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Happy HOWL O WEEEEEEEENER!











IT IS HERE!! TIME TO BE SCARED!

WANTA GO GHOST HUNTING?

In KNOXVILLE here be

a few PLACES to check OUT!

Any places listed in the Haunted Places requires permission to visit or investigate. Many of the places are patrolled by the authorities, trespassers will be prosecuted.



Knoxville - Baker Peters Jazz Club - Baker Peters Jazz Club is a known haunted site in Knoxville. Now a trendy & expensive Jazz bar, it was once a Civil War era residence. The baseline of the story goes that the house was built by a Dr. James Harvey Baker. Dr. Baker's allegiances in the war are disputed; some have him on the side of the Confederates, others have him as neutral. Either way, he did have at least one son that we know of named Abner who fought staunchly for the Confederates (other versions have Dr. Baker with TWO sons on opposing sides of the war). During an invasion by the Union army in 1864, Dr. Baker was treating wounded Confederates in his home when the Union army arrived and demanded the surrender of the men in the house. Dr. Baker refused and barricaded himself and in his bedroom. The Yankees invaded the house, raced upstairs and shot him through the door. Upon returning home, 22 yr old Abner vowed revenge on the person who informed the Yankees that his father harbored Confederates. He did kill the informer, a postmaster, but was later killed by the informer's friends in a return act of revenge. Legend has it that Abner has refused to leave the house that he and his family fought so hard to retain. The house went through several changes of hands before becoming a jazz bar, which was likely very disrupting to whatever spirits are there. Baker Peters claims to have a framed photo of what looks like Abner's ghostly reflection posted somewhere in the restaurant. Other accounts report employees experiencing chills, hearing whispering, objects moving or being thrown from shelves and breaking, and even (in the early days) discovering a hanging candelabra in a dining room with the candle holders twisted downward.

Knoxville - Bijou Theater - Rumors has it that this theater located in the middle of the city is haunted by a man. The theater was once some kind of army hospital way back when. It gained publicity by local radio station...Voices and even sightings have been heard there.

Knoxville - Halls High School - It is said that in the late 1970's a young girl was having a fight with her boyfriend at the top of the stairs by the office when he pushed her and she fell to the bottom of the stairs. He left her to bleed to death. When the boyfriend got nervous, he went back to where he had left her and she wasn't there. No one knew where the girl had went and he told no one of what he had done. She was filed under "missing persons" and no one ever found her. One year later on the day of her murder, the boyfriend was on his way home from a party when he was stabbed and killed and left for dead. No weapon was ever recovered nor was anyone ever convicted. It is said that is was his high school girlfriend that came back from the dead to avenge her murder. Supposedly, many strange things happened in that stairwell that caused the school board to close it up. The doors are locked and it now leads to nowhere cause it has been built up at the top. There are many boxes of storage in there and no student is to be allowed in there at anytime. At night it has been reported that janitors can hear arguing, and sometimes you may even hear something falling down them.

Knoxville - HillCrest-North Nursing Home - Building "B" - was built in 1951,the oldest wing of the Nursing Home was originally used as a T.B. Hospital and years later turned into a Nursing Home. The building is of the Art-Deco style and has six floors and a basement. Many who have worked here, have seen ghosts. The ghosts have been of dead people who have worked there years ago, such as Nurses and Maintenance Men who still feel compassionate towards the building and residents. Hillcrest is known for it's caring staff. Living and Deceased.

Knoxville - Lakeshore Asylum - The original structure burned down in the 1920's, but the gutted ruins remain. People have reported hearing the screams of patients being beaten and shackles being thrown around.

Knoxville - Lennox Place - Lennox subdivision - Not many of the neighbors want to talk about it but some do. The whole Lennox subdivision has experienced ghosts. It is not a house but many houses that see the same ghosts. A man with white hair, in a long nightgown. A young girl with long blonde hair. They are mischievous mostly and not mean. They like to open people's garage doors in the middle of the night. Rattle dishes. Unlock doors during daytime when the owners are away so that they come home and their house is wide open.

Knoxville - Old Grey Cemetery - Supposedly haunted by a black shape. Mainly seen late at night moving through the tombstones.

