Oregon Media Insiders

I was thinking about that very program a few days ago after a scan of the AM dial brought forth nothing but bilgewater. In the 50s many women did not work and were "housewives" in the truest sense of the word. And for many of them part of their daily routine was to tune in KOIN at noon for the national and local news, which was followed at 12:15 by that local show, which always started with the sound of, I believe, a triangle and the call "Hey, there. Come and get it!" There was a regular cast of entertaining, funny people on that show, including Johnny Carpenter, who always sang a song or two. For many listeners, these guys were like part of the family and the show had a very folksy character. Sadly, that's now just a part of the "good old days" of radio.