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NM RADIO NEWSMAN DEPARTS Long time native New Mexico newsman, Erik Leroy Ness, dies at 57 on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Erik is born and raised in Alamogordo, NM during the height of the Space Race. Both of his parents, Carl and Marie Ness are involved in the Space Race. In 1972, Erik graduates from Alamogordo High School. The Wonderful World of Disney on television sparks an interest in radio and TV broadcasting. He attends the University of NM but a good journalism department lures him to NM State University. At NMSU he is operations manager for radio station KGRT-570. He is one of the founders of campus radio KNMS FM (88.5) Ozone Ranger Radio. Erik also is news stringer on Albuquerque news stations KOB, KOAT and KGGM. He is a southern NM correspondent on 50,000 watt KKOB-770. As press secretary for the NM Attorney General Erik works on over 100 political campaigns. After he graduates from NMSU he is News Director, news reporter and anchorman on KDQQ and KKOB. In 1981 he becomes director of communications and media relations for New Mexico Farm Bureau. He receives numerous national awards for broadcast commentary, broadcast features, and broadcast news productions. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Sharon Sumner; sons, Erik and Garrett; daughter, Emily Gaffney and grandson, Conner of Albuquerque; sisters, Caryl Ann Gutheinz and Linda Gulley.
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THEY'LL HAVE TO CARRY DAVE WARD OUT FEET FIRST Enduring KTRK TV ABC CH13 News Anchor Dave Ward who is away from our TV screens for more than a month earlier this year after he trips and falls and breaks his left hip just minutes before a newscast, sighs boldly: They’ll probably carry me out of here feet first. KTRK-TV is like my home, I’ve been here so long. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t come into work every day. I still feel like I contribute to the newscast and they seem to want me here. In 1966, Dave joins KTRK TV. He is KTRK TV’s 6 and 10 pm News Anchor since 1968. After he breaks his hip in January 2012 just before the ABC O&O’s 10 pm newscast on of all days Friday the 13th, Ward returns to the News Anchor desk at the end of February. On Saturday morning, February 25th Dave is in downtown Houston to describe the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade. Dave Ward makes a promise to not be so clumsy anymore.
BATON ROUGE TV ANCHOR RETIRES After 24 Years as News Anchor on WAFB TV CBS CH9 Baton Rouge, LA George Sells retires on May 31, 2012. On Friday, May 18th during the 6 pm newscast, Donna Britt, who is Sells’ co-anchor, whines: I always knew this day would come, and I’m sad but I’m happy, too. George, the man who sat next to me for a quarter-century, is retiring at the end of this month. Sells, who turns 70 in 2012, tells the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate that he and his wife plan to remain in the Baton Rouge area. After George signs off on his final newscast, Andre Moreau, who currently anchors the 5 and 10 pm newscasts, replaces him on the anchor desk at 6 and 10 pm. According to the Advocate, Greg Meriwether, who is the noon anchor, moves to 5 pm with Cheryl Mercedes. Morning anchor Lauren Westbrook adds the noon newscast to her anchor duties.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Which female TV news anchor once works as a private employee for Richard Nixon? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•ROBIN GIBB who is the lead singer on our favorite Bee Gees hit recordings such as I've Gotta Get a Message to You, Lonely Days, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart dies of cancer at 62 on Sunday, May 20, 2012. In 2003 his twin and fellow Bee Gee, Maurice Gibb, dies at 53 of a twisted intestine. In 1988, Bee Gees youngest brother, Andy, dies at 30 of heart failure. •MATT DERRICK moves on up to Regional Program Director of Clear Channel's Wilmington, DE and Salisbury-Ocean City, MD radio station clusters. •CNN scores its lowest-rated total viewers weekday primetime from May 14 to May 18, 2012 in 20 years.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1955 CONNIE SELLECA model and actress [Hotel and The Greatest American Hero] born Concetta Sellecchia in Bronx, NY on May 25th. •1968 BOBBY GOLDSBORO's single Honey lands at #1 in Billboard Country on May 25th. •1974 DONALD CRISP actor and director (Dawn Patrol) dies at 91 on May 25th. •1981 ROSANNE CASH's Seven Year Ache is her first #1 single in Billboard Country on May 23rd. •1992 JAY LENO becomes the permanent host of NBC TV's The Tonight Show on May 25th. •2002 ALAN JACKSON's single Drive (For Daddy Gene) begins a four-week stay at #1 in Billboard Country on May 25th.
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JIM ROSE (Kingsford, MI) I have an Akita/Chow mix named King, but more affectionately named Fat-Head. My best friend and my hero. Most of my friends know me as Jimmy. Radio/Music has always been my passion. People have always told me that I have a voice for radio – probably a face for it too. Oh well. I’d love to send in some music stories in. I love to write. One last thing; If you could send me a mailing address, I’ll get something out in the mail to help you along with the hard drive issue. Thanks, Jim Rose; Contractor Sales; Werner Electric
ROBERT MILLER (Detroit-Plymouth, MI) Subject: Home address. Hey Jim, Send along your home address. It's on the way, Jim. Hope everyone steps up and, if they do, your work should be a bit more manageable. Bob Miller
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BILL CHERRY (Dallas, TX) Jim -- Send me your address and I'll send you a check to buy your first year of Carbonite. It's your joint birthday present in advance. Bill PS If you store it on Carbonite, you can free up the space on your own computer until you can make other arrangements for a new or better computer.
JOANIE GREEN (Tulsa, OK) Subject: HEY!!! JIM!!! DOH!!!! Over the years I have SAVED some of your JRRR posts...would it help you to rebuild (JRRR email list) if I forward them to you???? Oh, and the reason I became "Joanie" was that those closest to me called me that and it also was easier on the ear than just "Joan Green". And you are so wonderfully kind to say my name has sparkle...Joanie
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JOE FORD (Houston-Spring, TX) Subject: Computer. Jim, It's very hard to start the day without JRRR! Sorry about the downtime and computer headaches, but great to see you back in action. The sun is shining again! Best to you and Lacy. Joe
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject: Welcome Back! Jim: So glad you are back & better than ever! Yes, George Strait & I share birthdays...May 18. Also, Perry Como would have been 100 today! When I lived in Phoenix, Larry Miller of NBA's Utah Jazz, also owned several auto dealerships. BOB & Sonny Lee.
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JOE MILLER [JAM Productions] (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Computer. Jim, I just returned from Europe yesterday since Apr 24th. Sorry for the problem. This morning my system says you have been off line for 22 days. Because you use you unit so much – all the time – a new unit is probably in order with a more current operating system and better components. This will eliminate most every issue you referred to in your note. Oddly, I drove to Houston that week to leave from Houston Intercontinental airport and came back thru Houston yesterday afternoon.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Perhaps we know Kentucky-born Diane Sawyer best for her role as a co-anchor on ABC's Good Morning, America. However, in 1974, former president, Richard Nixon hires her to help in the preparation of his memoirs. Prior to her position with Nixon, she is White House press aide.
JO BUSSELL [JoAnne] (Houston, TX) Subject: News from Facebook. Dear Jim, Sam Malone is a Facebook friend of mine. He simply posted "...radio silence..." so, this means that something has happened at KSEV. People responded of course, as I did, wondering why such good, talented radio people in Houston lose their jobs. Sam just happens to be one of the nicest people with whom I've worked. I've produced shows for most of the talk hosts in town. Sam is among the nicest, most fun, and most professional. Why did they let Sam go; and why do they let a lot of us go? Just business they always say... meanwhile we work jobs we don't love just to pay the bills while we search the country for our next great radio gig. Sent from my iPhone=
TOM STOPPARD (July 3, 1937 - p) Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
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TWO ENTERTAINERS JOURNEY TO HEAVEN Banjo player, Doug Dillard, who plays with his brothers in Bluegrass group The Dillards, along with numerous other Country, Bluegrass, Rock and Pop musicians dies at 75 on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. His brother Rodney says that Doug suffers a collapsed lung and dies in a Nashville, TN hospital. Douglas Flint Dillard is born on March 6, 1937 in Salem, MO in the Ozark Mountains. We fondly remember in the 1960s, he and The Dillards popularize Bluegrass music with regular appearances on The Andy Griffith Show as The Darlin' Boys. The Dillards are important figures in the creation of what becomes known as Country Rock music. In the 1970s, Doug joins former Byrds member Gene Clark as Dillard and Clark. In 2009, the International Bluegrass Music Association inducts The Dillards into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in Owensboro, KY. Chris Hillman, founding member of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, reminisces on Thursday: I would put him at the very top level of proficiency on the banjo, right up there with Earl Scruggs. He was a great musician, and he greatly influenced me. Actor, comedian and Bluegrass banjo player Steve Martin sighs: Doug Dillard was a banjo icon. He, along with his group, the Dillards, influenced so many players. He was fast, clean and a melodic player with his own style. Doug's survivors include wife, Vikki Sallee and brothers Rodney and Earl.
