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Chris Dotson, 1986
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I remember Chris had one of those radio DJ joke books. Here (at
4:11) he tries to read one of the jokes from it. My dad,
evangelist Cecil Reed, had his "Jesus is Lord"
broadcast on WZAP from 1983-86, and then went to WBCV. This
aircheck is from my dad's first day here, as you'll hear Chris
mention the "new" broadcast that was coming up.
A short time later, my dad got a job with the station as sales manager. That November, he became the morning DJ as well - a job he would hold on to until 2005, when the station went under new ownership. During his time there, I tagged along sometimes and got to handle some of the old reel-to-reel tapes, dubbing some of them in the production room. In 2005, just before the move out of 6th Street, I took the couple of aircheck reels left there home with me.
Cecil Reed aircheck,
1987
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Here, my dad goes over the Sunday morning program schedule.
Misty's commercial
blooper, 1987
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My dad and my brother Joe attempt this commercial. Dad shows off
his amazing voice-carrying ability with that car!
Crabtree
Buick-Pontiac commercial, 1988
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Dad recorded this to put over an instrumental track.
Carpet Outlet
commercial takes, 1989
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Jennings and my dad did this tape, which was meant to be played
over an instrumental track that was something from the 70's
Tanner library records we had available that could be used as
"rap" music.
Christmas greeting,
1989
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My brother does this christmas greeting for a sponsor.
K&K Tire
commercial, 1990
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Jennings Dotson
sports report - Apr. 27, 1993
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Here is one of Jennings' sports reports, which was recorded
separately from the news.
Emergency Broadcast
System intro & outro
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Cecil Reed voiced these in the early-to-mid 90's, and they were
used until the switchover to EAS.
Church Bulletin Board
- July, 1994
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Joseph Reed has definitely matured from those earlier clips.
Paradise Putt
commercial
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A commercial for one of the revolving doors that went in and out
of the exit 5 shopping center for a few years after the Food Lion
closed down. There have been a few businesses springing up in the
past few years that seem to be there to stay.
Branson's Trailer
commercial
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World Printing
commercial
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Suburban Shoe Center
commercial
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My dad does this commercial for an Easter shoe sale.
Church Bulletin Board
intro, mid-show commercial, and outro - 90's
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Deacon's Buffet
commercial
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This station was starved for something to use as background music
in commercials - even if it meant using a CD of Buick jingles for
a local restaurant.
PSI commercial: Omar
Canvas & Awning Co.
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One of those scripts sent to the station by a company called PSI.
The station got those for different subjects like anti-drug
abuse, back-to-school safety, and others.
Servicemaster
commercial
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Jimbo Widener,
2000-01
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Jimbo's last run on WBCV was as Doug McCracken's co-host on
"Bluegrass Gospel Time" from 2000-02. Here is a
collection of various commercials, outtakes - and even a
broadcast intro & outro - recorded by Jimbo between 2000 and
2001. Jimbo died at age 72 on Jan. 25, 2002. A great talent who
is very-much missed.
"Born to Serve
the Lord" broadcast intro & outro
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JR's Produce
commercial, 2001
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One of Doug McCracken's legendary (to me, anyway) commercials he
did for JR's Produce.
Another JR's Produce commercial, 2001
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"It's time to get in that ol' flibber".
JR's Produce blooper, 2000
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He didn't quite seem to have all the information on-hand when he
started recording this one.
G&S Auto Sales
commercial, 2001
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"Patrick's
Pantry" intro, 2001
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This was used as an intro to the on-the-air phone calls from
"Sis. Patrick" on the "Morning Gospel
Jubilee", which usually had my dad as the DJ. This was
mostly played whenever Doug McCracken substituted for him.
Ice Cream Shop
outtake & commercial, 2001
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"By Faith"
broadcast intro & outro
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Promo for Cecil Reed
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Some kid Dad knew from church made this promo.
June 3, 2003
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My nephew Chase, who was 7 years old at the time, went to the
station with my dad, and he got to talk a few times. No, he
didn't bring the rat to the station, but he brought it to our
house for a while before bringing it back to his house.
In 2005, Rick Mitchell became one of the new owners and the general manager. Rick was a weatherman on WCYB-TV in Bristol, Va. in the 80's. He was GMing a gospel station in Florida before moving back to this area to helm this station.
Here are airchecks of the last couple of weeks of
my dad DJing at WBCV in 2005. The station was going to put the
Solid Gospel network on, and my dad was spending these last few
weeks there before the network finally got put in. At
this time the station had a new transmitter, which seems to have
picked up humming from the cart machine that didn't seem to go
over on the older transmitter - and yes, that was me doing those
ID's. Austin Cook wasn't doing "Voice of Victory" live
at this point, but the church still sponsored the time, in which
my dad played a few songs by a certain group each day (usually
The Inspirations) and announced the days and times of the church
services. One mainstay on Dad's "Morning Gospel
Jubilee" was the phoned-in recipes from "Sis.
Patrick", who was a faithful listener to WBCV. She called my
dad just about every morning since he started working there, and
sometime in the 90's she began calling in a recipe every day on
the air.
When you hear the clips from after the move to the new building,
I hope you can bear with the repeated mentions of the new
address, phone number, and E-Mail address. I figured I'd put in
as much of my dad's talking as possible, from his last days at
the station.
Tue., June 21, 2005
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Actually, Jennings couldn't stand "Old Chunk of Coal" -
so much so that the song was "banned" from airplay on
the station. He did, however, have a sense of humor about it.
Wed., June 22, 2005
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Note my dad saying that the "Trailblazer" broadcast was
"ready to go", then the cassette-taped program had
trouble getting started.
Thur., June 23, 2005
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This was the last day in the 6th St. building. My dad made a
point of mentioning the date a lot because he knew I was
recording him - we were sure somehow that this would be his last
day - and that I wanted to get this date on the tape. No-one
really knew how long my dad would stay at the station, but it
wound up being another couple of weeks. I love Jennings' creative
use of slow music to represent print shops "dragging their
feet"!
Fri., June 24, 2005
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The 1st day in the new location on Euclid Ave. The connection to
get the telephone on the air wasn't in the new building yet, so
Sis. Patrick didn't have the recipes for a while. Doug McCracken
makes an appearance.
Mon., June 27, 2005
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He accidently kept the microphone up during a song.
Tue., June 28, 2005
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Because of the setup of the new studio, the control room and the
production room were one and the same. A wrong flip of the
switch, and what you were recording went over the air. This is
what happened to Dad while this day's "Gospel Voice"
broadcast was on. At the end of this clip, you can hear Dad on
the air recording the birthday winner and the weather forecast.
Wed., June 29, 2005
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Doug McCracken makes an appearance.
Thur., June 30, 2005
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Doug McCracken makes another appearance. At the end you hear a
few seconds of dead air while waiting for the music on the
computer to kick on. At this point, the ID's I recorded were only
played during computer automation.
Fri., July 1, 2005
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Bro. Freddie Booher of the "Born to Serve the Lord"
broadcast makes an appearance.
Mon. July 4, 2005
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The clip starts with another microphone-during-a-song blooper.
"Yogi" Keeling, a veteran, made his usual 4th of July
appearance in the studio talking with Dad.
Tue., July 5, 2005
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The connection to put the telephone on the air was in, so now
Sis. Patrick gave out recipes again.
Wed., July 6, 2005
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Dad thought this would be his last day, but they couldn't get the
network on yet, so he stayed on at least the next couple of days.
Thur., July 7, 2005
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Dad records "In Memoriam", WBCV's radio obituary, while
unknowingly going over the air during the "Open Bible
Hour" broadcast.
The next morning after I woke up, I turned on the
radio beside my bed, and I heard Dad talking on the air. So that
wasn't really his last morning shift after all. But I think
Friday, July 8 was his last "Morning Gospel Jubilee". I
was just too tired to get up to record him. The month before, he
had what we thought were his last days there, and it was not to
be. I just didn't want to record him again with another
"last day". I feel bad that I didn't record his last
morning show.
The "Christian Connection" program on Saturdays lasted
only 3 weeks, so that makes Saturday, July 16, 2005 my dad's last
day as a DJ on the station.
Cecil Reed is still an evangelist preaching in different
churches, with some standing appointments every month - and room
for more if he can get them. He's also a hospital chaplain and
volunteers with Raceway Ministries during the 2 major race-times
a year in Bristol. He is part of Missions for Christ, a
Bristol-based missionary organization, and goes to Jamaica for a
couple of weeks every year.
Shortly after my dad's time there, the call letters were changed to WIGN, for "Winning in God's Name".
The station is now owned by church pastor Dewey Williams.
The WKYE call sign now belongs to an
adult-contemporary station in Johnstown, Pennsylvania - "The
Best Variety 96KEY"
The WBCV call sign now belongs to a rock station in Wausau,
Wisconsin - "The Big Cheese 107.9"
E-Mail: sr@sammyreed.com
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