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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:07, seven minutes after 9:00. Telephone number for interaction”, said the Uncle, who hesitated before giving out the call-in number (251) 479-2723. “Let’s talk to K. P. Hello K. P.”, he said to the first caller this hour. “Roll Tide, Uncle Henry”, said K. P. “What was your idea?” the Uncle asked. “So ‘R’, ‘F’, ‘4’ if there is any trouble”, the Uncle learned about the computer system in front of him. “You referenced the WKRG report on the new annexation area”, K. P. reminded our host. “I think it’s kind of funny, personally”, said K. P., who was talking about taxes. “Just an interesting story”, said the Uncle, who explained the WKRG-TV5 (or “WKRG News 5”, the station’s on-air brand used by our host) news story about the Mobile Terrace neighborhood. “She says, ‘She’s loving it!’ ” the Uncle said after playing part of the news report. “We have a video tour of the old studio and the new WNTM studio”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Curtis, who was “surprised by you”. “You remember when you and I talked about the big dish”, said Curtis, who “got a new dish that was smaller and was suppose to [have] got a lot more channels”. “Tell me what would you get on the big satellite dish was exciting?” the Uncle asked. “You’d get hundreds and hundreds of news feeds”, said Curtis. “You would see all of this background information, Uncle Henry”, he added. “It was so much valuable information”, said Curtis. “Well those days are gone forever”, said the Uncle. “Newer sometimes is not better”, said Curtis, who also wanted to say he was upset over Ronald Reagan “destroying the rain forest”. “Ronald Reagan destroyed the rainforest? Where?” the Uncle asked. “He would not protect it”, said the caller. “Rainforest where?” our host asked again. “In South America”, Curtis answered before leaving us. “What an unusual—I heard Ronald Reagan blamed for a lot of things, but I never heard” of him “policing the rain forest”, said the Uncle. “Another call about television”, said the Uncle, who believes “radio remains superior in every way to television”. “You can hear news feeds from all across the continental United States using your AM radio”, said the Uncle. “You had to position the dish just the right way and go through all these channels”, said the Uncle, who seems to recall “a game show in Spanish” shown to him by a small dish owner. “Why would I want to see the Senior Bowl get set up in a week in advance?” said the Uncle, who believes “you can see something more interesting (outside) than what you’re watching on your television or more importantly you can turn on you’re AM radio and tune in and find something interesting”. “Every time I check on the financial channel, they want the Fed (Federal Reserve) to bail us out”, said our next caller, who was followed by caller Nick responding to a Press-Register letter to the editor about the idea of a “fair tax”. “It’s such a remarkable thing that everybody wants to talk about”, said Nick. Seconds before the break for commercials, “Thank you very much for calling, Nick. Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. After the break and a voice message, “All right, Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Speaking of ‘The Tax Man’, hello ‘Tax Man’!” said the Uncle, who stressed the word “hello” for the caller once known as Jim the Tax Man. “Uncle Henry, these folks are completely out of control”, said Jim after receiving a political message on his answering machine. “Aren’t we in exciting times?” It’s going to get better and it’s going to get worse too”, said Jim. “This democrat party is going to self destruct. Catch you later”, said Jim before leaving us. “Mr. James. Hello Mr. James”, said the Uncle. “Hiya, Henry!” said our next caller James, who also gave a “Roll Tide” shout. “This ‘Tax Man’ has just made my day”, he said after listening to the previous caller.

Today’s 9:00 AM half-hour gets a 7/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Our first day in the new state of the art digital studio”, said the Uncle, who might give listeners with Internet access “a brief, little video tour” of the radio station’s new studio on the third floor of the WKRG building. In response to a listener’s voice message, “I’m sure there will be a lot of movies about the Clintons portrayed in strange ways. I would like to see what goes on behind the scenes right now”, said the Uncle, who used movie portraits of Richard Nixon for example. “Let’s talk to Mark. Hello Mark. Hello Mark”, he said to our next caller, who asked our host if he saw today’s newspaper article about the Carnival cruise ship Holiday. “I was actually on that ship and I can tell you right now that their numbers are inaccurate”, said Mark. “Give us the truth”, said the Uncle. After listening to Mark, “516 cases of this virus”, the Uncle repeated for listeners. “I have it now”, said Mark, who heard the number of virus cases “straight from one of the Carnival crew members”. “So I’m sure that whenever this next crew returns, I’m really interested in what their numbers are going to be”, said Mark. “How ill are you?” the Uncle asked. “Like I said, I know that I talked to at least 102 people who have it”, said Mark, who finds it “statistically inaccurate” to talk to 143 folks with the virus. “Thank you very much for your phone call”, said the Uncle. “Don’t believe anything you read in the newspaper”, said Mark before leaving us. “I heard this report on Channel 5”, said the Uncle before playing audio of WKRG-TV5’s cruise ship report. “Eh!” said the Uncle as the report played. After the report ended, “All right, that sounded very unpleasant, didn’t it?” said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Tim. Hello Tim”, he said to our next caller, also known as Sam Marston IV. “You know watching those debates, I see women wearing no makeup on”, said Tim. “Someone called saying you were on ‘The Bill O’Reilly Show’ (“The Radio Factor”) yesterday”, said the Uncle, whose report from a caller was confirmed by Tim. In response to a certain caller, “I want to remind him that children are listening to this show and we need to keep it ‘PG’ ”, Tim said while referring to the movie rating system of the Motion Picture Association of America. “I did say that we are voting Wednesday and that is true”, said Tim, who asked himself “when was the last time we voted on February 5th? Never”. “I do know that we moved it up”, said Tim, whose voice was barely understandable after that due to the anger in his voice. “Nobody cares, I haven’t heard anybody saying, ‘Well, do you think you’re going to win Alabama, sir?” said Tim. “Let’s talk to Matt. Hello Matt”, said the Uncle. “I took a cruise during the ‘Love Boat’ era”, said the Uncle, who remembers that show being “wonderful”. “I went on that cruise once upon a time and the same thing (catching a virus) happened to me”, said the Uncle. “It’s not a regular thing for so many people on them to get it”, said the Uncle, who reminded listeners to “wash your hands” and “bring a lot of reading material”, as he remembers staying “in the bathroom for 24 hours”. After the break for commercials and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. That was an interesting question, Bill, about a dishwasher”, said the Uncle, who might “have to ask about the make and model of your dishwasher”. “I have had a lot of success with my dishwasher and I [really] dislike washing the dishes. I really do”, said the Uncle, who likes the “dishwasher more than my microwave oven”. “Let’s talk to Martha G. Hello Martha G.”, he said to our next caller. “I think it all comes down to crew and personal hygiene”, said Martha. “I enjoy your show so much”, said Martha, who also likes the convenience of a dishwasher. “I’m with you, there’s just not enough protection of the food in those buffets”, said the Uncle after mentioning two good buffets “off the top of my head”. “Less trust in people’s personal hygiene than ever before!” the Uncle declared, based on his experience in public bathrooms, including one inside the WKRG building. “I don’t know how fast a germ moves, but they are keeping a foot race” down the spoon, said the Uncle, who also used the word “cooties”. After sending call screener Trey Lane a message for him to speak on the current topic, “I find it [odd] that anybody would urinate on their hand”, said Trey. “Contribution to the show: wrong idea on my part”, said the Uncle. After assuring Trey Lane there is nothing wrong with him, “It’s just you’re in a different universe, you’re artsy, you’re a musician”, said the Uncle. “All right we have FOX News next. After the FOX News more of the Uncle Henry Show as we move forward to ‘The Rush Limbaugh Show’ ”, said the Uncle, who is all ready looking forward to the nationally syndicated radio program, though it airs after the locally-produced “Ask the Expert” in the 10 o’clock hour.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. The Harbor Communications number (251) 479-2723”, said the Uncle, who also gave listeners the toll free telephone number and his electronic mail address. He thanked listeners for the electronic mail he has received recently. “We have a lot of people that listen to this show that know a lot, strangely, about marijuana”, said the Uncle, who believes that “based on the number of phone calls” marijuana is well known in the Mobile region. “Sobering news”, he said before reading a marijuana news article. “It says smoking a joint (“slang”, as our host pointed out) is equivalent to smoking 20 tobacco cigarettes”, said the Uncle. “They did not make rats smoke marijuana, they used real people. They used marijuana addicts”, said the Uncle. “There are some people right now that are growing the illegal marijuana in their homes”, said the Uncle, who believes some listeners “are driving around the road right now using it”. “Let’s talk to Vance. Good morning, Vance”, he said to our next caller. “It’s beginning to sound like the 1960s again”, said Vance, who explained that “all the Kennedys are coming out” in TV news reports. “A lot of our presidents were governors before they were president and [they’ve] never been in the Senate”, said Vance. “Well, I’ve washed my hands religiously”, said Vance, who has never had a cold in 13 years. “Congratulations”, the Uncle told Vance before he left us. “Would it be harsh on the hands to do the rubbing alcohol?” the Uncle asked before speaking to our next caller Michael. Before the break for commercials, “(251) 479-2723 is the number as the Uncle Henry Show moves forward”, said the Uncle. After the break, “William Tell Overture” was used as bumper music as a voice message played. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. I’m glad that—when I hear calls like that, I’m glad that I won’t be around that long in many years, because I don’t like seeing food taxed like that”, said the Uncle. “Don’t [fine] a tax on tasty foods because people can’t control themselves”, he suggested. “I had a musical voice mail, not when someone does a song, which has happened on several occasions”, said the Uncle before playing listener Leeann’s recorded message suggesting bumper music such as the theme music from the TV series “Shaft” and “Tubular Bells” from one of the “Exorcist” movies. “Trey Lane, have you been in contact with this person”, said the Uncle. “Do you think anybody has the song loaded into our system?” he also asked the call screener. “I don’t know why we would have it”, said the Uncle. After looking at names such as Mike Douglas and Miley Cyrus, “We don’t have Mike Oldfield”, said the Uncle, who asked why Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” would be appropriate for the show. “We get the people who sound lovable”, said the Uncle, who also mentioned that “we get people that sound like they’re possessed by the devil. “I know, Trey Lane, having the microphone on today has created some tension for him”, said the Uncle. “We have a vast music library”, said the Uncle, who mentioned that the music is shared by several radio stations operating in the WKRG building. “Well Leeann, I do not have that music (“Tubular Bells”)”, he said to the caller. “Now the ‘Shaft’ theme, I have considered that”, said the Uncle, who used the theme music after commercial breaks for his original program on “another radio station (WABB-AM)”, but it always “bothered” him. “Someone brought in a CD that has no bearing on the show!” the Uncle shouted without identifying the fellow who brought in the compact disc. After the final break for today and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues. Yes, progress moving out further west. Mobile looking forward to annexing the airport”, said the Uncle, who was responding to the recorded message. “Dramatic afternoons riding the dirt roads of the Citronelle area where there would be signs saying, ‘No County Maintenance’ ”, our host remembers. “We have Charlie Moss with ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up after the news”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners as usual “to pray and read that Bible”.