Friday, September 21, 2007

WKRP Opening



All of you in radio can relate to the "town to town, up and down the dial" part of the opening jingle.

American TV is running the series on cable. Check your local listings for time and channel.

In an episode they recently aired, Johnny Fever accepted a job offer in Los Angeles. What transpired made a two parter.

At KAAY almost everyone got job offers from larger markets. I remember a call from Charlie Murdock, WQAM Miami. It was flattering, but I wasn't interested in leaving Arkansas, and I was having too much fun at KAAY. In those days, if anyone saw you making an aircheck, it was almost a sure sign you were looking or someone had asked for an aircheck. The only exception was Barry Wood a/k/a Mike McCormick. Barry was in the Air Force and worked for us part time. He later went full time after he got out of the Air Force. Barry rolled a tape everyday. He was always working on his show to improve.

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