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The
Top 10 Radio Stations To Have Graced My Ears |
| 10. |
WLAC Nashville—mid
to late 50’s-- introduced a white boy living in small Illinois
farm town to the wonders of R&B. |
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| 9. |
KOMA-Oklahoma
City-50’s & 60’s-- brought rock to the small town west at night with
their booming 50 kw signal. |
| 8. |
WCCO-Minneapolis—50-s-60’s &
70’s--covered the entire state of Minnesota like a small town. What
public service and entertainment was all about. |
| 7. |
KBUL-Salt Lake City 2000-today
The best country station in America. |
| 6. |
KSF0-San Francisco 1960’s
Greatest jock line-up ever with Don Sherwood, Al “Jazzbo” Collins,
Jack Carney and Jim (Newlywed Game) Lange. |
| 5. |
WLS-Chicago
50’s-60’s-70’s defined Top 40 radio. |
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KPEN-FM San
Francisco-60’s-70’s-80’s led the way for FM radio. Gary Gielow &
Jim Gabbert were cutting edge in a city that, because of the hills,
was murder on FM signals. Later became KIOI making them the first
station ever where their call letters reflected the dial position. |
| 3. |
KBCO Boulder—70’s’s
through today—Clear Channel is the owner but wisely kept alive the
programming and unique feel started by Bob & Diane Greenlee (go Iowa
State). A strong case can be made KBCO is the best radio station in
America today. |
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KIOA/KSO Des
Moines—late 50’s/early 60’s. These two Top 40 Rockers battled tooth
and nail to dominate the ratings in Central Iowa and the excitement
that came through the speakers caused me to dream of someday owning
my own radio station. “News on the hour with Max Rauer, Dic Youngs
and Hotdog Harold Moore, Dick Vance and Bobbi Matson were the folks
that made radio what I wanted to do with my life. |
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KEKB-FM Grand
Junction, Colorado 80’s and 90’s. Why number 1? Because it was
mine. Starting with a dream Jan and I applied for a frequency in
’79, we got it on the air in “84. And from ’86 thru 1999 when we
sold to a publicly trade company,
KEKB was always number one.
So it worked. A staff that was second to none and country at a time
i.e. Garth Brooks, was king KEKB-FM ruled Colorado radio west of the
Continental Divide. Plus, after the sale, it provided the wonderful
lifestyle we enjoy today. |
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My Top 10 Colorado
Ski Runs |
| 10. |
Tree skiing at the
top of Mt. Werner |
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| 9. |
West End of
Powderhorn |
| 8. |
Ruthie’s Run on
Ajax |
| 7. |
Spiral Staircase
Telluride |
| 6. |
Blue Ox (east end
of Vail) |
| 5. |
Grouse Mountain
(Beaver Creek) |
| 4. |
Riva Ridge Vail |
| 3. |
China Bowl Vail |
| 2. |
Big Burn to Lower
Powderhorn (Snowmass) |
| 1. |
Below Earl’s Lift
(Blue Sky Basin Vail) |
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Top 10 Colorado Bike Rides |
| 10. |
Hiway 92 from
the Blue Mesa Dam to Hotchkiss |
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| 9. |
Fruita from Grand
Junction (out K back J Rd) |
| 8. |
Cherry Creek Bike
Path dwntwn Denver to Reservoir |
| 7. |
Vail to Leadville
to Copper to Vail |
| 6. |
Montrose to Durango via Red Mt., Molas & Coal Bank
(timing is important on this ride. Best taken after the tourists
leave and before hunting season. But when the aspen have turned to
yellow in the fall this could be Colorado's best ride. |
| 5. |
Grand Jct to
Palisade over East Orchard Mesa |
| 4. |
Platte Rvr Path
dwntwn Denver to Aspen Glen |
| 3. |
Aspen to Maroon
Bells |
| 2. |
Vail to Wolcott &
Brunch at Yacht Club |
| 1. |
Colorado National
Monument in early morning |
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My 10 All
Time Favorite Rock Songs |
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10. |
Eleanor Rigby—The Beatles |
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9. |
Givin’ It Up For Your Love-Delbert
McClinton |
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8. |
Follow The Sun –Cheryl Crowe |
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7. |
The Entertainer—Billy Joel |
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6. |
What’d I Say—Ray Charles |
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5. |
Homeward Bound—Simon & Garfunkel |
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4. |
Don’t Stop (Thinkin’ About
Tomorrow)—Fleetwood Mac |
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3. |
Sittin’ On The Dock of the Bay—Otis Redding |
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2. |
Rocky Mountain High—Joe Walsh |
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1. |
Maggie May—Rod Stewart |
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Top 10 funny names of actual people (from namehumor.com) |
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10. |
Wayne Dwopp |
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9. |
