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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #681

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TV ANCHOR CLAIMS DEFAMATION
Wendy Corona former KPRC TV CH2 anchorperson in Houston, TX has a lawsuit against her previous employer. Wendy files her claim in Harris County District Court. In April 2006, she signs a four-year contract with KPRC that allows the TV station to fire her after the first two years if they give her at least a 90 day written notice. On January 5, 2009 KPRC's GM tells Wendy she is let go. On that same day, he asks a KPRC employee to send out a memo that states Corona is fired. Word spreads fast to other media about her departure. Rumors begin to circulate that KPRC releases her in a budget crunch. Jan Fox, Corona's attorney, says, Essentially she was blindsided. One day she was on the air and the next day she wasn't, without notice. It's terrific damage to your public reputation to suddenly be jerked off the air due to circumstances beyond your control. Whatever their internal reasons for what they did, they dishonored her contract. Wendy's lawsuit alleges lost wages, benefits and damage to her reputation.

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WRITER SUES FOX

HuffPo reports that Roger Friedman, former FoxNews.com entertainment columnist, has a lawsuit against News Corporation. He wants $5.18 million in damages for what he claims is wrongful termination, tortuous interference and libel defamation. In April 2009, News Corporation fires Friedman after his review of 20th Century Fox's Wolverine leaks online.

SIRIUS XM'S ROCKET IS READY
We all know that AM radio towers stand for decades but they do need paint and new light bulbs ever so often. Not so for satellite radio. Their signal relays that orbit the earth need replacement on a regular basis. Boeing makes all 4 of XM’s satellites but after the merger they switch to the Loral FS-1300 model that Sirius uses. Sirius FM-5 is ready to fire into space on top of a Russian-made Proton M rocket from the Bakonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This is once the launch site of the Soviet space program but now is a commercial venture. Kazakhstan is a former member of the Soviet Union. It lies adjacent to Russia's western border on the east bank of the Caspian Sea. The country is mostly barren, flat, dry and hot. Perfect place to launch a rocket. Blast off is 1:10 am Tuesday, June 30, 2009 in Kazakhstan, which in the USA is 3:10 pm ET on Monday, June 29. Bon voyage!

TRIVIA QUESTION:
Who plays the guitar in the Rolling Stones 1965 tune Play With Fire? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•CONGRATULATIONS to Todd Quinones (34) KYW TV CBS CH3 Reporter's engagement to marry Gosia Pietka (30) of the Philadelphia DA’s office. Gosia is from Przemysl, Poland. •DUBLIN, IRELAND's Lite FM Q102 renews its license to continue its broadcasts until 2020. •WGN-720 Tribune News/Talk Chicago. IL wins the Illinois Broadcasters Association 2009 Silver Dome Station of the Year Award. •ALAN JACKSON chases the Neon Rainbow when he puts his home on sale for $38 Million. This makes it the highest-priced residential property for sale in the Nashville, TN area.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 ELVIS PRESLEY requires 31 takes when he records Hound Dog in a NY recording session on July 2nd. •1969 KEVIN HEARN keyboards & other instruments with Rock band Barenaked Ladies born in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada on July 3rd. •1973 CONWAY TWITTY's You've Never Been This Far Before releases on MCA records on July 2nd. •1984 GINA GLOCKSEN American Idol finalist singer born on July 4th. •1991 TRISHA YEARWOOD's self-titled debut album releases on MCA records on July 2nd. •2006 TOMMY BRUCE British Swinging Sixties Rock singer/TV star dies at 68 on July 10th.

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GENE STUMP (Baltimore, MD) Hello Jim, Many thanks for forwarding my info to Dan and putting me on your mailing list. I was reading a bunch of the older newsletters as my Google searches for Dan took me there. You are doing a fine job. Take care; I will be back in touch. Gene

DERRILL E. HOLLY (Arlington, VA) Hey buddy, how are you doing really? I’ve been concerned about you for weeks. You surviving the Texas heat, okay? Derrill E. Holly Arlington, Va.

JUNE 2009 is just about the hottest month on record for Houston, TX. We have several days of 102 degrees. One day last week hits 104 on the scale. Monday is 103 degrees. Our high humidity makes it skyrocket even higher. We have almost no rain for 2 months. Finally, the other night when I head to the grocery store 2 months of rain come down all at once. As I try to unlock the car door to go home, high wind reverses my umbrella. Rain drenches me and the groceries. After I get home, lightning and thunder knocks out our electricity. But still have candles and flashlights from Hurricane Ike. Life on the Texas coast is exciting.

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TRACY PITCOX (Brady, TX)
Legendary Texas Country Music promoter and entertainer Johnnie High has been hospitalized in a Ft. Worth area hospital for the last seven days. The 80 year old founder of Johnnie High's Country Music Review in Arlington is evidently having a very difficult time. He started his weekly Country Music shows in 1974 and has hosted some of the greatest names in Country Music including Hank Thompson, Ernest Tubb, Merle Travis, Ray Price, Leona Williams along with launching the careers of Leann Rimes, Steve Holy, Boxcar Willie, Gary Morris, Linda Davis and many others. Johnnie High's Country Music Review is also seen on America One and AMG Television. If you would like to send him a card or note, I know that he would appreciate it. Johnnie High; 224 N. Center Street; Arlington, TX 76011 Tracy Pitcox (
www.heartoftexascountry.com)

MARTY AMBROSE (Houston, TX)
Dear Jim, I got your e-mail just as Mary & I were leaving on vacation. We drove Mary's CTS to Boulder, then to Angel Fire, and then got in late Sunday. I just visited your (newsletter) and I am astounded at your wealth of knowledge, and access to what seems to be everything we need to know about radio and entertainment. Are you on Facebook? You should be, and be my friend. I have virtually everyone in Houston radio posting on my wall all the time. You should be doing the same, and promoting your (newsletter). Presently, I am sort of retired, (at 68) and working part time over at KUHF 88.7, doing traffic reports every weekday from 3 to 7. I'm rubbing elbows over there with radio veterans John Proffitt, John Steel, Alex Rodriguez, Jack Williams, ED Mayberry, Paul Prendergast, Bob Stevenson, etc. I'm glad you found me--keep in touch! You can e-mail me also at mambrose@kuhf.org afternoons. Best regards, Marty

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Subject: Ed, Farrah, Michael...and now Billy Mays... PUHLEEZE...I'm sensitive to the loss of any human life, particularly when they are taken early, and that is certainly the case now, as it is with the addition of Billy Mays; but let's step back from this gilded wake for Michael Jackson and try a liberal dose of objectivity here...MJ had allowed himself to be physically maimed into a ghoulish 'Thriller' zombie-look-alike...and with the able assistance of a team of enablers, was clearly doped-up with continued impunity and had been for years with God-knows-what uppers and downers. Now he has sadly followed the pitiable death march of Anna Nicole Smith, Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and legions of other victims of early fame and arrested adolescence. Unfettered indulgence with impunity from apparent consequence destroys absolutely, and with certainty in its own cruel time. How truly, truly sad. Dan McCurdy - KLIF/KBOX, Dallas; WMEX, Boston; 2004 Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inductee; freelance ad/PR writer

DWIGHT COOK (Houston, TX) Subject: Rag for radio production job post. Hi Jim, I appreciate your mailing and look forward to reading it - you are a bright spot in a rather dull world of media. Thanks for Jim Rose Remembers Radio! What publication is the prime place to list job openings for a radio production person these days? My company, Sound Works is looking for a great bilingual - production person fluent in Spanish and English who knows protools. Just not sure what radio people read these days? If you or your connections have suggestions, just email me at
dcook@soundworks.com - thanks.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Good evening Jim: Yes, I too miss those golden days of radio...period. I sincerely hope you are a new inductee of TRHF as you deserve it. BOB & Sonny Lee

WALTER HAMMOCK (Houston, TX) Jim your readers might find it interesting that Black Magic Woman was actually written by Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac back in the day when they were a "blues band".

TRIVIA ANSWER: Legendary Wall of Sound producer Phil Spector plays guitar on The Rolling Stones' 1965 tune Play With Fire.

BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Hi Jim! I would like you to please consider writing a story or two, for our San Antonio Radio Memories. It is currently a very enjoyable website, and will as well mature right into a book in the next year or two. Some very fun stories and I know that you are capable of writing me right under the table anytime you want, so please go for it. I look forward to your contributions. No, I'm not a recruiter, but we want this to be a real hoot, and so far, it sure is. Your Friend, Blake Lindsay, Blazin' Blake Productions: Hearing is Believing! (
www.blazinblake.com/)

ISAAC ASIMOV (January 2, 1920-April 6, 1992)
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

Jim Rose and Tejas
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #680

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1950S TV STAR SUCCUMBS
From 1952-56 our family never misses Gale Storm as My Little Margie on CBS TV and on NBC radio. From 1957-60 she stars in another TV series The Gale Storm Show: Oh Susanna! Gale comes to life as Josephine Cottle on April 5, 1922 in Bloomington, TX. She attends San Jacinto high school in Houston. Dot Records signs her to a contract. Her first record is I Hear You Knocking (#2 for 3 weeks-1955). Gale's other Top 20 hits include Teenage Prayer (#6-1956), Memories Are Made of This (#5-1956), Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (#9-1956), Ivory Tower (#6-1956) and Dark Moon (#4-1957). She appears in 36 movies at RKO, Republic, Monogram, Allied Artists and Universal. Gale Storm's son Peter Bonnell says that she dies at 87 on Saturday, June 27, 2009 of natural causes at a convalescent hospital in the Northern California community of Danville.

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TV PITCHMAN EXPIRES

We see those compelling TV infomercials about OxiClean which begin with the line Hi, Billy Mays here! over and over. Billy makes us want the Samurai Shark knife sharpener, Zorbeez super chamois and the Bay City Slider Station burger machine, too. After a U.S. Airways flight makes a rough landing on Saturday afternoon, Mays tells his wife, Deborah, that he doesn't feel well. He mentions to a local TV station that a falling object strikes him on the head as the plane lands: All of a sudden as we hit, you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. Mays tells Tampa Bay's MyFox TV, It hit me on the head. According to Sgt. Christopher Ugles, spokesman for the Tampa Police Department, a fire rescue crew finds Billy unresponsive in his Tampa, FL home at 7:45 am on Sunday morning, June 28, 2009. Billy Mays dies at 50. A Discovery Channel spokesperson says that Billy Mays leaves his wife Deborah, baby daughter and son, Billy Mays Jr. His mother lives near Pittsburgh, PA.

