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Posted: Sun Dec 9th, 2007 09:50 pm |
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| I know this section is called the "good ole days" and it was not a good one but this weekend we observed the occasion of the shooting of John Lennon. I was doing the overnight shift at KCKN when that occurred an remember it well. In fact I was going through some old stuff the other day and came across the AP coverage of the event, ranging from the initial bulletin to all the extended coverage which I had saved. That was, of course in the days of continued wire service machines that clanged away mostly non stop. The paper was cream colored anyway and is even more yellow now. That is one of those events that many recall where they were when they learned of it. I also recall being in the old KGBX building on Booneville, working on the next days music play list the day that Elvis died. Doing production at the old WHB in the KC Power and Light Building when the (first)space shuttle exploded, checking my e-mail and watching The Today Show on 9/11 and being in drafting class in junior high school on 11/22/63 when Kennedy was killed. Anyone else care to share sad recollections? Or maybe happy ones.
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Posted: Sun Dec 16th, 2007 10:54 pm |
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Ahh, the good ole days...when folks actually posted on this board. Whats the average maybe one post a day this week? Whats up with that, people too busy stuffing stockings or maybe longing for the good ole days when the chiefs and rams played good football. This board needs some steroids or hgh or at least a kick in the butt if not the needle.
p.s. I hope no one shows up for work drunk or drinks on the job...smoke em if you got em. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY POSTING, please...I need more reading material and about all I get is MrMike url bs.
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Posted: Mon Dec 17th, 2007 04:33 pm |
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| I agree it sure has been quiet. I haven't heard anything special on the air for several days. On the way to work out this morning I was tuning around and heard VDJ acusing some woman caller, who is a city employee, saying she was paid to call in or talked into it. He of course was trying to pick a fight with the City Manager, Bob Cumley...who by the way is a really great guy. If you read the Bible where it says "blessed are the peace makers"... that sure does NOT include VDJ. Some think that's the only way to fun a talk show...pick fights constantly ...sorry I don't buy that at all.
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Posted: Wed Dec 19th, 2007 02:36 am |
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Turner, as you know I am a few years younger than you...but in '82 when Lennon was shot, I was waiting for a school bus with a bunch of older kids who were talking about Jack Lemmon getting shot...the little runt in the back (me) bravely corrected them with a reminder of who John was. That day after school I uncovered my mother's white album for a good listen and promptly picked up Double Fantasy on cassette. In January of '86 while munching granola over breakfast, I watched Challenger explode live on the tube. During 9/11, our entire office staff watched the tube while the event unfolded...tears were shed that day in our breakroom. On the flip side, I recall watching the '96 womens olympic team when Kerri Strug stuck her landing on the vault with a bum leg to clinch the gold. I watched the 80's mens hockey team win the gold against the odds. The repeated coverage of OJ riding in the white Bronco through LA while the radiogypsy and I worked mornings on Hot 106.7. Good and bad events witnessed through the electrons of the tele.
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Posted: Wed Dec 19th, 2007 03:43 pm |
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While my memory is clearly more cloudy than Adam's and Turner's, I still remember some stuff. As a completely self-absorbed 12-year-old, Lennon's death really didn't have much of an affect on me. I heard about it, but it wasn't until years later I truly realized what had happened.
I was working evenings at KKLH on 9/11, and my wife was "oh my gosh-ing" in the living room while I was just waking up. "Oh my God, Rick you gotta see this!" I tried to go back to sleep until... "Oh my God, a plane just flew into one of the towers!" That's when I hopped out of bed and started paying attention. The weirdest thing is, the night before that at work, I was joking around and told Josh Broadway (evening jock on Magic 92.2) "...wouldn't that be a trip if some kind of emergency happened tomorrow since it's 911?" Although that statement was made in passing and I didn't think about it again for a couple of weeks, when I think about it now, it is really creepy.
