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I was on that frequency before it was KLYX. I worked at KMSC FM in Nassau Bay in the mid 60s. There is a guy in LA who was news director at KLYX for a while -- Hal Eisner. He's now a very big deal TV reporter at the Fox TV station in Los Angeles.
Here's his website. http://www.haleisner.com/
Here's his website. http://www.haleisner.com/
I also worked with most of those guys at one place or another up and down the road. Roger are you aware that Brian Hill is now PR director for the Houston Zoo? He's doing a great job over there since the City of Houston hired a private company to run the zoo.
PR Director Brian Hill -- [email protected]
PR Director Brian Hill -- [email protected]
You forgot Houston's only hockey playing disc jockey? Was if Mike Reader? Also Dave Dalby our great GM, who knows where he is now? Simone Ferguson and the late Chet Hancock in the sales department.rogergray said:And I was there with Eisner, Don Armstrong, Walt hammock, Brian Hill, and the late, short David Fowler. Great times.
Hal Eisner always reminded me of Sylvester the Cat with his delivery. I guess he got that fixed.
I saw Armstrong not too long ago, and thanks for the email for Brian, I knew he was at the zoo. Had some great times at KLYX, old school, seat the pants radio at its best.
I am new to the board, so I have missed out on a lto of things over the past XX-XX (35-40) years. rogergray, Is the late David Fowler the same one who did news at KNUZ and had a talk show on KTRH? What happened and when did we lose him? And FilioScotia, I was at KMSC from late '66 to early '67 doing Friday-Sunday midnight to 6AM. I returned there in '70 with KLYX, just before the Apollo 13 mission and back up Gordon Basham in news. After he left, I got the news director's spot (along with 6A-9A board shift)and stayed through Apollo 15. Didn't Dave Dalby marry the traffic lady, Sharon? Wonder what became of them. And didn't Dalby take over as GM after Al Pavey left? Sombody told me he went into the ministry.
When did Al Pavey leave ... and does anyone know when he "left us" on a grander scale? I believe it was late 1980's or so ... I recall talking with Don Armstrong early 1990's and at that point he had told me Steve (Al's Son) had connected with Don and mentioned Al's passing.
Also...have been trying to get a "track" on Bill Brown for years. Anyone have any creative ideas? He was with the station through the move to Houstonaire (I have the A/c of the sign-on from the new location after the all-night move..!), and that's where my "trail" ends!
VERY FUN to see these old KLYX threads!!!
Also...have been trying to get a "track" on Bill Brown for years. Anyone have any creative ideas? He was with the station through the move to Houstonaire (I have the A/c of the sign-on from the new location after the all-night move..!), and that's where my "trail" ends!
VERY FUN to see these old KLYX threads!!!
Is the late David Fowler the same one who did news at KNUZ and had a talk show on KTRH? What happened and when did we lose him? And FilioScotia, I was at KMSC from late '66 to early '67 doing Friday-Sunday midnight to 6AM. I returned there in '70 with KLYX, just before the Apollo 13 mission and back up Gordon Basham in news.
That's the same David Fowler, although I don't remember him doing call-in at KTRH. Just about everybody else in town did call-in there at one time or another, me included, but I honestly don't remember Fowler being there. I know he was at KNUZ, KULF 790 I think, KLYX FM for a while, and then KEYH, the daytime AM.
I've told the story about how he hired me to work at KEYH and then quit before I came to work. The owner had no idea who I was when I showed up for my first day, but he was so desperate for announcers he let me stay.
Fowler left Houston sometime in 1980 and spent the rest of his radio career doing talk radio in Tampa Florida. It seems he finally settled down in his later years because air checks of his Tampa shows sound pretty good. http://www.radiospots.us/Fowler.html
He died in 2004. Here's the obit that ran in his hometown paper in Kentucky.
CADIZ, KY -- A retired broadcaster, David Fowler, 67, of Cadiz, died on Saturday, August 21, 2004, at 5 a.m., at Jennie Stuart Medical Center of natural causes. Mr. Fowler was born on May 30, 1937, in Virginia. Mr. Fowler was preceded in death by his wife, Rayetta Stallons Fowler, and a son, Daniel Fowler. He has no known living relatives. Mr. Fowler was a retired broadcaster, and a member of The Meeting Place. A memorial service will be conducted at Parkview Cottages in Trigg County, on Sunday, August 29, 2004, at 2 p.m. Rev. Danny Mitcheson will officiate at the service. His body has been cremated. Goodwin Funeral Home is in charge of all the arrangements.
That's the same David Fowler, although I don't remember him doing call-in at KTRH. Just about everybody else in town did call-in there at one time or another, me included, but I honestly don't remember Fowler being there. I know he was at KNUZ, KULF 790 I think, KLYX FM for a while, and then KEYH, the daytime AM.
