DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
Remember that phrase: Spring forward...fall backward? That time is here again. Birds are singing, the cold weather is gone and spring has sprung. This means that we move the little hand on all of our clocks ahead one hour before we hit the hay on Saturday night. Oh yes, there's our car's timepiece, too, and our TV remote controls and our microwave ovens. The list seems endless. Wherever we see the current time we have to advance it one hour. We owe our esteem gratitude to our wonderful governmental officials who allow us mere mortals to experience this delightful event two times each year.

MOVIE IDOL ILL
Patrick Wayne Swayze is born on August 18, 1952 in Houston, TX. He is a dancer, actor, singer & songwriter. Remember the exciting movie Red Dawn in 1984? A foreign army invades America and takes over a small town. Patrick Swayze is one of the teens who heads for the hills. They drive the intruders out of our country. Patrick is one of Hollywood's best actors who is in over 50 movies. Just a tiny sampling includes Red Dawn (1984), Dirty Dancing (1987), Steel Dawn (1987), Ghost (1990), City of Joy (1992), Green Dragon (2001) and Christmas in Wonderland (2007). Swayze suffers from pancreatic cancer but his agent tells us on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 that he's doing well enough to continue working. Dr. George Fisher, Patrick's physician, says earlier reports that suggest Swayze has only a matter of weeks to live are exaggerated. His representative, Annett Wolf says Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. The 55 year old actor has two upcoming films: Powder Blue and a TV movie The Beast. Both due out in 2008. Our prayers are that Patrick Swayze completely conquers this undue illness.

•ELEANOR MONDALE daughter of former U.S. VP Walter Mondale, plus she is mid-day co-host with Susie Jones on CBS Radio's legendary News/Talk WCCO-830 Minneapolis, MN has surgery to remove a brain tumor on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at the Mayo Clinic. We pray for her complete recovery. •DON IMUS returns to Washington D.C. as Citadel WJZW FM Woodbridge, VA switches Smooth Jazz for Oldies (True Oldies 105.9) & adds the I-Man from 5-9am. •LAWMAN PROMOTIONS opens new headquarters in Austin, TX. San Antonio native Mike Ernest transfers from San Francisco, CA to the new location.

•1955 7th EMMY AWARD winners on March 7th include TV's Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young. •1963 PATSY CLINE records Faded Love for Decca on February 4th. •1970 ABC WXOW TV CH19 in La Crosse, WI begins broadcasting on March 7th. •1989 LAURA LEE MCBRIDE vocalist with Bob Wills dies on January 25th. •1991 IRAQ continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait on March 7th. •2000 LYNN SHULTS Capitol Records A&R man who signs Garth Brooks to the label dies of a heart attack at 55 on February 24th.

WAYNE WARNER (Springfield, MO) Good morning, Jim. Some of the people who read your column will remember guitar player Speedy Haworth whose funeral is today here in Springfield, MO. I found this piece on the internet. More available on Speedy—including music—on Google. Best wishes. Wayne Warner - Speedy Haworth - Court Square Stage, Sunday - If you had your radio dialed to KWTO Springfield, MO in the year 1932, you would have heard little Junior Haworth, "Slim" Wilson, and "Aunt Martha" singing 'Keep On the Sunny Side of Life'. Known as the Goodwill Trio, they uplifted the hearts of listeners in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas with their inspirational singing and Ozark humor. Some time later, Guy Smith (writer of the Great Speckled Bird) joined the trio as "Uncle George" and they became known as the Goodwill Family. After Junior (now known as "Speedy") returned from the Air Force, he rejoined the Goodwill Family along with the new "Uncle George" Rhodes. For 30 years the Goodwill Family could be heard on KWTO radio; then in the 1950's "Speedy" and "Slim" joined the popular nationally syndicated television show, Ozark Jubilee. Later "Speedy" went to Nashville, TN to play guitar for country music stars such as Rex Allen, Leroy Van Dyke, Porter Waggoner, and many others. After touring around the world with country music giants, he went back to Springfield to play guitar on the KYTV "Slim Wilson Show", as a member of the Tall Timber Trio.

LIZ PATRANELLA (Austin, TX) Turn Your Radio On! It's time once again for all us old, former, retired and some still active San Antonio Broadcasters to get together to renew old friendships and share old memories. Make your plans now to attend! And, please bring all those old photos and any memorabilia you have with you! We all want to see and share the memories! San Antonio DJ Reunion Lunch, Thursday, April 3, 2008 11:30 a.m. Sea Island Restaurant, I-10 North at Amerisuites Drive, between Wurzbach and Huebner (on north side of I-10) San Antonio (210) 558-8989 Please remember: Our agreement for use of the private room is that attendees purchase a meal. Please be considerate of our hosts and order as you arrive. R.S.V.P. A.S.A.P. Reservations are required. If you can't come, but would like a short message read to the group, please email the message to me and I'll read it at the luncheon. Our thanks to Don Couser for making arrangements with Sea Island for our gatherings. And special thanks to Don "Skinny" Green for his continuing efforts to grow and maintain our "Roster" and for giving us the opportunity to include more and more folks at each gathering! I look forward to seeing all my old friends again…and hopefully some who haven’t been able to join us before. I await your email replies! Liz Houston Patranella, KBAT 1966; KQXT 1968; KTSA 1968-69

ED HILDER (Tyler-Grand Saline, TX) edhilder@gmail.com Hello Jim! Thanks so much for getting back to me so fast, it was a pleasant surprise. I am referring to the only real KQUE, playing your song, pop standards! Yes, I was aware that both KNUZ and KQ were sold, very very sad. I was a loyal KQ listener (now 59) back in the sixties to the end. I remember when Web Hunt had his morning show way before Scott Arthur was around and Paul Berlin Mid-days. I truly miss those one of a kind jingles! My favorite was "Entertaining in Houston, This is KQUE " and a big classic, "280,000 watts vertically, 280,000 watts horizontally" I grew up in Houston but now reside in Grand Saline, close to Tyler, TX. Yes, please add my email to your column!! Hopefully I will find someone that has some of those station id's and jingles! Regards, Ed Hilder