TRIVIA QUESTION:
Who has the 1st chart version of Santana's Black Magic Woman (Billboard #4-1970)? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•SHERYL CROW's Welcome America celebration concert broadcasts live at 8 pm on July 4, 2009 on WPVI-TV (ex WFIL) ABC CH6 in Philadelphia, PA. •BRUNO COHEN President-GM WBBM TV CBS CH2 Chicago, IL overhauls its news department, syndication & network shows from the ground up: We're underperforming in all programming. •MELANIE MORGAN 15 year morning host on Citadel Talk KSFO-560 San Francisco, CA leaves after 2009 budget cuts but returns by way of her new Talk Radio Network nationally syndicated show America’s Morning News which originates from studios inside the Times’ DC newsroom.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1952 KITTY WELLS' It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels releases on Decca records on June 23rd. •1964 POL BURTON drummer with British Rock quintet Transvision Vamp born on July 1st. •1974 MICKEY GILLEY's single Room Full Of Roses is his first #1 Billboard's Country chart tune on June 29th. •1983 MICHELLE BRANCH (Beatles' Michelle) Pop singer/songwriter/guitarist born in Phoenix, AZ on July 2nd. •1996 TRACE ADKINS' debut album Dreamin' Out Loud releases on Capitol records on June 25th. •2004 HAL CARTER agent/manager/record producer dies of liver cancer at 69 in London, England on July 13th.

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ATTILA HONEY (NYC, NY) Hi Jim, Hope you haven’t taken me off your list – I’ve had computer problems. I’m also a monthly contributor to www.TemerityMagazine.com. And Saturday night host for www.GrizzlyGroundSwellRadio.com. Time: 7–8 pm central 8–9 pm est. I have my Uncle Sam Honey on with me who plays and sings the guitar (86). I’m a conservative in high heels! The show is fun and topical. Best to you Jim (www.attilathehoney.com)

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JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX)
Jim, It's with interest and sadness that I've watched all of the coverage these last few days of the death of Michael Jackson. He was, without a doubt, a cross-cultural phenomenon, and a huge influence on modern pop and soul music. He was a great dancer, and his performance at the 25th anniversary Motown show was beyond belief. That being said, I don't buy into the idea that his impact equaled that of Elvis and the Beatles. They set the bar for worldwide fame, and defined modern music in ways that I seriously doubt anyone else ever will. I would even place Sinatra slightly above Michael Jackson as a pop icon...to be placed in nearly the same company as Elvis, Sinatra, and the Beatles is pretty rarified company. I hope that when the furor over his death dies off, Michael Jackson will be remembered more for his dancing and music, and less for his controversial lifestyle. Yours Truly, John Hale, Mobile Magic Music "We're at the best parties!"

DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Subject: Ed, Farrah, Michael...and now Billy Mays... What the...why the...how the; is this sudden mass expiration a sign that the 'end times' are near? Nooo, sad stuff happens and it will happen to us all in time. Coming in threes and fours means nothing. Like Voltaire opined, "A witty saying means nothing." Nor does a strange, close grouping of human death. About the gagfest surrounding Michael Jackson, I am so SICK of seeing/hearing this icon of overindulgence and probable pedophilia revered by media sycophants, and compared, as I heard yesterday, as one who stands shoulder to shoulder with icons like Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Wagner; and the jaw-dropping claim by one fawning, tear-brimmed reporter who referred to him as the 'most creative genius of the 20th and 21st centuries.' This comment was, IMO, singularly the greatest hyperbolic homage ever uttered, and simply without a single shred of evidence as to its veracity. How truly, truly sad. Dan McCurdy - KLIF/KBOX, Dallas; WMEX, Boston; 2004 Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inductee; freelance ad/PR writer

TEXAS RADIO HALL OF FAME nominations come in for me in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009. Appreciate your vote to finally make it official in 2009. Sign up to vote at
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CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX)
Hi Jim, Don't feel uncomfortable about mentioning that you are nominated for TRHoF. I thought you did it very tastefully. I am pulling for you to make it this time. Hopefully you will receive so many votes that...will be unable to ignore them. You deserve it not only for your career at radio station level; but for what you are doing now for radio and for those of us who also worked in it, and still love radio as it used to be. 'Have a good weekend, Chet

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) By the way, regarding 6/29 #679: Harold Melvin of Blue Notes death. In addition, an original member of his group, Lawrence Brown also died on 4/6/08 @ 63 from respiratory condition. Brown was 2nd tenor of The Blue Notes. Much success w/ TRHF voting; you deserve my vote too. BOB & Sonny Lee

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) "Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Saturday July 4th. 3pm-6pm PST, 6pm-9pm EST, 11pm-2am GMT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California. Streaming on
http://KOCIRadio.com. Twittering at: http://twitter.com/elconejo09 The next "Rock 'n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tuesday July 7th. 12Noon-3PM PDT 5PM-8PM EDT on KAFM-FM 88.1 Grand Junction, CO. Streaming on: http://KAFMradio.org/

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Fleetwood Mac's album English Rose has a version of Santana's 1970 single Black Magic Woman that hits #37 in the UK in 1969.

BLAKE LINDSAY (D/FW-Addison, TX)
In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else and perhaps even their job. If This past weekend at Kroger, we need 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets. We are in the light bulb aisle. Right next to the GE brand we normally buy is an off brand label "Everyday Value". We pick up both types of bulbs…compare the stats…they are the same except for the price. The GE bulbs are more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprises me the most is GE is made in MEXICO. The Everyday Value brand is made in the USA. So let's throw out the myth…we cannot find products you use every day that are made right here from a company in Cleveland OH! On to another aisle. Bounce Dryer Sheets. Bounce is more money…made in Canada, the Everyday Value brand…less money…MADE IN THE USA! We do laundry…the dryer sheets perform just like the Bounce Free we use for years at almost half the price! My challenge is start reading labels when you shop for everyday things. See what you find made in the USA. The job you save may be your own or your neighbors! Let's all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Besides, you might save a little green in the process. Blake Lindsay, Blazin' Blake Productions: Making Certain Your Audio Production Is Fresh and Way Above Average! Hearing is Believing! (
www.blazinblake.com/)

YOGI BERRA (May 12, 1925-p)
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Jim Rose and Tejas
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #679

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THREE STARS DIM
Sometimes things happen in threes. In our earth's entertainment galaxy we lose three stars within three days. On Tuesday morning, June 23, 2009 Johnny Carson's former Tonight show co-host Ed McMahon departs. On Thursday morning, June 26, 2009 our beloved actress Farrah Fawcett passes away at 62. We well remember Farrah as a foxy pin up princess in 1976. On Thursday afternoon, June 26, 2009 the self-proclaimed King of Pop Michael Jackson perishes. Fawcett's spokesman Paul Bloch affirms that she leaves us a little before 9:30 am on Thursday in a Santa Monica, CA hospital. She suffers a strong battle with cancer. In the 1970s and to this very day, Farrah is our fantasy dream date. Michael Jackson makes millions of dollars from his record sales and appearances but almost loses it all through expensive outlandish expenditures like his king size castle with its wonderland rides and exotic animals. He dies at the young age of 50. Michael does make wise investments that probably in the long run pays off his huge debts. Michael Jackson is a prime example of someone who seemingly has it all but no one with whom to enjoy his many blessings. Our prayers of comfort are for the families and friends of those three fallen stars.

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NEW NEWS DIRECTOR IN HOUSTON
Fox O&O KRIV-TV CH26 in Houston, TX hires Tom Doerr as its newsroom honcho with the title of VP/News Director to start July 9, 2009. Doerr's duties cover all editorial, business and administrative functions of KRIV News. He reports directly to KRIV VP/GM D'Artagnan Bebel. Previously, Tom is ND of KTRK-TV ABC CH13 in Houston, 3 years as ND of KTVT-TV CH11 & KTXA-TV CH21 in Dallas and a year as the Executive ND of KENS-TV San Antonio, TX and most recently Station Manager of WFOR-TV CBS CH4 Miami-Hialeah, FL and WBFS-TV CH33 in Miami.

TRIVIA QUESTION:
When is the world's first installation of an ATM machine? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•DAN PROFT Citadel News/Talk host on WLS-890 Chicago plans to temporarily leave his post to seek the nomination as Republican governor of Illinois. •MARK HIGGINS former GM of The Spark Group ad agency in Phoenix, AZ is new LIN VP/GM over WTNH TV ABC CH8 & WCTX TV MNT CH39 in the Hartford-New Haven, CT market. •WBAL-1090 Baltimore wins 5 Maryland Society of Professional Journalists 2009 Excellence in Journalism Awards. •ANDY IVY Executive Producer celebrates Sky News Radio's 10 years of service in the UK.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1953 COLIN HAY lead singer/guitar with Melbourne, Australian Rock quintet Men at Work born on June 29th. •1965 EDDY ARNOLD records Make the World Go Away on June 25th at RCA Studio B in Nashville, TN. ABC-TV films the session for the The Jimmy Dean Show. •1979 BARIS AKARSU famous Turkish Rock singer/TV actor born in Zonguldak on June 29th. •1984 RICKY SKAGGS' Uncle Pen releases on Epic records on June 25th. •1997 HAROLD MELVIN Soul singer/pianist with the Blue Notes dies on March 24th. •2003 JIMMY WAYNE's self-titled debut album releases on DreamWorks records on June 24th.

