Tuesday, August 9, 2016

The lives of us who tow and trying to find those warm sweet spots

The life of a tow truck driver. Its not filled with much if any free time, or easy time. Your on call 24/7/365. Just because you make an appointment does not always mean you can be there on time. Your dedication to the profession is geared to that call from Sheriff's or Highway patrol dispatch, or any number of auto clubs, or insurance companies. Once they know your there, and your the only one, even if others are running in your area, get up online and your numero uno, and that means busting ass all the time. You work through the night, do business in the early mornings, and attempt to catch a few hours of sleep in the afternoons, at least as long as you can. 
The general pubic public has no idea what you do, how many hours you or I work, and what we need to do, just to keep running, to be there when their prized SUV or LDS troop carrier(mini-van) breaks down and needs to be rescued. So to those not in the know of what we do to tow , understand if you want one of us to call you back on something, expect it to be late night to VERY early in the morning.
Our Miss Duke called today, but I was 10 sheets to dream land, so it went to voice mail. From her pics which are seldom the real thing, she looks hot as a grenade. I think she'll be a real fit for the movie and perhaps a second seat here on weekends on HazzardAyre Coast2CoastFM. 
Which brings me to the next and final point here.
Finding that sweet spot to air our shows so as not to disturb neighbors, and to do business, has been a struggle. So, will carve my signature on a office space just down yonder here to begin the needs of bringing the radio gig to a more important prominent point. Then there is the hours of doing business and writing the film of the club, casting, which my lady SheWolf don't get. But the idea is simply based on the same idea as what Howard Stern did, to cement his career and launch it to a higher stratosphere than it had been. Here in the Mountain West few outside of radio knew of Howard Stern. It was believed that if a station here were to air his show that they'd be boycotted or worse. Because of the narrow focused beliefs of the greater communities. I saw this as an open door, and based much of our programming at the time on the foundations that Stern did, although I had been doing the same kinds of things on air from the time I started in radio in 1969. When I started in the business it was 1967 KCPX AM 1320 took a gamble on me that played and paid out until Mom and dad decided to retire and move to Idaho. After months, I tried to slide into a weekend time slot somewhere so I could go to school during the week. A cat named Phil Gray at KART AM1400 and  Kim Lee son of station owner Al Lee, took me on, but I was going in the direction of Dr. Demento, not the LDS approved programming usually allowed, I went to two more stations, finally arrived at then KLIX AM 1310, in Twin Falls, Idaho. Did some kick ass radio, and was there until Clear Channel, now known as IHeart radio bought KLIX. By that time I was on my second to final tour in the Marines.
Of course I did my bit on Armed Forces Radio, and then was able to transision the show to civilian radio. Of course by year 2000, radio had changed from mini stations owned by just one owner to multi station groups owned by multiple owners. Getting an indy radio show on a already on air station was impossible. Sure we were running our syndicated show but we needed our flagship station. So in Layton Utah in a small house across from Doug & Emmy's  Cafe on south main, on went AyreWolf FM. It wasn't until I relocated through various avenues to Gooding Idaho, with the gracious help of our Miss Nurse GoodBody, I call her that because A; shes a nurse, two she resembles Nurse GoodBody from HeeHaw 
 
  See the likeness? Erin called one afternoon, just as I was getting depressed in not finding talent for a researcher and co producer/co-anchor. I told her , that I loved gals in nylons, and a maybe smooch on the toes might occur. Her only question to that was , "do you prefer pantyhose or stockings?" Damn is there a difference? I though all nylons were just nylons. But thinking she was not going to show up, didn't take it to serious. But next day at the right time, she not only showed up, but had both kinds of leggings, brought program research, and we hit it off. We had chemistry, that translated to on air and in studio. She was married , had three kids, her son liked me, her husband liked me, and we produced some damn good radio. She'd come over at 11:00 PM stay with me until 05:00 to 06:00 hours and brought a funny heater (cheap, Rich Strickland, landlord of the place never did fix the heat. ) The thermostat was in the beauty salon on the end, and they turned it off at night. Okay. My finances were nearly dead, at the time, cousin Bud, was near dead, didn't either send or forgot to send rent checks let alone my stipend, and my pension checks were not coming. LexiBelle was in bondage after a repair that was hardly noticeable but needed to be bailed out. Erin without one slight noise, took out her check book, wrote me a check for $800.00 . At that point she became more than a employee. We still chat once in awhile by phone and is on my speed dial. 
I have been looking for someone else with that amount of dedication, to the radio station for the causes of southern heritage and liberty, military aviation , and those who flew and still fly those missions, and of course otr trucking . That's what we are on the air for, that's why there is the Knytes, and that's why the history of the Knytes must and should be told, and that's why we as an organization, are producing a movie to tell that story. Oh and yes, Erin will be in the movie.
Be on air starting at 06:00 @ www.livestream.com/hazzardayrecoast2coastfm 
TTYLY

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