Yearly Archives: 2014

UPDATE:  March 29, 2017:  Thanks to the law firm of Davis, Kessler and Davis, and Chattanooga city officials for their hard work in repairing this eyesore.  Here is the scene… Read more »

If you want to hear some great early 1960s Chattanooga Top-40 radio that hasn’t been heard in more than fifty years, you have my permission to jump to the end… Read more »

Yes, I finally answered the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.  There I was, at Coolidge Park on a beautiful Saturday morning, just minding my own business….and then, well just click and… Read more »

UPDATE May 7, 2018:  I had the honor of watching as Steven and Cody Hughes represented their dad as he was inducted into the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame on… Read more »

  I never got to meet Mort Lloyd, although he was in my living room day after day, year after year.  He was Chattanooga’s most-watched TV news anchorman.  He switched… Read more »

These stories rarely make headlines, but it doesn’t make them any less important.  Purse snatching is going on in broad daylight in busy stores and parking lots.  If you look… Read more »

UPDATE: August 19, 7:25 p.m. Thanks to Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke, Molly Cooper of the Mayor’s staff, City Council Dist. 7 representative Chris Anderson, and TDOT for reading my blog… Read more »

Anyone who knows me (and some who don’t) may have noticed by now that I haven’t handled Robin Williams’ death too well.  I’ve survived many of my favorite celebrities, and… Read more »

  Robin Williams is dead at the age of 63.  The coroner’s office has revealed that the beloved comedian died of asphyxiation, hanging himself.   I’ve lived through hundreds of… Read more »

UPDATE OCT. 25, 2023: Ernie Johnson Sr. has a 1 in 10 chance of being selected this year. The 10 finalists for the 2024 Frick Award are: Joe Buck, Joe Castiglione, Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Tom… Read more »