Al Beback |
What's
in a
Name? |
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8. |
F. R. Ting |
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7. |
Colonel O’Korn |
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6. |
Art Sisfartsi |
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5. |
Colin Tosayhi |
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4. |
Luke Likesheet |
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3. |
Hal Apeno |
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2. |
Emma Roids |
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1. |
Drew Lingidiot |
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Top 10 Fun Colorado Golf Courses |
| 10. |
Cobble Creek
Montrose |
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| 9. |
Vail Municipal
(along I-70) |
| 8. |
Tiara Rado
Grand Junction |
| 7. |
Eagle Ranch |
| 6. |
City Park
Denver |
| 5. |
Legacy
Ridge-Westminster |
| 4. |
Fairway
Pines-Ridgeway |
| 3. |
River Valley
Ranch–Carbondale |
| 2. |
Bookcliff C
C-Grand Junction |
| 1. |
Redlands
Mesa-Grand Junction |
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My 10 All Time Favorite Country Songs |
| 10. |
Every Time You
Throw Dirt On Her
You Lose A Little Ground-George Strait |
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| 9. |
Much Too
Young-Garth Brooks |
| 8. |
Remember When
-Alan Jackson |
| 7. |
When Karen
Comes Around-Oak Ridge Boys |
| 6. |
Old Dogs and
Children-Tom T Hall |
| 5. |
Lovin’ Her and
Holdin’ You-Earl Thomas Conley |
| 4. |
He
Stopped Loving Her Today-George Jones |
| 3. |
Thank God For
Kids by the Oak Ridge Boys |
| 2. |
Gulf Coast
Highway-Willie Nelson & Emmylou |
| 1. |
The Lucky
One-Allison Krause |
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Favorite Restaurants |
| 10. |
Avon Deli (go
for the pastrami) |
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| 9. |
Rusty
Pelican-Santa Barbara—killer breakfast |
| 8. |
Blue Moon Grand
Junction—worlds best pork tenderloin. |
| 7. |
Taditch
Grill—San Francisco great food, cranky waiters who look as if
they’ve been there since the turn of the century. |
| 6. |
Elway’s—Denver
(be sure and have the scalloped corn. It’s to die for. |
| 5. |
Denver
Chophouse—great big thick pork chops and the best in mashed
potatoes. |
| 4. |
Tonto Bar &
Grill--Cave Creek, Arizona--Golf course food never tasted so good as
it does at Grand Junction native Eric Flatt's (he's Shari and Dave's
son) dining establishment along side the Cafe Creek golf course. Of
course this isn't exactly your normal golf course snack bar. It's a
part of the Rancho Manana Resort. Eric's restaraunt features a
great wine list and food that is beyond description. Don't ever
visit the Valley of the Sun without a drive northward to Cave Creek
and Tonto Bar and Grill. |
| 3. |
Il
Bistro--Grand Junction--A very comfortable Main Street restaraunt
featuring great service, great Italian food and a no music, no TV
atmosphere that allows for quiet dinner conversation. What a
concept! |
| 2. |
A Pacific Café—Kapaa
Kauai, Hawaii—go for the sea bass, indescribable. |
| 1. |
Buena Vista—The
home of Irish Coffee and great breakfasts. Number one for
sentimental reasons like riding a cable car and singing Christmas
carols with friends on Christmas Eve 1963, my first ever Christmas
away from home and winding up at the BV. 43 years later I celebrated
my 65th birthday in the same location. |
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Top 10 John Denver Songs
(and yes it’s cool to knock Mr. Duchendorf and his music but my
family, and I, loved his music. We only tired of “Far Out.” |
| 10. |
Grandma’s Feather
Bed |
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| 9. |
It’s a Long Way
From LA to Denver |
| 8. |
Back Home Again |
| 7. |
Wild Montana
Skies—duet with Emmylou Harris |
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Annie’s Song
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| 5. |
Leaving On a Jet
Plane |
| 4. |
I Guess He’d Rather
Be in Colorado |
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Rocky Mountain High |
| 2. |
Mathew |
| 1. |
Poems, Prayers & Promises |
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TOP 10 Columnists (as rated by a geezer)
After almost five years of weekly columning in the Grand Junction
Daily Sentinel one realizes how difficult it is to compose
interesting thoughts in a readable manner over time. Below are
folks who accomplish that in spades. And special recognition go to
those who are published two or three times a week. Staring at a
blank computer screen and creating winning words and unique thoughts
multiple times in a 7 day period over the years is indeed yeoman's
work. |
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Jim
Armstrong - Denver Post and AOL sports columnist |
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| 9. |
Terry
Frei, Denver Post and ESPN.com. I've been reading Mr. Frei
since the days of his covering the Colorado Rockies hockey team.
