JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue # 749
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December 09, 2009 [Wednesday]
Issue #749
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RADIO SCREAMS HEY! YOU! GET OFF MY CLOUD! According to Jerry Del Colliano in Inside Music Media the next gloom and doom for terrestrial radio consolidators is cloud music. We agree that Apple is the undisputed leader in mobile entertainment with its iPods and other nifty items. Well, Steve Jobs has another innovation up his sleeve. Apple buys the cloud service Lala last week that fails on its own. About four years ago Lala is a CD swapping service. Then, it begins to allow its customers to make copies of their music collections in the cloud. What Apple gets is the brains and technology to someday bring music libraries to us fans anywhere, anytime on any device which can be exclusively from Apple. While radio consolidators cut personalities, use repeater radio and voice tracks to save money this really costs them in the long run with the loss of ratings plus negative flows of revenue. All radio stations begin to sound just alike with nothing but flip card readers who let the machines play the same few songs over and over again. According to Jerry Del Colliano the only salvation for terrestrial radio is to get back in the entertainment, discovery and music business. JRRR believes that tiny repeater playlists, no more personality on the air, the eradication of newscasts plus the loss of local radio content sends listeners away like the Swallows when they fly south for the winter. Will they ever come back to Capistrano?
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ROCK HALL OF FAME SHUTS DOWN The heart of R'n'R still beats in Cleveland, OH but it stops in NYC. The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Annex in NYC closes its doors for the final time on January 3, 2010. S2BN Entertainment, a partner in the venture, discloses the shocking news on Friday, December 4, 2009. Caren Bell, S2BN spokeswoman, states, We would have liked for the exhibition to go on longer, and there is no doubt the economy factored into our leaving, but overall we had a good year. The annex at 76 Mercer Street in Manhattan charges $26.50 for fans to view such interesting items as John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to Imagine, one of Elvis Presley's jumpsuits and Bruce Springsteen's 1957 Chevy, along with other artifacts. Phil McGuire (53) of Bakersfield, CA exclaims, I think it's important for any city of this stature to have a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is one of the reasons why we come to New York, because we don't have something like this in California. Jeff Haas (47) of Fort Lauderdale, FL who brings his Led Zeppelin-loving son, Andrew, (15), laments, They shouldn't close it. S2BN spokeswoman, Bell, says that the museum might create a touring exhibition after it turns out the lights at the annex.
TRIVIA QUESTION: In 1965, Elvis Presley memorabilia sells more than $30 million worth. The King makes how much in royalties? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Henry Piarrot's [Marriott-Sevierville, TN] birthday is Thursday, December 10th. •JIM GARDNER WPVI TV ABC CH6 news anchor receives the 2009 Gold Medal Award from the Philadelphia Public Relations Association on December 14th at the Ritz Carlton in Philadelphia, PA. •KIX BROOKS host of Citadel Media's American Country Countdown wins his first ever National Broadcast Personality of the Year from the Country Music Association. •GREG DYKE former BBC topper & Elisabeth Murdoch, Shine head, recommend U.K. media policy review to abolish the BBC license fee.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1959 MARTY RAYBON lead singer for Shenandoah born on December 8th in Greenville, AL. •1967 JOSHUA BELL Classical Grammy Award-winning violinist born on December 9th. •1978 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND records The Devil Went Down To Georgia at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studios on December 5th. •1981 AMY LEE singer with Rock band Evanescence born on December 13th in Riverside, CA. •1990 GEORGE STRAIT's single I've Come To Expect It From You begins 5 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Country chart on December 8th. •2008 RONNIE MATHEWS Jazz pianist dies on June 28th in NYC.
