Film and TV Western actor Don Collier (The High Chaparral, The Outlaws) will join us this weekend, plus we’ll play Part 2 of our conversation with Phil Savenick, curator of TheHistoryofTV.com. All this, and more, on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing May 15-17 at the following times and venues:
WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1
Bardstown, KY
Friday 5/15
9am ET 6am PT
Listen Live at WBRTCountry.com
Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 5/15
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Click on the Listen Live button at KSAV.org
or listen to us on the KSAV TuneIn channel
RadioSlot.com
San Francisco, CA
Friday 5/15
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Saturday 5/16
11pm ET, 8pm PT
Sunday 5/17
11pm ET, 8pm PT
with replays Monday thru Friday 11am ET, 8am PT
Click on the Talk Slot button at RadioSlot.com
KDUN AM 1030
Eugene/Springfield/Reedsport, OR
Saturday 5/16
Noon ET, 9am PT
Streaming at kdunradio.wixsite.com/kdun
WTCA 1050 AM and 106.1 FM
South Bend/Plymouth, IN
Saturday 5/16
3pm ET, Noon PT
Streaming at am1050.com
or listen to us on the WTCA TuneIn channel
KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM
Sioux City, IA
Saturday 5/16
4pm CT, 2pm PT
Sunday 5/17
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at KSCJ.com
or listen to us on the KSCJ TuneIn channel
Indiana Talks
Huntington, IN
Saturday 5/16
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 5/17
10am ET, 7am PT
Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com
or listen to us on the Indiana Talks TuneIn channel
WON 920 The Apple
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday 5/16
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WONNewYork.net
WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1
Danbury, CT
Sunday 5/17
5am ET, 2am PT
Also streaming at WLAD.com
or listen to us on the WLAD TuneIn channel
KSCO AM-1080 and FM-104.1
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
Sunday 5/17
9am ET, 6am PT
Also streaming at KSCO.com
or listen to us on the KSCO TuneIn channel
KOMY AM-1340
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA
Sunday 5/17
9am ET, 6am PT
Hear us online on the KOMY TuneIn channel
CROC Radio
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday 5/17
1pm ET, 10am PT
Streaming at CROCRadio.com
or listen to us on the CROC Radio TuneIn channel
KLTF 960 AM
St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN
Sunday 5/17
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at FallsRadio.com
or listen to us on the KPLT TuneIn channel
KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM
Paris, TX
Sunday 5/17
8pm CT, 6pm PT
Streaming at EastTexasRadio.com/stations/kplt/
or listen to us on the KPLT TuneIn channel
WDIG AM 1450
Dothan, AL
Sunday 5/17
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WDIGRadio.com
or listen to us on the WDIG TuneIn channel
KOTA AM 1380 and FM 110.7
Rapid City, SD
Sunday 5/17
9pm MT, 8pm PT
Also streaming at KOTARadio.com
Hear us online on the KOTA TuneIn channel
KHMB AM-1710
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 5/17
9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 5/18)
Click on the Listen Live button at KHMBRadio.com
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PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
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Ann Arbor, MI ~ Boston, MA ~ Chicago, IL ~ Melrose, FL ~ Los Angeles, CA
Various times throughout the week on PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
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Don Collier’s acting career spans more than six decades and more than seventy Western movies and TV series, including roles opposite the likes of John Wayne, Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, James Arness, Tom Selleck, and Elvis Presley; the lead role in The Outlaws (NBC, 1960-1962), one of the first filmed hour-long Western series for NBC; and the character for which he is best known, ranch foreman Sam Butler on The High Chaparral (NBC, 1967-1971). A gifted storyteller, Don co-hosted a popular weekly show for many years on Sirius Satellite Radio (Fred’s Trailer Park Bash, with Fred Imus), plus he starred in a series of iconic TV commercials for Pace Picante Sauce and Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum. Don Collier will join us in our second hour.
