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Issue #1060
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ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TOP NEWS STORIES OF 2011 The year 2011 brings us
many huge and surprising stories that either invigorate or frustrate us. What
do you believe is the biggest news story of 2011? Which 2011 news story upsets
you the most? Do you have a favorite radio personality or a best-liked radio
station? According to several news sources these are some of their top news stories
of 2011. Probably at the top of the list is the takedown of bearded mass
murderer Osama Bin Laden from his hideaway in
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LA TV WEATHERMAN HAS HISSY FIT Veteran weatherman
Henry DiCarlo of KTLA TV CW CH5 Los Angeles, CA has a hissy fit and storms off
camera. Henry is upset because KTLA TV producers saddle the weather cowboy with
a quick interview along with his weather prognostication. DiCarlo complains
that interview cuts his weather forecast time short. He pants, When you send a
weatherman out to do the weather but you’re also sending him out to do a story,
you might want to give him a little extra time. Co-anchor Chris Schauble jeers,
Maybe we'll give him a little cheese to go with that whine. The incident brings
notoriety. DiCarlo posts in his Web page: 20 years in the business and it takes
a meltdown on live TV to make today's AOL homepage! I should have done this
years ago.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Why isn't Rollo the name of the
most famous reindeer of them all? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! To radio wise man Chuck Blore as
he reaches another year of life on Sunday, January 1, 2012! Salute! •BETTY
WHITE (89) kicks off Monday Night Football on ABC TV:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ujpHXYaYEPQ. •COYOTE
COLLINS (Curt Boykin) longtime WBEE FM (92.5) Rochester, NY PM Drive DJ/PD/MD;
as Curt Monday former mornings on WKLX FM (98.9) Rochester, NY and WSIX FM
(97.9) Nashville, TN dies at home in his favorite chair of a combination of
stroke/seizure at 5:50pm on Friday, December 16, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
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TRIVIA ANSWER: Do you know that out of all of
Santa's reindeer, Rudolph with the red nose is first known as Rollo? It all
begins way back in the 1930s when Montgomery Ward decides to have their Santa
give away coloring books. M-W copywriter Robert L. May receives the assignment
to write the book. His story is about a little reindeer by the name of Rollo
who is made fun of and left out of group activities because of a physical
abnormality. Along with Rollo, other names like Rodney, Reginald and Romeo are
also under consideration. M-W executives do not like any of those as the
reindeer's name. So, Robert May changes its name to Rudolph and gets a friend
to draw funny sketches of the reindeer making merry at Chicago's Lincoln Park
Zoo. M-W execs dig it. During Christmas 1939, M-W hands out the first copies of
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer coloring book. May's brother-in-law Johnny Marks
pens a tune based on the story of the red-nosed reindeer. What really brings
things together is in 1949 when Superstar Cowboy singer Gene Autry's Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer becomes a smash hit.
MIKE MARSHALL (Houston, TX) Subject: WFAA promo.
Jim, I was going through some boxes of pictures and found this. It was in the
Dallas Morning News on Tuesday, May 21, 1968. I remember everybody except John
Darrell. Maybe he did weekends. I started there in March, 1967 doing Weekends
and production Tuesday through Friday, then moved to 4-7 until I went on
vacation that summer and Charlie (Van) replaced me with a guy who had just
started, Lee Douglas? I went to all night and finally 7-12 until I moved to
KPRC here Labor Day weekend of 1969. Always enjoy the newsletter. Have a great
New Year. Mike Marshall
PORTER WAGONER (August 12, 1927 - October 28, 2007)
I've enjoyed as much of this as I can stand.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 26, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1059
LACY AND I WISH YOU A VERY MERRY AND SAFE
CHRISTMAS!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
AUSSIE TV HOST TELLS ALL ABOUT GREEN ROOMS Australian
TV presenter Richard Wilkins is born Richard Stephen Wilkins on June 19, 1954
in Auckland, New Zealand. At seven, he is classically trained as a violinist.
He graduates from New Zealand's teacher's college with majors in English and
Music. PolyGram signs Richard Wilde as he is then known to a worldwide
contract. He becomes one of New Zealand's top Pop stars. In 1980, his band
Wilde and Reckless heads to Australia to release singles plus a six track EP
and tours with Grace Jones. He becomes Promotions and Marketing Manager of
Sydney radio stations 2Day FM and 2UW (now Mix 106.5). In 1987, Richard is the
first VJ on MTV Australia when it is a TV show not a channel. In 1992, he hosts
Keynotes TV game show. In 2011, Richard Wilkins' New Holland Publishers book
Black Ties, Red Carpets, Green Rooms is Australia's biggest selling book. In a
recent statement Richard glows: I never expected all this. Writing the book was
definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I’m thrilled and relieved that
people seem to be enjoying it. In 2012, Richard Wilkins celebrates 25 years on
Australian TV. From 1994 to the present, he is the Nine Network Entertainment
Editor and appears regularly on The Today Show. In 2012, his book Black Ties,
Red Carpets, Green Rooms releases as a must read paperback.
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RECORDING ARTISTS MAKE MINIMUM WAGE In 2011, The
Daily Swarm publishes a very revealing list of music industry statistics. For
instance, do you know that in order for a solo artist in the USA to earn the
minimum wage of $1,160 per month they must sell 12,399 tracks on iTunes? As a
group, that figure divides by the number of members in the band. Recording
artists make their biggest money from concerts. The Daily Swarm spills the
beans: ...a 77% decline in debut album sales since 2003 and with that a 17%
decline in employed musicians. Only 17% of the global online community
downloads music legally. With the shutting of record stores in the USA, now
27.4% of all albums sold are digital. Only 16.5% of Internet users in the USA
purchase digital music. People are three times more likely to stream music than
download it. Solo artists need to sell 1,299 albums on iTunes or 1,161 CDs at
retail per month to make a minimum wage. They would need to have 4,053,110
plays on Spotify; 1,546,667 plays on Last.fm or 849,817 plays on Rhapsody to
earn that minimum wage. Anu Kirk, MOG executive, reveals at the Digital Music
Forum West: This is a tough business to be in. It sucks that right now artists
are getting paid so little money by subscription services, but it sucks that
artists are getting paid so little money by everyone. Kirk says: Lady Gaga
earns only $167 from more than 1 million plays of 'Poker Face' on Spotify.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when Kojak has its
debut on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Andy Waldrop Houston, TX radio air
personality fires up 39 candles on Monday, December 26, 2011. •WXRT FM CBS
Radio (Chicago's Finest Rock 93.1) limited edition charity CD ONXRT: Live From
The Archives - Volume 13 releases on December 6, 2011 exclusively at Chicago
area Target stores to support Lincoln Park Community Shelter and Partners in
Health completely sells out. •WFMT FM Classical (98.7) Chicago, IL celebrates
60th Anniversary on air on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 live from the Chicago
Cultural Center's Preston Bradley Hall with show hosts Rich Warren and Bill
McGlaughlin.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 THE SHADOW radio program airs for the last
time on December 26th. •1967 THE OSBORNE BROTHERS' Classic Rocky Top releases
on Decca records on December 25th. •1974 JACK BENNY favorite radio & TV
comedian (The Jack Benny Show) dies at 80 on December 26th. •1982 DUANE ALLEN
& THE OAK RIDGE BOYS' Christmas album certifies Gold on December 27th.
•1993 RODNEY DANGERFIELD 72 year-old favorite comedian weds 41 year-old Joan
Child on December 26th. •2001 WILLIE NELSON & LEE ANN WOMACK's video
Mendocino County Line shoots in Austin, TX on December 26th.
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JAMES BEST [Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane - Dukes of
Hazzard] (Hickory, NC) Subject: Happy Holidays from the Best Family! Greetings!
We wanted to send you the Best Family Christmas card this year! Thank you for
all your continued support and we hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year! James & Dorothy Best
JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Merry Christmas to All! From Jim Bell, now blissfully retired in
God's Country -- East Texas. I just want everybody to know that I got my
Christmas a few days early. Back on Thursday, the 22nd, my cancer doctor at MD
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston told me he doesn't think I have prostate
cancer. Furthermore, he said the small
town urologist who told me I DO have it misread the biopsy results, and I need to
stop going to him. I will stop, because MD Anderson is the gold standard in
cancer diagnosis and treatment. The Houston doctor told me to come back a year
from now for a follow-up, but he's confident that I have nothing worth losing
sleep over. Do you have any idea how this took a load off me and made me feel a
hundred pounds lighter? I know, I don't LOOK a hundred pounds lighter, but it
feels like it. So God's blessings and the happiest of Christmases, Hanukahs and
whatevers to all my old Houston and east Texas radio friends and colleagues,
and may all your days be as good and uplifting as mine was last Thursday.
DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX)
Hi, Jim, Thanks so much for replying. I came across your website this afternoon
and thought perhaps you would know Bob Sullivan and how to contact him.
Probably reporter's luck. I was in the newspaper business for many years
(Dallas Morning News, Denver Post, St. Pete Times, etc.) and even though I grew
up during the '50s around (Louisiana) Hayride people and various artists
because of my mother's career, I never learned that business, so I'm exploring
unfamiliar territory. Your site looked strong and credible. Best, David House;
Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American
Journalists Association, Online News Association
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: radio
station jobs. KEBE/KOOI in Jacksonville (TX) 1966-1971; KLIS FM in Palestine in
1971; KSFA AM Nacogdoches 1972-76; KJCS FM Nacogdoches/Lufkin 1979-1986. Had
the priv of working with some great folks including Larry Graham, Jerry
Houston, Malcolm Landess, Jeff Dale, Dave Malone, and too many others to
mention. Lots of changes (not all for the better).
DR. BRUCE NELSON [GM/AM Drive DJ KFTX FM 97.5 Retired
12/31/2010] (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1058)
December 23, 2011 [Friday] Merry Christmas to you and Lacy. Tell Joanie
Green-Gallo I'd hire here if I hadn't retired last year. She always did a great
job for me at KNUZ!!! DrB (www.kftx.com) Merry Christmas from the 2nd
Amendment! (www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCBNOFmr4nw)
BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Fleece
Napping Dad. Hey Jim! Just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas from the heart
of my bottom. Thanks, for connect all our old radio pals. All the best! b
CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Subject: Merry
Christmas
JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year!
JIM GOUGH (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1057) December 19, 2011 [Monday] Thanks pardner...it’s
always great here in the Hill Country. I had a nice narration to do for TxDot
yesterday, so all's fine. Jim Gough http://jimgough.net/
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Merry
Christmas Jim and Lacy! Tony Lyndell Williams
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Holidays. A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO JIM & LACY! From Bob, Barb & Sonny
Lee.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Telly Savalas plays bald police
detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak on CBS TV's exciting Kojak series. Dan Frazer
is Captain Frank McNeil along with Kevin Dobson as Lt. Bobby Crocker. Kojak premieres on CBS TV on October 24, 1973
and runs through April 1978. During Kojak the reason that he sucks on a
lollipop is to help him quit smoking. Telly is the son of Greek immigrants. He
is born Aristotelis Savalas on January 21, 1922 in Garden City, Long Island,
NY. During World War II, he serves as a soldier in Company C, 12th Medical
Training Battalion, 4th Medical Training Regiment at Camp Pickett, VA. In the
early 1950s, he hosts a popular radio program, Telly's Coffeehouse. Savalas
studies psychology at Columbia University in NYC. Telly is an executive
director and then senior director of ABC news special events. He becomes
executive producer of Gillette Cavalcade of Sports where he gives Howard Cosell
his first job. On January 22, 1994 Telly Savalas passes away at 72 of bladder
cancer in Universal City, CA.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Happy
Holidays! Merry Christmas! Best of the Season to you & Lacy! David Faulkner
BUDDY JOHNSON (Beaumont, TX) Yes sign me up, and
I'd love to share some old stories with you. It's good to hear from you...
PINK FLOYD [The Wall Live 1980–81] Is There Anybody
Out There?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 23, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1058
LACY AND I WISH YOU A VERY MERRY AND SAFE
CHRISTMAS!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
JOBS WINS GRAMMY Steve Jobs visionary tech giant
Apple founder dies at 56 of cancer on October 5, 2011. During Grammy Week that
begins on February 11, 2012 Jobs receives a posthumous Recording Academy
Special Merit Grammy. He is part of a group that includes bandleader Dave
Bartholomew and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder as Trustee Award honorees
plus The Allman Brothers, Glen Campbell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Jones,
the Memphis Horns, Diana Ross and Gil Scott-Heron as Lifetime Achievement Award
honorees. Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy glows: It is an honor
to recognize such a diverse group of individuals whose talents and achievements
have had an indelible impact on our industry. Steve Jobs receives his Grammy
for his work in the creation of the products and technology that transforms the
music industry with innovations like the iPod and iTunes. The 2011 Grammy
Awards airs live on CBS TV from Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Sunday, February
12, 2012.
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CLEAR CHANNEL REALIGNS ITS SAN FRANCISCO RADIO
TROOPS As we report in JRRR on Friday, December 16, 2011 Clear Channel kills
Progressive Talk KKGN-960 (ex KABL-960) in San Francisco, CA with new call
letters with format from KNEW-910 (Fox Newsradio 910) plus KNEW-910 emerges as
KKSF-910 (Talk 910). Since Clear Channel shuffles its two San Francisco AM
radio stations, Cumulus KGO-810 retaliates with the removal of some of its
radio hosts. In response, Clear Channel readjusts its lineups for Talk KNEW-910
and Talk KKGN-960 by bringing in the two Cumulus hosts which exit KGO-810 in
early December 2011. NewsTalk KNEW-910 gains former Cumulus KGO-810 air
personalities Len Tillem for 3pm-4pm duties and Gene Burns 4pm-7pm. Instead of
its planned Talk 910 moniker, KNEW remodels as NewsTalk 910. Also, the new
KKGN-960 ditches Fox News Radio 960 for 960 KNEW. And some say the game of
chess is difficult.
WNBC TV EXPANDS AFTER IT DOWNSIZES Due to budget
cuts and sinking ad revenue in 2008, WNBC TV CH4 NYC downsizes. In 2009, Senior
political reporter, analyst and journalist Jay DeDapper exits. In 1998 Jay
moves to WNBC-TV to join its newly-enlarged political unit. He develops the
groundbreaking What Matters series of in-depth issues reporting along with his
Reality Checks. On September 11, 2001 Jay rushes to New York City Hall to
report from the street adjacent to the World Trade Center. The New York Daily
News reports that WNBC TV demonstrates a new commitment to local news coverage.
Susan Sullivan WNBC TV News Director relates: Everybody wants to be #1, that’s
the bottom line here. WNBC TV places four new news trucks into service. Its
helicopter-sharing contract with Fox O&O WNYW TV ends. WNBC TV adds its own
news helicopter and launches two new newscasts, plus a new studio in early
2012.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the TV private eye
series Barnaby Jones premier? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•RUSS MITCHELL CBS TV Evening News weekend anchor
joins Gannett WKYC TV NBC CH3 Cleveland, OH as new evening news managing editor
and 6pm/11pm weeknight anchor to replace Romona Robinson whose contract ends on
December 16, 2011. •DALLAS COWBOYS' radio reporter's stream ends. Kristi
Scales' streak of 448 consecutive Cowboys games ends Saturday night, December
17, 2011 at Tampa Bay, FL because of her goddaughter niece's wedding in
Columbus, OH. Scales is Cowboys radio sideline reporter for the last 13
seasons. During her absence Mickey Spagnola is her replacement.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 DAVE MURRAY guitarist for British Heavy Metal
band Iron Maiden born on December 23rd. •1968 TAMMY WYNETTE's album Stand By
Your Man releases on Epic records on December 23rd. •1973 YOUNG AND RESTLESS
soap opera premieres on CBS TV on December 23rd. •1986 GEORGE STRAIT and
Alabama each have three nominations at the 1987 American Music Awards on
December 23rd. •1994 CHARLES SHIRLEY Jazz arranger dies at 74 on December 23rd.
•2003 CRAIG MORGAN's acoustic concert on December 23rd in Kuwait is first of a
Middle East tour for American G.I.s during the Christmas season.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: A post script. A post script re/the death of Billie Jo Spears. One
song she recorded seems to be overlooked when listing her hits. "57
Chevrolet" The lyrics will bring back great memories for anyone
"growing up" in the late 50s. Wish I still had my 57 Chevy 2 door
hard top. One of the great cars. Red Jones Georgia Radio Hall Of Fame
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Brinkman injured severely in car crash. Chuck Brinkman involved in a Car Crash
on December 17, 2011, 11:28:08 AM. I got this information from Facebook. This came
from John Summers's page, thought some of you might want to know. If you have
been in Dallas Radio at all in the past say oh, 100 years, you know Chuck well.
In my humble opinion, he's a great guy: For those who don't yet know, legendary
Pittsburgh and Dallas/Ft. Worth radio personality, and my good friend, Chuck
Brinkman was involved in a very serious automobile accident yesterday. He was
't-boned' by an SUV very near his home in Plano. Here is an update from his
daughter, Christene: 'I really can't thank everybody enough for all the
thoughts and prayers. Dad has six broken ribs, one of which collapsed a lung
and caused internal bleeding, he also has a large bruise on one kidney, causing
it to not function. his pelvis and hip are shattered. He remained stable over
night. He is getting blood transfusions. Please, please keep the thoughts and
prayers coming. it means a lot to him. He is a tough guy, as you know, but he
is 76 and very badly injured. love you all. Prayers are definitely up!'
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JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Tulsa, OK) Oh, Jim...Thank you
for your kind words. I just jump to read your wonderfully informative emails
each week. They bring such joy to me ~ it's "my old friend" in the
electronic media and I love it. To answer your question, no...none of the leads
you sent have panned out...all the usual excuses. "Not hiring", "not in the
budget", "how nice", "you're over-qualified", "you
don't breathe properly", (and the corker), "you're too old."
Bottom line...they've tightened budgets and I've been put out to pasture. I
would've been jumping from the rooftops and hollering your way about it if
something positive happened. I am hopeful, but not holding my breath.
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Issue 1057.
Happy Holidays Jim & Lacy! "Person to Person Returns After 50
Years" sounds good, but it won't be the same without all the chain
smoking. :) Merry Christmas, David Faulkner
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1057) December
19, 2011 [Monday] Jim...just want to say Merry Christmas...hope yours is the best
ever! Jim Gough http://jimgough.net/
ED STERN (San Antonio, TX) Enjoy this season and
all the beauty that comes with it. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Ed and
Judy
JERRY MILLER [Mueller-ex KILT-610, KLIF-1190 DJ]
(Houston, TX) Subject: A Christmas Card. Greetings to you from Jerry and Maudie
Mueller!!
TRIVIA ANSWER: Private eye series Barnaby Jones
premiers on CBS TV on January 28, 1973 and runs through September 4, 1980.
Buddy Ebsen stars as P.I. sleuth Barnaby
Jones along with Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, Betty Jones.
FR. BOB TOMLINSON (Ft. Worth-Hurst, TX) Subject:
Merry Christmas and Update. Merry Christmas Jim and Lacy, I hope all is well
with you and the little lady and my best wishes to you this joyous season.
Thought I'd update you and the ones I know on your readying list the changes
happening my life. Over the past six months my wife and I thought of where we'd
like to retire to and when we should. In September I resigned from the church
in Hurst, TX and we started setting up a home at Lake Striker in East Texas.
I'll look for other ministry opportunities and who knows may visit some of the
radio stations around here. I look forward to each of your newsletters. Keep up
the good work. Bob Tomlinson; Lake Striker between Henderson and Jacksonville,
Texas
E. B. White (July 11, 1899 - October 1, 1985)
Somehow not only for Christmas, but all the long year through, the joy that you
give to others is the joy that comes back to you.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 19, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1057
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
EASY RIDER MAKES LAST RIDE Bert Schneider is the
producer of the 1969 film Easy Rider with stars Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson and
Dennis Hopper. Some of Bert's key films of the late 1960s and 1970s include
Five Easy Pieces, The Last Picture Show and Days of Heaven. In 1975, he earns a
best documentary Oscar for Hearts and Minds. Peter Biskind's book Easy Riders,
Raging Bulls refers to Bert as the eminence grist of the American New Wave.
Berton Schneider grows up in New Rochelle, NY as the son of Columbia Pictures
president Abraham Schneider. In the early 1950s, he attends Cornell University.
In the early 1960s, Schneider joins Columbia's TV division, Screen Gems. In
1965, he and Bob Rafelson form Raybert Productions. In 1966, they bring The
Monkees to NBC TV. In 1967, they each win Emmys for The Monkees TV show. In
1968, they bring The Monkees band to the big screen. In 1969, along with Jack
Nicholson, Rafelson writes and directs the counterculture film Head with
Schneider as Executive Producer. On Monday, December 12, 2011 Bert Schneider
dies at 78 of natural causes in Los Angeles, CA. Bert Schneider's first marriage
is to Judy Schneider. Bert's survivors include his second wife, Greta
Ronningen; two children, Audrey Simon and Jeffrey Schneider.
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PERSON TO PERSON RETURNS AFTER 50 YEARS CBS TV's
long running classic interview series Person to Person airs from October
1953-September 1961. The program has a tremendous impact on broadcast news and
TV journalism. Every Friday night from October 1953 to June 1959 legendary host
Edward R. Murrow hosts Person to Person. He closes out his show with: Good Night
and Good Luck. During World War II, Murrow hires Charles Collingwood as a CBS
correspondent. In fall 1959, Charles relieves Murrow as host of Person to
Person. In 1961, newly elected President John F. Kennedy asks Edward R. Murrow
to head up the U.S. Information Agency. Beginning on Wednesday, February 8,
2012 CBS TV revives the classic interview series Person to Person as one-hour
specials. CBS This Morning co-anchor Charlie Rose and CBS chief foreign affairs
correspondent Lara Logan are the new hosts of Person to Person. Jeff Fager CBS
News chairman brags: We have dreamed about bringing a modern version of this
great program, ‘Person to Person,’ back to CBS for years – and now it is
happening. It ...will be led by two of our most accomplished producers and two
of our best interviewers.
PITTSBURGH RADIO MERRY GO ROUND Birach Broadcasting
announces that in January 2012 WWCS-540 Canonsburg/Pittsburgh, PA flips to
Sports as Fox Sports 540. After the end of its LMA with Disney in 2011, WWCS-540
simulcasts sister Regional Mexican WSDS-1480 (Explosiva 1480) Detroit, MI. On
January 1, 2012 Disney relocates Radio Disney to WEAE-1250 (now WDDZ). In the
confusion, WEAE-1250's ESPN moves to Clear Channel WBGG-970 which drops its Fox
Sports affiliation. WWCS-540 gains Fox Sports Radio network programming plus
Premiere Radio Networks’ Jim Rome Show. Please explain all of that to me.
TRIVIA QUESTION: John Wayne is born Marion Robert
Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, IA. Who gives him the name John Wayne?
The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•DAVE RAMSEY radio host buys 34,000-square-foot
4-story downtown Brentwood, TN Jackson law office building for $1.6 million.
Until 1796, it is the site of Andrew Jackson’s first law office. Current building
erects in 1996. Ramsey's weekly radio show has 4.5 million listeners. •JOHN
DEMPSEY WLS-890 news anchor off the air to recuperate from left foot surgery to
relieve pain. •SUSAN GORDON (aka Susan L. Aviner) former child actress who
plays young Dorothy Nichols with Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong in 1959 film
The Five Pennies also on TV's My Three Sons and The Twilight Zone dies at 62
from cancer.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KFYR TV NBC/ABC CH5 in Bismarck, ND begins
broadcasting on December 19th. •1966 DUANE PROPES Little Texas bass player (God
Blessed Texas #4-1993, My Love #1 for 2 weeks-1994) born on December 17th in
Longview, TX. •1971 STANLEY KUBRICK's X-rated film A Clockwork Orange premieres
on December 19th. •1980 DOLLY PARTON's first movie 9 To 5 debuts on December
19th with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Dolly also writes and performs the title
song. •1991 ONE LIFE TO LIVE's 6,000th episode airs on December 19th. •2005
GARY ALLAN's album Tough All Over goes Gold on December 19th.
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FAITH HAMILTON (Littleton, CO) Subject: Gary
Hamilton. Are you still looking for him? I am his daughter Faith. I was looking
up some info on my Dad and I came across this... Jim Rose Remembers Radio: JIM
ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #501 'This new Viacom network causes talk of a
possible'... I need your help in locating an e-dress for my old friend Gary
Hamilton. (KLIF and The Satellite Music...
news.jimroseremembersradio.com/2008/05/08/jim-rose-remembers-radio...
Ring a bell? I live in Colorado now but being the daughter of a DJ we traveled
a lot. We lived in Dallas at the time The Satellite Music Network was where he
worked for about 5 years. Faith
ROBERT MILLER [BOB] (Detroit-Plymouth, MI) Subject:
Favorite Christmas Song. Jim, It's a tall order to find a favorite Christmas
song as there are so many. But, I think my current favorite is "All I want
for Christmas is You" by Vince Vance and the Valiants! Merry Christmas!
Bob Miller Plymouth, Michigan
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Just notified that country singer Billie Jo Spears has died @ 74 this
morning (12/14). She was consistent on country charts, 1969-1984, & is most
remembered for her 1975 #1 hit, "Blanket on The Ground." She was a
native of Beaumont, TX, & first recorded in Houston at age 13, moving to
Nashville in 1964. Her final album was released in 2005 & she appeared in
Branson for a time, but was extremely popular in the U.K. where she reportedly
had another tour sked there in 2012. She also recorded duets with the late Del
Reeves. BOB & Sonny Lee.
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JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
favorite Christmas song. I do love Elvis version (Blue Christmas). My favorite
is of my brother Sam (Pate) singing it. He sounds just like Elvis. Not only was
he a good newsman (KLIF-1190, KBOX-1480) but a singer as well. He could sing
like anyone. He left me many tapes of his songs. Remember when Brenda Lee
recorded I saw mama kissing Santa Claus. White Christmas is a good classic. I
often wonder what a white Christmas would look like. Usually it is rather warm
on Christmas.
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ED MILLER [KPCN-730 Owner/OM/Newscaster] (Austin,
TX) Subject: Favorite Christmas Song. Jim, Just had to get in on your list of
Favorite Christmas Songs. Mine is a good ol' country tear-jerker by Bill and
Bonnie Hearne titled "I spent Christmas in a honky tonk and New Year's Eve
in jail." That's my kind of holiday music! -Ed
WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1055) December 12, 2011 [Monday] Jim: I was very pleased
to see the question from: MARGARET FINCH (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Subject: Help. As we all knew, if anybody could answer her question, it would
be you! An early Merry Christmas to you and Lacy.
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1928, Director John Ford hires
John Wayne an extra and a prop man in the film Mother Machree. In 1930,
Director Raoul Walsh casts him in The Big Trail which is his first leading
role. Raoul Walsh receives credit for creating his now legendary screen name,
John Wayne.
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Jim, Now to
TV, my brother, his wife and kids turn on the TV as soon as they arrive home.
Me...sometimes the TV is off for weeks except for some sports. People think it
is weird. I think it's weird to live your life vicariously through the boob
tube. And, I cannot stand the constant noise. Realty TV? Anytime you stick a
camera in someone's face, they became...unreal...no matter who they are. If
people want me, they can call my landline (does anyone still call it that?).
Leave a message...at the beep. Oh, the iPhones...not I. Tony
JOHN WAYNE [The Shootist-1976] (May 26, 1907 - June
11, 1979) You got a streak of kindness a mile wide.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 16, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1056
HAPPY BILL OF RIGHTS DAY ON DECEMBER 15, 2011!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
RADIO TALK HOST OFFERS NEWT $1M TO EXIT RACE
Michael Savage Talk Radio Network syndicated radio talk host puts his money
where his mouth is when he lays out $1M in cold hard cash to Newt Gingrich to drop
out of the race for U.S. President. Savage gives all of the reasons on his
radio program why Gingrich cannot win a campaign against President Obama - only
Mitt Romney can. Michael says this is the most important problem America faces
and why he makes that substantial financial offer to Newt Gingrich. On Tuesday,
December 13, 2011 former U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump pulls out as
moderator of the upcoming Republican primary debate on Ion TV, but he might run
as an Independent for the presidency after his TV show The Apprentice ends in
May 2012. The 2012 Republican candidacy's sparring match reminds us of the
gunfight at the OK corral. The last man standing is the candidate.
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THAT TV COMMERCIAL IS TOO LOUD! Do you notice that
when ads pounce upon our TV screens their volume increases dramatically? We
have to keep our trigger fingers on the volume control button. For decades the
FCC receives our complaints but TV commercials seem to get louder and louder.
Well Glory! Relief may be on the way because the Federal Communications
Commission finally begins to crack down on loud TV commercials. On Tuesday,
December 13, 2011 the FCC announces that starting on December 13, 2012 TV ads
must have the same average volume level as the programs where they appear.
Congress' 2010 Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (the CALM Act)
grants the FCC authority to govern the decibel level of advertisements. The
threat of government action may already cut back on ear-drum bursting pitchmen
because the FCC reports that since 2009, consumer complaints about loud TV
commercials are lower.
AMANPOUR EXITS THIS WEEK Christiane Amanpour exits
CNN in 2010 to join ABC TV as host of the Sunday morning public affairs show,
This Week. On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Christiane issues a statement that
after about 16 months she steps down as This Week host. Amanpour returns to CNN
as its star international reporter plus she launches a new weekday program on
CNN International. But in a unique arrangement between the two networks she
also continues to file reports on ABC News as well as host multiple primetime
specials for ABC News plus as a global affairs anchor for ABC network. On
January 8, 2012 George Stephanopoulos, who is This Week anchor from 2002-09,
returns as its host while he remains Good Morning America anchor. Jake Tapper,
ABC News' Senior White House correspondent will be a weekly contributor on the
program plus fill in as guest-host for Stephanopoulos. Christiane Amanpour is a
multi-task network reporter because about eight years ago CBS TV hires her as a
correspondent on 60 Minutes while she continues to report news on CNN.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember the name of Brenda
Lee's Classic 1960s Christmas song? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•JOY BEHAR exits CNN's HLN TV anchor desk after
over two years. Ann Coulter sighs: It is a vast Casey Anthony conspiracy! Your
show was the only one I could watch and avoid hearing anything about that white
trash bimbo. •VIRGINIA CHA Atlanta-based anchor leaves HLN TV to join KGTV TV
ABC CH10 San Diego, CA on Monday, December 5, 2011. •CLEAR CHANNEL kills
Progressive Talk KKGN-960 (ex KABL-960) in San Francisco, CA with new call
letters and format from KNEW-910 (Fox Newsradio 910). •KNEW-910 San Francisco,
CA becomes KKSF-910 (Talk 910).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 SUSAN ESTRICH lawyer, professor, author and
political commentator on Fox News born on December 16th. •1963 JEFF CARSON ACM
video of the year award for The Car born on December 16th in Tulsa, OK. •1979
ROGER STAUBACH's last regular season game as quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys
on December 16th. •1984 ANNE MURRAY & Dave Loggins' single Nobody Loves Me
Like You Do slams #1 in Billboard Country on December 15th. •1990 KUSW Salt Lake
City, UT final shortwave radio transmissions on December 16th. •2004 JOSH
GRACIN's video Nothin' To Lose debuts on CMT on December 16th.
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MARGARET FINCH (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Subject: Answer... Dear Jim, Many thanks for your reply to my e-mail. I was so
excited especially as I grew up knowing the words to the Robin Hood series
lol!! Funny how he (Dick James) was so well known for all those other things.
Now using that i[n]fo I have tried to find somewhere on YouTube to be able to
hear the song no luck. Would you possibly have a website that I could get to
hear it and let my Mum hear it? Many thanks again as I realize how busy you
are. Kind Regards Margaret Finch in Oz.
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Just notified that country singer Billie Jo Spears has died @ 74 this
morning (12/14). She was consistent on country charts, 1969-1984, & is most
remembered for her 1975 #1 hit, "Blanket on The Ground." She was a
native of Beaumont, TX, & first recorded in Houston at age 13, moving to
Nashville in 1964. Her final album was released in 2005 & she appeared in
Branson for a time, but was extremely popular in the U.K. where she reportedly
had another tour sked there in 2012. She also recorded duets with the late Del
Reeves. BOB & Sonny Lee.
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: job. After
a few years out of the medium, it looks like I may be back in radio soon. Local
station asked me to do some work for them starting after the first of the new
year. Radio today is sooooo much different. My first obstacle is learning the
computer software. We did not have computers in the control rooms where i
worked. Today's DJ goes in two or three days a week for an hour or two and cuts
voice tracks for the breaks. Everything else is on the "cloud server"
in some distant city like Philadelphia. Don't know if this will work out, but I
am willing to give it a shot. The manager seems to be excited about hiring me.
Wish me luck.
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) [GM/AM Drive
DJ KFTX FM 97.5 Retired 12/31/2010] Subject: Favorite Christmas Song.
"Remember Bethlehem" by Dee Mullins Released in 1971 only reached #71
on Billboard but was a huge holiday request Item on KENR/KNUZ. I threw it in
our holiday music 16 years ago on KFTX and it has since become one of our most
requested holiday songs... Totally unique and different!!! DrB (www.kftx.com)
DEE MULLINS is born Dwight Mullinax in Gafford, TX
on April 7, 1937. He dies on March 13, 1991 at only 53. Remember Bethlehem
(#71) releases on Plantation records for Christmas 1970. His biggest Billboard
chart tune is Texas Tea (#51) on SSS International in summer 1968.
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
favorite Christmas song. My favorite old one is Blue Christmas. My most
favorite new one is by Becky Kelly, "Where's the Line to See Jesus."
Heard it for the first time last year. If you have not seen/heard it I will
forward it to you. (www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=OExXItDyWEY&vq=medium)
JERRY MILLER [Mueller] (Houston, TX) Subject: Song.
The Christmas Song...by Frank Sinatra! JM
TRIVIA ANSWER: Since she is only 6, Brenda Lee is a
professional singer. On TV's Ozark Mountain Jubilee she becomes known as Little
Miss Dynamite. In 1957, at the young age of 12, her One Step at a Time lands on
Billboard. Around Christmas 1959 her record Sweet Nothin's rises to #4. Decca
releases her Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree in 1958 and again in 1959 but it
doesn't become an annual holiday favorite until 1960 when it turns solid Gold
at #14 after she already is an international recording star. Joel Whitburn's
Pop Annual book recognizes Brenda Lee as the #1 female singer of the 1960s.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: My
Favorite Christmas Song. Jim, My favorite Christmas song? Trans-Siberian
Orchestra - Christmas Eve Sarajevo - 12 24 - Video I feel inspired when I hear
this. I would like to be a performer in this orchestra. Leslie Wayne Hodges
JOE FORD (Houston-Shenandoah, TX) Subject: Late
Thanksgiving wish. Bless you, Jim for all you do to keep us updated on the biz.
Glad to hear Lacy has her own special sherbet spoon! Happy holidays to both of
you and Merry Christmas! Joe Ford (http://joefordvoiceworks.com)
GEORGE CARLIN (May 12, 1937-Sunday, June 22, 2008)
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 12, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1055
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BLUES GUITARIST BOWS OUT Rolling Stone magazine
proclaims Hubert Sumlin as its 43rd greatest guitar player of all time. Hubert's
Blues guitar travels with Bluesman Howlin' Wolf for over 23 years. Wolf is a DJ
from 1949 to 1952 on the radio station that helps launch the birth of the blues
KWEM-990 in West Memphis, AR. His first LP releases in 1951. Dale Franklin,
KWEM owner/CEO brags: KWEM gave birth to the ‘electric blues’ and started the
rockabilly revolution that would lead to rock ’n’ roll and the Memphis sound.
George Klein, KWEM DJ, tapes a very young Johnny Cash in September 1954. Cash
brings that tape to Sam Phillips who signs him to Sun Records. KWEM helps
launch the careers of music legends B.B. King, Johnny Cash, Howlin’ Wolf, Ike
Turner, Carl Perkins, Albert King and yes Elvis Presley. Catch KWEM on the
Internet. (www.kwemradio.com) After Howlin Wolf passes away in 1976 Hubert
continues to tour. His Blues guitar inspires countless Rock artists like Jimmy
Page, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. On Sunday, December 4, 2011 Hubert Sumlin
passes away at 80 of heart failure in Wayne, NJ. Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin
guitarist, remembers: I love Hubert. He always played the right thing at the
right time. The Rolling Stone's guitarist Keith Richards pays Hubert Sumlin's
medical bills for treatments toward the end of his life.
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EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES! On Monday morning
December 5, 2011 Les Moonves, President/CEO of CBS Corporation, talks like
Ethel Merman in Gypsy Everything’s Coming Up Roses at the 39th annual UBS
Global Media and Communications Conference at the Grand Hyatt in NYC: Everybody
calls me a cheerleader but network television’s doing better than it’s done in
many years. Deadline Hollywood reports: (Moonves) says that CBS’ prices for ads
in the scatter market are up “in the mid-teens” over the upfront although “our
competitors are doing not as well....demand is picking up again and few are
cancelling upfront orders for early 2012. When you look at where our ratings
are, you don’t want to cancel a CBS show because (later on) you’ll pay more.”
However, Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO, shakes a few tail feathers at the UBS
Conference when he predicts within the next 10 years about half of all TV
viewing will come via the Internet. Hastings says that the biggest loser will
be broadcast TV: It’ll be declining like land-line telephony. In 20 years
broadcast (TV) will be like (telephone) party lines.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In disco group The Village People
can you name a job that is not one of their characters? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•MARK FRATRIK BIA/Kelsey VP predicts 3.5% 2012
radio revenue growth. Fratrik projects 2011 radio revenues 1.2% increase over
2010 at $14.1 billion. •DICK BIONDI Chicago, IL radio legend wins Radio Ink
website poll for Favorite Top 40 DJ of the 1960s. Larry Lujack nails #4. Art
Roberts grabs #6. Biondi has a little bit of help from his friends because he's
still on the air. WLS-FM promotes his votes on their website and social media
pages. •VIC MILES 24 year reporter/anchor on WCBS TV CH2 NYC dies at 79 in
Manhattan, NY.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 BRUCE KULICK lead guitarist/singer with
Hard-Rock band KISS born on December 12th. •1963 HANK WILLIAMS Jr.'s 1st
recording session at 14 on December 11th in Nashville, TN features some of his
father's hit tunes: You Win Again, Your Cheatin' Heart and Cold, Cold Heart. •1979
GOLD hits record $462.50 an ounce on December 12th. •1987 REBA MCENTIRE's
single The Last One to Know strikes #1 in Billboard Country on December 12th.
•1993 WNCN FM Classical (104.3) in NYC flips to Rock WAQX FM (Q-104) on
December 12th. •2002 TOBY KEITH debuts on the Grand Ole Opry on December 14th.
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MARGARET FINCH (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Subject: Help. Hi my name is Margaret Finch I live in Brisbane Queensland
Australia 4118. I was using Google to search for a song when your link came up.
Yours was the only link I got. However I clicked but was still lost. Your link
was .com/page/26.aspx. My search was for a song called 'I will never change
I'll always love you'. But I had tried the words "though the stars may tumble
from the sky above". Please can you help with song and singer? I'm trying
to find it for my Mum who is 82. Thanks in advance Kind Regards Margaret Finch
DICK JAMES sings I Will Never Change (I'll always
love you) in 1951 written by Cy Coben with music by Camarata on Parlophone
records #R3606. Dick is born Reginald Leon Isaac Vapnick on December 12, 1920.
Dick James also sings the The Adventures of Robin Hood theme song from the
1950s British TV series which is a huge success on ITV in the UK. It first airs
on Sunday, September 25, 1955. The TV series goes into syndication in the USA
weekly on CBS TV (1955-58). When his singing career ends, James enters music
publishing. He founds DJM records and recording studios. In 1963 he establishes
Northern Songs with Brian Epstein, John Lennon and Paul McCartney to publish
their original songs. James later publishes many of Elton John’s Classic tunes
that he writes with Bernie Taupin. Dick James passes away on February 1, 1986.
SHERRY TAYLOR (Lake Charles, LA) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#829) June 14, 2010 [Monday] It is a shame that no one
remembers Chuck Holloway from KCOH a wonderful disc jockey who had some trouble
in his life but seems to be totally forgotten for his contribution in radio.
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: trivia answer. Hi, Jim and Lacy, Got a chuckle outta your Dallas
Cowboys-dollar bill trivia question and answer. After last Sunday's
Patriots-Indy game you might be inclined to include the Patriots in that
equation. New England was very lucky to escape with a "W". Tom
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KEVIN CHARLES MINATREA (Houston, TX) Jim, I love
working at the new News 92 FM. We are having a blast and it’s even better
because we are getting so much positive feedback. I think I did get your
newsletter at one time but I have changed email addresses and jobs since then.
How about you set it up to come to this address? provoices.net@gmail.com. This
is the one I use for all my voiceover related work and it is not as likely to
get lost in the shuffle here. I'll have to sit down sometime and send you some
stories from my career. I've been doing this since 1978...started up in
Nacogdoches at KJCS/KEEE while I was in college at SFA...and I haven't looked
back. I first came to Houston in 1986 working weekends at K-Lite 93.7 FM
(KLTR). Since then I have had full time gigs there, at KLDE (1988-2001) and
Metro Networks (2001-2008) and now at KROI. In between I have been doing part
time work on 1075 K-Hits/ The Eagle, KSEV (news) and KSBJ. Thanks again for
listening and I'll talk to you soon. Kevin
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DR. BRUCE NELSON [GM/AM Drive DJ KFTX FM 97.5
Retired 12/31/2010] (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio
(#1054) December 09, 2011 [Friday] Re: Passing of Dobie Gray, Narvel Felts took
his country version of Dobie's "Drift Away" to number 8 1n 1973...Met
him in Nashville one time "good folks," DrB
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim:
Thanks for your greetings in unison w/Lacy too. I am not on Facebook; e-mail
keeps me busy enough. Yesterday was Freddy Cannon's 72 birthday, & I sent
him a note. We worked shows together in VA back in 60's. Freddy now resides in
Tarzana, CA. Bob & Sonny Lee.
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1977, original members of Disco
group The Village People are lead singer/writer Victor Willis (Cop/Admiral),
Alex Briley (G.I./Sailor), Mark Mussler (Construction Worker), Dave Forrest
(Cowboy), Lee Mouton (Leatherman) and Felipe Rose (Native American). But there
is no Fire Fighter amongst the revelers.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Cumulus
Radio KNFM, KBAT, KMND in Midland, Texas. Hi Jim, You never know if it is
Memorex or live in that radio studio from that city of license granted by the
Federal Communications Commission that I took a three element test in October
1971 in Room 13 E in the Federal Building in Dallas where I passed all three of
the elements then I received in the mail my 3rd phone with Broadcast
Endorsement Federal Communications License. Now no one has to be tested. Just
produce your Green card, you're in. But you will not have a live local studio
radio show, possibly. Instead you will make sure programs and commercials are
loaded for all five or more or less for the group of radio stations you are
programming under the direction of the sales department, and management. No
personality radio here. Just a synthetic juke box. Thank you, Leslie
ANDREW [Hogg] BROWN (Amos And Andy) Holy Mackarel,
Kingfish!
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 09, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1054
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
DOBIE GRAY DRIFTS AWAY One of my all time favorite
songs is Drift Away by Dobie Gray from early 1973. The tune lands at #5 here in
America with sales of over a half million copies. In 2003, Gray records a new
version of Drift Away with Uncle Kracker. It reaches #1 on Billboard's Adult
contemporary survey. In April 1965 when I begin a long journey into radio on
KASO-1240 in Minden, LA which is just a hop and a skip straight east on HWY 80
from Shreveport, a 45 rpm record (remember those?) that is very popular on my
show is The "In" Crowd by Dobie. That little ditty is Gray's second
national chart record. It peaks at #13. Music runs in the Gray family because
Dobie's brother Gene writes The "In" Crowd. In the mid-1970s Gray
relocates to Nashville, TN where he joins Capricorn Records as a song co-writer
with Troy Seals. Dobie is born to sharecropper parents on July 26, 1940 in the
Brookshire-Simonton, TX area just off I-10 a few miles west of Houston. His
grandfather is a Baptist minister. On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Dobie Gray
passes away at 71.
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COLONEL POTTER TAKES HIS LAST BREATH Fans forever
remember Harry Morgan as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in the long-running TV Army
comedy, M*A*S*H. Even though we see Morgan in many movie and TV roles, the one
part that sticks out is his portrayal of Marshall Thibido in John Wayne's
classic film The Shootist. One of his roles that sometimes we forget is LAPD
Officer Bill Gannon opposite sergeant Jack Webb as badge 714 Joe Friday in TV's
police detective series Dragnet. Jack Webb not only is detective Joe Friday but
he also writes and produces the TV series. The popular police detective series
runs on radio from 1949–1956 and TV from 1951–1959 and again from 1967–1970.
Joe Friday's line Just the facts, ma'am. becomes a popular saying. Harry Morgan
is on Broadway's stage, dozens of TV shows and more than 50 films. He is born
Harry Bratsburg on April 10, 1915, in Detroit, MI. The Emmy Award-winning actor
Harry Morgan dies with pneumonia in his home at 96 on Wednesday morning,
December 7, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA. His survivors include wife Barbara
Bushman, 3 sons, 8 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
CLEAR CHANNEL RIPS SEATTLE RADIO WIDE OPEN
America's largest radio group owner Clear Channel Radio whips out its axe and
chops loose some of its best air talent on Top-40 KBKS FM (KISS FM 106.1) and
Hip Hop KUBE FM (93.3) in Seattle, WA. Gone are 20 year KUBE FM 10:00am -
3:00pm vet Shellie Hart. Wednesday, November 30, 2011 is her final broadcast on
KUBE FM. CCR moves former KUBE FM night show host Harrison Wood to weekends.
CCR's KBKS FM (Kiss FM 106.1) in Seattle suburb Tacoma releases night DJ Matt
Lockmon who listeners know as Doormatt.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What's the difference between the
Dallas Cowboys and a dollar bill? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Henry Piarrot top flight Manager
to the Stars at Marriott-Fairfield Inn & Suites in
Knoxville-Sevierville-Kodak, TN has his very own grand birthday fete on
Saturday, December 10, 2011. •WPBZ FM CBS Active Rock (The Buzz 103.1) West
Palm Beach, FL flips to Adult CHR (Now 103.1) at 3pm on Monday, December 5,
2011 as Today’s best hits, without the rap. •MIKE DANIELS marches out as
reporter-anchor on News-Press & Gazette KESQ TV ABC CH42/cable News CH3 HD
in Palm Springs, CA and hits the road for Hubbard Broadcasting KOB TV NBC
virtual CH4/digital CH26 Albuquerque, NM.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 WALTER COMPTON news anchor on the DuMont
Evening News dies at 47 on December 9th. •1968 MERLE HAGGARD records Hungry
Eyes at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA on December 9th. •1979
BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN religious TV broadcaster dies at 84 in NYC on December
9th. •1989 GARTH BROOKS single If Tomorrow Never Comes is his first #1 Country
single on December 9th. •1992 VINCENT GARDENIA actor in All in the Family dies
on December 9th at 71. •2003 TOBY KEITH's album Shock'n Y'all goes Gold,
Platinum and Double-Platinum on the same day on December 9th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1052) December 02, 2011 [Friday] Oh, I see on today's JRRR
that I said I would send you a list of all the stations I have worked for. OK
here it is: First DJ job 1960 KDNT Denton, TX (19 yrs old); KCPA-FM Dallas
annc.; KGAF Gainesville, TX dj/news ('61 to 63); KEEE Nacogdoches, TX
news; KTBB Tyler, TX dj/news; KDOK Tyler, TX news; KVIL Dallas dj/news; KLIF
Dallas news; KILT Houston news Dir; KTRH Houston news/talk; KOB Albuquerque, NM
News Dir; KFLQ Albuquerque, NM News Dir and KKIM Albuquerque, NM News Dir. (72
years old) There you are my friend. I think it's time I got a "real"
job, no never mind, it's too late for that. Take care, Frank Haley
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: DFW
Radio/TV/Media "Lunch Bunch" is this Saturday 12/10. Time again for
the DFW Media 'Lunch Bunch"! It's
this Saturday, Dec 10, 12:30pm at Humperdink's, NW Hwy between Walton Walker
and IH35E/Stemmons, in their "atrium." This will be the last get-together of the
year! Same protocol as usual...no
speeches, no formalities, just a casual gathering with friends, old and new,
and perhaps doing some networking. Dutch treat, so each person pays for their
own. We'll gather around 12:30, but feel free to drop in/drop out/drop
by...we'll probably hang out until 3pm or so. Sorry if this is a late
notice...I forgot to let our non-Facebook people know by email on the first
round of reminders! Hope you can make it by. RSVP not necessary...but feel free
to email me with any questions. Thanks! Mike Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
JO BUSSELL [KLDE FM/Mix 96.5/Metro Traffic/Clear
Channel/Atlanta's Z93 and V103] (Houston, TX) Subject: Radio story. The first
time I was in a station was at WPGA in Perry, Georgia at age 10. I had my tiny
green transistor radio duct-taped to my bicycle and listened 24-7 to the
station. Well, until sunset, when it signed off. I would stand at the door and
look in. Finally, one day they gave me a tour, let me watch the DJ and I was
hooked. Forever! Later, when I was a high school freshman I saw JK from WAAY in
Huntsville do a remote at the mall. He taught me to cue a 45 and push the red
button to start it. This little girl felt power that she had never known. I
soon got a job at WAHR doing school nights and was in heaven. I'm still smitten
and will remain that love forever.
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obits. Jim: The entertainment world has lost a few more: (1) Barbara Orbison
widow of Roy, died @60 on 23rd Annvsy of his death, Dec.6,2011; (2) Dobie Gray,
singer of hits, "The in-Crowd" and "Drift Away," has died @
71, also Dec. 6th; (3), Col. Potter of MASH, Harry Morgan, has died @ 96 on
12/7, after 50 years of acting in TV & movies and (4) Howard Tate, known
for his R & B hit "Get It While You Can" died @ 72 on 12/2/11.
BOB & Sonny Lee
BARBARA ORBISON wife of the late Rock and Roll
Classic singer Roy Orbison is a long time subscriber to JRRR. We have not heard
from Barbara for some time. Her passing comes as a complete shock and surprise
to us.
DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX)
Subject: new Navajo station. Hi, Jim and Lacy. This being Native American
Heritage Month, which I and others who revere our heritage like to celebrate, I
thought I’d mention that there’s a new all-Navajo language FM station in
Gallup, N.M. – KYAT 94.5FM, an 85,000-watt, 24-hour-a-day station with
basically a C&W music format, news and coverage of Navajo life. Truckers,
travelers and others might want to tune in. I can’t pick it up here in Fort
Worth, but Millennium says KYAT can be heard from Albuquerque to Holbrook,
Ariz., and from Farmington to Cibola National Forest. Good story about KYAT
from the Navajo Times at
www.navajotimes.com/business/2011/1011/101711radio.php. Hope you're healed from
that nasty fall. Best always, David House; Freelance Writer
(www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association,
Online News Association
TRIVIA ANSWER: You can still get four quarters out
of a dollar bill.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Jim, great night
Saturday hearing and seeing Rita Coolidge Christmas Concert. The A Cappella
Choir of Wiley College incredible. Rita's songs brought back memories when I
was playing her records on KCRS 550AM in Midland 1971-1975 and when I was on
KLAW 101FM in Lawton summer 1977. Being in the Rita Coolidge concert I felt
like I should have been inside the 1001 South Midkiff Building Then KCRS Radio.
Playing records, reading news and loading cart machines with jingles, news
intros, commercials.
RITA COOLIDGE (May 1, 1945 - p) I say what's in my
heart, and I do it in my concerts.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 05, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1053
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
PHILLY RADIO VET PERISHES In 2007, Brian Murphy
secures a position as Morning Show news and traffic reporter, commercial producer
plus as a DJ on Saturdays and Sundays on WBEB FM (B101) in Philadelphia, PA.
His rich, baritone voice becomes a top commercial voiceover talent in Philly.
He also narrates several NFL Films. During his career in the City of Brotherly
Love radio listeners hear Brian's voice on several frequencies: Sports WIP-610,
News Radio KYW-1060, WEGX FM (Eagle 106), WCRP FM (Star 104.5), Oldies WOGL FM
(98.1) and WBEN FM (Mix 95.7). On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Brian Murphy
passes away because of cancer. Blaise Howard WBEB FM VP/GM remembers: We lost a
member of our family. Everyone loved Brian and his great sense of humor. He had
a great passion for radio. We were all very lucky to have worked with such a
great person and a radio pro. We are really going to miss him. Chuck Knight
B101 PD recalls: B101 is a family owned radio station. We’re lucky enough to be
a big radio station but a small business. So we’re a very close family here and
we truly feel this loss deeply. To Nina, his wife, along with Brian’s daughter
and the rest of his family, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
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KGO SHAKES ITS TALK FANNY Cumulus stirs things up
in the West Coast pullet pen. Starting Monday, December 5, 2011 when Cumulus
goes All News on KGO-810 from 2 pm to midnight, radio veterans exit the San
Francisco, CA News-Talk radio giant. Late Thursday just after its staff learns
of the changes, KGO's News and Program Director, Paul Hosley, informs them:
What we are doing is adding a tremendous amount of news content to KGO. Talk-show
veterans Gene Burns, Gil Gross, Ray Taliaferro and John Rothmann are among
those who exit. Taliaferro is with KGO since 1977. Ronn Owens, who has one of
the highest-paying contracts in radio, continues his popular show from 9
am-noon. Brian Copeland keeps his weekend show. The San Francisco Chronicle
reports that increasing numbers of listeners who switch to satellite and
Internet radio cause KGO's one-time dominance in Arbitron morning drive ratings
to take a big dive. Just two months ago, Citadel sells both KGO-810 and its
sister station KSFO-560 to rival Cumulus which owns four other radio stations
in the Bay Area including all-sports KNBR-680. KGO's longtime logo Newstalk 810
becomes KGO-810 - the Bay Area news and information station. What it all boils
down to is massive cost cuts.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In Fall 1966, CBS TV launches its
first all color primetime schedule. Can you name the two top new series? The
answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Dick Clark host of American Bandstand
and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve is 82 years young on Wednesday November
30, 2011! •DANIELLE DOZIER Meteorologist leap frogs from KTXS TV ABC CH12
Abilene/Sweetwater/Brownwood, TX to KOCO TV ABC CH5 OKC, OK. •KVFG FM CBS (ESPN
103.1) Victorville, CA yanks Sports to go all-Christmas music as Christmas 103.
•ALAN SUES comic regular sportscaster Big Al on NBC TV's Rowan & Martin's
Laugh-In from 1968 to 1971 dies at home in Los Angeles, CA at 85 on Thursday,
December 1, 2011. (www.alansues.com/Home.html)
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 KTEW TV (now KJRH) NBC CH 2 in Tulsa, OK
begins broadcasting on December 5th. •1965 EDDY ARNOLD's single Make the World
Go Away is #1 in Billboard Country on December 4th. •1971 KCBJ TV (now KMIZ)
ABC CH 17 in Columbia, MO 1st broadcast on December 5th. •1987 RICKY VAN
SHELTON's Somebody Lied is his first #1 single in Billboard country on December
5th. •1993 DOUGLAS HOPKINS founding member/lead guitarist with Gin Blossoms
dies of self-inflicted gun shot wound on December 5th at 32. •2004 GARY ALLAN's
single Nothing on but the Radio hits #1 in Billboard Country on December 4th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1052) December 02, 2011 [Friday] And yes, Bobby Driscoll was
a great talent, big corp. boops killed him, I have a copy on DVD of Song of the
South (1946), one of my favorite movies. The man who played Uncle Remus was
also given a raw deal by Disney big shots, read about the premier of that
movie. At the premier the adult star couldn't even stay with the other cast
members in the same hotel because he was a black man. I just hope Bobby
Driscall knew Jesus, chances are he did not. So sad. Take care, Frank Haley
TODD LAMPE [Artificially Speaking Producer -
Precipice Productions] (Studio City, CA) Subject: Alan Sues death. We’re all
heartbroken over here, but happy he had so many loving and adoring fans.
Thanks, Best, Todd Lampe
RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: Birthdays and dogs. I'm a day late and a dollar short but belated
happy birthday. Alot about dogs in your columns. Just remember to be as good a
person as your dog thinks you are. Red
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1047) November 14, 2011 [Monday] You have never lived
until you have been an engineer in Lubbock. The storms there are legendary. We
had one that came through in the spring of 1982 and it was the first I had ever
experienced in West Texas. There was very, very poor drainage due to the fact
that Lubbock was flat as a pancake. I was in my apartment and the beeper went
off. AM was off the air. So, I get into my little plastic Chevy and start
driving across town to the station. Rain is gushing and the water is up to the
middle of the door. Yes, I was scared to death. Then, the beeper went off
again. FM is off the air. So, I turned around and went to the FM site (which
was closer). The breakers were blown on the transmitters (dual Collins with a
combiner). I turned them back on and then headed for AM. The AM was OK. I
turned on the standby and it hummed nicely and inspected the 5KW AM. It was in
good shape, just a major surge apparently. One week later I found out what
happened to the FM. It was a direct lightening strike on the antenna and the FM
transmitter was putting its power into a defective antenna. The transmitter
survived, but after 4 months as a CE, I replaced my first FM antenna. Moral of
the story: Head east. Jeff Cunningham, DC, MA Kyle, TX
(www.zoesplaceclinic.com) / (www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
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JOAN PATE-DAY [sister of late Sam Pate KLIF-1190
news] (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: Sam Pate tape. Today my Bill was going
through tapes he had stored in the barn for years. He found the original tape
Sam had given Bill to keep for him of the actual shooting of Lee Oswald. He
sounds extremely excited. He was giving a live report at the time. The gun shot
can be heard. Sam had just stepped from in front of Oswald and knelt down when
the shot was fired by Ruby. In the famous photo of it you can see the mike he
was holding. Other things are on tape regarding goings on at the time. It is
almost like reliving it while listening.
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Jim, Good to hear from
you. Seems like radio was better back then. Likely, I was among your audience
on KLIF & KBOX. Those are two of the stations that I listened to quite a
bit while I was growing up. I'm not as old as some think I am from all my
recollections. I have them by virtue of spending several hours a day, virtually
everyday, listening to the radio, since I was around 7 years old. Most of it in DFW. More specifically, in Oak
Cliff & Garland. Seems like radio had more personality, was generally more
engaging back then. Any number of stations nowadays are little more than
over-the-air jukeboxes. Little that's "live & local" about them.
No doubt, you can jump in with your thoughts at this point. Take Care, David
TRIVIA ANSWER: In Fall 1966, CBS TV's new all color
primetime schedule includes Mission: Impossible and Family Affair. Mission
Impossible premieres on September 17th and runs through September 1973. The
thriller wins two Emmys for Outstanding Dramatic Series for the 1966 and 1967
seasons. Family Affair premieres September 12th and airs through September
1971.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Saintly TV.
Hi, I have to say I have been enjoying watching Roger Moore as The Saint. The
show comes on at 9 pm on 31.4, then at 12:35 am the show airs on 52.1. With
shows like this who needs Cable? The big selling point was that Cable was ad
free, but I find more ads on Cable than ever before. HD Radio will also soon
have more advertisements, but for now it has not happened... On my Android I
now have a copy of Alice In Wonderland, Great Expectations, The Scarlet Letter.
I like how old books now get sold repackaged. I don't have a Kindle it is an
app on my Android phone. I still like having a book that I can open and relax
to read, guess that is the product of being the child of a Librarian.