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JONATHAN FRICKE (Nashville-Mount Juliet, TN) NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Guitarist and songwriter Tim Krekel, who played with the likes of Jimmy Buffett, Bo Diddley and others, has died, a statement on his website said on Thursday. Krekel, 58, died on Wednesday at his home in Louisville, Kentucky. His health had deteriorated after undergoing surgery for abdominal cancer, the statement said. He played numerous gigs in Nashville and toured widely with his own bands as well as others', collaborating with Delbert McClinton, Billy Swann and Kris Kristofferson. He joined Buffett's band as lead guitarist in the late 1970s, and left the group to start a solo career that included the albums "Crazy Me" and "Over the Fence". He later formed Tim Krekel & the Groovelbillys and honed his roots-rock style. Krekel's songs were recorded by numerous artists that included Rick Nelson and Canned Heat. Crystal Gayle had a hit with his song "Turning Away" and Patty Loveless with "You Can Feel Bad". Jonathan Fricke

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CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX)
Subject: Mike Wade KXOL-1360? Yes, I keep trying to get him to drop a line or two for you to use in newsletter. I see I have lost another DXing opportunity. KSKY now has an FM on 92.9, it wouldn't be so bad if they did not simulcast but had separate programming. My favorite by Patsy Cline has to be Walking After Midnight. I love the bass part; I tried to learn it when I attempted to play the electric bass-guitar. I took lessons for a while but my teacher had me realize I was not going to practice enough to make it as a bass guitarist. Another venue I have tried because others made it look easy. I also always liked the bass on the song Turn Back The Hands Of Time. I was wondering whether I would like the same songs if transported back in time. Oh well I start thinking of a song Simon Says when I hear the name Simon Cowell. Also I let Fred Watkins know of your site, I hope he writes you. I know you have a great newsletter so keep telling others. Charles

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Subject:
http://heavens-gates.com/_patsy/charliedick/ Yes, I knew them both. I attended Patsy's funeral in Winchester, VA & still have the chapel -memory book. I'll never forget those 2 children at cemetery, Julie & Randy. My great DJ buddy, Jim McCoy, (now RET to Berkeley Springs, WV who gave Patsy her first opp to sing on a sta...his show on WINC, Winchester, VA. I believe at 14) was a pallbearer. To this day, Jim & I are still in contact nearly every week via computer. He is still a personal friend of Charlie Dick & Jim owned a studio & made country records himself. I am most fortunate to have known a lot of people in this business from my 21 yrs in radio & 4 in TV. Thx for your friendship too. BOB

TEXAS RADIO HALL OF FAME nominations for me in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009. Appreciate your vote to finally seal the deal in 2009. Sign up to vote at www.texasradiohalloffame.com.

SAM LEE (Beverly Hills, CA)
I just wanted to let you know I faxed in my ballot today and you got my vote. I also voted for Bruce Hughes and I hope you will also. Sam Lee, KLIF News, The Zeitgeist Corporation (
www.ZeitgeistCorp.org)

PAUL WILLIAMS (Houston, TX)
Thanks for the plug Jim...Good Luck!! You would think that after all the years you and I have logged in Texas Radio we would be a "shoo-in"...but don’t forget that Texas is a very big state with lots of talent down through the years. I’m just honored to be nominated for the past 4 years. I know you feel the same way. Keep up the good work! Paul Williams, Senior Account Executive, Univision Radio

DR. BRUCE NELSON (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#678) June 26, 2009 [Friday] I'm with YOU and Paul Williams. I'd appreciate any votes!! Dr. Bruce

GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) God is always driving the bus...it's too bad not enough people get on at the next stop. GD (
www.garydnews.com)

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO)
The next "Rock 'n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tuesday June 30th. 12Noon-3PM PDT - 5PM-8PM EDT on KAFM-FM 88.1 Grand Junction, CO. Streaming on:
http://KAFMradio.org/ "Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Saturday July 4th. 3pm-6pm PST, 6pm-9pm EST, 11pm-2am GMT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California. Streaming on http://KOCIRadio.com. Twittering at: http://twitter.com/elconejo09

TRIVIA ANSWER:
John Shepherd-Barron invents the world's first electronic ATM. De La Rue performs the installation in Barclay's Bank in North London on June 27, 1967. However, Luther George Simjian develops the idea for the first mechanical cash dispenser in 1939. His idea meets skepticism but he persuades the City Bank of New York (now Citicorp) to give it a trial. But, due to the lack of customer acceptance they remove it after 6 months.

GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX)
This fellow's mother and I went to school together at Union Grove High School near Longview. I have never met him but he found my email address from the column I wrote for Texas Escapes and we started communicating. Below is the email I received from him this evening. 'Bill Monroe used to come to the station on Tuesdays. One day a 1938 Cadillac pulled up and Bill and three friends got out...they looked like the country mafia! We had a kitchen area at the station so on those cold, bleak days I would fix a big pot of pinto beans. That radio station smelled like grandma's house! We also had a couple of listeners that brought us up a couple of trays of sandwiches each week. Bill liked a bowl of pinto beans, a wedge of a sweet onion, hot buttered cornbread, and a glass of sweet tea. Those beans were "mood elevators". Ha! One day I fried up 5 squirrels and when Bill saw them he sat down and proceeded to start eating them. He loved fried squirrel, especially when you fried the head. He loved to eat the brain...I don't think anybody fought him over that! I talked to Ernie the day before he died, he sounded like Ol Ernie. We had a good talk. I thanked him for everything he did for me, he started crying and he thanked me for all I did for him, I started crying. I am glad to have talked to him. He was a good man and a good friend. Where's some of those beans???? Ellis Butch'

ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889) What most moved him was a certain meal on beans.

Jim Rose and Tejas
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #678

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HANK WILLIAMS JR. REMAINS NFL SPOKESPERSON
On Tuesday night, June 23, 2009 Hank Williams Jr. returns to Nashville's Centennial Park to film the opening video of the new ESPN Monday Night Football season. About 250 extras show up at the Parthenon on Monday as crews film interior shots of Hank Jr. and Gloria Estefan. Approximately 500 extras are on hand to tape outside the building. The video is part of all 17 telecasts of Monday Night Football that begins with the regular season opener on September 14th. This is Hank Williams Jr.'s 21st season as a feature in Monday Night Football's opening portion.

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LIN TV FURLOUGHS
In an email the LIN Corporate office in Providence, RI announces unpaid, voluntary furloughs for LIN TV Austin/Central Texas employees at KXAN TV NBC CH36 and KNVA TV CW CH54. On the local scene, Eric Lassberg, KXAN President/GM, breaks the news in a quarterly staff meeting just before the emails hit their inboxes. Vincent L. Sadusky, LIN TV CEO, declares, Given the state of the economy and the level of uncertainty in predicting advertising revenue, the Company has defined a series of further cost reduction actions that the Company could potentially enact and largely realize during the remainder of 2009. Lassberg says, It’s typical stuff in tough times. They are open to any employee. LIN owns 27 full power TV stations in 17 mid-sized markets. Austin, TX is in the 49th market.

TRIVIA QUESTION:
Why does 1960s Wall of Sound producer Phil Spector place instrumentals on the B side of 45 rpm records? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•GUY ZAPOLEON past PD of KHMX FM (96.5) [ex KAUM] Houston, TX [1990-92]; KRTH FM (101.1); KRLA-1110 (now KDIS); Zapoleon Media Strategies & Promosquad Hitpredictor has a birthday: Saturday, June 27, 2009. Salute! •MARGARET BRENNAN CNBC correspondent since 2006 exits for an anchor position on BloombergTV. •CUMULUS MEDIA-SUSQUEHANNA RADIO sells KGVL-1400 and KIKT FM (93.5) in Greenville, TX, northeast of Dallas, to Alpha Horne's KGVL Radio for $600,000. •LIVERPOOL’s City Talk 105.9 drops its 24 hour strictly all talk format to introduce music into some of its shows.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 RAY PRICE's single Crazy Arms begins 20 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Country chart on June 23rd. •1969 COLIN GREENWOOD bass/keyboards with British Rock quintet Radiohead born on June 26th. •1978 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS I'll Be True To You is their first #1 Country single on June 24th. •1986 DRAKE BELL award-winning actor/comedian/guitarist/singer/songwriter born on June 27th. •1993 ALABAMA has 3 Platinum albums on June 24th: American Pride, Pass It On Down and Southern Star. •2003 DON LANPHERE saxophone with Woody Herman & Charlie Parker dies on October 9th.

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JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Dear Jim, I understand the pain of losing your precious pet. We...rescued the most wonderful cat from the local pound. Ralph was a very big silver tabby who immediately stole all our hearts and anyone who met him realized he was a superior animal. When I think about Ralph particularly, I still cry over the loss of him. He did the most amazing things, and seemed to sense when someone needed to be comforted. I hope you are feeling the love people are feeling for you, Jim. You hang in there. Always, JC

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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX)
You mentioned that everyone is younger when we reach 65...you are so right: all those who were older than me are now gone: George Burns, John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, etc, etc, only one left is Dick Clark; I am older than everyone else! I never was a fan of The Beatles, so Elvis is still King in my view. (of course he did set foot on European soil, but not as a stage star.) You signed off with a quote in JRRR of the great Will Rogers. Are you aware that he once toured on shows in Texas with the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers? When Jimmie lived in Kerrville (1929-32), he & Will Rogers did many shows together in places like San Angelo, Lubbock, Abilene, San Antonio, etc. I have seen the home Rodgers built in Kerrville ("Blue Yodelers Paradise" for $50,000 in 1929); still there, a private home now & not even marked by the city or C of C! By the way, Will Rogers, Jr. died about 5 years ago in Tucson, AZ. I was fortunate to meet Jimmie's widow in Nashville, & Carrie's autographed, dated note to me is still a treasure. She died in 1961. I didn't mean to bore or become so windy; sometimes I can't stop relating stories. I must get them in a book someday. I do hope you & Tejas have an enjoyable holiday & I appreciate your friendship. BOB & Sonny Lee.

TEXAS RADIO HALL OF FAME nominations do I receive in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009. Appreciate your vote to finally seal the deal in 2009. Sign up to vote at
www.texasradiohalloffame.com.

