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Indy is Historically a Personality Driven City!

By 1982 WNDE had gone to some sort of AC format that wasn't working. Not sure who they had on the air. Jay Reynolds was on WIFE from about '65 to '69 when he went to WABC for overnights. He returned to WIFE in '76 around the time Jack Armstrong joined the station, but WIFE's new owners weren't able to maintain the success the station had under Don Burdon's ownership. Jay later did sales at WFMS, but returned to the air in the 90s when Bill Shirk owned 106.7. It was either country or oldies when Jay was there.
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I was almost ready to drive myself crazy trying to think of the guy's name, when my good friend Brian Stevens reminded me it was Jay Lawrence...thank you Brian...my sanity is restored...temporarily of course.
 
Can't remember... The early 80s was WNDE’s worst stretch... T-40 for them was well-over by then, and AC was just a temporary diversion much-better handled by the debut of WENS... ‘Remember 1430 WIRE’s dalliance with “Yuppie Hits” in AM Stereeo at that time ::)

That part of the decade was marked by the fall of WNAP and the rise of the Bob and Tom Show.
 
Steve Super Cooper invited me into that studio at 1440 N. Meridian when they had a great big bullet proof window facing out to the street - where you could watch the WIFE personalities on the air 24 hours a day... Diane Shannon came on after him, and they put me on the air during their shift change. I was 13 at the time and that is the day that my career began. Then, those old WIRE picnics. I met Dolly Parton at one of those...and told her of my dreams, and she wrote me a beautful letter as to how I would get anything I wanted if I go after it. I was 15 at that time. These kinds of stations are legend for a reason. They are not there to just entertain, they are there to change lives...and invite you, the listener, to be a part of the magic. Sorry to say it but 18 songs in a row doesn't create LEGEND. A guy with a good voice, whose name escapes me, is not what legedary radio stations are made of. Jeff Pidgeon, Big John Gillis, and Steve Super Cooper... all unemployed right now? It's a sad state of affairs in our business.
 
On The Air Everywhere said:
Then, those old WIRE picnics. I met Dolly Parton at one of those...and told her of my dreams, and she wrote me a beautful letter as to how I would get anything I wanted if I go after it. I was 15 at that time. These kinds of stations are legend for a reason. They are not there to just entertain, they are there to change lives...and invite you, the listener, to be a part of the magic. Sorry to say it but 18 songs in a row doesn't create LEGEND. A guy with a good voice, whose name escapes me, is not what legedary radio stations are made of. Jeff Pidgeon, Big John Gillis, and Steve Super Cooper... all unemployed right now? It's a sad state of affairs in our business.
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I remember one of those WIRE picnics at Raceway Park...it was the recently departed Jerry Reed playing on a flatbed trailer for a stage...his drummer was on a platform at the back, and while he was playing, he fell off the back and was taken to the hospital. Jerry finished the gig without a drummer..
 
Wow, I have never heard anyone try to make volunteering sound like a bad thing! :D My point was that the thing that makes a successful jock is not just that they sound good, it's how involved and knowledgable they are about their community. The legendary people mentioned in this forum all had a few things in common:
1.) They were natives of the area, or had lived here a very long time and had a family here,
2.) They were all involved in many charities without the station telling them that they had to be, and most served on boards as well,
3.) They understood that what I say is true about being a real part of the community and not just for the airwaves. How do I know? They told me.

I know most of the legends mentioned, and they all told me the same thing, which is precisely how I can share this insight with confidence. That is precisely why it's important for people to make connections with the on air personalities while off the air, too. Don't believe it? Call Jeff Smulyan, Mickey Maurer, Phil Hoover, Russ Oasis, Pidge, Coop, etc. and ask them.

Why you are so defensive, I have no idea. That of course is your right. I was asked a question, and answered it. Have a good night.
 
bamster71 said:
Wow, I have never heard anyone try to make volunteering sound like a bad thing!

Why you are so defensive, I have no idea.
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We are usually the last to see our own faults. But please, show me how my reply knocked volunteering - or was defensive.

By the way, I'm curious. Where and when did you work at Emmis?
 
Wow, the shouting on those two airchecks. I'm glad I lived in a smaller market where the shouting thing never caught on.
 
yeah..I agree..perhaps I've outgrown it after all of over thirty years. I remember Bodine on 'NAP shouting and talking faster than Speed Racer and then there was Marvelous Mark doing the same before he dropped the F bomb on windy 1260....but nobody and I mean NO-BODY can outshout or talk faster than none other than the late great:
JACKSONARMSTRONGTHIRTEENWIFERADIOMUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZZZIKK!!!!!

God rest the soul of our LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-DAARRR!!!!!!!
 
Recently I heard that PBS is doing a documentary on Indianapolis top 40 radio personalities of the 1960s. Its suppose to air sometime nexr year. Do any of you radio geeks know if this is true or know anything about it?
 
AndTheLambGoesBAA said:
bamster71 said:
Wow, I have never heard anyone try to make volunteering sound like a bad thing!

Why you are so defensive, I have no idea.
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We are usually the last to see our own faults. But please, show me how my reply knocked volunteering - or was defensive.

By the way, I'm curious. Where and when did you work at Emmis?
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Sorry for the misunderstanding...I was responding to N_D_Radioguy's comments of yesterday, not yours. Read his post, and you will understand my comments much better.

I worked at Emmis the first time from 97-2002, and still do a lot of work for them as needed.
 
bamster71 said:
Sorry for the misunderstanding...I was responding to N_D_Radioguy's comments of yesterday, not yours. Read his post, and you will understand my comments much better.
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Indeed. I've learned to read past him.
 
AndTheLambGoesBAA said:
bamster71 said:
Sorry for the misunderstanding...I was responding to N_D_Radioguy's comments of yesterday, not yours. Read his post, and you will understand my comments much better.
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Indeed. I've learned to read past him.
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Well then, by all means, enlighten us with more of your radio genius.
 
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