I was working at Rock 99 when Orenthal James paraded through SoCal at low speeds in the white Bronco. Adam was there at the time, along with Big Fun. (the DJ, not the band) We watched on this tiny 13 inch portable TV that had been rigged in the studio atop Corporate Centre.
I don't remember much of Elvis dying... just that my mom was talking about it that night. People die all the time and even at 10 years old, I realized that.
As for "do you believe in miracles"... Seventh grade, Monett Junior High School, we all cheered and flipped of the commies. Even the commies in Finland... who are the guys we beat for the actual gold. Isn't it surprising how many people think we beat the Russians for the gold?
I'm done now - too bad I don't live in Springpatch anymore... I'd love to dish some negative energy to VDJ whilst listening to his retarded diatribe(s). Perhaps one day some tough-natured individual will hone their pugilistic skills on VD's noggin.
Have a great Christmas... even if you're in radio... which is what this cartoon reminds me of...
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Posted: Fri Dec 21st, 2007 09:16 pm |
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Adam, Mista Masters...always good to read your words. I wasn't just bitching about no one responding to my where were you in 82 thread but just about the general lack of interest on here recently. I'm just always disappointed when I do my weekly check in and only a few people have posted. It is good to see considerable more activity this past week.
Ahh yes, the old Pythian Street station...I never worked there but was in the building a couple of times. Wasn't that one of the last "stand alone" stations in town, with the possible exception of KOSP before KKLH came along. Is KADI the only "stand alone" in town now? Does anyone recall the time line progression of consolidation?
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Posted: Sat Dec 22nd, 2007 10:59 am |
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| Where was I in 82'? The same place I was in 72' and 92'... Leading a very wonderful and talented staff of professionals at KTTS. In fact from 68' to 99' I was there constantly improving on what we were doing...Super Serving the Listener. It was a great ride, one I get a lot of credit for but I always say, it's because I was smart enough to hire the right people. Several of them were with us 15, even 20 years. Most of them are still good friends of mine and have regular contact with. Some went on to become very prestigious on their own... Barry Johnson is CEO of the Miami FL Chamber of Commerce, Several have gone on to own their own ad agencies, Dan Shelley is now with WCBS in NYC, (he is former President of AFTRA), Bill Perkin owned Chan 33 for a while, one is one of the leading TV news anchors in Dallas...etc. They all make me proud!
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Posted: Sat Dec 22nd, 2007 11:51 am |
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X, you mostly mentioned news reporters, although Bill Perkin was a DJ. Gary Hightower has a show on XM radio, Diane (Mavis) Davis married Rex Allen Junior's brother and I understand is in radio station ownership. Some of my favorites have gone on to that great radio studio in the sky...Barefoot Bob Kinney, Jim Wise, Chuck Riley, and damn, I can't think of the name that tall kid who worked overnights when I worked in news there, he (like Chuck) died in a car crash and was a really nice and fun guy.
My getting fired from KTTS was one of the best things that happened to me. I was never really cut of for the pace of the 24-hour news center and never had the passion required for that job. I am proud tho' to have been a part of the KTTS news team but would have rather been music director, a position I have since held at some great stations. My two years at the double T was the only time I worked in news full time.
I think Tom Wahl was the best newsman on the staff while I was there in the late 70's although it's hard to top Barry Johnson's voice and I really liked Ray Shermer. I understand Tom is doing voice imaging work now out of Florida. I really respect Morris James and Don Paul and loved Don's characters Big Ed and little brother Elroy. KTTS under your reign certainly "sounds like the Ozarks". It was something you can be proud of. KTTS along with KMOX in St. Louis and WDAF 61-Country in Kansas City could not be touched by the competition back in the day.
I just thought of Kevin Barton's name, his untimely death was tragic...he was really a great guy and great basketball player which reminds me of the terrific times on the KTTS basketball team. Those games were fun but became quit a grind because the team was much in demand and traveled great distances to play in fun raisers at schools and towns all over the Ozarks...now I'm wondering what was the name of the guy who tore down the backboard at a school and where did that happen...man my memory is failing me this morning.
