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Today is Karen's Birthday!

G

Giddy Up Radio

Today is Karen's birthday...but, the party will have to wait until she calls every jock at every station.

You gotta love her...you can always count on a nice call from Karen every day!

So, today after you ask her what's going on and she says "NOTHIN MUCH"...wish her a big ol' HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN!
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY
 
I assume Karen Reagan is who Giddy is writing about. If you are on this board and have not heard of her, I am kicking you out of the Honeycomb Clubhouse.
 
Karen is a handicapped woman who has been calling radio stations for many years. She plays contests and wins, however, she never picks up her prizes. She has actually won some pretty great prizes. When she ends her calls, she always say, "hello to you."
 
How many of you have been chewed out by her Dad? Or had her Dad call the GM on you? *Also, if you know C.J. at KILT, ask him the Karen Regan 'sack of potato's' story.

Happy new office, Tiller.
 
Not only does she call, but if she misses a couple of days, she catches up. "Four hellos to you."

Happy Karen Day!
 
Thank you, my man. I never had her father call on me. I had a simple formula. When I would get to 'caller 12' I would answer the phone, "K-I-L-T, who's this?" If it was Karen, I would say, "Oh Karen. I'm sorry baby, You're caller number 11." She accepted it and I moved on to a legitimate listener (well maybe, not withstanding the professional radio contest callers.) I started doing that because she won back stage passes to see George Strait in the early 90s and never picked up the tickets. Then I found out she was winning bigger prizes at other stations and was doing the same thing, never picking up her prizes.

Other times when she just called to talk, I would give her about 5 minutes or so and move on.To get her off the phone I would turn on and off a sound effect in 'cue,' and tell her the hotline was ringing and I had to go. Talking to all of us is the only thing she has in her life besides watching her favorite TV shows.
 
I worked as a promo guy at KLDE years ago and we had this guy call every Monday morning. The call went a little something like this: "Hello. This is Joseph. What is Oldies KLDE giving away today?" I'd tell him we had certificates to this and passes for that, then he's ask why we didn't have tickets to the Astros game or something.

After a couple of these phone calles, I'd tell him to hold on and transfer his to my asst. A couple of weeks later, my asst had transfered him to someone else until he made the rounds and he was back to me.

...anyone remember the family that would come by Landmark Chevy EVERY FREAKIN' Saturday, not to shop, but for the free James Coney Island Hotdogs!?!? Honestly, I'm sure it still happens with this particular family or another.

.....good times, good times.
 
We called that bunch "The Adams Family" I remember one weekend at Munday Chevrolet, they stuck around for the free food (that was late) for the whole two hours. When the remote was over, I was walking to the car, only to hear the frail voice of their elderly Mother. She was on oxygen, and had been sweltering in the hot car that whole time. She was ready to go. I was amazed she did not die right there on the parking lot!

And who can forget our buddy Bobby Langham? You are not a Houston radio vet unless you get written correspondance from Bobby.

I recall Joseph too. I think I've managed to keep him from calling me much-thank goodness.

What about Randy Marulo? Did anybody else ever hear from him?
 
I remember when Bobby's dad passed away, he called the station to tell us & he was pretty shaken up. Some of us pitched in to send some flowers & Kevin C was off so he went to the service. It really made Bobby feel special to have one of his radio heroes there & his family was truly appreciative.

The reason I bring this up is to point out that no matter if they get on your nerves, no matter if they seem to call at the worst possible times, they are listeners & yes their connection with the people in radio is a big part of their life.

So take the time & the little bit of effort to be courteous to them because while to the rest of the world we are just the idiots on the air to them we are stars/celebrities.

I know most of you from working around you & know that for the most part they are treated with kindness.

I do recall one jock getting his butt in a crack over being mean to Karen though, what a prince of a guy.
 
As tempting as it could be to get frustrated at Karen and her repeated calls, I appreciate her calling...so, it takes a few minutes to see what she is watching on TV (it is always 2 or 3 old shows at the same time) or what she is having for dinner (usually lazagna or spaghetti)...but, in the end, it helps her connect with the outside world.

One day, I am going to have to go to the Memorial City JCPenney Salon and meet her Mother...she is the Manager there.

Until then, HELLO TO YOU!
 
Humility, compassion and kindness.
I'm honestly (and pleasantly) surprised.
 
I know exactly what everyone is talking about.

There is this guy that calls KTRH all the time, late at night...

And he screams at you!

"Scores!"

And you're expected to pull all of the sports scores outta thin air.

Then, he just hangs up on you!

15 minutes later...

"Lotto numbers!"

...

and 15 minutes later...

"Pick 5 numbers!!!"

-- Amazing... haha...
 
Bobby Langham was thrilled that I came to his dad's funeral, but I honestly believe that I got more out of the experience than he did. I still get letters and phone calls from him both at KHits and at Metro.

On another note...No one has mentioned JC....He used to call us in the mornings at KLDE talking about how he was married to Janis Joplin's ghost. Quite an interesting fellow.

Kevin
 
Bobby Langham...wow, I'd forgotten all about him! Thanx for that!

...there's a guy, about 45-50 years old that would come to all my remotes in these cut-off bluejeans; short ones! I just can't get that image out of my head.

Your're right, solo. These characters are, or in my case were, the people we talk to and interact with. For every Karen and Bobby, there are 1000 more that we never hear from but love what we do just the same.
 
I had to toss in my 2-cents about Joseph-- He would call everyday and ask, "What's 93Q giving away today?" After about a month I finally told him, "Your MOMMA!" Yes, I got called into the GM's office to get a much deserved butt chewing after he complained!
 
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