A look at the rise and fall of commercial radio, seen from the eyes of two baby boomers. Terry Bettis and Jim Christoferson both worked in local radio for years, in small to large markets. Their experience allows others to see what they see -- a virtual WKRP in every market across the country. Personalities, promotions, formats, actual air checks of the nation's top radio stations of the last 60 years -- all facets are talked about, listened to, and discussed in this weekly podcast.
This week, in our first podcast without Jim -- we trudge forward with some airchecks. Jim always loved it when we played airchecks, so that's what we're going to do. This week, we listen to some Los Angeles stations back in the late 60s and 70s. We hear Dr. Don Rose, the real Don Steele, and Charlie Tuna -- 3 icons of the radio industry. Thanks for listening.
6 May 2024
Episode #39: Rest In Peace: Jim Christoferson
Today, we give you the sad news that my podcast partner, friend and business associate - Jim Christoferson - has passed away. Jim suffered from pulminary fibrosis, and it had gotten progressively worse over the past 6 months. We all thought he would beat it. In fact, that was his mantra -- "I'm gonna beat it." But, unfortunately, we got the call on Tuesday, April 30th that the disease had won. I'm not sure what the future holds for this podcast - if we continue, it will certainly be different. But, we had lots of plans for the future, things we wanted to discuss, guests we wanted to have on, etc. We'll see. It'll be hard to do it without Jim. Rest in peace, my friend.
9 Apr 2024
Episode #38: Part Two of our conversaton with Peter Boyles on 710 AM, KNUS Denver - as we talk about what led to our new book: Radio What Happened>?
This is hour two of our conversation on 710 AM, KNUS Denver on the Peter Boyles Show. He was a gracious host, as we discussed the radio business, and all the changes we've seen in the last 50 years -- and we talk about our new book - "Radio: What Happened?", available now on amazon.com
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