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TWO LEGENDARY RADIO PERSONALITIES!

Bob Swanson and Barney Keep

Bob Swanson (seated) (May 20, 1942 – September 11, 2001) and Barney
Keep (January 9, 1917 – July 22, 2000). Both had worked at radio KEX
1190 prior to retirement, Swanson in 1994 after 27 years with the station
and Keep in 1979 ending 35 years on the air as KEX’s morning-drive king.

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MAN WITH THE GOLDEN VOICE IS 76 TODAY

 
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Radio announcer Gary Owens

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SUCCESSFUL SINGER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1940

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   Eric Hilliard (Ricky) Nelson
(May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985)

Ricky Nelson placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957
and1973 including "Poor Little Fool", which holds the distinction of
being the first #1 song on Billboard magazine’s then newly created
Hot 100 chart. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
on January 21, 1987. 
 
Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949 playing himself in the
radio sitcom series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. The series 
premiered on ABC television on October 10, 1952, and ran until
September 3, 1966.

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THE COMEDY TEAM OF MARTIN AND LEWIS

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AIRSHIP DISASTER 75 YEARS AGO TODAY!

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May 7, 1937

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The Hindenburg at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey in 1936, a
year prior to the crash



Radio announcer Herbert Morrison
‘s recorded eyewitness report
from the landing field,which was broadcast the next day. Of the 97
people on board (36 passengers, 61 crew), there were 36 total 
fatalities, including one death among the ground crew.

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Herbert Morrison

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