I've told the story about how he hired me to work at KEYH and then quit before I came to work. The owner had no idea who I was when I showed up for my first day, but he was so desperate for announcers he let me stay.
Fowler left Houston sometime in 1980 and spent the rest of his radio career doing talk radio in Tampa Florida. It seems he finally settled down in his later years because air checks of his Tampa shows sound pretty good. http://www.radiospots.us/Fowler.html
He died in 2004. Here's the obit that ran in his hometown paper in Kentucky.
CADIZ, KY -- A retired broadcaster, David Fowler, 67, of Cadiz, died on Saturday, August 21, 2004, at 5 a.m., at Jennie Stuart Medical Center of natural causes. Mr. Fowler was born on May 30, 1937, in Virginia. Mr. Fowler was preceded in death by his wife, Rayetta Stallons Fowler, and a son, Daniel Fowler. He has no known living relatives. Mr. Fowler was a retired broadcaster, and a member of The Meeting Place. A memorial service will be conducted at Parkview Cottages in Trigg County, on Sunday, August 29, 2004, at 2 p.m. Rev. Danny Mitcheson will officiate at the service. His body has been cremated. Goodwin Funeral Home is in charge of all the arrangements.
I was not aware that Al Pavey had passed away, either. As I mentioned, the last rumor I had was that he had left KLYX and gotten involved in the ministry, but I didn't know where, or for sure.
You are right, LITTLEBOYBLUE. It is great to hear from all the old timers. Speaking of such, wonder what ever became of Rob McCain? I say that name on the credits of Carl Sagan's "COSMOS" original airing and was told by a friend that it was the same Rob, that he had gone into the tech end of the business.
Also, there was a "Ben", I think, who worked the all night shift. I never heard of him after I left. And, oh yes. If anyone remembers Hirt Porter. He, I believe, opened the station on the overnight show. Had one of the greatest voices I ever heard. I think he did the same thing with KCOH with an all-night easy jazz show in the early '60's. He is now one of the dierctors of "Kids Care", a program for kids in the Houston area.
You are right, LITTLEBOYBLUE. It is great to hear from all the old timers. Speaking of such, wonder what ever became of Rob McCain? I say that name on the credits of Carl Sagan's "COSMOS" original airing and was told by a friend that it was the same Rob, that he had gone into the tech end of the business.
Also, there was a "Ben", I think, who worked the all night shift. I never heard of him after I left. And, oh yes. If anyone remembers Hirt Porter. He, I believe, opened the station on the overnight show. Had one of the greatest voices I ever heard. I think he did the same thing with KCOH with an all-night easy jazz show in the early '60's. He is now one of the dierctors of "Kids Care", a program for kids in the Houston area.
If anyone remembers Hirt Porter. He, I believe, opened the station on the overnight show. Had one of the greatest voices I ever heard. I think he did the same thing with KCOH with an all-night easy jazz show in the early '60's. He is now one of the dierctors of "Kids Care", a program for kids in the Houston area.
Not any more. Hurt Porter and his wife Carol founded Kid Care a long time ago to feed hungry children, but they were removed by court order sometime last year amid a scandal over the way they ran the program. Kid Care is now under new management.
But you're right about Hurt's DJ abilities. He did the all-night thing at KMSC playing jazz and he was really great to listen to.
Not any more. Hurt Porter and his wife Carol founded Kid Care a long time ago to feed hungry children, but they were removed by court order sometime last year amid a scandal over the way they ran the program. Kid Care is now under new management.
But you're right about Hurt's DJ abilities. He did the all-night thing at KMSC playing jazz and he was really great to listen to.
Over the last few years I've been trying to track down KLYX folks...Ben was active on the "Where are they now" thread about KLYX (I think he started that one, in fact). He posted a pic of him working the all nights ... and that led me to dig out some pix of various KLYX history and posted them on that Where are They Now link as well. He's very intrigued with finding folks...Gordon B. also in touch via email ... and people going back to the KMSC days too.
Ironically near the end of the 70's I got involved with a Seattle station .... K-Y-Y-X and had to make a SERIOUS effort to catch myself with those calls!!! KLYX was never, to my knowledge, ever reassigned. I kept checking over the years. These days I keep bumping into internet ventures that are driven by Joe Amaturo's kid (Joe bought KLYX, I believe, from the Insurance Company that owned it when it was Clear Lake and into the Houstonaire). Not sure if he sold it to Radio One or if there were others in between there who also held the debt from time to time.
