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Post by crutnacker on Sept 21, 2009 6:14:43 GMT -5
I remember when I was in grade school (graduated in 1989) the message from the school was always "listen to WHAS for school closings". It seems as though for a generation or more of us, we have fond memories of waking up and turning on WHAS for that information. I would imagine that this also planted the seed in our head that WHAS was where you turned when you needed news, weather, traffic, and other information.
I think of that when I'm stuck in traffic and I reflexively turn on WHAS only to reflexively cuss at the fact that what used to be informative traffic reports have been replaced by some guy reading a list pulled from a tip line and/or police reports. No information about alternate routes or even which lane is blocked. And the arrangement of the information and speed with which it is read almost guarantees you will have to wait 10 minutes for it to be read again.
And forget it if something important happens during Rush Limbaugh. Can't interrupt 3 hours of disinformation to actually provide you news.
The few hours of local programming left are mostly a tough listen anymore. The morning show seems to kill formerly likable people like Tony Cruise and John Sokoler. I'm not a huge fan of Francene, Terry Meiners is still doing the same material he did 20 years ago, and Lachlan McLean's tone and demeanor during his show make him sound less like a sports fan and more like the guy you move away from at the sports bar.
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Post by crutnacker on Sept 21, 2009 5:54:09 GMT -5
I have e-mailed this sentiment several times to Kelly Carls. Kelly, I believe, is a man who wants to keep his paycheck and who probably has as much influence on what happens at WHAS as you and I do.
Clear Channel's mission around the country is to buy up beloved local institutions and remove every reason people loved them. I find it amusing that they point to the Internet, Sat Radio, and iPods as reasons why their listenership is down. Nobody considers that they, like Newspapers, have completely lost their local flavor.
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Post by crutnacker on Sept 21, 2009 5:50:34 GMT -5
I can't find the exact date Terry left, but it appears that the article about the two under the WQMF page was published the same year that Terry left. Does anyone know for sure? I've always wondered about those two and what their real relationship was and how it ended up when Ron died several years later.
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Post by crutnacker on Sept 21, 2009 5:48:00 GMT -5
I was reading the articles here about Ron Clay and was reminded of a story my father told me when Ron died. I was out of state at college at the time and my dad was describing a show his dad did in his honor of his son. My dad mentioned him playing a song that he didn't know the name of (and I identified as "The End" by the Beatles) and said it was a pretty moving show.
Just wondering if anyone heard that show and can describe it or perhaps has audio of it.
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Post by crutnacker on Sept 21, 2009 5:45:21 GMT -5
I used to wait tables at Garrett's and John was a fixture at the bar there for awhile. He loved a colorful suit.
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