JIM ELLINGER (Tamale, Ghana, Africa) Jim Rose and Radio Friends - Well, once again I find myself on a radio assignment in a far, far off place. Greetings from Ghana! A friendly place to be sure. They speak English, love Obama, have a scrappy free press, and have 5-6 community radio stations. I am on a "food security intervention" assignment, NGO-speak for hunger. Trying to help the local farmers get better prices for their crops. HECK! I could (have) stayed in Central Texas and worked on that! Tomorrow I have to ride on the BACK of a mountain bike, for fifty+ clicks, on a road 'too bad for cars' to a community radio station in some village south of here. Gonna' be a bone-jarring, bladder-blasting, dust-choking, African sun frying day at the office. jim ellinger

TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich, MA) Jim...One of the luckiest breaks of my life happened one Sunday in Seguin, Texas. I was the lone ranger on Sundays at KWED. Signed on at sunrise, and off at sunset. Ran the transmitter by remote control from the studio. At 10am I plugged into a live broadcast from the Lutheran Church. Just before 11am, I unplugged the Lutherans, did the station break thing, and plugged into the Catholics live. This gave me a two hour break to prepare an hour-long noon news. Just after delivering the news and getting a record show started the phone rang. It was Jack Roth, owner of KONO, who happened to be out for a Sunday drive and told me he just heard my newscast and wanted to hire me as a radio news anchorman on KONO. Two weeks later I was at KONO. That was the Fall of 1958. In April, 1961, the news director of KONO-TV called me at work and said his anchorman had quit suddenly that morning, and would I be available to anchor 12 Star Final that night? BINGO! That was the beginning of a wonderful career in television news. Tom

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DUKE GILLELAND (Belton, TX) Caught your site when I was trying to look up a current # for Larry & Gail Scott of Terrell TX. Consider Larry one of, if not the best DJ’s to pull up to a mic! Followed his midnight shows from station to station for 10-15 years! Two others were Arch Yancey & Buffalo Bill Bailey of the 60’s era at KIKK in Pasadena TX. Come from a long line of radio listeners. With a few exceptions like Rick Barber in Denver or Tom Allen at KVET in Austin, radio out there today I can only describe with a line of cuss words too long to count! Keep up the good work. Duke Gilleland

MIKE HARTMAN (Ft. Worth-Joshua, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#756) December 25, 2009 [Friday] Hey, Jim...Mike Hartman here. Christmas came early this year for the Hartman family. My wife and I became grandparents again. Our new granddaughter, Claudia Nadine, arrived weighing in at 7 lbs.,4 oz. Thank you, Lord. Jim, may you and Lacy have a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year. Remember...Jesus is the reason for the season. And, Jim, thank you for "JRRR". You have us spoiled. God bless our men and women in the armed forces...and God bless America!

CHARLES GEORGE Subject: The CD is Dead? Hi, Books are also in the same way as CDs. Novels, short stories, newspapers. I don't even subscribe to a newspaper since I can get the stories online. The problem is when all the companies in the game are owned by the same people. Also churches. How many could actually sit and listen to a sermon like Wesley, Spurgeon, etc. One year for Lent, I bought a copy of Standard Sermons of Wesley and I found it hard to even read pass the first paragraph, etc. When non-profit groups talk about making a profit? TV stations that run programs I like at pledge drive then they disappear. I find I read more than when I was younger, have more time, just less money. Makes me think of the song Circle Game, Joni Mitchell. I saw an interesting movie from 1962 on Channel 8-3, All Night Long an interesting movie as a period piece to see Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck and other Jazz musicians. An adaptation of Othello. I guess I am not interested in progress makes me think of the song That's All by Merle Travis. Charles George

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BLAKE LINDSAY (Dallas-Addison, TX) Subject: Our Attitude of Gratitude for another Year of Awesome Jim Rose Remembers Radio Columns. Jim, I want to wish you and Lacy an outstanding year ahead. Also, Jennifer and I want to thank you very much, for another fun year of reporting on current broadcasting events, mixed with wonderful memories. I used to be the only person in our little household to read your column, and Jennifer read a couple with me and quickly realized what an enjoyable read your column is. Now she reads right along with me. Happy brand new year to you Jim! Your Grateful Friend, Blake A. Lindsay, President, Blazin' Blake Productions. Learn more about our ability to provide first-rate, customized audio promoting your business and more. Click www.blazinblake.com to discover the many advantages of Blazin' Blake Productions...where hearing is believing!

TRIVIA ANSWER: The title of Lesley Gore's first album in 1963 is I'll Cry If I Want To. The topic of each of the songs in the album is crying. Her first two hits from the album are It's My Party (I'll Cry If I Want To) which lands at #1 and Judy's Turn To Cry at #5 on Billboard's Pop chart.

JOAN PATE-DAY (Cedar Creek Lake,TX) Now that the mailing is done and you are relaxing I will give you some good news. Four years ago I was told I was going blind and my sight would grow worse. On the second of this month I had surgery on my right eye and can now see perfect out of it. How beautiful and bright everything now looks. On the 16th the left eye will be fixed as well. Prayers do work. What a wonderful Christmas present the Lord has given me.

JAKE HESS (December 24, 1927-p) Prayer is the key to Heaven (But faith unlocks the door).

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

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