Yearly Archives: 2017

When your father is the most famous man in town, you tend to get labeled.  You don’t really have your own name.  In Chattanooga, Joanie and Jeffrey Masingill grew up… Read more »

I could bore you with a long list of things I don’t do well.  For starters, there’s swimming, car repair, and working with any technology introduced after the Bush administration… Read more »

Longtime fitness guru Richard Simmons has gotten huge publicity lately for doing….nothing. During the 1980s and 90s he was a constant presence on TV.  He had his own daily show… Read more »

I attended a wedding over the weekend, and it provides a happy update to a couple of sad stories we’ve experienced together during the past few years.  Everybody’s radio friend… Read more »

UPDATE: April 24, 2018:  WFLI 1070 AM has returned to an (almost) all music format, featuring the hits that made the station famous in the 1960s and 1970s.  You can… Read more »

We’ve been hearing about how our smart phones and smart TV’s are spying on us. We are told these devices can eavesdrop on our living room conversations. I know some… Read more »

  It happens when I’m in the car. It happens when I’m on the air. It happens daily, everywhere. This sounds like a tribute to Dr. Seuss, but it’s really… Read more »

I have told many Harry Thornton stories. People enjoy reminiscing about his wrestling promotions, and “The Morning Show,” which he originated on WDEF-TV in 1969. Harry knew how to fill… Read more »

I don’t have a lot of information just yet, but Calvin Sneed has announced he is retiring from WTVC Channel 9 on February 28th.  Calvin first worked there in the… Read more »

I’ve been on TV for a long time, so I get some unusual greetings when people see me out in public. The most common one is, “Hey, you’re that news… Read more »