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Sammy Reed
Guest
Before I begin, I'd like to say that I wish there was a Southwest Virginia board. People talk about WABN and other Southwest Virginia stations here, so I will, too.
One morning in 1989, I had this idea to scan the AM band for any "women's" programs where there were recipes and household stuff. I mean, in Bristol, we could hear Barbara McFaddin any day (Remember when?), so I wondered if maybe there was some other station that had a show like that that I haven't heard before. Fortunately, I did discover this one show.
It was on this station called WSPC, for "St. Paul - Castlewood". A woman named Rosalie Ring read a recipe, a couple of commercials, a couple of household hints - she read everything. And her show ended that morning at 10:12AM. It had to start after a 5-minute newscast, so this thing was only 7 minutes long! I liked these, what I called, oddball kind of shows, so I kept tuning in every morning. I watched as this show grew a few minutes longer every several days, until it got where it stayed on until 11AM. During this time, she read less and less things, adlibbed more and more, and loosened up. She was a far cry from the nervous-norvus she seemed like when I first heard her. Her show eventually got the name "Mornings with Rosalie". Instead of maybe one song in the few-minute-long show, there were more songs she had time to talk between. And I don't think there was more than one song at a time - she never seemed to run out of something to talk about.
On her show, Rosalie mentioned things one of her sponsors sold that I never heard of then, but we all know about now. At the time, in this area, what the heck were "Russell Stover's candies" or "Precious Moments figurines" outside of the world of Rosalie? I still remember one of the household hints she gave: When you rinse a cup of milk, use cold water first, because the milk won't come off as easily if you start with hot water. I'll tell you, that works.
As immature as I was then, as the show became less "oddball" to me, I listened less. But I did tune in later a few times. In 1991, she mentioned something about "when I started 2 years ago", and of course, that was 1989. I still wonder if I tuned in to her very first show? And all because of some little idea that popped in my brain one morning to tune in for a ladies' show I haven't heard before.
I don't think I heard her show after 1991. Nowadays, WXLZ doesn't have it. This kind of show I guess is a dying breed, if it isn't already there. It's things like this that makes me sorry I didn't tune in more than I did. It was one of the last ladies' household programs on radio - and I missed the end.
Here's to you, Rosalie, wherever you are!
One morning in 1989, I had this idea to scan the AM band for any "women's" programs where there were recipes and household stuff. I mean, in Bristol, we could hear Barbara McFaddin any day (Remember when?), so I wondered if maybe there was some other station that had a show like that that I haven't heard before. Fortunately, I did discover this one show.
It was on this station called WSPC, for "St. Paul - Castlewood". A woman named Rosalie Ring read a recipe, a couple of commercials, a couple of household hints - she read everything. And her show ended that morning at 10:12AM. It had to start after a 5-minute newscast, so this thing was only 7 minutes long! I liked these, what I called, oddball kind of shows, so I kept tuning in every morning. I watched as this show grew a few minutes longer every several days, until it got where it stayed on until 11AM. During this time, she read less and less things, adlibbed more and more, and loosened up. She was a far cry from the nervous-norvus she seemed like when I first heard her. Her show eventually got the name "Mornings with Rosalie". Instead of maybe one song in the few-minute-long show, there were more songs she had time to talk between. And I don't think there was more than one song at a time - she never seemed to run out of something to talk about.
On her show, Rosalie mentioned things one of her sponsors sold that I never heard of then, but we all know about now. At the time, in this area, what the heck were "Russell Stover's candies" or "Precious Moments figurines" outside of the world of Rosalie? I still remember one of the household hints she gave: When you rinse a cup of milk, use cold water first, because the milk won't come off as easily if you start with hot water. I'll tell you, that works.
As immature as I was then, as the show became less "oddball" to me, I listened less. But I did tune in later a few times. In 1991, she mentioned something about "when I started 2 years ago", and of course, that was 1989. I still wonder if I tuned in to her very first show? And all because of some little idea that popped in my brain one morning to tune in for a ladies' show I haven't heard before.
I don't think I heard her show after 1991. Nowadays, WXLZ doesn't have it. This kind of show I guess is a dying breed, if it isn't already there. It's things like this that makes me sorry I didn't tune in more than I did. It was one of the last ladies' household programs on radio - and I missed the end.
Here's to you, Rosalie, wherever you are!