REMEMBER RADIO?

Weekends are a great time to
look at all the 45 records,
staff pictures,
newspaper clippings,
stolen equipment,
station LPs,
reel to reel air checks,
pink slips, lawsuits WON over pink slips, "THE LIST" (those who are dead),
awards, bumper stickers,
billboard pictures,
coffee mugs, promotional crap and rooms full
of T shirts
that represent three decades of
radio adventures.


Ask any old (and unless they are on THE LIST
they are OLD)radio alumni and all will
tell you there was always ONE station
they would have PAID THEM to be able
to work there.

Another common
thought among the vanishing
tribe of old radio kids
is they never were paid so little
to have so much fun.



The magical epicenter
of the industry
was the station.

Week days the only
draw backs were people
who wore ties (all were
avoided by the inmates)
and anything that was
called a meeting.

The exception to the week
day rule was Holidays.
A holiday was an excuse
for the ties to not show up
and with no ties guess
what no meetings!

If the holiday was in celebration
of our Lord and Saviors birth
the ties left at least
a week early after
announcing that everyone had bought
their advertising in the fall and they were too busy
selling their crap to talk about buying more.

Often the holly days included a
standard out of station Christmas party
(traded for advertising)
featuring the ties and with a dress code
that included a clean T shirt
and shoes.

The REAL Christmas parties were held
in the STATION

and consisted of breaking and entering
certain offices that
were known to contain brown whiskey.
These very private social
gatherings became a daily event starting
after lunch on the 20th of December
and running into Christmas Eve night.


Full details of said parties will
be revealed when a few more
participants make THE LIST
(see above)
or the alimony time line is completed.


Radio stations were gathering places on weekends.

The ties were never there
and very late on Saturday night and very
early on Sunday morning
they didn't catch the stoppage of the fifteen
required hits in a row
and three men telling jokes and talking dirty
on the air to callers.
No one EVER got fired on a weekend!

Ok a few did on Monday morning, but weekends were a wide open
fire zone
and the (always 18 or older)
female callers were
a target rich environment.

There never was or will ever be another work place
that people wanted
to get back to as they left
and could transform so completely
from GEEK LAND to FREAK LAND
depending on the hour or the days of
the week as the STATION.


Our favorite radio history blog
is asking for radio stories so
naturally staff thought we should
just rippp off their idea.

IF you have them send and also
fire them off to the guys at 101.
Remember unless the accused are
on THE LIST we sure won't add them here!


PS
Thanks for coming out to
hear the old man band (themountainfolkreunion.com)
Friday at Look Rock Grill. What a great
mob we had and as always the band
was amazed at how many knew all the
words to the songs!
COME sing with us again on the
13th of this month, check the web
site (themountainfolkreunion.com)
for particulars!

WE NEED A PARTY

BELOVED Denver Johnson
4-5-1997 .... 5-24-2008

AFTER a week
FROM HECK we MUST
have A PARTY!



TONIGHT AT SIX THIRTY
motor on over to Alcoa and
lets get her done!

You have read about these guys on some
of the finer bathroom walls in the area
and at last they are playing NORTH of the
VONORE BRIDGE!

If you are coming from Knoxville it is
so simple even a Florida Fan could find the
place.

Go Past the Hilton (Airport)
Stay LEFT over the bridge (IF you see WallyWORLD and
the Cracker Barrel you went TOOOO FAR)
Turn RIGHT at the first RED LIGHT.
On your LEFT less than a short jog
is the home of the old ATLANTA BREAD
WE ARE PLAYING THERE TONIGHT AT 6 :30!

Below is the particulars, just cick the
poster to make it big enough to read.

Come on out and get your weekend started
RIGHT!











LETTERS:





Anonymous said...
Hey Walker,

Allison Hunt is indeed of yankee lineage:

http://www.volunteertv.com/station/bios/news/3574167.html

What a rare find! And from what I hear inside the 'VLT shed, she's engaged to one of the former CH 8 sports guys, Justin (can't spell his last name). So I guess she'll be a damn Yankee, here to stay.

Sorry to read about your dog. It always hurts to lose an animal.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:27:00 PM EST

Ed....THANKS to all who sent their thoughts on
Denver. Goldens are special and he was the best ever
all in the bunker miss him very much.


Anonymous said...
She can not be engaged it if is so it will break my heart.

Pass the cheese dip and get me another 40 out of the frige

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:12:00 PM EST

Ed.... DO not dwell on her, it
will break your heart and cause you to
sleep through The View! PS, lay off
the 40s, when you are grieving over
a lost TV Love you need to move up to
MD 20-20


Anonymous said...
How come 10 can't hire a woman who can read? Did the weather momma drop?

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:15:00 PM EST

Ed....Lots of posters on the WBIR topics blog
are down now on the new morning lady on 10.
They are saying she reads out of the side of
her mouth? Lord that beats talking out of both
sides at the same time! Robin is a good reader
and so is Beth, not sure what you are upset over?


Anonymous said...
Heck with the blonds I want to take Beth Haynes out for a ride in my F150 and a couple of cool ones down at the lake. Get us some mud on the tires of you know what I mean..Wink Wink

Ed....Wink Wink the FBI is in your garage
loading up your computer and all those
disks you burned!



Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:40:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
Ye ole "10" must only hire de wemen with nice arse!

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:42:00 PM EST

Ed....As we promised the word ARSE
is now in the official MR handbook!



Anonymous said...
de wemen at 10 have big ones, if you ever see beth you will wonder how did all that booty get on such a short girl.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:28:00 PM EST

Ed....Do I smell a WATE poster? LOL
Get off her 6 and go cover that
moped wreck on Gay Street..FILM AT 11!!


101 said...
Sorry to hear about your pooch...truly man's best friend!

Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:47:00 AM EST


Anonymous said...
We have a shot police
officer, the NAACP mad because
of the way the police ran down
the black men and a Mayor who is
both a rip off artist and a crook and the paper talks about CARBON?

I need a drink!

See you guys Friday

Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:54:00 AM EST

Ed....FRIDAY we will be the four
great looking guys with guitars. Come up
and say HOWdee!!


Anonymous said...
GLOBAL CARBON SHIT is old news.
The former press guy for the president
has blown the whistle and it is time
to start the impeachment of George Bush.

Read the book and call someone
this man has ruined the country and the world!



Ed....Word is he got an
advance on that book, of thirty pieces of
silver.

Back to da knews

Bored yet?

OK

The May numbers for the local
Television kids are
showing WVLT doing well.


As for radio the ARB is kind of a new
beast these days. Get this only ONE radio station
is in double digits! I kid you not, WIVK
is it. OH and only ONE station pulled a touch over a NINE!


Are you still on local radio? Sounds like
a good question for a poll! If not where in the
name of Paul Oscar Anderson did you GO???
As always your posts are welcome and thoughts about
where the local radio ears went REALLY WE COME!

Here be the thoughts on
TV that came OUT of WVLT.



