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VETERAN JOURNALIST PASSES INTO THE NIGHT In the early 1960s, one of the very few Conservative newspaper columnists who is syndicated nationally is James J. Kilpatrick. He dies Sunday night, August 16, 2010 at 89. James' wife, Marianne Means, says that he dies of congestive heart failure at George Washington University Hospital. For nearly 30 years, Kilpatrick's column A Conservative View runs in hundreds of newspapers. It predates the TV presence of William F. Buckley Jr. who founds the Conservative National Review magazine. Richard Viguerie, Conservative youth group leader in the early 1960s, remembers: Before there was a Bill Buckley, before there was a Ronald Reagan or Rush Limbaugh, there was James Jackson Kilpatrick explaining public-policy issues from a Conservative perspective. James rises from cub reporter to become one of the South's most prominent newspaper editors and America's most widely syndicated political columnist. We TV viewers in the 1970s know Kilpatrick as the Conservative half of the Point-Counterpoint segment on CBS 60 Minutes. He receives numerous journalism awards. James is one of the few columnists ever to become a fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists. In 1997, James' first wife, sculptor Marie Pietri, dies of cancer. In 1998, he marries longtime Hearst Newspapers Washington columnist, Marianne Means. James' 76-year old wife, Marianne, reminisces: He was a wonderful human being.

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WOMACK HOSTS 4TH ANNUAL ACM INITIATION The 4th annual ACM Honors ceremony on September 20, 2010 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN recognizes the winners of the categories that are not on the Academy of Country Music Awards' live broadcast on CBS TV in April 2010. Country music sensation, Lee Ann Womack, is this year's host. The big event enshrines Rod Essig, Marty Robbins, Don Schlitz, Mel Tillis, Keith Urban, Cindy Walker, the film Crazy Heart plus winners of the MBI (musician, bandleader, instrumentalist) and industry categories. 2010 marks Lee Ann’s 2nd time to host the ACM Honors ceremony: It is an honor to be asked again by the Academy of Country Music to be a part of the awards honoring the people who make our business work on such a core level. For the artists, the songwriters, the people who bring this music to the fans, these awards recognize the exceptional contributions of the people who create the foundation for everything we do — and any time you can recognize that kind of contribution, it is a wonderful thing to be a part of.

TRIVIA QUESTION: In the Beatle's 1966 tune Eleanor Rigby who buries her? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Chuck Scott [Washington, DC-Chicago-Houston. Armed Forces Radio and Television (AFRTS)] celebrates another year on Wednesday, August 18th. •MEGAN GLAROS exits WCBS TV NYC. She joins CBS O&0 WBBM TV CH2 Chicago, IL as its new meteorologist on the new early morning show that debuts August 30, 2010 to replace Monsters & Money in the Morning which has low ratings after 7 months on the air. •BRUCE JACOBS veteran Clear Channel and Premiere Radio Network Talk personality joins Mission Media Group's Sporting News Radio.

•1958 PEREZ PRADO The Mambo King's instrumental single Patricia receives one of the 1st Gold records on August 18th. •1961 JIMMY DEAN records Big Bad John at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville, TN on August 18th. •1973 GENE KRUPA drummer plays his final time with the Benny Goodman Quartet on August 18th. •1982 ERNEST TUBB's final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry is on August 14th. •1992 GERARD SONDER radio host on Dutch national public radio AVRO dies on August 18th. •2006 JOHNNY CASH's album American V: A Hundred Highways certifies Gold on August 18th.

JIM PREWITT [Catfish] (Sacramento, CA) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#850) August 02, 2010 [Monday] Never could understand why there is so much instability in radio. guess its ego on both sides. I do know that compared to regular jobs the DJ business is a lot crazier and loose than most businesses. I mean, all my jock career I wear is shorts or jeans and long, long hair and a rebel attitude. Not too many places will put up with that. The PDs were not much different. Hey, it's show business/Rock'n'Roll RADIO and there's nothing normal about it. That's what I regret about radio. It changed ME. When I first go into it I got my 3rd class license then my First Phone. I loved being on the air but I was conservative and like the rules and regulations and structure of a format. That all changed when I got older and eventually got into anything goes radio. It made me very Jaded. Jim Prewitt (www.JimPrewitt.com) / (www.Facebook.com/CatfishJimPrewitt) / (www.MySpace.com/Catfishonline} AOL Instant Messenger: Netcatfish

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JOYCE WEBSTER [J.C.] (Mena, AR) Subject: Cuzzin Lennie. I bought my first new car, a 1974 midsize Mercury station wagon with the biggest engine Mercury made because it was the quietest riding car with the best radio I could afford. Went to pick it up and noticed the radio didn't sound as good, turned out the car I bought had a Lincoln radio but they had replaced it with a cheaper one. When the guy argued, I said I work in radio and I listen to Cuzzin Lennie at night, put the good radio back or you keep the car. Many, many nights driving from KNUS/KLUV on top of the Merchant's Bank Bldg. to my home nearly in Arlington I listened to Lennie. He was always so nice to me from the days at KLIF (1190). Thanks to Sam Lee for letting us know and giving us the address. I'll NEVER forget him and how short he made that long drive! Joyce "JC" Webster 

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FR. BOB TOMLINSON (Ft. Worth-Hurst, TX) Subject: Cuzzin Lennie. Hi Jim, Very sorry to hear how ill Cuzzin Lennie is. He was on nights at KLIF (1190) while I was taking a break from radio and back in Dallas at college. Those nights I was up late studying or running around, he was on the radio. Don't remember the date but I'm guessing 1972 KLIF did a reunion day with many of the old announcers coming back to do their air shift again. I taped most of the shows that day and they are in a box here some where. Anyway that night Lennie did a contest about the day and who was on a day part and I called in. Surprised I got through but he and I chatted for several minutes and he aired my answer. I got the LP he was giving away. Still have it. Maybe I should get over to Carrolton and get him to sign it. My prayers for him and his wife. You and Lacy take care in this heat, Bob Tomlinson=

CUZZIN' LENNIE HENDERSON'S address at the hospital is Heritage Gardens Hospital; 2135 N Denton Drive; Carrollton, TX 75006.

TRIVIA ANSWER: It's Father McKenzie who buries Eleanor Rigby in the Beatle's tune of the same name from their 1966 LP Revolver.

DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Greetings! Hey Jim, Radio sure has changed, technologically. (I'll save thoughts about changes in what goes over the air for another note.) The stations I worked at in the 1980's had carts, turntables & reel to reel. (Some of the more high dollar stations might have been switching over to CD's, but that may have been more the late 80's or early 90's.) In 2001, on my birthday (September 15th, 4 days after 9/11 that year) Ron Chapman said that I could come watch him do his show on KLUV. (We had exchanged emails & agreed that I would be there on the 15th before 9/11.) All the songs, spots, jingles, etc (other than a few songs that he brought to play on his show) were on a hard drive. Stations today are probably using something more advanced than that. Take Care, David Faulkner; Dallas, TX

LARRY LUJACK [in his book Superjock] DJs used to be American heroes. No more. Today, being a disk jockey is generally regarded as being slightly more respectable than snatching purses for a living, or robbing graves.

Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo

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