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Coyote McCloud

I go waaaay back with the guy. Growing up north of Atlanta, I was in range of stations in both Chattanooga and Atlanta. I remember first hearing Coyote afternoons on WGOW in Chattanooga as Bill Scott, with his voice character Bruce Kroon. After he left Chattanooga, he did nights at WQXI. When he first popped up in Nashville, Bruce Kroon was still around, wasn't he? Anyone remember when Bruce was finally left behind?

By the way Cooper also served time on WGOW back in those days.
 
I'm most likely the only guy that worked with Coyote that he would not remember..lol. It was at the old Power Country..102,9..now the Buzz..if it's still called that. I was there maybe a couple of months working part time on weekends..and engineering remotes. I can only say what everyone has posted is so true...I was somewhat apprehensive about being around a Legend...as we all know in Radio..there are some that start believing they are radio gods..Coyote was just the opposite..I really envy those that knew him well and had the chance to work with him for a long time..I was hoping he might return to some place in town..but..not to be..
 
Having not worked in radio and being too young to recall Coyote prior to Oldies 96.3, I feel I shouldn't say much, other than when I hear his voice it immediately takes me back to hearing a familiar voice on the air - specifically Oldies 96.3. It may not be my place to do so, but below is a link to a video "Stykman" put up on 94.7's page of him getting to tell Coyote about why he went into radio because of him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_o8YU9d9rU&feature=player_embedded
 
jetfli said:
I go waaaay back with the guy. Growing up north of Atlanta, I was in range of stations in both Chattanooga and Atlanta. I remember first hearing Coyote afternoons on WGOW in Chattanooga as Bill Scott, with his voice character Bruce Kroon. After he left Chattanooga, he did nights at WQXI. When he first popped up in Nashville, Bruce Kroon was still around, wasn't he? Anyone remember when Bruce was finally left behind?

By the way Cooper also served time on WGOW back in those days.
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I believe Bruce retired when Coyote left Kicks 104. Man, what fun we had at the station in the cow pasture on Highway 109 in Gallatin. While doing morning drive on the sister AM WHIN, I would stick my head out of the AM studio every chance I had just to listen to Coyote work his magic. And like a lot of other have said, as far as he was concerned; he was just another staff DJ willing to help anyone with anything. What a tragedy that a true radio entertainer has left us. Thank you for your friendship, Mr. McCloud...........
 
Bat Fastard said:
I think one of the best barometers of how well a radio person is respected comes when his competitors respond favorably...
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Not to mention stations that have inherited the radio person's old ones... Great gesture to The River for their Coyote tribute. Class act.
 
BTW, does anyone know where you could find a copy of Coyote's recording, "Hurricane Jane?" He would occasionally throw it in the rotation a KX-104. I remember him telling me that most of the copies might find a great 2nd life as 'toothbrush handles.' Honestly, it really wasn't a bad recording. This would be a collector's items to have..........
 
Does anyone know if Coyote ever tried to locate his twin brother..or if his brother ever contacted him ? Somewhere I wonder if his brother suddenly felt a strange loss he couldn't explain as often happens with twins when one passes away. Such friendly and talented guy..it's a sad loss for a lot of people. With both of Coyote's sons gone..did he have any other family left ?
 
hamiltonsfolly said:
BTW, does anyone know where you could find a copy of Coyote's recording, "Hurricane Jane?" He would occasionally throw it in the rotation a KX-104. I remember him telling me that most of the copies might find a great 2nd life as 'toothbrush handles.' Honestly, it really wasn't a bad recording. This would be a collector's items to have..........
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You can find it here: https://sites.google.com/site/bobmayben/HurrinaceJane2.mp3?attredirects=0&d=1

Someone posted it to Coyote's facebook page earlier today.
 
hamiltonsfolly said:
What a tragedy that a true radio entertainer has left us.
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In my opinion, it is also a tragedy that corporate radio has seen to it that there are no more (or at least very few) like Coyote and his ilk remaining in today's radio...
 
I keep going through old cassettes looking for more clips of Coyote and I'm not having much luck. Years ago I had some tapes of him on Kicks 104 and they appear to be long lost unfortunately.