Cumulative households watching weekday local news in the Knoxville market between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 11:30 P.M. (Total DOES Include households for the first half hour of infotainment program known as LIVE @ 5 on WBIR because they produce a small capsule news report within that 30 minutes)



2007 Totals 2008 Totals Gain/Loss*

WVLT 165,000 WVLT 188,000 (UP +23,000 Households)

WBIR 267,000 WBIR 246,000 (DOWN -21,000 Households)

WATE 171,000 WATE 141,000 (DOWN -30,000 Households)



* - Includes weekday cumulative total for local news dayparts of 6:00-7:00 A.M.; Noon-12:30 P.M.; 4:00-4:30 P.M.; 5:00-5:30 P.M.; 5:30-6:00 P.M.; 6:00-6:30 P.M.; 7:00-7:30 P.M. and 11:00-11:30 P.M.



The highlights of the May ’08 local news race include but are not limited to:



WVLT News at Noon #1 with a clear win over WBIR-TV Noon News and Inside Edition on WATE



WVLT First @ 4:00 #1 beating both Style on WBIR and Oprah on WATE.



WVLT Volunteer TV News at 11:00 Monday through Friday #2 beating WATE News



WVLT Volunteer TV News at 11:00 Sat/Sun #2 beating WATE News




LETTERS!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...
I noticed over the weekend that 10 had a few "all chick"
newscasts. Who thunk that one up?
All are fairly attractive,
but we'd like to see them
do the news in bikinis, or at least tank tops.

The stations need to have
a beauty contest for charity. No cows allowed.
My vote goes to Stacey at 8. Boieeeee!

Hate to hear about the layoffs at
Jewelry Television, although I never watch that junk.
It appears to be another
case of management screwing up a good thing.

Ed...I think the NAKED NEWS is still on
in Canada. No really, there was a Naked News
network up there a few years back featuring
women between the hoochie mamma class and
the BOOM BOOMS at the Atlanta Gold Club who started the news
dressed bout like what you see on TV now.
THEN just before their first break they would take off
their shirt and tell you to stay tuned.
Well bless my heart if folks didn't hang
right through the car and Viagra commercials!
when the news came back on she would do a few more stories,
tease (REALLY TEASE) a reason
to return after the break and..you guessed it
the second she was back on drop an unmentionable!

Hey by the time the weather came on the TV
was hotter than a two dollar pistol on MLK drive!
Just google Naked News to see if it is still on.
Locally the thought of Ed Rupp naked makes me wanta run
screaming down the middle of Alcoa highway at 5 in
the afternoon, but to each his own.

As for the shopping channel they do make
some really good money and that is the name
of the game. When times are great people have that
brown truck coming daily but when gas hits 4 bigguns
and provolone goes from three to 7 bucks a
pound viewers tend to lay off the radiated
stones. It is just the way the game is played.

Hey, Walker, write about the radio
ratings once in a while. No new changes there,
but we might pick up some trends,
like Knoxville radio is sucking
right now. And is there any way
to see how the local non-coms
stack up with the rest of the herd?
It might be real interesting.

And oh yeah, if you think the
Repubs are tough on Obama and Hilary,
just check out the vile trashings
from the left. The libs are always
mean-spirited liars and try to smear
good people. The Dems will ruin this country.

Ed... Staff was told to check out the
winter book (see above for the link) and
they were shocked at the over all drop
in folks firing up the AM when they
hop in the Pinto. WHERE do you think
everyone (former local radio listeners)
went?

Monday, May 19, 2008 4:39:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
I'm glad to see that the Abby Fever
has apparently left the area.
This new morning anchor at 10
blows Abby WAY out of the water and then some.

I also found myself flipping to
10 Monday morning just to catch
the pre-recorded sports from immunized-horse girl.
I'm not much on Yankee accents,
but I would immunize her from behind.

I hate to say it, but Channel
8 blew everyone out of the water
with their early coverage of the officer
shooting during their 4 o'clock newscast
(how old is that reporter?).
But 10 and 6 were back up to par shortly thereafter.
I also liked 10's decision to put
John Becker in the field for the 11 pm news.

Ed...Trust me on this one, the stalkers are
STILL sending notes about the ABBSTER! I know
I don't get it either but man some of those
sitting in the single wide with their bag of
Cheetos and a 40 flat loved that woman on TV!
I agree the new woman is outstanding and
I bet she will move on, 71st or whatever we are now
is way too small a market for a talent like that!

As for the shooting coverage I was
shocked at WATE not kicking donkey?
Reportedly they are your breaking news
station but this time 8 and 10 ran them
under the porch. 8 said they caught one of
the three suspects although it was just
a witness round up but still they had a
reporter right there on scene! It was an
easy mistake but at least they gave you news
of the FIRST person to be put in a cop car
and taken downtown. WVLT is working it hard
now A days and it shows.




Anonymous said...
Beth Haynes did the noon
news today and she was cutting a tape!
Anyone else see it?

Boy did she look good and even
though she had a reading
problem in places she
should find a job big time with that.

Way to go Beth!



Ed...I missed it but more than a few didn't!
Several said she was in black and flat looked
great. Tapes are things folks do and if you
work at your craft you make them and get
others who you trust to give you some pointers
on improvements. Not a clue if she is looking or
not.

WANTA NANNER?

OK WE GET IT!
A few of the weekend letter writers
got really upset over the Mississippi
bar selling the ABOVE T SHIRTS!
Hey one writer was so mad
it just in closed the following
PICTURE!


We apologize for the lack of
PC and SENSITIVITY exhibited
by the tavern proprietor and
if any person or species is
insulted by his shirts we
will forward all of their notes
or in the above case, photos
to him!

As per normal you kids really
rocked the cyber mail box
this weekend.

We have all the letters, unedited
up today and because some are actually
wanting a bit of media we added a pile of
old pictures.

The great 101 blog is running a
feature on how you got started in
radio. Click over and check it out and
be SURE TO add it to your favs list.
Staff finds it a great source for ripping
off ideas!

Pictures first and then letters!
















Anonymous said...

What letter from WATE are you talking about?

Only a racists would show
a monkey and talk about Barback.
Take that picture down now..and GO AWAY

Friday, May 16, 2008 7:53:00 AM EST

Ed....We will take it down. Please see the opening
remarks on the MONKEY and you will find our apology.
As for the "alleged" Tucker letter, scroll down a few
posts and you will find it. Oh and if we go
away, where should we go?

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sure looks like 6 is
pissed at CP and WALKER! I like to watch them
because of sports but
I couldn't tell you the names of
any of their anchor people.

Ed....Staff says CP is no way
involved in the hate mongering
being stirred up by the inmates in
Gray Stone. Although rumor has it
Coach Parker did roll their front yard
when Wogan refused to cover the CCU
games.


Friday, May 16, 2008 6:44:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

That monkey is from the Curious George
newspaper comic I think.
It can't be Husane because its ears
are way too small and it is just brown.

Ed....IF said primate is from a
licensed comic then the maker of the shirts
might find him self on the short arm of the
law? We shall include your note along with
the rest of his hate mail.

Friday, May 16, 2008 6:46:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I saw those T shirts in Gatlinburg
but they were sold out of the large and x large.
The girl said they would have more in
Monday but we were headed back to Nashville.
We gave her the money and paid to have it shipped home.
I would love to put them in the paper,
bet we could sell all she could send us.

Ed...Gburg is ground zero for all the
T shirts in the world. Hey anyone still have
their I RAN INTO TAMMY FAY IN THE MALL shirt?
It started up there when she and Jim lived on
a near by mountain!

Friday, May 16, 2008 7:50:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Didn't this state have the Scopes
trial to determine if nigros came from monkeys?
It was a movie and I think the monkeys
got their own lawyer and won millions in a civil suit?

