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Monday, May 05, 2008
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WAKY mid-70s midday jock Gary King |
From the cover of a 1976 Louisville
Entertainer |
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This photo was taken when WAKY played a baseball game with John
Denver and his band.
L-R: Bill Graham, Bill Purdom, Don Meyer, Penny Whitaker, Alice
Ryan and Gary Guthrie
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Okay,
this isn't a WAKY photo...but it features future WAKY PD Mike McVay,
then the PD at KTNQ (Ten-Q) in Los Angeles, along with one of our
favorite female rock stars, Nancy Wilson of Heart. Back row L-R:
Machine Gun Kelly (Nights at Ten-Q, now a Syndicated Radio
Personality); Connie Singer (Assistant PD at Ten-Q); Gary Greenberg
(Music Director at Ten-Q, now a Record Promoter with Travis Tritt).
Front row L-R: Unknown band member; Nancy Wilson; Mike McVay. |
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Eddie Money visits WAKY.
First Row L-R: Unknown, Eddie Money, Chary Southmayd, Tom
Prestigiacomo
Second Row L-R: Mike McVay, Unknown Record Promoter, Dirty Harry
Lyles, Dave McCann |
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L-R: Record Promoter Wade Conklin,
Gene Simmons of KISS, Tom Prestigiacomo (April 1979)
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L-R: Mike McVay, Shaun Cassidy, Chary
Southmayd, Tom Prestigiacomo
Seated: Darrell Douglas (April 1979) |
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The "Battle of the Stars" was
held in August 1979 at the Fairgrounds, and WAKY won.
First Row L-R: Adele Gleaves Hosmer, George Francis' secretary Marie
(married to Karl Shannon), WAKY local sales manager Joe Wright, a WAKY
salesperson and Bob Moody
Second Row L-R: George Francis, Charlie Blue (a.k.a. Charlie Hosmer
and husband of Adele), Mike McVay, Tom Prestigiacomo, Bill Bailey
and the mascot for the WAKY Ramblin' Raft Race |
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Tom Prestigiacomo and former Kentucky
First Lady Phyllis George Brown |
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Tom Prestigiacomo writes: "The WAKY
Wackers was created by Gary Guthrie in 1978 and carried forth by
Mike McVay for the rest of the season. We played from Elizabethtown
to Sellersburg and everywhere in between. Please note the WAKY
clipboard, created by Gary Guthrie and passed out to every
Louisville and Jefferson County High School coach. WAKY got ink in
the sports pages all the time because of this little trick!"
Bob Moody adds: "Gary Guthrie renamed and revitalized the WAKY
basketball team, but prior to 1978 it had a long history as the WAKY
Warthogs. This was usually one or two jocks and an ever-changing
roster of 'ringers' that included several former University of
Kentucky and University of Louisville players and at least one
former NBA player. I was told that Wes Unseld played a game or two
with the Warthogs years before I joined the team. My role was to
foul out as quickly as possible, so the real players could get in
the game."
First Row L-R: Tom Prestigiacomo, Larry Wolfe, Mark Ludwig, Unknown
Second Row L-R: Gary Prestigiacomo, Earl Lord, Jimmy Heitzman, Jim
Collins, Mike McVay, Dave McCann, Mark Hanlon |
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