Dick Haase arrived in Seattle from Toronto‘s CHUM, (where he was known on the air as Dick Hayes). KOL aired promos declaring with stentorian seriousness: "KOL has acquired Boeing!"
Dick's on-air name at KOL: Jeff Boeing. (When will some FM guy become Jerry Microsoft?)
(photo: Jeff "Dick Hayes) Boeing yuckin' it up at Toronto's CHUM in 1966)
He was also known in NY and Detroit as Jack Hayes. (We know him around OSRS as the guy with the mysterious invisible left hand).
KOL DJ line-up in 1968: Gary Todd - 6-9 a; Bobby Simon - 9a-12p; Jeff Boeing - 12-4p; Dick Curtis - 4p-8p; Robin Mitchell - 8p-12a; Greg Connors - 12a-6a.
Mr. Haase/Hayes/Boeing reportedly has retired in Michigan.
H/T: Bill Taylor!
I long for the days when radio still had a sense of humor. In the last 20 to 25 years we've seen the shift from humor to hatred on the airwaves.
I'm just slightly too young to remember Jeff Boeing -- I really started following Seattle radio in about late 1969 at the age of 9 -- but thanks for the weekly look back at the good old days of radio. Great stuff!
Posted by: David M | September 04, 2010 at 08:42 AM
When will some FM guy become Jerry Microsoft?
It will probably some woman. No man would ever admit to being soft.
Posted by: Ted Smith | September 04, 2010 at 11:49 AM
And the beat goes on...another Sat.,another KOL unknown. The list is long,let's see...we've already heard about Dex Allen,Greg Connors and now Jeff Boeing...maybe in coming weeks we can look forward to Bob Watson and Don January. The only KOL jock of any significance of the Mag 7 era was Danny Holiday who went on to do the R&R Time Machine on KZOK in the 80's. Please don't take offense Bill Taylor, you and Bill Munson and George Garrett were among the very best newspeople in Seattle radio. If I'm sounding elitist, I apologize...I'm simply tryng to put 50's and 60's Seattle Radio in some kind of perspective.
Does anyone here remember (Salty Dog) Bob Salter...possibly the first Rock and Roll jock in Seattle at KJR. How about these guys...Don Hedman,Gil Henry, Buddy Webber, Bob Waldron,Rod Hammett, Art Simpson, Chuck Ellsworth, Rick Thomas,Perry Allen, Re Lee Hardwick or Mike Phillips? How about Seattle Bandstand circa 59-61,Ray Briem(yes he want on to fame at KABC doing conservative talk overnight in the 60's, 70's and 80's.) Does anyone here have any info on Gary Todd,Jeff Mitchell Mark Wayne, Frosty Fowler and Buzz Lawrence(no not John Maynard at KJRB) but the Lucky Lager Dance Time on the Mighty 1090.
I hope no one takes offense at my attitude. As Maynard G Krebs would say, "I'm only keeping up my end of the conversation"
Posted by: dale from albuquerque | September 04, 2010 at 04:22 PM
More grist...I'm catching my second wind now...remember guys like Herb Hall, Claude Brimm,Bob Frederickson,Johnny Knight. How about overniters like Russ Rebel,JJ Valley and Del Onley. Does anyone here remember or have any info on these guys?
Posted by: dale from albuquerque | September 04, 2010 at 05:12 PM
And just one more thing...we proud New Mexicans can boast that there are no headless bodies here, either!
Posted by: dale from albuquerque | September 04, 2010 at 05:45 PM
We only find bodyless feet here.
Posted by: AprilMayJune | September 04, 2010 at 08:08 PM
Hah! very true, April. Good one!
Posted by: sparky | September 04, 2010 at 08:57 PM
Frosty Fowler is alive and well living near Paulsbo. Mary Wayne is in a nursing home with pneumonia. He has been on oxygen for years. He was a smoker.
Posted by: Bill Wippel | September 05, 2010 at 03:16 PM
Well Bill,I remember you at KORD in Pasco back in the 70's. Very good music station. I knew Frosty was still around...wasn't he on Crista Radio about ten years ago? I'll never forget he and an unknown comic,Bill Cosby broadcasting from the Space Needle in '63. Sorry to hear about Mark Wayne...he had such a smooth delivery on KING's pm drive. Chuck Ellsworth passed away in about 1980. He was an instructor at Bates along with Lee Perkins back in the 70's...he was also working at KMO at the time...a really nice guy.
Posted by: dale from albuquerque | September 05, 2010 at 05:11 PM
This is getting to be a great place for old radio guys to meet. My 28 years in the business seems like nothing. Maybe it was.
Posted by: CorporateBook | September 05, 2010 at 05:38 PM
To Dale in Albuquerque:
KOL -- Feb. 1962 -- Home of the 7 Terrible Tigers, including:
Al Cummings -- 5 am - 9am
Art Simpson-- 9am-12n
Ron Bailie-- 12n-3pm
John Stone -- 3pm-6pm
Gary Todd -- 6pm- 9pm
Les Williams -- 9pm -12m
Tom Phelan -12m-5 a.m.
Lan Roberts had been one of the Tigers in 1961 before heading to KJR.
Gary Todd returned to KOL in 1967. Post-KOL, Gary held forth as the morning man at WIBC (Indianapolis) for more than two decades.
Posted by: WT | September 09, 2010 at 03:43 PM
Just happened across this page. Chuck Ellsworth was my instructor at Bates Voc-Tech. Best Man I ever met. Also worked w/Russ Rebel at KRKO; crazy man! Had wonderful time. Lots of great memories of the Northwest in the 60's!
Michael Hayne
(Mike Edwards)
Posted by: Michael Hayne | November 05, 2010 at 05:22 AM
My late husband Doug Waller told me he was a DJ on KOL I don't remember his stage name. He started in Grays Harbor and I believe it was late 60's early 70's. Can anybody give me more info.
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