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POPULAR STAND UP COMIC STOPS BREATHING Brooklyn-born stand-up comic with a half-century of the bright lights, Joan Rivers, rushes to Mount Sinai Hospital on Thursday morning, ‎August ‎28, ‎2014 after she undergoes a procedure on her vocal cords at the Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic. Sources tell WCBS TV CH 2 that 81-year-old Rivers stops breathing during a throat procedure and is in cardiac arrest when paramedics speed her to Mount Sinai which is one of the oldest and largest teaching hospitals in the United States. On Friday, a long line of TV trucks, lights and cameras are on the scene on Madison Avenue outside Mt. Sinai’s main entrance where fans inform WCBS TV CBS CH 2’s John Slattery that they pray for Rivers’ immediate recovery.

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AGITATOR GOES AFTER REDSKINS OWNER Enough is enough! In 1932, George Preston Marshall forms National Football League team Boston Braves. In 1937 its name changes to the Washington Redskins. No American Indian ever says that the Washington Redskins name offends them. In fact, the Washington Redskins glorify the American Indians with their fight song, Hail to the Redskins. George Washington University professor John Banzhaf says the ‘R’ word is to Indians much like the ‘N’ word is to African Americans. He claims that he will file a challenge when Redskins owner Daniel Snyder renews their license. He says that he might even go after radio station licenses if the word ‘Redskins’ is used repeatedly on the air by announcers.

BROADCAST OWNER SAYS AM RADIO IS NOT DEAD How many times do we hear someone say that no one listens to AM radio anymore? WSRQ-1450 Sarasota, FL Talk station owner/GM Susan Nilon says: If these ‘predictions’ impact decision makers then they are not only short-sighted, but are foolish as well. AM radio is the future of radio! ..several decades earlier experts attributed the demise of movie theaters due to the advent of the video cassette recorder. Or slow death of vinyl records, due to the portability and popularity of compact disc. 30 years later US and Canada box office revenue in 2013 was $10.9 billion with 68% of the population in attendance…‘vinyl sales hit their highest level since at least 1991, with six million units sold’.

CHICKENMAN IS BACK! Do you remember in 1966 when Dick Orkin creates action radio series Chickenman that pokes fun at comic book heroes? Mild-mannered shoe salesman Benton Harbor attempts to fight crime and save the environment. Its series begins on Chicago, IL Top 40 powerhouse WCFL-1000. Popularity grows until we hear Chickenman on favorite radio stations all across America. Even though I’m a DJ on KHFI FM in Austin, TX, on Saturdays I feature a Chickenman marathon at noon on KHFI-970 with the exciting shows back-to-back. WCFL has a Voice of Labor Day Weekend with classic commercials, song intros and outros by radio giants Larry Lujack, Barney Pip, Big Ron O’Brien, Joel Sebastian, Clark Weber, Ron Britan plus the return of Chickenman.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What Bob Dylan song does psychedelic guitarist Jimi Hendrix record? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Barry Kilgore Wednesday, September 3rd. Claude Hall Thursday, September 4, 2014. •ELSA ROMAN former WOAI TV NBC CH 4 San Antonio, TX anchor joins CBS Los Angeles, CA duopoly anchor desk on KCBS TV CH 2 and KCAL TV CH 9. •DAVE REED morning host on Cape Cod Broadcasting AC WOCN FM (Ocean 104.7) celebrates his 35th anniversary on WOCN FM on Thursday, August 21, 2014! •CBS RADIO & TOWNSQUARE create Michigan News Network to provide news, sports, and other local content produced by CBS Radio stations to debut on Tuesday, September 2, 2014. •WVHT FM Max Media Top 40 (Hot 100.5) Norfolk, VA PD Paul McCoy seeks morning DJ Corey Moran’s replacement. Tape and resume to hot1005jobs@gmail.com.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 KELP TV (now KCOS) PBS CH 13 in El Paso, TX begins broadcasting on September 1st. •1962 MARTY ROBBINS’ single Devil Woman grabs #1 for eight weeks in Billboard Country kicks off on September 1st. •1979 DORIS KENYON silent screen actress who plays Mrs. Betsy Hamilton in biographical film Alexander Hamilton that releases on September 12, 1931 dies at 81 of cardiac arrest on September 1st in her home in Beverly Hills, CA four days before her 82nd birthday. •1985 CHARLIE WORSHAM singer, songwriter and guitarist (Could It Be 2013) is born on September 1st in Jackson, MS. •1995 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME opens in Cleveland, OH on September 1st. •2005 LITTLE BIG TOWN’s video Boondocks debuts on CMT on September 1st.

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LEN HART [former KILT/KENR/KNUS newscaster] (Geneva, Switzerland) Jim, From KILT, I went to KENR …don’t ask for dates : ) I worked with Hal McClain in the afternoons. Bill Bailey was doing mornings. I knew him but never anchored during his show. Hal was hanging around with Hank Williams Jr in those days. I often wondered if the two of them were ever sober. Hal —as you may recall –was a pilot and did stunt flying at air shows just for the fun of it. One day, it caught up with him. It was, I believe in San Antonio, when he smashed into the ground vertically. There was some speculation about that at the time but I never repeated it. It was officially called an ‘accident’. Your friend, Len

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DON SUNDEEN [former KCOH-1430 OM/PD/DJ-Hi Records promotion-TV ad prod] (Dallas, TX) Subject: Bermuda Radio Archive Network. Jim, thought you’d find this radio ‘small world’ story interesting. Written by Jim Richards, morning man at ZBM 2, the station we tried to compete with in Bermuda in the early 60’s… ZBM 1 and 2 were based on the BBC model and staffed by announcers from Britain’s possessions, Canada, Australia, and other English speaking countries, all well paid and professional. They wouldn’t hire me because I was an American, even for a part-time gig, so I ended up on the native station, ZFB, the only non-Bermudian, and as the newly minted Canadian Donnie Dare. The story Jim tells is true and almost too coincidental. Bermuda Radio Archive Network.

WYATT’S GROCERY STORES In 1958, I change my three Dallas Times Herald paper routes into a sacker/package out boy position at a Wyatt’s grocery store at the corner of South Beckley Avenue and Illinois Avenue for 50c an hour. Each year my pay increases: 50c, 75c, 90c and by the time that I become a senior at the brand new Kimball high school my pay reaches $1 an hour. Who will ever imagine that in just a short time I will become a radio announcer, DJ and newscaster on popular radio stations in my hometown Dallas, TX: WFAA-820, KBOX-1480 and KLIF-1190?

CHARLES GEORGE [ex KCHU FM] (Dallas, TX) Hi, I don’t remember the Wyatts Grocery Store; however; when growing up as a child my parents and I would eat the Wyatts Cafeteria in Lakewood. For a while they had a Wyatts that we liked in Pleasant Grove. My father would get their baked eggplant. Also in the 90’s there was a Wyatts at North Park. I understand from a Jeannie Stroup, someone I dated briefly they were Employee Owned. I remember a Buddy’s that was across the street from the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, but I am not sure if it is still there. I think Kroger bought the Buddy’s chain. Charles George, KC5RAI

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GARY DELAUNE [ex KLIF-1190/CH 5 KENS TV] (San Antonio, TX) Subject: the way I see it… Hi Jim: From Dalhart to Devine, Angleton to Amarillo…it’s time for the National Sport of Texas; High school football. Having done 31 games on radio last fall, it is a labor of love because I sure haven’t lined the bank vault with money from major sponsors. But I am honored that on September 8th the NEISD School Board is recognizing me for what will be my 55th year to do high school play-by-play in Texas. It all began in September of 1960 at P.C. Cobb Stadium and one of the first games starred Jerry Rhome playing for his Dad at Sunset H.S. WFAA’s Bill Crowdus hired me to do news and football and from there, it was doing McKinney, Houston high schools and since 1971, San Antonio. We have 25 games slated this fall. I’ll never match Vin Sculley nor Chick Hearn but I’m not that old either. Take care Jim and visit me in the press box. GD (www.garydnews.com)

TRIVIA ANSWER: On his third album, Jimi Hendrix records a powerful version of All Along the Watchtower, which is a song written and first recorded by folk singer Bob Dylan.

