Yearly Archives: 2015

UPDATE Feb. 24, 2019:  Just two days after his 104th birthday, Claude Ogle Sr. has passed away.  As his son Ken told me, “He was determined to make it to… Read more »

Back in 1990, in my early days at Channel 3, I was playing softball for the KZ-106 Foul Tips.  One day my teammate Dewayne “The Big Kahuna” Gass (now widely… Read more »

I just got back from a cherished family tradition: spring training baseball with my sons in Florida.  Chris and Vince are in their twenties now, and it’s a challenge to… Read more »

I’m doing something a little different with this blog: I’m giving you a choice!  If you love to read, please read my thoughts below on “Luther Day.”  If you’d rather… Read more »

I was going through old tapes, and found what I think is the funniest commercial ever.  Tom Snyder played this on his late night CBS show in 1999, and we… Read more »

UPDATE, OCTOBER 15, 2015:  Jacob Gray and Mason Chamberlain were honored this week as Youth Heroes by the American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee! Original story from March 1, 2015:… Read more »

It seems hard to believe now, but for 11 years, (1967-77), Chattanooga viewers watched a 20-hour annual telethon (from 11:00 p.m. Saturday to around 6:30 p.m. Sunday) for the March… Read more »

Congratulations to Sammy George, one of Chattanooga’s all-time top broadcasters on his election to the Country Radio Hall of Fame.  Sammy was general manager of US-101 during the station’s meteoric… Read more »

The banquet room at the Colonnade in Catoosa County, Georgia was filled last Saturday night.  The annual Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner is the social event of the year.  Tommy… Read more »

UPDATE, JAN. 26, 2016:  Finally, some good news: please read this Facebook post from one of my favorite people ever, Marty Browning Dunagan: “IT IS FINISHED! I just finished my… Read more »