Ed.... Inherit The Wind was a fine film
and has some outstanding mob scenes! As for
the after litigations the monkeys didn't win
much, the paper said their settlement was just
peanuts.

Friday, May 16, 2008 7:52:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like the Barack-o-Monkey.

Ed....Good for you!

Friday, May 16, 2008 9:43:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I LOVE THAT MONKEY! Lord Mayor Cunningham
called all the democrats monkeys
the other day and now had to say he was sorry.
I really felt bad that he did that.
No, that he said he was sorry.

Also this Lori Tucker thing is
now a dead horse. She is just what
she is and there is nothing she can do about it.

If you are one of those
who like her then as someone
said shut up! If you don't like here then
you shut up also.

Move on to a young good looking anchor like GENE!

Teddy Kennedy got the shakes so bad
when he ran out of Wild Turkey they had
to airlift him to the hospital this morning.

The people working ER said the rescue
helicopter was shaking like hell when it landed.

CNN reported an IV of scotch
was applied and he is now up and ordering take out.

Ed...Was that true about Ted? As you
know the democrats love to play GOTCHA!
You best have your facts in order or they will
drop the hammer on you fast. Staff tells me
you really blew it when you said it was Wild
Turkey! Remember that was JOAN'S drink
Teddy is a pure Scotch man!

Saturday, May 17, 2008 2:56:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

As a monkey, I take offense at
being compared to Obammer. Don't denigrate our
species in such a disrespectful manner. I say,
"To Hell with the Democrats! Let them eat bananas!"

There goes Obammer, up in a tree
Acting stupid and looking down on me
Out go his ears to catch all the wind
Hopes he loses, or we'll have nothing to spend.

Let me hear you say, this stuff is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
this stuff is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Again, this stuff is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
This stuff is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Ed... that took a ton of work
to compose, we shall check on the
availability of T shirt space and
also research the market viability.

Sunday, May 18, 2008 5:54:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Democrats read this blog
also and calling an African American
a monkey is over the line.

The hate of the republican party
is enough to make anyone
who wants a kinder world vote Democrat!

I am also a fan of GENE...
I post on knoxviews.com because
it is both a truthful blog and
it reflects the views of most voters and I find it
very upsetting that people would attack
a woman TV person just because she is sick.

America is about to have a new
leader and at last it will be
one who will take care of the poor,
raise taxes on the rich and guide
congress into ways of helping this
nation to reach out to others who hate us now.

Editing these letters is a must
if you want to keep the vial
attacks out and let the truth come out.

I can see why you were fired
from all of your jobs,
can not get one now and will never write again.

GO AWAY

Ed...Like we said..IF we go away
where would you suggest? Oh and
if we edited the posts do you really think
yours would have made it?
Thanks!

Monday, May 19, 2008 7:29:00 AM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

COME ON AND GET BACK TO TV!

Start with the girl that
someone said is never on unless
she is knocked up and work your way over to anyone at WATE!

What about that old man who cooks at noon?
What about Channel 6 not having news at noon?
What about that fool in the mornings
with the barrels and the traffic reports on 10?
What about the weekend sports
woman on 10 who can't READ?
What about Radio?
Remember RADIO? I still listen and
we still talk at work about
what John Boy said or how
Marc nailed Kim and Frank come on get
off the politics (McCain is going to win big)
and back to the dirt!


You are not a jerk but
you sure do make people call you one!

Ed...Did Marc nail Kim?

Weekend letters

Bound to be something happening by Monday.
Our crack remote TV reporter will keep looking
for it this weekend!


Till then you keep sending and we will keep
posting!



Anonymous Anonymous said...

Uh if that note was from the real Lori
how come she is just how talking about the weight gain?
Looks like more than a few fake Loris
are trying to get this issue talked about.

Walker is a jerk we all know that,
he never worked for anyone
that didn't fire him or hate to see him walk in the door.

I worked for the Shopper
and the reason he was fired
he posted on Genes blog and
said things about Lori.
We all agreed he should go
when a group from WATE called us.

Typical Walker. Sandra would
have never known about his posts
on Genes blog without the calls
and when she told him he represented
her paper and should never
post on any blog he did it again.

He was also hard to
edit and we laughed at
the way he tried to write,
spelling was something they
didn't teach in Maryville schools.

Lori is a fine journalist
and writer and Gene is as good
a reporter as he is an anchor.
When the station lost Jan Wade
they lost a bright star
not only from TV but in the community.

IF the letter DID come
from Lori we agree with
every word of it, but
it does sounds as if i
t were composed by someone
just trying to get this
issue back on the table.

Ed...As has been said before we NEVER try to find
an e mail address or name of those who
post here and we never will. What we do
is offer an open place where no
one has to worry about being exposed and
everyone can have their say.

Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:19:00 AM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I work for WATE and
they are all mad about
the posts here talking about Lori.
Gene is a big reader of this blog
and always tells her when someone
says bad things about her on it.

I can't see her doing a real post
here though because she is just not that way.

The one signed by her sounds
more like something Gene would
post or one of his friends.
All of the anchors over here are
keeping their heads down now that
Jan is gone and the company is still cutting back.

Lori just would not expose herself by posting.

WATE gal

Ed..Again don't cut those eyes at us,
we just don't CARE to dig and find out
who sent any of these. If you work and want to
find out something rock on but we are sure not
ASKING you to!!!

Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:49:00 AM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jerks are normal in the media
and just because he was one
is no reason to say he was not liked.
Phil Willams has always been a jerk
but unlike walker he has a JOB!

What is the Shopper?

Ed...HEY more power to the Dandridge Dandy!
Yep he is one of the last dawgs still
hunting and that gets him a star and
a giant attaboy from the rest of us
NON working old dudes. To hang in for
all these years and still be at a BIG
station is something NONE of us did.
As for being a Jerk the guy was always
nice to me.

Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:18:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Television news..yawn...is just
not what it was and most of
the time not worth turning on.
Just like the newspapers,
making money or now trying to
just keep the lights on,
has caused it to cut back on people.
A story about a tree for gods sake
is not worth being on television anymore
than a story about "another"
killing in East Knoxville should be.

Real news is lost now
that the paper is down
to just a few and their
point of view is politics rather than reporting.

I watch 6 because they
have a good group that
know never changes.
Channel 10 has a new person
on every few years and 8 flips around all the time.

I think Lori Tucker is beautiful
and can't see where she has gained
or lost at all. When I read her letter
here I was pleased that she stood
up and defended herself. This blog should
be ashamed for saying personal things
about anyone on television, especially someone who is ill.
I will keep reading it because
I like the pictures and the posts
but I will never like the person who writes it again!

Ed...Hold on BUBBA! A "tree" story is a great story
IF it is about a great tree! Mix in a crushed Volvo
with homework in the back seat and you have a BREAKING NEWS
REPORT! OK you ever see a tree that old do something like that?
Me either!

Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:13:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is so funny.
Lori Tucker didn't write any of this
and we (Channel 6 moles as you call us)
know who did.
It should let this blog know
they can be had and they need
to start to check out who posts and from where.

We are just like the other stations,
low on money, everyone working two or three jobs and worried.
So when something like this blog
comes along it is fun to forget what
is going on and just play with it.

Lori just saw these posts tonight
and laughed at all of them, we saw here.

You have been buzzed..
now go away!

