SOUL TRAIN CRASHES Don Cornelius begins as a DJ on WVON-1690 in Chicago, IL suburb of Berwyn. He moves over to WCIU-TV UHF CH26. In 1970, Soul Train is a local TV program in the Windy City. It airs nationally from 1971 to 2006. Soul Train's host is the mellow-voice Don Cornelius who also creates the show. Soul Train's funky music and groovy dance steps showcase some of R&B's biggest stars, including Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Barry White, the Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson, Diane Ross and the Isley Brothers. Soul Train opens with an animated chugging train. In later years, Soul Train features rap stars, although Cornelius says that he is no fan of rap. In 1993, Cornelius steps down as host of Soul Train. In 1995, he inducts into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame plus he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Law enforcement sources say that around 4:00 am, Wednesday morning, February 1, 2012 one of Don's two sons reports a shooting at his Mulholland Drive home in Beverly Hills, CA. Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter says that Cedars-Sinai hospital pronounces him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Cornelius has a troubled marriage. In 2009, he receives three years' probation for misdemeanor spousal battery. In his 2009 divorce case, Don mentions that he has significant health issues.

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ALL IN THE FAMILY LOSES A MEMBER In the 1940s, John Rich begins his broadcast career while at University of Michigan as a radio sports announcer earning $1 an hour. In 1953, he joins the Screen Directors Guild. He is a board member for more than 50 years. From the 1950s into the 1990s for almost five decades, Rich directs such iconic series as All in the Family, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gilligan’s Island, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, The Twilight Zone and Murphy Brown. He directs 41 episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show. He helms the pilot for All in the Family and spends four years directing and producing the classic comedy, as well as its spinoffs Maude, The Jeffersons, and Good Times. Veteran TV director John Rich dies at 86 on Sunday January 29, 2012.

PIRACY IS NEW RADIO Legendary Rock and Roller Neil Young works on next generation iPod with Apple founder Steve Jobs. He calls it a possible higher-definition music device. On Tuesday, February 1, 2012 the 66-year-old singer/songwriter who campaigns his higher-fidelity digital sound on stage at the D: Dive into Media technology conference says that a giant of the industry, the late Steve Jobs, is on his side. Young tells the conference that he speaks with Jobs about creating a format that has 20 times the fidelity of files in the most current digital formats, including MP3. Young says the Apple co-founder is such a fan of music that he doesn't use his iPod digitally compressed files at home: Steve Jobs was a pioneer of digital music. But when he went home, he listened to vinyl (albums). Neil Young says that piracy is the new radio. He says that fans illegally copy low-quality songs to sample music before they buy higher-quality versions.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What NFL teams play in Super Bowl XII? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•EDDIE FINGERS 30-year radio vet let go 16 months ago by Clear Channel News/Talk WLW-700 Cincinnati, OH rejoins former partner Tracy Jones from 3-6pm on The Big One Newsradio WLW. •KSZR FM Cumulus Adult Hits (97.5) Tucson/Oro Valley, AZ ditches Bob FM for CHR I97.5 at noon on  Friday, February 3, 2012. •GLORIA ALLRED Women's rights advocate/President of Women's Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education fund demands TV stations nix anti-abortion ad in Super Bowl because of their inflammatory nature. •CLEAR CHANNEL launches ESPN Sports WPKX FM (97.9) Enfield, CT as sister to ESPN WPOP-1410.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1953 J. FRED MUGGS the chimp becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show on February 3rd. •1964 MATRACA BERG singer-songwriter [Deana Carter Strawberry Wine, Reba McEntire The Last One To Know, Martina McBride Wild Angels and Patty Loveless You Can Feel Bad] born on February 3rd in Nashville, TN. •1971 KTSC TV PBS CH 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Springs, CO 1st broadcast on February 3rd. •1982 JESSICA HARP of The Wreckers born on February 3rd in Kansas City, MO. •1991 NFL PRO BOWL: AFC beats the NFC 23-21 on February 3rd. •2010 BRAD PAISLEY's single Online goes Gold on February 4th.

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PAT MURRAY BELL (Asheville-Mills River, NC) Jim, I saw your name as a friend of Gary Hamilton who is also a childhood friend of mine and I also had a good friend named Jim Rose who died some years ago and thought maybe you were his son who was a junior but nope...you're not. But I also had a friend who graduated from Kimball in '62, Linda Allen Cardwell....do you know her? We went to kindergarten together!! Small world. She is also working on your 50th reunion as I am for Thomas Jefferson in Dallas.

