Not very good at this but a couple of things need to be mentioned and a major Thank You is overdue to you guys that put this together in the first place. So, thanks guys for some great memories and current updates including the skinny on Lou, you'll never believe my real name, Saint. Lou worked for me at KTEM in Central Texas and at the ill fated Sunny 94.1 in BR. I can easily say that I've never worked with a jock more well prepped to go on air,more concerned about the quality of his show and with more passion for that show than Lou. The fact that he is no longer on air is a sad commentary on what Radio has become.
My favorites growing up: Pre WLS days in Gary, Indiana. WLAC Nashville. Spring 1960 WLS. While stationed at Marine Baracks, Boston, WMEX and WBZ. In Houston, while trying to adjust to being a sloppy civilian and just prior to my Radio debut at KTLW in Texas City, Bill Young's KILT.
Chuck White did indeed go by "Chucker," more or less unofficially, when he was at WIBR when they played oldies back in the '80's. He was well aware that the REAL Chucker was the 'LCS night jock of old.
Yes, I programmed Oldies at WIBR for 3 years. It was my 2nd of 4 programming gigs in BR, none of them concurrent. I was asked occasionally during those years and in subsequent years if I'd worked at LCS. My reply was always the same, yes I did, but I'm probably not the the DJ you remember. He was there for 4 or 5 years, I was only there for 3 months and couldn't use it there because someone else already was. As far as my being aware of who the "REAL Chucker" was..I used that name many times before my time in BR and many times after. Besides that, if real means first, then the late and truly great Chuck (the Chucker) Browning would be it.
White's main impact on the BR market was when he was PD at WJBO during the Ross and Wilson era (late 1970's). Randy Rice was OM of the Manship stations and PD of WFMF.
If you mean Rice was OM during the aforementioned Ross 'n Wilson era, he was not. I was hired from LCS to program JBO. Ross Brittain also worked at LCS, Brian Wilson was the all nite jock and filling in on mornings at JBO when I got there. Putting them together was a natural even though management was against it from the beginning right up till the day they left, a little over 6 months later. (hardly an era but that is how most remember it. I've always taken that as a compliment.)
It was during that time that I finally talked George into making the big switch, changing WFMF from AOR to CHR. That's when I became OM and hired Rice out of Little Rock to program FMF, JJ Stone from Beaumont/Port Arthur for Afternoons on FMF and Rex Russell from Beaumont/Port Arthur as 1/2 of the R 'n W replacement show when they left.
It wasn't until 3 or 4 months after that that I was fired.
I would come back to BR 3 more times to PD gigs and to eat Papa Joe Messina's Crawfish Etoufee and Shrimp Po Boys.
Some of you might get a kick out of listening to some more Radio from the 70s/80s/90s in the BR/NO area. I found a old site that I had in 98/99. I couldn't believe it was still up! From the front page, click AUDIO and choose BEST OF. In the montage there's a bunch of stations including 6 of the 7 stations I spent some time with in BR/NO. It's worth a listen, if for no other reason than to hear Ross Brittain announcing that Elvis had died on LCS. (Ross did 9A/noon on air and read news in the afternoon.
http://www.skywayradio.com/wendy/chucker/
I do miss Radio sometimes here in my little cabin in the hills of SW Arkansas with my Wonder Dog Koika and my cat Tommy Boy. Not a lot, just sometimes.
Chuck White
Margaret Taylor was my female influence. Driving back and forth to Monroe, I would practice my "radio voice", repeating what she said in her newscasts. I had the honor of meeting her in person years later when I did mornings on Loose 102. Also at Loose 102, I had the thrill of having Danny come in and voice another TIGER TRACK that he did prior to every LSU game while he was on WFMF. He said he felt like he was in a major market because all he had to do was come in and voice it...and he did just that...in one single take. Always the pro.