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Post by Kevin on Jul 10, 2005 20:32:37 GMT -5
Ok, here is how we can revive WAKY.
We all pitch in a few dollars (how much I have no clue) and go to 1080 or another lonely AM station and buy 2 hours of air time on Saturday night. We call the show "The WAKY good time oldies show."
We find DJ's that can be as wild as the WAKY guys (I know...good luck) and we play VERY LOST OLDIES.
We hand out flyers at all the hot rod shows around town (there are more than you think) as we build an audience one by one thru word of mouth.
We play requests.
We do something shocking like fake a DJ shooting, or play a song over and over the first 24 hours...uh...oh yeah...well... you get the idea. Something wild to get attention.
We could have oldie jingles mixed in with the cheap ads we get from real advertisors, and we have "fifth caller this hour" type prizes.
What else should we have on the show?
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Post by Max on Jul 11, 2005 10:04:20 GMT -5
What about asking some of the former jocks, still living, to do liners? Even Bill Bailey!! I know he'd be up for it!! From what I hear, he still does the morning weather at the nursing home.  Old dj's (the Duke, anyway) never die, but they won't go away, either!! ;D |
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Post by RJC on Jul 15, 2005 3:21:19 GMT -5
Ok, here is how we can revive WAKY. We all pitch in a few dollars (how much I have no clue) and go to 1080 or another lonely AM station and buy 2 hours of air time on Saturday night. We call the show "The WAKY good time oldies show." We find DJ's that can be as wild as the WAKY guys (I know...good luck) and we play VERY LOST OLDIES. We hand out flyers at all the hot rod shows around town (there are more than you think) as we build an audience one by one thru word of mouth. We play requests. We do something shocking like fake a DJ shooting, or play a song over and over the first 24 hours...uh...oh yeah...well... you get the idea. Something wild to get attention. We could have oldie jingles mixed in with the cheap ads we get from real advertisors, and we have "fifth caller this hour" type prizes. What else should we have on the show? That could be fun, but make it it on Saturday and Sunday nights. One night for WAKY, and the other for WKLO. I say we buy the time on KJ 1080 and hire Joe Donovan as the host of the shows.  Joe is probably the only guy on the face of the planet that could make this idea work, as he's the guy that has all the old music. |
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Post by Kevin on Jul 18, 2005 18:14:54 GMT -5
No disrespect RJC, but my two cents go straight for WAKY. To me it was the King and WKLO was like the Avis (I think) rent a car commercial--we try hard to be second best.
I know its goofy, but the real reason I am not a big WKLO fan was probably because I couldn't get good reception on the transister radio back then. Even today, 790 is a blow torch compared to 1080.
Also, I remember that when I went looking for WKLO I would tune into WINN by accident because it had a stronger signal. The way the 11 is on an AM dial was confusing to me. There were to many competing signals at that location. 1240 WINN, 1080 WKLO, 970 WAVE, and I think there was a 1140 or something around there.
I was more into the WAKY 79 gig. The 8 on the AM dial was clean and easy to find, and the signal was strong.
GO WAKY
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Post by RJC on Jul 19, 2005 16:27:19 GMT -5
No disrespect RJC, but my two cents go straight for WAKY. To me it was the King and WKLO was like the Avis (I think) rent a car commercial--we try hard to be second best. No big deal, I was more of a fan of WKLO. I feel WKLO deserves to be honored as much as WAKY, both were great icons in Louisville radio history, and both stations were usually #1 and #2 in this market. Not sure why you would want to slight WKLO, but that's your opinion, and I can respect that. |
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Post by Max on Jul 19, 2005 17:24:48 GMT -5
Ok, here is how we can revive WAKY. What else should we have on the show? Focus gentlemen, Focus. |
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Post by bruiser on Jul 26, 2005 18:40:18 GMT -5
I say focus on the years 1955-1975. Thousands of charted hits. Sadly, only a select few get played on oldies stations.
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Post by GilHerbigJr on Jul 27, 2005 8:19:05 GMT -5
Ok...on the format...I would add another 10 years. 1955-1985. There were some New Wave and other pop songs that sounded pretty good in the Top 40 format.
