MichaelHibblen said:While we're talking about former KJBR folks, anyone know what ever happened to Gene Moran? I think he went by the name Joe Mama when he did nights on KKYK. Jim Grant had brought him up when he became GM after the Duke purchase. I know he was only in Jonesboro for a very short time doing (I think) afternoons after Steve Tyler left. I don't recall what he went by on the air there. He then went to a station in Guam and I'm curious what he did after that.
DIZ Guy said:Thanks for all of the great info...I also used to listen to alot of Rock 103.....I recall that Jennifer Reed used to do mid-day's there?????.....Also....is this Zeke guy the same one who was with Drake & Zeke on Rock 103?????
old man river said:hey, diz guy....dennis rogers here and some of the dates have been changed to protect the innocent but i was the pd of both superhits-102 (boring ac) and power-102 (great radio station). kz-100 was basically in default in the years you were in town and when power 102 signed on the air we had state of thea rt studios, texar audio processing, a 994 tall stick "the tower of power" a great lookin' remote van and a great staff including myself, phil jamison, jennifer reed, zeke terry, steve tyler and doug miller. those were the best 6 years of my radio career...bar none...we had a ton of fun and our listeners loved our 'hybrid' chr format that leaned a bit to the rock side. music was dayparted so we could keep the females listening at work but at night we rocked out a bit. i remember getting a platinum record award from electra records for metallica's black album....after 9 pm we played metallica and it worked. formats like that just don't exist, to my knowledge, these days and that too bad. we listened to our audience and our sales people understood how to sell our product. then, in i think '96 the patteson family decided to sell out to duke media...he sold to cumulus...they sold to clear channel and they sold to east arkansas broadcasters in may of this year. clear channel still owns 101.9 and is moving it to memphis in about 6 months or so, actually city of license will be crawfordsville, ar. pop. 867...just across the muddy mississippi...now, kz-100 is part of saga and is called the eagle 100.5 with a classic hits format. ok? dennis rogers
Gil said:Todd Stuart here, former "Power 102" jock... I have fond memories of the old studio, where the inmates just out of lockup across the street would come over and knock on the (thin) glass window of the studio with requests from the guys still in jail... I remember the "102 days of Summer" when we lived in a hot tub outside Taco Bell on Caraway for 102 hours in early May... watching movies on the van's big screen... I remember the Pattesons taking the toilet paper out of the bathrooms on weekends... the "soundproofing" egg crate mattress foam that was covering the new studio... Guy banning the words "Plethora" and "Cornucopia..." the "aircraft strobe intensity" phone lights, the search for the "White River Monster" and much more! Dennis, I have always wondered where you were now... as well as Steve Tyler. I'm back in college at Oklahoma State now, and after 27 years in radio, taking a break to finish up getting educated... I'd love to hear from former friends/co-workers... my email is [email protected]
Whatever happened to Doug Miller?
-Todd