assassination of President Kennedy. All of us at the radio station knew Jack...he even brought sandwiches and soft drinks to the station that night, knowing that the news guys and DJs all were working extra shifts. Jack tried to hobnob with us, as he did regularly with the police department...all in an effort to curry favor and maybe get a periodic mention of his two Dallas exotic establishments (which he never got from any of us DJs)...also he brought doughnuts, etc., to the Dallas police department offices, again in an effort to gain favor with the department and members of the force. It was well known that he most always carried a weapon with him since he carried large sums of cash regularly. All of us knew him...we knew he was an ex-Chicago tough-guy who loved playing the role of personal b ouncer in both of his establishments (The Carousel Club downtown and the Vegas Club on Oaklawn in Dallas). My best to you, Jim and all your readers. - Dan McCurdy (Charlie Brown, Dan Patrick - KLIF, KBOX, WMEX-Boston) Inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame - 2004.

MIKE WHELEN (Cleveland, OH) Jim, Your link has been added under Blogs. I believe that's the appropriate category? A reciprocal link to www.rbr.com would be appreciated if possible. Thank you for your submission. Mike Whalen; Production Manager; Radio & Television Business Report; Voice of the Broadcasting Industry (www.rbr.com) / (www.tvbr.com)

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ANDY WALDROP (Houston, TX) Jim, What a pleasure to see a note from Joanie Green in Wednesday's JRRR! Joanie is a pioneer in Houston traffic reporting/producing, she is a great jock, she's a real sweetie, she is a joy to work with...and she is loved by a great many of us! Joanie...we miss you on the air. Keep us posted on what's up with you!!! Andy

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rabbitt Report is Saturday & Sunday October 4th & 5th 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/. The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tuesday October 7th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org.

FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Glad to hear you are O. K. and have power. Amazing... God bless you my friend. Great story... Frank (The Old Texan) Haley cjf Isa. 9:6 "When the sunshine of God's love meets the showers of our sorrow, the rainbow of promise appears."

SHIRLEY ROSE-REPASS (New Orleans-Mandeville, LA) Hey! Well, I see you came out OK, thank goodness. I tried to call a couple of times over the weekend, but the lines were busy. Once I got through and left a message, but I wasn't sure whether or not you actually had power. Sometimes you're not sure with the answering machines. Sounds like you had a ferocious storm, but nothing too bad on your side of town! Downtown looked pretty hard hit, of course, with the skyscrapers, but I guess that was to be expected. Galveston was hit the hardest. I hope there weren't too many who lost their lives on that island. I'll try to call either tonight or tomorrow. Love, Shirley

LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Hi Jim, Well...........? We here in Marshalll did have some mighty trees fall and take some power lines. I saw what looked like two new utility poles that were side by side torn in half. The wind did not seem that strong here in Marshall. I have experienced much stronger wind in Abilene, Midland, Lubbock, Canyon, and Amarillo. I was without electricity from 3:20 p.m. Saturday to about 7 p.m. Sunday. Leslie Wayne Hodges

TRIVIA ANSWER: Folks in Jacksonville, FL know aboutThe Jug in Lynyrd Skynyrd's tune Gimme Three Steps. US 17 (Roosevelt Boulevard) intersects with San Juan Avenue. On the right corner is a popular redneck bar that in the past is known as The Jug.

EVELYN PATE-ALLEN (Kemp-Tool, TX) It is Evelyn Allen. My address is Kemp; but that is rural mail. I live in the county just out of Tool, Texas. Live next door to my sister Joan Day. It is a block away; but it really is next door. Enjoy reading your e-mail. I see so many names that I have heard Sam mention through the years. Glad you made it through Ike. Hope you have power on by now.

MARTHA THRASHER (D/FW-Farmers Branch, TX) My sister and her family in Pearland are "hunkered down" in their travel trailer today after their power went out last night around 9 PM. The trailer has a generator and I think they are using it to keep their refrigerator going. Hope you and Tejas do OK! Martha Joe

WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) We are so glad that you and Tejas have been able to avoid the worst of Ike. Stay dry!

BLAISE PASCAL (June 19, 1623-August 19, 1662) We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas États-Unis

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September 29, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #562

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

SCREEN LEGEND DIES

Academy Award winning motion picture superstar Paul Newman dies at 83 from cancer. We fondly remember Paul as a co-star with Robert Redford in the great flick Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. In 1969 when I am Program Director of KBUC FM-AM in San Antonio, TX B.J. Thomas' new record Raindrops Falling In My Head is a must add to our play list. The tune also happens to be the theme song for Newman's new movie about outlaws in the old west. We have a radio contest where each winner attends KBUC's special presentation of the new Butch Cassidy movie. No telling how many times that I see that wonderful movie and it seems to get better each time and its music is teriffic. Over the years Paul Newman has many memorable movies like where he co-stars with Jackie Gleason in the 1961 film The Hustler. Another of my favorites. There are many others like Hud, Cool Hand Luke and The Color of Money. Paul receives nominations for Oscars 10 times. He win one regular award, plus two honorary ones. Newman has major roles in more than 50 motion pictures that include Exodus, The Verdict, The Sting and Absence of Malice. Paul Newman's second marriage is to film actor Joanne Woodward and defies Hollywood's logic. Their marriage lasts 50 years. In May 2008 Newman drops his plans to direct the fall production of Of Mice and Men because of health issues. Jeff Sanderson, Paul Newman's publicist, says that he passes away on Friday, September 26, 2008 at his farmhouse near Westport, CN surrounded by his family and close friends.

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BAIL OUT FARMERS INSTEAD OF WALL STREET

These past few days much of our attention is on the $700 billion Wall Street bailout. ($700,000,000,000) A new proposal for that massive lump of money surfaces that seems more realistic. In 1985 Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young establish Farm Aid to support family farmers. These guys ask Congress to redirect those billions of Wall Street bailout funds over to farm communities and working men and women. Willie's logic holds more water that what our congress wants to do with that massive sum of money to bailout wealthy bankers. He says, The proposed ... bailout asks taxpayers to foot the bill without giving them the opportunity to share in any gains that might result. On the other hand, a $1 billion investment in family farm agriculture would enrich all of us because we are all shareholders of the family farm. The return on investment in the family farm includes thriving local economies, nutritious food for better health, a safer and more secure food supply, a cleaner environment and more renewable energy. Do we hear an AMEN?

TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the big controversy that surrounds the Rolling Stones' album Black And Blue? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•CHARLIE COOK vacates media consultant McVay Media (Cleveland, OH) to become Senior Director of Country Programming at Mt. Wilson FM Broadcasters KKGO FM (Go Country 105) Los Angeles, CA. •RANDI MARKOWITZ's StarCall Broadcasting buys Pop Standards KVOU-1400, Country KVOU FM (104.9) and Tejano KUVA FM (U-102) in Uvalde, TX from Rhattigan Broadcasting for $1.2 million. •LESLIE SCOTT fills the empty PD office at Cumulus triple A KBXR FM (102.3) Columbia, MO. •KELLEY SPRINGER is Interep's CBS Radio Sales new Director of Sales in Los Angeles, CA.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1957 SAL MINEO singer/co-star with James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause reaches #9 on Billboard with Start Movin' In My Direction. •1962 LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS record The Ballad Of Jed Clampett on September 24th which becomes the theme for TV's The Beverly Hillbillies. •1970 JANIS JOPLIN dies at 27 on October 4th from an overdose of heroin. •1989 CLINT BLACK's Killin' Time is his 1st Gold album on September 24th. •1992 JOHNNY CASH inducts into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. •2005 SARA EVANS A Real Fine Place To Start reaches #1 on Billboard on September 24th.

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CHARLIE OCHS (Tampa, FL) Hi Jim…Sorry it took so long to respond. Here are the six stations in the Tampa CBS Radio cluster: WQYK-FM Country, WQYK-AM Sports, WYUU-FM Spanish Hits, WLLD-FM Rhythmic CHR, WSJT-FM Smooth Jazz, WRBQ-FM Classic Hits. WTOG-TV Channel 44 is not managed as part of the CBS Radio cluster. It is part of the CBS TV group. I am leaving CBS Radio to take a little time for myself and my family after 8 ½ years of being in the office here at 6:00 AM and never out before 6:30 PM. And, the same thing the rest of my management career in Washington DC for 10 years, here in Tampa in the late 80s for 3 years, and in San Diego for a couple of years. That is half of my 46 year career. You were with me at KIKK in Houston from ’77 to ‘84 when I did the morning show and was Program Director. I want to make it clear that I am not retiring, but just taking a couple of weeks for myself and then on to something else. No, I don’t have anything planned. I’ve had some conversations with friends about where to go from here, but I’d like to take some time to see what emerges. I told Scott Herman (EVP CBS Radio) that I would stay on here in Tampa until a new person is in place. We’re in the middle of budgets so the Controller and I are going to finish the initial presentation so the new person isn’t immediately slammed dealing with budgeting for 6 radio stations with which he or she is not familiar. Charlie Ochs; SrVP, CBS Radio Tampa Manager; 9721 Executive Center Drive, North; St. Petersburg, FL 33702; WQYK FM/AM, WSJT, WLLD, WRBQ, WYUU; Direct: 727 563-8800; Fax 727 577-5179; Mobile 727 422-4394

DAVE MICHAELS (Culver City, Ca) Hello Jim --- YOU may know if this story is TRUE or not...I now have heard it from two different people in the Radio Business. While talking about Texas Radio; they both have related this story, and they do not know each other. Here goes...we all remember the Dallas-Kennedy Shooting; I have been told that "Jack Ruby" spent the AM hours before he killed Lee Harvey in the KLIF Studios with Russ Knight!!! Could this be true? Or this just a story that has made the rounds from Jock to Newsman? I have heard that KLIF was Ruby's favorite radio station! Just wondering---if you may know or heard about this? Dave Michaels, Culver City, Ca...

HARRY MARTIN [Happy Hare] (San Diego, CA) God Bless Texas!! After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion, that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago. Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, in California an archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: California archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.' One week later, The Houston Chronicle, a local newspaper in Texas, reported the following: 'After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas, Bubba Mitchell, a self-taught archaeologist and graduate of Texas A&M, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Texas had already gone wireless. Thank God for Bubba. Who said Texans were hicks?

FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Jim, Thanks for the word on Warren Culbertson. In 1950, as a 10 year HATld, I watched him do the weather a lot on WFAA. He a nice plesant presentation he always had. You remember the story of one of the reasons he came back to Dallas from Chicago was because he was mugged one night in the windy city and hurt rather badly. He was a great talent, kind of like Gary Cooper, always smiling... Blessings to you. Glad to know you survived Ike. Frank (The Old Texan) Haley cjf Isa. 9:6 "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) The Perceived Value of a Jock. DJ's were, are and always will be a dime a dozen when the price is based on the quantity and abundance of the bodies available as opposed to the quality and skills of the top 10 or 20 or so in their field. Meanwhile, assembling a team of highly skilled verbal magicians sharing a similar station focus always results in being priceless. b

TRIVIA ANSWER: Feminists are uset with the Rolling Stones' album Black And Blue because its billboard on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, CA shows a bruised and bound woman with the phrase I'm Black and Blue from the Rolling Stones - and I love it! The feminist group Women Against Violence Against Women protests loudly. They claim that the Stones album promotes domestic violence against women. In a flash of light the billboard disappears. Guess the controversial billboard achieves its goal because it earns The Rolling Stones lots of publicity.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) The next "Rock n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tuesday September 30th 2-5pm CDT on http://KAFMradio.org. The next "Rabbitt Report" is Saturday October 4th & Sunday the 5th 2-5pm CDT on http://JJradio.com/.

JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Loved the email from Lee Baby Sims. Brought a smile. Man what on earth took place on that Island which would be so vivid in one's mind after so many years passing. It leaves a great deal to the imagination. Sure would like to know more. Did they meet on the island, did they know each other before or have a brief summers love. If any of you guys out there in cyber space knew me, keep quite. My husband reads this as well.

HONORE DE BALZAC (1799-1850) I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

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September 26, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #561

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

VETERAN TEXAS TV WEATHERCASTER DIES

Remember those golden days of yesteryear before cable when our table top TV sets only pick up three local channels? In my hometown of Dallas, TX it's WFAA CH8, KRLD CH4 and WBAP CH5. A meteorologist by the name of Warren Culbertson is one of our early TV weather prognosticators. In 1940 Warren earns a bachelor's degree in chemistry with minors in mathematics and physics from Trinity University. In April 1942, Warren marries Dale Frances Martin in Waxahachie. That same year he joins the the Army Air Force for duty during World War II. When he returns home Warren gets his degree from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1950 Culbertson is WFAA TV CH8's very first weathercaster. In 1958 Warren brings weather radar to WFAA TV. We folks who grow up in the Dallas area know full-well that we live in tornado alley. Culbertson moves to the top tip of tornado alley in Chicago, IL to continue his TV weathercasts. But he returns home in 1966 to KRLD CH4 until he retires from TV in 1982. He later does weather reports on KVIL radio. In 1998 his wife passes away. The 89-year old Warren A. Culbertson dies on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at Baylor University Medical Center in Waxahachie of complications following surgery to repair a broken hip. Warren leaves behind two daughters Margaret Culbertson of Houston and Kaye Culbertson Fuller of Paige, TX. The family requests that memorials be made to the Sims Library in Waxahachie, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth or a library or museum of our choice.

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LONGTIME NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST LEAVES THE BUILDING

For 28 years Chicago Sun-Times radio columnist Robert Feder keeps his readers on the inside of Chicago's broadcast scene. As is the story with major newspapers today cutbacks now are the norm. Robert accepts a buyout that includes a full year's pay with benefits. Feder writes in his column, After devoting all of my energy to covering the same beat for 28 years, I'll be able to take a break, step back and think about what else I want to do.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the birth name of lead vocalist of Punk Rock group Sex Pistols British rock musician Johnny Rotten? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•BILL CAHILL is new PD of Clear Channel shipmates AC WASH FM (97.1) and Classic Hits WBIG FM (100.3) in Washington, DC. •ERIC LYNCH becomes VP/GM of Gilliam Communications Gospel Music WLOK-1340 Memphis, TN. •MATT GRUBS joins Fox affiate KDFW TV CH4 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX as General Assignment reporter. •KPAM-1410 Pamplin Talk Portland, OR consolidates: Rich Belcher PD moves on up to GM/PD, Jeanne Winter tacks on GSM to her NSM door. KPAM turns its Portland Tribune & CNI newspapers into its new news departments. So Bill Gallagher News Director and reporter Mark Provo hit the exit ramp.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1959 WILMA LEE & STONEY COOPER record their 1959 #3 Classic There's A Big Wheel on August 28th. •1965 Spike JONES (Lindley Jones) dies at 53 of emphysema in Bel Air, CA. •1979 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND wins its only Gold single with Country Music Association's Single of the Year The Devil Went Down To Georgia. •1984 JOHN HARDEE jazz-blues tenor saxophonist dies at 75 on May 18th. •1998 CONFEDERATE RAILROAD's self-titled debut album certifies Double Platinum on August 27th. •2005 RENALDO (Obie) BENSON singer with The Four Tops dies of Lung Cancer on July 1st.

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ANDY UPCHURCH (Houston-San Leon, TX) Subject: Andy & The Dreamsicles. How about that hurricane? Man, that was some SQUALL, wasn't it?! I hate to ask if everybody made out OK with the storm because I know that many did not. Vicki and I are OK, but the Oleanders (The little house in San Leon) took one heck of a wallop. She’s still standing. When we got back to her, furniture had been bobbing around but I feel lucky because many around there lost so much more. Our hearts and prayers to them. But The Oleanders will live and there will be another Oleanders Party this spring. Are you tired of shoveling mud, cutting branches and hauling waterlogged stuff to the street? I think we all deserve a break – It’s Time For A Party! And there’s going to be one Friday (Tomorrow) nite: Andy & The Dreamsicles are playing at Heads ’n’ Tails (281-456-4641) in Kemah, 8:00–12:00!!! Take a break, put on your loudest (clean!) shirt, come on down, re-connect with friends and let The Dreamsicles cheer ya up!! We lost part of the PA and some instruments in the storm but we’ll beg steal or borrow some stuff to make the gig happen. See ya there, We hope!!! Andy Upchurch; Andy & The Dreamsicles "We Rock Hard But We Don't Play Hard Rock" Additional (public) engagements: Hoagie Ranch-Kemah October 4th (If They Can Open); Clear Lake Arts Alliance October 18th (A big show and party) Myspace.com/andyandthedreamsicles Management: Oleander Productions

BOB ALLEN (Charlotte,NC) Awesome stuff, Jim. It sounds like you were entering the Houston radio scene as I was leaving it. I began at KBNO-FM in September 1970. I was 17 years old and still going to Bellaire High School. The station was automated and I did a 5-minute newscast on the hour, every hour, from 12 midnight until 6am. Johnny Goyen, did a live morning show from 6am til 10am M-F and did a very popular oldies show live every Saturday night from 7pm til 12 midnight. That station was sold and the new owner went live with it, and a new call sign KRLY-FM, in early 1971. The format was Top 40. I began using the airname of Bob Allen. I did the all-nighter for a few months, then got an offer from WFUN-AM in Miami to do the 10pm-2am slot. I worked there for about a year, then Danny O'Brien, who had become the program director and morning jock at KRLY, offered me the 7pm-12 midnight slot back in Houston. I travelled back to Houston, and was there until 1975 when I got an offer from a new start-up FM rocker called KSAQ (SuperQ) in San Antonio. I worked at the Q as the afternoon jock and eventually became the PD there. The station sold in late 1976 and everyone was terminated except me. I changed my name to Dave Bradley and stayed on for a couple of months. I was offered an afternoon gig at KNOW-AM in Austin by a guy I had worked with in Houston, Bill Mayne. We worked together in Austin until he moved to KPAM in Portland, Oregon to be the Program Director. Once settled there, he called me up to be the afternoon guy there. We changed the name to KCNR-FM and went to a Top 40 format. Bill Mayne left in 1980 for Los Angeles and wound up working for Warner Bros. records as the head of the country music division. I left KCNR in 1981 and decided to do a career change. I never looked back. However, I do have a LOT of stories from the radio days and DO very much miss many of the folks I worked with in that short period of time. Ron Foster and his wife were very close friends of mine and my first wife. We did a lot of crazy stuff. It seems like we had a midday DJ on KRLY that came from Galveston with the name Jim Rose. Obviously that is not you. One funny bit of trivia I have is that KRLY and KRBE, even though were competitors owned by different companies, shared the same floor in the same office building off of Westlake Drive at one time. This was about 1971 or 1972. I know KRLY is no longer using that call sign. I believe they were Star 97 the last time I checked in. Hope to meet you at some point. If there ever is a reunion of the old, OLD, Houston DJs, please let me know. I go back to the days of Paul Berlin on KNUZ, Ron Foster, Barry Kaye, Johnny Shannon, Chuck Dunaway, Hudson and Harrigan, Russ Knight, etc on KILT-AM. I grew up in Houston. Just writing this email is bringing back a flood of memories. Sure would like to share them. Take care. Bob Darrough

DAN DOBNER (Idaho Falls, ID) Jim, My prayers are with you buddy! Batton down the hatches and I hope you and Tejas are OK after hurricane Ike hits! How you holding up? It sounds like this is a really bad one. Hope you are doing OK my friend. I was just thinking about you. Please let me know. Sincerely, Your friend, Dan

CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego, CA) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#560-35) September 24, 2008 [Wednesday] Jim, all the views of the Galveston and surrounding areas are ugly. I can't believe the devastaion I'm seeing on TV. My brother had to sleep in his store for several days to keep his coolers going with a portable generator, I still haven't been able to raise my kids on the phone even though I'm told they are fine. Everyone there knows how to reach me and I can only continue to keep my thoughts and prayers positive for all of you folks in Houston and Galveston and the surrounding areas. My wife, on her first visit to Texas, and I explored explored the Seawall Hiway..I guessing most of the business establishments we visited are destroyed. Anyway you can take a Texan out of Texas...but you never take Texas out of a Texan. Hopes and prayers to Everyone.

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TRIVIA ANSWER: Punk Rock group Sex Pistols lead vocalist British rock musician Johnny Rotten's birth name is John Lydon.

LEE BABY SIMS (Walnut Creek, CA) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio Issue #546. Vicki, Darling. Vicki! Vicki Worthington. Is it really you Sugar? My Vicki? Vicki, Its Lee baby, Honey. I can`t believe That after all these years that at last I have found you here on Jim`s site. All blessings have now been granted to me. Oh, My dear, do you remember that night. There on Padre Island? It was summertime. You raised your lips to mine and said that you loved me. I echoed your words and held you close. Then we went for Bar B Que. Oh, Please, call me sweet one. Jim has my #. Call me, Assuming, Of course, that you are the same Vicki Worthinton That I am thinking of. With a kiss!... Lee Baby.

MOTHER TERESA (1910-1997) There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

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September 24, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #560

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

RADIO IS ALIVE AND WELL

Some say that because of the influx of iPods, satellite radio and other similar fads our free radio is dead. You may be too young to remember the huge sensation that Davy Crockett causes in the 1950s. No not Houston's Davy Crockett. In the late 1950s everywhere we go and everything we see has a Davy Crockett connection. The frontiersman from Tennessee hits America like hurricane Ike. How about hula-hoops, The Twist, flat top haircuts? Fads come and they go but free radio is still around for decades. There are no subscription fees. We do not have to spend hundreds of dollars for special audio receivers that soon become obsolete. In the late 1960s Pop singer Tom Jones makes an off the wall comment that Elvis Presley is dead. Tom terrific says that because The King places less emphasis on his recording career. What does Elvis do? Presley nails the charts with If I Can Dream (over a half million sales-late 1968), In the Ghetto (over a million-1969), Suspicious Minds (over a million-1969), plus 2 more smashes that sell over a million and 8 that move over a half million records. Elvis sells more records (excuse me - CDs) in the 2000s than he ever does. Radio can do the same but we must clear out consolidation, voice-tracks and other non-live broadcasts. Radio must return to what makes us the talk of the town - localism. Let's hear live local DJs on the air who talk about what goes on in our neck of the woods. That's the real thing. It hits the spot! We listen to our free radio broadcasts on the lowest cost devices that we already have in our homes and cars. Who do we turn to for instant news about weather disturbances like hurricane Ike and other breaking news that shakes our lives? It's the good ole reliable and free radio stations in our town that we depend upon to inform and entertain us. Even if our electricity is on the blink we still have our battery-operated radios. Keep them handy in case you experience a hurricane like Ike here in Houston in September 2008. Radio veteran John Gorman's Media Blog (http://gormanmediablog.blogspot.com/) tells it like it is: Radio connects, informs and inspires an estimated 235 million listeners each week. And what we rarely hear is that number is up 3 million listeners from last year. That's a vast universe that we are touching...Millions of people listen to the radio every single day. People spend more time with radio than on the Internet and reading newspapers.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Which two Rock bands sell the most albums? The answer appears below.

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RADIO HOST BEATEN

News-Talk WINS-1010 reports that NY cops arrest two suspects on Sunday, September 21, 2008 in the baseball bat beating in the early morning hours of September 14th of Pelagio de la Cruz of the Boston suburb Lynn, MA. A video surveillance camera captures the incident on film. The two muggers, Gavin Scott (20) and Jamal Roman (26) turn themselves in to police. The 52-year-old host of a Spanish-language talk show on WESX-1230 in Boston-Salem, MA is on a visit to see his children in the Bronx when the horrible incident occurs. De la Cruz is in critical condition in the hospital and is just now able to begin to speak. Cops say the thugs go through De La Cruz's pockets, take his wallet, cell phone and a gold chain with a crucifix. Rosa Zullo, Pelagio's co-host on WESX-1230 says he has surgery to repair broken bones in his face at St. Barnabas Hospital. Officers reveal that this has nothing to do with Pelagio's radio show and this tragedy could happen to anyone. Police assert that they have no indication the assailants even know the gentleman. They just want to beat and rob anyone who comes into their view. Sounds like a place for us to avoid.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•KENTON MORRIS former APD of WGN-720 Chicago, IL later a commercial pilot dies in a private plane crash at Lakeland Airport in Arbor Vitae, WI on Thursday, September 11, 2008. •TONY & KRIS morning hosts on Clear Channel Country KUSS FM (95.7) San Diego-Carlsbad, CA make a surprise exit from the building. •WSM-790 takes 2008 NAB Marconi Legendary Station award and Premiere's Glenn Beck receives Network-Syndicated Personality of the Year. Billy Bush of Westwood One and co-anchor of Access Hollywood hosts the event in Austin, TX.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1954 STRINGBEAN leaves the Grand Ole Opry to become a regular on the Ramblin' Tommy Scott Show on August 28th. •1967 FRANK SINATRA w/daughter Nancy's Somethin' Stupid reaches #1 when he is 51 years 4 months old. •1971 TOM T. HALL's The Year That Clayton Delaney Died hits #1 on Billboard's Country singles chart on September 18th. •1981 ROLLING STONES Start Me Up hits #2. •1992 ALAN JACKSON's Love's Got A Hold On You goes to #1 on Billboard's Country singles chart on September 18th. •2006 SUPER BOWL XL on February 5th the Pittsburg Steelers defeat the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.

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MIKE MARSHALL (Houston, TX) Jim, I'm back and anxious to be plugged back in to JRRR. I had access to the internet the last couple of weeks that I was in Rome and read some of your newsletters. I'm glad you made it through the storm OK. My neighbor's tree fell and broke both my electric power line and my phone line but my daughter arranged to have the tree cut up and moved and the lights and phone up and running when we flew into Houston last Friday, the 19th. Mike Marshall

JIM SPURLOCK (Houston, TX) Jim, Our good friend Harold Gunn introduced me to your website in May of this year and I've enjoyed going thru back issues since. I'm already on your mail list as jim@spur-texas. Did you once work for KXYZ? I was there from March of 1968 to March of 1975. My radio/TV career included stints at WJPR Greenville MS, WTLO Somerset KY, WMOR Morehead KY, WTAP TV Parkersburg WV, WDDT Greenville MS, WJKY Jamestown/Russell Springs KY and KXYZ. Jim; Spur-Texas; 800 Bering Drive 103; Houston, Texas 77057

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BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#558-44) September 19, 2008 [Friday] When KULF turned top 40 in 1980 I was at KFMK and my wife at time (one of many) was doing AM Drive news at KULF. Initially, for Stevens and Prewitt then for John Lander. b

DURING MY ENTIRE TIME ON KULF-790 from 1978-80 its music is Top 40 but by 1979 Top 40 is mostly disco. Several different airshifts fall under my canopy because KULF is hire and fire city. For several months in 1979 I do the 7p-midnight show. In 1980 my show moves to the noon-3 pm slot and continue to do the Saturday night and Sunday afternoon Oldies show with Hank Moore. Seven days a week but I like it like that.

CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego, CA) Subject: Ike. Hang in there Jim, it's a great life. I keep telling myself that everytime I go broke in a poker game.

TRIVIA ANSWER: The Beatles are #1 in album sales and Led Zeppelin is #2 in total album sales.

MARY LYNN KNOCHELMAN (Cincinnati, OH) Jim...I'm delighted to see that all your "Jim Rose Remembers Radio" newsletters went out with no interruption, including Friday's, Monday's, and today's issue. Unfortunately today is the first time I am able to read your two latest issues. I'm glad that you were able to stay in Houston and apparently weren't hurt by the calamity. I'm happy to report that my cousin Lisa Rice, a resident of Channelview, only had minor damage to the back of her house. However she added that some of the houses in her subdivision did suffer major damage! My other friend in Houston, former Cincinnati Red Bobby Tolan confirmed to me that it was mandatory for him and his family to evacuate to LaFayette, Louisiana. When they returned home they had no lights, but major damage in their back yard. Thankfully their home was saved. I'm just reading your Monday & Wednesday JRRR news letters today because I personally am also a VICTIM of Hurricane Ike. Yes even though Cincinnati, Ohio is many miles away from Houston, a windstorm hit my city Sunday afternoon, a confirmed off-shoot of Hurricane Ike! I had just told you in a recent newsletter that tornadoes were our biggest threat here. Well we didn't have a tornado, but we had wind gusts of up to 70 MPH, and lasting non-stop from 2pm-5pm that afternoon! The winds caused siding and gutters and flag poles to fall off of houses, and toppled HUGE trees from their roots, knocking down many power lines throughout my city. By the time the calamity was over 780,000 people were without power, including me. Mine was off from 2pm Sunday afternoon till about 10:30pm last night. I have a 100% electric house (no gas) so nothing could be cooked, unless I used an outdoor grill, the majority of the food in both my refrigerator and freezer had to be thrown away. Ice was very hard to come by and there were long lines at the gas stations, what few were open! At the time I'm typing this my city is nowhere near back to normal in terms of power. Duke Energy hopes to have everyone hooked back up to power by this upcoming weekend. Personally my own home and my trees remained intact during the storm. However my neighbor directly across the street lost his tree. Fortunately it fell forward into my street. But five other people in Cincinnati were not as lucky when trees fell, all losing their lives. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has declared my state a disaster area. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought a storm in Texas would also reach Ohio! Well it did! Mary Lynn Knochelman

DAVID FOSTER WALLACE (February 21, 1962-September 12, 2008) The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush.

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September 22, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #559

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

CNN PRODUCER DIES

NY police investigate the death of former CNN producer Julie Horner Lankamp. Authorities find her bloody body with bruises on the floor of her stylish 28th-floor Gold Street apartment on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. NY cops say that as they arrive Julie's little 2-year-old daughter, Shaine, clings to her mother's leg and crys. Authorities suggest that Lankamp is a victim of foul play. Her relatives indicate they do not hear from her since Sunday. Lankamp's estranged husband who some say is abusive tops the detectives' interview list. Julie Horner Lankamp is a producer at CNN from 1995-1998. After she leaves CNN, Julie directs marketing for Broadway Video. She later forms her own Web design company, Melon Media.

TRIVIA QUESTION: In the summer of 1969, John Lennon tells his bandmates that as soon as they finish their Abbey Road album at 3 Savile Row, London he leaves the Beatles. On what date does John Lennon actually leave the Beatles? The answer appears below.

OCHS EXITS CBS

Long time friend from the late 1970s at KIKK FM here in Houston, TX Charlie Ochs resigns from the CBS Radio Tampa, FL cluster after eight years. Charlie vacates his Senior VP-Market Manager position for the six station group. Ochs sticks around to aid in the search of his future successor. In 2000, Ochs is VP/GM of WMZQ FM (98.7) and WWRC-1260 in Washington, DC. We can find Charlie Ochs at the CBS Radio address cpochs@cbs.com.

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ABC MOVES DC TO NYC In June 2009, about a dozen ABC Nightline positions move from Washington, D.C. to NYC. Because of the change ABC lays off a few full and part time positions. Out the door are a technical director, an audio engineer, a director, an operations producer and possibly the scheduler. Last week the Washington bureau loses three of its staff when ABC cuts 15-20 broadcast operations and engineer positions in three cities. The layoffs come after Terry Moran's Nightline anchor spot moves to NYC plus ABC News’ gears-up for HD production from that location. This means that ABC network no longer has an overnight newsroom staff in our nation's capitol. An unidentified ABC management source clears up some of the fog: The overnight control room was redundant and we weren't really originating any programming out of there, so we had to eliminate some staff. Any programming coming out of Washington will be routed to the New York control room, which is capable of handling all of the rerouting and programming that used to be handled out of Washington.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•DAN POTTER former WBAP-820 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX News Director and anchor joins Cox Radio News-Talk KRMG-740 Tulsa, OK as ND and APD. •EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS temporarily restructures its management's pay. Some of its top performers' salaries fall to $15,000 a year. Emmis says it makes up for the wage drop with quarterly bonuses. •ROY BRANNAN Trafficlink Head of Network Operations now has a permanent staff at the New Glasgow base of Traffic Scotland’s Control Centre to serve several Scottish radio stations that include Real Radio, Talk 107 and Kingdom FM.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1955 TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD records Merle Travis' Sixteen Tons on September 20th at the Capitol Recording Studio on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, CA. •1969 ROY HAMILTON R&B singer (Don't Let Go #13-1958) dies of a stroke on July 20th. •1975 RICK NELSON receives a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 17th. •1989 PAUL ROBI baritone singer with The Platters dies with pancreatic cancer on February 1st. •1996 MINDY MCCREADY hits #1 in Billboard with Guys Do It All The Time on September 14th. •2001 JOHN PHILLIPS with The Mamas and Papas dies at 65 of heart failure on March 18th.

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TOM ELLIS (Newton, MA) Subject: reading jrrr cross country. Hi, Jim, Glad to hear that you and Tejas came through with flying colors. Many years ago when I was a 7 year old living with the Native Americans in the Big Thicket near Livingston, a hurricane came through and scared the daylights outta me. The tiny shack we lived in got blown around a bit, and my Grandmother Schleiffarth calmed me down by telling me, "Don't worry, Tom, the sun's gonna shine tomorrow, and we'll all be just fine." By the way, she was right. Also, I covered several of those big bad boys and girls while I was working 1958-68 at KONO AM and TV in San Antonio. I'm responding to your request to let you know where I'm reading JRRR. I get you loud and clear every week in Newton, Massachusetts when I do my weekend anchor gig at New England Cable News. I recall a lot of the times, the names and the places you lay out for us in your most interesting series of reports. Many thanks, and God bless. Tom Ellis

31 YEARS HERE IN HOUSTON lets me witness many many tropical storms and hurricanes but Ike takes the cake. Remember back in 1979 when I am a DJ on KULF-790. A big storm blasts its way toward Houston. It's a Saturday afternoon and I cannot wait to get off the air and head back home to my apartment in Southwest Houston on Westpark before it strikes. KULF is in the penthouse suite high atop 2100 Travis. Sure glad that I park my car on one of the upper levels because when I head for the car to go home notice that the bottom parking level already is full of water. It's doomsday for those unfortunates who park their autos down there. The KULF news crew brings sleeping bags and lots of goodies to bed down for some good weekend long storm reporting. At home I tape the windows with masking tape. This is my first big storm in Houston. In late September 2005, Rita becomes the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane and the most intense tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico. Well, like hurricane Rita this blast of wind makes a sharp curve at the last minute and heads away from a direct shot at us here in the Bayou City. WHEW! On September 24th Rita lands onshore with windspeeds of 120 mph east of Houston at Sabine Pass which is just south of Beaumont. Galveston's storm surge is over 7 feet. In 1989 I sign up for a short 90 contract project at Marathon Oil in its tall 40 story tower in the Galleria area on San Felipe. Our office is on the 38th floor and the floor-to-ceiling window to the right of my horse-shoe shaped cubicle gives a bird's eye view of Houston down below and far away. To the east the Astrodome is the size of a quarter. A hurricane begins its movement toward the Gulf of Mexico. On a huge Marathon oil map I plot the co-ordinates of the storm. On a Friday, it fast approaches Houston. So we move our computers to the inner hallway to protect them from shards of glass, wind and water damage. Quite a heavy undertaking because the much lighter, thinner and more compact LCD screens like the one that sits in front of me right now are only figments of some scientist's imagination. Well this is another hurricane that decides at the last minute to avoid a direct smash-up with our fair city. Hurricane Alicia in August 1983 and Ike in September 2008 take aim for Houston and like the words Roy Hamilton's 1958 tune they hang on tight and don't let go. So out of all of the tropical storms and near misses it's finally time for us Houstonians to witness the real thing. Hurricane Ike lives on in infamy.

MARY LYNN KNOCHELMAN (Cincinnati, OH) Watch WGN today if you have that channel. WKRP will be on my time from 7:00pm-10:00pm which means your time from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. It's the 30th anniversary last week of when "WKRP in Cincinnati" made it's debut. Although WGN won't show the debut episode of Sept. 18, 1978 it will show two half-hour episodes and two two part episides filling up the hours of 8-10pm (7-9pm for you) It's being hosted by former Cincinnati radio and TV Host Bat Barry, and you'll see brief inserts shot this summer from how Cincinnati looks now. The show always begins with the shot of "To The People of Cincinnati" on the Tyler Davidson Fountain, the lady (the genius of water) with water flowing from her hands. We looked at her last night. The Oktoberfest runs the majority of the length of the street (5th) in front of her. When the WKRP film was shot, she was on Fountain Square on 5th street, like she still is now. But then she was closer to the street. Now she's further back closer to a building on an expanded newer fountain square. Mary Lynn Knochelman; Cincinnati, Ohio

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BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Hey Jim! I saw a post from Andy Barber. What a legendary jock. Please tell him hello and that I am glad to see that he is still in the biz. All the best! Billy t

ANDY BARBER (Tulsa. OK) Hey Jim - I’m on KJSR-FM/Tulsa/Classic Rock/Cox Radio. been here 6 years now since I left CHR! In 41 years it would take more than the room here so many experiences, the best ones @ KAFM/Dallas, KTNQ/Los Angeles & KING/Seattle. But, hey love your website very nice very nice! Let’s stay in touch, Andy Barber

TRIVIA ANSWER: More than 6 months after their secret break-up John Lennon finally makes it public in April 1970 that he leaves the Beatles. But their final live performance takes place on the rooftop of London's Apple building on January 30, 1969. They are still in the process of the Let It Be album recording sessions but it releases in 1970.

JANE LASSAR (Cleveland, OH) Jim, Hope all is well and that you've come through Hurricane Ike OK. I was getting ready to send you the copy of "The Buzzard" by John Gorman-- but wondered if you're able to receive UPS packages at this point. If not, I can certainly wait until later when things are back to normal. Please let me know. Jane Lassar; Gray & Co., Publishers (www.grayco.com)

UPS AND CARE PACKAGES are definitely welcome sights here in Houston after the monstrous hurricane Ike takes his grapes of wrath to the north country. Almost 50% of our neighbors still have no electricity. Gradually gas pumps and grocery stores open their doors. Boliver peninsula and Gilcrest to the east of Galveston barely remain on the map. We will survive.

VIRGINIA WOOLF (January 25, 1882-March 28, 1941) Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.

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September 19, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #558

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

HURRICANE IKE

Widespread wind and water damage create havoc of the most destructive hurricane to ever strike the Houston-Galveston, TX shore line since the 1900 monster storm takes as many as 6,000-8,000 lives and levels the beautiful island city. The death toll from that historic event still remains a mystery because of the massive mountains of rubble it leaves behind. The citizens of Galveston never expect such a disaster to shatter their seaside community. That's when the powers that be move in tons and tons of sod to raise Galveston's surface high up above the beach. Big Brother plans and builds the huge 11' water wall to disrupt anymore tropical monsoons. But when typhoon Ike strikes Galveston just after 1 am on Saturday morning, September 12, 2008 it proves to be a giant monster that some describe as Godzilla. So far whirlwind Ike takes 23 lives. That figure is much, much smaller than even Katrina produces in 2005 to our nearby neighbor in New Orleans, LA. In September 2008 Houston has neat and orderly evacuation procedures ready to go. The plan calls for an orderly zipcode by zipcode exodus to the north land of Canaan. This is to try to avoid the miles and miles of Texas highways that leaves fleeing motorists in sweltering heat with slow or no moving bumper-to-bumper traffic on I-45 as they follow the North Star 300 miles to Dallas. Diesel-powered 18 wheelers with loads of backup fuel for our autos wait in stand-by motion to aid stranded autoists in their superhuman flight of survival. That extra fuel supply quickly goes into orbit like sputnik but we must hang on because Big Brother tells us more fossil fuel is on its way. Another crisis for those of us who linger behind is our water pressure plunges from slow streams to just trickles and then there is none. Here in Tejas and her daddy's apartment we quickly see the clear and present danger so our empty canteens become aqua laden plus we have 5 gallons of apple juice, several cans of pork and beans, many candles and flashlights. Around 8pm on Friday our electricity disappears faster than the speed of light which means our frozen lime sherbet dilutes into dew and our frozen pizza pulverizes into mash. Houston's hot humid heat with no air conditioning is a spell that we do not cast on our most harsh critics. Thank God that the mighty light company places power priority to us mere mortals on Houston's far west side. Tejas and her daddy only miss out on about 13 hours of our flow of electrons. Like Gloria Gaynor's 1979 disco hit we do survive.

