101 goes local for one day!

Jim Turner has been on the air in Orlando for 40 years...12 as afternoon and for the past 28 as morning personality! Where were you in '72?

WDBO is a very good sounding COX news talk station anchored each morning beginning with Turner...he has announced he is retiring soon.

They don't make 'em like that anymore!!! Kudos!

...a taste of MRB from the early WOKI FM 100 days (101 Audio Vault)~

Today we open the 101 InBox and read from Buster Sutton and Chris Campbell... 

"Some of my favorite engineering mentors are: Carl Lawson, Jack Rockwell and Murphy Brown at WTVK and Bob Engert and Lemuel Stephens at WNOX 990. From my teenage years: Lee Wyrick and John R. Blair. All but one are now deceased. To these I owe much!" (Buster Sutton)

"George, what happened to all of the jingle packages after the stations went bust? Like WNOX, WKGN, WRJZ, etc. Heard some of them back in 1982 reunion at the former Hyatt here in Knoxville.   Also, could somebody explain the clock system they had at WNOX in the 70's? I went on tour there in 1976, before any digital clocks - seemed like they were photography clocks - they had magnets to place on the clock where the hit points were." (Chris Campbell)

Twelve Knoxville media personalities, including eight from radio, performed stand-up comedy routines on Sunday night at Side Splitters Comedy Club's third annual Host with the Most Competition. Each performer earned $25 for the charity of their choice. The winner, as determined by audience vote, earned 90% of the ticket proceeds for their charity.

The winner was Frank Murphy of the Marc & Kim and Frank Show on Star 102.1 (WWST-FM), who earned over $2,000 for the Columbus Home Children's Emergency Shelter.

The contestants and their charities were:

Wayne Bledsoe from the Knoxville News Sentinel for the Florence Crittendon Agency

Scott Bohannon from 94.3fm The X WNFZ for Habitat for Humanity

Aaron Campbell from 900am WKXV for the American Diabetes Association

Erin Donovan from WBIR-TV Channel 10 for Big Brothers Big Sisters

Chris Durant from Knoxville Man Magazine for the Joy of Music School

Mike Howard from 100.3fm WNOX for St. Judes

Whitney Kent from WVLT-TV Channel 8 for Honor Air

Frank Murphy from Star 102.1fm WWST for Columbus Home Children's Emergency Shelter

Octavius from 103.5fm WIMZ for Wesley House Community Center

Oz from 94.3fm The X WNFZ for Special Olympics

Bruce Patrick from 106.1fm The River WJRV for the American Heart Association

Mitch Wheeler from 94.3fm The X WNFZ for Blount County Humane Society

Professional comedian Kristine Kinsey served as emcee for the event.

The two previous winners competed again this year. Mike Howard won in 2011. Mitch Wheeler won in 2010.

Photos of all 12 contestants are viewable at www.facebook.com/Cinnamon.Studios

Additional details can be found in Frank Murphy's blog post:

http://blog.frankmurphy.com/WordPress/2012/10/champion-for-a-cause/

Did you have a favorite engineer in Ktown? Milton Jones was a legend at WIVK and 101 heard from another of the greats...

"George: Read the story about me in yesterday's edition. I'm alive and well and still doing engineering! I'll turn 72 tomorrow, October 14! I live in Sweetwater and Tellico Plains, Tennessee. My email is EOSutton@aol.com. Phone is 865-805-4779. Love to read the blog! I recall something funny that happened to almost every name mentioned!! I love everyone in broadcasting, especially the DJs, who I always have to work around. Regards"...Ernest (Buster) Sutton

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Many in the broadcasting community knew Jeff Brock, the respected broadcast technical consult who did work for stations all over the nation. I thought your readers might want to know the sad news of his passing. Thanks~ (Johnny Pirkle) 

Dear Friends of Jefferson G. Brock: There will be a memorial service for Jeff Brock in Alpharetta, Georgia on Saturday, October 20. The family will receive visitors from 1-2pm with a service to follow at 2pm at Southcare Cremation and Funeral Society 2260 Old Milton Parkway Alpharetta, Georgia 30009. There will also be a service on St. Simons Island, Georgia on November 3. The location and date for this service will be announced at a later time. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that remembrances be sent to one of the following charities: The American Cancer Society or The Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia.

Knoxville Radio History is being made everyday...

Newstalk 98.7 has a new line up~

530-10 Hallerin Hilton Hill

10-12 Geraldo

12-3 Rush Limbaugh

3-7 Phil Williams

7-10 Sean Hannity

10-1 Mark Levin

1-5 Red Eye Radio

From the 101 InBox...

"Hello George...a nurse at work mentioned she saw my name on 'some radio site'. She wondered about me. I do the same myself, sometimes. We don't know each other, but I visited your blog site and was excited to find lots of familiar names and some voices. Oh, this is Carson Hutchison (King in the Morning). I had no idea anyone had any of the old radio stuff. How great it would be to hear some old air checks from those days. Do you know of anyone who has a collection? Some Eddy Roy and even some of myself! Seems a shame to have come from those days without even a phone-bit on tape. But that's the way it turned out. Hope to hear from you if you have the time. Thanks for your efforts" (Carson)

Happy Friday...from time to time we reload our juke box here at 101 and it's time for another classic story from 500 Mega Watts!

Enjoy today's 101 Reload~

"Normally I guess we never talk much about engineers. Never on the air and always involved in the technical. But……..I know a lot of people will remember Ernie “Buster” Sutton. He did the engineer thing at WTVK, WKGN, WOKI and no telling where else. He also taught at the Professional Academy of Broadcasting. His treatise on amplifiers, applefryers and rectumfryers was one the funniest things I have ever heard. I have no idea where Buster is today, but I feel certain many folks will have a good laugh recalling some of Busters many activities over the years."

"One night after I finished my air shift at W*** I went over to visit Terry. After a while – more like several hours Claude “The Cat” came in for his morning show. This was when he still ran his own board. Claude apparently noticed us before we saw him. While he was out in the hallway he did a voice of an old lady which scared the crap out of us both. It was a good laugh for us all but something about that voice stuck in my mind. I had heard Claude do Lester and Old Man Schultz but this female voice. It was much later that I learned (though a daughter of Claude’s), that he did the voice of Granny Loomis – of Country Sausage commercials. I often wonder if Claude’s talents were fully known by his loyal listeners."

WOKI FM 100 was one of the early voice track music stations, I recall the term was "automation" back in the day.

The original night DJ at WOKI was MRB (Mike Beverly), here's Mike on the 101 Audio Vault...

You can listen to Bob Thomas today on WNOX or you can dust off the old record player and enjoy a fun ride back to 1975 as Bob is in the 101 Audio Vault~