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RIP: DONALD [DUCK] DUNN, 1941 - 2012 In the 1960s, Memphis, TN Soul band Booker T and the MG's (Memphis Group) band members include Booker T. Jones (keyboards), Al Jackson Jr. (drums), Donald [Duck] Dunn and Steve Cropper. On tour, the R&B band amazes fans when they discover that two members of the group are white: bass player Donald [Duck] Dunn and super guitar picker Steve Cropper. As Stax records Memphis house band Booker T and the MG's back up stars like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave. As a group they have chart toppers like Green Onions (#3 Pop/#1 R&B-1962), Soul Limbo (#17-1968) and Time Is Tight (#6-1969). In 1992, Booker T and the MG's induct into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Dunn remembers: We got the soul sound by blending our Country and Blues influences. I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry. When we mixed that feel with the blues, we got something new. Dunn and Cropper are musicians in John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd's 1980 movie The Blues Brothers. On Sunday, May 13, 2012 Donald [Duck] Dunn dies in his sleep at 70. Steve Cropper writes: Today I lost my best friend, the world has lost the best guy and bass player to ever live.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Which American broadcast news anchor is born in Canada? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] belated good wishes for Friday, May 18, 2012. •KDMX FM Clear Channel Hot AC (Mix 102.9) Dallas, TX flips to Adult CHR as 102.9 NOW with only currents and recurrents. •LARRY KING debuts new talk show Larry King Now on digital network Ora.TV in summer 2012 financed by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. Larry King Live airs for 25 years on cable TV news channel CNN. •JUSTIN ROBINSON exits WANE TV CBS Fort Wayne, IN in 2008 to join KMBC TV ABC Kansas City, MO. His final day on KMBC TV is April 20, 2012. No word on his future plans.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1958 JERRY LEE LEWIS arrives in London on May 22nd, admits he marries his teenage cousin, Myra. The audience boos him offstage and forces him to cancel 34 of his 37 scheduled concerts. •1968 WEKW TV PBS CH52 in Keene, NH begins broadcasting on May 21st. •1977 WAYLON JENNINGS' Luckenbach, Texas begins a 6-week stay at #1 in Billboard Country on May 21st. •1987 ALEJANDRO REY actor with Charles Bronson in Mr. Majestyk and as Carlos in The Flying Nun dies at 57 on May 21st. •1991 TRACY LAWRENCE signs with Atlantic Records on May 21st. •2002 JOE COBB original fat boy in Our Gang cast dies at 84 on May 21st.
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JO BUSSELL (Houston, TX) Subject: Letter to you. Hi Jim! Good to see you and I wondered where you'd been. Actually I was afraid you'd dropped me from your e-mail list because I haven't written in awhile. The most frustrating part of moving was not having my Internet, so I've been out of touch. Thanks for including the Limbaugh/CNN story. I have John Landecker as a Facebook friend who told me that WLS had protesters because of the rumor that Rush is taking over CNN. Back when CNN in Atlanta had a little AM called WCNN I worked there on the technical side. I was just a kid and I was in awe of the place, I'm proud of having worked there. For a little gal from Alabama, believe me that was a big deal! BTW, my husband does the most amazing Rush impression that you've ever heard. And yes, he's a radio man...that's why he's still hanging around with me. He "gets it!"
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DON SUNDEEN [Hi Records promotion/DJ/TV ad production] (Dallas, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1095-19) May 18, 2012 [Friday] "Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think." Perhaps you should get a backup for your computer. Don Sundeen
ROBERT REYES [Bobby] (San Antonio, TX) Subject: glad to see you back on. Jim...it’s good to see you back on !...don’t forget about, along with the passing of the great Donna Summer, Donald “Duck” Dunn, bassist for Booker T. & The MG’s and the Godfather Of Go-Go, Chuck Brown and his big hit song, Bustin’ Loose ! ...will get back to you with a story ! ...let’s hope for no more computer crashes ...you and Lacy have a great weekend ! ! Bobby R.
JAY WEST (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1095-02) May 18, 2012 [Friday] Jim. Been a while since hearing from you...as your JRRR arrived tonight (Thursday). I see where your computer crashed...am guessing that's the reason for no news from you lately. Jay West
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MIKE MCDERMOTT (Houston, TX) Subject: Glad you're back. Hi Jim, Glad you're up and running again. I work in radio advertising trying to segue back on the air. Voiceovers, OTA, Production with Adobe Audition. Have airchecks, will travel. Mike McDermott - Houston TX
JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1095-07) May 18, 2012 [Friday] Jim, John Hale here...thanks so much for getting the newsletter to me. I didn't see that you had your computer problems for a few days, and I thought I probably should email you back with my address, just in case it was one that was lost. I get my email these days at john.hale46@yahoo.com. Thanks again, John
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DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: JRRR, etc. Greetings Jim & Lacy, Good to see JRRR is back up & running. Sorry that you've had so much trouble & that I wasn't able to help. I know little about computers. Need help myself if anything remotely major is wrong with any of the ones I use, & (like most of the country) I live paycheck to paycheck. No extra funds on hand. Happy to see that you found help. Hope it's a good weekend for you & Lacy. Best, David Faulkner
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1095-07) May 18, 2012 [Friday] Great to see you back Jim: Good job Jim, I am in College Station tonight, This Hilton in College Station I am typing this message on but not staying in. Great to have you back. I remain Les Lodges in College Station tonight Friday May 18, 2012.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Peter Jennings, anchor of ABC World News, is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 29, 1938. In the late 1960s, he becomes a permanent resident of the United States. In 1974, Peter Jennings wins a Peabody Award for his profile of then-Egyptian president, Anwar Sadat.
WENDEL HULSE (Dallas-Grand Prairie, TX) Subject: JRRR'S COMPUTER CRASHES! Hey, Jim! First my computer went bad. Then your computer went bad. I am glad we are both back in service again! I missed your news! Wendel Hulse, Grand Prairie, Texas p.s. I hate to ask you, but could you return my address back to: whulse_2000@yahoo.com ? Thanks, Wendel
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DISCO QUEEN FADES AWAY In the late 1970s disco music creeps in as the #1 music and dance craze here in America. One of the top disco singers is Donna Summer with her pulsing anthems such as Last Dance, Love to Love You Baby and Bad Girls. Disco music turns Top 40 radio topsy turvy because it dominates the radio dial. During the disco era, Donna's record albums reach either Gold or Platinum status, including her Multiplatinum Bad Girls and On the Radio, Volume I & II. Summer's #1 Billboard Hot 100 hits include Hot Stuff and MacArthur Park. Donna's sound combines a mix of genres that helps her earn Grammy Awards in dance, Rock, R&B and inspirational categories. In 1995, Summer leaves Florida when she and her husband Bruce Sudano move to Nashville, TN suburb of Brentwood with their two daughters. Donna Summer whose disco beat ushers in a glittery age of sex, drugs, dance and flashy clothes dies at 63.
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JRRR'S COMPUTER CRASHES! On Wednesday night, April 25, 2012 as we prepare to publish Friday's issue of JRRR our computer crashes and refuses to let us do anything. After many hours of frustration our PC finally boots on Friday morning. Quickly we publish the Friday issue of JRRR and begin work on Monday's issue. But after several hours our PC crashes again for the final time. We lose every single bit of data that we write and store for years. We also lose our connection to Windows Mail, MS Office, Firefox, JRRR's Web server Go Daddy, plus our ISP Earthlink and a few other valuable items. MS Office's support in the Philippines helps us retrieve their codes to reinstall. Our new hard drive definitely is not smooth like our other one. To make matters worse, Go Daddy puts a lock on our account. After a week of toil and turmoil we finally connect to JRRR's Web server with a new password on Thursday, May 17, 2012.
LIMBAUGH IN CHARGE OF CNN? On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 the rumor mill is rampant with the possibility that radio talk show giant Rush Limbaugh might take over the management of cable news channel CNN. America’s top-rated radio host responds to a listener’s question about how long it will take him to turn CNN cable-news network around and make it a huge success like Fox News? A couple of days. Just the announcement that I was going to run CNN would add a million viewers a night. And then when we started making changes, it wouldn’t take long at all...the tune-in factor would be through the roof, the curiosity tune-in factor. According to Nielsen TV ratings, CNN is now a distant third behind Fox News and MSNBC. If Limbaugh grabs control of CNN and runs it the El Rushbo way its ratings can only go up. What do you think about Rush Limbaugh at the helm of cable channel CNN?
TRIVIA QUESTION: Which TV broadcast news anchor always signs off with the phrase, And that's the way it is? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•CBS TV new 2012 fall schedule moves situation comedy series Two and a Half Men to 8:30pm Thursday. •LARRY H. MILLER GROUP owner of the NBA Utah Jazz who also operates KJZZ-TV in Salt Lake City, UT buys Sports KZNS-1280/KZNS FM 97.5 Salt Lake City from the SLC Divestiture Trust I. •KJOX-1340 News/Talk Kennewick, WA flips to Sports ESPN 1340. KJOX-1340 will simulcast Bonneville’s KIRO-710 Seattle plus ESPN Radio along with Seattle Mariners baseball, Washington State University football and basketball and Gonzaga basketball. •CBS RADIO launches Hot AC WSJT FM (Play 98.7) as a new simulcast of CBS Sports Talk WQYK-1010 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL to compete with Clear Channel Sports WDAE-620 which contains all 3 local pro-sports franchises.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 GEORGE STRAIT who sells more than 25 Gold albums and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame is born on May 18th in Poteet, TX. •1965 WTAF TV IND CH29 in Philadelphia, PA begins broadcasting on May 18th. •1979 DAVID NAIL whose debut single Red Light is his first hit is born on May 18th in Kennett, MO. •1988 DAWS BUTLER cartoon voice of Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound dies at 71 on May 18th. •1996 BROOKS & DUNN's remake of B.W, Stevenson's 1973 Pop hit My Maria begins a three-week perch at #1 in Billboard Country on May 18th. •2011 JAPAN'S ECONOMY officially enters a recession on May 19th due to the financial strain of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
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PAT MCGOWAN (Chandler, AZ) Subject: Status? Hi Jim, Long time, no hear! Are you alright? Notice that the last newsletter posted was April 27. Best Regards. Patrick McGowan; Engineer-In-Charge; NCP SS-4; New Century Productions
CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-Carlsbad, CA) Subject: Report. Jim, I hope all is ok. I have not seen any new reports since 4/27. Hang in there Buddy.
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MIKE SHANNON (Dallas-Mesquite, TX) Subject: FINAL REMINDER: DFW Radio/TV/Media "Lunch Bunch" this Saturday! It's the second DFW Media Lunch Bunch for 2012, and it's coming up this Saturday, May 12, at Humperdinck’s on NW Hwy at Loop 12/Walton Walker in northwest Dallas. Same protocol as usual...casual, come and go as you please, no speeches or agendas, each person pays for their own...etc. See old friends, meet new ones, and do a little networking. We'll start gathering at High Noon this time in the 'atrium' at Humperdinck’s, and we'll hang out off and on until around 3PM. Again, feel free to drop in/drop out anytime during those hours. RSVP not necessary. See you there! Mike BTW, if you're on Facebook and haven't joined the Lunch Bunch page, you're not getting immediate notice of upcoming events! Next time you log into Facebook, go to this link: www.facebook.com/groups/133439276685661/ (or search for 'DFW Lunch Bunch') and join the group! Thanks!
