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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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 underway on a beautiful Friday in the Mobile region. Thank you listener for being there", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "Looking forward to our interaction on today's show. We have so much going on", said the Uncle. "You should be alert to the stuff going on, I know this is a 3-day weekend", said the Uncle. "I'm now more, well, I won't get into that, not yet", said the Uncle. "Leeanna's back call screening, so what you get if you call, let the phone ring", said the Uncle, who believes our call screener is easily distracted and acting "very loopy" as of now. Our host reviews the recent string of animal-related news stories before bringing to our attention "yet another animal story for today" of a rabid raccoon chewing and biting a person, which came to our host from newsreader Michael P. Sloan. "I've noticed a gathering of raccoon here in our parking lot, usually in the pre-dawn hours", said the Uncle. "Thank goodness he used a night stick", said the Uncle on the police officer that fought the raccoon. "I wonder if something's going on in Florida with the raccoon population", the Uncle asked. "Something that makes the raccoons stronger", our host added. "I just wanted to mention that as part of the animal theme", said the Uncle before speaking to our first live caller John with "an alligator story" 15 years ago when he was at the Mobile River with a boater stranded out there. "This guy, was he drunk", the Uncle asked John, who remembered this boater being "desperate" for a lit cigarette. "Did he retrieve his battery", said the Uncle on the battery that fell into the alligator infested waters. This was true according to John. "There were some huge alligators over there", said John. "Look what happened in that situation", said the Uncle before asking us if we saw the photograph of an alligator as part of some sort of scam. After the first commercial break, "Uncle Henry Show continues, beautiful day", said the Uncle before once again trying to admit to what he's convinced of. "I've become more convinced that ever before that we", said the Uncle before interrupting himself again to speak to caller Billy, who read this alligator scam message for us. "This monster was found between Mobile and Daphne", said Billy reading the message. "You say a person can lay in the mouth of a gator", said the Uncle before Billy compared this the size of this alligator to a boat. "There are gators on that Causeway, probably this size", said Billy. "Good morning, Uncle Henry", said Robert, who just "passed a gas station" in Bayou La Batre, Alabama selling gasoline $2.59 a gallon. "What I believe is going on is that they get us used to those high gas prices", according to Robert. "You have to wonder if their price is lower to get us to buy gas", said the Uncle. "Thanks for that report", said the Uncle before Robert wished our host a "good morning". Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.7/5!


Notes of Interest:

Remember folks, the Uncle will be taking all of next week off. Scott O'Brien will be hosting following Memorial Day Here is the show schedule for next week:

Monday: Rerun of Yesterday's Show
Tuesday: Guest WPMI-TV Meteorologist David Glenn
Wednesday: Guest WPMI-TV Reporter Mike Rush
Thursday and Friday: Guest WPMI-TV Anchor Scott Walker

The Uncle shall return June 5th!

"Warm Weekend" - 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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 Henry, this is Al. Well, I see that Taylor won, man, wasn't the best thing, definitely couldn't dance, but he win. Well, I've got to tell Leroy when he gets out of jail, he's still got a chance, and maybe he can win. If Taylor can win, anyone can", said our regular voice message commentator Al. The "Leroy" our caller was referring to was not "all-time caller Leroy" who used to call the show, but the former "American Idol" contestant from the Mobile region. "Thank you so much! Uncle Henry Show in progress on a beautiful Thursday in the Mobile region. Looking forward to our interaction", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "A lot of odd things going on, a lot of odd things in the news lately", said the Uncle, but first, "Taylor Hicks: American Idol". "Just a, I find it, interesting to watch the reactions of people to this, because people have, somehow taken it personally", said the Uncle regarding Hick' victory. "It's like the Taylor Hicks phenomenon reveals peoples' personal turmoil", according to the Uncle. "Leeanna, who is an admitted hater of Taylor Hicks", said the Uncle as he mentioned our call screener's visit to Robertsdale, Alabama east of Mobile Bay. "We have more on the wild pigs situation", said the Uncle referring to the topic of yesterday's program. "Feral swine are in the thousands in rural areas", said the Uncle according to yesterday's Press-Register. "I'm seeing an odd trend in animal stories that are popping up in the news", said the Uncle. "Is there some kind of, if I can find a reason or a common threat for animals in the news", said the Uncle on stories such as alligators "eating elderly people" in Florida, the wild pig population, and a dead possum recently featured in the newspaper. "Stuff like that gets me to thinking", said the Uncle. Today's Press-Register features a story on some abandoned puppies. "I love dogs, I love puppies, I think people that drop off puppies and dogs are ignorant at best and wicked at worst", said the Uncle, but "this activity of leaving (dogs), it happens everyday". "I'm kind of shocked of puppies that not only get a picture, but a story", said the Uncle. "We have the alligators, and the alligators and the pigs, the possums, and the puppies, and my theory is that animals sell news stories. That's my theory", said the Uncle. Listeners were reminded to call the show by dialing (251) 479-2723. "Let's talk to Steve", said the Uncle to our first live caller, who finds Al to be wrong as usual, as Steve finds Hicks to be a representation of the American dream. "It just goes to show you that anything can happen in this country", said Steve. "Complaining that you've lost has never won the race", Steve later added. "It's not [some] America Idol with some Alabamian in the race", said Steve. "We just have some sense for musical expression", said Steve, who is a singer himself from Alabama. "Well, you take care, Uncle Henry, that's all I've to say", said Steve before our host took a break for commercials. "Uncle Henry Show is brought to you by Hall's Meats", said the Uncle during a live commercial for the popular meat products from Chickasaw, Alabama. "I always keep a bunch in my freezer and pop them out to grill", said the Uncle, who recommends that we "think about (the meat) for Memorial Day". After the commercial break, "Hey Uncle Henry, I just want to let you know that I'm not on the dag gum Soul Patrol", said Tim via voice message. "Get rid of some of these pigs so that the Chamber of Commerce can have some more pork and beef in the park", Tim suggested. "Let's talk to Bobby, hello Bobby", said the Uncle before our caller identified himself to be Max, contradicting what the substitute call screener had. "I believe it's all part of our southern hospitality coming through", said Max on why many successful singers are from Alabama. "So we don't crush the spirits of young people trying to follow their dreams", our host asked Max. "That's correct", Max responded. "Enjoy your show Uncle Henry and Roll Tide", said Max before leaving us. Near our host's home, "there's a constant waving from the car and people are just a waving from their car, and if you don't wave to their car, people will [suspect something's wrong]", said the Uncle. "Did you know that Taylor Hicks claims that he's the number one Alabama fan", said our next caller after listening to Hicks' pappy (or father, if you prefer) on "The Paul Finebaum Show". "Let's talk to Robin, hello Robin", said the Uncle before our caller admitted to not realizing Hicks' connection to Elvis Presley after hearing our previous caller. While watching WALA Channel 10's newscast last night after "American Idol", Robin noticed that anchor Anissa Centers "could not stop beaming", but our host believes that both she and Bob Grip were "beaming". Robin left us with a list of famous Alabama singers. "He's like a singing Brodie Croyle", said the Uncle comparing Hicks to the former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback. Norman began his call adding Mobile native "Wet Willie" to Robins' list of singers from Alabama. "I'll have to take, I have to disagree, I don't think he's going to end up dead, [dying] of a heart attack or donuts", said Norman in response to the Elvis connection. Our host agrees that Hicks won't end up like Presley near the end of his life. "Correct me if I'm wrong, they're saying that they're lining this stuff, these pipes (with Crisco)", said Norman commenting on the Mobile area's sewage system. Our host will continue this discussion on the sewer pipes during the 10 o'clock hour of the show after the following break for commercials and news from Michael P. Sloan. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!

Notes of Interest:

After viewing today's edition of "The Price is Right", I managed to hear the Uncle detail next week's shows near the end of today's show. Program director Scott O'Brien will be substituting for our host after Memorial Day.