Rob McCain is about the only guy from that era I didn't bother tracking down ... he didn't like me much. I did find Dave Ryan (retired from law in Austin) ... Armstrong ... Brian Hill ... never tried to find "Lovable Sam" (remember one of the first women who did overnights while down in CLC?). There sure was a lot of "mass" that one could "Love" if so inclined! In those days Johnny Goyen was also involved with the station (weekends only, I think) ... a guy named Dick Curtiss (ironically I wound up working for MANY years with another guy by same name, different spelling), and another weekender named Dave Peterson. Peterson used to cut these cool "bogus spots" using the agency jingles ... I still have those (Gibsons, Sears, Leopold Price & Rolle, etc.) bogus spots he did. Have a few "fragments" of tape from those days ... and if anyone is REALLY into self-abuse, I tracked down several of the songs played in those days and made a "KLYX Commenorative CD" of all that history-making Hugo Montenegro, John Bahler et al!!! Have some of the KLYX jingles around here too -- kept trying to track down reference copies from the PAMS library to really make the souvenir official; but could never find 'em!! PAMS was good about keeping big name stations, but not sure about the rest ... and of course the company's assets have scattered to various places, mostly Jon Wolfert (JAM) and TM and others.
Ironically near the end of the 70's I got involved with a Seattle station .... K-Y-Y-X and had to make a SERIOUS effort to catch myself with those calls!!! KLYX was never, to my knowledge, ever reassigned. I kept checking over the years. These days I keep bumping into internet ventures that are driven by Joe Amaturo's kid (Joe bought KLYX, I believe, from the Insurance Company that owned it when it was Clear Lake and into the Houstonaire). Not sure if he sold it to Radio One or if there were others in between there who also held the debt from time to time.
Rob McCain is about the only guy from that era I didn't bother tracking down ... he didn't like me much. I did find Dave Ryan (retired from law in Austin) ... Armstrong ... Brian Hill ... never tried to find "Lovable Sam" (remember one of the first women who did overnights while down in CLC?). There sure was a lot of "mass" that one could "Love" if so inclined! In those days Johnny Goyen was also involved with the station (weekends only, I think) ... a guy named Dick Curtiss (ironically I wound up working for MANY years with another guy by same name, different spelling), and another weekender named Dave Peterson. Peterson used to cut these cool "bogus spots" using the agency jingles ... I still have those (Gibsons, Sears, Leopold Price & Rolle, etc.) bogus spots he did. Have a few "fragments" of tape from those days ... and if anyone is REALLY into self-abuse, I tracked down several of the songs played in those days and made a "KLYX Commenorative CD" of all that history-making Hugo Montenegro, John Bahler et al!!! Have some of the KLYX jingles around here too -- kept trying to track down reference copies from the PAMS library to really make the souvenir official; but could never find 'em!! PAMS was good about keeping big name stations, but not sure about the rest ... and of course the company's assets have scattered to various places, mostly Jon Wolfert (JAM) and TM and others.
Walt,
I didn't know we had lost Chet Hancock. Great sales guy...could burn the candle at three ends and still turn in the orders. I'm doing TV up in East Texas, and it's good to hear about everyone. Wasn't Reader "Mike Ryan" on the air, and isn't he the guy who had an interesting solution for a hastily eaten lunch...a way to enjoy it twice?
I didn't know we had lost Chet Hancock. Great sales guy...could burn the candle at three ends and still turn in the orders. I'm doing TV up in East Texas, and it's good to hear about everyone. Wasn't Reader "Mike Ryan" on the air, and isn't he the guy who had an interesting solution for a hastily eaten lunch...a way to enjoy it twice?
Chet passed away a couple of months ago, congestive heart failure. Mike Ryan was our morning guy when we were in Clear Lake as I recall, went on to be a lawyer, Mike Reader(I think it was his only radio job) worked for us when we were in the Houstoniare on the SW Freeway, we were the flagship station(woo hoo) of the Areo's network, well we were the ONLY station in the network and Reader played amatuer hockey and billed himself as Houston's only hockey playing disc jockey. Funny how some things stick in your head. Where the heck are you now?rogergray said:Walt,
I didn't know we had lost Chet Hancock. Great sales guy...could burn the candle at three ends and still turn in the orders. I'm doing TV up in East Texas, and it's good to hear about everyone. Wasn't Reader "Mike Ryan" on the air, and isn't he the guy who had an interesting solution for a hastily eaten lunch...a way to enjoy it twice?
Re "Mike Ryan" ... I think you may be confusing that name with "Dave Ryan" who was mornings in Clear Lake and went on to be a lawyer (real name was David Ryan Provenzano) ... and he changed his legal and professional name (as a lawyer) to David Ryan. He is in Austin now ... retired from both radio and law. I was able to track him down thru Texas State Bar (feel weird using the phrase "texas bar" involving a radio person and not have it referencing a licensed facility that fills up at happy hour).