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SUSAN ANDERSON (Lancaster, TX) Subject: any May newsletters? Hey There! My computer has been down. I have missed your newsletters. Susan Anderson (KRLY-Houston)
ANDY WALDROP (Houston, TX) Jim, Glad you got (most of) the computer issues corrected. I'll be back in Houston towards the end of the week. I don't remember how we got MS Mail onto your computer. I'll have to look it over to see how we did it. By the way, this awaldrop1@comcast.net is the best E-mail address for me. Andy
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CHUCK and KENDALL DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Subject: JRRR still down! We missed you Jim, but assumed you had computer problems. I knew only two of the (TRHOF) inductees last year. There are many ”newcomers” whose names I am not familiar with. So it goes. I think Rowdy is now in charge and has been for a while. Have a great day. Chuck
TRIVIA ANSWER: CBS TV news anchor Walter Cronkite first gains broadcast news prominence when he covers the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. One of TV news' most memorable moments happens when, while he announces the death of President JFK, Cronkite appears to choke back tears. In the years following that monumental event, until his retirement from broadcast news in the 1970s, people often refer to Walter Cronkite as the most trusted man in America. Walter Cronkite always signs off with the phrase, And that's the way it is.
JO BUSSELL (Houston, TX) Subject: Where's your column? Are you still writing? I miss it.
ROBERT FROST (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep. Miles to go before I sleep.
Jim Rose and Lacy
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SLC NEWSHOUND SUCCUMBS The Salt Lake Tribune reports that newsman, Ken Connaughton, dies on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 70. Ken covers many of Utah’s most high-profile stories including polygamist Ervil LeBaron, forger and murderer Mark Hofmann and serial killer Ted Bundy. Kevin [Ken] Connaughton's career melds news, politics and transportation spends three decades in the news industry, including tours of duty at United Press International and KTVX TV CH4 news, where he rises to executive producer. In 1995, he is a spokesman for Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini, where he deals with the 2002 Winter Olympics bribe scandals. In 2003, Connaughton exits Salt Lake City and hits the road for a TV station in Texas, next he is a Houston Metro traffic bird dog. He returns to Utah as a chief spokesman for the Utah Department of Transportation. Ken Connaughton, a New York and New Jersey native, first arrives in Utah after the draft stations him at Dugway Proving Ground. He is married to Deaun Connaughton for 45 years. They have four children.
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NON-COMPETE LOSES IN CANTON Radio hosts Patrick DeLuca and Charlotte DiFranco in Canton, OH cannot come to terms on a contract renewal with WDJQ FM owner Don Peterson III. After they exit their highly rated morning program on WDJQ FM in February 2012 they begin to broadcast three shows each week on their own Internet radio station www.theradiosucks.com. In retaliation WDJQ FM owner Don Peterson III files a lawsuit that claims they violate their non-compete. Patrick and Charlotte's attorney Steve Okey argues his clients were prevented from operating a business that was the same or essentially the same as a radio station and their venture does not fit that description. The judge agrees. Peterson tells the Youngstown Vindicator that he is disappointed with the decision and will review his options. Here is a case upon which radio and Internet radio broadcasters will keep a close eye.
MATERIAL GIRL TICKET HOLDERS DO NOT REDEEM FREE ALBUMS That's right! MusicWeek reports that 180,000 fans who buy tickets to Madonna’s summer tour do not bother to redeem tickets for free copies of her latest album MDNA that comes with their tickets. A Live Nation connection says that out of 600,000 Madonna’s summer tour tickets sold only 480,000 redeem their coupons for free copies of her album MDNA. The Live Nation source tells Forbes that fans come to a Madonna show to hear her do the old hits like Material Girl or Like a Virgin. Madonna’s album MDNA reportedly already sells 420,000 copies in the U.S. alone.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous TV comédienne plays a wacky housewife in the 1947 to 1951 radio series, My Favorite Husband? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! *Lee Abrams XM Radio Pioneer - News and information THINK TeleVisual Network - happy birthday on Sunday, April 29, 2012. *Duane Allen Oak Ridge Boys lead singer (Elvira #1-1981 over 1 million in sales) Joyeux Anniversaire! on Sunday, April 29, 2012. *Bobby Reyes [WOAI-1200] happy belated birthday on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. •BOB MELROSE CBS News KCBS-740 San Francisco, CA Newsman retires after 36 years. •WRRX FM Urban Oldies (Magic 106.1) Gulf Breeze, FL flips to simulcast of Cumulus News/Talk WCOA-1370 Pensacola as WCOA FM on Monday, April 23, 2012.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 ACE FREHLEY lead guitarist with Rock band Kiss (Beth #7-1976) born on April 27th in Bronx, NY. •1960 TOOTSIE's ORCHID LOUNGE opens on lower Broadway in Nashville, TN becomes a prime hang-out for Grand Ole Opry entertainers. •1972 PHIL KING Blue Oyster Cult promoter dies at 24 on Thursday, April 27th. •1985 ROGER MILLER's play Big River opens on Broadway on April 25th and wins 7 Tony awards. •1999 AL HIRT Jazz trumpeter (Java #4-1964) dies at 76 on April 27th. •2008 EMMYLOU HARRIS inducts into the Country Music Hall of Fame on April 27th during a ceremony in Nashville, TN.
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LEE ABRAMS [THINK TeleVisual Network] (Chicago, IL) Thanks...doing well...Below is the Elevator speech for THINK and attached is a deck (please keep that confidential) Lee 'A dramatic new concept in 24/7 TV News, created for iPads and digital devices -- Launching in 2012. -The first 24/7 News/Information for America's new mainstream of 18-44 year olds raised on the Internet vs. the three network era. -Designed for use on all devices and screens, notably the exploding iPads and Tablet market. A modern day CNN, for 21st century devices. -A remarkable, dramatically different presentation style that stimulates the viewer on 21st century terms unlike any News/Information programming ever created. -Created and managed by a team of experts with unmatched track records in media marketing/sales and programming re-invention. -Uniquely positioned to the advertising community. THINK is the first medium offering one cohesive vehicle of targeted impressions across all devices... Sold nationally and locally.'
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ROBERT REYES [Bobby] (San Antonio, TX) Subject: retirement. Hi there Jim! ...hope you and Lacy are doing well!!! ...on April 15th, 2012, I retired from Clear Channel Media & Entertainment, after nineteen and a half years as a control room technical director ...simply put, my job was control board operator ...as much as I really wanted to remain with the company, my ongoing condition of Post Polio Syndrome, it was necessary for me to resign. I can truthfully say my forty plus years in the broadcast industry was interesting, FUN, many times heartbreaking, but the stations I worked for during my career were some of the most highly recognized and most listened to, so I worked for the best in South Central Texas ...in between some of these radio stations, I did get to work as an associate producer in the news department for KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi and WOAI-TV (in the mid 80’s it was KMOL) ...these two jobs were VERY fascinating to work at ...through the crazy Facebook site, I have received dozens and dozens of well wishes from former colleagues, radio and TV compadres and compadres, and friends who knew me when I was an on air personality ...as David Crosby sang, It’s Been A Long Time Comin’. I can never regret what I have done during my career so in many respects, I am happy to be able to do what was my true love for a career ...as always, thank you for your newsletter website and keep ‘em going! Bobby Reyes
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T.J. CALLAHAN [Donna Croft] (Houston, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1093) April 23, 2012 [Monday] thanks for always remembering my birthday, Jim. You are the sweetest! teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej
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HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) You know,
it's funny Jim, but you don't always know what you mean to someone until much
later, if ever. It doesn't happen often, but I've run into several people over
the years who will tell me they listened to me, and even bring up bits I did
that they remember, even if I don't remember the bits. I didn't get into radio
for anybody but myself. I've always been fascinated by the psychology of music
programming, why two stations playing essentially the same music can be so
different in the ratings. I didn't spend too long in the business being on an
ego trip...luckily, my mentor, the late George Cooper, got me over that
quickly, by telling me he didn't hire me because I was good enough, but
because, if I worked at it hard enough, I might SOMEDAY be good enough to work
at his radio station. (WOAI at that time.) Hale
TRIVIA
ANSWER: Lucille Ball whom we know best as the
out of sorts housewife in TV's I Love Lucy first earns her scatter-brain
housewife badges in the 1947 to 1951 CBS radio situation comedy series My
Favorite Husband that co-stars Richard Denning as her hubby. But many of us
old timers remember another zany housewife that Joan Davis portrays. I Love
Lucy begins in 1951 but in 1952 Joan Davis begins her 3-year run as Jim
Backus’ wacky TV wife in I Married Joan.
JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake, TX) Speaking of old timers, saw Duane Allen (Oak Ridge Boys) on RFD (TV) last night. He looked mighty handsome. Hasn't changed over the years. His "outfit” he had on was quite impressive. Must have been tailor made. Nice trimmed hair. Enjoyed the way he described his love of Christ. And every other word he said was not "you know" I get so tired of hearing that.