On one of the 91 reunion spots Mac Hunter plays Van Halen's jump and then says this is what WKLO would sound like today if it were still on the air, and it did sound pretty good.
Of course this is "Creative Borrowing" but just think of how cool it would have been or still could for that matter, to have a BOY GEORGE FREE WEEKEND!!!ALL WEEKEND LONG!!! ;D
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Post by Max on Jul 27, 2005 8:35:48 GMT -5
I hope you mean as in NO Boy George! The only Culture Club song I cared for personally was "It's a Miracle", not to be confused with Barry Manilow's song of the same title (which also is my favorite of HIS)
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Post by GilHerbigJr on Jul 27, 2005 14:52:52 GMT -5
Yes...definetly as in NO...although I did like Church Of The Poison Mind for some reason...it was a little upbeat and I did like a lot of Barry Manilow's music too...and I liked Disco...
I liked a large variety of music through the years.
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Post by Kevin on Jul 27, 2005 15:08:19 GMT -5
I called 1080 and you can't play music if radio time is rented. ASCAP and BMI restrictions whatever those are.
You can play 60 sec of a song. So 1080 is out.
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Post by Max on Jul 27, 2005 15:15:22 GMT -5
Did you talk to Jim Fenn, Kevin? He works in programming for both 1080 and 790. Regardless, that's probably right, although some years ago people weren't so tied up in rights and royalties. I think people were a little more lenient back then.
And Gil, you and I are examples of people who are what some people call closet fans, although I never claimed to be a Barry Manilow fan (despite having several of his records) and most certainly not a Culture Club fan. But there are just some songs and artists you just as soon no one else knows you like them.
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Post by Ben Pflederer on Jul 27, 2005 19:23:57 GMT -5
You are really bring back memories now! Yes, 1080 was correct. Did you ever have to fill out the BMI sheets for a week on your shift? With all those short length records, it was a real bear! Thank goodness we never had to do it for commercials that contained music. I had to even do it for the religious programs that contained music.
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Post by Travis on Jul 29, 2005 8:48:17 GMT -5
Ben, were you a jock at one time? I had to fill out those BMI/ASCAP logs as I played the records, so I thought only the jocks had to go through that. What a pain in the rear.
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Post by Ben Pflederer on Jul 29, 2005 19:53:42 GMT -5
Travis, ;D Rudy and I were quite close in 64 & 65 on the Mighty 790, Fun Loving Wacky. It was "Fun"  , but work in the Ky Home Life Building. Board operated on Sunday Mornings also was regarding the "Religious" music loggings. |
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Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 2, 2005 0:44:33 GMT -5
I've heard that sometimes some little know song writers had songs that appeared on those record logs. This would result in a small check. Very strange that such a mistake might occasionally be made in those logs.
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Post by dudewalker1 on Aug 2, 2005 15:05:27 GMT -5
Bruiser, I had the privilege of working with Dewey Phillips. He didn't lose his TV show because of drinking. He had a side kick named Harry who wore a gorilla mask and one day he made an uncalled for action to a Jayne Mansfield poster and that cost him his TV show. He did however have a drug problem from being hooked on pain killers when he was wounded in the war. That cost him his radio gig. He was a funny man and could have gone nationwide but pain killers did him in and he died at 42 years of age.
best always,
Dude Walker
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Post by bruiser on Aug 2, 2005 19:04:25 GMT -5
Dude, you replied in the wrong forum, but that's OK. I knew about the Jayne Mansfield incident, but didn't mention it because I didn't think anyone would believe it. I've heard Dewey, and I liked his patter. Sometimes you couldn't understand what he was saying, he was talking so fast.
BTW, how's Sputnick doing?