Ed...What be up with da BUZZED my brother?
Is that one of those MTV things the youngsters
watch? Once again, pulling one off on
this blog isn't very hard. Remember we
post all that comes in!


A bar in Mississippi caught all sorts
of HECK from the Dems when they started
selling THIS T shirt!

When told to stop they said they had because they only ordered fifty dozen and they
were SOLD OUT!

TV STAR!

JUST when you think your fifteen minutes of fame
is up boy howdy here comes an extra ninety seconds!

Sunday evening a one hundred plus year old
Red Oak fell at the Johnson family home.
Both the big paper
(now just a touch smaller around the edges)
and the local Murvile Daily Times
ran pictures along with
a T tiny caption
giving the street location.

WVLT was on the scene
at first light (Ok the next morning)
and really put some flesh
on the story.
Their interview included
the vivacious next door
neighbor and the
elderly old fool who now
owns the estate.
As an observer and a totally
unqualified critic
of the local news gatherers
it can be said WVLT did a very good job on short
notice.


With the exception of the
fine reporting work by
WVLT on the storm
the news in front of and behind the
scenes has been
slower than cold Sand Mountain Sorghum on
a icy slab.

SO what da hey..lets get right to your
LETTERS!

Anonymous said...
21 WAYS TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRAT

1. You have to be against capital punishment,
but support abortion on demand.

2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression
and governments create prosperity.

3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans
are more of a threat than
U.S. Nuclear weapons technology in the hands of the Chinese,
the North Korean's and soon Iran.

4. You have to believe that
there was no art before Federal funding.

5. You have to believe that
global temperatures are less affected
by cyclical documented changes in the earth's climate
and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.

6. You have to believe that
the AIDS virus is spread
by a lack of federal funding.

7. You have to believe that
the same teacher who can't teach
fourth graders how to read
is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.

8. You have to believe that
hunters don't care about nature,
but loony activists
who have never been outside of San Francisco do.

9. You have to believe that
self-esteem is more important
than actually doing something to earn it.

10. You have to believe that Mel Gibson
spent $25 million of his own money
to make The Passion of the Christ solely for financial gain.

11. You have to believe the NRA
is bad because it supports certain parts
of the Constitution,
while the ACLU is good because
it supports certain parts of the Constitution.

12. You have to believe that
taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.

13. You have to believe that
Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem
are more important to American history than
Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and A.G. Bell.

14. You have to believe that
standardized tests are racist,
but racial quotas and set-asides are not.

15. You have to believe that
Hillary Clinton is normal and
is a very nice person.

16. You have to believe that
the only reason socialism hasn't worked
anywhere it's been tried is because
the right people haven't been in charge.

17. You have to believe conservatives telling
the truth belong in jail,
but a liar and a sex offender belonged in the White House.

18. You have to believe that homosexual parades
displaying drag, transvestites, and
bestiality should be constitutionally
protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.

19. You have to believe that illegal
Democratic Party funding by the
Chinese Government is somehow in
the best interest to the United States.

20. You have to believe that
this message is a part of a vast, right wing conspiracy.

21. You have to believe that it's
okay to give Federal workers off on Christmas Day
but it's not okay to say 'Merry Christmas.'

Ed...AND some believe if a black fellow beats a white
woman rather than going to prison
he should become PRESIDENT! Go figure?

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:08:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
Did anyone else see this?
I did and I could not believe it was on NBC!
Are all of the people who work for NBC news this crazy?

Brian Williams: 'Smart' Say Tornadoes a Reaction to Abuse of Earth
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams
on Monday evening gave credibility to
the extremist environmental theory
that the Earth is reacting to mankind's mistreatment
by spawning a rash of tornadoes.
Williams reported how
"this has been one of the most active, deadly tornado seasons
in a long time" with more tornadoes
so far this year than through August last year.
He then forwarded to NBC Weather Plus
meteorologist Bill Karins the kind of reasoning
he hears during his daily routine:
"I talked to three people, casual
conversation today, all of them smart,
saying 'I don't know, we must be doing
something to our Earth.'" Karins gently corrected him:
"Well, there are correlations that can be made.
Global warming not quite one of them. La Nina, more likely."

Ed...Hey Al GORE is blaming the big storm
and also all of the earth quakes
on GLOBAL WARMING..
I kid you not!

IF man is causing all of this
and if MAN is killing mother earth
then there is only one way to
save the planet!
Get that pint of Jack Daniels out of the
hiding place behind the family bible,
load up the Glock and
take that one way walk to the woods!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:10:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
When did thing go political?
Get back to telling us when
they are going to can Gene and Lori at 6
and why the son of Herman Munster
is still anchor at 10 while his
pop is working weather at 6?

WVLT has one hot woman doing anchor now!

Ed..OK..Gene and Lori will go
when they wanta go
or when contracts run out
and some pencil neck
number cruncher thinks
they can save a buck.
Both of these kids have
been here a very long time
and according to
those focus groups Lori does
as well if not better than most when they are asked
who do you both know
and like on Knoxville, Television.
Get over it!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:59:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
This blog always goes after Gene and Lori.
All because they told Sandra to fire
the editor from the Shopper.
She did and it was good for
her paper but that is no reason
to keep saying they are going to be fired from 6.

They are the most watched anchors
in east Tenneesse and
have more viewers than fox and wvlt combined.

Gene is a respected reporter and
Lori brings class to both the job and the station.
If you want to talk about someone why not those two on 8.
Neither have experience and just
because they are blond does not mean people will watch them.

The newest ratings show WATE killing
8 and just about to knock over 10
Lori is one of the big reasons for
their growth so give the woman some
respect or just shut up.

Ed....See above.
As for going after ANYONE you really have to
be a mess before staff and
management gets on your donkey. NOW the
posters are an entirely different tribe.
They will get out the
knives on a moments notice.
Unlike other chicken DOO DOO blogs who
try to curb thoughts
we flat let everyone have their say.
No matter how
stupid it is or at times is not.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:00:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
Thanks for showing us Knoxville Radio History 101!
What a great look at the past.
My kid read it and could not believe
people were that involved with their radios.
I told her she was missing out on a great
part of being a kid by not having a station
you could fight over at school or knowing the names of the jocks.

Those were the days when really big people
were right her in Knoxville and
you could speak to them in Church
or at the mall and they would always stop
and say hi or sign something for you.

I have noticed all the radio signs are
just about gone from the highways.
Remember when someone new would come
into town and their picture would be
on a giant sigh on Kingston Pike?
Now if you can even find a radio
sign it just talks about music.

I think the Santa Clause Parade
is the only thing left that a radio
station puts on now? I guess when WIVK is sold that will also stop.
Sure wish someone would figure
out a way to get people to turn
on their radios and forget XM!

Ed...I agree on turning off XM but it is
like moonshine to a hillbilly
and meth to well just about anyone else.
In the car I am still a LOCAL radio guy.
In the house XM (try The Village at 813)
cranks up the second everyone
leaves the bunker and the dogs and
I are alone! My large yellow dog
loves to do the LAB Dance to
any Kingston Trio tune
and the Golden sleeps like a rock when
Peter Paul and Mary are featured on XM.
Bottom line is
local radio will never ever
out music the stations on the bird.
Either crank up more Hal Hill, Phil Williams or
Southern Roots talk
shows or turn your Hundred Thousand Watts
of Love over to the
Mexicans and go home.
We also agree on your blog choice. Last week
we found out who writes Radio 101
but if we tell we were promised we would
NEVER work in RADIO again!


Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:12:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
Hey, Lori Tucker, I'm sure this blog thanks you for your comments.

I believe 10 still whips the dog shit out of you
when it comes to having
the most viewed anchors in East Tennessee.

And back off of 8. Alan Williams does a fine job.

Ed...I swear on a stack of Lori 8X10s the staff
never tries to find who writes what BUT in this case
we would all be shocked if Mrs T was behind the
said post. As for 10 being the King Mac Daddy
according to the numbers you are right.


Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:21:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
Our thoughts (boys at A***A north plant)

Lorie Tucker...Fat!
Robin.........Only owns two jackets.BRING BACK THAT T SHIRT YOU WORE IN MISSISSIPPI!
Blond on 8...We can't remember your name but who cares!
Gene...They still make that stuff
you comb into your hair to turn it dark, get a box!
Alan...You can read and you sit up so you beat the guy on 10
Guy On Ten...(can't remember your name) get some sleep you have more bags under your eyes than the check out at Kroger.
Schwall...Never change!
Landry....Guess what there are NO MORE STORIES LEFT..stick a fork in it.
Todd Howl...Good work but you still sound like you came out of Gibbs.
Sports guy at 10..We have a bet you were in the band in High School.
Wogan...You should never change either you get it!
Rick....Thanks for all the UT coverage.
Red Headed Old Woman on 8..I don't care if they clean it up or not!
Don Dare...Same goes for you.
Julia Weather girl on 10.. We have three guys who swear they have never seen you on TV unless you were knocked up? Drop the giggle and try sleeping in the living room some.

Ed...Damn it that was just FUNNY! Would A***A be *LCO*?
If it is you pot room kids have way too much time on your hands.
Thanks for the laugh, you guys are GOOD!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:48:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
BEST ever on TV from Knoxville

1. Marshal Andy on Ch 2

2. Walker selling Furbies on TV

Ed...Marshal is still on and if it is raining
I never miss his great old black and white
westerns! As for the toys you were talking about
here is a secret.
They were all fakes and most
didn't work! Oh and because they were the hottest
toy of the year the stores were out of them
BUT old WJ sold them on CHRISTMAS EVE guaranteeing
they would be under your tree the next morning!
The phrase HELL TO PAY is not strong enough to describe
the calls December 26th that rolled into customer service.

FLASH THIS JUST POSTED ON LAST
WEEKS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lori Tucker said...
Hello-

I normally don't read this blog, but have certainly heard about Walker's continued attacks on me and some of my co-workers.
He's entitled to his opinion, I've got a pretty thick skin, so I usually let things slide and consider the source.
On a positive note, I do want to thank whoever wrote the nice things about Gene and me.
And to the person accusing me of writing the comments myself: come on now. I consider Alan Williams a friend-he is one of the nicest people I've ever met. I've not met Stacy but do appreciate her work. While we in the TV news business are competitive and should be, there's also a sort of "we're in this thing together" at the very heart of it all, especially now,with the ongoing economic problems affecting our industry.
Now, to the person who wrote that I'm fat. Yeah, I get it. You're not telling me something I don't already know. I've been concerned about my weight gain --because I haven't changed my lifestyle at all. Last week, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, which explains everything. I encourage anyone feeling unusual fatigue, weight gain despite healthy diet and exercise to get checked. It could change your life for the better.
Ed...Fat, look at me! 285 and I used to be 223.
If this is a note from Mrs. T and if she
thinks she is not liked then please read
this new updated blog section.
Personal standpoint I have never
worked with the woman and am very
sure I never will. If she is
sick I am sorry if it causes her to
gain then I am very sorry. As for reading or
not reading the blog, well we don't read
Genes either but we never miss his posts
on knoxviews.com.



The staff took a trip to Biltmore house over the weekend
and if you would like to see their pictures just click right here!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:53:00 PM EST

SPEEDO SEASON

BEACH time in Tennessee is about
6 weeks away but down in Fla. the
bell has run and they are out of the gate!

BONITA BEACH, Fla. -- A Florida man is suing after he was ticketed on a beach for wearing a Speedo bathing suit.

The fine news trackers at Bonita Beach Channel 6 news
so MISSED the back end of this story!
Granted there are millions of men over the age of 39 who should
never consider a speedo when hitting the waves,
BUTT what about all those ladies who go with the
Behind Floss bathing togs? Lets get the ticket book
out for them also!

HOLD ON NOW
not only do the ladies and guys
step out of the boundaries of good
taste when they hit the
beach wear counter at Wally
World, there are also some couples
who would serve the beach community
greatly if they would just keep their
robes on!

Key is to think before you dive in the drink and
guys, if it has been years since you saw your
toes twenty nine ninety five will put you in
a nice blow up backyard water experience.

The media side (rumors lies and innuendos) is off to a
slow start so lets read the hate mail and
if something lascivious jumps up we will post it later!

POSTS!!!!!

Anonymous said...

So how does the posting about the proper pronunciations of the places qualify as coming from an "anal democrat?"
Sounds to me like it was just a helpful list of suggestions.

Ed...After going way under the radar and posting on knoxviews.com
it is hard to find a Democrat that is not anal! Just about all the
democrats we know
dwell in the shadows of that site and
live to play Gotcha or Teacher.

Truth be known we at the editorial desk have no idea if the
poster was republican, democrat, communist, or even
baptist nor do we give the behind of a rodent. That
said if this dude or dudette is not an anal Democrat
we are sorry for besmirching them.

Friday, May 9, 2008 9:16:00 AM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

The reduction in the size of the newspaper is just like the reduction in the size of food. Whittle it down just a little at a time, and save bunches of cash over a year's time. And most of us will never know it, or the change will be so little, we won't care. I am surprised, though, that the ragpaper didn't raise its prices at the same time. That seems to be the mode of operation these days.

It's like the price of gasoline. Don't look for it to go down much, if at all. Once they get us used to paying $4.00 or $4.50 a gallon, the big oil companies will leave it right there and always have reasons for not lowering the price and why they have to raise it even more.

If Satan or Hussein gets to be Prez, look for a skinny wallet. At that point, a good stock investment would be in K-Y Jelly, or for us Southerners, Crisco.

P.S. Everyone knows that the actual physical newspapers are a dying breed. Everyone is going to be using the Internet, and some papers in larger cities are investing more in their websites and not in the actual paper. Dylan had it right. "The times they are a changin'".


Ed..we agree the times are changing and it sounds like
you are taking those changes very well! As for
Crisco, who can afford it? Gas is another issue.
Economize, if there are two of you driving to work daily
then tell your boss you have resigned and tell your
wife to take on a couple of extra jobs while you stay
home and watch the View.

Friday, May 9, 2008 7:06:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

So how does the posting about
the proper pronunciations of the places
qualify as coming from an "anal democrat?"

I agree, someone was just trying to help!
Also democrats are crazy but they sure are not anal.

Ed... we agree they are not all crazy.
Ok most of the ones we see on TV (that would be just about
all of the cable and national news readers) are a tad
short of hammers in the knife drawer (no that isn't right...help me?..ok forget it)
and some of the views and issues the far lefties have
can have that smell of NUT JOB around the edges, but again
not all of them are crazy...BUT just about all of them
are wrong.