ROGER MOORE [October 14, 1927 - p] I never liked
guns, I hate them, I always blink before they go off.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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December 02, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1052
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WILL PETER PAN EVER GROW UP? In the wee hours as I write
Friday's issue of JRRR, the name Bobby Driscoll comes to mind for his role in
Robert Louis Stevenson's Classic cinema thriller Treasure Island. As a young
kid I see that intriguing movie at the infamous Texas Theater on Jefferson
Boulevard in the Oak Cliff section of my hometown Dallas, TX. Wow! Exciting
scenes in that film have me on the edge of my seat. In 1953, Bobby is the voice
of Peter Pan in Disney's animated film. The character champions the cause of
refusing to grow up much like many of us 1960s radio DJs. But Peter Pan is 107
years old. On March 23, 1950 he receives an Academy Award, also, a Star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. In movies The Fighting Sullivans (1944), O.S.S. with
Alan Ladd (1946), Song of the South (1946), Treasure Island (1950), Peter Pan
(1953) plus other films, Bobby Driscoll is Disney studio's Super Star child
actor. In 1953, weeks after Peter Pan releases, Disney terminates Bobby's
second long-term contract of seven years three years early. Observers believe
that his severe acne is the reason. As an adult, his acting career fades. In
late 1967 or very early 1968 he leaves Andy Warhol's The Factory [low rent for
artists and musicians] penniless and quietly disappears into Manhattan's
underground. On March 30, 1968 three weeks after his 31st birthday, two boys
who play in a deserted East Village tenement discover his lifeless form with no
I.D. His body lies in the morgue unclaimed. Medical examiner lists heart
failure. They bury him as John Doe in pauper's grave on New York's Hart Island
[Potter's Field]. A year later, fingerprints reveal his true identity. A
beautiful blue stone for him lies in Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside,
San Diego, CA but his remains rest in NY. God bless Bobby Driscoll whose mark
on the world is a grand achievement. We are thankful for Bobby Driscoll's great
talent that he shares with the world. What a pitiful shame that his life ends
so needlessly.
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MI TIERRA TURNS ON THE LIGHTS In 1968, when I move
to San Antonio, TX as PD/MD/PM Drive DJ on KBUC FM-AM, after a night on the
town KBUC GM Harrel Banks takes several of us DJs to Mi Tierra Mexican
restaurant in the downtown Market Square. Quickly discover that Mi Tierra is a
landmark with radio folks and many others. A huge platter of Huevos Rancheras
is my order. My goodness! It's so delicious! Recently, Mi Tierra contracts
International Green Systems to switch out its lighting with energy-efficient
bulbs. IGS replaces more than 100,000 bulbs and lamps at the restaurant and
replaces them with light-emitting diode (LED) lights. Mi Tierra expects to cut
electricity by more than 5.4 million kilowatt hours plus reduce greenhouse
gases by the equivalent of 123 vehicles. CPS Energy rebates cover about 60% of
the cost of the new lighting.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In what year does Fred W. Friendly
become President of CBS News? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Chuck Dunaway legendary
broadcaster on America's top radio stations [WABC-770, WKY-930, KBOX-1480,
KLIF-1190] kicks up his heels at another 39th jubilee on Thursday, December 1,
2011. Bill Young [KILT/Bill Young Prods] milestone fete on Tuesday, November
29, 2011. •JC CORCORAN afternoon host on CH Holdings News/Talk KTRS-550 St.
Louis, MO suspended for two weeks for Twitter argument with listeners where he
supposedly uses foul language. •KLTO FM Univision CHR Dance (Party 97.7)
McQueeny/San Antonio, TX sells to EMF Broadcasting for $1 Million to become
Christian CHR KZAR FM.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 ELVIS PRESLEY's title song from movie
Jailhouse Rock blasts #1 in Billboard Country on December 2nd. •1968 LUCY LIU
feisty actress in tight black leather suit in Charlie's Angels born in Queens,
NY on December 2nd. •1979 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON singer/songwriter (For the Good
Times Ray Price #1 summer 1970) divorces Rita Coolidge on December 2nd. •1989
KHJ TV Los Angeles, CA flips calls to KCAL TV on December 2nd. •1995 DAVID LEE
MURPHY's Out With A Bang is his 1st Country Gold album on December 1st. •2000
GAIL FISHER Mike Connors secretary in CBS TV's Mannix dies at 65 on December
2nd.
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CHUCK CASHMERE [ex KNUZ-1230 DJ] (San Diego-San
Marcos, CA) Subject: Chuck Cashmere Nashville Sessions. A direct link to my new
album available on cdbaby. Great reviews, and accolades in performance. If you
choose the gift of music, someone you know may like this CD. All professionally
recorded in Nashville and California. Nine original songs that will stand the
test of time. (www.cdbaby.com/cd/chuckcashmere5)
FRANK HALEY [ex KLIF-1190 news] (Albuquerque, NM)
Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1016) August 24, 2011 [Wednesday] Thanks
for REply, Jim... when I get caught up around here, I'll shoot you a list to
the stations I've worked for, as if anyone cares...but I know you do. KGAF was
my 3rd job. You take care of Lacy, oh I mean, tell Lacy "to take care of
you!!" I have 3 wonderful dogs, they are so funny and always glad to see
me, which I don't understand, but Dogs do. Take care my friend, and God bless
you today. Frank
SAM LEE [ex KLIF-1190 news] (Beverly Hills, CA)
Thanks, for the note. Stay well and keep up the good work with JRRR. Thanks for
your time; Sam (www.ZeitgeistCorp.org)
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KEN DOWE [ex KLIF-1190 PD/DJ] (Dallas, TX) Jim.
First, Chuck Dunaway gave me my start in Big D at KBOX. Chuck was fresh from
WABC and now was PD at KBOX. He was missing one jock. Somehow he found Mike
Ambrose's name...then at KDEO...working with me. Mike said he didn't want to
leave California, but he had a friend named Ken Dowe who'd love to be in
Dallas. Chuck hired me. (Later, Mike's brother Dave worked for me at KLIF.)
JOE FORD [ex KILT-610 DJ] (Houston-Shenandoah, TX)
Subject: Late Thanksgiving wish. Hey Jim, Best wishes to you and Lacy. I hope
you had a great Thanksgiving! Thanks again for the great work you do. Joe Ford
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Price is Right. What? Me? Please tell me you're kidding. Damnation
son! I'm old but I ain't that old. I'm talking about Jack Bailey, who left T or
C in 1956. Bailey was an old radio guy who got famous doing Queen for a Day on
radio, and moved it to TV in the early 50s. He also did T or C on radio before
it moved to TV. I hope you and yours are having a happy Thanksgiving. Jim Bell
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Trivia Answer
Issue 1051. Belated "Happy Thanksgiving!" to you & Lacy, Trivia
answer in Issue 1051 about Super Bowl VI brought something to mind. Did a
little research. I believe that was the last Dallas Cowboys game broadcast on
KLIF 1190. The next season find them on KRLD 1080, which would be their radio
home in DFW for quite some time. Best to you & Lacy in this holiday season,
David Faulkner
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1915, Fred Friendly is born
Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer in NYC, NY. He gets his start in broadcasting
from 1937-41 as producer and journalist on WEAN-790 (now WPRV) in Providence,
RI. From 1941-45 he serves in the U.S. Army Information and Education Section.
In 1952, as CBS TV correspondent Edward R. Murrow's producer, Friendly debuts
See It Now. In 1964, he becomes President of CBS News. In 1966, Fred has a
dispute with CBS management over the coverage of American involvement in
Vietnam. Instead, CBS honchos opt to air re-runs of I Love Lucy. In protest,
Fred Friendly resigns from CBS.
JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Tulsa, OK) Jim, I don't
remember Ruben (T. Washington)...hmmmm...I was at 107.5 KNOK in 1976. I was the
only honky at the black station and the PD who hired me told me to be prepared
for reverse discrimination. I played jazz from midnight to 6. I got a few weird
calls with one listener asking me, "...is you black or is you gray?"
I shot back, "people aren't black or gray...they're brown and beige!"
Another caller told me, "You don't play music like a white girl!" It
was meant as a "compliment"...and I always wondered how a white girl
would play music as opposed to girls of other races... Joanie
TOM RUSSELL (March 5, 1953 - p) Even when I do a
blog - I hate that word - you realize you're limited to 500 words, it's cool in
a ways. You take an idea and keep chopping it down. You start realizing a lot
of words aren't necessary.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 28, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1051
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
AND THE ORIGINAL HOST OF 'TRUCE OR CONSEQUENCES' IS
In 1929, Ralph Edwards begins his radio announcing career as a teenager and
continues for more than seven decades. In 1940, Ralph Edwards creates, hosts
and produces Truth or Consequences. It becomes radio's #1 audience
participation show that airs for 38 consecutive years. In 1950, Truth or
Consequences debuts on TV with Ralph Edwards as host. The show is so popular
that in 1950, residents of Hot Springs, NM vote to rename their small resort
town Truth or Consequences. In 1956, Edwards hires Bob Barker as host of the
show, which he hosts for 18 years. Barker, who watches Edwards when he hosts
the show, remembers: I stole things from him I still use. I think he's one of
the finest hosts who ever worked. Barker adds that Edwards is a most unusual
man, in that, in addition to being so talented as a host, producer and writer,
he was adored by everyone who worked for him. Truth or Consequences is the
first TV show recorded on 35-millimeter film before a live audience on a
regular basis. His three-camera, live-on-film system is later used on I Love
Lucy which debuts in 1951. The system is still used on TV sitcoms to this very
day. As a producer, he is responsible for thousands of hours of radio and TV
programming. Over the years, he produces more than 20 TV shows. Perhaps my
favorite of his TV shows is him as the genial, smiling host of This Is Your
Life. Many well-known celebrities who sit on the sofa are very surprised as
Ralph unfolds their life stories along with the voices of long-lost friends and
relatives. When they join Edwards and his guest on stage, it brings tears to
their eyes. In 2001, he receives the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
lifetime achievement award. The 92 year old Ralph Edwards passes away on
Wednesday, November 16, 2005.
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REGIS GOES OUT WITH A RATINGS BOOM In the 1950s
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin is a page at The Tonight Show. In 1962, he becomes
the announcer on The Tonight Show. A favorite Philbin show of mine is when he
co-hosts a night talk show with comedian Joey Bishop on ABC TV from 1967–1969
to go up against Johnny Carson's Tonight Show on NBC TV. In the mid-’80s, Regis
co-hosts The Morning Show in NYC first with Cyndy Garvey, then Ann Abernathy.
In June 1985, Kathie Lee Gifford (then Johnson) replaces Abernathy. In
September 1988 Live with Regis and Kathie Lee goes national. In 2000, Gifford
exits. The show becomes Live with Regis. In 2001, Kelly Ripa is the show's new
co-host in Live with Regis and Kelly. In 2001, Philbin wins a Daytime Emmy for
Outstanding Talk Show Host. In 2008, Philbin's contract with ABC renews through
to 2011 for more than $21 million. After more than 28 years, 80 year old Regis
Philbin’s last day as co-host of Live with Regis and Kelly is November 18,
2011.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who do the Dallas Cowboys play in
Super Bowl VI? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KVI-570 Fisher Communications Oldies Seattle, WA
flips to Smart Talk 570 on January 2, 2011. In the meantime, KVI-570 shifts
from Oldies to Christmas Music on Thanksgiving. •HOWARD ESKIN host of CBS Radio
WIP-610’s first radio sports talk show in 1986 & WIP TV NBC CH10 plus Wally
Kennedy talk show host on Philadelphia radio & TV for over 30 years inducts
into Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame on Friday evening, November 18, 2011.
•WZVN FM (The Z 107.1) Chicago, IL area flips to all-Christmas music around the
clock on Friday, November 25, 2011 through Midnight, December 26th.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KTHV TV CBS CH11 in Little Rock, AR begins
broadcasting on November 28th. •1964 CONNIE SMITH's debut RCA single Once a Day
zooms to #1 in Billboard Country on November 28th. •1976 ROSALIND RUSSELL
actress (Mame on Broadway 1956-1958) dies of cancer at 68 on November 28th.
•1984 SUZY BOGGUSS 1989 ACM Top New Female Vocalist and 1992 CMA Horizon Award
moves to Nashville, TN on November 22nd. •1993 GARRY MOORE TV host of I've Got
a Secret dies of emphysema on November 28th at 78. •2006 RODNEY ATKINS scores
his 1st Gold album If You're Going Through Hell on November 28th.
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JIM PREWITT [Catfish] (Sacramento, CA) Think about
this Jimmy...Actually we WERE playing music through a computer (almost)
Remember the good 'ol days putting in a dime or quarter in the juke box or the
portable COMPUTER like jukebox at your booth. JP (www.Facebook.com/CatfishJimPrewitt)
/ (www.Facebook.com/CatfishKNCI) / (www.JimPrewitt.com)
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ROBERT REYES [Bobby] (San Antonio, TX) Subject:
Happy Thanksgiving! Hey there Jim...here’s hoping you and Lacy are having a
fantastic Thanksgiving! I wanted to add to your trivia question and answer
feature about The Price Is Right! I remember watching T.P.I.R. in the early
1960’s on NBC with the jovial, crew-cut haired, bespectacled, ultra friendly
face of longtime announcer and multi game show host and game show participant,
Bill Cullen! his announcer was one of the true veteran voices for NBC, and
present day announcer for Saturday Night Live, Don Pardo...NBC’s presentation
of The Price Is Right had to have been done in the infamous Studio 8 H because
it was one of many game shows NBC broadcasted in color! I remember the NBC
Peacock intro beginning each broadcast...since 8 H is such a huge studio, it
could accommodate the large array of prizes to be bid upon...then, I think
T.P.I.R. wound up going to ABC but it did not last long there because of the
fact that ABC did not have full color capabilities...but as we all know, the
show went to Bob Barker and CBS in Los Angeles, in full color, and the rest is
history! I hope you had a great birthday and truly hope your Christmas will be
wonderful!! take care and we will get back to you “ laters“!! Bobby Reyes
JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Price is Right. Hey Jim, You're right about Bob Barker's long
career, but your info on The Price is Right missed the mark by 16 years. The
Price is Right began on NBC in 1956 with the great Bill Cullen as the host. It
ran out of gas in 1965 and was off the air till 1972, when ABC brought it back
with a new host, Bob Barker. That reincarnation was originally called The NEW
Price is Right, but over time they dropped the word "New". So to
answer your question "Do you remember when you first see The Price Is
Right on TV?", yes I do. It was 1956, I was 13 years old, living in
Pasadena (TX) and spending entirely too much time watching those daytime TV
game shows. As you reported, Bob Barker got his start on Truth or Consequences
in 1956, but do you remember who he replaced on that show? Who was the original
host of T or C? Jim Bell Retired in East Texas
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JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Tulsa, OK) Subject: Bee Gees
Memory. Jim, I am sorry to see the news about (Robin) Gibb. Many prayers and
well wishes for comfort go to him and his family. This does remind me of a
difficult time being on the air and playing Bee Gees music... At the time when
the Bee Gees had so many hits in the top ten it was a logistic programming and
playing nightmare. Formatting dictated that you couldn't play a song by the same
artist/group within an hour of each other, yet we had "Hot Clocks"
that would force you to insert a top ten hit every 40 minutes or so when the
timer went off. Most of the Top Ten at that time was filled with Bee Gees
songs...so when the Hot Clock went off, one inserted a Bee Gees high rotation
hit in right after playing a Bee Gees tune from regular rotation...but you
couldn't play them close together, yet the Hot Clock went off...well, I think
you get the idea... Whew! Those formatting requirements gave new meaning to the
phrase, "Stayin' Alive"! Happy Thanksgiving to you and Lacy! Joanie
MAURICE GIBB passes away on January 12, 2003.
Maurice's twin brother Robin is the Bee Gee who has a diagnosis of liver cancer
which we pray that he is completely healed. Teen idol Andy Gibb youngest of the
five Gibb cubs dies on Thursday, March 10, 1988 just five days past his 30th
birthday.
KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Have a great Thanksgiving,
Jim. And, keep up the fine work you're doing. You're an important fellow for
lots of folks. Blessings, Ken
CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) The power of a thankful
heart. Happy Thanksgiving from us to you. Chuck and Kendall
TRIVIA ANSWER: On January 16, 1972 The Dallas
Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI on CBS TV. Cowboys MVP quarterback
Roger Staubach tosses the pigskin to Mike Ditka for the final touchdown for a
smashing 24-3 win. Play-by-play announcers are Ray Scott and Pat Summerall.
BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Happy
Thanksgiving! I hope you have an awesome day!
DAFFY DUCK [Warner Brothers, Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies] I'm Amazing! Marvelous! Stupendous! Colossal! Tremendous!
Gigantic! Astounding! Unbelievable! Spectacular! Phenomenal! And good, too.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 25, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1050
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BEE GEE SINGER BATTLES CANCER On November 20, 2011
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees announces that he receives a diagnosis of liver
cancer. He is noticeably thinner in previous months and had to cancel several
appearances due to issues with severe abdominal pain. Early last week, 61 year
old Robin is taken with stomach problems to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington,
Oxford after an emergency 999 call from his £8million 12th-century home in
Oxfordshire. In the former Bee Gees singer's personal Web site he assures his
fans: I have been very unwell and am now on the road to recovery. Robin thanks
his loyal supporters for their prayers and good wishes. Two other Bee Gee
brothers, Andy and Robin’s twin brother Maurice Gibb, pass away in 1988 and
2003, respectively. The Bee Gees sell more than 220 million records worldwide.
At least 2,500 artists record their tunes. The Bee Gees' most popular song is
How Deep Is Your Love with 400 covers by other artists. During the disco era
three Bee Gees singles: How Deep Is Your Love, Stayin' Alive and Night Fever
land at #1 in the United States and most countries around the world. All of the
Bee Gees' songs are great but my favorites are their earlier tunes: (The Lights
Went Out in) Massachusetts (1967), To Love Somebody (1967), Words (1968), I
Started A Joke (1969), Lonely Days (1971) and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
(#1 for 4 weeks-1971). In 1997, the Bee Gees induct into the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame. Our prayers are with Robin Gibb for a complete healing.
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BIG SHAKEUP IN TUCSON Broadcasting giants make huge
changes in Tucson, AZ. Just after Belo announces that it hands over KMSB TV Fox
CH11 news production to Raycom Media’s KOLD TV CBS CH13, news anchor Lou Raguse
goes on the air and alerts viewers that he is now out of a job. Lou, who is
with KMSB TV since 2008, informs his viewers at the top of the 9 pm newscast:
Beginning February 1st, Raycom will produce this newscast on Fox 11 as well as
a two-hour morning newscast. For right now, it means that all the news, sports,
engineering, and production people here at Fox 11 are out of a job by that
date. Clear Channel shuffles more radio formats in the city. After it flips
KWMT FM (The Mountain 92.9) to My 92.9 on Friday, November 18, 2011 Clear
Channel proclaims more programming shifts in Tucson. KTZR FM Spanish AC (Mia
97.1) evolves into a simulcast of sister News/Talk KNST-790 on Monday, November
28, 2011. KTZR’s call letters syndicated morning host Alex [El Genio] Lucas
move on over to KWFM-1450 as La Preciosa 1450 to replace its former 24/7 Comedy
(Funny 1450). Chris Pickett, KNST 790 Market Manager, says: KNST will join the
growing movement of great news/talk programming moving to FM.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when you first see
The Price Is Right on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•JILL EGAN Chicago, IL radio veteran released by
WLUP FM (The Loop 97.9) in early October 2010 due to cost-cuts resurfaces on
Radiate Media/NAVTEQ Chicago Public Radio WBEZ FM (91.5) as afternoon drive
traffic reporter. •KSMJ FM abandons its AC (Mix 97.7) in Bakersfield, CA at
noon on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 for a simulcast of KNZR-1560 News/Talk.
•WUBA-1480 Philadelphia, PA drops its Spanish CHR (Rumba 1480) and returns to
its heritage WDAS-1480 Urban Oldies R&B hits of the 1950′s-70′s.
•NY TIMES eliminates as many as 20 positions in its newsroom.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 STEVE ROTHERY guitarist with British Rock
band Marillion born on November 25th in Brampton, South Yorkshire, England.
•1963 KENNY ALPHIN (Big Kenny of Big & Rich) born on November 1st at the
Culpeper County Hospital in Culpeper, VA. •1976 THE BAND's farewell concert,
The Last Waltz, is at San Francisco, CA's Winterland Ballroom on November 25th.
•1985 GEORGE STRAIT's Greatest Hits album certifies Gold on November 22nd.
•1998 FLIP WILSON comic The Flip Wilson Show dies on November 25th at 64. •2003
JOHNNY CASH's 5-CD set Unearthed releases on Lost Highway on November 25th.
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ERNIE PHILLIPS (Greenville, MS) Subject: Radio/
record guy Bob Echoils (Bob Robin (air-name). Jim: Did you know Bob Echols aka
Bob Robin from New Orleans area? He was PD of WTIX in the 60's I believe. I
came to know him after he formed his own Independent record promotion firm. He
was very well known and loved by many in the radio record world. Bob took his
last breath at 1:a.m on 11/11/11. The funeral was held at Honaker Funeral Home,
1751 Gause Blvd. West, Slidell, last Sunday from 5-9 p.m. and buried this past
Monday also in Slidell with services from 9 am to 11 a.m. Will try and get more
info on Bob if you have any interest in printing something??? Ernie Phillips
JIM PREWITT [Catfish] (Sacramento, CA) Happy
Thanksgiving!
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WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject:
Monday and Friday. Well, Radio today is not the way I enjoyed it back in the
50s and 60s. So, today I tend to listen primarily to WBAP 820 during the day
(Hal Jay and his gang in the mornings, Mark Davis, Rush Limbaugh, local news,
weather and road conditions). I really enjoyed the wonderful music Ron Chapman
had a year or so back on 96.7 for a period of time, but it only lasted about
one year. Apparently it didn't draw enough listeners and was eventually bought
out by WBAP. I love WBAP, but I wanted someplace like 96.7 to rest my mind at
various times. I feel guilty that I didn't tell enough of my friends that they
should try it. My bad! In the afternoons, evenings and all day Saturday and
Sunday, I, being a C&W fan, spend my radio time with KPLX, 99.5 The Wolf!
In my office and my car, the radio is always on either WBAP or KPLX. (An
occasional exception when the Dallas Cowboys or the Texas Aggies are on. But
that is not very often because I tend to jinx them!) When I am at home, if I am
not watching local news and weather or the Top Twenty on GAC or CMT, I am
usually working on my computer with the radio on WBAP or KPLX. Gee, I don't
have much of a life, do I? Wendel
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Someone that you know... Jim: Thanks for this info. Yes, I worked both those
stations in Ohio. I sent your info to my friend Willard Parr at WSRW, & he
has fwd your info to Mr. Day. Parr has been in radio at WSRW 56 years, & he
called me 2 wks ago (We worked together in 1956)!! He has won all kinds of
awards & is now in Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He probably wanted both
stations to have your column, & had Mr. Day enroll in behalf of both
stations, which Parr oversees. I doubt if Mr. Day was born when I was at WCHO
in 1954. However, I am pleased my efforts did secure you another subscriber.
Your friend, BOB, at The Southwest Outpost.
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JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: birthday.
I found a sack of hundred dollar bills, and decided to split it with you on
your birthday. Mailed the sack yesterday.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: WKRP in
Cincinnati Turkeys Away! Have you seen WKRP in Cincinnati: Turkeys Away? Watch
the full episode. WKRP in Cincinnati: Young Master Carlson (season 1, episode
20)...watch it several times a year including Thanksgiving, of course.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Robert William [Bob] Barker is born
on December 12, 1923. He gets his start in broadcasting in radio. In 1956, his
national TV career begins as the host of Truth or Consequences. On September 4,
1972 The Price Is Right premieres from CBS Television City studio #33 in Los
Angeles, CA with Bob as host. Rod Roddy is Barker's long time announcer. His
mantle holds 17 Emmys, 13 for his work as host - more than any other performer.
In 2004, Bob inducts into the Television Hall of Fame. He has a 50-year run on
TV. The longtime animal activist 83-year-old TV game show host legend Bob
Barker tells contestants to come on down for the final time on June 6, 2001
after an incredible 35 years.
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
votes. Good idea Jimbo, why don't you run for Governor. Want me to "write
your name in?" Wendel Hulse is a lawyer and he could be your campaign
manager. If elected you could hire me to be your cook and finally get some good
chow. Asking you to run for office reminds me of the old song before your time
called Foolish Questions. As you can tell this is one of those days when my
thinking goes "wild"
GEORGE BURNS (1896 - 1996) If I get big laughs, I'm
a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no laughs, I'm a
singer.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 21, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1049
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
NEW KING OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY What a rotten time
it is to be a record label. Profits plummet, bands are upset. Universal and
Sony buy one of Britain’s most famous record companies, EMI, for $4.1 billion.
EMI is home to Coldplay, Katy Perry and The Beatles. Recently, French megacorp
Vivendi SA purchases EMI’s recorded music division for $1.9 billion which
powers it into the powerful position of king of the music industry. Sony buys
EMI’s music publishing division for $2.2 billion. Vivendi's Universal Music
Group already has a 26% market share of albums sold. With EMI's 9% it makes
Vivendi the world leader in music because it now controls a catalog that
combines EMI's Beatles and Beach Boys along with Universal's Lady Gaga and
Justin Bieber. Apple, Google and Amazon now control more than 80% of legal
music sales. Robert Levine, author of Free Ride a book about how digitization
impacts music and film industries, reflects: In a business changing so quickly,
market share is not as important as some people like to think it is. Levine
wonders if bigger is really more powerful when digital pillars like Apple,
Google and Amazon control the marketplace far more than the content owners.
This deal reorganizes the power structure of the music industry. Just a little
more than 10 years ago, it basically consists of six major labels along with a
few independents. Now, one label controls more than one third of the music
market. The Anschluss of the major record labels down to just three: Sony,
Warner and Universal is the smallest in its history. The Times They Are
A-Changin'.
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TV WEATHERCASTER BURPS ON AIR Thanks to TVSpy we
learn that while KSFY TV ABC CH13 meteorologist Shawn Cable delivers his
weather forecast for Sioux Falls, SD and vicinity he burps on the air. He says
that before he goes on the air he chugs a bunch of Dr. Pepper. Shawn stops his
weather forecast after his hiccup and makes a big deal out of it. In the
background we hear his co-anchor Nancy Naeve Brown who laughs loudly.
Throughout his weather prognostication he keeps referring back to his burp to
where it becomes a focal point of his weathercast. In 1971, when I'm a
newscaster on KBOX-1480 in Dallas, TX legendary News Director Joe Long tells me
that whenever I mispronouce a word or stumble a line, just keep going as if
nothing happens. Joe says that most people will never notice. But if we stop to
correct ourselves, then everyone knows. Shawn Cable goes on and on about his on
air spritz: Alright, that one’s gonna make the reel.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does detective series Cannon
premiere on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WLIT FM AC Soft Rock (93.9) Chicago, IL begins its
11th annual flip to 100% Christmas music (The Holiday Lite) just in time for
December 2011 Arbitron sweep. •JACK SWANSON longtime Cumulus Bay Area OM/PD
bids adieu to News-Talk KGO-810 and sister Conservative Talk KSFO-560 after 28
years. •JEFF KAPUGI exits Tribune Interactive SVP/COO post in Chicago, IL for
PD spot at Country WUSN FM (US 99.5) in the Windy City. •JOY BEHAR SHOW ends
two years of over 500 episodes on Turner News HLN cable channel in December
2011 with reruns until January 3, 2012. Staff may reapply for other positions.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KTVO TV ABC CH3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA
begins broadcasting on November 21st. •1968 TAMMY WYNETTE'S single Stand By
Your Man smashes #1 in Billboard Country on November 23rd. •1976 NILES WELCH
actor as Moody Pierson in Western star Tim McCoy's 1932 movie Cornered dies at
88 in Laguna Nigel, CA. •1981 HANK WILLIAMS JR.'s single All My Rowdy Friends
(Have Settled Down) lands at #1 in Billboard Country on November 21st. •1995
PETER GRANT Led Zeppelin manager dies at 60 on November 21st. •2008 LADY ANTEBELLUM's
video Lookin' For A Good Time debuts on November 21st on CMT TV.
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JIM TRAVIS [Jo] (Hot Springs, AR) Subject: Joe
Gracey. From: Henry Williams. It is my understanding Joe Gracey passed away
this morning. My info came by e-mail from Paul Weyland. H.W. From: Ken Moyer. I
had a feeling after the last Chemo that he was near the end. Our last
communication was when I sent him a CD of one of his airchecks from KOKE-FM. He
was glad to get it because he was working on having computerized voice
synthesizer made that was going to sound like his actual voice. The air-check
had nearly an hour of Joe talking on the air so there was lots to work with. In
case you didn’t see the American-Statesman article on Joe a couple of months
ago, here’s a link that I copied from his FB Page. Austin Statesman feature by
Joe Gracey Friday, September 9, 2011 This is a nice feature with photos in the
Austin Statesman. I thought it was well written and well-photographed, and is a
good summary on my little cancer saga:
www.austin360.com/music/former-austin-djs-wit-humor-remain-through-new-1793754.html
Joe wanted everybody to know that the reporter on that story gave him more
credit than he deserved, he acknowledged that KOKE-FM’s success was a group
effort, with lots of credit going to Rusty Bell. Joe’s accomplishments were
huge, by any measure, and especially for someone who had encountered such
overwhelming difficulties. Rest In Peace Joe, Comments and tributes ...to his
FB Page. Check it out. www.facebook.com/#!/joegracey?sk=wall
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, Be on the lookout for a birthday card. Mailed it today. Should be
there by Thursday...my usual day late and dollar short. Had a busy weekend and
didn't get around to mailing until today. Included your # on this one. Tom
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: News about Rascal
McCaskill. Note from Jerry McCaskill (Victoria, TX) about Rascal: Bill was
admitted to the hospital on November 7th in very bad condition and he was
transferred to Twin Pines for skilled nursing and rehab today. It was eleven
months yesterday since he fell which caused him to have to be in the hospital
for two months. In May, he was in the hospital for a week and was transferred
to Twin Pines for a month where he had rehab and he did just great. In August,
he was in the hospital for three days with pneumonia. According to the doctor
his lungs and heart are pretty much gone. He also has chronic pneumonia which
doesn't help the situation. I don't know how much longer he has, but hopefully
he will pull through this set back as he always does. His address: Twin Pines
Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; 3301 East Mockingbird Lane; Victoria,
Texas 77904. P.S. I was in the hospital in September for critically low sodium,
but am doing much better now. We keep the hospitals numbers in the black!!!
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1048) November 18, 2011 [Friday] Hearing that the KNUZ/KQUE
building has joined Colt Stadium and the Shamrock Hotel in the historical
graveyard triggers a trip down nostalgia lane. It was an old building when I
began working there in ‘66. You felt claustrophobic walking back into KQUE
because it was so small. We had at least one shooting in front of the
station...a part-time newsman/deejay with the air name of Larry Jolly was shot
in the heart early one morning when a dude tried to rob him. I was on the way
to California and had to return to Houston as he worked for me. He survived
because the bullet had passed through his hand first, then lodged in his heart.
He had thrown up his hand saying he had no money. As far as I know, the shooter
was never found. Gary DeLaune (www.garydnews.com)
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1048) November 18, 2011 [Friday] A couple of notes Re:
column. Dave Morris's office was upstairs at the old KNUZ/KQUE building, I had
to make a few trips to the "Woodshed" in my day and Paul Berlin is
still doing a weekend show at KSEV last I heard. DrB
TRIVIA ANSWER: William Conrad stars as Private
Investigator Frank Cannon in the TV series Cannon from September 14, 1971–September
19, 1976 on CBS TV. He portrays tough district attorney J. L. McCabe in Jake
and the Fatman (1987 to 1992). Conrad is the radio voice of Marshal Matt Dillon
in Gunsmoke on CBS (1952 to 1961). On TV,
he narrates The Fugitive (1963-1967).
CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Jim, I'm sorry I'm
late in wishing you a happy birthday, so to make up for it...here's a great big
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!"
FRANK SINATRA (1915-1998) May you live to be 100
and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 18, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1048
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
FAMED MUSIC CITY JOURNALIST SUCCUMBS Author,
entertainment journalist and publicist, Patsi Bale Cox, dies from emphysema at
66 on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN. A
few of the many celebrities who Patsi joins in their self-portrayals are: Tanya
Tucker, Loretta Lynn, Ralph Emery, Georgette Jones, Pat Benatar, Tony Orlando
and Wynonna Judd. Cox also is the author of the 2009 book The Garth Factor: The
Career Behind Country’s Big Boom which discusses her experiences at Capitol
Records during Superstar Garth Brooks’ rise to fame and fortune in the 1990s.
She edits regional publications Colorado Woman Magazine and Rocky Mountain
Country. In 1982, the native of Sublette, KS who is a graduate of Fort Hayes
State University moves to Music City. In early 2011, Patsi's most recent book,
The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George is a tell-all exposé with
Country singer George Jones' daughter Tamala Georgette who is born in 1970. At
the time of her death, Patsi works on biographies of Kenny Rogers and record
executive Steve Popovich. Patsi Bale Cox's survivors include daughter Tracy Cox
Nath and son Adam Cox.
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UK RADIO STATION BANS SIR CLIFF In the 1960′s,
Sir Cliff Richard racks up 7 UK #1 singles and 34 UK Top 10 hits. During his 50
year career he sells around 250 million records worldwide. But a new UK radio
station that dedicates itself to that era bans Sir Cliff Richard from their
playlist. Absolute Radio 60′s, sister station of national broadcaster
Absolute Radio, says that it will not feature any of the 71 year old Cliff
Richard's over 40 tracks from the 1960′s on its new service. Absolute
Radio 60′s DJ Pete Mitchell claims that Sir Cliff is not cool enough to
make it on their playlist. He adds: Yes, he enjoyed chart success, but his
songs don’t fit the ‘cool sound’ of The Swinging Sixties we’re trying to create
on our new station. We believe timeless acts of the decade that remain relevant
today, are The Beatles, The Stones, The Doors and The Who, not Sir Cliff.
(www.absoluteradio60s.co.uk) While Sir Cliff Richard is in London to promote
his new Soulicious DVD, his reaction to the ban is: They are lying to the
public because...I started the rock ‘n’ roll scene here along with Marty Wilde
five years before The Beatles. ...they were a continuation of what I and my
band did. John Lennon said ‘Cliff and The Shadows had it sown up' so they went
away to Hamburg.
TRIVIA QUESTION: On what date do we watch on TV
man's first lunar landing live? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Robert Poer former Dallas, TX
CBS/Sony Music-Sales Rep for 30 years is one year older on Sunday, November 20,
2011. •KLAC-570 Fox Sports Los Angeles, CA raises nearly $100,000 for Paralyzed
Veterans of America during its Radiothon on November 9, 2011. •MOOGY KLINGMAN
keyboard player/founding member of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia dies of cancer at 61.
Moogy gets his name from Moog synthesizer which is his instrument of choice.
Bette Midler, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter and Barry Manilow record his tunes.
In January 2011 Utopia reforms to raise money for Klingman’s massive medical
bills.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 SEE IT NOW with legendary host Edward R.
Murrow premieres on CBS TV on November 18th. •1969 CONWAY TWITTY records Hello
Darlin' on November 18th at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, TN. •1970 HAL
DICKINSON singer/founding member of the Modernaires dies on November 18th at
56. •1980 JOHNNY LEE's musical gift to Urban Cowboy, his single Lookin' For
Love, wins him a Gold star on November 18th. •1994 CAB CALLOWAY swing-era band
leader dies on November 18th at 86. •2002 JAMIE O'NEAL begins 13-day USO tour
of American military bases in the Mediterranean Sea on November 18th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
HERBERT DAY (Hillsboro, OH) Subject: Email address?
A fella by the name of Robert Hanger in Texas. He used to work for our station
years ago. I've been in the business for 37 years. Currently doing "The
Morning Mess" 6a-10a M-F. Herb Day, Account Executive; WCHO-FM, WCHO-AM,
Washington Courthouse, OH; WSRW-AM 1590, Hillsboro, OH
ROBIN MARSHALL (Charlotte, NC) Subject: Email
address full. All cleaned up Jim. I had 5000 emails, and no Internet service.
I'm sorry I missed your mention, but thank you just the same. Robin
JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Tulsa, OK) Subject: Question...
Jim, Did I read this correctly...the KNUZ/KQUE building on Caroline is gone?
Ohmahgoodness! I'm so sorry to hear that... I have many wonderful memories from
my time there. I hope each day finds you feeling better. Joanie Green Gallo
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BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: KNUZ-1230. Last
time I drove by Caroline and Blodgett, condos or apartments occupied that space
that was once a radio station. I don't know if you passed by it when KNUZ/KQUE
went off the air, but for a while, it was an ambulance service in the same old
building. Did you ever go upstairs at KNUZ? I won a record player for predicting
the next week's top 5 songs back in 1957. When I went to pick it up, I had to
go upstairs to get it. I assume that is
where sales and promotion were. I was sort-of rushed in and out at the time. I
later heard that the office of Dave Morris was up there too. bb
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JIM GOUGH (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) [Mr.
Texas-actor-voice actor] Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1047) November 14,
2011 [Monday] Well son of a gun...another one of my old VO pals from Houston
shows up on your newsletter. My best to Jim Spurlock. We did many a session
together. I too was saddened to hear the old KNUZ/KQUE building was torn down.
I was in and out of there recording spots for years. Dave Morris even had me
write and produce some TV spots for his stations back in the early '90's.
What's going on with my old friend Paul Berlin? Jim Gough
BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Hi Jim! Glen
(Martin) was afternoon drive on KSMG, Magic-1053 for two years, with top
ratings. He went on to KTFM to become production director and mid day
personality. Sure will hang out again with you soon Jim. I enjoyed our short
visit very much. I’ve admired your talent and dedication for nearly a full
decade. Blake (www.blazinblake.com)
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J.P. PRITCHARD (Houston, TX) Happy Birthday Jim!
JUMPIN' JOE BARNETT (Katy, TX) Happy Birthday!!
BILL INGRAM (Houston-Cleveland, TX) Happy Birthday
Jim!
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: An
Electronic Greeting for You! Jim Rose I thought today was 15. Lost a day along
the way...hope your birthday is a real blast! Happy birthday from your friend
and fan Joan!
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Happy
Birthday to my friend, Jim Rose! BOB
TRIVIA ANSWER: On July 20, 1969 along with CBS TV
host Walter Cronkite we watch man's first lunar landing live. As the rocket
lands on the lunar surface at 4:19 PM EDT Cronkite exclaims Man on the moon!,
Oh, boy! and then, Whew, boy!
WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, LACY! Oh yeah, Happy Birthday to YOU, too, Jim! And Many, Many More!
Wendel Hulse Grand Prairie. TX
DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Jim, Have a
great Birthday this week!! DrB
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Happy Birthday Jim!
T.J. CALLAHAN [Donna Croft] (Houston, TX) Happy
Birthday 2!
FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626) God...doth hang the
greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 14, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1047
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
CNN CULLS 50 EMPLOYEES According to those close to
the layoffs, CNN cites technological advances and work flow changes as the
reasons for its recent firing of 50 photojournalists, technicians and
librarians. One surprised employee sighs: It was a complete shock. No one had
any idea this was going to happen. This is not the friendly company it used to
be. And no one really knows why - the economy, the ratings or what. The 50 cuts
hit newsrooms in Miami, Washington D.C., New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta. One
person says that the cuts are more than 50, and closer to 70. This unbelievable
development comes during CNN employee appreciation week at the New York office
that includes employee gifts. Another person who observes the action: Nearly a
dozen photojournalists were given pink slips - four in New York, five in
Washington, one in Miami, and one in Los Angeles. A CNN spokeswoman describes
the mayhem: To save money, the network plans to transfer certain departments
that can work remotely to Atlanta. CNN's graphic department was moved to
Atlanta months ago. Jack Womack, CNN SVP of domestic news operations, writes in
a memo to his staff: Now that we have completed this three-year review, we
believe that we have the right resources in the right places and the proper
staffing at Image + Sound, and that the unit is well-positioned to have an even
more positive impact on our networks and platforms. Technology investments in
our newsrooms now allow more desk-top editing and publishing for broadcast and
online.
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BAYOU CITY TV ANCHOR CELEBRATES 45 YEARS Time sure
passes fast when we have fun. Is it really 45 years ago that 72 year old Dave
Ward begins his news anchor tenure at KTRK TV ABC CH13? For decades, Dave rules
the roost in Houston, TX's 6 and 10 pm news block. 45 years at one TV anchor
desk is more than miraculous. It's stupendous! TV reporters come and go but
Dave Ward remains the fearless stalwart at KTRK TV. Before he joins KTRK TV,
Ward is a newscaster on Houston's legendary KNUZ-1230 over on Caroline Street.
At the recent 2011 TRHOF ceremonies, someone mentions that old KNUZ-1230
building bites the dust. It's sad to see portions of radio disappear. Along
with many others, I remember many radio legends who walk those halls. My time
on KNUZ-1230 as the noon-3pm DJ is 1978. Dave Ward's 45 years is a mighty long
time at one radio or TV station. But Luther Masengill in Chattanooga, TN of
WDEF TV CBS CH12 moves over from WDEF-1370 in 1954 to sign WDEF TV on the air.
Luther still is an employee of WDEF TV and WDEF FM for a total of 57 years.
Stan Chambers is with KTLA TV Los Angeles, CA for over 60 years. Bryan Johnson
celebrates 50 years on KOMO TV ABC CH4 in Seattle, WA. From 1962-1981 Bryan is
on News Radio KOMO-1000. JRRR congratulates Dave Ward for his 45 years on KTRK
TV here in Houston, TX!
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Hee Haw premiere on TV?
The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Lacy my gorgeous Akita girl doggie
turns 7 years old on November 1, 2011. Jim Rose formerly heard on KILT FM
(twice: 1980s & 1990s), KIKK FM, KHFI FM, KLIF-1190, KBOX-1480, KFJZ-1270,
KXOL-1360, KULF-790 plus too many other TX radio frequencies finally makes it
to his 68th year on God's green earth on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 with only
a few bumps and bruises. •LAUREN JIGGETTS WMAQ TV NBC CH5 Chicago, IL morning
news reporter wears a neck brace because of a fall that injures her head and
causes a mild concussion.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 WCIA TV CBS CH 3 in Champaign, IL begins
broadcasting on November 14th. •1963 KEITH BURNS singer-guitarist with Trick
Pony born on November 16th in Atlanta, GA. •1974 JOHNNY MACK BROWN one of my
favorite cowboy actors in 127 Western films (Whistling Hills-1951) dies at 70
on November 14th. •1982 RICKY SKAGGS' Guy Clark written single Heartbroke leaps
to #1 in Billboard Country on November 14th. •1993 DON SHULA named winningest
coach in NFL history on November 14th. •2005 JOHNNY CASH biopic of Walk the
Line premieres on November 14th at the Beacon Theatre in NYC.
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JIM ZIMMERMAN (Washington, D.C.) Subject: what
happen to these DJ'S? Larry James of WWBT, Charlotte, NC; Trucking Tom Miller
of WWBT, Charlotte, NC; Buddy Ray of WWVA, Wheeling, WV.
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Jim, So
sorry to hear about your back pain & car trouble. Hope things are better
for you soon. I should apologize for not sitting at your table to chat about
radio for a bit. That would've been fun. You have many great stories to share.
We'll have to keep doing that via email. A brief tale: I hadn't actually
listened to KILT before. Certainly had heard of it. :) Got to listen to 100.3
for awhile during my drive to & from the TRHOF event. Have been listening
to it online some at work since returning. Once again, it was good to meet you.
Best to you & Lacy, David
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: From
Dr. Bruce KFTX. Jim, Here is a story...you might want to use. I think you'll
like it! DrB ...signing off reminds me of the great Houston radio war between
KIKK am 650 am at 250 watts and KENR 1070 (fulltime but highly directional) in
the early 70's (72-73). I was working 3-7pm on KENR against market icon Arch
Yancey on KIKK and it was the time of the year when KIKK was on until 7:30 pm.
I had signed off my show at KENR on a Friday night and was on my way to a gig
at Gilley's and had switched over to Arch Yancey at KIKK to see what he was up
to and I heard him sign off at 7:30 with stick around for more great country
music on WSM 650 from Nashville until we return in the morning. Arch cut the
carrier just in time for me to hear the jock on WSM in Nashville announce
"here's a new single from one of Houston's top DJ's at KENR Houston's
Bruce Nelson's "Shake em up and Let em Roll. I later thanked my fellow
Hall of Famer Arch Yancey who I shared MC duties with on Friday night at
Gilley's for the plug on my record and we both had a good laugh over some Wild
Turkey 101 on Mickey. Hope you enjoyed THIS story! DrB Retired but still
9am-noon at KFTX in Corpus Christi
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Jim, you're so
tolerant. what did I learn tonight watching David Letterman and Bill Cosby on
my Public Accountants Direct TV? So that box bar code is called a QR code Quick
Response. Take a Smart Phone wave over the box and get a Quick Response. SCOTTI
"BEAM ME UP". Amazing. Don't have to use a SMART PHONE to wave over
God. It's already been handled before I can even think about it. For now I'm
Done. Beam Me to my camp SCOTTI. Leslie Wayne Hodges
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BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Subject: TRHOF.
Enjoyed seeing the real Jim Rose as much as I thought I would. Wish I had been
able to go around with people, and mingle more. Loved the event in every way
though. Blake (www.blazinblake.com)
DIANNA GRAY (Houston, TX) Subject: posted to Jim
Rose - Facebook. Happy belated b'day; I seem to remember a blu striped shirt
and tie!!
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Jim, After
our many email exchanges, it was good to meet you in person at the TRHOF event.
Had the pleasure of meeting several that I've communicated with via email or
Facebook but hadn't met face to face. Saw a number of familiar faces as well.
Was a good day. Looking forward to the next one. Best to you & Lacy, David
Faulkner
TRIVIA ANSWER: Hee Haw with hosts Buck Owens and
Roy Clark premieres on CBS TV on June 15, 1969 and runs through July 13, 1971.
CBS TV continues the series in syndication until September 19, 1992. The show
is taped at WLAC TV (now WTVF) and Opryland USA in Nashville, TN. It continues
in syndication on TV throughout America.
JIM SPURLOCK (Houston, TX) Subject: radio. There
are a few of us left who worked at the end of radio. We remember too. Thank you
Jim Rose for being our voice. Jim Spurlock; KXYZ 1968-1975
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM (1874-1965) What makes old age
hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but
the burden of one's memories.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 11, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1046
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
HOUSTON, TX RADIO PERSONALITY LEAVES US Texas Radio
Hall of Fame member Dennis Maurice [Crash] Collins dies at 68 of prostate
cancer just after noon on Sunday, November 6, 2011. Crash Collins is a long
time radio legend on both Top 40 and Album Rock outlets. For more than forty
years Crash's voice is on six different Bayou City radio stations: KUHF FM,
KLOL FM, KILT FM, KULF-790, KNUZ-1230 and KZFX FM. In 1979, Crash Collins is
briefly the 7pm-midnight DJ on Top 40 KULF-790 during my time there. He makes a
big name for himself on Album Rock KLOL FM. A Bash for Crash benefit for his
family will be held on Sunday, November 13, 2011 from 2:00-8:00 PM at Concert
Pub Galleria, 5636 Richmond Avenue. Dayna Steele will Emcee the Bash for Crash.
Special radio guests include Jim Pruett, Lanny Griffith, Colonel St James,
Outlaw Dave, Bob Ford, plus many others. Immediately following, a Crash Collins
memorial for his many friends will take place. If you cannot attend the Bash
for Crash you can contribute money for Crash Collins' family's massive hospital
expenses by clicking the Donate button at www.bashforcrash.org/ Thank you so
very much!
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2011 TRHOF IS ANOTHER SELL OUT So many broadcasters
want to attend the 2011 Texas Radio Hall of Fame induction and luncheon at the
historic Tin Hall here in the Bayou City that Larry Shannon has to add more
tables. Before, during and after I sit down at John Steel's table, very
fortunate to meet and greet many of Houston and TX radio icons. Try to remember
all of the old and new friends but pretty sure a few of them are missing: Paul
Kirby, Chuck Dunaway, Kendall Dunaway, Bill Young, T.J. Callahan, Larry
Shannon, Mike Shannon, J.P. Prichard, Joe Ladd, Johnny Shannon, Colonel St
James, Dr. Bruce Nelson, Bud Buschardt, Mike Marshall, Josh Holstead, Outlaw
Dave, Brad Witt, Dade Moore, Blake Lindsay, Kevin Charles Minatrea, Chuck
Joseph, Rod Tanner, David Faulkner, plus many others but their names escape me
right now. Sure do wish that they did not stop manufacturing Polaroid Time Zero
600 instant film because I want to take pictures to live on in infamy.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Which TV shows in the fall 1972
line up are winners? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Jesse C. Smith, JR. Houston, TX
musician/band leader has a birthday bash on Friday, November 11, 2011. Casey
James Houston, TX singer-songwriter is one year older on Saturday, November 12,
2011. •GRETA JOHNSEN is new weekend morning host on Public Radio WBEZ FM (91.5)
Chicago, IL. •PERRY MARSHALL Pittsburgh, MA broadcasting legend father of east
coast syndicated radio star Robin Marshall dies at 86 while on a cruise.
•CHARLES OSGOOD's The Osgood File is longest running radio News/Talk program
heard four times daily on more than 350 radio stations nationwide in all top 25
markets.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 PAUL COWSILL keyboardist with family Rock
group The Cowsills (Hair #2-1969) is born in Newport, RI on November 11th.
•1962 ROY ACUFF 1st living performer named to the Country Music Hall Of Fame on
November 9th. •1974 ALFONSO LENG Santiago, Chile Classical music composer dies
at 80 on November 11th. •1980 WAYLON JENNINGS' single Theme From The Dukes Of
Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) lands at #1 in Billboard Country on November 1st. •1997
ROGER CLEMENS wins his 4th MLB AL Cy Young Award on November 11th. •2008 TAYLOR
SWIFT's album Fearless releases on Big Machine records on November 11th.
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LARRY SHANNON (Tarkio, MO) Subject: Larry Shannon
retires as head of the TRHOF. It is time for the next generation to take the
reins. If I can teach them the basics of how we've put it together - from
nominations to the induction - and let them tweak it with their imaginations
and give them the seeds and water to keep up with the new, it will stay alive
for the next and many generations to come. It is not me who holds it together.
It is all those who participate and support it who make it work. I'm just the
cook with the pots and pans who takes orders and makes the meal. LS
MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: KDNT
symposium this Saturday! Hi, just a reminder about the KDNT symposium this
Saturday in Denton! We'll talk about the history of Denton's first radio
station, play some audio clips, offer several guest speakers sharing stories of
covering major news events, display old photos and artifacts, etc...is quickly
turning into a KDNT employee reunion! ...like to extend a special invite to
anyone who worked for KDNT over the years to come by, see old friends, and
perhaps share a story or two at the gathering. The event is free and will take
place at the Denton Public Library at 502 Oakland St, near downtown. We'll
start at 2PM and go for about 1 1/2 hours. This should be informative AND fun!
...visit the Denton Library's website at
http://library.cityofdenton.com/screens/Fall11programs.pdf scroll to page 2
under "Genealogy and Local Interests." Hope to see everyone there.
Thanks, Mike Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
TRHOF. Jim; Thinking of you today & will miss being there for events today
at TRHOF. Your readers await your synopsis of the day. BOB
JOHN STEEL (Houston, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Jim, It
was great to see you at the Texas Radio Hall of fame get together. I hope that
Lacy was not too mad at you when you get home. John Steel
BILL YOUNG (Houston-Sugar Land, TX) Subject: TRHOF.
Thank you Jim....good to see you! Bill Young
COLONEL ST. JAMES (Houston, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Hey
Jim, Great seeing you at the Texas Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.
Hope you had as much fun as I did! (www.colonelstjames.com) /
(www.facebook.com/col.stjames)
PAUL KIRBY (San Antonio, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Jim,
It was good to see you again. Happy 68th! Paul
DADE MOORE (Houston, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Been nice
if I was not up all night working. Have a good one. Dade (www.dade.cc) /
(www.rockandroll.fm) / (www.angelfireradio.com)
BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Good to
see you too. I looked for you later to try to say more than hello but couldn’t
find you. Maybe my next trip to Houston will find us a place at your favorite
Mexican Restaurant again. Bud
CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Subject: TRHOF. Jim;
Kendall was there and got side tracked when I came to your table. It was on the
opposite side of the room and Kendall kept asking where you were sitting. She
got corralled by Sharon Young and Bill. Maybe it was her hair change that was
the problem, but Kendall did say hello. It was before you sat at your table.
She gave you a hug and said hello. Below is her answer to your email I
forwarded to her computer this morning. I had to look very closely at name
labels to remember who folks were. We know there were a lot of nice people there
and it was fun, but we had to leave at about two...so didn’t stay for it all.
Life is good. Take care my friend. I think you looked healthy and happy. Chuck
KENDALL DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) I saw Jim when he
first arrived and went up and hugged him. He probably didn't remember who I
was. Love, Kendall
DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject:
Retirement schedule on KFTX FM in Corpus Christi, TX. 9am to noon
Saturday...happy holidays back atcha!! drb
TRIVIA ANSWER: Fall 1972 breeds new life to TV
screens. Emmy winning M*A*S*H premieres on September 17 and runs through
September 19, 1983. Emmy Nominee All In The Family spin-off Maude premieres on
September 12 and airs through April 29, 1978. Another Emmy winner The Waltons
debuts on September 14 and runs through August 20, 1981. Emmy winning The Bob
Newhart Show premieres on September 16 and runs through August 26, 1978.
BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Subject: TRHOF.
Hi Jim! It was wonderful to finally have an opportunity to meet you live, and
shake your hand. Now I can put your voice with your handshake. I enjoyed our
full celebration, and got to catch up with dozens of good friends who I would
not have met without my radio employment opportunities. I'm very appreciative
of your dedication Jim, for nearly a decade of interesting columns you have
shared with us. You allow us to all take part in your column, which is very
cool indeed. Thank you Jim, very much! Best Regards, Blake Lindsay
(www.blazinblake.com)
GERALD R. FORD [August 9, 1974] I assume the Presidency
under extraordinary circumstances.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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November 07, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1045
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
FALL BACK ONE HOUR! Daylight Saving Time ends at
2:00am Sunday, November 6, 2011. Before we go to bed on Saturday night,
November 5th we must remember to set all of our clocks back one hour. This
gives most of us one extra hour of sleep.
ANDY ROONEY DIES! One of network television's most
beloved humorist observers, Andy Rooney, dies at 92 on Friday night, November
4, 2011 in NYC. For more than 30 years we watch Rooney as he talks about the
oddities in life on 60 Minutes. In his final essay, Rooney says that he lives a
life luckier than most. I wish I could do this forever. I can't, though. Andy
so dreaded the day he had to end his signature "60 Minutes"
commentaries about life's large and small absurdities that he kept going until
he was 92 years old. He says that he never retires. Writers never retire. But
his life after A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney is cut short. According to CBS
TV, Andy Rooney passes away just one month after he delivers his 1,097th and
final TV commentary. Andy wins one of his three Emmy Awards for his remarks
about whether there really is a Mrs. Smith who makes Mrs. Smith's Pies. We
discover that there is no Mrs. Smith. Rooney relates that probably he hadn't
said anything on "60 Minutes" that most of his viewers didn't already
know or hadn't thought. That's what a writer does. A writer's job is to tell
the truth. During the 1950s and early 1960s, he writes for CBS TV stars such as
Arthur Godfrey and Garry Moore. Then, he joins newsman Harry Reasoner as a
writer. In 1996, AP TV writer Frazier Moore's column suggests that it is time
for Rooney to retire. On 60 Minutes, Andy invites those who disagreed to make
their opinions known. In response 7,000 phone calls flood AP's switchboard.
Untold amounts of postcards engulf the AP mail room. Andy Rooney's marriage to
his wife, Marguerite, lasts 62 years before she dies of a heart attack in 2004.
They reside in Rowayton, CT. The Rooneys have four children. Daughter Emily
Rooney is a former executive producer of ABC's World News Tonight.
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BRAND MANAGERS ASSAULT CLEAR CHANNEL A new title
arrives at Clear Channel which is America's largest radio station group.
Members of the CCR board put their heads together and come up with a new
division called Brand Management with a new team of brand manager and brand
coordinator. Darryl Parks, 10 year Operations Manager of WLW-700, WKRC-550,
WSAI-1360 and WCKY-1530 Cincinnati, OH who recently moves on up to VP of CCR
News/Talk stations, is new Clear Channel brand manager. Ken Charles at CCR's
offices in Miami, FL receives the newly created role of Clear Channel brand
coordinator. CCR says that these managers are their in-house format experts,
plus The team will help manage the highly effective Premium Choice Network. The
team will also be available to consult with select stations and to assist Clear
Channel’s senior vice presidents of programming as needed throughout the
country, and will gather and share format-specific content, information and
resources throughout the field. We all know what that means. Stay tuned.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Can you name two top long lasting
TV shows that premier in 1967? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KWMT FM Clear Channel Modern AC (The Mountain
92.9) Tucson, AZ knee-jerks to a more traditional Hot AC My929Tucson.com. Out
the door are Program Director Chris Patyk plus his morning co-host Jennie
Grabel. •KJR-950 Clear Channel Sports Seattle, WA now crams its talk shows on
top of the former KNBQ FM (Q Country 102.9) Centralia, WA to try to outdo
Bonneville’s ESPN KIRO-710. Both KJR-950 & KIRO-710 tie at 3.5 share in the
October 2011 PPM. •KOGO-600 Clear Channel News/Talk San Diego, CA ejects KUSS
FM (New Country 95.7) on Monday, November 7, 2011 for a simulcast of the AM
frequency.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 WEEQ TV (now WWTO) CH35 in La Salle, IL (IND)
1st broadcasts on November 7th. •1964 ROGER MILLER records King Of The Road (#1
for 5 weeks) on Smash records on November 3rd in Nashville, TN. •1972 TOD
ANDREWS actor (In Harm's Way - 1965) dies of a heart attack on November 7th in
Los Angeles, CA just 3 days before his 58th birthday. •1988 ALABAMA's Song Of
The South (#1-1989) releases on RCA records on November 7th. •1992 JACK KELLY
actor (Maverick) dies after a stroke on November 7th at 65. •2006 SUGARLAND's
album Enjoy The Ride releases on Mercury records on November 7th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
JIM TRAVIS [Jo] (Hot Springs, AR) Subject: Liz
Anderson. FYI: Country singer/songwriter Liz Anderson has passed away. She
recorded for RCA in the 1960's. She wrote most of her own material. Liz also
wrote hits for other artists like Merle Haggard. She was mother of Country
singer Lynn Anderson. She died in Nashville October 31 of heart and lung
disease at the age of 81. Does anyone remember a recording of hers called
"Johnny Walker, Old Grand Dad and you". Or some variation of that
title? - H.W. (www.JimWWTravis.com)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Bulletin to "Country Music Classics" subscribers. Country Singer and
Songwriter Liz Anderson passed away on October 31, from complications of heart
and lung disease. She was 80. Liz Anderson was a successful country singer with
two Grammy Award nominations in 1967 for "Best Female Country Vocal
Performance" for her Top 5 hit, the self-penned "Mama Spank" and
with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean for "Best Country Vocal - Group" for
another top 5 hit "The Game of Triangles". Anderson also wrote the
Merle Haggard hits "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" and
"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive". Haggard later named his band "The
Strangers". Liz's demo vocals were noticed by RCA producer Chet Atkins who
signed her to RCA in 1965. Anderson's two initial singles fared well and her
third, "Game of Triangles", with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean became a
Top 5 hit. In April 1967, Anderson again had a Top 5 Country hit, "Mama Spank".
Among Anderson's most popular recordings were "Go Now Pay Later"
(1966), "The Wife of the Party" (1967), "Tiny Tears"
(1967), "Thanks A Lot For Tryin' Anyway" (1968) (one of her few hits
written by someone else) and "Husband Hunting" (1970). She was married
to Casey Anderson and had one daughter, country music entertainer Lynn
Anderson. BOB
JOANNE BUSSELL (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1042) October 28, 2011 [Friday] Hi Jim. Just heard my iPhone
"bong!" which means I have mail & it's your newsletter. Thought I
was the only one still awake! Here's something for your readers. I'd always
thought that the big job websites such as Monster, Indeed, and Hot Jobs would
not have radio jobs. Was I wrong!! I got so many leads that it's taken me two
days to follow them and I still have nine more to work. You just never know, do
you? Wish me luck. By the way, I hear that lots of radio veterans are finding
good jobs in smaller markets. The question I have for everyone out there; how
does one go about finding them because these jobs aren't advertised. Thoughts,
anyone?