Don Collier’s one-man show, Confessions of an Acting Cowboy, is now available on DVD and includes many great stories about his formative years as an actor. You can order Don Collier: Confessions of an Acting Cowboy directly by emailing discmasters.fulfullment@gmail.com or through his website, DonCollierActingCowboy.com
Joining Don in our second hour will be our mutual friend Susan McCray—one of the first female casting directors in network television, and a renaissance woman whose career spans the worlds of TV, music, radio, and now documentary film making. Susan not only produced Don Collier: Confessions of an Acting Cowboy, she is also the producer of Kent McCray: Laughter, Love and Television, an excellent documentary about the life and career of the widely respected and much beloved unit production manager and producer who was also Susan’s husband for more than forty years. Kent McCray’s personal story arc in television not only includes The High Chaparral, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and many other collaborations with Michael Landon, but, in many respects, parallels the history of the first forty years of television itself. Susan and Don will share some memories about their mutual love for Kent McCray, plus we’ll learn about the latest developments of Susan’s popular radio magazine show, Kaleidoscope—including a new segment featuring Don Collier.
Kent McCray: Laughter, Love and Television is among the extra features included in The High Chaparral: The Final Season, the DVD collection available through Shout Factory. However, you can also order the Kent McCray documentary separately through select retailers.
Phil Savenick (left), curator of the virtual museum at TheHistoryofTV.com, with host Ed Robertson during Ed’s visit in January 2020. Ed is holding the Emmy Award that First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy won in 1962 for hosting A Tour of The White House. That Emmy is among the many authentic artifacts from the Golden Age of Television that are on display at TheHistoryofTV.com
This week’s show will also include Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with three-time Emmy nominated writer/producer Phil Savenick. Like many of us, Phil spent the first act of his life watching TV. He then spent his second act creating and producing TV (including many highly regarded compilation documentaries about the history of television, as well as such popular documentary series as That’s Hollywood and The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau), before devoting the third act of his life to expressing the impact that TV continues to have all over the world. That expression takes several forms, including curating a virtual museum devoted to television, which you can see at TheHistoryofTV.com.
The mission statement of TheHistoryofTV.com is to celebrate the life and career of Philo T. Farnsworth, the man who invented television when he was age fourteen, and includes such authentic artifacts as Farnsworth’s original chalk drawing for the first television camera. But it also features the most impressive collection of vintage TV sets you will ever see, including the very first TV set sold by RCA; an early French model (with wings); a rarely seen pilot radio canopy TV; and early versions of the remote control, including the very first “clicker.” The canopy TV, by the way, is the one that inspired mothers across America to warn their children not to sit too close to the set, “or else you’ll burn your eyes out.” Phil Savenick will explain why when he joins us in our first hour.
TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Fri 9am ET, 6am PT on WBRT AM 1320/FM 97.1 (Bardstown, KY)
Fri 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org and CX Radio Brazil
Fri 10pm ET, 7pm PT, Sat/Sun 11pm ET, 8pm PT on RadioSlot (San Francisco, CA)
Sat Noon ET, 9am PT on KDUN-AM 1030 (Reedsport/Eugene/Springfield, OR)
Sat 3pm ET, Noon PT on WTCA 1050 AM and 106.1 FM (Plymouth, IN)
Sat 4pm CT, 2pm PT and Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM (Sioux City, IA)
Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 10am ET, 7am PT on Indiana Talks (Huntington, IN)
Sat 10pm ET, 7pm PT on 920 WON The Apple (Brooklyn, NY)
Sun 5am ET, 2am PT on WLAD-AM 800 and FM 94.1 (Danbury, CT)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KSCO-AM 1080 (San Jose/Santa Cruz/Salinas, CA)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KOMY-AM 1340 (La Selva Beach/Watsonville, CA)
Sun 1pm ET, 10am PT on CROC Radio (British Columbia, Canada)
Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KLTF (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN)
Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KPLT AM and FM (Paris, TX)
Sun 10pm ET, 7pm PT on WDIG AM (Dothan, AL)
Sun 9pm MT, 8pm PT on KOTA AM 1380 and FM 110.7 (Rapid City, SD)
Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET on KHMB-AM and FM (Half Moon Bay, CA)
Various times throughout the week on the Entertainment Channel at Passionate World Talk Radio
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