Grover Jackson was a featured player and co-host of the KTVW channel 13 Country Jamboree. Along with Chubby Howard, Grover and guests entertained with current and old-time favorites, live each week, from the north Tacoma studios of KTVW.
This is Grover, along with Arkie Shibley on HOT WOODPECKER RAG
Chubby Howard is a DJ at Ohio radio station WBZI LISTEN HERE Saturdays 9am-3pm
Growing up in the 60s, kids in the Northwest were hooked on Top 40 radio stations like KJR, KOL & KTAC. There are plenty of airchecks circulating the Internet that take us back to that special sound of AM radio, often listened to on pocket-sized transistor sets.
Though we had heard stories of the mega-bucks these guys were pulling down, the reality was, the pay wasn’t that great for most jocks. There were only a couple jocks in each major market whose salaries were in the six figures. The rest were getting by. It had always been a struggle to keep a job, while battling the competition, surviving format changes, drugs, alcohol, ex-wives, and sometimes erratic or unstable management. There was no sense of job security, and U-Hauls were most DJs other car.
When conversation gets around to “The Great Radio Personalities-Where Are They Now?”, it is often a case of “Who’s Dead or Alive”? The grim reaper has claimed many of them over the past forty or so years. So, when we think back on the glory days of Top 40 radio, we have to realize, the only true magic was the sound they presented on the radio.
Saturday, May 19, 8:17 am
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Red Neckerson has left the building
In 1979, while also the head writer for the Gary McKee Morning Show, Corry created the Red Neckerson character. His daily commentaries as Neckerson were eventually syndicated on more than 300 radio stations, and Corry recorded several comedy albums.
A colleague, Herb Emory said, “I was blessed to be able to work with him and see some of the magic that he did behind the microphone…”
****At KBAM/Longview, we ran two editorial commentaries each day. One was by Red Neckerson, which was a real hoot. The other, from station owner Arne Peterson. Arne’s editorials, usually recorded in one take, were often just as funny as Neckerson’s. One afternoon, one of my colleagues forgot to turn up the volume on Arne’s headphones while preparing the recording studio for the boss. The next day, KBAM’s daily editorial was short but sweet: “This is Arne Peterson with today’s editorial….WHAT THE HELL?” We edited out the rest, up to the standard closing line, “This has been Arne Peterson, and THAT is today’s editorial”.