Friday, May 9, 2008 8:30:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, we're all bozos on this bus!
Craziness knows no political affiliation.

Ed..I love our Rockford to Maryville bus line! For
less than a quarter of a tank of regular you can
get on at 4 Corners and ride all the way
to Brackins one way! We also agree with the no political affiliation
side for your post.
One group has RagsOFTHEdales and the other
has Harry Reede!


Monday, May 12, 2008 5:09:00 AM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

democrats are just plain stupid.

shitasses.


Ed..Ya know that term (SH) first crossed our
ears in the very early 1960s on the playground
at Sam Houston when Wild Bill Anderson used it
in reference to a group of sixth graders who were trying
to loop OVER the bar on their swings. While most of
us stood with questioning looks on our faces
a smart girl named Petronic said something about
what Wild Bill had said was redundant. A kid named
Lindsey agreed and we all went back to class.
Democrats are not stupid...see the above comment.


Monday, May 12, 2008 3:07:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Glad to see the News-Sentinel is
slowly heading towards its prefereed
"pocketsize" format. LOL

Ed..Well as their editorials said it is much better
in so many ways. Hey if you read it it has to be
the truth right? Oh saw an Asheville paper (might be the
only one they have) over the weekend and it is the same
smaller size BUT they kept the cross word a BIGGER font.
Nice move, younger folk can see but never read the paper and
old blind folk only read it for the obits and the cross word.

MORE as it happens, stay tuned and keep on
POSTING!!!






























Monday, May 12, 2008 5:09:00 AM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

democrats are just plain stupid.

shitasses.

Monday, May 12, 2008 3:07:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Glad to see the News-Sentinel is slowly heading towards its prefereed "pocketsize" format. LOL

MAR, ANY HARD NAMES IN THE NEWS?

The list of “THEY SAID WHAT?” words keeps growing!
Some of these are repeated but still worth a look. This weekend you might want to poll the family and come up with more. It is very simple; just ask those who live in the bunker what local names our television journalists have the most problems pronouncing.

The list so far:

Tazewell
Maryville
Oak Ridge
Concord
Seymour
Vonore

Neyland
Chilhowie
Faragut
Ragsdale
Regas
Loudon




Sevierville
Blount
Lenoir City
La Follette
Harrogate
Lettrell
Heiskell
Oneida
Petros
Corryton
Louisville
Etowah

Some ones a little farther outside of Knoxville:

Mosheim -- MAW-SHIME
Elizabethton -- uh-liz-uh-BETH-tun
Sugoinsville -- sur-GOINS-vul
Morristown -- some rednecks call it mooresh-TOWN

I heard a yankee fill-in weekend anchor on Channel 10 butcher the hell out of "Vonore" a few weeks ago, and it made me want to puke.

And the one that pisses me off the most is when out-of-towners call Weigels "wiggles."

Because you kids who read this blog are over achievers and often on a higher intellectual level than those who post on other blogs, like knoxviews.com, not only did you come up with blown names you also came up with an outstanding dictionary that will help those fledgling journalist to sound just like they fell off the turnip truck!

Hey, these are flat beautiful!




How do you say:

Ragsdale....CROOKED
LAfollit....METH COUNTRY
Maryville...DEATH BY MOTORCYCLE
Seemores....SOUTH KNOX WATABEES
NEYLAND.....PHIL'S LAST CHANCE

here are more.
Mat Hinkin....HERMAN MUNSTER
Todd Howel....JOHN BOY
Lori Tucker...HOOCHIE MAMMA
Old City......PARK AT 6 DEAD BY 7
Sentinel......DEAD PAPER WALKING


Oh and to prove we have at least one anal Democrat posting, here is a list of how “they” think you should say a few of our local favs.


Luttrell is lut'trul

Blount is like blunt

Sevier is like severe

Oak Ridge is Oak RIDGE, not OAK Ridge.

Maryville is Murr'ville

Seymour...see'more

Neyland is knee'land (not nay-land)

Heiskell is high'skul, not high school

Petros is pee'tross

Oneida is oh-nye'-da

Corryton should be easy, but most people say corrington

Louisville is lewis'vull

Tazewell is taz'well

Loudon is loud'un

Etowah is eh'ta'wah

Keep um coming!!!! OH and if you
really just moved south of Ohio
check this guide for "TALKING WITH THE
NATIVES" it really can help!


If you missed it the local Knoxpatch paper announced they are going to cut the size by a few inches. In a spinning editorial they said the fonts would be the same and really nothing much would change.

In the past when papers cut back the size it is always to save money. The old spinning excuses back then were it would save trees and my favorite it would make the paper much easier to read while you were on the throne. Of all the past and now current cover-ups of the real reason they sliced the paper down my favorite has always been the bathroom readability. No really it actually held a sliver of fact.

In 1956 my late great Daddy decided it was time to remodel the family manse. The house was a three holer, two upstairs and one down. The largest of the three was off his bedroom and after construction it was renamed the “big” bath. Daddy let mother do all the selecting, cabinets, sinks, tub, and wallpaper but when it came to the location of the porcelain god he drew the line in the sand. First he climbed into the attic and determined approximately where the quiet spot was below him. When he was certain he was over the site plaster and wood started to rain on the soon to be new floor below. The plumber was then allowed to install the seat of honor. Following the instillation I replaced my father in the ventilated attic and pointed a very powerful light down the new opening in the ceiling. Daddy sat down, spread out the Maryville Daily Times on the floor between his knees, and called out directions on the movement of the light until it completely covered the paper. An electrician had been in the one deck circle during the entire aiming process and the instant the coverage was dead on he joined me in the attic and proceeded with the instillation of the powerful fixture.

Forty two years later the light is still in place but when the new tiny paper hits the streets the wide bright coverage will no longer be needed. As for reading the paper while engaging in the morning constitutional the thought in our household was why not read what you are creating?

THE FUTURE

HEY DEMS PICK ONE!

WHAT ANOTHER BORE!


Look one of those two “WE WANTA BE THE LEADER OF THE
FREE WORLD” folks need to throw in the towel. It is so bad
The old media (network TV news and cable) now can’t decided which one they want to back to beat McCain AND not one but all of the anchors have that elementary school kid look just before the final bell of the day rings. Best quote of the night was from MSNBC when one of the unknown, never seen before, young white guy “experts” painted Hillary as the old sick family pet that really did need to take that LAST trip to the vet. For the love of Mary (and Peter and Paul) one of them please get out so we can get back to real news like American Idol and Dancing With The Stars!


Great idea was flung over the Cyber Transom this week by a poster.
The writer was talking about all the heat a lady sports type on BIR took when she blew the story about the horse that died in the Derby. Yea old news…but if you missed it just go back to the last blog post and read the notes…ANYWAY the letter also suggested we start making a list of all those names of people and places OFTEN reporters and anchors either can’t say or just don’t take the time to learn when they move to Knoxpatch.

Here be da letter…actually we got more than a few of them. Read and then please send us MORE of the new kid stumbling blocks that instantly identify them as NOT FROM HERE! We shall compile your list and e mail it to all the TV news departments so they can laminate it and hand it out to their newest talent! Oh and PLEASE try to spell correctly. Because the members of our editing staff are all products of the Maryville School System (1950s-1960s) they wouldn’t spot a misspelled word if it few out their donkey and kissed them dead on the mouth.


