ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

THE FUTURE IS NOW
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA - To set the stage as background music we need the Platters to sing their classic tune from summer 1959, Remember When. Let's go back in time to those golden days of yesteryear. Remember Sci-fi movies, books and comic magazines of the Fabulous Fifties that show space ships with passengers on outer space excursions? Sounds like pipe dreams. Houston, TX has the massive NASA facility that controls rocket ships with passengers that often take outer space voyages. In fact, the first word spoken on the moon is Houston. Remember when we glance at Sci-fi publications that show TV screens that hang on walls? We now have those large screen LCD and plasma TVs with thin cabinets that really do hang on walls. Remember when comic strips feature detective Dick Tracy and his magic wrist watch that lets him talk back and forth with police headquarters? We now have cell phones that not only serve us as telephones but we listen to music and take photos and videos of whatever our heart's desire. What on earth do we do before the arrival of cell phones? Everywhere we go we carry on conversations on our good ole cell phones. We never leave home without our precious cell phones. Is it that we now have more subjects of which to discuss? Well here comes Westinghouse with a brand new flip-style LCD HD TV with a 16" screen. We wonder what good is a flip-style LCD TV? We already have way too many expensive electronic gadgets. Just think for a moment. Do we have enough room in our tighly-spaced kitchens and garage work shops to hang 50" LCD HD TVs? PRESTO! Why not place a small flip-style LCD HD TV on one of the counter tops? If that is not enough to boggle our minds, Westinghouse says that when the TV is not in use, we display digital images just like on digital picture frames. This hot new item has a built-in tuner, built-in speakers, lightweight and portable construction, PC input and stainless-steel finish. Is this another of those gotta have it items? We'll see. The Westinghouse model PT-16H610S flip-style 16-inch LCD TV has a suggested retail price of $349. The future is now.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What Rock band gets its name from a sculpture in Seattle, WA that hums in the wind? The answer lies below.

EAST COAST
NEW YORK CITY, NY - NBC TV announces on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 that it re-ups its contract to carry the National Hockey League schedule again next season, That includes 10 Sunday Game of the Week telecasts with up to 15 playoff games. Ratings are up. Regular season game ratings show an 11% increase in 2008. This is due to the popular Winter Classic at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, NY with the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins. That game airs on New Year's Day and produces a 2.2 rating which is the highest share for the NHL in many moons. Regular-season ratings for the NHL Sunday Game of the Week on NBC are up by 11% over 2007.

WINTERVILLE, NC - According to the Dunn Daily Record longtime eastern NC broadcaster Johnnie C. (John) Moore Jr. dies at 60 of cancer on Wednesday, April 16, 2008. John begins his radio journey at WCPS-760 Tarboro, NC; moves on up to WNCT-1070 and CBS WNCT-TV CH 9 Greenville, NC. On December 22, 1953 WNCT-TV becomes the 1st TV station in Eastern NC to sign on the air. For 18 years, Moore is Public Address announcer at East Carolina University.

MID-AMERICA
YELLOW SPRINGS, OH - In the southwest portion of Ohio is Antioch College's home base. Public Radio for Miami Valley WYSO FM (91.3) is the local radio station. Down the road at Peach's Grill, Commander Cody (Hot Rod Lincoln #9-spring 1972) performs with Fiddleworms at 10pm Friday, May 2, 2008 (tix $12 at the door). Be there! Be there!

GULF COAST
HOUSTON, TX Emilio Navaria makes a major step on his long road to recovery on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 as he is transferred to a rehabilitation wing of Houston's Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. Our prayers are for his speedy and complete recovery.

BROWNWOOD, TX - The Abilene Reporter-News reports that Howard Payne University shuts down its noncommercial Oldies KHPU FM (Buzz 91.7) radio station on May 10, 2008 and it just might be for sale to the highest bidder. Dr. Lanny Hall, HPU President, says this saves $130,000 annually. The good Doctor admits that the journalism & continuing education programs are gone. A communications degree is still available, but radio & television & public relations subject degrees vanish into the night.

