Comments on: New picture…

By: Dave Arthur

Dave Arthur — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:20:32 +0000

Last I heard of Dave “Your Radio Slave” Stone’s whereabouts, he had his own tattoo shop on Vista…

Don, go find him and do a write up on him. Heck I’d just like to see how many tattoo’s he’s sportin’ these days!

Is Bernie still at IdaWest Traffic with Bill Bailey? Speaking of former KF95-er’s, I reconnected with “Wombat” on Facebook last year. He’s residing in Singapore and no, he hasn’t settled down.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:15:41 +0000

My dad always got a good belly laugh when I mentioned something about Chuck Roast! Last I heard, Dave Stone sold the tattoo shop and was doing prison ministry. I think Bernie told me that. She works at Velma Morrisons office now. When Fred Meyer was still open at Orchard and Overland, I was walking down the aisle and saw this bad ass looking dude with a long mohawk and a knife hanging off his belt standing in the toy aisle. I did a double take and came back…”Dave my Radio Slave?” “Oh hey Tom, how’s it goin’!” He was looking up pictures of Thumper the rabbit from Bambi, because someone wanted that as a tattoo. I tried not to laugh watching the looks on other shopper’s faces as we stood there having a perfectly normal conversation! Hey Dale, remember seeing if we could frisbee the prior week’s Casey Kasem records out the door at the end of the hallway? Good times!

By: Muck Raker

Muck Raker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:43:22 +0000

I agree with Lee. This one was too easy.

Now, an older pic – featuring the original studios and the “little house” – shot from the same location may have made it a tougher call. Still, the four towers – two self-supporting – and the old TV station mast on one of them, makes it a dead giveaway.

In my youth I once resolved to climb the northwest tower. Made it about 2/3 of the way to the top, then looked down. Big mistake.

By: Dale Jeffries

Dale Jeffries — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:47:32 +0000

Hey Dave,
“Hey Rump Roast” as Dave Stone would refer to me then, as one of the parttimers at the station. Not many remember “Chuck Roast” On KF95 do they……(that’s a good thing). I remember the weekend meter readings at the station way back then too. Thanks for the memories IRN.

By: RadioActive

RadioActive — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:06:32 +0000

Whatever happened to Dave “your radio slave” Stone….???? Last I heard he was selling cars somewhere…

By: Dave Arthur

Dave Arthur — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:22:48 +0000

Stephanie… not only did we have to go out and take the readings out back, but I also had to regularly fire up the generator to make sure it was ready if needed. I think that diesel engine came out of a big Kenworth semi-truck. It was huge and LOUD! That thing always freaked me out too… And Dave Stone, what a character. I appreciated that he always put people first. I enjoyed working with him. But when I think of that studio, I just remember the days of Big Jack and Wombat doing mornings and Steve Ryan at night. Them were some FUN days! Alot more fun than what was happening behind the doors of KIYS in the late 80’s.

Hey Don, did you ever post the pic I sent of Curtis Stigers signing the “Wall of Fame” before it got all repainted over?

Editor’s note: I thought so… but now I can’t find the post. Hmmm.

By: RadioActive

RadioActive — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:34:41 +0000

Elliot has a good idea about the tower pictures. What true broadcaster cannot admire a good looking tower site. Also there is kind a sub-industry among that actually sell calenders with towers on them….and why not?

Other than KFXD-AM (it will always be that for me as well!) and the Self-Standing tower for KQQQ-AM in Pullman, Washington, how many other Self Standing towers are around the state of Idaho these days…. I would like to know.

By: Stephanie Kelly

Stephanie Kelly — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:17:24 +0000

Those are the radio towers for KF95 out on Amity in Meridian. Oh the memories at that place. Working out there with Dave Stone, Tom Collins, Curt Caldwell and Victor Fox. Dave Stone was the first guy who thought I could fill in for mornings and that is how I met Tommy! I think most of us in the radio business swung open those doors and crossed the threshold into Boise radio out there on what use to be a lonely stretch of highway. What I use to hate was going out back to do the meter readings…..anybody else hate that!? Always afraid of the possibility of running into some huge spiders. Boy how things and the sound of Boise radio has changed……………

By: Elliott

Elliott — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:03:27 +0000

Hi Don,

Just a suggestion, why not take some pictures of “local” tower sites? We would be happy to supply some of ours! You could rotate through a collection of IDAHO radio transmission site pictures.

Regards,
Elliott Klein
Managing Partner, Sr. V.P.
Impact Radio Group

By: Dave Arthur

Dave Arthur — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:57:01 +0000

I worked many a day below those 580AM towers… in the days that they belonged to the KFXD call letters!