Happy Memorial Day! 101 wants to hear from you. Please share any and all great Ktown photographs and memories!
Here's former Ktown DJ Tony Eubanks...
Thanks for including me in this great blog. I have really enjoyed reading about some of my friends as well as my old cross-town rivals. Keep it up, it's outstanding. It's hard to share a lot of my radio memories without embarrassing someone. I mean the stuff we all used to do would be unheard of today. I remember one time leaving my brand new ugly bright yellow 1975 Dodge Colt in the parking lot at WIVK where I worked from 7-midnight. I don't even remember why I left it there all night instead of driving it home but it was a huge mistake that never happened again. I'm not mentioning any names but the initials were JA and YDY. Sometime in the wee hours of the morning these two upstanding employees decided to detail my new car. Now, there was no washing, waxing or vacuuming involved. They stuck about 500 mini and maxi pads all over my car. Heck I was so naive back then I think someone had to tell me what they were actually used for. Imagine coming back during afternoon drive and having Bobby Denton take his cigar out of his mouth long enough to say, "Hey big boy, did you leave your car here last night?" I wanted to crawl under the board. The stare he gave me was enough to say DON'T DO IT AGAIN. I never did either.
Bobby was always good to me (as long as I didn't compete against him). He gave me extra tickets several times to the WIVK Shindigs and time off when I asked for it. When I got out of radio years later and picked up a singing deal with Green Leaf Records he was quick to play my records and mention that I was a former employee. I played golf with him a couple of times after that and enjoyed his company. Speaking of golf, I'll never forget one of the first assignments he gave me. To make extra money he had me work for Mike Hammond in the news room. They sent me to the Deane Hill Celebrity Golf Tournament to interview some of the stars. Bobby told me what time to meet them and to be on time. I sat down turned my recorder on and for the next 10 minutes I didn't get a word in edge-wise. I have never heard that kind of cursing in my life. One would start to tell a story and then use language I couldn't use and then the other would pick up where he left off. The assault was so well orchestrated it dawned on me I was being set up. Sure enough, when I got back to the station Bobby asked, "So, did you get us something big boy?" When I told him what happened he laughed so hard I thought he was going to bite his cigar holder into. He kidded me about that for a long time. I have many stories, about K-Town radio and some I have included in an independent film I'm writing called, "Jock". It's all based on my experience at WIVK, WBIR, WSEV, WMTN and WETQ. (names are altered somewhat to protect the guilty). Thanks again for your time and effort in this blog!
Here's former Ktown DJ Tony Eubanks...
Thanks for including me in this great blog. I have really enjoyed reading about some of my friends as well as my old cross-town rivals. Keep it up, it's outstanding. It's hard to share a lot of my radio memories without embarrassing someone. I mean the stuff we all used to do would be unheard of today. I remember one time leaving my brand new ugly bright yellow 1975 Dodge Colt in the parking lot at WIVK where I worked from 7-midnight. I don't even remember why I left it there all night instead of driving it home but it was a huge mistake that never happened again. I'm not mentioning any names but the initials were JA and YDY. Sometime in the wee hours of the morning these two upstanding employees decided to detail my new car. Now, there was no washing, waxing or vacuuming involved. They stuck about 500 mini and maxi pads all over my car. Heck I was so naive back then I think someone had to tell me what they were actually used for. Imagine coming back during afternoon drive and having Bobby Denton take his cigar out of his mouth long enough to say, "Hey big boy, did you leave your car here last night?" I wanted to crawl under the board. The stare he gave me was enough to say DON'T DO IT AGAIN. I never did either.
Bobby was always good to me (as long as I didn't compete against him). He gave me extra tickets several times to the WIVK Shindigs and time off when I asked for it. When I got out of radio years later and picked up a singing deal with Green Leaf Records he was quick to play my records and mention that I was a former employee. I played golf with him a couple of times after that and enjoyed his company. Speaking of golf, I'll never forget one of the first assignments he gave me. To make extra money he had me work for Mike Hammond in the news room. They sent me to the Deane Hill Celebrity Golf Tournament to interview some of the stars. Bobby told me what time to meet them and to be on time. I sat down turned my recorder on and for the next 10 minutes I didn't get a word in edge-wise. I have never heard that kind of cursing in my life. One would start to tell a story and then use language I couldn't use and then the other would pick up where he left off. The assault was so well orchestrated it dawned on me I was being set up. Sure enough, when I got back to the station Bobby asked, "So, did you get us something big boy?" When I told him what happened he laughed so hard I thought he was going to bite his cigar holder into. He kidded me about that for a long time. I have many stories, about K-Town radio and some I have included in an independent film I'm writing called, "Jock". It's all based on my experience at WIVK, WBIR, WSEV, WMTN and WETQ. (names are altered somewhat to protect the guilty). Thanks again for your time and effort in this blog!