JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue # 756
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December 25, 2009 [Friday]
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RADIO ARISTOCRAT DEPARTS Seasoned radio manager Jim Keating dies of brain cancer at 69 on Sunday, December 13, 2009 in the Naples, FL area where he lives in retirement. Jim's long radio career includes several years as head of CBS Radio WCAU-1210 [now WPHT] and WCAU FM (98.1) [now WOGL] in Philadelphia, PA. Keating also manages the Beasley Broadcast Group. He spends the last years of his career as Market Manager of the Clear Channel Radio cluster in Ft. Myers-Naples, FL. Jay Meyers, Jim's long-time friend and associate, reveals that Keating has outside interests, too: He also drove a NASCAR type race car on the local Florida circuit. He was very proud of that. In 2004, Jim joined Birmingham manager Jimmy Vineyard and me at Talladega where Jimmy had made arrangements for all of us to drive in one of the racing schools. 171 around the track, driving yourself, just a guy in the passenger seat who would grab the wheel if you screwed up. It was amazing.
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AEROSMITH ROCKER ENTERS REHAB Pain and discomfort sends 61 year old Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler into a rehab clinic for control of injury trauma plus an addiction to prescription painkillers. This is the result of a decade of performance bruises, breaks and sprains that eventually requires surgery on his knees and feet. For instance, in August 2009 he falls off a stage during a concert that breaks his shoulder. Dr. Brian McKeon, Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at Tufts School of Medicine maintains, Managing and controlling his pain has been challenging, and despite our use of alternative therapies and the creation of custom shoes built by a team of engineers from Timberland, Steven's pain has progressed. McKeon is also the team doctor for the Boston Celtics. Tyler issues a statement to People.com: With the help of my family and team of medical professionals, I am taking responsibility for the management of my pain and am eager to be back on the stage and in the recording studio with my bandmates Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton and Brad Whitford. I love Aerosmith; I love performing as the lead singer in Aerosmith.
TOP 2009 CHRISTMAS SONG Inside Radio says that in the weeks that lead up to Christmas, a Mediaguide report indicates that radio plays various versions of Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish's song Sleigh Ride almost 119,000 times. Next up are Bobby Helms' Jingle Bell Rock and Andy Williams' It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Most listeners never hear one of my favorite Christmas songs anymore. It's Elvis Presley's 1966 Christmas tune If Every Day Was Like Christmas.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What future famous Rock star opens concerts for Canadian singer Anne Murray? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•GEORGE MICHAEL dean of Washington sportscasters dies after a long battle with cancer. George is WRC-TV CH4 sports reporter for 28 years until he resigns in 2008 due to budget cuts. •WNWV FM (The Wave 107.3) Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH is another Smooth Jazz radio station that bites the dust after 22 years as it flips to AAA (107.3 Boom!) on January 4, 2009. •CURTIS SLIWA former Citadel News-Talk WABC-770 NYC night host and Citadel Media syndicated personality returns to the morning show (5-9am) on crosstown Salem Communications News-Talk WNYM-970 (The Apple) Hackensack, NJ on January 11, 2009.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1954 ANNIE LENNOX singer with Synth/Pop duo the Eurythmics born in Aberdeen, Scotland on December 25th. •1963 JEFF CARSON Academy of Country Music Video of the Year award winner born on December 16th in Tulsa, OK. •1971 NOEL HOGAN guitarist/co-songwriter with Irish Rock band The Cranberries born Noel Anthony Hogan on December 25th. •1988 RESTLESS HEART's single A Tender Lie scores #1 on Billboard's Country chart on December 17th. •2001 LEE ANN WOMACK's single I Hope You Dance certifies Gold on December 17th. •1995 KENNY EVERETT British radio DJ/TV presenter dies on April 4th.
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JOHN SUMMERS (Los Angeles, CA) Does anyone remember an announcer by the name of Don Alexander who I believe worked in Texas, Oklahoma & Arkansas during the late 50's & early to mid 60's? If so, can you pass along some info? Thanx, John Summers
JIM [Catfish] PREWITT (Sacramento, CA) It's only a PPM Weekly but yesterday we got results of latest PPM ratings and for the first time The Wolf beat KNCI in EVERY demo and in some demos by a wide margin. This with little or no promotional budget. The past couple of months we have been beating them consistently in 18-34 and 25-35 and have been closing in on their upper demos. We'll probably get hit in the two weeks as we were off the air for 3 days this week. Jim Prewitt (
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MIKE MARSHALL (Houston, TX) Jim, I wanted to echo the sentiments expressed by Chuck Joseph about what a fun place KQUE was. He mentioned 1976. I didn't land there until about 1984, but I'm certain nothing had changed. The control room board was something out of the 50's, I think, and we were still playing single song cuts on carts when even college radio stations were playing CD's. The mic was on a table stand on the board in front of you, the only place I ever saw that it wasn't on a boom, out of the way. There were no turntables even if you wanted to play an LP and did anybody ever think of how they would get out of the building if it caught on fire? The only door that wasn't locked from the inside was the front door out to Caroline. There was a family of raccoons that lived under the building. Still and all, I enjoyed every minute of it. The music we played was great and I enjoyed passing along my knowledge of it. I can remember only one time in nearly fourteen years there when Paul Berlin got on me about going on too long about how ungrammatical the lyrics to "The Girl from Ipanema" were. I did and he was right. I don't understand why stations these days don't even announce the names of the records they are playing. Do their listeners just somehow know the names of the songs and the artists? It's sad that KQUE passed into oblivion. The music was timeless. The Houston Symphony still plays Mozart and people pay to get in. Mike Marshall
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GARY DELAUNE (San Antonio, TX) December 18th; Jim: Just a quick note to wish all those in the media world who read your column, a very Merry Christmas and great New Year. To all the members of our media world, thanks for all of your work, talent and perseverance through the years of a very difficult business. It has been a pleasure to have worked with men and women who assisted me many times when I needed advice or assistance in radio and television. I learned a lot, and realize that the days of broadcasting as we knew them are etched into the hall of memories. Thanks to all of you for friendship and association. Gary DeLaune (www.garydnews.com)
TRIVIA ANSWER: Bruce Springsteen once opens concerts for Anne Murray whose first hit is Snowbird.
DAVID PERKINS (Fort Worth, TX) And you are really bringing back the memories. When Soupy Sales died not too long ago and you had that in your newsletter I got to thinking about that time at Camp Pendleton -we were at peacetime- when every afternoon at 4:30 most of us big bad Marines would gather around the TV and watch, you guessed it, the "Soupy Sales Show." Happy trails. David (www.JesusChristSaid.com)
EVELYN PATE ALLEN (Kemp-Tool, TX) This is interesting. Also, yesterday my son James was watching some unreleased film of the assassination. He called me to come in and see if I recognized someone in one of the clips. It was Sam (Pate). I sure miss that guy. Every year about this time I remember a Christmas when he covered a fire where the family lost everything. What did Sammy Mack do? he came in and took all that was under my mom's Christmas tree and took it to the family. Funny thing though, That was the best Christmas we ever had. Merry Christmas to you and pray the coming year will be a turn around for the best to you. Evelyn Pate Allen
PIERRE SALINGER (June 14, 1925-October 16, 2004) Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me.
Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons
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