JOSEPH STALIN (December 21, 1879 - March 5, 1953) He who votes does not have the power - he who counts the votes has the power.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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BELOVED ROCK MUSICIAN LEAVES THE STAGE Mark Lavon [Levon] Helm is born in Elaine, AR on May 26, 1940. Helm joins Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks - Forty Days (1959), Mary Lou (1959) and Down in the Alley (1970). His real name is Mark Lavon Helm but he says: the Canadian Hawks couldn’t pronounce Lavon properly. It came out as Levon. So the name stuck. In 1964, he forms The Band with Canadians Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel. In 1967 Bob Dylan and The Band record The Basement Tapes. The 71-year old drummer's unique style shines in 1969 songs Up on Cripple Creek, The Weight and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Elton John names Levon (#24-1972) for Levon Helm. In 1974 The Band goes on tour with Bob Dylan as his backing band. In 1976, when The Band breaks up Martin Scorsese films their final concert and releases it as the movie The Last Waltz. Levon turns to acting roles. He plays Loretta Lynn’s father in Coal Miner’s Daughter. Levon is Reverend Goodall in my all time favorite Steven Seagal movie Fire Down Below (1997). Helm lives in Woodstock, NY. On Thursday, April 19, 2012 he dies from throat cancer in Manhattan. Levon Helm leaves behind his wife Sandy and daughter Amy. (www.levonhelm.com/)
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RED HEADED STRANGER STATUE UNVEILS IN AUSTIN, TX On Friday, April 20, 2012 city officials unveil a statue of Willie Nelson in downtown Austin, TX at a free event on a public plaza on Willie Nelson Boulevard. Nelson is in town that same evening to appear in a tribute to Johnny Cash at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. During the unveiling in downtown Austin, Country music legend Willie Nelson serenades his fans with his new tune Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die. Austin-based nonprofit Capital Area Statues commissions the Willie Nelson masterpiece sculpture as a gift to the live music capital of the world. The throng of about 2,000 Willie Nelson fans gaze in delight as Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell accepts the privately funded statue as a gift from the private arts group.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the only radio station in the United States with call letters that spell out the name of its home city? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! T.J. Callahan former traffic reporter on KILT FM from March 1987-November 2008 Buon Compleanno! on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. •TIM WETZEL exits WTVF TV CBS CH5 Nashville, TN to replace reporter Lisa Chavarria at KHOU TV CBS CH11 Houston, TX on Monday, April 23, 2012. •DAVE RAMSEY syndicated talk host who airs locally on KTSA-550 in San Antonio, TX Total Money Makeover Live tour stop attracts over 6,000 fans to the Alamo City event. •ED MURRAY KWTV TV CBS CH9 OKC, OK news anchor since 1981 retires after 31 years. •WHPT FM Cox Rock (102.5 The Bone) Tampa, FL is another FM music outlet that jumps ship to Talk as Hot Talk (Real Raw Radio 102.5). Bubba The Love Sponge remains in the morning, Cowhead afternoons plus syndicated Nick & Artie show late nights. •WGWD FM Magic Broadcasting Tallahassee-Gretna, FL steals Classic Country 93.3 for $1.2 Million & catapults it to Talk Radio 93.3 on Monday, April 16, 2012 with simulcast of sister WYOO FM (101.1) hosts Derrell Day 7-10am & Burnie Thompson 12noon-3pm.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 KTAR TV (now KPNX) NBC CH12 in Phoenix, AZ begins broadcasting on April 23rd. •1969 JOHNNY CASH tapes the first of his ABC-TV weekly shows at the Ryman Auditorium on April 16th which is his 5th in his series opens with Folsom Prison Blues plus Glen Campbell, Jeannie C. Riley and Joe Tex. •1970 HERB SHRINER humorist, radio personality and TV host (Two for the Money TV game show) dies at 51 on April 23rd in Delray Beach, FL in a Studebaker Avanti when its brakes fail. •1987 DWIGHT YOAKAM's album Hillbilly Deluxe releases on Reprise records on April 21st. •1995 HOWARD COSELL 30-year career as America's best-known and most outspoken sportscaster (ABC TV's Monday Night Football) dies at 77 on April 23rd. •2006 JOE DON ROONEY Rascal Flatts guitarist marries Tiffany Fallon at the One & Only luxury resort at Palmilla in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico on April 23rd.
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CONNELL MILLER (Bella Vista, AR) Subject: Levon Helm Passes April 19, 2012. Hi Jim, Levon's acted in a bunch of movies! Fire Down Below is one of my favorites as well. Also, l like The Doll Maker with Jane Fonda (boo to Hanoi Jane, though!), The Right Stuff, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Shooter, and as General John Bell Hood in The Electric Mist. I first saw him play with Ronnie Hawkins when he was 20 years old, and got to know him soon after that, as our band crossed paths, playing in the same places as well as in Hawkins' own Rockwood Club in Fayetteville. I remember one time, back in the '70s, when he came back to visit his folks, Nell and Diamond Helm in Springdale. I went by to see him, and when his mom opened the door, she greeted me with, "You just missed 'em as he went roarin' off in his Corvette with that Tommy Lee Jones actor fella goin' somewhere..." She wouldn't let me leave until she put a reel-to-reel tape of The Band's new, unreleased album on a tape recorder and handed me one of Levon's guitars he'd left there so I could play along with it. Down to earth and as sweet as could be! There's going to be a lot of stories from a lot of folks the next few weeks, but one common thread is that we're all going to miss him and his music! Now I'm going to shed a few more tears as I listen to a CD I burned from a live tape recording I made in January of 1965 of "Levon and The Hawks" at the Fondalite Club in Tulsa right before they hooked up with Bob Dylan and with the same line up that would soon change their name to, The Band. R.I.P. Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm... Jim, you and Lacy take care, Connell
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FRANK
HALEY [currently KKIM-1000/91.5; ex KLIF-1190, KVIL FM, KILT-610, KOB-770] (Albuquerque, NM) You
are correct about Jim (Carolla) and Bob (RB) [McEntire] I was their boss
(KILT-610) for 3 years. Both very good workers, loved radio news, spot news and
hurricane coverage. Both are still good friends of mine, I hear from Bob
monthly. Oh well, at least we can say we worked in radio when it was a real fun
place to be, we were there in the real Golden Days of Radio. Be glad for that
my friend. Frank
PARRIS AFTON BONDS (Dallas-Allen, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1092) April 20, 2012 [Friday] Jimmie, thank you soooooooooo much for mentioning the YouTube interview about the end times of our world as we know it and Dancing With Wild Woman. In doing the interview, I was anxious, so afraid I wouldn't remember the important parts of the Hopi prophecies. Whew, I'm glad it's over! Again, thank you, my dear friend. Dancing on sunshine, Parris Afton Bonds; Dancing With Wild Woman (www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dancing+with+wild+woman) / (www.parrisaftonbonds.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: WACO-1460 in Waco, TX is the only radio station in the United States with call letters that spell out the name of its home city. WACO-1460 begins to broadcast in 1922 in Waco, TX. In 1971, I exit KBAT-680 in San Antonio. While on I-35 on my way back home to Dallas I decide to stop off at Top 40 WACO-1460 in Waco. The station's long time GM Robert Weathers hires me as its Program Director and AM Drive DJ but after a few months I get back on I-35 to complete my journey back home to Big D. Legendary TX radio News Director Joe Long adds me to his team of Dallas newscasters. KBOX-1480 is a top notch radio station with all the frills of modern day radio. Sad to say that WACO-1460 is no more. After 74 years of broadcasting in Waco, TX Lee Glasgow moves it to Glen Rose, TX as KKTK-1460 and then sells it to M&M (80%) and George Marti (20%) who flip it to KTFW-1460 to simulcast its sister station KTFW FM (92.1). George Marti is the inventor of Marti Units microwave transmitters. In 2005, KTFW-1460 relocates to south of Ft. Worth in Burleson, TX as KHFX-1460 as Fox Sports Radio. George Marti unloads his 20% ownership to M&M. On September 1, 2008 KHFX-1460 swaps call letters with KCLE-1140 (since 1949) in Cleburne, TX and flips to Classic Country format. KCLE-1140 in Cleburne becomes KHFX-1140. Don't you just hate it when radio stations desert their call letters? Many times radio is like a chess game that moves its pawns all across the playing board.
LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Jim, I was a 30 hour week...occupier of Ol' Roy's (Henderson) KNUZ AM 1090 (Belleview, TX). Roy got advertising from Bellville/Sealy's AM 1090...out of that was my commission and pay...that I picked up at the Bellville U.S. Post Office. I camped right inside this KNUZ building. I'm living the dream. Yes you have certainly paid your dues to be in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. I certainly appreciate your Jim Rose Remembers Radio since your emails are about all the memories and the connection to what was there is. So let us all build a 'Tower to the Sky' so they can hear how it gets done. Leslie
GEORGE CARLIN (May 12, 1937-Sunday, June 22, 2008) Everybody thinks they have rights. And I tell them why they don’t have any rights...because your rights can disappear. So they’re not rights, they’re privileges. It's...make believe, folks. It's like the boogeyman.
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AMERICAN BANDSTAND ICON MAKES FINAL APPEARANCE Richard Wagstaff Clark is born on November 30, 1929 in Mount Vernon, NY. At Syracuse University he majors in advertising and minors in radio plus he is a DJ on the campus radio station. His first TV position is as a newscaster at Utica's WKTV TV NBC CH2. Dick Clark aka America's Oldest Teenager gains fame as host of ABC TV's American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Eve. By age 30 he is a millionaire. In 1985, Dick Clark Productions churns out an average of 150-170 hours of TV programming per year. In 1990, he inducts into the Radio Hall of Fame; in 1993 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. In 1994, the Daytime Emmys awards him the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2004, Dick Clark suffers a stroke which forces him to cease his hosting of New Years' Rockin' Eve which is a show that he creates in 1972. On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 the iconic TV host and producer Dick Clark dies at 82 of a heart attack. Dick Clark weds three times. His survivors include his third wife, Kari Wigton; two sons and a daughter.
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SALEM REBRANDS LOS ANGELES RADIO STATIONS Beginning on Monday, April 23, 2012 Salem Communications springs a new morning show with new attitude and new brand for its News Talk radio stations in Los Angeles and Riverside/San Bernardino, CA. For starters, Heidi Harris joins the stations as morning host from 6am to 9am. Salem also re-brands KRLA-870 and KTIE-590 as The Answer. This comes after it renames its News Talk WNYM-970 The Answer in NYC. Salem’s new VP Director, Spoken Word Format, Phil Boyce brags: We have been using the name ‘The Answer’ in New York since March 12th, and could not be happier with the response...we decided we could do something similar for KRLA and KTIE. Heidi Harris is a major investment in the future of these stations.
