… WTIX Big Kahuna Time! …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
I suspect someone at WTIX had been to Los Angeles (or had a friend with a tape
recorder), because The Big Kahuna promotion was certainly not originated
in New Orleans. And KHJ certainly did not have online continuous reverb in
1966, but WTIX did! Both KHJ and WTIX had 20/20 news. In fact, it’s important to
note how important NEWS was to this Storz station.
Best guess – this was early August, 1966. Fairly hip and streamlined, but nowhere
near as manic as Buzz Bennett on WTIX
in June of 1968.
Acapellas, yes – “Johnny Mann”, no.
Gary Martin’s favorite word seems to be “everybody”, everybody! It’s
Groooove Orleans, everybody! There’s a nearly complete newscast featuring the
classic news delivery of Mark Roberts.