PAUL WILLIAMS
(Houston, TX) Hey!! Don’t forget me. I welcome all votes too!! Paul Williams, Senior Account Executive, Univision Radio

MARK CARRILLO (San Antonio, TX) Subject: Your Garth Brooks trivia… Country ruled radio 20 years ago because Pop music was going through some changes and by the early 90s Grunge would take over and drive more folks to discover or re-discover Country music. The station I worked for the longest was Y100 here in S.A. and we were strong with our Country Dozen (that’s 12 Country Favorites Back To Back) and giving away Y100 Dollar Bills with Bossy The Cash Cow...your cue to call was the sound of a cash register followed by Bossy mooing. I think the ultimate Garth song is his very first single Much Too Young (To Feel This Old) and when it first released it stalled on the charts and was on its way down. Garth decided to tackle the promotion of the record himself. One day Garth shows up by himself to see me and the best PD I ever had, Scott Huskey. I did middays and was the music coordinator. We went in to the production room, listened to the song, sat around. One of my favorite bits of memorabilia is a picture I took with Garth that day. No one knew how huge he was going to blow up. Forward one year and At Y100s 3rd Birthday Party we had a concert in the parking lot of the now defunct Central Park Mall...our air staff had the pleasure of singing Friends In Low Places with him. I doubt anyone else ever got to do that. How I wish I had a pic of that. Subsequent concerts had us taking listeners backstage and meeting Garth...he did it up right. He is as genuine as he seems...would cue his crew to bring out stacks of shirts...to hand them out...make it a great experience. What a class act. I even had him tape my home telephone answering machine message. Boy, did that blow a few minds. Garth became big because he combined great Country music with Rock and Roll sensibilities and showmanship. Mark Carrillo

LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Hi Jim, Sure would like to be working with you and the others from the WFAA 570/ 820 days of radio. Hopefully the WFAA investor owners the second time around would realize what they truly have. Which is the on air talent is very much a gift to the WFAA 570/ 820 listeners. Where I am right now in Marshall at the Weisman, American Idol auditions are going on. Then the twelve selected today go to Shreveport next Saturday then from their on to Denver to perform before The Judges then to the American Idol Stage. Leslie Wayne Hodges

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) "Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Saturday June 27th. 3pm-6pm PST, 6pm-9pm EST, 11pm-2am GMT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California. Streaming on
http://KOCIRadio.com. Twittering at: http://twitter.com/elconejo09 The next "Rock 'n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tuesday June 30th. 12Noon-3PM PDT 5PM-8PM EDT on KAFM-FM 88.1 Grand Junction, CO. Streaming on: http://KAFMradio.org/

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Phil Spector puts instrumentals on the B sides of 45 rpm records so DJs won't flip records over from the A sides.

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX)
Subject: Book Value. Hi, Do you ever sleep? I hear sleep is good for the health if you don't do too much of it like Rip Van winkle. I ordered a few books from Alibris, since I needed to review, etc. I bought American Folksong, Woody Guthrie; Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics edited by John Chilton, and Marguerite de Angeli's Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes. Some of the Nursery Rhymes mean more as an adult. I am enjoying my HD radio from Radio Shack since I like KLUV 98.7-2 with their oldies from the 50's with no advertising, I wonder how long that will last. I still find good radio to enjoy but then I am the type that likes to scan for stations also. ARB would never ask me to fill a dairy...wait they have changed their methodology? I don't think they would find my listening to WGN, WBBM, WLS, and WSM of much interest. Also Cuba has been putting in a strong signal on 720 and 890 at night the past few nights here. I enjoy the campesinos and salsa music from their stations. Charles

RONALD REAGAN [40th U.S. President] (February 6, 1911–June 5, 2004) One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine.

Jim Rose and Tejas
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #677

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TONIGHT SHOW CO-HOST DIES!
According to NBC News on the Today show this Tuesday morning, June 23, 2009 Johnny Carson's former Tonight show co-host Ed McMahon dies. The 86-year-old TV personality Ed McMahon enters the hospital in early 2009 for treatment of pneumonia plus other ailments. We fondly remember him with his legendary H-e-e-e-e-re’s Johnny. He becomes a star in his own right on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson from 1962 to 1992. For decades, Ed sets up jokes and skits for Johnny Carson. As we look back, his trademark laughter brings smiles to our faces even right now. Howard Bragman, Ed's publicist, tells the Associated Press that Ed McMahon dies after a long battle with cancer shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his wife, Pam, and other family members.

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REPORTER ESCAPES
An article by Mark Magnier in the LA Times affirms that 41 year old NY Times reporter David Rohde escapes from his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after 7 months in captivity. David bases his reports from Islamabad, Pakistan. The report says that Mark jumps over a wall and flees the compound where the Taliban holds him. After he gains his freedom on Friday night the 41 year old Rohde tells his wife that he and his interpreter Tahir Ludin escape their captors in the North Waziristan region but that their driver, Asadullah Mangal, asks to remain behind. The Taliban abducts the trio on November 10, 2008 in Afghanistan's Lowgar province, which is about 60 miles south of the Afghan capital, Kabul. They go there to interview a Taliban commander.

MOLL NEW GM
Trustees of public television proclaim that William Moll is the new interim President/GM of KLRN TV in San Antonio, TX. William takes over on October 1, 2009 from Joanne Winik, who announces in February that she retires after 22 years as head of the station. Joanne joins KLRN TV in 1972. Moll returns to KLRN after his time as CEO of Clear Channel Television. William is part of the team that founds KLRN TV in 1962. He is station manager from 1964-69.

TRIVIA QUESTION:
Who replaces Tom Snyder on his CNBC talk-show show in 1995? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•23 IRANIAN JOURNALISTS under arrest after presidential election dispute chaos. •APPLE sells more than 1 million iPhone 3G S during its debut weekend which is well ahead of analyst expectations. •SAN DIEGO NFL CHARGERS re-sign with Clear Channel Rock KIOZ FM (105.3) [ex KITT] & shipmate Sports/Talk KLSD-1360 (XTRA Sports) [ex KGB] for less cash, but more sales for the team. •ONLINE BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION (OBA) that represents webcasters, podcasts, and other digital audio companies changes its name to Digital Broadcasters Association (DBA).

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1955 FARON YOUNG's single Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young reaches #1 on the Billboard country chart on June 18th. •1967 JEFF CEASE guitar with Blues-rock band Black Crowes born in Nashville, TN on June 24th. •1973 LORETTA LYNN's on the cover of Newsweek magazine on June 18th: The Country Music Craze. •1980 JESSICA TAYLOR singer with Pop group Liberty X born in Preston, Lancashire on June 23rd. •1994 NEAL MCCOY's Wink begins 4 weeks at #1 in Billboard on June 18th. •2007 ERNEST [Doc] PAULIN Jazz trumpet player with the Paulin Brass Band dies on November 20th.

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TOM ASWELL (Denham Springs, LA) Jim: ...my book...scheduled for publication in the fall. The publisher has asked that I begin a second book to deal with the history of Louisiana’s independent recording studios, record labels, record producers, and radio. All those were covered in the original book but because of length considerations, they had to be taken out, so they’re basically written already but I would like to expand on some of those areas. That’s where I need your help. With your widespread readership, I would ask that you send out the message that I need any former Louisiana deejays please contact me at my email address (Thomas.Aswell@LA.GOV) to give me their thoughts and perceptions about where radio has gone since the golden era of the 50s and 60s as well as some of their memories of their radio days, including some of the pranks they may have pulled on each other. I’m also very much interested in the history of radio news coverage, including anyone’s coverage of the Kennedy assassination. I can make the tie-in to the assassination because Dale & Grace ("I’m Leaving It Up to You") were on tour with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars at the time and actually waved at Kennedy as he passed them in his motorcade in Dallas only minutes before he was shot. This is history, Jim, and it’s very important that I obtain as much feedback as possible from the radio veterans out there. Please don’t forget to regale me with your own stories and experience, as well as your opinions about the current status of radio. I really appreciate your help on this. Regards, Tom Aswell

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COLONEL ST. JAMES (Houston, TX)
Hey Jim, I saw that, like me, you are also a nominee for the Texas Radio Hall Of Fame. Pretty cool, huh?!? I hope I can count on your vote and support, as well as the votes and support of all your readers. It would be so great if you and I could both get in this year! Thanks, Jim!! Aloha, Colonel St. James (
www.colonelstjames.com) / (www.facebook.com/col.stjames) Listen 7pm til 12Mid CT online at www.kkrw.com!

JRRR seems to serve as just a promoter of other nominees into the TRHoF but I welcome your votes very much.

LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Jim, Great to hear from you. We are melting here in Marshall. There is an American Idol Audition for 100 every: 30 seconds Saturday June 20, 2009 in downtown Marshall across from The Weisman antique store. I guess they are going to audition on the street. Plus the Old Courthouse here in Marshall opens to the public this Saturday June 20. Amazing, my apartment here in Marshall Texas is cooler now than in the winter time. Maybe because my neighbors were burning their heat. Roy E. Henderson's AM 1090 KNUZ Bellville, Texas in Austin County last I heard is still open for someone to have this 250 watt clear channel daytime frequency. From what I hear there is no building and no property. Just paper and some equipment somewhere. Someone might call KULF FM in Brenham if they are interested. The FCC last I heard wants to Keep AM 1090 serving Bellville Texas. I am looking forward to returning to Bellville Texas and somewhere inside Austin County Texas. It was refreshing while I was with AM 1090 KNUZ in Bellville in their 11x14 transmitter studio office June 1997 to April 2000. Leslie Wayne Hodges

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) I have an LP I picked up at the Goodwill on Singleton for 45 cents: Pacific Jazz Record Disc Jockey Edition. It is a sampler with different artists. It has "When Your Lover Has Gone", Bud Shank with Strings. I played it after reading you column. Also it had "Little Girl Blue", Bud Shank and Trombones. In the group of the Three Trombones: Bud Shank, Alto Sax; Maynard Ferguson, Bob Enevoldsen and Stu Williamson, valve trombones; Claude Williamson, piano; Joe Mondragon, bass; Shelly Manne, drums. I got to hear Maynard Freguson when he did a concert in the lobby at El Centro. But he played trumpet in his concert. He had a hit at the time with a movie. I was looking through a book I have: "How To Play The 5-string Banjo", Pete Seeger. He gives the advice to have fun and experiment but don't expect others to want to listen or enjoy your experiments anymore than a cook wanting to show off his new avant-garde creation from the kitchen. Silence Is Golden... I own a couple of different instruments but most people have only seen me play the guitar or my soprano recorder. The others I play for my own enjoyment or with others who want to have fun and try out ideas... Best regards, Charles George

MEG FULLWOOD [Public Relations Manager KERA] (Dallas, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#673) June 15, 2009 [Monday] This is great! Thank you. Meg Fullwood; Public Relations Manager; KERA

TRIVIA ANSWER: Charles Grodin replaces Tom Snyder on his CNBC talk-show show in 1995.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX)
Really enjoyed the lengthy description of your early radio days as you dispatched to me on 6/14; much like mine too & I determine you should place these word-pictures in book form for all to read. Many thanks for your insight as I re-read several times. Ah those hazy, crazy, days of radio! Make it a cool weekend. BOB & Sonny Lee

BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Jim I still think you should charge for a subscription to your news letter. I'd buy. I bet everyone else would too. I can't wait to get your latest. Barry Kilgore; Family Law Radio (
www.familylawradio.org) barry@familylawradio.org / barrykilgore@hotmail.com

SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832)
Every hour has its end.

