Donald Trump's hair seems to defy gravity.
Everything is relative. When I was a kid, I moved lawns -- for 50 cents a yard. Mowing, edging and trimming. In those days, the string trimmer or Weed Eater had not yet been developed so I scooted along on my rear end with a hand cutter. A neighbor of mine worked for FDR's CCC ... The Civilian Conservation Corps. He was paid $1 a day and glad to get it. It put him through college at the old Oklahoma A&M. He later received his masters in education at UCLA. He became a colonel in the United States Air Force, was assigned to Strategic Air Command and to atomic test groups in New Mexico. He was mayor of Sachse when the population was about 500. His name, believe it or not, is Woodrow Wilson.
Sometimes on weekends, traffic reporters would make up accidents ... and streets. For example, "Watch for a two-car collision at the intersection of Hickory and No Luck Lane". Once a guy bragged about his all-night report of a crash at "635 eastbound at Corbett Road."
Eddie Barker once told me that he thought Brad Barton enjoyed severe weather more than sex which seemingly is not that unusual among weather people. While we were talking, Eddie suddenly said, "I've got to go. Brad is having an orgasm."
Once when I was filling in for Jennifer Ellis who did the morning drive traffic from the studio for KRLD, I simply mentioned that the streets were a bit wet, so drive carefully ... something like that. Brad called on the hotline and told me that he would handle the weather.
When Rebecca Miller was working for Channel 5, she also did weather for WBAP. A traffic reporter called to record the report and referred to her as "Becky". Well, let's just say, NEVER EVER call her "Becky".
When "Memories 96.7" was on the air, I did news for them for awhile. It always amazed me how many times "Woman in Love" by Barbara Streisand popped up just before my 5:25 a.m. newscast.
In traffic reporting, it is a distinct advantage growing up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Those people know the streets, highways, shortcuts, etc. better than anyone who did not grow up here ... even those who have lived here for 20 years or more.
Richardson is a great city. We have large brush and appliance pickup every week instead of once a month like most cities. And Richardson does not force you to use those large plastic trash cans on wheels like Garland. What an eyesore that is on garbage day.
Do you think traffic cameras at intersections to catch red light runners are a good thing? I'm not sure. Of course, I am biased. One of the first cameras in Richardson caught me at Greenville and Spring Valley ... or is it Centennial there ... yes, it is Centennial. Well anyway, I was fined $75. That hurts. You may just as well take 75 one-dollar bills, go to your backyard and burn them.
Not sure if radio is more boring today than in the past ... or if it just seems so because I am older.
I've yelled at Ken Jones and Jim Prewitt more than I ever did to Tom Corbett. If you don't believe me, just ask KJ or Catfish.
When I bought one of the first Bose radios, my dad had a fit. He called it a luxury. Of course, any time I went driving as a teen, he called it joyriding. Well, he was right. My dad, like most parents of baby boomers, was frugal. My brother said my dad was "so tight, that his shoes squeaked." But my dad was never tight with my brother and me or my mother ... only himself. Once I rode with him to get some gas, he must have driven several miles to save a penny. He spotted gas at a Texaco station ... for 25 cents a gallon. He called it "highway robbery."
Do you know the way to San Jose?
When I started in radio, it was almost shameful to admit you worked for an FM station. AM was the place to be ... for Top-40 and nearly everything.
When I was in my 20s, I worked at what was then called a "beautiful music" station. I was not impressed. I referred to it as "music for the dead" ... or the "station for blue hairs". One of the liners at the top of the hour read, KING, KKNG, Oklahoma City, where good things happen.
Nepotism can kill morale faster than almost anything. My dad would never let me work for him. Well, he did let me mow the lawn around the business wherever Carlos had too much tequila to drink.
Do you remember when President Kennedy died? If so, Social Security will be calling you soon.
When working at Traffic.com, I always dreaded listening to Rush and Baylor football on the weekends on WBAP. Why Baylor alumni would pay good money to air Baylor games on a station that covered half the nation ... and often would get beaten 75-7 was always a mystery to me.
Do people still aircheck themselves? I was taught to do it every day.
Did you ever eat fried possum?
Possum 92.1 is still programmed by Hal Mayfield, the best PD I ever met and one of the finest men I know.
Here's a story I related to Mike Shannon: A few years ago at Metro, someone I will call "Dumb and Dumber" was doing all-night traffic at WBAP while I did the same shift at KRLD. WBAP and KRLD shared the same traffic computer ... listing the accidents, construction, etc. Well, "Dumb and Dumber" was just dumb enough to SAVE his porn sites on "Favorites".
Finally, one day, the morning traffic anchor discovered a particularly offensive site. The you know what hit ALL the fans. She went to the general manager of Metro, put the wrath of God on him, and he (the gm not God) wrote and distributed a memo warning all employees of the sins and consequences of pornography. Of course, that immediately, and for all time, ended all Intenet porn surfing at Metro. Yeah.
"If I had a LOT of money, I would be a ... philanthropist ... I think." -- Lee "Baby" Simms, KCBQ, San Diego, 1970.
