CHEETAH IS DEAD! We fans of the early Tarzan motion pictures fondly remember his scene-stealing chimp sidekick Cheetah who is one of Hollywood's best-known animal actors. Cheetah is one of several chimpanzees to appear alongside former Olympic Gold medal swimmer Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan. Maureen O'Sullivan is Jane. Johnny Sheffield appears as Boy in eight Tarzan films. Cheetah's film tenure in Tarzan is from 1932 to 1934. Cheetah lives at the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, FL well past the average chimp lifespan of 35 years to an estimated 80. Cheetah suffers from kidney failure and passes away on Christmas Eve 2011. Rene Lynch of the Los Angeles Times sighs: Cheetah the Chimp lived an awfully charmed life including chauffeured car rides, piano playing and much love and affection. Cheetah loves people's laughter and was known for his ability to stand up straight and walk like his human co-stars. Debbie Cobb, Sanctuary outreach director, tells The Tampa Tribune that Cheetah ...liked finger-painting and playing football. He was very compassionate. He could tell if I was having a good day or a bad day. He was always trying to get me to laugh if he thought I was having a bad day. He was very in tune to human feelings.

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BBC RECEIVES TWO BLACK EYES British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) public service scribe receives two black eyes on its facade. The first knock out punch happens after BBC’s online Magazine chooses its annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year from an entirely male rolodex. A rumpus arises amongst British media's petticoat junction. But when BBC includes the face of female panda bear Tian Tian as part of its list of 12 female faces of the year it sets the Twitter line on fire. Female panda bear Tian Tian, also known as Sweetie, arrives at Edinburgh Zoo in December 2011 from China. John Prescott, former deputy prime minister, Tweets: So the BBC couldn't find a woman for Sports Personality of the Year, but they could find a panda for a female face of 2011. Stella Creasy, Labour MP, scoffs: No offence to Sweetie - sure a lovely panda and best in the class etc - but clue is in the title 'women' not 'female of the species' of the year.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does R&B singer/guitar player Bo Diddley come up with his stage name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•CAROL MARIN WMAQ-TV CH5 Political Editor and Chicago Sun-Times political columnist recuperates from knee surgery. She hopes to be up and at 'em for the up coming Iowa caucuses. •RICH DAVIS Clear Channel Nashville Cluster Manager/Top 40 WRVW FM (107.5) Lebanon, TN PD returns as PD of KDWB FM (101.3) Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN. •WZRR FM Cumulus Classic Rock (Rock 99) Birmingham, AL flips to South Bronx Hip Hop-Rap 995TheVibe Today's hottest music including Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Maroon 5 and more!!! at midnight Saturday, December 31, 2011. Happy New Year!

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1955 BOB CUMMINGS SHOW premieres on January 2nd on NBC TV (later on CBS). •1969 JOHNNY CASH single Daddy Sang Bass hits #1 in Billboard Country on January 4th. •1972 DALLAS COWBOYS defeat the San Francisco '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game on January 2nd. •1985 RICK NELSON Pop/Country singer/TV star dies in a plane crash on December 31st near DeKalb, TX. •1990 ALAN HALE, JR. Skipper on Gilligan's Island dies of cancer at 71 on January 2nd. •2006 LEANN RIMES performs Something's Gotta Give at the rain-soaked Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, CA on January 2nd.

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FRANK HALEY (Albuquerque, NM) Jim, Happy New Year to you my friend and dear Lacy too. My two doggies Price and Baby are really excited about the new year. Well, I think they are, hard to tell. Take care... Frank and Alice

TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Happy New Year to you and Lacy.