Mike Bohan posted some additional clips of Coyote from WMAK last night on You Tube and it shows how talented Coyote was writing and producing.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Nouncer98

I did find some five o'clock whistle stuff that I posted today. It's hard to believe that the first two are 25 years old now!:

Marc Chase Five O Clock Whistle 3/21/1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1orulmd8-lQ

Marc Chase Eat My Shorts 3/21/1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_G3jYVgoR0

Gary Jeff Walker Five O Clock Whistle 2/24/1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYKHX2IxsYo
 
jetfli said:
In my opinion, it is also a tragedy that corporate radio has seen to it that there are no more (or at least very few) like Coyote and his ilk remaining in today's radio...
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Oh BS. Give any corporate broadcaster someone with Coyote's talent and his ability to attract an audience, and they'll hire him. The problem is he WAS unique. That's why everyone is remembering him. If there were a lot more like him, he would not have stood out. They don't make many Bob Hopes or Johnny Carsons either, but it's not because of corporate broadcasters.
 
Wow! Nothing like getting right back to the anonymous disagreements. Can we just relent through the weekend?
 
RadioZack said:
hamiltonsfolly said:
BTW, does anyone know where you could find a copy of Coyote's recording, "Hurricane Jane?" He would occasionally throw it in the rotation a KX-104. I remember him telling me that most of the copies might find a great 2nd life as 'toothbrush handles.' Honestly, it really wasn't a bad recording. This would be a collector's items to have..........
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You can find it here: https://sites.google.com/site/bobmayben/HurrinaceJane2.mp3?attredirects=0&d=1

Someone posted it to Coyote's facebook page earlier today.
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Should have figured Bobbaloo would have a copy. Thanks for the memories Mr. Mayben..........
 
TheBigA said:
jetfli said:
In my opinion, it is also a tragedy that corporate radio has seen to it that there are no more (or at least very few) like Coyote and his ilk remaining in today's radio...
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Oh BS. Give any corporate broadcaster someone with Coyote's talent and his ability to attract an audience, and they'll hire him. The problem is he WAS unique. That's why everyone is remembering him. If there were a lot more like him, he would not have stood out. They don't make many Bob Hopes or Johnny Carsons either, but it's not because of corporate broadcasters.
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Coyote had an audience, but Crapuless took them away from him, and tried to replace him with Bob and Tom! ::) (Anything to save a buck, right Crapuless?) There was a website dedicated to him and Cathy, but the guestbook on that site got taken over by trolls who accused everyone there of being "racists." ::) When it became obvious that he was never returning to radio (and to silence the trolls), they shut the site down.

I post on a number of non-radio message boards, and whenever the subject of radio comes up, inevitably everyone will say that they HATE all those morning show idiots who laugh at their own jokes! And these are everyday people who radio is (supposedly) trying to reach, not a bunch of us insiders who are worried about losing our jobs. And they are also tired of hearing the same handful of songs over and over and over. So it isn't just us noticing the mediocrity and the repetition.

Listening to Retro Ligntning right now, and Fred just paid tribute to Coyote McCloud. :) Which is especially cool, because I don't think they ever worked together.
 
I learned how to pronounce "Demonbreun" from hearing "Drive Like a Nashvillian" while passing through, shortly before moving here! ;D 8) So I wasn't one of those newcomers who pronounced it like "demon brewin'" ! ;D 8)
 
firepoint525 said:
Coyote had an audience, but Crapuless took them away from him
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That's one way to look at it. You could have instead blamed South Central for firing him after the format flip to Jack. When WRQQ flipped to Oldies in 2005 (I assume that's what you're talking about), they had their choice of either keeping the WMAK personalities or not. They chose to hire Coyote and Cathy. There were several others at WMAK they didn't hire, and they didn't pick up the syndicated night show with Tom Kent. They had hoped the oldies audience would move from WMAK to WRQQ. They spent a lot of money doing TV advertising with Coyote & Cathy, and they also made appearances on the local TV talk and news shows. But for some reason, perhaps force of habit, the oldies audience for the most part stayed at 96.3, or went elsewhere. They brought in Bob & Tom AFTER they changed the format. Yes, Bob & Tom are cheaper, but they hired Coyote & Cathy because they had hoped they might get a bigger audience for oldies. Once that didn't pan out, the talent budget disappeared. Sure, Coyote & Cathy remained with the new rock format for a while, and sure they could have done it, but giving up on the Oldies format is what caused them to go away. The sad part about this is the failure of WRQQ as an oldies station has basically killed the format in Nashville, as many on this board have discussed.
 
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