For some time, I have suggested that people find a blog for posting their radio questions. I say this because most of the questions they ask me are ones that I can't answer.
Nonetheless, people keep coming to me with those "what ever happened to" questions. I am usually the last person to ask since have I not been a heavy radio listener since the mid 70's. (Once I discovered educational audio listening, there just wasn't much time left for radio.)
So, here is what I have done: I set up a blog of just for you. It is not a place for ME to answer radio questions. It is a play for ANYBODY to answer a radio question. If I happen to know the answer, I will write one. However, the chances are there will be someone else out there who is better equipped to give an answer.
I can think of two other purposes for this blog:
1. People can post comments about radio even if they are not related to a particular question.
2. People can debate details of radio history without dragging me into the middle of any disagreement. Comments which are less than civil will be removed.
So, you see, this blog is not about me but about you: Your questions, your answers to questions, and your opinions about radio . . . past, present, and future.
Grady McAllister
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keep up the great work Grady! i grew up in Houston but have been in Oklahoma for most of the new millennium, your site really brings back memories!
ReplyDeleteBill
Thanks for the comment. You are the first person besides me to post a comment directly to the blog.
ReplyDeletewhat do i win? LOL
ReplyDeleteseriously, love the blog!
Bill
Grady, my kudos to you for this blog. Houston radio is and was a part of many lives --those who produced it all in various ways as well as those who tuned in and were, it is hoped, entertained, informed or, dare we hope, enriched in some way. Have not been behind the MIC in quite a while now, but once a 'radio guy' always a 'radio guy'. Keep up the great work and thanks! --Len
ReplyDeleteI worked in Houston radio from 1969 into the mid 1980s. I had the privilege of working at KODA AM/FM (Taft Broadcasting Co.) during its Beautiful Music years with the great announcer Milt Willis (formerly of KXYZ-AM), with PD James Rhett Butler, with sportscaster Gene Arnold, and with legendary commentator Fred Nahas. During my entire radio career, which came to a close in 1996, I emulated the style of Milt Willis, my mentor and among the greatest old-time voices in American radio history. I have resided in northwestern Arkansas since 1984, and I would hugely appreciate hearing from anyone who knows or remembers the people mentioned here, and how I might contact them. Thanks...
ReplyDeleteWayne Warmack
Rogers Arkansas
notmyworld44@hotmail.com
Wayne,
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing. I have been in contact with Gene Arnold, and he contributed quite a bit of material to the radio site.
Please bear in mind that this blog is not the main radio site. The radio site is at http://houstonretro.com
I created this blog so that people could post requests for airchecks directly to the pubic, rather than ask me for them.
No matter how many times I state that everything is on line, people still write requesting airchecks of their dad. They think I am sitting on thousands of recordings that I am holding back from them.
I have been frustrated by my inability to get people to use this blog, and I am glad that it is finally getting some use.
Although I exchanged emails with Len Hart last summer, I am only now noticing his blog posting. I worked with Len at Metro Traffic.
Wayne,
ReplyDeleteI remember Milt Willis very well. He is on several of my KXYZ recordings on the Adult Format page.
I also remember Fred Nahas very clearly, and I recall many specific remarks he made in his news and commentary. Unfortunately, I never got around to recording him. Maybe somebody somewhere has a Fred Nahas aircheck. With his long high visibility, there must be some recordings.