I heard WBAP would not let him take his handle of "the Midnight Cowboy" or "the Midnight Trucker." I can't remember what it was exactly.

My dad used to stay up listening to Bill Mack when he had insomnia.

Sam

[This message was edited by Sam Marshall on 27 May 2001 at 08:50 AM.]

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1985 Emmons push-pull, Session 500, Nashville400, 65 re-issue Fender Twin, Fender Tele

Actually, I had a crystal set that I used to run through a Sherwood amp...sounded great to me! AM was more limited by the gear than it was by the freq. (bandwidth).

P.S. Paul, that record you were talking about (where they sent the singer's voice to England) might have been a song called "The Big Hurt", by Toni Fisher.

[This message was edited by Donny Hinson on 27 May 2001 at 05:25 PM.]

I'd hate to say how many postcards I sent in those days requesting Jerry Byrd songs but it was a lot. I was stationed at McChord AFB and Paine Field in the West of
Washington and Larsen AFB and Othello AFS in the East before they sent me to the ROK. I lost track of all my personal things when I went overseas and all the letters and all the issues of Echoes from Millie went to I know not where. Big loss there becasue I treasured all of it. But Jerry was my Hero and I'd do it again today !!

Thanks for the Memories ! BTW I saw Bob Hope in Wash and I see today that he has reached 98. Happy Birthday Bob ! Us old GIs still remember when you were there for us !

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One of the pioneers in country music radio has passed on, and once again we lose another piece of history. The following comments are from Bill Mack.
PAUL KALLINGER "YOUR GOOD NEIGHBOR ALONG THE WAY - FROM DEL RIO, TEXAS..!!"

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Posted by BILL MACK on May 31, 2001 Paul Kallinger
(“Your Good Neighbor Along The Way … From Del Rio, Texas!”)

When I received the news a few minutes ago that Paul Kallinger had passed away last night (Wednesday, May 30th), it immediately came to mind that I had lost a combination of both, friend and hero.
Oh, so many nights I dialed in XERF, Del Rio, Texas during the time I was dreaming I could make it in radio some day. And I hoped I might make it close to being another Paul Kallinger, realizing I could never be as great as the man himself.
I didn’t dial in the giant Mexican border radio station to hear the country music, although I enjoyed listening to the numerous Hanks (Williams, Snow and Thompson). Most of my enjoyment was in hearing the deep voice of Paul as he shouted out the good news about how you could order baby chicks by mail or garden seeds that were “guaranteed to produce the healthiest vegetables and rose bushes to be found on the planet earth!”
Everything ordered was shipped by mail. Nothing advertised on XERF and exploited via the magic voice of Paul Kallinger was available on the shelves at your favorite store. But everything was “guaranteed” to be the best that money could buy … and the cost was always so “very, very little!”
One rumor that circulated heavily stated Paul also shouted the news over 200,000 watts that you could order “autographed pictures of Jesus Christ for only one-dollar each!”
This was, indeed, a rumor. Paul laughed and said, “We had some preachers on XERF that came close to making similar claims, but I never sold autographed pictures of Jesus.”
Paul had been sidelined with health problems for the past several years but was still hoping to get back into radio. He told me he would like to hook up with me on-the-air when he got to feeling better. “Wouldn’t we make a team?” He laughed.
Paul visited my radio show many times, always making me feel a bit inferior when I heard his blessed tones in action behind the microphone.
It was only a few weeks ago that he telephoned me after hearing I was working on my book for Rutledge-Hill. He informed me that he wanted to put his memoirs into print.
Had a publication on the radio life of Paul Kallinger been completed, it would have been a best-selling work of art. It would also have served as a guidebook for the country disk jockeys of tomorrow.
-Bill Mack

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Maybe just saying it would do as well !!

So as Johnny Cox once said to Curly Chalker:

This ones for you Paul !! Thanks for all you have done for all of us !! We can't forget...