AUSSIE TV HOST TELLS ALL ABOUT GREEN ROOMS Australian TV presenter Richard Wilkins is born Richard Stephen Wilkins on June 19, 1954 in Auckland, New Zealand. At seven, he is classically trained as a violinist. He graduates from New Zealand's teacher's college with majors in English and Music. PolyGram signs Richard Wilde as he is then known to a worldwide contract. He becomes one of New Zealand's top Pop stars. In 1980, his band Wilde and Reckless heads to Australia to release singles plus a six track EP and tours with Grace Jones. He becomes Promotions and Marketing Manager of Sydney radio stations 2Day FM and 2UW (now Mix 106.5). In 1987, Richard is the first VJ on MTV Australia when it is a TV show not a channel. In 1992, he hosts Keynotes TV game show. In 2011, Richard Wilkins' New Holland Publishers book Black Ties, Red Carpets, Green Rooms is Australia's biggest selling book. In a recent statement Richard glows: I never expected all this. Writing the book was definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I’m thrilled and relieved that people seem to be enjoying it. In 2012, Richard Wilkins celebrates 25 years on Australian TV. From 1994 to the present, he is the Nine Network Entertainment Editor and appears regularly on The Today Show. In 2012, his book Black Ties, Red Carpets, Green Rooms releases as a must read paperback.

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RECORDING ARTISTS MAKE MINIMUM WAGE In 2011, The Daily Swarm publishes a very revealing list of music industry statistics. For instance, do you know that in order for a solo artist in the USA to earn the minimum wage of $1,160 per month they must sell 12,399 tracks on iTunes? As a group, that figure divides by the number of members in the band. Recording artists make their biggest money from concerts. The Daily Swarm spills the beans: ...a 77% decline in debut album sales since 2003 and with that a 17% decline in employed musicians. Only 17% of the global online community downloads music legally. With the shutting of record stores in the USA, now 27.4% of all albums sold are digital. Only 16.5% of Internet users in the USA purchase digital music. People are three times more likely to stream music than download it. Solo artists need to sell 1,299 albums on iTunes or 1,161 CDs at retail per month to make a minimum wage. They would need to have 4,053,110 plays on Spotify; 1,546,667 plays on Last.fm or 849,817 plays on Rhapsody to earn that minimum wage. Anu Kirk, MOG executive, reveals at the Digital Music Forum West: This is a tough business to be in. It sucks that right now artists are getting paid so little money by subscription services, but it sucks that artists are getting paid so little money by everyone. Kirk says: Lady Gaga earns only $167 from more than 1 million plays of 'Poker Face' on Spotify.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you remember when Kojak has its debut on TV? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Andy Waldrop Houston, TX radio air personality fires up 39 candles on Monday, December 26, 2011. •WXRT FM CBS Radio (Chicago's Finest Rock 93.1) limited edition charity CD ONXRT: Live From The Archives - Volume 13 releases on December 6, 2011 exclusively at Chicago area Target stores to support Lincoln Park Community Shelter and Partners in Health completely sells out. •WFMT FM Classical (98.7) Chicago, IL celebrates 60th Anniversary on air on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 live from the Chicago Cultural Center's Preston Bradley Hall with show hosts Rich Warren and Bill McGlaughlin.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1954 THE SHADOW radio program airs for the last time on December 26th. •1967 THE OSBORNE BROTHERS' Classic Rocky Top releases on Decca records on December 25th. •1974 JACK BENNY favorite radio & TV comedian (The Jack Benny Show) dies at 80 on December 26th. •1982 DUANE ALLEN & THE OAK RIDGE BOYS' Christmas album certifies Gold on December 27th. •1993 RODNEY DANGERFIELD 72 year-old favorite comedian weds 41 year-old Joan Child on December 26th. •2001 WILLIE NELSON & LEE ANN WOMACK's video Mendocino County Line shoots in Austin, TX on December 26th.

