Thursday night 10/7/2004
Rob Norton and Eliot Keller celebrate 30 years of broadcasting. (Rob and Eliot started KRNA in 1974, sold it in 1998, and now own Z102.9). The party was at the Cedar Rapids Country Club.
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![]() Ron and Augie Kray (former owner of Team Electronics, KRNA's first client). FACTOID: Augie lives two houses down from my parents. |
![]() Former KRNA jocks "Magical" Michael McKay and Joe Murphy. |
![]() Rob and Dudley Fleck. |
![]() "Magical" Michael McKay's socks. |
![]() Eliot is given a special award from Ron Corbett of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Scott Schulte emcees. |
![]() Rob addresses the crowd. |
![]() Rob introduces former "Those Guys In The Morning" Glenn Gardner and Mark Vos. |
![]() Former KRNA jocks Joe Nugent and me. |
![]() Current Z jock Mo Holland and former Z jock Michelle Steele. |
![]() The fancy-pants bathroom, with towels as far as the eye can see... |
![]() Jamie and Rick Burgin (former DJs at The Tycoon, now doing "Club Z".) |
![]() Former Z jocks Karina Culver and Eric Hanson with Joe. |
![]() Karina was laughing, and made me take a re-do. |
![]() Me shaking hands with former KRNA program director Bill Summers, who hired me at KRNA way back in 1993. (I think I wore that Eddie Vedder-style corduroy shirt to the interview.) |
![]() Z's Tom Thomas. |
![]() Shark (my former program director at KRNA) and Tom go cellular. |
![]() Former KRNA jock Monica West. |
![]() Monica tells Joe something as KCCK's Bob Stewart (formerly of KRNA) looks on. |
![]() Me and my good friend Karol Kelly from Z. |
![]() Rob treats us to dinner. |
![]() (It's like something out of The Godfather.) |
![]() Steve Kosbau (formerly of KRNA, now with WDRQ and WDVD in Detroit) got a call on his cell phone and left for a half-hour. I stole his roll. |
![]() My meal. |
![]() Eliot speaks. |
![]() Rob leads a toast. |
![]() Bob says a few words. |
![]() Kosbau's meal goes uneaten. |
![]() Karol and me again. (Learn more about her wedding at karolandbrent.com.) |
![]() "Magical" Michael McKay does a card trick. |
![]() Z's Quinn Pettifer and me as the fun is winding down. |
Once again, congrats to
Rob and Eliot. Without them, I wouldn't have been able to live the
dream. (Being in radio, of course.) |