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WESTERN FILM STAR RIDES OFF INTO THE SUNSET The native of Haverhill, MA, Peter Breck, begins his acting career right after he completes Navy duty. He studies drama and English at the University of Houston, TX and appears in Houston's Alley Theater before he moves on to the Arena Theater in Washington, DC. Famed actor Robert Mitchum spies him in George Bernard Shaw's Man of Destiny and offers him a small role in his next movie Thunder Road. Breck's TV debut is in 1956 in an episode of Sheriff of Cochise. From the 1950s through the early 2000s he has guest roles in TV series Perry Mason, The Virginian, Fantasy Island, General Hospital and The Incredible Hulk. He appears as Doc Holliday in several episodes of Maverick and is a regular in TV Westerns Lawman and Black Saddle. But the role that brings him fame is as son, Nick Barkley, of ranch owner Victoria Barkley (Barbara Stanwyck) in the 1960s Western The Big Valley which airs from 1965 to 1969. On Monday, February 6, 2012 movie actor Peter Breck who suffers from dementia dies at 82 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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FORMER HOUSTON MORNING DJ UTTERS EXPLETIVE A once well-known radio name here in Houston, TX is Moby who gains fame as a PM Drive DJ on Album Rock KLOL FM (101.1) and AM Drive DJ on KSRR FM (97 Rock). He high-tails it to Atlanta, GA area as a Country DJ. Moby also places his Country radio show into syndication. He is very successful in the format flip. But, the self-syndicated radio morning personality is recently suspended indefinitely from Woman's World Broadcasting WTSH FM (South 107) in Rome, GA after he accidentally lets loose the earth-shattering words G-- damn on the air on Monday, February 13, 2012. Moby confesses to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he believes his mic is off when he blurts out curse words about the furnace being on. His shocking words cause listeners radios to shake, rattle and roll. Moby apologizes: I hated it happened. It won’t be repeated. A lesson learned. In the studio, you always have to assume the mikes are open. One thing that radio pros learn is to consider a radio studio microphone like a gun. Always assume that it is loaded.

TRIVIA QUESTION: When does the TV series Dallas premiere? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Robin Marshall over 25 years in NYC radio-North Carolina School of Broadcasting teacher-DJ CBS WKQC FM K104.7 Charlotte, NC (www.RobinMarshall.com) / (www.JayneFM.com) gains one more year on February 17, 2012. •JOSH LEWIN KRLD FM (105.3) Dallas, TX Sports Talk Host 16 years MLB with Orioles, Cubs and Rangers joins Howie Rose on NY Mets flagship station WFAN -660. •RICHARD QUILLEN local radio legend who exits morning co-host spot on Country WXBQ FM (96.9) in Bristol, VA after more than two decades for mornings on Country WAXM FM (93.5) in Norton dies on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 50 in his Lebanon home. Richard begins radio in 1980's as WXBQ part-timer/rabbit mascot/AM Drive moves to WAXM mornings in 1990's.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1958 WETV TV (now WPBA) PBS CH30 in Atlanta, GA begins broadcasting on February 17th. •1969 GEORGE JONES marries Tammy Wynette on February 16th in Ringgold, GA six months after the marriage is announced. •1970 JONI MITCHELL's final concert at Royal Albert Hall is on February 17th. •1987 RICKY VAN SHELTON's debut album Wild-Eyed Dream releases on Columbia records on February 15th. •1990 ERIK RHODES actor (Astaire & Rogers 1935 musical Top Hat) dies of pneumonia at 84 on February 17th. •2001 JAMIE O'NEAL's single There Is No Arizona lands at #1 in Billboard Country on February 17th.

