Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") making a smoother than usual transition to this audio clip from Mobile's radio past: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following the Dan Daniels clip was Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Roll Tide Roll, yeah! Uncle Henry, this is Tom. Hey, I've got a good idea", said Tom via voice message suggesting that some drivers should "get off their lazy behinds and get to work at 5 in the morning" for less traffic congestion across Mobile Bay. "Thank you so much, welcome to the Uncle Henry Show, a beautiful day in the Mobile region, wonderful show in store", said the Uncle greeting one & all before introducing Ron Holbert of the almost 4-year-old publication Lagniappe, Mobile's "alternative newspaper". "We're in more bars now!" said Ron on what was originally a bar publication, as our host pointed out. "You have a column you have written for the new edition of Lagniappe about David Thomas fatigue", said the Uncle before Ron mentioned the electronic mail he's received predicting what he would write for the next edition. "Isn't it just too much, isn't it just ridiculous", Ron asked before assuming that Thomas' lawyer must "sleep over" with him to pay fines. Our host asked Holbert if he ever wrote about meth addict Fred "Hollywood" Barkley, with Ron responding with, "No, I'm scared of Hollywood Barkley". "You don't think the media's piling up on him", the Uncle asked about Thomas, which Ron doesn't believe, but says that Thomas must leave the school board in the Mobile County Public School System. "There's only so much of that stuff we can pay attention to", said Ron referring to Thomas. After reminding listeners to call in by dialing (251) 479-2723, the Uncle mentioned that copies of the Lagniappe are available anywhere in the Mobile area, though the location where our host picked up his copy of the pamphlet regularly no longer exists, for now at least. Our regular call screener Leeanna is now at her post today. "Hello there", said the Uncle before first live caller Nick, whom our host identified, spoke. Nick asked if Mobile City Council members like Connie Hudson in recent years have a common reason for running for higher office. "I don't know if there is a common reason", said Ron. "We are going to talk a lot about Lagniappe coming up", said the Uncle, including "a big scoop" that will be mentioned after the first commercial break, as Holbert hoped since it's now available to the public in the news pamphlet. "Hello Uncle Henry, I see that David Thomas has been convicted in a civil case today", said our caller via voice message before looking into his supposed crystal ball. "What are your top locations for Lagniappe", said the Uncle, which surprised Holbert before he admitted that the Chevron service station on Ann Street is among the top locations. Lagniappe can also be read online "if you would rather not leave wherever you are", said the Uncle. "It's a media story, now you have big news about the Mobile Register", said the Uncle on this "big scoop" before Holbert announced that the newspaper will be renamed the "Press-Register", with Mobile being dropped from the name. According to Holbert, this name change coming this Sunday is the result of Baldwin County's growth rather than older folks still referring to the newspaper as the Press-Register. "I'm glad to be hearing the word 'Press' ", said the Uncle before Ron mentioned his past internship at the Mobile Press afternoon newspaper before it ceased publication in 1997. Holbert is interested in what's going to be done to the sign outside the Register's building on Water Street in downtown Mobile. "So it's now going to be the Press-Register, I like that", said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. "Is Hazel Fournier going to be mentioned too", said our next caller referring to Thomas' fellow school board member, whose name also appears on the receipt for Mardi Gras throws worth $9033. "Thank you for the call, enjoyed your phone call", said the Uncle before mentioning Ashley Toland's column in Lagniappe. "She is very much fit to agree with William Carroll in her story", said the Uncle before Holbert mentioned that his co-writer is on vacation. "Well listen to this, Ashley Toland wrote this", said the Uncle before reading portions of her article on the Mobile City Council. "So you're not going to comment on her comments", said the Uncle before learning that Holbert learns about the city council meetings "through her" rather than the taped meetings that appear on Comcast Cable of Mobile's cable channel Port City 6. During the show's final seconds the Uncle promoted the "podcast", a recording of the show now online. "We need a podcast", said Ron before the Uncle suggested that he and Ashley should talk for about 15-minutes in a "podcast". Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


Notes of Interest:

Both of Lagniappe's co-founders were on local radio talk shows today. Before Ron Holbert joined the Uncle today, Ashley Toland was a guest on WABB 1480 AM's morning program with Shane McBryde. Speaking of McBryde, the former WABB-FM disc jockey and 710 AM host during the WNTM days mentioned that Ron Fraiser's former co-host Kathy Richardson is still employed at the station. She is now a personal secretary for WABB owner Bernie Dittman, whose last name was not mentioned for listeners unfamiliar with the fellow.

The Register's name change from the Mobile Register to the Press-Register has already taken effect in at least one section of the newspaper. The "Classfields" section now has the logo type for the Press-Register near the top of the page. The full name change will take place this Sunday, April 2.

"Foggy Start" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Uncle Henry, uh, I read the school board thing and I want to make sure I have it correct", said "Idea" in a new voice message, "fire one, hire seven". "Once again, there's lying in there, saying they're doing this for the children", said "Idea" in his message. "Thank you so much, thank you listener, welcome to the Uncle Henry Show on a beautiful day in Mobile, Alabama", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "The topics are numerous, very difficult to go through all the topics", said the Uncle on topics on the local, regional, national, and international levels. "Lots of podcasting going on with people, I don't know the actual verb to use there", said the Uncle referring to listeners of yesterday's show, including a "very, very interesting" exchange between Ben Brooks and William Carroll of the Mobile City Council. "Here is a brief excerpt", said the Uncle before playing audio from the last half-hour of yesterday's show (10:30 AM, not covered by this weblog). "All right, so caught up in the moment", said the Uncle after learning of Carroll's "emotional vote" at Government Plaza in downtown Mobile. "I believe brain cramps, like the bed bugs, are spreading in Mobile", said one fellow reacting to yesterday's show via voice message, including an interesting pronunciation of "Marriott" (Mer-REE-ADD), a first for this year according to our host. "Meanwhile, caught in the moment while voting on the council", said the Uncle before listening to regular voice message commentator Al's reaction to Carroll "putting things in perspective" on the senior center. "I did not vote for him, I voted for Thomas Sullivan", said Al before admitting his mistake of voting against someone he finds young and intelligent. "Why not get mad at the Pledge of Allegiance because it's phony at not true", said Al as the last part of his call was bordering on the ridiculous. "Al, you invite your own misery, really", according to our host. "Life is not going to be as good for you as you focus on the negative", said the Uncle on this "proven fact of life". "We are what we think about, that is truth, a universal truth", said the Uncle. "Think about it", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. "Uncle Henry Show continues on a beautiful Tuesday", said the Uncle before speaking to first live caller George. "I sure wish that guy called (laughing) at the shopping center", said George in his call. "Hello Uncle Henry, how are you", said Jimmy before referring to our host as a "great American" before bringing to our host's attention a radio discussion involving Sean Hannity a short while ago. "Instead of it becoming a factual discussion, it becomes a session of name calling", said the Uncle. "Yeah, I heard the whole thing, Uncle Henry", said Steve before suggesting to Al the next time he thinks of something, don't speak. According to Steve a brain giveaway is happening somewhere in the area. "Coming up, right after 10 o'clock, we're going to chat briefly with Scott Walker", said the Uncle before speaking to Hank joining us with a "Roll Tide" shout. "Is it against the law to cut down an oak tree", Hank asked before our host told him to be careful when cutting certain trees and that he must speak with "the City of Mobile" for permission to cut down an oak tree. "I just find it funny, people have unusual emotions with their fellow man, but when it comes to dogs, cats, or trees, don't mess with them", said the Uncle before speaking to Connie on the phone. "I think he has interests other than bettering Mobile", said Connie, who will "be more aware of what's going on now". "Yeah, it's up the citizenry to pay attention to what's going on", said the Uncle before the end of this half-hour. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


Notes of Interest:

For the first time since the situation comedy "Seinfeld" was put into syndication years ago, reruns of the popular TV program are now airing on a station other than WKRG-TV5 in the Mobile-Pensacola television market. As of Monday it is now airing two times an evening on WBPG-TV, the Warner Bros. Television Network affiliate. As a result of losing the local syndication rights to the show, TV5 will no longer air "Seinfeld" Tuesday-Fridays at 1:35 AM prior to the CBS Television Network newscast "Up to the Minute". Since the overnight program is offered to network stations between 1:00 AM-5:00 AM, TV5 decided to give "Seinfeld's" former timeslot over to the network. The two timeslots between "The Late Late Show" and "Up to the Minute" at 1:35 AM will continue to have 30-minute (or so) commercials. Television and radio (surprised?) stations air these long "infomercials" mainly out of financial reasons, but at TV5 these "infomercial" timeslots can also be used to air pre-empted CBS programming. "Seinfeld's" former Sunday timeslots of 10:35 PM and 11:05 PM will be filled with two episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show", which use to air following the double helping of "Seinfeld". A 30-minute commercial (or so) will follow "Andy" starting this Sunday before TV5's other overnight syndicated programming can air, including "The Spot" and "Star Watch". The syndicated program "Outdoors South" will continue to air at 2:00 AM before "Up to the Minute" next Monday.

