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Lloyd Bentsen will always be remembered for his famous put-down of Dan Quayle: "Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." See if you can guess why that quote came to mind while I was watching the 11:00 p.m. news on Monday night.
First of all, I was surprised to see a much heavier version of myself on WBIR. The report started with video from six years ago of the last Phil & Murphy Show on 100.3 The River. They were reporting on a radio station licensed to Oliver Springs that has started using the same name. The angle on the story was that The River is back. Not so fast.
The fault lies more with WBIR than with the new radio station. They wrote their news story to make it sound like my old station was back, even though the manager of the new station made it clear that their name is really just a coincidence. To me, their "'80s, '90s and Now" slogan sounds more like another defunct station, The Point, than the "World Class Rock" once offered by The River.
Here is the video of me trying to hide my weight under an untucked shirt. Don't blink, I'm on there a couple of times but only for a second or two each.
First of all, I was surprised to see a much heavier version of myself on WBIR. The report started with video from six years ago of the last Phil & Murphy Show on 100.3 The River. They were reporting on a radio station licensed to Oliver Springs that has started using the same name. The angle on the story was that The River is back. Not so fast.
The fault lies more with WBIR than with the new radio station. They wrote their news story to make it sound like my old station was back, even though the manager of the new station made it clear that their name is really just a coincidence. To me, their "'80s, '90s and Now" slogan sounds more like another defunct station, The Point, than the "World Class Rock" once offered by The River.
Here is the video of me trying to hide my weight under an untucked shirt. Don't blink, I'm on there a couple of times but only for a second or two each.
Labels: Knoxville, politics, radio, TV, weight loss
posted by Frank Murphy at
5:21 AM
7 Comments:
Wow. You know, Phil could have used an un-tucked shirt for his neck.
"Is now 100 point 6...?" How could they leave that mistake in? Especially with the logo for 106.1 for the video.
Paint me shallow this morning, but at least their blonde spokeslady is quite attractive....
Also, I was listening to 100.3 way back in the day when it was WOKI I-100, playing hair bands and 80's pop ballads. 1989 was a good year.
Yeah...this station was on the air not long ago at all. It was called THE POINT!!
Where's Bruce Patrick? He might need a job.
you know, this automatic play video thing is getting a little annoying. Every time i reload the page or come back from a cool hyperlink i hear the ad start to play. can you change that?
...no need to post this as a comment...i just thought it was the most direct way to address this post.
THE RIVER was the best station in Knoxville. Phil W and David H had worked together at WIMZ and with the addition of your talent, it was even better. I am STILL P-O-ed it was banished. Thanks for posting this segment on 'the last day'. SS!
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