Q&A with Michael Quinn, King of Holiday Radio Music
Doni: You have an anniversary of sorts this holiday at KLXR, Mike, right?
Mike: Yes we do, Doni. 2011 is the 12th year that we have played our Christmas music on KLXR
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Ignore the ‘Big Five’ and You’ll Rediscover Sports
You may divide the world into two kinds of people. No, I’m not talking about men and women, or Republicans and Democrats. I’m talking about people who listen to sports talk radio, and those who would rather gouge out their… Continue Reading
Farewell to Fritz Egger, a Redding Radio Original
A good Redding radio friend died just recently and we’ll miss him. Frederick “Fritz” Egger was the first person to broadcast on the new KRDG in 1956 when Howard Martineau put the second station that Redding ever had on the… Continue Reading
Sunday Funny: ‘Toon Talk with Doni & Phil!
Tune in to KCNR 1460 AM at 11 a.m. Sundays for the weekly radio show hosted by A News Cafe Publisher and Editor Doni Greenberg. You can call in to the program at 530-605-4567. Thanks for reading – and listening! Phil… Continue Reading
Sunday Funny: Radio Doni!
That’s right! Tune in to KCNR 1460 AM each Sunday at 11 a.m. for A News Cafe’s own Publisher and Editor Extraordinaire, Doni Greenberg. Call in to the show at 530-605-4567. Phil Fountain is a cartoonist, writer and occasional bed-wetter based in… Continue Reading
From the Dishwashing Station at the Back Sink – No. 3
In an effort to crack-up laughing our very serious “Ted Baxter type” newscaster, Mark Rogers at KVIP Radio and Television, we had to go to extreme measures. The man was very good at delivery and composure. In the early 60s,… Continue Reading
Follow the Firesigns to the Best Comedians You Don’t Know
I know what you’re thinking, “Here he goes again, prattling on and on about some obscure comedy group. I wish he would keep his Thorazine prescription up-to-date.” Well, go ahead and think what you will, I’m going to prattle. Hopefully,… Continue Reading
Calling Mr. Hanks
There have been Tom Hanks sightings in Red Bluff the past couple of weeks, and the town is abuzz over whether the famous actor might show up at a Friday benefit screening of his classic film “Big.” Hanks, whose ailing… Continue Reading
“I am amazed at radio DJs today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for.” ~ Jasper Carrott
