> > > > My first real full time radio job was at KCAS in
> Slaton.
> >
> > > > While there I did some part time at KFYO. There was a
>
> > > > fellow named Don Jeffcoat, great guy that I learned a
>
> > lot
> > >
> > > > from. Does anybody know whatever happen to him?
> > > >
> > > I was there (KCAS) from May 74 to Sept 77 and I was
> > about
> > > the
> > > only employee, so you weren't there mid to late 70's.
> I
> > > also
> > > remember the name Don Jeffcoat but have no idea where
> he
> >
> > > might be.
> > >
> > I have no reason to lie about working at the KCAS/1050am.
>
> > The station was owned by The Smith family. Elmer Smith
> was
> > the station manager. A local merchant that owned a men's
> > store did our weather, E.Z.Ball. It was the very first
> and
> > only time I ever did a football broadcast, tape delayed of
>
> > course to play back Sat. morning. They sold some real
> small
> > school the game of the week on a tape delay basis. Also
> did
> > mid-days and subbed on the tradee-o call in
> buying/selling/
> > and trading show. I was there in the summer of 77 until
> > about the end of the year. I remember being there for the
>
> > Christmas parade that year, because I played Santa at a
> > local event. I'm sure Don Jeffcoat has passed on, he
> smoked
> > like a chimney. I know there was a fellow named Steele
> > that worked there that's had a very long career in the
> > Lubbock market. There was also a blind guy that work with
>
> > us for awhile, I think his name was Kevin. And a guy form
>
> > Altas, O.K. that did weekends or afternoons. Again, why
> > would I lie?
>
> I didn't say you were lying but your subject at the top
> states mid to late 70's and the summer of '77 to the end
> of the year is not mid to late 70's. In
> fact, it's approximately only five or six months in the
> late 70's. I
> was just questioning your timing. I don't remember any of
> those guys
> but my memory ain't what it used to be.
> >
> O.k. so my timing of months was off, sorry we missed each other at the "Niffty 1050"
Don't know how long the Smith Family had the station, but the old man was GM at WOAI years ago in San Antonio. I just remember an apartment with no furniture, lots of dirt when the wind blew, and going to the Lubbock drive-in on Monday nights with a six-pack and not putting the movie speaker in the car. Just sitting there listening to Monday night football game on the radio, watching the screen. And working part-time at KFYO was pretty neat for a 20 yr old kid in 77. The studio's looked huge to me at the time. Back to college in the Spring of 78 and a radio gig in East Texas, then many roads traveled, a few more stations and now in Dallas market.
Thanks for responding to my post, Best Wishes to you and yours..
Oh, are you still in the business? What market?
