Comments on: Rewind

By: Jairus

Jairus — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:19:04 +0000

Wow, what a bunch of info!
I was searching online for Bob Lee (Rex Allison?) and found this site. I worked for Bob for a couple of months running the board for his show, doing promos, setting guest, etc.
Eventually he got to thinking I was a government spy and I felt it best to leave.
I must say though, I loved working in radio and that was a fun job.
Last I saw Bob he was living in a camp trailer out west of Wilder, but that was 95/96-ish.
I was just curious today on whatever became of him.

Thanks all & howdy to the old KFXD crew.

-”Mot-tha-hoople” (That’s what Bob called me on the air)

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:34:52 +0000

Thanks for the update on Susan Eby. I have wondered for many years what had become of her!

By: Buster Bronco

Buster Bronco — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:57:36 +0000

According to http://www.umsl.edu/~cts/people/schwantes.html, Carlos A. Schwantes is now a St. Louis Mercantile Library Endowed Professor of Transportation Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He can be contacted at the following address and email:
One University Blvd.
154 University Center
University of Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
email:cschwantes@sbcglobal.net
He has written or edited fifteen books to date.
Current projects include: “On the Move: Transportation Shapes the Twentieth Century West,” a book under contract with Indiana University Press “Workers on the Anvil of Adversity: American Labor and the Phelps Dodge Copper Strike of 1983,” a book under contract with The University Press of Kansas.

By: Buster Bronco

Buster Bronco — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:51:57 +0000

RadioActive,
As I am sure you know, Dr. Schwantes has published many books. His curriculum vitae lists the following works:
Vision and Enterprise: Exploring the History of Phelps Dodge Corporation (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2000).
Columbia River: Gateway to the West (Moscow: University of Idaho Press and Columbia River Maritime Museum, 2000).
Long Day’s Journey: The Steamboat and Stagecoach Era in the Northern West (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999).
Hard Traveling: A Portrait of Work Life in the New Northwest (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994).
Railroad Signatures Across the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993).
The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989). [Reprinted in a second edition (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996).]
Coxey’s Army: An American Odyssey (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1985). [Reprinted in a second edition (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994).
Radical Heritage: Labor, Socialism, and Reform in Washington and British Columbia, 1885-1917 (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979).

The fact you recall "...Carlos was working on his latest book for the 1890-1990 Idaho State Centennial at that time...we talked about Hitherlands and the cultural and social meaning of waterways and tributaries and their affect on population growth and their development..." coupled with my vivid recollection of similar discussions
lead me to believe the book you are referring to is
The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989). [Reprinted in a second edition (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996).] Pacific Northwest was our text back in the spring of 1995.
However, the book he may have included your information in could have been anything written since the publication of Pacific Northwest in 1989.

By: Buster Bronco

Buster Bronco — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:40:01 +0000

Earlier I asked about the identity of Mary Alsager of KTVB. I noted Ms. Alsager appeared on the 12:30 pm news in 1972. KTVB began broadcasting in 1953. Ms. Alsager must have been an employee for a long time. The website, http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/may/kidstv/
discusses the history of local children’s programming. The site includes a photo of Ms. Alsager working on KTVB’s version of “Romper Room” in the 1960’s. The site reports, “were nationally franchised, with local talent performing in the lead role. But many other TV markets had their own personalities, often played by local news anchors, weathermen and other station personnel. They ranged from Flippy the Clown in New Haven, Conn., to Mary Jane’s Magic Castle in Houston.”
Website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_local_children%27s_television_series_%28United_States%29
supports this information.

By: Buster Bronco

Buster Bronco — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:30:20 +0000

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!
I have information regarding former KTVB weather caster Susan Eby (a.k.a. “Susie Snowflake”).
According to http://www.missmichigan.org/2006/judges.htm,
” {As of 2006,} Susan’s involvement with the Miss America organization has covered all aspects: being a contestant, emcee, judge, Traveling Companion for Miss Idaho at the Miss America Pageant, and Executive Producer of the Miss Idaho Pageant for seven years. She has judged over 55 national and state pageants in the Miss America system and was on the Panel of Judges in Atlantic City who selected Miss America, 1993, Leanza Cornett. A former Channel 7 television broadcaster in Boise, Susan joined the health care field after receiving a Masters of Public Administration from Boise State University. Her health care experience began at St. Luke’s Hospital and she has managed hospital accounts in Los Angeles, California, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Susan is now in Missouri, where she is a director at Tenet-Saint Louis University Hospital. She is active in the Rebuilding St. Louis program, a humanitarian effort in the city.”

By: RadioActive

RadioActive — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:48:30 +0000

Memories fade… but I believe Carlos was working on his latest book for the 1890-1990 Idaho State Centennial at that time. That should narrow in down a little. I wish I would have paid more attention. I do remember the first day of History class- we talked about Hitherlands and the cultural and social meaning of waterways and tributaries and their affect on population growth and their development…does that ring a bell? He was big on rivers etc, If he is still around, give him a call and talk with him- He was very receptive to calls from students and former students. I remember applying for a job at the former MK and needed some help answering a question for a sample speech I had to submit for a job as Public Information Officer. He was more than glad to assist! Through the years I wish that I had explored and expanded my research and gone ahead and written a book on the subject of Radio TV but just found myself in some very menial jobs like the current one I tolerate. (Currently sucking the life and creative force from my soul). I don’t know where the paper is. I have too much “stuff” to even put my finger on it. It’s probably in with my college teaching materials when I was at a small college years ago involved with Audio Video. If I find it, I will find a way to share what I have. I have some really neat materials stashed away…oh, the joys of being a packrat. Keep up the updates!

