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Scott Lawton's avatar

Bring back The Worry Bird and (the late) Bob Einhaus. Bob didn't air his callers voices, he just listened and repeated their "pet peeves." He tried taking them live once, but that didn't work for the reason mentioned here, but the show stayed on.

I remember hearing him announce the truth to a scary rumor that came from one call in 1967: "Yes, there are hippies in town. They are diving a Volkswagen bus with Colorado plates."

All Atlantic braced for the invasion

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Chip Albright's avatar

Love this memory, Scott. I’ll pass your comment on to Jim.

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Denise OBrien's avatar

What a delightful read for a person who grew up with KJAN! My husband is a faithful listener every morning for the obituaries and Heartbeat today. One can still hear the voice of Bob Einhaus, who died in 2011, smoothly announcing “Atlantic, Iowa, the Coca Cola capital of the world.” A distinction we have never fully endorsed.

We are chagrined by their loyalty to the Iowa Hawkeyes. But of course hometown boy Ed Podolak was a well known Hawkeye football player.

Frank Miller was partners with Bob Einhaus and William Faust for 30 years - a very significant amount of time.

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Mary Swander's avatar

I still love these community radio stations.

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Chip Albright's avatar

They are special and play an important role in community forming and information sharing

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Mary Swander's avatar

My family used to listen to the market reports every day at noon. Listen to the high school ballgames. Dance to the polka on the weekends. Pray the rosary at night.

All to the Carroll, IA radio station.

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Chip Albright's avatar

Thank you Denise. These are terrific additional insights to the story.

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