VINYL RECORDS LIVE AGAIN! Saturday April 21, 2012 is National Record Store Day! In its 5th year it celebrates the unique culture of independent record stores all over the world. Warner Brothers and their affiliate labels announce the release of special vinyl packages to help celebrate good times. Concord Music Group plans to release vinyl records by such artists as Paul McCartney and Little Richard to Dave Brubeck. National Record Store Day celebrates the culture of more than 700 independently owned record stores in the U.S. with the release of special product exclusives. For more information, visit www.recordstoreday.com.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Why does Chicago radio station WLS-890 ban Van Morrison's group Them's version of Gloria? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Ernie Phillips former independent music promo rep in Dallas, TX puts another log on the fire in Greenville, MS on Sunday, April 22, 2012. •WQTL FM Opus Oldies (Q106.1) Tallahassee, FL trips out with all-Beatles music then flips out to Classic Rock/AAA hybrid 106.1 The Path. •KXAS TV (former WBAP TV) NBC O&O CH5 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX wins Texas AP Broadcasters & the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas Freedom of Information Award for investigative reporter Scott Friedman and Shane Allen's report about cops who catch high speed over 100mph motorists. •RANDY MICHAELS' Merlin Media buys Christian WKDN FM (106.9) Philadelphia-Camden, PA from Family Stations flips to Talk WWIQ FM with Premiere Networks’ all Hannity, all the time. •WPHT-1210 drops Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck in 2011. Is their new home in Philly on Merlin's WWIQ FM?
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 CLINT HOWARD (actor-director Ron Howard's brother) child actor star in Gentle Ben born in Burbank, CA on April 20th. •1968 BEKKA BRAMLETT daughter of 1970s Rock singers Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett who for a short-time is duet with Billy Burnette, plus sings back-up on Vince Gill and Faith Hill tunes is born on April 19th. •1976 GEORGE HARRISON sings the Lumberjack Song with Monty Python on April 20th. •1980 CRYSTAL GAYLE's single It's Like We Never Said Goodbye is #1 in Billboard Country on April 19th. •1992 JOHNNY SHINES Delta blues singer and guitarist dies at 76 on April 20th. •2008 HANK WILLIAMS, JR., Steve Wariner and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band join the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, TN on April 20th as well as Jazz musician Kirk Whalum, Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman and Merle Kilgore writer of Ring Of Fire.
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CHUCK CASHMERE [Voice Over Actor, ex KNUZ-1230 DJ] (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Subject: Larry Scott. Jim I may have missed it but do you have an update on Larry Scott. I think he was ill a couple of months ago. Can you advise? (www.chuckcashmere.com/)
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LARRY SCOTT [legendary DJ on KRLD-1080, KWKH-1130 & KVOO-1170] (Dallas-Terrell, TX) I’ve had some pretty good health problems for the last four months but doing much better. Always look forward to JRRR. Names and stories bring back many fond memories. I trust you and Lacy are doing good. Gail and I don’t have grandchildren but we have grand dogs. Larry
JOHN HALE (McKinney, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1091) April 16, 2012 [Monday] Jim, I've been following the discussion a bit about the so-called older style jocks versus the newer, more laid back style that came in with FM radio. I don't think one is necessarily right and the other wrong, but rather, one style worked for the audiences of the fifties and sixties, the other after the early seventies when listeners were more into the music than the personalities on the radio. I worked both styles because of the time I came into the business, and I can say my preference was more toward the laid back seventies approach. That does NOT mean though that I didn't appreciate the high energy guys like Mark Stevens, Barry Kaye, Russ Knight, and others. By the way, there were some more relaxed guys that were very successful back in the sixties. Charlie Van Dyke, Jimmy Rabbit, and Steve Lundy come to mind...they had plenty of energy but weren't screamers. John Hale McKinney, Texas Retired, but working harder than ever!
BUD BUSCHARDT [University of North TX Professor of Radio, Television and Film] (Dallas, TX) Subject: Teri Richardson. Jim, Teri was not only a Cowboy cheerleader but she was a KVIL personality in the 1980s. I believe she worked in San Antonio radio after she left Dallas. Bud 'Merry Starling - Subject: Some of us were on the air with her...she was a former room mate of mine who took me in when I first moved to Dallas. God be with her now. Former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Teri Richardson dies at age 53. Teri Richardson's battle against cancer has come to an end. The former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader died Friday in Bay City at the age of 53.'
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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1085) March 26, 2012 [Monday] Reading about the VO business in your newsletter reminded me of the time in 1964 when I was a young art director in Dallas. I had been playing with a trio at night at places like the old Variety Club and a producer with a recording studio called me to sing and talk on a car spot for Rambler. I hadn't done any announcing since Armed Forces Radio in 1952! Some way or another they liked my work and this one session was the beginning of an exciting 40 year career as a voice-over talent. During those years I recorded in most every major studio in the US. Amazingly enough, I still do commercials today! Jim Gough (http://jimgough.net/)
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1966, WLS-890 Chicago, IL bans Van Morrison's group Them's version of Gloria because of what it deems objectionable lyrics. Chicago group The Shadows Of Knight cover the song and take it into the national Top Ten after they change its words from she comes to my room, just about midnight to she comes around here, just about midnight.
PARRIS AFTON BONDS [Acclaimed historic novelist] (Dallas-Allen, TX) Subject: 'Dancing With Wild Woman' You Tube video. Dylan Schroder, my young friend and film student at North Texas University, did an outstanding job of making this video promoting 'Dancing With Wild Woman'. Please take a look and spread the word about Dylan's extraordinary talent! (www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrYQa_KgZKo&list=HL1334539021&feature=mh_) Parris Afton Bonds; 'Dancing With Wild Woman' (www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dancing+with+wild+woman) / (www.parrisaftonbonds.com)
OSCAR WILDE (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900) I can resist everything except temptation.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo
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BEE GEE SINGER IN A COMA Lead singer of the Bee Gees, Robin Hugh Gibb, multi-talented as a songwriter, piano, violin, guitar is born on December 22, 1949 in Douglas, Isle of Man. He grows up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England. The family moves to Brisbane, Australia. Some of my all time favorite tunes are by the Bee Gees. Lead singer Robin touches my heart with his I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You (#8-1968), I Started a Joke (#6-1968/69), Lonely Days (#3-1970) and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (#1 for 4 weeks-1971). In a message on his website Saturday, April 14, 2012 Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb's battle with colon and liver cancer has him in a coma plus pneumonia. In 2010 Robin undergoes emergency surgery for a blocked bowel and then has more surgery for a twisted bowel. In 2003 Robin's twin brother, Maurice, dies of a twisted bowel. Robin's family keeps a bedside vigil. We request prayer that Robin Gibb rebounds.
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KWCH-TV REPORTS MASSIVE STORM On Saturday, April 14, 2012 a bulletin from KWCH-TV CBS CH12 Eyewitness News in Wichita-Hutchinson, KS reports 48 tornado sightings across four states with the first wave clustered in southwest Kansas plus a number of overturned cars and downed power lines in three counties. Fox Extreme Weather Center says severe weather extends into Sunday. Authorities confirm five people dead after a tornado sweeps across Woodward in NW Oklahoma. By 3:30am Sunday radar has the storm dipping down past Midland in west TX. Growing up in Dallas, Tornado Alley is a way of life. On Tuesday, April 2, 1957 on my Dallas Times Herald paper route I watch a tornado form above Camp Wisdom Road in Oak Cliff that tosses roofs and other debris high up into the air. The twister destroys many new homes. On May 22, 2011 a violent and destructive tornado with over 200 mph winds kills 158 people and destroys much of Joplin, MO. Former KLIF-1190 Dallas newscaster Dick Mock's home is right in the path of that terrible storm. Thank God that he receives no serious injuries.
WTOP TOP BILLER In spite of the flat economy, WTOP tops the top 10 list 2 years in a row with 2011 billing increase of over $7 million. CBS Radio leads the 2011 top 10 radio station ownership billers in America with 5. Next in line is Clear Channel with 4. The top billing radio station in 2011 is Hubbard WTOP FM (News 103.5) Washington, DC with $64M. Others in the top 5 include (in order of billing) Clear Channel KIIS FM (Top-40 102.7) L.A., Clear Channel KFI-640 (Talk) L.A.; CBS WBBM-780 (News) Chicago and CBS WCBS-880 (News) NYC. Rounding out the top 10 are Clear Channel WHTZ FM (CHR) NYC; CBS Radio KROQ FM (Alternative 106.7) Los Angeles, CA; CBS WINS-1010 (News) NYC; Clear Channel WLTW FM (Lite AC 106.7) NYC and CBS Radio WFAN-660 (Sports/Talk) New York, NYC. Six out of the top 10 billers are News/Talk outlets while the other 4 are music formats evening out 50-50 with 5 FMs and 5 AMs.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In the 1960s some radio stations ban what song by Barry McGuire? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Jimmy Rabbitt Renegade DJ on KDOK-1330, KLIF-1190, KVIL FM, KCBQ-1170, KRLA-1110, KMET FM, KLAC-570, KROQ-1500 and others tacks on another year of wrangling in Grand Junction, CO plus Rick Upton [Jack FM San Antonio, TX] adds another año on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. •ERICA HARPOLD joins CBS Eye KEYE TV CH42 (formerly KHFI TV and KVUE TV during my time there in 1967) Austin, TX as morning traffic anchor from KCEN TV NBC CH6 Waco, TX. •SCOTT NOLL departs WREG TV CBS CH3 Memphis, TN after 4 years to join KHOU CBS CH11 Houston, TX as an investigative reporter on April 16, 2012. •KELI RABON exits Belo KVUE TV ABC CH24 Austin, TX and fuses with KMGH TV ABC CH7 Denver, CO as an investigative reporter. •KLIF-570 Dallas, TX adjusts schedule again. AM news block extends to 11am + Mike Huckabee's 2 hours. Coast To Coast AM exits overnights. John Batchelor airs from 8pm to 4am.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1953 WAND TV ABC CH17 in Decatur, IL begins broadcasting on April 16th. •1964 STUART DUNCAN fiddler with The Nashville Bluegrass Band born on April 14th in Quantico, VA. •1976 LUKAS HAAS child and adult actor for more than 25 years Testament (1983), Witness (1985), Music Box (1989) and Leap of Faith (1992) born on April 16th. •1981 BARBARA MANDRELL's single I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool releases on MCA records on April 16th. •1992 NEVILLE BRAND tough guy actor in Stalag 17 and Birdman of Alcatraz dies of emphysema at 71 at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento, CA. •2010 ALAN JACKSON gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard on April 16th.