RED JONES (Carrollton, GA) Carrollton, Georgia since 1985. A great place. Wouldn't live anywhere else...well, hopefully Heaven, when I'm called home. Best to you and Lacy in the new year. Red Jones; Georgia Radio Hall Of Fame

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PARRIS AFTON BONDS (Dallas-Allen, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1060) December 30, 2011 [Friday] Jimmy ~ Happy New Year; may it be your best yet! Parris Afton Bonds; Namesake of Southwest Writers Workshop's Parris Award for outstanding contribution and service by a published author (www.parrisaftonbonds.com)

CHUCK DUNAWAY (Houston, TX) Here's wishing you and yours the best of a New Year filled with good health, much happiness, and plenty of luck and success! Chuck and Kendall

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KEVIN CHARLES [MINATREA] (Houston, TX) Jim, I do remember KMOO 1510 from when I was growing up in Mineola. In fact my brother Ron got his first radio job there while he was a sophomore or junior in high school. He was half of the "Double O Duo" afternoon show geared toward the kids in town... (even though he way not old enough to legally operate the transmitter. They were in a building like you described, but I think they had a real tower, not just a fence... It was owned at the time by Sam Curry...he ran it along with his wife Joyce for many years... My brother went on to learn engineering there and at KEEE and KEFM (now KJCS) in Nacogdoches. He also did engineering at KEBE KOOI Jacksonville and KDOK Tyler before going to work for Motorola. I got my start at KJCS in Nac in 78 with a little encouragement from my brother. I stayed there for the next 8 years...then moved to KLTR 93.7 in Houston... Then I landed at KLDE and was there off and on full and part time until recently. Kevin - By the way my brother was at KMOO around 1970-72 I think. There is now an FM in Mineola using the same calls.

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JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: job. Which station? (Country KJCS FM 103.3) 103 the bull in Nacogdoches/Lufkin. Yeah. Last time I was in radio it was cds and reel to reel. It will be a biiig change for me. Thanks.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject: Obits...both 12/24. Hello Jim: Sean Bonniwell, lead-singer, guitarist/song-writer of "Music Machine" dies @ 71 on 12/24/11. His biggest hit was "Talk, Talk" to #15, December 1966. The L.A. rock quintet also released several others. Bluegrass pioneer comedian/radio DJ, Jody Rainwater, has died @ 92 in a Richmond hospital. He was part of the Flatt & Scruggs Foggy Mtn. Boys 1949-1962. He then spent 22 years as a DJ, mostly at WSVS, Crewe, VA retiring in 1984. He is survived by Emma, his wife of 57 years & served with USMC in WW11. Bob & Sonny Lee

TRIVIA ANSWER: Bo Diddley is born Ellas Otha Bates on December 30, 1928 in McComb, MS. His adoptive name Ellas McDaniel is from his mother's cousin, Gussie McDaniel. Ellas gets his nickname Bo Diddley from a one string African guitar (the diddley bow) that he plays with a metal slide like in a dobro. He studies violin at his Baptist Church in Chicago and plays his trademark rectangular guitar in South Side clubs. In 1955, Bo records for Chess/Checker records. His first record Bo Diddley/I'm a Man lands at #1 on the R&B chart. As a Rock and Roll vocalist, guitarist, song writer and inventor his signature pounding beat guitar and jive talk influences many legendary recording artists such as Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and Eric Clapton. In 1987, Bo inducts into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He receives Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation plus a Grammy from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Bo Diddley dies at 79 in Archer, FL on June 2, 2008.

CHARLES GEORGE (Dallas, TX) Hi, If you were in town I would treat you to R. J. Cuisine Mexican Restaurant at the West End. I find it a great place to fellowship. Especially for some one who would enjoy talking to another about Radio, plus other subjects. As an amateur radio operator, I have found that it is better to let others talk, since what I need to know can be better learned. I have been practicing Morse code, it is obsolete but still is fun. I read the book Due To Circumstances Beyond Our Control, the same year I read the autobiography of Sammy Davis Jr., Chet Huntley, and the host of the Today Show who later did a news program on ABC. 73 Charles, KC5RAI

YOGI BERRA (May 12, 1925 - p) All the great jazz players alive today are dead except for the ones dying to be like the ones that are dead.

Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo

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