Jim Rose and Tejas
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #676

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LEGENDARY TV ANCHOR VERY ILL
Reports come in that long-time CBS News anchor whom we know as the most trusted man in America is gravely ill. Details are sketchy on the current health of 92 year old Walter Cronkite. But according to Newsday rumors that Cronkite is ill surface a few weeks ago when CBS begins to make phone calls to some of Walter's colleagues to give their reflections on his life. CBS asserts at the time that there is some miscommunication and that Cronkite was fine. Beginning in 1962, Cronkite anchors the CBS Evening News and remains for 19 years. He reports the Kennedy assassination in November, 1963; Vietnam War; the landing of the first man on the moon in July, 1969 and the Watergate cover up long before around-the-clock cable TV news appears on the scene. In March 1981, Walter retires from his anchor chair. Dan Rather becomes the new CBS News anchor. The St. Joseph, MO native begins his long career on the WWII battlefield as a UPI correspondent. In 1950, he joins CBS Radio as a Washington correspondent. In 1962, he becomes anchor of the then 15-minute CBS Evening News. In 1963, the CBS Evening News expands to 30 minutes.

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COWBOY GETS THE BIRD
Since 2003, Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys QB Troy Aikman is the spokesman for Wingstop restaurant. Its base is in Richardson, TX. Andy Howard, EVP of marketing for Wingstop, signs Troy as their national mouthpiece to a new three-year extension contract. The bistro brags that it has 23 consecutive quarters of same-store sale increases since Aikman signs on as national spokesman. Wingstop also adds 420 restaurants across the USA. In a statement to the press Andy says, We are excited to continue our partnership with Troy. It’s rare to find a spokesperson that fits so perfectly with a brand, even after a nine-year relationship, but Troy’s enthusiasm for our brand and wings, as well as his stature in the sports industry, make him the ideal spokesman for Wingstop.

TRIVIA QUESTION:
What title does David Letterman's high school classmates bestow upon him? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•ALAN JACKSON receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. •JEFF MACKE leaves the CNBC building says TVNewser. Brian Steel spokesperson relates: Jeff is no longer with CNBC. We wish him all the best, and we thank him for his quality contributions. •FOX BUSINESS NETWORK still has low ratings numbers. Douglas A. McIntyre of 247WallSt.com reports: ...audience numbers have hardly budged in...eleven months. Fox Business is clearly in trouble. •BBC ends its 87-year monopoly of the license fee that generates around £3.5 million ($5.7 million) annually for the corporation.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 DOUG BROOKS born on June 19 in Marietta, GA flips name to Doug Stone to not confuse with Garth Brooks (I'd Be Better Off [In A Pine Box] #4-1990). •1964 TOMMY CUNNINGHAM drums with Scottish Pop quartet Wet Wet Wet born on June 22. •1971 JERRY REED's When You're Hot, You're Hot hits #1 on Billboard's Country chart on June 19. •1981 ANTHONY COSTA singer with British boyband Blue born in Middlesex, England on June 23. •1999 GEORGE STRAIT's single Write This Down is #1 in Billboard on June 19. •2007 KELLY JOHNSON guitar/singer with British metal band Girlschool dies on July 15.

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GARY ALLYN (San Diego-Fallbrook, CA) Jim, you trivia buff you...I believe it was Glenn Ford who was the school teacher in Blackboard Jungle. I, too, am a big Fats Domino fan. I once got fired for playing the flip side of a Fats two sided hit. We only listed one side for air play, but I mistakenly cued up wrong side. Fired for "Gross Insubordination" It was new ownership of an AFTRA union station, so they were looking for ways to get rid of the old staff. Loved Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps. I also remember my first DJ gig doing an all night show from a Supermarket window in the Dayton, Ohio suburbs; I was 17 at the time. I remember various motorcycle gangs & others coming in requesting ELVIS PRESLEY! I thought it was such a strange sounding name. Needless to say I immediately asked the station for a copy of Heartbreak Hotel. Like you, I was never a big Paul Anka fan. Annette is still holding on I hear. Very bad shape. Brando was peculiar. His early movies were not bad. Later on, he was only in it for the money. Gotta admit, his Godfather role was pretty special. Memories...to be continued. Gare Allyn

ROB RICHIE (Madison, WI) I am so grateful to you and all your followers who jumped in to help. That is the real Texas spirit that I grew up with and miss so very much. Again, I am very, very appreciative of this, and thank you from the bottom of my heart. If I can ever do anything for you, please let me know. I will continue to receive your postings, and will read them more carefully now. My best to you. Rob Richie

JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Subject: Voting for TRHOF. Dear Jim, Just a timely reminder that people need to vote for their nominees for the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. Anyone who hasn't joined still has time. Information is available at:
www.trhof.com. The deadline for voting is July 18 by mail or fax. I'm very honored to be nominated with so many wonderful and talented people this year. J.C.

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HAROLD GUNN (Houston, TX)
Dear Jim, Congratulations on again being nominated for the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. I hope all of the voting members that subscribe to "Jim Rose Remembers" cast their vote for you. I'd be thrilled to be runner up. Harold

TEXAS RADIO HALL OF FAME nominations come in for me in 2004, 2005, 2006 and another this year 2009 for behind the mic on TX top radio stations since 1965: KHFI FM, WFAA-820/570, KBOX-1480, KLIF-1190, KNUZ-1230, KULF-790, KILT FM, and KILT-610. But Captain Harold definitely deserves to be the next inductee in the 2009 TRHOF. We fans cannot wait for the return of Captain Harold to the Houston TV movie host screen.

WALTER HAMMOCK (Houston, TX)
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. Patrick Henry

GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Subject: Charlie Walker. Penny and I have enjoyed watching "Grand Old Opry Reunion" on RFD-TV and several times I noticed Charlie Walker sitting there in background. It brought me back to when he was a DJ on KMAC in San Antonio while I worked at KTSA. Several times we ran into each other at Willow Springs golf course. It got to be a pretty regular thing and we would plan our get togethers at the golf course. We just seemed to sort of hit it off. A few years later he recorded "Don't Squeeze My Sharmon". That was the end of our golf games. His career was rejuvenated in a big way and he took off for Nashville and the Grand Old Opry. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy but golf wasn't near as much fun after that. It was with heavy heart that I heard of his passing last fall. It's been over 40 years but I can still clearly see his smiling face and hear his laughter out there on the golf course. He will be missed.

SUMMER 1967 as the noon-3 pm DJ on KPCN-730 in my hometown Dallas, TX is where I play Charlie Walker's hot new hit tune Don't Squeeze My Sharmon. Sounds great in Power rotation right out of the news. KPCN is such a wonderful radio station with a fine staff full of talent. Real radio. Miss it very much.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO)
"Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt Saturday June 20th. 3PM-6PM PDT - 6PM-9PM EDT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California...streaming on:
http://KOCIRadio.com twittering at: http://twitter.com/elconejo09. (http://JJradio.com/) / (http://KAFMradio.org/)

TRIVIA ANSWER: High school students in Broad Ripple, IN vote fellow classmate David Letterman the Class Smart Alec.

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX)
Hi, From the summer of 1960, between the 1st and second grades, until I started the 7th grade I played the violin. I never did get very far. I preferred to play recordings by others than practice. The violin takes more practice than the other instruments I have tried to play. Anyway, Friday I bought a violin I found at a pawn shop at the corner of Buckner and I-30. I realized that it would not be an easy task to learn to play; however; I have already learned to play a few scales and the tune My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean. It helps keeping my mandolin near by since it is tuned the same as the violin but has frets making it easier to play, but you can't bow a mandolin... I like making home grown music I think the consolidation of the media is bad for performers, etc. I will never be a super star but it is fun to talk with others about music and other topics. I have started cooking fish on my George Foreman Grill. I like to cook fish and then have some rice on the side. Charles

JOAN of ARC (1412-1431) I am not afraid... I was born to do this.

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #675

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VENTURES FOUNDER EXPIRES
One of the co-founders of the legendary guitar-theme Rock band The Ventures passes away at 75. In 1959, Bob Bogle puts together The Ventures with Don Wilson when they are bricklayers. Probably two of their most famous hit tunes are Walk - Don't Run and The Theme From Hawaii Five-O. When I have wrist surgery in 1960 a high school friend brings a copy of The Ventures hit tune Walk - Don't Run. So that tune holds a special significance to me. The Ventures record many record albums. Most of them are in my LP collection. Don Wilson says that Bob suffers from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and he dies on Sunday, June 14, 2009 in a local Vancouver, WA hospital. Don remembers, I never had a brother, but he's the brother I never had...he was much more than a brother to me. He was one of the kindest men I ever met. The original members of The Ventures are: Bogle - lead guitar, Wilson - rhythm guitar, Nokie Edwards - bass and Skip Moore - drums. Howie Johnson later replaces Skip on drums. The Ventures big guitar sound first hits Billboard's singles chart in 1960 with Walk - Don’t Run which zooms to #2 nationally. John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival inducts The Ventures into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008: That song started a whole new movement in rock 'n' roll. The sound of it became 'surf music' and the audacity of it empowered guitarists everywhere. Don Wilson says Any guitar player would tell you, Bob is the most unique-sounding guitar player ever. The way he used to do the whammy bar - that vibrato bar. He kept his little finger on it while he played it all the time. He'd make it sound, like at the end of a chord, Wow-wow. We were the first ones to ever get recognized for doing anything like that. When you heard him play, you knew it was him. Bob Bogle leaves behind his wife, Yumi; children, Gary, Mike, Paul, Kathy, Randy and Brandon; brothers, Clarence, Dennis and Curtis; sister, Sybil; grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A private funeral is on Friday, June 19th.

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TRIVIA QUESTION:
What is the first double record album? The answer appears below.

CMT MUSIC AWARDS
Country comedian Bill Engvall hosts the CMT Music Awards on Tuesday night, June 16, 2009. The big winner of the evening is Brad Paisley who walks away with a field-leading three trophies. Taylor Swift receives the female video prize with her Love Story. Trey Fanjoy who is her video director wins Director of the Year. Taylor also wins the overall best video prize, also for Love Story. As I watch the event it's mighty difficult to determine which are real Country tunes or is it a Rock'n'Roll revue with flashy lights, shiny outfits and big dance show routines?