JEROME DAVIS [ex KLTV, KDOK, KEEE, KMHT, KRLD-1080, KFJZ-1270 & WBAP-820] (Dallas-Colleyville, TX) Subject: BD Wishes. Hello Jim, Many thanks for the birthday wishes. I’m also very glad to hear that you have a new companion. They can make all the difference. Jerome Davis

BOB HOPE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

Jim Rose and Lacy
Houston, Texas – Laus Deo

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #1333

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LEGENDARY PHILLY DJ SUCCUMBS Exemplary Philadelphia morning personality, Don Cannon, passes away on Friday, August 22, 2014 at 74. Don Cannon, whose real name is Dominic Canzano, who Philly listeners know as The Dean of Philadelphia Radio that begins in 1969 on the legendary WIBG-1020 (Wibbage) also includes WIP, WFIL, WIFI, WSNI plus his most recent morning mission on CBS Classic Hits WOGL FM (98.1) where Cannon In The Morning rules the roost from 1990 until he retires in 2004. Probably Cannon’s biggest claim to fame is his voice in the 1976 movie Rocky. Listen carefully and you will recognize Cannon’s voice on the radio in Rocky Balboa’s apartment during that now famous pre-dawn raw egg-guzzling scene.

POPULAR TALK PERSONALITY HAS PARKINSON’S In 2001, established KGO-810 San Francisco talk personality Ronn Owens receives a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. Recently, Ronn goes public with his diagnosis. Owens tells the San Francisco Chronicle that he postpones the announcement about his condition because he didn’t want people feeling sorry for him and didn’t want to be identified by his illness. Ronn tells the Chronicle’s David Wiegand that he manages Parkinson’s with medications but feels that the time is now right to update his listeners about it. I felt it was important to tell people that it’s not a death sentence. The 68-year-old Owens has no plans to retire from radio if KGO-810 still wants him.

TRAVIS EXITS POPULAR 3HL RADIO PROGRAM Because contract negotiations fail, controversial Nashville, TN sports radio personality Clay Travis vacates his co-host spot on the popular 3HL radio show on Nashville’s #1 Sports Talk Station Cumulus WGFX FM (104.5 The Zone). For the past several months, Travis and his sports program co-hosts Brent Dougherty, former Tennessee Titan Blaine Bishop are in contract negotiations but his contract expires at the end of August 2014. Travis says WGFX FM extends an offer this week a $5,000 raise but it is too low, given his perceived market value. WGFX FM 104.5 The Zone is one of the most successful sports talk stations in America.

MUSIC DEPARTS MUSIC ROW Sony Music is the latest music business to exit Nashville. TN’s famous Music Row. This indicates an identity crisis that now confronts the 60-year-old stretch of recording studios and dozens of independent music-related businesses. As Country music’s audience grows bigger than ever, the music industry longs for ways to make money as digital disrupts their standard business model. Sony Music Nashville relocates its headquarters off of famed Music Row in favor of a new office building under construction in the Gulch. Eakin Partners new construction begins in summer 2014 on a $97 million office building at 1201 Demonbreun Street in the Gulch. The building showcases 275,000 square feet of top-shelf Class A office space.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the most recorded song in history? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Jerome Davis Sunday, August 24, 2014. •BRYAN BROADCASTING launches Country KNDE FM HD-4 (Maverick 102.7) Bryan/College Station, TX at 5:20pm Friday, August 22, 2014 with Adam Drake and his new morning co-host Mel Hering. •TRACY KORNET anchor/reporter eight-year vet of CBS O&O KTVT TV CH 11 Dallas, TX exits on September 5, 2014 to Nashville to be closer to her family. •OWEN MURPHEY is new PD of KFWB-980 Los Angeles, CA for its cutting-edge 24/7 Sports programming beginning in September 2014. •MIKE RAGOZINO Ragz who programs WAOR FM (95.7) South Bend, IN as well as morning drive PD is new PD and afternoon entertainer on Alpha Media Sports/Talk KXTG-750 (The Game) Portland, OR.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1953 KHSL TV CBS CH 12 in Chico, CA begins broadcasting on August 29th. •1968 JEANNIE C. RILEY debuts on the Grand Ole Opry on August 31st. •1976 JIMMY REED R&B singer (Big Boss Man 1961) dies of epileptic seizure at 50 on August 29th. •1988 RODNEY CROWELL’s single I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried lands at #1 in Billboard Country on September 3rd. •1990 SANDY who overcomes abuse as a puppy and is nearly put to death at a pound is the dog in the Broadway play Annie dies at 16 on August 29th. •2005 ALABAMA, GLEN CAMPBELL & DEFORD BAILEY induct into the CMA Country Music Hall of Fame on August 29th.

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LEN HART [former KILT/KENR/KNUS newscaster] (Geneva, Switzerland) Jim, Hope this helps… I wish I had kept a diary but –alas –I did not. There was enough action, characters and national figures to write tons of books about. On my blog I have a short list of some of the celeb/world figure interviews I did. A short list includes George H.W. Bush (seems like I was always sticking a mic in his face), Nelson Rockefeller, Milton Friedman, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon (I was in Jones Hall when Dan Rather and Nixon exchanged barbs. Your friend, Len

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MIKE MARSHALL [previous WFAA-820, KFJZ-1270, KGOL FM DJ] (Houston, TX) Jim, Regarding the AFN 873 kc transmitter going dark, while it was intended to serve American forces in the Frankfurt-Wiesbaden area, it was 150,000 watts and covered a large swath of central Europe. My first Army assignment in Europe was to AFN Frankfurt and I remember getting a letter from a listener in Kent, England in the autumn of 1962 asking if I had heard of “The Mersey Beat” of bands playing around Liverpool. Of course, I hadn’t at that time but a lot them made a pretty big splash outside of Liverpool a few months later. Mike Marshall

GARY DELAUNE [ex KLIF-1190-CH 5 KENS TV] (San Antonio, TX) Subject: the way I see it… Hi Jim: Congrats on the new family pooch. We have two small Yorkies and for some reason they control the house. First: Political correctness is running amuck and common sense has disappeared. I lived in Santa Fe, was one of 5 Anglo students in my 5th grade class with Hispanics and Navajos. I married a beautiful nurse who is part Cherokee and she thinks the Redskin furor is laughable. I trekked the football field of Oklahoma City’s Redskin Stadium for the Capitol Hill Redskins; My first date was at the Redskin Theatre and Jake Spavital, offensive coordinator for the Aggies, won a state championship playing for the Tulsa Union H.S. Redskins. Allie Reynolds, great Yankee pitcher, was Native American who played for CHHS Redskins and Oklahoma is two words meaning red people…Okla Huma…With the world in a pit of terrorist despair, I think Americans should be more concerned with survival than P.C. Maybe Johnny Football was simply trying to say “How” without the whole hand. Gary D. (www.garydnews.com)

CHARLES GEORGE [past KCHU FM] (Dallas, TX) Subject: Jesse Lopez. I was wondering whether you are others remember a song by Jesse Lopez the brother of Trini Lopez? It use to remind me of the song Let’s Dance, Chris Montez when I would hear it on the radio. It is interesting that Trini Lopez worked at a club once owned by Jack Ruby. Jack Ruby also owned the Longhorn Ballroom, then he sold it to Dewey Grooms, he had bought it from Bob Wells from what I read in a book about the History Of Dallas. If Radio Disney leaves 620, the frequency should go back to Wichita Falls. I use to enjoy KWFT with its M.O.R. format. Though I once got Voz Of Nicaragua on 620 and they even sent me a letter as a confirmation. I use to hear Radio Belize on 834, but now their stations are only FM and the Internet. Charles George, KC5RAI

TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1965 The Beatles sing and record Yesterday. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the most recorded song in history. Recent estimate shows that there are 4, 000 recordings of Yesterday. It also holds the Guinness book of record as the most covered song. Paul McCartney writes Yesterday but the other 3 Beatles dislike it so much they refuse to release it in the U.K. In March, 1966 The Beatles finally release Yesterday in the U.K.

TONY WILLIAMS [one-time on WKY-930/KRLD-1080] (Dallas-Richardson, TX) …But on the day of the Kennedy assassination, if one of the Houston papers at time (Post or Chronicle) did not have UPI, that paper would have gotten second-rate coverage. AP was behind on the story from the beginning and never caught up. One early bulletin from the AP stated that the Secret Service fired automatic weapons. No shots were ever fired by the Secret Service that day.

ETHEL WATERS (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.

Jim Rose and Lacy
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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #1332

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RADIO STATION HONORS MISSING WOMAN For three months, 36 year old Nashville, TN mother, Nikki Burgess, is missing. Metro police say friends last hear from her on May 23, 2014. Two days later, police receive a report that she is missing from her Hermitage home. A Metro detective tells an East Tennessee judge that he believes that Burgess probably is dead. WHPY FM Hippie Radio Oldies (94.5) Music City DJ Whit Hubner joins Burgess’ friend Shannon Million to play songs from her favorite singer Elvis Presley and to promote a benefit concert and car show on Sunday, September 7, 2014 to help support Burgess’ two children and to keep her case in the public eye. If you have any information contact Brian Wilson at 615-726-5970

KLEIN PROVES YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN Twenty years ago, Jerry Klein does late-nights on 50,000-watt Blowtorch of the South Talk WBT-1110 Charlotte, NC. In October 1997, WBT-1110 releases him. He shifts to WMAL-630 Washington, DC as host, senior producer, and assistant program and marketing director. In 2011, Jerry has esophageal cancer and serious liver disease. Then his wife dies. Unable to work, he moves into a Charlotte friend’s spare bedroom. Through prayer, Klein’s cancer disappears. On August 29, 2014 Klein returns to WBT-1110 to fill-in for John Hancock (3:00 pm – 6:00 pm), plus he will be on the air on Labor Day for Keith Larson on Monday, September 1, 2014 (9:00 am – 12 noon). Jerry Klein proves that you can go home again.

