Foulk's Friday Follies!
You might be a Knoxville Radio Relic if...
*You remember live broadcasts of city council (added credit if you remember the meeting where Cas Walker punched another council member in front of WBIR's Walt Martin)
*You had your own stash of Q-Tips and head cleaner to use before your shift
*You ever tasted "walnuts" after using so much cleaner it absorbed into your skin
*A cart mis-fired on your shift because you failed to pull back the latch for the pinch roller
*Your transmitter reading showed a burned out tower light and you had no idea what to do except wait until you got the call that a plane was stuck in your wires
*And you (illegally) made transmitter log entries a few hours ahead in case you forgot- com'on admit it!
*Left a gag cart instead of the legal sign-on for the morning guy
*Someone brought by home made cookies to get you to play their favorite song
*Used a certain window at WNOX on Whittle Springs to access fans
*Crawled hand-over-hand up an ice covered Sharp's Ridge to get to work
*You remember those HUGE metal turntables and the metal inserts for 45 rpm records
*You ever started a record on the wrong speed on one of those turntables
*And you still remember how to "slip cue" a record
*You could cruise Shoney's Drive-Thru and listen to see if anyone had your station playing
*You wished you had a voice like Ron Ashburn
*You could play anything the program director had okayed on the album
*Wore a leisure suit to a remote
*And you knew which records had the best rest room break cuts
These are a few to get you started with some smiles and "golden oldie" hallmarks.
By Dave Foulk