Knoxville - University of Tennessee campus - Strong Hall - The Women's Residence Hall, Strong, is said to be haunted by the ghost of one of the first female students to attend the school. It is said that she appears in the lobby mirror every year on her birthday. Students have reported strange noises at night, and Sophie, the ghost, is said to take a dislike of sexual indiscretions.December 2003 Addition: "Sophie"... One of the most popular rumors is that the 4th floor Resident Asst's room is considered to be "Sophie's" room and that anyone assigned to that room is teasingly/affectionately nicknamed "Sophie's Roommate". Some have even gone so far as to say that no one RA has lasted more than a year in that room. While Sophie is generally depicted as a benevolent spirit who wants to ensure that the women of Strong uphold their moral decency, many younger students are afraid of her still.







My favorite “media” memories of Halloween were writing stories about what the local radio mob was doing to scare up some ratings. Two of my favorites were when the original Mark and Kim of Star spent the evening in the basement of
Baker Peters on that special night. Kim could tell you stories! The other was the time Mike Hammond and the WIVK kids spent Halloween night ghost hunting in the Bijou.



Real media haunts include the old WIVK building on Kingston Pike (Old timers can tell you some “basement” stories that will curl your hair)..and the mansion on Broadway where WATE has their studios and offices. That joint’s owner was stone cold dead for five days in the manse before anyone found him and folks have said they can still smell him cooking breakfast upstairs!

The current SCARY story in radio has to be the reports that the morning guy on WWST flew into a rant about his competition on the FROG and reportedly said they (the WIVK morning show) were doing 80s radio? Bless his heart if that means they are doing news, bits, taking calls on the air, giving stuff away and playing the hits then he might wanta give it a try! From the numbers it sure looks like more than a few listeners “prefer” 80s radio over long protracted rants he allegedly engages in!


WIVK-FM Citadel Country 25.2 23.5 20.6 21.1 19.6


WWST-FM Journal CHR/Top 40 7.1 8.1 7.7 7.1 7.2

As always your comments are welcome and remember if you are going to roll a yard or soap a window please go with biodegradable products! Al Gore would so appreciate it!

Here are the latest comments…ADD YOURS NOW






Anyone hear the rant from Marc on STAR about how bad the WIVK morning show was?

He was out of the box in insults and even Kim was still!

Who is this guy and why would he go off on a show that has 2.9X the listeners as his?
Friday, October 26, 2007 6:21:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Radio is dead because it has no
idea how to get people to listen!

Music is so not the answer because MUSIC is found around every
corner!

How about some FUN?
Could work?
Friday, October 26, 2007 6:23:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Yeah...heard that rant about ivk the other morning..he always does that...why in the world would you even bring up that station...but he is always bashing them...would be different if their show was kicking their ass...but thats not the case...Kim and Frank were kinda speechless...letting the dude rant...but of course, he always seems to think he's better and smarter than everyone else anyway,so there ya go..
Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:47:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

I think Hal Hill beat Marc and Kim 12+ this time for goodness sakes!
Sunday, October 28, 2007 7:59:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...

guess he figures if he gives them down the road,it might make a few more listeners turn their way...but that station is always smashed by ivk....they should say were Number 1 ...right after the toad station...they would be correct it most all books...wonder if he knows how much of a cry baby that makes him sound...feel sorry for the other 2 having to hear that crap all the time...
Sunday, October 28, 2007 8:32:00 AM EST

Anonymous said...

Kim and Frank are class acts, but that Mark Anthony dude is a bald, jealous, big piece of crap who would likely not do well in a market bigger than Knoxville. Maybe he is jealous because WIVK, a station double the size of his, would NEVER hire him. Whoopdie-do, you work at Star 102.1, who gives a crap!

That station is not established and has sucked since the end of the old U-102 days. Mark is NOT a reflection of the local market and should leave. At least Kim has been in Knoxville radio for years and Frank is polite enough to adapt; heck Frank has worked at all three of the big radio groups in Knoxville over the past five years, and has still seen fit to stay.

I think it's funny how WIVK now has a part time jock named Mark Anthony as well!
Sunday, October 28, 2007 6:45:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Is the guy on the pop station Marc or Mark? Was there a Mark before this Mark?

I do remember Frank when he was on with Phil at WIMZ and we really enjoyed hearing him when we drove the kids to school, he was really funny and added class to the show.

Why don't they use him more? I agree that Mark or Marc adds very little to the show and most mornings sounds like he has a chip on his shoulder!
Monday, October 29, 2007 8:56:00 AM EST

Post a Comment

KIDS

remember last week when the MEGA paper ran those
radio ratings? LOL
here be the REAL ONES!

