July 27th is the 25th anniversary of my first day at KCOW Radio. In the summer of 1998, with college behind me, I sent out cassette tape demos to several stations that had openings. One of them was KCOW. I had a telephone interview with General Manager Mike Garwood and Kevin Horn. They also talked … Continue reading Twenty-Five Years: Holy Crap!
Ah, Heritage Days. A week of great food, spectacular live entertainment, unique events for every interest, and great food. (I mentioned great food twice, I know. I stand by it.) Heritage Days is still fun for me every year, even the years when I find myself hosting things more than doing things. So I thought … Continue reading Heritage Days: 5 Likes From The Present and 5 From The Past
It’s time for another in our series looking at television broadcasts as they originally aired. This time, we’re featuring an episode of the classic sitcom “Bewitched” from January 5th, 1967. Here’s the video of the complete broadcast courtesy of The Museum of Classic Chicago Television. Below that will be screengrabs, trivia, and fun stuff like … Continue reading W/O/C: Bewitched “Sam In The Moon”
For over four years, I have been writing a variety of things for this website. Today, during our KCOW 4th of July music marathon, one of the sponsors was Wentyworld.com! I created two “commercials” for my humble little blog and they sound like this: Kudos to Herr Kroheim von Plugheim for helping me with these … Continue reading The Best (Or, If You Prefer, Least Worst) Of Wentyworld
A broadcaster who was well-loved by KCOW listeners for years has died. From Dateline Hollywood: Don Kennedy, star of the long-running WSB-TV children’s show “Officer Don and The Popeye Club,” has died at 93. Kennedy died from complications of dementia following a stroke in 2015, his daughter, Rebecca Maple, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Officer Don … Continue reading Remembering Don Kennedy
