{"id":67409,"date":"2017-10-23T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=67409"},"modified":"2017-10-23T07:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T12:00:29","slug":"jim-rose-remembers-radio-friday-oct-20-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/23\/jim-rose-remembers-radio-friday-oct-20-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Rose Remembers Radio Monday Oct 23, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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October 23, 2017 [Monday]\u00a0<\/strong>Issue #1662<\/strong><\/h2>\n

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

CHATTANOOGA RADIO TV LEGEND PASSES INTO THE NIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0In the 1960s, Dayton, TN native Don Welch gets his start in Chattanooga, TN broadcasting as a news reader and disc jockey on WDXB-1490. In 1967, after Don leaves WDXB-1490, he becomes an announcer on WRCB TV CH 3. For the next six years, Welch performs a little bit of everything on CH 3, eventually becoming the regular weekday weatherman. On Sunday, October 15, 2017 Emmitt N. [Don] Welch, Jr. passes away peacefully in his Hixson home from Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n

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BEASLEY NAMES NEW PM DRIVE DJ IN TAMPA, FL<\/strong>\u00a0In 2004, Rich Fields becomes Bob Barker\u2019s announcer on\u00a0The Price Is Right<\/em>. In 2009,\u00a0The Game Show Hall of Fame<\/em>\u00a0names Rich Fields as\u00a0Best Announcer of the Year<\/em>. Fields also holds the record for announcing the most network televised game shows in a single season \u2013 7. Throughout his career, he announces nine TV game shows. Rich begins his radio career on WRBQ FM (Q105<\/em>) Tampa, FL. Beasley names Rich Fields as new PM Drive DJ on Classic Hits WRBQ FM (Q105<\/em>) Tampa.<\/p>\n

MAYBE THERE STILL IS A CHANCE<\/strong>\u00a0Former NPR host Diane Rehm reminds us that we must never count ourselves out age wise for marriage. At 81, broadcasting legend Diane Rehm marries John Hagedorn, 78, of Lake Worth, FL on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Washington National Cathedral. In 2016, Diane meets John Hagedorn at an event sponsored by non-com WMFE FM (90.7) in Orlando. He praises her memoir,\u00a0On My Own<\/em>, about being a widow, and offers to meet her if she visits Florida. That\u2019s how it all begins. Diane and John are now man and wife.<\/p>\n

SMART SPEAKERS ARE THE NEXT HOT GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS<\/strong>\u00a0Recent commotion of smart speaker unveilings from Amazon, Sonos and Google greatly expands the options available to consumers for the Christmas shopping season. According to Strategy Analytics, this stimulates first-time buyers into multiple smart speaker ownership. Fourth quarter 2017 sales of smart speakers expect to reach nearly twelve million units globally, which brings the full year total to twenty four million units. Amazon, Google and Baidu lead the way in smart speaker sales.<\/p>\n

TRIVIA QUESTION:<\/strong>\u00a0When is the first broadcast of\u00a0Perry Mason<\/em>\u00a0on the radio? The answer appears below.<\/p>\n

MOVERS AND SHAKERS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022WTAR-850<\/strong>\u00a0Sinclair Communications Sports Radio Norfolk, VA debuts new lineup:\u00a0Outkick the Coverage<\/em>\u00a0with Clay Travis, Dan Patrick;\u00a0The Herd with Colin Cowherd<\/em>, local Nick Bailey show and the Rich Eisen show.\u00a0\u2022JEFF POPE & MARLA DAVIES<\/strong>\u00a0say goodbye to mornings on Alpha Media Hot AC KEZR FM (Mix 106<\/em>) San Jose, CA.\u00a0\u2022BO MONEY<\/strong>\u00a0former PD of iHeartMedia KQBT FM (93.7 The Beat<\/em>) Houston, TX until he exits in August 2016 is new PD of Urban WZRL FM (Real 98.3<\/em>) Indianapolis, IN.<\/p>\n

ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u20221954 WEST GERMANY<\/strong>\u00a0joins NATO on October 23rd. \u200e\u20221969 MERLE HAGGARD\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0single\u00a0Okie From Muskogee<\/em>bags #1 in Billboard Country on November 15th.\u00a0\u20221978 CBS<\/strong>\u00a0raises LP record prices to $8.98 on October 23rd. \u200e\u20221984 WILLIE NELSON\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0rendition of Steve Goodman\u2019s\u00a0City Of New Orleans<\/em>\u00a0grabs #1 in Billboard Country on November 3rd.\u00a0\u20221997 SAN FRANSCISCO, CA<\/strong>\u00a0experiences a black out at 6:11 am on October 23rd.\u00a0\u20222004 GEORGE STRAIT\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0I Hate Everything<\/em>\u00a0scores #1 in Billboard Country on October 23rd. \u200e<\/p>\n

