Comments on: Trucking Radio, As It Used To Was http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/ Adventures In Amplitude Modulation Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Fred B http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/comment-page-1/#comment-3049 Fred B Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:11:39 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/#comment-3049 Thanks for all the comments about WWL . and the Road Gang . Douglas , Nemo and John Trimble. I used to listen to them in the truck and I rember the howl or the background noise in the truck radio and then would hear the King Edward Cigar Time  would be. .... I live in northern Ky and I would also pick up a station out of VA 1140 on the am dial to start off the night with Big John Trimble at the Geraldean truckstop. Would always here the Player Piano Roll I think was the song that started the show off. Then when he went off the air the Trucking Bozo was on in Cincinnait . When the old shows were on the nation was booming. Factorys were producing trucks were moving the products. Now the factorys seem like they are gone. We have distribution centers. What the trucks haul are imported stuff from foreign countrys to the distribution centers. Most of the big trucking companys are gone. I guess time moves on but I wonder if in this case it might not be for the better. Thanks for all the comments about WWL . and the Road Gang . Douglas , Nemo and John Trimble. I used to listen to them in the truck and I rember the howl or the background noise in the truck radio and then would hear the King Edward Cigar Time  would be. …. I live in northern Ky and I would also pick up a station out of VA 1140 on the am dial to start off the night with Big John Trimble at the Geraldean truckstop. Would always here the Player Piano Roll I think was the song that started the show off. Then when he went off the air the Trucking Bozo was on in Cincinnait . When the old shows were on the nation was booming. Factorys were producing trucks were moving the products. Now the factorys seem like they are gone. We have distribution centers. What the trucks haul are imported stuff from foreign countrys to the distribution centers. Most of the big trucking companys are gone. I guess time moves on but I wonder if in this case it might not be for the better.

]]> By: ken foster http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2723 ken foster Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:30:09 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/#comment-2723 Wow , I nearly forgot about the Road gang, I first found it while stationed in Del Rio Texas in the 1980's. I listened to it every weekend and enjoyed it. After returning from Germany I found it off and on while stationed in Missouri. Since the move to North Dakota I lost it again. Years later while looking thru a radio guide I thought of the old road gang and wondered if it was still on the air.  I've always been a rock and roller but really enjoyed the old country music they played and listening to the trucker stories. Thanks for the memories. Ken F Wow , I nearly forgot about the Road gang, I first found it while stationed in Del Rio Texas in the 1980's. I listened to it every weekend and enjoyed it. After returning from Germany I found it off and on while stationed in Missouri. Since the move to North Dakota I lost it again. Years later while looking thru a radio guide I thought of the old road gang and wondered if it was still on the air.  I've always been a rock and roller but really enjoyed the old country music they played and listening to the trucker stories. Thanks for the memories. Ken F

]]> By: Bill http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2568 Bill Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:28:46 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/#comment-2568 I was a huge fan of the Road Gang myself.  It kept me awake on many a midnight shift.  Thanks for the site!  This is great. I stumbled across it looking for a copy of the 'Ballad of Quantrill' by googling.  Any ideas? I was a huge fan of the Road Gang myself.  It kept me awake on many a midnight shift.  Thanks for the site!  This is great.
I stumbled across it looking for a copy of the 'Ballad of Quantrill' by googling.  Any ideas?

]]> By: Efrem http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2528 Efrem Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:43:04 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/#comment-2528 My, my, my Big John Parker the way it used to was.  I used to listen to The Road Gang as well as Larry Scott's Interstate Road Show and those were the days that the DJ seemed to be your personal friend.  Nemo was good, but I took time to listen to John Parker and his music the way it used to was. I listened out of San Antonio and clandestinely listened to the show when I stayed up at night when I went to Pensacola Christian College where listening to country music was forbidden.  John Parker, I hope to see you on the other side. My, my, my Big John Parker the way it used to was.  I used to listen to The Road Gang as well as Larry Scott's Interstate Road Show and those were the days that the DJ seemed to be your personal friend.  Nemo was good, but I took time to listen to John Parker and his music the way it used to was.
I listened out of San Antonio and clandestinely listened to the show when I stayed up at night when I went to Pensacola Christian College where listening to country music was forbidden.  John Parker, I hope to see you on the other side.

