Bob Shannon’s book Turn it Up: American Radio Tales 1946-1996 comes out today on e-book via Eckhartz Press. Click here to purchase your copy on amazon.
Bob chose August 16th as the release date for a special reason. It’s the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. Elvis was special in Bob’s career–Bob was the one entrusted with letting the Dallas radio audience know about Elvis’ passing. That touching story is told in the audio clip below.
Bob’s book is also about the all-time great radio personalities, and that includes Dewey Phillips from WHBQ Memphis. Who is Dewey, you ask? Only the first disc jockey in America to play Elvis Presley on the radio.
This audio clip has that story too, and it’s a good one.
Bob’s audio gives you a good idea of what yuu’ll encounter in the pages of Turn it Up: American Radio Tales 1946-1996. Great stories told with great flair.
If you love radio, you’ll love Turn it Up: American Radio Tales 1946-1996
Love it! So proud of you Bob! 🙂
There more than one Bob Shannon in radio. I read about one Bob Shannon who had worked at KELP who said now it’s on to Tuscon and Phoenix. But then there was also another Bob Shannon who worked in Tucson at KTKT and at KRIZ and KRUX in Phoenix at about the same time. His name was John Driscoll. Then there was another Bob Shannon before these two. This Bob Shannon also worked at KRUX but he worked there from 1966 to 1968 as Bob Shannon 1.