Monday: Rerun of Today's Show
Tuesday: Guest WPMI-TV Meteorologist David Glenn
Wednesday: Guest WPMI-TV Reporter Mike Rush
Thursday and Friday: Guest WPMI-TV Anchor Scott Walker

"Noisy in Spots" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show after about five minutes of "dead air" (along with a few program promotions and a commercial for Lowe's hardware store) 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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, I'm listening to the show and I'm curious about that railroad trying to cross Mobile", said "The Idea Guy" via voice message wondering if CSX Railroad will move back into its old downtown Mobile office now that the Bienville Square public bathroom has been renovated. "Thank you so much! Oh my goodness, graciousness, welcome to the program", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "A bit of a late start this morning as a very mysterious computer problem cropped up, something we have never seen before", said the Uncle, "and you know you're in trouble" with our call screener Leeanna helping with repairs. Program director Scott O'Brien's answer, according to our host, "was to click the mouse harder" for the computer to respond. "God bless him", said the Uncle before reminding listeners to join the show by dialing (251) 479-2723. "There is a wild pig problem that feral swine are storming the country", said the Uncle on this supposed national crisis after learning about a recent wild pig conference in the Mobile area. "Wild pigs flourishing, according to the Press-Register, wild pigs are flourishing", said our curious host. "They claim we have an abundant population of them", said the Uncle, who compared this to the "bird flu" scare and the alligator population. "I'm in favor of human beings, I'm not in favor of alligators", said the Uncle. "Perhaps we're now building our subdivisions in areas that [used to be] wild pig areas", according to the Uncle. Our host hopes Steve Nodine, Bob Riley, and Roy Moore have plans to solve this problem. The renovated public bathroom in Bienville Square "could be linked to Sam Jones' plan to get more cruise ships", according to the Uncle. "Idea Guy, how are you doing", said the Uncle to our first live caller. "A long time ago, some people who hunted next to us, brought in wild pigs from Florida", said the 52-year-old "Idea" on his hometown of Jackson, Alabama. "There's no way to kill them all, it's impossible, it's impossible to kill them all", said "Idea". "I think all of us trying to kill all the wild hog is like [us] trying to kill all the cockroaches", said "Idea". "The Uncle Henry Show continues on a beautiful, beautiful Thur-, what is it, Wednesday", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. After the commercial break, "All right, Uncle Henry Show continues. Looking forward to continued interaction with you, the listener. All right, well, I'm looking forward to hearing what President Bush has to say about the wild pig problem", said the Uncle. "We've heard all about the anticipation for this (LNG) meeting", said the Uncle on the meeting that will include Bob Riley and probably "the blown up lady" heard on past editions of the show. "The fish getting prematurely cooked" by the proposed liquefied national gas facility off Dauphin Island will probably be a good thing according to our host, but he sees it being a potential problem engineering wise and for people who want to eat to fish. "Let's see who comes on out in that situation", said the Uncle before asking Roland on the phone if he has more to add to the wild pig topic. "Pork is rampant in Montgomery, that's where the focus needs to be", said Roland. Our host mentioned the talk in Washington, D.C. over a congressman who allegedly kept $900,000 in a refrigerator. "Well, they are a separate and elite society up there", said Roland regarding Washington, D.C. before leaving us. "We've got them in about the thousands", said Cecil joining us on the wild pig population. "They (experts) do, they pretty much study the deer population, day after day", said Cecil, who doesn't believe a "pig census" has ever been conducted. "If they can survive so well, maybe we can study them and find out what they're doing that we're not doing", said the Uncle on the pig population. "You have a good day", said Cecil before leaving us. "Bush apparently doesn't care. Oh well, you learn something every day", said the Uncle, who will "be back in a bit" after the following break for commercials and the Michael P. Sloan newsbreak. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


Notes of Interest:

During WPMI-TV's 12:00 PM newscast today, meteorologist Jim Loznicka was reporting live from the hurricane exposition at Bel Air Mall, or Colonial Mall Bel Air as it's called nowadays. Moments before the commercial break, the camera panned around the area of the mall where Jim was located. When the camera stopped for a few seconds, the cameraman and viewers saw another familiar face in Mobile television just a few feet away. It was meteorologist John Edd Thompson of WALA-TV appearing live on Channel 15. As I absorbed the moment before breaking out with laughter, the camera slowly panned away from John Edd before settling on an unidentified lady attending the exposition.

"A Few T'storms" - 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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 this beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Tuesday in the Mobile region", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "I am looking forward to today's interaction with the listener. I am even looking forward to tomorrow's show already", said the Uncle. "Tomorrow, I'm looking forward to that (show) even more", said the Uncle before reminding listeners about the news that popped up Saturday of a "mini-precinct to guard" the newly remodeled bathroom in Bienville Square in downtown Mobile. "Today at 12:30, the mayor is going to present his vision for downtown at something called the Downtown Mobile Alliance on Dauphin Street", said the Uncle explaining why he's looking forward to tomorrow's show. "Who knows what the vision will be, I'm just looking forward to hearing it, discussing it, and dissecting it", said the Uncle. "Would there be a police precinct set up at that park (Medal of Honor Park) to guard that bathroom", said the Uncle. "It's too bad that we can't get a city government to guard the whole city and not just part of the city", said the Uncle before reminding us about the "exciting vision for the downtown area with Sam Jones". "Numerous, numerous topics to discuss, let's talk to David", said the Uncle now speaking to our first live caller. "Did you grow up around Mobile", asked David, along with the question of how the men's room was represented when our host was a boy. "I haven't been down to the square in a long time, but there are always vagrants and hobos", said David. "It's a bathroom with a history", said the Uncle before suggesting a marker for the Bienville Square bathroom, causing laughter in David. "You're something else", said David. "Just have them drop in that bathroom every thirty minutes and give it a quick look", said the Uncle suggesting downtown Mobile's parking diplomats (or servants) as guards of the Bienville Square bathroom. "Let's talk to Elliot, hello Elliot", said the Uncle to our next caller joining us on the same topic. "Have a nice day, bringing back some pleasant memories, aren't you", said the Uncle after Elliot's very brief call. "The Uncle Henry Show continues on this outstanding day", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. After the commercial break, "Uncle Henry Show continues, let's talk to Nick", said the Uncle to our next caller. "It's a great day in Mobile, I imagine", said Nick. "One thing I'd like to comment on is in the morning paper", said Nick. "All right, Nick, thank you", said the Uncle before speaking to Freddie. "I used to go downtown and you had all your lawyers, your doctors, and businesses down there. Now they're coming back", said Freddie. "Do you need a police precinct", said the Uncle before Freddie responded that there have always been police around Bienville Square. "Are you saying that that restroom is the most important restroom in the City of Mobile", the Uncle asked Freddie, who believes is the truth. "So you're saying that restroom is so important, we need a precinct to guard that restroom", said the Uncle, along with anything "that goes on" in there. "I think it's a great idea, try to go along with that", said Freddie. "I never realized how important the Bienville Square men's room was to the city", said the Uncle after listening to Freddie. "Somehow the entire economy is connected to this bathroom", said the Uncle, who believes we can "make a big bathroom gazebo" downtown with the help of a federal grant. "I'm confused by this, I never, to me, it's just been a bathroom. I never understood the importance of that and I'm still a little foggy", said the Uncle. "Might need to send Leeanna down there with a tape recorder and ask people", said the Uncle. "I want you to remember that you can listen to this show 24-hours a day, 7 days a week", said the Uncle to "all you folks who are a little poddie", in other words folks who are "podcasts" savvy. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!