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JIM GOUGH [Mr. Texas-actor-voice actor] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio (#1069) January 30, 2011 [Monday] Jim...couldn't help but notice you were on the air at WBAP (WFAA) at one time. During 1995-6 I did "Texas USA" on KRLD every Saturday and Sunday night. First at the old station in Dallas and finally at the elaborate studios in the Ballpark at Arlington. I had never had such an experience! I too had listeners from many states that always called in. Got tons of fan mail. Got a call one night from North Dakota! Unless you've been on a 50,000 watt station..you ain’t lived! Best, Jim Gough www.jimgough.net

WFAA AND WBAP FAMOUS TIME SHARE ARRANGEMENT From 1967-68, I'm the 7pm-midnight DJ on WFAA-820. On Sundays the noon-6pm DJ on WFAA-570. That's when the pair WBAP and WFAA each own 50% of 50,000 watt clear channel 820 and 5000 watt 570 frequencies. Every 6 hours at 6am, noon, 6pm and midnight at 10 seconds before the hour each DJ gives a station break on one frequency and at 5 seconds before the hour we flip the switch to the other frequency and give an I.D. on that frequency. This is the only time in American radio that the FCC allows that to occur. On May 1, 1970, WBAP pays WFAA $3.5 million for their 50% share of 820 and 570 frequencies. MOR music WFAA-820 becomes News/Talk WBAP-820 and News/Talk WBAP-570 becomes MOR music WFAA-570. Later, WFAA-570 flips to News/Talk. Then, 50,000 watt clear channel WBAP-820 hires Bill Mack to do an all night Country radio show. It becomes so popular that in 1972, WBAP flips from all news to all Country and quickly becomes #1 in DFW because it covers such a huge area. In 1972 I move over from KBOX-1480 to the Mighty 11-90 KLIF-1190. Much later after KLIF abandons its famous 1190 frequency, WFAA-570 flips to Talk KLIF-570. KLIF-1190 becomes News KFXR-1190 (CNN 1190). So, at one time or another I'm on all four frequencies in Dallas, TX: 1480, 1190, 820 and 570. Those were the days my friend.

DAVID FAULKNER (Dallas, TX) Subject: Issue 1069. Greetings! Jim & Lacy, Enjoyed the recollections of KLIF 1190 in Issue 1069. Ken Dowe, Charlie Van Dyke, Michael O' Shea, & Jim Rose, a few of the many legends from a legendary station. Spent much time listening to it when I was growing up. Best, David Faulkner

TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: Gabe Kaplan. Gabe Kaplan, the teacher on "Welcome Back Kotter", also was a professional poker player.  He probably has won close to $1.5 million playing poker. He also has been a commentator on numerous professional poker championships. Kaplan will be 67 in March.

TRIVIA ANSWER: On January 15, 1978 the Dallas Cowboys defeat the Denver Broncos 27 to 10 in Super Bowl XII at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA. Dallas Cowboys head coach is the legendary Tom Landry. Roger Staubach quarterbacks Dallas. Former Cowboy Craig Morton is the Broncos' quarterback. Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier do the play-by-play. MVPs are Cowboys' Randy White [Defensive tackle] and Harvey Martin [Defensive end]. 76,400 fans watch the Halftime show that features the Tyler Junior College Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt. Super Bowl 30-second commercial costs $162,000. CBS TV has the largest audience ever to watch a sporting event. It is the highest-rated Super Bowl to date with 47.2 national household rating and 67 share.

LESLIE WAYNE HODGES (Marshall, TX) Jim, What Follows a drought history has always shown is major flooding. In a meeting last night [Thursday evening January 19 2012} in The Harrison County Ag Office this drought is very very bad. If we go through another summer like 2011. Beaumont, TX will not have any water. What I was told last night by a CPA Mac Abney. Mac says the experts do not know what to make of this drought. Mac was involved a meeting on this drought situation. I'm looking for encouragement on what is to come. Might be we need to build an ark? Mac said my hair cut looks more like I work in the media last night. That made me smile. Leslie

MICHAEL MCCAUL (January 14, 1962 to p) Texas has been hit especially hard this year by a continuing drought, threatening high winds and increasingly destructive range fires. Simply, these conditions have lead to extremely adverse conditions in the agriculture industry.

Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo

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