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MikeShannon914
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AKA Victor Pryles, died last week at age 57 of a heart attack.
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KPLEXCOMPLEX
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wow!!! THE "SILVER CHOO CHOO" AS HE WAS CALLED AT KLIF is gone and so young too. He was a good guy. He treated you with respect,and was so nice. Radio lost another good one.
I remember Harry from KLLS-FM in S.A. in the early '80's
He brought Bill Gardner in to do mornings.
Nice enough guy, but that A/C format wasn't my cup of tea.
Sad to hear he's gone.
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He brought Bill Gardner in to do mornings.
Nice enough guy, but that A/C format wasn't my cup of tea.
Sad to hear he's gone.
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Not sure if it was the same Harry Nelson who used to be at WRKO Boston (and later at WROR and WZLX Boston)...
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Chuck_igo
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radio dx said:
raccoonradio said:
not the same Harry Nelson. i had the pleasure of working with Victor (K - Martin - Harry Nelson) Pryles in Boston at Greater Media's 105.7 WROR just a few years ago. Vic was a great guy and completely unassuming and unselfish. even on a bad day - you'd never know it. Vic came on board to Greater Media after Harry Nelson left WROR to head to Ft.Myers.
the "other" Harry Nelson (of WRKO, KFRC, Greater Media's WROR, etc) is very much alive and well, at least as of 802 this morning when he stopped into my studio for his daily "good morning." (we work together in Portland, Maine for Saga - Harry is the pd of WPOR, i do a morning oldies show) he has been receiving inquiries about this slightly confusing issue and assures everyone that he is still very much with us, and shares his feelings of this tragic loss to Victor's many friends and family.
I got weak in the knees when I read this. Victor indeed was Harry and the same
who worked at SMN. One of the sweetest guys to ever crack mic.
I've seen him walk through the the corporate cow pasture and never get one spec of
crud on his shoes.
Go with God Harry, you will be missed
who worked at SMN. One of the sweetest guys to ever crack mic.
I've seen him walk through the the corporate cow pasture and never get one spec of
crud on his shoes.
Go with God Harry, you will be missed
That is sad news...Harry was a genuinely nice guy.
He was also the PD of 106.1 KIXK when it moved down from Denton.
He originally offered Cat Simon mornings, me 9 to noon, he was going to do noon to 3, Mike Selden 3-7, and Scott Allen nights. Danny Owen was music director.
Cat had already gone to San Diego and wanted to return to Dallas. He accepted the job at KIXK then relented. Cat told me George Johns talked him out of going to KIXK and ended up getting him a gig in Oklahoma City at KZBS which he took.
I had accepted the job too and we were planning to sign it on when I learned Cat wasn't coming...I changed my mind too and stayed at KVIL. I don't even rememeber who they got for mornings but they did move forward and it lasted maybe a year or so. I do remember Selden burning out fast and furious. I'm pretty sure that was his last hurrah in Dallas before his career spiralled completely.
Harry got screwed by Cat and I in that deal and I felt bad about it, but Harry was a gentleman through it all, never held it against me. A solid pro.
He was also the PD of 106.1 KIXK when it moved down from Denton.
He originally offered Cat Simon mornings, me 9 to noon, he was going to do noon to 3, Mike Selden 3-7, and Scott Allen nights. Danny Owen was music director.
Cat had already gone to San Diego and wanted to return to Dallas. He accepted the job at KIXK then relented. Cat told me George Johns talked him out of going to KIXK and ended up getting him a gig in Oklahoma City at KZBS which he took.
I had accepted the job too and we were planning to sign it on when I learned Cat wasn't coming...I changed my mind too and stayed at KVIL. I don't even rememeber who they got for mornings but they did move forward and it lasted maybe a year or so. I do remember Selden burning out fast and furious. I'm pretty sure that was his last hurrah in Dallas before his career spiralled completely.
Harry got screwed by Cat and I in that deal and I felt bad about it, but Harry was a gentleman through it all, never held it against me. A solid pro.