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Post by dudewalker1 on Aug 2, 2005 22:48:46 GMT -5
Bruiser, Sputnik is doing great. he wrestled his last match at age 70 and won. He
is now 76 and just recently stayed with my wife and I. He was here for a legends reunion and performed well. Jerry Lawler even had me intoduced as a legend. What a treat. Sputnik was the biggest thing to hit Memphis in the 50's and 60's. Elvis was even a fan and asked Sputnik to come out to Graceland just to meet him and they became big buddies. Every match he wrestled in Memphis was a sellout,
Thanks for asking about him,
Dude Walker
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Post by bruiser on Aug 3, 2005 8:04:21 GMT -5
Dude, you might enjoy this board: www.wrestlingclassics.com Sputnik comes up from time to time. He's well respected by those who know anything about pro wrestling. And, there are some on there who personally know him, and you might know some of the posters. There are also some smarks on there. Heres another one: superstarbillygraham.net/forum/index.php?ict_kfsess=b4624d4a5683129433d2e527946a2dd1 The second site has a Memphis site, which can get some good comments from time to time. |
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Post by Kevin on Aug 4, 2005 8:33:58 GMT -5
I couldn't find Tojo Yamamoto and Jerry Jarret on that website. That was the greatest tag team in Louisville history.
When we discussed WDRB 41 in the early days, we forgot wrestling. Or was that another channel?
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Post by Max on Aug 4, 2005 8:39:13 GMT -5
You're right, Kevin! In all those WDRB threads we failed to mention those TV41 staples. Lance Russell (I think I have the last name right) was the deep voiced host. It was always 'wrestling from the (Louisville) Gardens'. A guy I used to work with had him down pat. I remember Tojo. No one could ever beat him. I remember Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarret as well. As a kid I thought all that was real!  |
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Post by dudewalker1 on Aug 4, 2005 12:46:29 GMT -5
Max,
you are right. His name was Lance Russel. I had to honor of being with him for the "Legends of Memphis". He is doing well and living in Pensacola, Florida. As for Tojo, not so good. He committed suicide a few years ago. I still see Jerry Lawler from time to time and have a pic of he and me taken at the legends thing if you would like to see it. Jerry Jarrett is doing well on the board of directors at a bank in Nashville. His son Jeff is on WWE. Hope this helps.
Dude
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Post by bruiser on Aug 4, 2005 14:49:12 GMT -5
Dick the Bruiser was the promoter for wrestling in Louisville before Jerry Jarrett reopened the town after Dick pulled out. Before Dick, Bock Estes was the promoter. Of course Jerry was working for Nick Gulas at the time. He and Nick had a territorial feud a few years later, and Jerry eventually won the war. When Jerry got his tv deal with WDRB, it was a show that was taped in the WDRB studios, and the announcers were not Lance and Dave. No one I've talked to remembers who the announcers on that show were. Jerry told me one of them might have been Michael St. John, but I don't think so. Later on we got the edited Memphis tv show that went around the circuit. Jeff Jarrett has not been associated with the WWE for several years. It appears that Vinnie Mac has no use for the Jarretts. It probably has to do with Jeff holding out for more money on a pay per view where Jeff held a belt, and was to lose it on the ppv before he jumped to the old WCW. Jeff wrestles for TNA these days, and there is some ownership by the Jarretts, but I think Jerry got froze out of the booking/mgmt of the company. TNA inked a deal with Spike tv and will be taking Raw's spot this fall, as Raw moves back to USA network.
Of course the Memphis show was on, at one time or another, every channel in town, except 11, during it's run. There was a time when we were getting the Jarrett show and the Gulas show, and there was All Star Wrestling and a little later the ICW which featured Randy Savage and Ron Garvin.
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Post by Kevin on Aug 4, 2005 20:35:05 GMT -5
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Post by Mike Griffin on Aug 6, 2005 9:09:27 GMT -5
I remember when the ICW wrestling was on Channel 41. It was shot in the WDRB studio across from the stock yards. Channel 41 had two cameras by then. One was mounted about 6 feet up at the end of the studio and the other was on a pedastal and moved. On shoot days 50 or 60 people would show up and we'd tape.
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Post by Max on Aug 11, 2005 8:22:20 GMT -5
Kevin, going back and reading your initial post regarding this has given me inspiration. I am researching a plan and will share as it comes to fruition.
(I almost sounded like John Kerry, didn't I?)
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Joe is probably the only guy on the face of the planet that could make this idea work, as he's the guy that has all the old music.
, but work in the Ky Home Life Building. 