… Can you put wet overshoes on a radio? …
[Description by Bruce Portzer]
Near the beginning of this KJR aircheck, Ichabod Caine gives the date as Wednesday March 3, but it’s actually March 2 (March 3, 1977 was a Thursday). Newsman Les Parsons gives the correct date later in the aircheck. There’s no shortage of jokes on Ichabod’s morning show, and most are punctuated with a horn or some other oddball noise. He’s joined by a couple of voice characters. One of them, Captain Danny, comes complete with background sounds from a sailing ship.
There is also an amusing contest, where 5-8 year old listeners ask questions about their favorite fairy tales. To no surprise, Ichabod can’t answer this hour’s question, and the 8 year old contestant scores prizes for himself and his parents.
At one point, he asks “whatzamatter Brown, ain’t they paying you enough in Dallas?” This was after a spot done by the previous morning host, Charlie Brown. Charlie had left for KLIF a few months earlier, but was still doing voice work for Seattle clients. Charlie’s time in Dallas was, nonetheless, brief. By early spring he was back at KJR, and Ichabod moved to a different time slot, or a different station, or whatever.
Ichabod has worked at country stations since the early 80’s. Most of that time has been at KMPS, where he has one of Seattle’s highest rated morning shows.