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Sam Marshall Member From: Chandler, AZ USA |
posted 29 July 2000 08:11 AM
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KBOX, KBUC, WBAP, KOKE, WACO - I know these were stations in Texas that probably don't exist as such anymore.Any memories or other stations? There must be several hundred more. Sam in AZ |
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ajm Member From: Los Angeles |
posted 29 July 2000 10:00 AM
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KAAY-AM "Beaker Street" Little Rock, Arkansas Early to mid-70's I, like many other forumites I'm sure, got my musical start playing 6 string rock guitar. I discovered this program which ran late at night (11:00 PM or so to maybe 2:00 AM) and used to fall asleep while listening to it in bed at night. You could probably pick it up almost anywhere on the planet; I lived in Omaha at the time. While it was not country by any means, it was one of the things that when I look back on it now definetly "shaped" my musical tastes. I got my first tastes of ZZ Top's Rio Grande Mud and Tejas, as well as many other harder rock bands of that era. Of course, when I was younger still, I couldn't see a new album in the record rack by Buck Owens when I went with Mom to the local grocery store and leave without having her buy it for me either. But that's another story. |
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Steve B Member From: Garland Texas |
posted 29 July 2000 10:10 AM
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WBAP is still a staion out of DFW. They have some ok country music late at night, but it is to often interupted with trucker comercials. How about KKYX 680 AM out of San Antonio?? You can still hear that station all over South Texas, sometimes as far North as Waco, and easily as far East as Houston. |
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KENNY FORBESS Member From: peckerwood point, w. tn. |
posted 29 July 2000 10:36 AM
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How about KBUC in San Antonio, B Bailey is it still there? ------------------ |
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Sam Marshall Member From: Chandler, AZ USA |
posted 29 July 2000 10:50 AM
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Speaking of late night R'nR, there was a short lived show on KRLD that featured a dj that got KZEW started (last name of Dillon). He played a lot of BB King, Leon Russell, Nitzinger, and other cool stuff. That show really influenced my tastes in music. Sam in AZ [This message was edited by Sam Marshall on 29 July 2000 at 10:51 AM.] |
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Sam Marshall Member From: Chandler, AZ USA |
posted 29 July 2000 10:58 AM
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Didn't George Morgan get his start as a dj for KRLD? Willie worked at KFJZ, right? I think George Carlin did, too. Wasn't there KXOL out of Ft Worth? I remember a show called Shootin' Newton theater on KTVT-TV that had him on. I remember the Shooter was on KXOL. Last time I was back in TX, I heard a pretty good station out of Waxahachie. I also remember hearing good ones from Mineral Wells and Cleburne about 15 years ago. Sam in AZ |
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Mario Cuppetelli Member From: Alpena, MI |
posted 29 July 2000 11:48 AM
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The Waxahachie station has a great dj named Mike O'Daniel. A great guitar player he does some work for movies as well. His dad was Buck O'Daniel who still sings and plays there in Waxahachie. If you ever go through there you need to stop at Parih Music a great little store with a lot of country comin through. When we go to Waxa. for vacation I go down to the store and usually end up singin with Johnny the fiddle teacher. He was the TX state champ for many years. |
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Steve B Member From: Garland Texas |
posted 29 July 2000 09:55 PM
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When in Waxahachie, tune in to 1390 AM, or look at www.kbec.com . |
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Al Udeen Member From: maple grove mn usa |
posted 30 July 2000 12:01 PM
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I cant believe no one has mentioned XERF "Is that correct"? in Del Rio TX. with their transmitter in Mexico, I believe {Wolfman Jack}! got his start there? I think they had about 100 watts? Man! you could pick that station up anywhere! Al |
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Al Udeen Member From: maple grove mn usa |
posted 30 July 2000 12:06 PM
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Woops I meant 100Thousand Watts |
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willie waits Member From: Hockley, Texas USA |
posted 30 July 2000 04:45 PM
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KILT 100.6 in Houston has a pretty good format. They play old country every night for an hour or two and then two or three hours of Texas music. Lots of steel in these shows. KIKK has gone young country. |
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Mark Herrick Member From: Los Angeles, CA |
posted 30 July 2000 08:45 PM
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I remember KBUC and KKYX in San Antonio; KIKK in Houston; and KOKE-FM (Cosmic Country) in Austin in the '70s. Not to mention all the lower powered transmitters that you could pick up when driving anywhere in between the larger metropolitan areas of Texas. |
