Radio Broadcasting History
Radio People by Name (D2)
Dan Diamond (Oberholtz)
WHB [Kansas City MO] 1967
Dan Oberholtz died Oct 27, 2006.
Now: PM drive at Country KDRK-FM, Spokane, Washington. Jim says (1/04), "I've been nominated for CMA Medium Market Air Personality four times; CRB Medium Market Personality of the Year nominee twice. I also do freelance voice work for radio stations and radio clients."
jim.diamond@citcomm.com
Young Bill Diehl at WTKO
Jay Braswell recalls: "Phil Yarbrough (the great Bill Drake) started his radio career at WMGR-AM in Bainbridge, Georgia (he was from nearby Donalsonville, Georgia), then later worked at WWNS-AM in Statesboro, Georgia, while he was attending (on a basketball scholarship) Georgia Teachers College (now Georgia Southern University). At that time, radio was just a hobby, and he had plans to play professional basketball ... UNTIL he hurt his knee. The rest, as they say, is history. When he went to WAKE in Atlanta, they wanted him to change his name to Bill BLAKE (to rhyme with WAKE). He suggested Drake, since it was his mother's maiden name. 'Course, Blake-Chenault would've been alphabetically correct!"
Chuck Browning and me, in a San Francisco Tong Bar.
A death-defying experience with a ride share kamakazi copilot (tried to piss on 3rd rail of the bart tracks one night ... from the back of my moving 4x4 - ask me about the windshield).
Jock meetings at Super CFL!!!
Getting locked out, accidently, while on the air!
Show prep at the New Ten-Q (involved a Bic pen)!
Remote from Hell in San Diego (car salesmen=pittbull on crack).