No let me talk to you like
a brother IN law!

I think WIVK is trying to
get folks who pay THAT DAMN MUCH
for a SPOT... to think like it is 1999!
No really...the world of local radio is
shrinking faster than a T shirt bought
at Wally World! I so believe they
(WIVK) are twisting and turning
in the ratings wind right now
cause the playing field has been
so BLOWN up! That said,
you do what you want and you believe what you
want but the next time the big paper runs
RATINGS..Please hang around for this tired ass
blog and let us link YOU to the truth!

I just got this:


Keep Michael Grider of WNOX and his brother in your thoughts and prayers. Jonathan Grider was stabbed in Oak Ridge...including having his throat slashed...and is now at UT Med Ctr.

Michael has had to go from reporter to now being a spokesman for the family. I can only imagine the stress he is experiencing.

Jay Kersting,


Good WEDNESDAY morning!


The HISTORIC KNOXVILLE RADIO site has a really cool old poster of the line up from the long dead WETE!
The station was the AM radio side of WATE
television and evolved into WRJZ in 1976.
The CEO of the blog managed to get a job
doing afternoons there after a guy
let it slip that there was an opening
and said “guy” was going to apply.
Both the Boss and this guy were
working at WKGN and not knowing that
the Boss was a veteran of many
radio back stabbings
he shared the super secret
info of an opening at WETE with him.
Quickly the Boss exited the control room
found a phone and called the WETE Program Director.
Being familiar with his
snappy wit, fine deep voice, the Boss's $110.00 a week salary
Don Patrick (WETE PD) hired the Boss
on the phone for a knee rattling salary of $145.00 a WEEK!

Moving from WKGN to WETE
was like going from the penthouse to the outhouse.
The Famous 1340 was
slick, played hit tunes, and was a jumping off
place for announcers to move to bigger markets.
WETE was an eclectic group
of really great announcers
coupled with a sales/management staff that made Herb Tarlek look like a genius.
All in all WETE was great fun
and as is said so often in radio
the inmates truly did run the institution!




NEW...the L I N K S are now in white. The staff said it was much
easier to find them with the new color format.


For some odd reason the BIG PAPER ran a look
at the radio ratings over the weekend.
Friends if you want to see CURRENT ratings
and find out just where all the dawgs are
running in the race just click right
HERE! Yep, the numbers the BIG PAPER
ran were correct but again if you want
CURRENT numbers..as in what is going
on RIGHT NOW in local radio tap
that new WHITE link!



IMUS is back according to Drudge
be sure to check their site today
for more details. Right now they
are saying he will be starting December
3rd.

I just hope he returns spitting nails and
fire at those who slithered around in the
dark to get him canned. I also hope he remembers
his last day on the air and how H. FORD Jr.
ran under the rug on him! GO DON..WELCOME
BACK!



AL GORE WINS THE BIGGGUN!




Vote early and often on
the question about Al Gore
winning a prize for
PEACE by boring us with
a movie on his thoughts
on the environment!

As we all have been told
by Al he is very big on
going GREEN and because
we believe in equal time
we found a great inside
link outlining some of his
biggest ideas on
how to give MOTHER EARTH A BIG WET KISS.
Please check it out
before you vote!

Also before you vote
on Al Gore's big win you
might want to take a look at
what SCIENTISTS are saying about
global warming and Albert's
point of view!



More to come as it happens...be sure to check
Drudge for the newest details on the long
awaited return of DON IMUS!

And as always after
you vote feel free to
drop in your comments!

FLASH!!!!!!BREAKING WIND...BREAKING NEWS...
BREAKING WIND!


NBC Universal is dropping the curtain on "beautiful downtown Burbank."


THEY ARE COMING OUT OF THE
WOODWORK TO KEEP DON FROM WORKING?
WHO ARE THESE "GROUPS" WHO
WANT TO TAKE AWAY A MAN'S RIGHT
TO WORK IN THIS COUNTRY?


Don Imus wants back on the radio
and so do the millions who miss
the man.

This afternoon an
obscure group called the
The National Association of
Black Journalists...show of
hands of ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYONE
IN THIS GROUP?? Yea me either..anyway
THEY are trying to STOP this
man from earning a living in
the United States Of America!


I hope those suits trying to
hire DON give these NAOBJ folks
a GIANT MIDDLE FINGER!