Hello 1970's and whatever happened to Krazy George? Mr. Frei not
only is a killer columnist but his books, "Horns, Hogs and Nixon
Coming: Texas vs. Arkansas" "Third Down and a War to Go", and
especially "77, Denver, The Broncos and Coming Of Age are simply
put, wonderful reads. |
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Peggy
Noonan, Wall Street Journal. Her every Saturday column is a
must read for anyone relishing great writing be they Republican or
Democrat. Ms. Noonan, a former Nixon and Reagan speech writer,
strings words together so well it causes awe and envy in any one who
has ever attempted being published on a regular basis. |
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Tom
Friedman - labors under the handicap of writing about world matters
(boring) and The New York Times (more boring) but Friedman’s “The
World Is Flat” is the best book of the last 20 years and his columns
are eminently readable no matter how dry the subject. |
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TJ Simers
- A
Times - a man who left DeKalb, Illinois even though
Cindy
Crawford was a cheerleader for the Barbs (yes barbed wire was
invented in DeKalb, Ill.)
This LA
columnist, who used to cover the Bronco's for a Denver daily,
delights in pulling the nose hairs of any and all members of the Los
Angeles sports establishment. |
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Joel
Stein - also LA Times, used to write for Time magazine. Terribly
bright, terribly young and terribly funny. |
| 4. |
Dave
Barry - currently on hiatus but when writing the absolute funniest
weekly columnist going. |
| 3. |
Stanley
Bing - Fortune magazine. Gets the inside back cover in Fortune ala
Rick Reilly in Sports Illustrated, Bing (a nom de plume for a CBS
executive)
consistently delivers funny, readable columns about the world of
business. |
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Robert Kirby
- sltrib.com/columnists—This
Salt Lake City Tribune writer and former policeman is a treat to
read three times a week. You can’t imagine how hard it is to be 600
words, three times a week, funny. |
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Rick
Reilly...The King! Although he is now serving out a non-compete
after leaving Sports Illustrated to join ESPN at 2 million dollars a
year. And if that's not enough Reilly also earns 25k for an hour
long speech plus penned a movie "Leatherheads" starring George
Clooney. These are the kind of lucky breaks we could enjoy if only
we also happened to be incredibly talented. |
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Top 10 Dick’s in history |
| 10. |
Dick Orkin
(creator and voice of Chickenman) |
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| 9. |
Dick Vitale |
| 8. |
Dick Fosbury
(Olympic High Jump Champ) |
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Dick Butkus |
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Dick Clark |
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Dick Tracy |
| 4. |
Dick Enburg
(“Oh My!”) |
| 3. |
Dick Van Dyke |
| 2. |
Dick Trickle
NASCAR driver |
| 1. |
Al Davis
(Oakland Raiders owner) |
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Top
10 DJ’s to come through my speakers |
| 10. |
Joel Sebastian-WCFL
Chicago- 1965-68 |
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| 9. |
Hot Dog Harold
Moore-KIOA/KSO Des Moines 57-62 (later KIMN & KHOW Denver) |
| 8. |
Robert W.
Morgan—worked all over our country and was doing mornings at K-Earth
Los Angeles at the time of his death a few years ago. |
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Jack Carney-KSFO
San Francisco-early 60’s |
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John “Records”
Landecker WLS Chicago 70’s & 80’s |
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Brett Saunders KBCO
Boulder—best dj in America today. |
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Bob Crane—KNX Los
Angeles-early 60’s (before he was Hogan in Hogan’s heroes) |
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Wally Phillips WGN
Chicago-60’s 70’s 80’s |
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John R and the
“Hossman” Bill Allen WLAC Nashville 50’s and 60’s |
| 1. |
Larry Lujack
“Superjock” WCFL/WLS Chicago 60’s-90’s |
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