HAPPY 2018 TO YOU! LONG TIME, NO BLOG! THIS DJ'S BEEN BUSY!
HERE'S WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. . .(GET COMFORTABLE AS THIS IS A LONG POST!)
I AM STILL SADDENED AND STUNNED BY THE PASSING OF HAVANA BROWN KITTY-BOY FAMOUS SEAMUS. HE WAS
13 1/2 YEARS OLD AND PASSED AWAY FROM CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND PNEUMONIA. FAMOUS SEAMUS WAS LOVED BY BUMPS RADIO LISTENERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, HAD HIS OWN FAN BASE FOR HIS GUEST DJ SPOTS ON MY SHOWS, AND WAS LITERALLY THE MOST INTELLIGENT AND MOST LOVABLE CAT I'VE EVER BEEN OWNED BY. FAMOUS SEAMUS IS SORELY MISSED. . .HE LEFT US ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 AND WE SHALL LOVE HIM FOREVER.
ON JULY 25, 2017, A NEW HAVANA BROWN KITTY-GIRL, 6 YEAR OLD AMY MARIE, JOINED THE FAMILY! SHE CAME TO US FROM ALABAMA. . .HER HUMAN MOMMY PASSED AWAY IN JUNE AND "WILLED HER" TO ME. THROUGH A NETWORK OF WONDERFUL HAVANA BROWN BREEDERS, OWNERS, AND FRIENDS, AMY MARIE ARRIVED AT OUR PACIFIC NORTHWEST USA STUDIO - ALL 6 1/2 POUNDS OF HER - AND ALL OF IT CAT-ITUDE! SHE HAD 6 WEEKS WITH FAMOUS SEAMUS BEFORE HE PASSED, AND TOOK NO TIME AT ALL LETTING HIM KNOW WHO WOULD RULE THE ROOST NOW THAT SHE HAD ARRIVED! LOL! HE TRAINED HER TO BE HIS ASSISTANT STUDIO ENGINEER.
SHE CAUGHT ON VERY QUICKLY. . .AND SHE, TOO, MISSES FAMOUS SEAMUS.
AS YOU MIGHT KNOW BY NOW, KINGFISHER RADIO GROUP CONSISTS OF THREE INTERNET RADIO STATIONS WITH BUMPS RADIO AS THE FLAGSHIP STATION. IN 2017 I BECAME A CLIENT OF 910 PUBLIC RELATIONS ("910 PR"), A GREAT BOUTIQUE PR FIRM WITH A CLIENT LIST CONSISTING OF ONLY BEATLES-ORIENTED CLIENTS! (CUSTOM-MADE FOR ME, RIGHT?!?!) SO. . .FOR A WHILE I'VE WANTED TO RE-DO THE FORMAT OF ONE OF KINGFISHER'S STATIONS TO ALL-BEATLES, ALL THE TIME. THIS WOULD GIVE LISTENERS A NO-COST ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT I CALL "CABLE RADIO" (AKA SATELLITE RADIO YOU PAY A MONTHLY FEE TO USE) AND THEIR ALL-BEATLES STATIONS.
THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE OWNER OF KINGFISHER'S THREE STATIONS AND THE OWNER OF 910 PR. WE ALL AGREED TO RE-DO THE FORMAT OF KINGFISHER'S STATION CALLED "AIR" (WHICH WAS THE NAME SIR GEORGE MARTIN GAVE TO HIS POST-BEATLES STUDIO AND WE ALL KNOW HIS CONNECTION TO THE BEATLES!) AND TO ASK 910 PR'S CLIENTS IF THEY WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS NEW FORMAT. THE ANSWER WAS OVERWHELMINGLY "YES!"
910 PR HAS A WONDERFUL CLIENT LIST, ALL FIRST IN THEIR RESPECTIVE "BEATLES FIELDS."
PLEASE VISIT 910PR,COM AND SEE THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE REPRESENTED BY THIS WONDERFUL PR FIRM!
FYI - DJ AM RADIO - AMY MARIE IS CONSIDERED A "HALF-CLIENT" OF 910 PR! LOL!
SO. . .I JUMPED IN FEET FIRST AND HAVE BEEN EMAILING AND CONFERENCING CALLING WITH 910 PR'S INTERESTED CLIENTS AND GIVING CRASH COURSES IN INTERNET BROADCASTING LAW, FINDING AND DISTRIBUTING APPROPRIATE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, ADVISING ON WHAT HARDWARE IS NEEDED, WALKING THEM THROUGH DRY-RUNS, AND HOPEFULLY GETTING CLIENT PODCASTS TO KINGFISHER TO USE INSTEAD OF AUTO-DJ. OUR PROJECTED LAUNCH DATE IS FEBRUARY 25TH, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN GEORGE HARRISON'S 75TH BIRTHDAY.
WHEN IT IS UP AND RUNNING, YOU CAN LISTEN TO AIR AT: WWW.KINGFISHER-RADIO.COM
RIGHT NOW IT IS STILL IN THE TESTING STAGE.
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS, I WAS HIT HARD - TWICE! - BY THAT NASTY FLU THAT IS GOING AROUND ALL OVER THE PLANET, PLUS DJ AM RADIO, HAVANA BROWN KITTY-GIRL AMY MARIE, NEEDED ALL OF HER TEETH PULLED OUT! IT'S A BREED THING (BOTH SEAMUS AND HIS OTHER SISTER ERIN HAD THEIR TEETH REMOVED AROUND AGE 5) AND I CAN NOW REPORT THAT AMY MARIE HAS ADAPTED TO BEING TOOTHLESS! SHE IS DOING SO WELL THAT SHE DID A GUEST DJ SPOT ON MY JANUARY 22ND INDIES & OLDIES SHOW! CHECK THE TOBY CHICAGO FACEBOOK PAGE FOR A LINK TO THAT SHOW - IT'S IN DROPBOX BUT YOU DO NOT NEED A DROPBOX ACCOUNT TO LISTEN TO IT. JUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PAGE(S) TO GET TO THE MEDIA PLAYER FOR THIS SHOW. MANY THANKS TO FELLOW BUMPS RADIO DJ, CJ THE DJ, FOR RECORDING THE SHOW, UPLOADING IT TO DROPBOX, AND PROVIDING THE LINK TO IT!
I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN TUNED IN ALL MONTH! OUR SPOTLIGHT INDIE ARTIST FOR JANUARY IS SUE LEONARD, AND WE GET TO HEAR HER AN "EXTRA" TIME AS THERE ARE FIVE MONDAYS IN JANUARY! SUE IS NOT ONLY A SOLO ARTIST; SHE RECORDS AND PERFORMS WITH COOTES PARADISE, PERFORMS WITH TRICKBAG, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. SHE WAS ONE OF k.d. lang's RECLINES (RECORDED AND LIVE), DID A FEW WORLD TOURS WITH k.d., HAS RECORDED WITH ARTISTS RANGING FROM RAFFI TO JON BON JOVI, HAS BEEN ON JUST ABOUT EVERY LATE NIGHT TV SHOW ON THE PLANET, AND HAPPENS TO BE A REALLY NICE PERSON!
OUR SPOTLIGHT INDIE ARTIST FOR FEBRUARY WILL BE BRAZIL'S CHUCK EATON! HE WRITES AND PERFORMS FABULOUS MUSIC - ESPECIALLY LOVE SONGS - AND IS DEFINITELY A SHINING LIGHT IN THE WORLD OF INDIE MUSIC! CHUCK IS DEFINITELY ONE OF "THE GOOD GUYS" AND IS LOVED BY FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD! FEBRUARY IS THE PERFECT MONTH FOR CHUCK TO BE OUR SPOTLIGHT INDIE ARTIST OF THE MONTH!
THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR NOW, CATS AND KITTENS!
PLEASE TUNE IN TO MY INDIES & OLDIES SHOW AND MY BUMPS RADIO BALLROOM SHOW. . .HERE'S HOW:
INDIES & OLDIES SHOW - (INDIE ARTIST MUSIC AND GREAT OLDIES MUSIC) -
US/CANADA - MONDAY NIGHTS AT 11 PM EASTERN, 10 PM CENTRAL, 9 PM MOUNTAIN, 8 PM PACIFIC
UK/WORLD - TUESDAY MORNINGS AT 0400 HRS GMT
BUMPS RADIO BALLROOM SHOW - (JAZZ, SWING, AND BIG BAND MUSIC) -
US/CANADA - WEDNESDAYS AT SAME TIMES LISTED ABOVE
UK/WORLD - THURSDAY MORNINGS AT SAME TIME LISTED ABOVE
LISTEN DIRECTLY FROM OUR SERVER:
WWW.KINGFISHER-RADIO.COM/BUMPS
EACH SHOW IS ONE HOUR IN LENGTH UNLESS IT IS A SPECIAL OCCASION SHOW LIKE A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY,
SPECIAL HISTORICAL EVENT SHOW, AN ANNIVERSARY SHOW, A HOLIDAY SHOW, ETC., THEN CHECK
THE TOBY CHICAGO FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE TIME FRAMES FOR THOSE PARTICULAR SHOWS.
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW - I'LL BE BACK WHEN I CAN!
THANKS SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN! TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT US!