Loren Owens teamed with Wally Brine for almost 40 years as the morning DJs on 105.7 WROR in Boston. 

Before that, Loren was Jefferson Kaye on WKGN 1340.

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Bob Catron...interesting that they tagged it "Great Day in the Morning". WIVK hired a PD whose husband was theater head at UT. Can't remember her name. Claude the Cat was back on the air doing mornings after Kenny Dearstone left. The new gal had us all (except Claude) taking speech classes in Bobby's basement office, and gave this same name to Claude's show "Great Day".

Bob Anderson aka Bandit...That was Mamie Harris, husband Al the theater head. She hired me after I left WKGN in '72 or '73. Even helped getting job with Opryland as radio/media director before I graduated from UT. I worked with Jefferson at WKGN in '71, total pro. Recall he went to Detroit then Denver. Operations Manager for entire stations group.

I asked Possum Riley what was the DJ line up when he arrived at WKGN..


I arrived at WKGN in August of 1969 to take the 9a-12p show. Sonny Knight was doing mornings, Don Smith was on noon-3, Skip Broussard handled 3-6p in addition to being the PD. Eddie Beacon was the night jock and Steve Remmel did overnights. Sonny's younger brother- who went by Kevin Young- did weekends. Allen Pressley was the morning newsman.

When Broussard left for WMPS Memphis in early 1970, he recommended Ted Ferguson out of Baton Rouge to replace himself in PM drive. I became PD and hired Ted. Skip later went from WMPS to WKNR (Keener) in Detroit. When Don left, I hired Loren Owens out of Terre Haute to do mornings, moving Sonny to middays. We named Loren "Jefferson Kaye". A couple of years later I hired him out of WKGN to do mornings for me on WEBR in Buffalo. Loren went on to have a great career- WGAR in Cleveland, KIMN in Denver and then to Boston. He retired earlier this year from WROR-FM. Another hire I was proud of was Jim Dearman from WATE, who did news for WKGN and then went to Mooney's WMAK in Nashville as a newsman and foil for the morning jock. That may have been Russ Spooner.

That little station was an absolute powerhouse of talent!

thanks for hangin'

Possum

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The 101 InBox...featuring Paul Randall Dickerson aka Possum Riley-

Hey George- As you might have heard by now, Loren Owens (Jefferson Kaye at WKGN) has signed off in Boston after 38 years. He and WROR ownership couldn't agree on a new contract and LO's last show was June 28th. His longtime co-host, Wally Brine, had retired about three years earlier. The Loren and Wally Show was a staple in the northeast, featuring a running series of skits called "Men from Maine" that are still out on YouTube.

Your friendly neighborhood marsupial~ Possum Riley

George- Saw the Ktown note on WKGN going disco in '78. Somebody at Mooney Broadcasting must have drunk some bad Kool Aid that year. WMAK in Nashville also succumbed to disco fever, rebranding as Majic 13. 1) Disco was beginning to wane by then, except for in clubs and 2) Disco fans wanted a big, stereo, thumping, danceable beat. Squeezing out Donna Summer (by then singing disco oldies) through a tiny, noisy AM signal was a lousy programming choice. WMAK, too, soon abandoned the format, selling the AM to a religious broadcaster who rebranded it (again) as "Nashville Quality Ministries"- WNQM. Ironically, the station, now doing a mix of English and Spanish talk, has managed to jack up its daytime power from 5kw to 50kw and its night signal from 1kw to 5kw. Like Grandma said when Mary Lou ran off with the Suggins boy, "There ain't no accountin' for taste."

Thanks for hangin' with the Possum

Do you go back to the "Boss Jock" days at WKGN 1340? 101 would love to hear from you! This is Jefferson Kaye, morning DJ at WKGN back in the 60's!

These days (and for decades) Loren Owens ie- his real name, has hosted The Loren and Wally Show on WROR in Boston!