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TOM ELLIS (Boston-East Sandwich-Newton, MA) Hi, Jim and Lacy, All your work chasing news at the various radio stations in Dallas and Houston prepared you for writing and editing your JRRR news clips and summaries. You get a lot of good info into a very small space, which is the mark of a good writer/editor. My first Journalism professor at the University of Texas told us on the first day of class that if you're writing news for television, it is impossible to be too concise. That's one of the best pieces of Broadcast Journalism advice I got in almost 10 years of working my way through college during the 40's and 50's. Tom

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BOB FORD (Houston-Galveston, TX) Hi Jim...Any info on what happened to Max Wolfe (KXYZ thru December of 1976)? At the tender age of 18. I had what was honestly my most dreadful experience in radio. Max was a fatherly figure...smoked a pipe (back when you could smoke in the control room)...and took me under his wing. I had just graduated high school, and working in the big market of Houston was a dream come true. I had been doing weekends and fill-in starting in August of 75 (I was attending UofH). Then, in late December...the PD at the time, Jack Daniels told me they wanted to put me on full time...overnights. But, what about Max? I was to start at the stroke of midnight, New Year's Eve 1976. While I was excited to get a shot at a full time gig, I was really torn up that they were letting Max go. And, to top it all off...I show up at 11PM...there's Max...and Jack Daniels. Max was kinda tearing up...but he packed up all his stuff and left. That was the last time I ever saw him or spoke to him. He told me not to worry about it. Jack said he couldn't get in touch with him on the phone...to can him. Needless to say, it was a rather melancholy first night of full time radio for me. Happy New Year! Goodness, what started out as a simple "subscribe" request...turned into this...sorry for rambling. Thanks much, Bob; Bob Ford Productions, Inc. (www.bobfordproductions.com) 

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TONY WILLIAMS (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Subject: Murrow. Jim Rose Remembers Radio. Actually, Murrow did not particularly like "Person to Person".  Increasingly he thought it hurt his journalistic integrity although he conceded it was innovative. CBS executives at the time debated whether the show was entertainment or news. It was not true journalism. It was celebrity interviews for the most part much like Larry King, and Murrow's questions on "Person to Person", for the most part, were softballs like King's. Occasionally political figures such as John and Jackie Kennedy appeared when Kennedy was a senator and Fidel Castro. He was proud of "See it Now" and "Hear it Now" and his many "CBS Reports" documentaries as well as his commentaries on Sen. Joseph McCarthy. In fact, he left CBS in a dispute with William Paley over "See it Now". Charlie Rose is a great interviewer. As a journalist, he is not even in Murrow's class. Not many are.

JERRY HEILMAN (Nacogdoches, TX) Subject: debut. 103the bull is classic country (much like country legends 97.1, but with a lot more old country in the mix. 99% of everything is liners and voice tracks, so only the 6-10 a.m. gets to do a real show. I'll have to send the equipment info later as I have no clue what software, etc. they use. Thanks for the kind wishes. We'll see.

TRIVIA ANSWER: On April 2, 1978 the TV series Dallas premieres on CBS. It is shot entirely on location in Dallas, TX and at the Cloyce Box Ranch in Frisco. Most interior scenes are captured at the MGM studios in Hollywood. Some exteriors filmed at the Southfork Ranch in Parker, TX. By 1989, rising production costs cause all filming to relocate to California. Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron John Ross [J. R.] Ewing, Jr. Barbara Bel Geddes is family matriarch Miss Ellie. Western film actor Jim Davis stars in his last role as Ewing patriarch Jock Ewing before he dies in 1981. The show broadcasts for thirteen seasons through May 3, 1991. Dallas is the #1 primetime series in the 1980-81, 1981-82 and 1983-84 seasons. Time magazine places Dallas on its 2007 list of 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time. Remember Dallas' cliffhanger: Who shot J.R.? TNT, Warner Brothers sister, announces a new, updated series of Dallas as a continuation of the original series that features J.R. Ewing's son John Ross Ewing III and Bobby Ewing's adopted son Christopher Ewing due to air on TNT in mid-2012.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo, TX) Subject: TX Radio award. Jim: The Chamber of Commerce 2011 Citizen of Year in San Angelo was awarded on Jan, 24 to Fred Key, Pres. & CEO of Foster Communications, which operates KIXY, KWFR, KKSA, & KCLL radio stations, was recognized for his contributions to San Angelo, TX. BOB & Sonny Lee

DR. JEFF CUNNINGHAM (Austin-Kyle, TX) Pat Sajak has admitted to being drunk during tapings of Wheel of Fortune. I can understand that, because I have to be drunk to watch. Jeff Cunningham, DC, MA Kyle, TX

POPEYE THE SAILOR (January 17, 1929 - p) I’ve had all I can stand, and I can’t stands no more!

Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas - Laus Deo

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