Everything is relative. When I was a kid, I moved lawns -- for 50 cents a yard. Mowing, edging and trimming. In those days, the string trimmer or Weed Eater had not yet been developed so I scooted along on my rear end with a hand cutter. A neighbor of mine worked for FDR's CCC ... The Civilian Conservation Corps. He was paid $1 a day and glad to get it. It put him through college at the old Oklahoma A&M. He later received his masters in education at UCLA. He became a colonel in the United States Air Force, was assigned to Strategic Air Command and to atomic test groups in New Mexico. He was mayor of Sachse when the population was about 500. His name, believe it or not, is Woodrow Wilson.
Sometimes on weekends, traffic reporters would make up accidents ... and streets. For example, "Watch for a two-car collision at the intersection of Hickory and No Luck Lane". Once a guy bragged about his all-night report of a crash at "635 eastbound at Corbett Road."
Eddie Barker once told me that he thought Brad Barton enjoyed severe weather more than sex which seemingly is not that unusual among weather people. While we were talking, Eddie suddenly said, "I've got to go. Brad is having an orgasm."
Once when I was filling in for Jennifer Ellis who did the morning drive traffic from the studio for KRLD, I simply mentioned that the streets were a bit wet, so drive carefully ... something like that. Brad called on the hotline and told me that he would handle the weather.
When Rebecca Miller was working for Channel 5, she also did weather for WBAP. A traffic reporter called to record the report and referred to her as "Becky". Well, let's just say, NEVER EVER call her "Becky".
When "Memories 96.7" was on the air, I did news for them for awhile. It always amazed me how many times "Woman in Love" by Barbara Streisand popped up just before my 5:25 a.m. newscast.
In traffic reporting, it is a distinct advantage growing up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Those people know the streets, highways, shortcuts, etc. better than anyone who did not grow up here ... even those who have lived here for 20 years or more.
Richardson is a great city. We have large brush and appliance pickup every week instead of once a month like most cities. And Richardson does not force you to use those large plastic trash cans on wheels like Garland. What an eyesore that is on garbage day.
Do you think traffic cameras at intersections to catch red light runners are a good thing? I'm not sure. Of course, I am biased. One of the first cameras in Richardson caught me at Greenville and Spring Valley ... or is it Centennial there ... yes, it is Centennial. Well anyway, I was fined $75. That hurts. You may just as well take 75 one-dollar bills, go to your backyard and burn them.
Not sure if radio is more boring today than in the past ... or if it just seems so because I am older.
I've yelled at Ken Jones and Jim Prewitt more than I ever did to Tom Corbett. If you don't believe me, just ask KJ or Catfish.
When I bought one of the first Bose radios, my dad had a fit. He called it a luxury. Of course, any time I went driving as a teen, he called it joyriding. Well, he was right. My dad, like most parents of baby boomers, was frugal. My brother said my dad was "so tight, that his shoes squeaked." But my dad was never tight with my brother and me or my mother ... only himself. Once I rode with him to get some gas, he must have driven several miles to save a penny. He spotted gas at a Texaco station ... for 25 cents a gallon. He called it "highway robbery."
Do you know the way to San Jose?
When I started in radio, it was almost shameful to admit you worked for an FM station. AM was the place to be ... for Top-40 and nearly everything.
When I was in my 20s, I worked at what was then called a "beautiful music" station. I was not impressed. I referred to it as "music for the dead" ... or the "station for blue hairs". One of the liners at the top of the hour read, KING, KKNG, Oklahoma City, where good things happen.
Nepotism can kill morale faster than almost anything. My dad would never let me work for him. Well, he did let me mow the lawn around the business wherever Carlos had too much tequila to drink.
Do you remember when President Kennedy died? If so, Social Security will be calling you soon.
When working at Traffic.com, I always dreaded listening to Rush and Baylor football on the weekends on WBAP. Why Baylor alumni would pay good money to air Baylor games on a station that covered half the nation ... and often would get beaten 75-7 was always a mystery to me.
Do people still aircheck themselves? I was taught to do it every day.
Did you ever eat fried possum?
Possum 92.1 is still programmed by Hal Mayfield, the best PD I ever met and one of the finest men I know.
Here's a story I related to Mike Shannon: A few years ago at Metro, someone I will call "Dumb and Dumber" was doing all-night traffic at WBAP while I did the same shift at KRLD. WBAP and KRLD shared the same traffic computer ... listing the accidents, construction, etc. Well, "Dumb and Dumber" was just dumb enough to SAVE his porn sites on "Favorites".
Finally, one day, the morning traffic anchor discovered a particularly offensive site. The you know what hit ALL the fans. She went to the general manager of Metro, put the wrath of God on him, and he (the gm not God) wrote and distributed a memo warning all employees of the sins and consequences of pornography. Of course, that immediately, and for all time, ended all Intenet porn surfing at Metro. Yeah.
"If I had a LOT of money, I would be a ... philanthropist ... I think." -- Lee "Baby" Simms, KCBQ, San Diego, 1970.