INTERNATIONAL
SHANGHAI, CHINA - The state-run media reports that during a TV production shoot in southwest China a bridge collapses on Sunday, April 20, 2008 and injures 38 people. The Xinhua news agency says the accident happens when a temporary roof over a bridge collapses on the set of the war drama My Regimental Commander and My Regiment in Qushi, a town in China's southwestern Yunnan province. An earlier mishap on the same set kills a technician in an explosion.

NEW DELHI, INDIA - Warner Brothers signs an exclusive multipicture pact with Ocher Studios at its headquarters in Chennai, South India.

LONDON, ENGLAND - Dawn Airey, head of ITV global content, tells us that a content arrangement takes place on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 for Classic ITV shows to be available on iTunes.

ARTHUR J. (Bud) ROGERS (Springfield-Joplin, MO) I would be interested in hearing from anyone that was in the fall class of 1966 at Elkin's Institute in Dallas. Thanks for the newsletter. Art Rogers

ANDY WALDROP (Houston, TX) Paul B. Davis dead at 60. We just learned that Meridian native and singer Paul B. Davis died last night (Monday night). He was 60. Davis was born on April 21, 1948, and was best known for his radio hits and solo career in 1970. Davis was a member of a local band called the "Six Soul Survivors" aroun 1966 and then in "Endless Chain. In 1968 he was a writer for the Malaco Records label in 1969. Davis' first top 10 single was the song "I Go Crazy", which reached the #7 spot in 1978 and stayed in the top 100 for 40 weeks. At that time, that was the record for most consecutive weeks in the charts for a single-song record. Al Wilson - Meridian native and soul singer-songwriter Al Wilson, best known for his songs, "Show and Tell," "Do What You Gotta Do," and "The Snake," died Monday in San Bernardino, Calif., according to his nephew, Melvin Cole.

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

WALTER HAMMOCK (Houston, TX) I know, I know, I'm late! But congrats! Bout time and well deserved I might add, keep it up, always a joy to read JRRR!

TRIVIA ANSWER: Seattle-based Rock band Soundgarden gets its name after a sculpture in Seattle, WA that hums in the wind. Soundgarden's tune Black Hole Sun (summer 1994) from the album Superunknown receives the most radio airplay. Soundgarden never releases singles, only LPs. Soundgarden disbands on April 9, 1997.

RAY WHITWORTH (DFW-Arlington, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#494-47) April 23, 2008 [Wednesday] Wow Jim..I never knew there were so many right wing talk hosts writing in. It's kinda why I stand where I stand. I WANT TO HEAR BOTH SIDES unbiased and JOKES FROM BOTH SIDES. It's just the old fairness, equal balance in me and darn proud of it. Ray 

BOB CROWLEY (DFW-Arlington, TX) From an observer in Denmark: "We here in Denmark can not understand why you are even bothering to hold an election. On one side you have a b**** who is a lawyer who is married to a lawyer, and a lawyer who is married to a lawyer who is a b****. On the other side, you have a true war hero who is married to a woman...who owns a beer distributorship. Is there a contest here?" Bob

JENNIFER VIHARO (Atlantic City-Pittsgrove, NJ) You are very very funny. God doesn’t it feel good just to stick it to them. This country is so d*** stupid – I really worry that Obama will be President. I think he’s a dangerous man! People like his looks – same as JFK...another one I didn’t like. But hey! It’s a free country but God help us all if he is elected! Jennifer W. Viharo, VP Marketing & New Product Development, Embe Enterprises, Inc., Frogtown Records (www.frogtownrecords.com Podcast Playhouse (www.podcastplayhouse.net) Willow Grove Publishing.

JOE FORD (Houston-Spring, TX) Right on, Jim! Prepare a bailout plan. We're in deep poop!

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

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Houston, Texas États-Unis
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