NFL WANTS ARTISTS TO PAY TO PLAY AT SUPER BOWL The Super Bowl is American television’s biggest stage. The Wall Street Journal reports that an estimated 115.3 million viewers tune in to watch Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers play the halftime show during this past February’s Super Bowl which doubles the audience of the Academy Awards. MTV can demand artists to pay for their music videos to be on MTV because music videos are effective advertisements for fans to buy their records and attend their concerts. Likewise, the NFL offers artists the biggest advertising stage that is available. The Super Bowl is a ratings smash. This American cultural event draws the largest television audience no matter who performs at halftime.

ARE THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS FINISHED? The Washington Redskins professional American football team’s location is the Washington, D.C., metro area. The team founded in 1932 is in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League. The Washington Redskins win NFL championships in 1991, 1987 and 1982. Their former name is the Boston Redskins. Their fight song Hail to the Redskins does not measure up to today’s political correctness which aims to completely change America into something else. Phil Simms CBS lead analyst bows to pressure and says during Thursday night September 25th game between the Giants and the Redskins he will refer to the Redskins only as Washington.

TRIVIA QUESTION: How do The Bay City Rollers come up with their name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HUNTER GREENE Promotion Director for almost 13 years with the CBS Radio cluster Top 40 KKHH FM (Hot 95.7) and Country KILT FM (The Bull 100.3) Houston, TX is new Sponsorship Manager for The Houston Zoo. You can reach Hunter at hunterontheradio@gmail.com. •RICK ANDREWS over 30 year radio pro exits as OM of Townsquare’s five-station cluster in Amarillo, TX after seven years. Contact Rick at randrewsvo@yahoo.com. •DON GOSSELIN cuts and runs from his position as OM of Clear Channel New Orleans and PD of Country WNOE FM (101.1) as his position is eliminated. Reach Don at dongosselin@rocketmail.com. •HARRY DONAHUE KYW-1060 Newsradio morning pillar retires after 5 decades in Philadelphia, PA on Friday, August 22, 2014.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1954 ELVIS COSTELLO British rock singer-songwriter is born Declan Patrick Aloysius Macmanus on August 25th in London, England. •1968 TAMMY WYNETTE writes and records Stand By Your Man at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, TN on August 28th. •1973 HENRY MCCULLOUGH Wings guitarist quits the group on August 25th. •1982 GEORGE STRAIT’s single Fool Hearted Memory is his first #1 record on August 28th. •1995 R B HUDMON R&B child Soul singer in the 1960s dies at 41 on August 25th. His How Can I Be A Witness is one of the last Stax records before it shuts down. His 7″ Truth Records song releases on Atlantic records in 1975. •2007 CHUCK WICKS‘ Stealing Cinderella is his Grand Ole Opry debut on August 25th.

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MIKE MARSHALL (Houston, TX) Jim, Regarding the AFN 873 kc transmitter going dark, while it was intended to serve American forces in the Frankfurt-Wiesbaden area, it was 150,000 watts and covered a large swath of central Europe. My first Army assignment in Europe was to AFN Frankfurt and I remember getting a letter from a listener in Kent, England in the autumn of 1962 asking if I had heard of “The Mersey Beat” of bands playing around Liverpool. Of course, I hadn’t at that time but a lot them made a pretty big splash outside of Liverpool a few months later. Mike Marshall

JIM MCCURDY (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Subject: Stations where I worked… Hey Jim, I hope your days is going well! Thanks for posting my comments on JRR. My pedigree is: KRBC-1470; KNIT-1280; KORQ/ KTLC-100.7; KRBC-TV News Anchor; KTAB-TV News Anchor. My last TV Newscast was in 1995, so I’ve been out of the biz for a while, but really enjoyed my time on the air as a DJ and as a TV News Anchor. Man, times have certainly changed since I was on the air. Some for the good and some not so good! My best to you!! Jim McCurdy

TONY WILLIAMS [WKY-930/KRLD-1080] (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Most newspapers had both wire services, and the big city papers also had Reuters and any local news services as they have in LA. When the first shots rang out in Dallas, Merriman Smith of UPI was nearest the only radiotelephone in the press car. He leaned over the phone to prevent anyone from grabbing it. He keep dictating to the New York bureau while Jack Bell of AP was literally beating Smith on the back to give him the phone. By the time, Bell got the phone, the line was dead. Smith was already out of the car headed Parkland. On the old tapes of NBC-TV, you can tell when Bill Ryan (WNBC-TV anchorman), Chet Huntley and Frank McGee begin reading UPI copy rather than AP. After two or three hours, Chet Huntley was taken off the air, not to appear again that evening because he started to become overwrought on the air. Do you have any airchecks of yourself on KILT-AM and/or KILT-FM? I sure would like to hear them. Tony

TRIVIA ANSWER: Scottish pop band The Bay City Rollers who hit their stride in the 1970s have a unique way to come up with their name. In 1966, bassist Alan Longmuir, younger brother, drummer Derek Longmuir and school chum lead singer Gordon [Nobby] Clark found The Saxons in Edinburgh, Scotland. When they search for a new name they toss a dart at a map of the United States, the dart lands near Bay City, MI. So they change The Saxons to The Bay City Rollers. Around Thanksgiving 1975 their only hit Saturday Night rings #1 with over a half million in sales.

DON SUNDEEN [former KCOH-1430 OM/PD/DJ-Hi Records promotion-TV ad prod] (Dallas, TX) Subject: Stretcher Brothers win International Radio Program of the Year award. NTRB Radio hosts Eye Lipson and Don Sundeen, “The Stretcher Brothers,” have been awarded the 2013 IAAIS, “Non-Reading Entertainment Program of the Year” award for their production of the one hour radio special, “A Musical Celebration of Labor Day.” Ira Lipson commented that although the production was a lot of work, it was also a lot of fun to do. The program is available to all IAAIS stations in the United States for play on the holiday. Why Labor Day? According to Sundeen, “We decided that at this point in our lives, we ought to find out what labor is.” This is the Stretcher Brothers second IAAIS award, the first came in 2012 for their highly produced, “Supermarket Special Show,” featuring weekly grocery specials with a rock instrumental sound track, sound effects and humorous commentary.

VICTOR HUGO (1802-1885) To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

Jim Rose and Lacy
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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #1331

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FAMILIAR LONG TIME TV VOICE EXPIRES Dominick George Pardo is born on February 22, 1918 in Westfield, MA. He grows up in Norwich, CT. In 1942, after Don graduates from Boston’s Emerson College he joins WJAR-920 in Providence, RI. We all know that majestic voice that graces TV game shows and television programs as Don Pardo. Don, who joins NBC in 1944 and spends 38 seasons as the announcer for Saturday Night Live dies at 96 late Monday, August 19, 2014 in his home in Tucson, AZ. Pardo is the original Jeopardy! host which springs up the pop culture catchphrase: Don Pardo, tell her what she’s won!

COPS ARREST REPORTERS DURING FERGUSON MOB REIGN OF TERROR Burning down and looting businesses in Ferguson, MO along with utter disregard for law and order definitely are not peaceful protests. Excited cops halt journalist’s description of the melee. As NBC hosts Chris Hayes & Craig Melvin report live on Monday night, a crowd begins to hurl rocks at the two journalists. While a mob robs and burns down Ferguson, MO cops move in with handcuffs and cart news reporters off to the hoosegow. CNN’s Don Lemon & Jake Tapper run to escape a tear gas canister that police use to disperse a rebellious throng of rioters. Is there any solution to this madness?

IS DISNEY’S FIRE SALE A FLUKE? A few observers believe that Radio Disney’s unloading 23 of its 24 AM radio stations as the beginning of the end of AM radio. In Radio Ink Charlie Sislen says wait just a minute! Wikipedia tells us that Disney launched Radio Disney in November 1996. Using AM stations, they targeted a portion of the population that most commercial radio stations did not focus on – young children. In 1996, all Arbitron surveys used diaries and excluded those under the age of 12. Some believe that the P12+ age cutoff holds Radio Disney back from ratings success. Since then, the top 48 markets convert to PPM, which samples young people ages 6 to 11.