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Posted: Sat Dec 22nd, 2007 12:56 pm |
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| I just thought of the guy's name on TV in Dallas...Mike Snyder...we called him the "roller skating Ranchand", his dad ran the roller rink on the north side of town back then. Also all the people still on the air in Springfield, many of them at MW Family, Agency people include, Gary Ellison, Steve Eiffert, Celeste Skidmore, John Stevens ex-wife, Angela Smith, Bill Perkin, ...seems like everytime I turn around, I'm saying to my wife..."he used to work for me"...it always makes me feel great too. Merry Christmas to All.
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Posted: Mon Mar 17th, 2008 10:42 pm |
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3 months later, I'm adding my reply....
In 1982, I was attending Southeast MO State University - and was working on both the campus station KRCU (10 mighty watts!), and working Sunday mornings at AM 1170, KJAS. It was 2 church shows, Brother John Rivers on "Powerline"...and then this 6'3" German woman would come in the studio at 10am and play polka records and speak German! I had the pleasure of engineering all of that. In 1982, I got my first job on a "real" FM station, KGMO-FM. It was the station that inspired me to choose radio for a career. I did weekend overnights, and thought I was the hottest shit in town.
Let's see...Challenger in 1986. I was on the air at Q99 in a little 3-bedroom house in the Gordonville MO when the hotline rang. It was my mom, who had seen the spaceship blow up on TV. I called the GM at the offices in Jackson, MO..7 miles away...and he saw it on CNN. We were using the US Network for news at the time..and I turned up the pot just as they were saying "special report in 3...2...1" - we stayed with the news for the next 24 hours straight.
9/11 I have a much more interesting story. I was working for MusicMaster, and we had been in New Orleans for the NAB show. The show ended on Sunday 9/9..but I had stayed an extra day to close some business. I went down to Bourbon St. on 9/10...and stayed there till about 3am! I had a 6am flight out of New Orleans back to Springfield. I made the flight, and got into Dallas before 8am...9am NYC time. While waiting for the SGF flight, we heard that a plane had flown into the WTC. Wow! Then we got on our flight and proceeded to SGF.
About an hour into the flight, the captain came on the mic, and told us what was going on...and told us that all of the US airspace was being shut down. And that there will 2 F-16's flying by us in a few minutes. It was terrifying. The pilot also told us that since everyone on board had a final destination of Springfield, we would land on schedule, and no more planes would be taking off anytime soon.
It was terribly frightening. And I still have my boarding passes from both my DWF and my SGF flight that bear the date 9/11/01
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 11:36 pm |
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| I'm pretty sure it was 1980...the year John Lennon was shot. I heard it from Howard Cosell while watching Monday Night Football. I went to New York many years later and stood at the Dakota where it happened. Pretty creepy.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 01:16 am |
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Whammer, you are right and I stand corrected...the early 80's are growing fuzzy for me although I recall most of the events. It must have been Belushi that died in '82.
By the way...I think it was 1982 when Peter Wolf and Magic Dick truly hit fame with Freeze Frame. Yeah, they had been making music for years before and I recall watching older J Geils videos on MTV around that time as well.
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Posted: Sun Mar 30th, 2008 11:34 pm |
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| In '73 when I was in college our biggest party LP was "Bloodshot" by J Giles Band not a bad song on that album...I remember Southside Shuffle, Struttin' with My Baby, Give It To Me, Nuthin' But A House party and Back To Get You, man that's a fun album and it always got our party rockin. Last edited on Sun Mar 30th, 2008 11:36 pm by Turner the burner
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Posted: Sun Apr 13th, 2008 12:04 am |
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| One of the best live rock and roll albums ever is "Full House." I think that was the name of it. All those songs mentioned above plus "Where did our love go" and "I do". Great stuff.
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