Wow, what a site. I just spent the past few minutes recalling the names of people I have not heard from in years.
I came to Knoxville from WTGR (Tiger Radio) in Myrtle Beach in March of 1976. I replaced Eddie Beacon from 7-Midnight on Super 62 WETE. (Beacon was on his way to work with Chuck Ketron somewhere). At that time CP did AM drive, Jim Humphries middays, Walker Johnson afternoon drive, yours truly 7-12 and Joe Crotty worked over nights. Weekends was Mark McKinney. News was Betsy Gray, Ernie Baker & Anne Alexander.
I left to return to Walters State & WCRK in Morristown in the fall of '76 and WETE became WRJZ.
One year later, I returned to Knoxville as 10 pm till 2 am jock at WNOX where I served as Music Director & assistant PD to Scott "Scooter" McCleod. The line-up was Dave Dunaway 6-10, Phil Williams 10-2, Scott McCleod 2-6, Larry Steele 6-10, Yours truly 10-2 and James Maurice 2-6.
Mike Beach was there for a brief time. He was replaced by C C McCartney. Todd Wallace was consultant whom brought McCleod in to replace Eddy Roy. McCleod left for WABB Mobile and Bob Savage became P.D. (He actually called me in while I was on vacation to fire me in January 1979!) Ron Ashburn & Colvin Idol did news.
I went to back to Myrtle Beach and came back to Knoxville briefly in summer '79 at WKGN before taking the AM Drive gig at 96.3 WKOS Nashville as Buzz Dailey until I was blown out in late '81.
Steve Bridgewater hired me in fall of '81 to do weekends & Promotions at WRJZ which lead me to fulltime in summer of '82. March 1983, Doc Fidler fired me on a Friday morning. By 3 PM, Ross Brooks hired me to start Monday at WNOX as Promotions Director & his morning side kick.
Somewhere along that time I worked at WJSO Johnson City and even managed WKOA Dayton with Eddie Beacon, Ed Garrett and a few Knoxville DJs.
Jimmy Vineyard hired me to come back and do 7-12 mid in fall of '85 at WNOX where I later moved to AM Drive on sister station KIX95 (WNKX-FM) before it became 95-3 WTNZ in November 1986. Once again, I was asked to handle promotions and did middays before leaving in November 1987 to join the up-start Shop-At-Home Network in Newport. In '93, I served as PD & afternoon drive at C-93 (WNPC-FM, Newport) where I retired from radio doing AM drive in November 2005.
Keep up the good work 101!!
Bill Beason
I came to Knoxville from WTGR (Tiger Radio) in Myrtle Beach in March of 1976. I replaced Eddie Beacon from 7-Midnight on Super 62 WETE. (Beacon was on his way to work with Chuck Ketron somewhere). At that time CP did AM drive, Jim Humphries middays, Walker Johnson afternoon drive, yours truly 7-12 and Joe Crotty worked over nights. Weekends was Mark McKinney. News was Betsy Gray, Ernie Baker & Anne Alexander.
I left to return to Walters State & WCRK in Morristown in the fall of '76 and WETE became WRJZ.
One year later, I returned to Knoxville as 10 pm till 2 am jock at WNOX where I served as Music Director & assistant PD to Scott "Scooter" McCleod. The line-up was Dave Dunaway 6-10, Phil Williams 10-2, Scott McCleod 2-6, Larry Steele 6-10, Yours truly 10-2 and James Maurice 2-6.
Mike Beach was there for a brief time. He was replaced by C C McCartney. Todd Wallace was consultant whom brought McCleod in to replace Eddy Roy. McCleod left for WABB Mobile and Bob Savage became P.D. (He actually called me in while I was on vacation to fire me in January 1979!) Ron Ashburn & Colvin Idol did news.
I went to back to Myrtle Beach and came back to Knoxville briefly in summer '79 at WKGN before taking the AM Drive gig at 96.3 WKOS Nashville as Buzz Dailey until I was blown out in late '81.
Steve Bridgewater hired me in fall of '81 to do weekends & Promotions at WRJZ which lead me to fulltime in summer of '82. March 1983, Doc Fidler fired me on a Friday morning. By 3 PM, Ross Brooks hired me to start Monday at WNOX as Promotions Director & his morning side kick.
Somewhere along that time I worked at WJSO Johnson City and even managed WKOA Dayton with Eddie Beacon, Ed Garrett and a few Knoxville DJs.
Jimmy Vineyard hired me to come back and do 7-12 mid in fall of '85 at WNOX where I later moved to AM Drive on sister station KIX95 (WNKX-FM) before it became 95-3 WTNZ in November 1986. Once again, I was asked to handle promotions and did middays before leaving in November 1987 to join the up-start Shop-At-Home Network in Newport. In '93, I served as PD & afternoon drive at C-93 (WNPC-FM, Newport) where I retired from radio doing AM drive in November 2005.
Keep up the good work 101!!
Bill Beason