ELVIS PRESLEY WEEK LIVES ON IN INFAMY Since the 1950s my favorite singer and performer is Elvis Presley. Have most of Elvis’ vinyl albums and 45 rpm records, plus see all of his movies – Blue Hawaii is my favorite. On Tuesday, August 16, 1977 I’m on I-10 headed west to Houston, TX as a new DJ on KIKK FM. Do not believe what I hear on KIKK-650. 37 years-ago Elvis Presley dies. Each year a Candlelight beacon observes Elvis’ death in Memphis, TN. On Friday, August 15, 2014 a heart shape rests on Elvis blankets outside the gates of Graceland during a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s death 37 years-ago. My Elvis Presley record collection is for sale as well as the rest of the records. If interested click Rosekkkj@earthlink.net.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does British Rock singer Cilla Black get her stage name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Tom Fontaine Saturday, August 23rd and Jerome Davis Sunday, August 24, 2014. •LACY NEFF former longtime PD of WVAQ FM (101.9) Morgantown, WV who continues to make remarkable progress after he undergoes a heart transplant celebrates his birthday on Monday, August 18, 2014. •KFNY-1440 Clear Channel Comedy Riverside, CA flips to News Talk to give the Inland Empire a clear signal for conservative talk, news and information. •ROBIN MARSHALL shocks all of us fans with her statement in her social page when she announces that she receives a diagnosis of stage 2 uterine cancer. Send Robin your words of encouragement and prayer at Robin@RobinMarshallSugarMom.com.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1954 WPTV TV NBC CH 5 in Palm Beach, FL begins broadcasting on August 22nd. •1968 GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE announce their marriage plans on August 22nd although it really doesn’t occur for another six months. •1975 PRESIDENT GERALD FORD’s assassination attempt happens on August 22nd. •1987 RESTLESS HEART’s single Why Does It Have To Be (Wrong Or Right) lands at #1 in Billboard Country on August 22nd. •1991 COLLEEN DEWHURST actress who plays the feisty mother of Candice Bergen’s title character in Murphy Brown dies of cancer at 67 on August 22nd. •2011 JASON ALDEAN’s single Tattoos On This Town releases to radio on Broken Bow records on August 22nd.

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CHRISTOPHER ELROD [son of Cash Box owner/publisher] (Ridgeway, SC) and GARY BOLTON (West Columbia, SC) A Big Congratulations From The SkysGuys! At 9:00 A.M. Friday Morning the 15th Day of August 2014 Cashbox Headquarters, The Bug Tussell Animal Shelter and Bruce Elrod officially burn the bank note. The location is finally paid in full and the deed will be forthcoming. We have 5 beautiful acres and two houses and a camper. One worry none of us have to worry about again. Thanks to Rocker Jack White and Ben Blackwell with Third Man Records for making all this possible through the private sales of 3 master tapes owned by Bruce (Elrod). GARY

TONY WILLIAMS [WKY-930/KRLD-1080] (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Don Pardo was the first to announce the shooting of JFK on NBC-TV at 1:45 p.m. Pardo’s stumble at the end of the second bulletin was not his fault. The AP copy was garbled. AP had a terrible time that day. UPI’s Merriman Smith won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage. AP got laughed at because of all its mistakes. Eventually most subscribers turned to UPI. In 1980, I worked for UPI in the Oklahoma City bureau.

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JOHN DENNEY [ex KGVL-1500] (Greenville, TX) Subject: Bob Wills. Jim, In your last newsletter, Jim Gough mentioned Bob Wills. I played a lot of his music at my first job at KGVL, Greenville. On Nov. first, Greenville will host the first Bob Wills Fiddle Contest and Awards. From the Greenville Municipal Auditorium’s web site: “On Saturday, November 1, GMA will host the Time Jumpers with Vince Gill, Dawn Sears, Kenny Sears and Ranger Doug Green and, on Sunday, November 2, it’s the place for the first-ever Bob Wills Fiddle Contest finals and awards.” John Denney

GARY JONES [ex KTRM-990 DJ] (Gainesville, FL) Jim, Yes I remember meeting you but did not know you well as I rarely came in during the daytime. I would like to say that KTRM was the first country station I worked for with music on cart and I thought you did an excellent job getting that together. I also liked “the country station” jingles we were running. I turned 18 in the summer of 1976 while at KTRM. Those were good days… Gary Jones

TRIVIA ANSWER: British Rock singer Cilla Black is born Priscilla White in Liverpool, England on May 27, 1943. Beatles manager Brian Epstein discovers her as a coat checker at Liverpool’s Cavern Club where the Beatles perform. Cilla’s name changes by accident when a reporter for the local paper remembers the wrong color as her surname when he writes a favorable review. Her real name is Cilla White. Cilla has a #1 U.K hit with Anyone Who Had a Heart. Cilla Black’s biggest hit record in the U.S. is You’re My World at #26 in summer 1964.

LESLIE WAYNE HODGES [formerly KCRS-550] (Marshall, TX) Subject: Get On Up Official Trailer #1 (2014) – James Brown Biography HD. Was thinking about the song “Get on Up” Sunday afternoon after 4 PM. Clicked on www.klderadio.com El Dorado, Texas at 3:59 AM Monday August 18,2014. Heard the last thirty seconds of “Get On Up “. Now after 1AM Tuesday looking up the song on YouTube and this is what I find. Did not know this was a movie coming out September about James Brown. Leslie

JAMES BROWN (May 3, 1944 – December 25, 2006) [Get On Up true story of Godfather of Soul James Brown opens on August 1, 2014] If it sound good and it feel good, then it’s musical.

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IS RADIO DISNEY A SIGN OF THE FUTURE FOR RADIO? This week an announcement by Radio Disney shocks the radio airwaves. Radio Disney proclaims that it will sell 23 of its 24 radio stations in markets across the U.S. effective September 26, 2014. But just who is Radio Disney? Radio Disney is one of the world’s giant media companies who says we no longer need AM and FM stations because our listeners are digital. Wow! Radio Ink reports that Radio Disney claims they are selling off their AM and FM signals because they no longer need them, since only 18 percent of listening is coming through AM and FM. The rest is coming from digital or satellite. The evacuation list includes KMKI-620 in Dallas, TX suburb of Plano for $2 million.

WLS FM IS 0 FOR TWO In his search for a morning show on WLS FM in Chicago, IL Program Director Jan Jeffries attempts to hire former Chicago radio duo Eddie & Jobo but it falls apart. While current morning show host Brant Miller shifts to a lesser co-host role, Cumulus-owned WLS FM gives a tryout for a week to new morning show host, Jack Diamond. Even though Jack Diamond is behind the radio mic for many decades plus he sounds very good on the air, a few WLS FM insiders question the move. But, Diamond quickly wins over the staff. However, Jack Diamond proclaims on Friday afternoon that he is the new morning show host on Classic Hits XHPRS FM (105.7) in Tecate, Mexico which sends its signal to the San Diego, CA and Tijuana, Mexico area.

DANNY MAC OFF WINDY CITY AIRWAVES Longtime Chicago, IL radio personality Dan McNeil runs into snags in his contract negotiations with WSCR-670 The Score. McNeil wants a huge pay increase plus he demands a move to afternoons, and plenty of time off. CBS Radio says No! to those desires. Radio Ink reports: After nearly two months of contract negotiations, McNeil refuses to agree to terms on a new deal. Listeners last hear McNeil on WSCR-670 on June 13, 2014. His contract expires on June 15th. The financial demands do not appear to be an issue, because CBS Radio already offers their highly-rated midday star a raise. What holds back negotiations is McNeil’s demand to return to PM Drive.

CLASSIC ROCK ARRIVES IN THE ALAMO CITY Recently, Classic Rock KZEP FM (104.5) San Antonio, TX downgrades to rim shot K227BH FM (93.3) which is a radio frequency that does not reach many parts of San Antonio. Cox relaunches their Classic Rock KTKX FM (X106.7) Terrell Hills as 106.7 The Eagle. KTKX FM bills itself as the only Classic Rock station heard throughout the Alamo City with their 100kW signal. KTKX FM Program Director Keith Hastings writes on the KTKX FM social page: In the past seven days, the landscape of Classic Rock Radio in San Antonio has changed remarkably. We’ve got a one hundred thousand watt transmitter with a powerful signal. You can hear it without static anywhere in and around San Antonio.

TRIVIA QUESTION: From where does the name for Rock group Amboy Dukes come? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Chuck Scott Monday, August 18th. James Burton, Johnny B Rose & Paul Christy Thursday, August 21, 2014. •TONY QUESADA managing editor of San Diego Business Journal previous Managing Editor of Austin Business Journal returns to TX as Editor in Chief of San Antonio Business Journal in August 2014. •AT&T & DIRECT TV take over Comcast SportsNet Houston, TX. Good news for Houston sports fans. •WRHD FM Inner Banks (Star 94.3) Greenville, NC flips from Adult Contemporary to Sports Talk The Game 94.3. •HAL GORE longtime broadcaster head of Gore Broadcasting former owner of KBZT-1490 San Diego, CA dies of cancer at 83 on Friday, August 8, 2014.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1958 PEREZ PRADO’s single Mambo King gains one of the 1st Gold records on August 18th. •1961 JIMMY DEAN records the recitation portion of his hit single Big Bad John on August 18th at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville, TN. •1973 GENE KRUPA plays drums for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet on August 18th. •1988 RESTLESS HEART’s single Bluest Eyes In Texas grabs #1 in Billboard country on August 20th. •1992 GERARD SONDER Dutch radio host on AVRO (Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or General Association of Radio Broadcasting) dies on August 18th. •2009 REBA MCENTIRE’s first album on Valory Keep On Loving You releases on August 18th.

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GARY JONES [ex KTRM-990] (Gainesville, FL) Howdy Jim! You probably don’t remember me as I worked the overnight shift at KTRM Beaumont, TX back in 1976. You worked AM drive, correct? I was roommates with Kent Fox for a while, he and Gary Powers worked mid-days and Henry LaRocca worked nights. I just don’t recall if you were doing morning or afternoons but I believe you did AM drive and were awesome! You had a lot of Dolly jokes as I recall. I would later work for Gene Dickerson again at KROK-KWKH in Shreveport and you and I may of worked together again at KPLX in Fort Worth. I also worked audio booth at Ch. 6 in Beaumont, did you do weather there on weekends? Those were fun days. I got out of radio in 1993 and now work at AT&T in Gainesville, Fl. Write back I’d love to hear from you! Gary Jones Aka Gary Bennett

DON SUNDEEN [former KCOH-1430 OM/PD/DJ-Hi Records promotion-TV ad prod] (Dallas, TX) I found this very interesting, appears the Classic Rock station in Tampa, FL, has a very tight playlist. Just as the oldies stations are no longer playing Elvis era stuff, looks like the Beatles and Stones are getting reduced spins, at least in most markets, or am I wrong. The Spotify research paradigm is incredible, and the future. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-classic-rock-isnt-what-it-used-to-be Led Zeppelin and Green Day both get played on classic rock radio stations, even though the bands made music in different decades.

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JIM GOUGH [‘Mr. Texas’-movie actor-voice actor] (Austin-Liberty Hill, TX) Jim…I can’t believe anyone who grew up in Texas doesn’t know about Bob Wills. He created Western Swing in the 1930’s when he played with the Lightcrust Doughboys in Fort Worth. All of us that play that kind of real Texas Music were and still are big Wills’ fans! I saw his great band first at the old Dessau Hall near Austin in 1948. One of his best steel guitar players is my friend Herb Remington from Houston. Best, Jim Gough

CHUCK DUNAWAY [ex WABC-770, KLIF-1190, KBOX-1480 & KILT-610] (Houston-Katy, TX) Subject: The Doorbell. This clip is only 1 minute!! Please watch. The Doorbell. This is an eye opener! PowerLineBlog” recently held a competition for $100,000 for whomever could most effectively and creatively dramatize the significance of the federal debt crisis. Several entries have gotten a lot of attention, but the one that has gone most viral so far is ‘The Doorbell.’ If you haven’t yet seen it, you may watch it here. It’s 59 seconds long: www.ntrc.info/doorbell.html. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. — Benjamin Franklin

TRIVIA ANSWER: Guitarist Ted Nugent claims that he takes the name Amboy Dukes from a Detroit, MI group who just breaks up and begins to use it for his new Chicago, IL band. However, The Amboy Dukes is actually the name of a novel about gang members and their lifestyle. In later interviews, Nugent claims that although many people hand him a copy of the book, he never reads it.

CHARLES GEORGE [ex KCHU FM] (Dallas, TX) I don’t feel any different at 61. I have been noticing some ducting on FM was getting Shreveport on 89.9. DXing FM is harder with all the rim shots now in the area. Best regards, Charles George, KC5RAI P. S. When I attended SFA it was fun since I could get FM stations from Dallas, Houston, and Shreveport. I sometimes got a different station just by moving the antenna on my radio.

DAVID LEE ROTH (October 10, 1954 – p) Radio as we know it is pretty much changing completely.

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #1329

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WE LOSE ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST BELOVED COMEDIANS Our most favorite Robin Williams movie is his 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam. Robin stars in many wonderful movies like Good Will Hunting. Robin’s rise in fame comes from his role as Mork the alien in the TV show Mork & Mindy which is a Happy Days spinoff. Many of us sing I’m happy on the outside but cryin’ on the inside and there’s nothin’ I can do. For years, the 63 year old Williams suffers from depression. On Tuesday, ‎August ‎12, ‎2014 sheriff’s officials report that famed comedian Robin Williams dies of asphyxia in his San Francisco Bay Area home. Robin Williams death is unbelievable. We expect to see Robin jump out from behind a curtain and yell: It’s not true! It’s all a joke! Here I am!

JOHN WAYNE’S LOVE IN THE SHOOTIST SUCCUMBS If we must choose our most treasured John Wayne movie it has to be his last in 1976, The Shootist. The absolute finest actress to play dying gunfighter J.B. Books innkeeper is Lauren Bacall who excels as Mrs. Rogers. Lauren is born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924 in New York. Bacall launches her movie career with the 1944 film that turns ‘Bogie and Bacall‘ into one of Hollywood’s legendary couples on screen and off. Lauren is wed to Humphrey Bogart from 1945 until he passes away on January 14, 1957. Lauren Bacall dies at 89 on Tuesday, ‎August ‎12, ‎2014 in New York where she lives for several decades.

TV CREW FLEES LOOTING MOB During an altercation with Ferguson, MO police, an unarmed 18-year-old black man is shot and killed. When angry mobs begin to smash windows, setting fires and looting businesses in the Ferguson area, close to 300 police officers from at least 15 different departments rush to Ferguson. St. Louis TV video shows thieves who burst into a shoe store carrying stacks of expensive jogging shoes out to their late model vehicles. During the night time looting and rioting in Ferguson, MO angry mobs vandalize a KMOV TV news van. Its news crew flees for their safety. The rioting and looting breaks out after a prayer vigil.

HURRICANE SURPRISES VACATIONING REPORTER Do you ever feel like your work follows you wherever you go? On Thursday, August 7, 2014 while on vacation with her family in the Hawaiian Islands, KABC TV reporter Jovana Lara gets caught up in the breaking news as our 50th state prepares for its first hurricane in 22 years. Eyewitness News reporter Jovana is one of many in Maui that a rare hurricane catches her off guard. Like the true trooper that she is Jovana springs into action with a live action hurricane report on KABC TV in Los Angeles, CA with her trusty iPad and its Dejero app. A Dejero LIVE+ Mobile App allows broadcasters to go live from an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Today’s electronic marvels never cease to amaze and delight us.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What Rock singer says that her guitar is like a machine gun? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Keith Bilbrey beloved Grand Ole Opry announcer/WSM-650 midday DJ for over 30 years on Thursday, August 14, 2014. •JOE [Pags] PAGLIARULO San Antonio-based talk personality on WOAI-1200 replaces Andy Dean as host of Premiere Networks’ America Now heard on Clear Channel KPRC-950 Houston, TX; KEX-1190 Portland, OR; KHOW-630 Denver, CO and KTLK-1150 Minneapolis, MN. •RADIO ONE is no more. Adams Radio Group closes on its acquisition of all four Radio One Communications radio stations after it receives final FCC approval of the sale. •DOUG DUNBAR KTVT TV CBS CH 11 Dallas, TX news anchor in Milwaukee, WI over past weekend one of 5,700 to compete in 2014 USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1954 WCHS TV ABC CH 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV begins broadcasting on August 15th. •1969 MERLE HAGGARD’s single Workin’ Man Blues grand slams #1 in Billboard Country on August 16th. •1971 KVRL TV (now KRIV) NBC CH 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA begins broadcasting on August 15th. •1982 ERNEST TUBB appears for the final time on the Grand Ole Opry on August 14th. •1993 WFAN-660 world’s first 24-hour all-sports radio station in New York City air personality Don Imus’ lung collapses for 2nd time on August 15th. •2011 THE BAND PERRY’s video All Your Life debuts on CMT on August 15th.

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MARY LYNN KNOCHELMAN [ex WCKY-1530] (Cincinnati, OH) So like you I love my doggies and enjoy reading your newsletters of Radio memories. Mike McConnell, who after a 25 year career at WLW-AM, left there in 2010 for Chicago’s WGN-AM for a Talk Show Host position. Well he quit that job in October to move back to Cincinnati to be close to his girlfriend and daughter. Totally out of radio since then but now will be a substitute host for regular WlLW Talk Show Hosts Scott Sloan and Bill Cunningham. It’s Sloan he’s filling in for first, who will be on vacation. Then if Cunningham takes some vacation days, he’ll fill in then too. McConnell is also planning to start a website and a podcast. The podcast he’ll do for one hour a day, five days a week, short-term or long-term. He’s obviously still job searching, hoping another Cincinnati radio job will open up over time. Thanks Again Mary Lynn Knochelman

JAY WEST [KILT-610/KODA FM/KRIO-910] (Houston, TX) OK Jim, you asked for it. My radio background in a nutshell. I began on air radio duties while still a senior in high school in Mexico City at XEL. They broadcast in English 5 hours daily (7-9am, 7-10pm) every day. From there I ended up at KRIO-am in McAllen, Texas (The Rio Grande Valley) for 11 years as nighttime dj to becoming the PD for the last five years there. Then, I got THE call from KILT-am from Bill Young and boy was I ready. I replaced Rick Shaw who went on to NY, I think. This, I believe was the outcome from being nominated Small Market DJ of the year in 1971 at the Bill Gavin Radio Convention held in New Orleans. I didn’t win but the nomination had a lot of pull. At the same time KILT called, I was contacted by KNBR, San Francisco and a station in Florida somewhere. Incidentally, the winner of the Gavin Convention that year was Gary Burbank of WAKY, Louisville, KY. I have much more to relate but not in this space. Footnote: following my KILT stint ( 5 years) I created Jay West Productions, commercial recording studio in Houston for 29 years. This should fill up some space this week. Thanks for all you do Jim. (BTW, I never worked at KLIF, Dallas). ‘Ol Jay

LESLIE WAYNE HODGES [formerly KCRS-550] (Marshall, TX) Subject: What WGN 720 Handles one of their own. I can hear WGN after 11PM from my Cabin in the woods. Sound like the talent on the air from WGN 720 Chicago is having a conversation in my living room and it feels comforting. Though not feeling comfortable with what WGN did with Gary (Meier). Leslie

TRIVIA ANSWER: Singer-songwriter and poet influential component of the New York City Punk Rock movement Patti Smith says in 1977: Rock ‘n’ roll is hard work, it’s harder than being in the army. And your guitar is your machine gun; tour instruments are your implements of battle. Patti Smith who is born Patricia Lee Smith on December 30, 1946 in Chicago, IL some people call the Godmother of Punk single co-written with Bruce Springsteen Because the Night scores #13 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1978.

CHARLES GEORGE [ex KCHU FM] (Dallas, TX) The next was a Cocker Spaniel. A cousin of mine is a vet, she asked whether we would like a puppy. My mother tells her let others have the first choice. Anyway, a few days later. My cousin calls and says can we be at Love field to get a puppy. We kept it until it had heart problems and hips were going out. He had gone blind but the vet had said just leave things in place and see whether he can get around. So we did and that lasted for about 4 more years. Funny thing was when it was 10 pm, he would let us know we needed to go to bed. He also had a way of making the sheets up by rolling them in place. How much is that doggy in the window… Charles George, KC5RAI

AGNES SLIGH TURNBULL (October 14, 1888 – January 31, 1982) Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.

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JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #1328

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RADIO AIRS WARNINGS AFTER NEPAL LANDSLIDE At least eight people die in a huge landslide in northern Nepal. The death toll might rise as attempts to rescue people from homes under piles of rocks and soil in the Sindhupalchok region. Rubble blocks a mountain river near the village, that causes the water to form a lake which threatens to burst through the temporary dam and sweep away several villages. Nepal’s Home Ministry orders the army to remove the blockade and release the water, while it prepares for a disaster if the banks of the two mile long lake burst. Officials report that Telephone and electricity lines are disrupted but radio stations air warnings and police use loudspeakers.

TALK EXITS FM RETURNS TO AM In the past few years we witness Talk radio which dominates the AM band gradually slide to FM. Recently, Radio Ink informs us that just the opposite occurs at Clear Channel WPGB FM (104.7) Pittsburgh, PA which tosses its News/Talk format back to the AM dial on Frank Iorio’s WJAS-AM 1320. WPGB FM replaces Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Dave Ramsey and Glenn Beck with Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith and Brad Paisley. As WPGB FM changes to Country, Rush, Sean and Glenn head for WJAS-AM 1320. When Iorio buys WJAS-AM 1320 from Tony Renda for $1 million he causes its flip flop to News-Talk. Clear Channel kicks off Country on Big 104.7 with 10,000 songs in a row plus the Bobby Bones morning show.

ABC RADIO SPLITS FROM CUMULUS AND WESTWOOD ONE In 2011, Cumulus Media acquires Citadel Broadcasting. On July 31, 2014 CNN becomes Cumulus News new powerhouse. Cumulus begins to pay down its $2.6 Billion debt. With ABC News Radio’s expanded operation its distribution agreement with Cumulus winds up at the end of 2014. ABC announces that beginning on January 1, 2015 Westwood One will no longer distribute its product. ABC News Radio teams up with Skyview Networks to deliver its content. ABC News President James Goldston calls this the beginning of a new era. On September 2, 2014 David Muir replaces ABC TV veteran Diane Sawyer on World News. Diane exits World News in August 2014.

FCC FINES SIX TX TV STATIONS The FCC fines four Texas TV stations a combined $10,000 for kid vid rule violations in their 2014 FCC license renewals. Telemundo KVDA TV NBC San Antonio receives a fine of $3,000 for apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Section 73.3526 of the Rules by failing to publicize the existence and location of the Station’s Children’s Television Programming Reports. Centex KXXV TV Waco receives a fine of $1,000 for a similar admission on the station’s March 28 license renewal. KWAB TV Big Spring and KWES TV Odessa, receives $6,000 fine. KWAB TV and KWES TV license renewals on April 1, 2014 each station receives a $3,000 fine for these apparent violations.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Where does Rock group Blood Sweat & Tears get their name? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Gail Watson Scott [radio vet Larry Scott’s wife] Monday, August 11, 2014. •JIM ROSE KING TV CH 5 director of sales moves on up to VP and station manager of the Seattle, WA NBC affiliate. Rose arrives at KING TV in 2000. •NIKKI LANDRY resigns as PD of Cumulus Top 40 WWWM FM (Star 105) Toledo, OH after 21-months. She heads south (maybe Memphis?) to new gig and new format TBA. Cumulus Toledo OM Mark Elliott assumes her duties TFN. •SEAN HANNITY Premiere Networks syndicated Talk radio host appears in a feature on page 96 in the July 21st issue of People magazine. •MIKE JONES moves on up from nights to middays (10 am to 3 pm) on WWDC FM (DC101) in Washington DC.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 ELVIS PRESLEY releases Don’t Be Cruel on August 11th. •1964 ROY ROGERS King of the Cowboys has a nine-hour surgery on August 14th to repair vertebrae in his back that years of riding his horse Trigger damages. •1973 PEGGY CASTLE major character Lily Merrill in TV Western series Lawman from 1959 to 1962 dies of cirrhosis at 46 on August 11th. •1988 WILLIE NELSON is the first artist ever to have an album Stardust to spend 10 years in Billboard Country with 520 weeks on August 13th. •1995 PHIL HARRIS bandleader who becomes famous as a flashy musician on The Jack Benny radio show dies at 89 on August 11th. •2005 BILLY CURRINGTON’s video Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right debuts on CMT on August 11th.

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LEN HART [former KILT/KENR/KNUS newscaster] (Geneva, Switzerland) Jim, At the height of the Watergate scandal, it was a bit more formal than other news conferences. As Rather approached the microphone, he identified himself with these words: “Dan Rather, CBS News”. Half of the hall applauded, but almost as many non-news types JEERED! When the hubub died down, Nixon said: “Are you running for something, Mr. Rather? “Rather shot back: “No, Mr. President; are you?” Half of the hall broke out in applause, other laughter. Your friend, Len

VALERIE FOX [Lone Star Akita rescue kennel] (Greenville, TX) Subject: Akita Reba. HI Jim She is just a smaller girl. I don’t know why. Sure give your neighbor my name, and phone number. He can see our Akitas on our Facebook page if he would like to look. I have lots of Akitas that need homes. Thanks, We will see you on Sunday. Valerie (www.facebook.com/LoneStarAkitaRescue)

TONY WILLIAMS [WKY-930/KRLD-1080] (Dallas-Richardson, TX) Jim, That’s great. I know Reba will be a fine companion as Lacy was. Let me know when Reba arrives. I’ve always said I don’t know if I could fully trust a person who doesn’t like dogs. Tony