"Like Summer" - 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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, I didn't get some good sleep last night", said our first caller via voice message, who felt that "he had so much brain power" with the show being "played" in head that he could move things by simply using his mind. "Yes", said the Uncle during the pre-recorded introduction before greeting listeners in his usual way. "Thank you so much! A beautiful, beautiful start to the week", said the Uncle greeting one & all, along with reminding that there are "numerous topics to discuss". "I can't believe that one ridiculous issue, one ridiculous topic popped up on Saturday", said the Uncle. Over the weekend a rival radio company actually tried to "steal" our call screener Leeanna. "They better watch out, and I know some of you over at that other company are listening", said the Uncle to this unnamed radio company that rivals Clear Channel Communications. Our host played a report recorded in a voice message from "The Idea Guy" after returning from Birmingham, where a lot of people are disappointed in former Mobile County Public School System member David Thomas' other trial not being held in the city. "Idea" also wondered why "these athletes" own restaurants. "I had a good trip and I'm glad to be back in Mobile", said "Idea" ending his message. "God bless you", said the Uncle before telling "Idea" that athletes can make a lot of money opening up a business. "People think there is a chance that the athlete will be in there eating", according to the Uncle. "Huge cash cow, people looking for the athlete", said the Uncle before playing the first weekend voice message among many voice messages on the same topic. "Ray Nagin, New Orleans mayor, once again", said Tim via voice message, who doesn't "want to hear a dag gum word" out of a New Orleans resident as of now. "I saw that Willy Wonka will be the New Orleans mayor again", said our next caller via voice message. "He's out of his damned mind, that city is gone", said our caller before ending his message. "It's a great day in the City of New Orleans", said our first live caller Freddie. "When you face something like this (Hurricane Katrina) that has never happened before", said Freddie before the Uncle reminded him that hurricanes have been approaching the United States for hundreds for years. "Look, all of what you're saying doesn't mean a thing, Freddie", said the Uncle. "People have predicted what has happened has happened", said the Uncle regarding last year's storm on August 29th. "All right, look Freddie, God bless you, I have enjoyed hearing from you, none the less", said the Uncle after hearing Freddie say that he's enjoyed visiting and spending money in New Orleans in spite of the debris in the downtown area. After the first commercial break, "I had a dream last night about this New Orleans election, and I'm going to demand a recount", said another caller via voice message, suggesting that folks send their votes in by fax machine. "I wonder why we haven't figured out a system for faxing votes", said the Uncle. "A lot of elderly would love it to have their votes faxed in", according to the Uncle. "You could fax your votes in from Kinko's and UPS stores", said the Uncle, who is also surprised that "they didn't have e-mail votes" perfected. "This has been the greatest spring. I've been hear since '58", said Maurice, who hopes this is the sign of a quiet hurricane season, which our host hopes is true. "They get exactly what they deserve, so, I love New Orleans, but heck with them, I'm not going over there", said Maurice. "His city can stay exactly the way he wants it", said Maurice on Nagin. "I just cannot believe that they voted that guy back in", said Maurice still pondering the mayor's re-election. "Everyone on Earth reaps what they sold, Maurice", said the Uncle. "Let's put out some positive vibes", said Maurice, who still uses the word "groovy" at times. "Let's talk to John, hello John. Hello John", said the Uncle before our caller spoke. "Let it be, he won, he won", said John. "No body's disputing that he won", said the Uncle. "I was shocked that Bush won too", said John. "Talk radio, you don't let things be. This is talk radio where things are chewed on", said the Uncle. "We have a lot to talk about. We have local stuff", said the Uncle besides the Nagin discussion. Our host learned of something from over the weekend of "shockingly odd about the City of Mobile about the way they want to spend the tax dollar" and a story about the city allowing alligator hunting season to take place in the delta. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.4/5!


Notes of Interest:

At 7:07 AM on the newly-expanded WABB 1480 AM morning program (6:05 AM-10:00 AM), a caller asked co-host Ron Fraiser if "The Sean Hannity Show" will continue to air in its regular timeslot (2:05 PM-6:00 PM) after hearing the host mention "The Neal Boortz Show" being delayed to air between 10:05 AM-12:00 PM. "A little competition wouldn't hurt", said Fraiser, possibly referring to the Uncle. "That's tough", said this listener, who said "Uncle Henry" without causing any trouble on the air. Good luck, listeners!

"Sunny Soon" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

"No Bull Right Here on FOX Ten News" - WALA Channel 10 meteorologist John Edd Thompson at "The Whiskey" Friday

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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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, there are a lot of ignorant people in your radio audience and in the country as a whole", said one fellow in the recording played during the opening. "Yes", said the Uncle during his pre-recorded introduction before greeting us with, "Thank you so much! Uncle Henry Show underway on a fantastic Friday, so pretty outside, it is shame to be inside", said the Uncle, who would probably do the show "via cell phone" someday just to be outside. "There are so many topics I can chew on. National topics that deserve a beating", said the Uncle, who is in total disagreement with Mobile mayor Sam Jones' idea for a Mardi Gras park in downtown Mobile before the Mobile County Commission, including commissioners Steve Nodine and Juan Chastang "wisely" went the other way. "He said we have no green space on that side of town", said the Uncle on Jones' reason for the park idea. "Is there some kind of plaza near Government (Street) with green space", said the Uncle. "I've been in sea ports around this country", said our host, who never asked himself constantly, "where's that water display" during those visits. "Look, I've been downtown recently on numerous occasions on the weekend, not on Sunday, because that's the Sabbath day", said the Uncle, who finds Bienville Square to be a "beautiful green space" with its "water display fountain, beautiful trees", and squirrels. "Aside from special events, you don't have a bunch of people down there", said the Uncle speaking directly to Sam Jones. "Hey, I love green, I'm a lover of trees and bushes, I love bushes, and I love grass, and I love flowers, and I love all kinds of things that grow in the ground, not that I don't love [a bunch of] people", said the Uncle. "Here's why that's insane", said the Uncle on this assumption of a lack of green space, "I have flown over the City of Mobile in a helicopter. I know it sounds difficult for the average person". "I noticed something that was astonishing, and you would notice this too, if you were to fly over the City of Mobile", said the Uncle on the ride he considered a blessing. "The City of Mobile is just about green", the Uncle said calmly before shouting, "green". "There's no lack of green space", said the Uncle. "Look into it first before you throw out into it we need green space", said the Uncle. "Here's another thing, listener", said the Uncle reminding us of past suggestions for improving the City of Mobile, something "we've been told every dag gum year that goes on". "Now we need cross walks to get over the Interstate, if we need cross walks to get over the Interstate, everything's going to be fine", said the Uncle reflecting on these past ideas. "After I'm dead and in heaven, there will still be people" suggesting unnecessary improvements to the city, according to our host. "The Uncle Henry Show is in progress", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. After the break, "All right, Uncle Henry Show continues, Leeanna had a good point", said the Uncle referring to our call screener's mention of Cooper Park. "If there was only access to the water, then people will come downtown, and there will be happiness", said the Uncle figuring out these supposed improvements. Our host sees streetcars, trains, or something else "ludicrous" in the future. "Uncle Henry, I agree with you 100%", said our first live caller David, who mentioned his church once having 100 acres of land. "I don't know what that park was, or is on the Causeway, but it had bridges", said our caller before adding, "nobody used it". "Mardi Gras is not institutionalized", said David referring to the park idea by Sam Jones. "You are right on about green space", said David, who agrees with our host that we already have a lot green space. "All kind of pavement around here, all kinds of business", said the Uncle, who can already see plenty of green space around the WKRG/Clear Channel of Mobile building near Springdale Mall. Our host reminds us of his recent sighting of a family of raccoons near the building. "I think Taylor Hicks' going to win American Idol because he's lovable", said the Uncle to our next caller. "There were other people that, I thought were better pure singers, but they didn't generate pure entertainment, if you know what I mean", said the Uncle. "Tell me about the fence thing, what do you think", said Michael. "It's up to the Executive Branch", said the Uncle. "One of the biggest problems I've been seeing is that Jeff Sessions had a stronger build", said Michael, who believes the Alabama senator from Mobile is on the same side of those without a public voice in the region he represents. "Thank you bro", said Michael before leaving us. Our host believes yesterday's congressional vote on the English-language amendment was done "to make people feel better". "Uncle Henry Show continues after the news", said the Uncle with enthusiasm before the break. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!


Notes of Interest:

Remember folks, the permanent expansion of the WABB 1480 AM morning program from 6 o'clock to 10 o'clock is still set for Monday, putting the show's last half-hour in direct competition with the Uncle (a former WABB employee, by the way). Co-host Daniel Shane McBryde (a former 710 AM employee) mentioned the news of the show's expansion already appearing on the World Wide Web. Could he be a reader of this site by any chance? Send your questions or comments to WABB by using the contact information following this message. Good day and good luck, listeners!

WABB
1551 Spring Hill Avenue
Mobile, Alabama 36004

(251) 432-5572 (Business Line)
(251) 433-2442 (Talk Line)

"Warm Weekend" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show at 9:35 AM 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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"). "Governor Bob Riley of Alabama", said an announcer in the next audio clip. "I want to read you the fax I received, this is from Reggie Jackson", said Riley before saying, "you are an official member of the dog pound", causing laughter at the time. "Thank you so much! Thank you for listening, listener. Enjoy your listening, I enjoy your listening", said the Uncle, who mentioned that he learned to be "a good listener" over time. "So many topics to discuss, there are topics from yesterday that I intended to get to", said the Uncle. "Once again, Bob Riley getting enormous publicity", said the Uncle. "[Has it been] every year during the Riley administration that someone with an Alabama connection has been in the top two of the American Idol show", said the Uncle before playing a recording without notice. "You represent the state of Alabama very well", said Riley during his national appearance on the popular TV program. "I'm surprised the Democrats are not filing some lawsuit demanding some kind of free equal time", said the Uncle. Our host may actually check voice messages live during the show, as he was unable to do so before show. "Good morning, hello there", said the Uncle to our first live caller, who wants to "talk about the governor's race", including the question of whom our host plans to vote for in the primaries. "Oh, gosh", said our caller after learning from our host that he is not allowed by the boss to speak about his candidate for governor. "You have people that like Roy Moore, but are still going to vote for Bob Riley", said the Uncle. "I thought Judge Roy Moore would be more aggressive", said our caller. "You're using the word aggressive, I think you would see more Roy Moore if he had more campaign money", according to the Uncle. "There are ways that candidates can be both supported during political action committees", said the Uncle after our caller left us. "If the politician accepts it, they will find a way to get money to them", said the Uncle. "(251) 479-2723 as this program moves forward on a beautiful Thursday", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. During the break, our host did a live commercial for Hall's Meats products. "I'm in the mood for some Hall's Meats", said the Uncle promoting the popular meat products made locally in Chickasaw, Alabama. "Look, you can take the pork sausage or the beef sausage and throw it on the grill", said the Uncle. After the commercial break, "Uncle Henry Show continues", said the Uncle before reminding us that the half-hour newsbreak is coming up in about 10 minutes. "Let's talk to Freddie, hello Freddie", said the Uncle before our caller could bring up two topics. "Could you tell me where those 15 or 16-year-olds [bought all] these weapons", said Freddie after reading an article in today's Press-Register about a drug operation busted in Florida. "I'm sure there's, you're going to have lower fares in a city where there's higher demand, I mean higher volume", said the Uncle regarding Freddie's airfares topic. "I simply cannot afford to fly out the Mobile Regional Airport", said the Uncle if he were to fly out of the regional airport in Pensacola, Florida. "Freddie, you brought up the mayor. I was pleased to see the Mobile Register, the Press-Register [article] on this tax holiday", said the Uncle. "Sam Jones wanted to amend this tax holiday", said the Uncle, which would give the Mobile City Council the right to vote on this tax holiday annually. "I do think you ought to know what the impact is", said the Uncle quoting the Register's quotation of Jones. "We're going to see, there's not going to be a big dip on tax revenue on that weekend", said the Uncle before quoting Mobile City Council member Fredrick Richardson as saying, "time will tell". Our host reminded listeners that the show is available in the form of a "podcast" on the station's website. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


Notes of Interest:

The WABB 1480 AM morning program's expansion into the 9 o'clock hour next Monday will most definitely be permanent. It turns out that the large number of calls during the 8 o'clock hour of the show is the reason for this new timeslot. The expansion of the program hosted by Ron Fraiser and Daniel Shane McBryde (a former 710 AM employee) will delay "The Neal Boortz Show" and give the Uncle (a former WABB employee) some local talk radio competition at 9:30 AM. Send your comments to WABB at the following address and telephone numbers. Good day and good luck, listeners!

WABB
1551 Spring Hill Avenue
Mobile, Alabama 36004

(251) 432-5572 (Business Line)
(251) 433-2442 (Talk Line)

WKRG-TV5 Schedule from July 1974

"Warm and Windy" - 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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"). "They don't like this kind of light, not in a group", said the late community activist Lillian Jackson referring to certain government officials in the City of Mobile who gather in the dark. "They don't have to sit out here", said Jackson before the pre-recorded introduction, including some thumping sounds. "Thank you so much! Welcome to the Uncle Henry Show on a beautiful Wednesday. Thank you listener", said the Uncle greeting one & all. Our host thanked the County Club of Mobile for taking in program director Scott O'Brien, who is now in a good mood at the station. "A lot of mornings that I come in here he is literally yelling at me because of the many things conservatives do in this country", said the Uncle. "Today, he did not yell, he's as happy as can be", said the Uncle before thanking the "country clubbers", again, this time adding "very much". "We have local level stuff, we get a peak, finally, getting a close up of Sam Jones' view of taxes", said the Uncle. "This amendment was thrown up for a vote yesterday, Jeff Sessions voted for it, but there were some Republicans who voted against it", said the Uncle before mentioning Richard Shelby of Tuscaloosa, Alabama among those senators who voted against the amendment. "I don't understand why he's in the Republican Party, that is a head scratcher", said the Uncle on Shelby. "Had a big laugh today reading the early reviews of the Da Vinci Code movie", said the Uncle, "disgusting". "There's some kind of revelation toward the end of the movie with Tom Hanks saying oh, it's this", said the Uncle according to these reviews. "I hate to take pleasure in the pain of Forrest Gump and Opie, who made this movie together", said the Uncle. "Failed they had, according to these writers", said the Uncle, who is purposely not taking pleasure of these negatives. Listeners were reminded of every way of contacting our host, including the live option (251-479-2723), the voice message option (251-706-BULL), and the electronic mail option (unclehenry@newsradio710.com) "Didn't Shelby get elected as a Democrat and then swap to the Republican Party", said our first live caller Norman, who compared this swap to "The Fox and the Hen House" story. "I thought he was the one that swapped like that. A flip flopper", said Norman. "An uncharacteristically brief Norman call", said the Uncle on a call he believes is 1/10 the average length of Norman's other calls. Audio of Tim saying "dag gum" was heard during the first commercial break. After the commercial break and audio of a discussion on taxes from a past show, "Uncle Henry Show continues, you need faith in the Lord to get through the taxes in Lower Alabama", said the Uncle before our next caller joined us with a "Roll Tide" shout. "I heard him on Lou Dobbs on CNN (Cable News Network) yesterday or Monday, I can't remember, [he said] the President didn't go far enough", said our caller. "He's saying, let's not do anything but close the border. Close the border and then we'll talk about", said our caller on Shelby. "The first I heard of it, I've gotten to the point when Sessions and Shelby should join forces", said the Uncle. "He didn't want to be committed on a giving an all pass", according to our caller. "Close the borders first and then we'll talk about it", said our caller before leaving us. "I trust Jeff Sessions. Sessions is my senator", said the Uncle, who will "have a skeptical eye on Shelby" in the future. Francine joins us to bring attention to a "clean up service" in downtown Mobile, specifically the parking diplomats. "One young lady, her name is Amanda, they listen to you everyday", said Francine, whom Amanda helped retrieve her automobile keys. "I call them the rescue squad, because they rescued me", said Francine. "Where were you shopping", said the Uncle after asking what Francine was doing in downtown Mobile. She couldn't name the store for us at the moment, probably out of nervousness or excitement. "You can come up with a variety of stories, just make sure you callers are ready", said the Uncle before speaking to Tom joining us with his usual, yet distinct shout of "Roll Tide Roll" before sharing his road experience with speed reading devices nearby. Tom began his discussion with the with the question, "Have you driven on the road?" "What is the purpose of having those things sit out there. Those things don't write a ticket", said Tom while questioning the accuracy of these speed reading devices. "You have a good day, Uncle Henry", said Tom before leaving us. "Government thinks we're stupid, we're not completely. We may be ignorant, but there's all the time things you need to learn, but we can learn about these things, and through experimentation and those speed reading devices are just portable speed bumps", said the Uncle before the end of this half-hour of the program. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


Notes of Interest:

Folks, I have learned from this morning's broadcast of the WABB 1480 AM morning program that starting next Monday the program will expand into the 9 o'clock hour of the station's schedule. This puts the program hosted by Ron Fraiser and Daniel Shane McBryde in direct competition with the Uncle (a former WABB employee, by the way) during his 9:30 AM segments. "The Neal Boortz Show", a nationally syndicated radio program currently occupies the hours of 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM on WABB-AM. Once again, I am taking the liberty of giving out contact information for listeners of the station. Good day!

WABB
1551 Spring Hill Avenue
Mobile, Alabama 36004

(251) 432-5572 (Business Line)
(251) 433-2442 (Talk Line)

"Another Winner" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show at 9:36 AM (3-4 minutes later than usual) 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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 underway on a beautiful day, having the most beautiful days in a row", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "All right, numerous topics to discuss", said the Uncle before "pointing something out" in today's Press-Register newspaper. "There's going to be some money from the Bush-Clinton Fund, do you remember the Bush-Clinton Fund, with Bush the senior, and Clinton the male", said the Uncle, who remembers this charity being started after the tidal waves in December 2004. "If you don't like Bush, you'll like Clinton, and you'll sure love one of them", according to the Uncle's recollection after last year's hurricane season before finally bringing to our attention where their contributions are going to in the Mobile region, a sand berm. "I really did not understand that the money from that charity would [get] sand for Dauphin Island", said the Uncle. "You wonder, if it's going, is your money ending up where your money should end up", said the Uncle, who will be more skeptical this hurricane system. After reminding listeners how to contact him in three different ways (telephone 251-479-2723, voice message 251-706-BULL, or electronic mail at unclehenry@newsradio710.com) "I'm still skeptical of our federal government's move on illegal immigration and the President's speech hasn't changed my mind", said the Uncle. "We're told that there is an impossibility of doing something substantial with the 12 million people already here", said the Uncle. "More people will come, if there's no penalty, real penalty", said our host. "We offered different amnesty programs throughout our history, I think we did one in 1986", said the Uncle. "I don't know, if there's any seriousness, really about securing the border", said our host still skeptical. "After the November elections there's going to be some business as usual", according to the Uncle before the first commercial break. After the break, "All right, Uncle Henry Show continues, your phone calls, one more thing quickly", said the Uncle. "We have people living here as guest workers and as you may be aware, if one of these guest workers or their spouses give birth, they have a citizen", said the Uncle. "Once that baby is born, they're hooked", said the Uncle on what he calls another way of "permanent residency". Our first live caller finds it unfair that people like her husband from Honduras do "everything by the by book" while others can arrive in the USA illegally. "Good morning", said the Uncle to our next caller sharing some math with us. "Why are we letting anybody in to work when unemployment's 4.8 percent", said our caller. "As I pointed out yesterday, thanks to Jeff Sessions, thank goodness, Jeff Sessions is leaving the country on this issue", said the Uncle on the Alabama senator. "Let's say every guest worker, every guest worker, has a baby, and they bring over their mommy and daddy", said the Uncle on the hypothetical sense. "I heard you say this morning there were 12 million aliens in this country", said George, who heard a host on the Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) say there are "11 million undocumented" immigrant workers. "I'm sure, Mr. Thomas of the school board would like some amnesty", said George referring to the former Mobile County Public School System member. "All they have done is create, I believe a stampede [into] this country", said George. Our caller won't be attending a certain movie that he did not mention by title. "I believe it's the greatest tool of the devil I've ever seen", said George before leaving us. Our call screener Leeanna was summoned by audio of listener Jan saying "Leeann" to do her dental commercial. During her commercial, Leeanna believed our host was staring at her as if she were crazy. "You came to seek me out because you found a Fidel Castro story", said the Uncle before Leeanna explained the story of Castro denying Forbes magazine's claim of him being among the richest in the world. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.9/5!


"Below Average" - 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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 just reading over my sample ballot this morning, sample ballot, did I just see David L. Thomas (former Mobile County Public School System member)", said Tim in a voice message. "I'm so dag gum sick and tired of giving those people money and they don't know what to do with it", said Tim on the organization Main Street Mobile. "Thank you so much! Hey there, welcome to the program, it's a beautiful day, oh my goodness gracious", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "Very difficult to get to all of the topics on every level. So many things interest me today", said the Uncle. "Some days I'm not very interested", our host said candidly. Our host brought to our attention the news of a new plan proposed for the lot in downtown Mobile that was once the site of the former court house building recently demolished. "Now there's talk about a condo building where people live and I could see where there are some balconies", said the Uncle on the newly proposed condominium for the site. "I don't know if enough people are there on the weekend that would produce enough traffic for a Macy's", said the Uncle on an idea by Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine. Our host can only see new Dollar Tree and Dollar General stores in downtown Mobile, or maybe a new restaurant. "I can see that this horrible idea for a (Mardi Gras) park has been abandoned", said the Uncle before reminding listeners how to contact him, via telephone (251-479-2723) or electronic mail (unclehenry@newsradio710.com). "The President is expected to tell us tonight that he's [prepared] to send troops off to the border", said the Uncle. "I wonder if it's only a temporary thing to get through the November elections", according to the Uncle, who admits to being "a little skeptical" about this proposal. "Just a little skeptical of what will happen down there", said the Uncle. "Just sending the National Guard down there for a few months and pulling them back", our host predicts, along with this proposal not having a long term. Our call screener Leeanna is currently absent from her post, meaning nobody is screening calls at the moment. "I understand that she went out on another broadcast this weekend and the problem, the problem was her brain", said the Uncle referring to Leeanna's mistake of giving a client wrong information over the telephone while doing some work for WRKH "The Rocket" 96.1 FM. "I think someone within the border control is trying to stay face with the American people", said our first live caller Michael, who remembers his discussion with our host about the idea of a wall along the Mexican border. "I hope he's finally getting the message from the American public", said Michael, who admits that he has no idea what G.W. Bush will say tonight. "What do you think about this new Da Vinci Code stuff", Michael asked our host before leaving us, only to learn that our host simply doesn't like this new motion picture based on the book of the same title. "Oh my goodness gracious, blasphemous kind of thing", said the Uncle after hearing readers of the book, mostly female, discuss it. After the first commercial break, "Uncle Henry, Jim the Tax Man, our tax dollars are being spent unwisely on illegal immigrants, that's what they are, illegal immigrants", said our caller via voice message. "Enforce these immigration laws, make them do what's right", said Jim. "It's time for everyone to speak out and defend our country, because we are being invaded", said Jim. "There's going to be a response to the President's speech tonight", said the Uncle now bringing to our attention "demonstrations at the White House and Capitol Hill Wednesday". "I saw something yesterday that really bothered me. I had to go to Wal Mart before I went to church yesterday to get some glue. Yeah, we needed glue at church, so I went to Wal Mart, 8 o'clock in the morning", said the Uncle on what led up to an encounter with 800 or so people lined up for Mother's Day cards. "Lot of wild looks in there eyes and it seems like a lot of the cards were gone", said the Uncle, who believes the "worst cards were the least liked". "You know cards, this has become a racket in this country, the card giving", said the Uncle. "The vast majority who get a card, they throw them a way, what's the point on a day to honor their mother", said the Uncle. "Mom doesn't really, I don't think Mom wants the card", said the Uncle. "Even the best card gets tossed in the garbage", said the Uncle, who believes the greeting card industry continues to be successful after witnessing such a crowd. "They created this expectation, you have people on Mother's Day morning", said the Uncle before reminding us about hand made cards. "Mom like that better than anything bought in the store", said the Uncle. "Think about next year, you don't have to be in a mad rush", said the Uncle, "just sit down and write (on) a piece of paper". "Very disturbing", said the Uncle before giving us the telephone number again. "Another faux pas from Leeanna", said the Uncle previewing the next hour of the show, including one caller's new song about David Thomas. "This one coming up is a bit different, I don't think you'll be disappointed", said the Uncle before leaving us on the note of show's "podcast" recording for listeners unable to hear most or perhaps the entire show. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!

Notes of Interest:

Folks, those of you who listen to the WABB 1480 AM morning program may have heard about the development of a website dedicated to the radio talk show hosted by Ron Fraiser and Daniel Shane McBryde. There is now a web page at the address (ronandshaneshow.com) registered weeks ago, except that this page is titled "Shane McBryde's Aircheck Page". The web page includes a small resume of McBryde, excluding his experience at 710 AM and the Mobile County Sheriff's office. WABB-AM had a website of its own (wabbam.com), separate from the site of WABB 97 FM (wabb.com), but it disappeared for reasons unknown. Since no website dedicated to WABB-AM exists and information is scattered online, I am taking the liberty of providing listeners with questions or comments in mind about the station and/or their morning program the following details:

WABB
1551 Spring Hill Avenue
Mobile, Alabama 36604

(251) 432-5572 (Business Line)
(251) 433-2442 (Talk Line)

Shane McBryde's Aircheck Page
"There Is No Real 'Local' Talk in Mobile, AL" by Shane McBryde
Shane McBryde Show (Weblog)

"Breezy and Mild" - 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 ("I like this song by the way, I'm not going to eliminate it", said the Uncle after singing along to a few lyrics) leading up to the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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 don't know if America is going to survive, but they have got this country in such a mess, that it looks unsolvable to me", said the late community activist Lillian Jackson in a recording. "Thank you so much! Uncle Henry Show in progress, my, this has already been a exciting Uncle Henry Show and it has not even started", said the Uncle referring to the "screaming" of whom he believes to be an "enraged liberal", probably the result of a "full moon". "I wonder how many talk show hosts across the country get screamed at before the program starts", the Uncle asked. "My goodness, gracious, the weather is outstanding", said the Uncle before reminding the self-absorbed listener that Mother's Day is coming up. "You owe it to her", said the Uncle. Our first live caller Greg joins us with a "Roll Tide" shout before sharing his comments on this week's Mobile City Council meeting as a business owner. "You're taxed at a higher rate than everybody else", said the Uncle to Greg. "You're upset because they allocated additional money", the Uncle later asked. "Is the RSA Tower going to be paying in your bid district", said the Uncle before learning from Greg that the Retirement Systems of Alabama is exempt. "[Who knows] what's really going on down there that these people who really believe what they are doing [want] to leave", Greg wonders regarding council members Connie Hudson and Ben Brooks. "If you missed the end of yesterday's show, it was like an audio version of Wild Kingdom with Mark Perkins", said the Uncle describing what he considers "one of the most violent Uncle Henry Shows" in history. "I'm wondering if maybe we can get one of those violent owls and do one of those circle of life Elton John things", said the Uncle before speaking to Mobile County Commissioner ("The Commish" and "The Hammer") Steve Nodine joining us unannounced with a special announcement for us. "Is Taylor Hicks coming to town", said the Uncle, followed by, "Is it the Crichton Leprechaun" before learning from Nodine that a ceremony will take place today honoring members of the Coast Guard who were active after Hurricane Katrina. "We had almost the whole Coast Guard of the nation stand by in Mobile during that time", said Steve. "Let's honor these people who actually saved lives", said Steve. "There was not an accident during that whole two weeks of rescue efforts by the Coast Guard", said Steve. Shortly before the commercial break, our host found the ceremony "something important for a change". After the first commercial break, a version of the "Superfriends" theme played in the background. "I don't know why some people out there are screaming and yelling", said the Uncle referring to the yelling before the show on this beautiful Friday. "This call is in no way meant to be critical of the Habitat for Humanity", said our next caller, who believes the construction of 12 new homes in a small area in Mobile County "was not a good decision and hopes time would prove me wrong". "It's not Habitat homes that bother the people in the community, it's the amount of homes", said this long-time resident, who again hopes "time proves me wrong". "You have a good weekend too", said the Uncle to our caller before reminding listeners to join the show by dialing (251) 479-2723 or leave a voice message by dialing (251) 706-BULL. Our host has received electronic mail from the Alabama State Troopers and a caller reporting that regular caller Mr. C. is in the hospital for reasons unknown. "I do have a comprehensive Mr. C. archive, that's right, so some calls who are frequent and memorable, I built up an archive of the callers", said the Uncle before playing another clip of the beloved caller. "Let's talk to Vincent, hello Vincent", said the Uncle before Vincent announced the National Association of Letter Carriers' Food Drive taking place tomorrow. "This is the largest one day food drive in the county", said Vincent. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


"Great!" - 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". 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") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. 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! Oh my goodness gracious, welcome the Uncle Henry Show on this beautiful Thursday", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "Just a lot of good news out there today, I was just reading about how these researchers in Illinois", said the Uncle after learning of these researchers' discovery of turning "hog manure to crude oil". "I just love that idea and I've learned from reading this that a pig produces numerous gallons of manure a day, something like 10 pounds, and it would produce many gallons of crude oil in its lifetime", said the Uncle. "Very unappealing byproduct, no one wants to deal with that", said the Uncle before comparing this discovery to lemons and lemonade. "This is just a wonderful story, it is a classic American story, so I'm looking forward to that", said the Uncle, "we have enough pigs to put a big dent in the dependence for Middle Eastern oil". "Numerous topics, numerous topics to discuss on today's program. There is a new call from Al on the voice mail", said the Uncle, who believes Al's commentaries usually include involve a racial element, and this message commenting on the country's most popular TV program "American Idol" is one of them. After playing the wrong Al message (almost no difference in greeting) for a second or two, our host played the correct one. "So according to Al, the American Idol program is engineered to produce a white male (winner)", said the Uncle. "Did it ever occur to you that the bald headed guy got less votes from the American people", the Uncle asked Al, "did you think that people like the other singers better". "Why does the racial element have to come into play in this particular instance. Al, you've got to open your mind, you're very closed minded", said the Uncle. "In the first year it was that girl from Texas, [next year] it was that lovable Ruben Studdard", said the Uncle going down the list of previous "American Idol" winners, though he did mention Bo Bice of Alabama. "Hello there", said the Uncle to our first live caller Steve. "Never ceases not to amaze anyone", said Steve, who is curious about Al's singing as someone with singing experience. "You'll never see me running down someone who can sing", said Steve. "The whole racial thing, Al is always going to be angry at white people for whatever reason. I'm sure he was not a slave", said Steve. "The fact to the matter, he's going to find a racial matter to something", said Steve. "Al brought it up, it's his theory that a white male is engineered", said the Uncle. "Where do we go from there", the Uncle asked himself before the first commercial break. After the break, "Uncle Henry Show continues, (251) 479-2723 is the number", said the Uncle before reminding us to leave a message at (251) 706-BULL or via electronic mail. He also gave listeners the option of sending mail through the postal service. "If you want to reach me by yet another method", said the Uncle before explaining his usual path home, which includes "The Cannon" on Government Street. "You can stand and a wait me driving by and yell your message or by holding [up] a sign", said the Uncle. "It's a beautiful day to stand and yell at people", said the Uncle before speaking to Ross. "Maybe we engineered all the previous winners of American Idol and not just this one", said Ross in the logical sense. "You'd get my dag gum message", said Tim after contacting the station's new answering machine, which he finds "generic". "Why can't, if it's so easy to get the money, why can't the City of Mobile get the money for the loss revenue for the parking meters, that's related to Hurricane Katrina", said Tim. "Was the city going to be spending on a new employee satisfaction survey", the Uncle asked after hearing about Tim's visit to Government Plaza in downtown Mobile for the weekly city council meeting. Our host admits to never being asked "Are you satisfied?" regarding his own job. "Don't go nowhere unless you're going to NewsRadio710.com and listen to the podcast", said the Uncle before the break. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.7/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show with only a second of the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful down") before being interrupted by one listener's own theme song for the show, followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to this regularly played audio 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! Yes, thank you for listening to the Uncle Henry Show, a program already in progress, already having an off the air discussion of topics. Life is like a talk show, it is", said the Uncle, though he admits that it's hard to "cut off" some callers in real life. "There is one thing that kind of caught me off by surprise", said the Uncle referring to a story of "nickels of pennies". "The cost of manufacturing a penny is more than a penny, and the cost of manufacturing a nickel is more than nickel", said the Uncle, "why do we make them if they cost more?" "There can't be a shortage of them, I always have more pennies than I want, I don't want any more", said the Uncle. "It's ridiculous, don't they have any sense at all? I'm not sure if we need it any more, nickels perhaps, but not the penny", said the Uncle. "Is there anything under a nickel in price, so why have them, why have pennies, and they're making them it's costing money to make them. It costs more than a penny, so I've very upset by this", said the Uncle, "I don't know President Bush's position on this". "Eventually, you're in deep financial problems and I'm not going to deal with it anymore", said the Uncle, who admits to always having exact change. "Pennies are looked down on, so why are they making them", the Uncle asked. "Everybody's got them, so there's not a shortage", said the Uncle. "We're all going to be in the poor house if they can't make a penny for a penny", according to the Uncle. "Leeanna's not going to be screening, thank goodness!" said the Uncle before mentioning her substitute Chris screening calls today. "Hello, there", said the Uncle to our first live, yet unnamed caller. "Every time they (politicians) want to raise your taxes, it's going to have go up a dime or a nickel", said our caller. "I hate to say that the currency is the one thing that's stopping them for taxing me even more", said the Uncle. "If you do away with the nickel, it's going to have to go up [by a dime]", said our caller. "People don't like them, I like them", said the Uncle on pennies, though he still doesn't "see the need for them, if that makes any sense". "The penny is so, it's so in valued by society, that they just leave them out", said the Uncle. "You're never going to catch me leaving my money, I don't care if it's two pennies", said the Uncle. "I understand the value of money and I'm not going to just leave my penny", said the Uncle before speaking to Martin, whose name was confirmed by our host. "Maybe we need to sell Moon Pies for pennies and then we'll make some money", said Martin. "There's not a shortage of pennies", the Uncle repeated. "The penny shortage will be solved except there's not a shortage", said the Uncle if folks were to take a penny from a convenience store jar. "They're just wasting our tax dollars", said the Uncle before the commercial break. "Hall's Meats taste good and they're made locally in Chickasaw, Alabama", said the Uncle in a short and quick commercial for the popular meat products. After the commercial break, "All right, Uncle Henry Show continues, (251) 479-2723 is the number", said the Uncle before speaking to Reema. "I'm trying to figure a way out of this", said the Uncle, "why don't they make the nickel the same as of the penny, the same material, and put of big '5' on them". "This is Jim the Drunk", said our next caller joining us. "Do you believe everything that comes out", said Jim the Drunk after hearing the Uncle's source of the news on the cost of manufacturing pennies and nickels now, the United States Mint. "All right, I know where your information came from now, now I know why mine is correct", said Jim implying that the Mint is incorrect. "I know it's zinc, there's only a little bit of copper in there", said the Uncle on the material in the penny. "The Mint makes a profit. Yet people like to collect this garbage, no offence if you're a collector", said the Uncle, who is not a collector. "Out of time for this segment, coming up in the next segment more", said the Uncle, who sees himself talking more about the penny "in the days ahead". Glenn Lakes Golf is our host's "Deal of the Week" for visitors to the station's website. "Go nowhere, stay informed", said the Uncle before the break. 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 the following voice message: "Uncle Henry, I'm calling in about your theme song," said our first caller via voice message. Our caller believes one of the singers in the song made originally for the Mobile Chamber of Commerce mispronounced "Mobile" with too much emphasis on the two syllables, indicating that they are not from the area originally. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air" followed the voice message. Following that regularly played 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! What a beautiful day in Mobile, the program is underway", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "Today joined by a special guest who will take calls", said the Uncle before playing WPMI-TV's old news music to introduce Ron Reams, who currently works at the station after at being employed at almost every other station in Mobile. "We've been friends a long time", said Ron. "Every radio station used to have a reporter, don't they", said the Uncle. "Radio stations used to have full flown news departments", said the Uncle, including reporters that can be sent out to report on the story. "We're going to talk to you throughout this time", said the Uncle to "one of Mobile's last radio reporters", along with Charlie Moss of 710 AM, though he is currently tending to other matters. "I went to work at Channel 10", said Ron, who came to Mobile in 1977. "What a wonderful exposure to Mobile", said the Uncle after learning that Reams worked for a year for Dot Moore's afternoon talk show as a microphone operator for her show and Channel 10's newscasts. "Her voice would have gone over commercials or something", said the Uncle if Reams had not done his job right. "You'd walk into her office and there were pictures everywhere, Dot Moore and Bob Hope", said Reams reflecting on his days at WALA-TV. "I was working at WYEA, which Jerry Lewis during his telethon referred to as "YAY-TV!" "In other words, it was a small station", said the Uncle. "We will pick up after the Dot Moore era once we return", said the Uncle before the first commercial break, including the opportunity for Reams to participate in our call screener Leeanna's "exciting" live dental commercial. "Is Ron Reams making you nervous", our host asked Leeanna during her live commercial. "I'm looking at her smile", said Ron, who later admitted to "remembering her smile before". After the break and as "The Lone Ranger" theme played, "Uncle Henry, I'm sitting here watching the news with Mel Showers", said "The Idea Guy", who believes the local stations should be covering local news only. He also suggested a TV program with Fred "Hollywood" Barkley being followed. "Mel Showers could talk about that, because he has no business talking about the national news, because it's so boring", said "Idea". In response to "Idea", Reams (jokingly) took the idea of a Barkley program into consideration for WJTC-TV, which is soon to be an independent television station once again in September. "If you just tuned in, Ron just explained that in 1977", said the Uncle before Reams interrupted him attempting to repeat everything said before. "So 30 years, almost 30 years ago, WBLX had Ron Reams, Blue Eyed Souls Man", said the Uncle after hearing Reams' WBLX experience. Our host and guest exchanged memories of city government in Mobile for folks who were not in the area at the time. "So Ron Reams is walking down memory lane with us", said the Uncle before the break. "We have the Uncle Henry Deal of the Week online at NewsRadio710.com", said the Uncle, who also mentioned the show's online "podcast", a recording of each day's show. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


Notes of Interest:


Send your programs ideas for the soon-to-be independent WJTC to this address:

WJTC-TV
661 Azalea Road
Mobile, Alabama 36609

(251) 602-1544 (Telephone)
(251) 602-1547 (Fax)

"Another Round" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from a recording of Tim saying "dag gum it" (or "dad gum it") before 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that regularly played 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"). "It's going to be a mass rush of people rushing out to Government Street like the people in the Wizard of Oz", said our first caller via voice message referring to the impeachment of David Thomas of the Mobile County Public School System. "Thank you so much! Thank you so much for listening to this show, I'm glad you are here", said the Uncle greeting one and all. "I read in the newspaper that Mobile has been flourishing", said the Uncle, who had no idea this occurring in the Mobile region. "I had a very nice weekend, lots of good times with family and friends", said the Uncle before bringing to our attention a television movie set to premiere on the ABC Television Network. "They're advertising this movie, I believe it's tomorrow tonight", said the Uncle, "a disaster movie ripped from tomorrow's headlines". "I don't understand the, if they're trying to do this as the Paul Revere of bird flu", according to the Uncle. "They have like dead people lying around ", said the Uncle after seeing the network promotions. "I think it's really, the more I think about it, the more I'm irritated", said the Uncle "I think ABC's been irresponsible for this", according to the Uncle, though he does like disaster movies such as "The Towering Inferno" with Fred Astaire and one with a earthquake theme starring Charlton Heston. "The actual movie theater was set up to shake", said the Uncle on the Heston picture before adding, "The Poseidon Adventure with Shelly Winters swimming". "It's like a legitimate trying to scare you", said the Uncle before comparing ABC's television movie about the avian flue with the "The Day After" with its nuclear theme. "Maybe they'll make a disaster movie about the Democrats coming back into power", said the Uncle before reminding listeners to dial (251) 479-2723 to join the show. "I hope you're not losing your faith", said our first live caller Freddie after learning of a certain shout of "Roll Tide Roll" by our host last week. "You're worshipping a false God", said Freddie accusing our host. "You're not allowed to praise anything?" the Uncle asked Freddie. "Just because I'm a fan doesn't mean I need to worship them", said the Uncle. "It sounds like you're worshipping the Godfreys", said the Uncle catching Freddie in a hypocrisy. "I wish we would refrain sometime and have one day of your show, one day", said Freddie before our host calmly went to the first commercial break. After the commercial break, "Uncle Henry, I was calling in about [what I read] in the paper about members of the school board fighting again", said "The Idea Guy". "Uncle Henry Show continues, what a day, gorgeous, Mobile flourishing, hasn't been for some time, according to the Press-Register", said the Uncle. "Maybe we can get parents and their children to sign a contract as they enter into the public school system that holds them liable for any damage of property as the result of a child going berserk", said the Uncle. "Go into arbitration" would be included in this contract. "We can put into the contract spare the rod, you can put that in there", said the Uncle. "We agree to allow school personnel whip our children's rear ends", said the Uncle as another addition to this contract, including the idea of taking video of the spanking and making it available on DVD "Hand out DVDs of the greatest hits", said the Uncle referring to the idea of available spanking videos. "We need a video of you getting spanked by Leeanna", said Paul, getting our host to shout, "That's perverted!" "Spare the rod and spoil the child", said the Uncle twice. "Violence begets violence", said Paul, whom our host believes is agnostic. "The corrective pop to the rear end, there's a difference, there's a difference", said the Uncle before reminding listeners how to call in between now and the next segment. Listeners with Internet access and a "lot of time to burn" were told about the show's online "podcast" available 24-hours a day. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets 4.5/5!


Notes of Interest:

Mobile Radio Ratings for Winter 2006

"Daily Showers" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show from the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" (with our host humming the lyrics, "that's my wonderful town" before playing audio of Tim's "dag gum" during the song), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that regularly played 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 during his pre-recorded introduction. "Thank you so much! Welcome to the Uncle Henry Show on a beautiful, beautiful Friday. Looking forward to your interaction", said the Uncle greeting one and all. "I don't know how we can talk about all there is to talk about. Really, there is so much going on", said the Uncle, who may even "keep talking" and take calls during the commercial break. "We have reaction to the David Thomas impeachment. How about that headline on the Press-Register", said the Uncle, who believes the size of the front page headline is probably the biggest since "Pearl Harbor". "I wasn't paying attention", said our call screener Leeanna after our host summoned her to find out if she can book Fred "Hollywood" Barkley for a future show, now that he's been released from jail. Audio used to summon our call screener consists of listener Jan's "Leeann" and "Evil Irrational Man" saying "Leeanna" in his weird, yet creepy way. "I'm just glad it's Friday", said Leeanna after our host noticed her in a "very subdued" mood today. "Hollywood, if you're listening, looking forward to the Hollywood interview", said the Uncle, "all right, David Thomas impeached!" "Excuse me, the 6 o'clock news on Channel 5", said "The Idea Guy" via voice message correcting himself on the newscast he watched for news and reaction to the David Thomas impeachment verdict, "and they are very surprised that [David] Thomas was found guilty". "I'm glad somebody's finally standing up and getting rid of these people", said "Idea". "Thank you for the voice mail reaction, Idea Guy", said the Uncle before reminding the fellow "don't forget Freeman Jockisch", the former Mobile County Commissioner who also lost his position. "A black man can get the same treatment as a white man", said our next caller and regular voice message commentator Al via voice message of course. "Y'all got him, you can go on now", said Al. "God bless America, bye", said Al ending his message. "You said something about Republicans taking their sheets off, this was a Democrat district attorney", said the Uncle rebutting Al's "ludicrous" comments. "The impeachment wouldn't have happened. The whole, there weren't any criminals penalties in the whole trial. They just threw him out", said the Uncle. "It's embarrassing for you to blame everyone else but him", said the Uncle before speaking to our first live caller. "They have a good reason to have an appeal", said our caller, referring to the incompetent defense attorney in the impeachment trial. "For Al, you know, maybe if his (David) cousin Herman Thomas would have shown some restraint", said the Uncle regarding his records being expunged by the judge. "I don't know how to reply to Al, talk about tunnel vision", said our caller, who wonders what Al would say about the Duke University Lacrosse Team and their situation. "Uncle Henry Show's brought to you by Hall's Meats", said the Uncle during a live commercial for the popular meat products "made locally in Chickasaw, Alabama" by Mr. Hall and his family. After the break, "Uncle Henry Show continues on this beautiful Friday", said the Uncle before speaking to John, who gave us a "Roll Tide" shout. "Hope somebody calls in from Barton Academy and enlightens us", said John, who hopes everyone from the headquarters of the Mobile County Public School System is listening to the show. "It's just a mess down there", he later said. "We need Lillian Jackson", said John, who would appreciate our host playing some Jackson audio. "I don't think I have time to go Lillian Jackson 24-hours a day, 7 days a week", said the Uncle. "Good morning, brother. Roll Tide Roll", said Mike who wants everyone to remember right now that "there are problems down there" after listening to John. "Things have not changed", said Mike, who sees Thomas as a prime example of the problems at Barton Academy. "I know the man's educated and to be so blatantly stupid", said Cecil during his call. "He'll be right back in the public eye, I'm convinced of that. He'll run for something. He'll be appointed to something", said the Uncle. "Another thing about David Thomas, I'm really curious that he's running Bishop State", said C. David. "Thank you for bringing up the Bob Riley commercials", said the Uncle to C. David. Our host finds them to have some "hypnotic" affect on the person listening to the pleasant commercials. "I'm probably subliminal affected by them", said the Uncle, who admits that he cannot remember what Riley in his "downhome" southern accent says in those commercials. "She needs to be investigated", said Terry about school board member Hazel Fournier. Our host had to "run" on that note by Terry before the commercial break. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.7/5!


"Showers Return" - 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 the following audio clip: Tim saying "dag gum" (or "dad gum"). "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air" followed that unexpected clip of Tim. Following that regularly played 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 in this Gulf region. Thank you for listening", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "Everyone is in a good mood around here except for Scott O'Brien", said our observant host, who also noticed the squirrels in a good mood outside the WKRG-TV5 building. "We still have some trees left out here, even though we are located, we are a stone throw's away from Springdale Mall", said the Uncle. "They're coming up with some of the weirdness stuff, some of the biggest leaps of logic ever in a court of law", said the Uncle on the subject of the David Thomas impeachment trial. "The district attorney's office did not want David Thomas participating in this particular Mardi Gras parade", said the Uncle before reading what he considers to be a ludicrous quotation. "Would the D.A.'s rather have them watching MTV, playing loud music in their cars, or pull up filth on the Internet", said the Uncle reading the quotation of this lawyer. "Why isn't there a Mardi Gras parade every afternoon? This is a legitimate question", said the Uncle. "The idea, this is a, they're getting out there with the $9000 of Mardi Gras throws to help keep children off of Internet porn", said the Uncle. "God help us, God help of all, it is just unbelievable", said the Uncle if anyone was to believe such a quotation by a lawyer. Our host may not be an expert on trials, as he has "never been tried" and much of his knowledge on trials came from watching the "Matlock" and "Perry Mason" TV series, but when he reads such quotations, it indicates that there is very little defense. "I'd probably spend at least 50 bucks to get the transcript and read it to you", said the Uncle, or ask a disc jockey from one of the radio stations sharing TV5's building to read it. "The program now progresses", said the Uncle a second before the first commercial break. "Hey Uncle Henry, this is Jim in Saraland", said our caller via voice message before saying that he will attempt to get a copy of the court transcript and give it to playwright to turn it into a stage play, with caller Freddie playing the role of David Thomas. "Uncle Henry Show continues, I believe today is Prayer Day, isn't it? I believe everyday should be Prayer Day", said the Uncle before speaking to our first live caller Paul. "Listen very carefully please", said Paul, who just "got out of the hospital" after getting better again after "getting worse". He warns us not get near anyone with a "sick stomach or diarrhea" or even in their house, such as his family. "Did they say what it was called", asked the Uncle, but Paul was never given a name by the doctor. "I hate having to go to the drug store, go anywhere and deal with stupid people", said Norman joining us to bring to our attention his situation involving sticker stating $2.00 off of a male shaving product. Unfortunately for Norman, the young lady at the counter said that the product he was ready the purchase was not on sale. "You can't get help, you can't get decent help", said Norman, who may check his change to see if they even "recounted right". "Thank you for that update. Let's talk to the Idea Guy, hello Idea Guy", said the Uncle before "Idea" asked if Thomas is worried by the children at Mardi Gras parades getting fat. "A lot of beads and a lot Moon Pies up there now"" said "Idea" reflecting on his recent trip to Birmingham, where some possible "pre-trial publicity" for Thomas' other trial is taking place. "If they're going to prosecute David Thomas, they're going to have to prosecute [Hazel Fournier] too", said our next caller after learning of the school member's signature on the order form for Mardi Gras throws. "To any other alerts, if anybody wants to alert to populace [on something], this program welcomes", said the Uncle before the break. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!


"A Bit Warmer" - 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 the following audio clip: "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Following that regularly played 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 the late community activist Lillian Jackson played during the opening. "Boy, I'd like to meet one of them faced to face", said Jackson, who would smack a member of Congress in the face if she were to meet one in person. "Thank you so much! Uncle Henry Show underway, the show already started, as I started thinking of this show yesterday", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "Just want to mention one thing that stands out as the David Thomas impeachment trial comes to some sort of conclusion", said the Uncle before repeating for us Thomas' check, yet he had much less than that in the bank. "Strangely, David Thomas not taking the stand to defend himself", said the Uncle reflecting on yesterday's portion of the trial, including defense witness Samantha Ingram. "Another person involved with the handling of the tax dollars gets under oath on the stand", said the Uncle, who later added, "it's a terrible illustration of the way money is handled in the school system". "This has been instructive, the whole trial has been very instructive", said the Uncle. "We are just learning so much, it's so instructive. I wonder if we get to a point when we get people running for office on trial in advance", said the Uncle (or "extended trial") reflecting on the past year. "She was placing the blame on the school board secretary", said our first live caller Wayne after reading about Ingram in today's Press-Register. "The implication was that if that had things, if the secretary had done things different, then the whole trial wouldn't have occurred", said the Uncle. "One defense witness, who points out it's the secretary's fault", said the Uncle after about 22 other people. "I think we need a educator from Virginia who wouldn't put up with the garbage", our next caller Mr. C. suggested. "You can't tell me that David Thomas, the children, look up, are supposed to look up at these people", said Mr. C., who is glad he no longer has children in school to worry about. "I'm going to use the David Thomas-Samantha Ingram defense and point at the secretary", said the Uncle speaking to our call screener Leeanna if he were to be put on trial for anything, though she is not a secretary. "Between you two guys, you are tickling for funny bone", said George after the first commercial break comparing today's discussion to that of a hilarious TV series. "It couldn't be a TV show in the past, because someone couldn't have thought of it", said the Uncle. "We're going to call you the comedy hour now", said Jim the Tax Man on what he calls a "satire". "It is just the news, school administrators, school board members, no account checking balance. I've now regret not going down there and checking in on some of this stuff, I really do", said the Uncle. "I wonder if I can buy, I wonder if I can just buy the court transcript", said the Uncle before speaking to Max. "It's really sad that we have situations like this come up", said Max. "They say things can't get worse before they could", said Max before reminding us that there are "problems at the top". Our host blames Leeanna for not informing him of the time left for this segment of the show. "It's all her fault for now keeping track of this", said the Uncle before the break for commercials, the station ID, and newsbreak. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


"Pleasant" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar