"Is the studio exit door that way?"
October 6, 2021 was the last show of my second tour on WLUV radio in Rockford, Illinois.   My first tour was playing traditional country music in 1977-1978 as a teenager still in high school.  I enjoyed seven months in 2021 playing the best music of the 60's & 70's and loading the weekly potato with trivia, local memories and seemingly random tidbits.
Thanks for the opportunity and coming along.
Liz Wylder and I will be launching a podcast January 1, 2022 called "LIFE's 3x5s" on all platforms.   We all have a stack of 3x5 index cards with hundreds, if not thousands, of mini stories.   Please join us for unpredictable conversations "on location."

WLUV LIVE SHOW 10 - 6 - 21 (FULL SHOW VERSION) MY LAST SHOW

I filled in on the FM (WZOK 97.5 Rockford, Illinois) during the couple weeks leading up to the Rolling Stones concert at the Metro Centre.  Program Director Dallas Cole and the staff were extremely instrumental in bringing the show to us.  We all chipped in to help relieve the WZOK announcers' very long hours.

WZOK Rockford, Illinois on 9 - 28 - 81

Charlie Tuna on  93 KHJ radio in Los Angeles, California - 1971.

CHARLIE TUNA ON 93 KHJ LOS ANGELES - 1971

Bobbie B. Soeder did overnights for years on WROK Rockford, Illinois.  1976.

BOBBIE B. SOEDER on WROK in 1976

WET DREAM By Kip Adotta

An aircheck of the very best radio announcers around the country in the 1970's.  Larry Lujack, Murphy in the Morning, The Greaseman, Dr. Don Rose, The Real Don Steele, 10Q station composite and 93 KHJ station composite.  (This may or may not be Volume VII.)

THE ULTIMATE RADIO BOOTLEG

Judy Meade is reading to her oldest brother, Harold Dingus, during his 90th birthday celebration.  Judy wrote the letter as if their mother had written it.   Date: 4-1-22.

JUDY MEADE'S LETTER TO HER BROTHER FROM THEIR MOTHER

Tim Larson Dingus sat down with his mom on May 24, 2022, a few days after her 89th birthday, for a conversation on a variety of topics.  From first jobs and chores on the farm to best friends and vacations.  We will surely sit down again for more tall tales in the Storytellers Studio.  Enjoy.

FAMILY STORYTELLERS with LINDA DINGUS - SITDOWN SESSION ONE

My mother and I had more stories to cover on our hit list.  I'm pleased to have inserted a performance of Taps by Brandon Colmark and we recorded this session on Memorial Day 2022.  Enjoy.

STORYTELLERS STUDIO - LINDA DINGUS - SESSION TWO  5-30-22

I don't have the exact years or who ordered the jingle packages, but these jingles are from the 1980's for sure.

WZOK-FM Rockford, Illinois Jingle Package

An aircheck of my work on WROK, Lifes3x5s Podcast, WLUV, Storytellers Studio and SKY7 radio Phoenix.

TIM LARSON AIRCHECK COMPOSITE - JULY 25, 2022

This song was the Rockford, Illinois follow up to We Are The World as a USA for Africa collaboration led by Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie in 1985.  The local version was led by WZOK radio's J.D. Stewart and singer Mike Williamson. Seventy six local singers, musicians, radio announcers and celebrities gathered to create this charity project which benefited Food For Rockford and USA for Africa.
Digital mastering by Bill Shannon - Former WROK announcer.

Rockford's We Are The World

Rockford's We Are The World Song - 1985

This is a story I first heard mentioned on WGN radio in Chicago, Illinois on John Williams' midday show.  It intrigued me enough to look it up and create a bit while doing my show on WLUV radio in Rockford, Illinois.

SANFORD AND ARTHUR - TIM LARSON WLUV 3 - 31 - 21

Tim Larson The New 99 WXXQ Aircheck 1979

This is a short portion of my second visit with Barbara Mandrell in 1979.  I was eighteen years old and a freshman in college.  We spent time together on her tour bus.   The other interview was in her dressing room Freeport, Illinois.  What a lady.   I have so many stories connecting Barbara and I from 1979 through 2020.

Barbara Mandrell Interview December 15, 1979 at Old Chicago Indoor Amusement Park

I worked at these stations during my teens and twenties (1977-1986): WLUV, WFRL/WXXQ, WROK/WZOK, WKAZ/WQBE and WVSR.  I filled in on WROK again in 2009.  I've been doing the middays show on SKY7's Variety Channel since 2018.  I am currently helping to revamp WLUV after its owner died at the age of 98...and still doing a one hour show in the morning.   I owe Joe Salvi for giving me my first radio job while I was in high school. I use Larson for radio (simply one side of my family) and Dingus for authoring books.

Tim Larson Dingus

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