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JAMES BEST [Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane - Dukes of Hazzard] (Hickory, NC) Subject: Happy Holidays from the Best Family! Greetings! We wanted to send you the Best Family Christmas card this year! Thank you for all your continued support and we hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! James & Dorothy Best

JIM BELL [KUFH FM 88.7 Retired 1997-2010] (Lufkin, TX) Subject: Merry Christmas to All! From Jim Bell, now blissfully retired in God's Country -- East Texas. I just want everybody to know that I got my Christmas a few days early. Back on Thursday, the 22nd, my cancer doctor at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston told me he doesn't think I have prostate cancer.  Furthermore, he said the small town urologist who told me I DO have it misread the biopsy results, and I need to stop going to him. I will stop, because MD Anderson is the gold standard in cancer diagnosis and treatment. The Houston doctor told me to come back a year from now for a follow-up, but he's confident that I have nothing worth losing sleep over. Do you have any idea how this took a load off me and made me feel a hundred pounds lighter? I know, I don't LOOK a hundred pounds lighter, but it feels like it. So God's blessings and the happiest of Christmases, Hanukahs and whatevers to all my old Houston and east Texas radio friends and colleagues, and may all your days be as good and uplifting as mine was last Thursday.

DAVID HOUSE (Fort Worth-North Richland Hills, TX) Hi, Jim, Thanks so much for replying. I came across your website this afternoon and thought perhaps you would know Bob Sullivan and how to contact him. Probably reporter's luck. I was in the newspaper business for many years (Dallas Morning News, Denver Post, St. Pete Times, etc.) and even though I grew up during the '50s around (Louisiana) Hayride people and various artists because of my mother's career, I never learned that business, so I'm exploring unfamiliar territory. Your site looked strong and credible. Best, David House; Freelance Writer (www.fortworthwriter.com) Member: SPJ, Native American Journalists Association, Online News Association

JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: radio station jobs. KEBE/KOOI in Jacksonville (TX) 1966-1971; KLIS FM in Palestine in 1971; KSFA AM Nacogdoches 1972-76; KJCS FM Nacogdoches/Lufkin 1979-1986. Had the priv of working with some great folks including Larry Graham, Jerry Houston, Malcolm Landess, Jeff Dale, Dave Malone, and too many others to mention. Lots of changes (not all for the better).

DR. BRUCE NELSON [GM/AM Drive DJ KFTX FM 97.5 Retired 12/31/2010] (Corpus Christi, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1058) December 23, 2011 [Friday] Merry Christmas to you and Lacy. Tell Joanie Green-Gallo I'd hire here if I hadn't retired last year. She always did a great job for me at KNUZ!!! DrB (www.kftx.com) Merry Christmas from the 2nd Amendment! (www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCBNOFmr4nw)

BILLY THORMAN (Ft. Worth, TX) Subject: Fleece Napping Dad. Hey Jim! Just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas from the heart of my bottom. Thanks, for connect all our old radio pals. All the best! b

CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Subject: Merry Christmas

JAY WEAVER (D/FW-Hurst, TX) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

JIM GOUGH (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1057) December 19, 2011 [Monday] Thanks pardner...it’s always great here in the Hill Country. I had a nice narration to do for TxDot yesterday, so all's fine. Jim Gough http://jimgough.net/

TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Merry Christmas Jim and Lacy! Tony Lyndell Williams

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject: Holidays. A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO JIM & LACY! From Bob, Barb & Sonny Lee.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Telly Savalas plays bald police detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak on CBS TV's exciting Kojak series. Dan Frazer is Captain Frank McNeil along with Kevin Dobson as Lt. Bobby Crocker.  Kojak premieres on CBS TV on October 24, 1973 and runs through April 1978. During Kojak the reason that he sucks on a lollipop is to help him quit smoking. Telly is the son of Greek immigrants. He is born Aristotelis Savalas on January 21, 1922 in Garden City, Long Island, NY. During World War II, he serves as a soldier in Company C, 12th Medical Training Battalion, 4th Medical Training Regiment at Camp Pickett, VA. In the early 1950s, he hosts a popular radio program, Telly's Coffeehouse. Savalas studies psychology at Columbia University in NYC. Telly is an executive director and then senior director of ABC news special events. He becomes executive producer of Gillette Cavalcade of Sports where he gives Howard Cosell his first job. On January 22, 1994 Telly Savalas passes away at 72 of bladder cancer in Universal City, CA.

DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Best of the Season to you & Lacy! David Faulkner

BUDDY JOHNSON (Beaumont, TX) Yes sign me up, and I'd love to share some old stories with you. It's good to hear from you...

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