Time for another installment of our series presenting historic television broadcasts as they originally aired, with commercials, station IDs and the like. As always, we’ll put the full video up top if you want to take a gander, and below that will be select screen shots and historic type commentary. It’s January 31, 1968. The … Continue reading W/O/C: “Viet Cong Terror: A Guerrilla Offensive”
July 27th is the 25th anniversary of my first day at KCOW Radio. In the summer of 1998, with college behind me, I sent out cassette tape demos to several stations that had openings. One of them was KCOW. I had a telephone interview with General Manager Mike Garwood and Kevin Horn. They also talked … Continue reading Twenty-Five Years: Holy Crap!
Ah, Heritage Days. A week of great food, spectacular live entertainment, unique events for every interest, and great food. (I mentioned great food twice, I know. I stand by it.) Heritage Days is still fun for me every year, even the years when I find myself hosting things more than doing things. So I thought … Continue reading Heritage Days: 5 Likes From The Present and 5 From The Past
It’s time for another in our series looking at television broadcasts as they originally aired. This time, we’re featuring an episode of the classic sitcom “Bewitched” from January 5th, 1967. Here’s the video of the complete broadcast courtesy of The Museum of Classic Chicago Television. Below that will be screengrabs, trivia, and fun stuff like … Continue reading W/O/C: Bewitched “Sam In The Moon”
For over four years, I have been writing a variety of things for this website. Today, during our KCOW 4th of July music marathon, one of the sponsors was Wentyworld.com! I created two “commercials” for my humble little blog and they sound like this: Kudos to Herr Kroheim von Plugheim for helping me with these … Continue reading The Best (Or, If You Prefer, Least Worst) Of Wentyworld
A broadcaster who was well-loved by KCOW listeners for years has died. From Dateline Hollywood: Don Kennedy, star of the long-running WSB-TV children’s show “Officer Don and The Popeye Club,” has died at 93. Kennedy died from complications of dementia following a stroke in 2015, his daughter, Rebecca Maple, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Officer Don … Continue reading Remembering Don Kennedy
Let me tell you a story. On March 6th, 2020 my ol’ buddy Kalin Krohe and I went to Chadron to see singer/songwriter Branson Anderson at the Bean Broker. It was a fantastic evening of great music, great food and drink, and a healthy supply of shenanigans. Branson Anderson at the Bean Broker, 3/6/20. Branson … Continue reading Branson Is Back! (The Musician, Not The Place)
I have now been getting thrice-weekly dialysis treatments for nearly five months. At first, the dialysis team indicated there was a chance that my kidneys may regain function. They have since dialed back their optimism. I have been informed that should the day come when I want or need to get a kidney transplant, they … Continue reading Kidney Gripes, June 2023 Edition
In the summer of 2009, I interviewed Davy Jones of The Monkees–an interview I have shared and re-shared on this blog. But that summer also found me hopping on the long distance phone lines to chat with Ron Dante. Ron Dante provided the singing voice of Archie. Known in the pages of “Life With Archie”, … Continue reading My Interview Interview With the Guy Who Sang “Sugar Sugar”
How was your Sunday? Mine was unusual, in that I was at the office all day. You see, there was a city-wide power outage scheduled for 1:00pm May 21st here in Alliance. We were told for weeks on end that on this date, at 1:00pm, everybody in the city would be sitting in the dark. … Continue reading Grape-Nuts, The Discordant Danny Thomas, and City-Wide Power Outish