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MikeShannon914
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I really liked the old KIXK. Seems like that was the first real oldies station in town (with a Top 40 treatment...not to forget KWXI or KRQX, although KRQX was considered "classic rock.") It flipped from country to oldies just before Christmas, 1982. Wish I could remember who was doing mornings there. I don't remember Selden there at all, but I know you've told me, and someone else has since, that Selden was just a shell of his former "bad self" then...the timing and spontenaity and spark were all gone...and advertisers who were promised the "Old Weird Michael" backed out when they heard him in real time.
I worked with a guy who was concurrently doing evenings at KIXK under the name "Mark McKay" in late 1983. I don't remember his real last name. He did nights there for quite a while, but it was all for nought when ABC/Cap Cities and the Kiss format came along at the end of summer, 1984. Surely KLUV benefited from some of the limited momentum KIXK had, but KLUV was still doing AC Gold at the time.
I worked with a guy who was concurrently doing evenings at KIXK under the name "Mark McKay" in late 1983. I don't remember his real last name. He did nights there for quite a while, but it was all for nought when ABC/Cap Cities and the Kiss format came along at the end of summer, 1984. Surely KLUV benefited from some of the limited momentum KIXK had, but KLUV was still doing AC Gold at the time.
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KPLEXCOMPLEX
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Not to mention KLUV was "KVLU" at the time I believe.
You're right...Harry was doing nights there in 1988 while working during the day at SMN.
It was already KLUV (from KLVU). Tom Bigby was the PD and had tried to hire me to do mornings in early 1988. I thought about it and decided against it. I remember seeing Harry over there when I went in to interview. Bigby called again later asking me about afternoons, which I accepted and did for 4 years. I'm telling you that was one crappy station when I started there...it got a lot better but whew, was I spoiled at KVIL!!
It was already KLUV (from KLVU). Tom Bigby was the PD and had tried to hire me to do mornings in early 1988. I thought about it and decided against it. I remember seeing Harry over there when I went in to interview. Bigby called again later asking me about afternoons, which I accepted and did for 4 years. I'm telling you that was one crappy station when I started there...it got a lot better but whew, was I spoiled at KVIL!!
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MikeShannon914
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Did you do two tours there? When I was at KLUV briefly in early 1985, it was you mid-days, the late Al Forguson nights, Johnny Michaels (Charles Kuenzi) mornings, Paula Street, and Rob Rice (Rob Wrinkle) on weekends or overnights. Rob got fired while I was there. I think Paula Rice was doing news.
It was a sorry first radio job, but perhaps better than my other offer, spinning classical at KAMU-FM in College Station!
It was a sorry first radio job, but perhaps better than my other offer, spinning classical at KAMU-FM in College Station!
I never did middays...
When I started there it was for afternoons...after a couple of years they asked me if I'd like to do mornings...that was when Dave Van Dyke came onboard...he was going to do afternoons and I was to do mornings. I tried it all summer and HATED it. At the end of the summer I asked if I could go back to afternoons and they said sure, so I did and Dave did mornings...but I never did middays except maybe on a Saturday...
When I started it was Gary Hamilton mornings, Bigby 10-2, me 2-6, Danny Moffat nights and I don't remember who did overnights. Paula Street was weekends and after Bigby left they put her on fulltime and hired Johnny. Then it was Johnny Michaels, Gary 9-12, Paul 12-3, me 3-7, and Rob 7 -12...later Al did nights and then went into production. Oh yeah, the news person when I started was non other than Laura Cain, now a voiceover talent...I think she is on NBC 5..
When I started there it was for afternoons...after a couple of years they asked me if I'd like to do mornings...that was when Dave Van Dyke came onboard...he was going to do afternoons and I was to do mornings. I tried it all summer and HATED it. At the end of the summer I asked if I could go back to afternoons and they said sure, so I did and Dave did mornings...but I never did middays except maybe on a Saturday...
When I started it was Gary Hamilton mornings, Bigby 10-2, me 2-6, Danny Moffat nights and I don't remember who did overnights. Paula Street was weekends and after Bigby left they put her on fulltime and hired Johnny. Then it was Johnny Michaels, Gary 9-12, Paul 12-3, me 3-7, and Rob 7 -12...later Al did nights and then went into production. Oh yeah, the news person when I started was non other than Laura Cain, now a voiceover talent...I think she is on NBC 5..
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