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LUCA FABRIS (Vicenza-Thiene, Italy) Subject: Looking for DJ Ted Crutchfield. Hi Jim and Lacy. So nice to hear from you. Here's spring almost so sun begins to heat and everyone smiles more easily after so much rain and snow... Well radio is not so much important here as in the States... There's a lot of private radios, some big one owned by the State but they merely promote local music.... Very few big radios like in States..... Hope to hear from you soon. Your fan Luca
DUANE ALLEN [Lead singer The Oak Ridge Boys] (Hendersonville, TN) Jim, I understand 100%. I have studied the business since I was a little boy, pickin' cotton in Texas. Sometimes, I have been on the fender of the car, riding down the road, and sometimes, I have been at the wheel, but, no matter, I have always enjoyed the ride. I am still riding and I love the ride, the view, and the people I have met along the way. That's what makes it special for me...the people... God bless, my friend...Duane
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DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1089) April 09, 2012 [Monday] Jim, Mark Davis has been removed from the BAP website. He is done there. I can't imagine how weird of a decision that must have been and I honestly think that this does, indeed, have to do with the continual nationalization of radio. Video didn't kill the radio star, it was clearly congress. Jeff Cunningham, DC, MA Kyle, TX
TONY WILLIAMS [Lyndell] [WKY-930/KRLD-1080/Metro Traffic] (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: Lynn Wooley. "LYNN WOOLLEY (Waco-Killeen-Temple, TX) Subject: Regarding deejays and Top 40. Re: Tony Williams. Tony thinks the old deejay "puke" jocks are unlistenable in today's market." Not once did I mention "today's market" in my essay. I specifically mentioned 1970, my memories of top-40 and progressive radio then, and my classmates. The guy apparently cannot read or simply misrepresented my opinion to make a point. Reading Comprehension 101 for the "Woolley One".
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject: JRRR Issue #1088, 4/6. JIM & LACY: I left off a couple important names in Phoenix list: (1) Alice Cooper, who still tours & is o/o "Cooperstown, plus a golfer/local philanthropist. Grad of Cortez HS, Phoenix. (2) Sam Moore (Sam & Dave duo); lives in Scottsdale, AZ. (3) Dorothy McGuire one of famous McGuire Sis trio; she lives in Scottsdale & I understand her 2 sis are still in Las Vegas. (4) Sister Sledge...part of this group moved to Phoenix while I still lived there. (We Are Family) The Phoenix Metro has always been a center of entertainment history. Thanks for your efforts in keeping us all informed. BOB.
TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1965 retail stores remove former New Christie Minstrel singer Barry McGuire's first solo hit Eve of Destruction, plus many radio stations take it off of their play lists because of its end of the world theme and anti-government lyrics. In times like these, maybe Barry's song should return to the airwaves.
DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: From my forth coming book "Have the band play another number, I wanna finish my sandwich". A radio story for ya Jim....DR B. A station full of jokers - In the late 60's, my fellow Country Radio Hall of Famer Les Acree and myself worked at Top 40 WTUP in Tupelo, Mississippi. The studios and offices took up part of a floor in the Hotel Tupelo and so had a bathroom in every office and studio. Les had hired me to do mornings and he did the mid-day shift, starting at 10am. As with all stations, practical jokes were part of the environment. At least weekly Les would come into the control room where I was on the air just before 10am, enter the bathroom, repose over the porcelain convenience, and wait until I had a live mike before opening the door and flushing the toilet. That sound roared from the tile-covered bathroom, especially since he was leaving the door open so I could share the ambience. I finally cured him of this habit by joining him in the studio for his live 15-minute noon newscast and serenading him with a loud whoopee cushion.
GROUCHO MARX (October 2, 1890-August 19, 1977) Now there's a man with an open mind - you can feel the breeze from here!
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CBS NEWS LEGEND SUCCUMBS Mike Wallace, longtime CBS TV 60 Minutes correspondent is born Myron Wallace on May 9, 1918 in Brookline, MA. In the 1940s, his news career begins in Chicago, IL as Chicago Sun radio news writer and next as a WMAQ-670 reporter. In 1951, Mike moves to CBS. In 1968, Wallace is the first person that late CBS news producer Don Hewitt hires when he puts together the 60 Minutes news team. Mike Wallace's reputation as a news interviewer is so fearsome that many often say that the scariest words in the English language are 'Mike Wallace is here to see you'. In 2008, as he nears his 90th birthday, heart surgery slows him a bit. But he continues 60 Minutes interviews with hot news makers like Jack Kevorkian and Roger Clemens. In March 2006, he says that he will cease being a regular correspondent but continue to do occasional reports. Mike Wallace who is wed four times dies at 93 on Saturday night, April 7, 2012 in New Canaan, CT. Wallace's survivors include his wife, Mary Yates Wallace; son, Chris; stepdaughter, Pauline Dora and stepson Eames Yates.
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RUSH MOVES IN PHILLY The New York Times reports that in spring 2012 CBS WPHT-1210 Philadelphia, PA no longer is Rush Limbaugh’s affiliate in the city. CBS' statement to the Times is very clear that Premiere Radio Networks pulls Limbaugh's plug from his longtime Delaware River perch on 50,000-watt WPHT-1210: Premiere recently notified WPHT they will be syndicating Rush Limbaugh on a new station in Philadelphia. As a result, we are pleased to be able to now showcase Michael, who is a well-known and acclaimed broadcaster in the market, in this new time period. The Michael to whom they refer is former WPHT-1210 morning host Michael Smerconish whose 12noon-3pm syndicated program airs by tape delay from 3 to 6pm but will air live in Rush's former 12noon-3pm spot. The new home for Rush Limbaugh in the City of Brotherly Love most likely is Merlin Media’s WKDN FM (106.9) which will flip from Christian to new All News programming.
CELL PHONES HACK AND TRACK US Do you remember way back in the Fabulous Fifties when radio stations broadcast local news and community events plus DJs take our requests and play them as fast as a speeding bullet? That may be too far back because many of us are not yet born. How about black dial up telephones with long black cords? Well, our hot new cell phones allow anyone to track our every move plus they keep records of everyone that we call and everyone who calls us. Cell phone companies know more about us than our very own parents. George Orwell's revealing book 1984 is right here right now. Cell phone aristocrats keep records about our everyday lives and make that information available to the G-men, T-men, revenuers, too searching for the place where we hide our loot. Our cell phones make us willing prisoners in a digital world. Would-be stalkers can hack and track our every move. In fact, many spyware programs allow hackers to listen to us through our cell phones even when they are not in use.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What Bobby Darin record does the Big Apple ban? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR SUNDAY APRIL 15! Dalene Richelle Dallas, TX singer. (www.lantanamusic.com) / (www.dalenerichelle.com) Frank Haley current newscaster on KKIM-1000/91.5; ex KLIF-1190, KVIL FM, KILT-610, KOB-770. Shirley Ann Rose-Repass (New Orleans-Mandeville, LA). •FRED LOZANO news anchor on KENS TV CBS CH5 San Antonio, TX retires after 35 years on June 29, 2012. In 1977, Fred joins KENS TV as both morning and evening anchor. •ANDREW HORANSKY reporter on KVUE TV ABC CH24 Austin, TX since 2010 with help from Belo KEYE TV CBS CH42 news director Frank Vopicella moves on up to Belo KHOU TV CBS CH11 Houston on April 23, 2012 to be near his fiancée. •AXL ROSE of Guns N' Roses declines his induction into this weekend's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. Rose says he will not even attend the event. •STEVE FREDERICKS Philly WIP-610 sports talk show host dies at 72 of pancreatic cancer on Sunday, April 8, 2012.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1956 KETA TV PBS CH13 in Oklahoma City, OK begins broadcasting on April 13th. •1965 ROGER MILLER wins five trophies in the seventh annual Grammy Awards on April 13th including Best New Country & Western Artist; C&W Album for Dang Me/Chug-A-Lug and C&W Single, Song and Male Vocal for Dang Me. •1970 RICK SCHRODER lead character actor Ricky Stratton in NBC TV series Silver Spoons born on April 13th in Staten Island, NY. •1980 CHARLEY PRIDE's remake of Hank Williams' 1952 recording of Honky Tonk Blues lands at #1 in Billboard Country on April 12th. •1990 PAT SAJAK's late night TV show final episode on CBS TV on April 13th. •2009 TAYLOR SWIFT's You Belong with Me releases to radio on Big Machine records on April 13th.
