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Welcome to
Bob Walker's Original
NEW ORLEANS RADIO (+ TV) SHRINE!

Lotsa great radio & tv stuff here, so plan to spend a while
with pictures and memorabilia I've collected during
my radio years plus memorabilia sent by visitors!

Pages below contain text or pictures ... or both! Enjoy!!

Radio Reunion Lunch #3 At Cap's
March 15, 2008 - Fun Crowd - New Pictures

The Ballad Of The TIX Tigers (audio - 1962)

Dee Dee Sperling (Dick & Dee Dee)
with WTIX DJ's Bob Robin and Dave Nebel

WTIX Night at Pontchartrain Beach, 1961

Autographed Promotional Photo of C.C. Courtney - 1964

Ya Pal Al - Pics Thru The Years

The Original KOOL Wake-Up Club
Listen to 8 minutes of hilarious audio featuring Blair, The Fat Man,
Ben Suddeth, Darlene, Nicky Danger and loads of curious phone callers!
(1994)



New Orleans Radio Shrine
WALL OF FAME
Tribute Pages


THE JOKERS
Hear their music too!

C.C. COURTNEY
His personal site

C.C. COURTNEY
Our tribute site


SGT. T-BEN
BOUDREAUX


ERIC
TRACY


TED
GREEN


YA PAL AL


WEERD WAYNE


BLAIR ON THE AIR

     


"CONSULTANT"
... Begins with
"cons" and the very word hisses like a snake...
the poison fruits of broadcast radio.




EDITORIAL ON CORPORATE GREED AND INCOMPETANCE:

WHY RADIO TODAY SOUNDS SO BAD

...AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
by BOB WALKER (Rated PG)
CLICK HERE





GROWING UP IN NEW ORLEANS IN DE OLE DAYS:

New Orleans memories received in e-mail from listeners and visitors.
Friends from the old neighborhood...radio & tv personalities...national celebrities...
Click on a page number and enjoy as they share their New Orleans memories:

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STUFF TO READ:

Alumni Magazine - BILL ENGEL - FORMER WTIX GENERAL MANAGER
"2007 ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR" HERE

Newspaper - THE BEATLES' VISIT TO NEW ORLEANS - SEPTEMBER 16, 1964
The "lost" Angus Lind column from the Times-Picayune on September 16, 2004
HERE

Newspaper - MR. BINGLE'S CREATOR FINALLY GETS A TOMBSTONE
Angus Lind column in the Times Picayune, December 16, 2005 - HERE

Newspaper - KING BOB & T-BEN TOGETHER AGAIN
Angus Lind column in the Times Picayune, December 10, 2005 - HERE

CityBusiness - WWL-AM RATINGS SLIDE
New Orleans CityBusiness Article, August 8, 2005 HERE

Newspaper - GIANT MEDIA CORPORATIONS AND LIES
Bob Walker's Letter To The Editor in the Times Picayune, September 22, 2003 - HERE

Newspaper - BOB WALKER RETIRES FROM RADIO
Angus Lind column in the Times Picayune, May 16, 2003 - HERE

