Radio Guy Reflections

I recently joined a Facebook group for small market radio stations and announcers. Since most of my career was in smaller markets,  I put out an invitation on the page for guest and have had several people reach out and we will be talking to a lot of them over the coming weeks. Today’s guest is in my future, and I am in his past His name is Richard Buckle and he is literally on the other side of the world as Richard joins us from Thailand and Surf 102.5

Today we talk with a Radio Guy who started in upper New York  with stops in Texas and Idaho and now he is the program director  and talk show host of KNRS in Salt Lake City Utah . The role of news talk radio in local and national news. And can talk radio play a role in today’s society. This is Rod Arquette.

I talk with five incredible guest on this best of 2021. Up 1st is a man who on January third of 2022 retired after a thirty five year career found him working radio in a small Idaho city to working for CBS NEWS and ABC News and being a TV news anchor in Houston Texas. He has reported on several of the top news stories of the past 49 years His name is Art Rascon.

I also talk with an award winning talk show host in Richmond Virginia,  Jeff Katz. Jeff  talks about how broadcasting in the woke era can be difficult  and some the ways he gives back to his community.

Finally the death of Rush Limbaugh is the subject I talk with a lawyer, a college professor, and a current talk   show about the legacy of Rush …. not his politics  but his impact in radio history.

On this edition  we go to the moon and back. I talk with two radio veterans . First, it’s Phil Moon a morning show announcer in Idaho Falls Idaho. Phil has worked with a radio legend and been successful in another profession to. Phil has done this while battling MS. Then a man who has worked all over the west  From Wyoming to Texas with stops in Washington State and Iowa  his name is JJ  Jeffries.

This is a special edition of “RADIO GUY REFLECTIONS” all about ‘THE KING” Elvis Presley and how a legendary radio voice helped launch his career.    A legend in  Memphis Radio Jack Parnell. I had the chance to talk to Jack several  years ago on the 80th anniversary of Elvis’s birth.  Also, I give memories I have of Elvis including my 5 favorite songs by the King.

On this edition of the Best of 2021 ,we talk sports talk radio with 5 men who have made their mark in the format. Scott Garrard, Utahs sportscaster of the year in 2020 and play by play voice of The Utah state Aggie football and basketball teams. Bob Aphun who has done play by play at the University of Denver, University of Illinois, and Utah state but has covered all sports including auto racing the NBA and has a story about the 1st time a high school football game was played under the lights. Dave Marinio talks sports radio in Atlanta Georgia. Mike Traina who called play by play for one of the most successful Jr College programs in the nation. Ajay Salvesen whose life in radio in hitting high gear. And Paul LaPoint who took a background in Pro Wrestling, Roller Derby and MMA to hosting a syndicated radio show. Paul now is developing role playing card games. All on Radio guy reflections .

On this edition of the best of 2021 we celebrate women in broadcasting with three women who worked in radio but their career paths tool them in many different directions

Up first Emily Gubler.  A very successful voice over artist who’s voice is heard all over the world. There is a great story that goes to Denmark to a small town in Utah.

Then Helen Davis from working in radio then working in  newspaper. Helen’s story is that of survival, including being struck by lighting

Finally, Kayleen Barton starts in radio and now heads a successful marketing firm in Oklahoma

Time to look back at some on the past year of radio guy reflections. We talk with the host of the nationally syndicated program The Daily Beatle Break Dave Marino talks about working in radio and now doing voice work and meeting Sir Paul McCartney we will have part of that interview plus Tommy Smothers about the lost weekend and being part of the song “GIVE PEACEA CHANCE” . Then a husband-and-wife morning team from Clovis New Mexico joins us to talk the stresses and joys of working together and raising an autistic child .

As we look back on 2021 we have highlights from 3 more podcast . Randy Ochsenbein who’s radio career led to a more technical side working with satellite feeds. We talk about a situation that involved the CBS evening news and his work with a major religious organization. We talk with Jim Dillman a legend in southern California radio, Jimmer talks radio, tv stand up comedy and a major motion picture. David  Fannin will talk his love of being as he called a rock and roll disc jockey and how that led to a news job where he witnessed presidential politics. Future podcast on the best of 2021 will focus on more radio announcers., sports casting talk radio and more thanks for listing to Radio guy reflections.

As we wrap up our 1st year of Radio Guy Reflections I take a look back at some of the great moments. This is Part one of this look back with more on the way. Zane Petersen takes on the role of interviewer as he talks to me about me. Rebeca Cressman is next talking cancer and how she went on the “Midnight Train to Georgia” in Hawaii. Eric Cawley goes from Radio to TV to politics to consulting and meeting an old friend in an unusual place.

In the near future we talk sports, the state of radio old and new, the influence or Rush Limbaugh not on politics but on radio, Tv news and production and stories of life on the air.