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Re: How has WAKY radio /all radio/ influenced us ? « Result #1 on Dec 1, 2009, 11:13pm »
I know I've said this many a time on here, but WAKY influenced my life in so many ways, from keeping me company when I was in poor health growing up, to sparking my interest in being involved in radio and, in short, being the soundtrack of my life right along with WKLO, Hi95 and WIEL in E'town. I know I speak for many people who grew up in and/or are still living in the Kentuckiana area when I say the Super79 really made a difference in my life and for that I'm forever grateful!
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Re: Where are they now updates « Result #4 on Dec 1, 2009, 6:33pm »
Max, you're taking entirely too long to reply to these posts.
Gotta say, I did enjoy Jason O'Brien's sound on WAKY. He said everything with a hint of Irish, and it was noticeably present in that unmistakable forced laugh which he did so often. Randolph says he was a perfectionist and would come in to the studios at 4 AM to do his production so he could record his voice while it had that rich low resonant tone (just think of how you sound at the breakfast table each morning and you've got it).
Of course, Randolph had the last laugh. After Jason did all that to give his spots that rich low resonating sound, his spots would air from a console where Randolph had rolled off the low-low end, boosted the high-high end and then shot it out over a 16 mile 15 kHz phone line to the transmitter. LOL!!
Alright. I'm just being an arse. There was a science and purpose behind WAKY's audio processing and Jason sounded just fine.
Re: Early seventies song??? « Result #5 on Dec 1, 2009, 6:01pm »
Good Observation Max I have never heard Robin sing that type. I did not hear Rick's Guitar either. I have known Rick for years, and what a great guy and down to earth. Yes, he lives a few blocks away.
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LKYRadio.com Airchecks of Interest « Result #9 on Nov 21, 2009, 6:15am »
I recently posted a couple of airchecks on www.LKYRadio.com that will be of interest to WAKY 790 fans.
March 1, 1988: The WAKY call letters have just left the Louisville AM band for good, and WHAS' Terry Meiners mourns the loss with a bunch of funny bits, including a "funeral procession" of former WAKY listeners marching down Chestnut Street. There's even a call from the real Bill Bailey.
November 18, 2009: Former WAKY air personality Gary Burbank was a guest on WVLK's Jack Pattie's "9 to 10 Show" on November 18. A scoped version of the entire hour is presented...including a call from Bill Bailey.
How has WAKY radio /all radio/ influenced us ? « Result #11 on Nov 5, 2009, 12:20am »
WAKY radio was what I listened to as a child getting ready for school in the mornings, when I got home in the afternoon and at night when I was trying to sleep through the many fights my parents had. I am 43 and was recently at the GFS store. WAKY had a live remote! I got tickets to the Water Tower Bluegrass and Bourbon Fest...my husband and I had just spent 3 months of unwanted house guests, new grandchildren, married children loosing their homes and downsizing 43 years and two kids into a one bedroom apt. for now...going to that festival was VERY needed and we had a ball! Thanks Waky for being more than a radio station..by the way...I went into radio for years! Radio really does inspire. Bill Bailey...yeah...he was my radio boyfriend...now my son is naming his daughter...Bailey...hmmmm? You decide..ha ha.....love that man and WAKY...also..that grandbaby may have red hair when she is born in December...(I bet Bill is sweating now..he may be a "grandpaw" and did not know it...lol...just kidding...Bill was like a friend and WaKY music now...reminds me of my life and memories! Keep up the faith WaKy Staff!
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Re: E-mail We've Received « Result #12 on Nov 4, 2009, 3:42pm »
Bob Ritter e-mailed us this on November 4, 2009:
This is an absolutely wonderful website. This is Bob Ritter and I was a traffic reporter on WAKY and WVEZ from 1985-1986. I was there when the format changed and WAKY as we knew it shut down.
This was my first radio job and it was part time, as my full time job was as a cop with the Jefferson County Police Department. I was just a stiff with no experience and had the biggest case of “mike fright” on my very first day on the air, and with the help of the legendary Bill Bailey got through it and very much enjoyed my stint at WAKY.
The next year, in 1987, I was hired by Coyote Calhoun as a traffic reporter at WAMZ and had a nice 17 year run, having left there in 2004.
I’ll never forget my formative years at WAKY and all the great people with whom I worked. I reconnected with many of them at Clear Channel during my time at WAMZ. Joe Elliott, Mark Stahr, Stan Cook, Scott Goettel, and Dave Lee were some of the great people that I was fortunate enough to work with at both WAKY and Clear Channel.
