Happy Leap Day from WIVK's Wilhite and Wall (no caption required)...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Former ktown DJ Mike Swaggerty passed away this week...if you've got a Mike story, send to 101!
May his memory be eternal!
"I worked with Mike Swaggerty at WKGN back in the bad old disco days (Kerry Lambert was PD). He was a cool as it got back then, just starting his career as a club DJ, but he never forgot his down home roots. Sad to see him sign off. " (Tom Jester)
It's 101 Reload time...
Lester: When I die I hope I don't go to heaven in one of these things.
Old Man Schultz: I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Well...it was funny at the time LOL!
(Jerry Howell)
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Do you still play DJ while driving in your car listening to music? I do...
Happy President's Day!
My radio career was short but sweet, I was part of the WIVK air staff at a great time...I should say I got to work with many greats!
Two of those greats that I still stay in touch with are Dan Bell and Dave Young! Enjoy the 101 Audio Vault~
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
It's a classic CAT Saturday...cat of course was Claude Andrew Tomlinson, he signed WIVK on the air back in 1953 and had a 40 year career there!
Few will argue that Claude is at the top of the list of Ktown's all time radio greats...today we enjoy the banter between Claude and Wayne Bell and Lester and Mr. Schultz. The 101 Audio Vault features this "foursome"~
Thursday, February 16, 2012
It's 101 Reload time~
WKGN Morning DJ's...1972 thru 1976-
Bobby Rivers
Alan Dennis
Bob Baron
Smokey Burns
Wayne Bernard
Dave Young
Al Adams
Frank Erwin
Steve West
Alan Douglas
Let's look at 'KGN 1976, it was the beginning of the end as a Top 40 station that had featured great jocks, great music, and great air battles with WNOX for years...
WKGN began 1976 as a Top 40 station...
6- Al Adams
10- Frank Erwin
3- Mike Beach
7- Scott Sams
12-David Todd
WE- Chris Lee, Phil Michaels
News- Joe Anderson, Lauren P. Murphy
By July the line up had become...
6- Frank Erwin
10- Al Adams
3- Pat O'Brien
7- Barry Tucker
12-Chris Lee
In August Frank Erwin exited after many years, Steve West took over mornings from 15Q(WKVQ).
And finally September rolled in, as did an AOR format and jock changes-
6a- Alan Douglas
12p- Dave Elrod
6p- Robin Beck (Barry Tucker)
12a- Keith Lambert (Chris Lee)
Beck and Lambert of course are Mike Beck and Kerry Lambert...Album Rock 'KGN went on to have a good run for a couple of years.
...in December, Johnny Majors was named Vols Head Coach!
Monday, February 13, 2012
101 travels to January 1, 1979, a Monday, and the return of Mike Beach to the Big 99!
Mike had worked at stations such as WBLC, WIVK, WETE, WKGN, 15Q, etc. in the 70's...and took over the 2-6p time slot as the new year '79 was rung in.
6-10 Dave Dunaway
10-2 Phil Williams
2-6 Mike Beach
6-10 Scott Majors
10-2 CC McCartney
2-6 James Maurice
The PD was Bob Savage and Bill Beason was Music Director. The news team included Colvin Idol and Julie Lemaster, with Mick St John a weekend personality.
From the 101 Audio Vault, here's CC~
Saturday, February 11, 2012
I never would have dreamed that one day modern technology would allow me to share the thousands of hours of airchecks I made of Knoxville radio...and if you have photographs and memories and airchecks, send them to 101!!!
I've been searching to remember via air checks, the first croaking sounds at WIVK. The "wivick" termonolgy was the precursor to the frog mascot.
I have a WIVK composite from October 1976 featuring all the greats of that era...Jimmy Vineyard, Ed Brantley, Jean Ash, Bobby Denton, Tony Eubanks, Your Dave Young, Claude Tomlinson, Wayne Bell, Bill Carnett, Paul Lyle, Terry Womack and Dan Bell!
The 101 Audio Vault features Claude Tomlinson (and Lester Longmire) on the air. Listen as they talk to traffic sargeant Wayne Bell, Claude says "wivick copter"...
PS~ No other personality on the composite was croaking "wivick"...
Friday, February 10, 2012
Hey George!
Saw this note on 101- asking who were the DJ's on 93.1 before STAR took over -
Z-93 WWZZ "Where Knox Rocks", "It Takes Balls To Rock Hard" and "We Keep It Harder Longer" were some of our slogans.
I was employed by the Benns Brothers (Robert and Michael ~ owners) back in '90-'91...
Our lineup in March of 1991 was:
6-10 Hammer and Harley (Mark Herzog/Patty Jarnigan)
10-3 Burger Man (Dave Jeffries)
3-7 Smasher (Dave Cockrell)
7-12 J.D. The Partyfoul (me, J. D. Howard)
Weekends were Kevin Johnson, Lori Morgan (Becky Peeden) and myself.
Other DJ's before me and after me were: John Wilkerson, Jim (Lucas) DeFreece, Roger Epperson...
Our chief engineer was self-proclaimed broadcasting Einstein Charlie Biscoe. Charlie rewired an OPTIMOD just because he thought it could sound "better"...and let's not forget "The Hillbillies From Hell" What were they thinking?
Ted Ousley left WIMZ to work 7-12 after I left, changed his name to "Gunner," and the rest is history.
Octavius@WIMZ
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Knoxville and East Tennessee radio history is being made everyday! Thanks to modern technology dial twisting has taken on a new meaning...find a smart phone app, search for a station, and listen in!
A couple of long time Ktown voices can be heard in the drive times at WMTN 1300 Morristown, Your Home of Classic Country and NASCAR~ Chris Hensley works mornings and Ron Cantwell "Hoss" drives you home, and Tim Crews is squeezed in the middle from 9-2!!!
Monday, February 06, 2012
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Friday, February 03, 2012
It's time for a 101 Audio Vault instant classic...
Long/Short~ 101 is on facebook with both Ed and Bob, the morning dynamic duo on WNOX, this morning I got a bday wish from them on my FB page...I replied back that I was tuned in to their show, next thing I know I'm getting a birthday greeting on the 100000 watt blow torch of East Tennessee. PS~ I started working with Ed and Bob back in '76 on WIVK!
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