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MemphisMitch
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You are correct on one thing and that is the time line, it was '76 when I worked at Freetone. I remember "Disco Duck" as the people's choice award winner for 1977. I was there when Rick moved to RSO Records. His contract was nothing like he thought it was! That was what 29 years ago? How important is it that I get the year right? This is the problem with this board; I was talking about how much fun radio was in those days. Now here you come, hiding behind a fake name to play point counter point. Sleepless giant? FM 100 was the third FM in the country to go rock and that was in 1967. When I was there in the early 70's, no one knew that there was money to be made on FM. I'm guessing you were not here then or you would have liked the station unless you were the same stick in the mud you seem to be now. Do you really think that getting a print-out of what you will play is more fun that actually playing request and having some creativity and input into shift? It was great to plan your own show and know where it was going, doing segue ways, interviews just because someone stopped by. I worked with Gary/Trigger/Max in New Orleans. He was no great programmer then and he is not now. Although I was in LA in 1979, I'm betting that he was at the right place at the right time. I also would be willing to bet he was there when the ratings fell. Why are you so defensive and who are you to determine what albums should be thrown out in the trash? Do you think Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, etc were not worthy of airplay in the early 70's?
> Your timeline is a little off -- maybe chemically altered?
>
> By 1977, "Disco Duck" had made its run up and down the Hot
> 100, hitting #1 in the fall of 1976.
>
> Estelle Axton's Fretone Records had signed the rights off to
> RSO Records somewhere in the spring or summer of 1976.
>
> As for the "good old days" at FM100, the station was an
> unfocused sleeping giant when you proudly had "2,000 albums"
> in the control room.
>
> FM100 was pulled from the ash heap by Gary Guthrie in 1979,
> and within a year they were a solid contender at the top of
> Memphis' radio ratings.
>
> It's no coincidence that the 2,000 albums likely ended up in
> the dumpster.
>
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Experience is a tough teacher; you have to fail the test before you can learn the lesson.</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Mitch McCracken on 07/06/05 03:03 PM.</FONT></P>
> Your timeline is a little off -- maybe chemically altered?
>
> By 1977, "Disco Duck" had made its run up and down the Hot
> 100, hitting #1 in the fall of 1976.
>
> Estelle Axton's Fretone Records had signed the rights off to
> RSO Records somewhere in the spring or summer of 1976.
>
> As for the "good old days" at FM100, the station was an
> unfocused sleeping giant when you proudly had "2,000 albums"
> in the control room.
>
> FM100 was pulled from the ash heap by Gary Guthrie in 1979,
> and within a year they were a solid contender at the top of
> Memphis' radio ratings.
>
> It's no coincidence that the 2,000 albums likely ended up in
> the dumpster.
>
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Experience is a tough teacher; you have to fail the test before you can learn the lesson.</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Mitch McCracken on 07/06/05 03:03 PM.</FONT></P>