Yea you are right, I remember Dave as I, at one point in time, was working overnights at KLYX and he relieved me. My memory isn't what it should be but I DO remember Mike Reader, Houston's only hockey playing disc jockey from the Houstonaire days. Armstrong was working mornings, I was doin mid days and I think Reader came on after me. Have no idea what happened to him. I left about about a year and half and went to work for KXYZ, what an AWFUL job. From carefee and fun and no corporate BS to the biggest piece of corporate BS on the planet and ABC O&O. Worst move of my life, well one of them anyway!LITTLEBOYBLUE said:Re "Mike Ryan" ... I think you may be confusing that name with "Dave Ryan" who was mornings in Clear Lake and went on to be a lawyer (real name was David Ryan Provenzano) ... and he changed his legal and professional name (as a lawyer) to David Ryan. He is in Austin now ... retired from both radio and law. I was able to track him down thru Texas State Bar (feel weird using the phrase "texas bar" involving a radio person and not have it referencing a licensed facility that fills up at happy hour).
Hey, rallen13: AKA Allen Kurtiss??? If you are who I think you are, I've got a picture of you and me, Dave Dalby, and Bill Brown lighting up the stogies after Apollo 14 splashdown. Not sure where it's at for the moment, we're moving and everything's in boxes.
I was at KLYX during the early Dawson era for about a year. Afternoons at first and later mornings. [or was it the other way around?]. I believe you were doing news and mid-days at the time. Bill Brown came on board during that time, don't remember if he was doing afternoons or evenings. Assistant Mgr was Bevely something, no R in Bevely as I recall. Ben Brown was doing the all-night thing. Rob McCain was PD, he canned me [probably the smart thing to do] and hired Johnny Goyen.
Regards,
The other Ben (AKA Don) H.
I was at KLYX during the early Dawson era for about a year. Afternoons at first and later mornings. [or was it the other way around?]. I believe you were doing news and mid-days at the time. Bill Brown came on board during that time, don't remember if he was doing afternoons or evenings. Assistant Mgr was Bevely something, no R in Bevely as I recall. Ben Brown was doing the all-night thing. Rob McCain was PD, he canned me [probably the smart thing to do] and hired Johnny Goyen.
Regards,
The other Ben (AKA Don) H.
Gordon Bassham here...
I was at KMSC when Shorty Powers and Saccamano sold the station to the Dallas group. I believe that was sometime between '70 and late '71. At the time, Al Pavey was GM and Jack Darden was program director. As the station's ownership transitioned, the new owners decided to cut way back on the KMSC style of space coverage, which during the Gemini and Apollo missions up to Apollo 11 had been wall-to-wall. (I'd been in the Navy and in Vietnam between March, '67 and January, '69, so I don't know whether the early Apollo flights had continuous on-air coverage.) Following the explosion on Apollo 13, the rest of that mission was also wall-to-wall. As it turned out, I believe it was Jim Bell and myself who were on the air live during the Apollo 13 TV broadcast, and were just winding up our own broadcast when we heard the famous words, "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here." As I recall, Jim stayed on the air while I ran across the sidewalk from the press center to the PR offices, got an explanation on what was happening from John McLeish. Running back to the press center, Jim and I broke the Apollo 13 explosion story. I think over the course of the remainder of the mission we got less than 10-12 hours of sleep.
The station's positioning statement, "KLYX, the groovy one" was pretty forward thinking at the time.
Ah, the memories!
Gordon Bassham
[email protected]
I was at KMSC when Shorty Powers and Saccamano sold the station to the Dallas group. I believe that was sometime between '70 and late '71. At the time, Al Pavey was GM and Jack Darden was program director. As the station's ownership transitioned, the new owners decided to cut way back on the KMSC style of space coverage, which during the Gemini and Apollo missions up to Apollo 11 had been wall-to-wall. (I'd been in the Navy and in Vietnam between March, '67 and January, '69, so I don't know whether the early Apollo flights had continuous on-air coverage.) Following the explosion on Apollo 13, the rest of that mission was also wall-to-wall. As it turned out, I believe it was Jim Bell and myself who were on the air live during the Apollo 13 TV broadcast, and were just winding up our own broadcast when we heard the famous words, "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here." As I recall, Jim stayed on the air while I ran across the sidewalk from the press center to the PR offices, got an explanation on what was happening from John McLeish. Running back to the press center, Jim and I broke the Apollo 13 explosion story. I think over the course of the remainder of the mission we got less than 10-12 hours of sleep.
The station's positioning statement, "KLYX, the groovy one" was pretty forward thinking at the time.
Ah, the memories!
Gordon Bassham
[email protected]
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