"Just A Little" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, no, not "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air" first, but Tim saying, "It makes me sick!" Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Good job, Ben Brooks", said the caller known here as "Evil Irrational Man" via voice message. "Thank you so much, thank you for listening to the Uncle Henry Show", said the Uncle greeting one & all on a "beautiful, beautiful Monday" before introducing Ben Brooks of the Mobile City Council to discuss money. "First, I wanted to ask you something I talked about before", said the Uncle before asking if these discretionary funds David Thomas of the Mobile County School System used to pay for Mardi Gras throws were ever put up for a vote. "No discretionary money now in this fiscal year", according to Brooks. Our host asked Brooks if he ever purchased moon pies with discretionary money, with the councilman responding with, "Never with my discretionary money, no", but he has paid with own money in the past. "All of those used Section 8-101 funds to fund it", said Brooks after mentioning places such as the Mobile Public Library's Main Library and amphitheater named for Michael C. Dow during his final years as mayor of Mobile. "It's been presented to me as a new thing", said the Uncle on Section 8-101 funds. "I'm fighting for the senior citizen as I have been for three years", said Brooks before our host allowed our first live caller Rheema to speak. "Here's what happened, I want you to stay on the phone", said Brooks before discussing the "action plan that is on the agenda" at the city council. "The action plans makes it in the entitlement on the committee" without the senior center, said Brooks. During the commercial break our host promoted Woody's Barbecue in Daphne, Alabama. "So many peopled enjoyed the eight televisions at Woody's", said the Uncle referring to the folks watching college basketball and such at the restaurant. "Hey Uncle Henry, I have yet seen anyone mocking the flag at the city council", said Tim via voice message. "I see what's going on with Leeanna, she's going to get over to the county and everyone's going to get a tattoo within the next two years", said Tim before ending his message. "Well bless your heart", said Mr. C. joining our host and Ben Brooks before expressing his support for his run for the state capital. "We hate to lose you here in Mobile, but we need you in Montgomery", said Mr. C. "It's like the military draft, you have to answer the call for service", said Brooks. "We certainly appreciate your dedication being a statesman instead of a politician", said Mr. C. before leaving us to give someone else a chance to speak, but not during this half-hour. Before the half-hour was over our host reminds listeners that Brooks is still with us. News from the 710 AM news center is coming up, along with some commercials and the station ID, but not necessarily in that order. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show from audio of regular caller Tim saying, "Dag gum it!" Following that clip was the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by "dag gone", those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to yet another Tim clip interrupting the regular opening. "It makes me sick", said Tim in the clip as loyal listeners were anticipating, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following everything else were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right), one of his regularly played audio clips. Audio of a conversation between "Idea" and our host discussing "the United States, where lawsuits reign supreme" was played. "Thank you so much", said the Uncle greeting one & all on a "beautiful, beautiful day in this region" for listener interaction. After yesterday's show our host no longer feels sick to his stomach and is less irritated since learning of the troubled David Thomas of the Mobile County School System. "J.D. Crowe, hats off to you for an outstanding cartoon drawing about David Thomas", said the Uncle, "something is wrong when every governor official in this area finds it appropriate to use public dollars for Mardi Gras". "People should just be as interested in councilman Clinton Johnson", said the Uncle bringing him up "because so much time has been spent on the topic of annexation in this city". "The City of Mobile would be destroyed and yes, I heard politicians say to me that they used the words like destroy or die", said the Uncle, "but not annexation" anytime soon. "This will go down as one of the terrible weeks for annexation in the City of Mobile", said the Uncle after learning of the mayoral administration of Sam Jones' disrespect for the senior citizens center in West Mobile and the new case against David Thomas of course. "Now we find out, it's ludicrous", said the Uncle before mentioning for us the Mardi Gras throws purchased being stored in a warehouse belonging to the school system. "I know Mike Wallace has retired from 60 Minutes", said the Uncle before suggesting that he "spends the rest of life" here looking at this situation. "I enjoy listening to local talk and I was listening to one of your competitors this morning, a local talk (station)", said our first live caller referring to WABB 1480 AM's morning program with mention of how the Pledge of Allegiance is handled at the city council meetings. "There was some talk about how at least one city council member said that he felt uncomfortable" in this country, according to our host's memory of this council member's "dual citizenship", including the nation of Ghana. After the first commercial break, the Osmonds Donny and Marie can be heard singing "I'm a Little Bit Country and I'm a Little Bit Rock 'N Roll" in the background. "I saw Donny and Marie on television this week", said the Uncle believing they were at "the prime of their career" during an appearance at the TV Land Awards on the cable/satellite station TV Land. "This is talk radio and I'd like to think it's inhabited by the adult world", said our caller in this final segment for the half-hour. "All right, lost Dennis, let's talk to Freddie, hello Freddie", said the Uncle before Freddie brought to our attention "from a reliable source" that Jack Tillman, Mobile County sheriff will "give up the $10,000 he's got" to pay back the money David Thomas used for Mardi Gras. "Before you get rid of me, do you have any more tickets to the Willie Nelson concert", said Freddie after much of his call focused on Baldwin County and the proposal for a new Wal Mart store. Our host answered Freddie's last question with a "no". He reminded Freddie and other listeners that he was born in Fairhope, Alabama. "My family's still in Baldwin County, so don't try to call in about Baldwin County". "All right, this segment has concluded, almost", said the Uncle before reminding listeners to encourage anyone with Internet access to listen to the show's "podcast" on the station's website. Before the station identification, the Michael P. Sloan newsbreak, and the pre-recorded commercials our host did a live commercial for Woody's Barbecue in Daphne, Alabama. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.6/5!


Notes of Interest:

Will "The Paul Finebaum Show" ever be reduced from 5 hours?

Will the Uncle reclaim an afternoon timeslot on 710 AM?

Will viewers/listeners of "The Price is Right" and the Uncle's program have some relief?

Stand By!

"Chilly Start" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "I'm calling in about those idiots down at the school board". Following that audio clip was a more regularly played clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Thank you so much", said the Uncle greeting one & all louder than usual, "Uncle Henry Show in progress on a beautiful, beautiful Thursday here in Mobile, Alabama". "When I read this thing in the newspaper this morning", said the Uncle referring to the Mobile article that made him "physically ill", specifically the investigation into the $9033 in public money used by David Thomas of the Mobile County School System. "You have made some bad choices in who you have picked to run things", said the Uncle before adding "along with the voters" among those who have helped folks like Thomas seek public office. "I don't know how anybody in there right mind could justify, how would like to hear from anyone right now", said the Uncle interested in hearing anyone (including "borderline communists") speak about the school board discretionary funds being used to pay for moon pies, stuffed animals, etc. "All the real estate agencies in Baldwin County need to start sending out flowers to various politicians", said the Uncle before reminding listeners to call in at (251) 479-2723. "Just think of all the people that call to clean up the (moon pie) wrappers", said our first live caller Mr. C. trying to justify these decisions before suggesting "a complete new school board" at Barton Academy in downtown Mobile. "I can't understand any of it, Uncle Henry", said Mr. C. after bringing to our host's attention the news of men, including a preacher performing acts of decent exposure (or "having sex", as Mr. C. put it) in a restroom at Municipal Park (Langen Park) in Mobile. "All right, Uncle Henry Show continues", said the Uncle as a version of the theme music for the "Superfriends" TV series accompanies us after the first commercial break. "If they're going to use their discretionary funds to buy moon pies", said the Uncle, "forget about discretionary funds". "This is the same decade, the same bums", said the Uncle after our next caller Bill mentioned the "bums" at the school board. "You know, Genghis Khan used to have the same problem", said Bill. "Tax money, that is sacred money for am I concerned", said Bill before suggesting that members of the school board get tarred, feathered, and placed in front of "The Cannon" on Government Street with a sign. "I'm sitting here enjoying these comments from the community", said our next caller. "Henry, what's happening, man", said Jim also "sick to his stomach" after reading about David Thomas and the expunged court records. "I just cannot believe what our society has come to", said our caller before the Uncle mentioned that "just a few months ago" he would have been able to expunge a case. "I noticed during the Floral Parade this past season that Mobile County had a float in the Floral Parade and Mike Dean was up there", said Robert wondering whether tax dollars were used to pay for the throws. This would be a real surprise to our host since Dean is a Mobile County Commissioner. "If you're going to give back, just cut out the middle man", said the Uncle before suggesting "just throw out money". "It's the same difference, you're literally throwing the tax dollar in the street", said the Uncle before speaking directly to local officials causing property values to increase in Baldwin County. "There's another segment of this show coming up", said the Uncle before saying hello to a fellow listening to the show at Auburn University. "God bless you, glad you're enjoying the podcast which is available all the time at NewsRadio710.com", said the Uncle before the newsbreak and commercials. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


"Cloudy Start" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). After a lengthy playing of the theme music any further audio clips, the pre-recorded introduction played. "Thank you so much, Uncle Henry Show in progress", said the Uncle greeting one & all on yet another beautiful day in the Mobile region. "Very much looking forward to our interaction on today's show", said the Uncle before previewing his 10 o'clock conversation with Judge Roy Moore running for the position of governor of Alabama. Our host is "very concerned and fascinated simultaneously at the Jones administration in Mobile" after learning from yesterday's Mobile City Council that they could "care less" about annexing West Mobile. "Here is a classic audio clip of Fred Richardson on the importance of annexation", said the Uncle before playing the clip from last year, including the phrase, "the future destiny of this city". "Yesterday, the new mayor, attempting to flush, we can't just afford it, we can't just afford to help the senior citizens of West Mobile", said the Uncle before reminding us "that we have funded every kind of thing in this city" in the past. "This sends a gigantic message to the western sector", according to our host. "It has all been flushed down the toilet", said the Uncle before playing the Richardson clip again. Listeners were reminded to call in by dialing (251) 479-2723 as the show moves forward. "Your phone calls are next", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. "Uncle Henry Show brought to you by Stratus Business Center", said the Uncle promoting both the local service and their open house meeting tomorrow at 11 o'clock in the morning. Our host will make a brief visit to the meeting after tomorrow's show. "Hey Uncle Henry, I was just over at the dag gone city council meeting", said Tim in his voice message. "I hope I'm the first one who'll be announcing this, but I'll be running for county district 2", said Tim before leaving us. "I'll be supporting your candidacy for whatever it is", said the Uncle before speaking to our first live caller Paul sharing his experience with the Acts of Mobile. "You could be a good citizen, one phone call to these people", said Paul before thanking our host for allowing him to speak. "My thoughts are with you", said the Uncle after Paul's mention of his medical condition. "Looks like the Rev. Jesse Jackson was trying to stop the election", said the Uncle after learning of a march planned to stop the mayoral election in New Orleans, Louisiana. "You can't say when or if these people are coming back, so under these circumstances you either stop [these] elections for years", said the Uncle before playing a voice message from "The Idea Guy" related to this topic. "Let's talk to Bob, hello Bob", said the Uncle before Bob admitted that the City of Mobile's new garbage pick up system works well, but suggests a way to stop a week's worth of garbage from staying for another week. "On the Louisiana thing, the New Orleans thing", said Bob before suggesting the construction of an industrial plant and new homes that would bring employees back to New Orleans. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour get a 4.7/5!


"Cool!" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to different audio clip from the previous day. "This is a great day in our state, in Mobile County", said the fellow in the clip. Following that odd piece of audio were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Diddling around in fancy land, takes one to know one", said this fellow in the audio clip. "Thank you so much, thank you listener, it's a pleasure to be with you", said the Uncle greeting one & all on what is "shaping to be" the most beautiful of all days in the year 2006. "Well, Judge Roy Moore is going to be in Mobile at 1:15", specifically Brookley Field according to our host before announcing to listeners that the candidate for governor will not be participating on the show today, but instead will make a visit to the church in Saraland, Alabama with the "Jesus in the Drywall" phenomenon. Instead of speaking in person, Moore will be speaking to our host "via telephonic link" in the future. "I've been hearing a lot of healings, miracle healings being discussed", said the Uncle referring to the conversations going on at the WKRG/Clear Channel of Mobile building in response to the Saraland story in today's Mobile Register. "Hello, there", said the Uncle to our first live caller Michael before asking what did G.W. Bush mean when he said, "You the government?" "How did he use it in a sentence", the Uncle asked since he was unable to hear it. "Maybe it's got something to do with cooperation", according to Michael before our host suggested a "Bush-translator" for such wording. "Clinton used to very carefully select words and use them", said the Uncle, who believes Bush simply misspoke that time. "You know Uncle Henry, something just came up to me", said Joe bringing up the coincidence of the miracle story and Roy Moore's visit. "We have other things, there are even other things to discuss, we are going to get to the other things as the program moves forward", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. "Stratus Business Center and they're having an open house", said the Uncle during a live commercial for the local service, including their open house event this Wednesday. "(251) 461-0899, Stratus Business Center", said the Uncle ending the live commercial. As an instrumental version of a song by Ray Charles plays in the background, "Uncle Henry Show continues", said the Uncle before speaking to Greg, who reminded us about his idea for a gathering of listeners. Greg also asked for the voice message number, which is (251) 706-BULL or 706-2855. "I want to say hello to Mario, the keeper of the weblog, the Uncle Henry Weblog", said our host, who admits to have forgotten certain things mentioned on the program before coming here. "So I thank you, Mario", said the Uncle before sharing his small review of the movie "Walk the Line" based on musician Johnny Cash's life. "No offence to Johnny Cash, his fans or anything", said our host, but "if you've seen Ray, you've seen Walk the Line" in reference to the "nastiness" featured in both movies. "Bush was talking about the Iraqi government", said our next caller after hearing Michael's call. "You know, World War II ended in 1945 and we still have people with Germany", said Chad after watching this morning's press conference with Bush, including questions that have upset our caller. "I would love to have someone with that mind set [to call in]", said Chad before leaving us. Speaking of Germany, our next caller gave mentioned to what be believes "turned out to be the nastiness watch I've ever owned", as the word "Sechs" (German for Six, as in 6 o'clock) suggests. "The language of Germany is inherently nasty", said the Uncle after stopping our caller from spelling out the entire word. He thanked our host for his insight before leaving us. As for the misplaced cellular phone in the studio, our host suggested, "Maybe we can get it sponsored, the call of the day, the wrong call of the day on Scott O'Brien's cell phone" before the end of this half-hour of the show. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!


"Sunshine Returns" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Thank you so much, thank you so much, listener", said the Uncle greeting one and all. "Oh it's beautiful, though it's cloudy", said the Uncle referring to the flowers blooming outside, "it's beautiful even under cloudy conditions". "Something has bloomed on me and some apparently I don't agree with", according to our host after a weekend of frequent headaches. Trey Lane is substituting for our call screener Leeanna after receiving a frantic call from her, something that worries our host. "I guess we'll begin a Leeanna watch (tomorrow)", said the Uncle before reminding listeners that things on an international, national, and a local scale will be discussed today. Starting with the local, our host discusses the Sunday Mobile Register article on the noise in downtown Mobile. "I don't understand how people cannot have a good time without the rowdiness", said the Uncle referring to the bars located downtown next to local businesses. "Voice message wisdom", said the Uncle before playing a recorded message from "The Idea Guy", who is amazed that Sam Jones has created yet another task force in order to study the noise issue before any new ordinance can be made. "You can't really hold a task force accountable", said the Uncle, yet "it sounds so good to have one". First live caller Dwight brought to our attention Judge Roy Moore's "special news release" 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Brookley Field. "I'll be having you on tomorrow", said Dwight after hearing our host mention the brief conversation he will have with Moore during tomorrow's show. "If for some reason, some other candidate cheats and Judge Moore doesn't take his rightful place of governor, would he accept the job of school superintendent", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. "Uncle Henry, Jim the Tax Man, as I read this morning's paper about the graduated standard deduction on the Alabama income tax, I see more stupidity", said our caller via message. "This state suffers from great stupidity and it's right there in Montgomery, Alabama", said Jim. "Uncle Henry Show continues on this beautiful Monday", said the Uncle before reminding listeners anywhere to call in at (251) 479-2723 and that folks with Internet access to hear the show's "podcast" on 710 AM's website. "Over the weekend we had the anniversary of the Iraq invasion", said the Uncle, though the main story behind it were protests that were not big enough. "Just not enough passion as these protesters would like to see", said the Uncle, who noticed some folks protesting beside "The Cannon" on Government Street in Mobile. "I saw some protests on TV this morning", said the Uncle still wondering what those were all about. "The only way protesters really get their points about if they're disrupting something", said the Uncle before using the French protesters for example. "So it really did get worse to go out and protest", said the Uncle after reading a newspaper's analysis of the weekend protests. Our next caller wonders what one local fellow's sign protesting torture means. "What is Mr. Beckerly, the local head of the Alabama Democratic Party, what does he mean by that", our caller asked. "Same type of rhetoric, how bad we are", according to the Uncle. "I guess the local Democratic Party is just as out of touch as the national party", according to our caller before referring to someone who was once on the show and made frequent changes in political parties. "Maybe you pay close attention to protests, I don't", said the Uncle mainly interested in the French protests over new labor laws and "how socialism works" over there. The protests have resulted in the burning of a McDonald's restaurant, according to our host. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


"Rain Gear" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to an audio clip from a WPMI-TV newscast. "To me it looked like a leprechaun to me", said one fellow in the audio clip before asking others in the Crichton neighborhood if they were witnesses to a leprechaun supposedly found in a tree. Following that odd clip was, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Uncle Henry, Jim the Tax Man, I'd like to make this observation about the Mobile County Public School System", said our caller via voice message. "They should all resign in mass", said Jim before ending his call. "Thank you so much", said the Uncle greeting one & all on yet another beautiful day for semi-sunlight, flowering, and trees to grow. "What a wonderful, wonderful day of suckling", said the Uncle on this Saint Patrick's Day, which he sees being abused by folks whom he considers "freaks". "I might strike you if you get a piece of me like you did this morning", said the Uncle on what he would do to pinchers if he were still young. After imitating the defenders of the pinching custom, our host reminded them to "keep your hands to yourself" or he just may strike them. Listener Crochet's Saint Patrick's Day poem via voice message was played. "Well, that was pretty good, Crochet, that was pretty good", said the Uncle, who never once heard anyone say, "God bless Geoff Peacock", an engineer at 710 AM. "There are people who are willing to adopt anything at all that involves getting drunk", said the Uncle. "If you took the getting drunk out of the equation, nobody would care, there would be no green, no pinching", said the Uncle. "Mardi Gras celebrations in Texas, Mardi Gras celebrations in Seattle", said the Uncle giving listeners the idea of the "getting drunk" aspect being the reason for these celebrations. "We've had people complain that nobody goes to the PTA, nobody goes to the school board meanings", said the Uncle before suggesting that they hold these meetings "at a bar", making them the most attended "PTA and school board meetings in the country" according to our host. As for the "Walkin to New Orleans" march from Mobile to New Orleans currently in progress, our host believes the solution to "everybody's complaining that nobody's paying attention" is to add the "getting drunk" aspect. "Just making an observation that you, the listener, know I'm right as right can be", said the Uncle before speaking to our first live caller Richard. "What really grinds me because I live here and I love Mobile", said Richard, but "you can't have honesty and integrity and where I come from, my values, excuse my French, go to hell". "That was over my head, way over my head", said the Uncle after Richard's call, and many listeners are probably in agreement. "The Uncle Henry Show on Saint Patrick's Day barrels forward", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. An open position for outside consultant at Clear Channel of Mobile was promoted during the commercial break. "Uncle Henry, Tax Man, let me say this, what the editorial says", said Jim via voice message before reading the names of the school board members mentioned in a recent Mobile Register editorial. "Uncle Henry, these people are wasteful of our taxpayers' dollars and are morally corrupt", said Jim. "All right, Uncle Henry Show continues on this beautiful Friday", said the Uncle before pardoning himself for the "dead air", as he had to check on his car that appeared to be smoking. "Who knows what I'm driving through in the City of Mobile", said the Uncle, who never actually had smoke "perch" over his automobile in the past. "If the callers' doing a good call, they're talking consistently on a topic, I just may leave during the call", said the Uncle if he were to leave the studio again, why is unlikely in the near future. During the 10 o'clock hour, our host will be speaking to an Irishman in honor of the holiday. "Lots of business people within the City of Mobile and the Eastern Shore and rarely do I hear one curse in my presence", said the Uncle sharing his meeting with "liberal businessmen", including one "so used to Mike Dow being in the news". "The less they do, the better", said the Uncle on politicians such as Dow and current Mobile mayor Sam Jones making the news. "This guy was really hot under his collar, poking at his blackberry", said the Uncle. "The news is coming up, I believe today that Mike Sloan is doing the 10 o'clock news", said the Uncle before reminding listeners to "go no where" as the show continues. Our host also gave mention to the show's "podcasts" now available for download at NewsRadio710.com. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.9/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Hey, this is Kermit, there's some commercials running on the Rocket (WRKH 96.1 FM) that have Spanish, they're actually having Spanish for some air conditioning company", said our first caller via voice message. Kermit was careful not to mention the name of the company promoting the air conditioning system. "Thank you so much", said the Uncle greeting one & all on "yet another beautiful day" in the Mobile region. Once again we the listeners were congratulated "for supporting this highly specialized genre" of radio unlike any other in Mobile or in the South. "You know you really stepped into it when the Mobile Register editorial board calls you a disgrace", said the Uncle referring to the editorial listing five "disgraced" school board members. Our host now wonders if the newspaper keeps a "disgrace to the community list" in a computer file folder. "Let's get an on-air disgrace list and maybe do some um, American Idol is very popular with the people voting", said the Uncle suggesting the idea of listeners voting for disgraced residents. "The Mobile County School Board has a little to do with the influx of people in Baldwin County", according to the Uncle's intuition. "There's been a story that's been going on for several days", said the Uncle referring to a local story he received word of from Tim. Our first live caller Mr. C. asked the Uncle if he doesn't mind calling in first every day, with our host responding that he is free to do so. As for the school board, "I think they're liars, they don't know what they're talking about, and they're out for self-engrossment", said Mr. C. before leaving us on a "big word" our host does not remember hearing on the show. "Milton Morrow the liberal-democrat operative", as the Uncle referred to him joins us before correcting our host with "conservative-democrat operative". Our host doesn't believe such a person exists. "Did Bachus actually endorse", the Uncle asked Milton with news on the race for the position of Mobile County Sheriff. "Milton Morrow who described himself as a conservative democrat", said the Uncle after Morrow left us. "Bachus, I know Mr. Bachus, I believe he's a nice guy", said Michael, who also met current sheriff Jack Tillman at one point. "This is the Uncle Henry Show as we continue", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. After the first break, "Hey, Uncle Henry, this is Ronnie", said this caller via voice message before expressing hope that Lonnie Parsons of the Mobile County Public School System does not get elected president of the school board again. "Hey, when you're looking at candidates for sheriff, you're going to look at Democrat or Republican", said our next caller, who considers himself to be "too poor to be Republican and too moral to be Democrat" before reminding listeners to "use their conscience" when electing a sheriff. "Let's talk to Matt, hello Matt", said the Uncle before hearing "a little kung-fu action" from this weird caller making noises. "A lot of people in their 30s and 40s love the martial arts", according to the Uncle. After mentioning Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris as examples of martial art experts, "Did Billy Jack, wasn't Billy Jack also martial arts", the Uncle asked before speaking to Marcus with a "quick comment" on illegal immigrants. "The workers who are here doing that for the price they're doing that, 95% of them are leaving the country", said Marcus before asking how that would affect the economy. "This segment is coming to a conclusion", said the Uncle before reminding listeners that Michael P. Sloan's newsbreak and an assortment of commercials are coming up. The news out of Creighton, Alabama that our host didn't receive wind of previously will be discussed in the show's 10 o'clock hour. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.5/5!


"Many Clouds, Few Showers" - TV5 meteorologist Jere Hough

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a voice message from "The Idea Guy" speaking about "mad pork" in south Alabama. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air" followed that voice message from "Idea". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "I have no comment, I'll continue to do a good job", said Harold Dodge in an audio clip before the pre-recorded introduction, along with our host saying "yes" twice. "Thank you so much, thank you listener for joining me", said the Uncle greeting one & all on yet another beautiful day in the Mobile region. "Coming up later in the program, we're expecting Bill Meredith, the lone abstainer", according to our host, especially after yesterday's last night's shocking school board vote in the Mobile County Public School System. "They said he was doing a good job, so people are wondering why", said the Uncle, who is "a little skeptical" over the outcome of last night's vote to remove Dodge from his superintendent position not being known. "The phone lines are swelling, they are swelling with callers", said the Uncle before speaking to our first caller from Saraland, Alabama named Jay, who really enjoys the show for its information and considers it a public service. "Baldwin County seems to have worked it out", said Jay referring to their school system and others. "So nice to hear your voice and for taking my call", said Bill, who "wanted to call in early" before Meredith joins our host. Like our host, Bill is still curious over the school system's purchase of the old Gayfers building in downtown Mobile and reselling it. "Every high school should be a college prep school", said the Uncle after Robert mentioned the school board's plans to transform LeFlore High School from a magnet school into a school of academic courses. "In the school board, I just like to know what qualifications they have", said our caller Henry, a Baldwin County resident who has children already out of college. "Who do you think is doing the better job", the Uncle asked us before the first commercial break. "Maybe we can get this phone number to Dr. Dodge", said the Uncle during his live commercial for Stratus Business Center. "I ran into Leroy Wells, he's running in the elevator", said Tim in a voice message, including mention of possibly running down this fellow before he "trashes up" some place unlike Dr. Dodge. "The reason they bought the property downtown, the old Gayfers building, not to benefit the children", said Patrick, but for the "mafia group" Mobile has similar to that of New Orleans. "I'm really ticked off about what they're doing with Dr. Dodge", said our caller Leroy before mentioning his school teaching friends who have spoken to him independently. "We have another Leroy, hello Leroy II", said the Uncle to this weird caller who sounded like he was crying about Dodge. "Prayer can handle this, calm down", said the Uncle before losing this "distraught Leroy". "It's just like the mafia does and I really enjoyed that explanation", said C. David referring to Patrick before "sharing his kind words" about the school children "being raised like idiots". "Bill Meredith, the lone abstainer", as the Uncle called him earlier will join the program after 10 o'clock. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.7/5!


Notes of Interest:

The University of Alabama and the University of South Alabama college basketball games scheduled to take place this Thursday have created an interesting situation at WKRG-TV5, as both games will air live on the CBS Television Network at virtually the same time. The station has solved this conflict of interests with a plan to air the Crimson Tide game on digital television channel 27. Comcast Cablevision of Mobile and Mediacom have agreed to air the same game for viewers without access to digital television.

Folks, this is a sad story in television (and TV5 is a victim):

"FCC Lowers $4 Million-Plus Indecency Boom"

"Practically Perfect" - TV5 meteorologist Jere Hough

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "We really need officers patrolling the streets, not horses with officers on top of them", said the late community activist Lillian Jackson in an audio clip. "Listen, I was listening to um, a midnight talk show coming out of Chicago", said Lillian explaining to the Uncle a story about a school in Chicago teaching folks "how to break in homes". "Thank you so much", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "Isn't it a nice day, oh my goodness gracious", said our host on this "glorious, glorious day" weather wise. Listeners were reminded early by our host to call in live by dialing (251) 479-2723. "When you get older, you're going to have to march in many causes as possible", said the Uncle after mentioning the news of Service veterans and other participants marching from Mobile to New Orleans under the banner "Walkin' to New Orleans". "Maybe we can have a one march per day, or we can have many causes tied to a march", said the Uncle before getting to his copy of an electronic message from the Alabama Education Association sent to the local radio and television stations. "Just what Mobile County needs, five more assistant superintendents", said the Uncle reading the e-mail from a local AEA representative. "This was sent by Wade Perry, the AEA rep.", said the Uncle before learning of an attached document to the e-mail, which he'll reveal without the need for sound effects. "Now this document he sent, again this is from the AEA, says that before the year 2000, there were only two administrators in the Mobile County School System that made $80,000, but they said after that tax increase you voted [in], there are now 14 administrators making more than $80,000", said the Uncle. "Has the population, have the number of children in the school system dramatically increased in the last few years", the Uncle asked himself why the number of administrators "in the bureaucracy" is now greater. "The Uncle Henry Show barreling forward on a beautiful, beautiful Tuesday", said our host before the first commercial break, starting with an advertisement for an immediate sales position at Clear Channel of Mobile, the local extension of Clear Channel Communications. After the first commercial break, "Hey Uncle Henry, this is John, I agree with you 100% on your comments about the school board", said our caller via voice message as the instrumental version of a song by Ray Charles played in the background. "The Mobile County public schools have basically been a three ring service", said John, who finds Harold Dodge to be "one of the better superintendents we've ever had", yet he managed to get into "one of the worst school systems" around. "Uncle Henry Show continues on a beautiful day in south Alabama", said the Uncle before our first live caller "The Idea Guy" asked our host if David Thomas of the Mobile County School Board can march with the veterans in the "Walkin' to New Orleans" march. "It's obvious from what's going on now it's not working", said "Idea" not surprised why communities within the school system want to start their own systems. "You can look at these news releases and they're the same thing from 20 years ago", said the Uncle before speaking to "Bay Way Jay". Jay gave our host a "Roll Tide" shout before giving listeners information on how to receive free help if their automobile were to break down on the Bay Way. "We don't charge anything for this, we don't take any tips", said Jay before reminding listeners to simply dial 911 on a cellular phone to get in contact with automobile experts. "Thank you for letting me borrow your audience", said Jay before leaving us. "That e-mail that I read to you from the AEA guy", said the Uncle, "there is a response to that e-mail from a school board member". Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


"Sunny Cool" - TV5 meteorologist Jere Hough

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). Audio of Michael P. Sloan from the 710 AM news center was played briefly before our host's pre-recorded introduction. "Thank you so much, all right, let's get started on this beautiful Monday", said the Uncle, "thank you listener". "I thought about you often this weekend as I worked in my yard, got a terrible weed problem", said the Uncle, who had to do a lot of bending for his age. "I get a lot of pleasure out of ripping the weeds out of the ground", said the Uncle speaking as someone "old fashioned" in spite of modern alternatives. "It's something young people can never understand", said the Uncle before getting to a national issue that is already shocking, along with a local story that is "remarkable". "If your birthday fell on a work day, you just worked", said the Uncle referring to Leeanna's reason for taking Monday off, though her 30th birthday was actually Sunday. "Basically, all she's done is live, so I don't know what the big deal is about", said the Uncle before mentioning the young lady substituting Leeanna and "already doing a better job". "Yes, yesterday I was surprise at the Dr. Dodge story in the Mobile Register", said the Uncle before mentioning the "whispers now newsworthy" according to the Register. "They say his job could may be in jeopardy", said the Uncle, "just the same old mess". "I don't really know what to think about this", said our host before asking himself, "do you look at how they (school board employees) get along" or the performance of the students. Listeners were reminded how to call in live (251-479-2723) and via voice message (251-706-BULL, for those who are shy, hear a busy signal, or tend to have ideas later). "The secretary of health and human services of the United States over the weekend recommended that we store canned tuna and powdered milk under our beds", said the Uncle. "I don't know why he picked the bed", our host asked, since he is "not fond of getting on the knees" to place tuna and powered milk under the bed. "The Uncle Henry Show barreling onward", said our host before the first commercial break. "Stratus Business Center in Mobile, located behind the Red Lobster", said the Uncle in his live commercial for the local business. "Uncle Henry, this is Jim the Tax Man, let me say this [about] imminent domain", said our regular caller/listener. "All land is apparently under attack to the highest bidder", said Jim before quoting Judge Roy Moore. "This is a moral disgrace, this is morally bankrupt", said Jim before reminding us that we need to protect our land. "Well said", said the Uncle before speaking to our first live caller with the issue of tuna fish cans having no expiration date, a problem our host is familiar with after speaking directly to the company. "I had a friend named Dean, he used to get in his car, and being a very bored teenager, he used to get into a car", said the Uncle referring to his friend once playing a game of "stacking up" other cars on the road long ago. "Let's talk to the Idea Guy", said the Uncle before "Idea" said he sees no problem with Harold Dodge, whom he actually met in person, but believes "the school board is dysfunctional". "It needs to be smaller, it's never going to work" was "Idea's" suggestion for the school board. "If they get rid of him, who's going to replace him, Nancy Pierce", "Idea" asked regarding Dodge and the former WALA Channel 10 employee he hired at her request. "There's something going on that the general public doesn't know about", according to "Idea". "Excellent, neither one of us knows what he's talking about", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


Notes of Interest:

While listening for "Coast to Coast AM" with Art Bell Sunday morning, I discovered on my radio dial that WLVV 1410 AM (Mobile's first radio station) is back on the air with its format of gospel music and other programming. At around 11:00 AM today the Reverend Charles Buchanan welcomed listeners back to the station during his regular program. The station went "dark" after a certain storm named "Katrina" damaged the AM control and production rooms in the studios located on the Causeway near downtown Mobile. Before the storm 1410 AM already had a good signal and it's still excellent over six months later since the storm didn't destroy the two transmission towers.



"Warm Again" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Thank you so much", said the Uncle greeting one & all "on a beautiful great day in the City of Mobile" and the "greatness" that our host speaks up extends over to the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay after yesterday's windy weather. "Very, very windy", said the Uncle before reminding us there are "numerous topics to discuss" as always. "Why are the news people sad that an alligator got run over", the Uncle asked himself in a rant over an alligator on the Causeway. "Please stop these sympathy toward the alligator", our Uncle requested before expressing more disappointment at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "What in the world are they doing with my tax dollar", our host asked after yesterday's news of a possible source of water on a moon orbiting Saturn. "It's on a moon of Saturn for God's sake", said the Uncle, who sees no point in making a big deal over water on a distant object. "Well, you ignorant Uncle Henry you, this could mean life", said the Uncle playing the role of his critics. "It's on this radio station every single night of the week", said the Uncle referring to "Coast to Coast AM", which usually has space-related discussions. "Other than that, we don't need it and it's a waste of the tax dollar", said the Uncle on this "place we'll never visit". After our host reminded listeners to call in at (251) 479-2723, our first live caller believes that NASA is "trying to prove there is no God" by exploring the Saturn moon. "Well, you're a good man, Dr. Henry, Uncle Henry", said our caller, making my host consider the idea of taking a doctorate. "Why do you give Al a voice everyday on the phone", said Frank, who believes Al is using our host to make himself think "he's brilliant", while at the same time he says ridiculous things. "I can't do a talk show and make everybody agree with me", said the Uncle, who believes there should be a contrast between good opinion and his opinion. After the first commercial break, "Hey Uncle Henry, this is Al", said our regular commentator via voice message commenting on NCAA basketball. "Alabama don't need to go nowhere", said Al who hopes Kentucky continues to succeed. As for the University of South Alabama team deserving to win, Al believes "they really do, but Alabama don't, roll Kentucky roll". Once again, our host noticed Al being wrong again. "We should have never started the North American Free Trade Agreement", said Keith before mentioning one town's only local business. "Less government involvement, that's what I'm looking forward to", said the Uncle before trying to speak with Jessica, who left us too soon. "Taxes and terrorists", said Julius before suggesting that manufactures overseas make less profits as they produce their products. "You think there is such a thing as making too much profit", said the Uncle after Julius admitted that he's "not smart enough" to think of a limit for how much money a manufacture should make. "Do you have a problem with prices going up as the demand [increases]", said the Uncle before Julius before reminding us about the gasoline gougers. "I guess I'm more of a free market person than anyone else in this country", the Uncle assumed about himself. "Instead of exchanging money, just exchange goods and services among ourselves", a way of life our host considers "primitive". After the Michael P. Sloan newsbreak and commercials, one more hour of today's show on a beautiful weather day in the Mobile region. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


Notes of Interest:

Our call screener Leeanna will be 30 years of age this Sunday.

"Not Quite Finished" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Thank you so much, welcome to the Uncle Henry Show", said the Uncle greeting one & all "on such as a beautiful day" in the Mobile region. "Scott O'Brien still loving the Bee Gees", said the Uncle summoning the station's program director for an explanation for his behavior and absence yesterday. "Scott O'Brien, you're a man in your fifties", said the Uncle before asking the 56-year-old Scott, "what in the world are you doing, bringing in these Internet videos?" "The people who work on this floor are entertainers", said Scott explaining why his co-workers would enjoy a five minute video on juggling. "This is something you didn't discover at work", said the Uncle, who is quite amazed that Scott has free time to watch such a video. "The Brothers O'Brien", said the Uncle after Scott mentioned his brother Jacko's presence in the region. "Look, this is a real issue, Scott O'Brien", said the Uncle on this "downside" to the Internet besides pornography affecting worker productivity. "You stated your case, I stated mind, let the listener be the judge", said the Uncle before describing Scott's clothing as he leaves the room to the sounds of "Staying Alive". "They ought to do some type of restrictions on this", said the Uncle before mentioning that some "big name" radio people were actually working. "We're going to talk about what's happening in the Legislature", said the Uncle, who likes the headline in today's Mobile Register, "Income Tax Break Hits Snag" with Paul Hubbert of the Alabama Education Association. "Paul Hubbert representing teachers, don't you like teachers", said the Uncle playing the role of someone who would ask him such a question. "Why could you possibly be opposed to the teachers union, how could you be opposed to Paul Hubbert", the Uncle added. "This is going to show who runs the state, if he gets his way, we're going to know who really runs the state", said the Uncle before asking himself about the need of a governor's race this year. "The Uncle Henry Show proceeds", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. "Yesterday was a chicken day in my life", said the Uncle describing his recent barbecued meal during a live commercial for Woody's Barbecue in Daphne, Alabama. "Uncle Henry Show continues, here on NewsRadio 710 WPMI", said the Uncle before telling "The Idea Guy", who is probably listening right now that he will return the book on loan to him. "I have moved to Mobile nearly 30 years ago and I want to give you a high [compliment] about how Paul Hubbert is", said our first live caller Michelle. "I thank you for your phone call, but there's so many people that think it's a wonderful thing", said the Uncle referring to those who like Paul Hubbert. "Be sure to tape this, because I want this to play all over the state", said one caller planning to record a voice message later tonight. "If you can respond to American Education, you would most likely respond with children", said Glenn if this were a word association game, but nowadays "politics" would be the first word to come to mind according to our caller. "I've agreed with everything you said, Glenn", said the Uncle before Glenn told him about the electronic mail he sent him regarding computers recently, though our caller knows that our host doesn't read e-mail very much. "Let me show you what I'm talking about", said the Uncle before entering the electronic mailbox at the sounds of some unusual "e-mail music". Our host's e-mail box at this time has 1063 new messages. "See what I'm saying, it's very difficult to check my e-mail", said the Uncle after describing some of the junk messages, including a message promoting a plasma TV set. "There needs to be something done about this and I don't know exactly what, there must be some way to not be bombarded by this", said the Uncle. Our host admits to be very interested in the arrest and lawsuits of various "spammers" in different states. "All right, Uncle Henry Show taking a time out, we have news with Mike Sloan coming up", said the Uncle before reminding listeners who wish to stay that more Paul Hubbert-related discussions will take place during the show's next hour. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.9/5!


Notes of Interest:

"The Joey Reynolds Show", a nationally syndicated radio program from WOR 710 AM in New York City will once again air live from 11:00 PM to 4:00 AM CST starting next week, making it once again a 5-hour overnight radio show. WABB 1480 AM in Mobile currently airs the program live from 12:00 AM to 4:00 AM, which makes me wonder whether this program expansion will affect the station's schedule or not. The syndicated "Jerry Doyle Show" airs from 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM on 1480 AM.

"Change Blows In" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). Our first voice message today includes, "Hey, this is Kermit, Uncle Henry, I'm watching FOX 10 (WALA Channel 10's brand name) and they're showing a fire here in Lillian, Alabama", one of the few times his town is featured in the local news according to Kermit. "Thank you so much", the Uncle shouted louder than usual as he greets one & all listening today. "There are so many topics I don't know how to you shoot all of them into one program", said the Uncle before deciding to discuss topics geographically. Once again, the PETA people are in the Mobile region. "They are going to be outside a children's elementary school", said the Uncle summoning up the PETA visit. "They think the circus is mistreating their elephants, so PETA is going to this elementary school on Donald Street this afternoon", said the Uncle. "If you want to get into your children's mind, you give them a sticker", said the Uncle no matter what's on the sticker, which is "Be an Elefriend" in PETA's case. Comic books are "another way to get into a child's mind", according to the Uncle after mentioning PETA's plans to give the children comic books with propaganda messages. "Why do you have to attack the children, these PETA people need to be careful", said the Uncle, as he believes nobody wants their child in the presence of an elephant the size of an average-sized human. "I have to admit a weakness, I have many weaknesses on a personal level, I don't mention many of them on the air, but I did lose my temper recently", said the Uncle on a recent telephone conversation with a customer service representative, since our first live caller Bud Man joined us with the subject. "It's as if our previous conversations have never taken place", said the Uncle describing his customer service experience, thus causing him to lose him temper. "So PETA's coming to town, isn't that special", said Steve joining us. "This tells me, this is the second time they came to town to do stuff at schools", said the Uncle before mentioning Pensacola, Florida as another location targeted by PETA. Steve's call went from PETA to this year's various elections, in other words it took a political tone. "I think this election is going to be a real shock to the system", said Steve, who did mention earlier that he was raised by two parents instead of "a village" as some folks from PETA seem to be implying at an elementary school today. "Let me warn that within this commercial break there is a Super Prostate ad", said the Uncle before the break, starting with that vary commercial. Following the advertisement our host warned listeners about was the live commercial for Woody's Barbecue in Daphne, Alabama. "This theologically, I'm the type that sleeps well after the pulled pork", said the Uncle in the restaurant commercial. "Uncle Henry Show continues, let's talk to Dee Dee", said the Uncle before hearing, "Hey, Mr. Uncle" from Dee Dee before she shared her confusion of dealing with customer service. "Customer service, you don't have to go through all those push button things", said Dee Dee. According to our host, you can actually get to customer service by saying the word "agent" over the telephone. "All right Freddie, your call is pleasantly addle", said the Uncle after Freddie created a hypothetical situation if G.W. Bush were to be listening to the show and calls in, since he's visiting the Gulf Coast "for the umpteenth time". "I don't care what he had for breakfast, all though that would be a pleasant conversation", said the Uncle before speaking to Ed. "Well, I'm a member of PETA", said Ed before thanking our host for promoting Woody's Barbecue and "People Eating Tasty Animals" (PETA, as Ed supposes). "They are here for me to eat", said the Uncle speaking as a carnivore, though "Mike Sloan eats more animals that I", our host added. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!


Notes of Interest:

Our call screener Leeanna hosted today's edition of "Ask the Expert", the program that airs between "Mobile's First News" and the Uncle's program.

Remember folks, WKRG-TV5 will air the local news special "Primary Influence" and a live "town hall" meeting tonight in place of two episodes of the CBS situation comedy "Still Standing", which will air following "The Late Late Show".

Ron Reams, if you have read my message (see Monday's post) posted in response to you pointing out the true identity of the fellow who said, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", please post under "Comments". Good day!

"One More" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Hey Uncle Henry, I'm watching the 6 o'clock and they come up and say breaking news", said Tim in a voice message in reference to a newscast from WPMI-TV. "People make me sick trying to scare people and it's not breaking news", said Tim before ending his call. "Thank you so much, yes, Uncle Henry Show in progress, underway on a beautiful, beautiful Tuesday is the Mobile region", said the Uncle greeting one & all on a good day for birds to sing, flowers to bloom, and for gardeners to "whack" things outdoors. "Just a wonderful time of year here in this region", said the Uncle in spite of feeling ill in the stomach after our call screener Leeanna prepared a frozen Mexican dinner in a nearby microwave oven. This is not the only time an unpleasant smell became part of life for the Uncle's fellow employees, as there was a time when some folks from WRKH 96.1 "The Rocket" FM prepared some burnt popcorn for consumption. "They should use that against the terrorists, the burnt popcorn smell", said the Uncle. "Good morning, Uncle Henry", said first live caller Freddie before "getting this off" his chest, tonight's World Wrestling Federation (or Entertainment) event at the Mobile Civic Center in downtown Mobile. Both Freddie and our host referred to the wresting company as "WWL" (as in WWL-TV Channel 4 and WWL 870 AM in New Orleans, Louisiana) before correcting themselves. Freddie compares the aircraft G.W. Bush used to enter and leave the nation of Pakistan to that of Darth Vader before asking, "Is that the kind of leader you want in this world?" According to our host before moving to a different subject, Freddie is simply a "Bush hater". "What is the problem with changing the money, do you understand why we have to", the Uncle asked before Freddie said, "it's no good", just like money in the Civil War. "My goodness, what a bunch of bull", said the Uncle after Freddie left. He explained for folks such as Freddie that "these computer freaks have learned to counterfeit the money and it has nothing to do with Darth Vader", or Bush according to Freddie. "You are looking like a young Dot Moore", said the Uncle to Leeanna already in the room with a distinctive hairstyle. After Leeanna returned to her call screening post, "I didn't know the WWE was in Mobile", the Uncle admitted along with no knowledge of the current wrestling personalities. The last time our host watched televised wrestling from the former World Wresting Federation was when Paul Bearer of Mobile was part of the company. "I think NBC is going to start doing some wrestling on Friday nights", said the Uncle before the first commercial break, giving him time to "settle" his stomach. "Take it easy, Uncle Henry, props on the podcast, peace", said our next caller via voice message before the Uncle spoke. "In the end, they are all good guys" is how the Uncle's grandchild puts it best in the end before our caller finished his comparison of Bush to Vader. "Have you noticed that there are no new movies coming out of Hollywood", said our caller referencing pictures such as the remake of "The Hills Have Eyes". Our host mentioned this summer's release of a new Superman picture, which won't probably include the line "fighting for truth, justice, and the American way" from the comics that appeared during the same era as the original "King Kong". "I think we have talked enough about movies and Hollywood and all that good stuff", said our caller before leaving us. "I hope you don't get tired of me calling you", said Mr. C. before refreshing listeners such as Freddie on the years between 1963 and 2003, specifically when John Kennedy and Daniel Pearl were killed, and the subject of profiling. "We are all human beings, I'm sure people listening to the show are listening with their pets", said the Uncle after Mr. C. left us, but our host is sure that 99% of the listeners are human. "There is in fact another hour of the Uncle Henry Show approaching", said the Uncle, along with a newsbreak from Michael P. Sloan in the 710 AM news center. Listeners with Internet access were directed to NewsRadio710.com and the Uncle's section of the site for information on the show's new podcast. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


Notes of Interest:

Your daily writer: always trying to be 99.9% correct (see Monday's post)

Mr. C. mentioned children in his discussion of profiling persons before changing the word "kid" ("a kid is a goat") to "child", but Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963 edition) mentions both "a young goat" and "child, youngster" as the word's definitions.

Wednesday night on WKRG-TV5, the local news special "Primary Influence" and a live "town hall" meeting on the subject of drinking alcohol under the age limit will air between 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Viewers anticipating this week's episodes of the CBS situation comedy "Still Standing" will have to wait until sometime after 12:35 AM Thursday to watch both episodes. Good day!

"Sunny" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to an audio clip. "My wife and I just had a baby and there is no way we can let him play in the front yard", said the fellow in the clip before, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air" was played. Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Yes", said the Uncle in the background during his prerecorded introduction before doing a louder than usual shout of "thank you so much!" "As we are about to launch into a discussion of various topics", said the Uncle, who feels that he must explain why he is "in a foul mood" after staying up later than usual to watch the 78th annual Academy Awards on WEAR-TV Channel 3, the ABC station in Pensacola, Florida. "Don Knotts not honored at the Academy Awards", said the Uncle upset over that fact, including the "movie nobody ever heard of" taking the honor of "Best Picture" near the end of a broadcast that lasted past 10:00 PM. "The worst curse words of all time, you know the one that I'm talking about, they said it 99 times", said the Uncle now wondering why didn't they go for one hundred or more. "Back in the day, you can take the whole family to a movie, now they have 99 you-know-what words", said the Uncle, who believes that once "Crash" is shown on television (cable/satellite or broadcast), there won't be "very much dialogue" at all to be heard. Leeanna was summoned with audio of listener Jan's "Leeann" and "Evil Irrational Man's" creepy use of the name "Leeanna" for her take on the movies featured during last night's Academy Awards. Not only does our host believe Leeanna was not paying attention to this morning's "Ask the Expert" program, but he also believes our call screener's hair resembles that of a flapper. "Stop this right now, I'm in no mood for your back talk", the Uncle shouted before learning from Leeanna that she remembers the previews for "Crash" and that she is no fanatic of cowboy movies or "love stories" such as the Academy Award nominated "Brokeback Mountain". "Her hair was very controversial when I was growing up", said the Uncle on Leeanna's highlights after she returned to her call screening post. "We've got a sick society" was all the Uncle could say after his rant on the Academy Awards before the first commercial break, including a live commercial for the Woody's Barbecue restaurant in Daphne, Alabama. After the first commercial break, "I was told Thursday evening about the Republican gubernatorial candidates", said our next caller, who told this lady on the telephone, "I know who I'm going to vote for and I'm not going to ride any candidate's campaign". "How are you this morning, Uncle Henry", said first live caller Tony before reminding Uncle about Paul in the Book of Romans. "Patience during times of tribulation, brother", said Tony before leaving us. "I'm a first time caller, but I had to call you this morning", said Marie, who feels sorry our host watched the Academy Awards and missed the Don Knotts tribute on the Cable News Network program "Larry King Live". "I hate you missed that, because you seem like a real Don Knotts fan", said Marie before mentioning Jim Nabors' current status, including his current residence of Hawaii and his "weight gain". "One time it was George Clooney, then I turned it", said Tim before returning to Channel 3 only to witness a group of musicians (rappers) performing an Academy Award nominated (it won) song. "Another one of his (Knotts') roles was the Reluctant Astronaut", said the Uncle, who found Knotts to be wonderful in that role. "I only watched Larry King a few times since the Clinton impeachment", said the Uncle before admitting that he did watch at least one show discussing a murder trial in California. "It is very difficult for me to return to Larry King, he is a very unusual fellow", said the Uncle. "There will be some words, then there will be a newscast of some sorts with Mike Sloan", said the Uncle previewing the next ten minutes of programming on 710 AM, including the beginning of the next hour of today's show. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.0/5!


Acknowledgement:

Folks, your daily writer has made a terrible mistake over the past few weeks of posting. The voice in the "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air" audio clip is not that of the late radio personality Mike Malone, but that of the late local radio personality Dan Daniels. Ever since I decided in mid-February to mention the speaker in the clip, I have always wondered whether that was truly Malone's voice or not, since I'm not very familiar with him and Daniels. Tonight I finally had time to investigate and correct any mistakes before later discovering a post from Ron Reams of WPMI-TV under "Comments". I wish I had realized this error much sooner, as I always re-read my show reviews before posting, but it is most likely that the mistake of identifying the voice of Dan Daniels as Mike Malone was the result of getting the two mixed up. Thankfully I realized the mistake tonight when I had time to check, yet it came on the same night when Ron Reams would make a comment to point out the error. Hopefully such errors in identification will never happen again as long as I continue writing. This weblog will not lose its credibility under your daily writer. Good day!

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Notes of Interest:

The new permanent host of WABB 1480 AM's morning program (airs from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM) with Ron Fraiser is former WABB 97 FM disc jockey and former 710 AM host Shane McBryde. Fraiser's former co-host Kathy Richardson left the program to spend more time with her mother. For more information on the show and a way to express reaction to the choice of McBryde, WABB Radio's business number to dial is (251) 432-5572 and the listener call-in number is (251) 433-2442.

The ABC Television Network's broadcasts of the 78th annual Academy Awards and the talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" were not truly live Sunday night. Both programs were delayed for a few seconds to censor mature language out of fear of viewer complaints.

"Mild" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" (with audio of the late community activist Lillian Jackson saying "hello" and "Uncle Henry" in the background), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a voice message from Tim. "You need to have like a laugh track in your library of sound", Tim suggested for our host in the voice message. Following that message was, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Thank you so much, hey, it's good to be back here with you", said the Uncle greeting one & all as other people begin to "march out of there homes" for their gardening business. Our host would enjoy the sight of these gardeners outside the Lowes hardware store off Airport Blvd in midtown Mobile. "The Sabbath Day soiled by the Academy Awards broadcasts on ABC", said the Uncle, who believes their year's lineup of movies is the worst he's ever seen. The small preview show on "the red carpet" that comes before the awards presentation was also mentioned by our host, since it reminds viewers about the nominees. "Some of these movies they never heard up, actors never heard of", said the Uncle. Our host acknowledged the movie "Crash" for having a high number of curse words. "This morning, the story remains the same, no matter what garbage you tredge", said the Uncle referring to the release of more video transcripts of G.W. Bush getting briefed on the storm named "Katrina". Our host continues to refer to one senator by only her first name ("Hillary") and that she will not win the next presidential election. "Six months to the fact that we're over this kind of garbage", said the Uncle now seeing the six-month anniversary of the storm (and the one-year anniversary) as an excuse to express hate for G.W. Bush. "We had Scott Harrison filling in for Scott O'Brien on Mardi Gras Day", said the Uncle before mentioning that Harrison, a former resident of a New Orleans neighborhood, was very upset that the city's Mardi Gras celebration got more attention this year. Before the first commercial break, listeners learned that our call screener Leeanna has returned to he call screening post. "Hey Uncle Henry, this is Cecil" via voice message after the first commercial break before explaining for our host that spillways were needed if a storm were to threaten the Mississippi River. "It's about time Alabama woke up", said first live caller Stephanie after reading the article in today's Mobile (Press) Register on a bill approved by the state senate committee making it easier for some folks to expunge criminal records. "I had one college degree when I got into trouble", said Stephanie before mentioning her three other degrees, yet it's still hard to find a job. "When you start to think the whole thing through and what should always be on a record and sex crimes, certainly murder, should be something an employer ought to know", said the Uncle. As for crimes that don't need to stay on an employee's record for life, slurpee machine theft should be expunged from the record according to our host. "I would be in favor of a drug test for anyone receiving any benefit from the government whatsoever", said the Uncle to our next caller who believes people on welfare should not be allowed to vote. "I can tell you thought about your topic for several hours", said the Uncle before suggesting that "people under the age of 30 should not be determining the course of our country's future, they should only have a vote". "People over the age of 65 should be given 1.5 votes to the .5 votes under the age of 30", said the Uncle. Mr. C. joins us for the show's final minute saying that all folks over age 65 should be allowed to vote before suggesting a future guest for the show. Once again, Mr. C. referred to a certain Sheehan as "that witch" as he suggested this guest, a member of the Air Force by the way. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a voice message from Kermit. He believes our host "hit the nail on the head" and agrees that our call screener Leeanna's voice is irritating. Following that message was, "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that clip from Mobile's radio past were Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds"). Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right). "Thank you so much, Uncle Henry Show in progress on a beautiful Thursday", said the Uncle greeting one & all as our "interaction continues for years to come". "When we started the program, nobody had seen Leeanna", according to our host and other employees at the WKRG/Clear Channel of Mobile building before checking into our call screener's usual workspace, starting "with a brief interlude". "All right, it's not her, Leeanna is missing", said the Uncle after learning that Chris of Mississippi is doing some "deluxe call screening". Our host's first topic to discuss is the release of a video briefing with G.W. Bush before the storm named "Katrina" and the reaction coming out of this. "You might want to do something productive for your time", said the Uncle to folks who continue to express their hate for Bush until the next presidential election. "So all this talk about president knew, so did every person in New Orleans", said the Uncle on the levee system. Anybody who doesn't know about the levees is either "moron" or someone with a serious mental disorder according to our host. "The bottom line is Bush remains the president", said the Uncle before suggesting that these folks "transfer their hate to some other person" after the next presidential election. "Personally, I take my barbecue home and consume it", said the Uncle during a live commercial for Woody's Barbecue in Daphne, Alabama. "No word yet on the fate of Leeanna, Chris is screening calls from Mississippi", said the Uncle. "Good morning", said Mr. C., who agreed with our host's conversation for the last 3 to 4 minutes. Cecil also mentioned a certain Sheehan (whom our caller referred to as a "witch", dropping the "b") visiting areas such as Mobile and Biloxi, but hopes that she does not receive the key to the city if she were to visit the Mobile region. "Get off the Moon Pies", said Freddie speaking about Sheehan, "show some respect to this country". "You're going to hate Bush as much as you want and claim we're at a low ebb", said the Uncle, but he still believes the next president will be from the same political party. "Just change the lock and everything will be all right" was our next caller Glenn's suggestion if Sheehan were to receive the key to the city. "You can't always be loved if you do the right thing", said Glenn before moving into the discussion of levees as a "short term solution" for Louisiana. "The intense national debate should be how much money should we put into this", said the Uncle before the newsbreak and commercials. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.5/5!


Notes of Interest:

"Breaking news coverage you can count on", as WKRG-TV5 news anchor Bill Riales was trying to say as he informed viewers about a crane accident on pier 2 at the Alabama State Docks in downtown Mobile. The story was updated throughout the 12:00 PM newscast, including the death of one person and at least one person seriously hurt. WALA Channel 10 aired a special report on the accident shortly after 12:00 PM with Eric Reynolds in the newsroom. Channel 10 no longer uses a "news alert" graphic for their special reports to associate themselves more with the FOX Television Network. WPMI-TV reporter Bruce Mildwurf kept viewers and the station informed on the accident by telephone. Shortly after 12:30 PM, live pictures of the accident scene from TV5's "Live Chopper 5" were on the Cable News Network, including the voice of a Mobile Fire & Rescue representative.