Dang it Don fight these guys
and get back on the air!


Commissioner Scott Moore
calls meeting to discuss
possibility of special election!
OH YEA YOU KIDS IN KVLE
REALLY DO NEED TO ELECT
MORE OF THE SAME AND FAST!




GREAT WIN!!!!


SPORTS RADIO CALLERS ARE
IN A QUANDARY..GAY STREET QUARTER BACKS
CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO
CONTINUE THEIR HATE FOR
PHIL!

Restful weekend after the fine
win. It is easy to hate Florida
but Georgia is another matter. Their
school is located in a really
good little burg and I have never
visited their campus on game
day in orange without having
a very cute GA sorority
girl give me a quality cussing!
A drunk blond gal stumbling out of
antebellum home with fire in her
eyes is as southern as a visit
to The Varsity!


Enjoyed some fellowship with
a retired Sentinel (local paper in
Knoxville, TN)writer this weekend and
he ask what I thought of the trial
outcome.

Humbled that he would
ask I tried to form my thoughts
for a succinct and clear answer.
The best I could come up with was,
"I loved it!" I added that the
paper was the ONLY media outlet
with the resources and the hanger
downs to take on the folks what run
local government. I also said
the fun part now was to see how
the shadow players are coming out
to both endorse the ruling and
try to take credit for it!
Knoxville is just great fun to
watch from a safe distance. The
big question now is when will the
SIXTY MINUTES crew be landing at
TYS?


Have you tried this
blog yet?

What makes it a beautiful thing
is the gate keeper has
opened the door to all
former radio kids and their
cloudy memories of the way
it was. Take it from one
who ran with that pack, there
is NOTHING they love more
than to talk about..themselves!
If you are
local be SURE to drop in
and slide back to the days
when the radio was actually
something you wanted to
listen to!


As always vote early and
often in our poll...post
about anything and check back
for cracking news!!!!!!

IF GA BEATS UT THIS AFTERNOON
WHO CARES!

PEARL AND THE BOYS ARE
TUNING UP!!!

GO VOLS





















NEWS BREAKING LIKE THE WIND!


AS OF NOON TODAY (FRIDAY OCT 5) KNOXVILLE
HAS NO SHERIFF AND TWELVE HOLES
IN THEIR HALF CIRCLE OF RULERS!

AL AND JESSIE ARE SILENT







AS THE DUKE PLAYERS BEGIN
TO LAW THE HECK OUT OF
THE CITY AND THE DA!





WHAT A WONDERFUL WEEK WE JUST HAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FOUR of the stories that made us go,
DANG were:

1.. THE DAN FARKUS!!! Friends in all fairness I think this guy is
doing OK. Before you jump on him too hard check out his pedigree!


2.. THE RUSH LIMBAUGH! Lord help I had
NO idea when the "STAFF" said in the
afternoon meeting we needed
to talk about RUSH LIMBAUGH the
pure HATE and rage it would generate!
I was so AGAINST talking about the guy!
Heck everyone knows just the mention
of the man's name makes the far
far left grow fangs and pool
massive amounts of spittle!
I was told my vote didn't count
because I was crippled by age. We
ran the story and boy did the rats
come out of their HOLES!!!!!
You commented and commented and
KEPT COMMENTING! As always
here is RUSH'S SIDE.







3..THE DON IMUS! Kids how
cool or NOT COOL would it be
to have this wonderful old curmudgeon
on the air right here in KNOXPATCH!
You naturally had thoughts on the
return of the Don and they were
as always WONDERFUL!

4..WATE FIRED BY FOX!
Brothers and sisters we
SAID it was just a rumor but
certain posters took it
to heart and embraced it
as FACT! Staff wants you
to know the story is still
in the rumor box until
the WATE MOLE says
the deal is done!


As aways..YOU the POSTER
made the blog a heck of a read last week!

THANK YOU and if you would like to continue to
post this weekend...fire at WILL!



The great POSTS from last week!!!!


Wednesday, October 3, 2007 8:21:00 AM EST


Anonymous said...
Why is everyone picking on the Fark
Man? He is a nice guy and knows his sports.

Go after that old woman who anchors on 6 or the fat fool that cooks on 8. Leave Fark Man alone!

