ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1954 DAVID PAYMER actor (Love Mary, Mr. Saturday Night) born on August 30th. •1966 SHAWN CAMP singer-songwriter (River Of Love, Two Pina Coladas & Would You Go With Me?) born on August 29th in Little Rock, AR. •1971 WNPI TV PBS CH18 in Norwood, NY begins broadcasting on August 30th. •1983 KENNY ROGERS' album Eyes That See In The Dark releases on RCA records on August 30th. •1993 RICHARD JORDAN actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse) dies at 55 on August 30th. •2005 BROOKS & DUNN's album Hillbilly Deluxe releases on Arista records on August 30th.

JIM PREWITT [Catfish] (Sacramento, CA) Subject: Barry Kaye Story. Hey Jimbo...I've got a Barry Kaye story for ya...When I worked at KLIF (1190), Barry Kaye was doing Afternoon Drive. One day we all got this memo from PD Jim Davis about "Content". He said in the memo he would like to hear more content on our shows. In the memo Jim encourages us to tell a "local story" on the air. Barry reads the memo on the air and all day calls himself "Content Kaye". Toward the end of his show he's reading the memo on the air again about having to tell a local story. Barry paused for a second and said, "Had a great day today played golf with the Mayor, AAAAAhooooga! This is Content Kaye on KLIF!" I have many more Barry Kaye stories but most of them would not be appropriate for your newsletter :-) Jim Prewitt; (www.JimPrewitt.com) / (www.Facebook.com/CatfishJimPrewitt) / (www.MySpace.com/Catfishonline) AOL Instant Messenger: Netcatfish

JEFF THOMPSON (Winston-Salem, NC) Yes, Jim, I certainly DO remember where I was on August 16th, 1977. (Part II) Grabbed a cab to the airport in a terrible, blinding rain storm, and held the plane for about a half hour, since Johnny Carson and Rock Hudson were reportedly to be on the same flight. That would have given me a great coup for insightful interviews, with the great NBC showman, whose son, Ricky, was my friend) and the actor, Elvis' other career. But the weather apparently delayed them, and we took off into the rain and the night. A car was waiting for me in Memphis and I headed straight to Graceland, and found about 10,000 or more people standing there in the rain. I interviewed many and found where ever in the country they had been that afternoon....when they heard the terrible bulletin that Elvis was gone....they simply made a turn in the road and headed for Memphis. Surprisingly often, I talked to people to whom Elvis had generously given them a Cadillac. So the legend is true. About that time, a group of us reporters was taken to see Elvis lying in state. And yes, the King was dead. What was UN-true, (though already widely being reported) was that he died on the same day of August as his mom. But, just thought you'd like to know, Jim, for the record how it came down that day at NBC. - Jeff Thompson (Part III in the Wednesday issue of JRRR)

WALTRAUD HOFFMEISTER (Lake Constance-Lindau-Bavaria, Germany) hi jim, it's 4:22 pm here. I seldom listen to the radio. I like country music and country gospel and every Sunday I've Sunday gospel on daystar. can't be without it. Daystar is a Christian TV station: Every Sunday I've Country Gospel with Ed O'Neal: He also sings with Bill Gaither.

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JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: engineering tale. This is a true story. Our engineer at Waller Broadcasting in Jacksonville (TX) was a young electronics whiz named David Higginbotham. When our old Ampex 350 broke down, we were left with no recorder in the production room. David immediately got on the phone and called "Information" for a telephone number for Ampex in California. I was sitting there when the operator told him she was unable to find a number for Tampax in Redwood City. In his normal, dry delivery, David informed the operator that he was looking for Ampex because Tampax had gone in the hole years ago. There was silence on the other end, then uncontrollable laughter from the operator. When she was finally able to control herself, she gave David the number. The old days of "Information" could be fun sometimes.

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BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) Ran into an interesting bit of info recently...you may wish to check out or already know this: Johnnie & Jack & Tennessee Mtn. Boys had first of many chart hits (1951-62) with a #4 hit on RCA 1/51: "Poison Love." I learned the writer of that song was an Elmer Laird, auto-dealer in Houston on KLEE! (Johnnie Wright, B 5/13/14-p & married to singer Kitty Wells; Jack Anglin, 5/13/16 to 3/7/63...killed in car crash enroute to Patsy Cline's Memorial Svc in Nashville). Seems like a local bit of interest there indeed. Ironically, I was once a DJ on WLEE, Huntington, WVA & got to meet Johnnie & Jack at several shows, along with Kitty in mid-50's. Ever heard of brother Laird?? BOB

LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#861) August 27, 2010 [Friday] Hi Jim, I do appreciate the time you put in writing and getting your JRRR in the email to us. I just now read Friday's August 27, 2010 Issue #861. The Wi-Fi in the Harrison County Court House in Marshall, Texas is up this morning. I am glad I have this company provided lap tap Dell Vostro 1510 to see this with. Thanks, Leslie Wayne Hodges (www.kzqx.com)

TRIVIA ANSWER: The Chiffons say He's So Fine because he's soft-spoken. The song is #1 for 4 weeks in spring 1963.

DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Jim, Meant to thank you for mentioning Tammy Wynette's "Till I Can Make It On My Own" in Friday's issue. Hadn't heard that song in several years. Found it on YouTube. Was good to hear it again. David Faulkner

HENRY GILES (February 28, 1814-August 5, 1880) A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.