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RHONDA POWERS (Houston-Sugar Land, TX) Subject: Tom
Schmidt - Channel 26. I was reading about Tom Schmidt being in Austin and I
wanted to know how to contact him. We worked together during the 70's at
Channel 26. The last time I saw him, he had left 26 and started his own
production company. I hope you will forward this email to Tom or let me know
how I can get in touch with him. Thanks, Rhonda Lanyon Brents
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1044) November
04, 2011 [Friday] I tried to contact Jay West using the e-mail address you
posted, but evidently it didn't make it to him. Send me his phone number if you
have it. Jay and I go back a long way. I did lots of spots in his studio when
Eric Chase was using it, back in the '90's. Thanks, Jim Gough
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Carol Burnett Show premieres on
CBS TV on September 11, 1967 and runs through September 8, 1979. It wins three
Emmys (1971 Outstanding Variety Series-Musical; 1973 Outstanding Music Variety
Series and 1974 Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series). Mannix starring
Mike Connors as detective Joe Mannix premieres on CBS TV on September 16, 1967
and runs through August 27, 1975. Mannix is one of my all time favorite TV
shows.
JAY WEST (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Gough... Jim,
Yes I received an e-mail from Jim this a.m. (Friday) saying he tried to reach
me but the e-mail did not go through. So...I guess he has the correct address
since I heard from him today. I don't know about these here fancy computators
but the mystery solved itself. Thanks, Jay west
CHARLES DE LINT (1951 - p) Without mysteries, life
would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were
known?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
November 04, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1044
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WRITER SENDS FINAL DEAR JOHN LETTER Veteran Country
music song writer Billy Barton passes away at 81 on October 8, 2011 at his home
in Nashville, TN. Billy is born John Grimes in Kentucky on November 21, 1929.
Probably, we best remember Billy for his 1953 #1 smash A Dear John Letter by
Ferlin Husky and Jean Shepard which remains #1 for 6 weeks. Husky goes on to
have many hit songs but his tune Gone is #1 for 10 weeks. Barton also pens A
Dear John Letter’s follow-up in 1953, Forgive Me John, which places Ferlin
Husky and Jean Shepard at #4. In 1954, Billy writes Jim Reeves and Ginny
Wright's duet I Love You which rises to #3. In 1958, Webb Pierce scores #10
with Barton’s You’ll Come Back. In 1965, Bobby Bare and Skeeter Davis revive A
Dear John Letter at #11. In the 1950s, he is Johnny Horton’s vocal partner on
Fabor Robinson's Abbott Records. As a solo singer, Billy performs on the The
Louisiana Hayride. He records for King, Gulf Reef, Sims, Fire, Vidor plus more
labels. Among other artists who record Billy Barton’s songs are Red Sovine, Pat
Boone, Loretta Lynn, Ernest Tubb, Rose Maddox and more. In fact, Barton
registers over 200 songs with BMI. Billy Barton's survivors include three
daughters Carolyn Caulkins, Deborah Harrell, Julie Ringel (of Florida) and son
John Grimes (of Tennessee); plus six grandchildren.
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CUMULUS FIRES LAST DJ Legendary West Coast DJ Jim Ladd
who is the subject of Tom Petty’s The Last DJ receives his walking papers from
KLOS FM (95.5) Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. In 1969, Ladd
begins his radio career. In 1971, he lands on KLOS FM (95.5) for the first
time. In 1974, Jim moves over to KMET FM (94.7). In 1987, KAMP FM (97.1). In
1997, back to KLOS FM where he hosts his freeform radio show until the present
time. Ladd appears as DJ Jim on the Roger Waters album Radio K.O.A.S. He makes
the scene in three of Waters' music videos. In 1989, Jim is the late night DJ
in Cameron Crowe’s movie Say Anything. Jim Ladd is one of several who fall
victim to Cumulus' take over of KLOS FM. Many consider Ladd as the last deejay
because he is the one who decides what music that he plays on his show. That's
the way radio used to be when we DJs are in full control over all of the songs
that we spin on our shows. Over the years, radio evolves into a jukebox where a
computer plays all of the songs in order back-to-back.
COWBOYS VS EAGLES GAME LARGEST TV RATINGS Philly TV
and Radio: The Cowboys-Eagles game was the highest show of Sunday night with
almost 23 million viewers. The interview of Ruth Madoff on 60 Minutes followed
with 18-million viewers. The Eagles will be on national television again next
week as they host Chicago on Monday Night Football on ESPN with announcer,
former Eagle Ron Jaworski. Might add that Hank Williams, Jr. no longer opens
Monday Night Football on ESPN as he has since 1989 but soon we will see and
hear him open a weekly NFL game on another network TV channel. Stay tuned.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does The Sonny & Cher
Comedy Hour premiere on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Billy Sherrill Recording Engineer
- Producer Billy Sherrill Productions Nashville, TN engineers another
productive year of life on Saturday, November 5, 2011. •WLTQ FM Clear Channel
Hot AC (92.1 My FM) Sarasota, FL flips to all-Christmas (Santa 92.1) until
after the holidays then new format as 92.1 The Coast. •JOHN RUSSO longtime
Citadel chief feels the fire after the Cumulus take over when he exits his
President post on Tuesday, November 01, 2011. •RICK SCOTT longtime
consultant/Sports/Talk specialist receives the Ashwood Award from Bruce Gilbert
KRLD-1080/KRLD FM Dallas, TX VP of Programming.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 JEFF WATSON lead guitarist with Rock band
Night Ranger born on November 5th. •1961 HANK WILLIAMS, music publisher Fred
Rose and Jimmie Rodgers are the first inductees in the Country Music Hall Of Fame
on November 3rd. •1973 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 1st shutout victory is 13-0 vs.
Buffalo Bills on November 4th. •1984 WILLIE NELSON's remake of Arlo Guthrie's
City Of New Orleans hits #1 in Billboard Country on November 3rd. •1994 FRED
[Sonic] SMITH guitarist with Rock band MC5 dies on November 4th at 46. •2003
TOBY KEITH's album Shock'n Y'all releases on DreamWorks records on November
4th.
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DUANE LUND (Salt Lake City-Kaysville, UT) Subject:
Just stumbled across. Jim, I was wasting time on the net while at work. I
worked for many years in radio, and was looking up some of my old stations,
along with the names I used. In Salt Lake City and Norfolk I was Michael
O'Shea, so your articles about the other MO'S came up. Most of the other spots I
worked in the country I was Bill Donovan: Wichita, Kansas City, Memphis, Miami,
Houston...there has to be another. I was Sonny Fox in Lake Charles, Bill Taylor
in Grand Rapids, and Marc Sommers at KAKC in Tulsa, but that was a Drake
assigned name. I went on to ownership, and now I work for Child and Family
Services. I enjoy your stuff, and even know who most of the people, or at least
who they are. Thanks for the enjoyment, Duane Lund...aka all that other
stuff...
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Fw: Bob
Barry's passing. From: Dean Ward. "I just received a call from a
sportswriter friend in Muskogee (Kenton Brooks) with the following information.
Sadly this is the second old friend of mine to pass away in two weeks, Gaylon
Stacy just last week. Just 55 short years ago I was Program Director at KNOR,
Norman, and I had this tall, sandy haired young man walk into the station and
tell me that he was just discharged from the U.S. Air Force and wanted a job
doing something, hopefully in sports. I sat him down behind a mike, gave him
some rip and read sports articles and turned him loose. He was very
knowledgeable in sports, could ad lib, so I put him on the payroll and joined
him and Gene Stansberry as the Norman High School play by play team. He was
great with people skills so Bill Morgan, station owner, gave him an account
list and coverage map and a Sports/Sales addition was born to our staff."
Dean (www.garydnews.com)
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KIRK & KELLIE MITCHELL (San Antonio-Spring
Branch, TX) Subject: Passing of Isaac "Newton" Mitchell 10/25/2011.
Hi Jim, I couldn't tell if you were one his friends from school or what from
his address book entry so I included you in the email to be safe. Thank you for
your reply, the kind words, and for posting the email in your newsletter. We
live in the Spring Branch area which is about 20 miles west of New Braunfels on
Hwy 46. I don't know if he kept an archive of the newsletter - I haven't
browsed his computer much with all that has to be done planning for, and
notifying people, about the funeral. Thanks again, Kirk
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JAY WEST (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Gough. Hello
Jim, Just read your latest, and there was a mention in your column about me
from my old buddy Jim Gough. I hate to ask you to be go-between but I don't
know how else to do this. Could you either e-mail to me his e-address or have
him contact me at MY e-mail address. Thank you...and have fun at the TRHOF
gathering this year. I'm NOT attending. Haven't been to one of those since 2003
as I did some minor research for them that year. Have been nominated 8 years in
a row and nothing, so I guess I'm not good enough to be considered. I think You
too have been in the fray about that long. Anyway, thanks... Jay West
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
premieres on CBS TV on August 1, 1971 and runs through August 29, 1977.
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: JRRR. did
not get back to work until today and there it is! Thanks, sir. The old email
address detours to somewhere else. Whoever stole my email also forwarded all
incoming emails to somewhere, so I don't get them. Take care and I wish you
good health for years to come.
HERBERT DAY (Hillsboro, OH) Subject: Subscription
requested. Herb Day; Hillsboro, OH USA. Herb Day, Account Executive WCHO-FM,
WCHO-AM, Washington Courthouse, OH; WSRW-AM 1590
C.S. LEWIS (November, 29, 1898-November 22, 1963)
There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
October 31, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1043
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
THE GOSPEL TAKES A HIT IN HOUSTON, TX Radio One
does an about-face from Gospel music on KROI FM (92.1) in The Bayou City to an
all-News format on November 14, 2011. Leading the charge in Morning Drive is
27-year Houston radio duo and Texas Radio Hall of Fame honorees J.P. Pritchard
and Lana Hughes. J.P. is a top notch radio news bull dog. He arrives here in
Houston in 1979 when both of us are on KULF-790. There's quite a lineup of
local Houston radio and TV personalities who fill the bill on the new FM talk
radio station: Mike Barajas, Scott Braddock, Carolyn Campbell, Kevin Charles,
Brent Clanton, Lanny Griffith, Laurie Kendrick, Martha Martinez, Bonnie Petrie,
Matt Sampsell, Pattie Shieh, Meteorologist Dr. Joe Sobel, Craig Roberts and
Jorge Vargas. Veteran journalist Denise Bishop is News Director. Houston-based
Shane Media founder and president Ed Shane is the one who brings it all
together as project manager. Shane brags: We’re going to give people the facts
without the biased opinions that dominate so-called news stations. We’ve
assembled an A-list of broadcast journalists whose mission is to report the
news and let people make up their own minds.
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CLEAR CHANNEL SLASHES RADIO Even after it ditches
over 200 radio stations, Clear Channel Radio is still America's most gargantuan
radio group with 850 stations clinging to its vine. CCR's recent meeting in
Chicago, IL brings out another couple of bright ideas. The first brilliant
brainstorm is to nationalize all of the programming of its small and medium
markets. We all know what that means. CCR eliminates its local Program &
Music Directors. This makes Bernie Madoff look like Snow White. CCR's second
scheme is to immediately subterfuge other employee positions in its Herculean
cost-slashing maneuver. On Wednesday & Thursday hundreds of CCR employees
all across America bite the dust. In Chicago alone these cost cuts eliminate
two Clear Channel employee positions. After four years of service, Metro
Traffic reporter Allen Green is gone. Just two weeks ago, Dan Hammill, Metro
Traffic sales, receives a promotion along with a new title. Next comes a pale
pink slip that includes directions to the back door.
LARRY KING DOESN'T FEEL HIS AGE Radio and TV legend
and CNN icon Larry King tells Bill Moran of PodJockey.com that he doesn’t feel
his age and he has no intention of retiring anytime in the near future. Larry
reveals this while on camera during the recent Los Angeles Regional Talkers
Forum breakfast on October 20, 2011 just a few moments before he delivers its
opening speech. King says that in addition to the four TV specials per year for
three years that is in his CNN contract,
he is about to return to doing a Los Angeles-based national radio show plus the
launch of yet another TV project within several days or weeks.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Hawaii Five-O premiere
on CBS TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WRHS FM Ridgewood High School O&O (Jack 89.7)
Chicago, IL jumps ship to all-Halloween music until November 1, 2011. •WSFR FM
Cox Classic Rock (107.7) Louisville, KY zigzags to Classic Hits (107.7 The
Eagle). Currently WSFR FM has no DJs. On November 7, 2011 Future Bob returns to
mornings, Ric Owen afternoons with MJ Stevens in middays. •CBS RADIO Detroit,
MI ceases simulcast of Sports Talk WXYT FM (97.1) on Monday, September 12, 2011
as WXYT-1270 catapults to News/Talk. •PAULA DEEN Food Network culinary star
receives the Hottest Female TV Chef award from Maxim men's magazine.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 KREM TV CBS/ABC CH 2 in Spokane, WA begins
broadcasting on October 31st. •1964 DARRYL WORLEY (Have You Forgotten?
certified Gold #1 for 7 weeks - 2003) born on October 31st in Savannah, TN.
•1975 BOB GELDOF's 1st appearance with Boomtown Rats is on October 31st. •1985
THE JUDDS' album Rockin' With The Rhythm releases on RCA records on October
30th. •1993 RIVER PHOENIX actor (Stand By Me - 1986) dies of drug overdose at
23 on October 31st in front of The Viper Room at 8852 Sunset Boulevard. •2000
JAMIE O'NEAL's debut album Shiver releases on Mercury records on October 31st.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1042) October 28, 2011 [Friday] Jim, I'm sure you saw the
Clear Channel 200 employee cut yesterday, the Morning team on the Big I country
station in Albq was cut .... Albq Journal has the details.. if I can find
it, I'll send it to you... have a good one and stop fall down, ok?? No more
injuries for you, after all you have a little doggie who depends on you. now go
have a good day...
BOBBY COPELAND [author of B-Western Boot Hill plus
19 other books] (Knoxville-Oak Ridge, TN) Subject: Roy (Rogers).
www.rfdtv.com/news/music/rfd-tv_special_tribute_to_roy_rogers_100th_birthday_043/
DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys] (Hendersonville,
TN) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1041) October 24, 2011 [Monday] WOW!!!!
I LOVE THAT HEADLINE. THANKS JIM...DUANE (www.oakridgeboys.com/)
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JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: Oak
Ridge Boys. Doesn't matter how or where ORB got the song Elvira, main thing is
they got it. Song loved by all regardless of age. Made one feel good when
hearing it. No one else could have made such a hit out of it unless maybe the
Statlers. Have to think about that. They made money on it and I spent money on
it. Not as much as they made. Put Elvira on and I could clean house by the time
it had played ten times. I moved fast to the beat. Might get off of this thing
now and play it again.
GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1042) October 28, 2011 [Friday] hey Jim; do not say where you
heard this but I have a good friend whose wife is a Cox exec and the whole
Lysle and Hahn thing was a payroll cut, what else. They were simply making too
much money...a guy from Tulsa will be one of the replacements and he is
supposedly a real hot shot in the AM...Have we heard that before...supposedly
he took his station’s ratings from an 8 to a 28...who do you believe these
days..Take care and keep us informed...the sick world of today’s radio. GD (www.garydnews.com)
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KIRK & KELLIE MITCHELL (San Antonio-Spring
Branch, TX) Subject: Passing of Isaac "Newton" Mitchell 10/25/2011.
Good morning, I am Newton's oldest son of three. I have gone through my dad's
email address book to obtain your email address for sending out this notice. My
dad had various heart issues starting around the beginning of the year. He
received a pacemaker this past March and went through physical therapy which
made a huge improvement. He then battled a staph infection in his leg, while at
home. He was admitted to Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in New Braunfels on
September 2nd per the advice of a home health nurse. He was transferred to Hill
Country Specialty Hospital, also in New Braunfels. On 10/13 he went into
cardiac arrest at approximately 4:15 AM. He was revived and transferred back to
Christus Santa Rosa where he was in ICU. He passed away around 5:30 AM on
10/25. An obituary will be posted in the Sunday editions of the New Braunfels
Herald and San Antonio Express News. Following is a link to the funeral home
web site which also has the obituary available.
www.funeralnetessentials.com/site/luxfhcares/content_obits.php Thank you, Kirk
I. Mitchell
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1038) October 14,
2011 [Friday] Good to see my old friend Jay West show up in your newsletter. I
cut a many a spot in his studio in West Houston in years gone by Jay is another
one of those great voices from Houston's past. All the best, Jim Gough
TRIVIA ANSWER: Hawaii Five-O premieres on CBS TV on
September 26, 1968 and runs through April 26, 1980. It is the longest
continuously running police show in TV history.
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: JRRR. Jim
After three weeks without my JRRR, I am in withdrawals. Since I had to get a
new email addr, do I have to resubmit my subscription with the new email?
MAYA LIN (October 5, 1959 - p) I went through
withdrawal when I got out of graduate school.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
October 28, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1042
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
GOODBYE TO STEAM Paul Theodore Leka is born on
February 20, 1943 in Bridgeport, CN of Albanian immigrant parents. He is a
songwriter and producer who writes and arranges songs for singers like Gloria
Gaynor, Stevie Wonder, Kris Kristofferson and others. We best remember him for
Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye), which zooms to #1 in 1969. Another of the
songs that he writes is Green Tambourine by Psychedelic Rock band Lemon Pipers
which rises to #1 in 1967. Paul signs REO Speedwagon to their first recording
contract. He produces four of Harry Chapin’s record albums that include
Chapin’s #1 hit in 1974, Cat’s in the Cradle. In 1969, Leka helps longtime
friend, Gary DeCarlo, fill the B-side of a single that he records on Buddha.
With Leka on keyboards, they begin with a tune that they write previously, a
bluesy song called Kiss Him Goodbye. But the riff only fills two minutes. To
make sure that DJs won't play the song, instead of airing DeCarlo’s A-side,
they decide to add a chorus that stretches it to four minutes, which at the
time is too long for most radio formats. Paul tells Fred Bronson, Billboard
Book of Number One Hits author, I started writing while I was sitting at the
piano, going 'na na na na, na na na na'. Everything was ‘na-na’ when you didn’t
have a lyric. Then, DeCarlo adds the hey hey. They chant the chorus at the
beginning and end of the original song and leave the na na na na in. But Buddha
records releases it as the A-side by an improvised group Steam. In late 1969,
the song lands at #1 on radio. Paul Leka passes away at 68 on October 12, 2011
in a hospice near his home in Sharon, CN. He leaves behind his wife,
Engjellushe; kids, Alexander, Derek and Heather; brother, George and sister,
Evelyn Kreta.
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COX SAN ANTONIO MORNING SHOW BITES THE DUST Virgil
Thompson, Cox Media Group VP of Programming San Antonio, proclaims: I want to
let our loyal listeners know that John Lisle and Steve Hahn will no longer be
heard on KISS. Thompson tells Radio Ink the contract of the morning show was
not renewed and Hahn was contemplating retirement anyway. Lisle & Hahn join
KISS FM (99.5) in January 1992 and remain for 19 years. They have one of the
longest running morning shows in the Alamo City and in the radio industry which
is a tremendous feat in these days of radio consolidation. Thompson elaborates
on this astonishing news: 99.5 KISS appreciates you, our loyal listeners. We
would like you to...help us build a radio station that truly meets your
needs...what you would like to hear in a morning show on 99.5 KISS, what style
or type of rock music you want to hear and how much of it we should play!
CUMULUS AXE CHOPS CHICAGO RADIO Sparks begin to fly
after Cumulus buys Citadel. Cumulus Windy City echelons squeeze the broadcast
food chain as Jock Hedblade executive producer of the Roe & Roeper PM Drive
show on News/Talk WLS-890 plus Don Wade & Roma AM Drive show producer Zack
Christenson disappear along with sister Oldies WLS FM (94.7) PD Michael
LaCrosse and Greg Brown PM Drive show producer, Chris Papendick. Operations
Director Drew Hayes is no longer in charge of WMAL-630 Washington, DC but
remains the honcho of both WLS operations. Bill Hess moves on up to PD of
WMAL-630.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first TV network news
program broadcast by way of satellite? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KGSR FM (102.7) Austin, TX launches new Comedy
channel on its HD3 translator from Texas-based 24/7 Comedy Radio Network.
•EDDIE STUBBS Grand Ole Opry announcer - longest-running evening DJ on WSM-650
Nashville, TN since it flips to Country in 1979 along with Bill Whyte, Beverlee
Brannigan, Moby, Ron Rogers and Rusty Walker become the newest members of the
2012 Country Radio Hall of Fame on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at the Nashville
Convention Center. •FORBES reports that the late Michael Jackson is the
top-earning dead celebrity in 2010 with $170 million. Elvis Presley is in
second place with $55 million.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 WMVS TV PBS CH 10 in Milwaukee, WI begins
broadcasting on October 28th. •1962 KRISTEN HALL singer-songwriter founding
member of Sugarland born on October 26th in Gross Pointe, MI. •1971 JOHN LENNON
& YOKO record Happy Xmas (War is Over) in NYC on October 28th. •1984
ALABAMA's single If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the
Band) crashes #1 in Billboard Country on October 27th. •1996 MOREY AMSTERDAM
comedian on the Dick Van Dyke Show dies at 87 on October 28th. •2004 BIG &
RICH's Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) is their first gold single on October 28th.
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DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Subject: 'Elvira'. Jim, actually, I first heard the song
in 1966, by Dallas Frazier, fifteen years before we recorded it. I already knew
the song. However, Ronnie Gant, a song publisher, was in Texas and heard a bar
group perform the song, came back to Tennessee, called Ron Chancey, and told
him that he has the perfect song for The Oaks. Ron Chancey called me, I called
all of the other Boys, they all came to my house and we played Dallas Frazier's
demo of the song. Several bar groups have claimed it was them, but I don't
actually know who it was. Some have claimed that we stole their arrangement, but,
after listening to our arrangement compared to theirs, one can easily see that
we did not copy anybody. The "idea" of us recording it came from the
song plugger, Gant, but the arrangement was worked out in my den by The Oaks
and Ron Chancey. If you will listen to all of the recordings, prior to The
Oaks' recording, all of them, including Dallas' version go down on the last
note of "Elvira". We go up. So, all of the acts that said that we
copied the song from them are wrong, If their arrangement goes down on the end
of the word "Elvira...and, we are the only act to use a bass singer
singing that lick. Kenny Rogers, Rodney Crowell, Charlie Rich, and several
others cut it before us, but, none of them had a bass singer. Lots of acts have
said that we copied their arrangement. Not true. We got our arrangement from
the original, then, since Joe had never heard it, he put his twist on the end
of the word "Elvira" and he went up on the last note. Also, a black
group sued the publisher of "Elvira" claiming that Dallas Frazier
stole the song from a black group who had the song "Papa oo mau mau".
But, when the copyright laws were looked at, Dallas Frazier's song was
copyrighted earlier. I think Dallas Frazier's publisher paid the black group
$25,000 to just go away rather than messing with a court fight. For The Oaks,
it bought us all new homes...and, it is still working its magic. Duane
(www.oakridgeboys.com/)
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject:
Elvira'. You might check with Duane Allen on this, but the song Elvira was kind
of a fluke for them. They went into a little club in Campbell, Texas, up by
Sulphur Springs and the house band was playing the song. They liked what they
heard and decided to record it. I think they even said something like
"thanks to that little band down in Texas" when they won their awards
for it. Jeff Cunningham, DC, MA Kyle, TX (www.zoesplaceclinic.com) /
(www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
ANDY WALDROP (Houston, TX) Subject: Odd Noises
Emanating From My Radio Box! Jim, Seeing your piece on the Dallas Frazier
penned "Elvira," I'm reminded of two lyrical
masterpieces..."Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" by the Rivingtons and "Ooh Poo
Pah Doo" by Jessie Hill. I hope all is well with you. We're overdue for
another trip to La Fiesta or Los Tios! C-ya at Tin Hall on November 6th. Andy
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Man Killed To
Death...Oops - Issue 1041. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Harold Baker (my boss at
KTNS) always got a good laugh out of things like that. While we're working
together (mid 1980's) a DFW TV station identifies a reporter near San Antonio
as being in "Bear County." Those words quickly vanish from the screen
to be replaced with "Bexar County." Harold was from San Antonio. He
got a big laugh out of that one! Look forward to meeting you (in person) at the
Texas Radio Hall of Fame awards. I have a seat at Andy Waldrop's table. Peace,
David Faulkner
TRIVIA ANSWER: On April 9-17, 1968 The CBS Evening
News with Walter Cronkite is the first TV network news program broadcast on
satellite. It originates from Paris, France during the Vietnam peace talks.
WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject:
Monday and Friday. I forgot to tell you the stations I most enjoyed in the 50s
and 60s. They were KLIF, KIXL and WRR. Yes, I enjoyed some classical music, but
probably the thing I looked forward to most was "every hour on the
three-quarter hour" the Library Of Laughs. Ol' Jim Lowe probably caused me
to spend a small fortune (in those days, anyway) buying comedy records. I still
have a bunch of 33 1/3s that I still love to remember. Pop, country, classical
and comedy. Those were the days! Wendel
EDWARD R. MURROW [Egbert Roscoe Murrow] (April 25,
1908 - April 27, 1965) We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 24, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1041
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
MAN KILLED TO DEATH...OOPS! As Ron Lee files his
live report on WBTV TV CBS CH3 about a deadly shooting in West Charlotte, NC
the words on display at the bottom of the screen say: Man Killed to Death.
Sure! If he is killed he definitely is dead. Technicians in the control room
shout: What?! Oops! As fast as a speeding bullet the words quickly change to:
Man Shot After Argument. So goes it behind the scenes at our local TV stations.
Many thanks to Buzzfeed for keeping us informed.
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WORLD SERIES BETS ARE ON! In Game 5 of the World
Series at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington the Texas Rangers' take on the St.
Louis Cardinals on Monday night, October 24, 2011. Who's your favorite? Texas
Governor Rick Perry places a friendly bet on the World Series with Missouri
Governor Jay Nixon. Perry puts up barbeque from Driftwood, TX’s famous Salt
Lick restaurant plus a case of Texas-made Dr. Pepper. Nixon counters with
toasted ravioli from St. Louis’ Rigazzi’s Restaurant, meats from Volpi Foods,
Tedd Drewes’ frozen custard plus a six-pack of the Gateway Arch City's own
Budweiser. Let the game begin!
OOM POPPA MOW MOW! Has it really been 30 years ago
that we first hear the Oak Ridge Boys' bass singer Richard Sterban boom out
that familiar line from Elvira? In 1981, when I'm a DJ on KENR-1070 here in
Houston, TX Sterban's oom poppa mow mow bends our towers. By then, The Oak
Ridge Boys ante up five Gold albums, three #1 and ten Top 5 tunes but Elvira
mushrooms into a nuclear warhead on Country radio. As quick as lightening the
song bombards Pop and Top 40 radio as well. It becomes their signature song.
For as long back as I can remember the Oaks are one of my favorite singing
groups. They go back into the recording studio with Elvira's original producer
Ron Chancey who brings new life to the tune. Recently, the Oaks' lead singer
Duane Allen sends us a copy of their new CD, It’s Only Natural, that contains
their fresh new updated version of Elvira, plus 11 other songs. The Oak Ridge
Boys' new CD It’s Only Natural is now available exclusively at Cracker Barrel
Old Country Stores and Restaurants.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does Mary Hopkin’s 1968 tune
Those Were the Days originate? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Leslie Wayne Hodges former
KCRS-550 DJ adds one more page to his book of life on Sunday, October 23, 2011.
•LISA SIMEONE NPR freelance radio music and documentary host gets the axe from
public radio documentary program Soundprint after she becomes a spokesperson
for the Occupy DC protestors in Washington, DC. •CORY HEPOLA exits Sports WROC
TV CBS CH8 Rochester, NY for a Sports anchor-reporter position on Belo KVUE TV
ABC CH24 in Austin, TX. •NTS MEDIA-ONLINE TODAY Talk Media Conference &
Talk Show Boot Camp 2011 October 27-29 in Dallas, TX business casual dress code
at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre. •MERRIE STREET replaces News Director Mark
Miller at Hearst News/Talk WBAL-1090 Baltimore, MD.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KOOL TV (now KTSP) CBS CH10 in Phoenix, AZ
begins broadcasting on October 24th. •1965 ERNEST TUBB elects into the Country
Music Hall Of Fame on October 22nd at Nashville, TN's Municipal Auditorium.
•1971 TEXAS STADIUM opens in Irving, TX on October 24th - the Dallas Cowboys
beat New England Patriots 44-21. •1980 EDDIE RABBITT's Horizon and The Best Of
Eddie Rabbitt are his first two Gold albums on October 24th. •1991 GENE
RODDENBERRY El Paso, TX native who grows up in Los Angeles, CA B-17 bomber
pilot over Japan (Great Bird of the Galaxy) creator of Star Trek (10 movies and
7 television series) dies of cardiac arrest on October 24th at 70. •2010 DON
WILLIAMS & JIMMY DEAN induct into the Country Music Hall of Fame on October
24th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: KONO radio-TV. By '65, agents from NYC were calling me with offers, as
were GMs from other major market TV stations. Magid was using my tapes as demos
of how local anchors should deliver newscasts. The Roths decided they could
"allow me" to give up my radio job and TV would make up the
difference. That somewhat reduced my workday from 18 hours a day to 10. By that
time I was into my second marriage and flying high. Departed KONO-TV in July,
'68 for Boston...and the rest is, well, you know.
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1040) October 21, 2011 [Friday] Hi Jim! Sorry that I've
been out of pocket for a little while; wanted to send along some 'get well'
wishes after your fall, and hope that you're doing OK by now. Saw the email
about Roy Lemons, and very sorry to hear about that. I didn't know Roy
personally, but we exchanged several nice emails over the years. I know he was
especially proud of his time managing the old KCUL/KBUY-1540AM in Fort Worth
during the late 1960s, and was hoping for a reunion of former employees
sometime. Wish I could have gotten something together, as you've got a couple
of their ex's that subscribe to JRRR and could have spread the word to others.
Ya know, that's why I put together those quarterly DFW media lunches...I got so
tired of hearing people say, "The only time we all see each other is at
funerals." I challenge others to do the same in their cities and
regions--get these folks together while they're all still around! Looking
forward to visiting with you at the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. Take care, and watch
where you step! Ha. Mike Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1040) October 21,
2011 [Friday] Jim...I was trying to say that Roy Nichols and I both sang bass
in a choir that my wife led at a small church near White Rock Lake in the early
'60's. Roy did news at McClendon's station (KLIF-1190) at that time. A great
talent and fine man. I wish him well. Jim Gough
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Memories. JIM: As I read this note, I went to my archives on Little Jim
(Dickens) & there is his handwritten post-card to me postmarked, Miami
Beach, Oct. 26, 1965, reminding me to "keep the bird a' flying!" Says
he's in FL filming Jimmy Dean Show for ABC-TV to be shown Nov. 26, 1965. I'm so
glad I kept all these memoirs over years. I have notebooks full of autographs,
letters, signed pics, etc. Of course, it's not important to anyone but me! When
you make the pilgrimage out to the plains of west Texas, you'll get the 50-cent
tour of my museum, at no charge. BOB at The Southwest Outpost.
TRIVIA ANSWER: The writer of the words to Mary
Hopkin’s 1968 tune Those Were the Days, Gene Raskin, puts English lyrics to the
Russian song Dorogoi which is written by Boris Fomin (1900–1948) with words by
poet Konstantin Podrevskii. Tamara Tsereteli (1900–1968) in 1925 and Alexander
Vertinsky (1889-1957) in 1926 make what probably are the earliest recordings of
the song. But we remember Mary Hopkin’s 1968 recording of the tune which is #1
in the UK and #2 in America for 3 weeks with sales of over a half million
copies. Gene Raskin receives writer credit of the song on the record, but he
just pens the English lyrics, not the music notes. After Mary's contract with
Apple records runs out she re-records the song. Apple refuses to allow the original
version to be in compilations.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Cumulus
Radio KNFM, KBAT, KMND in Midland, Texas. Hi Jim, Cumulus only has one person
for this. He is the Operations Director. Virtually working with no one else in
the five control rooms to make sure they are functioning like a well oiled
machine 24/7. How does the sales department sell radio time to a product that
virtually is not local and live up to the second? A good salesman will sell and
get the order! So the day you have an ice storm you could be hearing "it's
a beautiful day and 87 degrees". I guess the radio clients will think this
is funny and still continue to advertise. If they have a pro salesman working
them the answer is YES! Thank you, Leslie
GENE RODDENBERRY (August 19, 1921 - October 24,
1991) These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year
mission...to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
October 21, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1040
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TEXAS RADIO PIONEER PASSES Long time Texas radio
purveyor, 73 year-old Roy L. Lemons passes away of cardiac arrest on Wednesday,
September 28, 2011 in KC, MO. In the last email that we receive from Roy he
says that he sells his dream lake house on Grand Lake in Grove, OK for a tidy
profit. In September 2011 he and he and his wife of 10 years Dorothy move to
the largest Kansas City, MO hamlet Overland Park, KS for fun and excitement in
the big city. She is an Overland Park native. In 1962, Roy at 29 becomes one of
the youngest managers in radio as GM of KIKK-650 in the Houston, TX suburb of
Pasadena. He goes on to serve as GM of radio stations in Fort Worth, Beaumont
and New Orleans. In 1975, he is GM of KMGC FM in Dallas. His family settles in
Sanger, TX. His new career in newspapers begins in 1978 when he buys the Sanger
Courier from Ralph Cole. Roy expands his Lemons Newspapers as publisher of four
community newspapers: the Sanger Courier, Krum Star, Denton Business &
Community News and Lewisville/Flower Mound Business Journal. Roy Lemons'
survivors include his wife, Dorothy; two daughters; one stepdaughter; four
stepsons and 10 grandchildren, as well as his sister, Gladys and husband Delton
Goodin of Baytown, TX.
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TOWER WORKER PLUNGES TO HIS DEATH On Wednesday,
October 12, 2011 Matthew D. Goodner 30-year-old tower technician from Ford
Dodge, IA dies in a 500' nose dive around 1 pm from the old 1253' WHDH TV tower
in Newton just west of Boston, MA. Ultimate Tower Service of Midlothian, TX is
the contractor. The 60-story John Hancock Tower at 790' is Boston's tallest
building. Matt Peterson, VP of communications for American Tower Corporation,
reveals that the man was part of a subcontractor's crew placing a new antenna
pole and safety ladder. The tower at 1165 Chesnut Street in Newton next to
Route 128 houses Clear Channel WJMN FM, CBS Radio WBZ FM, WODS FM and Boston
University WBUR FM, plus 2 TV stations. An eyewitness Tommy Joyce says: I was
sick to my stomach. There were body parts everywhere. Kurt Jackson, an
experienced climber, says: One of two things happened; either equipment failure
or operator error.
COX RADIO PD ARRESTED The ancient proverb All's
fair in love and war might apply to the radio war going on in Tampa, FL between
Clear Channel WFLZ FM (93.3) and Cox's new upstart WPOI FM (Hot 101.5) Saint
Petersburg. Radio Ink reports that WPOI FM brings in Tim Clarke as PD to do the
hustle with WFLZ FM's listeners at any cost. For instance Tim attacks WFLZ FM's
morning man calling him too old to be playing modern day music hits. Now that's
a knock-out punch below the belt. Well, touché because this past weekend Pinellas
County Sheriff's deputies arrest Clarke and charge him with disorderly
conduct/intoxication. Cops release Tim on a $100 bail. Clear Channel posts
Clarke's mug shot on their Web site and takes the ball and runs with a new
promotion to poke fun at the Cox PD's $100 bail bond: Win Timmy's Bail Money.
Check out WFLZ FM's promo:
www.radioink.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.933flz.com/player/?mid=21500251. Radio
Ink asks: If this happened in your market, what would you do? Would you attack
like Clear Channel? Would you let it go?
TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does Southern Rock band
Lynyrd Skynyrd get their name? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Mark Driscoll [Mark Driscoll
Productions-Hollywood, CA] (www.markdriscoll.com) opens his birthday gifts on
Friday, October 21, 2011. •RON SMITH 69-year old 9AM-Noon Talk host on Hearst
WBAL-1090 Baltimore, MD since 1984 alerts his audience on Monday morning,
October 17, 2011 that he has stage four pancreatic cancer. •STEVE DAHL Chicago,
IL radio legend returns to WJJG-1530 in the Windy City hourly with A Daily Dose
of Dahl. •KBOQ FM Mapleton Communications (K-Bach 103.9) Seaside/Monterey, CA
flips Classical Music for Soft AC/Oldies B103.9 Songs You Remember. •CHUCK
COLLIER a voice on Adult Contemporary WGAR-1220 for 37 years and later on
Cleveland, OH’s dominant Country station WGAR FM (99.5) dies from a massive
heart attack.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 ELVIS PRESLEY's movie Jailhouse Rock opens on
October 21st. •1967 MUSIC CITY NEWS presents first annual awards on October
21st at Ernest Tubb's Record Shop. Merle Haggard is Favorite Male Artist.
Loretta Lynn is Favorite Female Artist. •1977 STEVIE GAINES guitarist who joins
Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1976 dies when their chartered Convair 240
aircraft crashes into a swamp near McComb, MS on October 21st. •1988 RANDY
TRAVIS' single Deeper Than The Holler releases on October 21st on Warner
Brothers records. •1995 MAXENE ANDREWS singer with the Andrews Sisters (69 Pop
hits 1940-51) dies of a heart attack at 79 on October 21st. •2004 TOBY KEITH's
Shock'n Y'all is his second Quadruple-Platinum album on October 21st.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) No, I don't recall a
Roy Lemons, but I know Roy Nichols in Dallas, he worked with Gary de Laune at
KLIF and KRLD in the 1960's, JFK and all that stuff. Gary told me recently that
Roy is going blind and he has other health issues. Not sure of his age,
probably upper 70's. I'm almost 72, and Gary is probably 75 or so. Did you ever
get any word on how Dick Mock was doing after the Joplin, MO. twister? If you
have any contact info for Dick Mock, I'd like to have it. Dick and I worked
together at KLIF (1190), I learned a lot from him. A wonderful writer. Take
care my friend, and don't take this radio business/stuff so seriously.
Remember, all that really matters is Jesus and your relationship with Him and
your doggy. That's all that's important. What all the other radio/TV people do,
will pass away some day. Don't worry about them, you just take care of
yourself. FH
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LEE ANN LEMONS [ROY LEMONS' daughter] (Sanger, TX)
Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1039) October 17, 2011 [Monday] Please
remove this e-mail address from your list. Roy has passed away. I'm
sorry...didn't know you knew him personally or I would have softened my initial
e-mail. I'm his daughter, Lee Ann. He died suddenly of cardiac arrest on Sept.
28. He and his wife, Dorothy, had moved to Kansas City in early September and
he was so ready to start enjoying "city life." We're all still
shocked and heartbroken.
CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX) No, Jim, I hadn't
heard that sad news. I knew Roy (Lemons). He was a very nice guy. Thank you for
letting me know. You and Lacy take care, Chet
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JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: hackers.
Jim, I was sorry to hear about your recent problems with computers and hacking.
Here is my story. About two weeks ago, someone hacked my email account and
cleaned it out. Gone are all the old jokes, cartoons, and JRRRs that I had
archived. They even cleaned out my contact list. I have had to open a new
account, but am not receiving much email since my old account was forwarded to
somewhere else. My new email is xxx. Could you please update your mailing list
so that I can start receiving JRRR again? I would greatly appreciate it. And
may the person(s) responsible for hacking my email die a slow, painful death in
jail somewhere. Keep up the good work.
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LYNN WOOLLEY (Waco-Killeen-Temple, TX) Subject:
Latest edition. Jim, I may not have indicated in the email I sent about Clear
Channel, but that text, attributed to me in JRRR, was a headline from TALKERS
Magazine that I was simply passing on to you. God forbid that I would EVER have
opinion on such a topic as industry consolidation. Lynn (www.BeLogical.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
gets their name from their Robert E. Lee High school gym teacher, Leonard
Skinner, who punishes founding members Gary Rossington and Bob Burns several
times for breaking the school's strict dress code which does not allow boys
with long hair to touch their collars or sideburns below their ears. The New
York Times refers to Leonard Skinner as arguably the most influential high
school gym teacher in American popular culture. Leonard Skinner dies at 77 on
September 20, 2010.
WENDEL HULSE (D/FW-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject:
Monday and Friday. Early Happy Birthday, Jim! We will still be here for you and
Lacy on Mondays and Fridays! Wendel Hulse (Grand Prairie, TX)
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882)
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 17, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1039
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
KEYBOARD PLAYER DIES IN CAR CRASH Joe [Taz] DiGregorio,
keyboard player with The Charlie Daniels Band for over 40 years, dies at 67 in
a single car crash on I-40 west of Nashville, TN on Wednesday, October 12,
2012. He is on his way to meet the Charlie Daniels Band tour bus for the band’s
next gig at the Cumming Country Fair. Taz is a co-writer of many of the Charlie
Daniels Bands songs that includes their biggest hit The Devil Went Down To
Georgia. Charlie Daniels says: I am in shock now, Taz was one of my best
friends. The CDB family has lost a great friend and musician. We traveled many
miles together and shared so many nights on the road. We’re going to miss you
buddy. You were one of a kind and will never be forgotten. Charlie Daniels
cancels their Cumming Country Fair show as well as their scheduled appearance
in Waterbury, CT on Saturday, January 19th. Ironically, on Saturday night,
January 19, 2008 Marty Stuart and Connie Smith induct Country legend Charlie
Daniels as newest member of the Grand Ole Opry on stage before a sold-out crowd
at the Ryman.
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RABBLE-ROUSERS RAVAGE TV REPORTERS On Tuesday
night, October 12, 2011 KTLA TV Los Angeles, CA reporter Eric Spillman tweets:
Somebody drew a circle 'A' anarchy symbol on a KTLA news van parked near the
Occupy LA campout at City Hall. Bob DeCastro of KTTV TV confirms that spray
paint riddles one of his station’s vans, as well as one from KNBC TV: Fox 11
& KNBC got one too! An anarchist trashes the KTLA TV van with a giant A.
Protests are one thing but these mob rule revolt fads by society's drop-outs
turn into helter-skelter live-in fetishes. This makes it mighty frightening for
reporters to cover the news. The cop squad moves in with riot gear to try to
calm the restless sea. Hey mister DJ! Play Oh What a Night by the Dells.
JRRR RETURNS TO TWICE A WEEK When JRRR begins in
May 2004, it is once each week. Due to the heavy amount of email it increases
to 2 per week then 3 each week. Three issues of JRRR each week requires over 50
hours of around the clock research to read and evaluate all of the news sources
plus to nail down each item that appears in JRRR. There is a lot of
misinformation on the Internet. It takes a lot of time to verify those items.
There is not much time left because on November 16, 2011 I will reach 68 years
on God's green earth. The ER physician says that I need more rest. So, JRRR
returns to 2 issues each week on Monday and Friday. Lacy and I thank you for
your email and we want you to continue to send us your radio stories, news
items plus to let us know what's going on in your world and your opinions. We
want to know. Muchas gracias and merci.
COMPUTER HACKING GONE WILD Recently, our email
address is hacked with a barrage of messages that promotes everything from
vitamins to Viagra. This hex occurs during the several days that our land line
is down which also means no Internet. What kind of 8-legged cretin attack is
this? Several scans remove that virus. The other day, a prankster hacks into
movie star Scarlett Johansson's email account to snoop into her private life. Blockbuster
says that she is one of the sexiest women in Hollywood. We remember Scarlett
vividly in Brian De Palma's 2002 femme fatale The Black Dahlia. On Wednesday,
October 12, 2011 FBI agents arrest computer hacker Christopher Chaney on
federal wiretapping and other charges. Christopher tells WTEV TV CBS CH47 in
Jacksonville, FL: I've always used computers - gaming, Facebook, things
everybody uses computers for. Honestly I don't even remember how or when it
started or with who it started. It just happened and snowballed. The FBI
reports that he snuck into the email accounts of 50 celebrities. A federal
judge bans Christopher from using the Internet.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Edward R. Murrow leave
CBS TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CHRIS FLANAGAN former Good Morning Texas morning
show anchor on WFAA TV ABC CH8 Dallas, TX relocates to WEWS TV ABC CH5 in
Cleveland, OH as possible 11 PM co-anchor. •WMC-790 Entercom Classic Country
Memphis, TN flips to Fox Sports Radio on Monday, October 17, 2011. •CARL
ANDERSON Cumulus SVP/Programming and Distribution Dallas, TX since 2008 bids
farewell on Friday, October 14, 2011. No word on his next move. •WOAI-1200
Clear Channel News/Talk San Antonio, TX needs experienced news reporter.
Contact Jim Forsyth at jimforsyth@clearchannel.com.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 SAM BOTTOMS actor as Lance in Apocalypse Now
(1979) born on October 17th. •1967 DOLLY PARTON replaces Norma Jean on The
Porter Wagoner Show on October 16th. •1975 MAURICE GIBB of The Bee Gees marries
Yvonne Spencely on October 17th. •1987 THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND's single
Fishin' In The Dark lands at #1 in Billboard Country on October 17th. •1994
BILLY JOEL performs the opening concert at Cleveland's Gund Arena on October
17th. •2006 TIM MCGRAW receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October
17th at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Virgin Records store.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Subject: Jim, a couple of
radio guys you know. Mr. Rose, (I sure appreciate you emailing me) Around 1970
I went to N.Y. and was interviewed by Wolfman Jack. I believe he was doing a
radio show at NBC. (maybe you can remember where he was doing his show). The
photo you see here is Wolfman and I in the 80s. He introduced me on stage at a
show in Nashville. Johnny Cash was also on the bill. The other photo is of Mike
Harvey of SuperGold and myself around 2008 at a place called The Villages in
Florida. Harvey was the DJ who broke "Love Can Make You Happy" by the
group Mercy who I was a member of. He tells the story in his own words. I have
released a new version of the Mercy million seller and it's currently in the
Top 10 in Cashbox. According to Bruce Elrod at Cashbox Magazine I'm one of only
5 artists in the history of Pop music to have their hit go up twice in the Top
10 in either Billboard or Cashbox. Thanks Jim, James Marvell (formerly of
Mercy) P.S. Many more stories if you'd like some and some about my shows with
Mercy etc.
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LYNN WOOLLEY (Waco-Killeen-Temple, TX) Subject:
Local Radio: We hardly knew ye. Clear Channel to Restructure Management in
Medium and Small Markets. 'Scuttlebutt in the industry that Clear Channel’s
regional managers meetings in Atlanta would reveal some sort of management
reorganization plan appears to be true and, though concrete details are still
few, it appears the company will be employing more regional market managers to
oversee its medium and small markets. Sources close to the story indicate that
each regional market manager will oversee anywhere between 10 and 15 markets in
order to give each manager less to focus on than the current system which has
fewer regional vice presidents responsible for many stations. The new setup
reportedly also includes a programmer to assist each regional market manager.
What this means for local talent and local programmers remains to be seen
however, it would not be unusual to see some sort of programming consolidation
where management feels it can contain costs without harming the on-air
product.' (www.BeLogical.com)
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LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Hi Jim, I
visited with Cumulus Radio KNFM, KBAT, KMND in Midland, Texas Thursday morning
where the Business Manager (female), Sales Director (male) told me that they
will not have local programming and are going w/ technology. Which means to me
you will hear the announcer sometimes not often enough between the songs talk
about stuff in the area. Though the person you hear doing the talking could be
coming from Waco, Austin, Lubbock, Arp {near Tyler, Longview), Art, Texas where
Barry Kaye lives {just east of Mason, Texas or about 90 miles northeast of
Austin} or anywhere on this planet or from anywhere in the vast Universe. Meaning
the local on air talent is not broadcasting live any more from the control
rooms in Midland or Odessa possibly. Thank you, Leslie
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1961 tensions erupt between
Edward R. Murrow and CBS TV. President John Kennedy appoints him as head of the
United States Information Agency. But he only has that position for three years
before he receives a diagnosis of lung cancer. In 1964 he wins the Presidential
Medal of Freedom. In 1965 Edward R. Murrow dies on his farm in New York.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Hello
Jim: Looking over my archives today...the 1966 edition of Who’s Who in Country
Music & noticed some interesting tid-bits: Recall a Jim Newton, DJ at KPCN,
Dallas? I had met Gabe Tucker several times, but did not know he had been a DJ
at KRCT Houston in 1961! Then there was a blurb about thievery at KBER, San
Antonio, where their station promo covered wagon was taken in March, 1965.
Always fun to look back over the archives now & then. from your friends,
BOB & BARB at the Southwest Outpost
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965) To build may have
to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless
act of a single day.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 14, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1038
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TV STATION TWEETS STORM BULLETINS When a storm zaps
the power from KTVT TV CBS CH11 in Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX for almost an hour during
its 5 pm broadcast, Larry Mowry whips out his Twitter to keep viewers informed.
Mowry Tweets about several severe thunderstorm warnings in the area plus when
KTVT TV's power comes back on the air. Larry Tweets: I’ll tweet my weather
forecast to you as we are off the air right now. Should be fun. Viewers Tweet
Mowry about when KTVT gets back on the air on their TV sets.
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HD TV ARRIVES IN BRAZOS VALLEY KBTX TV Gray
Television CBS CH3 Bryan-College Station, TX begins to air its newscasts in HD.
KBTX TV produces six newscasts Monday through Friday plus three on the
weekends. All of them are now broadcast in HD. This makes KBTX TV the first HD
newscast broadcaster in the Brazos Valley. Mike Wright, KBTX TV VP/GM, brags:
The Brazos Valley is one of the fastest growing regions in Texas and deserves
the latest in HD technology. KBTX has been partners with this area since 1957
and will always work to improve the product we air. Toward the end of 2011,
KBTX will have an all new HD-optimized set.
TV VET RETURNS TO LINCOLN Erika Summers returns to
KLKN TV ABC CH8 Lincoln, NB as morning
and midday anchor. In 2008, Erica exits KLKN TV for KMTV TV CBS CH3 in Omaha.
The Nebraska native tells TVSpy in an email: My last day at KMTV is Friday. I
sure will miss my co-workers here! But I am excited to head back to KLKN. In
April 2011, she suffers a broken wrist in a car crash on her way to cover a
story for KMTV TV. Erica returns to KLKN TV on October 19th. She replaces
Brittany Jeffers, who joins KOKI TV Tulsa, OK.
MOONVES RECEIVES MILESTONE AWARD The Producers
Guild of America hands Leslie Moonves, CBS Corporation honcho, its Milestone
Award at the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 21, 2012 at
the Beverly Hilton. Previous winners are Clint Eastwood, Jeffrey Katzenberg,
Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and James Cameron. Paula Wagner and Michael Manheim,
Producers Guild Awards co-chairs, report: Les Moonves is a true visionary, with
the rare combination of exemplary managerial skills, singular creative
instincts and forward thinking leadership of CBS and our industry. Les Moonves
leads the network's turnaround after he becomes CBS Entertainment President in
1995.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What other Rock star dies at
another time in the same apartment where Mama Cass Elliot singer with Pop group
The Mamas & Poppas passes away? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WLVW FM EMF Broadcasting Christian AC (K-Love
96.5) Moundsville/Wheeling, WV sells to Keymarket Communications for $550,000
who flips its format to Biggie Country 96.5 with new tower that pushes its
signal closer to Wheeling. •DAVE FRANKEL former WPVI TV ABC CH6 and KYW TV CBS
CH3 Philadelphia, PA weathercaster who evolves into law practice launches a new
website www.mykidslawyer.com. •KTRH-740 News/Talk Houston, TX Morning News
needs morning editor with two years TV reporter/editor writing experience. Rush
your stuff to News Director Roger Hudson RogerHudson@ClearChannel.com.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 WTEN TV ABC CH 10 in Albany, NY begins
broadcasting on October 14th. •1967 TAMMY WYNETTE's I Don't Wanna Play House is
her 1st #1 Billboard Country single on October 14th. •1977 BING CROSBY
singer/actor (1944 Academy award for Going My Way) dies of a heart attack at 74
on October 14th just after a round of golf in Madrid, Spain. •1989 CLINT
BLACK's single Killin' Time zooms to #1 in Billboard Country on October 14th.
•1997 HAROLD ROBBINS novelist (The Carpetbaggers-1964) dies at 81 on October
14th. •2003 JOSH TURNER's debut album Long Black Train releases on MCA records
on October 14th.
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ROY LEMONS (Grove, OK) Subject: Good to read your
column. I am 73 and sorta retired, we still own 4 small newspapers in Denton
County and I do the company's website and some internet sales. We live on Grand
Lake of the Cherokees in NE Oklahoma but have sold our house for a tidy profit
and will be moving to Kansas City that has a tad more nightlife. I have been
volunteering at nearby Joplin. When its 100 degrees it's really hard to do
much. Joplin is coming back very, very slowly (from the tornado). The high
school was destroyed and 900 kids are going to school in portion of a mall.
Love your column and remember the great days of radio...glad to have been a
part of it. Roy Lemons, KIKK SM, KBUY GM, KTYL/KJET GM, WBOK GM, KTYL Owner
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JAY WEST (Houston, TX) Subject: Charlie Trub. Hello
Jim, Sad to report that South Texas radio mogul Charlie Trub has passed away at
age 86. Charlie retired out of radio many years ago and was living in Port
Isabel-Padre Island area. Charlie became owner and GM of KRIO, McAllen while I
was program director there in late '60's and '70's. I, however left that post
in Nov., 1971 to jock at KILT in Houston for 5 years. The funeral is being held
in San Antonio at noon, Tuesday October 27th. Just the mention to let folks know
Good time Charlie is gone for those who may have known him or passed through
while he was there. He owned KRIO-AM (McAllen), KRIX-FM (Brownsville), XRIO
(TV) McAllen as well as other properties around the state of Texas. Thank you
Jim for passing this on. Jay West
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JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Several years back,
someone put together a show at The Bass Hall in downtown Fort Worth. The idea
was to feature three of Fort Worth's great talents. It was a nostalgic concert
of sorts with Delbert McClinton opening, Bruce Channel coming out on cue when
Delbert began playing the opening of "Hey Baby" on the harmonica and
then Ray Sharpe followed with the guitar opening of "Linda Lou".
After the opening, they each sang their "roots" songs with McClinton
doing The Ron-Dels "If You Really Want Me To Go I Will". Channel did
"Mr. Bus Driver" or "Number One Man", I don't remember
which, and Sharpe sang "There's Icicles On My Bicycle". It was a nice
evening or reminiscing. Each of the three talked a little about their past and
it was during that time that Channel, who lives in Nashville, mention several
songs he had written, one being "Party Time". Ray Sharpe mentioned
that when he cut "Linda Lou", they went to Arizona to cut that song
because that's where Dwayne Eddy lived at the time and it was him and his
guitar that did the opening and lead on "Linda Lou". A very nice evening!!
Jay Weaver
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1974, after two weeks of sold-out
solo concerts at the London Palladium, Mama Cass Elliot singer with Pop group
The Mamas & Poppas dies in her sleep at 32 from a heart attack in London
flat, #12 at 9 Curzon Place, Shepherd Market, Mayfair which is on loan from Pop
singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson. Four years later, Keith Moon, drummer for Rock
band The Who dies in the very same flat. An often repeated myth is that Elliot
dies as she chokes on a ham sandwich. The rumor begins after police tell
reporters that a partially eaten sandwich they find in her room might cause her
to choke to death. But a post-mortem examination finds that Mama Cass Elliot
dies of a heart attack. They find no food in her windpipe.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) JIM: One
of the original founders & bassist for the recording group, The Tymes,
Donald Banks, passed away on Oct. 7. Their lead/singer, George Williams died 7
years ago. Their #1 hit in 1963 was: "So Much In Love," followed by
"Wonderful, Wonderful," peaking at #7 later that year. The Tymes are
inductees into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2005. Bob & Sonny Lee.
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1034) October 05,
2011 [Wednesday] I was also glad to hear my old friend Joe Ford is still
kicking and knocking out those spots in his studio near Houston. It's good to
know another one from the 'old days' is still doing great work. Joe has always
been one of my favorite 'commercial' announcers. Jim Gough
DR. DON ROSE [KFRC-610 San Francisco, CA November
1973] I'd like to do more for ya, but I gotta get outta here before my
deodorant quits.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 12, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1037
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COUNTRY SINGER-SONGWRITER TAKES LAST BOW A singer
and songwriter who pens more than 400 tunes during his 60-plus-year career, Country
Johnny Mathis, dies at 80 in his Cornersville, TN home on Tuesday, September
27, 2011 just one day before his 81st birthday. Country music's Johnny Mathis
shares the same name as legendary Pop crooner Johnny Mathis. In 1949, he signs
with StarTalent records. For much of the 1950s, he is a regular performer on
the Louisiana Hayride. He also appears on the Big D Jamboree, The Grand Ole
Opry, The Wilburn Brothers Show and TNN's Nashville Now. In 1953, as the duo
Jimmy and Johnny, he hits the Top 10 on Chess Records with If You Don't
Somebody Else Will. In 1963, his biggest solo single, Please Talk to My Heart,
on United Artists Records lands at #14. During the 1950s, 60s and 70s he
records on Chess, Columbia and Mercury records. Many top artists record Johnny's
songs: George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Charley Pride, Johnny Paycheck, Johnny
Horton, Jimmy Dean, George Hamilton IV, Freddy Fender, Webb Pierce, The Whites,
along with Rock singer Elvis Costello. He spends much of the 1970s, 80s and 90s
writing and singing Gospel music. A massive stroke in 1999 disables him.
Country Johnny Mathis's survivors include his wife of 43 years, Jeannie Mathis,
and four children.
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TV CHAIN UNLOADS 9 STATIONS About four months after
McGraw-Hill places its TV stations up for sale, it closes the deal on its
9-station group for $212 million in cash to E. W. Scripps. The McGraw-Hill
package includes ABC affiliates in Denver, CO (KMGH TV); San Diego, CA (KGTV
TV); Bakersfield, CA (KERO TV); Indianapolis, IN (WRTV TV) plus
Spanish-language network Azteca America TV affiliates in Denver, Fort Collins,
Colorado Springs, San Diego and Bakersfield. Scripps properties include six
ABC-affiliated stations: WXYZ TV (Detroit, MI); WEWS TV (Cleveland, OH); WCPO
TV (Cincinnati, OH); KNXV TV (Phoenix, AZ); WFTS TV (Tampa, FL) and WMAR TV
(Baltimore, MD). Scripps also has three NBC affiliates: Kansas City, MO (KSHB
TV); West Palm Beach, FL (WPTV TV) and Tulsa, OK (KJRH TV); plus independent
KMCI TV in Lawrence, KS. This brings Scripps ownership to 10 ABC affiliates for
a total of 19 TV stations. Scripps' whose base is Cincinnati, OH reports $97
million in revenue in 2010. It has 460 people on its staff.
