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Post by Steve Pfalzer on Apr 11, 2005 18:07:42 GMT -5
I read the CJ article about the WAKY site and had to check it out. While crusing through the site I remembered a bit that Gary Burbank started but I don't remember if it was a WAKY thing or something from his later stint at WHAS. Can someone tell me how and when Burbank started the snowshark bit?
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Post by buster on Apr 11, 2005 19:08:51 GMT -5
I grew up listening to WAKY---I do remember the snowsharks --I think it was a Waky thing when the weather got snowy in Lville---of course that was a loooong time ago.
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Post by bruiser on Apr 11, 2005 19:21:15 GMT -5
Burbank was at WHAS when he did the snow shark bit. It was during one of the big snows in the late seventies.
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Post by Mark Strauss on May 7, 2005 20:45:03 GMT -5
Gary developed the idea for snowsharks during the BIG snow of 1977-78 (don't remember exact month) at WHAS. Something like 18" of snow fell overnight. Gary was on his way to the station when he noticed what looked like (to him) a shark's fin sticking out of the snow. From his first on-air bit, WHAS began posting reporting daily snowshark sightings, a song "Ol Sharkie's Back In Town," was recorded (using Mack The Knife). WHAS even put up a "Listen For Snowshark Alerts" billboard that rotated around Louisville for months. Even into Summer. Quite a fun time!
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