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VETERAN NEWS REPORTER SUCCUMBS

When WCBS-880 Newsradio 88 launches its all-news radio format in New York City Tony Brunton is a part of its first group of reporters. CBS issues a statement that Anthony Brunton dies from a heart attack at 76 in Long Island, NY on Sunday, September 14, 2008. In 1956 Tony begins his radio career on WICC-600 in Bridgeport, CT and rises to the position of News Director. In 1964 Brunton joins WCBS radio in NYC where he steps up to the plate in the cultivation of the all-news format and the rest is history. A couple of Tony's colleagues at WCBS include the legendary CBS News journalist Charles Osgood and the late 60 Minutes contributor Ed Bradley.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What country of origin is Rock group Golden Earring? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•MIKE HUCKABEE former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate fills in for Dial Global syndicated host Neal Boortz on Monday, September 15, 2008. •CRANE DURHAM leaves his morning show partner Jamie Allman as the solo pilot on Emmis Talk KFTK FM (97.1) St. Louis-Florissant, MO. •MARNA SPIZZ joins Interep's CBS Radio Sales in Chicago, IL as VP/Strategic Development. •MARK KEEN formerly with talkSPORT and Magic 999 leads the line-up at Lancashire's new station Central Radio. BBC Radio Sheffield's Anna Woolhouse joins Mark for breakfast at the radio station in Preston.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1957 STEVE FARRIS guitar picker with Rock group Mr. Mister born on May 1st. •1965 CONNIE SMITH & BOB LUMAN join the Grand Ole Opry on September 18th. •1971 ROLLING STONES Brown Sugar hits Billboard on May 1st and zooms to #1. •1981 GEORGE JONES scores his 1st Gold album with I Am What I Am on September 18th more than 25 years after his 1st hit single Why Baby Why in 1955. •1990 FRANK WRIGHT avant-garde Free Jazz musician known for his fiery tenor saxophone dies at 54 on May 7th in Wuppertal, Germany. •2002 TIM MCGRAW's Unbroken goes to #1 in Billboard on September 14th.

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GENE THOMAS (Nashville, TN) My home on the beach at Jamaica Beach, on Galveston Island is gone. From aerial shots sent to me by friends taken from television news helicopters I can see it's off its pilings and broken up. This was a large house with over 3,000 sq. ft., right on the beach. It going to be a while before I can get a first hand look. No more beach homes for me. Right now I'm in Birmingham and spending time in Nashville.

ANDY BARBER (Tulsa, OK) Hey Jim-Talking with Dan thought I’d send you a HEY! Radio is a rough game right now (in my 41st year) had to switch to Classic Rock from CHR after 36 years, Good change for me. better music now and the audience is good! How did you get through Hur IKE? Keep in touch dude, Andy Barber

JIM SPURLOCK (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio Issue #555. Jim, I'm frequently surprised at the treasures of info that turn up in your newsletter. I am particularly pleased to see the reference to one of my former employers, WDDT Radio in your 9/11/08 issue, along with the news of the late Merlin Littlefield's family asking that donations be made to Japanese Chin rescue. Anyone who loves Chins has to be a wonderful person. Thank you for the work that you do. Jim Spurlock (Spur-Texas Recording)

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JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: Check Out This Gallery From AOL News. That is the route we take to go to Galveston each year. We usually take a break at Winnie to have a drink and sandwich, usually cold scrambled egg. That way we are still hungry at dinner time to have a fish dinner. We go the "back way" as it is more relaxing than Interstate. It makes me feel sad to see all of the destruction. Have you checked to see how much damage was done around you? Sorry about your crepe myrtles. You gave an excellent report on the storm. Almost like we were there watching it ourselves.

JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Hi Jim! As I write, I am looking at one of my favorite photos from my years in broadcasting. It was taken at an event for B.W. Stevenson, a costume party at the saloon at Six Flags Over Texas, and one of the photos taken that night was to be an album cover. The people at RCA were nice enough to provide me with a large black and white portrait, along with other photos from that night. In the large photo, B.W. is in back surrounded by some of the women from RCA. Merlin Littlefield is sitting on my left in all his western regalia. Years later when I was at KNUS, Mike Selden came to work there. He brought me other photos he had "swiped" at KLIF when they were dropped off after hours by the RCA folks. One group shot includes Paxton Mills and Mike Selden of KLIF, Merlin and me. Selden confessed that he felt guilty for having kept the photos from me all those years. Sadly, Paxton and Mike left this earth at early ages. Paxton was a gentle soul and very funny. Selden was one of the most energetic announcers I met during my years in broadcasting. I remember seeing an interview with Garth Brooks a couple of years into his hugely successful career when he told a story about leaving Nashville the first time after he had made the rounds at various music companies, where Merlin Littlefield made the comment to him that there were many talented people in Nashville, and Garth was just one of them. I bet Merlin never forgot that one. Hope you have your car problems resolved. You and Tejas be safe. JC

TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1967 Rock group Golden Earring forms in Amsterdam, Holland. They have two hit singles Radar Love (#13-1974) and Twilight Zone (#10-1983). Band members include: Barry Hay (vocals), George Kooymans (guitar), Rinus Gerritsen (bass) Cesar Zuiderwijk (drums).

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I once interviewed for a job as a board operator at KVTT 91,7, I talked to Rev Eldridge Thomas, I already knew who he was from listening to him over KYAL 1600, McKinney actually I think it had other calls at the time, but KYAL is what comes to mind. KVTT was located in a building on Douglas not to for from Preston Center. I did not get the job but I had fun getting to tour the station and came back with a lot of goodies I then shared with DXers/SWLers. I would like to hear KKOB but with KAAM on 770 that won't happen again, actually, I still remember nights listening to WABC, but it no longer can be heard. I also picked up on a regular basis at night Radio Tequendama, Bogota, Colombia. Also I heard a station from Guatemala on 770 with very pretty marimba music. I once got a tour of KSKY 660 in the Stoneleigh Hotel. I thought it was neat seeing the Organ and Studio for live shows. One reason I liked KYAL was because they had a booth one year at the State Fair. I got to meet their announcer who was doing a remote and also learned it was owned by the same people who operated KAWA 1010 in Waco and another station that I can't recall now. I think the FCC should not let a station move to another community until they have found a service provider for the community they currently are licensed to. I also thought it was ironic but KIXL 1040 and 104.5 were right across the dial on my first AM/FM radio. Also WBAP was across from WBAP-FM. Charles George, KC5RAI P.S. I wonder if any of your readers will make it out to Ham Comm this year. Charles George, KC5RAI

WILLA CATHER (1873-1947) Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.

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September 17, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #557

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CHARLIE WALKER (1926-2008) R.I.P.

One of Country music's best singers, songwriters and guitar pickers Charlie Walker dies of colon cancer less than a couple months shy of his 82nd birthday on Friday, September 12, 2008 in Hendersonville, TN. Charlie is born on November 2, 1926 in Copeville, TX and becomes one of the entertainment industry's most talented good guys. Charlie Walker is a 40-year member of the Grand Ole Opry. Charlie begins his Country music career during World War II with the Armed Forces Radio Network. In 1951 Charlie is a popular DJ on KMAC-630 in San Antonio. In January 1956 Only You, Only You is his first national chart record on Decca. It climbs to #9. In 1958 Walker's first song to hit the charts on Columbia records Pick Me Up On Your Way Down rises to #2 and becomes his trademark tune. In 1967 when I first arrive at KPCN-730 in Dallas, TX for my noon-3pm airshow Walker's hot new record Don't Squeeze My Charmin is one of our out of the news power rotation records. In 1969 while I am on the air at KBUC FM-AM in San Antonio he is a guest on my PM Drive radio program. There's not a nicer and more talented performer in existance. In 1981 Charlie inducts into the Country DJ Hall of Fame. Grand Ole Opry VP/GM Pete Fisher issues a statement: The Grand Ole Opry family will miss our friend and Opry member, Charlie Walker. We are truly grateful for all of the musical moments he has shared with us on the Opry stage and over the airwaves as a disc jockey. We will dedicate this weekend’s Opry shows to his memory. Charlie Walker leaves behind his wife Connie and 10 children: Ronnie, Cindy, Arthur, Charlie III, Elissa, Charlene, Catherine, Christina, Caroline and Charlton; 15 grandchildren; 3 step-grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Another music legend leaves the building but Charlie Walker's great music and wonderful memories remain forever in our minds and hearts.

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HOUSTON'S HURRICANE IKE TAKES ITS TOLL

Citizens find few stores and gas stations open for business. The stores that are open have extremely long lines of anxious folk to get water and ice. Low or no water pressure causes a major crisis. Over two million Houstonians are without power but a huge cavalcade of electrical workers from other states arrive with buzz saws to clear the tree debris. Hurricane Ike sends shards of window glass from the tall Chase bank building all over the downtawn area. Price gouging for supplies like generators create unnecessary mishaps. Hurricane Ike's widespread wind and water damage likely totals into the billions of dollars. Radio stations have their difficulties, too. Reports come in that CBS Radio Country KILT FM and crosstown Cox Radio Country KKBQ FM remain on the air but with a few obstructions. CBS Radio's cluster has power in its skyscraper but the elevator bingos on the 12th floor while its studios are on the 19th. Radio folks add a 7 floor upstairs jog to their duties but when they get there no a/c to cool them off. Mark Adams PD of CBS Top 40 KKHH FM describes it this way Houston looks like it was attacked by Godzilla. We are on the 19th floor of a 20-floor building and this building is in terrible shape. I am not sure how our engineers did it, but we are on the air from our studios, which thankfully sustained no water or structural damage. There are no elevators; they are flooded out. We are on the commercial power grid, so we got power back pretty quickly, but there is no air conditioning in the building, so it's pretty rough going.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What do the letters in Rock group ABBA stand for? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•EDDIE BURKE 2-5 pm Talk show host on KMBQ Corporation KBYR-700 Anchorage, Alaska goes without pay for 1 week after he airs cell phone numbers of 2 anti-Sarah Palin women who organize a rally. •MICHAEL SAVAGE Talk Radio Network syndicated Conservative talk champion re-signs his contract at flagship KNEW-910 San Francisco-Oakland, CA. •JOHN ROBERTS is new PD at Entercom Hot AC WMC FM (FM 100) Memphis, TN. •BRUCE COLLINS is new PD of Border Media News-Talk KURV-710 McAllen-Edinburg, TX. •NIK RIVERS is the new PD at Stephens Media Group Alternative WZNE (94.1 the Zone) Rochester, NY.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1950 JOHN LINDSAY New Orleans, LA Jazz trombonist/bass player dies on July 3rd. •1963 JIM ED BROWN joins the Grand Ole Opry on August 12th. •1976 CHRIS KENNER (I Like It Like That #2-1961) dies of a heart attack on January 28th. •1985 HOYLE NIX long time Bob Wills style West Texas fiddler/bandleader dies after a short illness on August 21st in Big Spring, TX. •1993 MARV JOHNSON R&B singer/songwriter/pianist (You Got What It Takes #10-1960) dies from a heart attack on May 16th. •2003 ALAN JACKSON's Greatest Hits Volume II releases on Arista records on August 12th.

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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) From: tracy@hillbillyhits.com Subject: Grand Ole Opry Star Charley Walker Passes Away We have just learned that Grand Ole Opry legend Charley Walker passed away around 8:00 AM this morning. Walker, a Texan, rose to fame first as a disc jockey in San Antonio and then with hits including "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" "Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy" and "Don't Squeeze My Charmin." He was an extremely nice man and a great asset to Country Music. He will be missed. Tracy Pitcox, Heart of Texas Records (www.heartoftexascountry.com)

DAN ROSEN (Tokyo-Kamakura, Japan) I hope you escaped the worst of Ike. Regards, Dan

JOYCE WEBSTER (J.C.) (Mena, AR) Subject: Great! Jim, So glad to hear you aren't sitting in your apartment with no electricity! Thought about you over the weekend, and prayed all was well. Ike scooted through Arkansas leaving some trees and power lines down...especially around Fayetteville and Rogers. Put a card in the mail to you on Saturday. Take care, JC

CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego, CA) Hi Jim. I can only offer my hopes and prayers for you all in Houston. The scenes I'm seeing on TV appear almost as brutal as some of the scenes of Katrina. The lessons learned there proved valuable and I hope those who remained in the areas that were to be evacuated are found safe and sound. I've been able to ascertain my family is safe, and so far although I've been unable to get through everyone made it. Hopefully power and telephone service will be restored in a few days. In the mean time I will keep my thoughts and prayers for my fellow Texans. CC

TOM ASWELL (Denham Springs, LA) Jim: great news! Pelican Publishers has given me a contract for the publication of my book, Louisiana Rocks: the True Genesis of Rock & Roll. I hope it will be out next spring, definitely by next fall. The book contains profiles on nearly 300 Louisiana musicians, producers, and songwriters. Thomas E. Aswell; Grants Specialist; Aswell Consulting, LLC

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FR. BOB TOMLINSON (Ft. Worth, TX) Hi Jim, very glad to hear you and Tejas are ok and that the apt did not suffer more than some damage to a few trees. Pictures on the news here showed so much destruction across the area and up through east Texas. Our prayers are with all those who are now picking up the pieces of their property and their lives. Blessings brother. Fr Bob

DEAN DANIELS (D/FW-Lewisville, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#556-38) September 15, 2008 [Monday] Hi Jim, glad you and Tejas weathered the hurricane safe and sound, proving that neither rain nor snow nor gloom of hurricane will keep JRRR from it's appointed rounds! Could this latest issue be the first created through candle power? LOL! Dean

MIKE HARTMAN (D/FW-Joshua, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#556-47) September 15, 2008 [Monday] Jim...Glad to read that you and Tejas weathered the storm. The news footage of what Ike did to Galveston...Words can't describe it. Take care of yourself and keep us posted.

JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: storm. Now how on earth did I know you would do something stupid like riding out the storm? I figured you would, so I prayed for you and your doggie. I must admit, after it hit here, I begin to pray for myself. My yard was/is a mess. Three of my neighbors and myself save cans and we had ten large bags full. The wind caught them, ripped apart and the cans were like flying bombs. I am certainly glad to hear you survived the storm. Seeing as how we have gone to Galveston two times a year, for the past 15 years, I feel sad over the destruction. Looks like we won't be making our late September trip this year.

BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Yay! That you survived is a true blessing. That you have electricity is an added bonus! Thanks for the view from the balcony. I am astonished to see JRRR in the in-box, and very pleased to see that Jim and Tejas have emerged none the worse for the weather. Bob

CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim, I just read your report of Ike's visit to Houston. What a terrible experience that was. I am very glad that you and Tejas made it through the storm without major injury. Chet

TRIVIA ANSWER: The letters in Rock group ABBA's name stand for their member's first names: Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Anni-Frid. In 1971 Bjorn and Agnetha wed. In 1979 they divorce. In 1978 Benny and Anni-Frid tie the knot of matrimony. In 1981 they part their wedded bliss.

WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject: Hurricane Ike. We are so glad that you and Tejas have been able to avoid the worst if Ike. Stay dry! Wendel Hulse

ED LANGLEY (1928-1995) What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

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September 15, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #556

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HURRICANE IKE STRIKES HOUSTON WITH A VENGEANCE!

On Friday night September 12, 2008 at about 7:45 the electricity immediately shuts off inside our apartment! Hurricane Ike's whip knocks out our lights. It's pitch black. TEJAS has X-ray vision but I cannot even see the hand in front of my eyes. Prepare for the worst with candles and fire lighter on the kitchen bar but that seems like 500 miles away. A Mag Light saves the night just inches away on the end table. Can now see everything. But the air conditioning unit is silent. The temperature in our apartment rises with each second. Make my way to the bar and light candles inside glass containers. Place them in strategic points.

Expert TV weather prognosticators tell us to expect heavy winds and lots of rain all day Friday but we only experience brief patches of rain. Cannot watch TV to find out about Ike's time of arrival. Much earlier in the day move the two white patio chairs, table and plant inside our home. After awhile move one patio chair, candles and Mag Light out to the balcony. Tejas and I sit and watch the wind begin to come and go with increasing intensity. We see no one in our atrium. The large limbs high atop our wonderful huge tree shimmer and shake like sister Kate. For some strange reason the street lights a quarter of a mile away on Memorial Drive still show their orange glow. This gives us enough outside light so that we're not totally in the dark.

Our neighbor from the opposite side of the atrium Robert joins Tejas and me. Bring out the other white patio chair for him to hunker his bunker. Hunker is the magic word for Houstonians as we await the arrival of hurricane Ike. We wonder why he doesn't just hurry up and get this thing over and done with. The longer we wait just aggravates our tensions. Robert's wife decides to join us. The wind begins to get more brisk in the tree tops as it whips around in quasi circular motions. Still no raindrops falling on our heads. Have my battery powered weather radio that I buy after hurricane Alicia pays Houston a visit in August 1983. The government weather readers sound like machines as they rattle the same words over and over. Hurricane Ike has winds of 105 mph as he approaches Galveston Island.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the real name of Ace Frehley singer and lead guitar with Rock group Kiss? The answer appears below.

Ike is so huge that it almost completely covers the entire Gulf of Mexico. What slows down Ike's arrival is the large size of its eye. It tightens from 77 miles wide to 60. Ike with 105 mph winds is a CAT 2 hurricane. As Ike gets closer to Galveston his eye tightens to 55 miles wide and his winds increase to 110 mph. Only needs one more mph to become a CAT 3 storm. But Ike is much different than any hurricane that ever hits the Houston-Galveston area since the murderous 1900 storm that kills an estimated 6000+ residents. That is why the 11' sea wall becomes a reality.

After midnight Robert's wife decides that they head to bed. So Tejas and I remain on our balcony perch. Sometime after 1 am the winds increase in velocity to where it looks like our big tree's upper limbs might twist off from the thick trunk but they hold on for dear life. The tall pine trees on the other side of our building whip around like slingshots. Sleepy and tired sa Tejas and I go back inside to get some rest but it's mighty warm with no air conditioning. The ceiling in the bedroom creaks and moans like it's about to pop off our building and fly away.

Finally do fall asleep but quickly awaken about 5:30 am when the bedroom light comes on and the alarm clock numbers jump like beans. Halleleujah! But by the time I make it to the living room il silencio. Twenty-five seconds of civilized life comes to a screeching halt. Doze off again for a couple more hours. Then deja vu all over again but only lasts 3 or 4 minutes. By 9 or 10 am we have full electric service and it remains this time. Three million or more Houstonians evacuate to Austin, Dallas, San Antonio and other towns to grab the last available rooms at the inns but Tejas and I stay at home. Millions of fellow citizens are without power but our electricity is alive and well and so are we.

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TEJAS takes me outside and we see what WWW III does to our landscape. Tree limbs and leaves cover the ground in our atrium. Want to take photos of the destruction but have only one picture left. Aim the camera and catch Tejas as she peers over the balcony. She wonders what happens to what she remembers that it looks like before down below. We go down the stairs into the breezeway. Shock sets in because the two beautiful tall crepe myrtles that I watch grow for years look awful. The one on our left is completely pulled out of the ground and just lies there. The one on the right looks like something heavy pushes it down from the top and spreads its arms out like an octupus. On both sides of the sidewalk we see limbs and leaves everywhere and here and there small pieces of metal. Then about 20 feet from the southwest corner of our building there lies half of a big tree that has a giant twist tear mark. The street shows signs of lots of rising water with stacks of debris in front of cars that park along the curb.

We turn around and head to the back parking lot way on the other side of the other buildings. To our left the new wooden fence lies flat on the ground. A big tree is on the ground on top of it. To the far right our back wooden fence lies flat on the ground. We head back to our building and notice that our downstairs neighbor's wooden patio fence still stands but looks as if someone beats it with a sledge hammer. That's right below our upstairs bedroom window. Turn on the TV and see other parts of our city are in much worse shape. Flood water downtown and other areas. Shards of glass from skyscrapers cover the streets and sidewalks. Neighborhoods have trees across roadways and on top of houses.

After the 1900 storm, the new Galveston sea wall protects the citizens of Galveston Island for a hundred years from no more destruction like the one in 1900. But hurricane Ike is like no other. It hits the sea wall and bounces water over its top to cover portions of the wide road above. Before the storm the TV stations show stores with empty shelves. Now the stores doors close. No open stores or gasoline stations. Millions of folks with no electricity. National guard patrols in helicopters and on streets and cops arrest the lowest of low looters.

It's after 3 am on Monday and I try to remember but never forget. Officials say 40%, others indicate 20,000, on Galveston Island refuse to evacuate. A few of us citizens remain behind. Personally Tejas and I have no choice because our old car remains in the shop. Hope and pray that it receives no damage. Estimates of high water surges and home damage are not as bad as we expect. Large expensive boats sit sideways and upside down on I-45 at the entrance to Galveston from Houston. Hurricane Ike lifts them up and tosses them like dominos a mile from where they tie to the docks. Texas-sized Hurricane Ike's storm surge pounds our Texas coast very similar to that of the deadliest storm in U.S. history in 1900 and thrashes the Lone Star State with ferocious winds and crashing waves early Saturday morning. This is biggest storm devastation to hit the Galveston-Houston area in 100 years. Tejas and I thank God that we receive no injuries and our home has no damage. We pray that our old car that is in for service fifteen miles away has no damage.

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JO TRAVIS (AR) Hey Jim, Trav and I were wondering how you and Tejas are bracing for the storm. Did you leave Houston or are you just going to hunker down and brace for it. Also, we noted that you said in your column that you are now working at KPIR. We looked it up and the only listing was in Granbury, up by Dallas. That's a long commute! How are you going to do that one? Do they stream? Let us know and we'll listen. Please, if you're still in Houston, take special care. Trav and Jo

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MARTHA JOE THRASHER (Dallas-Farmers Branch, TX) My sister and her family in Pearland are "hunkered down" in their travel trailer today after their power went out last night around 9 PM. The trailer has a generator and I think they are using it to keep their refrigerator going. Hope you and Tejas do OK! Martha Joe

JENNIFER BROOKINS (Atlantic City-Pittsgrove, NJ) Hope all is well with all this hell weather…I’ll keep you in my prayers. Love, Jen Jennifer Brookins; VP Marketing & New Product Development; Embe Enterprises, Inc; Frogtown Records (www.frogtownrecords.com) Podcast Playhouse (www.podcastplayhouse.net) Willow Grove Publishing; Frogtown Sound Cards

DAVE LANE (Atlanta, GA) Seawall is 17'....20,000 are staying in Galveston...cops are organizing 'Search & Rescue' teams to find their bodies after the storm....that should shake them up a little, but it won't. I'm watching live Galveston surf on foxnews.com .... I used to live 2 blocks off the seawall back in 2000-2002, and it's like a bowl and is probably already flooded. I just talked to an old girlfriend in Houston...I'm glued to FoxNews and EVEN CNN. and probably will be most of the night. Can't wait to see downtown Houston in the morning...and all of the broken glass!

BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) My brother on Meadowbriar and Stoney Brook in Houston lost two 50 year old trees and most of the vinyl siding on the house. They lost power at 4:30 this morning. Bad storm. Galveston looks terrible as does that big Chase building in Downtown Houston. BB

FR. BOB TOMLINSON (Ft. Worth, TX) Hi Jim just wanted to check and make sure you are ok down there. Keep in touch and let us all know how your doing. Bob Tomlinson Fort Worth

SHIRLEY ROSE-REPASS (New Orleans-Mandeville, LA) Jimmie: I'm trying to call you, but your line is busy. Are you on the computer? Shirley

TRIVIA ANSWER: Rock group Kiss' Ace Frehley's real name is Paul Daniel Frehley. Paul's friends nickname him Ace because he always aces with the girls.

CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Jim: We got the last room at the LaQunta Airport in Austin. They accept animals which was a stroke of luck. I'm serious...the last available room. The only reason we left was the electricity will be lost. Hopefully, we can come home on Sunday. Take care. Chuck

JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Hi Jim! Been wondering what you would do during Ike. I see I'm not alone in my concern. Just be safe.

EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

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September 12, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #555

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MUSIC EXECUTIVE DIES

A former music industry promotions executive who later has a successful second career in state government dies at 65 of pancreatic cancer in the Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN on Tuesday night, September 9, 2008. The name Merlin Littlefield is well-known to us radio station Program Directors and Music Directors because we meet with him often about new record releaeses. Merlin is the promotion person for RCA records in my hometown Dallas, TX. When I'm Music Director of Top 40 KXOL-1360 in Ft. Worth in the mid 1970s Littlefield occasionally visits the radio station. We listen to RCA's newest releases and discuss their potential for airplay. Merlin is a very likable fun person who is a native of Cowtown and a graduate of Texas Christian University. Littlefield is on the road with such big name recording artists as Henry Mancini and Elvis Presley. Merlin spends 19 years in the ASCAP Nashville office where he signs very successful entertainers like Reba McEntire, George Strait, Lyle Lovett and Songwriter of the Year award winner Gary Burr. Littlefield serves on the boards of the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and the Recording Academy. He also is on the board of the Nashville Zoo. After he leaves ASCAP Merlin joins a music publishing firm, then he begins a second career in government. In 1999, he moves over to the state Department of Corrections and becomes director of planning and development for the Tennessee state Division of Mental Retardation Services where he launches the program From the Heart of Tennessee which develops a system to allow items that Tennesseans with mental retardation make with their own hands for sale at state parks and other retail locations. Merlin and his wife, Eileen Littlefield, have five doggies: Kobo, Saki, Char-Li, Ernie and Bubbles. Littlefield is an only child. His parents, Mary Helen and Alvin Littlefield, precede him in death. Merlin leaves behind his wife Eileen and daughter Courtney Littlefield of Atlanta, GA. In place of flowers, the Littlefield family requests that donations go to Japanese Chin Care and Rescue Effort Incorporated; 1114 12th Street, #305; Santa Monica, CA 90403.

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RADIO STATION RECEIVES FIREBOMB

A grand jury indicts 51-year-old Hong Chae because they say he firebombs Korean-language WPBC-1310 in Duluth-Decatur, GA. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Chae allegedly douses another man and himself with gasoline and sets the fire. Chae is a former WPBC employee.

RADIO DJ MARRIES ON TOWER

Gemma Dee Rock FM’s breakfast show co-presenter is the first bride to ever marry her future spouse on top of Blackpool Tower. Gemma's breakfast show co-host Adam Catterall uncovers the surprise live on the air on Wednesday morning, September 10, 2008. Blessings take place on the Tower before but no one ever holds the actual service there because the Tower has no license for that type of event. The Tower's management applies for the necessary licence so it can perform legal services there. Authorities give their OK last week. Gemma and Shaun cast their engagement while live on the air in May 2008. Gemma and Adam live for a week in shop windows as part of the Breakfast Breakout where they raise over £20k for Cash for Kids.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Why do the later versions of Lynyrd Skynyrd's album Street Survivors have black backgrounds? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•LAURA INGRAHAM Talk Radio Network Enterprises syndicated host adds Morning Drive on Mt. Wilson FM Broadcasters Talk KGIL-1260 Los Angeles-Beverly Hills, CA plus its sister simulcast partner XESURF-540 San Diego, CA/Tijuana, Mexico that begins on September 16, 2008. •TIM RUSSERT NBC SVP, Washington bureau chief and moderator of Meet the Press, who dies on June 13, 2008 receives the Paul White Award posthumously which is the Radio-Television News Directors Association's highest honor. •BEN STEIN famous radio-TV actor, author, economist, humorist and speaker joins Newsmax magazine as a columnist.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1952 TOM MALONEY Mr. Rhythm Guitar blues guitar player born May 1st in St. Louis, MO. •1966 DAN TRUMAN keyboardist with Diamond Rio born on August 29th in Flagstaff, AZ. •1970 GREGG ALEXANDER singer/songwriter/producer lead singer with the New Radicals (You Get What You Give 1998) born on May 4th in Penrith, New South Wales. •1982 GEORGE STRAIT's first #1 single Fool Hearted Memory is on August 28th. •1992 SHARON REDD dance music disco singer (album Redd Hott #1-1982) dies at 46 on May 1st of pneumonia complications. •2000 PAM TILLIS joins the Grand Ole Opry on August 26th.

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JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Jim, Starr The last I heard of Paul Starr he was at Hobbs, NM, running a radio station. Very nice man. He had helped on Mr. Buckley's brother's campaign in New York, I believe. He did the best imitation of William F. Buckley, and he would have us rolling in the floor...or laughing until we were crying. By the time I was General Manager, our corporate offices were in Bridgeport, Connecticut. William F. Buckley was a trip, I'm here to tell you! We had a big corporate thing at the New York Yacht Club once, and I wanted to stay at the Algonquin as I had read so much about the "roundtable" there...didn't know I just walked out the door and turned left...two doors down was the Yacht Club. Anyway, the America's Cup was on display in a room marked Gentlemen Only. Being curious and who I was, I found my way inside and closed the door and just enjoyed a couple of minutes of being a woman inside alone with the America's Cup. It was so beautiful with the lights hitting it and the entire room was lined with a deep blue carpet which made it glisten! Other folks wanted to stay at the newer hotels and ended up having to get there in cabs with it snowing! I met an older lady there that night at the banquet, and she wanted to show me around New York. I spent 3 glorious days being driven in the nicest chocolate brown Mercedes to anywhere I wanted to go. Be well. JC

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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Speaking of Joe Ford, He wasn't a bad singer himself. I remember hearing him one night at the Golden Stallion and remember thinking he was pretty good. It should be added I was w/Arch Yancey... And tell Dade Moore I enjoyed his reunion pictures on his web site and I have some WDDT Greenville Mississippi Stuff he might want to add to his WDDT Website. Dr. Bruce General Manager KFTX Corpus Christi

RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Jim , yep so much for doing God's work. I wanted to end my 35 years on a good note, but I guess not. Like I said over all its been a good ride, and did things never thought possible, met people and came to know who became stars in all facets of media,so I feel blessed. Now it's on to make a difference in a child's life especially those with autism,and go into education. I went back after 35 years ,all my previous college credits transferred from 28 years ago, and I have one more year to go. God willing I will make it. Ray

MARY LYNN KNOCHELMAN (Cincinnati, Ohio) Subject: JRRR on the radio...Thanks for the email Jim. I hope you are okay where you live. I've forwarded this email to both my cousin who lives in Channelview, a suburb of Houston, and my retired major leaguer friend who lives in the Bellaire area of Houston. I think he's closer to water than my cousin, and I remember he and his family had to temporarily evacuate about 3 years ago when another hurricane threatened the Houston area. Personally I'm in no danger in Ohio from the hurricane. Here tornados are the biggest danger. But my husband & I own a timeshare in New Smyrna Beach Florida. New Smyrna Beach got hit by a hurricane a few years ago, our timeshare included! The actual buliding was fine. But the beach and all the natural plants in front of it were destroyed. The beach has since been rebuilt with brand new sea-side appropriate plants. We spent a week there this summer. I hope Ike doesn't reach Houston. Mary Lynn Knochelman

BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: JRRR on the radio...Will give it a try. Good luck with the interview. Bud

DEAN DANIELS (Dallas-Lewisville, TX) Subject: JRRR on the radio...Great news, Jim! I'll test the radio out today to see if I can get 1420's signal in Dallas (at least until I get closer to Lewisville heading home). A radio event of this magnitude can't be missed. How's the hurricane heading in relation to you? Are you and Tejas safe and do you have a way out in case it heads in your direction? What's the estimated time of arrival? Stay safe and dry!!! Dean (www.cmtcountry.com)

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: JRRR on the radio...I was worried that you might have to come to Dallas because of Hurricane Ike. I think several of us would like to see you but not because of troubles down South. Anyway, I hope I can hear KIPR, Friday. Charles George

TRIVIA ANSWER: After the tragic plane crash that takes the lives of Ronnie Van Zandt, Steve Gaines and his sister Cassie, the Lynyrd Skynyrd band includes a black background on their album Street Survivors in respect of the families of the crash victims.

BLAKE LINDSAY (D/FW-Addison, TX) Subject: JRRR on the radio...Thank you for your heads up Jim. I'll try to pick up the big 1420, and hear you purr on KPIR. I believe a kitty cat named the famous 1420 in Grandbury. We'll try and hear your interview. Knockem' alive Jim Rose! Glad you are back in the air! Your Friend, Blake Lindsay; Blazin' Blake Productions: Hearing is Believing! (www.blazinblake.com)

WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, Jr. (November 24, 1925-February 27, 2008) The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar.

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September 10, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #554

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

60 SEASONS FOR SCULLY

Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully who is 80 years young says on Friday, September 6, 2008 that he returns in 2009 to the L.A. Dodgers for a 60th season behind the mic. Scully's current three-year contract expires with the 2008 season but he keeps on keeping on. Vin mentions that he decides to return after he receives the A-OK from his wife, Sandra. Scully makes no further commitments beyond 2009. God has been good to me, allowing me at such a young age to start this job and allowing me to do it all these years. I'm overwhelmed, because I really don't do anything but talk about the accomplishments of others. Vin is the voice and the face of the Dodgers since they arrive in California. The ball team celebrates 50 years in Los Angeles. In 1950, just one year after he graduates from Fordham University, Scully joins Red Barber and Connie Desmond on the Brooklyn Dodgers broadcast team. In 1982, Vin wins the Ford C. Frick Award and inducts into the broadcaster's wing of Baseball's Hall of Fame. His star is on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2001, the Dodgers name the stadium press box in Scully's honor. Over the years Vin receives many awards. The National Sportswriters & Sportscasters Association name Vin as the California Sports Broadcaster of the Year 29 times. In 2000, more than 500 national members of the American Sportscasters Association give him the title of Sportscaster of the 20th Century. JRRR salutes Vin Scully for more years behind the sports mic than any other broadcaster here in America. He's one of the best.

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BREAKING NEWS! NY AG INVESTIGATES PPM

Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General, begins an investigation into Arbitron's PPM system that ranks radio station audiences. ARB receives a subpoena on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 from the NYAG that asks for PPM data all the way back to 2003. ARB has until September 19th in which to comply with the orders from up above. Stay tuned to this Bat Channel.

MSNBC DROPS NEWS ANCHORS

Cable TV news channel MSNBC continues on the bottom of the barrel in the ratings race. Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews' strong left-leaning political opinions cause TV viewers to see them as not neutral. So MSNBC quickly removes the dynamic duo from their live political event anchor spots. The NY Times reports that the change comes this late in the 2008 election cycle because TV viewers believe that MSNBC is politically too far to the left. Former NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw says, I think Keith has gone too far. I think Chris has gone too far. A familiar face to many of us, NBC White House correspondent David Gregory, takes over as the host of the fall 2008 Presidential and VP debates plus election night coverage. And the beat goes on.

ABC GETS FIRST PALIN INTERVIEW

Republican Presidential candidate John McCain's adviser Mark Salter says that VP candidate Sarah Palin agrees to her first TV interview and that it's with ABC's Charles Gibson in Alaska over a two day period. The race gets hotter by the minute.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Remember the 1973 tune Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road? Who is the singer? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•WJJZ FM Greater Media Philladelphia, PA drops Smooth Jazz on Monday morning, September 8, 2008 in favor of a younger approach to today's soft rock AC with the new logo Now 97.5. •SMOOTH JAZZ loses out in other markets too: Lincoln Financial KJCD FM (104.3) Denver, CO flips to Sports as The Fan; Emmis WQCD FM NY switches both call letters and formats: WRXP FM to Triple A (101.9 RXP, New York's Rock Experience) and Citadel moves WJZW FM (105.9) Washington D.C./Woodbridge, VA over to those Oldies but Goodies. •STEVE SERRANO night DJ on Wilks CHR/Top 40 KMXV FM (Mix 93.3) K-C, MO is new MD.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1953 ALPHA BLONDY Ivorian reggae singer born Seydou Koné on January 1st in Dimbokoro, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. •1964 JIM REEVES' I Won't Forget You hits #1 in Norway on August 29th. •1970 JANIS JOPLIN Rock singer dies at 27 from an overdose of heroin on October 4th in Hollywood, CA. •1981 GEORGE STRAIT's debut album Strait Country releases on MCA records on September 4th. •1995 DEAN MARTIN Pop singer-actor-TV host (Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime #1-1964) dies at 78 of respiratory illness on December 25th, •2002 ALAN JACKSON's album Drive certifies Triple Platinum on August 26.

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DICK GLANCEY (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#553-35) September 8, 2008 [Monday] Jim, Don Haskins, baketball coach who took Texas Western (UTEP) El paso to the National NCAA 1966 championsip in 1966 passed away this afternoon. You might remember they beat Kentucky with 5 black players breaking the color barrier for college athetes. I was very close to Don as News and Sports Director at the old KELP. Don was born in March, 1930. Thought you would want to know since he made history in our state... Dick Glancey

BOBBY REYES (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim...the Paul Bottoms article reminded me of my chance opportunity to fly in a Bell 47 helicopter for that ZZ Top ticket thingie back in 1975...working at KEXL, I was able to finagle my way to attend the press conference/party...get a limo ride to Stinson Field with my Minolta 35mm and take a few photos of the line of people wrapped around the old Hemisfair Arena all the way out to Market Street...had to have been close to a thousand folks, many were shooting THE BIRD at the "whirlybird" AND at me, but what a thrill to ride and fly in my favorite helicopter. I was a big fan of the old late 50's Desilu produced TV show, Whirlybirds...also, am glad my radio compadre, Bob Crowley keeps in touch w/you...if anyone can do some good relating, it's Mr.Crowley! ...hope you have a good week as I've got my hands full with the last of the wnba games this week and waiting for playoffs to start...eeek, I wish it was over already! ...talk at cha again. Bobby R.

JO TRAVIS (Brenham-Ledbetter,TX) Subject: the big move...we're about to head out for the big move to Arkansas. We've already been told by Verizon that we may not be able to get service there, so if and when we do, I'll let everyone know. Pray for me...it's Arkansas! Jo

JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Jim, Starr Broadcasting consisted of Peter Starr and Michael Starr, basically. William F. Buckley was a major stockholder. The first station was in Omaha, I think, and Mr. Buckley helped them get started. They grew up close to him. When I was with Starr, we had the maximum number of radio stations the FCC allowed, and 4 t.v. stations, I believe. They had another brother who worked for them, but wasn't a big stockholder. His name was or is, I hope, Paul Starr. We at KDTX came to know him well as he was officed in our building for a period of time. Be well. JC

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RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Jim , i appreciate that. MY 35 years in Radio is over, and thank God I am one year from finishing my degree in sociology/education and hope to tech speech communication to children with autism. Radio left me. I didn't leave it, and radio has become that vast wasteland Newton Minnow warned about in 1962. Radio committed slow suicide when the telecom act of 1996 was passed and consolidation from real estate owners killed what a radio station is licensed to do. It was a good ride, now on to actually giving back to the community. The irony is...the false allegations from, a Christian show on a Christian station owned by a Christian company, with no hard core proof of an audio recording only hearsay. Bearing false witness, and unchristian actions. Ray

DEAN DANIELS (Dallas-Lewisville, TX) Speaking of KBUC, one of the nicest stories I've ever heard concerning Tom Turner was how the KBUC call letters continued after the Turners got out of the radio business. Odey Crabtree told me the story. It seems that several years ago when Bubba Redding bought his own little station outside of SA, he went to Mr. Turner and asked if he could buy the KBUC call letters. Mr. Turner asked Bubba if he planned to program country to which he answered the affirmative. Then Mr. Turner asked if Bubba would play a lot of Ray Price songs, to which again he answered "yes!" With that, Mr. Turner gave Bubba the KBUC call letters at no charge! Now that's keeping the faith! Dean

DAVID PERKINS (D/FW, TX) Hey Jim and Tejas, long time no talk to. Hope everything is well with you two in Houston. Gene Elston is not only one of the greatest baseball announcers ever, he's just plain a good man. I knew him slightly when he and Loel Passe did the Astros and I was a young DJ (Charlie Brown) on KPRC, which carried the Astros at the time (1968-70.) But I got to know Gene as a really terrific human being during that year of 1976 when the owners locked the players out of spring training. When spring training did begin 2 weeks late, Jack Cato, then the owner of Houston News Service -whom I had known from KPRC days- asked me to go down to Florida and cover the Astros for them. Being primarily a country music jock I was terrible at it, but Gene helped me tremendously, along with help from Loel and Bob Green, their engineer. I'll never forget his kindness and professional help during that short 6 weeks in Florida that year. David Perkins, The Ecumenical Church for the Followers of Christ, The Jesus Christ Said Ministries (www.JesusChristSaid.com)

TRIVIA ANSWER: Folk singer-songwriter-actor Louden Wainwright III has the 1973 #16 hit tune Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road which is another of my favorite tunes. We see him in three episodes of TV's Mash as Captain Calvin Spaulding. He also appears in the movies The Slugger's Wife and Jacknife.

DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) What's my favorite...Joanie Green doing these days? Send her a Hi! Dr. Bruce KFTX Corpus Christi

JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Houston, TX) Hi Jim - Loved the last newsletter's parting shot - had me on the floor howling! I hope this finds you well. Joan

GROUCHO MARX (October 2, 1890-August 19, 1977) I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

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September 8, 2008 [Monday]

Issue #553

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

THE KING OF VOICEOVERS PASSES INTO THE NIGHT

A voice that shakes mountains, radio speakers and movie theaters whom many of us know as Thunder Throat and the Voice of God, Don LaFontaine, exits life at 68 on Monday, September 1, 2008 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. Vanessa Gilbert, Don's agent, says that he succombs to a collapsed lung. During LaFontaine's brilliant 33-year career we hear his dramatic voice on over 5,000 movie trailers. Some estimates indicate that he voices almost a staggering 350,000 commercials for radio and TV. Don's voice earns him as much as $30 million each year. A recent Geico TV ad comes to mind that has LaFontaine behind a floor mic where he mocks himself while a woman sits at a table. She calmly says a line or two but when Don speaks our speakers quiver, our TV shakes and our whole room quakes. What a dynamic voice! LaFontaine is the announcer for the Oscars and the Screen Actors Guild awards. By the number of contracts he signs, Don LaFontaine is the most employed actor in SAG's 75-year history. Don's well-known phrase In a world... appears in movie trailers so often that it is now a familiar cliché. We hear his voiceovers on The Simpsons Movie, Independence Day, Terminator and many more. He also is the voice of Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, UPN, TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. A must see and hear is Five Men in a Limo on You Tube that is a parody of Don LaFontaine and four other big names in voiceovers. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQRtuxdfQHw) Don LaFontaine leaves his wife, singer/actress Nita Whitaker and three children Christine, Skye and Elyse.

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TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the original name of Heavy Metal Rock group Black Sabbath? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•IKE PAPPAS longtime CBS TV news correspondent dies on Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 75 due to congestive heart failure. •PHIL RILEY former Chrysalis Radio Chief Executive joins Cambridge based internet radio technology firm Reciva as Chairman. Reciva begins in 2003 as the top technology provider in internet radio. •WROC-950 Entercom Talk Rochester, NY Flips To Sports Radio 950 ESPN. •WQAM-560 Beasley Sports Miami, FL extends its contract with the University of Miami to air Hurricanes football, basketball, and baseball through the 2012-2013 athletic year.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1952 HANK WILLIAMS' Jambalaya hits the charts on August 16th. •1961 MARGO TIMMONS singer with Punk Rock group Cowboy Junkies born on January 27th in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. •1970 SHERRIE AUSTIN Country singer/songwriter born Sherrié Veronica Krenn on August 28th in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. •1988 MONIA LITER Russian Piano/Accordion/Arranger/Composer dies on October 5th. •1995 JEAN CHAPEL singer-songwriter (over 400 songs) sister of Martha Carson dies on August 12th. •2000 FRIEDRICH GULDA pianist dies at 69 from a heart attack on January 27th in Weissenbach, Austria.

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PAUL LONG (Detroit-Brighton, MI) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#552-34) September 5, 2008 [Friday] Jim, I hope this note finds you well. We haven’t connected in a long time. When I heard about the passing of Movie Trailer Voice Over Superstar Don Lafontaine, I couldn’t help but remember a very funny video produced for a Hollywood Movie Vendor awards ceremony that featured Don and four other voice talents people will surely recognize (their voices that is). Check it out at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQRtuxdfQHw&mode=related&search Paul Long (www.paul-long.com)

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PAUL BOTTOMS (Richmond, VA) Subject: George Hatt. I'd like to comment on Bob Crowley's comments about George Hatt. I was KONO news director and hired George in 74 or 75. (He and I even tinkered with an idea to start a event company concentrating on radio for PR for all the conventions in San Antonio.) I don't recall ever hearing that he worked for Grand Funk---maybe he did and maybe he even told me the story and I forgot. 28 years will do that to a person I guess. My funniest story about George is that I had flown to WJJD Chicago on a job interview in late 75 and had accepted a news anchor gig. George had just gotten a job at another station at the same time. ZZ Top was coming to San Antonio and their management had thrown a party for the media where they had rented a helicopter and flew the media over the hoard of ticket buyers to see how long the lines were,get video, ect. I had just flown back to town and hadn't see George to tell him I was going to Chicago. George was hesitant to tell me he was leaving. So his wife saw me first at the event and told me that George was leaving. Then she went over and told him that when she told me, I just laughed. Later, when he found out we were both leaving at the same time, we both laughed at the story. I was doing a personal appearance at the Texas State Fair and George came up to me in the late 80's. He was out of the business and I wished I hadn't "lost the link" with him as I have so many people including Bob (Hey Crowley!). Paul Bottoms; Morning news anchor; WRVA, Richmond, VA

BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Jim; KLIF 570 apparently has a new newsman. After more than a few years in the Morning Drive seat, Ron Deroxtra has left the building to become the spokesman for a nationwide bowling organization that has relocated to Arlington. Tuesday morning on the way home I hear Bob Morrison doing the morning drive news. Many of us know Bob, for his various positions in radio news in North Texas. Most recently he was the News Director for the U-S-A Radio Network. He's also in the Texas Radio Hall Of Fame. I got to know him a bit when he did some fill-in at KRLD. He's a good guy, a solid citizen and it's great to see he has landed on his feet. Bob

JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Jim! My sons and I always do Fantasy Football together...they won't hear of my not being involved since I created such huge Dallas Cowboy fans out of all my children. It's actually a wonderful family tradition with us. We had problems with our "draft" and it had to be rescheduled for tomorrow. I need some rest! We normally all get together at Thanksgiving, and everyone watches the Cowboys play in all their Cowboy apparel! Even the wives and kids wear Cowboy things! Lots of cute pictures and fun times. My oldest son recently was given two tickets to the 3rd Cowboy pre-season game, and he sent them to my daughter. She and her son had never been to a game at the soon to be destroyed stadium. She and her son, Jake, who is 13 now could hardly talk the following day! I spoke with them and thought they were ill. Still laughing over that. Well, tomorrow the draft gets fitted into the Family Reunion preparations...the big dinner, etc., is on Monday. Be well. JC

RALPH GIESSNER (Grand Prairie, TX) Jim, In the mid 60's on KPCN, I seem to recall an afternoon gentleman named Jim Newton. He often referred to himself as "ole Newton 'a' Shootin". He would eat lunch at Margie's Diner in Grand Prairie, which he lovingly referred to as "Margies Ptomaine Terrace". I worked at the funeral home next door. His daily sign on diatribe consisted of his appreciation that Margie had opened her cafe next to the funeral home, and considering the quality of her menu, he thought it was most appropriate. For better or worse, the funeral home and Margie got a lot of free radio time during his show. Just curious about what happened to Jim Newton. Ralph Giessner

SONNY MELENDREZ (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Broadcast Encouragement. (www.sonnyradio.blogspot.com)

DEREK FRERICHS (Texerkana-Marietta, TX) Subject: Nice to see a familiar name. I moved from Terrell when Bill Collins sold the station to Len Monkern. I was going to stay on with Len and Chuck but I got a network offer right when the deal closed so I moved to Nashville where the network was. I am now out of the business, I was having entirely too much fun. My poor wife was becoming a studio widow and I was presented with the revelation that I was not spending much time at all with my family. It was a hard decision to leave the network but it was the right one; I sure do miss the fun and the money though. Now that we are all old and everything my wife probably wishes she had a studio to send me off to so to get me out of her hair. We are back in Texas now living near Texarkana in a little town called Marietta. I miss Warren, we just loved him to death. Wings Over Zion! I still remember!! The last time I talked with Bill Pirtle he was back in Athens. I had his email addy but I lost it when my laptop crashed. (pretty sad for a computer guy to admit) I think he was working as a probation officer and I believe that Jeri was teaching.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Rock group Black Sabbath originally forms in Birmingham, England in 1968 as Blues band Earth.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Have now completed reading all yours from the start...Magnificent! Two comments: (1) Issue #484, death of radio man, Dick Mountjoy in Charlottesville, VA. I knew him very well personally, as I was with WINA, the Winnah!, there 1960-1974. Was in touch with family upon his death this past March. (2) Issue 483, death of Wally Phillips, WGN legend; I remember him well as I was guest on his live night radio show on WLW, Cincinnati fall, 1953 & spring 1954...that was 2 years before he left for Chicago & I called him while visiting Chicago late Jan. 1975. Was on his shows at WLW just as a visiting DJ, because he put my phone call 'on-air" summer, 1953 from my first radio job in Elkins, WVa. Back in those days, one could do all this, as you know. So, just wanted you to know that your newsletters brought back some memories, indeed. Col Bob Grant Hanger, your new friend from Houston reunion.

P.G. WODEHOUSE (October 15, 1881-1975) I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

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September 5, 2008 [Friday]

Issue #552

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

JERRY REED, R.I.P. (1937-2008)

A guitar picker par excellance, singer and songwriter who becomes well-known near and far as the Alabama Wild Man and Burt Reynolds' side-kick in the Smokey and the Bandit series of movies dies at 71 early Monday, September 1, 2008 from emphysema. Jerry picks and sings his way to our hearts with his string of rousing Rock tunes: Amos Moses (#16-1970), When You're Hot You're Hot (#1-1971), Alabama Wild Man (#22-1972), East Bound and Down (#2-1977) and She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) (#1-1982). Reed also shows off his fine ballad side with Remembering (#14-1968) and A Good Woman's Love (#12-1974). Another of his nomenclatures is The Guitar Man because no one Rocks the guitar like Jerry Reed. His first tune to hit the charts is Guitar Man (#53-1967) and then comes Tupelo Mississippi Flash (#15-1967), Are You From Dixie (#11-1969) and many others. Reed has quadruple bypass surgery in June 1999. He is born Jerry Reed Hubbard on March 20, 1937 in Atlanta, GA. Jerry learns to play the guitar at 8 when his mom buys him a $2 instrument. She teaches him how to play the G-chord and the rest is history. In 1968 Elvis Presley records two of his songs U.S. Male and Guitar Man. In 1970 Reed wins the CMA Instrumentalist of the Year. In 1971 he receives the Grammy for When You're Hot, You're Hot. In 1998 he tells The Tennessean I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, `I could never do that.' When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money. In later years as his health declines he puts an emphasis on spiritual studies plus he brings attention to veterans' issues. In 2007 Jerry tells The Tennessean's Tim Ghianni I decided from now on it is going to be giving. And I'm way behind. We're all way behind. We live this life like what's down here is what it's all about. We're temporary, son, like a wisp of smoke. Jerry Reed gives us fans a lifetime of great music and lots of laughs in his movie and TV roles.

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PAUL HARVEY TURNS 90!

On September 4th 90 years ago radio news legend Paul Harvey Aurandt breathes his first breath in Tulsa, OK. Paul's first ABC Radio Network broadcast is in 1951. For the past 68 years Paul Harvey News and Comment makes him the most recognizable voice on radio to millions of Americans. Health issues plus the death of his wife and partner Angel in early 2008 gives Paul a chance to slow down for awhile. Another radio legend Ron Chapman fills in from the ABC studios in Dallas, TX. Paul returns to his The Rest of The Story broadcast and slowly but surely increases his appearances on News and Comment. We send our Happy Birthday wishes to Paul Harvey at www.PaulHarvey.com/index.aspx.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What is New Wave sextet Blondie's lead singer Debbie Harry's first band? The answer appears below. .

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•DAVE CROCKETT Houston radio personality celebrates his birthday on Thursday, September 4, 2008 but only he knows for sure the magic number. •JACK ARMSTRONG & JOE GETTY morning hosts on Clear Channel Talk KSTE-650 Sacramento-Rancho Cordova, CA celebrate their 10th anniversary. •CHAM-820 Hamilton, Ontario flips from a 25 year role as Country to Sports and NFL is in the picture. •GREG TANTUM is new PD of Red Zebra Talk WTNT-570 Bethesda, MD and Progressive Talk WWRC-1260 Washington, DC.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1955 BOB MILLER pianist-publisher-songwriter (There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere-1942) dies on August 26 in Nyack, NY. •1961 PHIL CAMPBELL Welsh lead guitarist with Motorhead/Persian Risk born on May 6th. •1973 CHARLIE RICH's 1st Gold single is Behind Closed Doors on September 4th. •1986 JIMMY LYONS alto saxophonist best known for long time with the Cecil Taylor Unit dies at 54 of cancer on May 19th. •1996 BRYAN WHITE's 2nd Gold album is Between Now And Forever on September 4th. •2001 MIKE SAMMES founder of back-up group The Mike Sammes Singers dies at 73 on May 19th.