As a result of the radio work, I was even hired by WHAS-TV as a traffic reporter, and was with them from 1989-1999. The other traffic reporters who made the transition with me from WAKY to WAMZ and WHAS-TV were Roy Raines, Gary Fields, and Don Dunlap. We had a blast working in the radio business and learned a little bit along the way.
I’ll certainly never forget the fun and excitement of being on the air at WAKY and how it set me up for what was to come down the road at WAMZ.
When I was just a young kid, maybe 4 or 5 years old, Jumpin Jack Sanders lived down the street from me, and I remember all the neighbors talking about how neat that it was to have somebody of that stature in the neighborhood. Conversely, whenever I moved someplace, it was always “there goes the neighborhood”, lol.
I last visited Bill Bailey in a medical facility about 3 or 4 years ago and he still has that keen wit and is still sharp as a tack.
I can’t begin to explain how much of an honor it was for me to have been a part of that great radio station, having idolized the great personalities through the years. Again, a hearty “thank you” for this great website!!!!!
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Re: Gary Burbank Returns To WHAS « Result #15 on Oct 22, 2009, 4:43am »
Just finished listening to Gary Burbank's visit with Johnny Randolph on WAKY and with Terry Meiners on WHAS. I was amazed at how Gary's voice still sounded much as it did back in the '70s. He could easily drop into that Gary Owens tone even today and I believe I heard it come out of him several times.
There was a real shocker for me during his time with Randolph on WAKY. Over the years I have often wondered about an instrumental that I loved as a child. My family had a large console which contained a television on one side and an AM radio complete with an automatic record player on the other. This was a huge piece of furniture with doors that hid everything when not in use. The phonograph actually pulled out on rails.
Anyway, I would often hear this instrumental (no words, just music) that would play from time to time (and for all I knew, it may have been on WAKY) but I never knew the title or artist. A few years later when The Munsters became a huge television hit, the theme song often reminded me of that instrumental except that The Munsters' theme was much faster.
Well, near the front of Johnny Randolph's show as he's talking with Gary, he plays an instrumental from 1961 that featured Gary Burbank on the drums. I couldn't believe what I was hearing because THAT'S THE TUNE!!! Talk about voices in your head. I've had that piece of music in my head for years, but was never able to get anyone to identify it. Unlike songs, instrumentals have no lyrics that you can Google to possibly identify them. Johnny never mentioned the title, but I got enough information to Google "Burbank, drummer, 1961" and wound up with "Last Night" by The Mar-Keys. I couldn't use "Mar-Keys" in my search because I didn't know how it was spelled at the time.
So, another life-long mystery solved. That catchy instrumental that I had heard & loved as a child is "Last Night" by the Mar-Keys and Gary Burbank (Billy Purcer) is the drummer.
Well, maybe. As Gary pointed out during his visit with Terry Meiners, he was one of the original 200 members of The Mar-Keys. LOL!!!
For legal reasons, and space considerations, John Quincy had to "scope" the tune for presentation on this site, but a version can be heard in its entirety on YouTube (where else?) at:
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Re: WAKY 103.5 no longer streaming « Result #16 on Oct 22, 2009, 3:41am »
I must admit that I was very surprised to find that the button had been restored (I believe on Monday) given the expense of streaming copyrighted music over the net.
WAKY first began streaming in November of last year, so I was thinking the stream was up for a possible renewal next month and perhaps the past couple of months had been spent trying to determine whether it would be worth keeping it. As the weeks passed and the button remained blocked I thought for sure that it was over, but I was wrong and happy to be wrong.
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Re: Gary Burbank Returns To WHAS « Result #18 on Oct 16, 2009, 2:04pm »
An aircheck and photos from Gary's 10/15 appearance on Terry Meiners' show are now available on www.LKYRadio.com.
Les Cook and Terry Meiners told me there was a big turnout for Gary's book signing last night. Johnny Randolph, Mason Lee Dixon and several former WAKY sales guys were on hand.
Gary Burbank is on 1035 WAKY now « Result #19 on Oct 14, 2009, 2:31pm »
Gary Burbank is on with Johnny Randolph this afternoon. Wed 10/14/09. We are recording it and we'll make it available to this fine web site. Thank you John Quincy!!!!!!
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I have never heard Robin sing that type. I did not hear Rick's Guitar either. I have known Rick for years, and what a great guy and down to earth. 
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