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY on Friday, June 19, 2009 to Country radio programming and marketing broadcast media professional consultant Joel Raab. •PEANUTS comic strip celebrates its 60th anniversary. Retailers, licensees and promotional partners from around the world join in on its celebration throughout the remainder of 2009 and 2010. •ABC's 20/20 with American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert and Fox News' Glenn Beck averages 5.98 million Total Viewers. This makes it ABC's #1 show for the night. •SIRIUS XM satellite radio passes on monthly copyright royalty fees to its subscribers. What's new pussycat?

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1950 ANN WILSON lead singer of Seattle, WA Rock band Heart born on June 19th. •1966 BRUCE ROBISON singer-songwriter (Tim McGraw - Angry All The Time & The Dixie Chicks - Travelin Soldier) born in Bandera, TX. •1970 BRIAN [Head] WELCH guitar with Korn born on June 19th in Torrance, CA. •1988 RANDY TRAVIS' I Told You So strikes #1 on Billboard's Country chart on June 12th. •1993 SAMMY CAHN award winning lyricist/musician/Songwriters Hall of Fame dies at 79 on January 15th in Los Angeles, CA. •2004 TERRI CLARK first female born in Canada to join the Grand Ole Opry on June 12th.

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CHUCK CASHMERE (San Diego, CA) Hey Jim, has anyone heard from Al Sharpton on the Letterman/Palin controversy? I mean he led the charge to get Imus fired for a similar joke about that female basketball team...oh my goodness I forgot Palin is only half native American/Caucasian and I guess Letterman's defenders overlook that it was her 14 yr old daughter who was at the game with Sarah. Letterman should at least suffer the punishment of eating moose meat raw.

SUKOSHI RICE (Blairsville, GA) Hi Jim/James, Are you the same James Rose who was Miles' r.m.? If you tell me that, I will tell you my story about that James Rose. Thanks for your emails, Sukoshi Rice; Master Usui Reiki; Licensed Massage Therapist; Relax & Breathe Wellness Center; Blairsville, GA. The Lord respects me when I work, but He loves me when I sing. -R.Tagore

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ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX)
George, Thanks for responding to my comments in Jim Rose's paper. It is so good to hear from you. I also remember and liked "Howard Eddards," as he sometimes referred to himself jokingly, but my tribute is only to you, so take a bow and accept the accolades: You were a pure radio personality. You entertained and I admired you for that. Unlike some of the trash talking morning jocks of today you carried your large audience because they liked and respected you, the funny and crazy things you said and did, and the music you played. I have also felt like a forgotten entity at times although I was the only jock in San Antonio playing country music at night on KMAC for many years starting in 1965. If anyone listened to country music at night (and would admit it) in San Antonio they had to be listening to me. My former listeners hardly ever acknowledge the KMAC years and only seem to remember when I worked at KBER and KBUC. It is great when someone acknowledges that they remember us. I worked weekends at KKYX when I was attending graduate school at OLLU back in 1989-1990: A female listener called and said she had been listening to me since she was fifteen. When I ask her current age she said "forty five." It only takes one of them every once in a while to make it all mean something. George I've been listening to you since I was in my twenties. Thanks for those years of good performance. I don't think I ever met you but I felt like I knew you. That was the magic of good radio work. Oops sorry, I didn't mean to say "Magic." Best Regards, Andy Carr, A devoted listener.

GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Subject: Thanks. Hi Andy, Your kind words in Jim Rose's column were greatly appreciated by this old man. Howard Edwards on KONO and I on KTSA combined carried over 70% of the morning drive audience for many years in San Antonio. Of course, that was when the ratings system was structured much different than now but very few two morning jocks had numbers like that even in those days. When I read about all the great radio people of the past I seem to be a forgotten entity, almost as if I never existed. It is gratifying to see that someone remembers me. Thanks, George Lester

MEG FULLWOOD [Public Relations Manager KERA] (Dallas, TX) Thanks for adding me to your email list! I came across your Web site doing some research for media outlets that cover radio. Glad to know you’re just down the road in Houston! FYI, I’m usually the person pushing the press releases. Deb gets so much email, I don’t know if she would want more. But I certainly do! And will keep you abreast of the changes here as plans for the radio station move forward. All the best, Meg Fullwood; Public Relations Manager; KERA

DEBORAH JOHNSON [Senior VP Marketing KERA] (Dallas, TX) KERA Acquires 91.7 FM. KERA spent 18 months working to address all purchase and programming considerations, complete a thorough business review and secure financing. Dan Routman, Chairman of KERA’s Board of Directors, said, "The decision to purchase 91.7 FM was made by KERA’s Board of Directors. KERA sought competitive financing and was able to negotiate favorable terms even in today’s economic environment." Financing was secured from nonprofit-focused lenders. KERA purchased 91.7 FM from Covenant Educational Media, Inc.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) "Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Saturday June 20th. 3pm-6pm PST, 6pm-9pm EST, 11pm-2am GMT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California. Streaming on
http://KOCIRadio.com. Twittering at: http://twitter.com/elconejo09 The next "Rock 'n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tuesday June 22nd. 12Noon-3PM PDT 5PM-8PM EDT on KAFM-FM 88.1 Grand Junction, CO. Streaming on: http://KAFMradio.org/

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Many believe that the first double record album is Freak Out by The Mothers Of Invention, which hits the stores in 1967.

BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX)
Subject: Real radio. You wanna hear real Top 40 radio? Check out TKO Radio Network's Classic Top 40. Some of the best personalities ever! The afternoon guy, Eric Chase, is one of the best! Eric, Paul, it took me awhile to click on it (the terminal CRS) didn't help but if I may go valley girl...totally awesome! Barry Kilgore, Family Law Radio (
www.familylawradio.org) On Am 700 KSEV - The Voice of Texas Sunday 1:00PM to 2:00PM CDT, streamed globally at www.ksevradio.com, listener lines 281-558-5738, #ksev free on Verizon.

SIDNEY SHELTON (February 11, 1917-January 30, 2007)
I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.

Jim Rose and Tejas
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #674

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June 17, 2009 [Wednesday]
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ROY ROGERS RIDES THE MOVIE SCREEN AGAIN!
Popular Cowboy King from the 1940s to the 1960s who helps raise us as kids returns to the movie screens in a film trilogy. Roy Rogers is the King of the Cowboys. He is the top Western box office star from 1943-1954. Roy makes more than 88 films with his wife Dale Evans and fabulous Palomino horse Trigger. Rogers even produces and stars in 100 episodes of his own TV show. Roy Rogers appears on more than 400 licensed items and sells 120 million comic books. Roy Rogers returns to the big screen in a film trilogy that launches by financier/producer 821 Entertainment. With its base in Nashville, TN the company partners with the Roy Rogers Family Entertainment Corporation to launch a "King of the Cowboys" film trilogy along with animated TV, interactive game and merchandise efforts. Eric Geadelmann CEO of 821 Entertainment Group assures us fans that this is not a biopic, and will not be a traditional Western, but rather a family fantasy adventure. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Trigger are quintessential figures of America, and we will introduce this franchise to a new audience while capitalizing on the millions of Roy Rogers fans worldwide.

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CHARLESTON RADIO DOES THE SHUFFLE

Several moves in and out of the Charleston, SC radio market happens in the past few years. The latest dance step occurs when Apex Broadcasting WSPO FM goes on the air as Classic Hits FM 95.9. This only happens because of these changes: WNKT FM (107.5) moves into the Columbia market, WMGL FM (107.1) flips to 107.3 and WAVF FM (96.1) and WKZQ FM (101.7) Myrtle Beach swap frequencies.

TRIVIA QUESTION:
What important clause does the Beach Boys have in their contract? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•IRAN suppresses media coverage after marchers protest the presidential election which is in dispute. Iranian police in riot gear plus weapons with live ammo threaten any more gatherings. •UNIVERSAL MUSIC in the UK partners with Virgin Media for an unlimited music download subscription service. •THE VERONICAS Untouched hits #1 in Ireland. •FRANCE's Canal Plus Group expands beyond Europe and French-speaking Africa into Asia as it signs a joint satellite TV venture with Vietnamese public broadcaster VTV.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1957 DON GIBSON writes 2 Country Classics I Can't Stop Loving You and Oh Lonesome Me on June 7th at his home in an East Tennessee trailer park. •1969 KEVIN THORNTON singer with R&B quartet Color Me Badd born on June 17th. •1976 CRYSTAL GAYLE'S I'll Get Over You is her 1st #1 Country single in Billboard on June 12th. •1983 LEE RYAN former lead singer with British Boy Band Blue born on June 17th. •1994 BROOKS & DUNN'S That Ain't No Way To Go rises to #1 on Billboard's Country singles chart on June 12th. •2005 SERGIO ENDRIGO Popular Italian singer dies on September 7th.

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DERRILL E. HOLLY (Arlington, VA) Hey buddy, YES, You will survive the heat. And you will survive the loss of your best friend. Jim Rose has a special sense of toughness that has always allowed you to keep a smile and good vibes even when life has been c***. You’ve got so many people who have great memories of their contact with you, it means you have been able to navigate this very tough business without making a lot of enemies. That says a lot about your character Jim. People would not genuinely care about you if you hadn’t made your mark so positively over the years. Jim Rose has no quit in him. Life does go on, and you are gonna be okay, even as you adjust to the changes thrown your way. This ain’t a kick in the b***, just my way of saying wait for the bounce and you’ll be cool. If you haven’t let your health put you down, you ain’t gonna let your mood do it to you. That would be so unlike Jim Rose.

SAM LEE (Beverly Hills, CA) Thanks for the note. I was thinking how well you write. you really have a talent. Perhaps a book on Jim Rose remembers radio? It could be an edit of works past or a complete new bit. Just a thought. Have a great weekend. Sam (
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MEG FULLWOOD [Public Relations Manager KERA] (Dallas, TX)
Subject: KERA Acquires 91.7 FM in Dallas - Also Jim Rose Remembers Radio News. Hi Jim: Please sign me up! And here’s our good news from Dallas. Meg Fullwood; 3000 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas, TX 75201

DEBORAH JOHNSON [Senior VP Marketing KERA] (Dallas, TX) KERA Acquires 91.7 FM. North Texas Multimedia Organization Adds New Public Radio Station DALLAS/FORT WORTH - North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc. (KERA) announced today that it has purchased the non-commercial radio license 91.7 FM, a full-market station with broadcast coverage in greater Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton. "This acquisition allows KERA to significantly advance its mission and strategic direction by increasing public media services for the people of North Texas," says Mary Anne Alhadeff, KERA’s President & CEO. "The new station will be a public radio music format programmed with the North Texas audience in mind. It will be a terrific complement to KERA’s news and information station 90.1 FM and a substantial addition to KERA’s overall multimedia services for the public." The new station will begin broadcasting its full schedule in the fall of 2009. KERA has yet to select a name for the new station. The programming on 91.7 FM will be within the public radio "Triple A" (Adult Album Alternative) music format with diverse, adult-oriented playlists covering a broad spectrum of music such as folk, acoustic, world music, alternative and indie rock and country.