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 7/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on this beautiful Monday. Yes, I have received a lot of voice mails about ‘The Happiness Lady’ ”, said the Uncle, who was referring to last Friday’s guest Deborah Jones. “Let’s talk to Steve. Hello Steve”, he said to the first caller this hour. “I went to the funeral for the four little children Saturday in Bayou La Batre”, said Steve, who realized that their uncle runs a restaurant nearby. “They also helped all the workers that were searching for those children”, Steve said about the fellow’s business. “Everybody needs to think about this poor woman and what she’s been through. It’s been strange, Uncle Henry”, said Steve. “I would suggest anybody who thinks they have a bad day have to think about the problems of this poor lady”, he said before leaving us. “I appreciate the report”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. “I want to ask you a question”, said our next caller, whose voice echoed on the air with other voices in the background. “Are you on a speaker phone?” the Uncle asked. “No”, said the caller, who wanted to ask, “What is wrong with the democrats?” “I call myself a news junkie”, he mentioned. After listening to the caller, “May I introduce you to Mayor Sam Jones. Did you know he was black?” said the Uncle. “To Freddie. Hello Freddie”, he said to our next caller. After watching this past Saturday’s Senior Bowl football game, “I was impressed by the City of Mobile and I’m going to tell them a job well done”, said Freddie. “That’s his most positive call ever”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Cut, or Cutt. “Very interesting phone call. Thank you so much for your phone call”, our host told Cut before taking a break for commercials. After the break and two voice messages, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:22, FOX News coming up in eight minutes”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Derek. Hello Derek”, he said to our next caller. “This is nothing against women at all, but has anybody thought we’d ever have a woman president?” said Derek, who also reminded listeners about last Monday’s holiday dedicated to Martin Luther Ling. “I thought he was killed in like April”, said Derek, whose call ended suddenly after that statement. “I activated the—what-you-may-call-it button deleting your comments from the air”, said the Uncle. “We talked a lot about endorsements in the political scheme of things”, he reminded some listeners. “By the way, want to mention that we had Judge Don Davis early on the Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle. “If you’re listening in Mobile County, all of the voting places will be open on Wednesday”, said the Uncle. “Just one (voting precinct) for the entire county” on Mardi Gras Day, he added. “Baldwin County, they will have only one voting place open”, said the Uncle, who placed shame on the Alabama Legislature for moving the state primary elections to February 5th, or Fat Tuesday. Before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions, “News time is 9:30!” said the Uncle.

Today’s 9:00 AM half-hour gets a 6/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Beautiful, beautiful Friday”, said the Uncle before giving listeners a short weather report. “It’s rare that I have an author on the show, but I do have a local author joining us briefly on the show”, said the Uncle before speaking to Springhill Dental “Director of Happiness” Deborah Jones, also known as “The Happiness Lady” who was named “Best Author” by the magazine Mobile Bay Monthly. “You know what, I don’t know why that happened?” Deborah asked about the title. “You wrote a book!” the Uncle responded. “I gave away a couple of books and sold some too”, said Debra. “You talked the talk, but you’ve walk the walk”, said the Uncle. “Come on now!” Deborah said with excitement. “People are going to hear this and get inspired by this because I thought about writing a book myself”, said the Uncle. “You can, Uncle Henry!” said Deborah. “Oh you’re crazy, but I love you, Uncle Henry”, she said after listening to our host. “I want to know more about your book, ‘Best Author’. What is in this book?” said the Uncle. “How do you know what happiness is unless there is no pain?” Deborah asked in reference to her book. “Joy is what you find in the presence of God”, she said. “In His presence—sorry to preach here!” she said, but our host didn’t mind before hearing the rest of her story. “Come on now, Uncle Henry! That is nothing but a miracle!” she said about her story. “Yes, I am a miracle story!” she said. “People are startled to this, they are startled for a positive message and what you say is true”, said the Uncle, who agrees that happiness “is all temporary”. “There is a personal thing and I’m telling you here. You hear me, I was a bomb and I was given a better life”, said Deborah. “It’s not over yet”, she added. “Tomorrow is coming, so hold your head high and remember your mercies are heard every morning”, she continued before laughing. “Before we get to the phones, there was something I wanted to play to you”, said the Uncle. “I want you to listen to today’s celebrity Bible verse”, he said before playing the audio. “That’s Shelby!” said Deborah, who recognized the voice of the WKSJ-FM radio announcer. “Let’s talk to Greg. Greg, hello there”, the Uncle said to the first caller this hour. “There is not enough adjectives in this world to describe this woman. I have never seen someone so happy”, said Greg. “We need a hundred million more like her”, said Greg. “Why thank you, sir”, said Deborah. “I know who you are!” she told Greg. “Uncle Henry, you are in the presence of someone very, very special”, said Greg before leaving us. “I must tell you, I met this lady”, said our next caller George, who saw our guest’s face “radiate with joy”. “I advice people to start praying and practicing a supernatural”, said George, whom our guest agrees with. “They also say the words ‘negative’ and ‘positive’ but they never [say] the source of those words”, said George before leaving us. “I say in the past 15 minutes, this show has gotten electric”, said our next caller. “Well God, you give the glory. God bless you!” he told our guest before leaving us. “You’re leaving right now?” the Uncle asked our guest, who must go to work very soon. Instead of a ‘hello’, our next caller Holly said, “All I have to say is tell it like it is!” “I hope I get to meet you”, she told our guest. “Uncle Henry, this is the most fun that your radio (station) did in a long time”, said Holly. “Can you take one more (caller)?” the Uncle asked our guest. “Trey Lane, is the next call for the ‘Happiness Lady’?” he asked the call screener. “Slow to respond”, said the Uncle, who made our guest laugh. “Hello, Mike”, he said to our next caller, who wanted “to congratulate you guys”. “This country was founded on [numerous] religious traits”, said Mike, who believes our guest “mirrors” those traits. “You have a wonderful day. Thank you for being on this station”, Mike told our guest before leaving us. “I was listening to you in Gulf Shores and I heard you”, said our next caller, who told our guest “I have your twin” Janetta Miller working in Gulf Shores, Alabama. “I just wanted to tell you that there is another lady like you in this world and I’m glad to have her working with me”, said the caller, who is “64-years-old and she’s like 50”. “God’s got people for work everywhere”, said Deborah. “Well, she’s got a network of people all across this part of the country”, said the caller. “Thank you very much for the phone call”, said the Uncle, who asked the guest again if she wants more callers while still aware she has to leave for work. “Deborah Jones, ‘From the Better Most to the Upper Most’ ”, our guest told the next caller, who wants her and her book on “the best sellers’ list”. “This is the best program you’ve ever had”, said our next caller, who believes “this is what Mobile needs”. “God is great. All the time”, said the caller, whom our guest agrees with. “All right, we are very late on a break. Got to go there!” said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle Uncle, who was “breaking the format keeping her (Deborah Jones) in” for the last segment. “People are starving for the real thing”, said the Uncle. “She talks the talk but she walks the walk and you feel like a starving person: you can’t get enough of it”, said the Uncle. “We’re going to have her in again sometime in the next few weeks”, said the Uncle. “News time is 9:30”, he said before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues. Danny, now that they are getting that stimulus package, you might be getting money by this summer”, said the Uncle, who was responding to a listener’s voice message. “Let’s talk to Tim. Hello Tim”, he said to our next caller, who is known to others as Sam Marston IV. “I’m great, I’m doing great. Hey Henry, I learned a lot of things from ‘The Happiness Lady’ ”, said Tim, who learned how not to be someone who doesn't get along with others. “Are you going over to this cage match tomorrow night?” Tim asked. “No!” said the Uncle, who doesn’t understand the cage aspect. “That’s no my cup of tea at all”, he said. “On my $300 (tax rebate), I think I’m going to buy some guns”, said Tim. “Hey, whatever happened to Kinky Freeman?” Tim asked, since it is “campaign time” for presidential candidates. “Is he still alive? He may passed away”, said the Uncle. “He was smoking cigars”, said Tim. “There is no way you can get someone to the hospital on wheels as fast as you can get them” in a helicopter, said Tim. “Have a good weekend”, he wished our host before leaving us. “You hear a lot of stories about the Life Flight helicopter service”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues. Bill, I think I need to hook you up with Deborah Jones. Spend some time with her counseling. I think you need to tell her your problems”, said the Uncle, suggesting something for the caller who was “trying to jimmy” a lock. “Over the weekend you can call the voice mail”, said the Uncle, who reminded listeners that he did not choose to have the word “bull” in the number to leave recorded messages. “I got a record number of voice mails over the week and I’m going to try to clear some out”, said the Uncle before the first of numerous recorded messages played over the next several minutes. “All right, thank you very much for the voice mails”, said the Uncle. “The final whirlwind segment of the program is next!” he said before the break. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. We have FOX News coming in a few minutes, followed by ‘Ask the Expert’ ”, said the Uncle, who is not sure if “Rush Limbaugh will be there” on his radio show today since he is sometimes off on Fridays. “This is her writing, Peggy Noonan”, said the Uncle before reading the Wall Street Journal article that mentions Rush Limbaugh. “It’s 9:57. This weekend full of so many activities”, said the Uncle, who mentioned Mardi Gras and a “Meet the Players” event. “They are going to have the players at pods, P-O-D-S”, said the Uncle. “So know your pods”, said the Uncle, who mentioned the pods for University of Alabama and Auburn University football players. “That event is a terrific event and it doubled the amount of time the players are going to be there this year”, said the Uncle. “All right, out of time on the show! Thank you for listening this week. Excellent calls!” said the Uncle. “Your weather forecast from WKRG News 5: John Nodar says he has his fingers crossed”, said the Uncle. “Thank you for listening, remember to pray, pray for others and you’re in doubt of what to do read your Bible”, said the Uncle.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets an 8/10!

