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Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Many of the Keener13.com faithful have written asking if we will be bringing Keener back for this years Woodward Dream Cruise. Last year's show was an adventure. It was scheduled for both Friday night and all day Saturday. Bob Berry, Orlando's favorite afternoon drive personality and long time Keenerfan produced a great series of interviews with the likes of Scott Morgan (The Rationals), Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits), Bob Green and Scott Regen for the Friday program. It turned out to be the greatest story never told as the historic blackout of 2003 silenced the famed WKNR transmitter facility all Friday night. The station returned to the air just 13 minutes prior to our Saturday Noon start time and the program came off without incident, event though WXDX was not broadcasting at full power for much of the day. Since then several things have happened. Steve returned to Detroit from AOL to lead the Infinity radio cluster, including Official Dream Cruise Station WOMC, and Scott rejoined corporate life as a Vice President in the Mediacom Communications organization. So as a result of our new affiliations and the lack of free time to put together a program worthy of the WKNR legacy, we decided it was better to leave our two years as Keener Dream Cruise producers to the history books. Sure, we'll miss it big time. There is no bigger thrill than driving the big W and hearing those great WKNR sounds. But we encourage those of you who recorded those broadcasts to load em up in your cassette players and turn it up loud and proud all weekend long. Will Keener resurface in 2005? Only time will tell.

1 Comments:

  • At 8:52 PM, Frank H said…

    While Keener fans may be understandably disappointed at the lack of a Keener presence during the 2004 Dream Cruise, it seems an opportune moment to express our deep appreciation to Scott Westerman and Steve Schram for their continuing commitment to the Keener13.com website. It remains fresh and fascinating even two-plus years after its inception. Having been a pretty avid web surfer since about 1995, I find many out-of-date sites in cyberspace. But Keener13.com remains interesting and informative.

    Thanks, Scott and Steve! Keep up the great work!

     

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