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Re: $$$

> > > > First monday trade days have them going for $1.65 and
> > free
> > >
> > > > snow cones. You could find some atgarage sales,the
> > garage
> > > is
> > > > higher.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Do they have pina colada and coconut flavors?????
> > >
> > nope sorry only Dr. Pepper and root beer,but there is free
>
> > fish sticks if you buy three.
> >
>
>
> Tartar sauce and ketchup included?
>
Yes but no Tacos!
 
Re: $$$

> > > > > First monday trade days have them going for $1.65
> and
> > > free
> > > >
> > > > > snow cones. You could find some atgarage sales,the
> > > garage
> > > > is
> > > > > higher.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Do they have pina colada and coconut flavors?????
> > > >
> > > nope sorry only Dr. Pepper and root beer,but there is
> free
> >
> > > fish sticks if you buy three.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Tartar sauce and ketchup included?
> >
> Yes but no Tacos!
>


Good. I don't like fishy tacos. :)
 
Re: $$$

> > > > > > First monday trade days have them going for $1.65
> > and
> > > > free
> > > > >
> > > > > > snow cones. You could find some atgarage sales,the
>
> > > > garage
> > > > > is
> > > > > > higher.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Do they have pina colada and coconut flavors?????
> > > > >
> > > > nope sorry only Dr. Pepper and root beer,but there is
> > free
> > >
> > > > fish sticks if you buy three.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tartar sauce and ketchup included?
> > >
> > Yes but no Tacos!
> >
>
>
> Good. I don't like fishy tacos. :)
>
My cat doesn't either..she "prefurrs" beef.
 
Re: $$$

> > > > > > > First monday trade days have them going for
> $1.65
> > > and
> > > > > free
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > snow cones. You could find some atgarage
> sales,the
> >
> > > > > garage
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > > higher.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do they have pina colada and coconut flavors?????
> > > > > >
> > > > > nope sorry only Dr. Pepper and root beer,but there
> is
> > > free
> > > >
> > > > > fish sticks if you buy three.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tartar sauce and ketchup included?
> > > >
> > > Yes but no Tacos!
> > >
> >
> >
> > Good. I don't like fishy tacos. :)
> >
> My cat doesn't either..she "prefurrs" beef.
>



Well....good for your cat! :)
 
> Does anyone know what is going on with them? I haven't
> heard them on the air for some time now. I heard the
> transmitter had a "melt down," but that is unconfirmed.

The situation at KWRD is such a shame. Moreso to me, since it was my very SECOND paying job in radio (right after working for Bev Brown at the old KOCA in Kilgore), way back in the summer of 1964 when Wes and Sue Dean still owned it, the late Pat Ensley was the PD, Pat's wife was the Traffic Director, and the station was still at 1510 (I think) on the dial. Wish I could remember the name of the college student who worked afternoon drive with me there that summer. ;-(

And I cringe even more, having ALSO worked in 2001/02 for Jerry Russell (gag!) in Palestine. I worked for MRS Ventures (gag!), along with "musicsweep," who also worked at KWRD in recent years! (talk about a full-circle radio career!).

It just makes my heart break to see KWRD and what it has become after its Wesley Ray Dean (KWRD) heyday! So sad!

Anyone want to team up and buy the sucker???


<P ID="signature">______________
Move confidently in the direction of your dreams; live the life you have always imagined. -- Henry David Thoreau.</P>
 
> > Does anyone know what is going on with them? I haven't
> > heard them on the air for some time now. I heard the
> > transmitter had a "melt down," but that is unconfirmed.
>
> The situation at KWRD is such a shame. Moreso to me, since
> it was my very SECOND paying job in radio (right after
> working for Bev Brown at the old KOCA in Kilgore), way back
> in the summer of 1964 when Wes and Sue Dean still owned it,
> the late Pat Ensley was the PD, Pat's wife was the Traffic
> Director, and the station was still at 1510 (I think) on the
> dial. Wish I could remember the name of the college student
> who worked afternoon drive with me there that summer. ;-(
>
> And I cringe even more, having ALSO worked in 2001/02 for
> Jerry Russell (gag!) in Palestine. I worked for MRS Ventures
> (gag!), along with "musicsweep," who also worked at KWRD in
> recent years! (talk about a full-circle radio career!).
>
> It just makes my heart break to see KWRD and what it has
> become after its Wesley Ray Dean (KWRD) heyday! So sad!
>
> Anyone want to team up and buy the sucker???

Sonny, I was right there with you during the MRS (Miserably-Rejected-Stations)years in Palestine. I was at KNET doing mornings and middays until it was time to bail out in November of 2002.

If we can all pitch in with $200,000 (with Russell's steep price, it'll be an uphill battle getting it!) to buy that thing, Henderson and Rusk County will FINALLY have their groove back!

I'm with snoman on the idea of getting KZEY, though. All of the legendariness has died a very fast death in Russell's clutches. Truth to the fact is that none of the stations in East Texas (KZEY, KOFY & KWRD) are really making any money. It really breaks my heart to see something like this turn to mud in less than 12 years!

As for teaming up, let's do it. Perhaps Russell will learn that you cannot screw up a legendary station and leaving it for dead.<P ID="signature">______________
Note to MRS Ventures: GET THE HELL OUT OF RADIO!!! 94 BAD-FM jamz!!!!</P>
 
LABreeze, sorry to hear you, too, were part of the MRS legacy. Good learning experience, though.

I truly believe Jerry Russell never intended to run a radio station, he just wanted one to promote his concerts...concert promotion seemed to be the only thing he was truly interested in.

As for offering JR $200,000...nope: it's not worth half that right now. He doesn't have anything to sell! His ONLY product (now that the XMTR is apparently gone, too) is the FCC paper on the wall and the call letters, and I refuse to pay his asking price for those two. He has no equipment and no revenue or billables.

Am still interested, (not that I even have $2,000, much less $200,000 to invest right now!) however!

Note: LABreeze, please mail me at: [email protected] and let's talk there privately. If 'musicsweep' has no objection, we'll even CC him on the emails, too.

> Sonny, I was right there with you during the MRS
> (Miserably-Rejected-Stations)years in Palestine. I was at
> KNET doing mornings and middays until it was time to bail
> out in November of 2002.
>
> If we can all pitch in with $200,000 (with Russell's steep
> price, it'll be an uphill battle getting it!) to buy that
> thing, Henderson and Rusk County will FINALLY have their
> groove back!
>
> I'm with snoman on the idea of getting KZEY, though. All of
> the legendariness has died a very fast death in Russell's
> clutches. Truth to the fact is that none of the stations in
> East Texas (KZEY, KOFY & KWRD) are really making any money.
> It really breaks my heart to see something like this turn to
> mud in less than 12 years!
>
> As for teaming up, let's do it. Perhaps Russell will learn
> that you cannot screw up a legendary station and leaving it
> for dead.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Move confidently in the direction of your dreams; live the life you have always imagined. -- Henry David Thoreau.</P>
 
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