By: Buster Bronco

Buster Bronco — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:22:02 +0000

In response to discussions above, in surfing the internet I have found a programming schedule for KBOI and KTVB TV for August 24, 1972. The schedules were published by the Idaho Statesman. They may help answer a few questions we have been wondering about as well as generate more. The schedules are:
KBOI 2-CBS/ABC
7:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:00 CBS News (John Hart)
8:30 Beverly Hillbillies
9:00 Jack LaLanne
9:30 Love of Life
10:00 Where the Heart Is
10:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
10:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:00 Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
11:30 As the World Turns
Noon Eyewitness News (Jim Bates)
12:30 Guiding Light
1:00 General Hospital
1:30 Edge of Night
2:00 My Three Sons
2:30 Password
3:00 Western Theatre
4:00 Flintstones
4:30 Petticoat Junction
4:55 Theater Billboard
5:00 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
5:30 Eyewitness News (Bill Gratton)
5:50 Sports (Dick Eardley)
5:55 Weather (Larry Chase)
6:00 Truth or Consequences/Dialing for Dollars
6:30 The Drug Dilemma
7:00 Movie “Apache Uprising”
9:00 Mannix
10:00 Eyewitness News (Bill Gratton)
10:25 Sports (Paul J. Schneider)
10:30 Weather (Larry Chase)
10:35 Movie “Village of the Damned”
Conclusions: 1) Note the noon newscast. KBCI has recently brought back a noon newscast after not having one for years.
2) Note that Dick Eardley was doing the sports for the 5 pm news and Paul J. at 10 pm. Did Bill Gratton replace Eardley in the news anchor chair or was Eardley a sports guy?
KTVB 7-NBC/ABC
7:00 Today (Frank McGee/Barbara Walters)
7:25 Analysis 7 Morning News (Clint Bellows)
7:30 Today
8:25 Analysis 7 Morning News (Clint again)
8:30 Today(?)
9:00 Sale of the Century
9:30 Hollywood Squares
10:00 Jeopardy!
10:30 Who, What or Where Game
10:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
11:00 Concentration
11:30 Three on a Match
Noon Newlywed Game
12:30 Today in Idaho (Clint Bellows/Mary Alsager/Gerry Dunn)
1:00 Another World
1:30 Return to Peyton Place
2:00 Somerset
2:30 Dinah’s Place
3:00 Love, American Style
3:30 Bewitched
4:00 Daniel Boone
4:55 Fish & Game Report (Bill Cunningham)
5:00 NBC News (John Chancellor)
5:30 Analysis 7 News (Dan Smede)
5:50 Weather (Susan Eby)
5:55 Sports (Dan Peters)
6:00 Hee Haw
7:00 Julie (series preview)
8:00 Bobby Darin
9:00 Adventure Theatre “The Loving Cup”
10:00 Analysis 7 News (Dan Smede)
10:20 Weather (Susan Eby)
10:25 Sports (Dan Peters)
10:30 Tonight Show
Conclusions: 1) Notice KTVB was an affiliate of both NBC & ABC prior to February 1, 1974 when KITC-TV (now KIVI) debuted.
2) Who are Clint Bellows, Mary Alsager, and Gerry Dunn?
3) Note the 5:30 and 10 pm anchors were Dan Smede, Susan Eby, and Dan Peters.
4) I know Dan Smede retired after several years at KIVI. Dad believes Susan Eby left the news business to work in communications and/or public relations for one of the Boise hospitals. I am confused between Dan Peters and Bob Peters.

By: Buster Bronco

Buster Bronco — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:32:42 +0000

RadioActive,
In what book of Carlos’s did he include your research? I would love to read it. Perhaps you could find your paper and send me a copy???
I remember Carlos visiting our Idaho History class at BSU. He had incredible presence in the class. There was only twice I wished the speaker were instructor as opposed to the person we had as an instructor. That was one of those days. Later on in the semester our instructor and I debated about the confluence of the Boise & Snake Rivers. Having grown up in the Old Boise Valley (Notus), I knew the confluence was north of Parma at the Old Fort Boise site. She tried to tell me the confluence was in Weiser. To this day, I think she still believes she is right. I am content to allow her to continue her studies of feminism and women’s history in Idaho and the west knowing I was right.
I am glad you enjoyed the historical information. Until I find out differently, I would have to believe the station Gratton was working for when Jennie was sending the poetry to him was and is the current KBOI, the station my family continues to listen to on a daily basis.

By: RadioActive

RadioActive — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:39:18 +0000

Buster- Small world indeed, Carlos was my History teacher in a Senior level class and inspried me to write an exceedingly long piece called “The History of Idaho Radio and TV” which I must admit was probably the only paper I ever wrote in college that I actually enjoyed creating! I still have it somewhere. Carlos asked if he could use some of the information and graphics I had researched. What could I say? I never did read his book that he was working on at the time…about 1988-1989. I will have to find it and see what info he did utilize. Thanks for sharing the historical information.