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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim and Lacy, A kid I mentored at New England Cable News, Andrew Horansky, has just landed a job at KHOU. He starts there in two weeks...coming from a job in Austin, where he met the gal he's about to marry. He was working for HDTV in Chicago in a getting nowhere job, and I told him to check out Texas, because I sincerely think the Lone Star State is one of the best places to work in the business from the standpoint of professionalism and opportunity to learn and advance in the medium. I was never crazy about his style of on air presentation and tried desperately to get him to take a breath and slow down now and then, but he's one of the younger generation who does it his way, and that's okay, except that I thought if he put a little more human feeling into his delivery he'd be a better reporter. Thanks for the news blip. That's amazing that you knew probably before I did. Tom
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JIM BELL [KUHF FM 88.7 Morning Edition anchor since 1997-Retired 2010] (Lufkin, TX) Subject: life in east Texas. Hi Jim, TSM hired me to work part time writing and recording 60 second news commentaries for the Talk station. KSFA 860 listeners can hear my opinions in the local avails during Glen Beck, or Rush Limbaugh, or Sean Hannity. I also post Internet stories on the station's website. The pay's not great but it keeps me busy and I need that. Then there is the Yates Media Group of four or five stations. The one good thing about them is that they are all locally owned and managed. Otherwise they are almost non-entities in the local ratings. They're owned by a local guy who is one of the most hated and disreputable people in town. BTW, the great Bill Young is from Lufkin, and he got his radio start here 50 years ago working for that guy's father. It's all in Bill Young's book. Tally ho, Jim B
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject: JRRR Issue #1088,4/6. JIM; Buck Owens also met Bonnie in Mesa & she became his "girl-singer;" Married, 1948-53 & she is mother of Buddy Alan. She was married to Merle Haggard, 1965-78, & died 4/24/06, @ 73, Alzheimer's. Buck died @ 76, 3/25/2006. She outlived him one month! BOB & Sonny Lee.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Right after the stabbing deaths of two teenagers by a 17 year old plus other similar incidents of violence in New York City, WCBS-880 bans Bobby Darin's 1959 hit record Mack the Knife. The BBC also bans the song in fall 1959 because of its references to knives. Bobby Darin is best known for his early Rock hits like Splish Splash. By the early '60s he abandons Rock for a finger poppin', tuxedo clad version of Frank Sinatra and it works. Mack the Knife is #1 for 9 weeks in the USA and sells over half a million copies.
CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Subject: Banjo On My Knee. I have the Earl Scruggs, How To Play The Banjo. I found it very useful, the book also had a note from another banjo player, Pete Seeger. I decided that a 6-string banjo is better for the styles of music I play than the 5-string. I can play: Just A Closer Walk With Thee, Muskrat Ramble (at least enough to have fun and make people laugh at my attempts). I learned that laughter does not mean a good thing or that they think a joke is funny. Like several TV Shows, I would have never laughed even if paid ...) I was taking a course in a management class, I asked a question that I was serious and the whole class started laughing, even the instructor, who turned red. After class another person told me, "I would have never asked that question. I am glad you did though." Laugh, Laugh, I thought I would Cry. I always liked Johnny Rivers doing his version of The Tracks Of My Tears, also loved Summer Rain. You could see the problem with that relationship. My mother and I were talking and once my mother says, "Marriage is marriage, all others are just arrangements."
THE BEAU BRUMMELS [#15-1965] Laugh, Laugh, I thought I'd die. It seemed so funny to me.
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BLUESBREAKER MAKES FINAL JOURNEY The Father of Loud, Jim Marshall, whose signature line of amplifiers bring power and presence to Rock and Roll dies of cancer at 88 in hospice care on Thursday, April 5, 2012. Jim Marshall is born in 1923 in West London, England. After World War II, he begins to play drums. In 1960, he opens a drum shop. Customer Pete Townshend requests that he add guitar equipment. Marshall experiments with homemade amplifiers. In 1964, he opens a small factory. In 1965, he signs a worldwide distribution deal with Rose-Morris. As the British music invasion takes off in 1964 with The Beatles, some of his most devoted clients are The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Jim creates Clapton's signature Bluesbreaker amp which comes from the Marshall Models 1961 and 1962 guitar amps that Eric Clapton uses with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Marshall's Bluesbreaker is the sound that launched British blues-rock in the mid-1960s. The Marshall Stack setup with its amp head atop two speaker cabinets becomes a huge presence on rock stages. Hard Rock and Metal bands stack walls of Marshall equipment behind them on stage. Jim Marshall's survivors include two children, two stepchildren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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DALLAS TALK ICON PACT REACHES IMPASSE Cumulus Media O&O News/Talk WBAP-820/WBAP FM Dallas, TX talk host Mark Davis logs a Web entry that his status is not departure, but impasse. Mark is with WBAP since 1994. He also writes a weekly column for the Dallas Morning News and appears on local TV on “Inside Texas Politics” on WFAA-TV and KDFW-TV. His contract with WBAP-820 expires on Friday, March 30, 2012. Because he and Cumulus cannot come to terms on a new pact, Davis is off the air all this week. Cumulus owns three Dallas News/Talk outlets WBAP-820/WBAP FM plus news/talk KLIF-570. JRRR wonders if the debut of Cumulus' new Mike Huckabee radio program has anything to do with Mark's contract dispute. WBAP-820's Limbaugh show airs live in the same time slot as the new Huckabee program. Davis' late morning broadcast falls between AM drive and Rush Limbaugh’s midday presentation.
NO REPORTING SKILLS NEEDED Is America on track for a journalism-free media? Bestselling author, syndicated newspaper columnist and KKZN-760 Denver, CO morning host, David Sirota, posts in www.Salon.com/writer/david_sirota/: You don’t need reporting skills to survive in the news media today, all you need is a big mouth or a famous parent. Local newspapers, for a century the foundation of real reporting, continue laying-off the reporters doing the scratch-and-claw work of covering communities. The very definition of “journalist” is being reimaged by those aiming to enrich themselves. And, of course, all this is happening as the relatively few genuine journalists left in America are periodically lambasted for the horrific crime of actually reporting real news and questioning power.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What world famous Rock group takes its name from a Muddy Waters song? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Blow out the candles for Chuck Blore's blessed event on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Salute! •WBT-1110 Charlotte, NC celebrates its 90th Anniversary on April 10, 2012. Greater Media WBT signs on April 10, 1922 in a chicken coop behind the Charlotte Country Club. •MATT LAUER draws his signature on a piece of paper to remain inside NBC TV's Today cell for many more years. •KILT-610 CBS Sports/Talk Radio Houston, TX has an opening for a full time marquee position host. Rush your tell-all stuff to PD Gavin Spittle at gavin.spittle@cbsradio.com.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 WECT TV NBC/CBS CH6 in Wilmington, NC begins broadcasting on April 9th. •1960 JOHN SCHNEIDER who is Bo Duke on The Dukes Of Hazzard is born on April 8th in Mount Kisco, NY. •1971 RINGO STARR releases his single It Don't Come Easy in UK on April 9th. •1988 GEORGE STRAIT's single Famous Last Words Of A Fool chimes #1 in Billboard Country on April 9th. •1996 SANDY BECKER NYC Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show) dies at 74 on April 9th. •2008 BRAD PAISLEY's album 5th Gear certifies Platinum on April 9th.
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MICHAEL O'SHEA (Bellingham, WA) Yes, Jim…I am so fortunate to have some great “stories”, only embellished slightly due to the passing of four decades and one century. And I’ll offer them up from time to time. Thanks for asking about Bellingham, Washington. It is truly one of the greatest secrets of quality of life. It’s a charming seaside city sitting about 45 minutes north of Seattle and about 30 minutes south of Vancouver, British Columbia...two of the most amazing cities in North America. Immediate coverage area of about 300,000 population, city of about 65,000. After spending 6 years in Los Angeles radio and 26 years in Seattle radio, as general manager, corporate exec and station owner...not wanting to retire, but not wanting to spend hours a day in traffic I accepted the VP/GM position with Saga Communication’s 5-station group here in Bellingham. Best wishes for health and happiness...Michael O’Shea
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DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX) Subject: Betty Amos. Hi, Jim and Lacy. Enjoying your newsletters. I'm still searching for sources for a book about my mom, the late songwriter Jewell House of Texarkana, Texas. Your readers graciously helped me to connect with the legendary Bob Sullivan of KWKH, and I'm wondering whether anyone can help me connect with Betty Amos, who sang with the Carlisles in the early '50s. I understand she's in Nashville, but I can't find her. If anyone knows how I might reach her, I'd appreciate guidance. Hope you and Lacy have a blessed Easter. Best always, David House - Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association, Online News Association
LYNN WOOLLEY (Waco-Killeen-Temple, TX) Subject: Regarding deejays and Top 40. Long ago, I stopped listening to music radio. I can hear the music I want on You Tube, or CD. I want to be informed and entertained on radio, so decades ago, when the grand deejays and newsmen went away, so did I. I moved over to AM talk where the host is still the thing. Rush Limbaugh is still a pleasure to listen to regardless of his opinion. I think music radio is all but dead, having committed slow-motion suicide. Lynn (www.BeLogical.com)
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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject: JRRR Issue #1088,4/6. Happy Easter Jim & Lacy: Noted Chuck Cashmere e-mail listing entertainment people who were either born in Phoenix, or lived there once upon-a-time. He was "right-on," but I must add some more names to his list: Buck Owens, Wayne Newton, Lynda Carter, Sanford Clark, Donnie Owens, Marty Robbins, Dierks Bentley, Herndon Bros., Stevie Nicks, Jody Miller, Jessi Colter, Gene Autry, Buddy Alan, Buster Crabbe, Wilf Carter, Rex Allen, Steve Allen, Tanya Tucker, Paul Harvey, Freddie Hart, Walter Winchell, Frankie Carle & Ben Johnson, for example. BOB & Sonny Lee.
TRIVIA ANSWER: Blues musician considered Father of modern Chicago Blues, Muddy Waters, is born McKinley Morganfield on April 4, 1915 in Issaquena County, MS. As a kid he earns the name Muddy because he likes to play in mud. He later changes it to Muddy Water and finally Muddy Waters. His active years as a Blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader are from 1941 – 1982. He records on Aristocrat, Chess and Testament record labels. Muddy Waters instruments of choice are Gibson Les Paul and Fender Telecaster. The Rolling Stones name themselves after Muddy's 1950 song Rollin' Stone (also known as Catfish Blues). Jimi Hendrix has a cover version of the tune. In fact, Hendrix remembers: ...the first guitar player I was aware of was Muddy Waters. I first heard him as a little boy and it scared me to death. Rolling Stone magazine ranks Muddy Waters #17 in their 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. On April 30, 1983 Muddy Waters dies in his sleep in his home in Westmont, IL.
