On this date 19 years ago, I was, dare I say, on the other side of the tracks. I was finishing up my time at "the old place". The next day, I started work on what would become "Rock 104 RockTrax". The debut show aired days later. Naturally, there were day one jitters. But 19 …
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(cross-posted from DougMorris.net) Whether we play your favorite classics, keep you up to date on events in the Pine Belt or root Southern Miss to victory, we have many reasons to celebrate 20 years of 104.5FM as Rock 104. I’ve been honored to be part of 19 of the last 20 — and I’m ready …
While I work at a TV station that carries NBC programming, I’m not going to join in the chorus of critics calling for Brian Williams’ dismissal from NBC News. He already has plenty of critics. Instead, let’s play everyone’s favorite game of supposition – What If? If NBC News and Brian Williams part ways after …
Doug’s Place Flashback: Two relatives of mine – who shall remain nameless because I don’t want to embarrass them – lived in Greenville, Mississippi, for 19 months. We agree they stayed 19 months too long. When I visited them in Greenville once – and only once – it didn’t take long to realize how depressing …
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A vast majority of comeback stories deserve to be told. Take Gioia Bruno’s story for example. Bruno was – and, thanks to a miraculous recovery plus a reunion dating back to 2006, still is – a member of the all female trio Exposé. A benign throat tumor sidelined her vocal career. Years of retraining and …
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The second season of “Pawnography”, the quiz show spin-off of the long-running reality show “Pawn Stars”, recently debuted on History. It’s the network’s first game show since the short-lived yet fondly remembered hard quiz “History IQ”. Long gone are the Eye Q clips, the headlines from The InQuirer and the history haiku segment. They’ve since …
When word came of James Garner’s passing over the weekend, it was hard not to think of an old friend from Dayton. He was a big fan of “The Rockford Files”. He was such a big fan that whenever he missed work due to illness, he’d watch reruns on cable or on VHS tapes. He …
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9
As a game show fan, I’m not sure which recent stunning solution moment is more stunning. If you watch “Wheel of Fortune” with any regularity, you likely saw this a few weeks ago. This next video requires a bit of a setup. For the last several months, I’ve been watching the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina-based …
Much has been written and said of the apparently unorthodox game play of Arthur Chu, the defending champion of the long-running quiz show “Jeopardy!” It’s been the talk of talk radio, social media and the round-the-clock news networks. As CNN reported, “Breaking from the typical game-playing strategy of going through one category from top to …