EMAILS YES WE HAVE EMAIL<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

FRANK HALEY [News Director\/News Anchor KDAZ-730, ex KKIM FM, KOB-770, KTRH-740, KILT-610, KLIF-1190, KVIL FM] (Albuquerque, NM)<\/strong>\u00a0I grew up in Dallas\/Farmers Branch, Texas during a time when everyone treated each other like family. We didn\u2019t eat fast food very much. We drank Kool-aid, ate bologna, PB&J sandwiches, and hot dogs. We would gather coke bottles to take to the store and use the money to buy movie tickets, candy or a Coca Cola in a glass bottle. You sure could get a lot with that coke bottle money. We went outside to play games like hide-n-seek, baseball, football, basketball, climb a tree, water fights, play in the rain, kick ball, or just lay back and watch a kite in a big blue sky. Chasing lightning bugs on a summer night was always fun. There was no bottled water just the water hose that we used when we became thirsty<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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BILL CHERRY [Realtor, In late 1950s Music \u2019til Dawn host on WWL-870] (Dallas, TX)<\/strong>\u00a0Hey, Jim and Suzie, Several years pass, and I\u2019m back on KGBC (part-time) at the same time I opened and ran my real estate business. And then there was a lag of a year or two, and then I went to TV doing features about Galveston\u2019s past for \u201cNews -24 Houston.\u201d Some of those are on YouTube under \u201cBill Cherry\u2019s Galveston Memories.\u201d I didn\u2019t try to do radio as a career, although I always wanted to, because I knew in my heart I wasn\u2019t good enough to be a top paid DJ, and I didn\u2019t like the reputation radio had by then of being transient for talent, i.e., being constantly being fired and having to move from town to town. It was a good decision. Nevertheless, I adore radio to this day, and I have always favored it over TV. Throughout my business career, I primarily used radio for advertising. It worked excellently. Regards, Bill<\/em><\/p>\n

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NICK ALEXANDER [ex KNUS FM, KVIL FM, KXOL-1360, WFAA-570, KZEW FM, KLIF-1190, KAND-1340, KDOK-1330] (Dallas-Coppell-Quinlan, TX)<\/strong>\u00a0Jim My life in radio: I was a high school senior and I placed a phone call one night in the fall of 67 to make a request. I starting speaking with the DJ, \u201cHal Martin\u201d (Michael Spears) and we became friends. I started hanging out at the station and became friends with other DJs including Michael O\u2019Shea. I worked at Radio Shack and on Sundays when the store was closed, I would hook up 2 turntables and a tape deck and play DJ. I would then take the tapes to my friends for critiques. After high school I was going to El Centro College and got involved with creating an on campus radio station KELC. When the draft was eliminated and a got lucky with a high lottery number, I knew I would get drafted so I quit Radio Shack, and with Michael Spears help got my first job at KAND Corsicana. I enjoy your weekly column. It\u2019s great keeping up with the biz. Best wishes to you and Suzie. Nick Alexander Productions Quinlan, Tx<\/em><\/p>\n

TRIVIA ANSWER:<\/strong>\u00a0On October 18, 1943 listeners hear the first broadcast of\u00a0Perry Mason<\/em>\u00a0on CBS radio. John Larkin plays\u00a0Perry Mason<\/em>\u00a0the longest on radio.<\/p>\n

CHARLES GEORGE [KC5RAI, ex KCHU FM] (Dallas, TX)<\/strong>\u00a0I found an album of Jimmy Witherspoon, it had on it a sideman, T-Bone Walker. I wonder how much they had to pay T-Bone Walker since he was already a star. Like there was an announcer Randy Coffey (sp) and I know I heard him on Rock, Easy Listening Stations. I liked hearing him on the air, enough to remember his name. I heard it on the X. I once wrote XEG in Monterrey, Mexico. Turned out they had an address in Fort Worth on the card they sent me for a reception report. Tonight listening to Dave Washburn and The Three Quarters Jazz Band. 73, KC5RAI<\/em><\/p>\n

T-BONE WALKER (May 28, 1910 \u2013 March 16, 1975)<\/strong>\u00a0I was called \u201cT-Bow\u201d but the people got it mixed up with \u201cT-Bone\u201d. My name is Aaron Walker but \u201cT-Bone\u201d is catchy, people remember it. My auntie gave it to me when I was a kid. Mother\u2019s mother was a Cherokee Indian full blooded. There were sixteen girls and two boys in my mother\u2019s family, all dead but two<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Jim Rose and Suzie<\/strong>
\nHouston, Texas \u2013 Laus Deo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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