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RUDY OWEN (Dallas, TX) Jim: I have read a couple of emails from Dan McCurdy recently. I'm interested in knowing if this is the same Dan (Danny) McCurdy who was working as the evening DJ at KRBC radio in Abilene in 1960-61? I was attending McMurry College at the time and released a record, "Pretty Linda" by Rudy Owen and the Ravens. Danny, who was also attending McMurry, promised to play the record when it was released and he certainly kept his promise. I enjoy reading your emails. Though I was never a DJ, I did release several records and had the opportunity to meet and get to know some of the radio personalities. Keep up the good work. Rudy Owen, Dallas, TX

DAN MCCURDY [Charlie & Harrington, Charlie Brown, Dan Patrick] (Sherman, TX) Subject: KRBC? Hey, Jim...you betcha, I got my first 'paying' job (above 250 watts) at KRBC-1470 in Abilene, TX...first airshift was Christmas night of 1960, called appropriately enough "8 O'Clock Rock"...was attending McMurry College (now University)...later on pulled PM drive show...used the Stan Freburg "Yellow Rose of Texas" parody as my theme song, ending with my own Rebel yell, saying, "I didn't mean to startle ya, but I was just givin' a little Rebel yell there to kick off the Danny McCurdy Show." Later, became PD and did the morning drive show until I got the call from Stan Richards, PD of KLIF saying they liked my aircheck and to come on down for a visit...McLendon hired me and the rest is 'writ in small print on the dark walls of infamy'... I don't recall the name Rudy Owen, nor his record, but back in those ego-splattered daze, anything was possible...I even gave up a congressional appointment to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, because I didn't want to have to repeat my freshman year, and 'whatheh***' I was making money and signing autographs and had all those cute West Texas wimmen cravin' my company, and I was playin' that good ole rock n' roll...LIFE WAS GOOD, BRUDDER...and, even though I had worked for an appointment to Annapolis all through Jr. High and High School, a naval career simply was NOT in the works for a 19-year old ego-case like yers truly...h***, man...I WUZ IN SHOW BIZ... Say 'Howdy' to Rudy for me...or better still, have him drop me an email at klifdj@aol.com anytime... My best, my friend... Dan McCurdy - aka Dan Patrick, Charlie Brown (KLIF, WMEX-Boston, KBOX-Dallas) 2004 Inductee, Texas Radio Hall of Fame Sherman, TX

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BOB CROWLEY (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Grand Funk? Reading Mark Carillo's comments on Grand Funk remind me of a fellow I encountered at the old KONO, in the '70s, His name was George Hatt, and he did the news. Previous to that, he had been the road manager for Grand Funk. I seem to recall him leaving KONO to work in Waco. I always wondered what happened to him. A cheerful fellow and a boon companion. I treasure that in a co-worker, which is why I am so fond of Mark Carillo. Good news on former WBAP News Director Mark Potter. He's going to Tulsa, to be News Director and assistant operations manager. I always respected Dan and admired his fabulous sucesses at WBAP. Hope that mean ol Gustav stays out of your neighborhood. The weatherman says it's going to blow away south La. then park over North Texas for a few days. WBAP reporter Jim Ryan has been in New Orleans since Friday. He was there for Katrina, stranded in a hotel, with only one granola bar for a couple of days. I checked; he's brought more provisions this time. I've got go now. I'm going to go inflate my waterwings. bc

TRIVIA ANSWER: Blondie's lead singer Debbie Harry's first band is Folk-Rock group Wind In The Willows. Blondie splits up in 1983 after four #1 tunes that each sell more than a half million singles.

ROY LEMONS (Grove, OK) Subject: stuff. Love your column, found out today that J.C. Webster's first name is really Joyce. Email me Joyce.... roylemons@earthlink.net. I worked under her at Starr Broadcasting's KDTV FM in Dallas. Another contributor is Jay Weaver who I worked with at KBUY-Ft Worth. As GM of country KBUY I fired two guys who went on to do very well, Willie Nelson, who was a part time DJ and Bill Mack, our morning man. Explains why I was out of radio at age 40. Keep it up, Roy Lemons

JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Jim, Remember the big sniper shooting in New Orleans years ago when one man floated face down in the pool of a hotel for hours?!? That was the Chief Engineer of Starr Broadcasting Group. His name was Bob Beamish. It was cold and that is what saved his life. Of course, surgeries and health problems followed that. He and Paul were at the hotel together. They were told to get out, and they were doing so when Bob remembered he had something he considered important in his room so he started back and came face to face with the shooter. Bob is deceased now, and has been for many years. Be well. JC

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863) Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas États-Unis

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September 3, 2008 [Wednesday]

Issue #551

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

HURRICANE GUSTAVE STRIKES NEW ORLEANS!

Monday, September 1, 2008 possibly spells another weather disaster similar to what hurricane Katrina causes for New Orleans, LA. But the brand new levees and extremly well-laid out evacuation prepardness plans bring welcome relief. About 2 million residents depart the scene of the maddening winds and possible high flood waters to get out of harm's way. Gustave proves that America can and does handle weather disasters in grand style. Sure there are homes, busineses and stop lights that receive damage but New Orleans area citizens move to higher ground many miles away from hurricane Gustave. Thanks be to God that Gustave proves to be not the terrible tyrant that we expect.

This certainly reminds me of 1972. Not too long after I join the most popular radio station in America that continues to dominate Dallas, TX the Mighty 11-90 KLIF I receive a phone call from John Rhodes who moves on over from KTSA-550 in San Antonio as the new News Director of KITE-930 in the Alamo City. John makes me an offer that I cannot refuse to be Senior News Editor and PM Drive newscaster on the well-respected news authority Adult Contemporary KITE. The major client sponsorship of KITE's 15 minute entirely local PM Drive newscast vanishs. The goal is to bring back the lost client with me onboard.

In addition to afternoon drive newscasts spend mornings hither and yon all over Bexar county in search of out of the ordinary news stories for my 15 minute PM Drive local newscast. You would not believe what I uncover. Nothing bad but really enjoyable and upbeat news stories in which regular citizens involve themselves. Put in twice as many hours as any of the other KITE news Bulldogs as our newspaper ads in the San Antonio Light describe us but have more fun than anyone can fantasize. The result is that the major client returns as the new sponsor of my entirely local 15 minute newscast. Do I recive a plaque or a tattoo on my behind?

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Well very early one morning, possibly 3am, John calls me at home to make a journey east on I-35 to New Braunfels, TX because a massive tidewater heads its way south from heavy rains north of us. The wide Guadalupe river is about to become a giant monster. Rhodes wants me to be his on the scene reporter of the high wall of flood water that soon pushes through New Braunfels which he expects to take anything in its way downstream to the ocean. John says that he dispatches our new news intern to chauffeur me to the water battle zone about 50 miles northeast of San Antonio.

No time for the three S's. Barely enough minutes to pull on my jeans and boots. The news intern knocks loudly on my front door. Mr. Rose! he yells like a bullfighter to a charging bull. Ole! We zoom on out the freeway northeast toward Austin to no telling what lies ahead for us. Excitement builds. What do we expect to find? Are we to become victims of the raging waters, too? Who cares? We are on a mission from God. This is really what the business of news reporting is all about. Things like this never enter any radio halls of fame or hardly any recognitition but we speed as fast as we can to the scene of a water war zone and report back on the air what we observe.

The city of New Braunfels it is a town that lies below I-35 which is high above to protect its travelers from potential high waters that we may encounter but we forget our life jackets. Before we arrive the first wave of hurricane-like bank of flood water moves on through which leaves a town that looks like Germany after the allies push Hitler into hiding. It's still dark outside. The only lights that we see are the high beams of our news rocket ship on a desolate planet. The news intern slowly motors us through the small deserted streets. No one anywhere. As daybreak approaches, I describe what we see outside the open window that KITE broadcasts live many miles away from us in San Antonio.

All of a sudden a Texas State trooper wave his flashlight at us and yells for us to get out of Dodge because the next wall of flood water is fast on its way. This lawman packs a big 45 automatic pistol on his hip. We don't fight the law because the law wins. We weave our way back upon I-35 with huge sighs of relief that we make it out just in the nick of time. We arrive at the KITE studios in San Antonio as conquering heroes but there are no ribbons, medalions or buttons to place on our walls. No pretty cheerleaders to greet us and hug our necks for a job well done. Just another day in the life of a radio news reporter. Those are the days my friend.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the name of the poem in Black Sabbath's debut record album? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•FCC says interference concerns cause it to ban wireless microphones in the 700 MHz band after the transition to digital TV in 2009. •RICHARD CARTRIDGE former presenter on BBC Radio Solent, Classic FM, Radio Hampshire and Original 106 joins Internet based Play Radio UK. •DAVE ERVIN VP/GM of CBS Radio News/Talk KMOX-1120 St. Louis, MO leaves the building on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 to pursue other interests. •ERIC HAGMAN long-time Sports Director of Calvary News KQV-1410 Pittsburgh, PA departs because his position disappears due to budget reasons.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1952 DON SCHLITZ award-winning Country music songwriter (Kenny Rogers' The Gambler-1978) born on August 29th in Durham, NC. •1965 EARL BOSTIC one of my favorite Jazz/R&B alto saxophonists dies at 52 of a heart attack on October 28th while on tour in Rochester, NY. •1978 RALPH STANLEY II singer (Clinch Mountain Boys) born on August 20th. •1988 PAUL WILSON baritone singer with The Flamingos dies in May. •1997 CURLY RAY CLINE longtime fiddler in Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys dies at 74 on August 19th. •2007 LUTHER INGRAM R&B singer-songwriter dies at 62 of heart failure on March 19th.

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DAN MCCURDY [Charlie & Harrington, Charlie Brown, Dan Patrick] (Sherman, TX) Subject: Bob Stanford - 7-Eleven advertising. RE: Jim Rose Remembers Radio website, August 29, 2008. Hey, Jim...I want to thank Roy Lemons of Grove, OK for mentioning Bob Stanford during his description of the early days of WFAA radio...Roy is right, Bob went on to become the advertising director for 7-Eleven Stores for over a 30 year period. After working for Gordon McLendon at KLIF, and a year-long stint at KBOX , I went to work for Bob at the Stanford Agency, and ended up working with him for 15 years plus a 5-year period at 7-Eleven's public relations department. Those of us lucky enough to be a part of Bob's agency all had a creative hand in developing and implementing the 'Oh Thank Heaven for 7-Eleven' slogan...the same story for Slurpee, The Big Gulp, and all the crazy 'Strange Things' radio commercials that ran for years on radio stations all over the nation. Bob Stanford was the only person I ever heard Gordon McLendon refer to as a 'genius'...and Gordon was the only person I ever heard Bob Stanford call a 'genius'...and a very fortunate young kid from Tyler, Texas had the rare privilege of working for both of them...they were both my mentors, my idols and my true heroes...and so they still remain. My very best to you, Jim, and once again, many thanks to Roy Lemons for giving me chance to drag my dusty memory book out from under the couch. Dan McCurdy - Charlie Brown, Dan Patrick, Inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, 2004, Sherman, TX

JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Good job, Jim, Starr Michael O'Shea and Bob Morrison were inducted into the TRHOF. Hurray!!! The big induction thing will be at Billy Bob's in Ft. Worth. That will be in late October, I think. I may actually go if a friend of mine here wants to go with me. My daughter lives in Garland...in fact, she is on a cruise which was supposed to be from Galveston to Cozumel over the holiday with some of her friends from Jazzercise. They were re-routed due to the hurricane. They are supposed to dock at Galveston Monday morning. They have several cars parked at the hotel where they stayed. I hope and pray this hurricane doesn't do as much damage as they are predicting it might. My goodness, I just saw the time! I had fallen asleep earlier and woke up...needed to check for messages. Be well. JC

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JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Jim - Reading your story of how you started your career in radio reminds me so much of some of the places I worked in the beginning, also. I love to read the stories and I love to hear how some the radio stations were back in the day. I started in 1964 at KPOS in Post, Texas. It was very much like your description of KTER. I was there three months and moved to KLBK in Lubbock. KLBK was affiliated with a television station and that upgraded the whole radio operation nicely. I was next at KDNT in Denton, another hole in the wall station. Next was KCUL, KBUY, KPCN, back to KBUY and left the business in 1972. I came back in 2003 (yes - 30 years later!) at KRLD, KBOC in Bridgeport and just recently at KMNY in Hurst-Fort Worth-Dallas. I love Radio and I would love to still be involved, but under my conditions. Because of that - I am not involved, and may never be again, but I always answer the phone when it rings because, you never know! It's great to share the stories with you. Thanks for all you do for the memories of radio - I really enjoy it!! Jay

TRIVIA ANSWER: The name of the poem in Black Sabbath's self-titled debut album is Still Falls The Rain which releases in the UK on Friday, February 13, 1970. Many folks claim this record is one of the first heavy metal albums. Early versions of this album misspell Ozzy's name as Ossie Osborne.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Thx to you I am now in contact with Dean Daniels in Dallas area; I'm sending him pic of his Dad with my friend Odey Crabtree from 1970. I always check your trivia & news events of day with my files; fortunately, you have proven I have great archives on this biz...not on computer! Ran into a news item on web site update for dead-rock stars, as its called: "Musician & Tejano DJ (Daniel) Dan 'the man' Segura..born 1950, Flatonia,TX..worked w/Gary & the Epics & Los Kasinos, died in Rosenberg, TX, July 28, 2008 of heart attack." That's all I have...you'll probably know where he was DJ & you may already have this info; I just pass along FYI & TX-connection. (It may have been in paper...didn't notice.) Always a pleasure to hear from you (Never ever have had response from Col. St. James) Best to you & Tejas from BOB & Sonny Lee.

BOB GELDOF (October 5, 1954-p) Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

Jim Rose and Tejas

Houston, Texas États-Unis

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