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Ray Jenkins Member From: Gold Canyon Az. Pinal U.S.A. |
posted 31 July 2000 06:37 AM
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KHEY,in ElPaso-XELO Del Rio where for the first 50 callers you get a genuine imitation diamond ring for your girlfriend and an 8x10 autographed glossy photo of Roy Acuff suitable for frameing.Alos KIKK was mentioned Is that sataion in Pasadena Texas,my hometown?Ray |
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Randall Harrington Member From: Waxahachie,Texas USA |
posted 31 July 2000 08:44 PM
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a real good station that you can only seem to get in a line from FT WORTH TO MIDLOTHIAN west is 92.1 they run under several different call letters they broadcast from FT WORTH in the mornings and Cleburne tx. the rest of the day. The best program is from 8:00pm to midnight with Morgan Choate |
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Randall Harrington Member From: Waxahachie,Texas USA |
posted 31 July 2000 08:49 PM
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hey Mario I boxed your ShoBud, well I guess our sho bud up today. I got my new Emmons,Gary Carpenter got my other Emmons.Call me I've got a good story to tell you. |
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Steve B Member From: Garland Texas |
posted 31 July 2000 11:32 PM
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On 92.1 KTFW, Mike Crow's morning show is worth getting up early for. |
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Jack Shults Member From: Fort Worth, TX U.S.A. |
posted 01 August 2000 08:57 PM
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Ron Peterson has a great traditional country show on 92.1 from midnight until 5:30am. |
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Sam Marshall Member From: Chandler, AZ USA |
posted 02 August 2000 02:16 PM
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Anyone got any memories from Shreveport-Texarkana, Tyler, Sweetwater (Lefty Frissel), Hondo, etc. Sam in AZ |
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gene brown Member From: Bowie, Texas Montague |
posted 02 August 2000 08:00 PM
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How about K.P.C.N. Grand Praire. Groovy Joe Poovey 1961. |
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Sam Marshall Member From: Chandler, AZ USA |
posted 02 August 2000 08:50 PM
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Funny that you should mention Groovey Joe Poovey. My sister used to live next to his parents in Dallas. They got very ill and somehow my sister's family ended up with their dog. My sister and her family call it "Poovey-Dog." A real nice dog! My sister told me that Groovey Joe died about a year or so ago. I saw him mentioned recently in "No Depression." Sam in AZ [This message was edited by Sam Marshall on 02 August 2000 at 08:51 PM.] |
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Neil Hilton Member From: Lexington, Kentucky |
posted 03 August 2000 11:11 AM
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KDKH-AM "Shreveport here, Shreveport there, Shreveport everywhere!" |
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David Weaver Member From: Aurora, CO USA |
posted 03 August 2000 02:42 PM
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I can't tell you the call letters but I remember getting Wolfman Jack out of Del Rio in the evenings in Wichita Kansas. Must have been around 1952 or so. Everything happened on the radio then. Big John and Sparky, Froggy and his magic twanger, Lone Ranger, the Shadow,the Breakfast Club, Arther Godfrey ("The big sack with the 4 x's") They even read the funnies out of the newspaper on Sunday. The Opry was on. The Duke of Paducah. Every weekday noon the local farm report would be given by Bruce Beheimer on our local station. He'd ring a cowbell and start in. I went to the studio as a kid, and they actually had his program in a small auditorium. I was surprised that there wasn't thousands there. He was Bruce Beheimer...on the radio! [This message was edited by David Weaver on 03 August 2000 at 02:44 PM.] |
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Jerry Hayes Member From: Virginia Beach, Va. |
posted 04 August 2000 09:28 PM
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Hey Al, I remember XERF Del Rio, Texas very well. When I was a kid in Southern California we could get it loud and clear. They used to sell baby chicks and all kinds of stuff and wasn't Wayne Raney and Lonnie Glauson on there playing and selling those "Hound Dog" talking harmonicas? ------------------ [This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 04 August 2000 at 09:29 PM.] |
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dneeley unregistered |
posted 05 August 2000 05:14 AM
Sam we use to do live radio shows in the late 40' At KGKB. & KTBB in Tyler, Texas with Al Petty an Bobby Garrett. Dean Neeley [This message was edited by dneeley on 05 August 2000 at 05:15 AM.] |
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Dean Dobbins Member From: Rome, Ilinois, U.S.A. |
posted 05 August 2000 09:22 AM