GENE THOMAS (Houston, TX) Hello Jim, Got your email. Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not the singer/songwriter Gene Thomas you're thinking about. I'm the Gene Thomas a retired radio and television announcer originally from Birmingham, Alabama and now living in Houston. I meet Gene Thomas (the singer) thirty-five years ago in Nashville, thru legendary Houston record man Pappy Daily. Gene is a very nice East Texas fellow...place put me on your list. Sincerely, Gene Thomas

BARRY KILGORE (Houston-Conroe, TX) Subject: Gene Thomas. Jim: Bio - Gene Thomas is a singer/songwriter who has written and recorded several hit songs. Gene arrived on the music scene in 1961 with his hit recording of "Sometimes", which happened to be his first recording ever in a recording studio. Over the years he had several hit records as a recording artist and as a songwriter. He teamed up with Debbe Neville and they recorded as Gene and Debbie, with hits such as "Playboy", "Loving Season", and several more. Gene has had songs recorded by Don Gibson, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Everly Brothers, Dean Martin, Tina Turner, Eddie Raven, Freddy Fender, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Kenny Rogers, Lonnie Mack, Roy Orbison Sue Thompson, Toni Jolene, Carl Smith, George Hamilton IV, Buffy St.Marie, Mickey Gilley, Charlie McClain, Nat Stuckey, Connie Smith, Johnny Lee, Charlie Louvin, Dottie West, Doug Sahm , The Gentrys ,Glen Barber and many others. Thank you. Barry Kilgore, Family Law Radio 
barry@familylawradio.org (www.familylawradio.org) On Am 700 KSEV - The Voice of Texas, Sunday 1:00PM to 2:00PM CDT, streamed globally at www.ksevradio.com, listener lines 281-558-5738, #ksev free on Verizon

BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Bernie Waterman, former owner of KTSA/KTFM told me in 1972, he forgot to renew the license for KTFM. It was that low on his list of things to do.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO)
"Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Saturday June 20th. 3pm-6pm PST, 6pm-9pm EST, 11pm-2am GMT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California. Streaming on
http://KOCIRadio.com. Twittering at: http://twitter.com/elconejo09 The next "Rock 'n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tuesday June 22nd. 12Noon-3PM PDT 5PM-8PM EDT on KAFM-FM 88.1 Grand Junction, CO. Streaming on: http://KAFMradio.org/

TRIVIA ANSWER:
The Beach Boys have a clause in their contract that any sell out concerts must report to all industry related magazines and newspapers.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX)
Couple of "Tips-of-the-Hat" to share, RE: Issue 656, 5/6/09: (1) Sammi Smith got her only GOLD record award in 1971 for her hit, "Help Me Make It Through The Night," & her only GRAMMY too. It was also reported that she moved to Dallas in 1973. (so she has a TX connection) Smith died @61 on 2/12/2005 in OKC. Soul Stirrers death of member J. Taylor; the founder of that famous group, Robert H. Harris, B. in Trinity, TX in 1916 & died in Chicago, on 9/3/2000 AND the famous pop singer, Sam Cooke (1/22/31-12/11/64 @33 in L.A.) was a member of the Soul Stirrers from age 20 to 26. In early 60's I had pleasure of being MC for his show in Tampa (after picking him up @ airport & doing live broadcast interview) & 2 yrs later I had opportunity to bring him on stage at The Mosque, Richmond, VA. Just some added tid-bits of interest. BOB & Sonny Lee

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856-1950) A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

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Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #673

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DIGITAL TV REPLACES ANALOG
TVNewsday reports there is no major disruption during the switch from analog TV to the new DTV. As TV stations shut off their analog service and convert to digital signals, the FCC says that out of the 317,450 calls its hotline receives on D Day Friday, June 12, 2009 nearly 30% are about the operation of digital converter boxes and not what to do now that their TV screens fizzle. Read all about it at
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GOOD TV NEWS
On Sunday, June 14, 2009 Hubbard Broadcasting ABC affiliate KSTP TV CH5 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN begins its newscast broadcasts in high definition. KSTP TV debuts its new news set with a new news graphic presentation. KSTP TV also announces additions to its personnel. Effective June 15, Bill Lunn anchors the 5, 6 and 10 pm newscasts with co-anchor Leah McLean. Bill arrives from WMC TV Memphis, TN. Megan Newquist anchors the 4:30 pm edition of 5 Eyewitness News. Newquist comes from WTVQ TV Lexington, KY. Rebekah Wood, former co-host of Twin Cities Live, joins the KSTP TV morning news team with Art Barron and Vineeta Sawkar. More good news. Philly TV and Radio reports that in Philadelphia, PA Matt Yalloff former Comcast SportsNet (CSN) reporter and anchor becomes a part of Major League Baseball network.

GRACIE GOES HOLLYWOOD

After more than 30 years in NYC, the American Women in Radio & Television’s annual Gracie Awards moves to Los Angeles, CA in 2010. The 35th anniversary event takes place on May 25, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. April Williams CNN Radio correspondent recently receives the 2009 Gracie Award during ceremonies at the NY Marriott Marquis. Williams wins the prestigious award for Outstanding Investigative Program by AWRT for her series, America’s Dirty Little Secret, which features human trafficking here in America. In 1975, the Gracies begins its quest to encourage realistic and faceted portrayal of women in entertainment, commercials, news and other programs.

TRIVIA QUESTION:
What sparks the 1992 L.A. riots? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•WMFS FM Modern Rock (93X) Entercom Memphis, TN flips to (ESPN 92.9) as a simulcast of sister Sports WSMB-680. Both air ESPN Radio also University of Tennessee and St. Louis Cardinals PBP. •DRG ACQUISITION (Max Media and Denver Holdings) buys 2 Denver, CO radio stations for $12M in a bankruptcy sale: KONN FM Bennett, CO and KTNI FM Strasburg, CO. •SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG) approves a 2-year feature-primetime contract with a 77% yes vote after a year of anger, in-fighting & rancor. •JERRY DEMINK exits as VP of CNN Radio after 21 years. SR producer Tyler Moody sits in while CNN does a search.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1952 JAMIESON [Junior] BROWN uses self-designed guit-steel for the CMA Video Award for My Wife Thinks You're Dead born on June 12th in Kirksville, IN. •1963 SCOTT ROCKENFIELD drummer with Heavy Metal quintet Queensryche born on June 15th.•1973 DOLLY PARTON records Jolene on June 12th at RCA Studio B in Nashville, TN. •1985 NADINE COYLE Irish singer for pop group Girls Aloud born on June 15th. •1992 KATHY MATTEA has vocal cord surgery from Nashville's Dr. Robert Ossoff on June 12th. •2005 RENALDO [Obie] BENSON singer with The Four Tops (Can't Help Myself #1-1965) dies on July 1st.

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SAM LEE (Beverly Hills, CA) Hi Jim, Do you remember Walt "Baby Love" Shaw from KILT or CKLW? Well, he was my DJ in New York at WXLO and WBLS and was an original partner with me for WILD in Boston. He also was at R&R for a long time and currently has two shows with Westwood One. Anyway, I emailed him your Jim Rose Remembers link yesterday. The reason I'm telling you all this is he has a book published with Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. Check with him to see if he has a contact. Walt's info email waltblove@gmail.com. Hope this is useful. And PayPal is free for a donation button. Stay up. Sam (www.ZeitgeistCorp.org)

SHANE BERNARD (Avery Island LA)
Subject: Re: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#670) June 08, 2009 [Monday] Yeah, the current state of radio is pathetic, needless to say. Shane K. Bernard, Ph.D.; Historian & Curator; McIlhenny Company; Corporate HQ; General Delivery; Avery Island LA 70513

JOYCE WEBSTER [JC] (Mena, AR) Dear Jim, I'm afraid it has taken me a little while to get around to letting you know how happy I am that your friends from JRRR are working together to get you a new Akita! I certainly want to be a part...thought I had lost Billy T's email, but I hadn't. My prayers have been that you get the desires of your heart regarding your new pet. I think it is absolutely wonderful what Billy, Chuck and others are doing. A little foot to our prayers!!! I've contacted Billy tonight and told him to send me Chuck's address ASAP, forward him my email or whatever is the fastest. Guess you had best start thinking about a name for your new arrival, Jim. It makes me smile just to think about what you will go through with a new little Akita!!! Too bad we can't all give you a "baby shower" as that would really be fun. Take care, JC

TOM ASWELL (Denham Springs, LA) Subject: Louisiana Rocks! The True Genesis of Rock and Roll! Jim, here is the web page for my book. (
www.louisianarockstomaswell.com/) Would appreciate it if you could attach the link to your dispatches. Thanks, Tom Aswell, author: Louisiana Rocks: The True Genesis of Rock & Roll...Jim Rose's puppy fund: I’m in for $50. Please provide me an address where I can send my check.

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BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX)
You might want to alter my letter to include Chuck's Email address. (
ckdunaway@consolidated.net) I have five promises from the people I contacted personally. Jim, I think all your readers will agree that you need a new puppy. When we spoke earlier, you said they're around $300 dollars. I looked online and it's more like $500 and up. I've talked to the few people I know who read your column and they are anxious to help out. If we can find 8 to 10 more people to chip in 30 bucks or less we should be able to raise the money. I want to thank Chuck Dunaway who has agreed to collect the money. I will also help out with shipping if needed. Jim, please print this note so your readers know of the effort. All we ask is that you name the dog after us. Just kidding. All the best! Billy t

TEJAS my precious Akita girl doggie dies unexpectedly at 5 am on Friday morning, May 8, 2009. Contact Billy Thorman at BillyThorman@aol.com or billythorman@isupporttexasmusic.com. Chuck Dunaway's email address is ckdunaway@consolidated.net.

GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX)
Having moved to Dallas from L.A. via Oklahoma City, didn't have the romantic entanglements that you experienced but I did date a few Big D beauties and married the last one. I dated a girl, Kay Sutton, who was Miss Dallas Texan, (the old football team). She moved to Hollywood and dated a Warner Bros. contract player, Ty Hardin, an Aggie, who did a show called "Bronco' and in 1966, she graced the cover of Playboy plus the pin-ups inside Stephanie Schermerhorn was a TCU beauty who was one of the Homecoming Princesses...then on one of my routine stops at St. Paul Hospital, I saw a brunette beauty who was ER supervisor...we married nine months later. The late Dick Hitt loved to mention in the Dallas Times Herald who I was dating but that was part of the media page. There was a leggy blonde sales secretary at KLIF by the name of Ann duBlon...apparently she was rather successful in her sales card...ha...Jo Taylor was the ER supe...she wouldn't give me the time of day as she mis-trusted newsmen, cops and ambulance drivers. It took some ingenuity to even get her phone number. She knew Jack Ruby far better than I because she treated his strippers, exotic dancers to be PC...she said he was always a gentleman and very polite even asking if he could help, particularly when his bouncer came into the St. Paul ER with a bed spring in his gut. Long before I met Jo, I dated one of Gordon's live billboard girls (from Central Expressway) but I think she preferred deejays. I think Ben Laurie ended up dating her. GD (
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TRIVIA ANSWER:
On April 29, 1992 L.A. cops receive charges with acquittal in the beating of Rodney King. For 3 days riots cause the deaths of 54 people, looting of property, riots destroy hundreds of buildings.

JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO)
The next "Rock 'n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tuesday June 16th. 12Noon-3PM PDT 5PM-8PM EDT on KAFM-FM 88.1 Grand Junction, CO. Streaming on:
http://KAFMradio.org/ "Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Saturday June 20th. 3pm-6pm PST, 6pm-9pm EST, 11pm-2am GMT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California. Streaming on http://KOCIRadio.com. Twittering at: http://twitter.com/elconejo09

AUTHOR UNKNOWN
It came to me that every time I lose a dog, they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new dog that comes into my life, gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough, all parts of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and loving as they are.

Jim Rose and Tejas
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #672

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June 12, 2009 [Friday]
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NEW DALLAS COWBOYS FOOTBALL STADIUM
For the upcoming 2009 NFL season the Dallas Cowboys vacate their famous hole in the roof Texas stadium in Irving, TX for a colossal world-beater new $1.1 billion retractable-roof arena in Arlington, TX. For that kind of money they should send limos to our homes to take us football fans to the showplace. To kick things off in typical Cowboys fashion George Strait, Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton perform the first concert at the new Cowboys Stadium on Saturday, June 6, 2009. The gorgeous Lee Ann Womack fills in for Julianne Hough who takes sick leave with laryngitis. What a fine show this is! George Strait leads with his new single Living for the Night from his upcoming album Twang which hits our favorite record stores in fall 2009. George Strait's next concert along with Blake Shelton and Julianne Hough is Friday, June 12 in Virginia Beach, VA. Be there! Be there!

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SUMMARY OF LATEST TV ACTIONS
*The Californian: Newport Television KGET TV NBC CH17 (Kern Golden Empire Television) Bakersfield, CA staff gets mandatory furloughs. All employees take 10 unpaid days off in 2009. *The Star-Gazette: Newport Television WIVT TV ABC CH34 and WBGH TV NBC CH20 expand and consolidate news operations with 11 job cuts. WIVT TV & WBGH TV in Binghamton and WETM TV Elmira-Corning, NY markets begin to share the 6 pm Friday newscast, which the Elmira station produces. *The Grand Rapids Press: Gannett WZZM TV ABC CH13 cuts its weekend morning newscast because of the poor economy. Here's good news: *The Daily Gazette: Newport WXXA TV FOX CH23 adds an 11 PM newscast on June 29, 2009 on top of its current 10 and 10:30 news broadcasts. *Broadcast & Cable: Gannett WCSH TV NBC CH6 rules Portland, ME with a 17.0 household rating & 36 share in March 2009 which nearly triples its competitor's numbers. WCSH TV takes all races except primetime which goes to Sinclair WGME TV CBS CH13.

PGA CUTS PRIZE MONEY
Sport Business International reports that the PGA tightens its $6.1 million purse to $5.6 million after its sponsor Stanford Financial Group cancels its title sponsorship of the event to 2016. Remember, Stanford goes through an $8 billion fraud investigation of its Texas financier Allen Stanford. The PGA releases a statement: While this is a reduction from the previously announced $6.1 million purse, we are pleased that, despite the absence of a title sponsor, the tournament will be staged thanks to the Memphis community partners. The St. Jude Classic golf tournament is from June 8-14, 2009 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, TN.

TRIVIA QUESTION:
How many hit singles does Simon & Garfunkel have in their 5th and final album? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•RUSH LIMBAUGH receives the Freedom of Speech Award at the 12th annual Talkers magazine New Media Seminar June 5-6, 2009 at the Concierge Conference Center in NYC. He says that Obama and the liberals in the media won't shut him up. Rush is the first 2-time recipient of the coveted prestigious honor. •NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING [NPR News-Talk KERA FM (90.1) Dallas, TX] buys KVTT FM Christian Talk (The Truth 91.7) from Covenant Educational Media for $18 Million. KVTT FM flips to AAA. •PETER DOOCY son of Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy joins FNC as a general assignment reporter in the NYC bureau.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1950 DONNIE VAN ZANDT founder and singer for Southern Rock band 38 Special born on June 11th. •1962 SKEETER DAVIS records The End of the World at RCA Studio B in Nashville, TN on June 8th. •1973 FAITH EVANS R&B singer (Soon As I Get Home #21-1996) born on June 10th. •1988 RICKY VAN SHELTON performs Somebody Lied and joins the Grand Ole Opry on June 10th. •1997 BARBARA (Monique Andrée Serf) popular French female singer dies on November 24th. •2004 MARTINA MCBRIDE's How Far video debuts on CMT on June 10th.

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DERRELL HOLLY (Arlington, VA) I’ve been enjoying your Terrestrial Radio series. You raise some interesting points, particularly for those of us who started in the business when the A-M band was still the place to be. It’s hard to believe that radio as we remember it lasted only a generation. We all owe so much gratitude the local impresarios who gave us our first breaks on local A-M stations more than 40 years ago. We all know talented programmers who believed quality control and standards would "make the business better" in the 70s and 80s. But those are the same guys who got run out of corporate broadcasting or threw up their hands and left over "one size fits all" programming. Fact is Jim, I don’t see how anyone could ever service the debt on some of these group-owned stations today if they ever decided to take it all back to local programming and local marketing. Sadly, the limited number of shifts still filled with local voices don’t offer much of a proving ground for developing talent to fill out a 24-7 air schedule. The industry has been downsized, outsourced and automated into near doom. Singer Tammy Wynette never stopped renewing her beautician’s license because she wanted to have something to fall back on. For all of us old broadcasters that’s a lesson that makes a lot of sense. Derrill E. Holly Arlington, VA

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LYNN WOOLLEY (Temple, TX)
Subject: KLIF & Bruce Hughes. Jim, Was glad to see you mention Bruce Hughes in a recent column. You noted that Bruce is deceased; I never knew what became of him. Bruce's heyday was at KLIF, but John C. Butler hired him as news director when I was at KRLD -- around 1976 or so. Bruce's contemporary news style was a shock to some of the old guard at KRLD. It took me a while to get used to it as well. But Bruce and I generally got along, and when I won an AP award, Bruce hand-wrote on it: "Lynn, ALL your work at KRLD is award-winning to me." He framed the letter for me, and it still hangs at my house. I have fond memories of Bruce. Lynn (
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX)
Subject: KLIF & Lee Harvey Oswald. The fund for Mrs. Tippitt was well over a hundred thousand...that was big money in those days. Someone also started a fund for Marina. I think she got well over $60,000. When she re-married Kenneth Jess Porter...in Fate, Texas, I chased them all over North Texas that night. She met him when he had ridden up on horse back to a party. I ran into her months later at Medallion. She was buying a recliner for Jess...when she saw me, she took off. But when I was at KRLD-TV, Barker wanted me to go to Gainesville to interview her and Porter. I got to her house before he got off work. She invited me in. I sat and visited with her and held Lee Harvey's kids on my lap and gave them all the change I had in my pocket. When Porter arrived, he was upset that I was in the house and said..."get out...now". I tried to reason with him but we left without the interview. Marina had agreed to talk with me on camera but he said...No. So, we didn't get the interview. And then there is the story of Lee Harvey's diary that Hugh Aynesworth managed to get his hands on. I asked him if he had his hands on Marina in order to get it...she had a pretty good reputation as being rather...well... Let's put it this way, I never found out. One of Jack's strippers, Penny Dollar, was my upstairs neighbor on Live Oak. I can't remember her real name...but she was a knock-out in a bikini. She asked me for an autographed picture since she listened to KLIF all the time. So I gave her one and she framed it and put it on her coffee table. Yes..Dallas was a big city but really a small town in those days. GD (
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BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX)
As I remember, 106.1 was KTUF, smooth Jazz owned by Steve Atkin's owner of Atkin's Advertising agency in San Antonio. The call letters later changed to KESI. Later the signal moved to 106.7 and then KMMX. I know that because one of my goals was to take away their #1 25-54 status. We did so in three months. I know you miss Tejas and always will. Have you thought about getting a new pup? Do we need to take up a puppy fund? b

TRIVIA ANSWER: Simon & Garfunkel's 5th and final record album Bridge Over Troubled Water releases on January 26, 1970. It contains 3 other hits in addition to the title track: The Boxer, Cecilia and El Condor Pasa. The album is #1 both in the USA and Australia.

ANDY CARR (San Antonio, TX)
Jim, it was good to see an email from George Lester. George had to be the craziest guy on radio in San Antonio. I listened to him every chance I got. As a country jock the music I listened to was rock, back when it made sense. I am always happy to hear from people. My email address is
Imashrink@satx.rr.com. Andy Carr

GEORGE LESTER (Palestine-Elkhart, TX) Everything went great last night when I did the preshow at the Texas Opry in Crockett. I did a half hour leading up to show time at 7:00 PM. I did all upbeat songs. The audience seemed to really come alive for the session. It was an absolute blast for me. The show producer said I "did a great job". I might get the gig. I'll just have to wait and see for now.

LES BROWN (1945-p) Shoot for the moon. If you miss, you'll land among the stars.

Jim Rose and Tejas
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons

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