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 8:23:00 AM EST


Anonymous said...
That fat fool on 8 helps WVLT keep their reign in the 12 Noon news block. (Plus the Price is Right and their new fat fool)

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 9:03:00 AM EST


Anonymous said...
I just checked this blog..what a ridiculous waste of time.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 12:52:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
The Fark IS irritating. I don't want a nice guy who reads the sports like he is talking to pre-schoolers. Maybe the above poster has a crush (even a mancrush) on him.

And I like that Fat Fool on Channel 8 at noon. He keeps people tuned in for the whole half hour and not bailing after the weather. The other two stations noon hours are very boring. And sucky.

No wonder Knoxville radio is so bad. There are so many stupid people running the statios it boggles the mind. They'll never learn, so they can kiss their assets goodbye.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 1:06:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
I hate the damn Democrats. They will really screw up the country if they get totally in charge.

The left is so desperate that they will latch onto two words uttered by Rush Limbaugh, take them out of context, and then beat a dead horse over and over, all in an effort to take attention away from the moveon.org fiasco.

Almost every aspect of what the Democrats do is hateful and devious. They hate Bush and the right so much they will do anything to get power. But it WILL backfire on them. They learned from Bill Clinton a long time ago to lie and lie and lie and keep on lying, and to not shut up.

Those lying Democrats are wanting to legislate the Fairness Doctrine for talk radio and television. Because their Communistic ideas are not popular enough with real people to keep an audience. So they want to jam it down out throats. It won't work, and I pray that the Fairness Doctrine never becomes law. Because it is not fair. It reeks of Stalinism.

Some idiots post on this blog criticizing the Right, Republicans, Bush and Rush. As always, no new ideas, just blame and hate. Got news for ya--the folks on Fox are keeping the leftist networks from dealing propaganda to the masses. Someone to call the networks on their lies. Fox is not going away, and is becoming more popular than ever.

I firmly believe that if this country ever falls, it will be from within, and likely because Democrats and the Left failed the country. They'll let terrorism grow, let the damn Mexicans take over because they don't have the stones to patrol the border correctly, let China and Russia drive us into the ground economically, and weaken our military because they don't like them. To hell with them all.

I hate the damn left. And if you don't agree with me, you can kiss my ass.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 1:23:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
I just checked this blog..what a ridiculous waste of time.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 12:52:00 PM EST"

I agree and here are the reasons.
I work for WATE and just because we are dropping FOX at ten is no reason to say they are mad and dropping us. We have a great news product at 11 and because we often rank higher than WBIR at that time we are tired of doing stories at 10 that they try to run out and cover before 11.

Also the link to Rush was a black eye to anyone who posts on Gene's blog at WATE of knoxviews.com
Both are great blogs and certainly do NOT need the hate speak that comes from this blog.

Unlike the author of this blog I have and still do work in media. It is so obvious this person has never been where I have been and is nothing more than a viewer. Until they have put in a few YEARS working for a real radio or television station they should stop trying to lie to professionals!

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 1:24:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
I am a professional broadcaster with over 30 years experience. There is a lot of lying on this blog, but it seems to come mostly from liberals.
If these tv and radio stations are operated so well, why are there so many problems with them? It's fun to sit back and read the tit for tat volleys fired here. One thing is constant from generation to generation. There's always an abundance of stupid people.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 1:42:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
I don't know who that person was that said they work for WATE but I really do and I had no idea FOX was going to drop us!

I wonder when they are going to tell our staff? Does anyone know if there are going to be other cut backs? Come on please fill us in.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 1:43:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...

I just checked this blog..what a ridiculous waste of time

Then why are YOU here? You like it and you know it. heh heh

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 1:44:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
I love WIVK in the morning and I do not want a bigot on when I drive my children to school

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 2:27:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
We got Imus off the are and we will also get Rush off the air.

Watch what you let POST here or we may have you taken off also!

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 3:55:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
We all just need to get together and have some drinks...

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 7:36:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
I love don imus and he always was talking about country music so
i am sure he would be a great one to do mornings at IVK. When does he start?

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 10:35:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
QUOTE-"We got Imus off the are and we will also get Rush off the air. Watch what you let POST here or we may have you taken off also!"

Spoken like a true fascist. Although I will say that Imus took himself off the air. Had he not made that verbal slip, he would still be on the air and YOU wouldn't have made a difference at all. The comment about Rush? I suppose a Democratic-led Congress and a Democratic president could begin to take our freedoms away. One more reason for the Right to keep the fascists out of power.

Thursday, October 4, 2007 4:58:00 AM EST