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Al Udeen: You are right, it was "XERF, Del Rio, Texas, With transmitter at the base of beautiful Saddle Back Mountain, in Guadalajuna (spelling)?, Mexico". There was also another station, I think was in Del Rio, with transmitters in Mexico, with the call letters "XEG". I believe they were both 100,000 watt-ers. Remember the night we jammed in my room at the then Clarion Hotel, had people lined up half-way around the hall, and damned near got thrown out of the Hotel? See you in St. Louis this year? ------------------ |
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patrick price unregistered |
posted 05 August 2000 11:43 PM
HI ALL...HEY HOW ABOUT OLD K.D.A.V. IN AMARILLO AND PAPPY DAVE STONE (PINKSTON) HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING FOR HIM HERE IN COLO SPGS FOR K.P.I.K. HEARD HE MIGHT BE UP FOR SOME AWARD FROM THE ASSOCIATION? ANY WORD ON THAT?????? |
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Dean Brown Member From: Grand Prairie, Tx. |
posted 07 August 2000 05:27 AM
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I really miss KSCS in the DFW area. Oh it still broadcasts, but it ain't COUNTRY. Back acound 1960 or so KBOX (1480am) switched from Rock & Roll to country. Boy was I mad. I shoud have appreciated it when it was around. |
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Skip T Member From: Lubbock , Tx. U S A |
posted 08 August 2000 08:21 AM
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Patrick , KDAV was in Lubbock. (never knew of it being in Amarillo too) Two yrs ago KDAV went back on the air here in Lubbock but now it is a 24 hr "oldie R&R station (50's & 60"s) www.KDAV.com We still have KLLL but just to mention back in the late 50's we had a DJ by the name of Waylon Jennings - - anybody know him?  |
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Al Udeen Member From: maple grove mn usa |
posted 08 August 2000 04:25 PM
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Dean Dobbins! I believe the town in Mexico was called, Veacunia?sp. I remember a Razor blade ad by the "Blade Man"! Damn, Were too old! Sorry I wont make St. Louie this time >Have we met? ,. Al Udeen |
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Herb Steiner Member From: Cedar Valley, Travis County TX |
posted 08 August 2000 04:43 PM
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Al U: You got it close. The town is "Villa Acuna" but it's pronounced "Vee-A-Coon-Ya" Also XERF had a sister station that had Wolfman Jack in the 1960's, " radio XERB, cincuenta mil (50,000) watts de potencia, en Chooooola Veesta (Chula Vista Trivia time: Who out there knows Wolfman Jack's real name? ------------------ |
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patrick price unregistered |
posted 08 August 2000 10:02 PM
SORRY SKIP...YOUR ARE CORRECT..WHERE I GOT AMARILLO I WILL NEVER KNOW, BASIC CRS DISEASE THAT COMES WITH THE AGE...HA HA...ANYWAY, THANKS FOR THE CORRECTION, AND SORRY FOR THE ERROR....PAT |
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Sam Marshall Member From: Chandler, AZ USA |
posted 09 August 2000 06:12 PM
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I remember a station in Waco back in 1964-5 (when I attended 2nd grade there) called KBGO. They played a song that went "K-B-G-O, the big go in Waco." Its funny how you don't forget some useless trivia! They played RnR like the Beatles and Righteous Bros. Sam in AZ |
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Ray Jenkins Member From: Gold Canyon Az. Pinal U.S.A. |
posted 10 August 2000 12:08 PM
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Hey Sam,was the old County Line Bar beteween Waco and Hubbard still open then? Also the old Coconut Grove,where Willie started in the 50's.I'm sure you frequented them both while in the second grade huh.Probally where you learned to play steel.  Ray |
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Sam Marshall Member From: Chandler, AZ USA |
posted 12 August 2000 04:29 PM
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Unfortunately, I was oblivious to those places when I was in 2nd grade. Moved to FLA after Waco and then to DFW. Dad followed the space program contracts around. Sam in AZ |
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Dean Dobbins Member From: Rome, Ilinois, U.S.A. |
posted 13 August 2000 10:57 AM
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Al Udeen: Yes, we have met. The incident I was referring to, was when the Regal Riverfront was the Clarion Hotel. It was after the show was over, and we were in my room, you were playing Steel, and I was playing flattop and singing,(using the term loosley), the roo9m was full of people, the smoke was so thick you could cut it with a knife, people were lined up out in the hall, half-way around the atrium,and had propped the door open, The Night Manager had come around for the third time, before we finally got it through our thick heads, that he meant business, so we finally shut down around 2:30 or 3:00 A.M. Sorry you can't make it this year. Maybe next. ------------------ |
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Al Udeen Member From: maple grove mn usa |
posted 14 August 2000 10:59 AM
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Dean Dobbins! Hello Dino! I sure do remember pickin with you! I just couldn't quite place your name! Sorry! "Yes maybe next year"! I do remember you allways had a mug in your hand & I dont believe it was empty! Your Friend For Sure.....Al |
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