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First...can somebody tell me how to stop this site from jumping up and down on my machine? Every few seconds it will jump up a line or two and then jump down.
Anyway, more WCLU thoughts, memories etc...
Irv was always struggling for money. There's been no other station I worked at which had bouncing paychecks. Every payday was an adventure! Not only that, he had a very wierd way of paying...on the 10th you were paid half of your monthly salary without taxes deducted. Then on the 25th you were paid the other half with all the taxes deducted!
I was somewhat impressed when I got there. He flew me in and we had lunch at Johnny Bench's restauarant/bar up by the Florence Mall. Irv told me he was from Canada and he was a big hockey fan which I am. Rhoda Schwartz, his wife, wqas not with him at that time. Anyway, the plan was I was to come aboard and eventually buy him out. Rhoda and I got along quite well at the start but over time she was quite the -itch! She used to make a big deal over how she had 19 operations in previous years etc, etc, etc. She hated seeing me on the phone! I remember being in my office with the door closed on the phone with a client taking down copy information when I heard her in the receptionist desk calling Irv and asking him if she had permission to "throw me off the phone". The last conversation I had with that woman was when I left I was not paid my final check. I called her at home and reminded her she was an officer of the company and she had responibilities in the matter. Her reply was "Go, f--- yourself!"
I've done alot of thinking about that situation over the years and I've come to the conclusion Rhoda did indeed have health problems and quite possibly that was why Irv was always short of money. He told me his father owned a chain of butcher shops in Canada and he inherited some money from that. Anyway, I don't have any ill feelings toward them. I think Irv still lives in Montgomery, Rhoda may have passed on. Irv had some good stories to tell about his days at KUDL in KC. He worked with some soon to be big names like Charlie Murdock and Ted Adkins.
Some other thoughts...
Tom Leslie-there was a guy who I thought had some great talent. I always enjoyed listening to him. I do believe he had a drinking problem.
John Kline-a guy who could make you laugh in a heartbeat! I still remember his impressions of Kash Amburgey and preacher R. W. Schambach. John was a much under rated guy with much undiscovered talent. He was a good guy and I miss his comedy! John left WCLU and went over to do engineering for WZIP the religious station at the time. From there, I heard John got sick and was in the hospital. That was a long time ago. Anybody know anything more?
Doc Watson-a guy who was brought in as PD. His real name was Gene Bowen, a tall, nice guy with grey hair. Very good pipes! All the ladies liked him!
Tom Golliher-Tom used "Gallagher" on the air. He did an air shift and production. Last I heard he was with WKRC as a board operator. Tom was also good at making all of us laugh!
Ted Branch-He is the guy who defected to Russia but not while working at WCLU. I read where he was manager of a small station in Deland, Florida when that happened. Back then, in the early eighties, defecting to Russia was a big deal.
I remember being in a northeastern market hearing the network news account of this. (Yes, it was that big!). I called some friends I knew at one of the Cinti TV stations and gave them some background on him. Ted seemed to be living on a shoestring. He had his station wagon packed with personal belongings. I think he was there a week or so before he quit. Eventually, I think Ted returned to the USA.
Roy Wakely-He was the STAR of the station even though he didn't work there when I did. We still received calls for him (from listeners) even though he had departed. I think even Irv liked him!
Anybody have anything to add???
Anyway, more WCLU thoughts, memories etc...
Irv was always struggling for money. There's been no other station I worked at which had bouncing paychecks. Every payday was an adventure! Not only that, he had a very wierd way of paying...on the 10th you were paid half of your monthly salary without taxes deducted. Then on the 25th you were paid the other half with all the taxes deducted!
I was somewhat impressed when I got there. He flew me in and we had lunch at Johnny Bench's restauarant/bar up by the Florence Mall. Irv told me he was from Canada and he was a big hockey fan which I am. Rhoda Schwartz, his wife, wqas not with him at that time. Anyway, the plan was I was to come aboard and eventually buy him out. Rhoda and I got along quite well at the start but over time she was quite the -itch! She used to make a big deal over how she had 19 operations in previous years etc, etc, etc. She hated seeing me on the phone! I remember being in my office with the door closed on the phone with a client taking down copy information when I heard her in the receptionist desk calling Irv and asking him if she had permission to "throw me off the phone". The last conversation I had with that woman was when I left I was not paid my final check. I called her at home and reminded her she was an officer of the company and she had responibilities in the matter. Her reply was "Go, f--- yourself!"
I've done alot of thinking about that situation over the years and I've come to the conclusion Rhoda did indeed have health problems and quite possibly that was why Irv was always short of money. He told me his father owned a chain of butcher shops in Canada and he inherited some money from that. Anyway, I don't have any ill feelings toward them. I think Irv still lives in Montgomery, Rhoda may have passed on. Irv had some good stories to tell about his days at KUDL in KC. He worked with some soon to be big names like Charlie Murdock and Ted Adkins.
Some other thoughts...
Tom Leslie-there was a guy who I thought had some great talent. I always enjoyed listening to him. I do believe he had a drinking problem.
John Kline-a guy who could make you laugh in a heartbeat! I still remember his impressions of Kash Amburgey and preacher R. W. Schambach. John was a much under rated guy with much undiscovered talent. He was a good guy and I miss his comedy! John left WCLU and went over to do engineering for WZIP the religious station at the time. From there, I heard John got sick and was in the hospital. That was a long time ago. Anybody know anything more?
Doc Watson-a guy who was brought in as PD. His real name was Gene Bowen, a tall, nice guy with grey hair. Very good pipes! All the ladies liked him!
Tom Golliher-Tom used "Gallagher" on the air. He did an air shift and production. Last I heard he was with WKRC as a board operator. Tom was also good at making all of us laugh!
Ted Branch-He is the guy who defected to Russia but not while working at WCLU. I read where he was manager of a small station in Deland, Florida when that happened. Back then, in the early eighties, defecting to Russia was a big deal.
I remember being in a northeastern market hearing the network news account of this. (Yes, it was that big!). I called some friends I knew at one of the Cinti TV stations and gave them some background on him. Ted seemed to be living on a shoestring. He had his station wagon packed with personal belongings. I think he was there a week or so before he quit. Eventually, I think Ted returned to the USA.
Roy Wakely-He was the STAR of the station even though he didn't work there when I did. We still received calls for him (from listeners) even though he had departed. I think even Irv liked him!
Anybody have anything to add???