Jim Host and Eric A. Moyen
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780813179551
- eISBN:
- 9780813179582
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813179551.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
While working with the Lexington Tourist and Convention Commission, Jim Host began to network with individuals from the National Tour Brokers Association (NTBA). Eventually, he convinced the NTBA ...
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While working with the Lexington Tourist and Convention Commission, Jim Host began to network with individuals from the National Tour Brokers Association (NTBA). Eventually, he convinced the NTBA leadership (including Joe Casser and Arthur Tauck) to hire his company and allow him to serve as the organization’s executive director. In a short span of time, Host dramatically increased the NTBA’s membership and revenue. He then won the exclusive radio rights for the University of Kentucky’s basketball and football broadcasts. Host traversed the state, signing affiliate stations for the UK Radio Network. Within a few years, he had created the largest college sports radio network in the country, which included power stations WHAS and WCKY. Cawood Ledford was the voice of the network. While traveling with UK’s basketball team, Host learned that the NCAA outsourced its radio broadcasts for the Division I men’s basketball tournament. Host made an offer to Tom Jernstedt and Dave Cawood of the NCAA to take over the radio broadcasts, and NCAA executive director Walter Byers gave his approval. Host then started building the NCAA Radio Network.Less
While working with the Lexington Tourist and Convention Commission, Jim Host began to network with individuals from the National Tour Brokers Association (NTBA). Eventually, he convinced the NTBA leadership (including Joe Casser and Arthur Tauck) to hire his company and allow him to serve as the organization’s executive director. In a short span of time, Host dramatically increased the NTBA’s membership and revenue. He then won the exclusive radio rights for the University of Kentucky’s basketball and football broadcasts. Host traversed the state, signing affiliate stations for the UK Radio Network. Within a few years, he had created the largest college sports radio network in the country, which included power stations WHAS and WCKY. Cawood Ledford was the voice of the network. While traveling with UK’s basketball team, Host learned that the NCAA outsourced its radio broadcasts for the Division I men’s basketball tournament. Host made an offer to Tom Jernstedt and Dave Cawood of the NCAA to take over the radio broadcasts, and NCAA executive director Walter Byers gave his approval. Host then started building the NCAA Radio Network.
Daniel Mullins
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- September 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780252043642
- eISBN:
- 9780252052538
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252043642.003.0003
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
Broadcasting was significant to creating a bluegrass music market. Radio personalities reminded Appalachians of home with familiar music and colorful dialect. Live programs on Cincinnati’s WLW ...
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Broadcasting was significant to creating a bluegrass music market. Radio personalities reminded Appalachians of home with familiar music and colorful dialect. Live programs on Cincinnati’s WLW showcased early Appalachian musicians. WCKY disc jockeys Nelson King and Wayne Raney played bluegrass records in the 1940s and 1950s, while promoting Jimmie Skinner’s record sales outlets. Paul Braden founded Middletown’s WPFB in 1947, Braden and announcer Smokey Ward featured numerous future bluegrass stars on the WPFB Jamboree. Influential radio personality Tommy Sutton joined WPFB in the 1950s, and took the Osborne Brothers’ demo to Nashville. Paul “Moon” Mullins joined WPFB in 1964. His folksy manner, ad-lib commercials, and humorous stories made him a regional star. His son Joe Mullins keeps tradition alive on today’s Real Roots Radio Network.Less
Broadcasting was significant to creating a bluegrass music market. Radio personalities reminded Appalachians of home with familiar music and colorful dialect. Live programs on Cincinnati’s WLW showcased early Appalachian musicians. WCKY disc jockeys Nelson King and Wayne Raney played bluegrass records in the 1940s and 1950s, while promoting Jimmie Skinner’s record sales outlets. Paul Braden founded Middletown’s WPFB in 1947, Braden and announcer Smokey Ward featured numerous future bluegrass stars on the WPFB Jamboree. Influential radio personality Tommy Sutton joined WPFB in the 1950s, and took the Osborne Brothers’ demo to Nashville. Paul “Moon” Mullins joined WPFB in 1964. His folksy manner, ad-lib commercials, and humorous stories made him a regional star. His son Joe Mullins keeps tradition alive on today’s Real Roots Radio Network.
