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101 hopes you had a wonderful Thanksgiving...our mix was perfect, turkey and Vol ball! It was great watching the Big Orange in person, the freshmen, Woolridge and Hopson, are going to be great...and yep, me and Little 101 will return to The Milk House again today to see the Vols battle Georgetown!

Instant classic photo...101 said hello to Bob and Bert and took a photo of them with Little 101. I worked with Bob at WIVK for 5 years and went to high school and college with Bert...those guys are ageless wonders. Go Vols, paint it orange!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Thank you to Scott Black for this WMDR memory! Who are these folks? Do you have WMDR stories? Is that Walker? Ernie? 101 wants to hear from you...

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101 will be cheering on the Vols today in person at the Old Spice Classic...look for me on ESPN2, I'll be wearing an orange cap...

In the spring of 1976 W149 was morphing into 15Q. The new jocks actually arrived before the new call letters! Here's Kid Curry on one of his first days on the air~

In the spring of 1976...

• Holly Warlick (Vols coach and my high school classmate) was named MVP of the Girls ALL-KIL team
• Ernie and Bernie were leading the Vols basketballers
• Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and a peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter were running for US President
• Night time DJ's in Knoxville were Eddie Beacon on WETE, Aardvark on WNOX, Scott Sams on WKGN, Jim Bo on W149...and this gentleman, Mike Beverly on WOKI~
  
  
  

Welcome back Dave Foulk...

Back in 1986 U-102 hosted a DJ reunion at the Hyatt House...and a cast of characters showed up to share memories! The Brothers, (Alan Sneed, Gary Adkins, Bill Johnson) told their story to CP and Walker. Here is "How The Brothers got started"~

I finally found some old photos. And a full page ad from WMDR that I will get scanned soon. Attached is a photo of me from 1982 or so. Its when I was working weekends at WIVK-FM. This was the older control room...note the 45's in the bins! Sheesh! (Scott Black)

I see Ed had his snappy, leather portfolio at his side. He was no doubt on his way to close a big deal for sales. I have lots of wonderful memories of working on Ed's show (for seven years!). I landed on afternoons at WIVK after a whopping three months of reporting - it was my first full time job. Ed was already a seasoned and settled professional by then. Ed taught me one of the most important lessons I ever learned as a radio personality. Respect the listeners. And, really, hasn't that been the key to success and great memories for so many of us? Even with the crackpots and psychos we've had to carefully navigate around, the listeners know which jocks are talking TO them and which jocks are just talking AT them. That's when the loyalty really kicks in. I could tell lots of tales about Ed...but I won't. I may be blonde right now, but I'm not stupid. Happy Birthday Ed! (Tonya Stoutt-Brown)

Happy Birthday wishes to Ed Brantley!!!

Happy Hump Day! Today 101 stays in 1985 and features a snippet from Bob Thomas on WIVK. The photo is of Bob and me in Orlando (2007)...

Years before he became a mainstay morning drive DJ in Orlando, Shotgun Stevens was filling in on the morning show at Hits 100-

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Nascar's long season is over, it's too long. Kudos to the champs...Johnny Benson (Craftsman Trucks), Clint Bowyer (Nationwide), and 3peat (Sprint Cup) champ Jimmie Johnson!

101 travels to the fall of 1985...

Doug Dickey became UT's Athletic Director
Susan Akin of Mississippi was crowned Miss America
The CMA named Ricky Skaggs "Entertainer of the Year"
Vols quarterback was Tony Robinson
The Kansas City Royals won the World Series

In Ktown WOKI was known as "Hits 100" and featured DJ's Ron Harper, Gary Beach (audio), Jeff Jarnigan, and Shotgun Stevens~

101 keeps the WRJZ train running today...here's a little bit more from John Boy and alot from Adele! Plus Ernie Baker chimes in-



Here are the Fall 1992 ARB ratings for Ktown...

WIVK-FM 31.1 (Country)
WEZK-FM 8.9 (AC)
WMYU-FM 8.6 (AC)
WOKI-FM 7.5 (Top 40)
WIMZ A/F 7.4 (Album Rock)

Two of the biggest media stars to emerge from WRJZ are Adele Arakawa and John Isley. Here are some classic moments...

WRJZ came onto the Knoxville radio scene in late 1976. The station had a slick major market sound and had brought in some great sounding DJ's when it debuted...JJ Scott, Rick Kirk, Tim Edwards. The program Director was Bob Kagan, who had been part of 15Q. Later John Boy Isley and Adele became mainstays. There were several hold overs from the WETE era, mainly the morning drive and the afternoon drive jocks, Curtis Parham and Walker Johnson. Together they formed the legendary duo, CP and Walker. Here's the twosome in 1979 plus some additional 'RJZ stuff-

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Steve Spurrier's name is being floated around here in the swamp country (Florida, where 101 lives) as the next Vols coach?

Happy Friday!

101 got an email from Eddie Beacon...

Radio legends on the radio next week hosting "The Voice" on WQBB 1040 Knoxville...Walker Johnson (Wednesday November 12) and Your Dave Young (Thursday November 13). Shows air 10a til noon and can be heard at www.voicesouth.com. The phone number to call in is 865-656-1040 and the show is produced by "Swang", tell the world Greek! Get 'em all to call in!

We close out this week by returning to the 101 Audio Vault and the WNOX theme that was always played at 12 midnight...

Bill Miller had a great radio name, "Suitcase Simpson". Bill was the afternoon DJ at WOKI FM back in 1975-

1975, awh, the good old days!

101 heard from Keith Brunson-

"I miss those days. I gotta be honest...I really do."

This week we are staying in '75. Ktowns two rockers at that time, WNOX and WKGN, battled for listeners, both featured very smooth midday DJs. Here's Frank Erwin on WKGN and Todd Martin on WNOX-

101 wants to hear from you! Where were you in '75?

101 hopes you will exercise your right and vote today!

The audio vault remains in 1975. Mike Beach ruled the Ktown landscape for decades, WIVK, W149, WETE, WKGN, WNOX, 15Q, WIMZ (Did we leave any place out Beachman?)

Here Mike's from August 1975...



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Kudos to Coach Fulmer and the great success he added to the Vols tradition!

Scott Sams on WETE

This week 101 will explore the mid 70's...Here's Scott Sams in his early days in Ktown on WETE 620-