DAVE: Greetings, Wentyworld Readers! Dangerous Dave here! Occasional blog supporting character and Golden Girls Radio Network co-founder with Dr. J. DOC: And I’m Dr, J…also a cofounder. Writer, actor, and such. DAVE: 2024 marks the 20th Anniversary of the founding of our little nickel and dime internet radio frolics! Where does the time go?! DOC: … Continue reading The GGR Networks Story: Chapter One
In July of 1998 my Dad and I traveled to Alliance Nebraska, where I would be starting a new job at KCOW. As we approached the city, I heard KCOW for the first time. And the first voice I heard was that of Mike Glesinger. I’ve worked with Gles for 25 years. He’s a coworker, … Continue reading Glesless
In 1998, when I was applying for the position of FM Programming Coordinator at KCOW/Double Q Country, I wrote in my application letter that I could write a 30-second commercial in 30 seconds. This falls under the category of youthful hubris, and/or “Don’t let your mouth write checks your butt can’t cash.” But the truth … Continue reading Twelve Commercials?!!?
That title could refer to so very many things. But it refers to Christmas. Yet again, I am preparing for the ol’ K-Cow going all-Christmas music much, much earlier than I personally would like. This year Reindeer Radio takes over November 13th. And I have come to peace with it. This is something like the … Continue reading It’s Too Damn Early!
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!
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
In the summer of 2009, I interviewed Davy Jones of The Monkees–an interview I have shared and re-shared on this blog. But that summer also found me hopping on the long distance phone lines to chat with Ron Dante. Ron Dante provided the singing voice of Archie. Known in the pages of “Life With Archie”, … Continue reading My Interview Interview With the Guy Who Sang “Sugar Sugar”
You know what the nice thing is about having a blog? It’s there to scratch your itch, as far as writing goes. You can write about whatever you want, for as long as you want. I, for example, decided to do detailed write-ups of every multi-part episode of “Happy Days.” Was anybody asking for that? … Continue reading Three Love Letters To Jack Benny
I love Christmas, the whole Christmas season. In fact, I love it a little bit too much where home decorating is concerned. I have a wonderful stereo system with turntable, CD, and FM radio. It’s got the Victrola brand name which I like, even though I know whoever’s making these things is 42 degrees from … Continue reading “Take Tea and See”: Freberg for Salada
Over the years, KCOW’s basement tenant Bob S. Bestos and I have cooked up a lot of radio nonsense. For the last several years our major annual project has been the Halloween special…but in 2015 we created “The Bestos Christmas Yet”, a holiday special which aired on KCOW. I figured Bob was worthy of the … Continue reading The Bestos Christmas Yet