Anonymous said...

How about some pictures of McCain?
Today Hillary will win one state but if the convention names her then she will be the president.
Here is another idea, why not a list of things new TV people never can say!
Here is mine:
Tazewell
Maryville
Oak Ridge
Concord
Seymour
Vonore

More?



Anonymous said...

Locals can't say most of the names right! Add these

Neyland
Chilhowie
Faragut
Ragsdale
Regas
Loudon

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 4:08:00 PM EST

Other names that are mispronounced:

Sevierville
Blount
Lenoir City
La Follette
Harrogate
Lettrell
Heiskell
Oneida
Petros
Corryton
Louisville
Etowah

Names misspelled above:

Tazewell
Seymour
Chilhowee
Farragut
Loudon

Just sayin'...

Question do you think this next letter is from a real tree hugging, knoxviews.com posting, green tea drinking, non bathing, GW hating, far left coast transplant? Whata think?






Anonymous said...

Looks like six more weeks of primaries now that one saw their shadow and the other went deeper in the hole.

Did Ron Paul fall off the end of the earth? Rememer old man Nader? Right now both of them are looking better than these two.

I saw local news (WBIR) actually report on the road mess as if it is new? As for making fun of the 4th and gill neighborhood my girlfriends mother lives very close to all of the work and as soon has her friend gets back from Chicago they are both going to look for a place to live on the other side of Turkey creek. She said she has not had a full nights sleep since it started and can't find anyone to talk to about the noise and light pollution. Birds are going to die from the bright lights all night long and smaller animals will not breed because of the noise. This is an ecological nightmare and not once person cares.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 9:18:00 PM EST

Ed…Our political staff says Nader
is still in there and he is under the age of 80, which now is the new 79.

As for the thoughts about the 4th and Gill woman moving beyond Turkey Creek, that remark has caused staff to question the validity of your entire post. NO self respecting 4th and Gill resident would ever consider moving close to a former swamp that has been defiled with concrete, under ground environmentally dangerous electrical wiring and numerous places that sell cooked and raw RED MEAT! Remember before the monolithic horror was constructed there WAS a beautiful wetland filled with some of Mother Earth’s most fragile creatures. Shame, shame, shame on those who now walk above their T tiny little graves!

NO NOT ANOTHER ONE!

TODAY all the national TV news tribes will join their cable counterparts in wearing us out with two more primaries. For our readers who live and vote in the afflicted areas here is a fast look at the two neck and neck contenders for the nomination. Look them over carefully, take your time, and always remember that a write in for NONE OF THE ABOVE is no longer a silly prank, but a very viable way to express both your apathy and quiet fear of those running!

ONE OF THE LATEST LETTERS said
all of the other pictures were of
FAR FAR left dems trying to get
the nomination. The post
wanted Equal TIME so here it is!



FLASH the NEW LETTERS!
Letters so new you can still
smell the HATE in some of
them! THANKS..you know the
way in so come and sit a spell!
Anonymous Anonymous said...

On the sports chick at 10 "immunizing" the horse...

I saw that too, and just about choked on my 5th Krystal burger. The thing is, it was also on the Sunday morning sports report. If she records sports to air on Sunday, surely she would have had an opportunity to correct her error. Or someone in the building who heard it could have corrected it. Or maybe they're putting together a "gag reel".

Headscratchin'...

Monday, May 5, 2008 10:26:00 AM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

To "Big Ed" (editor)...

I knew someone would take it wrong by my "too funny" comment. Of course, it was about the mistake made by Chris (Kris?) Dunning on the air, not the tragic fact that the horse had to be euthanized. Although I think you may have been raggin' me with tongue in cheek.

Regarding what a previous poster said, why didn't SOMEONE at 10 notice this mistake and get it corrected before she recorded the Sunday morning report? Have they all become stupid on the Hill?

"....nothing is more tiring than seeing someone with a an ax to grind continually beating a DEAD horse!"

Good one! No ax to grind, just pointing out bad broadcasting. But I see you still have that old radio humor!

And finally, I think the sports chick is getting better (for the most part), but if she screws up the sports or does a turribul job (thank you, Charles Barkley)... I can't say I won't tear into her. Her biggest problem is that she seems unprepared. Since when did 10 become a training ground for sportscasters?

Monday, May 5, 2008 5:57:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Right.

This is not the same as a newcomer to town mis pronouncing Mt. LeConte, or saying OAK Ridge instead of Oak RIDGE.

You would think that a professional broadcaster, presumably college trained no less, would know the difference between "immunized" and "euthanized."

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 5:09:00 AM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about some pictures of McCain?
Today Hillary will win one state but if the convention names her then she will be the president.

Do a list of how do you say things!

How do you say
Tazwell
Maryville
Oak Ridge
Concord
Seymore
Vonore

More?






EARLIER LOVE NOTES:



Anonymous said...
'bout tv6, WATE: never watch that thar channel fer news. but after a hot evening out, if'n it r bout 11 in the p.m. I do switch off the XM and go to 87.7 'n hear tha 6 news at 11 thru da radeeo. It r much funner when u don't have to look at tha talkin' heads on tv6. Jest my 2 cents from jest outside of murvil, up toward lookrock.

Ed. You spell as if you attended Ft. Craig and Everettts



Thursday, May 1, 2008 4:33:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
bout da road construckshn as reported on da news, here r a question: if'n I want to drive from UT Hosptial (or even from da airport), can I take neyland dr offn Alcoee hiway, round da curve jest past Calhoons, wher it terns into James White's parkway, whoever he was, and then just stay on james white until I go thru a tunnel and merge in going uphill on I-40 eastbound? all these here news xperts, hellicopters, planes, cetera want me to get on Hall of fame dr. then dip down to Magnolia, hang a rite on Magnolia, drive east on past the ole Swans bakery to Cherry street, take a left, then go a mile a turn rite to an up ramp to get on i-40 east. dang these media stations make a simple trek mightee hard. all those news folks want to do is tell us is how to get to downtown to sumplace called Mast general store, or otherwise round downtown. noone wants us'n native hillbillies to fine out how to get thru town.

Bye,
Ed. If your drive takes you into the 4th and Gill neighborhood after midnight be sure to wave and blow your horn they WILL be up and they WON’T hear it!

Thursday, May 1, 2008 4:47:00 PM EST
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Anonymous GSM Heritage Center said...
We are looking forward to having THE MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION here at the Heritage Center on May 3. However, admission to the Heritage Center festival is $3.00. The festival at the Townsend Visitors Center is the free one. But he's right about the location - it will be indoors. Townsend's a great place to be these days, even in the rain.


Ed..It was a glorious event and well worth the price of a half a gallon of HIGH TEST! The band is looking forward to a return in the summer to play in the big theater behind the main building. Readers should visit the center the next time they are headed up to the “quiet side” of the mountains. For more info here be the link.

Friday, May 2, 2008 8:12:00 AM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
And who says they quit making moonshine!


Ed…Well certainly not one elderly former radio personality who still makes a living hawking his voice to those with the money and need!

