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Waddever happened to: WWUN jocks from the 70's.....

Talk about memories! I was at WRBC in 1968 and the first part of 1969 after starting at JDX the summer of '67. Terry Stenzel was a student at Mississippi Colllege in the Art Department. I have a picture of him and about 6 others, including my soon to-be-wife, taken at the entrance to the then Allen C. Thompson Airfield in 1968. Haven't seen him or heard from him since I married and moved to Memphis the summer of '69.

I was part of the "All-Americans" at WRBC and helped emcee the Union Gap show with all those one-hit wonder bands with them. That one, at least, we did control. W1 ate our lunch with regularity as I remember insofar as ratings were concerned, but one of our highlights was fronting the Monkees show. I know those guys were a put-together group, but they came to that little brick block on Hiway 51 North the afternoon of the show and took over the station for about 3 hours, hyping the show. It was one of the funniest things I ever heard on radio. They had prepared shtick, but Dolenz, Nesmith, and Jones were electric and it was only after they gave us back the station that we realized no one had rolled a reel. I've always wished I had some of that frantic fun just for history's sake.

Dennis Hudson, Bill Cagle, Don Allen (Gillentine) and other WRBC names slip back to say hi in my memory. Danny Keyes...I've been trying to remember his name and it just came to me. I believe he went on to serve as press secretary or something to one of Mississippi's governors and was killed in an air crash in the '70s.

Grayson, you always amaze me with your appearances throughout the years at fascinating places and times. You remind me of the Woody Allen film, "Zelig!" Say hi to Burma for me.
 
You must be "Jimmy Rabbit". Good to hear from you...no telling what you will learn here.
Jim Martin is in Washington State. Tim died in the mid 70's...he was a great salesman, effective manager,
and a good guy. Thanks JBI
 
You must be "Jimmy Rabbit".
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Nope, though I remember that air name well. Allan Tynes is my moniker and I never had sense enough to use an air name all those years. I remember the name "Tommy Gunn" in Tupelo, I believe, and always thought that was a good one. I worked with Bill Dollar many years ago and that was his real name! He died in a car crash while working as a NASCAR announcer in the '80s.

Air names are interesting. Ike Touchstone was "Rocky Stone" at WJDX-FM when I worked there. I was in on the change to Rock 103 and we wore rock pendants!!! I remember Ike because he was in the remote trailer at the Mississippi State Fair with me the night three of my buddies walked up and said they had quit their jobs that day. I said, "That sounds like a good idea," and turned to Ike to tell him to take over. Next day I walked into Bob McRaney's office, dropped my rock pendant on his desk, and said, "Bob, I'm turning in my rock!" But that's another story.

JBoyd, I must have run across you or your name at the least over the years, but I'm waiting for my mail-order brain cell implant just now.
 
magic-z said:
First let me say I never come to this board but tonight I was wondering about my past? A number of stations popped into my head – WJLF, W1 and others. Much to my surprise I found this thread.

I still have a half dozen reel to reel tapes of W1, especially the Rock159 era, including those Dr Brock IDs. Douglas B. could I tell a few tails about you young man!
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Whoa! Steven Arthur..........(it's arthur,right??) You're in Texas.......I was just in Texas......dude, slide me an email
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I've really enjoyed reading all of this about Jackson radio! As a kid growing up in Hattiesburg, I remember driving to Jackson and listening to the wars between W-1, 13-WRBC & 62-JDX. Jackson was one heck of a radio market in those days!! Several friends came up from Hattiesburg and worked at all 3. I was so fortunate to have started my career at Triple X when Marshall Magee was the GM. He really took me under his wing and trained me well! Reid Reeker was at Triple X. He went on to Jackson. So did Craig Dale (W-1), John Robin (WRBC, WHBQ), Harry Nelson (WRBC, WRKO), Dennis John Bailey (WJDX, WRKO) Gene Casey (WPLJ) etc... Mississippi has definately had some top broadcasters. I always wanted to move up and work in Jackson after high school. However, I landed a gig in New Orleans and went on to Little Rock, Memphis and Birmingham and skipped right over Jackson. I sure spent a lot of Friday and Saturday nights in the control rooms of all 3 of these. I will never forget the afternoon the news of WRBC going all news came over the UPI. Ir was a sad day!!!
 
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