]]> By: mr hoag http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2516 mr hoag Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:57:37 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/#comment-2516  I am so happy to hear this  music I thought it was gone for ever I used to listen to dave nemo and  the ones before him with my little nine volt transiter radio. I would poke a hole in it and use it for a ant lol thank you so much for saveing this  true history of radio before fm. like some of the rest of us i just can't bring myself to pay to listen to radio. thaks again for it. tom hoag in kansas city ks  I am so happy to hear this  music I thought it was gone for ever I used to listen to dave nemo and  the ones before him with my little nine volt transiter radio. I would poke a hole in it and use it for a ant lol thank you so much for saveing this  true history of radio before fm. like some of the rest of us i just can't bring myself to pay to listen to radio. thaks again for it. tom hoag in kansas city ks

]]> By: William RUSH http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2498 William RUSH Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:27:58 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/#comment-2498 Finding this site earlier tonight, reading the history of THE ROAD GANG, (plus the many well written Replies above) has been a great discovery for a life-long lover of AM Radio in general - and the great WWL 870 broadcasts in particular. I was not a 'Trucker' but spent most of my working hours 'on the roads' as a Lawman.  I am Retired now and it is not possible to tell anyone just how much a part of my "Nights", especially in the early 80s, that WWL's Trucking Show became starting at Midnight in Houston, Texas.  Other officers had 870 AM set on their police unit radios and many of the Breaking News from around our Nation was delivered to us before any other stations made announcements.  The music was good and ranged from the classic to the modern, the Program Format quick paced, and Dave Nemo's friendly voice could make a commercial for a Speedway Truck Stop menu cause your mouth to water.  Who listened and wasn't stirred by Dave's super recording of "I AM THE AMERICAN TRUCKER"? Now that the show is long gone I deeply regret that I didn't make any effort to record the shows on a nightly basis!  Why should I?  The show was going to last forever, right?  And too you must imagine how difficult it would be to try to record even a full hour while making calls and the reception changed with every turn in direction.  But one night for a reason I really don't understand (except in looking back now) it seemed very important to me to bring a large cassette recorder to the P.D. with me; that night, Jan. 12th thru 13th of 1999, the weather was cold and wet - the misty night kept the criminals indoors and the radio traffic was light.  As I pulled onto the road I had WWL tuned in and was recording when Dave Nemo came on the air live. And I mean LIVE!  Broadcasters today are proud of their 'bumper music' but NO ONE ever had the bang-up GOOD Music & Station I.D. intro of WWL!!!  Thank God I've got it on tape and I listen to it frequently.  Nothing today even slightly resembles the feeling of being party to a close community covering our entire Nation through the long nights.  Dave Nemo's very detailed Weather Reports, just like John Parker's, somehow made you feel like the distant states were just another part of your own backyard and the truckers your neighbors next door.    If anyone has recordings of THE ROAD GANG that they would like to share, I'd love to have them.  I only have the one recording but it is complete and unedited.  The ONLY way to enjoy a recorded show because the Commercials and the News give such a mosaic of who we were and where our country was headed the date of the broadcast. Since Retirement, I have turned to the world of Art.  I am no longer taking commissions and just share a wide variety of subjects and mediums.  Should you care to reach me you can use the CONTACT THE ARTIST Form in Art Gallery 10 at <a href="http://www.rushartisticproductions.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.rushartisticproductions.com</a> It is so nice to find that many others enjoyed the wonderfully unpredictable signal of AM Radio.  The 'fading', hissing and popping of  'static' added a sense of "Real Time" to each and every broadcast - even upon Replay years later.  My own Sons, now in their early 20s, only know of this because of my recordings of Old Time Radio shows.  What a loss to us wo remember - and what a Blessing that AM Radio was a major part of our lives. William RUSH      Finding this site earlier tonight, reading the history of THE ROAD GANG, (plus the many well written Replies above) has been a great discovery for a life-long lover of AM Radio in general – and the great WWL 870 broadcasts in particular.
I was not a 'Trucker' but spent most of my working hours 'on the roads' as a Lawman.  I am Retired now and it is not possible to tell anyone just how much a part of my "Nights", especially in the early 80s, that WWL's Trucking Show became starting at Midnight in Houston, Texas.  Other officers had 870 AM set on their police unit radios and many of the Breaking News from around our Nation was delivered to us before any other stations made announcements.  The music was good and ranged from the classic to the modern, the Program Format quick paced, and Dave Nemo's friendly voice could make a commercial for a Speedway Truck Stop menu cause your mouth to water.  Who listened and wasn't stirred by Dave's super recording of "I AM THE AMERICAN TRUCKER"?
Now that the show is long gone I deeply regret that I didn't make any effort to record the shows on a nightly basis!  Why should I?  The show was going to last forever, right?  And too you must imagine how difficult it would be to try to record even a full hour while making calls and the reception changed with every turn in direction.  But one night for a reason I really don't understand (except in looking back now) it seemed very important to me to bring a large cassette recorder to the P.D. with me; that night, Jan. 12th thru 13th of 1999, the weather was cold and wet – the misty night kept the criminals indoors and the radio traffic was light.  As I pulled onto the road I had WWL tuned in and was recording when Dave Nemo came on the air live.
And I mean LIVE!  Broadcasters today are proud of their 'bumper music' but NO ONE ever had the bang-up GOOD Music & Station I.D. intro of WWL!!!  Thank God I've got it on tape and I listen to it frequently.  Nothing today even slightly resembles the feeling of being party to a close community covering our entire Nation through the long nights.  Dave Nemo's very detailed Weather Reports, just like John Parker's, somehow made you feel like the distant states were just another part of your own backyard and the truckers your neighbors next door.   
If anyone has recordings of THE ROAD GANG that they would like to share, I'd love to have them.  I only have the one recording but it is complete and unedited.  The ONLY way to enjoy a recorded show because the Commercials and the News give such a mosaic of who we were and where our country was headed the date of the broadcast.
Since Retirement, I have turned to the world of Art.  I am no longer taking commissions and just share a wide variety of subjects and mediums.  Should you care to reach me you can use the CONTACT THE ARTIST Form in Art Gallery 10 at http://www.rushartisticproductions.com
It is so nice to find that many others enjoyed the wonderfully unpredictable signal of AM Radio.  The 'fading', hissing and popping of  'static' added a sense of "Real Time" to each and every broadcast – even upon Replay years later.  My own Sons, now in their early 20s, only know of this because of my recordings of Old Time Radio shows.  What a loss to us wo remember – and what a Blessing that AM Radio was a major part of our lives.
William RUSH 
 