JIM MCCURDY (Austin, Texas) Subject: An interesting article that I had to read for class... Received this from my youngest who is doing research for one of her graduate courses at Texas State. This article in the link that she included pretty well explains what is really going on in Afghanistan. Such a waste of our talented soldiers’ lives and our money! This really begs the question...."what in the heck are we doing over there in the first place"? This war has been going on longer than any conflict the U.S. has ever been involved in, and yet, what we are fed is apparently not anywhere near the truth. Sad indeed! Jim
GEORGE WASHINGTON (February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799) My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
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AUSSIE MUSIC LEGEND IS GONE James Oswald [Jimmy] Little is born on March 1, 1937 at the Cummeranunja Mission in New South Wales. He is a pioneer Aussie Country singer plus he is the first Australian Aboriginal with national mainstream success. Jimmy is one of the first to sign with Festival Records. In 1963, Little has his biggest hit record, Royal Telephone. In 1964, Barry Gibb writes One Road for Jimmy which is another Top 40 hit for him. In 1991, Jimmy has a part in Wim Wenders film Until The End Of The World. In 2001, Brendan Gallagher of Karma Country puts together Australia’s finest musicians including Little to record the album Resonate. In 2004 he records his 34th album Life’s What You Make It. He has a kidney transplant that same year. In 2010, Jimmy wins the APRA Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to the Music Industry. On Monday morning, April 2, 2012 Australian music legend Jimmy Little dies in his home at 75.
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HOUSTON TALK HOST DEFAMES PARTY DEFECTOR Former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter who flips from Republican to Democratic Party during his final months in the U.S. Senate recently makes the radio talk show circuit to chat about his new tell-all book Life Among The Cannibals. But he quickly finds head hunters in talk radio. During his interview, KTRH-740 Houston, TX Talk host Michael Berry dismisses Specter as arrogant. If that's not enough, Talk Radio Network syndicated host and WGST-920 Atlanta, GA personality Rusty Humphries openly mocked the ex-pol by introducing him as infamous Rock producer Phil Spector. They do bare a remarkable resemblance. Genesis Communications Networks host Jason Lewis who The Daily Caller reports calls Specter 'intolerant' after a rather testy exchange. All's fair in love, politics and talk radio.
CNN AIRS FINAL TOP-OF-THE-HOUR NEWSCAST NTS MediaOnline Today’s polyps in Atlanta, GA alert us that the familiar voice that anchors its final radio newscast at 11pm (ET) Saturday night, March 31, 2012 is now-retired former CNN Radio newsman and Operations Manager Harley Hotchkiss. The veteran newsman comes full-circle on the network that he helps to build. Harley is CNN's manager from its earliest days who hires many of its anchors and reporters that become household names. Hotchkiss sighs: slipping into the anchor chair for the first time since 1989 was an honor.
PALIN DOES NBC No, it's not an April Fool's Day prank. Former Alaska Governor and 2008 GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin is co-host queen for a day on the Tuesday, April 3, 2012 NBC-TV Today morning news program alongside show regulars Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Ann Curry. To celebrate Palin's appearance on NBC's Today show, FOX News Radio host Tom Sullivan welcomes Sarah Palin to his talk show’s New York City studios. Nearly four years after they clash in a memorable TV interview, Sarah Palin and Katie Couric meet at the OK Corral again because all week long Couric subs for ABC's Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts. Which is it? Palin or Couric? On Tuesday, TV viewers cast their votes with their remote clickers. Couric helps Good Morning America narrow its ratings gap with NBC's top-rated Today, but cannot close it. GMA averages 4.78 million viewers, 330,000 fewer than the 5.11 million viewers for Today.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In his concerts why does Jimi Hendrix play his guitar upside down? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! John Driscoll [KSAN FM (94.9), KTNQ-1020 TEN Q, WCFL-1000, KRUX-1360 & WMYQ FM (96.3)] one of America's top voice over artists owner and operator of Voice Over America tacks on another year of the good life on Friday, April 6, 2012. •KVJM FM Clear Channel Spanish AC (Mia 103.1) Bryan-Hearne, TX flips to CHR (103.1 Kiss FM) to go head-to-head with KNDE FM Bryan Broadcasting (Candy 95) and KBXT FM Brazos Valley Communications Rhythmic (101.9 The Beat) Wixon Valley. Kiss picks up The Bobby Bones Show from sister KHFI FM (96.7) Austin-Georgetown, TX for mornings. •RHODE ISLAND RADIO HALL OF FAME inductees include: Tony Bristol, King Arthur Knight, Bob LaChance, John Manzi, Jim Norman, Brad Pierce, Dave Richards and Eddie Zack.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1951 RALPH COOPER drummer with Pop group Air Supply (All Out of Love #2 for 4 weeks-1980) born on April 6th in Coffs Harbour, Australia. •1961 BUDDY JEWELL who wins the first Nashville Star TV competition in 2003 is born on April 2nd in Osceola, AR. •1979 ROD STEWART Rock star and model Alana Collins wed on April 6th. •1987 RANDY TRAVIS takes home four trophies from the 22nd annual Academy Of Country Music awards on April 6th at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA on NBC TV. •1996 GREER GARSON actress who plays Katherine in Goodbye Mr. Chips in 1939 dies at 92 on April 6th. •2009 GEORGE STRAIT is the Academy of Country Music's Artist of the Decade on April 6th during taping for CBS-TV special at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
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CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego-San Marcos, CA) Subject: Duane Eddy. OK Duane Eddy. I did not know Duane, but here's a story I wrote when Al Martino died which you printed. It was 1970, 71, 72 on a Western airlines trip to Vegas. Al had been called by the Sands to replace I think Vicky Carr, the plane wasn't even 25% full and we hit some really ruff bumps about 10 minutes out of LA. I didn't know the man, but he was later ID'd as Al Martino, was ready to bail out of the plane without a parachute. I mean he was freaking out. Sitting close by was Duane Eddy who was with him to open at the Sands that night. He was not as shook up as Al but we were all a little dizzy from the roller coaster ride. My party and I went to see Al and Duane that nite at the Sands and they both did a fine job. I think Duane and Link were acquainted because Duane played Rawhide that night. A lot of great 60's music people came thru or out of Phoenix, Duane, Glen Campbell, The Link brothers, Lee Hazelwood, Al Casey, Waylon, some of the current crop of LA studio people. It's a great music town. I'm writing all of this from a 40 year old memory of the events, but I'm close.
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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: The John Birch Society and libel. The Supreme Court has ruled that satire and parody is protected speech under the First Amendment. The John Birch Society might have sued, but the organization would never have won. Tony
LYNN WOOLLEY (Waco-Killeen-Temple, TX) Subject: Regarding deejays and Top 40. Re: Tony Williams. Tony thinks the old deejay "puke" jocks are unlistenable in today's market. He may be right; but then again... If you have the old "Cruisin'" albums, pull out 1962 with Russ "The Weird Beard" Knight on KLIF. Now that's entertainment. In lots of cities, stations competed directly with each other as Top 40 outlets. KLIF vs. KBOX, KONO vs. KTSA, WLS vs. WCFL and so on. They played the same music. But if a station had Russ Knight, Dick Biondi, Jack Armstrong, Kahn L. Hamon, Charlie Van Dyke, Rick Dees, Charlie Tuna, Lee Baby Simms, Cuzzin Lennie, Ken Summers, Phil Markert, Paxton Mills, Mark E. Baby, Robert W. Morgan, Frank Jolley, Jimmy Rabbitt, Johnny Holiday, Jim Taber, Rick Shaw, Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg, Ron Chapman, Ricci Ware, Gene Holmes, Art Roberts, Kris Eric Stevens, Dick Tooker, Mike Selden, Larry Lujack, Chuck Murphey, Clark Weber -- you get the picture. Radio was more than a juke box. Today, virtually all stations of similar format sound exactly the same in all markets. Lynn (www.BeLogical.com)
JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1087) April 02, 2012 [Monday] Hi Jim, Just a quick answer to Buddy Johnson's question about "pink slime"...some major meat producers are accused of soaking hamburger meat, as well as some other meat products, in ammonia to kill germs, thereby creating an even more deadly meat product. Meat treated that way is said to be "pink slime". Folks might want to remember that the next time they head down to the big national-chain burger place for their cheeseburger and fries! John Hale
TRIVIA ANSWER: Legendary Psychedelic-Blues guitarist Jimi Hendrix is born Johnny Allen Hendrix on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, WA. In July 1962 Jimi discharges from the army. He plays gigs and sessions with Little Richard, the Isley Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner and Joey Dee and the Starliters. In 1966, The Animals' bassist Chas Chandler sees him at Cafe Wha? in NYC and invites him to London to form The Jimi Hendrix Experience with Noel Redding (bass) and Mitch Mitchell (drums). Jimi Hendrix personal photographer reveals on History Channel's Pawn Stars that he plays his right-handed guitar upside down because he is left-handed. In 1969, Jimi forms new group Band of Gypsies with Buddy Miles (drums) and Billy Cox (bass). On September 18, 1970 Jimi Hendrix dies of a drug overdose. In 1992 The Jimi Hendrix Experience inducts into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Make U an "old timer"? Probably. I'm the same way. I'm into the 50's and 60's country instead of Rascal Fats and "No chin" Chesney. Just don't care for Barf Brooks or Keith Urpin either. 103 plays a mix of 50's (Hank, Sr., Hank Snow, Merle, Porter, etc.), 60's (Geo. Jones, Johnny Horton, Dolly, Conway, Statlers) 70's (Alabama), and 80's. Much of their playlist is older country. (www.103thebull.com/)
GEORGE STRAIT (May 18, 1952 - p) You see Daddies don't just love their children every now and then, it’s a love without end Amen.
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