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Post by John Quincy on Jun 10, 2004 19:50:43 GMT -5
Coni wrote us asking...
I was a big fan of Bobby Dee. He was a disc jockey there in the 60's. Do you know whatever happened to him?
Does anybody know? Thanks!
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Post by Bruce on Jul 4, 2004 13:52:59 GMT -5
I can answer a few questions about Bobby Dee. I believe he went to WLCY in Tampa. Then in 1965 he came to WITH in Baltimore and stayed until the August 1966 when the station changed formats. Later he worked at WYRE in Annapolis, Maryland and WINX near Washington, DC. After that I don't know.
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Post by John Quincy on Oct 16, 2004 14:35:00 GMT -5
This from John Thomas Anderson of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida:
I was perusing the internet the other day for things 'Charleston' and happened on your Web site. I found it to be well done and reflective of a great deal of leg work.
I have more than just a passing interest in WTMA. I was born and raised in Charleston many, many years ago and for a time (1990) I lived directly across from the station on St. Charles Court.
For what it's worth, my son David Michael Anderson worked at WTMA as a part timer while he was a student at Middleton HS. His relationship with WTMA's Rick Tracy began about that time and he eventually followed Rick to Jacksonville about 1988.
My son, David Michaels, began his broadcasting career at WTMA in March of 1979 under the tutelage of Booby Nash and, at that time was also friendly with the (now) Reverend John Burwell. John Burwell might just remember both David and Rick Tracy? This while David was still in High School and at age 17 I don't think he worried too much about air checks and memorabilia. That's how it all got started.
David is known professionally as David Michaels and he has been working as an 'on air' personality at Jacksonville's Rock 105 for the past 12 years, or so.
Rick Tracy (Michael J. McKay) is no longer in the radio business. He underwent a liver transplant several years ago, was married for a time and now lives in Orlando, Florida.
Rick Tracy's current whereabouts are unknown although the word here in the radio world is he is in Orlando. Nobody seems to have any first hand knowledge. I will update you as soon as something more definite turns up.
There was an individual named Kevin Scott Brownell (sp?) that worked with Rick at WTMA who did the news. He and Rick ate Thanksgiving dinner at our house when we lived on Orange Grove Road many years ago.
An excerpt from the "John Burwell WTMA Story" says, "Sometime in late 1974 our Chief Engineer, Bill Dudley left us to become the GM at WKTM/WNCG. Bill was replaced by Charlie McHan who I believe was the finest radio engineer in the entire world." Several years ago I bumped into Charlie McHan at a local watering hole on Jacksonville Beach. He was a 'regular'. I haven't seen him since and I don't know if he's still in the area, at least he's not in the telephone book.
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Post by Rick on Nov 15, 2004 19:45:00 GMT -5
I was stationed at Charleston AFB in the late 70's and did a lot of listening to WKTM, 102.5 FM. Anyone know if Bill Enloe is still in the Charleston area? I have a tape of "Prime Cuts", the new music program he hosted that I recorded in May of '78. It's the show where I first heard "Take It Off The Top" by the Dixie Dregs, among other cool tunes.
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Post by jimdiamond on Jun 2, 2007 7:48:56 GMT -5
With regards to Coni and her question with repect to a Wtma Good Guy, back in 60's, using the name Bobby Dee. His real name was Bob Dowst and unfortuntely he passed away in Covina, California on Nov 6th of 2005 at the age of 78. I had the pleasure of working with him at the Mighty Tma in 1963. My air name was Jim Diamond and I had only recently graduated from high school when I started my Media Career at 133 Church Street. Bobby was a true pleasure to watch at work. One particular period of that time that stands out, was to come up with a contest that he was to run on his show. So we came up with the "Bobby Dee - Daughter - contest". In other words - "How many times do the Blenders say - Daughter". That was their popular song back then and after a few production room audio tape splices, I came up with the "spot" and Bobby ran with it. Of course there were hundreds of people that actually counted the number of times that the word "Daughter" was in their song and they sent it in, but he put all the winners in a box and drew out the lucky winner. Bobby was extremely honest and somewhat the opposite away from the mic. He was not the "flash" that a lot of people assumed he would be. He had a "Mitch Miller" type beard and also called himself - "the wierd beard". I believe that the "Daughter" contest is on the air-check that I gave John Quincy for the Tma Audio archives. Glad that a fan such as you were around back then Coni and maybe if I'm lucky, you might remember a "Jerry Lewis" sound-a-like, named Jim Diamond, from back then too. - Jim Diamond
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