Article - KILLING THE MUSIC by DON HENLEY of THE EAGLES HERE





Music Picture - Johnny Adams
Music Picture - Johnny Adams #2
Music Picture - Johnny Adams #3
Music Picture - Lee Allen
Music Picture - Mike Ancona
Music Picture - Joe Barry
Music Picture - Dave Bartholomew
Music Picture - Brook Benton
Music Picture - Eddie Bo
Music Picture - Ronnie Bright
Music Picture - Eric Burdon
Music Picture - Jerry Byrne
Music Picture - Cathy & Joe
Music Picture - Bobby Charles
Music Picture - Chubby Checker
Music Picture - The Coasters
Music Picture - James "Sugarboy" Crawford
Music Picture - The Crystals
Music Picture - Bobby Cure
Music Picture - Bobby Cure #2
Music Picture - Danny & The Juniors
Music Picture - Dion
Music Picture - Dixie Cups
Music Picture - Fats Domino
Music Picture - Lee Dorsey
Music Picture - Skip Easterling
Music Picture - King Floyd
Music Picture - Carl Gardner
Music Picture - Leslie Gore
Music Picture - Gerrie Hall
Music Picture - Jessie Hill
Music Picture - Ron Holden
Music Picture - Clint Holmes
Music Picture - Allen Jaeger
Music Picture - Allen Jaeger #2
Music Picture - Jan & Dean
Music Picture - The Jokers
Music Picture - Ernie K-Doe
Music Picture - Earl King
Music Picture - Jean Knight
Music Picture - Jean Knight #2
Music Picture - Patti Labelle
Music Picture - Lisa Layne
Music Picture - Little Peggy March
Music Picture - Bobby Marchan
Music Picture - Cosimo Matassa
Music Picture - Bobby Mitchell
Music Picture - Bobby Mitchell #2
Music Picture - Oliver Morgan
Music Picture - Art Neville
Music Picture - Peter Noone
Music Picture - Robert Parker
Music Picture - Eddie Powers
Music Picture - Billy Preston
Music Picture - Lloyd Price
Music Picture - Gary Puckett
Music Picture - Suzi Quatro
Music Picture - Diane Renay
Music Picture - Paul Revere
Music Picture - Tommy Ridgley
Music Picture - Tommy Ridgley #2
Music Picture - Eddie Roth
Music Picture - Marshall Sehorn
Music Picture - Marshall Sehorn #2
Music Picture - Sonny & Cher
Music Picture - Earl Stanley
Music Picture - Irma Thomas
Music Picture - Allen Toussaint
Music Picture - Allen Toussaint #2
Music Picture - Jerry Vale
Music Picture - Art Sir Van
Music Picture - Art Sir Van #2
Music Picture - Stark Whiteman
Music Picture - Larry Williams


FUN OLD RADIO STUFF TO LISTEN TO:

Listen To - Airchecks of those great 60's & 70's DJ's
Listen To - Beatles concert finalist to win tickets on WTIX- September 1964
Listen To - Blue Room live broadcast featuring Leon Kelner
A complete half hour radio show from the Roosevelt Hotel, early 1960's.
Click above, then scroll down the left side of the page to listen.
Listen To - Blair & The Fat Man. The ORIGINAL New Orleans oldies Wake Up Club show.
Features Blair Kullman, Don Banks, Ben Suddeth and Darlene Gentner.
Don announces, to much derision, that he is to become a father! (1:42)
Listen To - The Original KOOL Wake-Up Club
8 minutes of hilarious audio clips featuring Blair, The Fat Man, Ben Suddeth,
Darlene, Nicky Danger and loads of curious phone callers! (1994)
Listen To - Morgus' Experiment
45 rpm record released in time for Halloween 1959.
Features the original "House of Shock" theme and open. (4:07)
Listen To - Mr. Bingle - hear his story and original theme song
A real 4 minute Mr. Bingle show...his Christmas Eve show from long ago.
Listen To - Pontchartrain Beach jingle & radio commercial on WTIX 1962
Listen To - New Orleans commercial radio jingles from the 60's
Rex Root Beer, The Friendship House Restaurant, Pontchartrain Beach,
Falstaff Beer, Metairie Ford (New cars for $2121.00), Canada Dry,
Tape City USA, Kreeger's Mamzelle K Shop, Budweiser Beer (Clydesdales
in the Mardi Gras parades), Maison Blanche, Brown's Velvet Ice Cream.
Listen To - The Ballad Of The TIX Tigers
In 1962, inspired by the success of the new CBS-TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies,"
WTIX created and recorded "The Ballad Of The TIX Tigers."
Using the actual TV show theme song "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" and splicing
the banjo on the beginning over and over, a similar fun song was born that spotlighted
the WTIX DJ's of 1962 instead of the Clampett family.
This fun song is still fondly remembered by many today.
The voice on the song is (WTIX DJ) Ed Ripley. The DJ's he 'sings' about are:
Ron Martin, David Nebel, Bill Baker, Ed Ripley, Bob Robin, Ted Green and Gene Phillips.
Listen To - WNOE's "The Sounds Of The City" and "Audio Autographs"
The two sides of a '45 released by WNOE in the summer of 1962, probably as
an answer to the attention WTIX was getting with their "Ballad Of The TIX Tigers"
around that same time.
"The Sounds Of The City" (1:30) is a perky song in which the lady vocalist sings
about the fun and excitement of landmarks and features of New Orleans ... and WNOE !
The flip side, "WNOE Audio Autographs" (1:30) begins with most of the WNOE
DJ staff at that time mimicking "The Sounds Of The City" as a group, then greeting the
listener in their own styles. The only DJ who is referred to as missing because he is
"visiting Las Vegas" is Skip Wilkerson.
The voices who identify themselves are: Dan Diamond, Jim Stewart, George Hayes,
Ken Elliott ("Jack The Cat"), newsman Glen Sims, Bob Neumann, Ken Lee and Larry Dixon.
Listen To - WTIX Night at Pontchartrain Beach
Radio promos announcing the guest singers for 1961, 1962 & 1963.
Listen To - JD The DJ. Airchecks, commercials, jingles, pictures and more from WRNO and others.