Saturday, May 3, 2008 1:44:00 AM EST
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HA HA HA HA
The Chesire Cat sports chick at Channel 10 needs to learn how to read. Tonight, while talking about the horse at the Kentucky Derby that had to be put down, said the horse was "immunized" on the track, instead of "euthanized". Too funny. It reminded me of a bloopers show I saw a few weeks ago in which a gal was reading a story about "black and gus" cattle. Her male co-anchor had to explain to her it was, of course, "black angus" cattle. LOL

Ed…First there really isn’t a thing funny about another Derby animal being killed, remember Barbaro? Second it is ALWAYS funny to see any anchor screw up and not know it. If the WBIR sports talent blew the word by substituting immunized I would give it a giggle. Truth be told it sounds a tad like you are not a giant fan of this sports “chick” so I would suggest you back down a bit, nothing is more tiring than seeing someone with a an ax to grind continually beating a DEAD horse!

Sunday, May 4, 2008 3:16:00 AM EST
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Mr WJ,
Why do you have those newspaper links on your blog, Wyoming? Thanks!


Ed…As a child I rode with the Wild Bunch and spent every summer in Wyoming rustling cattle, shooting up sheep ranchers cabins and murdering what today is referred to as big game endangered species. Those two papers are linked because they are both close to where my family started and I read them to check on some of the folks I grew up with and also to make sure the statute of limitations has run out on all of my warrants.

Sunday, May 4, 2008 11:35:00 AM EST


Thanks to all who braved the wind
and rain to come to Townsend for the
Mountain Folk Reunion Show on Saturday.
A few photographic remembrances are
on the bands site along with the ever
GROWING summer schedule. For booking info
check the site.

WBIR WINS AGAIN!

And the WINNER for the most prolonged coverage of the beginning of yet another downtown Knoxville road project goes toooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
W B I R television. These tireless purveyors of the truth not only had the lovely and talented Ed Rupp on the story for just under 87 months but before dawn they sent Russ out to do play by play on the empty road. Schwall was scheduled to blow taps as the driving life of downtown Knoxville motorists officially came to a stop but he lost his lip when it froze to his mouthpiece in the December of 1941 Buckfart, Ohio Christmas parade.

Late Friday the hunger for more reports on the closed road story was satisfied by Channel 10 when they started providing LIVE STREAMING of the road on their website. If the live streaming continues through the summer we will be offering cash prizes for the most viewed and documented construction crew butt cracks seen in a three hour period. If the crewman is a member of the plumbers union their picture does not qualify, sorry.

Immediately after a section of 40 was closed officer Friday reported one minor accident. Blaming it on motorists coming out of the darkness and being blinding by the glaring television lights the officer said it could have been worse. Air Traffic reporter Dave “Crash” Tireiron caught this picture just after the fender benders happened.





Mike Beach



(Formally the funniest man in radio) has always been revered as a broadcasting genius by both this staff and the hundreds of radio men who have tried to fill his giant foot prints over the last 80 or 90 years. Proving that he has knowledge of the industry and an undeniable gift for looking both into the past and future he as become nothing short of a radio god in the Tennessee Valley. We are honored and humbled to be able to guide you over to the radio history blog where Mike Beach has shown his genius once again in analyzing two unworthy old OUT OF WORK radio curmudgeons. PLEASE click over and then bookmark the blog if you care about what has happened to a once star studded industry. Mike nails it again!


This just in from someone on how to make millions with a new local survivor type TV show!.
Survivor: Tennessee Style.

Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows, we're planning to do our own show entitled "Survivor: Tennessee Style."

The contestants will start in Bristol, travel down to Morristown and on to Knoxville. From there they will head over to Athens then Chattanooga. They will then proceed north to Nashville then east through Cookeville, Crossville, Kingston, back through Knoxville and hit I-81 all the way back to Bristol.

Each will be driving a pink Volvo with Florida license plates and several large bumper stickers that read:

"I'm Gay and Dale Earnhart was my lover"
"NASCAR Sucks"
"Go Bama"
"Copenhagen is for Idiots"
"Barrack in 2008"
"Deer Hunting is Murder"
"Say No to Budweiser"
"I'm Here to Confiscate Your Guns"
"Go Gators."


The first one to make it back to Bristol alive wins.










A few letters from last week and some smart DONKEY replies from the editor:

Anonymous said...
Walker,

Just read your updated blog and regarding tv spelling, yes, I meant the crawls and also the shots with a picture and words while the anchor reads a story. (don't know the technical term--is it chiros?) Not only does it occur locally, but also on national broadcasts by Fox, MSNBC, CNN, etc. I expect better from these people. And it happens in the newspaper world as well. Frustrating.

Ed…What we find frustrating is the CRAWLS! Since 911 the cable news fools feel they must have a crawl along with the screaming BREAKING NEWS font running twenty four seven. I bet some twisted focus group told a consultant that they run to the TV when a crawl comes on. OK back in the days after 911 we all did but today when the crawl is either TIMMY HAS FALLEN DOWN THE WELL AND LASSSY WAS HIT BY A ICE CREAM TRUCK RUNNING FOR HELP…or THIS JUST IN REPORTS ARE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE WILL BE FUNNY THIS SATURDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1971…we run to the bathroom. Problem is when we come back it is STILL THERE! As for the spelling issue, again if you are reading this blog you know we are excited if we get most of the words in some semblance of the English language, spelling is not much of an issue to us.
Sunday, April 27, 2008 5:45:00 PM EST


Brian said...
Regarding the rumors you post from time to time on Fox 43 taking their news in-house, they just recently (within the last year) re-upped with WATE for three more years, so you're looking at at least two more years on the contract.
Ed.. We wonder if they are paying a reduced rate this time around? Fine out and get back to us and as always if you don’t know the facts just make them up!

Just FYI.

Of course, from what I hear, the reporters and talent at WATE wold be happy for it to go away. With the exception of the two anchors, nobody else is getting extra $$ for doing the extra work,never have. It was something that was just added to job descriptions when they took over the contract.


Ed Hey WATE is not alone in the money pit. Look at the reports coming out of WBIR about long days and although there is a need (according to the moles) for help the big kids are not going to hire!


Sunday, April 27, 2008 8:39:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...
I work for FOX and we hear that 6 is begging us back because they can't sell their news casts for the price they want.

FOX is a big money maker and to keep making it the new deal WATE is offering really is looking better than doing our own news.

Young Broadcasting is looking under every rock for a dime and we just might get an even better deal if we hold out.

Pride dictates we do our own news because we are now linked with the number three news station in the market and that just can't be good.
Still the money cut by WATE is really worth a look.

Six often says if they did not have us at 10 to promote their 11 they wouldn't have what few viewers they do now.

All is still on the table


Ed.. We so LOVE conflicting rumors! Last time we took the time to look at the overnights WATE was not doing all that great at 11. We still can’t see how a 10 cast would help 11 because most viewers watch at 10 because they won’t be UP at 11. Still we never want to discourage you so keep the whispers flying and as always we will NEVER check your facts before we print your posts!


HEY KIDS...Saturday the OLD MAN BAND will
be doing a show at the Smoky Mountain Heritage Center Saturday afternoon
in Townsend, starting at 1.

The Elderly Pickers will be
INSIDE so rain is no excuse and the price is
nothing. Townsend is in the midst of a big
festival and for those who have yet to see
the Heritage Center you really need to
drive on up to the hills this Saturday.
Again..ONE PM at the Heritage center in
Townsend...THE MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION!
FOR DIRECTIONS CLICK RIGHT CHEER!!!!!!!!