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BOBBY J. COPELAND [author of B-Western Boot Hill plus 19 other books] (Knoxville, TN) Subject: WNOX-990. 'Legends of WNOX to sign new book in Knoxville, TN by Wayne Bledsoe. Personalities who appeared on legendary radio station WNOX will gather to celebrate and sign copies of the new book "Knoxville's WNOX" by Ed Hooper. Sunshine Slim Sweet, one of the stars of the famed "Midday Merry-Go-Round" show in the 1940s and '50s, John Pirkle, one of the station's best-known personalities of the 1960s as well as the station's rock-era program director, Dave Young, who started at the station in 1968, Phil Williams, who remains an active radio celebrity and many others associated with the station. The book is a showcase for vintage photographs from the 1930s through the 1960s, along with chapters on the history of the station. WNOX was most famously the launching point for many of country music's biggest stars for three decades. "Everyone knows about the station's role in country music, but it was just as much of a powerhouse in rock radio," said Ed Hooper, author of the book. "There are not really many old timers left," said Young. "A bunch of people went through the door during the rock 'n' roll era, but there's no telling where they are..." The book-signing will be 5-7 pm Thursday, Dec. 10, at Rickard Ridge BBQ, Cove Lake, Caryville; 2-4 pm Friday, Dec. 11, at UT Bookstore, 1502 Cumberland Ave.; and 11 am-1 pm Saturday, Dec. 12, at Waldenbooks, Knoxville Center.'
WNOX-990 is the 8th radio station to sign on the air in North America and the 1st one in Tennessee. In the day of uncluttered airwaves we can hear WNOX's AM signal as far south as Daytona Beach, FL and as far north as New York City. WNOX is lightening rod for Country music's greatest stars plus some of America’s best radio broadcasters. WNOX later becomes a top flight Top 40 radio station. WNOX's call letters remain an iconic landmark for Knoxville and East Tennessee.
CHAD EVERSON (Minneapolis-St Cloud-Princeton, MN) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#748) December 07, 2009 [Monday] I am saddened by the death of Big Bill Lister. They say that Cowboys don't die, they just finally get to rest. What an amazing back story about the Hank Williams song. Thanks as always Jim & Lacy! Chad (
ATTILA HONEY (NYC, NY) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#748) December 07, 2009 [Monday] Great Issue Jimmy! We both enjoyed it – Good Sister/Bad Sister. Take a guess at which is which! LOL! (www.attilathehoney.com)
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MIKE MARSHALL (Houston, TX) Subject: Four Lads/Aces. Jim, Paul Williams' correction of the Four Lads recording 'Standing on the Corner' was correct, but then he credited the Lads with 'Love Is A Many Splendored Thing' which was incorrect. That was the Four Aces. I think the list of group names beginning with The Four...was exhausted sometime in the Sixties which ultimately led to names like Toad the Wet Sprocket. Mike Marshall
JERRY MILLER [Mueller] (Houston, TX) Jim...I have to correct a bit of Paul Williams note about the 4 Aces and 4 Lads. The Aces did 'Love is a Many Splendored Thing', not the Lads. Al Alberts, lead singer of the Aces, passed away recently I read (in JRRR), in Philly I think. Ran a famous restaurant. The 4 Lads also hit with 'Standing On The Corner', from the show, 'Most Happy Fella', in about 55/56. Jerry Mueller
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COLONEL ST. JAMES (Houston, TX) Hey Jim, My pups loved the snow. Well, my boy Rip did, my girl Lil could have cared less. She's such a priss! I am so glad you and Lacy found each other! What a wonderful Christmas this is going to be for you both, and you both deserve it! Take care and stay warm. Aloha, Colonel St. James, Texas Radio Hall of Fame (www.colonelstjames.com) / (www.facebook.com/col.stjames) Listen 7pm til 12Mid CT online at www.kkrw.com!
TRIVIA ANSWER: Although Elvis Presley memorabilia sells more than $30 million worth in 1965, Elvis only pockets $60,000 in royalties.
VICKY NORTHCUTT-BARBER (Midlothian, TX) We did have fun back then and it was a great neighborhood. I am also glad to be your Facebook friend and I still receive your web newsletter so I must still be on mailing list. You pointing out that I am 44 days older well I can tell you I feel it. Funny how you can become a weather man when you get older just be the feel of your body when the weather changes. Take care and hope you have a good holiday season...Vicky
JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917-1963) The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons
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