[78-L] Yodeling

[Bill Knowlton]

Back in the mid-sixties there was a hilarious afternoon deejay on WLW, Cincinnati, who made great fun each day on various doings in the Midwest, actual or not. 

 

He'd report that traffic on the Interstate was backed up because the Mason Bull Ring was letting out...what was up with the "Wicked Women of Widhamsville," and the dying night life of Pisgah, Ohio. 

 

One of his favorite "targets" was the venerable WLW newscaster Peter Grant in whose honor Richard "built" the "Peter Grant Memorial Statue and Bird Feeder."

 

At that time I had just picked up the, er, remarkable recording by yodler Goerge P. Watson doing "Schneider Does Your Mother Know You're Out."

 

I dubbed it on a reel-to-reel (what else at that time?) and sent it to Mr. King. 

 

 King decided to install it in the Peter Grant statue as sort of an audio enhancement and then he started playing "Schneider" quite often on his program.

 

It became sort of a hit in very German Cincinnati for awhile but unfortunately it was no longer available in Cincinnati record stores.

 

BTW does anybody in Florida know what became of Richard King? He left Ohio for warmer climes and I understand that's where he contined his zany radio contributions.

 

Ah! Precious memories!
 
 
 
BILL KNOWLTON, "Bluegrass Ramble," Sundays: 9 pm to midnight (EST) over WCNY-FM (91.3) Syracuse, WUNY (89.5) Utica, WJNY (90.9) Watertown NY, also: www.wcny.org udmacon1 at hotmail.com  Since 1973!
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