Radio Personality Picture - Don Anthony
Radio Personality Picture - Don Anthony #2
Radio Personality Picture - Don Anthony #3
Radio Personality Picture - Lee Armstrong
Radio Personality Picture - Don Banks
Radio Personality Picture - Todd Bauer
Radio Personality Picture - Buzz Bennett
Radio Personality Picture - Buzz Bennett #2 (with C.C. Courtney)
Radio Personality Picture - Blair & The Fat Man
Radio Personality Picture - Blair On The Air
Radio Personality Picture - Blair On The Air #2
Radio Personality Picture - Blair On The Air #3
Radio Personality Picture - Sgt. T-Ben Boudreaux
Radio Personality Picture - Kenneth R. Bowen
Radio Personality Picture - Skip Broussard
Radio Personality Picture - Al Casey ("Him")
Radio Personality Picture - Roger W. Cavaness
Radio Personality Picture - "Skinny" Tom Cheney
Radio Personality Picture - "Skinny" Tom Cheney #2
Radio Personality Picture - "Skinny" Tom Cheney #3
Radio Personality Picture - Cherie Your Oldies Sweetheart
Radio Personality Picture - Ed Clancy
Radio Personality Picture - Bud Connell
Radio Personality Picture - C.C. Courtney
Radio Personality Picture - C.C. Courtney #2 (with Buzz Bennett)
Radio Personality Picture - C.C. Courtney #3 (with Greg Mason & Peter Noone)
Radio Personality Picture - C.C. Courtney #4
Radio Personality Picture - C.C. Courtney Autographed Promotional Photograph
Radio Personality Picture - Dan Diamond
Radio Personality Picture - Kim Diamond
Radio Personality Picture - Hugh Dillard (Captain Humble)
Radio Personality Picture - Hugh Dillard #2
Radio Personality Picture - Dr. Daddy-O
Radio Personality Picture - Bill Engel - WTIX General Manager
Radio Personality Picture - Ray Fisher
Radio Personality Picture - Darlene Gentner ... In Loving Memory
Radio Personality Picture - Michael Green
Radio Personality Picture - Michael Green #2
Radio Personality Picture - Ted Green
Radio Personality Picture - Jim Hanzo
Radio Personality Picture - Scott Hodges
Radio Personality Picture - "Happy" Herb Holiday
Radio Personality Picture - Jack The Cat
Radio Personality Picture - Jack The Cat #2
Radio Personality Picture - Jack The Cat #3
Radio Personality Picture - Jack The Cat #4
Radio Personality Picture - Jacqueline the Kitten
Radio Personality Picture - Jack The Cat & Jacqueline The Kitten Tribute Page
Radio Personality Picture - Lou Kirby
Radio Personality Picture - Vince Marinello
Radio Personality Picture - Marty With The Party
Radio Personality Picture - Marty With The Party #2
Radio Personality Picture - Greg Mason
Radio Personality Picture - Greg Mason #2
Radio Personality Picture - Greg Mason #3 (with C.C. Courtney & Peter Noone)
Radio Personality Picture - Robert Mitchell
Radio Personality Picture - Robert Mitchell #2
Radio Personality Picture - Robert Mitchell #3
Radio Personality Picture - Bill Murvin
Radio Personality Picture - Al Nassar (Ya Pal Al)
Radio Personality Picture - David Nebel
Radio Personality Picture - David Nebel #2
Radio Personality Picture - Nut & Jeff
Radio Personality Picture - D.J. O'Day
Radio Personality Picture - "Pal Al"
Radio Personality Picture - "Pal Al" #2
Radio Personality Picture - Tony Ponsetti
Radio Personality Picture - Poppa Stoppa
Radio Personality Picture - Poppa Stoppa #2
Radio Personality Picture - Poppa Stoppa #3
Radio Personality Picture - Poppa Stoppa #4
Radio Personality Picture - Poppa Stoppa #5
Radio Personality Picture - Charlie Ray
Radio Personality Picture - Jon Reed
Radio Personality Picture - Jon Reed #2
Radio Personality Picture - Larry Regan
Radio Personality Picture - Larry Regan #2
Radio Personality Picture - Bobby Reno
Radio Personality Picture - Bobby Reno #2
Radio Personality Picture - Jay Richards
Radio Personality Picture - Craig Roberts
Radio Personality Picture - Craig Roberts #2
Radio Personality Picture - Lan Roberts
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Robin
Radio Personality Picture - Rock Rolland
Radio Personality Picture - Lou Saint
Radio Personality Picture - Marc Sommers
Radio Personality Picture - Kim Stevens
Radio Personality Picture - Jim Stewart
Radio Personality Picture - "Jockey" Johnny Stone
Radio Personality Picture - Ben Suddeth
Radio Personality Picture - Ben Suddeth
Radio Personality Picture - Eric Tracy (12 pics)
Radio Personality Picture - Tommy Tucker
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker #2
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker #3
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker #4
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker #5
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker #6
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker #7
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker #8
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker #9
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker #10
Radio Personality Picture - Bob Walker's Louisiana Hall Of Fame Induction
Radio Personality Picture - Terry Young


Music Survey Picture - WIXO July 21, 1973
Music Survey Picture - WNOE August 9, 1959
Music Survey Picture - WNOE 1965 Year End Survey Pic of all the Good Guys
Music Survey Picture - WNOE AM & FM June 29, 1974
Music Survey Picture - WTIX "Sing Along Survey" August 24, 1968
Music Survey Picture - WTIX March 28, 1970
Music Survey Picture - WTIX "Football Survey" - November 27, 1971
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring Lou Saint - April 8, 1972
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring Bob Walker With Sonny & Cher - May 6, 1972
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring Michael Green - May 20, 1972
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring "Skinny" Tom Cheney - June 10, 1972
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring Bob Walker & Clint Holmes - May 5, 1973
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring Don Anthony - June 9, 1973
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring Bob Walker - June 16, 1973
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring Morning Newsman Craig Roberts - July 14, 1973
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring Bob Walker - September 22, 1973
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring Don Anthony - October 13, 1973
Music Survey Picture - WTIX Featuring "Skinny" Tom Cheney - June 8, 1974


Radio Picture - Jack The Cat & Jacqueline The Kitten Tribute Page
Radio Picture - Max Mipro, Poppa Stoppa's "Buddy Buddy" and WJMR Engineer, 1950's
Radio Picture - Radio bumper stickers
Radio Picture - WDSU radio mobile trailer studio - Late 1950's
Radio Picture - WJMR promotional pamphlet, 1949
Radio Picture - WTIX "King Of The Snake Men" - 1960


Radio - Beatles Concert in New Orleans (September 16, 1964)
Radio - Broadcast Arts Museum of Greater New Orleans
Radio - DJ's, Newsmen (Radio) & Other People at the Radio Stations back then
Radio - Frequencies & Stations - History - New Orleans Radio
Radio - New Orleans Radio Theatre Site
Radio - Radio Stations
Radio - Singers & Performers
Radio - Poppa Stoppa WNNR Jingle Lyrics
Radio - WTIX and New Orleans Radio thru the years


TV Picture - Charlie Matkin
TV Picture - Chopsley Unmasked
TV Picture - Morgus - TV Focus
TV Picture - Morgus The Magnificent Publicity Pic, 1959
TV Picture - Mrs. Muffin
TV Picture - WDSU-TV Test Patterns
TV Picture - The Weather With Jean On WWL-TV
TV Picture - Paul Yacich Biography
TV Picture - Paul Yacich Memories of Earlier Days in N.O. TV (Classics)
TV Picture - Paul Yacich With Betty White, 1965