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“Thank you for calling the voice mail, ‘Idea Guy’ ”, said the Uncle, breaking his usual opening words for the fourth hour of the show. “You know, this guy Heath Ledger is in the news”, said the Uncle, who was reminded of what listener Elvin said about news reporting in a recent voice message. “It’s all what you can’t believe half of it”, Elvin said in the recorded message played on the air. Our host finally said his usual opening words for this hour, “Uncle Henry Show continues”. “I have a sports story for you, Trey Lane”, said the Uncle, who believes the show’s call screener will love the news article he’s about to mention. “There’s this game called the Super Bowl”, said the Uncle, who also mentioned the game’s two teams before reading the news article. “Even a non-football fan will not derange from this”, he said before reading the article published by the New York Post. “So you see this is a New York paper, so they are in the town of Eli Manning”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to George. Hello George”, he said to this hour’s first caller. “I find your show fascinating this morning, but I must speak up for Dr. Ben George, veterinarian. He saved my life once during [one] summer”, said George as he shares the story of an owl “slicing a place on my hand”. “It was like a surgical knife. I was bleeding to death”, said George, who was taken “by some people” to the veterinarian’s kitchen. “I feel like I can owe my life this man”, said George. “It sounds a little bit like Civil War medicine”, said the Uncle. “So the man is a great veterinarian and thank goodness for him to know how to sew up flesh”, said George, who made our host laugh. “Thank you so much, George. What an odd story”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Vance! Hello Vance”, he said to our next caller, who said a veterinarian treats “thousands of species” compared to a human doctor treating one species. “It’s like being a doctor on ‘Star Trek’ ”, said the Uncle. “I think it takes longer to be a veterinarian”, said Vance, based on Auburn University. “When we started this country in the 1600s, everybody was a vet before he was a doc”, said Vance. “Baldwin County: greatest little county in the world and it’s bigger than Mobile County too”, said Vance. “It’s a beautiful county. It’s only about a 150,000 population, but you’ve still got beautiful land”, he added before leaving us. While promoting his page at the radio station’s website, “You can go look at a picture of Rush Limbaugh with his new girlfriend and Trey Lane, I know you’re on your MySpace probably downloading new pictures”, said the Uncle, who wants the call screener to look at the “new romance”. Ben George is “probably behaving more of an American than people who wave the [United States] flag to what they consider patriotism”, said our next caller. “I applaud Dr. Ben George and the Confederate organization for putting that flag up. That is an American thing to do”, said the caller. Before taking a break for commercials, “Whether people like it or admire it or get their feelings hurt by it or get angry by it, the bottom line is private property and to people we want to make sure what we want to do on our property as long as it doesn’t violate our property insurance sale”, said the Uncle. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues. I did not like that show. They just drove, they did not drive safely on that show”, said the Uncle, who was responding to the recorded message. “Jumping over things and—I read a statistic about ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ ”, said the Uncle, who read about the destruction of “about 300 cars”. “300 General Lees. Now that is not safe driving”, said the Uncle, who was afraid for his children that “they were going to get in my car” after watching the show. “I was watching that WKRG (newscast) last night and I heard some news snippets this morning”, said the caller, who was referring to a TV news report that first aired last night. “They didn’t ask them for financial statements”, the caller said about the station. “I was offended by these parents that didn’t think their child for $10,000 was worth saving”, said the caller. “I understand being shocked and afraid by a $10,000 bill”, said the Uncle, who also understands that everything has a price, including helicopters and medicine. “They should have given equal time and sometimes these copters guys die”, said the caller. “So they’ve saved lots of lives over the years”, the Uncle said about the helicopter pilots. “I thank you for the call”, said the caller, who wanted to give “a positive spin” on TV5’s news report. “You can kind of understand how much it costs to have a helicopter. It’s just very, very expensive and they’re upset about the bill”, said the Uncle. “I’m sure this thing will be resolved”, he said before reminding listeners about the newsbreak and telephone number to call-in during the show. “Coming up after the news we have Slim Whitman news”, said the Uncle, who believes Rush Limbaugh has done “much for the career of Slim Whitman over the years”. “There is a performance story in the news today”, the Uncle told Trey Lane to get his attention with news involving a group of performers known as the Blue Man group. “By the way, the Blue Man group was in Mobile recently”, said the Uncle before reading the first sentence of the news article very quickly. “You know, somebody—anybody wanting to shove a camera down my throat, I would be distressed”, said the Uncle, who was proceeded seamlessly by news from the radio network (FOX News Radio) that replaced NBC News Radio (provided by Westwood One) on this radio station, which was once affiliated with ABC News Radio, provider of the Paul Harvey radio programs that no longer air in Mobile.