 

]]> By: Chris http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2442 Chris Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:28:11 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/#comment-2442 "King Edward Cigar time is 10 before the hour, time to enjoy a King Edward Imperial" Jason, if there is a way to post them, that would be great. “King Edward Cigar time is 10 before the hour, time to enjoy a King Edward Imperial”

Jason, if there is a way to post them, that would be great.

]]> By: JasonReed http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2431 JasonReed Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:41:51 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/#comment-2431 I have a few of the old WWL "singing" jingles on cassette.... I believe these are from the late 80's/early 90's. Audio quality is pretty good. It's from different random airchecks. Let me know! I have a few of the old WWL “singing” jingles on cassette…. I believe these are from the late 80′s/early 90′s. Audio quality is pretty good. It’s from different random airchecks. Let me know!

]]> By: tom http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2149 tom Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:19:03 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/#comment-2149 the road gang was so much fun!! the road gang was so much fun!!

]]> By: Chris http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Chris Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:55:22 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/trucking-radio-as-it-used-to-was/#comment-1237 Richard L, the violin theme song was the "12 o clock Jump", I believe. They actually had different opening songs. I remember Tiger by the Tail by Buck Owens and Rocky Top when Dave took over in the middle of the night. If I remember , Charlie came on after CBS Mystery Theater was over, which may have been 10,11 Central and Dave came in later on. I wish I could find some of the old WWL station jingles they played back then Richard L, the violin theme song was the “12 o clock Jump”, I believe. They actually had different opening songs. I remember Tiger by the Tail by Buck Owens and Rocky Top when Dave took over in the middle of the night. If I remember , Charlie came on after CBS Mystery Theater was over, which may have been 10,11 Central and Dave came in later on. I wish I could find some of the old WWL station jingles they played back then

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