TV - Broadcast Arts Museum of Greater New Orleans
TV - Morgus The Magnificent - The Old City Icehouse - A Tribute To Morgus
TV - TV Personalities


General Picture - Carroll Comeaux
General Picture - Ding Ding, the Beer & Peanut Vendor at Pelican Stadium
General Picture - Lake Pontchartrain - A history
Amusement parks, camps, restaurants, music, and much more
by Catherine Campanella at St. Philip Neri School.
General Picture - Harpo Marx autograph
General Picture - Roddy McDowell
General Picture - Mayor Morrison inauguration parade on Canal St., 1949
General Picture - Pete Maravich - Pic & stats
General Picture - Gordon Natal's Lounge - ...Where it was anyway & a McDonogh yearbook ad
General Picture - The New Orleans Buccaneers - Our ABA team from 1967-1970, broadcast by Lyne Cole
General Picture - New Orleans Jazz - Our first NBA team: history & pics
General Picture - New Orleans Police Department PMBA Benefit Concert Program, 1964
General Picture - Pontchartrain Beach - many vintage pictures on this and "Next" pages
General Picture - Mayor Victor H. Schiro
General Picture - Rhonda Shear
General Picture - "Spanky" of the Little Rascals
General Picture - Streetcars Great site with tons of pics of streetcars on all the old New Orleans lines.
General Picture - Three Stooges
General Picture - Three Stooges - TV Focus
General Picture - Treasure The Mermaid
General Picture - Treasure The Mermaid #2
General Picture - Warren Easton High School Majorettes and Flag Team (1962)


General - Bands
General - Burma Shave Signs
General - Characters
General - Clubs
General - Editorial...Why Radio Today Sounds So Bad (PG)
General - Dances
General - Do You Remember These?
General - Do You Remember These? #2
General - Drive-In Movies
General - Growing Up In New Orleans
General - Hangouts
General - Jack The Cat & Jacqueline The Kitten Tribute Page
General - Movie Houses
General - Mr. Bingle's Creator Finally Gets A Tombstone
General - New Orleans Broadcast Museum Site
General - New Orleans Radio Theatre Site
General - Pontchartrain Beach Memories
General - Telephone Exchanges
General - Threats And Warnings From Your Mama While Growing Up
General - Trivia
General - USADeepSouth.com - Terrific articles on U.S. Southern people and places
General - You Know You're An Aging DJ If ...
General - You're A Noo Awleanian If:


Home Page - Don Banks (Wilbanks) - Radio's "Fat Man"
Home Page - Blair On The Air DJ
Home Page - Sgt. T-Ben Boudreaux
Home Page - Jim Chandler Sr. of The Esquires
Home Page - The Coasters
Home Page - Bobby Cure & The Summertime Blues
Home Page - Danny & The Juniors
Home Page - The (Real) Dukes of Dixieland
Home Page - Frankie Ford
Home Page - Benny Grunch Home Page
Home Page - Herman's Hermits Group Site Home Page
Home Page - Scott Hodges - WTIX News - Home Page
Home Page - James' Bayou Oldies
Home Page - Jan & Dean
Home Page - JD The DJ. Airchecks, commercials, jingles, pictures and more from WRNO and others.
Home Page - The Jokers
Home Page - Charlie Matkin
Home Page - Mr. Bingle (Lauren Brown's official Mr. Bingle Fan Site)
Home Page - Morgus The Magnificent
Home Page - Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits)
Home Page - Diane Renay "Navy Blue"
Home Page - Paul Revere & The Raiders
Home Page - Warren Easton High School '60's Eagles
Home Page - Warren Easton Eaglettes
Home Page - Warren Easton Eagles '64-'68
Home Page - WTIX FM - New Orleans' Oldie Station
Home Page - Paul Yacich


FAQ: The Song "ICE MAN"
FAQ: The Lady Who Sings "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
FAQ: The "Freeze" Song By Ronnie Milsap
FAQ: The Night Jayne Mansfield Died
FAQ: Those Line Dance Songs From The Radio Shows