“Uncle Henry Show continues. I was just wondering, the republicans are getting some attention not nearly as much as the democrats”, said the Uncle, who was referring to presidential candidates. “There’s a story out today. Something very upset about the Pentagon. I am very, very angry with the secretary of defense Robert Gates”, said the Uncle. “Bono of the rock group U2. Bono of U2 visiting the Pentagon”, said the Uncle, who played the role of a listener asking him a question defending the visit. “Not just any rock group, an awful, awful—just awful music”, said the Uncle before sharing “a small sample of Bono and his U2” music. “All right, now see what I mean!” said the Uncle. “What is the difference between that and a jet taking off?” he asked about the music. “He is not even an American citizen”, he said about Bono. “What is he thinking?” he asked about the secretary of defense. “Look, this must have been just a—the secretary of defense wanted to meet a rock star. Shame on him”, said the Uncle. “That is not even music!” he said after replaying the song. “Horrible flash back to when my children were teenagers”, said the Uncle. “You never read about Glen Campbell being invited to the Pentagon”, said the Uncle. “You never hear about Dolly Parton getting invited”, said the Uncle, who is sure that she would want the amusement park “Dollywood” protected. “And Vicki Lawrence”, our host added to his list. “Why not just call in the Rolling Stones while we’re at it?” said the Uncle. “Let’s ask Keith Richards!” he said. “Slim Whitman, there’s a news story out there now. Charlie Moss brought that to my attention”, said the Uncle before reading the news article with the words, “I’m Still Alive” in the title. “Now this story says he’s 84-years-old”, said the Uncle after reading the age 82 given to the singer Slim Whitman. “80-something”, our host said after the age error. “Now you remember what U2 sounds like. It sounds like windshield wipers in a plane taking off. Now Slim Whitman”, said the Uncle before playing the singer’s music. “Much nicer”, he said. “They don’t ask him to come up there to discuss military aspects about Africa or where to put our subs”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to David. Good morning, David”, he said to our next caller. “I think it’s a great idea that our secretary is doing this”, said David. “You’re thinking Bono’s support will somehow protect our military from the democrats?” the Uncle asked. “I don’t know. He’s that rich?” he asked about the singer. “Billionaire Paul McCarthy rich”, according to David, who left us with a “Roll Tide” shout. After the break, music from the movie “The Magnificent Seven” was used as bumper music. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Why not Gladys Knight? Gladys Knight better than U2”, said the Uncle. “Why not a ‘Pip’?” he suggested, along with a “surviving Temptation”. “I would take any Temptation song versus the entire music catalogue of U2 “, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller “The Idea Guy”. “My goodness! I had no idea!” said the Uncle after hearing how much money Bono has made. “I don’t know if you remember back when I was young, I used to go to the doctor on Dauphin Street”, said “Idea”, who was given “a bowl of lollypops” at this doctor’s office in Mobile. “If they have a retreat, why do they have a meeting?” “Idea” asked about the school board in Mobile County. “You have a good weekend”, said “Idea” before leaving us. “You have a good weekend, too”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller, whose name was tough to pronounce. After the caller suggested that “closed meeting” took place at the Pentagon, “Hey, thanks for listening for 5 years”, said the Uncle before replaying the U2 music, though he hated to do it. “That could be a message!” our host supposed after hearing the lyrics “one, two, three”. “Maybe Trey Lane, if you’re not smoking or downloading movies or working on your musical work, maybe you can research on how to play this stuff backwards”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Gary. “Did you watch the Democratic debate the other night?” Gary asked before mentioning the debate’s sponsor. “The Congressional Black Caucus, whatever that means”, said Gary, who finds it interesting that some presidential candidates don’t won’t to debate on “the FOX News network”, or FOX News Channel. “Everybody wants to have a softball”, said the Uncle, who was referring to a form of questioning. “That tells me that they don’t want to represent someone that listens to the FOX News network”, said Gary, who also listens to news from FOX, the American Broadcasting Company, and the Columbia Broadcasting System. “Just wanted to bring that out”, said Gary before leaving us. Before the break for commercials, “Final whirlwind segment of the program is coming up next”, said the Uncle. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show continues. We news coming up from FOX and then ‘Ask the Expert’”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Donna. “Uncle Henry, this is Donna. I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your program”, said Donna. “I’ve been listening to you for years and I just appreciate everything you say”, she said on her birthday. “It is a wonderful day, isn’t it?” the Uncle asked the caller before she left us. “You know, responding to one of your earlier callers about the school board meeting and I believe he was right”, said our next caller, based on what his friend says. “I think that ought to be the new slogan, ‘these teachers are all we got’ ”, said the caller, whose call is “one of the most interesting” this week, according to our host. “I’ve got my Southern Living magazine in the mail yesterday”, said the Uncle, who got the “bonus section for Alabama readers” that includes words about “how the Mobile County schools have turned around. Also, it’s got some things about Mardi Gras”. “Remember to pray, pray for others and when in doubt read that Bible”, said the Uncle.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets an 8/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle, who gave listeners the “telephone number to call, Harbor Communications number”. In response to the listener’s voice message played before him, “Yes, yesterday was the big Roe VS Wade March for Life”, said the Uncle, who believes “it got a little bit of coverage, but not that much” due to the economy and the race for the presidency of the USA. “Speaking of economic matters, I did some research this morning”, said the Uncle, who is aware of the alcoholic culture in the Mobile region. “Once upon a time when I was younger man I used to indulge in alcoholic beverages all the time”, said the Uncle, who takes an occasional red wine nowadays at the request of a doctor. “It’s like someone hitting me on the head with a giant hammer”, he described drinking red wine. “Didn’t Frances Coleman write a famous column in the Press-Register saying we have a drinking culture?” our host asked before bringing to our attention a news article on the costs of beer making. “Now get this, beer drinkers! Because of the high oil prices recently, there is now a demand to make ethanol and so ethanol is taking away your vital ingredients for making beer”, said the Uncle. “So now you have the ingredients cost more on the brewing level”, said the Uncle. “So your six packs could cost a lot of money. A lot more money”, said the Uncle, who wonders if this news story will become a presidential election issue. “Let’s talk to Bobby. Hello Bobby”, he said to this hour’s first caller. “There’s an election coming up and they’re fighting on how much (tax rebate) money they send to the most people”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Chuck. Hello Chuck”, he said to our next caller. “I listened to George today and what he says is absolutely true if you do a little bit of research”, said Chuck, who asked how long the Confederate States of America existed. “Slavery goes all the way back when the British took over and renamed it (New Amsterdam) New York City”, said Chuck. “Why don’t the black people hate the United States flag?” Chuck asked. “The Confederate flag that’s flown usually is rectangular”, said Chuck. “The rectangular flag is not the battle flag”, he told listeners again before leaving us. “It’s like people are argumentative for no reason”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Steve. “I could care less about all this anti-flag stuff”, said Steve. “Well, there’s nothing new on it”, said the Uncle. “I went to the Exploreum display over the weekend”, said Steve, who was referring to the display of real body parts. “If you can see any body parts, then it’s automatically distasteful”, said the Uncle. “If I go to this, then I’m not going to be taken back by surprise”, said the Uncle. According to Steve, older children or teenagers attending the exhibit would “be mature about it and not be stupid and laugh about things”. Our caller admits he was “amazed” by the exhibit. “I really enjoyed the things the Exploreum has had”, said the Uncle, who compared the human body exhibit to surgery performed on some TV programs. “I don’t want to see a doctor performing a surgery for example. There’s something about that that I prefer not to see”, said the Uncle. “I know I don’t want to see a reproductive (organ) anything!” he added before speaking to our next caller Chad. “You know I brought up the other day how it was obvious that the Civil War was fought over slavery”, said Chad. “It’s because the battle flag of the Confederacy it represented a whole nation of people who went to war to uphold slavery”, said Chad when suddenly music from the movie “Gone with the Wind” played in the background. “Slavery was the thing that the south uphold”, said Chad, who has no problem with descendants of Confederate fighters. “I want to say this thing about ethanol”, said Chad, who doesn’t understand why some folks are so “gong ho” over a product made mostly from corn. “Why do you think milk is over $4.00 a gallon right now?” Chad asked. In Brazil “they use sugar cane” to make ethanol, Chad mentioned. Our host suggested trash, which he later explained. “There are landfills in this country where they tap the gases”, said Chad. “Look, I’ve got to run, Chad”, said the Uncle, who was nearing a commercial break. “I enjoyed your call about ethanol”, said the Uncle, who just learned about a state legislator in Baldwin County considering an idea to use trash to make fuel. “Why are we not doing that across the country?” our host asked before the break for commercials. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues. FOX News coming up in just a minute. Let’s talk to Mike. Hello Mike”, said the Uncle. “You know what I was saying about the corn. Most of what we’re making of it is fuel”, said Mike. “You can make fuel out of anything, including kudzu”, said Mike, who explained why making fuel from kudzu is not widespread. “Because there’s someone in Washington, D.C. that doesn’t own a kudzu farm”, said Mike, who really called in to ask why anyone would consider a certain former Alabama Crimson Tide football coach for the future University of South Alabama football program. “All you have to do is say ‘Fran’ and talk about leaving a bad taste in somebody’s mouth”, said Mike. “You have done a beautiful job of summing up the way I feel about it”, said the Uncle. “I tell you what, it left me feel disoriented”, he added. “Are you sure this is something the Mobile school system” did or did not think of, Mike asked. After Coach Fran arrives “then maybe he can bring Mike Price as the defense coordinator and have Mike Dubose as the offence coordinator and then I would live out the rest of life” in cardiac care, said the Uncle, who would also want the sports section of the newspaper kept away, as it may cause a heart attack.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It is 9:34”, said the Uncle. “Trey Lane, in the next 25 minutes would you please check on me at least 3 times. I’m feeling a little light headed more so than normal. Also I’m smelling things”, said the Uncle, who may be having hallucinations. “They’re taking the easy route, the money route” to make ethanol, our next caller Vance believes. “Everybody talks about Brazil”, said Vance, who said ethanol is only 4% of the country’s fuel and not 100%. “By 1860, there were 30 families in Mobile, Alabama that owned slaves”, Vance said on a different subject. “I have nothing against hunters”, the Uncle said to our next caller, who used to hunt. “Females make better dogs”, said the caller after learning about our host’s dog, including her name (Gertie) and gender. “What an odd question”, said the Uncle. “Well, a dog is a dog. I try not to inspect too much of the dog”, he said in response to the question. “I enjoy the dog. The dog has a nice personality”, said the Uncle. “This Coach Fran thing, it sounds like a city council decision. About Fran, is he the last (Alabama) coach to beat Auburn?” said our next caller. On the subject of fuel in the USA, “What’s wrong with it right now is that we have to get it from other places”, said the Uncle. “What’s wrong is how we’re getting it”, said the caller, who believes ignorance is the problem. “I’ll talk to later”, he said before leaving us. “I’d like to see an approach in the next few years on doing whatever we have to do to be energy independent” for the sake of national security, said the Uncle. After the break for commercials and two voice messages, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. You can still hear the Tim/Steve Nodine call from last Friday on the Uncle Henry page at NewsRadio710.com”, said the Uncle. “Looks like country workers are still going to get some kind of raise”, according to the Uncle, who was responding an electronic mail message from listener Crockett. “Let’s talk to ‘Top Cat’. Hello ‘Top Cat’ ”, he said to our next caller. “I try to call once a month”, ‘Top Cat’ mentioned before talking about the War Between the States. “You can learn for yourself by getting several different opinions”, said ‘Top Cat’. “Do you think people will still read?” the Uncle asked. “Based on what you get on your show, I think they don’t read a dog gone thing at all”, said “Top Cat”. “There are two people that I would like to read about and of course I’m a Confederacy aficionado”, said “Top Cat”. “I never read about Martin Luther King. The man was the best speaker I’ve ever heard”, said “Top Cat”, who suggests that someone posts on the radio station’s message board about two persons of interest. “You were suppose to check on me”, the Uncle told call screener Trey Lane. “I have not been to the message board in eons”, said the Uncle, who admits to forgetting his password, but cannot say how long he’s been away from the message board or else there will be trouble. “So it could take a while for you, ‘Top Cat’, to get what you need done”, said the Uncle, who “will re-register for the message board to make heads or tails of it all”. “There is a story in Georgia, in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. You have to hear it to believe it”, said the Uncle. “They are going to be the firsts to try the ‘Learn and Earn’ program” in Georgia, said the Uncle. “So they are going to pay them (the students) $8.00 to go to school to attempt to learn and they are going to give them cash bonuses”, said the Uncle. After a quick check up by Trey Lane, “Smells like somebody was making oatmeal cookies in here”, said the Uncle, who may be hallucinating. “Thank you, Trey Lane. I appreciate that”, said the Uncle. “If the students grades improve, I’m sure this is something that would sweep the nation”, he believes. “We’ve all ready had prizes for perfect attendance”, he reminded listeners. “Let’s talk to Therese. Hello Therese”, he said to our next caller. “Rebel is the root word of the word ‘rebellion’ and to me rebellion is not a good thing”, said Therese, who is reminded of the rebellion by Lucifer in the Bible. “You are upsetting a lot of people with this”, said the Uncle. “If you want to be rebellious, go ahead”, said Therese, who suggests learning from history. “A lot of people think they know the Bible, but they don’t know the Bible”, said Therese. “I’m going to have to research if it’s appropriate to be rebellious”, said the Uncle, who asked Therese if the March for Life is rebellion in Washington, D.C. “Maybe I’m using the word wrong”, our host supposed. Near the end of today’s show, “Remember to pray”, the Uncle reminded listeners, along with, “Go ahead with that Bible and read it”.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets an 8/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Cloudy skies with 52 degrees”, said the Uncle, who also gave listeners the local and long distance telephone numbers to join the show. “Just heard the announcement on the FOX News that the Academy Awards [nominees] were announced”, said the Uncle, who is “glad for the umpteenth year in a row” that he never attended a screening of the movies nominated for “Best Picture” by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “Nothing at all that appeals to me in any way”, said the Uncle. “Long time ago, they would honor good movies. That all changed in the Seventies”, said the Uncle, who believes “The Passion of the Christ” and “the guy that plays Jesus in the movie (Jim Caviezel)” should have been nominated. Jim Varney was “never even nominated”, said the Uncle, who also mentioned Don Knotts, who was nominated for the Emmy Awards. “So this is the least impressive list of nominees”, said the Uncle before speaking to this hour’s first caller, who also never saw one movie nominated for an Academy Award this year. “I sure enjoyed the ‘Ask the Expert’ yesterday about all the automotive stuff”, said the caller, who was listening to the radio talk show sometime after 10:00 AM yesterday. “Today we’re going to have the veterinarian” on “Ask the Expert”, the Uncle mentioned before speaking to our next caller Nick. “I am torn by this. I think it’s a terrible tragedy, but I don’t think it deserves national attention”, said Nick, who believes one news story in the Mobile region would “cause copy cats”. “I think it’s a tragedy what happened to those children”, said Nick, who believes their deaths don’t compare to recent car wrecks. “I heard the story in several radio—radio national broadcasts”, said the Uncle. “It’s just really got our emotions really wound up. It’s just something that stops you in your tracks and really painful to think about, but I’ll tell you this: While it’s awful, it’s created a sensation”, said the Uncle. “You’d thought this would get some national attention”, said the Uncle, based on the “way it happened” on the bridge between Dauphin Island and the mainland. “As I listen to the radio news as I do everyday”, said the Uncle, who heard other news stories involving children and parents killing them. In the Internet search engine Google, “You would bring up a shocking, depressing odd number of stories not just in this country, but around the world of children getting murdered”, said the Uncle. “By the way, I would not advise you of doing that”, he suggested. “There have been stories of this all over the country unfortunately”, our host wanted to say. “Let’s talk to Mark. Hello Mark”, he said to our next caller. “I was just worried about you”, said Mark, who heard our host last week talk about burros, or donkeys. “Maybe you’re coming out of the closet”, said Mark, who was referring to our host’s political views. “Just because I like burros, doesn’t mean I’m a left winger”, said the Uncle. “There are a lot of right wing conservatives that like donkeys and on the other hand there are a lot of left wing liberals that like elephants”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Reno. Hello Reno”, he said to our next caller, who finds it “very, very odd” that some national news organizations haven’t picked up the news that our host just spoke about. She also mentioned the reporting of a well-known singer. “That’s not news in my opinion, but when she comes to court I consider it news worthy and when she finally passes away, I consider it news worthy”, said the Uncle. After the break for commercials, “Uncle Henry Show continues. It is 9:23”, said the Uncle, who reminded listeners of the newsbreak following this show segment. “Anytime you listen to the news, the news anchor people seem to be hyperventilating this morning over the stock market”, said the Uncle. “The headline, ‘Stock Futures Gyrate”, said the Uncle, among other headlines. “Gyrate, see-sawed, they are really pulling out new types of words as they can”, said the Uncle. “This is monkey see, monkey do business as you can see”, our next caller said about the stock market. “I heard that boroughs make good pets”, said the Uncle before speaking to “another Tim”, aside from the frequent caller known to others as Sam Marston IV. “I’m going to hang up, because I hear your vehicle quite clearly”, said the Uncle before responding to Tim. “We have news coming up in just a moment. After the news sometime in the next hour I’m going to share some audio of the (presidential) debate last night”, said the Uncle, who responded to “complaints” from folks who don’t like to hear audio of national politics on the show. “It is quite the heated exchange and you gain some insight into what is important”, said the Uncle. “It’s very revealing, so you get to hear that, that and a lot more”, he said. “High today in the mid-60s. Right now we are at 53 degrees here at NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle, who mentioned his plans to update his online page with voice messages recorded by listeners.

