December 16, 2016 [Friday] Issue #1576

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS

TEXAS FIDDLER STOPS FIDDLING AROUND Frenchie Burke is born in the tiny town of Kaplan, LA just up the road from Lafayette. Frenchie’s grandfather teaches him to play the fiddle all across the Pelican State. After he leaves the Air Force, with Ray Price, Little Jimmy Dickens and Johnny Bush, he becomes known as Fiddlin’ Frenchie Burke. In 1974, his Big Mamou is huge request tune everywhere on Texas radio. On Saturday night, December 10, 2016 Fiddlin’ Frenchie Burke passes away. (https://youtu.be/JqkDPz24hPM)

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CITY OF MILLIONAIRES RADIO TALENT EXPIRES At the turn of the 19th century, Colorado Springs, CO is the leading mining exchange center of the world. By 1904, Colorado Springs with 35 of the nation’s 100 millionaires from gold mining in Cripple Creek earns the title The City of Millionaires. On Sunday morning, ‎December 11, 2016 authorities find 55 year old News/Talk KRDO-1240/KRDO-FM (105.5) morning co-anchor Paul Richards (Paul Mundt) lifeless in his home in the Skyway neighborhood in southwest Colorado.

THIEVES RANSACK KIDD KRADDICK STUDIO Over the weekend, Irving, TX police report punks plunder several thousand dollars worth of equipment and electronics from Kidd Kraddick studio. Between 6 pm Friday and 11 am Saturday thieves grab several computers, laptops and three studio recording cameras valued at $15,000 each. Cops estimate total loss around $70,000. Another business in the 100 block of East John Carpenter Freeway, burglars hijack about $10,000 worth of equipment, including computers and a camcorder.

CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE MAY BECOME EXTINCT On Wednesday, ‎December ‎7, ‎2016, Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), incoming Chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), co-author a bi-partisan bill to repeal the Cross-Ownership Rule. Gordon Smith, National Association of Broadcasters President, says: Striking this cross-ownership ban would save journalism jobs, create more investigative reporting and provide communities with greater local news.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the first TV network voice to tell America about John Lennon’s death? The answer appears below.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

•HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Christine Black-Reimel December 12th. Pat Bell December 16, 2016. •CHRIS KAMPMEIER, Region VP Programming for iHeartMedia North Florida Region, retires effective December 31, 2016. •RICK EVERETT 19-year cluster vet is Kampmeier’s successor in iHeartMedia North Florida Region effective January 1, 2017. •PAT GARRETT MD/PM Drive personality since early 2012 on CBS Radio Country KMPS FM (94.1) Seattle, WA exits with his life after 4 years.

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES

•1958 BOGOTA, COLUMBIA warehouse fire kills 82 on December 16th. ‎•1967 DUANE PROPES Little Texas bass player (God Blessed Texas #4-1993) born on December 17th in Longview, TX. •1971 DON MCLEAN’s 8+ minute tale of American Pie releases on December 16th. •1984 RICKY VAN SHELTON moves to Nashville, TN on December 27th when his girlfriend, Bettye, gets a new job. •1994 DAVY JONES (The Monkees) DWI on December 16th. •2006 RASCAL FLATTS’ My Wish tops Billboard Country on December 16th.

EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL

LIZ PATRANELLA [Liz Houston – KTSA-550, KBAT-680] (Austin, TX) Subject: Ed Tree Passes Away. I received news that former San Antonio broadcaster, Ed Tree, has passed away. Some of you may have known him when he worked in S.A. Radio back in the 70s. I do not know all the stations he worked for, but David Foster worked with him at KEEZ and asked me to share his obit with our group. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. ‘Edward Tree (June 11, 1940 – December 2, 2016) Edward Beryl Tree of Fredericksburg passed away on December 2, 2016 at the age of 76. Edward was born to Arthur and Laverne Tuck Tree on June 11, 1940 in Eldorado TX.’

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JOANIE GREEN [KPRC TV CH 2, KZEW FM, KFWD FM, KNOK FM, KAUM FM, KILT FM, KNUZ-1230, Metro Traffic, Houston Taping for the Blind] (Tulsa, OK) Hi Jim, I worked for KFWD…when they were 2 trailer houses on 360 just south of DFW…dang turntables would rumble every time the SurTran busses would roll past and park for the night. That’s where I had 5 drunk guys come see the broad on the radio and I thank goodness I had the dogs with me…the dogs had them pinned against the car and I got kinda scared, I’d never seen my dog in a crouch ready to spring…he was growling and his hackles were raised. I very slowly walked up to my dog, grabbed his collar to hold on to him and asked the guys what they wanted…”Uhhhh…we just wanted to request a song…” “Okay, whadaya wanna hear?” I don’t remember what it was, but I told them I would try to find it and that I needed to get back in the control room before the record ran out. They got in the car and sped away. I breathed a sigh of relief and praised the dogs for a verrrrrry long time. I heard them barking over the monitor and that’s why I went outside to see what was going on and why the dogs were barking so incessantly. Take care and talk with you soon. Joan

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JAY WALKER [CBS Radio Dallas/KJKK FM/Infinity KTSA-550/KTFM FM/Own Jay Walker Prod/Jay Walker Competitive Audio consultant 40 Plus Years In Radio] (Ft. Worth-Hurst, TX) Subject: AT&T – Time Warner merger. There’s no reason we should allow telecom MONOPOLIES to exist. Monopolies have no incentive to provide better service, or lower rates. You may have noticed your phone/cable/internet bill always creeps higher. Service performance is terrible, and customer service does not exist. Even worse, monopolies stifle technology which is why the US does not even show up in the top 10 list of average internet connection speeds. We rank BELOW ‘techno giants’ Romania, Mongolia, Peru, Mexico, and so many others. Our average peak connection speed in the US is 57.3mb which 20% of the US can achieve compared to Singapore where it’s 135.7mb.

TRIVIA ANSWER: On December 8, 1980, during the Monday Night Football game on ABC-TV, legendary sports announcer Howard Cosell is the first voice to inform many Americans that an assailant shoots and kills singer and songwriter John Lennon outside his apartment in New York City.

JAY WEAVER [ex KCUL-1540/KBUY-1540/KPCN-730] (Houston, TX) Subject: AT&T – Time Warner merger. Jim – My after radio career was spent being self employed. In so doing, I almost always used “the small business man” as my sub – contractor, the local bank, the local lumber yard, the local cement company, etc. Still do. Rhonda and I eat at the local restaurants – rarely the “chain restaurants”. We feel we get a better response from local, small, home owned businesses. While I think AT&T does an adequate job at what they do for their size, they are what they are and I feel more and bigger will not be better. We need Time Warner to keep AT&T in line. Thanks for asking, Jim. Jay

JOHN GRIFFIN CARLISLE (September 5, 1834 – July 31, 1910) After we have calmly stood by and allowed monopolies to grow fat, we should not be asked to make them bloated.

Jim Rose and Suzie
Houston, Texas – Laus Deo