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CHARLES GEORGE [ex KCHU FM] (Dallas, TX) Glad that you will be getting a new friend. I still think about the pets that I have had growing up. The first was a dog that was found by Children’s Librarians downtown. My dad calls and…asks how I would like a puppy, I said that would be wonderful. My mother goes, “we were going to go to Rivershaun park then the circus today, but if we get the dog we won’t be able.” I let it be known the puppy was more important. We pick up the puppy and it sits next to me in the car. We get home and mother says, “We still have time to go to the Circus.” We called the dog, Becky. I liked it because of a girl on the block but my parents because of a librarian they knew. How much is that doggy in the window… Charles George, KC5RAI

IRA [Eye] LIPSON [former PD of KZEW FM] (Dallas, TX) “WHEN DALLAS ROCKED” will be shown on Tuesday August 12 on Dallas station KERA Channel 13 at 8pm. It’s a fun look back on KZEW-The Zoo, and the record biz and music of the 1970’s. As founding program director of The Zoo I’m interviewed extensively in the movie. The film is produced and narrated by Kirby Warnock, who was with Buddy Magazine during that exciting time. Ira “Eye” Lipson; Certified Media Hotshot; Dallas, Texas USA (www.Lipsonworks.com)

TRIVIA ANSWER: In 1967 when Rock group Blood Sweat & Tears first begins to gain attention, a misconception arises that their name comes from Winston Churchill’s quote: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. But Blood Sweat & Tears founder, Al Kooper comes up with their name when he is on the phone with a promoter as he gazes at a Johnny Cash album cover with the title: Blood Sweat & Tears.

JAY WEAVER [ex KCUL-1540/KBUY-1540/KPCN-730] (DFW-Hurst, TX) I recently discovered an old timer in radio and he is still doing a radio show radio. The guy’s name is Cary Hobbs. He started in radio at age 14. He was on the air and had his own radio show on a regular basis at age 14. He stated at KDAV in Lubbock. He was in Lubbock when I was in Lubbock, but was ahead of me by eight years in radio experience when I stated at age 22. He was raised in Lubbock, graduated from high school in Lubbock, went to Texas Tech and graduated. The last time I saw Cary, he was working for IBM. Today he does afternoons on KTMP 1340 AM, “Hometown Country Radio” in Heber City, Utah just outside of Salt Lake City. WOW! Thank you for all you do Jim! Jay Weaver

JOHN WAYNE [The Shootist] It isn’t always about being fast or even accurate that counts, it’s being willing.

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ALICE COOPER GUITARIST SONGWRITER DEPARTS Rock singer Alice Cooper’s legendary songwriter and former guitarist, Dick Wagner, passes away of respiratory failure at 71 on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Medical Center in Arizona. Dick Wagner is born on December 14, 1942, and he grows up in Michigan. In 1973, Dick Wagner is on tour with Lou Reed. The following year he joins Alice Cooper. The skilled guitarist teams with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Kiss and Aerosmith, plus he co-writes many of Alice Cooper’s hit records. Wagner co-writes Cooper’s hits Only Women Bleed, You and Me and I Never Cry. Dick Wagner’s survivors include daughter, Jasmine Dreame Wagner and sons, Robert Wagner and Mark Schuknecht.

DJ WHO STARTS ROCK AND ROLL NO LONGER WELCOME JRRR friend and contributor, Don Sundeen, who is a former Hi records recording artist promoter during my time as Music Director and DJ on Top 40 KXOL-1360 in 1975 points out that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH no longer wants Alan Freed’s ashes kept there. To us music and radio lovers this is quite upsetting because it is Alan Freed who is the charismatic radio DJ who popularizes the term Rock & Roll. Plus, in the early 1950s, it is Alan Freed who starts doing Rock & Roll concerts and dances. Freed’s ambience is one of the reasons why the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s base is in Cleveland. Yes, like Bob Dylan says: the times they are a changin’.

EVACUATION OF CINCINNATI TV ANCHORS The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that WXIX TV CH 19 morning anchor Jacki Jing is no longer with the Queen of the West FOX affiliate. WXIX TV quickly removes Jing’s bio from its website. Jacki posts a photo of a sunset to her social page. WXIX TV GM Bill Lanesey confirms with the Enquirer that Jin no longer is with the station. The anchor change at CH 19 is the latest in a long list of TV departures this summer, which brings many new faces to Cincinnati airwaves this fall. Also gone are Kit Andrews (CH 12) and Larry Handley, Sarah Walters and Amy Wadas (CH 9). Clyde Gray retires as Channel 9′s main co-anchor later this month and I-Team reporter Brendan Keefe leaves CH 9 in September 2014 for Atlanta, GA TV.

ANDY LANDS ON HIS FEET Remember the huge uproar after SiriusXM fires one-half of The Opie & Anthony Show, Anthony Cumia, for his series of Tweets with racially charged messages after his fracas with a black female in Times Square? Anthony is the former half of The Opie & Anthony Show with his partner Gregg [Opie] Hughes. Cumia tells The Blaze that he’s completely free of any contractual ties to SiriusXM: They don’t have a leg to stand on as far as what I want to talk about. I can talk about any of the staff, the management over there and believe me, I will. Cumia tells The Blaze that he’s pleased with the number of O&A fans who cancel their SiriusXM subscriptions as a result of his firing…the subscriptions to his show surpass his initial target.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What famous singer says: I never listened to radio? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Charles George & Willie P. Richardson August 8th. Mark Carrillo August 10, 2014. •KPRC-950 Clear Channel news/talk Houston, TX is new flagship for University of Houston 2014 season football play-by-play. •ASHER WILDMAN abandons Sports anchor chair at KVIA TV ABC CH 7 El Paso, TX to return home to yet unnamed TV station in Tallahassee, FL. •ROBB ROSE Windy City native part-time weekend host on WILV FM (100.3) Chicago, IL from 2009 until early 2014 returns to WILV FM but now as full-time nighttime host. •KSRO-1350 & KSRO FM (103.5) Santa Rosa, CA has opening for Producer for Sonoma County’s Morning News with Melanie Morgan. Email your resume to Ops Manager Jim Murphy at jim@MySonomaMedia.com.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 WDIQ TV (now KMCT) PBS CH 2 in Dozier, AL begins broadcasting on August 8th. •1965 RAUL MALO lead singer with The Mavericks (multiple Vocal Group of the Year) born on August 07th in Miami, FL. •1976 JOHN ROSELLI hired by CIA to kill Fidel Castro found murdered on August 8th. •1984 HANK WILLIAMS JR. shoots video All To My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight on August 1st with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. •1997 DUNCAN SWIFT Jazz pianist dies at 54 on August 8th. •2005 JOSH GRACIN’s first Gold single on August 8th is Nothin’ To Lose.

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TOM ELLIS [Veteran WABC TV, NYC WBZ TV Boston, MA & KONO TV San Antonio, TX news anchor] (Boston-Cape Cod-East Sandwich, MA) Hi, Jim, “The Curtiss Knot Hole Gang Club” (WBAP TV) was the 30 minute kids’ baseball program I was hosting before the home games of the Dallas Eagles and the Fort Worth Cats. It was sponsored by the candy company that makes Babe Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars. I was dressed as a candy hawker, and interviewed kid baseball players and ad libbed candy commercials. It was all right off the top of my head…nothing scripted, so I just did my thing and had a fling with the TV camera. I knew from moment one that TV was my calling. Finally to KONO-AM as a news anchor, and then in June, ’61, my good luck to “substitute” on “12 Star Final” when the anchorman quit suddenly, and they asked me to fill in. Once on TV, I never got off again. Tom

CHUCK DUNAWAY [former DJ on WABC-770, KLIF-1190, KBOX-1480 & KILT-610] (Houston-Katy, TX) The last thing they did before releasing us yesterday was check for clots in the legs. With the test they say both legs are clot free. That is a great feeling. Yes, air is coming back and I’m adding two more medication to my daily dosage it is the famous steroid month long dosage plus a prescribed sleeping aid called Ambien. Dr. Shah thinks Kendall and I can travel by plane by October. Now that I’m finally on the mend and expect no further complications with Bronchitis, sleep deprivation, high anxiety, breathing and blood clots etc. I’m feeling much better and hope to be able to travel to Austin by car in the next couple of months. I’m attempting a treadmill walk this morning and I’ll let you know how it goes. This will be the only real treadmill test in over three months. Love to all. Chucky Boo Boo

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RICK UPTON (San Antonio, TX) San Antonio a great city to use as a negotiating tool for Major Sports teams. The city and people will support any major league sport in Spades! But will also get too excited over what will inevitably not happen. Oh well, we do have the Spurs and everyone else can bite us! Hope joe (Miller) didn’t miss up your computer too much. Rick Upton, Associate Publisher, Local Community News (www.salocallowdown.com)

TONY BRIDGE [2010 Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee] (Fort Worth-Benbrook, TX) Subject: Wonderful new format design. For folks like myself with diminished eyesight, your new format is God sent. Same great content, now much easier to see.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Born and raised in small Southern petroleum industry town Port Arthur, TX Janis Joplin shakes up the Rock music scene. In 1968, Janis brags: I never listened to radio, I didn’t never get into that rock-and-roll trip. I just listened to blues. It seemed real. The other stuff seemed so tacky, teenagey. It didn’t seem to have any truth in it or something. From the first moment I ever heard [the blues] that was my music. But, it is radio that makes her world famous with hits like Me And Bobby McGee which is #1 for two weeks in 1971. On October 4, 1970 Janis Joplin dies in Hollywood, CA of a heroin ovrerdose.

BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (San Angelo-Abilene, TX) Subject: Jim Rose Remembers Radio June 30, 2014 [Monday] Issue #1316. JIM: Like the new format too! Wonder if Bill Cherry recalls newsman Tom Wade, WWL?? Bob & Sonny Lee

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RADIO 1 DJ PASSES INTO THE NIGHT Mike Smith, former BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ, dies at 59 after complications from major heart surgery on Friday, August 1, 2014. Between 1982 and 1988, Smith lasts six years on Radio 1. He also is a presenter on Top of the Pops plus he hosts BBC’s coverage of Live Aid. Smith’s predecessor on Radio 1’s Breakfast Show, Mike Read and Simon Mayo, pay tribute to Mike. Read says: The news is just devastating. Sarah and Mike were a wonderful couple – it is truly horrible to hear. Mike was a very affable guy, fantastically business-like. It’s a real loss and has come as quite a shock. Mike Smith’s wife of 25 years, TV presenter Sarah Greene, thanks hospital staff who treat him for their care and compassion.

SAN ANTONIO TV COVER UP An Alamo City customer shoots a cell phone video that appears to show a San Antonio restaurant that stores food in the men’s room. KENS TV CBS CH 5 describes the video as stomach-turning and brings it to the city health department. The person who records the cell phone video questions restaurant employees, who say they have storage issues and that, out of necessity we clean the restroom and we store the food. But which restaurant? KENS TV never names the restaurant in their story, nor after questions were raised about their failure to identify the business. KABB Fox TV reports: KENS 5 ‘Covered Up’ the story by NOT Reporting the full story, shielding the identity of the owner and the restaurant.

SCULLY RETURNS FOR 66TH SEASON Living sports broadcasting legend Vin Scully is born in The Bronx, New York City, NY on November 29, 1927. This is just two years after the launch of KFWB-980 in Los Angeles, CA which is originally owned by a group that includes Warner Brothers co-founder Sam Warner. While 86-year-old Vin Scully announces on Tuesday that he will return for another season of radio and TV broadcasting in 2015, KFWB-980 hits a foul ball when it proclaims on Friday that it will flip to mostly syndicated all-sports radio in September 2014. The CBS owned KFWB-980 switches to its current all-news format in 1968. Each new Dodger Stadium umpire crew through the end of 2015 before first pitch will salute Scully behind home plate.

SIRIUSXM NOW LEADER IN COUNTRY MUSIC? Another big revenue quarter from SiriusXM as its Q2 revenue rises 10% to $1 Billion. Radio Ink reports that SiriusXM CEO Brian McAndrews claims that they are The Leader in Country Music. SiriusXM makes that claim because they have an embedded team in Nashville, a studio presence in that city, along with recognition from Wall Street Journal which gives the Satellite company that distinction. SiriusXM points to the Wall Street Journal article Satellite Radio Shakes Up Country Star System. McAndrews says: We will be the content leader in the audio business and our listeners are willing to pay for it. Radio Ink elaborates: SiriusXM is now working on improving its PM drive status on the West Coast.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What do Rock group AWB’s letters mean? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•SHERRI TALLEY returns to KTBS TV ABC CH 3 Shreveport, LA to rejoin old friend and colleague Gerry May on the KTBS 6:00 p.m. news next Monday. •CUMULUS new morning show on WRQX FM (DC’s 107.3) Washington DC The Sarah, Ty, and Mel Show features Sarah Fraser, Ty Bentli and Melanie Glazener launches on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. •KFWB-980 Los Angeles, CA flips from News Talk to Sports as The Beast. •VIN SCULLY 86 year old broadcasting legend announces during the second inning of Tuesday night July 29, 2014 Dodgers game that he will return for the 66th season. Vin’s 65 consecutive years of broadcasting the Dodgers is the longest for anyone with one team.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1956 ELVIS PRESLEY releases his triple Platinum #1 single Hound Dog on August 4th. •1963 CONNIE SMITH wins a talent contest in Columbus, OH on August 4th. She gains the attention of guest artist Bill Anderson, who helps get her first recording contract. •1975 ROBERT PLANT lead vocalist and lyricist of Rock band Led Zeppelin is involved in a car crash on August 4th in Rhodes island of Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea. •1981 RICKY SKAGGS marries lead singer of the Country singing group The Whites, Sharon White, on August 4th. •1999 VICTOR MATURE actor in Samson and Delilah (1949) dies of cancer at 86 in Rancho Santa Fe, CA on August 4th. •2008 BROOKS & DUNN earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 4th.

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FRANK B WRIGHT (Dallas, TX & Blowing Rock, NC) Subject: Chuck Dunaway’s comments. Hi Jim, Chuck Dunaway started a thread of comments regarding the state of broadcasting and his listening enjoyment. Overall, the AM and FM bands are vast wastelands–a term coined by FCC Commissioner Newton Minnow in the mid-60’s. For me, internet radio provides the greatest listening pleasure primarily because of the format focus of the stations and lack of commercials. Speaking as a mid-60 year old, Humboldt101.com is my favorite and I pipe it through the house all day. It’s format is “today’s easy listening”. My favorite show is Studio B which is broadcast live from 8:00-11:00am (CST) M-F. It’s hard to believe but there is a real “old-time” DJ–and it’s live! What a unique concept! The show and the station have personality. I have a couple of Grace internet radios in the house and unless I want the local news, I don’t turn on the AM/FM. I agree with Chuck about Sirius/XM. I won’t be renewing. 20+ channels of rap and heavy metal, at least 15 channels of foreign stations, one channel of easy listening. I use to enjoy the classic country format, but that canned that. More vast wasteland… Frank B. Wright; Dallas, TX & Blowing Rock, NC

CHUCK DUNAWAY [former DJ on WABC-770, KLIF-1190, KBOX-1480 & KILT-610] (Houston-Katy, TX) Jim: Congratulations on the fix of the publication editing. We’re also so glad to hear you’ve found a new Akita. It can only help fill the void left by Lacy. I should be in the hospital through Tuesday of next week. I’m getting more tests. I’ll let you know if anything exciting happens. Take care. -Chuck & Kendall

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DR. BRUCE NELSON [KFTX FM 97.5 GM/AM Drive DJ Retired on 12/31/2010] (Corpus Christi, TX) Had to say goodbye to my 12 year old sheltie last year so I can relate…If the new Akita doesn’t work out think about adopting a mutt…they are long on love also!!! DrB (www.kftx.com)

RICK UPTON (San Antonio, TX) I am ready for some football! Rick Upton, Associate Publisher, Local Community News (www.salocallowdown.com)

RANDY BROWN [Ray Sanders music] (Rockdale, TX) Subject: Cashbox Spotlight Ray Sanders. Hi Jim, I hope thing are starting to get better for you! If you could put the info in your newsletter about Ray Sanders new CD “Then And Now” www.cdbaby.com/raysanders10 along with the info regarding the new single “Little Heart Of Dixie” It would be great! I am legally blind and the State Of Texas has funded my Ray Sanders CD’s to give me an opportunity to be more independent. Ray Sanders also has released a tribute CD to Ray Price titled “Ray Sings Ray”! Sanders was a member of his band from 1959-61 and sang harmony with him on “Heartaches By The Number” “Under Your Spell Again” “Who’ll Be The First” and “One More Time” Thanks for your help! Randy Brown

TRIVIA ANSWER: This Scottish group’s first four hits on Billboard’s chart give credit to AWB. The group says that the letters stand for what they feel they are, an average, white band. AWB’s biggest hit single record is Pick Up the Pieces which we spin on KXOL-1360 in Ft. Worth, TX that peaks in early 1975 at #1 with over five hundred thousand in sales.

LESLIE WAYNE HODGES [formerly KCRS-550] (Marshall, TX) Jim, from Jim Rose Remembers Radio I get news and knowledge I have never heard of from inside the fifty five radio stations I have been with since May 1970. Certainly glad that you print the free radio Press for us. Leslie Wayne Hodges

GEORGE SINGLETON (1958 – p) Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk—away from any open flames—to remind yourself that if you don’t write daily, you will get rusty.

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