Today’s 9:00 AM half-hour gets a 7/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:06, six minutes after 9:00”, said the Uncle, who thanked listeners from the previous segment “for continuing to listen” into the show’s fourth hour. “Let’s talk to Chuck. Hello Chuck”, he said to the first caller this hour. “I understand it’s also Robert E. Lee’s birthday celebrate”, said Chuck, who asked “when did that come about” for two birthdays to be recognized and celebrated on the same day. “When you have two holidays, you have to stack them up”, said the Uncle. “Is this the third Monday? I’ve lost track of time, Uncle Henry”, said Chuck after hearing about Robert E. Lee Day in Alabama. “Maybe somebody out there will know”, said Chuck. “Chuck, you should know more about anything than me”, said the Uncle, who said our caller is “a year older” than him. “I say let’s keep it (the number of holidays) as it is and not add any addition, especially on the school calendar. These children are out”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller George. “Show is very interesting today. I’ve got something to say that would be quite controversial and I’m sure a lot of people would disagree”, said George. “You know, the Civil War and the Confederate flag”, said George, beginning the discussion. “First of all, there is overwhelming evidence that the Civil War was not fought over slavery”, said George, who claims to hear black folks say otherwise. “It was taxes and there were military taxes late in the war”, George explained. “Now you go to Washington D.C., the two famous monuments there”, said George, who told listeners that the construction of the Lincoln Monument and the Washington Monument included slavery. “I tell you the evidence is there”, George believes. “You’re saying that if it weren’t for the Civil War, there would be a longer Civil War?” the Uncle asked. “It’s out there, it’s well known. So, the Civil War is over taxes and state uprising”, said George. “Anyway, it’s just something to think about, but it’s something good came out of it”, said George before leaving us. “It’s a shame that the (Confederate) flag has been adopted by some of these racist groups. You bring up that flag it automatically will upset some people”, said the Uncle, who wonders why the Confederate flag is adopted by certain groups. After the break for commercials and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues. It’s 9:20 at NewsRadio 710. Let’s talk to Scott. Hello Scott”, said the Uncle. “I understand you have a dog. I don’t have a dog”, said Scott, who takes care of his grandson’s dog. “I guarantee you as long as I’m responsible for my grandson’s dog, I’m going to wonder where he is”, said Scott. “You don’t know if the dog got out and the dogs dig out of fences all of the time”, said the Uncle. “I’m with you, sir, on [how] amazed I am at the number of loose dogs. In my neighborhood there’s a dog that patrols a two block area”, said the Uncle. “I think it spends much of its time in three different households”, he said about the dog before speaking to our next caller Mark. “This is an e-mail from a friend of mine up in northern Indiana”, said Mark, who read the message on the air. “I just read that and you were the first person I thought of”, said Mark. Our host looked up the prayer Mark read to make sure it was not a “fake prayer”. “He really did basically read the same prayer as you did in front of the Kansas House of Representatives”, said the Uncle. “So yes, it’s really been a while, but that really did happen”, said the Uncle. “Looking into the Uncle Henry e-mail inbox. The e-mail subject is ‘Lead Paint’ ”, said the Uncle, who used the sound effect played before reading electronic mail sent to him. “I find him (caller Freddie) enjoyable to listen to most of the time, but as Lincoln once said, ‘Better to be silent most of the time’ ”, said the Uncle, who mentioned that the message was written in response to Freddie’s call from the previous hour of today’s show. “If we can’t get actual candidates, we are trying to get surrogates from the campaign”, said the Uncle, who will “have more information” on whether or not he will be able to have presidential candidates on the show. “If you’re involved with a candidate, give us a call”, he told listeners who may work for a presidential candidate. “After the FOX News, more Uncle Henry Show underway”, said the Uncle. “A multi-holiday Monday”, he described this day before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It is 9:37. Beautiful, beautiful day. We have 37 degrees”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. “I don’t know how I can follow a speech like that”, said the caller after hearing a listener’s voice message. “Do you think we will ever see a black man or a woman run for president under the Republican Party?” the caller asked. “Yes”, said the Uncle, who added that he doesn’t know when. “I would like to eventually for it to not be an issue. I think the American people are at a point when they are choosing someone based on the content of their character”, said the Uncle. “They want to hear what they have to say [or] their track record”, he added. “It will happen on both parties”, the Uncle believes. “I mentioned this story early this morning”, said the Uncle before explaining the Oliver Stone article featured in the publication Daily Variety. “He did the movie ‘JFK’ where I haven’t figure that out”, said the Uncle. “Also, he did the movie on Jim Morrison and the Doors”, said the Uncle, who “monitored” the movie. “The movie will be titled ‘Bush’ ”, said the Uncle, who read that Josh Brolin will be playing the title character. “Nobody really knows what it’s like to be behind the scenes, so he’ll be making this up”, said the Uncle. “I tell you, this movie—there’s no telling what it will be like. Telling by his previous work, you know it’s going to be weird”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Frank. Hello Frank”, he said to our next caller. “Uncle Henry, a while back you had a caller in a discussion about the rebel flag and the Civil War”, said Frank, who believes the caller asserted that non-believers of his points mentioned are dumb. “You have to remember at that particular time the states were not treated all citizens, especially its citizens of color, with equality”, said Frank. “So when you say it’s not about slavery, it’s about the right to continue” the policy, said Frank. “So you’re saying the slavery issue was a far more important cause (of the war) than the things he talked about?” said the Uncle. As for the Confederate flag, “I say any man has the right to put it on his house, wear it on its shirt”, said Frank, but he doesn’t agree with states putting it on government buildings. “That is a God-given right for a flag to so-call represent”, said Frank. “Before you go, let me ask you this”, said the Uncle. “You know, these racists group have these flags”, said the Uncle, who asked Frank if he “wonders about the motivation” of these groups. “This is not the Southern States of America, this is the United States of America”, said Frank, who believes folks in the country should “fight under” the same flag. Before the break for commercials, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It is 9:29”, said the Uncle. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show continues. We have ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Chad “I also want to call in about George calling in about the states’ rights and your last caller was also right”, said Chad. “All of this (the Missouri Compromise and the Kansas act) was over slavery about whether a new state coming into the Union had slaves or not”, said Chad. “So they were fighting over the right to perpetuate slavery”, Chad explained. “The United States Congress would say, ‘No, you don’t have the right to decide’ ”, said Chad, who explained the overriding of states’ rights before the war. “I encourage people, please do a little bit a reading”, said Chad. “Slavery was the issue. I don’t care what anybody says”, he said. “I had the same thoughts in my head for many years”, Chad remembers, along with “reading about what really happened” during his college years. “Slavery was the worst thing that ever happened to this country”, said Chad. “It was a sin and we’re paying for that sin right now”, said the Uncle. “Out of time for this show, thank you for listening. Remember to pray and when in doubt read that Bible”, said the Uncle.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets an 8/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:05, five minutes after 9:00”, said the Uncle, who breathlessly gave listeners a short weather report. “We have Mobile County commissioner Steve Nodine in here for a little while longer”, he told listeners, including those from the past three hours of the show. “We have callers waiting, let me get to the callers”, said the Uncle, who stopped himself to mention the Mobile County Sheriff’s Flotilla to our guest. “They have really been doing difficult, difficult work”, said the Uncle. “Steve, hello there?” he asked this hour’s first caller, who referred to Steve Nodine as “the commish”. “The whole thing about—I forgot what I was going to say”, said Steve. “You called in about some kind of light? Traffic lights”, the Uncle asked. “Now I remember”, said Steve, who suggests that Steve Nodine runs for a higher office, such as the presidency of the USA. “I don’t think he’s going to go any further than the county commission, Steve”, the Uncle told the caller. “Let’s talk to Stan. Hello Stan”, he said to our next caller. “I have one question about the public tax issue”, said Stan. “Sheriff’s flotilla, I’ve watched them off and on on WKRG 5”, said the Uncle, who heard a TV news report about public donations. “They are the sheriff’s flotilla, but they don’t operate with county money. How does that work?” the Uncle asked our guest. “Have they been taking donations for years?” he later asked. “Absolutely”, Steve answered. “Are they like a volunteer fire department maybe?” the Uncle asked. “Correct”, said Steve. “They have done an outstanding job for so many years in this community”, Steve said about the flotilla, which he believes is in need of a new airboat. “Strictly a volunteer basis?” the Uncle asked. “Absolutely”, Steve answered. “Where does the Alabama Marine Police and the Coast Guard fit into this?” the Uncle asked. “On the helicopter they have great equipment and SONAR”, said Steve, who believes “everyone has been helpful”, including the sheriff’s flotilla. “Saw one of these guys on TV the other night and the guy looked at the end of his rope”, said the Uncle, who “really admires the work they have done” recently. “It just looked like they’ve been working so hard doing very difficult work”, said the Uncle. “We are going to keep pushing for that (donations)”, said Steve, who mentioned an advertisement in today’s newspaper requesting donations. “Look, all we are, all we are are concerned citizens”, said our next caller. “It’s called Mobile County Water Sewage and Protection, but it has nothing to do with the county”, said the caller. “One more segment, right?” the Uncle asked the guest before the break for commercials. “Right”, Steve answered. “One more segment with Nodine”, said the Uncle. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle, who “went through a time warp” before correcting himself on the time 9:22 AM. “Let’s talk to Johnny. Hello Johnny”, he said to our next caller. “Commissioner Nodine, I’m probably as guilty as everyone”, said Johnny, who followed callers with complaints before thanking “you guys (including Steve)” for work done in Semmes, Alabama. “That was the park, it really was one of the greatest things. As you know, I love building parks”, said Steve. “It’s a very, very family oriented area”, he said about the area. “The last time you were on the program, I think it was before 2008”, said the Uncle, who remembers asking our guest about Semmes becoming a city this year. “I think they want to have their community out there”, said Steve. “As you know, we are starting on the library out there in the Semmes area”, said Steve. Responding to the question, which was worded differently when asked again, “In my opinion, yeah”, said Steve. “Look, you’re trying to get ‘Roll Tide Roll’ out of me”, said the Uncle. “I think Semmes has been it’s own community for a number of years, actually hundreds of years”, said Steve. “I don’t believe they want a partnership with the sheriff’s department, a partnership with the Mobile County Works”, said Steve. If Semmes becomes a city, “the county has no accounting abilities, no rezoning abilities”, according to Steve. “I’m pro-planned development, you have to be for a plan for development in your community”, said Steve. “All right, thank you very much. County commission president Steve Nodine”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners about the weather for today and this weekend. “I don’t know about parades tonight, but looks like tomorrow night the weather should be ok”, said the Uncle before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

Today’s 9:00 AM half-hour gets a 9/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show underway, continuing, Wade Perry is our guest”, said the Uncle. “How are the teachers fairing in the Mobile County Public School System?” the Uncle asked our guest. “We’ve had a tremendous increase in administration”, said Wade. “I think the teachers can tell you that the paperwork has gone up as far as administrators”, said Wade. “It goes to show you that the school board’s priorities has gone to administration”, Wade believes. “What would teachers like to see done—what kind of help would they like when it comes to discipline?” the Uncle asked. “You should be suspended for 10 years. There has to be consequences done for these kids”, said Wade. “When you survey teachers, working conditions and salaries” are the two top issues, said Wade. “There was the big high profile story this past year with the teacher at Murphy getting attacked in the hallway”, said the Uncle. Wade recalls Mobile County Council member Fredrick Richardson “begging for mercy” for the student who attacked the high school teacher. At the beginning of this school year, “The big story was a deficit of teachers”, said the Uncle. “I think it’s starting to go down because the salary has gone down”, said Wade, who believes the deficit issue is more local than national. “Baldwin County supports their teachers when it comes to discipline”, according to Wade. “I believe I read in the newspaper this week that they’re talking about not hiring any more teachers because of the budget crisis (in Mobile County)”, said the Uncle. “It’s very frustrating for the teachers”, said Wade. “You have substitutes that aid in classrooms in Mobile County”, said Wade. “As you mentioned a couple of times here this morning you feel like the AEA and the local teachers feel like that the emphasis has been placed on administration”, the Uncle reminded our guest. “165 (administrators) now, that’s an increase of 72”, said Wade, based on the last couple of years. “All right, we’re going to go over to the phones here”, said the Uncle, but first he had another question for Wade Perry about the administration. “Let’s talk to Glenn. Hello Glenn”, said the Uncle. “I know a number of teachers and I heard this story a number of times that they have problems in the classroom”, said Glenn. “In some way, the administrations have gone to the teachers’ record saying they can’t handle their classroom”, said Glenn. “I guess the phrase ‘handle their classroom’ is the mantra the teachers hate the most”, said Wade. “That’s just crazy”, he added. “Those teachers are dealing with multiple challenges and have to go to work everyday”, said Wade, who added that the “teachers are doing the most work” and “deserve more” from the administration. “I would think that if the school superintendent or the school board announced that they were going to triple the disciplinary code”, said the Uncle, the news would be “tremendously” popular. After the break for commercials, “Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle. “I have excellent questions with lots of insight and perspective”, said the Uncle, who will allow callers to share their own questions. After attending various school board meetings, “It’s the same mess as always and as for me the message is always the same. It’s always about priorities”, said C. J., or Citizen John.

Today’s 9:00 AM half-hour gets a 9/10!

Notes of Interest:

Folks, the radio station return to the air sometime between 2:30 PM and 2:47 PM yesterday. Good day!

“A Quiet Interlude” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:06, six minutes after 9:00”, said the Uncle, who gave listeners the “number for interaction” recently renamed “The Harbor Communications hotline” telephone number. “Let me repeat the shocking programming notes for you, the listener”, said the Uncle. “The radio station will be turned off today at 10 o’clock. That’s right! Like your appliance at home”, said the Uncle. “There is a vital engineering matter”, he explained, along with the plan to move equipment from one engineering tower to another. “They are in their rain gear”, our host said about the station engineers. “If I’m not on tomorrow, just go to the Uncle Henry web page”, said the Uncle, who might communicate through online messages. “A lot of exciting things with our station engineering in the year 2008”, he said before moving to “to different topics of interest”. “It really hurts my head to get into state government”, said the Uncle after reading a newspaper article about state budget hearings in the “Metro” section of today’s Press-Register. “Last year at this time there was a state of the state speech”, said the Uncle before quoting the governor’s “exact words”. “He was so good he was proposing tax cuts and here we are a year later it’s doom and gloom”, said the Uncle. “From year to year, can there ever be a little bit more—can we spend at all?” said the Uncle. “My goodness gracious, kind of get a little handle on the spending”, the Uncle suggested. “I don’t know, keep your our on the Legislature this session”, he told listeners. “Every year they do a Harris Poll where they find out the most popular television personality in the United States”, said the Uncle, who reminded listeners about Oprah Winfrey’s number one status for 5 years in a row. “She lost her number one status. The new number one is Ellen DeGeneres and I wonder if Oprah dropped in popularity when she got actively involved in politics”, said the Uncle. “It’s no secret”, he said about Oprah Winfrey’s involvement in politics. “Used to be her name was always linked to something positive”, said the Uncle. Oprah Winfrey is “followed by Jay Leno, the guy that plays ‘House’ (Hugh Laurie) on FOX, and comedian Jon Stewart is number five”, said the Uncle. “She is getting her own TV network, the Oprah Winfrey Network”, said the Uncle, who is very glad that the future cable/satellite TV channel will be replacing the Discovery Heath Network, which he watches as a fellow getting older in age and body. “All I see are quintuplets”, he said about the TV channel’s programming, including “really, really obese people”. “So they are giving that channel to Oprah and she is excited about it”, said the Uncle. “So she has a TV show, a Broadway show, she has a magazine, she has her own satellite radio channel, and now she’s going to have her own TV network”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “All right, Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle, who reminded listeners about the “live interaction number” again before speaking to this hour’s first caller Therese. “Let’s talk to Lori. Hello Lori”, said the Uncle. “Uncle Henry, I wanted to ask you something. I have been—Dave Ramsey on your station. I wonder what happened to his program on your station?” said Lori. Our host answered that the station no longer carries “The Dave Ramsey Show”, which last aired pre-recorded from 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM for a while after moving from the 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM timeslot now held by “The Savage Nation”. “It just didn’t perform well for us”, said the Uncle. “I’ve got a couple of his books. I think he’s got a lot of very good information”, he said about Dave Ramsey. “I like the fact that ‘Coast to Coast’ is starting earlier now”, said Lori, who was referring to the late evening repeat of the overnight radio program. “There was not enough support for that show. The guy was really starting to have his star rise”, said the Uncle, who mentioned that Dave Ramsey has a TV program on the FOX Business channel, or FOX Business Network to be precise. “So many people in this country are not educated when it comes to personal finance”, said the Uncle. “Now there’s another science story. There was a science story early this week that made me uncomfortable”, said the Uncle, who was referring to the recent story of a beating heart made using a rat heart before getting to the cloned cow story. “Why do you need to clone animals? Do we have enough and they have to make them by cloning? I don’t know”, said the Uncle. “Do they make like a delicious cow?” he added to the questions. After mentioning the price of a cloned cow, “So why would you want to eat—that would be an expensive steak!” said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Tim, also known as Sam Marston IV. “Hey listen, do you know who John O’Sullivan is?” Tim asked about a caller who “attacked” him and the frequent caller known as “The Idea Guy”. “Hey listen, these cameras at these (traffic) lights are they still going to give a picture to the vehicle owner?” Tim asked. “I just started driving someone else’s car if they’re going to give a ticket to the car”, said Tim. “As you know, Tim, I’m dead set against this”, said the Uncle. “I don’t know if we could have a master dimmer switch for the city”, Tim suggested. “That would be wonderful”, the Uncle responded. “I’m going to get some firewood and put it around my vehicle”, said Tim. “I like this idea about the stall, the portable stall” for the automobile, said the Uncle. “I think you’re on to something”, he added before Tim left us. “Does law enforcement have the right to search the stall without a search warrant?” our host asked before the break for news, commercials (including a live commercial for “non-cloned” meat products from Hall’s Meats in Chickasaw, Alabama), and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues. Just let the phone call ring and Trey Lane will answer”, said the Uncle, who believes the call screener is smoking. “They’re having to smoke a little bit faster” due to the rain, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Gene. “Ok, I just spotted Trey Lane approaching the call screening area”, said the Uncle, who told listeners with unanswered calls they have “another shot” at the show. “Chris Matthews, I stopped watching him years ago. He’s gone absolutely nuts several years ago”, said the Uncle, who avoided watching cable TV news shows several years ago, but recently started “dipping in” again. After listening to our next caller “The Idea Guy”, “You’re saying there’s a bicycle rack on the bus itself?” said the Uncle. “Well, is that something that people might do now, people take the bus with their bike?” he later asked the caller. “I think that business reporting is among the worse of all categories of reporting”, said the Uncle. “Well, the majority of the business reporting over the years is negative, even in our best economic times”, he explained. “That is true”, said “Idea”. “Thank you very much for your phone call. I’m not one of these people that are not comfortable on the road on a bicycle where there are vehicles—there are automobiles and SUVs”, said the Uncle. “Healthy people they are”, he said about bicyclists. “These people with cars and SUVs, they don’t respect me and my car, so certainly they don’t respect me on a bicycle”, said the Uncle. In Baldwin County “some of the children have SUVs and they will run you down while they are dancing. Some kind of dancing in the back of the SUV”, said the Uncle. “I like bicycles in theory, but I get gout attacks and I get [heart] pains when I watch the show ‘24’ ”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Bubba. Hello Bubba”, he said to our next caller, who wonders “where you get your pulled pork barbecue sandwiches nowadays?” “Medical sciences produced the synthetic insulin for diabetes”, said Bubba. “It’s 100% pure and I guess you can call it cloning too. As a longtime diabetic, you are under control”, said Bubba. “We are running out of it from [the] normal source for many, many years”, said Bubba before leaving us. Before the break for commercials, “The Uncle Henry Show continuing”, said the Uncle. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. “The radio station will be turned off in about 12 minutes here at 10 o’clock. Some vital work has to be done at the transmission tower”, said the Uncle, who is unsure when the station will be back on the air due to the rain. “Let’s talk to Steve”, he said to our next caller. “I am doing good. Yeah, you talked a little while ago about how people don’t respect you on the road”, said Steve, who has noticed over time that respect is “rarely earned”. “Do you remember where George W. was running (for president of the USA) a while back when they were talking about his drinking”, said Steve, who wonders why “it’s off limits” for commentators to talk about one recent presidential candidate. “This is politics, this is where the big boys play”, said Steve. “I’m very worried about it”, our host said about the presidential campaigns. “All of the talk show hosts, they are pretty much setting the record straight on these candidates”, said Steve, who believes “it’s not hard to figure out” the candidates. “That’s what we’re looking for, whose going to be the best president”, said Steve before leaving us. “I say the best president of my lifetime is Ronald Reagan”, said the Uncle, who has campaign video of Ronald Reagan online. “It’s wonderful nostalgia to watch these commercials”, said the Uncle before playing one of the commercials. “It’s 1984”, he said as the commercial begins. “Very good”, he said after the commercial. “We have our final whirlwind segment of the show next”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show concluding hear on NewsRadio 710. Again a reminder in any minute now the engineering will turn off the radio station. This is for some unavoidable work”, said the Uncle. “We will be back on the air when we are. We don’t know how long the process will take”, said the Uncle. “By the way, if you are listening for good input—good input and conservative stuff”, said the Uncle, who will be “updating the (web) page in a couple of hours”. “Remember to pray, pray for others and if you don’t know what to do, read your Bible”, said the Uncle.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 9/10!

Notes of Interest:

“The Dave Ramsey Show” now airs on WBHY-AM, which is locally owned by GoForth Media. It also owns WBHY-FM and WLPR-AM, which operate primarily with religious-based formats.

Before 710 AM is back on the air, many listeners in the Mobile region can hear “The Rush Limbaugh Show” and “Coast to Coast AM” on WWL-AM in New Orleans, Louisiana. “The Savage Nation” can be heard on WSB-AM, a 50,000-watt station in Atlanta, Georgia. Neither of these stations have half-hour newsbreaks from FOX News, as they have their own local news operations. WWL-AM also has news from the CBS Radio Network, which was 710 AM’s radio network for many years during the WKRG-AM years. Good day!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:06, six minutes after 9:00”, said the Uncle, who breathlessly reminded listeners about the “Harbor Communications hotline” telephone number to join the show. “Now mentioning the school board retreat there is a very interesting story in the Press-Register today that demonstrates the bureaucracy in education”, said the Uncle, who mentioned his retreat “in the private sector”. “Six months to achieve the (four) goals”, our host learned from the article. “I would just think it would take just a couple of days. Seriously”, he said about the first goal. “Next goal: reduce spending”, said the Uncle, who believes this would also take a couple of days with the use of sharpies or chalk. “Easily a couple of days. Next goal: find a use for the newly empty Shaw High School”, said the Uncle. “If you find a use for it, you don’t need it”, said the Uncle, whose suggestion for the school board is to “get rid of it” if no use can be found. “Do they not teach shop anymore?” the Uncle asked, along with, “Are you not allowed to do that anymore?” Years ago with his son, “I say, ‘Don’t take those 8-tracks to school again”, the Uncle remembers before the son went to shop class. Our host read some more of the newspaper article on the air. “What kind of bureaucracy is this that you would have to have a state required evaluation form”, the Uncle asked. “No wonder we have some problem nationally with education. Just paperwork”, said the Uncle. “God bless ‘em. No wonder it will take six months”, he said before speaking to caller Jane. “Hello there, Jane! Hello there, Jane! Hello there, Jane!” he said before Jane finally spoke. “Yesterday (I called) three times hanging on for 10 minutes”, Jane described her call-in experience yesterday before expressing surprise that Yvonne Kennedy “would have been invited to come to anything” after leaving the position of president of Bishop State Community College in Mobile. “What is wrong with our justice system and our school system”, Jane asked. “This school was so corrupt and the more they find out, the worse they get”, said Jane. “She has not been charged with any crime”, the Uncle said about Yvonne Kennedy. “How can she not be?” Jane asked. “She was responsible with everything that was done wrong. It was her responsibility. If she did not have enough brains up there to run that school, why did she not retire years ago?” said Jane. “I just can’t believe they would want her to stand up in front of school children”, Jane said about the school board. “Again, she’s in the Legislature”, said the Uncle, who was referring to the Alabama Legislature. “It was awful that there was no administration”, said the Uncle. “She was not charged with a crime being a bad administrator, doing a lousy job is not a criminal act, I think, unless you can prove that illegal acts [were] going on”, said the Uncle. “She is a very powerful force in the Legislature, so local schools they wanted her to like them a lot”, he said before speaking to our next caller Scott. “I heard your comment yesterday about the video billboards”, said Scott, who “left on December 31st and came back January 2nd and heard the same topics discussed. “Why?” Scott asked about sandwich boards and billboards. “Let’s talk to Randy. Hello Randy”, said the Uncle. “Let me talk about two things first: the writer’s strike for television”, said Randy, who described himself as “an old guy” before mentioning a writers’ strike that took place years ago, resulting in imported TV shows from England. “I thought television was going wrong. Those were our favorite shows”, said Randy. As listening to Randy’s second topic, “We’ll never operate where you test children at an early age and decide their course. That will never happen here”, said the Uncle. “Talk to you later!” Randy said at the end of his call. On Thursday “we’ll be talking about local education”, said the Uncle, whose guest will be Wade Perry of the local teachers’ union. Before the break for commercials, “It’s 9:22 at NewsRadio 710 as the Uncle Henry Show moves forward”, said the Uncle. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle before responding to the recorded message. “Crockett was referring to a voice mail that is up on the Uncle Henry page [since] yesterday”, said the Uncle. “He was talking about a guy complaining about the gas prices”, said the Uncle, who identified the fellow complaining as “a truck driver” who cares about the price of gasoline. “That’s why you heard intense anger from him on this”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Nick. Hello Nick”, he said to our next caller. “These education courses must be taken by anybody who wants to be a teacher”, said Nick. “They are filtered through which teachers are suppose to pass”, Nick continued. “They can hire someone whose got a master’s degree in engineering”, he said. “Anybody with common sense can come into a classroom”, Nick said in reference to teachers. After telling Nick that he’s “got to run” before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions, “We’ll talk more about this when we have Wade Perry [here] from the local teachers’ union”, said the Uncle.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 7:30—it’s 9:35”, said the Uncle, who immediately corrected himself on the time. “Let’s talk to Johnny. Hello Johnny. What’s that, Johnny?” he said to our next caller, who had “a political epiphany”. “Lord, have mercy, Jesus!” said Johnny. “Let’s talk to Mike. Hello Mike”, said the Uncle. “I’ve got a little game that people might want to go to”, said Mike, who directed listeners to the Internet search engine Google to type in USA Today to visit the website and play the “USA Today Candidate Match Game”. “This gives you the option of answering the question and aligning a (presidential) candidate next to each other”, said Mike. “It’s 9:41 at NewsRadio 710. Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle before giving listeners the context of the phrase “Mobile being dond” in the “Metro” section of today’s Press-Register. “The Uncle Henry Show moving forward”, he said before the break. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. I’ve never been a bull rider”, said the Uncle, who also never parachuted after jumping from an airplane. “Reason will prevail most days, but I’ve never been tempted to ride a bull”, said the Uncle. “I respect their ability to do it, but I cannot for the life of me understand what will be done to their back”, he said about bull riding cowboys. “I feel too brittle”, he admitted. “I don’t think I could have been on a bull back when I was young. Eight seconds, that sounds like a long time”, said the Uncle. “I have updated the Uncle Henry web page to include the (candidate) survey”, said the Uncle. “We have yesterday’s entry and now we have today’s entry”, said the Uncle, who will post voice messages online after the show. After listening to our last caller, “I think that would be quite interesting. I have always enjoyed visiting various houses of worship”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Omer. “I was wondering if you could tell me what was told yesterday about that news conference”, said Omer, who was told that the government contract to build tanker airplanes at Brookley Field in Mobile has yet to be awarded. “All right, Uncle Henry. That’s all I wanted to know”, said Omer after learning that the contract will be awarded in February. “There is a big ‘if’ involved and I tell you it would be a wonderful thing, a wonderful thing to get that”, said the Uncle. “I have a question to you”, said Andy. “I was wondering if you are in favor of capital punishment?” he asked our host, who is in favor of such a punishment. “We need to pray for that man’s soul”, Andy said about the fellow who confessed to throwing his four children off a bridge. “Sure he has done an awful thing, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have to settle his quarrel with the Man upstairs”, said Andy. “Capital punishment is not murder”, said the Uncle. “Clearly the commandment ‘thou shall not kill’ does not advocate murder”, said our next caller Glenn, who really wanted to talk about the national reaction over a “silly remark” made by a Golf Channel commentator. “It’s just very, very troubling and sad”, said Glenn before leaving us. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. We have ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up after the news”, said the Uncle, who also promoted “The Rush Limbaugh Show” before speaking to our next caller George. “I think it was Iranian war games”, George said about a recent news story in West Asia. “I think the ship comes first, the men come second and without the ship the men just come up sinking”, said George. “I don’t want people playing around with American ships. It is very serious figures”, said George before leaving us. “Let’s talk to Zach. Hello Zach”, said the Uncle before the caller mentioned a newspaper article about housing in Mobile. “Yes indeed, very, very interesting. You can find out exactly what it’s like to live in the City of Mobile”, said the Uncle. “You can take that new presidential survey. Now we have both of them available on the Uncle Henry page thanks to that caller and e-mailer”, said the Uncle, who might put a third one on the site after receiving an electronic mail message recently. “When you’re on a break, during the lunch our”, the Uncle suggested as a time to try one of the candidate surveys.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 9/10!

“More Clouds” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar