… Sixty Five Percent, Mr. McLendon? …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
We suspect this aircheck of Russ Weird Beard Knight on
KLIF in Dallas was recorded for sponsor Gillette
(Super Blue Blade). What we don’t know is if it was all actually
broadcast as you hear it here. But wow, this was wacky radio in 1963.
In addition to Knight’s messages to his employer, there are references
to various governors and tobacco that may be addressed in COMMENT (below).
Ron Riley’s contribution was on CD, with a 50 db range,
quite obviously unprocessed (a bit distorted on peaks, at the original
source) and more likely recorded in a production room *or* off the console
(not the air chain.) It was processed here for online presentation,
as are all REELRADIO exhibits.
Stop picking at your beard, it’s bugging me! Frequent PAMS (mostly 18)
and Tips for Teens – provided by Weird Beard, “Commander of Delinquents
Anonymous”. Most interesting of all, KLIF DJ Trading Stamps,
Mike Nichols and Elaine May, and how did Russ Knight get
Gillette to sponsor a guy with a beard?