SMARTPHONE CHOICE REVEALS WHO WE ARE RBR-TVBR
reports that a BIGresearch Prosper Mobile Insights study reveals its user's
personal characteristics. RBR-TVBR observes: If you use an Android/Droid type
mobile device, chances are you are younger, perhaps a student, and apt to play
games on them. If you use a Blackberry, you are older, maybe you're a business
owner or professional with a nice income. If you use an iPhone, you may be
somewhere in between.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS TV debut its first
news documentary series? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KEITH MONAHAN weathercaster exits KIAH TV CW CH39
Houston, TX after 11 years to replace Brett Cummins KARK TV NBC CH4 Little
Rock, AR. •RALPH BARBIERI longtime KNBR-680 Sports talk personality in the San
Francisco Bay Area reveals that he has Parkinson's disease. He receives the
diagnosis in 2005 but keeps mum so as to not damage his career. Barbieri says
that he has few symptoms of the disease. •LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS inducts Rascal
Flatts into the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday night, October 8, 2011 during the
Opry’s 86th birthday anniversary.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 KBTV TV (now KUSA) ABC CH9 in Denver, CO
begins broadcasting on October 12th. •1969 RHETT AKINS Country
singer/songwriter (Don't Get Me Started #1-1996) born on October 13th in
Valdosta, GA. •1971 GENE VINCENT 1950s Rock'n'Roll icon dies of bleeding ulcers
at 36 on October 12th. •1985 MARIE OSMOND & DAN SEALS' single Meet Me in
Montana lands at #1 in Billboard Country on October 12th. •1991 STATLER
BROTHERS SHOW premieres on TNN on October 12th. •2006 SARA EVANS files for
divorce on October 12th in Franklin, TN and withdraws from ABC-TV's Dancing
with the Stars.
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CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Subject: Your
mishap... Hi Jim, Boy, I'm so sorry to hear about your fall and subsequent trip
to the hospital to get stapled. As bad as it was, I guess it could have turned
out even worse for you, so a smidgeon of luck probably came into play, thank
God! Take care, be careful, and you and Lacy have a good weekend! Connell
CHARLIE OCHS (Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL) Subject:
Staples! Be careful of the staples in your head...I understand they might act
as an antenna and bring in unwanted distant signals. Charlie Ochs; Ochs Media
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1036) October 10,
2011 [Monday] Glad to hear about my dear friend Patsy Montana. She was a guest
on my radio show at KRLD in 1995. I met Patsy at the National Cowboy Symposium
in Lubbock in 1991 where both she and I performed on the same stage. My
Grandfather, Judge L. Gough was honored as Texas' first cowboy poet that year.
Patsy sang her signature song and we reunited several times at
"cowboy" events around the Southwest. The last time I saw her she was
back in Lubbock for that annual show and dragging her guitar case up to stage.
I offered to help, but she refused. Patsy was a trooper and if you haven't
heard it, you should find her recording of "Willie, cowboys don't look
like that"! She and I were on a panel on western songs once and someone
asked if she still wrote tunes. Patsy said, "it's not easy anymore to
write about cow-persons and native Americans"! The great Patsy
Montana...one of a kind! Jim Gough
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Jim and Lacy, I found TV
to be the absolutely hardest thing I ever did. I never got used to talking to a
lens. But I appreciate that you thought my performance was reasonably good.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_HmOvFhoGU) Bill
MICHAEL JAMES LUCAS (Austin, TX) Subject: Bad email
on Thursday and Friday. Thanks Jim...it happens more often than you might
think. I get something like this every few months or so from someone else, and
once you open it, you can tell it’s bogus. No worries over here. BTW...do you
do Facebook? Michael James Lucas (www.LucasArtistManagement.com) /
(www.LucasVoiceOver.com) / (www.LucasOnHold.com)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Do send me info on Country Johnnie (Mathis), unless all in
newsletter. I remember him as solo & duo too. Sylvia Robinson also
produced,"Love On A Two-Way Street," a #3 hit by The Moments, April,
1970. Her son, Joey is in the music biz too. Thx for your reply, BOB.
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Not sure
about the TRHOF dinner yet, but if I go, I would love to sit with you and chat.
Blaine Lindsay, who once worked at KISS in Dallas and does voiceover work now
needs a ride, and I may take him.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On November 18, 1951 CBS-TV debuts
its first news documentary series, See It Now, with legendary host Edward R.
Murrow. The program that runs through July 7, 1958 is the first live
coast-to-coast commercial television broadcast. See It Now, produced by Fred
Friendly and directed by Don Hewitt, pretty much invents the TV news
documentary. It shows viewers both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
simultaneously with its newly laid coaxial cable. See It Now wins three Emmy
Awards (Best Public Affairs Program-1952; Best Program of News or Sports-1953;
Best Public Service Series-1953).
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Wow! I hope you recover
from your fall, I have taken a few falls in my time. I need your address for my
files. I don't save information on my computer, due to attacks. I think it is
time to renew my subscription to the newsletter.
CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) I never could have done
what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence,
without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 10, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1036
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
GOOD OLE BOY IS NO MORE We Blues Brothers fans
remember all too well the lead singer and driver of the Winnebago for The Good
Old Boys band who chases John Belushi and Dan Ankyroid up and down the highway.
Veteran Hollywood actor Charles Napier is Good Old Boy Tucker McElroy in The
Blues Brothers movie. Charles L. Napier (April 12, 1936 - October 5, 2011) is
an actor who is known for his portrayals of square-jawed tough guys and
military types. According to a family friend, Charles who is a resident of Bakersfield,
CA since the 1980s dies at 75 on Wednesday afternoon, October 5, 2011 at
Bakersfield's Memorial Hospital. Over the years, we see Napier in many movie
roles. He is Lt. Boyle in Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Murdock, the
intelligence officer who commands Rambo in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985).
Charles also appears in The Dukes of Hazzard (1981) and Oscar-winning films
like Philadelphia (1993). Napier provides some of The Hulk's growls in 1970s TV
series The Incredible Hulk. From 1997 through 2001, he is the voice of Zed on
Men in Black: The Series. On and on for eons, we see Charles Napier on both TV
and in the movies. His last film is The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009).
Charles Napier leaves behind two wives including Delores Wilson and three
children: Chuck Whitnel, Charles Hunter Napier (named after famed writer Hunter
S. Thompson, an acquaintance of Charles') and Meghan Saralena Chariece Susanna
Napier. (www.charlesnapier.com/gallery/framgall.htm)
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NEW APPLE IS AT THE BOTTOM In Shakespeare's Romeo
& Juliet, she tells her lover Romeo that she loves the person, not the
name. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Apple's new IPhone 4S Siri
is now the butt of jokes in Japan because in Japanese, Siri is a slang word for
a person's rear end. Apparently, Apple hits a bum note in Japan with the name
of its voice-activated personal assistant for the new iPhone 4S. Wall Street
Journal reports that one Tweet said that when you typed in the 'Siri' in that
country on Google, the search engine asks if you meant the slang word instead.
Some say that Siri sounds like the name of a feminine hygiene product. As fast
as a speeding bullet on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Apple's new IPhone 4S Siri
lights up Twitter's tweets in Japan with chatter and laughter. Soothsayers
divine by the noise of crows and ravens. But who are the samurai to snicker
about Siri? After all, it is they who give us the Wii. All things must pass.
Dallas Business Journal says: With any luck, Apple will also be able to put
Siri, too, in its rear-view mirror without any major damage in Japan.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What female artist has the first
million-selling Country single record? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•AL DAVIS Oakland Raiders rebellious NFL 1992 Pro Football
Hall of Fame owner dies at 82 on Saturday, October 8, 2011. •KENA-1450 Mena, AR
latest owner Elvis L. Moody and Norman McChristian M and M Media hands $70K
cash to Jay Bunyard’s Ouachita Broadcasting for the operation. Its new CP
widens its 1 kW signal and moves the city of license to Fort Smith, AR.
KENA-1450's motto is Gospel Good News 1450. •PETER EDGE new RCA CEO shuts down
Sony's three biggest labels: Arista, Jive and J Records. He moves their artists
over to the RCA Records label. In 1974 ex CBS records head Clive Davis forms
Arista records, discovers top new artists. In 1977 Clive Calder founds Jive. In
2002 he sells Jive to BMG for $2.74 billion.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 HO CHI MINH enters Hanoi, Vietnam on October
10th after French troops pull out. •1960 GREGG HUBBARD keyboard player and
singer Mark Miller form Sawyer Brown born on October 4th in Orlando, FL. •1976
CONNEE BOSWELL one of the most popular female vocalists of her time with over
30 charted recordings from 1932 through 1954 dies at 68 on October 10th. •1981
T.G. SHEPPARD's Party Time scores #1 in Billboard Country on October 10th.
•1994 NEW YORK GIANTS retire Lawrence Taylor's #56 on October 10th. •2001
LONESTAR's video With Me debuts on October 10th on CMT's Most Wanted Live.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: Johnny and Jack. Thanks for an interesting article on the death of
Johnny Wright and the J and J bio. I had forgotten that once Chet had joined
them. J and J made country music history especially their country versions of
old R&R songs that mainstream country (at the time) said it'll never work.
My all time favorite is their Ashes Of Love. Sadly, we are losing the
traditional greats but leaving behind a legacy that remains. Now CMA might
decide that their legacy belongs in the Hall Of Fame. So many have to pass
along before they are really recognized. Red Jones Georgia Radio Hall Of Fame
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: Rose
Wright (Beth Rose) has died. Rose Wright, 20-year DFW radio vet, died Sept 25,
2011, at age 56. She was the former morning co-host with "Humble"
Billy Hayes at KEGL ("The Rude Awakening," in the station's earliest
days) and again with Hayes later at KTKS (106.1, the original Kiss-FM.) She also worked as "Beth Rose" at
KNUS in the 1970s, and again as "Rose Wright" later at KCDU
(CD-107.5) and at the 2nd incarnation of Oasis (KOAI-107.5.) She was still
living in the Dallas area, working in private industry. Her real name is
Elizabeth Ann Sheppard, and was married for a time to Billy Hayes. Services
pending; here's the obit link:
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Elizabeth-Sheppard&lc=2251&pid=153844486&mid=4827701
007 JAMES BOND The James Bond movie enterprise
intrigues us fans for decades. There are several actors who portray Bond on the
big screen but to me Sean Connery and Roger Moore are the only true James
Bonds. All the rest are imitations. Hands down, my all time favorite James Bond
flick is Goldfinger. Shirley Bassey's rendering of the theme song sends shivers
up and down my spine. What a magnificent voice she has! Please tell us. What is
your favorite James Bond film? What is going on in your life at the time that
you go to the movie theater to see 007? Quick! Let us know before it slips your
mind. Rosekkkj@earthlink.net
JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1031) September 28, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim, I wonder how many
people know that Sly Stone's a Texan from Denton, and if memory serves, worked
for a while at KDNT before heading out to San Francisco. He was in radio out
there as well, and was a record producer who worked with the Beau Brummels,
among others. It's too bad that he apparently thought the fame, and money,
would last forever. Yours Truly, John Hale; Mobile Magic Music (33.Music)
"We're at the best parties!"
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Roger Williams. the virtuoso pianist who topped the charts in the
50's has died @ 87, Sat, Oct. 8, from complications of pancreatic cancer.
Williams, diagnosed in March, performed his last concert a few days later at
Palm Desert, CA. His hit "Autumn Leaves" in 1955, was the first instrumental tune to reach #1 on Billboard
pop charts, & he performed before nine Presidents at the White House. He
also scored two more Gold chart single records & released 115 albums, of
which 18 went gold & platinum. He had radio shows as a teen on stations
KRNT & later WHO, Des Moines. He also won Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
show, as well as "Chance of a Lifetime," with Dennis James. His star
on Hollywood Walk of Fame was first to honor a pianist. Barb & I met Roger
Williams as he performed in Scottsdale, AZ., on his birthday, Oct. 1, 1996. BOB
& Sonny Lee.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On October 30, 1908 Ruby Rebecca
Blevins is born in Beaudry, AR. In 1930, she moves to California. In 1931, she
wins a talent contest and begins to appear on KTMR in Los Angeles as Rubye
Blevins, the Yodeling Cowgirl from San Antone. She adds the additional e for
sophistication. In 1932, she appears on KMIC in Inglewood, CA with Country
music star Stuart Hamblen. Yodeler Monty Montana's appearance inspires her to
use Montana as her last name. Hamblen suggests Patsy as her first name. Patsy
Montana becomes a feisty cowgirl entertainer who yodels. In summer 1932,
KWKH-1130 in Shreveport, LA books her for one week. Her self-penned 1935 single
I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart is the first recording by a female Country
artist with sales of a million copies. On May 3, 1996 at 87 Patsy Montana
perishes at her home in San Jacinto, CA. In fall 1996, she inducts into the
Country Music Hall of Fame.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Was
that Steel, hardened Plastic, or Dissolving Staples. Jim, I get this picture of
you looking like Frankenstein? I hope these were dissolving staples? How are
you today? Leslie Wayne Hodges
OLD ENGLISH PROVERB: A stitch in time saves nine.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 07, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1035
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
R.I.P. STEVE JOBS (1955-2011) Computer innovator
Steve Jobs who co-founds and is CEO of Apple Incorporated dies at 56 on
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 from a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. In
2004, Jobs announces to his employees that doctors diagnose him with a tumor in
his pancreas. The Apple computer head steps down in August 2011 as CEO due to
his failing health. Steve's replacement is Tim Cook. Ironically, Jobs passes
away just one day after Apple unveils its new iPhone 4S. This is the first new
product presentation in years where Steve is not on stage in his signature
jeans and black turtleneck. Apple issues a statement: Steve’s brilliance,
passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and
improve all of our lives. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his
family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his
extraordinary gifts. (www.apple.com/)
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ROCKY TOP GOES TO THE HEAD OF THE CLASS In 1967,
famed songwriter husband and wife team Boudleaux and Felice Bryant pen the
popular up tempo hit song Rocky Top. Many artists perform the tune but two have
the biggest selling versions. On February 2, 1968 Bluegrass icons The Osborne
Brothers land on Billboard with Rocky Top which peaks at #33. On June 6, 1970
Country-Pop singer Lynn Anderson scores #17 with the melody. But for decades at
the University of Tennessee, Rocky Top is #1. So much so that it becomes the
Volunteer's unofficial fight anthem. The U of T Pride of the Southland Marching
Band begins playing Rocky Top in 1972. The Bryant's sons Dane and Del form a
partnership with the school. The Tennessean reports that the Bryants also
donate money for the creation of the Rocky Top Institute, which will allow
students to build the Rocky Top brand and develop new products. The Rocky Top
Institute location is in UT's Department of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism
Management. Professor Emeritus Nancy Rutherford is the director. Good ole Rocky
Top! Rocky Top, Tennessee!
MR. ED HITS THE BIG SCREEN The popular 1960s TV
series Mr. Ed who is a talking horse along with its owner Wilbur Post might
possibly soon hit the big screen. The original TV series on CBS runs from
October 1, 1961 to February 6, 1966. Alan Young plays Wilbur Post while Allan
Lane voices Mr. Ed the horse. Mr. Ed only talks to Wilber when no one else is
around which creates many comical episodes. Recently, Elizabeth Gabler's Fox
2000 acquires the film rights to the 1960s TV series Mr. Ed. This is not the
first equestrian film for Gabler, who is an avid horse devotee. Her Fox 2000
also produces the 2006 film Flicka. Friendly Films head David Friendly (Little
Miss Sunshine-2006) and Jim Mahoney are to be the producers of the live-action
family film, along with a real horse that has a CG-animated mouth. Mahoney is
very familiar with the project since he is Executive Producer of the 2004 TV
movie Mr. Ed with David Alan Basche as Wilbur and Sherman Hemsley is the voice
of Mr. Ed. The search is on for a writer and director of the new movie Mr. Ed.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the TV broadcast date of
the first NFL Super Bowl game? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KXAS TV NBC O&O CH5 Ft. Worth-Dallas, TX bids
adieu to weekend anchor Ashanti Blaize and reporter Susy Solis. •CHARLIE THOMAS
is new Market Manager of Mary Quass' NRG Media's four-station Central Wisconsin
radio cluster: WYTE FM, WBCV FM, WGLX FM and WLJY FM. •VANESSA MURDOCK
meteorologist exits WTKR TV CBS CH3 in Norfolk, VA to join CBS O&O WCBS TV
CH2 in NYC on Monday, October 10, 2011 as weekend morning meteorologist and
weekday reporter. She also is an adjunct instructor of meteorology at Virginia
Wesleyan College.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 MARIO LANZA opera tenor singer dies on
October 7th at 38 of a heart attack in Rome, Italy. •1966 TIM RUSHLOW lead
singer of Little Texas born on October 6th in Arlington, TX. •1977 STEVE
HACKETT guitarist quits Rock group Genesis on October 7th. •1984 HAL DAVID (It
Was Almost Like A Song #1-1977) and Billy Sherrill (Stand By Your Man #1 for 3
weeks-1968) induct into The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame on October 7th.
•1991 LEO DUROCHER baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants) dies at 86 on
October 7th. •2000 CHRIS LEDOUX has a liver transplant on October 7th in Omaha,
NE.
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CHARLIE OCHS (Tampa-St. Petersburg-Lutz, FL)
Subject: Staples! I understand the tail bone pain. I rode a buffalo across a
rodeo ring once in a promotional race with other DJs in Phoenix in about
1975...In case you've never noticed, the back of a buffalo is like the peak of
a house. I did my morning show sitting on a blow up donut for about 3 months!
Charlie Ochs; Ochs Media
BUTCH RYAN [Tampa, FL] Subject: Butch Ryan. Mr.
Rose, Just wanted to say thank you for all you do in helping indie artists like
myself in promoting our unheard music. It is very appreciated. Thanks, and take
care, Butch Ryan (www.butchryan.net)
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) A.C. Nielsen
Jr., Who Transformed Research Firm, Dies at 92 - NYTimes.com.
(www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/business/media/ac-nielsen-jr-who-transformed-research-firm-dies-at-92.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries)
JIM GOUGH (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) [Mr.
Texas-actor-voice actor] Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1034) October 05,
2011 [Wednesday] I too was saddened to hear of Jerry Hayne's passing. Back in
the early stages of my advertising career I was an art director with Aylin
Advertising in Dallas. We had the Cabel's Dairies account and sponsored Jerry's
first TV show. He and I became friends over the years as we both began getting
character parts in movies around Texas. I would always run into him at
auditions and we'd visit and catch up on our careers. He'll be missed by many.
Jim Gough/ Austin
BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Subject: Rascal McCaskill.
Jim, About 8 years ago, I did this TV piece about Rascal for News24-Houston.
(I've been loading on YouTube the most interesting ones of those that I did).
It might be fun for your readers to have the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_HmOvFhoGU. Rascal was released from the
nursing home a couple of months back, and is at home doing quite well
considering his illnesses. The only annoying thing for him is that he has to
eat his food processed in a blender in order for him to be able to digest it.
Even then, the only time he complains is when he's given mushed up pizza.
Regards, Bill Cherry
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DEAN DANIELS (Dallas-Lewisville, TX) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. I doubt that they can steal your password but
there are hacker programs that can put a worm on your computer and get your
address book (which is probably what happened). Then they send out messages to
your address book contact using your Jim Rose name but not your actual email
address (they use an email address of their own with your name in front,
example: jimrose123@aol.com or something similar). The spam I got was like
that, the idea being that you'll click on the email seeing your name but not
noticing the bogus other address (@whatever.com) in the email. I recently got
some emails from the host of our Sing Out America gospel music series using his
name and a new address. Clicked on that without looking beyond the name and
discovered my old friend also had deals on the "blue pill!" LOL!
Hospital ER? YIKES! I sure hope you're doing ok now! I'm sure Lacy needs her
sherbet too! Be well! Dean Daniels; Video Specialist, NOC, CSC; Freeman Audio
Visual Solutions (www.cmtcountry.com) / (http://cmtcountry.com/)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On January 15, 1967 CBS TV
broadcasts Super Bowl I between Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers and the
Kansas City Chiefs from Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA. Ray Scott, Jack
Whitaker, Frank Gifford and Pat Summerall are in the booth for CBS. 39.9
million viewers watch Quarterback Bart Starr receive MVP prize.
JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1034) October 05, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim, I hope you're
recuperating well from your fall. I've discovered that at 65, I'm not nearly as
light on my feet as I used to be, and my recovery time has doubled. Be
careful...we all want you around for a long time! Yours Truly, John Hale;
Mobile Magic Music 512.336.8742 (33.Music) "We're at the best
parties!"
MARK TWAIN [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (November
30,1835 - April 21,1910) Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't
mind, it doesn't matter.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 05, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1034
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
POPULAR TV PITCHMAN DIES Arizona TV pitchman Don
Lapre's face and voice are very familiar to us TV viewers on his infomercial
dissertations. U.S. Marshals arrest Lapre on June 23, 2011 in Tempe, AZ after
he does not appear for his arraignment. They place him in federal jail without
bond, as he awaits trial on charges of defrauding at least 220,000 people out
of nearly $52 million. Prosecutors accuse Don of selling worthless vitamins
that could not live up to advertising claims. A grand jury indicts the
47-year-old on 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and promotional
money laundering in connection to his company 'The Greatest Vitamin in the World'.
Spokesman Matt Hershey says: Donald Lapre was found dead in his cell at a
Florence facility Sunday morning.
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NO MORE HANK WILLIAMS For us NFL fans, Monday Night
Football on TV is a regular ritual. Former Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Dandy Don
Meredith, ex NY Giants running back Frank Gifford and sports journalist Howard
Cosell become our heroes as they describe each play. Decades later, we expect
to hear Hank Williams, Jr. yell out the familiar phrase: Are You Ready for Some
Football? As another exciting year of NFL opens, we discover that ESPN suddenly
yanks Hank and his signature song away from Monday Night Football's game
between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts. It seems that ESPN
gets all het up because of Hank, Jr.'s comments on Monday morning's interview
on Fox News' Fox & Friends when he speaks of BHO's recent golf game with
House Speaker John Boehner. ESPN issues a quick statement: While Hank Williams
Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our
company through the open to 'Monday Night Football'. We are extremely
disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the
open from tonight's telecast. Hank Williams, Jr. kicks off Monday Night
Football since 1989. It's as big a part of the game as the teams and players
themselves. Hank, Jr.'s 1984 hit All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight
remixed version All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night scores Hank
Williams, Jr. four Emmy Awards as the opening theme to Monday Night Football.
A.T. & T. FIXES BROKEN LINK On Wednesday
morning, September 28, 2001 around 2:30 am, our telephone line goes dead which
also means that our link to the Internet that publishes JRRR is out. After a
little over 45 minutes, our telephone line reconnects to the Internet. For the
next several days, most of the time our telephone line is DOA. On Friday, an
A.T. & T. technician will arrive to fix our cable. But as I vacuum the
floor, the cord wraps around my foot. Give it a swift kick, fall backwards and
smash the back top of my head on Lacy's large steel cage. Hospital ER shoots 6
staples to seal the wound. On Monday, A.T. & T. reroutes another lineman
for the county. He says that our underground line is bad. He plugs us into a
new outside line. So, we're back in service after 6 days.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What are the call letters of NYC's
second all news radio station? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•SUSAN BARNETT KYW TV CBS CH3 Philadelphia, PA and
husband Dr. Greg Persichetti welcome baby #3 Cruise Theresa Persichetti at
6:03pm. Friday, September 21, 2011. •DON WILLIAMS receives the ASCAP Golden
Note Award at its 49th annual Country Music Awards on Sunday, November 6, 2011.
Don amasses 45 Top 10 hit records and 17 #1 songs. •KTEK-1110 Businessradio
Houston Licensee LLC Houston-Alvin, TX court-ordered sale. Bids due by October
10, 2011. (http://KCMReceivership.com) For more information contact: Thomas L.
Taylor III, Receiver taylor@tltaylorlaw.com 713-626-5300.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 KRTV TV CBS CH3 in Great Falls, MT begins
broadcasting on October 5th. •1966 LORETTA LYNN records Don't Come Home A
Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) on October 5th at Bradley's Barn in Mt.
Juliet, TN. •1970 PAPA JOHN CREACH joins San Francisco Psychedelic Rock group
Jefferson Airplane on October 5th. •1986 THE EVERLY BROTHERS gain a star on the
Hollywood Walk Of Fame on October 2nd. •1992 EDDIE KENDRICKS falsetto singer
co-founder of The Temptations dies of lung cancer on October 5th at 52. •2005
SARA EVANS' album Real Fine Place releases on RCA records on October 4th.
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JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Subject: Bad email
on Thursday and Friday. Thanks, Jim. I knew what had happened. Very thoughtful
of you to let everyone know. So busy with my health issues and taking care of
my mother that I'm lucky to get to read your newsletter at all, but I try
unless Yahoo/ATT won't let me do anything. My daughter is talking to her I.T.
guy at the cancer treatment place where she works on Monday. She says they've
eliminated anything that has to do with Yahoo from their systems. I know little
about how all the computer things work, but she did tell me that by using
MSN.com or comcast.net, I wouldn't have to put up with all the ads, my info
being given to other people, etc. I thought I had to use ATT or Yahoo as my
homepage since I have SBC as my phone company and internet. Seems all I have to
do is use Internet Explorer, check out what I want to use and then do it. IF I
ever get a chance, I will. They sure don't tell you that. J.
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SAM MORROW (Houston, TX) Subject: Weaver Morrow.
Mr. Rose, Please let your readers know that Houston Radio Icon Weaver Morrow
(my father) passed away today (Wednesday, September 28, 2011) at 63. He had
been battling cancer. If anyone would like to get more info please post my
e-mail samtmorrow@yahoo.com. Sam Morrow Houston
MIKE HARTMAN (Ft. Worth-Joshua, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1032) September 30, 2011 [Friday] Jim...I'm sorry to
read about your fall. I hope you're recouping well. You'll be in my prayers.
Thank you, so much, for JRRR...and all the efforts you put into it. Also,
thanks for mentioning Jerry Haynes...a sad loss. I was nine when he began
"Mr. Peppermint", here in the D/FW area. Saturday (10-1-11) I had the
honor, and joy, of entertaining the 55th Reunion of Geen B. Trimble Tech High
School's Class of 1956. It was actually a double honor. I graduated from that
same school in 1970. A couple of the alumni did an updated skit of the old
Abbott and Costello's "Who's on first". Instead of baseball the theme
was computers. It was pretty funny. And, of course, the music I sang was right
up my alley. Easy on the vacuuming, and give Lacy a pat on the head for me.
Mike
ED MILLER (Austin, TX) Subject: Bad email on
Thursday and Friday. Jim, You have been hacked. It happens to people all the
time. Most often when it happens to me, it is a Trojan or a Worm that has been
snuck into my system from something forwarded to me by someone else. I no
longer open unexpected forwards, even from someone I know...especially if the
subject line is blank; that seems to be a dead giveaway. -Ed
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
company. All the answers you received on bad emails reminds me what mama always
said. "if you want to have company cook a big meal and invite them."
If you want to see all who read you, put out a bad email. They will answer
quick. Haven't seen so much responses since the woman wrote the nasty emails to
you a while back. Remember her?
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DEAN DANIELS (Dallas, TX) Subject: Bad email on
Thursday and Friday. Hi Jim, I don't think it's just you. We're getting spammed
with names of people on our address books but with different AOL or other
addresses. Someone may be hitting your address book and then sending out these
bogus emails using your (and others) names with their own addresses. On the
other hand... Do you really have the best blue pill available on the market?
LOL!!! Dean Daniels; Video Specialist, NOC, CSC; Freeman Audio Visual Solutions
TRIVIA ANSWER: On August 28, 1967 CBS WCBS-880
becomes NYC's second all-news radio station. NYC's first all-news format Group
W (Westinghouse) WINS-1010 breaks ground in April 1965.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: A Singer/songwriter/producer/later a record owner & hip-Hop
pioneer, has died in NJ. Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson died @ 75 on 9/29. She
teamed with Mickey Baker in 1957, on the #1 hit, "Love Is Strange,"
as Mickey & Sylvia & a later solo, the sultry, "Pillow Talk"
in 1973. BOB & Sunny Lee
LINDA ELLERBEE (NBC TV) And so it goes.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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October 03, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1033
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
60 MINUTES ICON SIGNS OFF What is CBS TV's Sunday
News series 60 Minutes without Andy Rooney? His final appearance on the CBS TV
newsmagazine is Sunday, September 30, 2011. Andy keeps us viewers up to date on
exactly goes on in this large world of ours. Rooney's observations are like
none other on TV because political correctness is not in his vocabulary. Andy
comes to life on January 14, 1919 in Albany, NY. He attends Colgate University
until 1941 when Uncle Sam awards him a place in the Army chow line. In February
1943, Rooney is one of six correspondents to fly with the Eighth Air Force on
their first bombing raid over Germany. The 92 year-old Andy Rooney begins his
end-of-show commentator analyses on 60 Minutes in 1978. His first full season
as the 60 Minutes commentator in fall 1979 helps bring the program #1 status
for the first time. In 1949, Andy joins CBS as a writer for Top 10 TV hit
Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts that moves on up to #1 in 1952. From 1959-65 he
is a writer for The Garry Moore Show. Jeff Fager, CBS News Chairman and 60
Minutes Executive Producer, says: It’s harder for him to do it every week, but
he will always have the ability to speak his mind on 60 Minutes when the urge
hits him. Rooney's home is in New York. In 2004, his wife, Marguerite [Margie]
Rooney passes away of heart failure after 62 years of marriage. He has three
daughters Emily, Martha, Ellen and son Brian.
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BBC CUTS LOCAL PROGRAMMING The British Broadcasting
Corporation's 40 radio stations seek 20% budget cuts. According to The Guardian
...certain dayparts will remain local – breakfast and drive times – but other
dayparts will be considered fair game for a regional rather than local
approach, with stations increasingly sharing syndicated content. Also under
consideration is sports coverage. At the present time, each BBC radio station's
air staff provides highly partisan coverage of each station’s local football team
(in U.S. speak that means soccer). The Guardian reports: there already is some
content being shared, and the entire group takes BBC 5 programming overnight.
Another idea put forth for the evening hours is a national program that would
go to all of the stations except for those who are running play-by-play of a
sporting event.
TRIVIA QUESTION: How many seasons does The Mary
Tyler Moore Show last on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Bobby Rich DJ on Journal AC KMXZ
FM (Mix 94.9) in Tucson, AZ tacks on one more year of living on Monday, October
3, 2011. •JEFF DINETZ succeeds Dennis Collins retiring after 30 years as new
SVP/GM of Lincoln Financial Media's Miami, FL cluster: AC WLYF FM (101.5),
Classic Hits WMXJ FM (102.7) and Sports Talk WAXY-790. •BUCK OWENS BROADCASTING
debuts Variety Hits KRJK FM (Jack FM 97.3) Lamont, CA in the Bakersfield
market. Other Owens Bakersfield stations include: Country KUZZ-550/KUZZ FM
(107.9) and Classic Country KCWR FM (Real Country 107.1).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KGGM TV CBS CH13 in Albuquerque, NM begins
broadcasting on October 3rd. •1967 GILLIAN WELCH Alternative Country
singer-songwriter (O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack) born on October 2nd
in NYC. •1972 DENNY VAUGHN orchestra leader on CBS TV's Glen Campbell Goodtime
Hour born on October 3rd. •1989 MARTY STUART's album Hillbilly Rock releases on
MCA records on October 3rd. •1994 DUB TAYLOR [Walter Clarence Taylor II] actor
(Bonnie and Clyde-1967) dies of heart attack at 87 on October 3rd in Los
Angeles, CA. •2002 FAITH HILL's video Cry premieres on CMT on October 3rd.
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CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Subject: Bad email
on Thursday and Friday. Ain't it weird how the digital world can go askew! I
still get ads for a Canadian pharmacy from cousin Ed in Austin and another
friend in Tulsa, SHEEESH AND ARRRGH! -C
CHARLIE OCHS (Tampa-St. Petersburg-Lutz, FL)
Amazing...I am never surprised any more at the dishonesty we face daily. Hope
everything else is going good for you. I had a hip resurfacing three weeks ago
(a new method for hip replacement). Margaret and I just arrived in St. Thomas
Virgin Islands for a week with our son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. Modern
medicine is great...I am walking without a cane most of the time and will be
back to golf in 3 or 4 weeks! Charlie Ochs; Ochs Media
LEN HART (Geneva, Switzerland) Subject: Bad email
on Thursday and Friday. Jim, Thanks for the heads up, Jim. I suspected as
much...anyway, it's good hear from you and that you are back in biz. Again
--thanks, Len
LAUREN ESPOSITO (Wallingford, CT) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. Jim, No problem! I had a feeling it was either
spam or a virus, or a stolen password. Hope you are doing well :) Lauren
Esposito
GLEN ASHWORTH (Lebanon, OR) Subject: Bad email on
Thursday and Friday. You too?
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PARRIS AFTON BONDS (Dallas-Allen, TX) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. Good luck, Jimmy. Don't understand why people do
this. Hugs, Parris (www.parrisaftonbonds.com/)
JOANIE GREEN-GALLO (Tulsa, OK) Subject: Glad to
read that you're doing better, Jim. My mother fell and hit her head earlier
this year and I was shocked to see the ER staff staple her head closed...so I
know what you're talking about. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!!! Again,
best wishes for a very speedy recovery, take care of yourself and know you are
appreciated. Joanie
BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) You have had a
tuff week Jim. I feel for you on what all you have gone through. You certainly
described your eventful accident in a very talented writing way. I admire your
ability to write well. Your Bud, Blake (www.blazinblake.com)
JOHNNY SHANNON (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim, and Good
Morning back to you...thanks for the quick response. It was right after finding
the unplanned email that I discovered and read today's JRRR where I learned
about your computer line crisis. As you may be aware, the bogus email with ad
link also was also sent YESTERDAY WHEN YOUR SERVICE WAS DOWN, so it had to be
beyond your control, figured the bogus
email/links were somehow due to the ISP problem (Thank you AT&T and
Earthlink!). What a nightmare it must be, so please don't apologize. Also my
sympathy for your unpleasant fall and injuries. Wishing you and your computer
speedy recovery, and a lack of such unnecessary misery in the future. Johnny
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject:
address. When someone sends you a forward with "bunches" of email
addresses on top if just one of those emails on list has a virus you can catch
it. I always delete the addresses. This is what computer man told me. If I get
any of these I delete it. I will never forward any unless I delete names. Like
on mine from you it had ultravision.net. It has been many years since I had
that one. When I got the one from what was not you, my virus protector warned
me to not open. Don't know if this helps you or not. Have you tried going back
to a date before this started? It might fix the problem.
EVELYN PATE-ALLEN (Kemp-Tool, TX) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. thanks for the warning.
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JOE FORD (Houston-Shenandoah, TX) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. This just happened to my next door neighbor and
my granddaughter. Sent from my iPhone. (http://joefordvoiceworks.com)
CARLA SPRINGER (Dallas-Allen, TX) Subject: Bad
email on Thursday and Friday. Same thing happened to me last year. Messages
were about mail order drugs. My sympathies, Carla Springer
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Mary Tyler Moore Show premieres
on CBS TV on September 19, 1970. MTM makes its final bow with a group hug on
March 19, 1977. MTM scores three Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series (1974-75,
1975-76 and 1976-77 seasons).
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Bad email on Thursday and Friday. Yes, I did receive both, but deleted; I knew
you would not send it. They each came one-day apart. Thx for alert...BOB.
CLIFFORD STOLL (June 04, 1951-p) Treat your
password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one
every six months.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 30, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1032
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COUNTRY MUSIC'S BRIGHT STAR DIMS The Wright family
produces several music icons. On October 30, 1937 Johnny Wright and 18-year-old
Muriel Deason tie the knot of matrimony. Johnny really likes to hear his
teenage bride sing and play the guitar. He gives her the stage name Kitty
Wells. Johnny also presents her biggest hit record It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky
Tonk Angels. As an innovator, he gives Kitty Wells headline status on package
shows. This is when female singers do not receive top billing. As a band
leader, Wright hires the young Chet Atkins as a fiddle player. Chet goes on to
head RCA records as one of the finest guitar players in America. Johnny Wright
and Jack Anglin team up as Johnny and Jack with new wave Latin beat Country duo
hits Ashes of Love, Poison Love (#4-1951) and (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely
(#1 for 2 weeks in 1954). From 1951 to 1962, Johnny and Jack have 15 Top 20
singles. From 1948-52 Johnny and Jack are regulars on the Louisiana Hayride. In
1952 they join the Grand Ole Opry. Unfortunately, on March 7, 1963 Jack dies in
a car crash at 46. Ironically, he is on the way to Patsy Cline's memorial
service. As a solo artist, in 1965, Johnny's single Hello Vietnam is #1 for 3
weeks. Johnny and Kitty's offspring also have hit records. Daughter, Ruby's
Dern Ya answer song to Roger Miller's Dang Me reaches #13 in 1964. Son, Bobby
has a string of chart records that tops off with Here I Go Again at #13 in
1971. Johnny and Kitty's marriage lasts more than 73 years. In 1995, they bring
fiddler Eddie Stubbs to Music City to perform with them. Stubbs becomes a
well-known air personality on WSM-650 as well as a Grand Ole Opry announcer. In
2009, at Wells’ 90th birthday party, Stubbs relates: There are celebrity
marriages that don’t even last 72 days now. This is possibly the longest
celebrity marriage in history. Country legend Johnny Wright dies at 97 on
Tuesday morning, September 27, 2011 in his home in Madison, TN.
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A.T. & T. AND ME Around 2:45 on Wednesday
morning, September 28, 2011 the search mechanism on this computer ceases to
function. The ISP is DOA. That's why Friday's issue of JRRR doesn't make its
way to you. Give Ma Bell, which now is A.T. & T., a call. A female clerk
says that Mr. Fixit will knock on our door sometime after 8am the next day
which is Thursday. That morning I whip out the vacuum cleaner. The long cord
gets tangled around my right foot. Give it a massive kick to try to unravel the
line. Then, I fall backwards and smash the upper rear of my head on Lacy's huge
steel cage. Hemoglobin pours down both sides of my face. Grab a small towel in
the latrine. Place it on the top of my hemorrhaging crown. This finally stops
the red river's flow. Faster than a speeding bullet I land at Memorial
hospital's ER. The surgeon says they no longer stitch stitches on big
lacerations such as mine. They now use staples. The good doctor shoots six
staples on the top of my head. On Friday morning near the 5 o'clock hour I
switch on the PC. Glory be! We now have access to the Internet for the first
time in three days.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Fall 1965 produces what top CBS TV
series? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Wayne Watkins DJ on WHGO FM
(105.9)/PD of Sports WLOX-1490 & News/Talk WTNI-1640 in Biloxi, MS
(http://RocknOldies.com) grows one year older on Sunday, October 2, 2011.
Salute! •WJJG-1530 Joseph J. Gentile's 760 watt daytime only radio signal in
Elmhurst, IL tacks on #3 Michael Savage Show weekdays from 10am-noon to beam
into Chicago up against #1 Rush Limbaugh in The Windy City. •WEHT TV Gilmore
ABC CH25 blends news department with Nexstar WTVW TV Fox CH7 & relocates
its Evansville, IN operations to WEHT TV building that Nexstar purchases from
Gilmore.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 WKYT TV CBS CH27 in Lexington, KY begins
broadcasting on September 30th. •1963 EDDIE MONTGOMERY of 2000 CMA Vocal Duo of
the Year Montgomery Gentry born on September 30th in Lancaster, KY. •1977 RINGO
STARR releases his album Ringo the 4th on September 30th. •1985 STEVE EARLE
Austin, TX Country singer records Guitar Town on September 30th at Nashville,
TN's Sound Stage. •1995 GEORGE KIRBY comedian/Pearl Bailey impressionist dies
at 71 on September 30th. •2003 UNIVERSAL SOUTH releases Carl Jackson's Livin',
Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers on September 30th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
JIM PREWITT [Catfish] (Sacramento, CA) Subject: For
those of you who think radio is dead...read on... Number Won!!! Arbitron's
Radio Today 2011 report is out, and it's full of good news about the Country
format, which ranked No. 1 in Fall 2010 with a 13.3 share, compared to a 13.4
the previous year. Country also was No. 1 overall in both diary metros (14.5%)
and non-metro areas (with a whopping 25.6%), and is No. 4 in PPM markets. The
format reached more than 65 million listeners each week on more than 1,700
stations, the most of any music format (excluding 300 Classic Country
stations). It also ranked No. 1 among most age groups including a big lead with
adults 25-54 (with a 12.7% share), and in most dayparts. Country delivers some
of the longest TSL of all formats, and its listeners set a new high in college
degree attainment. Country leans 52% female, and is No. 2 among teens and
adults 18-24. The report offers a "heat index" of states where
Country is particularly strong, as well as other interesting details here. JP
(www.Facebook.com/CatfishJimPrewitt) / (www.Facebook.com/CatfishKNCI) /
(www.JimPrewitt.com)
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: For
those of you who think radio is dead...read on... My only question is this: How
can a company like Arbitron involved in radio be trusted to give an objective
view and accurate information...about radio? To me, it's sort of like
"Automobile" magazine accepting $50,000 in advertising from Ford and
afterward the magazine reviews Ford's F150 or a Mustang. Do you simply accept
it at face value? Not me. Tony
DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX)
Subject: U.S. Newspapers "dropping ombudsmen left and right". Hi,
Jim, I'm saddened by the loss of so many "ombuddies," as we were
called. And I'm saddened by editors' comments regarding the role. They confine
the role to such a narrow involvement with readers when, in fact, we dealt with
a full range of reader issues, which can involve everything from accusations of
bias in news coverage to questions about unlabeled advertorial content,
complaints about products purchased from Parade magazine advertisers, wrinkled
copies of the paper, too much ink, marketing issues, etc. -- basically the full
range of a publishing company's operations and how they can impact readers.
Takes, and took, a lot of time to track down answers for readers and help them
understand what was going on. Doing so helped every department of the
newspaper, too. It kept everyone more reader-aware. Take good care and thanks
for all you do. Your newsletter is super. Best, David House; Freelance Writer
(www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association,
Online News Association
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DANNY MACK MCWILLIAMS (Houston, TX) Subject: Sign
Me Up. Jim, Jim Gough told me about your newsletter. I sure would like to be
placed on the mailing list! Respectfully, “Danny Mack” McWilliams
TRIVIA ANSWER: CBS TV's Fall 1965 series premier
lineup includes Hogan's Heroes (September 17, 1965 - July 4, 1971), Green Acres
(September 15, 1965 - September 7, 1971), The Wild, Wild West (September 17,
1965 - September 7, 1970), Lost in Space (September 15, 1965 - September 11,
1968), My Three Sons (September, 1965 - August 1972), and The Smothers Brothers
Show (September 17, 1965 - September 9, 1966).
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Wikipedia
Writes: Declining ratings in all of daytime television, combined with the
departures of longtime actors such as Ray MacDonnell, David Canary, and Julia
Barr, as well as the deaths of senior cast members Ruth Warrick, Eileen Herlie,
and James Mitchell, had the ABC network reconsidering its schedule. On April
14, 2011, it was announced that All My Children would be canceled after 41
years on the air. On July 7, 2011, ABC sold the licensing rights of All My
Children to third-party production company Prospect Park with the show set to
continue on the internet as a series of webisodes and possibly on cable
television. All My Children taped its final scenes for ABC on August 30, 2011
and its last episode on the network aired on September 23, 2011. It is unknown
when exactly Prospect Park will air its first episode of All My Children, but
the company hopes to revive the series for the first quarter of 2012. On
September 26, 2011, ABC will replace All My Children with a new talk show
called The Chew. Leslie Wayne Hodges
LYMAN FRANK BAUM (1856-1919) No matter how dreary
and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there
than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful...There is no place like
home.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 28, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1031
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
LOCAL TV WHERE ARE YOU? A very interesting article
by Michael Callahan in the About Philadelphia Magazine about past local TV
celebrities brings back fond memories. In the early 1960s in my hometown
Dallas, TX Jerry Haynes is Mr. Peppermint on WFAA TV ABC CH8 from 1961 to
summer 1969. We giggle along with Mr. Peppermint and his cast of puppets:
Muffin the Bear, Mr. Wiggly Worm and Captain Candy. Jerry is a 1944 graduate of
Dallas' Woodrow Wilson High School. He has roles in several movies such as the
Patsy Cline biopic Sweet Dreams where he plays legendary record producer Owen
Bradley. In 1990, Haynes inducts into the Woodrow Wilson Wildcat's Hall of
Fame. In 1996 the Lone Star Film & Television Awards bestows upon him the
Lifetime Achievement Award. We no longer have local TV celebrities in our towns
like Mr. Peppermint. As I write these words in the wee hours of Monday morning,
September 26, 2011 unbeknownst to me Jerry Haynes passes away. What an ironic
twist of fate. Do not discover that tragic news until the WFAA.com breaking
news bulletin flashes on the screen of this computer around noon Monday. Jerry
Haynes is an eyewitness to history at Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas on
November 22, 1963 when an assassin kills President John F. Kennedy. Jerry says
that he dashes four blocks to the WFAA studios to be one of the first to
describe the tragic scene on WFAA TV. In a 2008 interview, he remembers: I ran
back as quick as I could. I was 34 years old, so I was a sprinter. I heard a
lady say 'Oh my Lord, they killed him!'
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RADIO SHOW ATTENDANCE UP Radio Ink reports that the
2011 NAB and RAB joint Radio show attendance grows 24% to 2,206. For years they
kick around the idea to conduct joint shows. In 2010, the NAB and RAB's first
joint Radio show attendance is 1,785. Radio Ink reports that their very
unscientific poll of attendees is very positive. Vendors indicate that foot
traffic around their booths is strong. Attendees have positive comments about
Bob Pittman's pro-radio speech, Eddie Combs of Sears, Neil Golden at McDonalds
and representatives from Allstate and Walgreens. The 2012 Radio show will be in
Dallas, TX.
SLY STONE IS BROKE AND HOMELESS Sly Stone, former
lead singer of Sly & the Family Stone, reveals to The New York Post over
the weekend that he is broke and that his home is now his van. The 68 year-old
Stone describes how his use of drugs and money mismanagement turns him into a
homeless life on the road: I like my small camper. I just do not want to return
to a fixed home. I cannot stand being in one place. I must keep moving. We
remember in 1968, when Stone hits the charts with a string of hits: Dance to
the Music, Everyday People, Family Affair and Stand! Ironically Stone's drug
problems in the 1970s keep him stoned so much that by the 1980s heavy cocaine
use dries up his money supply. Plus, expensive cars and a wild lifestyle
evaporates the bank account. The R&B star Sly Stone appeals to The New York
Post: Please tell everybody, please, to give me a job, play my music. it will
feel good to step on stage. I see all the guys playing those old songs. Let
these guys know, like Lady Gaga, let me come in, just let me come in and pay me
if you like it.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first televised
presidential debate in American history? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•PRICKLE & TOWNSEND (Army Sgt. Adam Prickel
& Don Townsend) Armed Forces Network Freedom Radio Morning Show broadcast
weekday mornings to the troops in Iraq final broadcast begins at 6 am on
September 23, 2011 after eight-years in Baghdad. •JAMES EMBRESCIA Media One
owner reports that Jeffrey Storey is the new VP/GM/Director of Sales of its
Western New York radio cluster: WJTN, WWSE, WHUG, WQFX, and WKSN. •BOB
MACKENZIE longtime KTVU TV Fox CH2 San Francisco, CA Bay Area 13 local Emmy
winning reporter dies at 75 on Thursday, September 21, 2011 after a long battle
with cancer.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KOAT TV ABC/PBS CH7 in Albuquerque, NM begins
broadcasting on September 28th. •1967 KAREN FAIRCHILD founding member of Little
Big Town (Boondocks-2005) born on September 28th in Gary, IN. •1974 THE BEACH
BOYS single Surfin' USA reenters Billboard and peaks at #36 on September 28th.
•1984 GEORGE STRAIT's album Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind releases on
MCA records on September 28th. •1997 DAVID BRINKLEY NBC news anchor retires at
74 on September 28th after 54 years. •2002 DIAMOND RIO's single Beautiful Mess
lands at #1 in Billboard Country on September 28th.
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JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1029) September 23, 2011 [Friday] Hi Jim, Jim here...with a
hot tip! Very proud of this guy. Just went to his CD party held in famous Ybor
City Florida and caught the Butch Ryan Band. Ryan has even appeared on the very
stage that the Beatles got their start. Folks can read more about him at: http://countrymusicnewsinternational.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-with-butch-ryan.html
(a little secret - Butch is my cousin) Thanks Jim, from James Marvell formerly
of Mercy. Million seller "Love Can Make You Happy"... P.S. My best to
Lacy!
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DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX)
Subject: US: Newspapers "dropping ombudsmen left and right". Hi, Jim,
Good to hear from you. Yes, many newspapers that once provided readers with an
ombudsman have cut that role. I was cut from the Star-Telegram in April 2008 in
a "realignment" that also cut a managing editor and other staff in
management and non-management positions. I was 63 but couldn't retire, still
can't and wouldn't if I could. Had to reinvent myself, and that's been
interesting. But I'm doing OK. Take good care and thanks for all you do. Your
newsletter is super. Best, David House; Freelance Writer
(www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association,
Online News Association
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Texarkana.
What a memory. The only time I was ever fired was WOAI (1200), as engineer.
Weird career. I was at KOSY in TXK for a year. Where do we start? How about the
$75 light bulb. I was a starving jock doing mornings and the engineer came to
the control room and said "Hey, you want to make $75...tax free?"
Well, that was...in 1978 and I needed some new disco clothes, so I accepted.
Then I asked what I had to do. Come to find out, he wanted me to change a light
bulb on one of the towers. The top light bulb. The frequency was 790 KHz. Doing
simple math for the quarter wave, that tower was 257 feet. I started climbing
and I went forever, then stopped to take a break. I yelled "HEY, HOW AM I
DOING??" He said "you don't have to yell. You have only been about 10
feet." It took me an hour to get to the top. Did I mention that the winds
were about 15 mph at 40 degrees? Did I mention that I got religion that day? I
promised God that I would go to church every Sunday for the rest of my life if
He would just get me down safely. He kept me safe and I kept my promise until
the following Sunday. Jeff Cunningham, DC; Kyle, TX (www.zoesplaceclinic.com) /
(www.myspace.com/drjeffcunningham)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On September 26, 1960 the first
televised presidential debate in American history is at the television studios
of CBS affiliate WBBM TV in Chicago, IL between young senator from
Massachusetts John F. Kennedy and President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon. All three networks carry the broadcast. Another famous
historical fact is that critics report that people who watch the debate on TV
think that JFK is the winner. But radio listeners believe that Nixon is the
champ.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Tom Ellis
Issue 1030. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Congratulations to Tom Ellis on making
the Golden Circle. Reruns of the original Hawaii Five O are my Pug's favorite.
I think she likes the theme song. :) Peace, David Faulkner
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
DJ Obit. Jim: Great job you did on this DJ-friend Obit. Yes, Chuck was B. 1947;
now 64. I just watched the orig, Ch 5 coverage, WEWS-TV, CLE. Thanks for your
efforts too. BOB
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) The price of
gas here dropped 10 cents since last weekend. Perhaps with kids back in school,
demand is down somewhat. Sometimes gas prices often bob up and down like a yo
yo one day to the next. The Kroger gas station near me obviously tries to
undercut the competition so people will buy groceries at Kroger and get the gas
discount. I can save more simply using my automatic three-cent discount at
Kroger gas and shop at ALDI. The rebel leadership pledges to increase
production at Libyan oil fields. We receive only about 2 percent of crude oil
from Libya, but it might make a slight dent in gas prices.
JOHN ADAMS (October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826) There
are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is
by debt.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 26, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1030
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COUNTRY DJ EXPIRES SUDDENLY Longtime Cleveland, OH
WGAR FM (99.5) MD/Air Personality Chuck Collier passes away at 64 from a
massive heart attack on Thursday, September 22, 2011 while on vacation with his
family in Cincinnati. The Ohio native's voice soars on radio waves for 48 years
with 40 of them on WGAR. Collier is born in Greenfield, OH but he grows up in
nearby New Vienna. In 1963 Collier's radio career begins in Hillsboro on WSRW.
After his radio stints in Dayton, Cincinnati and New York City he lands on the
original Adult Contemporary WGAR-1220 in Cleveland. Later, he moves over to
Country WGAR FM. In 2005, Chuck inducts into the Ohio Radio-TV Broadcasters'
Hall of Fame. In 2007, he receives the National Association of Broadcasters'
Marconi Award for Large Market Radio Personality of the Year. In 2009, Collier
inducts into the Country Music Radio Hall of Fame. Chuck Collier's survivors
include his wife, Joni, daughter Melanie, son Jason, dog named Riley and cat
named Bernie.
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CUMULUS-CITADEL MERGER CREATES CONFUSION Mike McVay
is the new SVP/Programming over the new Cumulus after its Citadel merger is
complete. First reports about Cumulus-Citadel's new procedures indicate overt
harshness that prevents programmers' contact with record companies and their
promo people, plus dress codes and other very interesting items of interest.
Next reports indicate that Mike McVay says that many of those items that leak
through to media sites are not true. Here's what we find in All About Country's
Web site: According to Mike (McVay), some of the leaked email details from the
meeting were not correct. To clear up any confusion, some of the things
discussed in that email never came up on the call. For the record, Cumulus does
not have a policy that prohibits PD’s from talking to record labels or the
trades. However, all adds will be sent to Atlanta, so Mike can know what they
are doing before he reads it on-line. Also, Cumulus will not be doing group
adds, however, Mike told the stations they should not do individual promotions
with the labels without the approval of corporate. Mike does not plan on
"cramming down" network programming from Cumulus Media Networks.
However, he feels that many of the old Cumulus’ stations and new Cumulus
stations have many unmanned day parts. He suggested that they might carry great
network programming in those spots instead of just running sweepers and jingles
without a talent. In regard to a PD dress code, nothing was discussed about a
dress code for programmers.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the original Hawaii
Five-O premier on CBS TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Tom Ellis former KONO-860/KONO TV
(now KSAT TV) CH12 News anchor who resides way up north near Boston, MA kicks
the ball through another life goal post on Thursday, September 22nd! Salute!
•VIACOM hands out pink slips on Thursday afternoon, September 22, 2011 to
members of its music group: MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo. •DR. JAMES DOBSON, host of
syndicated Family Talk & founder of Focus On The Family radio programs,
falls while on horseback in Montana suffers multiple injuries plus broken bones
but doctors expect a full recovery. •LEN ZOLA Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall
of Fame founder of the Media Gang dies on Saturday, September 17, 2011.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern MA.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 KODE TV CH12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins
broadcasting on September 26th. •1960 DOUG SUPERNAW (Reno #4-1993 and I Don't
Call Him Daddy #1 for 2 weeks-1993) born on September 26th in St. Joseph
Hospital in Bryan, TX. •1979 JOHN CROMWELL [Elwood Dager] actor/director (Of
Human Bondage-1934) dies at 91 on September 26th in Santa Barbara, CA. •1989
CLINT BLACK's Killin' Time is his first Gold album on September 24th. •1991
MILES DAVIS Jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader and composer dies on September
26th at 65 in Santa Monica, CA from a combination of pneumonia and a stroke.
•2002 TERRI CLARK's video I Just Wanna Be Mad debuts on CMT on September 26th.
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JAYE ALBRIGHT [Bainbridge Island, WA] Subject: New
Cumulus procedures. I have no idea. It is true that they are firing all
consultants who worked with Citadel. Thanks! Personally, I believe the rumors,
more or less. Jaye Albright, Partner, Albright & O'Malley Country
Consulting/RadioIQ (www.radioconsult.com)
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, Some good news on my birthday yesterday...got a call from the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences informing that I'm being
inducted into their Golden Circle on November 16th. Only Old ___s like me can
get into that, because you have to have been in the business for 50 years.
Yesterday was the end of Summer...and my 79th birthday. Summer always ends on
my birthday...and I LOVE Summer. Tom
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Charles 'Chuck' Collier, a radio legend in Cleveland with WGAR over
4 decades, died suddenly 9/22/11 @ age 64. He was inducted into Country Music
DJ Hall of Fame in 2009. BOB & Sonny Lee. (Story/obit in CLE Plain dealer
9/23-24/11)
BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: Goodbye Local
Radio! In case you haven't seen this news from Cumulus, local radio is over.
Video may have killed the radio star but consolidation is killing local radio.
Check out the last statement about dress code. Remember when radio and
television stations were fun places to work? Bud 'Cumulus Sets New House Rules,
Programming Structure: Music programming will come from a suggested list. The
degree to which programmers can deviate depends on their "designated
leeway," which will presumably be based primarily on market size.
Programmers will also receive a list of suggested adds. They will be allowed to
ask for other adds, but those will be subject to corporate approval. Stations
will no longer be permitted to talk with record company promotion personnel;
all promotions, communication and activities will be conducted through Cumulus'
Atlanta headquarters. All adds by all stations will be reported exclusively to
Mediabase by one person in Atlanta. Programmers will have to make "good
arguments" if they choose not to carry Citadel Media-supplied programming.
Sometime in October, a new "Programming Operating System" will be put
into effect. All communications with trade publications will come from Atlanta;
individual employees are not permitted to talk to the trades. A dress code has
been implemented: no blue jeans, flip-flops, piercings or exposed tattoos.'
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JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1028) September 21, 2011 [Wednesday] Hi Jim, Just a note to
let you know why I've been out of touch for a while. Friday is my last day as a
training specialist with the Department of Public Safety, but try as hard as I
might, I can't seem to retire at 64...the economy isn't conducive to retirement
these days. I'm moving up to your old stomping ground of McKinney to go to work
as an adjunct instructor with the Law Enforcement Academy at Collin College.
I'll still be teaching law enforcement folks how to use the state's crime
information center, but in a college atmosphere. I would love to dabble in
radio in north Texas, but I'm not sure all that many stations use live talent
anymore. It's funny...I always heard life slows down after you hit sixty...I'm
still waiting for that to happen. I hope everything's going fine with you and
the pup. Yours Truly, John Hale; Mobile Magic Music (33.Music)
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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I think the
Internet has a good side and a bad side, a person can find quality music,
programming, but it will make for less competition due to ownership by a
limited group. My favorites at the moment to listen to are: KDFC, KCSM, KMFA,
WQXR, KING. While when using my radio my favorites are: KGVL, KLUV HD2, 107.5
HD2, KNTU, KNON, WRR, 100.3 HD2.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On September 23, 1968 the original
Hawaii Five-O premiers on CBS TV with Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett who heads
the elite branch of the Hawaii State Police that answers only to the governor.
Hawaii Five-O is the longest continuously running police show in TV history. It
airs through April 26, 1980.
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Schlitz. Once in college a group of us sent a freshman out for beer. He came
back with Schlitz. Thus begat the phrase: "When you've got Schlitz, you're
still out of beer."
CARROLL O'CONNOR [Archie Bunker] (August 2, 1924 -
June 21, 2001) You can never buy beer, you just rent it.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 23, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1029
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WHO SAYS RADIO CONSOLIDATION IS DEAD? The Telcom
Law of 1996 opens up a massive can of worms in the broadcasting community. This
new open borders policy sets in motion the Mays family of bankers in San
Antonio, TX and their Clear Channel Radio to reach out and grab bags of radio
stations to form clusters of over 1100 frequencies under their umbrella to
become America's largest radio operation. Number crunchers only think about the
bottom dollar so they annihilate thousands of radio programmers and air
personality positions and consolidate radio properties into smaller operations
with less people on their payrolls. This move does cut back on expenses but it
also causes a gargantuan exodus of radio listeners to other means. What
complicates matters even more is the birth of new technology like XM and Sirius
satellite radio plus iPods that lure music listeners into their spider webs. Uh
oh! The moneybags people catch themselves in a quandary as to what to do. Radio
stations under their belt no longer command colossal listening audiences.
Bankruptcy looms. CCR sells over half of its radio stations. Bain Capital and
Lee Partners buy what is left. Well, here we go again with the same old song
but with a different verse as the second largest radio boom box, Cumulus,
purchases the third largest radio group, Citadel, to become the new #1 Walkman
chain of 571 radio stations. Let the firings commence.
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WHERE IS PLASTER? On Friday, September 16, 2011 the
Nashville Business Journal reports that sports talk personality George Plaster
is AWOL from his show on WGFX FM (The Sports Zone 104.5). This comes just hours
after a $2.5 billion anschluss between two of radio's monster gorillas, Cumulus
and Citadel, of which WGFX FM is a fragment. In the wake of Plaster's very
public feud with Cumulus eight years ago, rumors persist about his status after
the sale between the two radio giants is complete. According to The Tennessean,
Plaster's 3-6 pm show generates nearly $20 million a year in WGFX FM ad bucks.
On Monday, September 19th Sports talk radio host George Plaster confirms to The
Tennessean that he is no longer a part of WGFX FM. Mike Organ of The Tennessean
writes: Plaster decides on Friday not to remain at the Citadel-owned sports
talk show station where he has worked for the past eight years after it was sold
to Cumulus earlier in the week. Plaster sighs: It’s the toughest decision I’ve
ever had to make in radio. Kind of just kick back for a few weeks and kind of
see what options are out there. One possible alternative for Plaster might be
Cromwell's WPRT FM (102.5) which recently catapults back into all-sports as The
Game.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is the first major network TV
news program broadcast in color? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•FCC AND FEMA moves ahead the implementation date
for Emergency Alert System (EAS) receiver upgrades deadline to the new Common
Alerting Protocol (CAP) compliance from September 30, 2011 to June 30, 2012.
The FCC and FEMA National EAS test is on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. The EAN
test does NOT involve the CAP. •MISSISSIPPI BROADCASTERS acquires from Clear
Channel Radio for $1.1 Million: Country WMSO FM (101.3) Meridian, MS; Urban
Contemporary WZKS FM (104.1) Union, MS; Gospel WYHL-1450 Meridian; Top-40 WJDQ
FM (95.1) Marion, MS and Classic Country WUCL FM (97.9) Newton, MS.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KHQA TV CBS CH7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO begins
broadcasting on September 23rd. •1965 BOB LUMAN [Let's Think About Livin'
#9-1960] joins the Grand Ole Opry on September 18th. •1977 CHERYL LADD replaces
Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels on September 23rd. •1989 RODNEY CROWELL's
remake of Buck Owens' single Above And Beyond leaps to #1 in Billboard Country
on September 23rd. •1994 ROBERT BLOCH screenwriter of the horror film Psycho
dies of cancer on September 23rd at 77. •2006 VINCE GILL & ALISON KRAUSS
tape CMT Cross Country on September 23rd at The Factory in Franklin, TN.
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CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Subject:
Life. Ah man what a life. Now that I've retired for 5 years, I've come to the
conclusion that the elder on fixed incomes are at best a target for anyone
trying to make a buck. It's depressing. Really depressing. I have to overcome
my feelings of remorse just to go to perform 3 or 4 nights a week. The week of 9/9/11 I did the Star Spangled
Banner 6 different times and I felt very good after every performance even thou
I blew the words the first time out. No excuses but I had one. Three times in
coffee houses and a bar, then 9/11 at exactly the same times the planes hit the
towers and the Pentagon I did the SSB again. It was a lonely Sunday morning at
the San Diego Kook... (surfers statue) until a retired fireman Phil Garcia
showed up. I videoed all three
performances one of which is available on utube.com/chuckcashmere,
myspace.com/chuckcashmere and www.showcaseyourmusic.com/chuckcashmere As I
understand some of the stations in the USA sign on with my version of the SSB.
That is an honor. So I'll be doing the SSB again on 11/11 & 11/12 Veterans
day and the Marine corp. birthday. H*** if I'm ever in Houston again I'll sing
the SSB for u and Ms. Lacy. LOL CC
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ED STERN (San Antonio, TX) Sorry to report another
one of the good guys of Corpus Christi radio has gone to that big sky
transmitter. Joel Yowell, former sales manager at KUNO, account exec at K
ZTV-TV and GM at KRYS died September 16th at the age of 74. In Joe's later
years he was the party chair of the Nueces County Republican Party. Joe and I
were always friendly competitors but unlike so many of our "friendly
competitors", he was one I could always trust and count on with truthful
answers. Ed Stern
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ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Columbia
School of Broadcasting. Hey Jim, By the time I started work at Columbia School
of Broadcasting they were already in trouble. In addition to the studio we had
a suite of offices, including my plush office with an extremely large desk. We
also had a conference room with a large conference table plus two other
offices. Myself and the receptionist were the only two employees. To be
enrolled in school you had to first do an audition tape. It was a negative
sale, where you had to show that you had what it takes to be an announcer
before being accepted by Columbia. I had left KBUC to go to work at Columbia
but could still be heard on the air as I continued to work weekends there. I
think that helped my student recruitment. I was rewarded, one day, when I heard
one of my students doing a news piece on a national network. I loved working at
Columbia and wish I could have been there from the start because I feel I could
have made that school successful. Andy Carr PhD, Radio in San Antonio and Las
Vegas and formally a PACE instructor on a US naval ship in the Mediterranean
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PAMELA STEELE [Pamela Day] (Dallas, TX) Subject:
Don Thompson, formerly WBAP. Hi Jim, Would you happen to know where Don
Thompson is these days? I worked with him around 1979-80 at KPAR in Granbury, a
station I believe he had a stake in after leaving WBAP. Thanks, Pamela Day
Dallas, TX
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) I mentioned
to someone that I cannot wait until I am complaining...about the cold. Some of
my neighbors have $500 electric bills. Of course, their AC never gets a rest
either.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On August 19, 1965 the CBS Morning
News with Mike Wallace is the first major network news program that broadcasts
in color. The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite is the first regularly
scheduled evening half-hour network TV news program that broadcasts in color.
The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite begins its continuous broadcasts in
color on January 31, 1966.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I find that the stations
I hear carry the same stories and music as the locals most of the time.
Regionalization has gone where a local act can be heard getting a start.
Besides I like listening to stations over the Internet which carry programming
I like, makes even a small town station a big player. Like I like listening to
KBON, KUT, KMFA, KPFT, WBAI. I enjoy Folk Music which is not found on any
station in the area except KETR when doing Bluegrass on Sunday Nights. Also
KNON has several Blues programs with Folk Music thrown in. Charles
H. G. WELLS (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946)
It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with
their own.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 21, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1028
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
COUNTRY BUMPKIN IS DECEASED One of my all time
favorite tunes is Country Bumpkin by Cal Smith. It lands in Billboard Country
in 1974 and quickly rises to #1. The song's story begins simple but gradually
expands to tell the lifetime tale of a fella who is obsessed with a girl who
continually rejects him with the words See ya later, Country Bumpkin. The song
ends in tragedy. Country Bumpkin's writer is Don Wayne. He is born Donald
William Choate on May 30, 1933 in Nashville, TN. As a youngster, he listens to
the Grand Ole Opry on his family’s radio. Don's interest lies in songwriting.
In 1953, his poet skills surface when George Morgan records his Lonesome Waltz.
Cal Smith's version of Country Bumpkin brings Don Wayne 1974 Song of the Year
awards from the CMA, ACM and NSAI. Don pens two more telling tunes for Cal
Smith: It’s Time to Pay the Fiddler (#1-1974/75) and She Talked a Lot about
Texas (#13-1975). He writes hits for other artists as well: Lefty Frizzell
Saginaw, Michigan (#1 for 4 weeks-1964), Del Reeves The Belles of Southern Bell
(#4-1965), Faron Young Walk Tall (#10-1965), Jean Shepard If Teardrops Were
Silver (#10-1966), Lefty Frizzell The Marriage Bit (#59-1968), David Houston
Nashville (#9-1971), Hank Williams Jr. Hank (#12-1973) and Eddy Arnold What In
Her World Did I Do (#21-1979). In 1978, he inducts into the Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame. Don is in the hospital for a good while before he
moves into home hospice about a week ago. Mark Ford of the NSAI says that Don
Wayne dies at 78 on Monday night, September 12, 2011.
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WILL THE LONE RANGER RIDE AGAIN? Deadline Hollywood
wonders if Disney's on again off again status will let The Lone Ranger once
again race across the big screen with his famous Hi Yo Silver! Away! Money
talks. The original estimate of $275 million shakes and rattles the Disney
board room because the latest mega-budget western movie Cowboys & Aliens
hits the skids. It is one of the 2011 summer’s biggest fiascos. So, the home of
Mickey Mouse pulls the rug out from under The Lone Ranger project. But they do
feel that the inclusion of Johnny Depp as Tonto will create big revenue. Depp
demands that if his director on the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films
and Rango, Gore Verbinski, leaves so will he. Disney slashes the budget down to
$232 million but that figure is still too high for a Western. Disney wants to
tow the chiffer down toward $200 million. Deadline Hollywood reports that
producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski have been trying for a
number closer to $215 million. Bruckheimer, Depp and Verbinski each make salary
concessions to get the movie on film. Let's hope that The Lone Ranger rides again
across the big screen.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who provides the harmony back up
voices on Marty Robbins hit record, El Paso? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WGMY FM Clear Channel Hot AC (My 107.1)
Tallahassee, FL flips to CHR (Hit Music Now 107.1) with syndicated Elvis Duran
in AM Drive, JJ from Z100 NYC in PM Drive and Billy The Kidd from KHKS FM
Dallas, TX at night. •COURTNEY FALLON exits the news department at WHDH TV NBC
CH7 Boston, MA to join WLNE TV ABC CH6 as Bean Town weekend sports anchor and
reporter. •WZNN FM Cox Alternative (97.3) Birmingham-Gardendale, AL flips to
Sports Talk as The Zone. •LARRY KING ex CNN talk host anchors the 2011 National
Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday, November 5th in Chicago, IL.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KRDO TV ABC CH13 in Colorado Springs-Pueblo,
CO 1st broadcast is on September 21th. •1967 FAITH HILL one of Country music's
most prominent female singers is born on September 21st in Jackson, MS. •1970
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL premieres on ABC TV on September 21th with the final
score of the Cleveland Browns 31 and the NY Jets 21. •1988 CRYSTAL GAYLE &
HER SISTER, LORETTA LYNN perform at a concert together for the first time on
September 20th. •1992 BILL WILLIAMS star in The Adventures of Kit Carson TV
show (1951-1955) dies at 76 on September 21th of a brain tumor in Burbank, CA.
•2002 WILLIE NELSON's 15th Farm Aid on September 21st at the Post-Gazette
Pavilion in Burgettstown, PA features Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Lee Ann Womack,
Toby Keith, Kid Rock and Dave Matthews.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1027) September 19, 2011 [Monday] Jim, I taught at both
Elkins Institute & Columbia School of Broadcasting Dallas, TX. Not at the
same time, while I was a news man at KVIL and KLIF, in that order. That had to
have been in 1966 and '67. So long ago that I can't remember any of the
people's names I worked with, except Elkin's Jim Craddock (I think that's the
name) The man who ran Columbia was a part time weather forecaster on one of the
Dallas TV stations. Can not remember his name, but he was truly a broadcaster,
unlike the Elkins Management folks. Take care and keep praying for Obama.
Psalms 109:8. The Bible commands we pray for our leaders.
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim:
Another member of the Grand Ole Opry has left us. Wilma Lee Cooper has died @
90 in Sweetwater, TN. Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper had many country hits on
Decca, Columbia & Hickory while members of Old Dominion Barn Dance,
Wheeling Jamboree & finally Grand
Ole Opry. Both natives of Randolph County, W. Va, Stoney died in 1977 &
their daughter, Carol Lee has appeared on the Opry since 1975. Wilma Lee had a
stroke @80 in 2001 ending her solo singing career. Bob & Sonny Lee
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DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Morning Jim,
Retirement is great if not to busy at times. Just returned from my 50th class
reunion and from meeting our new granddaughter "Millie Faith" she's a
special little girl. Staying busy and still doing a Saturday morning 9am-noon
on KFTX, handling a few special accounts and working on a book about my 53
years in radio. Lots of g rated stuff along with plenty of X rated tales. I've
got 91 pages finished so it is a work in progress. Will be in Houston for inductions.
Finally got a little rain here in the Coastal Bend so we are headed to church
to say "Thank ya Lord!!! You and the pooch stay well!! DrB (www.kftx.com)
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DAVID HOUSE (Ft. Worth, TX) Hi, Jim, I got a very
heart-warming email this morning from Larry Fox at KWKH. He posted on his blog
the request I'd sent Saturday, the 40th anniversary of mom's death, to remember
her by playing "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy," the first song she
sold and the one that launched her career, thanks to Hank Williams who bought
it. Larry also added photos that I sent. Here's the link
kwkhonline.com/hank-williams-my-son-calls-another-man-daddy/. I'd sent the
request to many stations. Only KWKH responded, and I found that highly
appropriate, because KWKH was always very special to mom and a part of her life
and work. In the depths of my memory, I associate mom with KWKH. Grew up in the
'50s hearing those call letters over and over as I listened to mom and artists
talk. "KWKH" is etched forever in my memory as a single generic
entity along with others like "Coke-Cola," "Hayride" and
"Opry." Best, David House; Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com)
Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association, Online News Association
TRIVIA ANSWER: Nebraska natives The Glaser Brothers
(Jim, Tompall & Chuck) are the backing harmony voices behind Marty Robbins
on his hit record, El Paso. One my favorite tunes by Jim Glaser as a solo
artist is Woman Woman. Another big favorite is The Glaser Brother's Faded Love
with Leon McAuliffe and the Cimarron Boys in summer 1971 when I'm a newscaster
on KBOX-1480 in my hometown Dallas, TX.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: 10 Years Since
9/11. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Before 9/11, as part of an email, I had asked
Ron Chapman if I could be in the KLUV studios during his show on Friday of that
week. He said that I would be welcome. It would be a birthday present of sorts
& certainly an honor to see him & his outstanding team doing their
show. 9/11 was the main news & topic of conversation in the KLUV studios
& elsewhere that day, as it would be for some time. Take Care, David
Faulkner
GEORGE ELIOT [Mary Ann or Marian Evans] (1819-1880)
As to people saying a few idle words about us, we must not mind that, any more
than the old church-steeple minds the rooks cawing about it.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 19, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1027
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
KYW-1060 LOSES TWO REPORTERS Frenzy overcomes the
staff of KYW-1060 due the loss of two of its long time reporters just days
apart. Jack O'Rourke veteran Newsradio KYW-1060 Sports reporter collapses and
dies suddenly at 80 after he covers the Phillies-Cardinals game at Citizens
Bank Park on Friday night, September 16, 2011. This is less than one week after
the death on Tuesday of 53 year-old KYW-1060 community-affairs reporter for
more than 30 years, Karin Phillips. KYW newscaster John Ostakovich remembers
on-the-air on Saturday morning: O'Rourke is noted for his grin and the twinkle
in his eye. Tom Maloney, KYW sports reporter recalls in an interview: He was
always in a good mood. You wouldn't know if anything was wrong. Obviously, he
loved what he does, or what he did. Ron Corbin KYW colleague says that there is
no indication that anything is wrong with O'Rourke: I talked to him from the
Phillies game [Friday], not only on the air but before the game, too. He was
talking about covering the rest of the weekend and a couple of games during the
coming week. O'Rourke completes his 15th year in coverage of the Phillies for
KYW-1060. During his long KYW career, Jack O'Rourke delivers broadcasts on the
Sixers and the Flyers as well.
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NETFLIX 600K EXODUS On Friday, September 16, 2011
the New York Times declares: The world’s best deal in TV and movies has just
gone away. The Associated Press reports that since Netflix imposes as much as
60% hike in prices of DVD and Online Movies, it loses 600,000 customers since
June 2011. These customer defections in the U.S. are much greater than Netflix
anticipates with its cost increase. Netflix has just about 25 million U.S.
subscribers. Michael Pachter, Wedbush Securities analyst, sighs: Netflix isn't
looking like it's as good a deal because their prices are getting higher and
their content isn't getting any better. It's like they have taken the beef away
from the buffet. The standard combo of Internet video and DVD rentals rises
from $10 to $16 per month.
2011 MARCONI AWARDS On Friday night, September 16,
2011 at the NAB Radio Show dinner in Chicago, IL the Marconi Awards winners
receive their trophies. News/Talk/Sports stations are big winners: WTOP FM
(103.5) Washington, DC (Legendary Station); WSB-750 Atlanta, GA (N/T Station of
the Year); WCCO-530 Minneapolis, MN (Large Market Station); WDEL-1150
Wilmington, DE (Medium Market Station); Van & Bonnie on WHO-1040 Des
Moines, IA (Medium Market Personalities) and WBZ FM (106.7) Boston, MA (Sports
Station of the Year). The annual awards are named after inventor and Nobel
Prize winner Gulielmo Marconi. In 1989, the NAB establishes the Marconi Awards.
Friday night's presentation host is Premiere Networks syndicated personality
Elvis Duran.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What three Classic TV shows
premier on CBS TV in fall 1964? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! David Faulkner [ex KFJZ-870,
KTNS-1600] grows one year older on Thursday, September 15, 2011. •KJMY
FM/K256AE-HD2 (Classic Country 99.1) Provo-Bountiful, UT Clear Channel
translator that covers the southern portions of Salt Lake City flips to Classic
Rock (Rock 99.1). •KHOW-630 Denver, CO Talk host [Troubleshooter] Tom Martino
files for bankruptcy due to losses on his real estate investments. •JOHN OLSEN
22-year broadcast veteran is new PD of Cox Media’s (former Alternative WZNN FM)
new Sports station in Birmingham-Gardendale, AL WZNN FM (The Zone 97.3).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW 1st appears on CBS-TV on
September 19th. •1965 CONNIE SMITH [Once a Day #1 for 8 weeks-1964] joins the
Grand Ole Opry on September 18th. •1970 MARY TYLER MOORE show premieres on CBS
TV on September 19th. •1981 MICKEY GILLEY's single You Don't Know Me hits #1 in
Billboard Country on September 19th. •1995 ORVILLE REDDENBACHER popcorn TV
pitchman has a heart attack & drowns in his Jacuzzi at 88 on September 19th
in Coronado, CA. •2003 JOHNNY CASH wins 3 trophies at the Americana Music
Awards in Nashville, TN on September 19th just one week after he dies.
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CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Subject:
KIKK and other things. Hi Jim, Another bit about KIKK...in the early eighties I
was traveling thru the Navajo reservation in Nev/Utah and carried a country
station fading in & out all the way to the Grand Canyon. When I got to the
Canyon, it was finally loud & clear...that signal was KIKK 650...that's a
lot of communities served.
FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Jim, Any word on
Richard Mock in Joplin, MO?? I sure hope he is o.k. Gotta go do the dishes.
Sweet Alice had to go pick up our 4 grand daughters from school, they got out
early yesterday, today and tomorrow. Mom and Dad both work. Frank
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DAVID HOUSE (Ft. Worth, TX) Hi, Jim, Yes, there are
two things I'd deeply appreciate your help with. I understand that singer Ann
Raye is living, but I haven't been able to find her. She was friends with
mother. I've love to interview her. Can you post a request for contact
information for her as you did with Bob Sullivan? Also, I'm attaching a promo
b&w from the '50s of an artist who evidently was a friend of mother's, but
the photo has no ID, and I haven't been able to find anyone who can tell me who
she is, much less whether she's living. If she's still with us, I'd like to
interview her. I wish I could contact Johnnie Wright, because mother was close
to him and Jack, but I can't reach Kitty Wells much less Johnnie, so I don't
know if that's possible for a nobody like I am. I'll let Don (Logan) know what
a great help you've been in locating Bob Sullivan. Again, I thank you very much
and look forward to reading your column-newsletter. Best. David House;
Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American
Journalists Association, Online News Association
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JOHN BASS (Tyler, TX) Hi Jim. The Real Estate
business has been very slow, but since I have the background that I do in
broadcasting, I decided to give it another try, and make more money and have
fun at the same time!! So far, all is looking very exciting! Hopefully, in
2012, our economy will slowly begin to recover, and people will be able to go
back to work in this country!! Well, enough for now. Good luck on your
broadcasting newsletter for all us old folks! I have often wondered whatever
happened to Dick Mock, Dick Glancey, and a few of the others I knew back in
those days. I still hear about Ken Dow (and Granny Emma) occasionally, but
otherwise, it is a whole new ball game out there now in radio...and also in
TV!! The internet has changed EVERYTHING!!! Take care and let me hear from you
from time to time. Let me know what you need from me RE: signing up for your
newsletter, and I'll get back to you. Take care, and God Bless!! John Bass
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Country music pioneer, Wade Mainer, has died @ 104 at his home in
Flint Township, MI. The last surviving member of Mainer's Mountaineers
(1934-65) is credited with inventing two-finger banjo picking style that paved
the way for the Blue-Grass era. He & sibling J.E. Mainer (1898-1971)
recorded on all major labels & is last of the old-guard tradionals from
20's & 30's. The funeral was Friday 9/16. Bob & Sonny Lee
TRIVIA ANSWER: In fall 1964, three Classic shows
premier on CBS TV: Gomer Pyle, USMC (September 25 through September 9, 1970),
Gilligan's Island (September 26 through September 4, 1967) and The Munsters
(September 24 through September 1, 1966).
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Andy Carr
Issue 1022. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Elkins Institute & Columbia School of
Broadcasting Dallas, TX. I knew Joe Goodwin (KWXI, KGVL, etc.) He ran the
Broadcasting School at Elkins in the 1980's. My friend Judith Powell (KSKY,
KRLD) was a student there. Joe & Judith took me on tours of the school
& I was there with Judith a time or two when she was working on her
audition tape. That's my connection to Elkins. I graduated from the Dallas
Columbia School of Broadcasting in early 1986. From mid 83 to early 86, it
seemed like a pretty good school to me. However, it did go under & close down
in the late 80's. I'll write more about my time there in part two. Take Care,
David Faulkner
MARK TWAIN [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (November 10,
1835 - April 21, 1910) Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart
people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 16, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1026
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
VETERAN MOVIE AND TV PRODUCER SUCCUMBS Veteran
Hollywood movie and TV producer John Calley's long career as a studio mogul
brings new life to Warner Brothers, United Artists, and in recent years, Sony
Pictures Entertainment. He dies at 81 after a long illness. The soft-spoken
Calley is not the typical Hollywood mogul. John Calley is born in NJ. After his
stint in the U.S. Army, at 21, he eases into the entertainment industry in
NBC's mailroom in NYC. In the 1950s, he produces the TV Classic series Mr. Ed.
He goes on to produce Filmways films like The Cincinnati Kid, Ice Station
Zebra, The Americanization of Emily and Catch-22. From 1968 until 1981, Calley
is head of production, P/Vice Chairman of Warner Brothers. His production
efforts there include the memorable movie Classics: Dirty Harry, A Clockwork
Orange, Deliverance, Enter The Dragon, Mean Streets, The Exorcist, A Star Is
Born, What’s Up Doc, Blazing Saddles, The Towering Inferno, Dog Day Afternoon,
Jeremiah Johnson, Klute, All The President’s Men, Superman, Barry Lyndon,
Chariots of Fire and Woodstock.
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SEVEN TV STATIONS CHANGE HANDS According to
Radio-TV Business Report, Cerberus Capital Management sells its Four Points
television stations to group owner Sinclair Media for an estimated $200M.
Sinclair gains one TV station in Austin, TX; one in Providence, RI; two in Salt
Lake City, ID plus three in West Palm Beach, FL. This transaction brokers
Sinclair's colonial empire into markets where it does not yet sit. The list of
TV stations includes one in Austin, TX KEYE TV CBS CH42. Other annexations
affix one in Providence, RI WLWC TV CW CH28; two in Salt Lake City, ID KUTV TV
CBS CH2 and KMYU TV MNT CH9 plus three in West Palm Beach, FL WTVX TV CW CH34,
WTCN TV MNT cable CH50 along with WWHB TV AZTECA cable CH48. David Smith of
Sinclair brags: We are very excited about the acquisition of the Four Points
television stations and welcome their employees into Sinclair. The stations,
which are in prime middle-markets, are a perfect complement to our portfolio of
assets and TV footprint. Sinclair expects these good vibrations to climax in
the first quarter of 2012.
PARTNERS SUE HICKS The Dallas Business Journal
reports that the Texas Rangers Baseball Partners file a lawsuit against former
Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks. The affidavit suggests that Hicks ignored his
fiduciary duties to the club while he worked on real estate deals. The summons
alleges that Hicks uses tens of millions of Rangers' money to buy land and
build parking lots and roads for a Hicks-owned entity called Ballpark Real
Estate LP. The plaintiff argues: That company generates millions of dollars a
year on events at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington and could be valued at $100
million or more. The Texas Rangers Baseball Partners is the bankrupt entity
that used to own the team before it emerged from bankruptcy court a year ago
with new owners. Currently, Nolan Ryan is the owner, CEO and team president of
the Texas Rangers baseball team. As we all know, Nolan Ryan is the former ace
pitcher for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros and the Texas
Rangers. Nolan and his family reside south of Houston in Alvin, TX.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who writes the words to the
timeless Gospel tune Precious Lord? The answer is below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•SAN ANTONIO, TX according to Arbitron reports in
its Fall 2011 Market Survey moves up from #31 on its Metro Survey Area Rankings
and Population list to #28 in line with The Alamo City’s estimated metro
population of 1.8 million people ages 12 and up. •KZRM FM Classic Rock (96.1)
Chama, NM owner Lance Minnite's Lance Broadcasting sells to Chama Broadcasting
for $250K cash. •CENTENNIAL BROADCASTING dismantles its Rock (The Bone
104.9/105.5) simulcast in Winchester, VA. WXBN FM (104.9) Strasburg, VA is now
WZFC FM. WWRE FM (105.5) Berryville, VA hijacks 104.9′s former WXBN FM
call letters.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 CKLW TV CBC CH9 in Windsor, ON begins
broadcasting on September 16th. •1967 DAVID HOUSTON & TAMMY WYNETTE's
single My Elusive Dreams written by Curly Putman is #1 in Billboard Country on
September 16th. •1977 MARC BOLAN Glam Rock vocalist/guitarist with T. Rex dies
in a car crash on September 16th at 29. •1981 ALABAMA's Feels So Right is its
first Platinum album on September 15th. •1994 JACK DODSON actor (Howard Sprague
on Andy Griffith Show) dies at 63 on September 16th. •2000 JO DEE MESSINA's
single That's The Way smashes #1 in Billboard Country on September 16th.
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CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Subject:
KIKK and other things. Hi Jim, Every one is talking about the great days of
radio, KSON the country powerhouse in San Diego recently scaled back its pay
roll by losing the entire morning shift: These were some really good folks. I
feel a corporate mentality in the programming and we know what that means. I'm
amused by the writings of some of the ex KIKK people. They were the boss of
country radio for so long and deservedly so. LeRoy never did like me. I tried
to sell him a station in 1965...and he assured me he didn't need the channel.
Then when I auditioned for a job at TV 39 he shot me down for the job which
went to Roger Gray.
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STEVE EBERHART (Dallas, TX) Subject: quick update.
hi jim...no big deal but you have me listed at KVIL...I haven't been there
since 1992!...but these days, in addition to running the station I own, KGAF in
Gainesville, I also work part time at Citadel (the former ABC Radio Network)
here in Dallas on the weekends on their AC format, and began weekends at KDMX
(Mix 1029) in Dallas back in the Spring...Lately, I have also been doing
middays for them. I still do freelance work from the home studio for several
stations as well. Thanks! Steve Eberhart
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Jim, You might enjoy
looking at my Facebook wall. Jackson Douglas (a Facebook friend of mine)
periodically posts old Radio/TV ads, etc on it. I & others offer comments,
memories, etc to go with them. Only Facebook friends (which you are) can see
it. Scroll through from today back through August if you have time. Thanks,
David
TRIVIA ANSWER: Many consider Thomas A. Dorsey the
father of Gospel music. He is born on July 1, 1899 in Villa Rica, GA. He passes
away on January 23, 1993 in Chicago, IL. His father is a Baptist minister.
Dorsey's music teacher mom teaches him how to play the piano. In 1910, his
family relocates to Atlanta, GA where he becomes a local Blues pianist. During
World War I, his family journeys to Chicago, IL to join the Pilgrim Baptist
Church. Dorsey studies music at the Chicago College of Composition and
Arranging. He plays piano in one of Al Capone’s Chicago speakeasies. Ma Rainey
hires him as a piano player in her Jazz band. In 1928, Dorsey and slide
guitarist Hudson [Tampa Red] Whittaker record the Blues hit, Tight Like That.
Thomas A. Dorsey pens more than 460 R&B and Jazz songs. In 1932, his Dorsey
House of music in Chicago is the first independent publisher of black Gospel
music. That same year, during his grief after the death of his first wife in
childbirth is when he composes his Classic and most famous song, Precious Lord.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Who wrote Precious Lord? Hello Jim: Thomas A. Dorsey, known as the father of
gospel music, for his merging of religious music with the blues, died at 93 on
Jan. 23. 1993. A personal conflict over his strict religious upbringing, and
love of bawdy, bluesy tunes inspired by slave songs, led the young jazz pianist
to create what he called "gospel music." Dorsey's best known gospel
song, "Take MY Hand Precious Lord," was made famous by the late
Mahalia Jackson, who once toured with Dorsey. His daughter Doris said he had
been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. From my archive/files, BOB 9/9.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Who wrote
Precious Lord? As Georgia Tom he backed Tampa Red and was the pianist for Ma
Rainey. There are several mentions of his work as Georgia Tom in the book:
Spreadin' the Rhythm Around Black popular songwriters, 1880 -1930; David A.
Jasen and Gene Jones; Schirmer Books, New York.
THOMAS A. DORSEY (July 1, 1899 - January 23, 1993)
When my way grows drear, Precious Lord, linger near. When my life is almost
gone, Hear my cry, hear my call. Take my hand lest I fall. Take my hand
Precious Lord And lead me home.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 14, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1025
REMEMBER 9/11
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WHERE ARE YOU WHEN THE TWIN TOWERS EXPLODE? Country
singer-song writer Alan Jackson remembers that he goes to bed with Ground Zero
on his mind. He wakes up in the middle of the night with the words to Where
Were You (When the World Stopped Turning). Before he beds down for the evening,
Alan performs at a children’s home benefit in his home state of Georgia, The
words to the song are on his mind so he gets out of bed and records the melody
and lyrics to the tune on his tape recorder. I’ve had songs come to me before
like that, but nothing seems as clear as this. The next morning, I started
putting all the verses together about things I had seen or heard about. In
November 2001, Alan performs the tune live for the first time at the CMA Awards
at the Grand Ole Opry House. Wade Jessen, Billboard Senior Chart Manager in
Nashville, TN recalls that tears dwell up in his eyes along with the rest of
the audience as Jackson sings the song. That’s not something that happens in mass
at the CMAs. Where Were You is another career song for Alan Jackson. He sings
it at the Pentagon for 9/11 survivors, as well as on the streets of New York
City. He sings the song on Sunday night, September 11, 2011 at Washington
National Cathedral during the nationally televised A Concert for Hope.
President Barack Obama is the 4th president for whom Jackson performs.
STEVENS APPLIES COMEDY INTO THE TRAGEDY Pop-Country
singing star and maker of comedy tunes Ray Stevens (Ahab the Arab #5-1962) says
that he pens a comedy song (Osama Yo Mama) about the Twin Towers disaster
because if you can invoke a smile or a laugh it makes what you’re saying more
palatable to a lot of people. Rock-Country singer Charlie Daniels offers no
apologies for his This Ain’t No Rag, It’s a Flag. I wrote it because it’s my
way of saying, This is America and we’re not going to put up with what you did
to us. We’re coming after you and there ain’t no place you can hide, and we
proved that a little while ago.
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THE OAKS ATTEND JONES' 80TH Country Music Hall of
Fame member George Jones celebrates his 80th birthday on Tuesday, September 13,
2011 in grand style that begins at Rippy’s Ribs & Bar-B-Que, 429 Broadway
in beautiful downtown Nashville, TN from 5-6 pm. Next, he heads on over to The
Grand Ole Opry to finish out his birthday bash. But his actual birth date is
September 12th. In attendance at George Jones' birthday shindig at The Grand
Ole Opry are The Oak Ridge Boys, Alan Jackson, Montgomery Gentry, Joe Diffie,
Pam Tillis, Jamey Johnson and Blackberry Smoke. Admission is free to the George
Jones pre-party at Rippy’s. If you would like to join in the celebration of
George Jones' 80th birthday party at The Grand Ole Opry on September 13 at 7pm,
the tickets are $34-$55 at www.opry.com or give them a call at 1-615-871-OPRY.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS Radio debut its
programs from the new CBS Broadcast Center in NYC? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•WLZT FM Clear Channel AC (Soft Rock 93.3)
Ashville/Columbus, OH stunts Top 500 countdown that leads up its new Classic
Hits (Oldies 93.3) after Labor Day 2011. •WKRK FM CBS Radio Modern Rock (Radio
92.3) Cleveland, OH flips to Sports (The Fan 92.3) on Monday, August 29, 2011
with Andy Roth as its new PD. •GLEN BECK is baack! The all new 2 hour Glenn
Beck Show launches on Monday, September 12, 2011 exclusively on www.GBTV.com
weekdays at its cachet 5pm ET ink blot. •NBC ENTERTAINMENT rechristens TV
studio wing as Universal Television plus snubs out execs for new blood.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 WTAE TV ABC CH 4 in Pittsburgh, PA begins
broadcasting on September 14th. •1963 GARY BAKER songwriter (John Michael
Montgomery I Swear, Reba McEntire One Honest Heart and Alabama Once Upon A
Lifetime) born in Niagara Falls, NY. •1974 BARBARA JO ALLEN actress (Ice
Capades 1941, Melody Ranch 1940) dies on September 14th at 68 in Santa Barbara,
CA. •1986 REBA MCENTIRE's single Little Rock hits #1 in Billboard Country on
September 13th. •1999 HARRY CRANE writer on TV's The Honeymooners dies at 85 on
September 14th. •2007 BRAD PAISLEY's album 5th Gear strikes Gold on September
12th.
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JOHN SUMMERS [ex KHJ-930/KLIF-1190] (Los Angeles,
CA & Reno, NV) Subject: John Summers in Los Angeles. Jim, I always appreciate
your column, having been a member of the DFW broadcast past at 1190-KLIF way
back. Wanted to send you an update... I accepted the offer of News Director at
Reno's #1-rated 50,000-watt conservative news/talker, 780-KOH. Looking forward
to working with program director Dan Mason & an awesome local staff of show
hosts & journalists, along with syndicators Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity,
Mark Levin, & Coast-to-Coast AM w/George Noory, just to mention a few. A
sidenote here...Ross Mitchell & Monica Jaye are the morning crew that
wakes-up Reno & the West weekdays from 5 to 9. Ross is also the incredible
'voice of Coast-to-Coast AM'...the guy with pipes 20 feet deeper then anyone
else I know in the biz! You can listen-in on the station website: www.kkoh.com/.
Listeners in your part of the States would hear 780-WBBM out of Chicago
over-the-air as it covers the Eastern half of the country. I begin my duties
Monday September 12th (tomorrow). John Summers; Los Angeles & Reno
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STEVE EBERHART [ex KVIL FM] (Dallas, TX) Subject:
Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1024) September 12, 2011 [Monday] Hi Jim I am hoping
you might help me with a question I have. I have asked many of the players from
the time, but haven't got a definitive answer. The question is when did KLIF
move IN to the "Triangle Point" studios at 2120 Commerce in downtown
Dallas If anyone knows for sure I'd like to know. I know they were in the
Jackson Street building when the assassination occurred and it was not too long
after that. Also does anyone have any photos of anything KLIF from either
studios? Thanks! Steve Eberhart (www.klifhistory.com)
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: 10 Years Since
9/11. Greetings Jim & Lacy, 9/11 of 2001 seems like a long time ago, but
it's only 10 years. Was at work that Tuesday morning, managing a Phillips 66 in
Dallas. Customers were mentioning that one of the World Trade Center towers had
been hit by a plane. Soon, Ron Chapman, Peggy Sears & Mitch Carr (on KLUV)
were reporting all the details. It became a slow, quiet day at the store. (All
who could were staying home, watching TV coverage of the attacks.) We kept up
via radio & word of mouth. KLUV would have frequent updates throughout the
day & our customers were speaking of little else. Around noon, a longtime
friend met me at the store & we went to a nearby Jakes for lunch.
Continuous coverage of the attacks was on all the TVs there. I hope the tragic
events of that day are never repeated. Peace, David Faulkner
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: DFW
Radio/TV "Lunch Bunch" set for Saturday, Sept 17. Hi Jim! Thanks for
the note. What you see there are the folks that I don't have on Facebook,
and/or ones who don't have a Facebook account. Not sure on Colonel (Mason)...I
hardly ever hear from him, and I think he's leaned more towards the science end
of things lately. He does a weekly radio show about nanotechnology. But he may
have signed onto JRRR because of all the KDNT chatter that was going on awhile
back. Do want to thank you for plugging these lunches on JRRR...we're in much
the same boat in our own way, gathering radio folks in one place to let them
reminisce, all the while for no profit and just for the occasional thank you.
And I know it's not said enough to you, so THANK YOU for all you do! Will see
you in November at the Hall of Fame? Take care, Mike (www.knus99.com/)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On July 26, 1964 CBS Radio programs
begin to radiate from its new headquarters at CBS Broadcast Center at 524 W. 57
Street in NYC.
CHARLES GEORGE [ex KCHU FM] (Dallas, TX) I have
been listening to various artists on Pandora.com. Wish they told about the
music. I liked listening to Pat Patterson, Jazz Workshop on KFAD, since he
would mention the artists and background about the music in a informative and
educational manner. The dial string had broken on a radio that I like to listen
to, I would then take the back off to tune it manually. I had a few shocking
experiences before getting a radio I could tune from the controls.
JOSEPH STALIN [Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili]
(December 18, 1879 – March 5, 1953) Without the help of useful idiots, our
ideology will not succeed.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 12, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1024
REMEMBER 9/11
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
HOLLYWOOD MOVIE LEGEND BIDS FAREWELL Charly is a
first-rate motion picture. The 1968 film brings actor Cliff Robertson an Oscar
for his portrayal of the mentally disabled Charly. Doctors perform an
experimental operation that takes Charly out of his menial janitor job into
mental brilliance. But, like in the Ames Brothers hit tune, it only lasts for a
little while until he regresses back into his previous mental state. Cliff also
appears in Three Days of the Condor with Robert Redford. Clifford Parker
Robertson III is born on September 9, 1925 in La Jolla, CA. He learns drama in
high school. He attends Antioch College. He goes to work at the nearby
Springfield, OH newspaper and radio station. In 1948 he lands a role in the
Chicago Company of Mister Roberts. In 1955, Joshua Logan casts him in a
supporting role in the film version of Picnic. President John F. Kennedy
chooses Cliff Robertson to portray him in the 1963 picture PT 109. Cliff's
first marriage to Stephanie Robertson, ex-wife of actor Jack Lemmon, produces
daughter Cynthia Stone. His second marriage is to actress and heiress Dina
Merrill, who is the daughter of financier E.F. Hutton and Marjorie Merriweather
Post, heiress to the Post cereal fortune and one of the world's richest women.
They have a child who dies of cancer. The couple gets a divorce in 1989. His
secretary for 53 years, Evelyn Christel, says that Cliff Robertson died of
natural causes Saturday afternoon, September 10, 2011 in Stony Brook, a day
after his 88th birthday.
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REMEMBER 9/11 Throughout America on Sunday,
September 11, 2011 we remember the harrowing horror that rips apart our country
when terror strikes the Twin Towers in NYC. Foreign medieval insurgents hijack
two jet airliners and crash them into the Twin Towers. In Gotham City WABC-770
broadcasts live all day from Ground Zero. WOR-710 morning host John Gambling
and newsman Joe Bartlett are live from the site from 8-11am. News-Talk radio
stations WINS-1010, WCBS-880 and WEMP FM (101.9) air live coverage from
Sunday’s memorial ceremonies in Lower Manhattan. In Washington, DC WMAL-630
airs a three-hour special on Sunday morning Live from the Newseum. Its hosts
include Morning Majority team Brian Wilson, Mary Katherine Ham and Bryan
Nehman, plus veteran midday host Chris Plante. All-news WTOP FM (103.5)
presents special programming during the weekend anniversary of the flying
machine attack on the Pentagon in the nation’s capitol.
TURN OUT THE LIGHTS THE PARTY'S OVER Just before
midnight on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 as I put the finishing touches on
Friday's issue of JRRR, the ISP goes completely dead. Restart the computer and
attempt everything that comes to mind for this infidel to restore contact but
the ISP is DOA. Our telephone line is also on the blink. Panic strikes! So
close but yet so far from publishing Friday's issue of JRRR but my hands are
tied behind my back. All of a sudden after about 45 minutes, from out of
nowhere, bingo! The ISP automatically reconnects! What causes this to happen?
On Thursday night almost the same thing occurs when a sudden blackout shuts
down power to millions of homes and businesses that includes NTS MediaOnline
Today headquarters plus a wide region of Southern CA, parts of Arizona and
northern Baja, Mexico. But NTS MediaOnline Today uncovers the root of that
calamity. No, it's not Al Gore's global warming that shuts down a portion of
America's power grid. The utility company says that it is human error that
causes the sudden freeze of its electric current.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When is The Beatles first
appearance on CBS TV's The Ed Sullivan Show? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KLZK FM Ramar Communications AC (Stars 97.3)
Lubbock, TX stunts with Country, Hip-Hop and Showtunes until it rebounds as Yes
FM 97.3 but its new format remains a secret. In Lubbock, Ramar also owns Fox
Talk KJTV-950/KJTV FM (100.7), Tejano KXTQ FM (Magic 93.7) and Sports KTTU FM
(Double T 104.3). •WMKK FM (Mike FM 93.7) Entercom Boston, MA ends its Adult
Hits music on Monday, September 12, 2011 in favor of a simulcast of Sports Talk
WEEI-590 as another FM music format bites the dust. •RONA DANZIGER is new PD of
CBS Radio Talk WXYT-1270 Detroit, MI.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KNTV TV ABC CH11 in San Jose, CA begins
broadcasting on September 12th. •1967 BOBBIE GENTRY's single Ode To Billie Joe
strikes Gold on September 11th. •1974 JEFF [Skunk] BAXTER joins The Doobie
Brothers on September 12th. •1988 HIGHWAY 101's single (Do You Love Me) Just
Say Yes lands at #1 in Billboard Country on September 10th. •1994 MAJOR BILL
SMITH (good friend) Ft. Worth, TX record producer dies at 72 on September 12th.
•2003 JOHNNY CASH dies of diabetes at Nashville's Baptist Hospital on September
12th, just four months after the death of his wife, June Carter.
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JEFF THOMPSON (Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC)
Subject: Memories of Cactus Pryor. I was very saddened to hear of the passing
of Cactus Pryor, a real icon of quality local broadcast talent. I got to know
him while I was a student from 1955-59 at the University of Texas, as Broadcast
major, and then during my early broadcast career until I moved to KXYZ in
Houston in 1961. I met Cactus first, through my cousin, Bill Montandon, a
prominent Austin realtor, who also happened to be a fine singing tenor. I was
also an instrumental musician, a singer, and ventriloquist. So Bill and I
appeared on Cactus's TV shows on KTBC a few times. But then, Cactus and I also
performed on stage at numerous community events together. He was THE face and
the good humored voice of every good cause, as well as the station. I also sang
Station ID jingles for KTBC radio and TV. During my college years I did work at
several other Austin stations, KAZZ, KUT, and I helped put KASE on the air,
where I was eventually program director. While I never had a real job at the
"Lady Bird" Johnson's station, some of my class mates did, like Harry
Blackstone, Jr., the great magician, But I will always treasure performing
there while learning and having great fun with Cactus, a great man, a wonderful
comedian, and a broadcaster's broadcaster. - Jeff Thompson
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Andy Carr
Issue 1022. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Andy's description of the San Antonio
Columbia School of Broadcasting sounds a little different than the Dallas
location. At Dallas there were people on site to listen to our tapes, offer
guidance, etc. Ron Knowles (KOAX, KAAM 1310) was the manager. Rick Stoughton
(KLIF 1190, KZEW/KRQX) & Doug Saye (KTXQ, KZEW) were two of the
instructors. We had an in-house student station (KDCS). Rick built it using
equipment that KZEW/KRQX no longer wanted. Some Saturdays we had special stuff.
One Saturday Bud Buschardt (WFAA, KVIL) came & spoke to us (& answered
our many questions) about KVIL, music, etc. (I think he was MD of KVIL at the
time.) On another Rick took a van full of us on a tour of KZEW & KRQX's
studios & transmitter sites. (He was their CE.) Fun times. Take Care, David
Faulkner
MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: DFW
Radio/TV "Lunch Bunch" set for Saturday, Sept 17. Time again to
gather all local media types, past and present, for our quarterly casual
gathering at Humperdink's on Northwest Hwy between 35E/Stemmons and Loop
12/Walton Walker in NW Dallas. We'll meet up Saturday, Sept 17 between 12:30
and 3:30PM. See old friends, meet new
ones, do some networking, etc. Same as always--no speeches or agendas, drop
in/drop out, each person pays for their own...and always a fun time for
everyone! Please mark your calendar and plan to be there! Details or questions...just email me. And if you haven't already, please join our
Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/133439276685661/. Thanks to all...Mike
Shannon (www.knus99.com/)
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DAVID HOUSE (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Bob Sullivan.
Hi, Jim, Just finished the issue of your newsletter that you sent. It's
wonderful. Excellent work. And you did a great job with my request. Thank you
for adding me to your subscriber list. Interestingly, after I clicked on a
Cashbox link, I was scrolling down and lo and behold there was an ad for my
first cousin, Chuck Hancock. Small world. I'll bet Lacy's a superb and highly
charming assistant. I get a lot of help from our little shelter doggie,
Finnegan, who has a bent right ear and looks like a Disney dog. Thanks for
being open to stories about mom and radio. I'll share as often as I can. Best,
David House; Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native
American Journalists Association, Online News Association
TRIVIA ANSWER: February 9, 1964 is The Beatles
first appearance on CBS TV's The Ed Sullivan Show.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, I gave in
Wednesday, and got an Android phone...then got the app, Tune-in. I find now I
can listen to stations from various places. I find other markets have better
programming than the Dallas Market. I know this will probably upset some, but
there is more to Dallas than North Dallas.
JOE BOB BRIGGS (January 27, 1953 - p) Apparently we
love our own cell phones but we hate everyone else's.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 09, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1023
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
SUPER BOWL SELLS OUT According to Seth Winter, SVP
of NBC Sports Group Sales & Marketing, literally a handful of units are on
hand for the Super Bowl XLVI broadcast. Five months before the Super Bowl kicks
off in Indianapolis, IN on February 5, 2012 NBC almost sells out just about all
of its entire 63 open 30 second Super Bowl football slots available. But only
six remain open. This is despite the 4 month long lock out. On March 11th, just
two months after the lockout begins, half of NBC's Super Bowl spot load is
spoken for. In 2011, Fox gets $3 million per spot. But for 2012, NBC raises the
ante to $3.5 million for each 30 second ad. For each Super Bowl spot sold,
other NBC Sports items are attached such as the 17-day 2012 Summer Olympics
spectacular in London from July 27-August 12, 2012. Nielsen report says that
the Pittsburgh Steelers-Green Bay Packers Super Bowl game shatters the record
for most-watched single TV event in American history with an average of 111
million Fox viewers on February 6, 2011. A little more than half the total U.S.
population sees a portion of that game.
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ROCK STAR KICKED OFF PLANE Southwest Airlines
removes Rock group Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong from a flight
because his pants are too low. The Green Day singer is on a flight from Oakland
in Northern California to Burbank. A stewardess tells him that he will have to
get off of the airplane because his pants are too low. He answers back: I’m
just trying to get to my...seat. After he exits the airship, Billie Joe Tweets
a message: Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too
low! No joke! The incident boils into a public relations catastrophe for the
airline. Southwest issues a statement of apology: As soon as we became aware of
what had happened, we reached out to apologize for this Customer's experience.
He elected to take the next flight. We followed up with this Customer and
involved Employees to get more details and, in our latest conversations,
understand from the Customer the situation was resolved to his satisfaction.
BRUNO RETURNS WPEN FM (The Fanatic 97.5) Philly's
first All Sports FM radio station welcomes back Tony Bruno to host Philadelphia
Midday Show Monday through Friday noon-2pm with co-host Harry Mayes beginning
on Monday, October 3, 2011. In the recent past, Bruno is both a local
Philadelphia WPEN FM radio host as well as host of the national show Into the
Night with Tony Bruno from Los Angeles, CA. Tony Bruno’s radio career covers
more than 30 years which begins at age 18 on the legendary WFIL-560 (Famous
56). He becomes an award winning reporter, anchor and talk show host. Tony
sighs: This is the best sports city in America and having done national sports
talk for more than 25 years, nothing beats being back in Philly where it all
started with my family, friends and great radio fans...with a total commitment
to 'local only' radio, this should solidify us as the best sports radio station
in Philly, period! Greater Philadelphia Radio, Inc., a subsidiary of Greater
Media, Inc., owns WPEN FM. Also, 23 AM and FM radio stations in Boston,
Charlotte, Detroit, New Jersey and Philadelphia.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the CBS Morning News
with Mike Wallace debut? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Ron Samuels (Houston, TX) [KILT
FM-KDAY-KPRC-KBLX-KCOP TV-WKIS] Sunday, September 11, 2011. •REGIS PHILBIN
longtime host of Live with Regis and Kelly wraps up 28 seasons with his
farewell on Friday, November 18, 2011. Highlights of Regis' time on the show
airs for two months as part of the Regis Farewell Celebration Season. •KBZC FM
Entercom GenX Hits 80's Rock (The Buzz 106.5) Sacramento, CA flips to Rhythmic
AC (Feel Good Music) with new kids on the block Christopher K. middays
(10am-2pm) plus Monica Lowe, formerly of 100.5 The Zone from 2 to 6pm.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KGTV TV ABC/NBC CH10 in San Diego, CA begins
broadcasting on September 9th. •1968 BUCK OWENS performs Act Naturally and I've
Got A Tiger By The Tail for President Lyndon Johnson at the White House on
September 9th. •1975 JOHN MCGIVER actor (Patty Duke Show) dies at 61 on
September 9th. •1989 THE LATE KEITH WHITLEY's single I Wonder Do You Think Of
Me lands at #1 in Billboard Country on September 9th. •1994 PATRICK O'NEAL
actor (King Rat-1965) dies of cancer at 66 on September 9th. •2006 THE
WRECKERS' debut single Leave The Pieces smashes Billboard Country on September
9th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) OK Jim, I have some
time now. My first job at age 19 is KDNT Denton, 1960. did a 2-hr C&W
afternoon show. then 1961, KCPA-fm Dallas, (a classical FM that went broke).
then 1962-63, KGAF Gainesville; 1963-64 KEEE Nacogdoches as ND. in 1965 moved
to Tyler worked at KDOK and KTBB at the same time until the manager at KDOK
found out and let me go, said "I can't have someone working for me and the
competition too. I used different names. I was afternoon DJ on KTBB as Randy
Lee and KDOK week-end newsman as Frank Daveney. Then worked at KVIL Dallas in
1965-66 afternoon drive DJ and also taught at Elkins. (worst job I ever had)
Then in the fall of 1966, did week-ends at KLIF and after a short time became
full time on KLIF. (Thanks to Dick Glancey.) In 1967 I went to Houston as ND at
KILT. (Thanks to Bill Young) In 1973 went next door to KTRH Houston to do talk
and afternoon news anchor. In 1977, came out to Albuquerque to do morning news
on KOB and did that for 20 years. in 1999 I moved over to KFLQ-fm and did
morning news for 8 years on a Christian FM. In 2008 I moved to where I am now
KKIM (FM) doing morning news in Albuquerque. End of story. Have a good one, FH
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LARRY SCOTT (Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Bob
Sullivan. Jim, I haven’t talked to Bob Sullivan in two or three years. I just
tried to call him and there was no answer but here is his phone number and last
address I had on him. Bob Sullivan; McAllister, OK. I don’t know if you should
include it in your news but maybe you can email David House. Larry
DAVID HOUSE (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Bob Sullivan.
God bless you mightily, Jim. And Larry Scott, too. Thank you so much. I'll get
a letter off to Bob today and also will let him know about your Web
column-newsletter. David House; Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com)
Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association, Online News Association
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JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1021) September 05, 2011 [Monday] Jim, I worked for the
better part of ten years in the news department of KLBJ, so needless to say, I
got to know Cactus Pryor well. I don't have many heroes, but he is definitely
one I did have. Yes, he was well-known, a celebrity in his own right, and
somewhat bigger than life, but you'd never know it by being around him. He had
common sense, needless to say a quick wit, and was modest and very comfortable
with himself. He was a towering talent in broadcasting, but without a runaway
ego. I never failed to listen to his early morning thoughts on KLBJ, and they
never failed to inform and entertain. Some of his family followed him into
broadcasting, and were and are very good, but I think they'd agree that no one
will replace Cactus. You hear it said a lot, but he literally was one of a
kind. I miss him greatly on KLBJ. Yours Truly, John Hale; Mobile Magic Music
"We're at the best parties!"
TRIVIA ANSWER: On September 2, 1963 the CBS Morning
News with Mike Wallace debuts from 10:00-10:30 am EDT. It is the first daily
half-hour morning network news program on TV.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
JRRR Issue #1021, 9/3/11. Jim: A friend/reader Roy Lemons, asked about the
great 50's DJ Martin Block. Block (3/2/03 to 9/9/1967) was MC of the All-Star
Show I attended at The Storz Stations' 2nd Annual Internat'l radio &
program Seminar & pop Music D.J. Conv, Americana hotel, Miami Beach, May
29-31, 1959. Block was celebrating his Silver Jubilee "as a
platter-spinner," the program states. Most all the top DJs & recording
artists of the day attended, & I still hold the official 27-page program of events. Of interest also
to your TX readers is that Gordon McLendon was on a panel, as was Paul Berlin,
KNUZ, sked for two, plus serving as a moderator & member of the planning
committee. It's a memorable event in radio I will never forget. Randy Wood
& most record execs were there, plus nearly 30 top acts of the day
performed on Block's show. DJ Tommy Edwards, WERE, Cleveland, who steered me
into radio previously, renewed friendship. When I was with you at TRHOF, Nov.
2008, I wanted to chat with Paul Berlin, but he apparently left early &
dashed my plans. BOB & Sonny Lee
GORDON MCLENDON (June 08, 1921 - September 14,
1986) What harm is there in making 100,000 people happy on a hot summer
afternoon?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 07, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1022
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
ROLLING STONE SAVES RADIO STATION Lightning strikes
Angel Radio's transmitter on the Isle of Wight in the UK and knocks it off the
air. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones comes to Angel Radio's rescue with a
£3,000 check to help repair its transmitter. At first, Angel Radio's staff
presumes that it is a prank when they receive the check. But it really fires
them up when the Rock star comes forward to help get them get back on the air.
Bev Webster, Angel Radio Director, tells British newspaper The Sun: We thought
the cheque was a joke. But accountants confirmed it was the real Keith
Richards. I've written to say thanks. It is so exciting to think he might be a
fan. Angel Radio is a small UK radio station that broadcasts pre 1969 music.
The staff believes that Keith is a fan of the radio station. A spokesman for
the 67-year-old Keith Richards confirms that he indeed does make the donation,
but he has no comment.
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TV ANCHOR EXITS AFTER PROTEST Frances Rivera
evening anchor on WHDH TV Boston, MA joins other anchors to protest WHDH TV's
annual Health and Fitness Expo recently. The NBC affiliate is involved in a
battle with AFTRA, which is the union that represents WHDH TV on-air talent,
over salary and age discrimination concerns. During the protest, Frances and
her on-air teammates hand out fliers that urge people to call WHDH TV GM
Christopher Wayland to express their support for them. The Herald reports that
WHDH TV is very unhappy with Rivera’s decision to participate in the protest.
After 10 years with WHDH TV evening anchor Frances Rivera leaves Boston for a
local TV position in NYC but she does not disclose which station. WHDH TV GM
Wayland says: We wanted her to stay. She did a great job for us and we wish her
the best.
BUDDY HOLLY TURNS 75 If he is still alive,
Rock'n'Roll legend Buddy Holly will be 75 years old on Wednesday, September 7,
2011. On September 9th there is to be a celebration called the Buddy Holly
Avenue Birthday Bash in his home town Lubbock, TX. But the late singer's wife
Maria Elena Holly who has legal rights to Buddy’s name, likeness and image
objects to the concert. Maria's attorney, Stephen Easley of Washington, DC,
sends cease and desist notices to KEND Radio, KEND owner Bill Clement and Melt
management, saying the concert organizers and a Buddy Holly impersonator,
Johnny Rogers, cannot legally put on the show. Maria's attorney Stephen Easley
says that The Buddy Holly Center has exclusive rights to use her late husband’s
name, image and likeness. He adds that Maria Holly supports only the September
7th celebration at the Buddy Holly Center. Also, on September 7th actor Gary
Busey of The Buddy Holly Story joins Phil Everly and Peter Asher as speakers at
the Holly star ceremony where the late Charles Hardin [Buddy] Holly receives a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS TV kick off football
Instant Replay? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Tommy Overstreet [A total of 20
Top 20 songs in the 1970s including (Jeannie Marie) You Were a Lady #3-1974]
celebrates another great year on September 10, 2011. •DANNY BONADUCE bids adieu
to mornings on CBS Radio WYSP FM (94.1) Philadelphia, PA as it abandons Rock
music after Labor Day to become Sports WIP FM with a simulcast of sister Sports
WIP-610. •WPRT FM Nashville, TN flips from Hot AC The Party 102.5 to Sports The
Game 102.5 at 6:00am on Monday, August 29, 2011. •JOHN GORDON legendary
Minnesota Twins announcer retires after 25 years in the team’s broadcast booth.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 WWL TV CBS CH4 in New Orleans, LA begins
broadcasting on September 7th. •1963 MARK CHESNUTT (Brother Jukebox #1 for 2
weeks-1991) born on September 6th in Beaumont, TX. •1978 KEITH MOON drummer for
legendary Rock group The Who dies of drug OD at 31 on September 7th. •1985
ROSANNE CASH's I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me lands at #1 in Billboard
Country on September 7th. •1994 DENNIS MORGAN (Earl Stanley Morner) leading
male actor and singer of the 1940s dies at 83 on September 7th in Fresno, CA.
•2006 SUGARLAND's video Want To debuts on CMT on September 7th.
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DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Jim, Now, let me help you get in good with our people. I
am including their e-mail above in the address part. Please feel free to put
them on your mail-out list, and I ask, with this e-mail, that you are put on
theirs. Kathy Harris is in our office. Sandy Brokaw is in Los Angeles. Kirt
Webster is in Nashville. They all do our PR and Press and Media Relations. With
this I ask Kathy to make sure you have our new CD and anything you need from our
past. Our new CD will be released by Cracker Barrel on Sept. 19th. It is called
"It's Only Natural". Please feel free to contact our people to keep
you up to date. And, once again, Thanks for your years of friendship. Duane
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JOAN PATE-DAY [Sister of KLIF-1190/KBOX-1480/KVIL
FM Mobile News Reporter Sam Pate] (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Duane Allen (Oak Ridge
Boys) I am proud of you guys. If you happen to run into Willie Nelson would you
please ask him which of the Abbott family was his kin? I have been trying to
find out for several years with no luck. I want to know the name of his
grandparent and great grandparent on the Abbott side of his family.
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DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX)
Subject: trying to contact Bob Sullivan. Dear Mr. Rose, Don Logan, Alton
Warwick and Doug Davis all recommended that I contact Bob Sullivan in regard to
research I'm conducting. They do not have his contact information. If you do,
would you share it with me? I'm David House, a freelance writer and son of the
late songwriter Jewell House of Texarkana, Texas. Mom wrote with and for Hank
Williams, Webb Pierce, Red Sovine and other artists during the '50s and into
the '60s and had deep connections with the Louisiana Hayride. I've begun
research for a book about her and am contacting those who knew and worked with
her. I was in Shreveport Wednesday and Texarkana Thursday, interviewing Logan,
Warwick and Davis. They felt that Bob Sullivan could be of help to me but that
he was in Oklahoma and they had no contact information for him. Thanks in advance
for any help you can share. Best regards, David House; Freelance Writer
(www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association,
Online News Association
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ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Columbia
School of Broadcasting. Jim, David Faulkner referenced Elkins Institute and
Columbia School of Broadcasting: I attended Elkins in Dallas to earn my first
class radio license, making it easier to be employed. I think they called us
"combo jocks." I left KBUC to become Director of Columbia School of
Broadcasting in San Antonio. The school had a suite of beautiful offices that
included a broadcast booth, a video tape recorder, and a news set, but there
were never any classes taught in this impressive building because the school
was a correspondence school. The students did their practice tapes at home and
mailed them. The schools were franchised: Mine and several others were owned by
some lawyers in New Orleans. The schools folded while I was there, even though
my school was doing really good financially. In my opinion the owners errored
by hiring suit and tie directors instead of long stringy haired people like me.
No one wanted to be a suit and tie jock...Jocks just didn't look like that.
Andy Carr, KBER, KMAC-KISS, KBUC, KKYX (weekends), KVEG, KRAM, KENO, KWBY, and
Columbia School of Broadcasting
TRIVIA ANSWER: On December 7, 1963 CBS TV makes
technological history when it introduces the first-ever Instant Replay during
the Army-Navy football game.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) My G. E. Superadio was
$80 but I bought it from Bruce Elving, FM Atlas since I had a tunable SCA
installed. Several stations have specialty foreign language programs on their
SCA. Also NTRB, North Texas Radio For The Blind is on the SCA of KERA-FM. I
bought this in 1990. Fryes has the unmodified Superadio II for about $50. I
bought mine after talking with Gary Ketler. He has the original Superadio which
actually was a superior DX machine. I use to enjoy UT games that were sent over
KFJZ-FM on their SCA. The background music stations on SCA now have gone since
they have other delivery methods available. I also have a Select-antenna from C
Crane and a loop from Radio Shack. The select-antenna works best with my
Sangean ATS-818 while the Radio Shack loop works best with the G. E. Superadio.
This morning at 10 a.m. BBC African Service was putting in a very good signal
on 17830 KHz. It came in better on my Sangean ATS-818 than on my Eton E1/XM
which does better on pulling in amateur and utility signals. Charles
CLIFFORD STOLL (University of California-Berkeley
astronomer) Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called
users?
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 03, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1021
LACY AND I WISH YOU A JOYOUS AND SAFE LABOR DAY
WEEKEND!
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BRILLIANT IDEA FOR A RADIO STATION Sports/Talk KRLD
FM (The Fan 105.3) in Dallas, TX has a dazzling idea for a Sports/Talk radio
station. In fall 2011, KRLD FM opens an 8,000 square foot sports-themed
restaurant for every age group with food, thirst quenchers and the whole ball
of wax for sports fans and do it seven days a week. Bill Teague, local
restaurant and club operator owns and operates the restaurant. This is a slam
dunk because The Fan Sports Lounge's location is inside Dallas’ Victory Park,
which is precisely across from the American Airlines Center. In addition to
KRLD FM's state-of-the-art broadcast studio, the Lounge contains a bundle of HD
TVs, theater-size projection screens, high-tech game room, private dining rooms
and plus lots of other gizmos. Bruce Gilbert, VP of Talk and Sports Programming
at CBS Radio News/Dallas, brags: When it comes to brand extension we could
think of nothing better than a place to gather where you can interact with the
station (KRLD FM) while enjoying watching your favorite teams play. This is a
great way for us to grow The Fan franchise and welcome our friends and
listeners into our world, while providing North Texas sports fans with an
affordable, fun, and comfortable experience.
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SUN SUES OVER JOHNNY CASH REHASH Sun Records
Nashville, TN pursues a lawsuit against a Houston company about its licensing
rights over Johnny Cash tunes in advertisements that includes a trailer for the
movie Zombieland that features a remix of Cash's songs. According to the
disagreement, in 2007 Sun signs a licensing pact with Compadre Records that
allows it to remix Johnny Cash - The Complete Sun Recordings - 1955-1958 for a
new album. Problem is that Sun says that Compadre does not make the required payments
under the agreement. Sun alleges that it does not receive its share of the
$40,000 that the producers of Zombieland pays Compadre for the Johnny Cash
product. Also, in question is the $23,250 that ABC pays Compadre for its use of
the remixed song used in promotional ads for the CMA Music Festival and Awards.
Columbia pays Compadre $70,000 for its use of the remixed version of Get Rhythm
in an ad campaign. Sun accuses Compadre of breach of contract and copyright
infringement. So far, Compadre ignores the forthcoming U.S. District Court
lawsuit in Nashville, TN.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does Walter Cronkite become
the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Chuck Joseph [KILT-610 DJ] turns
39 for about the 2nd or 3rd time on Wednesday, September 5, 2011. •KTAR-620
Bonneville Sports Phoenix, AZ rebrands itself as Arizona Sports with ESPN
Radio’s lineup. •DENNY SOMACH former DJ/MD returns to WYSP FM on Tuesday,
August 30, 2011 from 7–9 pm just before WYSP FM (94.1) begins to simulcast All
Sports WIP-610 on September 6th. •HOWARD ESKIN Philly Sports radio and TV
legend for over 30 years leaves PM Drive on WIP-610 on Friday, September 2,
2011. He remains part-time plus continues his Sports Final on WCAU TV NBC CH10.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 WKRG TV CBS CH5 in Mobile, AL begins
broadcasting on September 5th. •1961 LORETTA LYNN (Patsy Cline's She's Got You
#1-1977) signs with Decca records on September 3rd. •1977 JERRY LEWIS' 12th
Muscular Dystrophy telethon is on September 5th. •1981 TOM GOSSIN guitarist
with Gloriana born on September 4th in Utica, NY. •1999 ALLEN FUNT inventor of
reality-TV when he creates and hosts Candid Camera dies at 84 on Sunday
afternoon, September 5th of complications from an earlier stroke. •2007 TAYLOR
SWIFT's single Teardrops on My Guitar rings a Gold chime on September 5th.
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DERRILL HOLLY [KIKK FM] (Washington, DC/Arlington,
VA) Subject: Cactus Pryor's passing. A sad loss of a funny man. I met Cactus
Pryor in the 1970s and knew him to be an author and humorist. He was also a
good friend to those who knew him and a courageous man. The late John Henry
Faulk use to talk about how Cactus helped him get work in the angry days of the
Blacklist. He was also a friend to folks like LBJ and the Daniels brothers of
East Texas political fame. He deserves posthumous induction into the Texas
Radio Hall of Fame. As our old friend Bob Cole so eloquently put it in an obit
I read back East: “Austin is Austin, in large part, because of Cactus
Pryor." Derrill E. Holly; Senior Writer-Editor, Electric Co-op Today;
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
CACTUS PRYOR and I are judges in the Peach Festival
Beauty contest in Stonewall, TX in 1969 during my tour of duty as PD/MD/PM
Drive DJ on KBUC FM-AM in San Antonio. Cactus and I notice the smooth fuzz on
the Peach beauty contestants but they won't let us examine any farther. By that
time Cactus Pryor is a long time living legend on Austin radio and TV but he is
a meek and mild gentleman that I will never forget.
ED RYAN [Radio Ink Editor-in-Chief] (Boynton Beach,
FL) Subject: Jim...You out there? Jeff Pollack wants to debate me tomorrow
(09/02/11 [F]). He says the classic rock format is alive and well. You have any
questions you want me to throw at him. Ed Ryan; Editor, Radio Ink Magazine
(www.radioink.com)
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DAVID FAULKNER [KFJZ-870/KTNS-1600] (Dallas, TX) I
think Elkins (Institute of Radio) is no longer around. In the 1980's Joe
Goodwin (or was it Godwin) was running it. He had worked for Texas State Network
& KWXI-97.1 (that was a good station!) We were members of the same church
at one time. I graduated from The Columbia School of Broadcasting. (defunct,
the last I heard) Not sure where my diploma went. Must've been lost in one of
the several times that I've moved since then. I recently found one of their
newsletters that says I graduated. (Guess I better not lose that!)
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-movie/TV actor-radio voice
actor] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1019)
August 31, 2011 [Wednesday] Yep...in those days the media called Cactus the
"President's favorite after-dinner sppeaker". There will never be
another like him...a great talent and as you said, a nice man to boot. Jim
Gough
JOANNE BUSSELL [KLDE FM/Mix 96.5/Metro
Traffic/Clear Channel/Atlanta's Z93 and V103] (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1020) September 02, 2011 [Friday] Thanks for the story about
B'ham (WJOX FM Birmingham, AL). I worked with these people back in the day.
Great...post today!
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ROY LEMONS [GM KBUY-1540/KTYL/KJET GM/KWIC/WBOK GM/KMGC/SM
KIKK-650/KTYL Owner] (Grove, OK) Whatever happen to Jim Stewart, afternoon
drive guy at KIKK (650) in late 60's? Great personality. I have lots of old
network radio schedules from 40's and 50's I'm going to scan and send your way.
Anyone remember Martin block? 50's jock on WABC (770) and ABC radio net. At one
time had a 7 car garage, one for each car of the day. I think he had 7
different wives also. His son Michael block worked for me at Beaumont FM in the
70's. Tremendous voice. Have a great weekend inside.
CHARLES GEORGE [KCHU FM] (Dallas, TX) Subject:
Horse Of A Different Color. Hi, I guess the story about Mr. Ed could be called
a horse of a different color. When I played as a DJ at KELC, in the basement of
El Centro, I often had requests for A Horse With No Name. They had a Gates
Board, Two Cart Machines, two Turntables and a Wollensak Reel to Reel. I once
stopped the reel to reel before letting it slow down...
TRIVIA ANSWER: On April 16, 1962 Walter Cronkite
becomes the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News.
TONY WILLIAMS [WKY-930/KRLD-1080/Metro Traffic]
(Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: Schlitz. Yep. I am not a big beer drinker, but
with pizza it is great. When I was at the University of Oklahoma, Coors was big
because at that time you could not get it in Oklahoma. You might recall that
Gerald Ford, on one trip to Vail, Colo., had Air Force One stocked with Coors
to take back to the White House. Now all this talk makes me want a beer and
pizza...and it is too late. And it is all your fault Jim.
DAVE BARRY (July 3, 1947 - p) Without question, the
greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the
wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with
pizza.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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September 02, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1020
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
IRENE REELS AND ROCKS ROCKER Former NY Skid Row
quintet Hard Rock lead singer Sebastian Bach reels and rocks at the loss of his
home in New Jersey because of Hurricane Irene's flood damage. He posts his
sorrow on Facebook: I am numb, in shock, & devastated to report that my
home of 21 years has been destroyed, condemned, & deemed uninhabitable.
People.com reports: Lost in his flooded basement were irreplaceable items such
as Skid Row master tapes, a KISS pinball machine and other band memorabilia,
but it appears Bach will be able to salvage the possessions he kept on higher
floors in his home. Bach further elaborates in Facebook: What makes me happy is
that my children & ex wife are safe. No one got hurt. People.com says that
Bach had been hanging onto the house since he filed for divorce from his wife
of 18 years in November (2010). He plans to start over in Los Angeles (CA).
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SPORTS TALKER SUES BOSS What if sometime we decide
to file a law suit against the company who signs our paychecks? Well, popular
sports talk host Paul Finebaum does just that. He files a lawsuit against
Citadel which is the company that currently is his employer. The Paul Finebaum
Show airs from 2-9 p.m. weekdays on Sports Talk WJOX FM sister station of
Sports Talk WJOX-690 in Birmingham, AL. Paul has a network of 38 radio stations
as well as Sirius/XM satellite. Radio Ink receives word that Finebaum claims
that Citadel does not pay him according to their mutually agreed upon contract.
The Birmingham Business Journal reports the dollar amount is $75,000.
Finebaum's contract goes through 2013. Word has it that he does not have one of
those nasty non-competes with which to deal. How convenient. Wonder if he just
might want to jump ship over to a competing radio station? Radio Ink suggests:
If he can prove he's not getting paid he can declare the contract invalid. Bill
Thomas, WJOX-FM GM, responds: Citadel has a positive and productive
relationship with Paul. Our relationship will not change because of his legal
filings. I personally have considered him a friend since the 1980’s. Stay tuned
to this Bat channel.
LOCAL TV ON ITS WAY BACK For the past 14 years,
Emily Barr, P/GM of WLS-TV ABC in Chicago, IL manages to hold onto top ratings
in the Windy City despite heavy competition, bad economy and the recent loss of
its flagship program Oprah. For the show's replacement Barr goes local with
Windy City Live which is a talk show that features cooking segments plus a
focus on local Chicago guests. Emily brags: I looked at it immediately as a
tremendous opportunity for us to go back to doing live local television. JRRR
applauds WLS-TV P/GM Emily Barr for her forward thinking. Hopefully, other TV
outlets in other cities will follow suit.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does CBS TV use its first
film slow-motion replay in a football game? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Dave Crockett's [KKBQ FM] birthday
is on Sunday, September 4, 2011. •SEAN RIMA Talk host on Border Media KXTB FM
San Antonio, TX (which flips from Talk to Oldies in August 2011) transfers to
sister Talk KTSA-550 to succeed Kevin Wall in PM Drive. •KELLY IRIS PD of Clear
Channel AC clustermate WSRW FM (ex WOOD 105.7) replaces Paul Cashin as PD of
CCR News/Talk WOOD-1300 & Talk WTKG-1230 Grand Rapids, MI. •TOM [Killer]
KOWALSKI WDFN-1130 Detroit, MI personality and Sports columnist dies suddenly
in his home at 51 on Monday, August 29, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 KAYS TV CBS CH7 in Hays, KS begins
broadcasting on September 2nd. •1962 MARTY ROBBINS' single Devil Woman triggers
8-weeks at #1 in Billboard Country on September 1st. •1970 ALLAN WALKER
actor-writer on The Red Buttons TV Show dies at 64 on September 2nd. •1981 JAKE
OWEN (ACM 2009 Top New Male Vocalist) born on August 28th in Winter Haven, FL.
•1996 MILT LARKIN Jazz trumpet/band leader dies at 85 on August 31st. •2001
JERRY LEWIS Muscular Dystrophy Telethon features Country artists: Reba
McEntire, Alan Jackson, Mickey Gilley, Sara Evans and The Oak Ridge Boys on
September 2nd.
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DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Jim, The Opry induction was such a huge honor that it
really makes no difference "WHEN" it happened, just that it
"DID". We have been hanging from the clouds by our fingernails since
Saturday's induction into the Opry family. I think the time was right. Decades
ago, when we were first approached, the appearance requirements were much
higher than now, and they only had shows on Fridays and Saturdays. Now, they
have shows on those days and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, most of the year. So,
it will not be any challenge to meet the 10-12 requirements that they ask for.
And, if we make a good effort to meet that and come up short, it is still no
problem. We are very tight with the Opry people, and I feel we have a great
team. Thanks for your years of friendship. Duane
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-movie/TV actor-radio voice
actor] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1019)
August 31, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim...I imagine by now you've heard of the passing
of our old friend Cactus Pryor. He was one of my early radio heroes and mentors.
Both my wife Gail and I played on his TV show at KTBC in the late 1950's. He
had a great voice and tremendous wit. Cacti will be missed by all that knew
him. Jim Gough
JIM BELL [KUHF FM 88.7 Morning Edition anchor
retired 2010] (Lufkin, TX) Subject: sad news. Hey Jim, One of the all time
greats of Texas radio has passed. Cactus Pryor has moved on and is now doing
the morning show at the big radio station in the sky, reunited with his long
time friend and on-air partner "Packer Jack" Wallace, who passed on
in 1973. “Cac and Jack” were the two funniest and most creative radio people I
ever had the privilege of working with. 99 percent of their stuff was ad-libbed
and off the cuff. I never saw them doing any “show prep”. I did the early
morning lead-in show for their morning show at KLBJ AM in the mid and late 60s,
when it was still called KTBC. As a young DJ who had only been in the business
a year and a half, I learned much of what I know about being on the air from
watching Cactus and emulating him. I can tell you that Cactus was a completely
down to earth and unpretentious guy and huge fun to be around with no trace of
a "star complex." Unlike many of today's so called
"personalities." RIP Cactus. Jim Bell; Lufkin TX (1965 to 2010 and
retired)
JOE LADD [KIKK FM] (Houston, TX) Subject: KIKK
HOUSTON Derrill Holly. I also remember and lived through those terrible days of
Bob Young...fortunately he didn't last very long...the guy was totally
incompetent, had no personality especially when he was on the air. His only
claim to fame was that he would play some obscure LP cut and say "that was
a positive love song". Bill Figenshu came to the rescue...letting the
jocks be themselves and left the music to a competent MD. See you at the Texas
Radio Hall Of Fame in November...
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BLAKE LINDSAY [KLUV FM] (Dallas-Addison, TX) Subject:
Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1017) August 26, 2011 [Friday] Jim, What an
enjoyable kickoff to my TX radio career. I last worked with 106.1-KISS-FM in
DFW, ten years ago exactly. Beginning six years ago, I began enjoying the audio
production side of broadcasting. It’s a kick I producing commercials and
branding which are played all over the country. It’s been a fun transition, but
I do miss being on air a few days each week on KISS. Keep up your excellent
work Jim, with your Jim Rose Remembers Radio. It’s that winning combo of
entertaining and educational. Edutainment at its best another words. Blake
Lindsay (www.blazinblake.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On December 30, 1961 CBS TV uses its
first film slow-motion replay during the Gator Bowl football game.
ROY LEMONS [KIKK SM, KBUY GM, KTYL/KJET GM, WBOK
GM, KTYL Owner] (Grove, OK) Subject: Rich and famous. I wouldn't classify us as
rich. We have 7 kids and 11 grandchildren and probably more on the way. We are
rich in family and good health and that's what's it's all about. We've had a
house in Texas on the market for 4 years. Finally rented it out. Have a great
weekend inside.
ALAN ALDA (January 28, 1936 - p) It isn't necessary
to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 31, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1019
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
STORM TROOPERS GET TOO CLOSE TO THE ACTION Radio
and TV news hounds rush to the scene to be the first to cover hurricane Irene's
storm damage and almost tsunami like tides but some of them get too close to
the action. In NYC, Christine Sloane of WCBS TV CBS CH2 gives an account of the
stormy beach at Asbury Park around 7 Sunday morning, August 28, 2011 but a huge
wave comes mighty close to where she stands. She leaps out of harm's way. Lou
Young WCBS TV journalist talks about the scary scene of a parking lot that
floods. All of a sudden, waves hop over the boardwalk. Young shouts above the
wind, I think it’s time to wrap this up and pull back a little bit. Chris
Wragge does somewhat better in the WCBS TV Mobile 2 vehicle when he interviews
a local resident who refuses to leave Belmar, NJ. WNBC TV pokes fun at the
Weather Channel's Al Roker who ties himself to a boardwalk bench with a rope in
Long Beach, NY. Big Al points out how a lifeguard building, along with its
foundation, moves 10-15 feet. In Long Branch, NJ WNYW TV Fox CH5 reporter John
Huddy talks about a bride and groom who brave the storm to hold their wedding.
Lyle Schulze, GM of WCTI TV ABC CH12 Greenville, NC sighs: Power is out in 95%
of the viewing area and New Bern took a direct hit from the storm. We survived
the storm and we never left the air. There’s plenty of damage, but we can
report that today, all is well.
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IRENE BRINGS OUT THE RADIO IN US While much of
Providence, RI is powerless, due to hurricane Irene, radio comes to the rescue
as TV broadcasts are down. On Monday, August 29, 2011 WJAR TV NBC CH10's News
at Noon's audio shines brightly in a simulcast on WHJJ-920 for residents who
have battery-operated or wind-up radios. For those who still have access to the
Internet, the newscast also streams live on www.turnto10.com. Local broadcast
stations rely heavily on Internet chatter boxes to aid in storm coverage. Media
General's WJAR TV psyches up viewers to post questions, information, comments
and photos on Facebook. In the wee hours of August 28th WNCT TV CBS CH12 has a
prime vantage point for Irene's arrival at its headquarters in Greenville, NC.
WNCT TV posts video clips from Facebook users because it cannot air live shots.
HURRICANE PROVIDES NEW HOOD ORNAMENT As Hurricane
Irene rumbles across Petersburg, VA it places a tree on the hood of Salem Radio
News Network Chief Engineer Dave Terry's truck. Dave opens the front door of
his home to see a large portion of a tree hump parked on the hood of his truck
by way of Hurricane Irene. Have no fear because according to Tom Tradup Salem
VP of News and Talk Programming, the SRN News staff conducts a Good Night Irene
bake sale to help pay for the damages to Terry's truck.
TRIVIA QUESTION: During the Dukes of Hazzard's six
year run, what two cast members are the only ones who appear in all 146
episodes? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KMBZ FM (98.1) & Entercom sister station
KMBZ-980 Kansas City, MO win Large Market Station of the Year at the 2011 KAB
awards along with 7 other 1st and 2nd place awards: Complete Newscast, Complete
News Feature, Spot News, Special Program and Complete Severe Weather Coverage.
•LORENA RABAGO beats it from KFSN TV ABC CH30 Fresno, CA to join WTSP TV CBS
CH10 Tampa Bay, FL as new traffic reporter and fill-in weather anchor. •LITTLE
JIMMIE DICKENS Grand Ole Opry member wearing a long beard proclaims The Oak
Ridge Boys on stage on August 6, 2011 as the newest members of The Grand Ole
Opry. Salute!
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 KTRE TV ABC/NBC CH9 in Lufkin, TX begins
broadcasting on August 31st. •1968 JEANNIE C. RILEY (Harper Valley PTA #1 for 3
weeks-summer 1968) debuts on the Grand Ole Opry on August 31st. •1973 JOHN FORD
legendary movie director for more than a half a century (Stagecoach, The
Searchers) dies of cancer at 78 on August 31st. •1982 GEORGE STRAIT's Fool
Hearted Memory is his 1st #1 single on August 28th. •1992 HOWARD STERN's radio
show debuts in Cleveland, OH on WNCX FM (98.5) on August 31st. •2006 TOBY
KEITH's video with Heather Locklear Crash Here Tonight debuts on August 31st on
CMT.
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DERRILL HOLLY [KIKK FM] (Washington, DC/Arlington,
VA) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1014) August 19, 2011 [Friday] Jim, I
remember that the P-D (KIKK FM) that replaced Chris Collier was Bob Young (the
guy constantly blinked his eyes and had the personality of road kill. He
shuffled a lot of us around very quickly and then did not last out the autumn
before they brought Bill Figenshu in from WMZQ to fix a lot of problems and set
us on a competitive track. I’ll check this with the Mrs. and if a trip to
Houston for November can be in the cards...just maybe!
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JOE GRACEY [KOKE FM, KNOW-1490, KXOL-1360, KUT FM]
(Austin, TX/France) Hi Jim, Hope all is well with you and your cute doggie. We
have a golden, Lily, that we are doting idiots over. I think she is in the
feature photos in fact. Kimmie (Rhodes) is not only a wonderful partner but a
great platinum award winning songwriter and performer. She has a big following
in Europe and the UK where we tour twice a year, thus the need for the house in
France we can use as our home base there. I'm 3 weeks away from a respite and I
am headed for France fast as I can go. Please see the blog below... Joe
(www.kimmierhodes.com) / (www.lucktexas.com) /
(http://graceyland.blogspot.com/)
JOANNE BUSSELL [KLDE FM, Mix 96.5, Atlanta's Z93
and V103] (Houston, TX) Subject: I agree with Ray Whitworth's comments on radio
and the way it sounds today. This impersonal way that our so very personal,
personable medium is treated is precisely the reason why Gen X, Y, and Z has
turned to their iPods, iTunes, and YouTube. It's because that today there is no
"you or I" on the airwaves. If they'd bring back real people, real
warmth of the personalities as we were, music beyond the "overplay
list" and the Top 200 we'd have an on-air product that people of all ages
could love and everyone would enjoy. Live, local, fun, and spontaneous. That's
the way it used to be and it worked. When the big boys go broke and we buy up
the stations? Now that's what I'm talking about. This is why many major market
talents are going to work in small markets as Dan Mason of CBS suggested that I
do. They hire you for your knowledge of what works, how to do it, and they turn
you loose with your talent. Not a bad idea. I just might do that very thing. I
wanna rock and yes, I shall.
STEVE EBERHART [KVIL FM] (Dallas, TX) Subject: KGAF
in Gainesville. Hey Jim, My experience in small market radio tells me that we
also must target not only hometown listeners but hometown clients as well. If
the clients don't listen or cannot relate to the station at all, your chance at
selling them is greatly reduced. If they are a fan of the station, it's usually
a breeze. I also have found that much of what is expected in a smaller market
such as the "good old boy network" isn't as much a factor as
expected. Many of the long term businesses have been handed down to a younger
generation or sold off to a younger group. The people running these businesses
are quite often better educated and more progressive in their thinking. It is
important to understand who you are trying to sell to as much as it is anything
else. In a smaller market, your target must be not only listeners, but clients
as well. If anyone would like to check us out, we stream at
www.memories1580.com. Steve Eberhart, owner/operator KGAF "Memories
1580" Gainesville, TX (www.klifhistory.com)
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LARRY SCOTT [KWKH-1130, KVOO-1170, KLAC-570, KBOX-1480]
(Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Irene. While doing the all night show at KWKH I
would get calls, occasionally, from a lady in Marshall, TX telling me about
something interesting concerning that area. After playing “Good Night Irene”
one time she called to tell me the black lady that Leadbelly wrote the song
about and for was actually his niece and was still alive and living in
Marshall. She sent me a newspaper article to back up her story. In fact, she
said she knew Irene. I wish a thousand times I had gone to Marshall and met
Irene. Larry
TRIVIA ANSWER: During the Dukes of Hazzard's six
year run from 1979–1985, Denver Pyle (Uncle Jesse Duke), Sorrell Booke (Boss
Hogg) are the only two cast members who appear in all 146 episodes.
BLAKE LINDSAY [KLUV FM] (Dallas-Addison, TX)
Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1017) August 26, 2011 [Friday] Hi Jim! Just returned from Austin. Huge turnout at
our ACB convention. I saw my friend Stephen Curr who has worked afternoon’s at
Magic-95.5 for eleven years running. He is also totally blind and about fifty.
I’m trying to secure transportation to Houston. I absolutely will come by and
shake your hand, and chat it up a little bit Jim. Talk with you soon.
GROUCHO MARX (October 02, 1890 - August 19, 1977)
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have
to do is live long enough.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 29, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1018
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
GOOD NIGHT IRENE All along the Atlantic Coast, TV
and radio stations scramble for the onslaught of hurricane Irene. Many remember
the category 5 hurricane of 1938 as one of the worst storms to ever hit Long
Island. It produces a tidal surge of 14 to 18 feet and causes $308 million in
damages. That tempest wipes out 25,000 homes and kills at least 708
inhabitants. Based on their experiences with the earthquake this week, spring
tornadoes and last year's hurricanes, East coast radio and TV stations utilize
social Internet chatter boxes like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube to aid in their
reporting. Dennis Wharton, NAB spokesman, says that Tuesday's earthquake on the
East Coast jams some mobile phone networks for hours. Due to hurricane Irene,
NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo shuts down NYC’s subway and bus system. NY & NJ
Port Authority closes all incoming and outgoing flights. Local radio reigns
supreme. Hurricane Irene makes landfall in eastern NC and rushes toward our
nation's capital. The #1 request song on East coast radio should be Good Night
Irene. A bit of trivia. In 1933, Blues singer Huddie Ledbetter who uses the
stage name Leadbelly is the first to record Irene good night, Irene good night,
Good night Irene. I'll see you in my dreams. Other memorable recordings of the
song are by The Weavers (1950); Frank Sinatra (1950); Jerry Lee Lewis (1957);
Johnny Cash (1958); The Kingston Trio (1969); Little Richard (1972);
Slide-Guitarist, singer and composer Ry Cooder (1976); Phoenix, AZ Rock trio
Meat Puppets (1994) and indie folk band Deer Tick (2009).
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GOVERNMENT RAIDS GUITAR MAKER The Department of
Justice raids Gibson Guitars in Nashville and Memphis. TN to confiscate what it
believes to be illegal wood when they should concentrate on the deportation of
illegal aliens. The DOJ is now under fire for boldly sending armed troops into
the factories of Gibson Guitar in search of ebony wood. The Feds at DOJ in
Washington, D.C. proclaim that the use of wood from India that is not finished
by Indian workers is illegal. This is not the first time that government agents
raid Gibson factories for the same reason. In 2009, more than a dozen agents
with automatic weapons invade the Gibson factory in Nashville, TN where they
seize guitars plus a substantial amount of ebony fingerboard blanks from
Madagascar. The wood seized on August 24, 2011 abides by Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC) standards. Gibson is the premier guitar maker worldwide.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Classic CBS TV comedy Mr. Ed features
a cantankerous talking horse. Do you remember when it airs? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•MITCH HENCK Clear Channel WIBA-1310 News/Talk
Outside The Box host 8-11am weekdays Madison, WI tacks on co-host duties of
Madison’s Morning News 6-8am weekdays. •JAMES T. HARRIS vacates Journal
Newsradio WTMJ-620 in Milwaukee, WI for 10 am-noon on Journal KQTH FM (The
Truth 104.1) Tucson, AZ on October 3, 2011. •SAM ROGERS former CBS Radio
Washington DC Market Manager who exits in June 2011 lands on his feet as
Cumulus VP, political & platform sales. •PAUL CASHIN leaves his PD post at
Clear Channel News/Talk WOOD-1300 in Grand Rapids, MI after just over a year
and a half.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KHSL TV CBS CH12 in Chico, CA begins
broadcasting on August 29th. •1968 TAMMY WYNETTE writes and records her hit
single Stand by Your Man at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, TN on
August 28th. •1976 ANISSA JONES actress as Buffy in TV's Family Affair ODs at
18 on August 29th. •1981 RONNIE MILSAP's single (There's) No Gettin' Over Me
hits #1 in Billboard Country on August 29th. •1990 SADDAM HUSSEIN proclaims on
August 29th that America cannot defeat Iraq. •2005 MERLE HAGGARD's single Okie
From Muskogee ranks #1 in CMT's 20 Greatest City Songs on August 27th.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: DC earthquake. The cause of the DC earthquake? The cemetery. All our
founding fathers rolling over in their grave. Red
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Bruce
Hathaway. Hi Jim: After almost five weeks of hospital stays following surgery,
re-hab and staph infection, Big Bruce Hathaway is at home and hopefully, can do
the radio show this week end..He uses crutches and wheel chair but his wit
hasn’t changed a bit...Gary DeLaune (www.garydnews.com)
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BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1017) August 26, 2011 [Friday] Thank you very much Jim,
for your kind wishes on moving forward to another promising year. I had a very
nice 47th birthday. Jennifer and I are headed to Austin for the weekend. I am
being honored with an award at the American Council for the Blind Texas wide
conference. We will also have the opportunity to observe new assistive
technology which will be demonstrated for people who are blind and low vision.
Austin is the Texas radio market where I began broadcasting full time. You and
I both began in Austin at KHFI-FM. I worked there 1983-1984. Blake Lindsay
(www.blazinblake.com)
KHFI FM is not where my radio career begins. From
1964-66, have to earn my way up there to great radio on the wonderful KHFI FM
in Austin, TX with 2 years in radio boot camps on KASO-1240 in Minden. LA and
KTER-1570 in Terrell, TX. Takes a lot of hard work and tremendous perseverance
to make it out of small town radio boot camps in 1966 to the great studios of
KHFI FM, KHFI-970 and KVUE TV CH42 in Austin, TX. If all goes as planned I will
have a seat at San Antonio and Houston radio legend John Steel's table at the
2011 TRHOF induction ceremonies here in Houston in November just in time to
celebrate my 68th birthday. Come on down and say Hi!
TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Steel. I do not know Steel, but Prewitt said he met him in San Antonio. Did you
two work together? You and Steel. Was KTSA the dominate station on top-40
during those years or was it a tossup with KONO. When I worked at WKY, I guess
a lot of radio people thought KOMA was the top dog...and still do believe that.
The truth is KOMA rarely beat WKY. Someone once said that the only way KOMA
would ever beat WKY was if WKY signed off the air. WKY had ratings higher than
KLIF in the 1960s. A 5,000-watt non-directional signal at 930 was much better
than KOMA's directional 50,000-watts to the west northwest at night since much
of eastern Oklahoma City got a weak signal at best from KOMA. KOMA, for much of
the time, was a fake-Drake station. WKY allowed almost total freedom.
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STEVE EBERHART (Dallas, TX) Subject: Joe Leonard
JR. FYI...this from Joe Leonard Jr in Gainesville, TX, regarding Frank Haley
wondering about Joe! 'Tell him I am still alive and send him emails every day
and surprised that he is not receiving any. Just forward my email address and
tell him to write. Thanks, Joe' (joeleonardjr@yahoo.com) /
(www.klifhistory.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: Originally, the Classic TV comedy
Mr. Ed begins in syndication. Soon, CBS TV picks up the show. Mr. Ed the
talking horse runs in primetime from October 1, 1961 through September 8, 1965.
Mister Ed is a palomino horse who speaks only to his owner, Wilbur, played by
Alan Young who is only 5'4" tall but they make him appear to be much
larger. The horse does not cooperate. The show is almost canceled before it
begins until one of Mr. Ed's trainers discovers a Grevy's zebra in nearby
Jungleland animal park in Thousand Oaks, CA which they use in live shows for
daily tour visitors. Jungleland handlers call the female zebra, Amelia.
Handlers train her to perform the same actions required for Mr. Ed such as
opening and closing her mouth on cue and stomping her feet on cue. Amelia saves
Mr. Ed because the show is in black and white and no one notices that the male
palomino Mr. Ed is actually a female zebra. The show's producers give a
generous donation to Jungleland for the continued use of its zebra named
Amelia. She lasts throughout the entire 5 year run of Mr. Ed.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Here's list of "Four Freshmen:" Don Barbour, D. car crash
@ 32, 10/5/61; Ken Errair, D. plane crash, 6/14/68; Bob Flanigan, D. @ 84,
5/15/2011; Ross Barbour, D. @ 82, 8/20/2011; replacement w/name Kratzsch, D.
1970. Ross had Ret(ired) to become group's Mgr in 1992. This is info from my
files. They are ALL now gone, Jim. BOB
WOODY ALLEN (1935-p) I'm not afraid to die, I just
don't want to be there when it happens.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 26, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1017
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
JOBS RESIGNS FROM APPLE On Wednesday, August 24,
2011 Apple issues a breaking news statement that its co-founder Steven P. Jobs
steps down as its Chief Executive Officer. Steven is the creative genius behind
Apple as it becomes the world’s most valuable technology company. For the past
few years, Steven struggles with cancer. January 2011 marks the third time that
Jobs takes medical leave. In 2004, he has surgery for pancreatic cancer. In
2009, he receives a liver transplant. Apple releases a letter that Steven sends
to the company which states: I have always said that if there ever came a day
when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would
be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
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ROCK MUSIC STILL ALIVE ON FM Awhile back, we
mention that so many FM Classic Rock radio stations flip to either All Talk or
All Sports that it looks like the end of Rock tunes on FM. Plus, there are way
too many song repeats. Many Rock music lovers turn to new gizmos like iPods and
such for their music likes. Well, a flood of email comes in from radio folks
who loudly proclaim that Rock music is still alive and kicking on the FM dial.
At the head of the herd is David Field, Entercom CEO, who declares that because
CBS Radio's flip of WYSP FM to Sports as well as other FM radio stations that
catapult from Classic Rock to spoken word we fail to mention that there are
other formats on the FM dial that also switch oars in mid-stream. David
mentions a few examples to back up them fightin' words: WTOP FM was classical,
WSB FM was hip hop, KIRO FM was oldies/classic hits and The Ticket/Detroit was
hot talk.
TV REPLACES PAPER SCRIPTS WITH IPADS Today, it
seems like almost every single day that passes we discover some new form of
electronic communication device. WSIL TV ABC CH3 has an FCC license for the
city of Harrisburg, IL but it blankets southern Illinois and southeastern
Missouri as well as a portion of Western Kentucky. According to the WSIL
website, it replaces paper copies of news anchor reports with iPads.
Reportedly, this saves an estimated $4,000 a year in paper costs. WSIL TV
admits that paper texts which they keep on hand in case of a teleprompter
failure...printed for each anchor can generate as many as 100 pages for a
half-hour newscast. Mark Kiesling, WSIL
TV 5 pm anchor, confesses: After more than 20 years of flipping script paper,
it took some getting used to. But I was sold after the first newscast. WSIL TV
anchors now download scripts onto their iPads as pdf files before the newscast
begins. Other TV stations begin to use the popular Apple iPads in their
newscasts, too. In April 2011, WFXL TV Fox CH31 in Albany, GA switches from
paper scripts to iPads. In March 2011, WKRG TV CBS CH5 in Mobile, AL blends the
Apple iPad into their broadcasts.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Which is the first TV network to
broadcast the Olympics? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Blake Lindsay well-known Dallas,
San Antonio and Austin DJ grows one year older on Sunday, August 21, 2011.
•ROBERT AUSFIELD Townsquare Market Manager in Albany, NY retires after 38
years, all in Albany. •DAN AUSTIN former CBS Seattle, WA Director of Sales;
Pamal honcho of Albany, NY cluster and Citadel Syracuse, NY boss replaces
Robert Ausfeld as Townsquare Market Manager in Albany, NY. •STEVE KOSTAN night
DJ on Greater Media Classic Rock WCSX FM Detroit, MI (94.7) celebrates 34 years
in Motown Rock radio with an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 KREY TV CBS/NBC CH10 in Montrose, CO begins
broadcasting on August 26th. •1961 JIMMY OLANDER guitarist with Diamond Rio
born on August 26th in Minneapolis, MN. •1974 CHARLES LINDBERGH first pilot to
fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean dies of cancer at 72 on August 26th.
•1984 THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND's Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)
hits #1 in Billboard Country on August 25th. •1995 RONALD ANTHONY WHITE, JR.
baritone singer with The Miracles dies at 57 of leukemia on August 26th. •2004
LONESTAR's video Mr. Mom debuts on CMT on August 26th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1016) August 24, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim... Thanks for the
mention of KGAF and "good bye to the old building". I worked there in
1962 and 63, Do you know if KGAF-1580 original owner Joe Leonard, Jr is still
around, I used to get e-mails from him, but have not heard from him in a long
time. I checked the Obit column of the Gainesville paper, but didn't see one
for him. His dad owned that paper and I'm sure they would run something on him
if he died. There were lots of other articles on him. Can you find out??? Maybe
ask Steve E. thank, Frank
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DERRILL HOLLY [E] (Washington, DC/Arlington, VA)
Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1014) August 19, 2011 [Friday] Jim, the summer of 1977 was an exciting time
in radio and for Houston radio in particular. That was the summer, managers
gambled on flipping the script from AM toward FM market domination. A lot of
people who arrived at KIKK’s old Pasadena, Texas studios formed the corps group
of performers that fought the country radio wars on the Upper Texas Coast. Some
stayed for decades, others just a few months or years, but so many of us have
remained great friends in the many years since. KIKK, KILT, KNUZ and eventually
KKBQ were great places to work with good people. We were competitors, but we
were also partners willing to share shout outs when any of us showed up at a
concert, club or honky-tonk. From part-timers, to overnighters, to drive time
stars we were just plain ole radio folks. By the way, Elvis may live on in our
hearts, but Aug. 16 was definitely not his birthday. Even an aging urban cowboy
like me knows that.
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: Hound Dog Lyrics. Hey Jim, Unless you were a fan of "Race
Music", which was what R&B was called in the ‘50s, you probably didn't
know that "Hound Dog" was recorded by Big Mama Thornton several years
before Elvis Presley did it as a Rockabilly song. I had never heard of it till
Elvis made a monster hit out of it. We also didn’t know how Elvis changed the
lyrics. We’d never heard the original words, which were about a guy with a
reputation for one night stands. These days we would call him a “Horn Dog”.
Jerry Lieber and his partner Mike Stoller hated what Elvis did to the song. In
their autobiography “Hound Dog”, Lieber wrote that "Lick for lick, there's
no comparison between the Presley version and the Big Mama original." Lieber also said he never figured out that
business about a rabbit. He always wondered where that came from and what it
had to do with anything. So did I. But, as much as Lieber and Stoller disliked
Elvis’s version of Hound Dog, they disliked it all the way to the bank. Elvis
made them very rich. Jim Bell; Lufkin TX
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1015) August 22,
2011 [Monday] The drought is serious my friend...everything here in the Hill
country is brown and we are running out of water fast. Brush fires are cropping
up all around Austin. You're right...we are all praying for a hurricane! Best,
Jim
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1960, CBS TV is the first network
to broadcast the Olympics with 13 hours of the Winter Games from Squaw Valley,
CA. Walter Cronkite is the anchor. Jim McKay, Harry Reasoner and Dick Button
are the reporters. A highlight is that the U.S. Olympic Hockey team takes home
the Gold prize. CBS TV also broadcasts the summer Olympics from Rome, Italy.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: The last surviving original member of "The Four Freshmen",
Ross Barbour, died @ age 82 on Saturday, August 20, 2011. From 1952-'56, the pop/jazz
group charted 8 albums, recorded 50 albums & 70 single records. They earned
six Grammy nominations with hits including: "Graduation Day",
"Day By Day", "Charmaine" & "Mood Indigo".
The group originated as 'The Toppers", 1948, Indiana, consisting of two
brothers, their cousin & a singing friend. Bob & Sonny Lee
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) Hitch your wagon to
a star.
Jim Rose and Lacy
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August 24, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1016
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
YOU AIN'T NOTHING BUT A HOUND DOG Big Mama Thornton
is the first singer who growls and moans that statement in her R&B
recording of Hound Dog. In 1953, her Hound Dog is #1 on Billboard's R&B
survey for 7 weeks with sales of almost 2 million copies. Those soulful words
also are very familiar to us avid Elvis Presley fans. Elvis the Pelvis' version
of the tune is #1 for 11 weeks with sales of over 3 million copies. The song's
writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are extremely successful with tunes by
several other singers in the 1950s and on into the 1960s. Their tunes are fun
and exciting. Leiber and Stoller write more than 50 Classic Rock and Roll hits
for singers and groups like The Coasters, The Drifters, Ben E. King, Elvis
Presley and many others. In November 1969. when Jazz singer Peggy Lee records
Leiber and Stoller's Is That All There Is? she weaves her very own piece of
magic. Plus, it is her last #1 tune. So very sad to report that on Monday,
August 22, 2011 Jerry Leiber dies of cardio-pulmonary failure at 78. JRRR
extends our deepest sorrow to Jerry Leiber's family, friends, fans and to
Jerry's creative partner and friend for more than 50 years, Mike Stoller.
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LIBYAN TV ANCHOR WAVES GUN Libyan state news anchor
Hala Misrati receives criticism for her defense of the Gaddafi regime in spring
2011 as NATO and the U.S. launch an attack. She says that she doesn't want
Tripoli or all of Libya to fall to rebels. Hala glares about the rebel attacks
as her country engages in civil war. She declares herself to be a Martyr to
Protect Colleagues. Misrati waves a pistol while on the air during her weekend
broadcast. She shouts: With this weapon, I either kill or die today. You won't take
the channel, Tripoli or all of Libya. I will protect my colleagues at the
channel… We are willing to become martyrs. On Monday, August 22, 2011 the head
of Libya's rebel National Transitional Council brags that the rebels capture
Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif Al-Islam. At press time the anarchists pretty much
are in control of the city of Tripoli. Breaking news! Foxnews.com issues this
statement: Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi’s son and heir Saif al-Islam, who was
believed to have been captured by rebels, appears at a Libyan hotel and tells
Fox News that the rebels have been lured into a trap and will be crushed. Stay tuned to this Bat channel.
RADIO LANDMARK BULLDOZED The city of Gainesville,
TX says sayonara to the original KGAF-1580 architectural monument that is full
of radio and music history. Dallas, TX radio icon Steve Eberhart, owner and
operator of KGAF-1580, gazes at the old building as it crumbles into pieces in
the sake of progress as the station's brand new radio hut awaits its new
occupants. Steve says that when he is just 16 he is a DJ on KGAF-1580. Its
original owner is Joe Leonard. Bud Foster who is 79 begins his long radio
career on KGAF-1580 as a teenage DJ on the Buffalo Bud Foster show. Foster
sighs, Well I hate to see the old thing go but you know ya can't hang around
forever I guess.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What are the CB handles that Uncle
Jesse, Bo and Luke Duke and Daisy use on the Dukes of Hazzard? The answer
appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KXBT FM (The Big Talker 98.9) Austin-Leander, TX
flips from Talk to Oldies in early September 2011. •SEAN RIMA former KXBT FM
(98.9) local talk host gains mornings on Border Media's new online-only Talk
gizmo AustinTalk.com in September 2011. •JULIUS GENACHOWSKI FCC Chairman
removes the Fairness Doctrine off the books as an unnecessary distraction. The
FCC says that it eliminates 83 outdated or obsolete media rules. •BRETT JENKINS
is new VP/Chief Technology Officer at LIN Media. •JOEL BROWN jumps ship as CBS
Newspath correspondent for Disney WTVD TV ABC CH11 as a weekend
anchor-reporter.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 MIKE HUCKABEE 44th Governor of Arkansas -
2008 Republican Presidential candidate - host of Huckabee TV talk show born in
Hope, AR on August 24th. •1963 BOBBY BARE records 500 Miles Away From Home at
RCA Studio B in Nashville, TN on August 24th. •1978 LOUIS PRIMA Jazz
singer/band leader (That Old Black Magic #18-1958) dies at 66 on August 24th.
•1985 DOLLY PARTON & KENNY ROGERS possess Real Love on August 24th at #1 in
Billboard Country. •1992 LARRIE LONDIN (Ralph Gallant) Elvis Presley drummer
dies at 48 on August 24th. •2001 JUNE CARTER CASH has pacemaker surgery on
August 24th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, I'd gladly share some of this rain and cool temps with you. We got
near ten inches and it's down to below 60*. August on Cape Cod has gotten to be
a very rainy month. We're WAY over our limit, and the month is only half gone.
I know...that's nothing to complain about, but I'm just venting. Sorry you guys
are in such a hot/dry cycle. Tom
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RAY WHITWORTH (D/FW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1015) August 22, 2011 [Monday] Hey Jim" Great
commentary. radio is not all that compelling to listen to anymore unless it's
severe weather moving into an area, traffic report or some major news flash. I
bristle when I hear some kid on the air with an oldies...oh pardon me...I mean
"classic hits" station who can't pronounce some group names, sounds
less than thrilled about being on the air plus you can tell they are reading a
liner. Those hooked on phonics courses need to be revamped. Ad libbing is gone,
knowledge about the music is gone, reading info from entertainment weekly E!
channel, "Access Hollywood" is not prep. "researched music"
in one market doesn't mean it fits all markets. There is no sense of local
identity, except call letters and geography. Contests used to be local and
large, like give away dream vacations, cars, cash giveaways in the amount of
the frequency. Now it's call at 7:20am to a toll free number, where you are unbeknownst
competing with others across the country via their station that may have a
completely different format at the same time, trying to get through. Then there
is Voice tracking, CHEAP, no local atmosphere, slotted when the 34 song
playlist rotates. requests are banked and "maybe" played back if that
particular song comes up in rotation perhaps a month later. Radio is on life
support and the oxygen level has reached critical, All my best to you Jim. Ray
Whitworth
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Re: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1015) August
22, 2011 [Monday] We were talking about KRIV TV-26 in Houston when my computer
crashed. My office was in the building at 3935 Westheimer when 26 occupied the
bottom floor. George Elliott was manager and he asked me to represent the
station. I created the logo (they remembered I had recently done the logo for
KPRC channel 2) and we started a campaign called: "KVRL...it's an eyeball!"
The station got way behind with paying my bills and I had to get Leon Schindler
(who ran their ranch) in Ellinger to make Raymond pay up! Another good friend
from the station, Pat Burt was in sales along with my good friend Erik Johnson
whom I still work with in Colorado Springs to this day. And now you know the
rest of the story. Jim Gough
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ROY LEMONS (Grove, OK) Subject: Good to read your
column. I was at KIKK (650) in the beginning. We were dead last in the Bayou
City and had to overcome signing off at sundown. After Buffalo Bill Bailey
joined the station as PD we started kicking a**. Bailey, Arch Yancey, Richard
Dobyn and other Top 40 retreads brought modern country music to Houston.
Amazing what that station did, Leroy Gloger was a promoting genius and he
pulled the right strings. Love your column and remember the great days of
radio...glad to have been a part of it. Roy Lemons, KIKK SM, KBUY GM, KTYL/KJET
GM, WBOK GM, KTYL Owner
TRIVIA ANSWER: On TV's the Dukes of Hazzard, Uncle
Jesse's CB handle is Shepherd, Bo and Luke Duke's handle is Lost Sheep and the
foxy Daisy's handle is Bo Peep.
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Subject: idea.
Jimbo why don't you get a giant fan, put it by the Gulf, face it toward this
direction and blow some of the water this way. We have had no rain this summer.
The wild animals are coming to my yard for feed and water. Our water is
rationed. The lake is over five foot low. It has ranged from 108 to 113 degrees
on average. Trees are shedding brown leaves like snow.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882) The best
thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 22, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1015
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
ANOTHER SUMMER ROCK CONCERT STAGE TUMBLES DOWN
Reports arrive on Thursday, August 18, 2011 from Belgium and Holland about
three people who perish at the Pukkelpop music festival. Chaos erupts when a
strong gale causes the Pukkelpop stage to collapse while Chicago, IL Rock band
Smith Westerns perform during its annual three-day festival just east of
Brussels in Hasselt, Belgium. The 60,000-person event struggles when a tempest
uproots trees and crashes into the stage. Hasselt's mayor claims that at least
three spectators die and possibly 40 others receive injuries. Rick Hoogkamp, of
Dutch NOS TV, informs the Associated Press that the sky got dark and violent
winds as well as hailstones threatened the concertgoers. Festival organizer
Chokri Mahassine confesses to the AP: We have for now put the festival on hold
until we understand the situation completely. Other bands experience mayhem
during typhoons. On July 27, 2011 Cheap Trick ducks out of the way when the
Ottawa Bluesfest stage crumples during a storm that causes a few injuries. On
August 7th, Flaming Lips lighting equipment is destroyed by a storm in Tulsa,
OK.
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BYE BYE FM ROCK RADIO Rock music on the FM dial
today fast becomes like Rock music on the AM dial in the 1970s as News-Talk
radio pushes Rock groups like the Rolling Stones off into the sunset. Shock
Jock Howard Stern takes credit for the demise of Classic Rock music on CBS WYSP
FM (94.1) when he exits terrestrial radio five years ago. Beginning on Tuesday,
September 6, 2011 37-year Rock WYSP FM in Philadelphia, PA debuts its simulcast
with CBS Sportsradio WIP-610. But the annihilation of Rock music on the FM dial
goes much deeper than that. Listeners are sick and tired of hearing the same
old 300 tunes over and over again with a handful of them on rotation almost
hourly. There are other great songs that never reach the Top 10 which still are
favorites of ours. But they disappear like dust in the wind as all FM Rock
stations play the exact same tunes over and over again. This is probably
because today's new FM Classic Rock programmers are not even alive when these
songs first hit the airwaves. Each one of these new FM programmers uses the
very same list of guidelines plus the same stacks of CDs that someone far away
says that they must play over and over.
TV ANCHOR HITS EXIT RAMP Veteran WPEC TV CH12 news
anchor Curt Fonger in West Palm Beach, FL leaves the building after 22 years.
Robert Emmers, a Freedom Communications spokesman declares that Fonger's last
News 12 broadcast is on Wednesday, August 10, 2011. Emmers tells news sources
that WPEC TV does not renew Curt's contract. The 60 year old Fonger arrives on
News 12 in 1989 after TV positions in Fort Pierce, FL; Mobile, AL and Grand
Rapids, MI.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous American movie icon
directs the first talking picture in Great Britain? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! [Young] Tom Fontaine [KILT FM
Houston, TX] celebrates 4 decades on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. The year that
Tom is born I'm a DJ on clear channel 50,000 watt WFAA-820 in Dallas, TX. •BOB
MERRRIL is new GSM at Clear Channel News-Talk KTRH-740 Houston, TX. •JEFF
ROSINKI claims GSM of Clear Channel Talk KRPC-950 and Sports/Talk KBME-790
Houston, TX. •LARRY [The Legend] JOHNSON former Chicago, IL and Milwaukee, WI
air personality dies at 78 on Wednesday, August 17, 2011. •HOWARD ESKIN exits
PM Drive on Philly Sports-Talk WIP-610 after 25 years on September 2, 2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WPTV TV NBC CH5 in Palm Beach, FL begins
broadcasting on August 22nd. •1968 GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE announce
their marriage six months in advance on August 22nd. •1977 SEBASTIAN CABOT
actor as Mr. French in TV's Family Affair dies at 59 on August 22nd. •1983
CRYSTAL GAYLE and husband-manager Bill Gatzimos' first baby, Katherine Claire,
arrives on August 22nd. •1995 LON HORIUCHI FBI agent shoots at Randy Weaver's
cabin in Idaho on August 22nd. •2001 ALAN JACKSON's album When Somebody Loves
You goes Platinum on August 22nd.
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FRANK HALEY [Legendary 1960s KLIF-1190 Newscaster]
(Albuquerque, NM) There's an old sea story about a ship's Captain who inspected
His sailors, and afterward told the first mate that his men smelled bad. The
Captain suggested perhaps it would help if the sailors Would change underwear
occasionally. The first mate responded, "Aye, aye sir, I'll see to it
immediately!" The first mate went straight to the sailors berth deck and
announced, "The Captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you to change
your underwear." He continued, "Pittman, you change with Jones,
McCarthy, you change with Witkowski, and Brown, you change with Schultz."
THE MORAL OF THE STORY: Someone may come along and promise "Change",
But don't count on things smelling any better.
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JOHN BASS [Legendary 1960s KLIF-1190 Newscaster]
(Tyler, TX) Subject: East Texas Woods And Waters. We are doing a barter
arrangement, where we will have 6 minutes of commercial time, and the TV
stations will have the other six minutes. We did our pilot show on Lake Fork a
few weeks ago, and have now finished production. We have to produce 4 more
shows by the end of December, before we release it for airtime. Then..we just keep producing. We've lined up
fishing guests, including Troy Aikman and Moose Johnson of the Dallas Cowboys,
Brad Paisley, the C&W singer, and several others...all of whom Ron has
contact with. So as you can see, even though in January I will be 72, I will be
doing TV again, and also still keeping my interest in the Real Estate office,
since I am the Broker. Take care, and God Bless!! John Bass
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim:
That was a downtown public theater in Nashville that featured movies 7 days a
week. Also, in my files on Waylon (Jennings): He won a talent contest in
Littlefield (TX) & got a 15-min radio show there; he never went to Lubbock
radio (KLLL-1590) until 1958. Also in that year, he recorded his first single,
produced by Buddy Holly at Norman Petty studio in Clovis, NM. (Norman & Vi
are both deceased & studio now owned by City of Clovis as a museum.) Many
others first recorded there including Buddy Knox, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Gilmer,
Buddy Holly, etc. Waylon was married 4-times & retired from road-tours in
'97. (Married first time @ 19) Was a High school drop-out. JD's Club where he
met Jessi & played regularly in 1961 was at 707 Scottsdale Rd in Tempe,
AZ...PHX Metro.
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-movie actor-voice actor] (Austin-Liberty
Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1013) August 16, 2011 [Wednesday]
I lost it again. Anyway I got it all straightened out with Leon Schinldler who
ran the ranch at Ellinger. I also did ads and brochures for Hurricane Fence. One
of my favorite directors from TV-26, Tom Schmidt, is in Austin today. I did
many a spot in those old studios on Westheimer. Best, Jim Gough
TRIVIA ANSWER: The helmsman of the UK's first
talking picture is well-known American director Alfred Hitchcock. The 1929
movie's title is Blackmail. The film is an early Hitchcock black and white
thriller that involves a Scotland Yard detective, bread knife, murder and of
course blackmail in 1920's London.
JOHN STEEL [Legendary KONO-860, KNUZ-1230 DJ]
(Houston, TX) Subject: Radio Hall of fame lunch in November. Jim, I have a
table for 8 at the Texas radio hall of fame and I would love you to join me
there in November if you can. I was also pleased to hear that an old friend Ed
Stern was home and mending. He was the General Manager of KEYS in Corpus
Christi when I was the Program Director of their sister station KZFM in the
late 70's and early 80's. John Steel
VIN SCULLY (November 29, 1927 - p) It's a mere
moment in a man's life between the All-Star Game and an old timer's game.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
August 19, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1014
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
DOUBLE O ICON DEPARTS Bob Sherman is a versatile executive
who has a media career that extends four decades in radio on into cable TV and
the Internet full circle back into radio. Bob passes away from liver cancer on
Sunday, August 14, 2011. His radio management career starts in 1974 when CBS
promotes him to general manager for what is then WCAU-1210 Philadelphia, PA.
Four years later he becomes EVP of NBC Radio over all of the NBC-owned radio
stations. Under his leadership, WNBC-660 places Howard Stern, Don Imus and Dr.
Ruth Westheimer on the air. Almost instantly, the money-losing WNBC-660 becomes
a NYC powerhouse. Sherman, later, becomes Chairman/CEO of Double O Radio. Two
weeks ago Townsquare Media purchases Double O.
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TULSA'S TOWER MAN COMES DOWN In the last issue of
JRRR we file a report on a man who climbs half way up the 300' tower of a
Tulsa, OK TV station on Thursday morning, August 11, 2011. This ties up
two-dozen cop cars plus no telling how many fire and EMS units. Police identify
the 25 year old guy simply as William. We learn that William Boyd Sturdivant II
is well-known to local authorities because of his history of mental illness
plus he just leaves jail in April 2011. Because of the heat William pulls off
his shirt and pants down to his boxer shorts. He refuses to come down from his
ivory tower for over 6 days. On Tuesday evening, August 16th retired police
negotiator, Tyrone Lynn, coaxes the man down off of the tall TV tower. Around
6:40 pm Tuesday Sturdivant climbs into a Tulsa Fire Department truck lift which
brings him 100 feet down to the ground.
AUGUST 16, 1977 On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 I
receive an email from a JRRR reader way up north near Wilmington, DE with a
reminder that I forget a very important date. She says that Elvis Presley dies
on August 16, 1977. JRRR keeps me knee deep in so many things that it
completely slips my mind. Well, August 16, 1977 also marks the day that I'm on
I-10 on my way to Houston, TX as a new DJ on KIKK FM. Back then KIKK FM is a
solid #1 here in the Bayou City. It shares its studios with KIKK-650 in a
hurricane worn old 2-story building in Pasadena. Chris Collier is the KIKK FM
PD who hires me. The legendary Joe Ladd is the KIKK Music Director. Charlie
Ochs is to be the new KIKK FM MD. At the same time a brand new 2-story building
is under construction at 6306 Gulfton in the exciting and popular SW Houston.
KIKK FM simulcasts with sister station KIKK-650 but the two go separate ways in
the new building. When we move into the new location I'm to be the new mid-day
DJ on KIKK FM. But until then I fill in on weekends on KIKK FM plus whenever
needed on KIKK-650. But before we move into the new building toward the end of
1977 Chris leaves the building and a new hot shot PD is his replacement. In
early 1978 when both KIKKs go on the air in their separate studios with brand
new equipment I am the first voice that they choose to be a DJ in the new KIKK
FM studio. After that I move down the hall to the KIKK-650 studio as its first
voice in the brand new building. The new KIKK FM PD and I do not see eye-to-eye
on several things. So, Larry Vance KNUZ-1230 PD makes me an offer that I cannot
refuse as a DJ.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the popular radio series
Inner Sanctum debut? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Paul Christy (long time Houston,
TX DJ) stands back as hundreds of candles fire up his birthday cake on Sunday,
August 21, 2011. •CBS RADIO adds iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad portal apps to
access CBS Radio news, talk and sports stations on mobile gadgets in six
markets. •BUBBA THE LOVE SPONGE loses two FL morning show affiliates as Cox
abandons Rock for news in Orlando. Cox WFYV FM (Rock 104.5) Atlantic Beach, FL
airs its last Bubba show when it takes a more music in the morning local slant.
•FCC FEES due on September 14, 2011. It no longer mails reminders as the
payment system moves online.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 WINS-1010 NYC announces on August 19th that
it will not play copy white artist cover versions of R&B tunes. Its DJs
must play Fats Domino's Ain't It a Shame not Pat Boone's. •1966 LEE ANN WOMACK
(2000 CMA Single of the Year-I Hope You Dance) born in Jacksonville, TX. •1979
THE KNACK's single My Sharona on August 19th begins a stay at #1 for 6 weeks.
•1989 RICKY VAN SHELTON scores four CMA award nominations on August 17th. •1993
KIM BASINGER actress weds actor Alec Baldwin on August 19th. •2003 DIERKS
BENTLEY's self-titled debut album releases on Capitol records on August 19th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
PAT MCGOWAN [Patrick] (Chandler, AZ) Subject:
KVRL-TV. Jim, You do a GREAT job with the newsletter, don't give it a 2nd
thought. Thought I'd share the story about 26 got its call letters in case you
find it interesting. KVRL later became KDOG. Crest sold out to Fox and became
KRIV, later moving out the SW Freeway. But I was long gone by then. Moved back
to Chicago and WSNS-TV44 in 1974. Pat; NCP 3 New Century Productions
JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1012) August 15, 2011 [Monday] Yes Jim, I remember Billy
Grammer. Sorry to hear of his passing. He sponsored me in the early '70s when I
had the duo The Country Cavaleers ( after leaving Mercy ). Ck out the Grammer
guitars in this article. You’ll notice Billy gave me the Rebel guitar and my
buddy got the American flag guitar. I still play mine as you see in the recent
photo at the top of the story at -
http://countrymusicnewsinternational.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-with-james-marvell.html
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA)
Subject: Radio memories. January '58 to I think October, 58 - KWED - sign on to
10am, then sell commercial time till 4, then back on the board till signoff at
sundown. That's Monday through Friday. Off Saturday. Sunday - sign on to sign
off...only body in station running transmitter by remote control. (and I only
have a 3rd class)
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. ...Rod Roddy heard me
and stopped in at KBOX while on his way to WQXI in Atlanta. I was so
impressed. I'd listened to Rod when he
was "Hot Rod Roddy" on KOMA in Oklahoma City. Rod recommended me to
Kent Burkhart. I stayed there for a year
until Ron Chapman suggested to the McLendon folk that I was the only guy who
had beaten KLIF, so I should return to DFW.
But, this time to KLIF. So, I'd
made it. And, Russ "The Weird
Beard" and I were working together at KLIF. Chuck Dunaway come over to
KLIF, too. Joe Long was at KLIF, as
well. He and Gordon handled the Kennedy
assassination on air, hour after hour.
Quite incredible work. Better (by
far) than any network. Years later, I hired Rod to work for McLendon. (Paying it forward.) I gave Rod a couple jobs
when he was out of work. I always
believed in him. It was as much fun for
me as for Rod when he'd call me and say stuff like, "Hey, Kenny! I'm in my new convertible, cruising through
L.A. traffic on my way to tape a few PRICE IS RIGHT shows! Can you believe I'm in Hollywood!!"
JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Hi Jim, John Hale
here. I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I have been getting
the newsletter at the alternate email address I sent you a while back. I
haven't had the chance to write much lately, due to traveling a lot in my
training job with the state. I've also had some minor health issues with my
heart. (Some folks I know are surprised to hear that I have one.) I'm getting
tested and treatment, and not too worried. Yours Truly, John Hale; Mobile Magic
Music 512.336.8742 (33.Music) "We're at the best parties!"
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Hello Jim: The Tennessean was not my source, but I will now check it out.
My country historian close friend in Va (since 1965), who was always in contact
w/B. Grammer, says in his last years of retirement, Billy was blind from that
eye disease. So sad. His other records included "Bonaparte's
Retreat," & "I Wanna Go Home." He was magical on that guitar
too. Saw list of inductees this Nov into TRHOF, & was sorry to see your
name was not on that list. I am amazed indeed at this obvious oversight. We do
appreciate you. Your friend, BOB, at The Southwest Outpost.
TRIVIA ANSWER: On January 7, 1941 the popular
old-time radio program Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuts on Sunday nights on the
Blue Network (ABC). A memorable trademark of the show is the squeaking door
that opens and closes each episode. The scary voice of Boris Karloff adds
terror to the show. In fall 1943 the show relocates to CBS. Inner Sanctum's
creator is producer Himan Brown. A total of 526 episodes air until October 5,
1952.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Sending
again Jay Fox. Hi Jim and Lacy, Jay Fox was on the air on the ABC OLDIES
Satellite Music Network when I was with KMCM 97 GOLD 96.9 FM in Midland, Texas
2003-2004. I was wondering what Jay is doing today. I see his web site is
www.jayfoxproductions.com. Jay is a volunteer fire fighter with the Lewisville
Texas Fire Department. Leslie Wayne Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
GEORGE ORWELL [’1984′] During times of
deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 17, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1013
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
TOWNSQUARE LOSES ICON In 1939, Bill Heiderich is a
newspaper carrier in West Utica, NY. He joins the U.S. Secret Service. Bill
becomes a WW II vet when Uncle Sam inducts him into the U.S. Army. In July 1947
when Harry S. Truman is U.S. President, Nathan J. (Nate) Cook hires Bill
Heiderich as a salesman at WIBX-950 in Utica, NY. Bill spends over 60 years at
WIBX-950 -- 20 years as sales manager and 30 years as GM. Norma Taylor
Heiderich is his loving wife of 57 years. During their entire marriage, the
couple resides in the same house in West Utica. They have three children Kurt,
Scott and Kim. After he retires, William John Heiderich becomes public
relations director until he passes away at 89 on Saturday, August 6, 2011.
Steven Price, Townsquare Media CEO, remembers: Heiderich was a wonderful man.
Consummate professional who loved WIBX and represented us so well. It was an
honor and a privilege to work with him.
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INDY WIND STORM SPAWNS RADIO COVERAGE Tragedy
strikes at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday night, August 13, 2011 when a
wind blast from Hades knocks down heavy scaffolding that supports the stage.
Emmis Country WLHK FM (Hank FM 97.1) sponsors Sugarland as they are about to go
on stage when tour manager Hellen Rollens glances up at the sky and decides to
keep Sugarland off stage. An instant later, 60 to 70 mph wind gusts topple the
roof and metal scaffolding that holds lights and other equipment. That snap decision
may have saved Sugarland's lives. Charlie Morgan WIBC-1070 GM springs into
action with his live on the scene radio coverage while he stands close to the
gridiron as the wind takes it down. Five bystanders die and more than three
dozen others receive injuries. This is another example of how important that
live on the scene radio coverage really is.
STANDOFF ATOP TV TOWER A 25-year old man who police
only identify as William climbs the FOX 23 TV tower in Tulsa, OK during a
rain-and-lightning storm and he's still there. Shortly after 11am Thursday,
August 11, 2011 employees at FOX23 notice the guy trespassing on the property.
He runs to the roof and climbs about two-thirds of the way up the broadcast
tower. He is still there for over six days. KTUL-TV CH6 reports that the 25
year old man has a history of mental health problems. The tower is near the
Clear Channel Communications studios in east Tulsa. He refuses to come down
from his perch. More than 25 police units and fire trucks remain on the scene. After
4 days, a police officer climbs up the tower and leaves him a bag with water
and a cell phone. The man says that he has to work out some issues and that he
can remain on the tower for a week if he wants. Cops fire pepper spray balls to
try to get him to come down, but he just climbs further up the 300-foot tower.
Things worsen as severe weather approaches. The Tulsa Fire Department's
technical rescue team uses a bucket truck to help him down but high winds force
them to pull the bucket back. The longest standoff in Tulsa, OK police history
passes day 6. At press time the man is still high up in the tower. Where is
Superman when we need him the most?
TRIVIA QUESTION: What earth shattering news event
takes place on November 22, 1963? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•NEWS/TALK claims another FM Rock station as Cox
launches a simulcast of its 87-year old heirloom News/Talk WDBO-580 Orlando, FL
on Rock WHTQ FM (96.5) beginning at 5am on Friday, August 19, 2011. •THE
WEATHER CHANNEL melds Twitter into its programming with Twitter users as field
reporters ready to be put into action whenever severe weather erupts. •MARIA
MENOUNOS bids adieu to NBC News for Telepictures. •LUCILLE BALL's 100th
anniversary birthdate is on August 6, 2011. Sixty years ago on October 15, 1951
I witness the debut of I Love Lucy on our new 17" TV set.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 BELINDA CARLISLE GoGos lead singer (We Got
the Beat #2 for 3 weeks-1982) born in Hollywood, CA on August 17th. •1969 MERLE
HAGGARD's single Workin' Man Blues lands at #1 in Billboard Country on August
16th. •1979 VIVIAN VANCE as Ethel Mertz in I Love Lucy dies of cancer at 67 on
August 17th. •1985 WAYLON JENNINGS, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash & Kris
Kristofferson's LP Highwayman roars to the top in Billboard Country on August
17th. •1990 PEARL BAILEY singer dies of heart attack at 72 on August 17th.
•2004 SUGARLAND's 1st hit single Baby Girl releases on Mercury records on
August 17th.
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PAT MCGOWAN (Chandler, AZ) Subject: KVRL-TV. Hi
Jim, I'm sure you meant that KVRL-TV Ch 26 in HOUSTON went on the air in August
1971. I would know, part of the original sign-on crew! Was owned by Crest
Broadcasting, and the call sign was for the three Schindler brothers Victor,
Raymond and Leon. Raymond was the one who ran the store as well as Hurricane
Fence Co. We went on the air from an office building across the parking lot
from the future studios at 3935 Westheimer Rd. Later in the fall moved
everything over during an all night session. Both buildings long gone. Hope you
and Lacy are surviving the heat. Patrick McGowan; NCP 3 New Century Productions
DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1011) August 12, 2011
[Friday] Jim, I love the visits. It is obvious that you have had your arms
around The Oak Ridge Boys for years. I am thankful for all of those years of
love and support. And, your story in radio in Texas is that of legends. It is
only a natural thing that you, too, will be inducted into the Texas Radio Hall
of Fame. You "ARE" Hall of Fame. Thanks for your years of friendship.
Duane
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LARRY SCOTT (Dallas-Terrell, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1012) August 15, 2011 [Monday] So happy to see The Oaks have
finally been accepted as members of The Opry. The Oak Ridge Quartet worked The
Opry many times when it was Wally Fowler and The Oak Ridge Quartet. Their piano
player, in those days, Livy Freeman is still living and resides in Greensboro,
NC. My acquaintance with The Oaks goes back to the late fall of 1958. I was
going to embalming school, in Nashville, and working weekends at WAGG in
Franklin,TN. Smitty Gatlin was the manager and tenor singer for the group. He
brought me a single that I still have. The Oaks were what we call four manin’
it. Smitty sang tenor, Herman Harper, bass, Ronnie Page, baritone and lead and
Tommy Fairchild played the piano and he and Ronnie would switch lead and
baritone, depending on the song and key. Willie Wynn, from Moultrie, GA joined
the Oaks in late December of 58 and made his Nashville debut on The Wally
Fowler All Night Singing, at The Ryman Auditorium, in January of 59. I had the
pleasure of being there. I’ve known Bill Golden for goin’ on 50 years. That was
back when his hair was styled and not a hair out of place. Been knowin’ Duane
since his days with The Prophets Qt. out of Knoxville. Duane sang lead and
another ol’ boy from Paris, TX, Dave Rorgers sang bass. ls
DANNY MACK MCWILLIAMS (Houston, TX) Jim, I found it
amazing that Ed Stern’s letter showed up just below mine, in your latest edition.
He was my GM for five-years from 1987-1992, in Uvalde, during that time he
became my close friend and my second Dad. He was instrumental in my move to
Corpus Christi in the early 90’s. I am so happy he’s home and will be following
his progress! Danny
BUD BUSCHARDT (Dallas, TX) Subject: Enjoyed visit.
Jim, Really enjoyed visiting with you and talking about radio in the days when
it used to be good. Thanks for the nice comments in Monday's JRRR.. Best wishes
and take some time to get out them old records and listen to them! Bud
BOB POER [ROBERT] (Dallas-Highland Village, TX)
Subject: Bud Buschardt. Hello Jim. Good to hear you and Bud had a nice visit.
Bud is a great guy and has been a good friend to me over the years. We get
together for lunch visits as often as possible. We both love the great music
from the 50's, 60's, etc. It's always good to see him. I enjoy your
newsletters. Very informative. Keep up the good work!! Bob Poer; Mobile Music
PBP (www.mobilemusicpbp.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On November 22, 1963 CBS TV anchor
Walter Cronkite reports that President John Fitzgerald Kennedy has been shot in
the motorcade near downtown Dallas, TX. At 1:40 PM, EST, a special report
interrupts As the World Turns. At 2:28 PM Dan Rather reports (on audio from
Dallas, TX) that president John Kennedy is dead. At 2:38 PM Walter Cronkite
announces the official confirmation of JFK's death. Beginning at 2:00 PM on
November 22, CBS News airs 54 hours and 53 minutes of uninterrupted coverage of
the death of President John F. Kennedy along with its aftermath. The long
around the clock broadcast about the death of President Kennedy ends at 11:37
PM on November 25.
MIKE SHUPING (Dallas-Carrollton, TX) Subject: You
can count on me...Yeah right. They sent my Census form back! AGAIN!!! In
response to the question: "Do you have any dependents? " I replied -
"12 million illegal immigrants; 3 million crack heads; 42 million
unemployable people, 2 million people in over 243 prisons; Half of Mexico; and
535 idiots in the U.S. House and Senate. Apparently, this was NOT an acceptable
answer.
GEORGE ORWELL (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950)
Big Brother is watching you.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 15, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1012
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BILLY GRAMMER TRAVELS ON From 1957-58,
singer/guitarist Billy Grammer is a regular guest on CBS TV's The Jimmy Dean
Show. He is a well-known Nashville, TN guitar session musician. In 1959, Billy
lands the #5 spot on Billboard's Country survey with a rousing up-tempo tune,
Gotta Travel On. The hot song travels on over to #4 on the Pop map. Grammer's
follow up tune Bonaparte’s Retreat is another favorite of mine that finds a
place on Billboard's Pop graph in 1959 but for some strange reason misses out
on the Country blueprint. However, the song does reach Billboard Country's page
by Pee Wee King (1950), Carl Smith (1970) and Glen Campbell (1974). Billy
Grammer is born on August 28, 1925 in Benton, IL. He joins the Grand Ole Opry
in 1959. Billy Grammer passes away on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 85. In
1965, he co-founds the Grammer Guitar Company which designs acoustic
instruments that remain popular with guitarists. In fact, Country Music Hall of
Fame member Vince Gill recently buys a vintage Grammer guitar. Vince remembers:
Billy was a really big, friendly soul. He was a guy who could do everything.
There’s a kinship between those of us who have been able to garner respect from
the musician community and as singers, a sweet brotherhood. He was also a neat
guy to get to know.
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OAKS JOIN THE OPRY For decades I am a big fan of
the Oak Ridge quartet's fine Gospel music. In 1969, my latest flame Betty and I
attend the Oaks in concert in San Antonio, TX. They are absolutely marvelous.
We meet the Oaks tenor Willie Wynn backstage for a chat. Really nice guy. In
the late 1970s when the Oak Ridge quartet becomes a Country group with their
new name The Oak Ridge Boys, Willie chooses to leave to form his own Gospel
quartet. In summer 1977 when I'm MD/noon-3pm DJ on KTRM-990 the Oaks new
Country tune Ya'll Come Back Saloon arrives on my desk. The terrific song is an
instant add to our play list. For the next 10 years The Oak Ridge Boys top the
Country charts as well as cross over into the Pop surveys. The Oaks still sell
out concerts wherever they appear. They win many awards. But their latest
achievement may top them all because on Saturday night, August 8, 2011 Little
Jimmy Dickens inducts The Oak Ridge Boys - William Lee Golden, Joe Bonsall,
Richard Sterban and Duane Allen - into the Grand Ole Opry. President George
H.W. Bush surprises The Oaks with a video greeting. Salute!
BUD BUSCHARDT continues as Professor of Radio,
Television and Film at the University of North Texas. He also is a legendary
Oldies expert on WFAA-570 and KVIL FM in Dallas, TX. His Oldies stash of vinyl
records puts mine to shame. A celebration dinner honors Buschardt as he retires
from his Program Director command center at ABC Radio Network in 2007. From
1967-68 when I'm a DJ on WFAA-820 and WFAA-570, Bud is a Director at WFAA TV
ABC CH8 in my hometown Dallas, TX. On Tuesday, August 9, 2011 long time friend
Bud stops by for a visit out here in far west Houston, TX. We take our radio
chat down the street to a favorite Tex-Mex restaurant on Memorial Avenue. Bud
Buschardt is a class act, real nice fella and a wonderful tribute to radio.
BREAKING NEWS! Mike Fleming of Dateline Hollywood
reports that Disney shuts down production on The Lone Ranger movie because of
its budget. Armie Hammer is to play The Lone Ranger while Johnny Depp is Tonto.
Fleming says: Disney wants to reduce the film's cost from $250 million (some
even say $275 million) down to $232 million. But it wasn't the $200 million
that Disney wanted to spend. And between Depp, Bruckheimer, and Verbinski, the
gross outlay on the film is substantial. The scheduled release date for The
Lone Ranger movie is to be December 21, 2012. Stay tuned to this Bat Dial.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does The Dick Van Dyke Show
premiere? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•LONDON, ENGLAND RIOTS: Three teenagers arrested on
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 for fire that destroys 25 Million discs in Sony
warehouse during riots on Monday, August 8th. •BO BROWN Clear Channel News Talk
KTRH-740 Houston, TX GSM moves on up to Director of Sales for the Bayou City
cluster. Since 2001 KTRH is one of the city's top-billing radio stations.
•WXNT-1430 News/Talk 7-year Morning Man in Indianapolis, IN replaced by
syndicated program due to that familiar phrase budget cuts. WSJ reports: That's
the way our industry works...here today gone tomorrow.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 WXEX TV ABC CH8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA
begins broadcasting on August 15th. •1964 ROY ROGERS King of the Cowboys
endures 9-hour surgery on August 14th to repair back vertebrae damaged by years
of riding his horse, Trigger. •1971 KVRL TV (now KRIV) NBC CH26 in
Shreveport-Texarkana, LA begins broadcasting on August 15th. •1982 ERNEST TUBB
makes final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry on August 14th. •1993 ROBERT
TILTON TV evangelist announces divorce of wife Marte on August 15th. •2001
RASCAL FLATTS' self-titled debut effort is the trio's 1st Gold album on August
15th.
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DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys]
(Hendersonville, TN) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1011) August 12, 2011
[Friday] Good Morning Jim, My friend. I enjoy catching up with you through your
weekly releases. The Boys are proud new members of the Grand Ole Opry, and we
are honored to be called "Opry Stars"...HAHA... I am writing you to
mention a friend of mine, Lanny "Hoss" Huggins...Hoss has just been
inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. We grew up together in the Paris,
Texas area, and worked in radio together. We also played some music together as
I did some work with the Huggins Brothers. Hoss is a dear friend, He has a
Facebook page and if you could check him out, and give him a little mention, I
know he would be thrilled. I am very happy for my lifetime friend. Thanks,
Duane (www.oakridgeboys.com/)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Obit. Jim: Singer/guitarist Billy Grammer passed away Aug. 10 @ 85. His hit,
"Gotta Travel On," made three charts in early 1959 (pop, country
& R/B) & was the first million-seller for Monument. He had retired to
his southern IL home 20 years ago & was inducted into IL Country Music
H[all] of Fame in 1990. His first designed model guitar, 1969, is in the Co.
Music H[all] of F[ame], Nashville. He played in many bands & was a session
guitarist on many hit records, & had his own syndicated TV series in 1965,
maintaining a long career on the grand Ole Opry too. Bob & Sonny Lee
DANNY MACK MCWILLIAMS (Kerrville, TX) Jim, I grew up
in Houston, in Spring Branch, and started my radio career at KFRD, in
Rosenberg, where I got to know Jim (Gough). Like so many others my career took
me to all points in Texas. I now call Kerrville home. I have been out of the
business for a year, after purchasing a business in Kerrville. Sadly the
business climate forced me to close the 25 year old business in April. I am
trying to decide what my next adventure will be. I am also good friends with
Dr. Bruce Nelson. We were in Corpus Christi together, though at different
stations, and I was proud to get to know him. He, Hal McCain, Bill Bailey, Arch
Yancey and Hudson & Harrigan were all my early heroes in the Houston. More
later, Danny
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ED STERN (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Back Home at
Last. I'm finally home from almost 3 months recovering... On May 13 I suffered
a compression fracture at T6 in my spine. Had to wait for surgery until June 24
so I could be completely free of the pneumonia I had in March before my
neurosurgeon would do the deed. Following surgery I went into rehab at Parklane
West, a rehab facility next to the high rise where we live. I'm having a hard
time regaining my mobility and have to spend most of my time getting around in
a wheel chair. The therapists are working hard at trying to get me back in
shape and I start eight weeks of PT/OT tomorrow. While I've been gone, Judy has
done a great job keeping my inbox in workable shape but I still have over 500
messages I have to go through. Hope you never have a compression
fracture--ain't no fun, GI. Ed
TRIVIA ANSWER: On October 3, 1961 The Dick Van Dyke
Show premieres on CBS TV and runs through September 7, 1966. During its 1962,
1963, 1964 and 1965 seasons the popular The Dick Van Dyke Show wins four Emmys
for Outstanding Program Achievement in Humor/Comedy/Entertainment. In the
series, Mary Tyler Moore plays Dick Van Dyke's wife.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) I always look forward
to your newsletter. Like...I enjoy amateur radio, since it allows me to talk
with people in various fields that I would never get a chance to
otherwise....still only have a Tech License...just glad that you have me on your
mailing list. From my time editing a column for the ADXR, Association of DX
Reporters, a now defunct club an editor can have people mad from what they
print and/or don't print. I think you know you do a great service and you have
proven the quality of workmanship, so you will always have a place in the
Kingdom. I admire the work you do, at times I wonder how you get the energy,
also I have tried to redirect questions to you from another broadcaster, since
I figured you would be much better at helping him than I would be since you
knew the industry, I could only speculate. Best regards, Charles George, KC5RAI
WALTER CRONKITE (November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009)
This opens the door on another chapter of history.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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BEWITCHED RETURNS TO TV? The Bewitched TV series
runs from 1964-1972. We fondly remember Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha
Stephens and her husband Darrin Stephens. Samantha twitches her nose to cause
objects or people to disappear or appear. Darrin is first performed by 6'
1" tall Dick York who leaves the series in 1969 because of chronic back
problems. The 6' 2" Dick Sargent fills in as the second Darrin. His three
seasons in the popular series introduces him to millions of viewers. Agnes
Moorehead plays Samantha's flamboyant witch-mother, Endora. Initially she turns
down the role in Bewitched, but when Elizabeth asks her in person, she changes
her mind. Agnes joins the cast but she doesn't expect the series to last more
than one season. But Bewitched becomes a long-running hit. David White is
Darrin's advertising agency boss, Larry Tate. Bewitched is set in Westport, CT.
In 1968, ABC TV buys its re-runs for nine million dollars. Another of my
favorites is Barbara Eden as the beautiful two thousand year old blonde genie
by the name of Jeannie in I Dream of Jeannie (September 18, 1965 to September
7, 1970). Larry Hagman plays the confused astronaut Anthony Nelson. In 2005,
the big-screen movie Bewitched stars Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell and others but
doesn't do well at the box office. In 2011, CBS orders a script for the
2012-2013 season from Sony Pictures Television for a remake of the classic TV
series. Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher from the 2005 movie are its new producers.
Marc Lawrence will write the script, plus is executive producer.
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ACTOR CRASHES MILLION DOLLAR MCLAREN SUPER CAR
Actor Rowan Atkinson, known to Britishers as Mr. Bean and the Blackadder TV
series, suffers a minor injury after his McLaren F1 supercar, which is one of
the world's fastest road autos, spins off a road and crashes into a tree and
lamppost in Haddon, Cambridgeshire about 85 miles (140 kilometers) north of
London, England late Thursday, August 4, 2011. The exclusive McLaren F1
supercars can cost as much as $1 million. Its road tests crank out speeds of up
to 230 mph. East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson says that Rowan
suffers a minor shoulder injury. Police report that he passes a routine breathalyzer test at the scene and faces
no criminal charges. Britain's Daily Mirror says that he walks away from the
vehicle and flags down motorists for help. On Friday afternoon, witnesses see
Atkinson leave Peterborough City Hospital with four security guards at his
side. But he is silent to reporters.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when the first
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV show premieres? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Keith Bilbrey (announcer on RFD
TV's Larry's Country Diner/celebrated WSM-650 DJ for over 30 years /voice of the
Grand Ole Opry for decades in Nashville, TN) counts his golden birthday stars
on Sunday, August 14, 2011 to make sure that there's enough of them.
•TOWNSQUARE MEDIA joins the radio fray in April 2010 but heads fast toward #3
in most radio stations in its bundle. Gap Broadcasting already under
Townsquare's wing while Millennium awaits final FCC approval. •SHERYL CROW
Grammy Award-winning singer corrals $5.2 million, 50-acre estate in Forest
Hills kingdom of Nashville, TN.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 KOTI TV NBC/CBS CH2 in Klamath Falls, OR
begins broadcasting on August 12th. •1966 DAVID HOUSTON's Classic single Almost
Persuaded zings #1 in Billboard Country on August 13th. •1974 MICKEY MANTLE
& WHITEY FORD NY Yankees are 1st teammates elected to baseball Hall of Fame
on same day on August 12th. •1989 PATTY LOVELESS' Timber, I'm Falling In Love
is her 1st #1 Country single on August 12th. •1997 LUTHER ALLISON Blues
guitarist dies at 57 of cancer on Tuesday, August 12th in Madison, WI. •2003 ALAN
JACKSON's album Greatest Hits Volume II releases on Arista records on August
12th.
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MICHAEL O'SHEA (Bellingham, WA) Subject: Ken Dowe
(KLIF-1190). Jim...When I got back to WOHO I put together a composite tape with
a bit of our mornings, midday, PM drive and just a few snippets of what Bobby
Rich and I were doing on our nighttime "team" show. Three months
later Ken called me and said: "We have an opening and we'd like to hire a
'good Yankee jock'...you wanna come to Big D??" My first big market job,
joining the Amazing 50,000 watt Texas Giant, "Big Kliff", doing Noon
to Three. The station was solidly earning mid 30 percent shares in the Hooper
and Pulse ratings. Ken later told me he had a bet with McLendon National PD
Chuck Boyles as to whether or not this "Yankee jock" would make it in
Dallas. Four months later the Hooper rating for Noon to Three was a 44.3 Share.
I have the print out sheet and will scan it and send it to you. Ken won the
bet, but I won the best radio experience and found the best teacher a young
jock could ever have, Ken Dowe. We had two teenage jocks on the staff at the
time: Charlie Van Dyke, PM drive and Hal Martin (Mike Spears), 9-Midnight, both
18. I was barely 20... but we all received a PhD in top forty radio programming
working with Ken Dowe and the amazing team at KLIF. Thanks, Ken!! Sincerely,
Michael O'Shea
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Jim, here's another Clint Eastwood story. I have an
old friend from Austin that I've known since Jr. High days. He has been very
successful in radio station management and has owned several small market Texas
stations over the years. He owned KAND in Corsicana for a long time. Richard C.
Parker Also had a piece of KTEM and still owns one in Louisiana. He's a great
guy...we used to pick and grin together and both went to the Navy during Korea.
He and his wife have a condo in Carmel where they spend most of their Summers.
Once a few years back they were at a social function there and were standing in
the buffet line next to Clint. My friend said he had enjoyed Eastwood's movies.
Clint said something like.."did you like Space Cowboys, my latest?"
My friend said..."sorry Clint, I don't care much for
Science-Fiction"! Adios for now, Jim Gough
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
exits. How come in broadcasting when a person leaves a job, he or she
"exits". Seemingly, they never resign or are fired in the trades.
They always exit. Or when they win awards, they receive kudos. Who uses those
words? Friday, I saw a documentary, "Page One", about The New York
Times. Part of the documentary included The Times coverage of the Tribune Co.
collapse. Did you ever meet Sam Zell or Randy Michaels? What a pair of goofed-up characters.
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BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Hi Jim! Jennifer
and I are happy that you and Lacy Girl are doing well in this extremely hot
summer. Dallas Fort Worth is currently in 2nd place for the hottest summer over
113 years, and unfortunately the driest also. Not the healthiest combo in town.
I'll give radio stories some good thorough thinking this weekend Jim, and do my
best to send a good one your way. I'll keep it short for you too. I still love
to read your column three times each week. When a musician or broadcasting
celebrity passes away, I learn more from your research, than anywhere in normal
cases. Thank you for putting your passion in to Jim Rose Remembers Radio. You
made a fan out of Jennifer also. Blake Lindsay (www.blazinblake.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: The popular Alfred Hitchcock
Presents premiers on CBS TV on October 2, 1955 and runs through September 1960.
From 1960–1962 NBC airs the series. The serial returns to CBS TV from September
1962 and runs through September 1964. NBC airs the final series from 1964–1965.
The half-hour series features dramas, thrillers and mysteries. Its host is the
intriguing Hollywood film director Alfred Hitchcock. Later, the show extends to
a full hour with a new title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The program's theme
music is Charles Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette. Some of the show's
guest stars become household names: Charles Bronson, Peter Falk, Suzanne
Pleshette, Burt Reynolds, William Shatner, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen and
Robert Duvall. Despite what the show indicates, Alfred Hitchcock only directs
17 of the actual 268 filmed episodes.
MICHELLE PLUNK (Austin-Marble Falls, TX) Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1008) August 05, 2011 [Friday] I will be on Vacation from
July 30th until Aug 14th, 2011. I will not be able to receive emails or phone
calls but will get back with you as soon as possible on my return. Hope you all
are having a safe and fun Summer... Michelle and family...
KIN HUBBARD (September 1, 1868 - December 26, 1930)
If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a
vacation.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 10, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1010
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
DON IMUS' BROTHER DIES According to the New York
Daily News and Radio Ink, WABC-770 morning host Don Imus' younger brother Fred
is found lifeless at 69 on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at his home in Tucson, AZ.
We often see and hear Fred as a guest on his brother Don's syndicated talk
show, Imus in the Morning, on Citadel Talk WABC-770 which simulcasts on the Fox
Business Network cable TV channel. Reports suggest that after Fred does not
show up for his Saturday radio show, Fred's Trailer Park Bash, that he co-hosts
with former western actor Don Collier and Missy on Sirius XM's Outlaw Country,
friends find him resting in peace in his trailer. Talent runs in the family
because Fred Imus is also a radio talk host and songwriter. Along with Phil
Sweet he pens Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius' #1 hit I Don’t Want to Have to
Marry You. In 1977, Music City News proclaims it as the song of the year. Fred
Imus also appears on the cover of The Fred Book that he co-writes with NY Daily
News columnist Mike Lupica. The I-Man credits his brother Fred with the idea to
banter back and forth with his producer Bernard McGuirk and engineer Lou Rufino
on Imus in the Morning. In 1942, Frederic Wayne Imus is born in Los Angeles,
CA. He grows up in the Southwest before he serves in the Army. He later is a
brakeman on the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1963, before his brother Don Imus
enters radio, both he and Fred write and record the tune, I'm a Hot Rodder (And
All That Jazz), on Challenge records. They go by the names Jay Jay Imus and
Freddy Ford. Before he moves to Tucson, AZ Fred assists in the operation of Don
Imus' Ranch for kids with cancer in Ribera, NM. To express your sentiments
about the passing of Fred Imus click www.wabcradio.com/article.asp?id=2255571.
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NEXSTAR SWAPS FOX FOR ABC Nexstar Broadcasting
loses its Fox TV affiliation in Evansville, IN. Almost in retaliation, Nexstar
ends up swapping its Fox affiliate WTVW TV in Evansville for Gilmore ABC
affiliate WEHT TV for $18.5 million. In effect, Nexstar trades its Fox TV
station for an ABC affiliate in the same market. Nexstar reports 2010 revenue
of $313 million. But it is in a duel with Fox about programming fees or reverse
compensation that Fox begins to demand from all of its affiliates as part of
affiliate renewal. Rather than pay the fees, Nexstar decides to give up its Fox
affiliations in four markets: Evansville; Terre Haute, IN; Fort Wayne, IN and
Springfield, MO. Nexstar also sells its one-time Fox affiliate WTVW TV to
Mission Broadcasting for $6.7 million. But
continues to operate WTVW TV under a local services agreement (LSA). The
deal increases Nexstar's number of ABC affiliates to 11.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Why do some radio station call
letters begin with the letter W while others start with the letter K? The
answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•STEVE BEARANCE moves on up from Cumulus General Sales
Manager to Market Manager as overseer of 5 station cluster in Lexington, KY.
•TOWNSQUARE buys Double O Radio's 26-stations all across Texas, Illinois,
Missouri and New York to bring its total to 191 stations in 40 cities. •STEVE
SMITH SVP of programming at Clear Channel leap frogs to Cox Radio in Atlanta,
GA as Programming Director. Previously. Steve is Emmis VP of programming.
•SIGNAL MEDIA acquires Clear Channel Gospel KHLR FM (Hallelujah 106.7) Little
Rock-Benton, AR and flips it to Rhythmic Oldies (Heartbeat 106.7).
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1950 ERIC BRAUNN Iron Butterfly guitarist born on
August 10th. •1960 JOHNNY HORTON tapes his single North To Alaska at Bradley
Recording Studio in Nashville, TN on August 9th. Dies in a head-on car crash on
November 5th driving home after a concert in Austin, TX. •1979 DICK FORAB radio
singer/Western actor (156 roles) dies at 69 on August 10th. •1986 THE JUDDS'
Rockin' With The Rhythm Of The Rain strikes #1 in Billboard Country on August
9th. •1994 BILL BAKER lead singer of the re-formed Five Satins dies at 58 on
August 10th. •2006 KENNY CHESNEY's video You Save Me debuts on CMT on August
10th.
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MICHAEL O'SHEA (Bellingham, WA) Subject: Ken Dowe
(KLIF-1190). Jim...I enjoyed reading Jeff McClain's comments about how KLIF PD
Ken Dowe influenced his career. My story is similar. While I have thanked Ken
personally, I have not publicly declared how important he was to my early
career and development: I was doing nights at WOHO, Toledo, Ohio in the late
sixties. My mother was a travelling executive for a company and based out of
Dallas, listening to Ken Dowe and Granny Emma every morning. While visiting she
suggested that I go to meet Ken. I was a bit shy to "bother" a big
league radio PD like Ken, being just a night jock in small market Midwest...so
my mother made the call without my knowing and set up an
"appointment" for me to meet with Ken at KLIF. Like Jeff, I went to
the famous "triangle point" studios of Big Kliff a bit nervous that I
was interrupting Ken's day. He was gracious, giving and accommodating...visited
with me about radio trends, gave me a tour of the terrific facility (midday
jock Dave Ambrose on air at the time). As I left Ken asked me to send him a
tape of what our station in Toledo was doing. Sincerely, Michael O'Shea
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. Dottie and I would be in
Los Angeles on business from time to time and Rod (Roddy) would always take us
to dinner. Every time was déjà vu. Rod would enter MORTON's (always Morton’s)
and the folks having dinner would erupt into applause and say together:
"ROD RODDY! COME ON DOWN...ROD!!" Then, he'd order his favorite drink
to go with his steak. A DIET Coke, to which he would add 8-10 teaspoons of
sugar. I never got it, either. And so...the ADVENTURE continues. Beats working
for a living, doesn't it? Keep up the good work, Jim. Ken
GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1009) August 08, 2011 [Monday] Hi Jim; To let you know; Bruce
Hathaway is still recovering from back surgery on July 30th but has had
complications and has been transferred from Stone Oak Methodist to a re-hab
pain management facility. He might be released today or Monday. Needless to say
doing the Bruce and Gary Program without Bruce is a challenge. Gary DeLaune.
(www.garydnews.com)
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: The
Fugitive. My favorite too. Never got to see it as a kid because my parents made
me go to bed before it aired. So I watched all the episodes (taped all too)
when A&E aired them about 1991. A guy in Needles (another hot place) has
some of my video tapes. In a latter episode, Robert Keith, Brian's real-life
father, portrayed Kimble's dying father. Robert Keith died in 1966 I think. He
was in a great number of films as well as television. Nearly all the episodes
were on YouTube a few years ago and then removed probably because of copyright
infringement. Now someone else is posting them again. Lately, I have been
watching "Route 66" on RTV -- 31.4 in Dallas. Another great show.
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Music Obit. Hello Jim: I'm certain you are aware of death yesterday A.M. (Aug.
7) of Marshall Grant @ 83 in St. Bernard's Medical Center, Jonesboro, AR. He
was an original member of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two Band, 1954-1980, first as
a guitarist, then gaining fame as bassist, with never formal training in music.
(He was in AR to participate in the Johnny Cash festival fundraising shows for
restoration of his boyhood home in nearby Dyess, AR) Grant was an inductee of
Musicians Hall of Fame, 2007, & was Manager of Statler Bros until their
retirement in 2004. I know you have much more info on this famous, well
respected musician & key component in Cash's band. BOB
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1923, the Federal Communication
Commission (FCC) orders that all radio station call letters east of the
Mississippi river begin with the letter W while those west of the Mississippi
river start with the letter K. The only exceptions are those radio stations
that go on the air prior to the new law.
CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Jim, Actually, to use the computer at sea is an infraction of the
rules...as it is the Captain's and it is only a courtesy to be used for family
correspondence and then only for once-in-awhile use. Since the ships I sail on
are under government security bond, and the cargo we handle is classified, we
are not allowed to be free with our emailing. This will be probably be the last
one you will get from me for some time.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE [The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner] (1772-1834) Water, water, everywhere. Nor any drop to drink.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 08, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1009
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
RADIO DJ DIES WHEN HIT BY A CAR Jevon Hollywood
(Jevon Hotchkiss) known as The Mouth on Dance WDTW FM (The Beat 106.7) in
Detroit. MI dies from injuries he suffers after a car hits him on Thursday
night, July 28, 2011. A vehicle strikes 34 year-old Jevon as he walks along a
dark stretch of Seven Mile Road. He is on his cell phone to find a ride home.
Police who investigate the accident report that the driver of the car suffers
minor injuries. But at this time he receives no charges. The Beat's Web site
contains a remembering Jevon page where listeners can post their sentiments.
Jevon begins as Lisa Lisa's intern on WDTW FM. From that position WDTW FM
promotes him to the Late Show (10 pm to 1 am).
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BIG CHANGES IN SAN FRANCISCO RADIO A good friend of
JRRR, Bill Conway, exits his PD/Station Manager post at Entercom AC KOIT FM
(Lite Rock 96.5) in the Bay City after 14 years. Andy Holt comes all the way
from New Orleans, LA as Operations Manager of AC Continuous Soft Rock Entercom
WLMG FM (Magic 102) and Classic Rock WKBU FM (Bayou 95.7) as Bill's
replacement. Holt's resume includes Cox Radio Hot AC WFLC FM (The Coast 97.3)
Miami, FL and Hot AC KSMG (Magic 105.3) San Antonio-Seguin, TX and SFX
Broadcasting Oldies WTRG FM (The Great 98) Roanoke Rapids-Gaston, NC and Soft
Rock AC WRSN FM (Sunny 93) Raleigh, NC. Holt declares: KOIT is one of America's
truly great radio brands, and I look forward to working with the Entercom/San
Francisco team to continue its evolution and success. I'm tremendously excited
about this opportunity.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does The Honeymooners debut
on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KURT JOHNSON VP of CBS Radio programming in
Dallas, TX exits to Townsquare Media as SVP of programming. •TOM THON is new
Townsquare SVP of radio. •WKRK FM CBS Radio WKRK FM (K-Rock 92.3) Cleveland, OH
jettisons Alternative Rock in favor of Sportsradio 92.3 The Fan on August 29,
2011. Sports radio vet Andy Roth is new PD. •DAVID LYLE leaves Fox Look TV for
new CEO post at National Geographic Channels U.S. and global programming on
Thursday, August 4, 2011. •LEO GRECO Iowa Radio legend 2010 Marconi Personality
of the Year on News/Talk WMT-600 Cedar Rapids since 1973 dies at 89.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 WDIQ TV (now KMCT) PBS CH2 in Dozier, AL goes
on the air on August 8th. •1961 PATSY CLINE's single I Fall To Pieces rings #1
in Billboard Country on August 7th. •1975 JULIAN EDWIN [Cannonball] ADDERLEY
Jazz sax player dies suddenly at 46 on August 8th from a stroke while on tour. •1987 REBA MCENTIRE's single One Promise Too
Late slams #1 in Billboard Country on August 8th. •1991 BRAD DAVIS as Billy
Hayes tries to smuggle drugs out of Turkey ends up in prison in the 1978 movie
Midnight Express dies at 41 on August 8th. •2005 JOSH GRACIN's Nothin' To Lose
lands his first Gold single on August 8th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Subject: Marvell listed
by Radio Historian (Great radio news). Hi Jim, thought you should know. I've
been sending your reports out and some news folks are picking them up!
(supposedly several hundred stations/DJs & industry folks). 'Especially
taylored for everything about radio and the history of radio is the report. Jim
Rose is a well respected historian on radio facts. Everyone should read his
news releases. James Marvell is mentioned in his recent updates. Marvell who
has always had a great respect for DJs and radio is in this week's 'Jim Rose
Remembers Radio' Click icon here http://news.jimroseremembersradio.com.' Thanks
again! James Marvell
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Bubba Smith. Smith was also an All-America at Michigan State under coach Duffy
Daugherty and played in the controversial 10-10 tie with Notre Dame in 1966
often referred to as "The Game of the Century." At the time, Notre
Dame was ranked #1 nationally while Smith's Spartans were #2. For some reason I
cannot remember, that game was not on television in Oklahoma City. So I sat in
the kitchen and listened to the game on my mother's AM-only radio. How did you
like Austin? I was already on my own when my dad was hired to head the Texas Press
Association.
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. First, Chuck Dunaway
gave me my start in Big D at KBOX. Chuck was fresh from WABC and now was PD at
KBOX. He was missing one jock. Somehow he found Mike Ambrose's name...then at
KDEO...working with me. Mike said he didn't want to leave California, but he
had a friend named Ken Dowe who'd love to be in Dallas. Chuck hired me. (Later,
Mike's brother Dave worked for me at KLIF.)
CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Jim, We stay at sea for a long time in the shipping lanes that are not
that frequented and it takes longer to make a haul. The strategy on this is
that the security is higher. We also have submarine support. Can't go into this
any further than that. Can't tell you the name of the ship or the shipping
line. If I were to be caught doing this email right now it could mean my job,
or the brig. This is serious stuff and I've been with it for many years. Got to
go to late mess. I think Cookie has some steaks for us tonight. It's also movie
night. At least they provide popcorn and soda. No alcohol allowed onboard.
That's grounds for dismissal and immediate time in the brig. Life at sea, under
these conditions is no yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum movie plot! Have a great
week. The Old Salt, Charles P.S. Best wishes on your continued success with the
newsletter. Great job. And thanks for using my submission.
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: B.J.'s
(Facebook) box is too full... Jim, I should apologize. When I saw your mention
of his upcoming birthday in the latest JRRR it crossed my mind that you two
should be friends on Facebook. I saw that he already had a lot of friends but
was hoping that you'd be able to get through. Good to hear that he's a JRRR
subscriber. Of his many hit records, one of my favorites is "Mighty Clouds
of Joy." Used to hear it on the Mighty 1190. I'll have to think of some
radio stories. Always look forward to reading your newsletter. Peace to you
& Lacy, David
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Honeymooners debuts on CBS TV
network's The Jackie Gleason Show. It films before a live audience. The show
begins as a half-hour series on October 1, 1955 at 8:30 pm Eastern Time (during
prime time) opposite Ozark Jubilee on ABC TV and The Perry Como Show on NBC TV.
It runs with its original cast through September 22, 1956. The Honeymooners is
in continuous syndication ever since. Through 1978, Gleason continues The
Honeymooners in sketches and hour-long specials. It is one of my all time
favorite TV shows. The Honeymooners cast includes Jackie Gleason as bus driver
Ralph Kramden at the fictional Gotham Bus Company. His best pal is NYC sewer
worker neighbor Ed Norton played by Art Carney. Ralph's wife is Alice Kramden
played in the first seven episodes by Pert Kelton. But actress Kelton is
blacklisted on the Red Channels blacklist. Audrey Meadows replaces her as Ralph's
wife during the rest of the 39 episodes. Joyce Randolph is Ed's wife Trixie
plus Alice's best friend. Ralph Kramden is the inspiration for the animated
cartoon character Fred Flintstone in the Flintstones.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim: He
(Waylon Jennings) died in his sleep from diabetes related complications; in
fact, his left foot was amputated in a Phoenix hospital, Dec. 2001, 3 months
prior to his death. Another little-known tragic fact: In 2003, a 22 year old
Ft. Worth man reportedly ran a red-light at approximately 80 mph at the corner
of Pioneer Pkwy & W. Freeway in Grand Prairie; the accident killed two.
Turns out Dallas Morning News said he was illegal immigrant, with no driver's
license & no Insurance. Blood tests revealed alcohol registered 0.24 or 3
times legal limit, with trace of cocaine. He was later sentenced to 16 years in
prison. The victims were Taylor Ray Jennings, 22, & his 19 yr old
girlfriend, Stacey Norman. He was grandson of Waylon! BOB
NATHAN DEAL (August 25, 1942 - p) Births to illegal
immigrants now account for nearly one out of every ten births in the United
States.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
_________________________________________________
WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
August 08, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1009
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
RADIO DJ DIES WHEN HIT BY A CAR Jevon Hollywood
(Jevon Hotchkiss) known as The Mouth on Dance WDTW FM (The Beat 106.7) in
Detroit. MI dies from injuries he suffers after a car hits him on Thursday
night, July 28, 2011. A vehicle strikes 34 year-old Jevon as he walks along a
dark stretch of Seven Mile Road. He is on his cell phone to find a ride home.
Police who investigate the accident report that the driver of the car suffers
minor injuries. But at this time he receives no charges. The Beat's Web site
contains a remembering Jevon page where listeners can post their sentiments.
Jevon begins as Lisa Lisa's intern on WDTW FM. From that position WDTW FM
promotes him to the Late Show (10 pm to 1 am).
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BIG CHANGES IN SAN FRANCISCO RADIO A good friend of
JRRR, Bill Conway, exits his PD/Station Manager post at Entercom AC KOIT FM
(Lite Rock 96.5) in the Bay City after 14 years. Andy Holt comes all the way
from New Orleans, LA as Operations Manager of AC Continuous Soft Rock Entercom
WLMG FM (Magic 102) and Classic Rock WKBU FM (Bayou 95.7) as Bill's
replacement. Holt's resume includes Cox Radio Hot AC WFLC FM (The Coast 97.3)
Miami, FL and Hot AC KSMG (Magic 105.3) San Antonio-Seguin, TX and SFX Broadcasting
Oldies WTRG FM (The Great 98) Roanoke Rapids-Gaston, NC and Soft Rock AC WRSN
FM (Sunny 93) Raleigh, NC. Holt declares: KOIT is one of America's truly great
radio brands, and I look forward to working with the Entercom/San Francisco
team to continue its evolution and success. I'm tremendously excited about this
opportunity.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does The Honeymooners debut
on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•KURT JOHNSON VP of CBS Radio programming in Dallas,
TX exits to Townsquare Media as SVP of programming. •TOM THON is new Townsquare
SVP of radio. •WKRK FM CBS Radio WKRK FM (K-Rock 92.3) Cleveland, OH jettisons
Alternative Rock in favor of Sportsradio 92.3 The Fan on August 29, 2011.
Sports radio vet Andy Roth is new PD. •DAVID LYLE exits Fox Look TV for new CEO
post at National Geographic Channels U.S. and global programming on Thursday,
August 4, 2011. •LEO GRECO Iowa Radio legend 2010 Marconi Personality of the
Year on News/Talk WMT-600 Cedar Rapids since 1973 dies at 89.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 WDIQ TV (now KMCT) PBS CH2 in Dozier, AL goes
on the air on August 8th. •1961 PATSY CLINE's single I Fall To Pieces rings #1
in Billboard Country on August 7th. •1975 JULIAN EDWIN [Cannonball] ADDERLEY
Jazz sax player dies suddenly at 46 on August 8th from a stroke while on
tour. •1987 REBA MCENTIRE's single One
Promise Too Late slams #1 in Billboard Country on August 8th. •1991 BRAD DAVIS
as Billy Hayes tries to smuggle drugs out of Turkey ends up in prison in the
1978 movie Midnight Express dies at 41 on August 8th. •2005 JOSH GRACIN's
Nothin' To Lose lands his first Gold single on August 8th.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Subject: Marvell listed
by Radio Historian (Great radio news). Hi Jim, thought you should know. I've
been sending your reports out and some news folks are picking them up!
(supposedly several hundred stations/DJs & industry folks). 'Especially
taylored for everything about radio and the history of radio is the report. Jim
Rose is a well respected historian on radio facts. Everyone should read his
news releases. James Marvell is mentioned in his recent updates. Marvell who
has always had a great respect for DJs and radio is in this week's 'Jim Rose
Remembers Radio' Click icon here http://news.jimroseremembersradio.com.' Thanks
again! James Marvell
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
Bubba Smith. Smith was also an All-America at Michigan State under coach Duffy
Daugherty and played in the controversial 10-10 tie with Notre Dame in 1966
often referred to as "The Game of the Century." At the time, Notre
Dame was ranked #1 nationally while Smith's Spartans were #2. For some reason I
cannot remember, that game was not on television in Oklahoma City. So I sat in
the kitchen and listened to the game on my mother's AM-only radio. How did you
like Austin? I was already on my own when my dad was hired to head the Texas
Press Association.
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. First, Chuck Dunaway
gave me my start in Big D at KBOX. Chuck was fresh from WABC and now was PD at
KBOX. He was missing one jock. Somehow he found Mike Ambrose's name...then at
KDEO...working with me. Mike said he didn't want to leave California, but he
had a friend named Ken Dowe who'd love to be in Dallas. Chuck hired me. (Later,
Mike's brother Dave worked for me at KLIF.)
CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Jim, We stay at sea for a long time in the shipping lanes that are not
that frequented and it takes longer to make a haul. The strategy on this is
that the security is higher. We also have submarine support. Can't go into this
any further than that. Can't tell you the name of the ship or the shipping
line. If I were to be caught doing this email right now it could mean my job,
or the brig. This is serious stuff and I've been with it for many years. Got to
go to late mess. I think Cookie has some steaks for us tonight. It's also movie
night. At least they provide popcorn and soda. No alcohol allowed onboard.
That's grounds for dismissal and immediate time in the brig. Life at sea, under
these conditions is no yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum movie plot! Have a great
week. The Old Salt, Charles P.S. Best wishes on your continued success with the
newsletter. Great job. And thanks for using my submission.
CONTACT JRRR WITH TIPS! Do you know something that
we should know? We want to hear from you. Send your radio tips and stories to
Rosekkkj@earthlink.net.
DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: B.J.'s
(Facebook) box is too full... Jim, I should apologize. When I saw your mention
of his upcoming birthday in the latest JRRR it crossed my mind that you two
should be friends on Facebook. I saw that he already had a lot of friends but
was hoping that you'd be able to get through. Good to hear that he's a JRRR
subscriber. Of his many hit records, one of my favorites is "Mighty Clouds
of Joy." Used to hear it on the Mighty 1190. I'll have to think of some
radio stories. Always look forward to reading your newsletter. Peace to you
& Lacy, David
TRIVIA ANSWER: The Honeymooners debuts on CBS TV
network's The Jackie Gleason Show. It films before a live audience. The show
begins as a half-hour series on October 1, 1955 at 8:30 pm Eastern Time (during
prime time) opposite Ozark Jubilee on ABC TV and The Perry Como Show on NBC TV.
It runs with its original cast through September 22, 1956. The Honeymooners is
in continuous syndication ever since. Through 1978, Gleason continues The
Honeymooners in sketches and hour-long specials. It is one of my all time
favorite TV shows. The Honeymooners cast includes Jackie Gleason as bus driver
Ralph Kramden at the fictional Gotham Bus Company. His best pal is NYC sewer
worker neighbor Ed Norton played by Art Carney. Ralph's wife is Alice Kramden
played in the first seven episodes by Pert Kelton. But actress Kelton is
blacklisted on the Red Channels blacklist. Audrey Meadows replaces her as
Ralph's wife during the rest of the 39 episodes. Joyce Randolph is Ed's wife
Trixie plus Alice's best friend. Ralph Kramden is the inspiration for the
animated cartoon character Fred Flintstone in the Flintstones.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Jim: He
(Waylon Jennings) died in his sleep from diabetes related complications; in
fact, his left foot was amputated in a Phoenix hospital, Dec. 2001, 3 months
prior to his death. Another little-known tragic fact: In 2003, a 22 year old
Ft. Worth man reportedly ran a red-light at approximately 80 mph at the corner
of Pioneer Pkwy & W. Freeway in Grand Prairie; the accident killed two.
Turns out Dallas Morning News said he was illegal immigrant, with no driver's
license & no Insurance. Blood tests revealed alcohol registered 0.24 or 3
times legal limit, with trace of cocaine. He was later sentenced to 16 years in
prison. The victims were Taylor Ray Jennings, 22, & his 19 yr old
girlfriend, Stacey Norman. He was grandson of Waylon! BOB
NATHAN DEAL (August 25, 1942 - p) Births to illegal
immigrants now account for nearly one out of every ten births in the United
States.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
_________________________________________________
WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
August 05, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1008
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
NFL PLAYER/ACTOR FOUND DEAD NFL fans cheer the 6'
7" Bubba Smith during his time on the Baltimore Colts (1967-1971). He
earns his first Super Bowl ring during Super Bowl V. After a knee injury in
Tampa Bay, FL the Colts trade him to the Oakland Raiders (1973-1974). Bubba
finishes his NFL career on the Houston Oilers (1975-1976). Smith plays in 2 Pro
Bowls (1970, 1971). He is a First team All-Pro in 1971. Bubba retires from the
NFL after 9 years as a starting defensive end. He then turns to Hollywood, CA
for an acting career where he lands small roles in TV shows Wonder Woman,
Charlie's Angels and Eight is Enough. In 1984, he gains a starring role as
Lyman Bubba Kelsey in the TV series Blue Thunder. On the big screen he makes
his biggest splash as the soft-spoken police Cadet Moses Hightower in Police
Academy which carries him through six out the seven Police Academy movie
series. In 1997, his role moves over to TV in Police Academy: The Series. Smith
guest-stars in TV series Married With Children, MacGyver and Family Matters. On
February 28, 1945, Bubba Smith is born Charles Aaron Smith in Beaumont, TX. He
attends the city's Pollard High School. On Wednesday, August 3, 2011 a
spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office reports that a
caretaker finds Bubba Smith dead at 66 of natural causes in his Los Angeles, CA
home.
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MORE ARRESTS IN NEWS PHONE HACKING SCANDAL The
Guardian reports that British bobbies arrest former News of the World Managing
Editor Stuart Kuttner on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 on suspicion of eavesdropping
on phone conversations and greasing the palms of five-oh officers while in the
employ of News Corporation's now comatose British tabloid. Police charge that
he violates two codes: the Criminal Law Act of 1977 and the Prevention of
Corruption Act 1906. These are the same charges that both of the two News of
the World editors, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, face. The gendarme already
busts them in connection with the phone bugging scandal. The London
Metropolitan Police nab Kuttner on Tuesday when he arrives for questioning.
Brooks admits that she uses private investigators, but she has no memory of
making specific payments. She passes the buck on to Kuttner who is her
underling.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the first female CBS TV
news correspondent? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Charlie Cook's [VP/Country - McVay
Media www.mcvaymedia.com/] birthday is on Sunday, August 7, 2011. B.J. Thomas
[Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head] also on Sunday, August 7, 2011 has his
annual celebration. •JOE SCIALFA moves on up after 3 years from APD to PD of
Journal News/Talk WTMJ-620 Milwaukee, WI. •THEA MITCHEM advances from OM of
CC's DC/Baltimore cluster to President/Market Manager of the cluster.
•STRINGBEAN AKEMAN'S brutal killer is denied parole for the 4th time. The
monster faces the 7 member board again in April 2014.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1957 WJZ TV CBS CH13 in Baltimore MD begins
broadcasting on August 1st. •1968 TERRI CLARK Country Star (Poor Poor Pitiful
Me #5-1996) born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada but raised in Calgary. •1971 WNPE
TV PBS CH16 in Watertown, NY begins broadcasting on August 1st. •1989 DOLLY
PARTON's single Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That? lands #1 in Billboard
Country on August 5th. •1997 DON STEELE L.A. radio personality dies of cancer
on August 1st at 61. •2010 CHARLEY PRIDE + an investor group that Nolan Ryan
heads buys the Texas Rangers for $593 million on August 5th in Fort Worth, TX.
EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL
TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, All of us old radio guys can tell stories, but not nearly as well or
as clearly as you...with your photographic memory of every stop in your career.
There are a lot of things I remember of my early days in Fort Worth, Austin,
Seguin and San Antonio, but not nearly so accurately and graphic as you. You
remember the brand names of all of the equipment, the layout of the studios,
the personnel and everything about the job. I only remember certain things and
certain people, and the rest is history. Tom
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Hey Jim, You're right. The WORST thing an announcer can do is call
attention to an on-air booboo. That Fox news anchor showed her inexperience by
apologizing for Patty Shieh’s on-air no-no and calling attention to it.
Something like that happened to me when I was at KPRC Radio in the early 70s.
As morning newscaster, I used taped stories the overnight guy left for me.
Those were the days we would take a stack of clean cartridges into the
production room and record our stories straight onto cart. One morning I had a
story about an overnight traffic fatality, so I hit the cart button and KPRC's
audience heard the overnight guy say a few words, followed by a lot of obscene
cursing. He had stuck his label on one of his blown takes. I was taught the
worst thing to do in that situation is to call attention to it, because most
listeners probably didn’t notice. So I pretended it didn’t happen and continued
the newscast. News Director John Davenport heard it, and he wasn’t happy, but
he just told me and the overnight guy it just showed why we should ALWAYS
audition our news tapes before the newscast. We were lucky we didn’t get fired.
Jim Bell
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STEVE EBERHART (Dallas, TX) Subject: KGAF in
Gainesville. Hey Jim, We just received the yearly Arbitron County ratings for
Cooke County and again this year, KGAF 1580 is the number one radio station in
Cooke County! This, despite the fact that essentially all Dallas Fort Worth
stations come in like a local in Cooke County, plus several out of Oklahoma.
ARB says we are #1 12+ total week Monday thru Sunday and #1 18+ as well. To be
#1 against 30+ signals out of a major market like that is really amazing. Needless to say, we are thrilled with the
results! If anyone would like to check us out, we stream at www.memories1580.com.
Steve Eberhart, owner/operator KGAF "Memories 1580" Gainesville, TX
(www.klifhistory.com)
JEFF MCCLAIN (Houston-Cleveland-TX) Subject: Your
Barracuda filter bounces JRRR. Jim, I’m not familiar with Barracuda. It may be
something my server is using. I use WebWise to host my web site and email
account. They use various protection software I’m not aware of. I’ll make sure
you are in my address book, maybe that will help recognize your email. I read
your news letter religiously and enjoy it very much.
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
"Another Tear Falls" by Gene McDaniels. Jim, Here is Gene's website:
http://genemcdaniels.com/ I would not have recognized him with the white beard.
CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Subject: Follow Up. Jim, By the way...I just happened to get your latest
email, as we are very limited to Internet time out here. They have to use
satellite feed and with the many guys on-board, they only have ONE computer
hook up. Fact is, they want us WORKING most of the time. Imagine that. We do
have off-time, but that is usually spent doing odd-jobs and such. This ain't no
pleasure cruise. Food's not bad. That's about all. Pucking overboard helps cut
the boredom at times. (That's a bit of Old-Salt humor, there, Jim. Take care.)
Charles
TRIVIA ANSWER: Before Barbara Walters, before Katie
Couric, there is Nancy Dickerson (nee Hanschman). In February 1960, she becomes
the first female CBS TV News network correspondent. She is the first female
member of the Washington, DC TV news corps. Nancy is the first reporter to
speak to President Kennedy after his inauguration. The night after the Kennedy
assassination she has dinner with LBJ. Dickerson is ambitious, beautiful and
smart. She dates senators and congressmen. Legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow
bestows accolades on her as he gives her advice. She is one of President
Johnson's favorite reporters. He often greets her on-camera with Hello, Nancy.
Prior to her acclaim, Dickerson is a producer for CBS News in the 1950s.
CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Subject: New Pistola.
Ruger is coming out with a new pistol in honor of Senators and Representatives.
It will be named the “Congressman”. It doesn't work and you can't fire it.
WILL ROGERS (November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935)
Congress and the Senate, don't scold em. They are just children that's never
grown up. They don't like to be corrected in company. Don't send messages to
'em, send candy.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
August 03, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1007
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
LONGTIME RADIO EXECUTIVE DEPARTS Buckley
Broadcasting owner Rick Buckley dies suddenly early Sunday morning, July 31,
2011. Rick is a 39-year chief executive of Buckley Broadcasting. Buckley
Broadcasting names its longtime COO Joe Bilotta as its new President/CEO. Joe
issues a statement: It is with a deep and profound sadness that I must inform
you that early Sunday morning, Rick Buckley passed away. His passing was
peaceful and without pain. He suffered a brain embolism at his beach home in
Quogue, NY. Peter Smyth, Greater Media CEO, is a friend of Rick Buckley for
over 25 years. Recently he attends the Stu Olds Memorial Golf Tournament with
Buckley. Smyth refers to Rick as an optimistic beacon of hope who always had a
winning attitude and always put people before profit. Since 1972, Richard D.
Buckley is President of Buckley Broadcasting. He succeeds his father as head of
the company. Buckley Radio owns and operates 20 radio stations in 7 markets.
Rick is a graduate of The University of Miami, FL. He and his wife, Connie,
live in Greenwich, CT. Their daughter Jennifer is Director of Sales at WOR
Radio in NYC.
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ANOTHER CHICAGO MUSIC FM BITES THE DUST Randy
Michaels CEO of Merlin Media teams with a Chicago private equity firm to buy
and flip former Emmis Alternative Rock WKQX (Q101) to All News WWWN FM (101.1)
on Sunday, July 31, 2011 as Chicago, IL's first 24-Hour all news FM radio
station. Randy does this just one day ahead of CBS Radio WCFS FM (Fresh 105.9)
Chicago ejection of Hot AC format on Monday, August 1, 2011 to a simulcast of
sister station Newsradio WBBM-780 at Two Prudential Plaza, Its powerful signal
begins to fill the airwaves in 1923. WBBM's call letters come from its first
owner Mallory Battery Company: World's Best Battery Maker. Its All News format
begins 43 years ago. Michaels hires Windy City's former Clear Channel radio vet
John Gehron as Chairman of the Advisory Board. Randy reveals: My favorite
format has always been spoken radio. I've long had a nostalgic love affair with
the big AM stations known for the format, and today, as music moves to the
iPod, it's time for spoken word to move to FM. I'm proud to be part of
Chicago's only 24-hour all-news station. At 8:10am Monday, August 1, 2011
Chicago's new Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn flip the
electronic switch for WCFS FM (105.9) to begin its simulcast of All News
WBBM-780. Now, Chicago has two All News FM radio stations but it is also minus
two Rock FM radio outlets.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does legendary newsman Edward
R. Murrow's Person to Person TV interview show premiere? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Don Couser's [KONO-860/TV]
birthday is on Thursday, August 4, 2011. •SARA CELI Cincinnati native exits WXIX
TV Fox CH19 after over 4 Years in Newport, KY across Ohio River from
Cincinnati, OH for anchor position in OKC. But Sara is mum on which TV station.
•MEG STEVENS PD of Clear Channel Country WMZQ FM (98.7) Washington,
DC-Baltimore, MD tacks on OM duties of CC's DC/Baltimore cluster. •ELVIS DURAN
syndicated Morning DJ on Clear Channel CHR WHTZ FM (Z100) NYC hosts annual NAB
Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show on September 15, 2011 at the Radio Show
in Chicago, IL.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 JAY NORTH actor as TV's Dennis the Menace
born on August 3rd in North Hollywood, CA. •1966 DEAN SAMS keyboard player for
Lonestar is born on August 3rd in Dallas suburb Garland, TX. •1975 RUTH LEE
actress whose largest role is as mom June Cleaver in the classic 1939 movie
Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair. Ruth dies at 79 on August 3rd. •1985
ALABAMA's single Forty Hour Week (For A Livin') zings #1 in Billboard Country
on August 3rd. •1995 IDA LUPINO actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra) dies
on August 3rd at 77. •2001 TRACE ADKINS video I'm Tryin' premieres on CMT on
August 3rd.
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JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Hello Mr. Rose, Thanks
for answering. A few years back (about 15) I did some TV work here in Tampa
with the producer of "Love Can Make You Happy" his name is Mike
Epsey. At that time he was with PBS. There was another guy who also helped
produce the song. I think his name was Ron. We went back and forth into the
studios adding different voices and I wound up on the recording becoming part
of Mercy in the '60s. There are so many stories to tell and I don't mean to
skip around but going into my country days, you'll see me with some super DJs
at this site: http://jamesmarvell.com/index2.html James Marvell (of Mercy -
Love Can Make You Happy)
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject:
"Another Tear Falls" by Gene McDaniels. McDaniels really sings from
the heart on "Another Tear Falls". Quite different from his hits, all
of which I thought were great. He was an amazing talent. Hit after hit for
about a year and a half, then he practically disappears for years. Take a
listen if you haven't. It's from an old UK film from 1962. The film was a dud.
The song is not. Tony
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JIM BELL [KUHF FM 88.7 Morning Edition anchor since
1997] (Lufkin, TX) Subject: In Defense of Patty Shieh. Hey Jim, The Patty Shieh
story reminds me of a famous incident at KTRK Ch 13 in 1964. KTRK News
Anchor/Commentator Ray Conaway was going to New York for the New York World's
Fair, and he was in a hurry to get to the airport after the 10 PM news. He
asked some carpenters in the studio to take a break while he taped his nightly
“Conaway Comments” commentary. In the middle of the taping, a noisy cooling fan
in the rafters came on for some reason and Conaway exploded with _ _. When he calmed
down, he continued taping from where he was interrupted. When he was done, he
personally took the tape off the VTR, wrote "EDIT BEFORE AIRING" in
big red letters on a big piece of paper he taped around the reel, handed it to
the director and left to catch his plane. For reasons never explained, the note
was ignored, the tape was not edited, and Conaway’s “language” was the talk of
the town for weeks. KTRK got a stiff fine and Conaway retired not long after
that. So sad. Ray Conaway was one of Houston’s great ones. Jim Bell (Lufkin TX)
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JEFF MCCLAIN (Houston-Cleveland-TX) I never worked
at KLDE or WWL. I did work at WNOE-AM, New Orleans from 81-85 and KFMK Houston
1986 for awhile after coming back from New Orleans. Like you I stopped at a lot
of stations along the way. Beginning in 1964 after Elkins my first job was KVLB
1410 in Cleveland. I went on to many others along the way until I hung up my
microphone in 1988 doing mornings at KNUZ 1230. Working for Dr. Bruce was a
blast. We had worked together at KENR for a short time before he moved to KNUZ
and I had gone to New Orleans. When I came back to town he offered me a job at
KNUZ. Believe it or not, I really enjoyed that time. I had the pleasure of
working with a lot of talent there. Across the hall at KQUE-FM was the home of
Paul Berlin and Mike Scott. Mike and I used to drink coffee in the break room
telling radio stories. Mike had a thousand of them. He was also one of the best
production guys I ever worked with. Enjoy your column...Jeff
TRIVIA ANSWER: On October 2, 1953 legendary newsman
Edward R. Murrow's Person to Person TV interview show premieres on CBS. For the
next six years, he interviews approximately 500 newsmakers that includes U.S.
Senator-elect John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline and Marilyn Monroe.
JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor]
(Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1006) August 01,
2011 [Monday] I'm glad to hear about Eastwood's friend buying the little jazz
station in Carmel. In 1996 my friend Herb Remington, the great steel guitarist
from Houston called and asked me to take a western swing band to Carmel and
play a private party for some stock brokers from San Francisco. The party was
held in Clint's resort. I had a great band and we had planned three hot sets to
play. After playing only an hour, a dude with a 'sheriff's' badge came up to
the bandstand and told me to stop playing! He said they had only contracted for
ONE hour. For several years the boys asked me if I couldn't take them back to
California to play another hour! Keep swinging...Jim Gough
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (1469 - 1527) The first method
for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around
him.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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August 01, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1006
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
1960S POP SINGER SUCCUMBS Gene McDaniels, who
charts several Top 10 hits in the early 1960's passes away at 76 on Friday,
July 29, 2011. From 1961-62, we hear Gene's hit tunes on the radio from morning
to night. These evergreens still sound great: A Hundred Pounds of Clay
(#3-1961), Tower of Strength (#5-1961), Chip Chip (#10-1962) and Point of No
Return (#21-1962). Gene is born on February 12, 1935 in Kansas City, KS. He
grows up in Omaha, NB. His father is a minister. In Gene's early life he
listens to Gospel music by the Swan Silvertones and Soul Stirrers. He sings in
choirs and attends the Omaha Conservatory of Music. In the early 1950s, at 11
he forms his own group. Gene appears in the musical comedy movie Ring-A-Ding
Rhythm that releases on March 30, 1962. Recording artists who are present in
the film include Acker Bilk, Chubby Checker, Del Shannon, Gary US Bonds, Gene
Vincent and Gene McDaniels. His professional debut is with the Mississippi
Piney Woods Singers who tour the west coast performing in Jazz clubs. Liberty
Records signs him to a contract. The legendary Snuff Garrett is his producer.
He writes songs for others like Roberta Flack's Feel Like Makin' Love
(#1-1974). His last effort is a series of YouTube videos.
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PLAY MISTY FOR ME Do you remember the 1971 Clint
Eastwood movie, Play Misty for Me, where he is a DJ on a Jazz radio station in
Carmel, CA? A female listener in a seductive voice asks him to play misty for
me. Eventually they meet and disaster strikes Eastwood because the woman is
totally insane. From 1978-81 I have a similar situation with a female listener
here in Houston, TX who falls in love with my voice. Wherever I move she
manages to show up. Well, the same radio station in the movie where Clint spins
Jazz LPs KRML-1410 (Jazz by the Sea) in Carmel, CA is up for sale for $350K. A
national organization wants to buy the radio station and flip its format to
Country. But Clint's friend, Scot McKay, purchases KRML at a greatly reduced
price of only $150K, plus he will keep the Jazz format. Eastwood is overjoyed,
I am very excited Scot McKay has bought KRML and will keep it going. Carmel
deserves to have this wonderful station that will continue to feature great
music. Clint Eastwood is a former Republican mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA. He
owns the inn Mission Ranch in Carmel.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when Gunsmoke
debuts on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•MERLIN MEDIA WWWN FM female focused news (FM News 101.1)
Chicago, IL jumps the gun on CBS Radio by a weekend with WCFS FM Hot AC (Fresh
105.9) flip to news on the FM dial. •WSJW FM (92.7) Harrisburg-Starview, PA is
another Smooth Jazz radio format that bites the dust as it stunts toward a new
direction. •CFJL FM Evanov Radio in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada introduces CHR
(Energy 106) at 12pm on Friday, July 29, 2011 as Winnipeg's New #1 Hit Music
Station playing 10,000 commercial free songs in a row. •FRANK MARTIN 55 year
Erie, PA radio legend last 8 years on WFGO FM (Froggy 94.7) now WXBB (Bob FM)
dies at 85.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 WAAY TV ABC/NBC CH31 in Huntsville, AL begins
broadcasting on August 1st. •1966 MERLE HAGGARD records his single The Fugitive
on August 1st at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood, CA. •1970 KTSD TV
PBS CH10 in Pierre, SD begins broadcasting on August 1st. •1981 KIX BROOKS
marries Barbara on August 1st in Nashville, TN. But he oversleeps and barely
makes it to the church on time. •1995 WESTINGHOUSE purchases the CBS TV network
on August 1st. Later, the company's name changes to CBS Corporation. •2005
RASCAL FLATTS flies to the Persian Gulf on August 1st for its first USO tour.
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JAMES MARVELL (Tampa, FL) Hi Jim, Just a quick note
to mention I've been surfing your radio stories. I remember KIKK & KNUZ,
KENR in Houston. Was interviewed by Ric Libby. Also remember Max Gardner at
KKYX in San Antonio. I use to visit Bill Mack at WBAP and so many other great
stations in Texas in the '60s & 70s. James Marvell (formerly of Mercy -
Love Can Make You Happy)
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JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin,
TX) Subject: In Defense of Patty Shieh. Hey Jim, The First Commandment of TV
news. Reporters must never EVER use foul language anywhere near a live
microphone. It's clear from that YouTube clip that her story was pre-recorded,
which means there are two people to blame for that "no-no" word
getting on the air. Shieh shouldn't have
said it, and she is responsible, but let the person among us who has never said
words just like it -- or worse -- after blowing a "take" cast the
first stone. The person I also blame is the newsroom tape editor who should
have caught that "re-take" and edited out the offending language. Did
that person also get fired? I doubt it.
At the same time, when someone gets fired for a minor offense like this one, it
usually turns out that it was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
People rarely get fired for just one offense. Jim Bell Lufkin TX
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Good stuff, Jim. I'd first
heard Russ Knight on KLIF (1190) in 1961 (just after Dottie and I eloped) and I
was driving from Alabama to San Diego. I was barely 20 and she was barely 17. I
left Dottie in Mobile until I could gather enough money to get rent an
apartment in San Diego when I was hired as the new morning man for KDEO (690)
[now XETRA-690 Tijuana, Baja California] after a very short stint as their
night guy. I'd never been west of the Mississippi River and when I got near
Dallas, the first song I ever heard on KLIF was THE BRISTOL STOMP. Russ was
playing it. With that in my ears and the Dallas skyline in my eyes I promised
myself that one day I'd make it back to Dallas. Maybe...even to "Big
Klif."
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JEFF MCCLAIN (Houston-Cleveland-TX) Got to tell you
quick story about Ken Dowe. Way back during the summer of 1964 I had talked my
folks into letting me attend Elkins Institute 1st Class License course in
Dallas. KLIF (1190) and KBOX (1480) were the big Top 40 guns in town. Naturally
at 16 my radio was locked on 1190 and 1480 in Dallas. I think Ken was the KLIF
PD at the time. I called him on the phone one afternoon and ask if I could come
and visit the studio. He didn’t hesitate, gave me an invite and when I got
there gave me the grand tour. When we got to the control room, Jimmy Rabbit was
on the air. It was late in the day, as I remember after 6 PM. Ken left me in
the control room for a few minutes with Jimmy while he really put on a show for
me and the radio audience. I was all eyes and ears. Those were the great days
of Top 40 radio. I was totally impressed. Ken was very kind to a 16 year old
kid beginning his career in radio. I’ll never forget it. First impressions last
a life time. I tried to remember that as I traveled on to KULF, KENR, WNOE,
KNUZ and many others.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Gunsmoke debuts on CBS TV on
September 10, 1955 and runs until September 1, 1975 for 635 episodes that makes
it the longest-running prime-time drama series. The Gunsmoke CBS Radio series
begins in 1952 with radio voice actor William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillon of
Dodge City, KS. Conrad stars as a detective in the TV series Cannon from
1971–1976 and Nero Wolfe in 1981. On TV, James Arness is Marshall Matt Dillon,
Amanda Blake plays Miss Kitty, Milburn Stone is Doc Adams, Ken Curtis is Festus
Hagen, and Dennis Weaver is Deputy Chester who walks with a limp. Burt Reynolds
as blacksmith Quint Asper goes on to become a huge movie star as Bandit in
Smokey and the Bandit. In 1956, Charles Bronson plays killer Crego in Gunsmoke.
We all remember Charles in his Death Wish movies. Originally, Gunsmoke almost
doesn't happen because James Arness is under contract to John Wayne's
production company. He nearly turns down the role but John Wayne pushes him
into accepting it. Recently, on Friday, June 3, 2011 the 6'7" tall James
Arness passes away at 88.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
Gene McDaniels. Obit. Hello Jim: Soon as I can run down my source on Earl
Carroll, I'll notify Joe Goins, your reader in Bronx. Thx... Just got report of
death of singer, songwriter, Gene McDaniels. (Eugene Booker McDaniel) @ 76 on
July 29, 2011. His major hits were: "A Hundred Pounds of Clay",
"Tower of Strength" and "Chip Chip," all top ten hits in
1961 & 1962. Bob & Sonny Lee
JOHN GILLING (May 29, 1912 – November 22, 1984)
Death is an incident producing clay. Use it, mold it, learn from it.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO
July 29, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1005
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
AMERICA LOSES ANOTHER SINGER Co-founding member of
Folk Rock legendary singing group America, Dan Peek, enters Heaven at 60 on
Sunday, July 24, 2011. His wife Catherine discovers him lifeless in the bedroom
of their home in Farmington, MO. America has to be one of my all time favorite
Rock groups. Sister Golden Hair still has a special significance. In 1969, Dan
forms America with Dewey Bunnell and Britisher Gerry Beckley. They meet in a
London high school. England is where their fathers are stationed with the
United States Air Force. During the 1970s they rule Top 40 radio with big hits:
A Horse with No Name (#1 for 3 weeks-1972), I Need You (#9-1972), Ventura
Highway (#8-1972), Tin Man (#4-1974), Lonely People (#5-1975) and Sister Golden
Hair (#1-1975). In 1976, Dan becomes a born-again Christian and exits the
group. His Contemporary Christian album, All Things Are Possible, on Pat
Boone’s Lamb & Lion Records becomes a crossover hit. Peek writes an
autobiography about his time with America plus his spiritual journey. The
book's title is An American Band.
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HOUSTON TV REPORTER RELEASED On July 15, 2011 Fox
O&O KRIV TV CH26 Houston, TX reporter Pattie Shieh delivers her final
report on local electronic media. KRIV TV releases her after 6 years at the
station. A station representative explains: Pattie’s contract has not been renewed.
An extensive search for her replacement is underway. Her departure is just over
a month after the graduate of the University of Houston attains unintended
consequences with a no-no word in one of her reports.
MORE TV MOVES Longtime primetime anchor since 1992
Carole Lambert vacates KTUL TV ABC Tulsa, OK in August 2011 to return to her
hometown of Springfield, MO. In fact,
KTUL TV really shakes up the scene with major changes to the evening TV anchor
lineup as they replace all three veteran anchors. Lambert’s co-anchor, Charles
Ely, departs the 6 pm and 10 pm news broadcasts to move to a new 4 pm half-hour
show. KTUL TV P/GM Pat Baldwin tells The Tulsa World: It will be his own
new-formatted show. It will be news but it will be different than the other evening
newscasts we do. Lambert and Ely's replacements are morning anchor Kristin
Dickerson and 5 pm news anchor Mark Bradshaw. The third primetime anchor move
is Chris Lincoln, who is executive sports director at KTUL since 2007. His new
duties involve a variety of broadcasts, reporting on the major sports stories
of the day.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when Father Knows
Best debuts on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! T.J. Lambert's [ESPN/ABC Radio SVP,
Drake-Chenault, WIBG-990 (now WNTP), WPOP-1410, WIFI-1460] blast from the past
is on Saturday, July 30, 2011. •ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?! NFL team
owners and players agree to end the 2011-2012 season lockout! •AMY WINEHOUSE
album sales skyrocket since her death on Saturday, July 23, 2011. Nielsen
SoundScan reports more Amy Winehouse albums sell in the past few days than the
entire first six months of 2011. •KSOC FM (K-Soul 94.5) Radio One Urban AC
Dallas-Gainesville, TX flips to a Gold-based format at 5:00pm on Friday, July
29, 2011. Gone are all DJs except the syndicated Tom Joyner morning show.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 WCKT TV (now WSVN) IND CH7 in Miami, FL
begins broadcasting on July 29th. •1966 MARTINA MCBRIDE CMA 1999 Female Vocalist
of the Year born on July 29th in Medicine Lodge, KS. •1974 MAMA CASS ELLIOT
singer with the Mamas and Papas dies of a heart attack in her sleep in London
on July 29th at 32. •1989 REBA MCENTIRE's rehash of the old Everly Brothers hit
Cathy's Clown smashes #1 in Billboard Country on July 29th. •1998 JEROME
ROBBINS choreographer West Side Story dies on July 29th at 79. •2005 GRETCHEN
WILSON's video All Jacked Up debuts on CMT TV on July 29th.
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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Subject: Jim Rose
Remembers Radio (#1004) July 27, 2011 [Wednesday] Jim, I know for a fact that GRANNY EMMA/KEN DOWE
are alive and well, I saw them in Albuquerque's Old Town last Saturday, in fact
Granny bought my 4 grand daughters some ice cream before she headed back to her
estate in Santa Fe. She's a doll. Frank
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. I guess that's when I
realized I was working with two personas, which I should've realized that
"Miss Emma" had taken over my own personality when friends asked
Dottie questions like: "Isn't it hard for him to 'do' Granny Emma?" Dottie's
classic response: "No. It's hard for him to 'do' Ken Dowe. I...live with
Granny Emma." The other common questions were: (to me) "I KNOW that's
you, doing that voice....isn't it?" Also, "I KNOW it's two people in
the studios because I've heard them talking at the same time." I quit
arguing that this wasn't true. I never...recorded Granny or myself for
conversations. It was all mike-technique, breathing so that I could nearly
instantly switch, and the dissimilarity of the two characters that made them so
unalike as to (apparently) be "different" people. Anyway, since you
brought up those past memories...I thought you two might appreciate a couple
examples of what was going on behind the curtains at another McLendon Magic
Show. (Emma told me to write this to you.) Stay in touch and come see me some
time...Kindest regards, Ken
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TONY WILLIAMS [Lyndell] (Dallas-Richardson, TX)
Subject: Ken Dowe's comments. A neighbor of mine, a former Air Force colonel
and ex-mayor of Sachse, Texas, named Woodrow Wilson, said he always checked the
obits first thing in the morning to make sure he was still alive. Once Woody
and I were discussing the good old days, he was in his 90s then, and suddenly
he said, "no indoor plumbing, no air conditioning, no TV, outhouses, no
electricity, no radio, plowing with a mule, no street lights, no refrigerators,
The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, etc." "The good old
days?" Woody continued. "These are the good old days."
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BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Subject:
remembering. Jim, my good friend, Jo Bussell, and I were sitting around
remembering the days gone by as old DJs do and I told of a time when I was
doing mornings at the legendary KNUZ (1230) Houston and had the opportunity to
bring the Beach Boys out on stage for a concert in the Astrodome after an
Astros game. I'm in heaven because I surfed to these guys when I could surf. I
bring them out and they are all behind me and after I briefly told some surfer
stories. I yelled "The fabulous BEACH BOYS" and bounded off stage.
They didn't start playing right away. Then Mike Love comes off stage, walks up
to me and says, "Barry you have my mic". I had taken his wireless mic
with me. It was hot and the 25 or 30 thousand in the dome heard that. Everybody
was laughing and hollering. It was so cool. After the concert he asked if I
wanted to come to their suite and hang out. Which I did. Very cool. Barry
Kilgore; CCIC Radio/TV/Film/Print/Art
TRIVIA ANSWER: One of our favorite 1950s TV shows
is Father Knows Best about a middle class family's life in the Midwest. In the
1940s, writer Ed James creates the idea for the radio series which airs on NBC
Radio from August 25, 1949 - March 25, 1954. The TV pilot of Father Knows Best
premiers on May 27, 1954 as an episode of The Ford Television Theatre show
called Keep It in the Family. When the radio series moves to CBS TV, only
Robert Young remains. Father Knows Best debuts on CBS TV on October 3, 1954 and
runs through March 1955. It stars Robert Young as Jim Anderson. His wife
Margaret (Jane Wyatt), older daughter Betty [Princess] (Eleanor Donahue),
younger daughter Kathy [Kitten] (Lauren Chapin) and son Bud (Billy Gray). In
fall 1955 it relocates to NBC TV. But the popular series returns to CBS TV from
September 1958 through September 17, 1960. In 1960, at the height of the show's
popularity, Young leaves the series to work on other projects. Reruns continue
to air in prime time for another three years on CBS from September 1960 to 1962
and on ABC from 1962 to April 1963.
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THOMAS EDISON (1847-1931) I have not failed. I’ve
just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
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Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 27, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1004
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
HEAVEN GAINS NEWS ANCHOR On Sunday, July 17, 2011
former longtime WVEC TV ABC CH13 Hampton Roads/Norfolk, VA news anchor Jim
Kincaid dies at 76 from a heart attack in his home in Farmville, VA. The native
of Arkansas Kincaid begins his career in newspaper and radio news before he
joins ABC News as a correspondent. He covers celebrated stories: civil rights
protests, Vietnam War and the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. In 1978, he leaves
ABC TV and relocates to a farm in central Virginia. Then-State Senator Hunter
Andrews suggests that Kincaid meet with WVEC TV's owner at the time Tom Chisman
who hires him in October 1978 as WVEC TV's main news anchor of the evening news
where he remains for 18 years. His WVEC TV closing personal thoughts make him a
Hampton Roads media hero. A collection of his thoughts mesh into a book, Notes
to My Friends. He retires from TV and moves with his wife, Catherine, to a farm
in Elam, VA. In 2006, they migrate to Farmville, VA. Jim's wife Catherine
fondly remembers, He had style. Everybody loved him. That's comfort for me. I
love him very much, he was my buddy. Along with his beloved Irish Setter,
Murphy, the Kincaids' doggies are rescue tail-waggers. The Kincaid family
requests that, instead of flowers, send memorial contributions to the Southside
SPCA, POB 66, Meherrin, VA 23954.
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TV VET FIRED AFTER CRASH John Tyson 25-year veteran
of KOLO TV ABC CH8 Reno, NV tells us that he is fired on Wednesday, July 20,
2011 after he informs the station about his involvement in an on-the-job
traffic accident in Reno on Thursday. The 66 year old Tyson asserts that KOLO TV
fires him after he mentions that his car bumps into a bicyclist as he speaks on
his cell phone. Tyson declares: Those of us who work in television news, we
live in a very precarious (situation). They can let us go for anything. I just
thought I could go out on a higher note. John, who videotapes and reports his
own stories, says that he is on his way to Idlewild Park when the accident
occurs: A guy came out in front of me. I didn’t see him. I tapped a guy on a
bicycle coming down the wrong side of the street. The impact of the accident
did not even knock the rider from his bicycle. He reports the accident to KOLO
TV and gives a statement to its insurance company: When I did report it,
Channel 8 dinged me for being on my cell phone. My feeling is we’re always on
our cell phone. The newsroom calls us or someone else calls us. The state of
Nevada law makes it illegal to drive and talk into a cell phone in your hand or
to drive and text at the same time. But Peace officers only issue warnings
through December 31, 2011. Tyson says that by October 2011 he completes his
25th year at KOLO TV. Tyson remarks that he drives more than 2 million miles
covering news stories. I’m still a little dazed about the whole thing. My main
goal right now is to contact an attorney and find out what my rights are.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Amy Winehouse is now a member of
the 27 Club. What is the 27 Club? Can you name the other five members? The
answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•AMY WHITEHOUSE'S 2007 Album Back to Black zooms to
#1 on iTunes on Saturday after the news of her death. •ROCK RADIO struggles
with new PPM ratings system. The loss of NYC and Chicago Rock radio is
indicative of declining Rock format. Since beginning of 2011, 5 Rock radio
stations vaporize in Top 30 markets. 4 of the FM stations become talk radio.
Programmers have no solution. •SIXTH AVENUE ELECTRONICS A/V specialty chain
hammers shut its three NYC locations. Also closed are stores in Langhorne and
Deptford, NJ. Overall it has 19 stores in New York, New Jersey and Delaware
with more than 700 employees.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 DIZZY DEAN inducts into the Baseball Hall of
Fame on July 27th. •1963 JOHNNY CASH's single Ring Of Fire burns a hole in the #1
spot in Billboard Country on July 27th. •1974 LIGHTNING SLIM (Otis Hicks)
Louisiana swamp Blues singer (I'm a Rollin' Stone-1957) dies at 61 on July
27th. •1986 RANDY TRAVIS' On The Other Hand is his first #1 single in Billboard
Country on July 26th. •1990 ZSA ZSA GABOR begins a 3 day jail sentence because
she slaps a cop on July 27th. •2002 KENNY CHESNEY's single The Good Stuff hangs
in for seven-weeks at #1 in Billboard Country beginning on July 27th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim
and Lacy, Remember me telling you to write a book of your radio memories?
They're unique, and nobody in the business can tell em better than you. I well
remember Forney...a little town up the road from Ben Wheeler on Hwy. 80...lotta
curves in that old highway...and lotta cotton farms on both sides. Traveled it
dozens of times on the way to Big D from the Big Thicket to see my grandma and
aunts who lived on Astor and Catherine streets off Clarendon Drive in Oak
Cliff. There were still wheat fields behind Grandma's house on Astor. Wheat
fields as far as your eye could see. But that was during the Great
Depression...in the 30's...and the wheat market crashed, and so did those wheat
fields. Then the developers moved in. It's a familiar story everywhere. Thanks
for the history lesson on Lake Ray Hubbard. They sure flooded a lotta cotton
fields with that water...but I reckon it's all paid off. Thanks, Tom
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CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Amy
Winehouse. Jim, Your piece on the passing of Amy Winehouse was, by far, the
best I read in any medium. You handled it in a very comprehensive, yet
tasteful, manner. It was a job well done. Regards, Chet
KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim: I saw the story FEMALE
ROCK STAR FOUND DEAD...then a few paragraphs later...GRANNY EMMA/KEN DOWE. For
a minute I thought I was dead! Ken :)
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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Serious about
Radio. Hi, My Eton E1/XM radio has a place to dock an XM receptor; however;
living in an apartment and the trees make it impossible to use. Besides I like
radio that I can pull in over the air, why I don't have Cable either. I don't
even give to NPR stations, since they think programming I like only finds a
niche audience. I have always thought it interesting when non-profit
organizations talk about making a profit. They have gotten too conservative
with talk shows and very trendy, they don't have the plays, game shows and
music like they used to in the past. I guess I need to learn to play Living In
The Past.
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TRIVIA ANSWER: The 27 Club is a group of famous
Rock singers who die at 27. Amy Winehouse who passes away on Saturday, July 23,
2011 now joins Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Robert Johnson and Jimi
Hendrix in that fateful group. All perish at 27. On April 5, 1994 Kurt Cobain's
life ends with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Janis Joplin succumbs to a
heroin overdose on October 4, 1970. Jim Morrison breathes his last breath in
his bathtub at his apartment in Paris, France on July 3, 1971. Morrison wills
everything to his girlfriend Pamela Courson. But the will does not go into
affect until a week after she expires. So, Jim Morrison's property goes
directly to her parents. Blues singer Robert Johnson expires on August 16,
1938. Johnson inducts into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Jimi Hendrix
bids farewell with a drug overdose in London on September 18, 1970. Who's next
to join the 27 Club? Only the Shadow knows.
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject:
TWO Artists. Jim: It was announced that Glen Campbell has been diagnosed with
Alzheimer's disease & I also learned that Earl "Speedo" Carroll
is now confined to a nursing home. "Mr. Earl" of The Cadillacs is 73
& left the group to join The Coasters in 1958. BOB & Sonny Lee
DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#990) June 24, 2011 [Friday] Hey, Jim. I just got my
inheritance check from the Monopoly game and I used it to buy a 2007 Kawasaki
Ninja, solid black, with a shiny black "Marvin the Martian" helmet
and a cold black super cool riding jacket. If you don't hear from me for an
extended period of time, it means that I likely had the bad judgment to ride
the thing at night. If the mail BOUNCES, you can presume that I was near the
Mexican border when I did it. Nice knowin' ya! Jeff Cunningham, DC; Kyle, TX
RICHARD E. LINGENFELTER (November 9, 1875 - April
30, 1953) For it is a land of illusion, a place in the mind, a shimmering
mirage of riches and mystery and death. These illusions have distorted its
landscape and contorted its history.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 25, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1003
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
FEMALE ROCK STAR FOUND DEAD A young woman with a
big jet black beehive hair style, cat-eye mascara and what some describe as old
sailor's tattoos emerges as a brand new Rock sensation. Amy Winehouse's singing
style that covers many music genres: Rock, R&B, Jazz, Soul and Classic Pop
mesmerizes fans throughout the entire world. Amy is born in 1983 to taxi driver
Mitch Winehouse and his pharmacist wife Janis. She grows up in the north London
suburbs. From an early age her destiny is a career in show business. At 10, she
and a friend form a rap group, Sweet 'n' Sour. Winehouse is Sour. She attends a
factory for British music and acting talent, the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Later,
she enters a performing arts academy, the Brit School. Her 2006 LP Back to
Black is what brings her to international stardom when it wins five Grammy
Awards. On Saturday, July 23, 2011 London Ambulance Service finds the 27 year
old Amy Winehouse dead inside her north London home. A Metropolitan Police
spokesman says there is no explanation for her death. Tweets from fans express
shock. Former prime minister's wife Sarah Brown: It's deeply sad - the most
completely tragic waste of talent that I can remember. Myleene Klass, singer
and presenter: OMG. Amy Winehouse. Exceptional talent and really nice lady.
RIP. Daily Telegraph Rock critic Neil McCormick says that he is utterly shocked
at her death.
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THE LONE RANGER RIDES AGAIN! Hi-Yo, Silver! A fiery
horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo Silver - the
Lone Ranger! Yes kiddies one of our all time favorite TV western heroes, The
Lone Ranger, will soon fill the big screen at a theater in our neighborhood.
Another of our favorites Country music star Dwight Yoakam signs the dotted line
to become Lone Ranger's arch villain Butch Cavendish who is leader of the wild
bunch Cavendish gang. Armie Hammer is the masked man while Johnny Depp is his
sidekick Tonto. James Badge Dale clones the Lone Ranger's older brother, Dan
Reid, who leads the fearless Texas Rangers. You may remember Dale for his
starring role in HBO's The Pacific and AMC's Rubicon. Barry Pepper is in talks
with Disney to portray Captain J. Fuller, the leader of the seventh cavalry.
Most recently, we see Pepper in Paramount's True Grit. Disney is trying to
lasso Helena Bonham Carter to depict the colorful madam of a local brothel.
Currently, she films at WB in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows. Presently, Dwight
Yoakam has a role in the flick Jayne Mansfield's Car alongside its star bright
Billy Bob Thornton. Pirates of the Caribbean franchise scribes Ted Elliott and
Terry Rossio with Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road) pen the new Lone Ranger
script. Cannot wait to see The Lone Ranger which arrives at our movie theaters
just in time for Christmas on December 21, 2012.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous Rock star writes the
Pointer Sisters' biggest hit, Fire? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•TV NETWORKS cable TV channels and fans are
relieved because NFL owners approve a deal on Thursday July 21, 2011 to end the
lockout. But NFL players must approve the new deal. This is the first lockout
since 1987. •SHARON OSBOURNE Ozzy's main squeeze takes a breather from CBS' The
Talk to spend more time with her hubby after he returns from an 18 month tour.
The cute couple just unloads their Hidden Hills Estate for $12.999 Million.
•WCAU TV NBC CH10 Philadelphia, PA announces on Thursday, July 21, 2011 that
they hire Lou Dubois as Social Media Editor and Strategist.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1966 CASEY STENGEL Yankee manager elects to the
Baseball Hall of Fame on July 25th. •1950 LEFTY FRIZZELL records If You've Got The
Money, I've Got The Time on July 25th in his first recording session at Jim
Beck's Studio in Dallas, TX. •1977 JERRY REED opens The Nashville Palace on
July 25th across the street from the Opryland Hotel. •1986 VINCENTE MINNELLI
director of Gigi and Goodbye Charlie dies in LA on July 25th at 76. •1992 GARTH
BROOKS' single The River strikes #1 in Billboard Country on July 25th. •2003
JOHN SCHLESINGER director of the movie Midnight Cowboy dies on July 25th at 77.
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CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Subject: 1958's
"Real Wild Child" by Ivan. Don't know if ya'll remember this one. It
came out the summer of 1958 and was played quite often ("heavy
rotation" as they say in the biz) on KLIF (1190), Dallas' Top-40 radio
pioneer. Didn't find out until some years later that the mysteriously named
"Ivan" was actually Buddy Holly and the Crickets, featuring drummer
Jerry Ivan Allison on vocals and Holly on guitar. It was recorded at Norman
Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico where many of Holly's hits were made.
Unfortunately, my well scratched-up copy disappeared in a move years ago.
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FQ7BGyWibQ) This is the flip side to the above. And
no, if you're listening closely, the ears are not playing tricks on you.
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=i60NtW4_vAI) Ya-hoooo old-time hot rods and rock 'n
roll!! Connell
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim. It is strange, even to
me, how the (Granny Emma) character evolved into such a "real"
person. The bottom line to "her" success (I think) was that Emma said
all the things others "thought." (Including me.) Couple of my
favorite anecdotes include the time Dottie told me that her friend said she'd
met me at the hair salon. "Oh, great," Dottie said. "Isn't he
nice?" The lady pondered the question and answered that, "Yes,"
I was very gentlemanly. "But, he doesn't look or act the way I'd expected.
He looks and acts like a lawyer, or a doctor. He was sitting in a corner by
himself, very well dressed, and reading the Wall St. Journal." Dottie was
puzzled. "Well, yes. That would be Ken. What were you expecting?" The
lady became animated telling her that she thought I was a short blonde guy, who
wore Hawaiian shirts, and told jokes non-stop. Dottie was stunned: "Ken?
Really? Ken sits in his favorite chair at home and reads one book after
another. In reality he's very quiet and thoughtful." The woman remained
confused. "But...on the radio...he's...he's...like a crazy man!"
"That? Oh, he's not like that. He's an actor! He's just acting!!"
Kindest regards, Ken
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JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: granny
emma. I think I speak for most everyone who listened to the Mighty 11-90 during
the 60s and 70s when I say that Granny Emma was one of my favorites. You could
tell that it was an attempted ripoff of Winter's character, but that was fine.
She was funny, and you never knew what was coming next. Thanks, Ken Dowe and KLIF for being our
constant companion during the great days of radio.
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CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Subject: KTRH and Houston Radio. Jim, It's a sad time in the Houston
radio marketplace now that KTRH has become but another victim of the boobs at
Clear Channel whose only agenda, it seems, is to completely kill real radio as
we knew it. K-T-R-H ... must now stand for "Kill The Radio Hosts"...
Seriously ... I no longer care a ding-dang-dong about listening to KTRH. And,
tune around for that Chinese station in the mornings. It's a hoot and it's for
real! I can't get local stations out here on the ocean, and the company limits
our online time. So, I play a lot of CDs, cassettes and hum as much as I can.
The Old Sailor; Charles Drake (somewhere at sea with the merchant marine)
TRIVIA ANSWER: Bruce Springsteen writes the Pointer
Sisters' biggest hit Fire. In 1978, their tune rings #2 for 2 weeks with sales
of over a million copies. Australian singer-songwriter, keyboardist and
producer Brian Cadd pens the B-side Love Is Like A Rolling Stone. Ironically,
songwriters on both sides of a single or LP share equal songwriting royalty
paychecks. In 1978, the sensuous Fire sounds great when I spin it on Houston,
TX's KULF-790. In 1976, The Pointers join two of my favorite comedians Richard
Pryor and George Carlin in the movie Car Wash. In 1974, we spin The Pointers'
Country flavored tune Fairytale on Ft. Worth's premier Top 40 radio station
KFJZ-1270. In 1971, The Pointers form in Oakland, CA. Their vocal training comes
from their father's church, The Church of God, in West Oakland, CA. The R&B
blood sister quartet includes Ruth, Anita, June and Bonnie. At first, they are
a trio until their youngest sister June joins in the early 1970s. In 1978,
Bonnie marries Motown Records Producer Jeffrey Bowen. She signs with Motown. On
March 2, 1985 Bonnie appears solo on Soul Train.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Your column is a must
for any student of Radio/TV, if I were in college and were a college professor,
I would have it as required reading. That would put even more strain on you. I
still remember reading (Claude Hall's) VOX JOX, when I would go downtown to the
Library where my father worked. Best regards, Charles George, KC5RAI
JOHN FRANKENHEIMER [Director of The Manchurian Candidate
{1962} and Birdman of Alcatraz {also 1962}] (February 19, 1930 - July 6, 2002)
The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 22, 2011 [Friday]
Issue #1002
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
CASH CAB STRIKES PEDESTRIAN Dateline: Vancouver,
British Columbia. A replica taxi that is used in the Canadian version of the TV
game show Cash Cab strikes and kills a pedestrian after it finishes production
for the day in Vancouver. Police report that a 61-year-old man from Surrey, BC
dies in a hospital just after he is struck by the counterfeit yellow cab on
late Friday night, July 15, 2011 in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside district.
Cash Cab originates in Britain in 2005. It has since been licensed to TV
networks in more than two dozen countries. North American Cash Cab is broadcast
on the Discovery Channel. Unaware people who flag down a replica yellow taxi become
instant contestants on a TV game show where they answer trivia questions for
cash prizes. The Canadian version, with host comedian Adam Growe, who is a
licensed taxi driver, is broadcast on Discovery Channel Canada since 2008. The
U.S. version since 2005, which is now filmed in New York and Chicago, is
broadcast on the Discovery Channel.
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RADIO DJ GROPS TSA AGENT AT AIRPORT The new airport
security system where TSA agents seemingly feel their way up and down and all
around flight passengers' bodies does not bode well with some American
travelers. Some say turn about is fair play. A Colorado woman is accused of
groping a Transportation Security Administration agent at the Phoenix, AZ
airport. Yukari Miyamae is a volunteer radio DJ on Public Radio KGNU FM (88.5)
in Boulder, CO. A judge permits her to use airports to journey back and forth
to Arizona as part of her work as a translator. Sam Fuqua, KGNU station
manager, says that he does not buy into the TSA report. Fuqua remarks: I know
she would speak up for herself if she felt she was being mistreated. But
speaking up is very different than groping. Phoenix cops say that 61 year old
Yukari Miyamae enters the airport screening area in Terminal 4 on Thursday,
July 14, 2011. She became argumentative and refused to be screened by TSA
staff. Miyamae replies on Twitter, Police statement and Fox coverage does not
depict accurately what happened to me on July 14th at Phoenix Airport in
Maricopa County, Arizona. People who are unhappy with airport security modus
operandi rush to Facebook. They canonize Yukari Miyamae as a hero. As a result,
the Yukari Miyamae Legal Defense Fund page now has 223 fans. The Acquit Yukari
Mihamae Facebook page fills with more than 2,000 fans. An open Facebook page,
the Free Yukari Miyamae, has 60 posts that protest TSA agents' actions. Yukari
says: I am commuting from Colorado to Phoenix every week for the job I am
currently working. She tells the New York Post that she runs into a problem
with the TSA on a weekly basis.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when The Beverly
Hillbillies debuts on TV? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Jo Interrante (KRLD-1080,
KFRC-610, KNUS FM, KVIL AM-FM) celebrates her annum on Friday, July 22, 2011.
Kent Burkhart owner of Burkhart/Abrams has a birthday bash on Friday, July 22,
2011. •STEVE SCHWAID former WCAU TV NBC CH10 News Director returns to
Philadelphia as Vice President and News Director at WTXF TV Fox CH29. •WGTM-590
Spirit Broadcasting Wilson, NC receives a $25,000 FCC fine for multiple
violations: failure to maintain operational EAS equipment, improperly enclosed
antenna tower and failure to maintain and make available a public inspection
file.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WTHI TV CBS CH10 in Terre Haute, IN begins
broadcasting on July 22th. •1961 PATSY CLINE enters Grand Ole Opry stage in a
wheelchair on July 22nd after car accident in June to let fans know that she's
ready to perform. •1979 HOPE SUMMERS Aunt Bee’s best friend Clara Edwards on
the Andy Griffith Show dies on July 22th at 78. •1989 GEORGE STRAIT's single
What's Going On In Your World hits #1 in Billboard Country on July 22nd. •1995
DAVE CLARK music promoter/songwriter dies on July 22th at 85. •2008 SUGARLAND's
album Love On The Inside releases on Mercury records on July 22nd.
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GENE SCULATTI [Rolling Stone writer - Radio &
Records first editor - Billboard magazine Director of Special Issues -
Biographer for the Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH - Warner Brothers Records
Editorial Director] (Los Angeles, CA) Hi Jim, Boy, not much news from here on
the radio front, though the infamous ex-KIISer Rick Dees has been back for a
while, on Hot 92.3 (www.hot923.com), where 80s old-school seems to be the
format. Never did get through to Russ Knight, but thank you guys for trying. I
only found out last week that the R&R Hall of Fame’s ‘On the Air’ exhibit,
which we wanted to get hold of (Weird Beard Russ) Knight for, is up and
running. The curator should have more news on it. He’s Howard Kramer:
hkramer@rockhall.org. I did see a sample page of the exhibit, and it looked
pretty good. Best, Gene
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: Jim
Rose Remembers Radio (#1001) July 20, 2011 [Wednesday] Subject: Robert Wood. I
worked with him at KRNN for about a year and we got to be casual friends. I did
engineering and helped out on the board on weekends. Robert was a very big man,
but a few years ago he lost a STUNNING amount of weight and didn't even look
like the same person. He was covering the capitol for TSN, I think, the last I
heard. Jeff Cunningham, DC; Kyle, TX
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ROBERT WOOD (Austin, TX) Hey Jim: Wanted to let you
know that after 29 years in radio I'm leaving the business on August 1st to be
the new Communications Manager for the Texas Association of Business. Over that
time I've covered a lot of stories and met some really great people. In the
80's I worked in the San Antonio market, starting at KGNB, New Braunfels, the
original KBUC, KRNN and was news director at KONO/KITY. From there I moved to
Austin, hosting the morning show on KLBJ-AM for a couple of years before going
to the capitol in 1992. Since leaving KLBJ in 1993 I've been the Capitol Bureau
Chief for the Texas State Network. Thanks to everyone that had a hand in a
wonderful radio career. On to new things. Robert Wood
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CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Subject: KTRH and Houston Radio. Jim...my generation (the over 60 crowd)
simply does not have a representative radio station out there anymore to
provide us with the "sounds" of our times. I still prefer music from
the 1940s, 50s and 60s, and mostly instrumentals at that. Nobody does it any
longer and they are missing out on a vast market in "radio land".
Somebody has sure fooled advertisers into thinking that old folk don't respond
to advertising and don't have the bucks to spend on products/services. T'ain't
so, McGee. It's all us old fogies out here that actually keep the economy
going. If it were up to the young whippersnappers we'd all be in a pickle. The
way they "blow and go" with their finances they're going to have the
devil to pay when they try to retire. But...that's another topic. The Old
Sailor; Charles Drake (somewhere at sea with the merchant marine)
TRIVIA ANSWER: On September 29, 1962 The Beverly
Hillbillies debuts on CBS TV. The very popular TV show runs for nine years
through September 7, 1971. The Beverly Hillbillies has 274 episodes.
Originally, it is to be filmed in NY, but because of high production costs they
change the setting to Beverly Hills. Its actual filming location is at 750 Bel
Air Road, Bel Air, Los Angeles, CA. During its first two seasons it is TV's #1
regularly scheduled primetime program. The Beverly Hillbillies creator is Paul
Henning. Its stars include Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett), Max Baer Jr. (Jed's
nephew Jethro Bodine), Donna Douglas (beautiful Elly May Clampett), Irene Ryan
(Granny Daisy Moses), Raymond Bailey (greedy banker Milburn Drysdale) and Nancy
Kulp (bank secretary Jane Hathaway). The Clampetts strike oil, receive millions
of dollars, move into a giant mansion, but still live like hillbillies in
Beverly Hills, CA.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) As for Awards, I think
your column is a great reward. Like The Apostle Paul said, love is the gift
that can never be fully repaid. 73, Charles George, KC5RAI
LARRY LUJACK [WLS-890 Chicago, IL DJ] (June 6, 1940
- p) When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the
stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 20, 2011 [Wednesday]
Issue #1001
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
WHISTLEBLOWER DEATH CAUSES CONSPIRACY THEORIES
There's trouble brewing in Rupert Murdock's media empire. The discovery of a
phone-hacking scandal in the UK causes the dominos to fall rapidly. What sparks
the frenzy is whistleblower reporter Sean Hoare who steps up to the plate to
allege that phone hacking is widely used and even encouraged at News of the
World under the guidance of then-editor Andy Coulson. Former communications
chief and a former editor of News of the World, Andy Coulson, is arrested on
Friday, July 8, 2011. Rebekah Brooks, former CEO of News Corp's British
newspaper arm News International, resigns on Friday, July 15th. When the fiery
red-haired 43 year old vixen arrives for questioning at noon on Sunday, July
17th Metropolitan police surprise her with an arrest. Rebekah is editor of
Sunday News of the World during the time of the alleged phone hacking. The
thrilling plot thickens even further with the death of whistleblower reporter
Sean Hoare. Is this a movie or reality? Quick! Someone grab the cameras! This
movie is in full swing. Officials release a statement saying: the death is
currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. As
soon as that news pours forth, the Internet flood gates explode with shock and
awe and overloads with conspiracy theories. There's even a hint that CNN's
Piers Morgan is linked to the phone hacking scandal. Piers is a former News of
the World editor. Is he the next domino to fall? Stay tuned to this Bat dial.
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LOCAL NEWSCAST FILLS OPRAH'S OPEN SPOT KHOU TV CBS
CH11 Houston, TX will fill Oprah's former 4 pm spot with a new newscast
followed by Jeopardy at 4:30 pm beginning on August 1, 2011. Since her
departure in May, KHOU airs repeats of Opra at 4 pm. Philip Bruce, KHOU’s
executive news director, boasts: KHOU 11
News at 4 gives us a chance to bring viewers the big news of the day, while the
stories are still developing. It’ll be immediate, fast-paced and plugged-in to
what’s happening at the moment. Len Cannon will anchor the 4 pm newscast. He
continues to co-anchor KHOU TV's 6 pm newsbreak. KHOU’s announcement means that
TV stations in six of the top 10 markets replace Opra with local news. WABC TV
CH7 NYC, WLS TV ABC CH7 Chicago, WPVI TV CH Philadelphia, KGO TV ABC CH7 San
Francisco and WSB TV ABC CH2 Atlanta all fill Oprah's spot with local news.
TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the popular CBS radio
series Life with Luigi premier? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CBS RADIO CHICAGO begins a simulcast of
top-rated/top-billing All News WBBM-780 on its under performing Hot AC WCFS FM
(105.9) on August 1, 2011 in anticipation of Randy Michaels' flip of
Alternative WKQX FM (101.1) to News-Talk. •KNUS-710 Salem News-Talk Denver, CO
adds D-town radio-TV vet Steve Kelley as host of Kelley & Company 7-9am
weekdays. •FARID SULEMAN makes $1.25 million in salary and a $2 million bonus
in 2010 plus a compensation package worth more than $27 million in stock option
awards when he sells Citadel to Cumulus. The deal expects to close by Labor Day
2011.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1950 ARTHUR MURRAY PARTY variety show premieres on
ABC TV (later on DuMont, CBS, NBC) on July 20th. •1968 JOHNNY CASH's live
version of Folsom Prison Blues rushes to #1 in Billboard Country on July 20th.
•1973 BRUCE LEE [Lee Yuen Kam] founder of Jeet Kune Do martial arts star of
Enter the Dragon dies at 32 on July 20th. •1987 THE JUDDS' I Know Where I'm
Going hits #1 in Billboard Country on July 18th. •1999 SANDRA GOULD actress as
nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched dies at 73 on July 20th. •2004
GRETCHEN WILSON's album Here for the Party goes Double-Platinum on July 19th.
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RED JONES (Washington, D.C./Reston-Centreville, VA)
Subject: Newspaper article. At the point of being self-serving I do feel kinda
proud of an article. Go to Times Georgian dot com and with (Sunday) edition the
lead-line is 63 years on the air, etc. Click there for full front-page story.
Stories like these are generally followed in a few years with the Obituary
notice. Hopefully I can stall it off. Red Jones
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KEN DOWE (Dallas, TX) Jim, Leaving "Granny
Emma" behind for a day or two when I returned was a bit that caused a lot
of talk. That is, "Hey. Where's Granny?" (Code for: Who needs you?)
To answer your questions: Rod ("Come on down!") Roddy was a friend
with whom I worked at WQXI in Atlanta. I would play around with that voice
(stolen from Jonathan Winters) and Rod would tell me I should turn it into a
character and use it frequently. Fortunately, I did. (I'm glad, too. Gave me
somebody to talk to on those long weekend shifts!) For the name I chose my own
maternal grandmother's. Emma was not the elegant and sophisticated name it is
these days. My grandmother was poorly educated and the wife of a mule trader
and share cropper. I thought it was such an embarrassingly ugly name, I stole
it. A bit ironic considering its present popularity. Kindest regards, Ken
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CHARLES DRAKE (Ocean-going Mariner in Houston, TX
port) Subject: KTRH and Houston Radio. Jim, a news station should concentrate
on providing the local news first and all else second. KTRH is trying to turn
the morning "get-ready-for-work" time into another frantic/hectic
talk show format of which there are far too many already in the marketplace.
There is TOO MUCH talk, period, on radio these days. Frankly, I stopped
listening from the first hour I realized what had happened. Believe it or not,
I have discovered a Chinese station in the Houston market that actually plays
American oldies music (1950s, 60s, 70s) in the morning before they go into
their news about China and international content. Who would have thunk it?! The
Old Sailor; Charles Drake (somewhere at sea with the merchant marine)
TRIVIA ANSWER: Life with Luigi, sitcom story of
newly arrived Italian, German and Scandinavian immigrants to Chicago, presented
by DeSoto-Plymouth auto dealers premieres on CBS radio on September 21, 1948.
The 155 episodes come to a close on March 3, 1953. J. Carroll Nash is Luigi
Basco. Luigi grows up on the outskirts of Rome, Italy and immigrates to the New
World. One of my all time favorite TV character actors Hans Conried is German
immigrant Schultz. Alan Reed is Pasquale, Luigi's friend and sponsor who
already is a success in America as a restaurateur. Later on, Alan Reed becomes
the voice of Fred Flintstone. Cy Howard, who creates My Friend Irma, also
creates Life with Luigi. The radio series moves over to the new medium of TV on
CBS on September 22, 1952 and runs to June 4, 1953.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject:
Mastered in Odessa Texas 'In the Year 2525'. Jim, for a fact the song was
mastered in Odessa. July 6, 2011. On this day in 1969 'In the Year 2525' by
Zager & Evans was the #1 song. From Wikipedia: "In the Year 2525
(Exordium and Terminus)" is a hit song from 1969 by American pop-rock duo
Zager and Evans. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks
commencing July 12, 1969. The song was written by Rick Evans in 1964 and
originally released on a small regional record label (Truth Records) in 1968. A
year later, an Odessa, Texas radio station popularized the disc, which RCA
Records quickly picked up for nationwide distribution. The word around Midland
is that it was recorded at Tommy Alsup’s studio on East County Road (Dixie) in
Odessa Texas. It was picked up by RCA and the strings were added. Leslie Wayne
Hodges (www.kzqx.com)
YOGI BERRA (May 12, 1925 - p) The future ain't what
it used to be.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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July 18, 2011 [Monday]
Issue #1000
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS
BROOKS RESIGNS FROM NEWS INTERNATIONAL Rebekah
Brooks resigns as CEO of Rupert Murdoch’s News International. She is also
editor of the now defunct Sunday News of the World British tabloid. Rebekah is
the most prominent casualty in the gazette's phone hacking belittlement. Police
inquiries about the possible phone-hacking of nearly 4,000 individuals plus
allegations against Rupert Murdoch's media empire mushroom daily. Brooks is
with News International for more than 20 years. In 2006, she is editor of the
News of the World when many of the phone hacking allegations occur. On Friday
morning, July 15, 2011 she tells News International in London that Rupert and
James Murdoch accept her resignation and that she no longer wanted to be the
'focal point of the debate' concerning the future reputation of the News
International brand.
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MOVEMENTS AT NEWS CORPORATION Rupert Murdoch's News
Corporation announces the appointment of Tom Mockridge as Chief Executive
Officer of News International to replace Rebekah Brooks who resigns. Since its
launch in 2003, Mockridge is CEO of Sky Italia. He is also Chief Executive
European Television of News Corporation outside the UK. Mockridge joins News
Corporation in January 1991. Laura Cioli, Chief Operating Officer, and Domenico
Labianca, Chief Finance Officer, assume Mockridge’s responsibilities at Sky
Italia on an interim basis, reporting to James Murdoch, Deputy Chief Operating
Officer and Chairman and CEO, International, News Corporation. Prior to joining
Sky Italia, Mockridge is Chief Executive of the publicly-listed New Zealand
Independent Newspapers and Chairman of Sky New Zealand. Previously, he holds
various roles at Star Group Limited. He spends three years as CEO of Foxtel, News
Corporation’s Australian pay TV joint venture. Les Hinton, Wall Street Journal
publisher, resigns on Friday, July 15, 2011. Hinton, as a long-time confidant
of Rupert, runs News International, the British publishing subsidiary of
Murdoch’s News Corporation from 1997 to 2005. This is when the alleged phone
hacking scandal takes place.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Remember Captain Kangaroo and Mr.
Green Jeans? When does that popular kiddies TV show premier? The answer appears
below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•LORETTA LYNN 76-year-old Country star rests at
home after suffering heat exhaustion. She cancels 2 weekend shows. The Country
Music Hall of Famer plans to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry on July 23
and resume touring on August 1. •KATE SNOW Dateline NBC correspondent follows
Harry Smith to Brian Williams' new yet unnamed primetime news show. She also is
a fill-in anchor on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams as well as an
eye-catching world-wide news correspondent. Kate joins NBC News in May 2010
from her anchor spot on the weekend edition of ABC's Good Morning America since
it begins in September 2004.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 KWGN TV IND CH2 in Denver, CO begins
broadcasting on July 18th. •1964 ROGER MILLER's single Dang Me slams #1 in
Billboard Country on July 18th. •1970 WJCL TV ABC CH22 in Savannah, GA begins
broadcasting on July 18th. •1981 ALABAMA's single Feels So Right smoothes its
way into #1 in Billboard Country on July 18th. •1994 HOUSTON ASTROS tie the NL
comeback record trailing 10-0 beats St. Louis Cardinals 15-12 on July 18th.
•2006 RODNEY ATKINS' album If You're Going Through Hell releases on Curb
records on July 18th.
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BOB MILLER (Detroit-Plymouth, MI) Subject: Norro Wilson. Hi Jim and Lacy, Yes, I have heard his rendition of "Only You". He's just an all around great guy. When he left St. Croix to go back to Nashville he sent me a few boxes of great albums. It was hard getting record service in the islands and he just cut through the bs and sent them. Another interesting story I have involved the crew of the "Euphoria". That was Jimmy Buffet's boat in the 1970's. I was the owner of a little liquor store in the Comanche Hotel in Christiansted along with my radio gig. One day a few guys popped in and explained they were the crew of the boat but didn't have any cash. I loaned them $50. They then invited me to the room for a call to Buffet who was in Memphis at the time. They explained to him that they had a